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… Such a massive and completely justified backlash will not just disappear overnight. About the author : Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. …
… While the timing could be just a coincidence, it's still very much possible how a predicted major backlash may be one of the reasons behind this, although as Tech4Gamers noted, Jim Ryan did sell a good number of his Sony stocks before leaving the company, so this could be a similar situation. …
… This inevitably triggered a massive backlash on the Internet, with fans whipping up petitions to get Sony to change their mind and legendary game designer Hideo Kojima sharing his sadness at the news. …
… These significant forms of protest are justified, and not only for the loss of the physical games culture that has defined gaming since its inception, but also for game preservation . …
During San Diego Comic-Con 2025, IGN hosted a live video interview with Dan Houser former Creative Director of most of Rockstar 's games up to Red Dead Redemption 2 and asked him about the recent news that PlayStation won't make any more physical discs from January 2028 . …
… Indeed, in an exclusive statement to Wccftech , the Dutch non-profit that brought a €400 million class action against Sony warned that the death of physical discs would hand Sony total price control on PlayStation games . That's why the physical-disc debate is far more than a mere nostalgia issue . …
… He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. …
… Second-hand gaming still occurs, obviously, but it's not material any more to the business to worry about, I think.” As mentioned above, PlayStation backing away from the production of physical game discs has so many dangerous implications for consumer rights and game preservation that it has spark… …
… It’s possible that an add-on disc drive could be made available to play older PS4 and PS5 games on disc. Removing the drive will upset some gamers that don’t want to pay for an add-on disc drive if available and that want to access their game collections on disc. …
… This suggests Sony has been planning the switch away from physical discs for quite some time, and, as such, it's far-fetched to imagine how Internet backlash could affect these plans in any way. …
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