I unplugged my PS5 Pro last week and cancelled my PS+ subscription around a month ago, this is bigger than the physical v digital debate, I have a mix of both and am quite happy to buy digitally.
For me this is about how tone deaf the Sony management team are and the blatant monetisation of users, I know Nintendo, XBox are the same but I'm not a user of those platforms.
I have been with Sony since the PS1 but I won't be buying the PS6 or any games from PSN for the foreseeable future until we hear them address users directly rather than shareholders who couldn't give a stuff as long as the dividends keep coming.

And just to mention I bought an "optional" bluray drive for my PS5 Pro, strangely Sony are apparently limiting these to 1 per customer just now, strange seeing the future is digital.

It's not just about physical media, that may have kicked off so many of these debates but personally I think it's more about the frustration with the way things are in the world of Sony just now, not just Sony, Microsoft and maybe to a lesser extent Nintendo as well.

Anyway, I have 103 games stored on my PS5 Pro (And extended storage for PS4 games), 22 of which come from PS Plus, for which I currently pay £39.99 every quarter (Uk).

I figure I have enough of a backlog without PS Plus so time to say goodbye.

I'm currently checking which games I have installed from Playstation plus, in all honesty I think it's pretty decent value for money most of the time and that is Sony's biggest money maker so...

Anyways, I plan to delete them and un-subscribe, as for the PS6 is it worth whatever it releases for, if it's $1,000 then so be it (IPhone costs more), it might be worth it and I'm sure many will but it but I won't be one of them.

For me you're missing an option on -
If you're considering PC, what's the biggest reason?

Because of Playstation mismanagement.

I recently bought a high end PC, so I'm not troubled by minimum specs etc but I can see why that is a bit of pain for others on older PC's.

I am quite happy with the performance of the PS5, it's the Sony management that are making me thinking about moving away from Playstation.

I have been a Playstion Plus premium subscriber for over 2 years, no cancellations, but honestly I have had enough, Sony are showing just how greedy that are, an anlogy for me is football, football fans are being pushed aside for profit, pure and simple.

The petition is what it is, they are hardly scientific and I don't think it will make any difference in the grand scheme of things.

What I would push back on is the rationale for this, being able to purchase a game on disc gives the customer an additional choice, and so by removing it you are also removing that option, what is wrong with continuing to give that option as Sony did with the option to purchase a bluray drive for the PS5 Pro?

There is a market for physical media, for sure it's smaller than digital but the reasons for that are not as clear cut as they might first appear. Firstly there is far less physical media produced these days, so when buying a game often physical media is not an option.

From a business direction Sony have been looking to move away from physical media for some time, however if you look at the global sales for the base PS5, the bluray version sold in far greater numbers than the digital version.

Also although there isn't a lot of fair and balanced sales data out there, Insomniac released some figures for games sales - Physical v Digital, and for many of the bigger titles, Physical media sole much better - Demon Souls, Spider-man 1 and 2, Miles Morales, so there is a market for physical media, it's just that Sony don't want to support it and want the control the PSN store front affords them over pricing, licensing etc.

And as for the PSN store and the issues with it, it's not the most secure of sites, trying to retain a refund is very difficult, Sony can and has removed games and films with apparently no rights for the buyer, dynamic pricing etc. If the future is to be digital only then to help offset some of the negativity they can and really have to outline what improvements will be introduced to the PSN store, it currently sits a long way off what Steam offers for example.

There's not much to like at the moment when it comes to Sony, I have been with Sony since the PS1 days and this is as bad as I can remember.

The leadership appear to be tone deaf when it comes to their customer base, the decisions are questionable and aren't in the interests of their customers, so I agree it's not good enough.

We understand this is a business and the need to return a profit but in that pursuit of profit they seem to have forgotten gaming is an entertainment business where the experience and community are important factors.

I suspect the only way to make the Sony management sit up and listen is to vote with our wallets, the PSN storefront is frankly a joke compared to the likes of Steam. I for one am seriously considering stopping with the PS5 and moving to PC instead.

Happy Saturday all. It's back to the hunter's dream and Bloodborne for me again this weekend in search of the platinum.

I screwed up last weekend, the hunter's dream was on fire, I uploaded a save to the cloud looking to acquire all 3 endings but somehow when I downloaded the save I was on NG+, mind you I had enjoyed a beverage or two by that point.

So on with NG+ and it's a case of fighting the mandatory bosses and collecting three umbilical cords, so Vicar Amelia, look out I'm coming for you next.

I will also have one eye on the rugby, I hope I'm wrong but I don't fancy Scotland's chances in today's Calcutta cup game but you never know.