Rob

Christian, gamer, tech married to the love of my life. On mission to build friendships and a community that reaches others. To God be the glory for everything.

[Ethica Gaming @EthicaNow]

🚨 THIS IS WHERE IT MATTERS-SONY HAS A NEW PROBLEM-THE BLACKOUT JUST ESCAPED THE GAMING BUBBLE!

Things are getting interesting.

For weeks, Sony could probably look at the #PSBlackout and dismiss it as angry gamers, collectors and preservation advocates making noise on social media. You know, all of us!

Well not anymore. The Genie is out of the bottle!

The Guardian is now covering it. Polygon is covering it. TechRadar, Tom's Hardware, GamesRadar and others are talking about it.

And the conversation is getting bigger than PlayStation.

It's becoming a conversation about ownership. Consumer rights. Preservation. And how much control a corporation should have over something you paid for.

Well Sony should be paying attention to it's consumer base.

The PlayStation blackout runs through August 30, with players being encouraged to stay off PSN and stop spending money in protest of Sony's move away from physical games.

"November 5th is coming"👈

I digress...

Then, right in the middle of that backlash, Sony reminded customers that its software is licensed-not sold.

Um, Read the room, Sony.

Their answer-PlayStation is explaining why you don't really own the digital games you've purchased, Xbox just announced a disc-to-digital program that begins testing August 31.

Insert a supported Xbox disc.
Claim a digital entitlement.
Keep using the physical media. The cool thing is you can play the game across multiple platforms as long as the disc contains Xbox Anywhere.

The timing couldn't make Sony's position look much worse.

Also-there's another date worth remembering:

August 31.

That's also Sony Interactive Entertainment's current deadline to answer or otherwise respond in the consolidated federal Sony Interactive Entertainment Tariff Litigation.

None of this means Sony is suddenly going to reverse course tomorrow. But something important HAS changed.

Gamers aren't screaming into an empty room anymore. The story escaped.

And once a consumer revolt becomes a mainstream conversation about ownership and corporate control, ignoring it becomes a whole lot harder.

Sony wanted an all-digital future.

But, it may have accidentally started a much bigger conversation about whether consumers are willing to live in one.

No Disc. No Buy.

@PlayStation @Sony @Xbox

#PSBlackout #PlayStation #Sony #PhysicalMedia #GamePreservation #NoDiscNoBuy #Gaming

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[Rob @breakthrough424]

@EthicaNow Remember, remember - The 5th of November

[Ethica Gaming @EthicaNow]

🚨🎮 A HISTORY LESSON FOR SONY

This isn't a “Sony is doomed” post.

Sony isn't going bankrupt tomorrow. PlayStation is massive.

But gaming history has taught us something Sony would be wise to remember:

No company is bigger than its customers forever.

Let's go back.

🎮 ATARI

Atari once dominated home gaming.

Then came an oversaturated market, weak quality control, mountains of bad software and collapsing consumer confidence.

Atari went from being practically synonymous with video games to becoming the poster child for the 1983 crash.

🎮 SEGA

Genesis/Mega Drive went toe-to-toe with Nintendo.

Think about that.

SEGA was once one of the most powerful console manufacturers on Earth.

But expensive hardware decisions, confused platform strategy and the commercial failure of Dreamcast helped push SEGA out of the console hardware business entirely.

🎮 ACCLAIM

Turok.
NBA Jam.
Mortal Kombat ports.
Burnout.

Huge names didn't save it.

By March 2004, Acclaim reported:

$56.4M annual loss.
$110.9M working-capital deficit.
$1.1M cash remaining.

Bankruptcy followed.

🎮 MIDWAY

Mortal Kombat.
Rampage.
NBA Jam.

Another legendary gaming company.

Years of financial losses, debt and unsuccessful attempts to turn the company around eventually ended in Chapter 11.

🎮 THQ

Saints Row.
Darksiders.
Red Faction.
WWE.

THQ's own financial filings tell the story.

Several major releases performed significantly below expectations and generated significant losses.

uDraw became another costly disaster.

THQ eventually filed bankruptcy.

Now let's come back to 2026.

Sony is obviously much larger and financially stronger than these companies were when they failed.

That's exactly why this matters.

Success can create something dangerous:

Complacency.

Sony CFO Lin Tao recently said Sony wasn't seeing an impact on its business from the backlash surrounding physical media. Well to me " That means we should turn up the heat!"

Maybe Sony won't change. There's plenty of room in the history books for them too!

Maybe gamers complain and eventually accept digital-only PlayStation.

That's entirely possible. " But I won't go willingly."

But #PSBlackout presents Sony with something financial statements can't measure immediately:

A warning from its customers.

Every PlayStation revenue number ultimately starts with us. We buy the console. We buy the games. We pay for PS Plus. We buy DLC's. We buy accessories. We generate engagement.

Sony provides the platform.

We provide the business.

That's the history lesson.

Companies don't usually collapse because of one unpopular decision.

Problems compound. Sony is headed in that direction!

Bad decisions.
Missed trends.
Failed products.
Financial pressure.
Loss of customer confidence.

Until eventually yesterday's giant discovers that its customers moved somewhere else.

#PSBlackout doesn't prove Sony is failing.

It's the customer knocking on the door.

"History says successful companies should answer before customers stop knocking."

Wake up Sony! History is calling......

@PlayStation @Sony @DoesItPlay1 @KackisHD @LUCKYY10P @Aztecross @PaulTassi @xHOUNDISHx

#PSBlackout #PlayStation #Sony #PS5 #Gaming #PhysicalMedia #GamePreservation #DigitalOwnership

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[Playasia @playasia]

Player choice matters.

Digital gaming offers convenience, accessibility, and new ways to experience games, and we believe it has an important place in the future of gaming.
Physical games offer something uniquely valuable too: the ability to own, collect, lend, share, resell, import, and preserve the games we love.

At Playasia, we believe players should have the freedom to choose how they experience and own their games. Digital and physical can coexist, and that choice should remain in the hands of players.

As part of that commitment, we’ve signed the “Don’t Kill the Disc” petition calling for physical PlayStation games to remain available.

If player choice matters to you, you can add your voice too:
https://t.co/ngrCETw3p4

[JonnyBlox @JonnyBlox]

So... my channel was just falsely TERMINATED on YouTube. This message and action came with zero warning and, of course, offers no insight into what guidelines I've allegedly broken.

I've been creating original, reliable, and human-made content for nearly a decade. I've never used the practices they claim I've used. This channel is my livelihood, and I kindly request a proper review of my channel and content @TeamYouTube

I've requested a review, but waiting days for YouTube to resolve an issue they created isn't right.

[Marouan 👽 @DarkCornersYT]

Let me get this straight.

YouTube deletes my channels with over 1M subscribers, 3,000+ videos and 7 years of hard work, despite me never having received a strike or warning.

When I ask for a reason, they refuse to give me one because providing the specifics could enable “circumvention” of their policies.

So YouTube can delete years of work, but creators aren’t even allowed to know what they supposedly did wrong? How is anyone supposed to appeal a decision they aren’t even allowed to understand?

Every creator should be concerned about a system where this can happen without a clear explanation.

Please share this. Creators deserve transparency. @TeamYouTube

[Stop Killing Games Official @StopKilingGames]

As our favorite Pirate Markéta Gregorová said, taking away your consumer rights is a business decision, NOT a technical necessity.
Never let companies like @sony gaslight you.

[Bring Back Banjo @BringBackBanjoK]

This is your future on Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo in a digital only age btw.

You have a couple years now to make a stand and help save the future of gaming.

You are absolutely lying to yourself if you believe otherwise.

[Stop Killing Games Official @StopKilingGames]

This is why they want to get ride of discs. It’s the last barrier to us having no rights at all!

[Rob @breakthrough424]

@PaulRguezGlez I just took this picture on FB, why can you not like or react to people commenting about physical media, but you can for others? 🤔

[GAMING DISTRICT @ILoveSports_55]

Physical games matters
#NoDigitalOwnershipNoBuy
#NoDiscsNoMoney
#PhysicalGames

[🌸auréliana76🌸🌠✝️ @aureliana761]

Nous étions à 351 634 signataires ont est à 356 927 signataires !
Bah oui playstation on a pas l'intention de lâcher le morceau car nos intérêts sont en jeux et sont importants !
On partage au max !
Sensibilisé au tour de sois et sur les reseaux leurs envoyer le liens!

[𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡 #SavePhysicalGaming @Shunkiroth]

Os cuento lo de hoy de Sony resumido y muy sencillo:

Lin Tao ha aprovechado la presentación del reporte financiero Q1, que va del 1 de abril al 30 de junio, para enmascarar el impacto que ha tenido la revuelta en su contra y decir falsamente que "no ha afectado a la empresa" puesto que julio no aparece en los datos presentados.

No será hasta el Q2, en octubre, donde se pueda ver el gran batacazo que han tenido y el objetivo principal de la empresa es usar este tiempo para acallar tantas voces como sea posible para restaurar su situación financiera y que sus accionistas no les abandonen para poder seguir con su plan.

➡️ ¿Entonces cual es NUESTRO plan?

Seguir como hasta ahora.
No comprar NADA de Sony, todos los días informar a todo el mundo, inundar sus redes y no dejarles respirar ni un segundo para que, llegado el momento, las cosas no salgan como quieren, sus accionistas se bajen del barco, toda la estrategia que están siguiendo se desmorone y no tengan más remedio que rectificar.

De darse así las cosas, estaríamos hablando de una situación muy difícil para ellos, perderían toda la confianza con la que hablan, el cojín que aportan sus accionistas y se verían obligados a dar un cambio total de dirección para no perder ese porcentaje de jugadores del que ahora parece no importar desprenderse con tanta osadía.

Sed más listos que ellos, todos sus movimientos están calculados y este, por supuesto, también lo está.

Hay que mantenerse firmes.
Compartid el post y que todo el mundo lo tenga claro.

SAVE THE DISC 📀 SAVE VIDEOGAMES

[Rob @breakthrough424]

@RulerNakano RE: Requiem 😊👍🏻

[I didn’t say it, it was A.I. @TIG_Ronin]

DO NOT LET THEM GASLIGHT YOU

[Ghost Of Babylon @KindredBlade]

I never thought a huge portion of gamers would actively fight on Sony's behalf.

Even if you prefer digital games, why are you against those who are demanding physical discs? It's not like we're asking for digital games to be removed.

If you don't want to fight with us, then at least don't fight against us.

[𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡 #SavePhysicalGaming @Shunkiroth]

Hacer ruido contra Sony SÍ FUNCIONA:

➡️ Sus posts comerciales se ven comprometidos y sus relaciones con desarrolladoras con ellos al recibir quejas por la mala promoción que están dando.

➡️ Bajan sus ventas al ahuyentar a posibles compradores y bajan sus subs, reservas y compras de usuarios por perder toda fiabilidad.

➡️ Se informa a más usuarios sobre la situación actual de la empresa y el devenir del gaming.

➡️ Sony tiene que terminar pagando costes de rectificación, devoluciones y reembolsos.

➡️ Puede provocar caídas en el precio de sus acciones por poner a sus inversores en desconfianza.

➡️ Afecta a su reputación, la cual tardarán muchos años en reconstruir después de esto.

➡️ Los lleva a investigaciones de consumo.
Al amasar tantas quejas y demandas, se activan protocolos y tienen que pasar auditorías varias.

➡️ Sanciones gubernamentales que gracias al eco que se da a la situación se tiran para delante.

➡️ Y la más importante, se evita que la empresa se recupere y estabilice, dejándola en una situación propicia, social y económicamente en entredicho, para obligarla a rectificar.

📝🔥 Que nadie os diga que hacer ruido no sirve, porque es justamente el poder que tenemos como fans y usuarios frente a las empresas y el mayor miedo que estas tienen es que se extienda, al desestabilizar completamente su mercado.

🤫❌ Callar y simplemente irnos no hace el trabajo, si queremos cambiar las cosas hay que mantener la antorcha bien arriba, mantenernos unidos y pasen 15 días, 2 meses o un año entero, tener la entereza suficiente para seguir hasta ganar.

En ello nos va el futuro del gaming, nuestro bienestar y derechos a la tinencia física y digital, miles de puestos de trabajo en el sector y el mercado entero de segunda mano, pero no solo eso.
También nos va la respuesta de las demás empresas, que tendrán que aflojar la cuerda y seguir los pasos de Sony para garantizar sus ventas y adecuarse al mercado que queremos y luchamos por restituir.

Esta lucha decide si somos NPCs en sus manos o consumidores despiertos a los que no pueden pasar por encima.

Seguid luchando, cada día. 💪🏼

SAVE THE DISC 📀 SAVE VIDEOGAMES

[Rob @breakthrough424]

@1GamewithDave1 Let’s be honest, they got lamer as time went on. They shouldn’t have though, the startup screen is a memory that all gamers can remember.

[Outbreak Survivor 🎃 @SurvivorNo0322]

Remember when Konami and Sony PlayStation erased P.T. from the PS Store?

This is exactly why giving one storefront a monopoly over your games library is a disaster. They decide what you can access , not you. Ownership matters!

#NotBuyingPS6 #CancelPSPlus #BoycottPlayStation