Phoenix Clay

Writer, soon-to-be author. Also a therapist & gamer. Currently writing: an adult sci-fi novel with horror & dystopia elements. Here to network and meet friends.

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

Brazil has proposed a bill with new protections for gamers 🇧🇷

• After support ends, publishers would need to either enable offline play, provide the community with tools to keep the game running, or offer proportional refunds

• Publishers would have to disclose online-server requirements and guarantee at least 2 years of support after launch in Brazil

• Players would need to be notified at least 180 days before a game's online services are shut down

• Lawmakers have also requested an investigation into Sony’s plan to end physical PlayStation disc production in 2028

(via @pushsquare)

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@CultureCrave Come on EU. Come on NA. We must make an effort to catch up to this move by Brazil to protect consumer rights.

Perhaps you can help us 👀...
@FTC
@ACLU

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@SrcasticGamer HOLD the line, gamers (those of us who truly mean it). Do not shut up about this because, if Sony gets away with this unscathed, there is likely no going back to consumer-tailored policies. Furthermore, let's push for legal consequences. We need to push for consumer protection.

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@RinoTheBouncer Lost in Vivo for PC because it is not available in another format and, because I can easily find a way to download it onto my computer to own outside of Steam. PC is not a closed ecosystem without a way around it like PlayStation wants to become.

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@RinoTheBouncer Agreed. 💯 We must target the pockets of the shareholders. We must push to raise awareness to legal entities about the importance of consumer protections. 👊🏼

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@RinoTheBouncer Thank goodness that someone with power somewhere is taking a stand against Sony. Now, if only someone in the USA would take up this cause... 🤔

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@Glassdoorgamer @NovaBran Not everyone who is advocating for player choice and consumer rights has given in to buying Black Ops. This is a weak percentage of those who have said they would boycott PlayStation products going forward. 👀

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@NovaBran Could not agree more. Someone who gets it. 💯✊

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@SIEK_PlayGround Although we who support physical discs and player choice are only a section of your consumer base, we who have integrity will continue to boycott PlayStation products. Keep your new controllers. 💯

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@TJAirborneT @SeeReax @PS_Support_US You know what, @TJAirborneT? You're right. I now see what @SeeReax meant. I misinterpreted his post. I was wrong. I took his post as advocating for the disposal of physical discs but, he seems to have been advocating for the option to choose between physical and digital. 👍

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

And that's a shame. You're clearly cut from a different cloth. I value physical ownership. To each his own. What I am against is the uncertainty that comes with a multibillion corporation holding absolute, exclusive control of their games' market. If we had legal consumer protections in the USA, as other countries like Brazil do, I would adjust to the digital transition.

[八野 @yano_gamedev]

@PlayStation we're not gonna sit back and let physical media die

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@PlayStation How cute of you, PlayStation, to try and seem like the 'good guy' by promoting Pals---an IP Nintendo tried to crush with lawsuits. What excellent timing after your continued ignorance of many fans' ire. 🙄

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

Respectfully, you clearly don't know me. I regularly buy physical PlayStation games I'm interested in and it's been that way since 1998. I believe that, if faced with no other choice due to changing times, 97% of gamers would accept the compromise of "software purchased digitally is owned by the purchaser...".

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@Pirat_Nation Oh, I’m sure NOTHING will happen… 😏

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

I am one who has not bought that Black Ops bundle. Alas, some of us have been hypocritical. YET, that does not de-legitimize the core concerns at hand. The main concern is legal consumer protections: the right to have a choice whether to use physical or digital, and/or measures against potential removal of digital products and methods to share the same. 💯

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

We’re fighting for longhaul victory. HOLD the line, gamers!! If I may add to @GTAman51’s post, let’s brainstorm ways to push for legal ownership protection rights. There must be a way we can press for legal consumer protections, such as what Brazil is doing (see video):

https://t.co/mpqmsaJHDM

[GTAman 💿 @GTAman51]

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

[Phoenix Clay @PhoenixClayAuth]

@jaybirdie1 @GamingCentral26 Very true. This is a great point. 👊🏼