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Sony is reportedly forcing players to update their system software in order to play some physical games discs🚀 Multiple players have documented and shared evidence of this issue occurring. This is another reason we DEMAND physical media to remain in production and for discs to include the ENTIRE game, without downloads or the need to update any software. We need to call for the law, as many lawmakers around the words have expressed concerns, and seek to uphold customer rights. It should be ILLEGAL for a company to control how you use a product you bought, even if they put it in their terms, it should never be allowed to stand in court, whether it’s physical or digital. 👉PROTECT VIDEO GAME OWNERSHIP 👉EMANCIPATE GAME FROM ONLINE CONNECTIVITY NO OWN 🕹️ NO BUY NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

US Representative Ritchie Torres from New York City announced that he will introduce the “Power To The Players Act” citing that digital video games are a rental disguises as a sale🚀 He explained: "When you pay for a game, you should own it. Consumers must have the right to own, the right to play, and the right to transfer the games they buy. A game that can be taken away the moment a company pulls the plug is not a purchase. It is a rental disguised as a sale.” If it is passed into law, the bill will protect our ability to own and play purchased games. Source: @RitchieTorres Office It’s about time the firm hand of the law took a stand towards the normalized exploitation of gamers under the excuse of “the company has the right to revoke access at any time for any reason without compensation” and actually preserved players’ rights to own the games they buy, and to be compensated in case said game was removed or account was disabled. There can never be full trust in digital games when you aren’t even able to own what you’re buying. In any case, physical media must be preserved, because it will always be the only and most reliable way to play games and have agency over their usage, and they must contain the ENTIRE game, whether on one disc and four even. NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

The list of industry legends continues to grow, as they speak out in support of physical media and opposed Sony’s plan to end them🚀 ✅Hideo Kojima ✅Shawn Layden: Ex-PlayStation CEO/Pres ✅Shuji Utsumi: SEGA President & COO ✅Dan Houser: Rockstar Co-Founder ✅Sohei Niikawa: Disgaea Creator ✅Josh Fairhurst: Limited Run Co-Founder ✅Yoko Taro ✅Naoki Hamaguchi: FFVIIR Director ✅Jean-Luc Mélenchon: French Politician ✅GOG: spoke in support ownership of games as a must, digital and physical PLUS, John Linneman of Digital Foundry stated that he spoke with many studios and publishers and they bare great resentment for Sony due to their decision. As you see, this isn’t just a “niche of nostalgic gamers” or “few stuck in the past” this is something that expanded way beyond the the video game industry and continues to be criticized worldwide under every PlayStation post, and extended to mainstream media outlets and celebrities. Ending physical media will negatively impact physical and digital gamers, so stand against Sony’s predatory plan to monopolize gaming and demand physical media to remain an option NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

Former PlayStation CEO, Shawn Layden spoke against Sony ending physical media and shed light on the concerns about game ownership in a digital-only future🚀 “If you don't own it, what are you buying?” He added that this decision will be “a significant brand hit” and a “reputation bite” for PlayStation. He went on to list the benefits of collecting and showing off your collection of games, and highlighted the very real concern about ownership: “I think this is probably the more insidious aspect to it, is that it changes the conversation [to] ‘do you own a game or do you have access to a digital asset. If you can’t sell a thing, that means you don’t own a thing. And if you don’t own it, then what are you buying? If you’re buying access, that doesn’t quite sound as sexy, to be honest. And people, as people tend to do, in their mind they’ll game out the worst case scenario. And that’s a whole lot of brand hit and reputation bite that – as I said, I don’t have any visibility on the financials around it – but that’s a significant brand hit, and I hope it made sense to them.” Once again, much respect to Layden as he proves to understand gamers and their concerns, rather than purely pleasing investors. Him and Shuhei Yoshida would make great CEOs for Sony and probably are the only ones who can steer it back to what once was an unquestionably great entity at the top of the industry🥺 NO DISC 💿 NO BUY