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[gordon freeman from woke mesa @portal2urmom]

Let's ratio sony with a #crowbar

[A.R.A. @variablehex66]

We may be past apologies, Sony -- at least the simplest ones -- but you have yet to be past admittance to defeat. If you come out waving your white flag of surrender and asking for any and all compromise with us, we will not stop seeking for your blood and talk it out with you.

[Perma Banned ထ🔨 @GiveMeBanHammer]

Harsh reminder:

Shuhei Yoshida, the previous Head of Playstation, cared a lot about the customer. He was the one who made sure the PS4 had physical shareable discs that you could lend to friends or buy/sell used.

Then one day, the then President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan kicked Shuhei Yoshida out of the position of Head of PlayStation in 2019 because Yoshida disagreed with his direction for the company.

In hindsight, Jim Ryan’s “direction” became Playstation’s obsession with live service. Yoshida presumably told Ryan that it was a bad idea, and turns out, it was.

With Shuhei Yoshida gone, Hermen Hulst took his place.

After that, Playstation changed - the gutting of Sony Japan Studios in 2021, censorship of Japanese games ramped up, the live service, and the increase in consumer-hostile decisions such as PSN+ price hikes, removing games and movies from your library…

And now the decision to abandon physical discs by 2028.

When you look back at what made Playstation start to rot, it always started when Sony Interactive Entertainment moved its operations to California…and having leadership who want to do everything in their power to get rid of what made Playstation special.

You will never get another Shadow of the Colossus, another Bloodborne or a Gravity Rush - and you have people like Jim Ryan and Hermen Hulst to thank for it.

[Layna💉🩸 @LaynaLazar]

Hey everyone!
I absolutely do not endorse or am okay with this person representing me! They are vile scum of the earth, very mean, disgusting, and deserve nothing but to be completely ignored.

We have reported this person over months upon months from our entire community and Twitter won't do anything. Feel free to ignore them forever!

[Deez Games 🎮 @_Deez_Games]

Heads up. Sony/PlayStation are taking down any posts on Reddit which prove that they're lying about the physical vs digital sales comparisons and skewing the numbers 👌

[Canadian Guy Eh @Canadianguyehh]

Did more digging.

It gets worse.

I decided to compare, isolating the PS5 Platform as a comparison. How many more digital exclusive games are there? and does it correlate with the 85% number?

There are, at this point in time, about 1,120 PRINTED PS5 games (give or take). We are going to assume, that all 1,120 of those games also have a digital counterpart.

I went to the PSN store and simply clicked PS5 Platform and games. So this does not include DLC, MTX, etc. The total? 7,590 games.

But what about free to play?

Lets exclude those, this brings the total down to 7,451 games on the PSN store sorted specifically for the PS5. I want to note, this would be a COMPLETE PS5 library (thus far).

So, simple Math

7,451 - 1,120 = 6,331.

There are 6,331 MORE games on the PSN store than what's PHYSICALLY PRINTED For the PS5. That is 5.65x MORE games. These are all games that sell for 1 dollar, all the way up to your 100$+ digital special editions. If you Buy Final Fantasy Rebirth for 69.99 physically, go home, and buy "Quack McStuffins" for a dollar on PSN, those quantity of numbers are treated as equal.

and it gets even funnier.

Lets take that digital catalogue of 6,331 games and divide it by that complete library number (7,451) and turn it into a percentage.

6,331 divided by 7,451 = 84.96%

Meaning? almost 85% of the PS5's available library is DIGITAL ONLY. Ironic how 85% of Playstation's sales are digital eh?

So, what's happening here?

"All digital" defenders are using False Equivalency, and an Availability bias to gaslight users into thinking that no one plays physical anymore and to "get with the times" in the digital era.

Playstation themselves stated "This is a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs." But this logic is ONLY sound if you apply a False Equivalency.

ALL OF THIS- Before we even take into account of the insomniac leaks back in 2022, which showed that 31 out of the 33 first party games sold MORE in Physical than Digital. And in recent memory, Astrobot selling around 55% physical vs Digital.

So, why are they doing this?

Because MONEY!

Playstation makes WAY more money if you buy the game digitally vs Physically. So playstation is using the backing of convenience, Digital Incentives, indie/AA teams, Mini-Games, and yes, AI Slop, to validate jamming gamers who prefer Physical games with a hot poker into a 100% digital era.

[A.R.A. @variablehex66]

@SuperSisi That is a question everyone, including yourself, knows the answer to, so... 👎

[Rino🚀 @RinoTheBouncer]

Don’t give up💪🏼🚀

[A.R.A. @variablehex66]

If you continue to oppose your consumers' wishes, then you deserve to lose everything -- your fans, your money, your employees, your business partners, your bases of operations, and your place and status in the industry! We gave you this privilege and we can take it back! 😤✊

[PlayStation @PlayStation]

Important updates:

News on physical discs for new games - https://t.co/BzZODXdWGY

News on PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita - https://t.co/ev3mN6wj14

[bONGO 🌹 @wariocolosseum]

it’s so funny how sony just destroyed the last of their reputation so quickly

[A.R.A. @variablehex66]

If you are an investor and harbor little to no passion for video games, then I hope you are okay with dying alone and rotting in Hell way down the line! You and the activists leeching on the medium are nothing but a thorn on our sides! Vanish before they can take your heads! 🖕

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

Sony’s stock rose more than 3% after the company announced it will stop releasing new PlayStation games on physical discs starting in January 2028.

Apparently, investors see the move as a way for Sony to increase profits, as selling games digitally eliminates the costs.

Sony said nearly 80% of full-game sales on PS4 and PS5 are already digital, up from 13% when the PS4 launched in 2013.

I don't think they will walk back on this decision even with all the backlash.

[Jean-Luc Mélenchon @JLMelenchon]

Avec GTA 6 sans disque en 2026 et l'annonce de Sony de la fin des ventes de disques physiques pour les jeux en 2028, la question de savoir comment on considère ces produits se pose.

Demain, vous paierez sans jamais rien posséder. Ni prêt, ni revente, ni garantie de conserver ce qu'on a payé.

Le jeu vidéo n'est pas une simple marchandise, c'est un bien culturel et le droit en vigueur doit s’y appliquer.

Nous ouvrirons le chantier en 2027. Les joueuses et joueurs aussi ont des droits !

[Domino's Pizza UK @Dominos_UK]

BREAKING NEWS

[A.R.A. @variablehex66]

@VT_OliviaMonroe We best hope a tailor comes across this and takes this well to heart. 🤞

[Maximilian Dood @maximilian_]

Damn. Having a physical game collection is so sick. Owning things is great. Like really great.

[Ryan McCaffrey @DMC_Ryan]

It isn't even about PlayStation vs. Xbox at this point. It's about corporations vs. consumers.

[Helena @SpiderKnightART]

REMEMBER PEOPLE

BULLYING CORPORATIONS IS ALWAYS CORRECT

[Shirrako @ShirrakoGaming]

Consoles have no reason to exist without physical games.

[Trevor Noah @Trevornoah]

I completely understand where you’re coming from, but for a lot of gamers physical discs are the only way they could afford to play games because they could get them secondhand. You can also give games to your younger siblings Which is a great way to introduce them to the games you were playing.

Most importantly though, as we saw from PlayStation this past week, if the media we buy is only digital, it can be taken away from us at a moment’s notice with no recourse. Imagine that, one day your entire library of games could be deleted overnight because technically you don’t own it.