Apparently, it wasn't just Sony President and CEO Hiroki Totoki who sold stock days after PlayStation announced the end of discs.
Multiple Sony executives have also been selling their shares following the backlash.
But I thought Sony said the outrage was fake and people would forget about it
“Eww why is the color palette so grey?” BECAUSE ITS SUPPOSED TO REFLECT THE TONE OF THE MOVIE! PETER’S AT THE WORST TIME OF HIS LIFE. HE IS ALL ALONE, AND IS QUITE LITERALLY BECOMING A MONSTER BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH HE’S NEGLECTING HIMSELF. THIS MOVIE SHOULD BE ANYTHING BUT COLORFUL
Good morning, have an amazing day everyone!
except @Sony@PlayStation
Remember the fight for physical games and ownership carries on!
- Boycott digital games on PS4/5
- Cancel PS Plus
- Help spread the word
- Sign the petition if not done
- Cancel Crunchyroll, Sony owns it
Avec la fin du jeu physique, l'industrie du jeu vidéo veut nous imposer un tout-numérique dont l'accès sera conditionnel et limité dans le temps. Les droits de l'acheteur seront niés. C'est le triomphe de la marchandisation totale : vous payez plein pot pour n'avoir qu'un simple droit d'accès révocable.
Ne les laissons pas confisquer notre patrimoine culturel. Reprenons le contrôle !
👉 Signez et partagez la pétition "Sauvons le jeu vidéo physique" : https://t.co/P2FhNvZBzy
PlayStation’s Disc Backlash Just Hit French Politics, Now This Is Bigger Than Console Wars
French presidential candidate @JLMelenchon has spoken out against PlayStation’s move toward a digital only future, arguing that games are not just products to be controlled by storefronts, but cultural assets that should be protected by law. His warning cuts straight into the ownership debate, no disc means no lending, no resale, and no real guarantee that players keep what they paid for if access changes later. That is why this stopped being a collector issue and became a consumer rights fight.
The funny part is Sony probably expected gamers to complain, not politicians to start framing this as a legal and cultural issue. Once governments start looking at digital ownership, the industry loses the comfort of pretending this is just “the future” and everyone should shut up and accept it. Maybe Mélenchon is chasing gamer support, sure, but the point still lands, if games are art, culture, and media, why are players getting fewer rights than they had with a plastic disc?
Is this finally the backlash that forces regulation?
Brazil is officially joining the Stop Killing Games conversation.
Congresswoman Jandira Feghali has introduced Bill 3612/2026, inspired by the Stop Killing Games movement.
If passed, game publishers would have to ensure players can keep playing their games even after official support ends. The bill would also update Brazil’s Consumer Protection Code to better cover digital games.
This comes just days after Congresswoman Erika Hilton called for an investigation into Sony’s plan to stop releasing new PlayStation games on physical discs
Remember Scott Pilgrim?
It vanished from digital storefronts for 6 YEARS because of licensing. You literally couldn’t buy it anymore. It only came back because fans refused to let it die and Ubisoft finally rereleased it.
That’s what people don’t understand about an all digital future. Games don’t have to flop to disappear. A contract expires, a license changes, and poof…it’s gone.
Physical copies are the only thing that survives corporate decisions. That’s why this fight matters.
NO DISC, NO BUY.
IT IS BEING REPORTED THAT PLAYSTATION DOES NOT BELIEVE THEIR ANGRY FANBASE WILL ABANDON THEIR PLATFORM AND THAT THEY CAN DO AS THEY PLEASE, AND BY IGNORING THE SOCIAL MEDIA PUSHBACK, FANS WILL ACCEPT THE CHANGES OVER TIME
THIS SOUNDS EERILY SIMILAR TO THEIR ARROGANCE DURING PS3
I'm not gonna lie, even without the physical disc controversy, the idea of a PS6 sounds like the most pointless and uninteresting console of all time 💀