End of the PlayStation disc: Angry fans are now planning a mass boycott

The announced disc shutdown on PlayStation is currently heating up fans’ minds. While Sony plays dead, gamers are now organizing a boycott campaign to vent their discontent and put the company under pressure. Everyone should participate.

Players protest towards the end of the disc

A good four weeks ago, Sony announced that it would no longer offer PlayStation games on discs from 2028. Gamers should then only be able to shop digitally. This decision caused a wave of outrage among both retailers and fans. According to a survey, almost half of all PlayStation players would consider switching to the PC for gaming. Meanwhile, Sony’s tactic appears to be to wait out the protests. Therefore, players are now planning a boycott campaign.

In order for the Japanese company to recognize how serious the gaming community is, a movement is now forming on social media under the name “PSBlackout”, which is calling on players to log out of their PlayStation account for a whole week or to skip the console completely. Players should start the boycott on August 23rd at 7 p.m. local time.

The barrel has overflowed

Like the organizers of “DoesItPlay,” which advocates for video game preservation and consumer rights, on X write, the announcement of the end of the disc was the straw that broke the camel’s back after several other disappointing decisions by Sony.

Whether it’s shutting down popular studios like Bluepoint, pursuing a misguided live service strategy, canceling fan events, abandoning PS VRS2, or a complete lack of sense about which franchises players would like to see return, PlayStation has never been more alienated from its community. Does It Play on X

Hundreds of thousands of supporters

Like any such campaign, the boycott relies on a sufficient number of participants. In any case, there seem to be enough disappointed and angry fans. A petition on the same topic change.org At the time of publishing this article there are almost 350,000 verified signatures.

It still seems unrealistic that Sony is saying goodbye to its disk-free future because of the protests. However, the company is likely to face a seven-day boycott from hundreds of thousands of active players.