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      "label": "PlayStation Store — Flamecraft",
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      "lastChecked": "2026-09-17",
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      "lastChecked": "2026-09-17",
      "sourceIds": [
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        "xbox-store"
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      "rationale": "Nothing currently earns a yes for a paid buy-the-game slot. Empty buy slots are intentional. No catalog. No affiliate slots until a line is a yes.",
      "lastChecked": "2026-09-17",
      "sourceIds": [],
      "affiliate": null
    },
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      "rationale": "Nintendo eShop US confirms $19.99 (sale $17.99). Xbox, Steam, and PlayStation Store US USD are unpublished. Not on Game Pass day one. No paid buy-the-game Amazon link.",
      "lastChecked": "2026-09-17",
      "sourceIds": [
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        "xbox-store",
        "steam",
        "playstation-store",
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        "href": null,
        "note": "No paid buy-the-game link."
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      "item": "Switch 2 Samsung microSD Express 256 GB",
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      "rationale": "Switch 2 will not run games from regular microSD. Digital installs beyond internal need Express.",
      "lastChecked": "2026-09-17",
      "sourceIds": [
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        "note": "Amazon Associates."
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      "item": "PS5 WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe with heatsink 1 TB",
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      "rationale": "Need if the PS5 is full.",
      "lastChecked": "2026-09-17",
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      "affiliate": {
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        "href": null,
        "note": "No paid link."
      }
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    {
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      "item": "PS5 WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe with heatsink 2 TB",
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      "rationale": "Larger option if the PS5 is full.",
      "lastChecked": "2026-09-17",
      "sourceIds": [
        "playstation-m2-ssd"
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      "affiliate": {
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        "href": null,
        "note": "No paid link."
      }
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      "notes": "Nintendo eShop US is $19.99 / sale $17.99. Xbox, Steam, and PlayStation Store US showed no published USD at check.",
      "lastChecked": "2026-09-17",
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        "playstation-store",
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      "notes": "Storefronts publish Everyone / E. No dedicated esrb.org page found.",
      "lastChecked": "2026-09-17",
      "sourceIds": [
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        "nintendo-switch"
      ]
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        "xbox-store"
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      "notes": "Display Catalog package max download is ~1.24–1.25 GB; store page did not publish a consumer install-size string.",
      "lastChecked": "2026-09-17",
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    },
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      "lastChecked": "2026-09-17",
      "sourceIds": [
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