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French Presidential Candidate Fights For Physical Games: "Gamers Have Rights Too"

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"Video games are not merely commodities; they are cultural assets," Jean-Luc Mélenchon said. "Gamers have rights too!"
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A French presidential candidate has put Sony and the next GTA 6 in the spotlight. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France Insumisa, has called the Japanese company’s decision to kill the physical format and launch Rockstar’s next bombshell without disc a “anti-consumer attack.” And it’s not a tone output from a politician looking for headlines: Mélenchon has been following the video game industry for years with much more pinnacle than is usually se…

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon took hold of the announced end of the PlayStation on Disc games. His political release aims just on the bottom, but it looks more like a campaign promise launched in the face of an already well-initiated global industrial decision.

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon criticized on Friday Sony's decision to release video games for his PlayStation consoles only in a dematerialized version with the end of the sale of games on physical media, seeing there the "tri...

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Sony has decided to stop the physical games and, in the face of the players' emoi, the politicians are already trying to get the deal back.

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While questions surrounding the physical format in video games have never been more pressing, Jean-Luc Mélenchon claims he wants to change the law on this subject.

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Numerama broke the news on Friday, July 3, 2026.
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