the “boycott” at the end of this month won’t do anything either. People seem to forget this is a Japanese company and when they’ve made their mind up about something they generally stay the course unless it eventually blows up in their faces at which point they’ll apologize and someone will resign. But make no mistake they won’t roll it back.
There’s countless examples of this. Square-Enix, Nintendo, Capcom, Sega, etc, etc, etc. All have made absolutely brain dead decisions, they stayed the course, may not have worked out, but nothing was fixed. just an apology. Physical Media is NOT coming back on Sony platforms. It could potentially result in the death of the PS brand (unlikely, but potentially) and if that’s the case so be it. It sucks but it’s the nature of the beast. Japanese companies do not roll back unlike American or other Western counterparts.
I mean, Sony themselves had previously announced they were closing the digital PlayStation Stores for PS3, PSP, and Vita consoles back in 2021. The backlash was so great that that changed their minds and kept the stores open. Just last month they finally announced that they will be closing these stores in 2027. So it is not unheard of for Sony to respond to feedback.
the “boycott” at the end of this month won’t do anything either. People seem to forget this is a Japanese company and when they’ve made their mind up about something they generally stay the course unless it eventually blows up in their faces at which point they’ll apologize and someone will resign. But make no mistake they won’t roll it back.
There’s countless examples of this. Square-Enix, Nintendo, Capcom, Sega, etc, etc, etc. All have made absolutely brain dead decisions, they stayed the course, may not have worked out, but nothing was fixed. just an apology. Physical Media is NOT coming back on Sony platforms. It could potentially result in the death of the PS brand (unlikely, but potentially) and if that’s the case so be it. It sucks but it’s the nature of the beast. Japanese companies do not roll back unlike American or other Western counterparts.
I mean, Sony themselves had previously announced they were closing the digital PlayStation Stores for PS3, PSP, and Vita consoles back in 2021. The backlash was so great that that changed their minds and kept the stores open. Just last month they finally announced that they will be closing these stores in 2027. So it is not unheard of for Sony to respond to feedback.
I still don’t have any hope on this case.