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Holy shit what a horrible response. Shame on you @PlayStation !

@Romudeth Until they loose a lot of money. And it will happen.

You wanted a response from Sony? Well, here it is. The company is not changing its plans. It’s a wrap.

@KyleRowan11331 @ForeverPhysical I do and most of the sales of the PSN are not sales at all: you can find physical copies of those games at same price or cheaper. If you move to pc you'll find day one games 15-20 dollars less than on console.

@ForeverPhysical How often do you check out PS Store sales? Correct answer - you don't. So many games I got for 5$ bucks. Sales are very regular. Steam is no more dominant in regular sales

1/3 🖥️ What Sony and the PlayStation team fail to understand is that they are a video game console, not a PC. They cannot compete with Steam sales. No one wants to be locked into a video game digital-only ecosystem where they cannot trade or sell games. That's PC territory.

Friendly reminder that this stupid c*nt and the company she works for didnt even have the decency to talk to consumers. They only communicate with their precious investors and shareholders. If they could get your money from your dead corpse they would.

@pushsquare I don't even know why this shitty articles are on my feed, I don't even follow you, fucking Christ

PS5's Monthly Active Users Increased Again, PS Plus Making More Money Than Ever. pushsquare.com/news/2026/07/p…

@pushsquare Until June. You dumbass

@TheEggman64 No. Keep asking for what's right, and that's only one thing of many others.

To the surprise of no one, Sony confirms this is happening. TBH, even if they wanted to change course (and they won’t) the PS6 design is likely already too locked in to change. Let’s put pressure on them for things like digital refunds instead.

@Mike_BisonTX Enjoy your next only digital PS6. It's gonna be the last one.

Called it. Like I said. They’re not changing course this time. Enjoy your “boycott.”

@PlayStation You greedy bitches. Fuck you fuck you fuck you

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@DiscussingFilm "We need more money for ourselves" is the truth they should have said. Fuck Sony, they're gonna flop so bad.

Sony says that they have heard the backlash about their move to no longer manufacture game discs but they will still continue their plans. “There are various reasons we made this decision, the biggest being that digitalisation of contents overall has been progressing, that’s the big factor.” (Source: videogameschronicle.com/news/were-goin…)

@Nick_Marseil @mrpyo1 Daydreaming.

@mrpyo1 It means they will explore things like digital gifting, digital trading, sharing friendlier refund policies and anything that's imperative in a digital only environment.

This is what you want to pay attention to.

@TheGameVerse Of course, we won't buy a single shit on PlayStation after 2028. Then you'll see how bad you flop.

NEW: Sony responds to the PlayStation disc backlash: ▫️No plans to reverse its decision to end PlayStation game discs. ▫️ “We’re going to cautiously move this forward” ▫️Says it has not seen any negative impact on sales since the announcement. ▫️Believes the future of entertainment is increasingly digital. ▫️Will continue listening to and engaging with players as the transition moves forward. Reported from today’s Q1 FY2026 earnings call.

@PlayStationES FUCK YOU

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@orbalology Amen!

I will cautiously continue transitioning my game buying towards consoles with physical options (Switch 2) or storefronts with better digital options and practices (PC).

@DoesItPlay1 @ichigo3490 We won't stop. Discs or no play at all.

@ichigo3490 We fight for as long as we have to.

During today's earnings call Sony for the first time in a month reacted to the backlash against their attack on physical media. And it went about the way we expected. Let's analyze it. (Disclaimer: We are going off of the official English translation in the clip provided. It wasn't that long of a statement, but there might be minor inaccuracies in there.) First of all, they seem to emphasize that 18 months ahead of time is a respectable period to give notice. No comment on the fact that basically everyone was surprised by their announcement coming this soon, while PS5 is still going strong. Then they dive into the reasons. They claim there are "various", the biggest one being that "digitalization of contents overall has been progressing". This is a clear shift in language. Initially, they blamed it directly on consumer habits. We've shown how that reasoning doesn't fully hold up when looking at the numbers. Then they claim that digitalization does not only impact PlayStation, but "all kinds of content". And that is true. It has been on the rise for quite some years now. At the same time, this conveniently ignores any and all counter trends in recent years. It is a statement that makes it sound like their direction is inevitable on a global scale. But their direction is absolute. Their goal is to kill physical media entirely for games, while basically all other major entertainment sectors have at least a strong niche remaining, with various indicators that physical media is actually growing again. The recent Capcom report saw a 133 % rise compared to the same period of last year. The overall spending is up for physical games compared to the previous year (admittedly, aided by the Switch 2 release). Sony's own physical split last quarter is up, both compared to the quarter before and the same period last year. More and more signs point to a stable plateau of physical buyers at the very least. The call continues and they drop the big one. A few seconds of stuttering followed by, "We put in a lot of thought and time, and we cautiously considered this, and we came to this conclusion, and we are cautiously going to move this forward." They are not really giving any insights here. It is a "trust me, bro" in business speak. At the same time, if we take these words at face value, it means they are aware of the consequences, but do it anyway. Endangering retailers across the globe by removing one of the biggest entertainment brands from the portfolio? Fuck them. Removing a choice for consumers who were loyal to the PlayStation brand? Fuck them. Stripping developers of an additional revenue stream and the chance to immortalize their art? Fuck them. Forcing all remaining customers into an ecosystem without customer protection legislation? Fuck them too. What thoughts did they put in exactly? The only word that might give hope is "cautiously". But even that could be read in two ways. Either they are more cautious not to spark more backlash, but they want to continue regardless. Or they are actually waking up to the fact that this might cause more harm to them than they initially anticipated. They follow up with "to this decision we have received various opinions and people have strong views" and how games are loved and connected to memories. The speaker claims that they "understand those emotions". Really? Why are they calling it emotions when there is a long list of legitimate criticism entirely rooted in facts, though? Because they don't want to acknowledge the facts. Sony tries to paint the backlash as emotional without substance. As completely unfounded in anything tangible. After this bit, they immediately continue to starting damage control for the future and start talking about the "future digital ecosystem". Again, in a manner that makes it sound without an alternative. "How do we engage the gamers, is something we would like to continue to explore", they say. What is that supposed to mean, you ask? It's entirely talking about how they can continue to boil the frog. This part of the statement was not revolving around giving customers anything. Our best guess is that it is the attempt to indirectly address the monopoly criticism, and that there is no customer protection in an all-digital future, and that customers will be entirely at the mercy of the platform with zero control over purchased goods. With this statement the clip concludes. The overall tone remained. Cold, distant, no real explanations, no apologies for the past weeks either. But they did get a message. It had some impact. They ran damage control here. 100 % confidence would look different. But they won't correct course for now. It is up to us to continue. If anything, we need to step it up now. #PSBlackout is just one of those steps. Many more need to be taken. This needs a collective effort from all gamers, regardless of how you like to play your games. x.com/ethangach/stat…

@PlayStation Only on discs you fucking dumbass

@PlayStationIT Diocane se dovete fare la fame

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@Genki_JPN 🤡

Sony CFO Lin Tao says they will not change their plans to end physical disc production and will cautiously move forward with the plan! "There are various reasons we made this decision, the biggest being that the digitalization of content overall has been progressing, that’s the big factor. It’s not just for PlayStation, but for all kinds of content, digitalization is progressing. And so when we think about the future–and we put in a lot of thought and time, and we cautiously considered this–and we came to this conclusion, and we’re going to cautiously move this forward. And to this decision, we have received various opinions and people have strong views, and we understand that the community has put forth those views to us. Games are loved by many people. It’s a form of entertainment that’s loved by people, and it’s connected to people’s fond memories in many cases. And so we understand those emotions. We want to consider that. And in the future digital ecosystem, how do we engage the gamers is something that we would like to continue to explore." kotaku.com/sony-not-budgi…

@RinoTheBouncer @AUTOMATONJapan A game splitted in three parts with terrible changes in the story... I wonder why.

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