If millions of people can get together to review bomb a video game for not having enough boobs in it, you would think it would be so much easier to get just as many people to not sign into the PlayStation network for a week to show support for physical media
>>746005786Nopefuck you entitled kids
lol that wont do shit XD>w-w-well after we could-ywds
>>746005786I don't own a Playstation 5.
The last time I used a Sony console the PlayStation network was yet to be invented. Thanks for asking.
>>746005786Why bother? This kind of thing doesn't work unless you're Chinese with a million brothers asking for refunds en masse. All marketing will think is that you want to give them more money anyway. Shit's as stupid as voting with your wallet.t. pirate
>>746005786No,I specifically resubbed to PSN for this as 'fuck you' to the retards who want to do this.I only bought the PS5 Pro for a few games I can't get on PC so having a PSN sub doesn't benefit me
>one-week blackoutWow, I've been part of this boycott for over twenty years!
>>746005786Played various online games on my ps5 since this "boycott" started. No difference. Nobody is doing this faggy shit.
Putting a physical disc in a machine is not enjoyable. Taking said disc out and putting in another is equally unejoyable. I have all the physical discs I need if I want to play games. I could play my physical game collection and almost never run out of games to play. It’s a waste of time just go do something fun.
What even is the point? Can you even play games purely with a disc and no online shit anymore? You lost this war ten years ago and all you have left to cling to is a shitty plastic disc that's nothing but a glorified download code.
>>746005786I've been buying digital games for twenty years.
>>746005786No, boycott means they could win me back as a customer. They openly told their customers they gonna Scampi them by killing the only cheaper alternstive to their digital store. It's over and they won't be getting anything anymore.
>>746006157This,last console I owned by Sony was a PS3.
>>746005786The issue isn't digital, it's not owning your digital purchases is why everyone is pissed off at Sony killing off physical, and Europe demanding packaging be less then 50% air is the reason why Sony is doing this (that and reports of Sony spinning off PlayStation or selling them to AMD being another reason, PlayStation won't own the rights to use (4K) Blu-Ray and DVD discs anymore).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9bl1BxqsQgSo instead of killing off physical for Europe and keeping physical for the rest of the world, they killed it off world wide.The reason why nobody is bitching at Nintendo for this is because like with GOG, YOU OWN YOUR DIGITAL PURCHASES with Nintendo, the only rental shit is the NSO classic line up and some DLC, the later you can still buy to own outright, and Hamster is taking care of the classic games for Switch 2 so ala cart releases will be the norm again like it was with the Wii, 3DS and Wii U (Nintendo NERD and iQue did talk about bringing back the Virtual Console that lasted between 2023 to late 2025 but both decided to just let Hamster take care of it instead to focus on the NSO rentals instead).
Someone post that CoD (or was it BF?) dedicated servers steam boycott image,
I don’t get this at all. Just swap to pc>problems cease to exist Why the fuck would Sony care about this anyway >*huff huff* I went a whole week without gaming, now where’s my disc!?
I've never owned a playstation, so I guess I've been participating for decades.
>>746006976Are you sure? The current state of cod implies that they probably should have listened since it was the first step to a long and painful decline.
>>746005786No.I don't own any physical games and I don't plan to.
>>746007048The first 2 and the PSP are worth checking out.Don't bother with the rest.
>>746006915If you actually read the comments you would know game cases are exmpt from this. Jesus the lenght people go to justify Sony. It is the same shit when people say "MUH PLASTICS" yet code in a box exists and will exists after 2028.
>>746007115Games are not exempt from this, otherwise Sony would be keeping physical and this boycott will not be happening.
>>746007115>>746007248Also, the whole code in a box thing will also be killed off in 2028 as well because of Europe.
>>746005786Boycott? I just have nothing to play.
>>746005786I have many problems with Sony but fat redditors not being able to buy a plastic box to put on their shelf isn't one of them.
>>746005786I always miss out on these boycotts because I don’t use their shitty products in the first place.>tfw couldn’t boycott gilette>tfw couldn’t boycott bud light>tfw can’t boycott SonyI can see why they all market to browns and gays now, the white man moved on long ago.
literally just dusted off my PS5 and played some games today after a year of not using it lol
>>746005786I was way ahead of the times and have continually boycotted their shitboxes.
>>746005786Yep. Haven't used PS5 in years. Gonna continue that.
>>746005786>stop using it for a weekAnd then what?Go right back to using the same platform that's actively fucking you over?What a bunch of fucking losers, can't even commit to giving up on the vampires sucking them dry because they'll miss how it feels when someone digs their teeth into their neck.Won't do shit, either pull the trigger and walk away until you get what you want, or give up on them entirely, don't half-ass it.
>>746005786I dont even have a playstation, so
>>746005786>one weekYou can't be serious. Every single person could stop spending money on them today into perpetuity and they wouldn't feel the pain for at least another year.
>>746007785It has worked wonders in the past.
>>746005786I don't have PSN+. I just want to play bloodborne in peace.
>>746005786>have not turned my ps5 since last December I don't know maybe? There's nothing to play on there I can't on my new laptop.
>>746007248>>746007309>otherwise Sony would be keeping physicalOccam's razor. Which is more likely?A, There is a new EU rule which essentially outlaws physical video games. Only a single youtube channel reports this of course. Somehow this doesn't affect Switch games, Xbox games, Blurays, Vinyls, and various other legacy formats, just PS4/5 discs. Sony doesn't explain this, doesn't refer to this. They rather take the full force of the heat for the decision and make all their rabid physical collectors haters.B, Sony wants total control of pricing and distribution of games on PS. Their failed live service projects and the predicted high hardware cost of PS6 made them kill the second hand / physical market to improve their margins.
>>746007814The problem here is they already have your playstation plus money. You not logging in for a week is irrelevant.
>>746005786>muh boycott lel you won't do shit. The average normalfag who jumps online to play the latest sportsball or shooty isn't gonna give a crap and you'll begrudgingly log on anyway because you want something to play.
>>746005786HahahahaThis will only show how inpotent pro-physical autists are
>>746005786yup, even if it's a drop in the ocean I still want to do my part. fuck sony
The last playstation product I bought was Patapon 3. That was fifteen years ago
I don't own a PS5.
>>746008115They will, they're already jumped ship to other platforms.>>746007937Whats happening is that The EU just passed a law that by January 2028 nothing can have 50% air in it's packaging, Sony decided to just kill off physical world wide instead of only ending physical support in Europe while keeping in everywhere else just to get around this issue.Microsoft likely already did this years ago silently as you can't find physical XBox Series X games anymore.Nintendo will likely announce the same thing by Q3 2027 or Q4 2027 because of Europe, but because you own your digital purchases with Nintendo no one will make a fuss about it.CD jewel cases have less then 50% air so they're safe.Vinal sleeves have less then 50% air so they're safe.DVD cases however are more then 50% air so they're either getting their cases redesigned to meet up with EU regulations or solo DVD releases for single disc release will be phased out, being forced to be bundled with their Blu-Ray counterparts.Single disc Blu-Ray releases will just add in a second disc which will be it's DVD counter part (3 discs (4K Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray and DVD) if it's a 4K Blu-Ray release) to use up the extra space to meet up with EU guide lines.TL;DR: It's better to be safe then sorry.
>a single week>No major release this weekLol, lmao even, the whole point of a strike is to continue until you get what you want
>>746006591>buyinghow do we tell him?
>>746005786if they really wanted to scare Sony they need to boycott for at least a month and cancel subs.
>>746009874That is the case with Nintendo and GOG, Sony is far more messy.
>>746005786Already on sony blackout for life. Nothing changes.If you fags really wanted to do something meaningful, you'd cancel all your preorders, for everything, especially GTA6. That would actually have an impact they'd notice.But you won't do that. You'll just start playing everything again once the week's over, and pat yourselves on the back for doing good in the world, no matter how meaningless it actually is.
>>746005786What the fuck do PS5 owners have to play that they can't go a week without turning the console on?
>>746005786
>>746005786>can't just stop giving them business>will be back in a weekI'm sure that they're shaking in their boots.
>>746006585Why do shills keep parroting this? It's not true for most playstation games. Most of them are playable without ever downloading anything
>>746009960It's already changing.Preorders are already canceled.People, especially normies will never come back.Not where Nintendo is doing everything right.
>>746009996>AI Slop.>>746010005They won't.
>>746009679>January 2028 nothing can have 50% air in it's packagingThey could add the manual back in the box to solve that issue :)
>>746009960yeah companies only only come back if the shareholders get scared, you do that by shutting your wallets.
>>746005786Bro, I need to do my dailies
>>746010098Or just keep physical for the rest of the world.But they already made their mind.
>>746009679not true, that law was done AFTER Sony announced they decided to be anti-consumer.
>>746005786Why didn't they just not buy the cucksole if they didn't want to be scammed?
>>746010175The law was in vote before Sony made the announcement, It had a very high chance of winning.Plus that law went into effect before Sony killing off physical was announced.
>>746010274They bought it before all of that shit was happening.
>>746009679It’s only about shipping packaging, not empty space in individual products, you dumb fuck.And it doesn’t apply until January 2030.Imagine fucking lying to make excuses for your beloved corporation.
mw2boycott.jpgAlso if they really want this to matter, they should just unsub for PS+ and stop buying snoyslop but well all know that's not gonna happen
>>746005786The difference is that Snoys are absolutely retarded sheep who shill for their overlord without even getting paid. It's remarkable how Sony brainwashed an entire generation of retards to do their work for them for free.
I haven't touched a ps5 since the last DLC for astro bot came out
>>746010448All it says is products already release are allowed to keep it's current packaging until January 2030 (so they can liquidate existing stock), new stuff has to be under new regulations by January 2028.
I’ve been playing FFxii on mine sporadically, not gonna listen to Reddit trannies just going to stop buying all digital (which I already did)
>>746010094wat
>>746005786only "boycott" that matters is not buying a snoystation, and that should be done out of respect for yourself, not to spite some corpo
>>746005786This is so fucking lame and reeks of virtue signaling. The few retards participating will play twice as much the following week to catch up. If you want to actually hurt Sony and force them to change you sell your ps5 and stop playing their games, it's that simple. Sony will not care that they had a 0.2% drop in their playerbase for a week, they won't even acknowledge it.
>>746010534That was just AI slop, that wasn't real.>>746010536Not anymore, Sony getting rid of physical made them jump ship.
>>746010671They will not go back.>>746010695It is not lame, it kicks ass and takes names.They will never come back.The drop is already at 99%, the 1% remaining are just maintaining the servers.They will acknowledge it.
No. I hate protestors. But it would be nice if games used discs or discs to install. I think MS is doing that, like the last person to use a disc has it in their library, everyone as long as not online, or requires online. Which is good. And how it always should have been.Changing discs is too much of a chore. Games should be straight in, there is too much disincentive to play them already.They need to be compatible with prisons.
>>746005786I played EDF 6 on my PS5 Pro for about 4 hours today. I bought the DLC and it's really difficult, the enemy variants are too strong and also annoying but it's satisfying to make progress.
>>746010627Yeah, but not individual products, you corpo defending lying faggot.
Pretty stupid protest. They could have included people who simply didn't buy anything during a time period. Or play. But no, had to turn off their system too.
>>746005786my "boycott" is just the fact that I haven't turned my PS4 on in several years because there's not anything I'd rather play on there than on PCSony was already losing me as a customer around the time of the PS5 launch (scarcity, price, lack of good games than aren't just movies, etc) and I decided I was going to wait to see how the library turned out before I thought about buying one, but now, after seeing the PS5 library and how inflation is just constantly ballooning, there is no chance in hell that I would buy a PS5 or PS6
>>746005786Yeah
>>746010829The 1% who are keeping the servers in check has spoken.>>746010891Yes individual products, it's how the EU works.
>>746005786I grew up and got a PC during the 360 PS3 era
>>746005786>we're not gonna use the product we already paid you for, take that!Thats retarded and has zero impact. What you have to stop is BUYING. Not buying anything for 3 weeks would scare them shitless.
>>746005786>boycott>They just don't use the services they've paid for and have on reoccurring plans
>>746006404Ahead of the curve, brother!
>>746011031No. >>746010448>grouped packaging>transport packaging>e-commerce packagingThat’s the law. It doesn’t affect video game boxes in any way.Snoys are fucking inhuman corpo slaves
Why is everyone so passionate about physical discs? Do you actually think your grandkids will give a rats ass about a bunch of dusty discs from a bygone era?
>>746011264Yes it does, video game, music and movie/TV/streaming show boxes are affected by this as they're under transport packaging (the case the game/music/movie/TV/streaming show comes in) and e-commerce packaging.
>>746005786I've refused to buy any S*ny products since 2005. I guess you can count me in?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
last console i had was an xbox 360, and before that it was a ps2 slim that meltedim part of the boycott i suppose
>>746011264Will you be this enraged when Nintendo starts doing it?
>>746011371>Do you actually think your grandkids will give a rats ass about a bunch of dusty discs from a bygone era?Yes, very much, they're already babbling about VHS/Beta tapes and Laserdiscs.
>>746011410They already are. Game key cards are just glorified codes
>>746011402Sony of America =/= Sony of Japan.Sony of Japan's releases didn't have the rootkits, only the Sony of America releases had rootkits and the backlash was well deserved.
>Are you joiningNo. Also i will log everyday while usually i only play friday-saturday-sunday. This week in particular i will play a bit everyday.
>>746011494sony of japan doesn't exist anymore
>>746011445That has more to do with bandwidth then cost saving using 512KB cards.Yes alot of the Game Key Cards were used for cost, but others like Pokopia use it for bandwidth as digital games have higher levers of bandwidth (800-900MBs depending on the Micro SD Express card used) compared to rom cards (500MBs locked)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUQnJaEh-bA
>>746005786I stopped touching Sony shit the moment they opted to do paid online. Haven't bought anything Sony related since, even their ports to PC I will never touch. Fuck em.This boycott is meaningless. Just like every "boycott" that has a defined end date. It will be a minor blip, and then it goes back to business as usual and Sony doesn't give a fuck at the end. the real way to boycott is to abandon Sony entirely. Anything else is performative and insincere.
>>746011635Yes they do.https://www.sony.co.jp/
>>746005786>one-week boycottAbsolutely fucking pointless.If you want actual change, you boycott until they revert their anti-consumer decisions. But that will never happen because these troglodytes are trained to consume the product no matter what.
>>746005786>just one weekYeah that'll really send a message huh
>>746006976It was MW2>>746007082The point is that not only is this the most useless form of protest (oh noooo we will slightly delay our next microtransaction purchase) but that they won't even do it no matter what they claim.
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>>746011731That never happened as what you just posted is just AI slop.
>>746011691no, that's Sony, not Sony of Japan.The only game division they have in Japan is just team asobi.Sony for video games only exists in California
>>746011657>500MB (faster than SATA SSD) is not enough for WiiU graphics>Minecraft running on HDDs?>Cyberpunk/Indiana Jones/Oblivion remastered running from carts??Are console apologists even human?
>>746005786millions of people have a ps5? I only use my ps2 lol
>746011762Anon you can't just say "AI slop" and expect your bait to give you (you)s
>D-dood le boycott!!!Why am I supposed too take you snoys and your chimpout seriously? You've always been cucks and corporate bootlickers. You ended up happily accepting having to pay for the internet you already pay for in order to play online and always end up bending over for your corporate masters in the end. Before long you will just get bored and accept it, then deepthroat Sony even harder.You also fail to understand that only you console cucks actually care. You always only knew le physical, while PC gamers moved to mass piracy and digital stores once internet good enough to download vidya. Seriously, you have no right to talk about anything related to gamer "rights" when you only want to bootlick corporations and shit yourself from anger over any "alternatives".In the end you don't actually want "le physical". You want visible proof of corporate loyalty.
>>746011762Holy fucking newfag.That image is probably older than you.https://arch.b4k.dev/_/search/image/_FkL8N6UZQZhh_j8Ux3wnA/
>>746011792They do have some control in Japan (led by Hideaki Nishino) ever since Jim Ryan left because of how badly California fucked things up.And now Japan wants nothing to do with it and wants to either spin off PlayStation or sell them to AMD (they just sold their TV division to TCL).
As long as the sportsball gacha addicts log on they don't care.
>>746011821This is Game Freak we're talking about, they have never been technically competent.>>746011883That has never been the case.
>>746005786I don't own a console aside from my old GBC, but if I had one: Definitely not. The consumer base voted against optical discs in the past, their voice was heart loud and clear. I love optical media and still use it, but I feel relieved that the consumer feels the consequences of their actions now ^_^
>>746012042They already left.>>746011937>Photoshopped fake image.
>>746005786this is a meaningless purity testthe only solution is to not buy sony shit. period.
>>746006369>I specifically resubbed to PSN to garble corporate cock as a "fuck you" to players who don't want to gargle corporate cock
>>746005786>setting an end-date for a boycott>on top of that it's only 7 daysAbsolutely no activity on the frontal lobe of these people.
>>746012108gargle*
>>746012074The consumer base wants optical discs because streaming sites keep taking down their shit all the time, it's why releases like this sell in the 10s of millions at least.
>>746005786>already gave sony money for ps5>already gave sony money for games>skip gaming for a week>still keep giving sony money afterwardswhere's the boycott?
>>746011950>Sell Playstation to AMDOh hell no, I don't want to be forced to choose between inTelAviv and supporting consoles.
>>746011762>>746010094That pic is older than you retards
Zoomer retards trying to role-play armchair financial analysts will never not be funny
>>746012212The sales numbers dont support that argument. Consumers had a chance in the past. Many of the optical end mechanical engineers who worked in the industry moved on to other optical storage solutions (Project SIlicia, Cerabyte, Sphotonix,... all kinds of 3D/"5D" volumetric storage solutions) only targeted at enterprise/ datacenter customers. There are only a few facilities left producing optical discs or BR drives, demand is much too low.
>>746005786So, you'll save them a weeks worth of bandwidth costs? What's that supposed to accomplish?If you really want to stick to them, you'll request them to permanently delete your PSN account and then recycle your stupid plastic box.
>>746012257They will not give money to Sony, they already left.>>74601338450 million discs just in the US at least (not counting Canada) in the age of streaming is no small feet, thats actually a huge deal, it shows the demand is still there and is as heathy as a horse.
>>746005786they should go on a hunger strike too while they're at it
>>746014058But they're already gameless.
>>746005786I've been "boycotting" playstation for over 20 years
>>746005786>oh lets just do it for 1 week, then come back like goycattle incapable of not consuming our productsGood way to show you'll buy the PS6 being digital only, completely enslaved into the system.
>>746014058They should light themselves on fire in front of Sony's offices.
I havent played a video game since April lol.
>>746005786thats just another psn hack downtime to sony. means nothing to them.
>>746013975The industry would need to see sustained growth over at least 2-3 years to justify any new investments in consumer grade optical archiving solutions. Sony overall made the right decision to exit the market, the facility is being converted into a general optical manufacturing fab https://www.guru3d.com/story/sony-already-repurposing-last-disc-manufacturing-facility-for-future-optical-technologies/If demand is too low (and the occasional 10's of millions is still too low for the higher variety of manufacturers we used to have even a year ago), manufacturers need to move on.
>>746005786haven't had a sony console since PS3
>>746014196seconding this
>>746014475Warner Bros has already sold over a billion Blu-Ray discs over these past couple of years because of releases like this.Demand still exists.
>>746005786i have been boycotting them since the playstation 3 got out
How about instead of throwing a temper tantrum for a week, you stop playing your console and cancel all your subscriptions until they reverse the decision?
>>746015630They're already doing that.
>>746005786My boycott is that the ps5 is going to be the last console I'm ever going to purchase from Sony, and likely anyone, I'll hang on to my existing ps5 and library but I built a powerful PC and am making all future purchases on steam. Logging out for a week is fine if you want to do it, but there isn't even that much interesting stuff out this week anyway so it seems a little disingenous.
>>746008172>you better do what we say or we won't use the product we already overpaid for>you mean you won't buy our products until we change our ways? Hmm that could be bad down the road>oh no, only 7 days, after that I'll come crawling backI'm sure they're scared as fuck
>>746005786It's destined to fail.First off, it's utterly lacking in resolve. If you truly believed in this cause, you wouldn't "log out for a week". You would, at bare minimum, actively refuse to use your machine/account period until your demands are met. The mere fact that they're imposing a one week limit at all showcases weak-willed resolve.Second, there won't be nearly enough consumers who will go along with this for it to matter. The problem with "voting with your wallet" is that the majority of those wallets are voting against you. That's why we're in this situation in the first place. Sony ran the numbers and noticed that like 90% of their sales were digital.
Gamers, let's show sony what we're made off!#gamergate
>>746005786Jokes on you, i have been boycotting Sony and Playstation since the times of PS2 by not buying their shit.
Join? I've been boycotting Sony for decades. Get on my level.
>for a whole week we're not gonna play games>take that Sony!>but right after we'll get back to religious consumerismThat's what you call a "goycott"
>>746006369>I'm sucked Sony's cock, making me the victor.
>>746005786Yes (I don't have a playstation so I won't log in)
>>746005786>log out of PSN from August 23 to 30I haven't logged into PSN since 2010.
Gamers are famous for sticking to their word and being effective protestors
>>746016697No, they're NOT crawling back.>>746016721It will be a success, 99% of PSN users have already abandoned ship so it is already working with flying colors.>>746018645Fake Photoshoped image.>>746016935Not the case, they're not coming back.
>>746005786They already asked to postpone the boycott to play cod playtest so it never had any power
>>746019390That has not happened, you're delulu, seek help.
>>746019461https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2091798665958719552?s=20
>>746005786lol, I'm sure sony will care
Our PS5 is basically an overpriced streaming box thanks to my smart tv being almost 10 years old at this point with half the apps not working. Also this won’t do shit like every other performative xitterfag boycot.
Ok everyone, I will not have sex for a week to really get into the mindest of incels
I just do not care. about any of this. about any of you. I simply wont buy a ps6 unless it has a disc drive
>>746005786How to actually fuck them over. Cancel psn and only buy preowned disks
>>746019720>Hmm...this page doesn’t exist. Try searching for something else.>>746019790They will.>>746020650They're already doing that.
>>746009679>Nintendo willstop selling physical games in europe while keeping them going everywhere else because there's money to be made and at the end of the day europe as a market isn't that big a deal (the market that makes or breaks them is the US followed by japan, everything else is tertiary) Or they'll just cut the size of the switch 2 boxes in half to meet the air requirement which they can easily do because of how small the cards are. Your conspiracy theory doesn't hold water anon, that's the point I'm making here. Sony killed physical because they wanted to and nintendo won't follow suit because it's not the law and because there's still money to be made with physical releases.
>>746005786I've been boycotting Sony all my life, the only time they've got my money was Helldivers 1 and on Steam. They could die and I wouldn't even notice it, they are as important to me as last year's snow.
>>746006157Little boycotter cucks FEAR this man (a real mancotter)
>>746005786I haven't even owned a Sony product since the PS1
>>746019790Sony cared enough to shit on the "protest" in an official mass email>>745962616
>>746021031This isn't a conspiracy theory, it's facts, and Nintendo will go digital only one day because of EU law and the rest of the world has to deal with it.>>746022013Thats on some things, not all, it depends on the publisher.
>>746012054Pokopia is Koei Tecmo.
>>746005786Consoleniggers always complain about some inane shit that no one in the world cares about.
>>746007660This. What a retarded "boycott."
>>746005786No, because I basically already am.Boycotts don't end after one week; they end until you get what you want.Also, this should've been during Wolverine's release week if you wanted people to do some actual damage.
oh wow one whole week what will sony do bros
>>746005786I haven't bought any snoy product past the PS2.
>>746022521Only the programming as Game Freak's internal team is doing Gen 10.Design is 100% Game Freak.>>746022579It's already working wonders.>>746022621Debunked as it's already working.
No. The PS5 will be the last Sony console I ever acquire. I don’t give a fuck about the future of that shit-tier company. They clearly don’t give a fuck about making non-woke slop and fun vidyas in exchange for my hard earned money and time.
