Can people stop using the “but what about supporting the developers” as an argument against refusing to buy games that are digital only🚀 You aren’t responsible for developers’ paychecks, you aren’t responsible for upkeeping someone else’s career. Video games are a business like any other, and you as a customer pick and choose what serves your own interest in it, rather than being gaslit because someone may or may not lose the job. No other industry’s audience has managed to over-concern itself with everything BUT their own self interest as the gaming industry. When we buy something, we think about what serves us best, and fighting for physical media serves the best interest of both physical and digital games. Don’t turning gaming into another “tipping culture” in the west where you gaslight yourself into thinking that you’re responsible for the income of employees you didn’t hire in a business you don’t own. NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

Ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden chimed in on Sony’s plan to end physical media stating “I don't agree with that decision”🚀 While Layden understands the convenience of digital games, he insists that even if 80% of people download games and 20% buy them physically, the 20% is “super important” He added that these are the most “faithful of the faithful” players, who even buy multiple copies of a game to add to their collections🫡 Source: The Expansion Pass podcast ___________ Huge respect to Shawn Layden for having a full understanding of gamers and the importance of physical media, and that it’s not about whether digital or physical has the bigger percentage, but rather honoring the options and wishes of the most loyal, in addition to the many other benefits of physical media. I would do anything to have gave back as a CEO of PlayStation alongside Shuhei Yoshida, both of whom have demonstrated their passion for gaming and great understanding of gaming culture, and both of whom made Sony flourish under their influence and wisdom💿

Let’s remind everyone of the dangers of a digital-only future, since some continue to pretend not to know🚀 ❌No game ownership ❌No preservation ❌No competition > high prices ❌Regional & dynamic pricing > high prices ❌No refund if a game is removed from PSN ❌Reliance on Sony’s bad customer support ❌Region locked code-in-box games ❌Total reliance on networks/internet ❌64% of the world has no PSN > no games ❌If account is lost > all your games are lost ❌If you move to another country, there is no way to change regions > need to repurchase all your games, per Sony’s terms And therefore we need discs to remain an option. We need to speak out and vote with our voices and wallets. No matter how much fanboys screech, no matter how many Sony sock-puppets try to demoralize us, and no matter what paid think-pieces and executive lies try to make it sound like no one wants discs and digital is the future. NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

Sony needs to fire their current executives and CEOs, and hire people that actually respect gaming as more than just profits🚀 You cannot create art and entertainment when all you think about is appealing to investors. There are things like values, ethics, brand image, high caliber names, player satisfaction, reputation among gamers....etc that affect how you are seen on the run. Being ruthlessly run by greedy egomaniacs who only see the value of the dollar will degrade your image and consequently your income and goodwill among customers and collaborators on the long run. FOR THE PLAYERS Not FOR THE INVESTORS NO KOJIMA 🫡 NO BUY NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

The only announcement we’re interested in hearing from Sony is this🚀 “We’re sorry. We hear you. Physical media will continue to be produced for games before and after January 2028” Anything else is completely meaningless NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

The video game industry, especially Sony, has made the worst choices in the last 6 years, and now they’re trying to shift the consequences of their own failure onto us, masquerading as “the future”🚀 Recap on recent events: ✅PlayStation sent out emails reminding players that they DO NOT OWN their digital games that they bought for the same price they’d pay for a physical game (if not more) ✅Sony is planning to end production of physical games by 2028 ✅Sony believes players don’t deserve a cent of the US tariffs refunds ✅Sony believes they’re above addressing any of the relentless outrage against their predatory plans ✅64% of the world has no access to a dedicated PlayStation Store for their own region ✅PlayStation 6 and XBOX Project Helix are expected to be priced around $1000 ✅Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick stated that he believes cloud streaming will be mainstream in about 3 years due to high prices of hardware ✅XBOX is putting a cap on video game monthly cloud streaming, with an option to pay more for extra time ✅It’s been shown time and time again that physical games aren’t niche, and they sell 40-50% for some games in UK, France, Australia and Japan, and digital sales account for DLC, MTX, digital only and free to play games ✅This means the numbers are inflated to engineer a narrative that physical games are niche, when the real reason for ending physical games is ending second hand market, trading and competition and eliminating ownership to tie players to eventually subscriptions here they keep paying for games forever ✅Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney also stated that this is the worst crash in the industry since the 80s, and experts call it “Crash 2.0” referring to exponentially increasing development costs for AAA games and the %400 increase in RAM and storage prices due to AI and data centers Do you see where the story is headed? There’s zero room for debate after this. This isn’t a conspiracy nor fear-mongering or even nostalgia, because everything is crystal clear. If you refuse to see and fight back against the catastrophe we’re heading into, then you have no right to complain in a few years when it’s set in stone and normalized. All the failure that the tech industry inflicted upon itself, all the terrible decisions they’ve made, all the games you didn’t ask for and the greed you don’t owe to sustain, is being shifting onto you, the player, and you are set to foot the bill for less quality than ever before. So stand up and speak out Vote with your wallets and voices Fire your CEOs Reform and apologize Scale back gaming Listen to gamers NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

Sony Interactive Entertainment’s new push for anti-harassment for their employees may end up deeming your legitimate complaints, and repeated demands for compensation for their failure to provide service to be “harassment” and may not respond to, block or even sue you for it🚀 Sony wants to make this look like protecting their own employees, but in reality, we’ve seen time and time again how the industry handles harassment, and how they choose to frame legitimate criticism and concerns as “harassment” while sweeping the harassment that happens within their own studios under the rug. This is whom you’re trying to trust your money and your “digital future” to They should fire their CEOs and reform NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

REPORT: PlayStation is claimed to be considering delaying their digital-only future because XBOX is willing to go physical next generation🚀 ✅Microsoft is allegedly telling publishers its next console, Project Helix will be entirely physical and will allow users to convert physical games into digital copies. ✅Sony reportedly realized that forcing a digital-only approach leaves a massive opening for competitors to capitalize on consumer demand for physical games. ✅A major unnamed game publisher (confirmed not to be Rockstar) reportedly threatened to skip PlayStation and release their massive upcoming title only on XBOX and Nintendo if Sony couldn't guarantee a physical release. Source: Rumors gathered from Gamescom show floor, shared through Eurogamer Spain podcast via @MPFirst Keep up the pressure! We can win this!💪🏼 NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

Sony’s lawyers claim that it should already be obvious that digital games aren’t actually owned players🚀 Sony refers to their agreement stating that it says “the Software is licensed to you, not sold” They proceeds to present a weird and flat out laughable argument that if a customer owns a digital game, another player won’t be able to own it since it’s one copy being downloaded, and not a countable number of copies. All these mental gymnastics to justify their predatory behaviors in the lawsuit against them, are all the HUGE reason why we have to fight for physical video games, because having a clear defined countable number of copies, and force a revision of these terms for both physical and digital games. NO DISC 💿 NO BUY Source: GameFile

REPORT: Sony’s plan to end physical game media has reportedly generated enough tension, according to @NWeedle after his Gamescom experience🚀 ✅Backlash had impact on their marketing strategies and forcing them to change how they communicate ✅3rd-party developers are preferring not to be associated with Sony at the moment This is quite likely due to every PlayStation marketing material is being full of comment calling for “NO DISC 💿 NO BUY” Keep up the pressure and don’t give up. Speak out against ending physical media, vote with your voices and wallets and join the PlayStation Blackout We don’t hate gaming, we love gaming very much that we refuse to let corporate greed to further ruin it for us. A digital-only future is NOT evolution, it’s going backwards because it means: ❌No ownership ❌No competition/options for prices ❌No 2nd hand marketing and trading ❌Always being tied to an account ❌Losing games if an account is lost ❌Region-locking ❌64% of the world who have no dedicated PlayStation Store will lose access to games NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

Crazy how all of them gave you the worst generation to date, by pushing for the most anti-consumer practices and games that no one asked for, and now they wanna penalize you for their own failure, by taking away your ownership, options and raising game prices🚀 And what’s worse is the Stockholm Syndrome shills have for them, defending their every move, despite being crystal clear about who they truly are. Sometimes I feel like most gamers deserve the industry they got, just for how complacent they can be over tribalism. But I’m also very proud of those joining PlayStation Blackout and relentlessly speaking out against predatory practices in gaming. NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

There are very serious problems with the way digital media distribution is handled, and that includes any system whose terms insist that buying digital media is a “license” that can be taken “at any time for any reason without compensation”🚀 This is why we demand physical media to continue, because physical games are a hard copy that we own, that SHOULD have the full game on it, without the need for internet. Please do not derail the conversation by turning this into another PlayStation vs. XBOX console war. Physical and digital media need rewritten laws that guarantee players aren’t just threat money at something that can be taken away at any time, without compensation, masquerading as a “purchase” PlayStation 💙❌ Blackout in motion NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

Don’t underestimate your own power for change🚀 ✅The internet went mad over Sonic’s initial design for the first movie, and some were trying to put them down saying “it is a movie for our, it doesn’t matter”. But the studio listened and we got an amazing redesign and Sonic movies became hugely successful. ✅The internet also went mad over Sony trying to close PS3/Vita stores few years back, and they were told “these are old games on dead systems, why would you care?”. They overturned their decision and everyone was happy. Moral of the story, there will always be those who bark in defense of corporations, who will try to put you down, and make you feel guilty for demanding better. But you are the customer You hold the money And your voice matters So use it and make change, and don’t let them put you down. NO DISC 💿 NO BUY