SONY.
WE BOUGHT THE CONSOLES.
WE BOUGHT THE GAMES.
WE BUILT THE INDUSTRY.
PHYSICAL MEDIA IS NOT OBSOLETE.
OWNERSHIP IS NOT OBSOLETE.
NO DISC.
NO BUY.
PHYSICAL MEDIA MUST STAY.
Just days after PlayStation announced that all new games will be digital-only starting in 2028, Sony President and CEO Hiroki Totoki sold 225,000 Sony shares.
According to a recent SEC filing, Totoki sold the shares on July 3 for an estimated $4.73 million.
The sale represented 56.5% of his holdings in that class of Sony stock, leaving him with 173,250 shares.
The stock sale happened shortly after Sony announced its move toward an all-digital future for new PlayStation games after huge backlash from everyone
No, Sony. Offering us a discount on your online service will NOT make us come back to your closed platform, zero ownership, zero preservation monopoly scheme.
REPORT: PlayStation has apparently blindsided, and not told its publishers and business partners, and even branches in other markets, about cancelling physical games🚀
Sony reducing a legacy spanning multiple generations to mere three paragraph blog post that implies utter disdain for its audience is deranged to say the least🎤
NO DISC 💿 NO BUY
Source: @HighChaosRun
In response to trends in the gaming industry, as of April 1st 2027, I will stop going to Square Enix to work physically and appear digitally only.
Employees will be able to download the Tetsuya Nomura APP on their devices with my code 42069 and have me tell them what to do.
Just to show you how scummy Sony is being with this news.
They anticipated their numbers would drop through people protesting/boycotting by canceling Ps Plus and pre-orders but they won't have to show their numbers to investors until the end of September.
Their next earnings call is July 31st however it only covers up to June 30th. They planned this out perfectly to drop it on July 1st for this very reason. The numbers dip early July, they have over 2 months to watch them HOPEFULLY recover as the deperate gamers crawl back and the investors see that Sony moving away from physical games didn't hurt anything.
Keep this is mind as we move forward. Sony is betting on you caving and crawling back to them in the coming weeks. Oh and so are the investors.