Apparently there will be some boycott of PS in regards of decision to discontinue disks.
From 23 to 30 of August.
remember when Sony was the only console with backwards compatibility? Pepperridge Farm Remembers.
Why bother.
Leave Sony. Dont threaten. I walked away after the ps2.
The hardware is the problem and everyone seems to act like the physical media is the issue.
Open hardware or gtfo.
I have a couple PS3's. Bought used. No online games. I think I've bought more of their titles on PC than console.
It's not even a boycott, I just haven't seen value in their recent offerings and would rather spend my money elsewhere.
There's some stuff I'd love to experience on the PS5.
But I will not be spending nearly a thousand dollars for a set top box with limited functionality they can effectively disable when I'm no longer making them enough money.
And with SteamOS getting better and better, the convenience of a console over a PC is becoming less of a thing.
Honestly, once SteamOS has dedicated apps for things like Hulu and Netflix, I think we can really change things. Right now my parents have an Xbox where my Dad can play an occasional game, but the interface is simple enough for my Mom to open her streaming apps. Once SteamOS gets that simple, I'll be switching them over.
I don't think steam will ever have those things. But streaming devices are dirt cheap. The issue is codecs.
On the other hand I do have Plex and jellyfin on my steam deck to watch my shows when I am flying.
Hard to boycott what I already stopped using a good while ago, though...
Have not purchased any Sony consoles or games for Playstation since the PS2. Get on my level!
Mine was a second hand PS1 that my brother played. Not sure I ever used it, maybe for a little twisted metal.
Good game. High five my fellow old fart (and non Playstation supporter)
When I saw them bait and switch Linux again with the ps3 I was done.
Ps2 the last sony.
I was on team Dreamcast and never owned a Sony console! Welcome to my world!
Wow! It's worthless!
As if a back out will convince a corporation that they are doing bad things and give up and change their minds.
Remember reddit black out?
Yep. I also still remember the last PS blackout. That was 24 days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_PlayStation_Network_outage
There's no changing Sony because there's no changing its users.
Sony is going to wipe their tears with all the money they have made from their player base.
I am sure this will go as well as every other "gamer boycott" in the past.
Gamers are notoriously bad at voting with their wallet so i'm very curious to see what comes of this.
I mean all the power to anybody that actually participates in this but effective boycots don't usually have a start or end date. This looks more like a strike.
You're going to need to get everybody to abandon Sony indefinately. Preferably from right now right up untill demands are met. That way you either get what you want, or you do not at which point you know chasing that point further is futile.
Gamers are notoriously bad at voting with their wallet
When everyone was complaining about the Switch 2 price prior to release, I knew that it'd still sell like hotcakes.
Hasn't stopped people buying the Steam Machine, either.
Yeah, switching to PC is a significantly more effective boycott strategy. You can still play games and give Sony $0.
Edit: And yes I realize PC generally doesn't have disks either. However, you aren't locked into PS' store and things like GOG exist. I make a point to buy games on GOG, and so should anyone interested in OP's boycott.
However, you aren’t locked into PS’ store and things like GOG exist. I make a point to buy games on GOG, and so should anyone interested in OP’s boycott.
While this is true, releases on GOG are few and far between and all the other stores are just (bad) variations of the same thing. Online web stores are very very far from functioning like brick and mortar stores for physical releases used to.
We primarily have "competition" on pc in online stores because some publishers are big enough to build their own just so they don't have to pay Valve to be on Steam. So you are not technically locked to one store, but you are very much locked to whatever store publishers choose to push their game to.
So essentially you're locked to all of them unless you choose to just not play said game, which is essentially the same choice you have on the Playstation with just the PS store.
Big difference for me is PC is open hardware and open OS. Should the worst happen there are possible solutions from those voyaging the seas.
But, consoles are locked down, and jailbreaks can be years away.
Its why despite buying digital on PC without issue I continued to buy physical for consoles, since I felt more in control of PC hardware than I did console hardware. Physical on consoles was a way of gaining back some control despite the hardware being locked.
Oh well. They dont want to sell my the game, then I don't need the game.
PC is the only chance at you controlling the hardware, so it's the only choice.
The comparison still doesn't make sense. You can't play a PlayStation disc on a different platform. If you buy a disc on console you are locked to that ecosystem.
Sony are doing this because not enough people buy discs to make it worth manufacturing, and PC gamers should know this because this new age of digital gaming started with the PC. Switching to PC just proves their point.
You are locked to the ecosystem, but the disc function can't be revoked through account ban and is actually transferable to other people because of that.
Something Sony dislikes compared to digital where there is no second hand market.
Switching to PC proves the point that if games are digital people prefer open hardware and open OS options over locked down hardware.
This is the crowd that preorders a DIGITAL ONLY game that hasn't released a single lick of gameplay video. GTA 6 is proof that capital g Gamers are a lost cause.
The sane people that game have to just stay away from all the ball and gun Gamers, and support the indie scene.
They’re actually very good at voting with their wallet for the most part. A minority of them are just very dumb and vote against what they’re claiming they want.
Nah, the majority of gamers just don't care.
They just want to play their games and as long as it isn't too many hoops to jump through will stick with Playstation. They didn't even read the news about physical media.
They don’t care because they don’t buy physical games. They voted with their wallet to go all digital. That was a decision they made at some stage, and they don’t care about physical games existing or not.
I think part of it is people don't forego convenience but also that we've allowed corporations to cement hegemonies that there honestly is very little ability to boycott.
Some industries are so centralized it's impossible to effectively boycott and vote with your wallet.
I'm still pissed at Sony for the rootkit fiasco. I have not willingly spent one penny on their products since then.
Remember their stupid proprietary memory sticks?
Proprietary in design? Cause ps1, 2 and 3 had the memory cards and those were sold by MadCatz, Neon and there was another really good third party seller that sold those. The PSP original ran off of of regular memory sticks that you could use literally any brand but the speeds and quality of the Sony ones were set to specs for the PSP, like the Nintendo cards are set to specs for the system but in reality you can use nearly any SD card.
So whatchu talking about?
For the original PSP, which uses Memory Stick (Pro) Duo, there exist third party adapters to use 1 or 2 microSD cards.
But with the PSP Go, they introduced the Memory Stick M2, which is dimensioned in such a way, that microSD Adapters are impossible.
With the PS Vita, they introduced yet another format, very similar to the M2 in size, but different enough to be incompatible. Again, no microSD card adapters exist, if it wasn't for nifty homebrew hacks utilizing the game card slot, there would be no way to use microSD cards at all.
This: Memory stick pro
A bunch of their laptops and the PSP/etc would only support these instead of a normal a USB flash drive. And Sony's stupid proprietary memory stick cost like 2x what other storage mediums cost.
I notice their speaker and AV proprietary connection shit is everywhere ... I do audio and HT gear as a side hobby
Easy I don't own anything Sony besides a PS2
> Gamers when studios layoff thousands of workers:
Boycotts: 0
> Gamers when no discs:
This post
Seriously though, self-identified gamers (I haven't played games in years), learn how to do class solidarity first and maybe you'll get what you want?
Console plebs won't ever even become aware of the boycott.
Boycotts don't have start dates. They happen as soon as someone says it happens and you're either in, or you're out.
Boycotts don't have end dates. They happen until demands are met. If that means you never buy/do that thing again, so be it. If you're not prepared to commit all the way, don't participate.
Over time, the definition of "boycott" has been watered down to make people forget what makes a boycott effective. People have forgotten that the Montgomery Alabama bus boycotts lasted for literal years and saw people donating time and money to fixing up old cars, horse-drawn carriages, and carpooling to make them effective.
If you want real change, you have to be prepared to take real action. This one week boycott is pussy shit and won't solve anything. If you're gonna organize, do it for something that will work.
The boycott begins today. Right now. No more PS+ logins or payment. No more buying new games or consoles. No more anything that puts money in Sony's pocket (buying used is fine, that money only goes to the reseller) and it lasts until Sony reverses its decision to stop printing physical games.
If we want to continue boycotting until they revise their digital licensing, we can demand that once we've made progress on the physical media. That's what everyone cares about, so let's keep the demands short and simple with that as the only one.
1 day is not enough of a blip for them to even feel. make it a month
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