If my voice mattered, you’d overturn the fuckery you pulled with physical games. You took away the one sacred thing that made console gaming special: actual ownership. You didn’t evolve the industry—you gutted one of the biggest reasons people loved consoles in the first place.
RECAP on PlayStation phasing out physical media by January 2028, and rightful pushback as of July 14🚀
✅Sony announced that they won’t be issuing physical discs for games from January 2028 and beyond.
✅They also announced permanent shut down of PS3 and PS Vita stores from late 2026 to July 2027 (depending on region).
✅Massive outrage ensued, driven by concerns over game ownership and the very likely threat of games being removed and players paying a full purchase price when it’s technically just a license that can be revoked at any time without compensation.
✅PlayStation went completely silence for almost 96 hours now, with no posts on social media
✅Sony is facing multiple lawsuits over accusations of monopoly
✅Outrage persisted with people sharing their love for physical media and showing their collections of game discs from different eras, with many cancelling PlayStation Plus and their digital pre-orders of GTA6 and the likes
✅Conversation spread out across the world/mediums, gaining massive support and endless criticism of Sony’s strategy from companies, small studios, politicians, celebrities..etc condemning the move and calling for overturn of the decision
✅Sony became the subject of ridicule and comedy by various companies and players
✅It was reported that Sony was planning this for long and repurposing their manufacturers of game discs to make micro-lenses instead
✅Reports of an internal message from Sony to its partners claims that Sony would continue to release games released before January 2028 on physical disc, while games released after that will be a code in the box
✅PlayStation, who featured GTA6 on their X/Twitter banner and their PlayStation app icon removed said promo imagery yesterday
✅“Plays Best on PS5” marketing is claimed not to appear on Rockstar’s social media pages, with some claiming that Rockstar may have distanced itself from PlayStation likely due to the fact that GTA6 will be digital only, and has been strongly associated with Sony’s marketing and the outrage regarding phasing out physical media
✅Various sources reported that Sony internally did not anticipate such massive outrage that is unlike anything before
✅Hideo Kojima expressed disappointment regarding the loss of physical media yesterday, and he has expressed concerns over media ownership and access now, and back in 2021, a post which has resurfaced and gone viral with recent events jumping from 2K to over 27K reports in a day
✅PlayStation returned to posting on social media yesterday with zero acknowledgement to the matter
✅Fans have been keeping up the pressure
✅Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier believes Sony won’t back down and doesn’t believe they need to address fans directly and that their brand loyalty is big enough to make them recover and embrace a digital future
✅Brazil is seeking customer protection laws to find out if a digital future does not guarantee customer rights under their law
✅Sony is facing various lawsuits, including a $457m one over the matter
✅UK ERA condemned Sony’s decision along with various retailers and entities
This is more than just nostalgia and physical game media is more than just a delivery method. Games are an art form, a culture, a sense ownership and a thriving collectors and second hand market
Sony wants to destroy that for greed and creating a monopoly that jacks up prices on a whim, ends competition and ownership and snuff the soul out of video games.
NO DISC. NO BUY💿🫡💪🏼
@Naughty_Dog@httpslalg Can we please get the last of us part 3 soon to continue Ellie’s story and after that a prequel to tell the story of what happened between Joel and Tommy during the 20 year time jump
"We gotta keep moving." 🚨
The Last of Us fan @httpslalg sent in this striking Photo Mode shot of Ellie from her eventful first day in Seattle.
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How is it that I'm only now realizing that the disclaimer for each episode used to vary depending on the plot, but they stopped doing it after Harvest Moon Festival? 👀
@TheCartoonBase Lackadaisy deserves more loves because it feels like everyone forgot about it and even the big content creators who makes video on not just Vivzipop shows but also glitch productions shows as well and anytime I look at content no one mentions Lackadaisy
From creating an entirely new disc format (UMD) just to sell PSP games physically… to straight-up killing physical game sales in 2028.
The disrespect to collectors and preservation is insane.
What happened to the company that actually cared about games?