US Republicans are trying to pass a bill that would require foreign piracy sites to be banned.
Sites found guilty of piracy for TV shows, movies, anime, sports, books, software, and more would be universally banned in the US, not even accessible by VPN.
POV: Itโs the early 2000s and youโre walking through the video game aisle at Best Buy.
PS2, Xbox, GameCube, PC gamesโฆ rows of cases youโd stare at forever while trying to decide what was worth spending your money on.
Sometimes browsing the aisle was almost as much fun as bringing a game home.
IGN made a whole article about Sony's downfall that should be studied, they didn't get the check, or they're just tired of Sony's bullshit.
Basically what they argued is what normal people thinks:
> What was once the miracle formula behind Uncharted has basically become the default PlayStation template.
>Sony has spent years refining the same type of single-player blockbuster: huge cutscenes, accessible third-person combat, some light RPG mechanics, stealth sections through waist-high grass, and a meter you fill up to unleash a powerful ability.
>The result is incredibly polished, but also increasingly generic.
>Ghost of Yotei, Marvelโs Spider-Man 2, God of War Ragnarรถk and Horizon Forbidden West are obviously very different games on the surface, but IGN argues that underneath, they share a lot of the same design language.
>The problem isnโt that these games are bad. Itโs that what felt exciting ten years ago now feels increasingly familiar.
PlayStation magic formula is failing, itโs getting boring and generic, they need something new or just look at the games they made in past generations..
Physical music is making a big comeback in the U.S. and sony wants to end it all with playstation discs
>In the first half of 2026, CD sales revenue jumped 58.6%, while vinyl revenue grew 17.7%.
>Overall, revenue from physical music increased 25.9%.
Streaming is still much bigger, with $4.9 billion during the same period, up 4.7%.
The growth in CDs and vinyl shows that people are still interested in actually owning their music, maybe Sony will change their mind if people keep showing interest
SONY is sending out emails updating and reminding people of their PlayStation terms. short version what it says:
- You don't own your digital games, you rent a license
- If a account closed or banned your games are gone, even paid ones
- PlayStation can record your chats, clips, ip address
- Clips you share, they can sell and put ads on and you get no cut
- their liability is capped at ยฃ100! This means if Sony screws something up and it costs you money, the most they'll pay you back is ยฃ100, no matter how much you actually lost