r/gaming • u/JeremyJJ77 • 1h ago
The new Marvel's Wolverine cinematic trailer has been swarmed by PlayStation fans still angry at Sony ditching discs
https://www.eurogamer.net/marvels-wolverine-story-trailer-sony-disc-outrage634
u/DarahOG 1h ago
Some spine left among consumers, good.
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u/kyuubikid213 1h ago edited 1h ago
A bunch of comments isn't showing spine.
Buying the game mostly physical or boycotting it outright is.
If the 325,000 people who signed the petition spam comment sections, they're enough people to be obnoxious about it.
But that's still only about 13% of people that got Spider-Man 2 on launch day and about 2% of its total lifetime sales so far.
Edit: Let's not forget people spammed Nintendo comment sections and streams to complain about the Switch 2 price and $80 Mario Kart for those to still go on and sell incredibly well
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u/Benhurso 1h ago
This kind of premisse always use the fallacy that people taking a stance against Sony necessarily are the same ones who signed an online petition or are commenting. Not everyone is chronically online or visiting the same internet bubble as you.
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u/Ragnar_Dragonfyre 1h ago
Weâve seen plenty of gamer related attempted boycotts over the years and they all stemmed from chronically online wafflers who buy the thing theyâre boycotting anyway.
The pattern is undeniable at this point and though it remains to be seen if this will follow that pattern, the odds are really good it will.
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u/M4rshmall0wMan 1h ago
Boycotts like that absolutely do work sometimes. Like yeah itâs the 10% of chronically online people who have the loudest voices, but what happens is that normal people without strong opinions hear their words and start parroting. The negative opinion becomes the general consensus.
That said, the decision is ultimately up to Sony. Their silence and rumored factory shifts make me think this was planned long in advance and they have zero intention of going back.
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u/SrirachaJulio 39m ago
Of course this has been planned. They didnât make this decision a few months ago. Theyâve been planning this since the PS5 launch at least
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u/Sirius_amory33 1h ago
What proof do you have that the people who say theyâre boycotting something end up buying it? I see comments like this all the time, where that is assumed because something still sells well despite attempts at boycotting it, but it seems more likely to be the goomba fallacy to me.Â
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u/Itchy-Beach-1384 46m ago
This guy hasnt seen the Modern Warcraft 2 boycott group
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u/Sirius_amory33 39m ago
If youâre referring to the screenshot that only showed a small number of players in the group playing the game, lmao. There was over 800 members and the screenshot showed like 12.
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u/skend24 1h ago
And yet last week EA reversed their decision regarding microtransactions, again. Game pass lowered their prices. So sometimes it does work.
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u/SkylarPopo 35m ago edited 31m ago
The people who immediately surrender because there's "no hope anything will change" is the reason companies can keep screwing us over.
You have to apply some pressure, even if you're going to lose. Otherwise companies can just be like, "that wasn't so bad. What else can we take away from the customer?"
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u/F133TWOOD 5m ago
I think that Sony could still have an addon disc option, but obviously won't say anything as the traditional consensus with every new generation is tight-lips until it's time to announce/reveal the new system.
The primary reason for this addon disc player will be for backwards-compatibility reasons.
I'm thinking this negativity feedback will be championed by the community thinking Sony listening to them at least for backwards-compatible reasons of supporting old discs, but it was the idea all along to release an addon.
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u/SrirachaJulio 40m ago
Sometimes, but those are less extreme situations. This decision is a foundational shift for Sony, itâs not simply raising the price of PS Plus or deciding to put Micro-transactions in Wolverine or something, itâs a decision that permanently changes how PlayStation operates moving forward. Iâm not saying they wonât change their decision; Iâm just saying if they do, it will come nowhere near as quick and easy as what EA and MS did.
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u/gestalto 1h ago
The whole thing is a fallacy. They will have internal data that shows physical media sales dwindling and judged it as pointless.
It's the same story as when a multiplayer game does a patch or something and people are "outraged" about something that's been chaged, yet their internal data will show playtime is up for the game lol.
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u/rhalgr_ger 1h ago
Sony always wanted us to buy digital content because it benefits them.
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u/gestalto 1h ago
People wanted to buy digital because it was convenient, and they did...for years, which is where the internal data comes from lol.
People voted with their wallets for years, and now a vocal minority and others jumping on the bandwagon are bent out of shape about it.
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u/dadofwar93 1h ago edited 59m ago
Let's be real here. Majority only cares about digital. They buy, play the game and move on. Or they buy, don't like the game(should have checked reviews) and just uninstall it. A game being removed from the online store after 15 years doesn't concern them(this has yet to happen anyway so there is no precedent).
Besides. Almost all physical games these days require day one patch. It's a piece of plastic and nothing more. You still can't play without internet first. Mostly only people who actively resell and buy used games are participating in this so called "boycott".
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u/cs_cabrone 6m ago
The only good argument Iâve heard so far is this
You can sell that piece of plastic to a game stop or similar and get money towards another piece of plastic, and you physically own that piece of plastic to shelf; trade, throw away, etc.
The reason people are worried about Sony and MS is they only offer one storefront, whereas Pc gaming has Steam and half a dozen others. So while there is no physical media and no trade ins, I can still share my Steam games with friends and I have the choice to go to other vendors like Epic or Humble
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u/Darkwarz 1h ago
The worst part is the whole thing has spiraled into bad faith arguments and what aboutisms from both sides.
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u/y2shill 1h ago
Yea, because most of them were people just piling on from other platforms, those who were never gonna get the Switch 2, naturally they will have 0 impact on sales, all it does is noise on the internet. And you can bet a lot of whats happening here is the same. A small minority with legit gripes getting outvoiced by those others.
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u/Zulumus 1h ago
Yeah, Sony has no impetus to do anything to change their plans in the near future. For highly anticipated games like this and GTA they have time to sit back and gauge if the sales can outlast the backlash.
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u/a445d786 1h ago
I'll be buying the game physical, but come 2028 I'll be rethinking where I buy my games based on what the landscape is by then.
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u/lochnesslapras 1h ago
The switch 2 Mario kart is a very strange example here, considering it was part of switch 2 preorder bundle for like ÂŁ30 cheaper.
Feel like most people who pre-ordered the switch 2 picked it up at that point due to the price saving. (And being one of the only switch 2 exclusives on launch.)
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u/Ph33rDensetsu 17m ago
I definitely only have Mario Kart World because I saved $30 by getting the bundle. It's a fun game but not once I would have paid $80 for.
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u/CrazyDaimondDaze 1h ago
I think it depends on the company and how they handle the heat.
Netflix couldn't handle shit when the JoJo fanbase kept spamming all their social medias for proper info in Part 7 anime until they folded and gave a better response in less than 2 weeks.
As for Sony, what will really hurt them outside of hunting down their every post and spam comments to bring back discs is:
- buy just physical media of the past and still incoming games
- not buying anything digital at all
- cancelling their suscriptions
- keep that up even after the deadline for no more physical games.
Though at that point, it depends on the willpower of everyone as a whole to hold on. And even then, i'd also recommend advocating for better online service and protection, since even if we get physical discs back, we can still become the next in the chopping block like PS3 and Vita digital stores became.
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u/SrirachaJulio 35m ago
They arenât really comparable tho. Sony isnât getting heat for a small decision, they are getting heat for something thatâs guaranteed to have been in the works for several years and will net the shareholders ALOT of money. Online comments is something they probably are willing to deal with, especially if it goes away once big games come out. Letâs see how successful Wolverine is as an indicator
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u/Ph33rDensetsu 14m ago
Sadly I can't really discontinue my PSN sub because my wife uses my PS to play a few games with her online friends but I think I'll downgrade to the lowest tier. I'll also never buy digital on PS again. Thankfully I usually only got the free PS+ games anyway.
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u/wildthing202 0m ago
Remember when people got mad about Pokemon's pokedex Brexit or Dexit and Sword and Shield had record number sales?
This will be even funnier if the PS6 is just a souped up PlayStation Portal basically a PlayStation Switch. Of course there's no physical discs on a portable system and everyone seem to hate the PSP and Vita game carts so why not just skip the wasted money on a hated game cart standard and go digitial to save money and hate.
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u/IFuckPokemon 1h ago
Leaving snarky comments on YouTube, basically the front lines of the anti-corporation wars
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u/GhormanFront 18m ago
Spine would be refusing to buy their productsÂ
This is typical terminally online behavior
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u/y2shill 1h ago
Most are bots and platform warriors anyway, like with any controversy nowadays.
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u/Slow_Communication16 36m ago
Oh yeah. Those twitter comments got Sony shaking.Â
Everyoneâs doing their part đŤĄ
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u/dade305305 1h ago
I bet this sells incredibly well digitally.
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u/JayKay8787 8m ago
It will, because that's where people buy their games. Discs have been an aging past for a decade now and no one really cared, all the sudden the thing most people weren't buying not being available is greedy to them somehow
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u/integra_type_brr 59m ago
What's the point of a console that can only play digital games? Just buy a fuckin PC.
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u/Visible_Visual8538 44m ago
It used to be because "It just works" and it was cheaper, but now games ship broken and consoles are reaching PC prices (with worse performance). This is why lots of folks are switching to PC. The exclusives no longer justify all the other compromises.
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u/Goku420overlord 24m ago
And you have to buy ps+ to play online
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u/DFu4ever 3m ago
Itâs funny, a solid fucking PR move would be to ditch this ridiculous requirement.
Unfortunately, this is Sony.
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u/FootSpaz 15m ago
Which is a wild turnaround from about 20 years ago if you think about it. Granted 20 years is a long time. But back around 2006 people were seriously concerned that PC gaming was dying. I don't mean the usual gamers engaging in hyperbole, I mean the industry itself thought PC gaming was basically a dead medium, except for a few companies like Valve and their new Steam platform.
PC game sales were way down and piracy was pretty rampant so devs had extra reason to avoid the system. Everything was releasing as console-first with crappy PC ports that just made for a self-feeding destructive spiral. Gamers didn't buy the terrible ports, so game devs put less effort into them making the next one even worse. It genuinely looked like PC was nearing the point of no return, where it was abandoned by AAA and only supported by a handful of die-hard PC devs as well as those making games only feasible on a PC.
Remember, indie gaming was in its nascent years with XBLA only having been out for 2 years (XBLA was the first storefront that allowed indie games the easy, cheap distribution necessary for their eventual rise).
But then two little games came out in 2009 that kickstarted PC's return to market viability: Minecraft and League of Legends. Steam simultaneously really took off and a few other market factors made PC attractive again. The rest, as they say, is history.
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u/YouandWhoseArmy 1m ago
This seems like a console gamers view of PC gaming.
I was playing online for like a decade before it was really a possibility on consoles. (StarCraft, age of empires)
FPS games werenât even really viable until halo on consoles. Goldeneye was a big deal because it showed it could be done.
The current model of live service games are all descendants of the mod scene.
Almost every popular multiplayer game is a mod descendant.
PC gaming just had a harder entry point and the online game industry was in its infancy.
Consoles finally caught up and as theyâve closed the gap, people are realizing the value isnât quite there.
It never really was.
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u/Ok-Guidance116 14m ago
Genuinely the biggest reason to buy a console over PC was price but at this point it probably makes more sense to get a PC over a console.
Why would I pay the same money to be locked into one ecosystem when I can get a PC and get games however I want.
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u/ovelanimimerkki 5m ago
Also Steam OS is helping those players who want something that is simple and "Just works" more and more. I mean yeah still not as simple as consoles in every occasion, and linux has some compatibility issues with certain games, but it is getting pretty darn close.
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u/churll 33m ago
Whatâs the point of a PC if you can only play digital games, just buy a fuckin console and only play digital games.
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u/CrazyElk123 13m ago
Way more games, better performance, graphics, mods, free online, cheaper games, etc...
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u/Jaffacakelover 25m ago
Multiple storefronts and key sellers to choose from. Even freeware stuff on itch.io.
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u/Excelius 14m ago
Don't forget that Sony announced last year they would stop porting their games to PC.
I don't own a PS5, nor do I have any intention of getting one. I was excited for the Wolverine game but that's just not going to happen now.
And I've spent hundreds on PC ports of Sony titles. The Death Stranding Series, the Horizon series, the Last of Us series, the God of War series, the Spider-Man series, Days Gone, and probably others I'm forgetting.
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u/Mysterious_Emu7462 23m ago
The only reason I have a Playstation is for discs and their exclusives... and let me tell ya, their exclusives alone will not sell me on PS6.
If the PS6 doesn't have a disc drive, I literally have no reason to buy it aside from sunken cost in being a Playstation fan my whole life. Especially since the Steam Deck exists. I can hook my Steam Deck up to my TV and play my whole Steam library and-- better yet-- play all of my multiplayer games without paying for a subscription service.
Honestly, Playstation might be doing me a favor by dropping their disc drive because it further incentivizes me to just bite the bullet and fully switch to Steam for "console" gaming. If it's going to be download-only, that's Playstation's new competition and they don't really stand much of a chance. Steam sales are too good.
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u/ZeusBaxter 1h ago
Good. Vote with your wallets people. Do not let Sony forget this. Ever.
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u/OldDogTrainer 53m ago
People did vote with their wallets by overwhelmingly purchasing digital. Sony is making this decision because people voted.
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u/dade305305 1h ago
We did...for digital...for over a decade. Do people just parrot phrases and not know what they mean?
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u/MindbenderGam1ng 1h ago
Copying another comment I left cuz its relevant:
On the topic of physical media: there is no outrage over PC having no disks for decades because in the case of the PS-
Sony owns the manufacturing of the disks
Sony makes the hardware and software
Sony makes games exclusive to their console
Sony controls the storefront, which not only means they can push their games and take a 30% cut
Sony handles all licensing with third party manufacturersIt is completely vertically integrated meaning players are at their mercy.
On PC, there is no one manufacturer or company that runs any of the steps. Steam is the main storefront but there is also Epic, Riot, Ubisoft, and a bunch of others. Many players run open source implementations of these launchers as well. Theres thousands of companies making storage, a few making GPUs and CPUs, and peripherals are openly available and remappable. The closest thing to a monopoly is NVDA/AMD duopoly on GPU and/or RAM despite having many labels are only manufactured by like 3 companies
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u/Ragnar_Dragonfyre 37m ago
Gosh, itâs amazing how all the Steam fanboys who cry about buying games on any store that isnât Steam have suddenly found value in stores not named Steam.
Years of PC gamers begrudging opening non-Steam launchers and absolutely putting Epic or Ubisoft on blast at every opportunity turning around like this is incredibly ironic.
Valve pushed PC into the digital distribution state itâs in. They are the primary company responsible for that push and they also get a 30% cut of every PC game that canât be bought on a disc at a retailer.
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u/Spooky_U 19m ago
Thank you, holy shit. Itâs incredible to see the narrative on here from the same people that will scream theyâll buy on Steam over getting free on Epic or DRM free on GOG.
Valve raking in billions and the community love them for it for being the first to truly take away ownership. This PS outrage is so performative when in reality majority of sales by far have been digital and growing.
Not saying it doesnât suck to lose options, just not surprising when Valve proved the model out by two decades.
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u/dade305305 12m ago
I don't even get the steam love to that degree. Most of my games are on steam because it's far older but it ain't so special that I need to get everything there.
In fact I make it a point to not buy son steam if its available on other launchers. EA games het bought on the EA launcher, ms games on the Xbox app, ubisoft games on connect etc.
Even my mmos i use the stand alone launcher as opposed to stream. Steam is great, it works great but so do all the other launchers.
Steam launches fine, updates by games fine and nonstop crash much. Same as the other launchers .
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u/rhalgr_ger 1h ago
Physical media is growing in popularity again. This was bound to happen once consumers realised the implications of giving companies full control. Sony recently deleted many films that people had purchased. Subscriptions are expensive nowadays, so buying movies on Blu-ray is becoming popular again.
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u/M4rshmall0wMan 1h ago
 This was bound to happen once consumers realised the implications of giving companies full control
Itâs gonna be too late. The average person will realize this long past the point when companies, well, have full control.Â
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u/LordGriimm7 1h ago
Brother thatâs like using the vinyl shot as an example. The mass majority donât use or listen to their music on vinyl. Guess what the mass of gamers do? Let me give you a hint, they donât stockpile bookshelves of games all over their house
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u/rhalgr_ger 1h ago
Do you know the difference between growth and the majority?
If companies make decisions like Sony's to delete 500 movies that people purchased, more and more people will care about digital. Many people still think that they own games once they have purchased them, but this isn't true. So what theyâve voted for is something they donât fully understand. They would understand if Sony deleted 500 games from their list, though.
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u/Jack-Innoff 1h ago
Jesus christ. We did vote with our wallets and this is what we asked for. Like it or not, the gaming community overwhelmingly voted for this.
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u/rhalgr_ger 1h ago
Eh no. Sony has constantly made it harder to prefer physical like selling consoles without disc drive for cheaper. Furthermore many do not understand yet, what the problem with digital is. Many wouldnât have read the news about Sony deleting 500 movies people purchased.
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u/Krunksicle 1h ago
Actually 80% of base PS5 sales were the disc version and digital vs. physical game sales (when you filter to games with a physical copy) are 50:50 so people have voted correctly with their wallets and Sony has ignored it
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u/Ragnar_Dragonfyre 27m ago
I bought the disc version solely just in case friends/family bought games for me as gifts or in the off chance I might borrow a game.
I have not bought any PS5 games on discs. I switched to full digital outside of Nintendo games back with Steam in 2012.
Pretty much all my PS4 games were digital too outside of a couple games.
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u/Spooky_U 17m ago
This is a moronic take when the original models all had a disc. Are you saying 100% of current gen Xbox users prefer physical because they all sold disc versions? Look at software sales instead to see the story.
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u/skend24 1h ago
Howâs Sony shoe tasting
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u/Moglorosh 1h ago
How about make a coherent argument instead of just parroting a catchphrase if you think he's wrong. He's not wrong btw.
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u/stardreamooo 1h ago
Unbelievable how if you're not constantly enraged at every corporation and person richer than you, then you're called a bootlicker on this site.
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u/RayTracerX PC 1h ago
This isnt simping, they are absolutely right. The digital sales are overwhelmingly bigger. The vote is cast.
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u/Ph33rDensetsu 5m ago
The digital sales numbers also include digital-only micro transactions and dlc, so keep eating up that propaganda.
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u/Jack-Innoff 1h ago
I'm just tired of the "vote with your wallets" rhetoric. Because again, we already did. The loss of physical games doesn't bother me, but I do feel for those who really want it to stay. Unfortunately they're in the minority of gamers, and businesses make decisions that make them the most money.
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u/CrazyDaimondDaze 1h ago
More importantly, I feel people are not addressing the other elephant in the room of all this controversy: better digital store service.
Sony expect us to shift entirely digital but at the same time terminates the digital stores of PS3 and Vita. Meaning they're forcing for a worse service, when on PC, Steam and GOG offer better digital game services when you purchase them.
If they want gamers to fully embrace the digital aspect, not getting rid of bought content under the whole "you're just renting a licence we can remove whenever we feel like and there's nothing you can do about it" should be fixed to be like GOG or with a better service like Steam.
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u/iliasd15 24m ago
Yep people will definitely buy digital now đ
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u/ZeusBaxter 21m ago
They will have no choice. Thats my point. If Sony wants to upcharge, and the Ai price fixing they're already doing is any indication. All the Playstation apologists will be eating hat. Rue the day and buy another platform quietly so you can keep you're integrity else eat the Playstation pricing model and say yummy.
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u/DisplayTheWave 8m ago
people have been voting with their wallet for the past 7 years
they all choose digital
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u/amazingred09 1h ago
Good. Hold the line.
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u/mrfroggyman 1h ago
The "line" to be held is a GTA VI boycott. Anything else is irrelevant. And I'm pretty confident sadly it ain't gonna happen
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u/x_scion_x 53m ago
The "line" to be held is a GTA VI boycott
Not sure how well that will work. That's one of the games like CoD which are bought by gamers that don't do online forums. They don't care what internet says about thier game and will buy every single one that gets released.
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u/BigBlueNY 1h ago
Lol, gamers DID vote with their wallets and look at where that took us. All digital. And I'm talking PC, not even PS5
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u/FUDGEMEHARDxD 1h ago
If I was working at Insomniac I'd be pissed at Sony
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u/dade305305 1h ago
For what? This is going to have zero impact on sales or their reps as a game studio.
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u/FUDGEMEHARDxD 56m ago
Yeah, but if I worked for years on the game I'd want to see people actually talk about it. Feels like a lot of the release is overshadowed by the Sony controversy
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u/Efficient-Session644 1h ago
Why? They know its not about them and that the game will still have good sales.
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u/Sea-Reporter4494 1h ago
Nah. The games industry is used to abuse and tantrums from some of the more unhinged "fans". They would have anticipated it.
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u/platinumxL 1h ago
Black ops 1 and 2 shown PlayStation is gonna get away with it. So many people went and bought it immediately. PlayStation hasnât said anything and fans will still buy this and gta.
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u/glarius_is_glorious 1h ago
GTA6 is the billion dollar bet on digital-only distribution and it's likely gonna exceed $5b at launch according to analysts.
It's never been more over.
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u/y2shill 1h ago
Because 99% of the noise online are from bots and PC gamers, with a smathering of other platform warriors piling on. This happened with the Switch controversy too and it amounted to nothing. Because obviously platform warriors and bots werent buying shit to begin with.
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u/iSavedtheGalaxy 11m ago
Every single streamer "boycotting" the Switch 2 had their First Impressions video ready to go on launch day. Acting all sheepish in the video like, "Oh I just so happened to get my hands on a Switch 2..."
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u/SupremeGuacOverlord 1h ago
Logan and Jean Grey slop in big 2026
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u/Daewrythe 50m ago
Just when it starts to fade out, some random brings it back again into the public consciousness and reminds everyone that it exists.
Fuckin Krakoa did it and now this game is doing it.
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u/imJGott 1h ago
I think Sony knows their fans ainât bout that life for real for real
Raised membership = no backlash
Raised game pricing = no backlash
Raised console pricing = no backlash
Said no physical disc = backlash
Released CoD remake digitally = sold just fine
GTA 6 pre orders = sold just fine
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u/Euphoric-Material192 16m ago
I just wish people were more "aggressive" on their protests, many users are saying they were going to buy it on digital but now they'll buy it on discs to let them know we want discs or something, when I believe we should hit corporations harder and refuse to buy their products when they make crappy decisions.
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u/Galinhooo 1h ago
Woah, the people flooding everything went and flood the new thing? I am surprised! I Wonder how many are actually buying physical copies of the game tho.
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u/fun_alias1 1h ago
Yeah I don't care about any of the constant whining. Can't wait to play it on the pro.Â
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u/CorporalCoprolite 1h ago
And theyâre going to keep buying Sony games. Internet comments donât mean anything and Sony isnât changing their direction.
The industry is heading towards all digital and eventually cloud streaming to do away expensive hardware. Why else would Sony buy Gaikai back in 2012 and continue investing R and D into it?
The whole reason the PS Portal exists is to have players start dipping their toes into streaming and then cloud streaming. The PS8 is very likely going to be very similar to the Portal unless computing hardware magically becomes super affordable again.
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u/DilapidatedVessel 52m ago
Cloud streaming? Only Cloud I want in gaming is the character.
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u/diaperedace 1h ago
Can I also be mad that they aren't putting this on pc? I'm not paying 900 bucks for a Ps5 pro when I have a pc that will run circles around it.
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u/Cigerza 1h ago
Sony not releasing their games on PC anymore and killing Discs... Fuck Sony, that's all.
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u/Galinhooo 1h ago
Why would they be forced to release on PC? People keep saying ps5 is not worth because of that.
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u/Rubio9393 1h ago
Not releasing exclusives on PC is actually smart, because that's the last reason for a few gamers to own a console. But besides that I still can't think of 1 good reason to own a Playstation instead of PC in 2028.
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u/darshmedown 1h ago
Yeah because you probably buy discs for your PC games
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u/Cigerza 1h ago
You are a very sharp kid huh? Very smart indeed, that was exactly what i meant! For sure your parents are very proud of you.
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u/LordOdin99 1h ago
We should be doing this for all consoles. Just to clearly make the point known to the industry.
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u/Brewchowskies 30m ago
It must suck to be a dev on that game. You put years in, and Sony has people shitting on you because first they prevent you from putting it on pc (when it was possible you had already been doing the work to do that), and then preventing it from releasing on physical.
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u/RandomDanny 1h ago
i'll believe it when i see it, but i expect a very good chunk of players will be there day one and if theres offer of playing before, they'll be there as well.
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u/Deadzonerogue 16m ago
Already took my stance. Iâve owned everything that Sony PlayStation has made since PSX. Every console, every handheld, every VR headset, thousands of games, and ps5 will be my last purchase from Sony.
Already bought me a PC a month ago, made my steam accoubt, and Iâll transition over.
This will not end good for consumers and Iâm not going to subject myself to that environment.
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u/MewWeebTwo 49m ago
GTA 6 is digital-only and is breaking pre-order records.
All this "controversy" is meaningless when people keep paying.
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u/purplepIutonium 1h ago
If everyone that was so vocal about it actually bought physical media, they wouldnât have killed physical media
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u/Keviticas 1h ago
"still angry", as if that angers ever going away
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u/Freeloader_ 1h ago
so you want to hold anger inside you which is only bad for you btw just because a company is not selling discs?
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u/Butane9000 1h ago
So far from what I can tell every single twitter post Sony has made since announcing the end of physical media has been hit with a community note informing people of the removal of discs as well as the PlayStation network requirement that would mean worldwide customers would lose access once this happens.
Sony absolutely shot themselves in the foot with this.
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u/Zip2kx 50m ago
It will pass in another week. Gamers again and again has proved they are idiots
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u/Bytrsweet Xbox 12m ago
No, gamers who are always online will be pissed and the rest will not care because they were not part of the online outrage. The world is bigger than reddit
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u/TurboNinja80 1h ago
I got over 130 physical PS4 and PS5 games. If I cant use any of them on PS6 mayby I just get a PC, free multiplayer, cheaper games and all the mods to classic games.
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u/Relative_What 1h ago
Why do you need ps4 and ps5 games to work on the ps6? You know you can keep your ps4 and ps5 if you get a ps6? Like the ps6 releasing doesn't mean the older consoles stop working. You can just continue to play games on the older consoles
Not defending Sony here at all. Just once again flabbergasted by people who have this incessant need to buy the latest console but expect backwards compatibility and they get rid of the old console.
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u/ShotgoonPete 1h ago
Ok so I was curious and it was only the Sony channel that put in physical puns. Marvel YT, game awards, etc reposted it as well and the comments were more tame. People want Sony to directly know theyâre pissed off and well, I needed an excuse to get away from console and go back to pc gaming, funny thing is I never would of bet it would of been because of Sony.
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u/Ki11s0n3 PC 41m ago
Good I hope it keeps happening.
As much as I'm excited for Wolverine I hope people keep up with giving Sony shit and don't just move on.
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u/OliverCrooks 31m ago
Is it Insomniacs fault Sony fucking sucks? Wise up people. We could lose a good studio because you are not fighting the fight correctly.
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u/bmc-431952 16m ago
Itâs just a vocal minority. Sony knows itâs just a small percentage who still buy discs. No amount of complaining is going to change anything. The future is digital whether you like it or not. I think the time to start complaining about this was maybe about 20 years ago. About the time PC ditched physical and most games on console didnât actually come on a disc anymore and you relied on internet for patches/dlc.
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u/kagatoASUKA89 8m ago
If it was just a vocal "minority" Sony wouldn't have went into hiding when the backlash started and they wouldn't have had to lie about the digital vs physical sales numbers.
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u/Lyranx 1h ago
I hope this happens for the next 20 years