PlayStation Players Are Reminded They Don’t Own Digital Games Amid Sony’s Physical Media Backlash
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Sony’s PlayStation Boycott Puts to the Test a Digital Volume 34-Fold Greater Than Physical Game Sales
TOKYO, August 25, 2026, 19:15 JST — Tokyo cash trading wrapped up, while U.S. equity premarket activity continued. A week-long PlayStation outage affects purchases, gameplay, and subscriptions until August 30.Sony reported physical-software revenue of ¥20.5 billion in the last quarter, accounting for only 2.2% of its gaming segment sales.Revenue from digital software, add-ons and network…
PS5 players are organizing an indefinite boycott against Sony's planned discontinuation of physical discs in 2028. The movement, which began on August 23, encourages participants to remain offline until Sony reconsiders its decision.
Keeping your console off to scare Sony. That's what some PlayStation players are suggesting in response to the company's recent controversial decisions. [Read more] Did you know? Google News lets you choose the media outlets you follow. Don't miss Frandroid and Numerama.
Sony's controversial PlayStation terms email isn't highlighting anything new
Sony has updated its terms of use policy for the PlayStation platform over the past few days, and one key element of that terms of use policy that has stuck out with players is that Sony is flat out telling gamers that they have no ownership of the digital games they purchase. Instead, what players are getting is a license to play that game. Sony is making these changes to the policy and highlighting the digital games license i the wake of its a…
PlayStation Players Are Reminded They Don’t Own Digital Games Amid Sony’s Physical Media Backlash
Sometimes timing is everything, and for Sony there’s likely been no time when gamers would be less receptive to a reminder about the disadvantage of digital video game purchases. As gamers continue to revolt over the announced move away from physical discs for any PlayStation games released in 2028 or later, some have noted sub-optimal timing for an email from the gaming goliath reminding them about the licensing agreements they accept by buying…
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