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Update #2 []: The main online petition against PlayStation's plan to end disc-based games continues to grow.
'Don't Kill the Disc: Tell Sony to Keep Physical PlayStation Games' has now reached 213,022 signatures, at the time of writing.
On Change.org's Trending page, this petition appears at the very top, having gathered the most signatures of any petition over the last seven days.
It's an impressive turnout, but is unlikely to make a difference on its own. However, this petition is far from the only resistance Sony faces, with online backlash continuing to spread with no great deal of slowdown.
PlayStation social accounts stopped posting for nearly a week, only for people to show up in droves to make their voices heard when the company did eventually return.
I'm not sure I've seen this level of heat levied at Sony before; certainly not for a long time.
Whether it forces a response from the platform holder remains to be seen, but if everyone keeps this up, I feel as though it'll have to say something eventually.
Update #1 []: Since first reporting on the online petitions standing against Sony's decision to sunset game discs on PlayStation, the one leading the charge has grown quite dramatically.
The Change.org petition organised by PNP Games' Jade Pearce has, at the time of writing, 124,149 signatures. New supporters are showing up every couple of seconds; it seems to have a lot of momentum.
The platform holder has faced heavy criticism over its plan to discontinue disc production starting in 2028. Public outcry has been significant, with petitions like this being just one way people are attempting to flag their distaste for the move.
Whether this petition or any other methods used against Sony will have any material impact is still difficult to know. It certainly seems the company is committed to the idea, with its largest disc-printing factory already being repurposed in preparation for the change.
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Original Story: In case you somehow missed yesterday's news, PlayStation has announced its intent to discontinue the production of physical game discs starting in 2028.
This means, in about 18 months' time, all new game releases on Sony's platforms will only be available via the PS Store; you may still be able to buy them in physical retailers, but they'll just consist of a code to redeem on your console. It's also now presumed the PS6 will not support discs.
While the shift to a digital-only future has always been an eventuality, Sony's sudden announcement has caused much shock, anger, and confusion among fans and industry professionals alike.
A petition on Change.org was inevitable, then, but there's not just one. By my count, there are at least 15 petitions urging Sony to reverse course.
The largest one so far is this one, arranged by Jade Pearce, owner and CEO of Canadian video game retailer PNP Games.
At the time of writing, her petition has gathered 9,015 signatures, and it's growing pretty fast.
"The irony is hard to miss," Pearce writes. "At E3 2013, Sony won over a generation of players by promising that when you buy a PlayStation game, you can trade it in, sell it, lend it to a friend, or 'keep it forever,' and famously mocked the competition for trying to restrict exactly that. Thirteen years later, Sony is the one taking it away."
"A disc is a real game you own. You can lend it, trade it, resell it, gift it, collect it, or pass it down to your kids. A box with only a download code is not the same thing. It is a digital license in plastic packaging. You do not own it. You are renting access that can be revoked, and people have already had purchased movies deleted from their libraries and games pulled from sale weeks after launch."
Pearce also writes about the potential impact on jobs, with retailers, distributors, and other associated businesses all at risk when physical games disappear.
"Ending physical media removes consumer choice, weakens local economies, and hands a few platform holders total control over how, and whether, you can access the games you buy," she writes.
These sentiments are naturally shared by the other petitions that are ongoing. People from all over the world are organising these; people from Portugal, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, Denmark, Switzerland, and more are campaigning for physical games to stay put.
Whether or not this activity will make a meaningful difference is hard to say. Sony has gone back on controversial decisions when pressured in the past, but it's difficult to imagine it'll do the same for something so monumental.
Still, if you disagree with what the company is doing, you have your pick of many petitions to sign.