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Sony and Playstation doesn't care about you, they want physical discs gone. They will keep ignoring fans and not care. But there are things they will HAVE TO CARE about:
I have done a lot of research and got help from a lot of people to find out all this info, so please read and try to understand all this. There is no reason to argue with each other, no rage or anything like that will actually do anything. But reading and understanding how things work might:
Right now, a Dutch group is suing Sony for €400 million in the "Fair PlayStation" lawsuit on behalf of 1.7 million gamers.
Their argument is that Sony controls basically all digital game sales on PlayStation and charges a 30% "Sony Tax". According to their research, digital games are around 47% more expensive than physical ones.
Sony’s decision to stop physical disc production in 2028 strengthens their case, because it removes the used game market and leaves gamers with almost no real alternative to Sony’s store.
Even if this Dutch case doesn’t fully win on its own, it still matters. If the court finds Sony is abusing its dominant position, it gives the EU Commission strong evidence to open their own investigation under antitrust rules.
Under EU competition law, the Commission can fine Sony heavily and force remedies so for example by making them allow competing digital stores on PlayStation!
So what can we actually do, since Sony clearly doesn’t care if they lose fans over this?
- If you own a business that will be hurt by this (like a game shop), go to the EU Commission’s competition website and file a Form C. This is an official complaint that forces them to look into how Sony is affecting your business!
- Keep buying physical copies at launch when possible. The more physical sales there are, the harder it is for Sony to claim “nobody wants discs anymore”.
- Sign the “Don’t Kill the Disc” petition on Change org. Big signature numbers are used as proof of consumer harm in these cases. (links under post)
- Support the Stop Killing Games movement. It’s pushing for better consumer rights around game ownership.
Being angry on its own won’t do much. The goal is to create an official paper trail so EU antitrust regulators actually pay attention and take action. This is legit the only way something will change, sony is willing to lose fans over this. Since being all digital for them will be worth it long term!
@SuperSisi (2) humans are naturally selfish in nature… so people who know it would hurt people who can’t afford games or what not they laugh at it and continue on. It’s like this meme…
@SuperSisi Exactly, because there are more people who don’t care about physical games than people do… it would take every single person to not buy a PlayStation which would never happen, we can’t even mobilize to for laws… what makes you think this is any different. (1)
@mrpyo1 Besides the fact Sony is ending physical discs everything else you wrote is speculation and not based in fact. I agree with you on the ending physical copies but yeah nothing else you said is based in fact…
@thefranksabre@ConstantGTA In addition, you don’t own the game so at anytime… the company wants to pull your access they can lock it out on your account so you can’t play it. You just spent $80 for nothing… while they keep your cash… plus not everyone can afford an $80 game and its hard to share digital
@thefranksabre@ConstantGTA Ok, just an example. Emulators are a thing because none of the old games are available on digital, so the games you grew up on can’t play them any more if you don’t have a physical copy… every 10-15 years this happens… then we are up charged for the game we already bought.
@NazRaiGaming@RinoTheBouncer Brother this is a bomb ass collection. I’m rocking my pc as well and been a console collector as well so I definitely get it… I barely play my ps and xbox, switch but… yeah this was the final straw… I love physical copies of a game… this prob be my last console gen too.
@AB_Daghost@RealJiggidy Hempstead and Springfield… bruv. Pass here on the regular doing work… 🤣🤣🤣 facts on how I want my chinos food to look. RIP arteries.
@PattyIce369@dom_lucre Well tough titty… we have them and we can use them to defend ourselves… oh and guess what yall effed up and gave us rights and made us natural born citizens… so hey blame your own govt.
@sm_ar_ta_ss@grok@SolanaSniper999@FactuallyTruth@WickGoneWILD@Chris490360 Ok, you wanna use WW2 about the discrimination of black soldiers that fought for this country when they returned home? Or the fact they couldn’t purchase a home or get access to their benefits after the war… or when they fought some of them were banished to the kitchen.
@sm_ar_ta_ss@grok@SolanaSniper999@FactuallyTruth@WickGoneWILD@Chris490360 Deflect, deflect… but if you must talk about the modern era, let’s talk about redlining, over policing, crack epidemic… I could go on. CIA deliberately targeting blacks… it’s surreal that the truth is all there to read and no one wants to…