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Re: Furious PS5 Players Unplug Their Consoles in Protest as Blackout Gets Underway

tameshiyaku

@Neuromancer so your upside to digital is being too lazy to get off the couch to switch a disc once in a while and not dedicated enough to stick with a game long enough that switching discs would become a hassle.

And you mock people who actually care about consumer rights as sheep while ignorantly bragging how you'll just keep consuming blindly like Sony wants you to... mhm

Re: GTA 6 Gameplay Leaker Has an Actual Build of the Game, Still Posting Leaks

tameshiyaku

Pc sales: Capcom alone 60% of sales on pc, you're saying there's no supply and demand? https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/07/amidst-sonys-disc-debacle-capcom-sales-data-is-a-brutal-reality-check-for-fans-of-physical-media

Console games: were always a steal physical if you bought smart, also when bought new. That goes back to the PS3/Xbox360 Gen when digital console storefronts started. It's not due to lack of interest but because retailers need to be competitive. That falls away if sony gatekeeps their games on the ps store.

How is it just a trend and not anti-consumer that Sony just removes movie libraries that people bought?
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/06/sony-will-permanently-delete-550plus-movies-you-already-paid-for

What are you actually trying to protect here with your statements that aren't fact based?

I know the trend is digital, because the mass volume of sales are casual spenders that don't think about it when they get a console to play call of duty, sports games, Fortnite and GTA, with little interest in other games. Still Sony will have to consider what is left of their identity once they remove every advantage of playing on Sony. I wonder how it'll go with a 1000$, locked ecosystem, digital only box with the trend for live service games? The great exclusive SP games might not be enough.

People moaned with the PS3 and Sony cleaned up their act until the PS5. They need another reality check, and that doesn't hurt the digital players.

Re: GTA 6 Gameplay Leaks Continue as Group Makes Demands of Rockstar

tameshiyaku

Hey, I'm all for sticking it up to rockstar for being a big catalyst for Sony's all digital future, but what's the threat here? Meet are demands or we will advertise your game for free...!?
Of course if you'd leek the entire game and cause an actual dent into Rockstars greedy, maximalist hubris... the game looks great however and will be bought when it's on a PS5 disc or on pc.

Re: Irate Physical Game Fans Prepare for Their Big PS5 Blackout

tameshiyaku

@Flaming_Kaiser right, everybody here repeating the same unique take on the matter, along the line "I think it won't move the needle" and "Sony won't care" to get their internet cred for being so clever and apathetic.

Bunch of people will have a bitter awakening when games will average 90$€ and upwards, long after release. But yeah, this is what they vocally supported with the childish "no one can tell me when I can play" attitude.

Re: Irate Physical Game Fans Prepare for Their Big PS5 Blackout

tameshiyaku

@asdfghjklz "I'm on the side of common sense" is a bit of a pompous statement, wouldn't you say?

Anyways, this isn't about consumer trends, but a question of consumer rights. People brush this off as a trivial gaming matter, but where do you draw the line before you own nothing in an increasingly digital world? If Sony and Microsoft come with forthcoming digital solutions, like the ability to resell or trade digital games, to be able to store games on self provided mediums, actual ownership, then I'm all for going all digital if it's future and consumer oriented. But now it's merely greed oriented, and in that case I'm served better to an extent on Nintendo and PC for the foreseeable future.
Netflix and Blu-ray's, Spotify/iTunes and vinyl, kindles and books all manage to coexist, why can't video games!?

Also, these numbers that get thrown around, these are all published by businesses who only profit by making everyone believe that everyone is going digital. It's skewed in so many ways and oftentimes only representing the us market, or adding pc sales which naturally are all digital.

I just don't get the point of so many here mocking the efforts of people who are passionate about either physical media or more importantly consumer rights. It's people confusing being a realist with complacency. And if this defeatist attitude is here, then it'll vary over to many other aspects of life.

Re: Irate Physical Game Fans Prepare for Their Big PS5 Blackout

tameshiyaku

Here we have an echo chamber of complicit blind consumers that lack any sort of reflection and backbone, hiding behind a shallow façade of edgy cynicism.

It won't affect Sony's bottom line, but it generates media coverage and can influence public opinion, which can affect Sony over longer periods.
Of course it'd be more effective if the community wouldn't consist out of a bunch of impotent tools who only identify themselves through corporate tribalism and "cool" social media snark.

Re: Sony's New 'It Happens on PS5' Ad Has Gone Down Exactly as You'd Expect

tameshiyaku

I really don't get the reaction of annoyance from Sony fanboys that the outcry is ongoing. How does people complaining about Sony's BS business practices (discs and beyond) dampen your gaming experience. Sadly it's not about the games for you out there but rather your sheepish corporate fealty. That mindset probably comes from a lack of any deeper value systems and identity beyond what you consume.

Re: Video: 2027 Is Already a Stacked Year for PS5

tameshiyaku

@Kingy for not caring they sure always need to have the last word.

Just prime examples of the type of customer that corporations love, after spending decades breeding this sheepish mindset. Doing so much of the work for them for free and hindering any sort of solidarity amongst gamers to punch upward when we get screwed over.

And all that talk is either edgelord comments that can be recontextualize as misunderstood humour when confronted, ala JD Vance. Others come with some pseudo intellectual hodgepodge ala Jordan Peterson. It's just sad.

Re: Video: 2027 Is Already a Stacked Year for PS5

tameshiyaku

@Northern_munkey yeah, we all just don't understand humour. Cracked the case. Oh wait... is that sarcasm, so funny but some just don't get it... I guess we all need a solid definition of sarcasm by @ButteredCrumpet who most likely copy pastes ai responses with the largest possible volume of words. It looks very smart. The only thing missing are emoji bullet points.

Re: Opinion: Ghost of Yotei Was a Weirdly Disappointing Sequel After Loving Tsushima

tameshiyaku

I really enjoyed both, but yotei had more character and a more relatable conflict. While really loving Tsushima I felt that the moral conflict between fighting honourable but honestly dumb Vs sneaky and befit the situation which was represented as dishonourable rather artificial. Yes, I know, samurai code, Bushido, yadayadayada... I'm sure in real anybody would defend themselves with guerilla tactics in such a situation, even the "honourable" samurai which is way too over romanticised by Japan boys. Despite that rant, both are great games.

Re: Video: 2027 Is Already a Stacked Year for PS5

tameshiyaku

@ecurb7 you sound like a character from idiocracy. Funny sure, but woefully oblivious to the underlying problem. Yes, this is trivial as an isolated issue, but it's just another symptom of where we are going and in many ways we are there already... Idiocracy

Re: Reminder: The THQ Nordic Showcase Brings Us a Whole Bunch of AA PS5 Games This Week

tameshiyaku

THQ Nordic has a big merch shop set up in an expensive part of the city I live in. I never see anybody walking in or out, I never was in there because I don't care about merch and I don't think THQ have IPs that are so hot that they'd lend themselves well to sell merch either. Despite that the store's been around for many years. I really wonder.

That Goldman game looks really good I must say.

Re: Amidst Sony's Disc Debacle, Capcom Sales Data Is a Brutal Reality Check for Fans of Physical Media

tameshiyaku

@ShogunRok here's some extra numbers and context.

Total Console Sales: 32.9% (Digital) + 6.7% (Physical, as all PC sales were digital) = 39.6% Console Physical Percentage

Calculation: (6.7% / 39.6%) × 100 = 16.92% total physical sales on consoles.

Still not a great number.

Who knows if they've also added plus releases into their digital sales numbers, because just because it's on plus doesn't mean they gave it away for free. Here is a complete list of all Resident Evil games that are currently available or have been available in the past across all PlayStation Plus tiers (Essential, Extra, Premium, and the former PS Now/PS5 Collection):
Resident Evil (HD Remake)
Resident Evil: Director's Cut (PS1 Classic)
Resident Evil 2 (PS1 Classic)
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (PS1 Classic)
Resident Evil 4 (Original)
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Resident Evil Village
Resident Evil Zero
Resident Evil: Code Veronica X
Resident Evil: Revelations
Resident Evil: Revelations 2
Umbrella Corps

This is just resident evil, not even all of Capcom. I Like Capcom, but they haven't been treating physical games well either as complete editions always just come with DL codes and all switch 2 games are game key cards. For switch 1 even worse with a code in the box or cloud stream abominations.

Re: Resident Evil Requiem, Pragmata Get Updated Sales Figures as Capcom Stays Winning

tameshiyaku

I read that Capcom wants annual Resident Evil releases. Before it starts feeling like Ubisoft/EA/Activision I'd prefer they cycle through the single player games: RE - Onimusha - Dino Crisis - DmC - original IP - repeat

On the side they have monster hunter, ace attorney, Okami, street fighter and other sporadic releases.

I'm glad that Capcom and the other Japanese studios/publishers like Sega, Square-Enix and recently Konami again are on top of their game and delivering actual Video Games. Them together with Nintendo and partially smaller studios are keeping the heart of the business going.

Re: Angry PlayStation Fans Propose PS5 Blackout in Protest of Sony's Disc Decision

tameshiyaku

@DennisReynolds there are many areas that are worth speaking up against, for instance the labour conditions as you mentioned. Of course this specific topic may appear overblown here, but that is specifically because this is the microcosm of a PlayStation/gaming themed site. Elsewhere people discuss other matters of importance.

I know we live in a capitalist society in which I also partake in, hell it's unavoidable unless you live at the end of the world. I know these corporations are driven by money, still that element coexists with a creative field and people who are passionate about these things. We can of course purely consume and accept everything because nothing can be changed, that is what shareholders want. Consumers however who care about their rights and ownership can hold corpos by a higher standard. You and many others probably see this as idealistic drivel, but I stand by it.