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@For-Kier oh no! I guess it's time to throw away my TV and console because I'm not a gamer.

35 years invested into a hobby and to go out like this.

Good thing you're here to let everyone know what's right.

@GirlVersusGame that is a lot to take in, not a criticism about your length of comment there's just a lot of information you gave.

It's ways the higher ups who make the bad decisions where the little guy has to handle the fallout. It's definitely the darkest timeline for the devs.

Layoffs, outsourcing, all of it is disgusting. There's this stigma right now that the eastern devs/publishers don't do layoffs and that's simply untrue. They do layoffs, they'll just layoff staff they have in the Americas or Europe as they don't have the protections they have in countries like Japan.

Japan won't lay off their staff, they'll just send you to a room to do nothing all day or refuse any new work to give you until you quit out of shame or boredom. Honestly, I'd rather be laid off then quit my job out of shame.

Your comment did give me a bit of a chuckle at the jelly of the month club reference. My workplace gives out shirts with our Christmas bonus, but we get a nice bonus cheque with it as well!

@GirlVersusGame the dream job that became a living nightmare. It's almost dystopian. I feel bad for anyone who wants to get into the industry now.

You would need to be stubbornly passionate about it at this point.

Head up arsehole leadership at its finest.

Do you guys remember job security?

Pepperidge Farm remembers!

@Bingoboyop no, people should channel their anger into something productive instead of shouting at the internet.

Try it.

@Ainu20 I am not wasting any emotional energy on this by being frustrated, angry, whatever have you by this. The majority of my games are digital, I have no stake in this "ahhh muh physical games!" argument. I feel for the collectors but their (Sony) decision will have no weight on how my games get delivered.

While I will admit they could have handled it better than total media silence, they don't have to address anything.

They know people are pissed. If they do address it they will get nothing short of being ripped to shreds for saying anything other than that they are reversing their decision.

@Ainu20 @themightyant but it's all publicly made information. For now, this is Sony's plan. If they do have anything planned, they'll probably reveal what they have planned when it's closer to announcing, provided they even have anything planned.

There's no point in giving the vocal minority more platforms (social media posts, etc.) to uselessly shout from.

@themightyant they did address it.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/sony-acknowledges-backlash-will-cautiously-move-forward-with-end-of-discs/

@AdamNovice exactly this. It's not S-Game's fault Sony is killing discs, yet it falls on deaf ears no matter how loudly you want to shout it at those d***heads.

Now Sony can take a hint from Microsoft and start listening to their playerbase.

I kid, they won't.

@Mr-Cage you'll appreciate his posts more now.

@GirlVersusGame his sarcasm is next level. The thing about sarcasm too is that it is MUCH easier to pick up in person as there's the tone it's usually delivered with that makes it felt.

Being quick at being sarcastic is one thing but being good at it is another. Part of the reasons why it's often referred to as the lowest form of wit but the highest form of intelligence.

I don't care for either of these IPs so SKIIIIIIIIP

@Mr-Cage and the czar claims another victim 😂

@For-Kier who the hell are you to judge? All you do is throw shade and hide when people call you out.

Today's economy is horrid and it sucks for everyone who is at risk at losing their jobs. So yeah, I am empathetic. Being laid off sucks, full stop.

Just because you're incapable of being a decent person doesn't mean others aren't.

Now keep hiding like you usually do.

Now I see your comment has been removed. How delicious.

@get2sammyb empathy is a rare trait in people these days. Expecting it from some is asking a bit much.

I'm glad EA hasn't put out anything worth buying and all the games I have been mildly interested in happen to pop up on PS+. I definitely don't want to give them any more money under their new ownership.

Let the continued ruination of EA, well, continue!

I for one, absolutely despise layoffs unless they're laying off the morons who led them to the point where they need mass layoffs.

Everyone keeps saying Rest in Pieces but I think rest in pEAce is a bit more appropriate.

@MidnightDragonDX I read another article elsewhere and I think it made a pretty apt comparison in saying that people cheering for AI are like Turkey's celebrating when the Christmas lights come out.

$1000 for a series X where I live is absolutely absurd.

@PercyChuggs typical American behaviour. When proven wrong, you just double down.

@PercyChuggs in one statement you say there is no demand and in the next you immediately contradict yourself by saying demand is a fraction of what it was which means there is a demand.

Well, which is it? Is there demand or isn't there?

@Mintie but there's no internet points to be made in doing that.

@tameshiyaku it'll be called The Slopyssey, starring Grok's favourite, CSAM.

@RoomWithaMoose I looked it up and it's a character taken from a game, turned into a little penguin with a girl face that's used in a bunch of AI slop videos.

@For-Kier I don't understand the sucking up people do for gen AI slop. Why don't you enlighten us with your knowledge on how slop AI is beneficial for everyone?

@Divergent95 don't feel bad. These people need to be dogpiled on.

@Divergent95 they deleted their profile.

@nessisonett I'm glad to be one of those 40+ who think gen AI is total garbage.

Keep loading the (AI) slop into the trough. The pigs who root for it are more than happy to consume that garbage.

@Slideaway1983 Hi, I'm actor Troy McClure! You might remember me from such driver's ed films as Alice's Adventures Through The Windshield Glass and The Decapitation of Larry Leadfoot.

@ButteredCrumpet I'm sick of these mother flippin' chimps on this Monday to Friday plane!

I'd be happy for them to have a return policy that isn't garbage, because my younger cousin can only mistakenly purchase things on the PS Store so many times before they start to catch on.

@ButteredCrumpet they are chimps chronically on holiday.

@Dalamar no one cares about depraved perverts getting equality, as it should be.

@ATaco that's because TLoU is a masterpiece. This is the sloppiest slop to have ever slopped.

I see the typical gooners are in here defending this eastern slop.

A step daughter raising sim will be the sequel.

@Balaam_ even when a game is on disc you don't own it. You own the disc itself, owning the disc grants you access to a license. So you may as well get rid of all of your disc based games as you don't actually own them, just the disc.

It's amazing that people don't realize this, and that this has always been the way.

What gamers need is true ownership of the game once they choose their method of delivery, whether it's physical or digital.

Xbox is increasing their prices AGAIN?!

They'll get some more sales once it gets a good enough price cut.

That's when I'll pick it up, if I do.

@Dalamar and another apologist rolls in.

@johndoe89 there's a woman in the game who's aware of social injustices? What kind of social injustices does she talk about it?

@Mr-Cage okay buddy, have a nice day 😃

@crossbit yeah and if you read past the first comment you will see how I corrected myself.
But it's strange, when I first heard about I did remember seeing things saying that it was in part by the CCP.

Either way, doesn't change the fact that these devs caved, censored their game and gave the bottom feeding nationalists (probably CCP members) what they wanted.

@Mr-Cage there's enough on there to upset Xbox fans, my guy

@Oram77 however will you regain your lost time?

@wildcat_kickz you're right on the government part, there was no "official" mandate, but they received a lot of backlash from nationalists and a ton of review bombing.

I don't think it's a stretch that some of those nationalists were members of the CCP.

Haha, sissies!