Sony has stepped in it now, announcing plans to stop selling new PlayStation disc copies of games when 2028 begins, ending an era of physical gaming media that has existed since the medium’s inception.
The pushback is not just swift and vehement among fans. It appears this situation might be the most outraged gamers have been at PlayStation in 20 years, if not ever. The tweet announcing the move has an absurd 57,000 replies and 55,000 retweets, 99% furious. Everyone replying along the lines of “actually, this is fine” is getting ratioed to oblivion. The internet is swarming with articles and videos decrying the decision.
I’m not sure I’ve seen anything like this since 2006. Do you remember? That was when Sony, high off its PS2 success, believed it could charge $600 for a PS3 at launch. Adjusted for inflation, that would be over $1,000.
On top of that, Sony’s Ken Kutaragi said in an interview that the “goal” for the PS3 was “for consumers to think to themselves 'I will work more hours to buy one'. We want people to feel that they want it, irrespective of anything else.” You might guess how that went over.
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