I'm sorry to be so negative, I dont like complaining, but I've loved playstation for so many years and to see the company be overrun by anticonsumerism and greed and people saying they'll protest and then in practice they fold like lawnchairs is incredibly frustrating.
I hate to say this, but Sony might’ve been correct to call their current physical outrage a load of bluff when most people are getting easily folded by the Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 PS4/5 ports' shadow drop, literally crashing the whole PlayStation Store
This is why you should never pay any attention to these grifter accounts. They’ll immediately jump on a bandwagon for clicks. Just a day ago he was tweeting to “keep the pressure up” on Sony. Now he folds immediately hyping up a PORT. Not even a new game. A PORT!
Randomly announcing that physical games will be phased out by 2028 is one thing. But acting like nothing happened afterwards, ignoring your fans and partners, and refusing to properly answer any of the questions is what really makes me even more angry.
This fight isn't about physical vs. digital.
It's about consumers vs. anti-consumer practices.
I genuinely don't think the people defending Sony's decision are weighing the long-term consequences.
- Lose the trust of your most passionate fans—the collectors, influencers, and lifelong supporters who buy the most hardware and software—and you lose far more than a few sales. You lose your biggest advocates.
- Blindside retailers and partners, and don't be surprised if those relationships become more complicated going forward.
- Push everyone to digital, but offer no meaningful consumer protections. Can you lend a game? Trade it? Gift it? Preserve it if your account is banned? What guarantees do you actually have?
- Tell us digital is cheaper for you, then charge us the same (or more) anyway. If manufacturing, shipping, distribution, and retailer cuts disappear... where are the savings? Especially with dynamic pricing entering the conversation.
This isn't about making anyone feel bad for buying digital. Buy digital. Buy physical. I don't care.
What I care about is choice. What I care about is ownership. What I care about is consumers having rights instead of corporations having all the leverage.
We don't owe loyalty to shareholders. We should be standing together.
Because this isn't just about PlayStation. Every publisher is watching. Every platform holder is watching.
The standards we accept today become the standards the entire industry follows tomorrow.
Hold the line, people.
Anyone who canceled PS+ and complained about Playstation discontinuing discs but renewed PS+ to get the PS5 versions of CoD BO 1&2 and its separately-sold DLC are spineless hypocrites and part of the reason Sony thinks they can do whatever they want and disrespect their customers
I need people to understand that the goal of #NoDiscNoBuy isn't just to make Sony reverse stance. It's to make the Playstation brand perish pathetically if they refuse to change course and thus set an example for other console makers to never try something similar.
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S. Farrelly
"Black Ops is unplayable everywhere else!"
And your solution is to pay $80 plus DLC for two 15-year-old games instead?
They could've sold it cheap. They could've bundled it. Hell, they could've made it free as goodwill.
They didn't.
Because they know some of y'all will happily pay premium prices for the same slop with a fresh coat of paint.
And then wonder why publishers keep doing it.
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)