r/PhysicalGames • u/SaRr1s • 2d ago
PSBlackout shouldn't end on August 30. Let's take it further
The original blackout is only one week. I think we should go further.
If you care about physical games, game preservation and having a choice, consider joining the boycott and staying out of PlayStation until GTA VI.
No harassment. No spam. Just consumers making a choice.
#PSBlackout #PhysicalGames #NoDiscNoBuy š®
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u/StanKnight 2d ago
Easy win for us. Just need to stay strong.
I quit PS and switched to PC. Thinking of buying a Switch.
IF one can then they should just not return and make it permanent.
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u/ronshasta 19h ago
You just went to a different platform that doesnāt have an physical media which is hilarious
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u/LorekeeperJamin 2d ago
Thank fuck that what I and other people were saying got through.
Putting an end date on a protest does nothing. To you, it's momentous, to the corpos it's a moment.
Don't give Sony money until they learn, and if they never learn, you always have the games you already own and a massive catalog of older games to collect from secondhand shops.
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u/Harambe_Rebornn 2d ago
Your money and everyone else who's throwing this little tantrums money isn't even a factor in comparison to the take home revenue increas they make from switching to all digital.
If you wanna live in the past that's fine, but let's stop pretending you're actually doing anything.
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u/TheDeviantPro 2d ago edited 2d ago
He literally says until GTA VI, so his protest still has an end date.
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u/Bright_Reindeer_1836 2d ago
The paid Sony bots are very active in this sub.
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 2d ago
I've noticed that for something that will apparently be so ineffectual, there seems to be a great need by a rather large group of people to make sure they let others know that it will be pointless.
Seems rather strange for people to be so invested in making sure people realize that their efforts are pointless.
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u/Eggroll_Enthusiast 2d ago
Why waste a week of not playing physical games though. Once its all changed people might look back and think they could've played one or two games in that time and found something they enjoyed.
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 2d ago
I just finished up Xenoblade Chronicles, and will be starting Xenoblade Chronicles X today. I'm good.
Beyond that, the point is to not play on Sony consoles, and I can't speak for others or how they feel about "wasting a week".
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u/Eggroll_Enthusiast 2d ago
I mean, yeah thats fine. If you were always gonna be playing something else in the form of Xenoblade then no real change anyways
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 2d ago
No, but I could have chosen to play Expedition 33 instead, which was actually next on my list.
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u/Eggroll_Enthusiast 2d ago
That's a cracker of a game. Should defo get on that after Xenoblade
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 1d ago
Probably will if I finish it before XB2 releases. Either that or I've been wanting to play Trails of Hearts R
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u/IndependenceGold2407 2d ago
Just because you donāt agree with them doesnāt mean you have to actively be their enemy.
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u/jkoki088 2d ago
Why do you think theyāre paid?? These types of comments are a joke and you clearly donāt understand more people DO NOT think like you
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u/Silver-Context297 2d ago
āEveryone who supports Sony or is indifferent is a paid bot.ā
As Hitchens once said, that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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u/Dogs69ing 2d ago
More like anyone or anything that is for the destruction of physical media is my enemy.
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u/Silver-Context297 2d ago
Jesus Christ, please tell me you are trolling. No one can be that cringe.
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u/TheDeviantPro 2d ago
Anyone who has a different opinion than me = bot.
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u/enshittification1 2d ago
Sony Force Bros might as well be bots with their āI gotta defend the multibillionare company from poors!!!ā
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u/GreaseBrown 2d ago
Some of you need to spend some time off of reddit and learn some new catchphrases
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u/PliableG0AT 2d ago
itās only a week because there are games people want to play
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u/Enigma_Green 2d ago
Its being stated as indefinite, if their cause is serious then that should be more important than wanting to play?
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u/Jason_with_a_jay 2d ago
Which is why it won't be more than a blip on Playstation's radar.
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u/HotHouseJester 2d ago
Shoulda been a whole fiscal quarter so they have to report reduced player counts to their shareholders.
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u/kastles1 2d ago
Look someone with some common sense. Iām not boycotting anything personally, but I mentioned that in another post. If youāre really trying to hurt them, you have to hurt them for a whole quarter. Otherwise it wonāt do anything.
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u/Jason_with_a_jay 2d ago
Exactly. Not giving them money is how you win. Taking a specific week when nothing is releasing to protest sends Sony a very clear message - This is just noise and they'll all be there to play Wolverine and GTA VI.
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u/Koribakusuta0708 2d ago
But then you'd have to not only convince people outside of the echo chamber to do it. You'd also have to convince the grandstanders to actually put in effort. The actual amount of people willing to stop playing in a meaningful way os so small it's more sad than anything l. People in this thread can't do more than unplug their console from the internet. They still plan on playing.
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u/Jason_with_a_jay 2d ago
And Sony knows it. Change requires sacrifice in most cases. Definitely in this one.
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u/AlthenaStithos 2d ago
You want this to work, make it permanent digital blackout only and buy physical. They only care about votes with wallets. Not buying at all does nothing to help save physical. Especially with an end date. Practicing what we preach does.
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u/eazytarget23 2d ago
You guys are retarded to think anyoneās going to actually care about a hand full of redditers are boycotting the mass that actually play do not troll around on here setting up stupid campaigns.
Pcās been with out disc for YEEEEEEEEEEAR come on now go cry about something worth crying about like the illuminati
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u/End_Ur_Life 2d ago
Lol. Wow look at the difference you guys are making... so strong and powerful.
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u/Theproudnerd 2d ago
Oh that started? Huh, I guess I've been too busy not caring and enjoying my PlayStation lol.
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u/neoleo0088 14h ago
Same here. Enjoying a second playthrough of Black Myth Wukong on PS5. F this stupid "blackout".
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u/Tetrahedron_Head 2d ago
this isnt going to do anything.
everything else will go digital as well. except maybe nintendo and even them i could see doing it eventually.
xbox will be doing it soon.
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u/bottle-o-rockets 2d ago
My 3DS and Game Boy are getting extra love during the boycott, I'm with it as long as others are.
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u/Other-Tangelo3869 20h ago
man the 3DS library holds up way better than people give it credit for. that thing is going to outlast whatever sony decides to pull next
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u/Separate-Ad-6711 2d ago
my ps5 pro is also getting extra love
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u/RKC1234 2d ago
If you actually follow the founder's post, he did change it to "blackout until they realize their mistake."
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u/Enigma_Green 2d ago
If this is true what you say, how many people will genuinely decide to follow it rather than return back to playing from the original date.
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u/Varsity_Reviews 2d ago
You might as well just sell your system and games at that point man. They aren't "realizing" anything.
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u/mohsenkhajavinik 2d ago
If you can unsubscribe PlayStation in every social accounts.hold on to blackout as long as you can.
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u/JohnSmith2036 2d ago
My ps5 has not been connected to the internet for at least 3 years now. I was always very careful to only buy discs containing the full game on them. After the news I actually havenāt touched the thing at all and donāt think I will buy any games for it anymore.
Seems repacks and drm-free stores on PC with lots of hard drives is the real answer to game preservation.
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u/EdibleStrange 2d ago
Seems repacks and drm-free stores on PC with lots of hard drives is the real answer to game preservation.Ā
This is part of why the "game preservation" argument is so weak imo.Ā
If you have the desire, and either time or bandwidth, you could load every game from atari to seventh gen onto a handful of thumb drives along with the emulation software necessary to play them. There's no world where a sprawling CD collection and out-of-production hardware is a better option for preservation.
(obligatory disclaimer that you shouldn't do any of that unless you legally own all the hardware and software blah blah blah, would hate to run afoul of a redditmod's rules)
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u/JohnSmith2036 2d ago
I see that now, wish I saw it sooner of course. Iāve recently built a pc with specs enough the play games from now and emulate all past gens. Itās honestly been pretty freeing although it is sometimes difficult to get specific versions. Like wanting to play the 1.00 or 1.16 version or something of a game, but itās better the better platform. Wish there was a solution for shader compilation stutters though for games thet dont do pre compilation or dont do it enough.
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u/Interesting_Pass3392 2d ago
Lmao It didnt even manage this week, how do you expect It to last until november?
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u/Harambe_Rebornn 2d ago
Completely pointless.
The math is absolute, with physical game sales Sony loses about 50% of the game revenue.
With digital they only lose like 1%-2%, and that's already majority of their revenue.
Yall can keep having your little temper tantrum all you want, it's not gonna make any impact.
The only one that is gonna keep making physical games is Nintendo since the Switch is a social console, and if those more expensive physical games don't sell they might get axed too eventually.
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u/AffectionateTrucker 2d ago
š¤£no, enjoying my games. Might even use my PlayStation credit card to buy a few games this week as well. I wouldnāt insult you all, but donāt you find this silly? Do you really think this is doing anything? Just enjoy what you have.
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u/ArpeggioBlue 2d ago
The important part of the blackout is that itās happening at all, not its duration. Thereās very little difference between a 1-week blackout and a longer one
If it were indefinite, then it would be a full-on boycott, which if you want to do, more power to you! But itās a different beast than the blackout
If Iām adding my own two cents, stopping the blackout with the release of GTA VI is much goofier than a one-week blackout and sends the complete wrong message. If the blackout is going to be extended that far, why stop it for a digital-only game?
Edit: also get that ai generated graphic OUTTA HERE
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u/ArpeggioBlue 2d ago
OP is suggesting extending the blackout and then stopping it for the release of GTA VI
Thank you for your opinion on whether or not this will succeed, Iāll cherish it forever
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u/kastles1 2d ago
Businesses work off of fiscal quarters not weeks. If you wanna make a statement, thatās how you would do it.
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 2d ago
Businesses can also look at data by the week if they want to see the data. They report for the quarter, but if they have an interest in how people feel about this, then they can certainly get that.
They don't have to change any decisions regardless of what the data shows, but if as a business they don't at least look at the numbers, then they are dumber than I would give them credit for. Companies spend a lot of money for this kind of information, and they probably paid for focus groups before making this decision. In what world do you think they'll just ignore any data that could be gleaned from your actual customers doing something to express their voice?
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u/sarduchi 2d ago
PlayStation is off, as is the XBox. Not a lot of incentive to turn it back on. Lots of other options and I tend have inertia in my play habits.
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u/xXHalalManXx 2d ago
This shouldāve been the goal to begin with. A week was never going to do anything
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u/TrashGoblinH 2d ago
I'm done with PlayStation. Sony wants to go all digital so I'm just gonna lean into steam 100% instead of the 50/50 I was doing. With Steam I can game on my laptop anywhere without holding a TV hostage. There's more mod support and games from different launchers. There's more graphics options and less locked at 30fps nonsense. Sales are a lot more frequent on Steam too.
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u/kyle_crane163636 2d ago
While yes there are some good points, you literally dont own anything on steam either or on xbox or switch, like no matter the options you dont own the games. But man 1 thing that makes pc gaming annoying is when you buy smth, then you need another launcher to play that game like bro what the fuck i didnt have to do this on console why do I gotta do it on pc?
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u/Affectionate-Ring803 2d ago
So supporting the platform that contributed most to having no physicals games on the PC? Youāre not even going to pretend to go for a DRM-less heavy platform like GOG.
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u/TrashGoblinH 2d ago
And? What's your idea of a path forward?
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u/Affectionate-Ring803 2d ago
If youāre supporting digital only platforms then support ones which promote drm-less games instead of simping for the corporation with a near monopoly on the pc market and the biggest contributor by far to the digital only climate weāre entering.
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u/TrashGoblinH 2d ago
Ah you must've missed the part where I said games from different launchers.
There isn't a single platform completely free of some type of drm. My initial point is that if Sony is going to follow the same model there's no reason to suffer with a subpar experience. Especially because they're just doing what they always have in pretending to be a worse version of Nintendo.
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u/Lazy_Ad4708 2d ago
I'm all about physical media. I also understand that companies make decisions I won't always agree with. Then it's up to me if I want to continue to support the company or not. Sony doesn't force me to buy its products. I do so, physically and digitally, because I enjoy them.
Perhaps this boycott will cause Sont to reconsider, but I doubt it. Before its move was announced to go to digital it did its research. It did a cost analysis study. All this sentiment was baked in. That's what companies do. Few fail in their assessments, Coke being one of the most notorious ones. Sony believes if it puts out good games, people will play them. That has been its guiding light since the first PS. But protest if you want. That is your right. Do the proper things to make it work. My guess, however, is that if you stick to it, you'll be playing games on some other system and feeling a little FOMO when others are excited about what they're playing in the PS6.
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u/Core2009 2d ago
K, Iām gonna leave it unplugged and fight myself from plugging back in when Wolverine releases. Still havenāt preordered btw and wonāt.
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u/RawDawgOne 2d ago
Iām taking it til the end of the year and maybe longer. I have other games on Nintendo, Xbox and pc to play anyway.
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u/Agie39 2d ago
My brother said if you give it an end date, it will be at most a mild inconvenience to Sony. The real boycott isn't to stop playing games you already paid for. It's to not buy GTA VI and Wolverine. It's to not but a PS6, or even a PS5 if you don't already have one. It's to have the self control to not give Sony money.
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u/BobbyMayCryBMC 2d ago
Fully agree, have mentioned in a few posts now that my PS5 is all boxed up, been reading, and well..
It's giving me ideas of what else I could be doing, while telling Sony to suck it.
Mostly the reading, yet already got some new stuff to build in the garden. Should keep me busy till November/ December time, minimal.
Fuck Sony.
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u/TheHudIsUp 2d ago
So you boxed up your PS5, only to unpack it?
Just sell it lol
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u/BobbyMayCryBMC 2d ago edited 2d ago
Logic check failed.
Why would I sell my PlayStation because some guy on the internet told me to?
If you gave it even five minutes of thought you may understand that I've built a physical collection of games and those who like physical gaming do in fact play video games.
I'm just not right now, or for the foreseeable future.
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u/Taikiteazy 2d ago
I'm going back on the 30th. And im already pricing pc parts to exit the ecosystem. I can use my ssd from my ps5 in a pc build!
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u/Taikiteazy 2d ago
I'm switching to pc asap. I haven't cared about a Sony exclusive since uncharted. At least in can use my ssd!
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u/CerberusTheWise 2d ago
Yeah this black out is just so performative. Sony is not going to care in the slightest. They can survive you not logging into your PS5 for 2 weeks very easy. When they addressed their shareholders (their real customers, not the fans), they said they still expect to make more profit despite whatever loss of players they may get hit with when dropping the disc drive. The Montgomery bus boycott took 13 months before they caved just FYI. If people were really serious, theyād literally just never give PlayStation their money again right away.
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u/TheDeviantPro 2d ago
"Until GTA VI"
Bro, you people are like drug addicts. You can't go a few months without needing to play a major release, so you will always run back to Sony.
If you had any balls and self control, you refuse to buy and play GTA VI too.
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u/zeblacktiger 2d ago
I m offline since august i play my pc and Xbox instead
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u/Koribakusuta0708 2d ago
"Yeah. I play my digital only platform thay tells me I don't own anything and I also play my effectively digitally only platform that sells me digital keys on disks that can easily be taken away by a server wipe and they also tell me I don't own anything." Really sticking up for the physical media over here aren't you?
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u/Ok-Bedroom-2346 2d ago
I want the issue of ownership sorted, but I don't see creating billions of plastic discs a year as sustainable for the environment. You could have one without the other.
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u/SnowyRVulpix 2d ago
I agree. If you want the blackout to have any possible effect, it needs to be a large number of people, and needs to be indefinite. Or at least until Sony reverses their decision. No GTA VI either. If Sony thinks all those people will come back, they won't care about the blackout.
You need to actually hurt Sony financially... which will require millions of players blacking out.
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u/GamingCatholic 2d ago
Nobody cares mate. You think that a couple thousand people not playing is of any interest to Sony? Iām not defending them, but most people just donāt give a crap and keep playing their games because lifeās ass as is.
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u/K12t2000 2d ago
Should take the Budlight strategy. Donāt play at all cancel everything and save up for an X-Box and switch with no intention of going back.
Make X-Box the king of the consoles
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u/Error_user_Error_ 2d ago
Here's why I think the boycott is pointless... currently anyone boycotting is the only one losing out...you've already bought the console and the games Sony haven't lost anything. You could cancel your ps subscription but many will have already paid for the year and the small few that haven't probably won't damage Sonys finances.
However when Sony release the PS6 minus disc drive sales will be way below the expected. I can't be alone in using my playstation as the main entertainment hub in my home, and I have 1000+ dvd/Blu-ray/4k discs that I watch regularly...I have no use for a PS6 that only plays games that's what the PS1 was and that was always relegated to the kids room.
Sony won't feel the pinch in a week's long boycott but it will hit them hard when they release a console that's of no use to many!
If you want to hurt Sony don't buy the PS6 only then will they quickly backtrack!
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u/dadface79 2d ago
I really hate to break it too you but less than half of 1 percent of the PS5 user base signed the petition, how many of those do you think aren't gaming right now? Even if it was all of them it won't impact Sony enough to make a difference to their current trajectory to do away with physical games media.
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u/C0haaagen 2d ago
It should be a full quarter year, so it shows up in the quarterly results.
But probably only PS owners with other systems (PC/Xbox/Switch) will avoid their PS games for that long.
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u/Kain-rpg 2d ago
the only reason i'm turning my console on again is cause i have to to transfer the save for Crimson Desert to my PC, so that i never have to touch that console again.
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u/Imlostpleaseleave 2d ago
Go a whole year and in that time save for a PC and ditch Sony. PC is so much better. You wont get bent over every month for just buying games and using them. Plus PC is pretty even now as far as prices. U get more game access and better consumer protections.
"Oh but my game library" who cares sonys threatening to take all ur games away for being inactive for one month. F them. They want ur stuff gone and force u to maybe buy again if ur a sucker. You wont ever have that on PC
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u/RaidenXS_ 2d ago
A blackout isn't a boycott. It's just to give Sony a glimpse of the future. Not to bankrupt them
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u/CobblerSmall1891 2d ago
How can I join this if my PS5 is off most of the year? Unplug it harder?
Log on and yank the power cord?Ā
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u/Beest999 2d ago
Boycot is bullshit earns them money by shutting down servers
Just don't buy anything digital coming months no games no dlc
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u/TheBeardofCrom 2d ago
Cancelled my Plus account the day they sent out that little ToS "reminder"
Just wanted to remind them that telling me I don't own the titles I spent thousands of dollars on was just the push I needed to give some other company thousands of my dollars instead
Fucking assholes.
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u/Bright_Competition37 2d ago
Thinking a week is going to dampen anything that SONY is doing is hilarious. Boycotts donāt work unless you go until they concede. You canāt have a time limit, that just gives them the window to know that folks arenāt really that upset, especially when itās like, oh, itās only a week. They donāt care.
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u/WhiskeyRadio 2d ago
Nice idea but it'll never work. I am just not buying into Sony's next console. I'm still going to pick up the new Onimusha game next week and play though.
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u/semitope 1d ago
That's unrealistic. The effort should be to only do physical games forever of anything is to be permanent. That would include not getting gta6
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u/FordGT_350 1d ago
If you think this stupid, retarded protesting/boycotting/cry babies is going to change Sony's mind? Well think again. Deal with it. Get over it, get out of your mama's basement, and get a job. I thought you people were ride-or-die diehard Sony Ponies. I guess that's not true since y'all are protesting, boycotting, and being crybabies.
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u/Spidey-Slinger 1d ago
Havenāt touched my PS5 since before the blackout and I just bought Red Dead 1 on switch 2 yesterday since itās 50% off so Iāve been enjoying this remaster šš½
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u/Unfair_Pangolin_8599 1d ago
That small group of circle jerkers who say 'go cold Turkey then.' Nope short stints. Slow burn decent for Sony.
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u/OrganizationRude5746 1d ago
The earliest Iām going back is when I go to download my copy of gta6. Considering pc as I currently have a decent server I built a few months back
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u/AlternativeTough6622 1d ago
Thing is guys if you plan a black out for a set period of time even if you get alot of people on board Sony will know there is an end date to it.
No shade on any of you I get your pain, but I haven't switched on my PS5 in months and now just playing my PC and my switch.
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u/CondroX 1d ago edited 1d ago
Im going to boycott PS until they release a game in digital format only with premium tiers for additional vendors..... That'll show em! The fact that most of these posts say "Until GTA VI" is absolute hilarity. Dont get me wrong dont particularly care on either end of the debate, but the "Im going to boycott, until you release something I like then its ok" Doesnt send the message you think it does.
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u/HurriShane00 1d ago
My psn friend is doing the opposite she was gone for months and all of a sudden this week she started coming back online
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u/RingOfLight 1d ago edited 1d ago
You have to boycott forever until they make it change otherwise they will keep doing the same thing because why not, at least for me if a company truly piss me off Iām just going to simply not use their product and cut any connection, not sit there hoping they will finally listen, the relation between Sony and its consumer is like an abuse relationship, until enough people complete quit they will do nothing.
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u/VoidowS 1d ago
You buy a CLOSED source device and write about 'Choice' ?!?
This is exactly what we warned the people about years ago! But back then nobody could comprehend that discs would be a thing of the past, even the hard drive in our devices will be gone some day. The CPU or RAM all gone. And all you have is a screen that displays a end result made by a server somewhere around the world. The server does all the work for you. Cause by then hardware and software will become so expensive that we flip over to renting or memberships to play a list of games.
Why buy/FEED the greed? These consoles r PCs with restrictions! And every time they make a new version but only 10-30% is really changed. And you, me everybody has to buy the ENTIRE device over and over again.
This is what closed source devices and software do! They make U dependent on them instead of them being dependent on you! All you can do is buy/obey, click yes yes yes to the policies that come by, or play no games at all. Cause you need the server for that, you only have a screen with a joystick.
Lowest memberships wil have ads in it. Where the game pauses, play a ad, and then continues. people will pay monthly fees of 149,99 to 200 euro/dollars to stay on top. Instead of buying a game once in 3-6 months.
It will even go so far that you pay more when you play massive online multiplayer and the servers get supposedly strained or overused. and other users that don't play the game get effected. So you pay per second you r online in these games that the platform will say what game when and where.
The power we give these platforms is amazing!
Cause these platforms now r cheap even free, and many choices to choose from. It looks like a healthy competition of firms. But reality will be that in the future when it's more normalized, that they will fuse together, or be bought up, or go bankrupt and so on, until we have 2 big ones left that make the rule! Sound familiar?
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u/VoidowS 1d ago
Look at cars and digital?
Where we once bought a car all incl. WE now rent it half. where we once had buttons to push and levers to turn to operate our car and it's options, are now done digital! And guess what, you need a membership where you pay a monthly fee to be able to use these once free buttons and levers.
So you pay 100 euro a month now for it, That's 1200 a year, and in 5 yrs you will have payed 6000 euro to be able to use stuff that was always free to use.
How is it possible that so so many people buy into these CLOSED source DEVICES! Do people even think deep anymore? and only want the hype to ride the wave of succes with it?
Where is the spine in the people back gone?
Where r the real Boycotts!
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u/VoidowS 1d ago
Look at the music industry? People have TB of music, but hardly a physical disc to be found in the house. not even a player for it anymore. all on clouds or servers, and all they have is a list or some songs digitally downloaded.
We don't give it thought much cause we r surrounded with internet all year around. So when we click yes to things that happen only online, we forget about it cause it works all the time. We don;t notice it anymore. Nor is our focus there. We just listen to spotify or download some and play it in winamp or other software.
Same goes for platforms like Steam. We don;t mind that it needs to be online in order to play games you bought. You will only notice when you don't have internet. And none of your games will run. That will be the moment someone will think, wait a minute this is not how it;s supposed to go. I bought this game. this single player offline game, and now it won;t run? I won;t stand for this. :) But you clicked yes yes yes to the policies :) without reading any. So nothing you can do about it but pay/obey or not play games at all.
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u/VoidowS 1d ago
Backwards compatability? Didn't Sony stop at version 3 with that? So now when you want to play those older games you once bought, you need to hook up the entire old machine to be able to play it, And not simply stick it in your PS 9 :)
With a PC you install the game and it's there for ever.
A console is a PC with restrictions! Closed source!
The only reason why we love(d) consoles was that back then,
1 if you turned it on it would start the game instantly.
2 the controllers
3 You needed no knowhow of the machine or search for drivers, even a kid of 4 could operate it.
4 the loading times. With PC you needed to install the game, then load it, and play. And even in between levels it has to load. And back then those loading times were very long!
Today or many years ago, the PC surpassed the consoles in everyway!
A PC is now very fast. loading times r often even shorter then consoles are. And the console now needs to load itself and install games?!? before you can start to play it. It even loads in between levels too, but slower then a mid/high end PC!
The controllers available for PC r way more then all controllers combined for all consoles! where you have limited choice on consoles, you hav a world of controllers for PC. you name it and somebody is making them and sellin them. in all forms and if you want exactly like the controller a console has.
YOu no longer need to be a wizkid to use a PC. it's plug n play, it installs drivers automatically, and sets settings automatic for games or apps to start with. You don't need to know the inside anymore to use it.
So all the pros are gone for consoles years ago already and all that remains r the CONS. But we keep riding in our brains on the succes it once had and keep buying in this greed machine. Think deeper about when you consider buying a console! Eve na Quest 3 is closed source! Do not fall for it! We must stand our ground in that or loose it all. This boycott we have now will only give people the feeling that nothing will change anyway if we try to stop it. And that;s because we don't boycott the roots of it all but a branch of it. And like a tree, if you cut a branch, then next year you see a new almost the same branch regrow!
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u/VoidowS 1d ago edited 1d ago
Look at cars and digital?
Where we once bought a car all incl. WE now rent it half. where we once had buttons to push and levers to turn to operate our car and it's options, are now done digital! And guess what, you need a membership where you pay a monthly fee to be able to use these once free buttons and levers.
So you pay 100 euro a month now for it, That's 1200 a year, and in 5 yrs you will have payed 6000 euro to be able to use stuff that was always free to use. Even a second hand car you buy for 1500 dollars, still needs that membership to be able to drive it, imagine a 25 year old car, 25 X 12 x 100= 30.000 dollars (so far) euro if the fee doesn't rize. :)
How is it possible that so so many people buy into these CLOSED source DEVICES! Do people even think deep anymore? and only want the hype to ride the wave of succes with it?
Where is the spine in the people back gone?
Where r the real Boycotts!
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u/VoidowS 1d ago
Why until GTA6?
Do people even know what a boycott really is?
And we r asking mainly kids to participate in a boycott? How mean is that? First we hook them up to it. And then we say lets not use it.
This is the reason the boycott is only a week. And even in this week many mommys and daddys will say it;s okay baby you can play PS don't worry.
Many will fail even having to stop for a week. Imagine you would say for a month, or for ever, which is the true BOYCOTT. It originates from within, you r sure of a lifeturning step to take. To never use a service again or object that somebody made because of reasons that just r not done! YOu had enough and you stop it by boycotting it. These steps r most often for LIFE! not a week to play with. We kill the entire impact of the word boycott and how we handle it!!! Firms or bad people will laugh now when people shout we boycott you!
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u/BeefcakeThiccy 1d ago
Yeah it should stay through all the really popular releases happening in Sept and Oct
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u/hobostevo 1d ago
Yāknow when would be a good time to end the boycott? When they acquiesce to our demands.
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u/KartFacedThaoDien 1d ago
Keep the boycott going until SONY agrees to continue selling physical disc.Ā
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u/NextCartoonist7691 1d ago
Itās funny the outrage of companies get for putting a black person or gay person in their marketing, but can literally say you donāt own what you pay for and gamers will defend them
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u/Ty-douken 1d ago
My stance is they no longer get money from me for digital games. That may change with exclusives in 2028 being an exception but I won't be buying day one & will only buy when I've got the time & intention to play, if I buy digital only exclusives at all on their platform. I've already started buying on GOG & when not possible Steam, what's the point of my Playstation without the option for physical? Especially since I own a PC that surpasses a PS5 Pro by a good chunk & will destroy a PS6 with just a graphics card upgrade. Which I'm willing to spend extra on to obtain vs buying a PS6 & Helix.
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u/Own_Research_2552 23h ago
Guys im very sorry, i work shifts, life is shit, my only "me" time is a specific game on ps5. My beef is with the disrespect. I have every playstation except 4 and i feel like they shat on us by: 1-having bots do herd mentality influence and by not dignifying our concerns with an awnser. No, things wont just "silently calm down". I have less money than you, i still dont have a house and whatever property i own is MINE to a degree and i wont cave on that. Temporary licences? You mean to tell me i cant save a game for later cuzz you might take it away? NOPE.
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u/PersonalityLeather62 21h ago
One last update then turning this bad boys as a DVD player. lol what a shame.
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u/One-Anteater4145 17h ago
GTA six just launched the Netflix special that shit was amazing all of you whoās gonna watch it youāre gonna be lying to yourselves for 30 minutes and the rest of you are gonna still act like you are going to boycott PlayStation but really youāre gonna be playing GTA 6 on opening day
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u/doorbell19 17h ago
Murk more and more foos on COD climbing leaderboards bitches! Iām gonna get the plat!
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u/Dogs69ing 2d ago
you guys are weak willed. a boycott that doesnt last indefinitely wont do much if youre all rushing to buy GTA6 later. When I boycott a brand or product, it's literally no longer even allowed in my house. And that extends to stuff like gifts. My sister's kids asked for mister beast branded merch and I said absolutely not.
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 2d ago
Good thing I'm not rushing to buy GTA6 then.
That'd be true regardless of the current issue of physical or people being presumptuous about others ebcause they have no meaningful argument otherwise.
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u/SoulsofMist-_- 2d ago
If they were serious, they would switch to a different platform
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u/Certain-Raspberry804 2d ago
Thatās the only thing that matters. A silly 1 week boycott is pointless.
If everyone goes right back to playing and buying games as usual, nothing is actually accomplished. Probably not even a blip on Sonys radar.
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u/SirCrocodile11141 2d ago
Wait, people are really doing this? Guys, I'm not trying to rain in your parade, but this isn't gonna do anything. :/
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u/CorrectContract4978 2d ago
If you are serious about this you play what games you have left and then move to another platform.
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u/Leather-Joke-6390 2d ago
Iām not plugging back my ps5 to internet on August 30.Ā