Apparently there will be some boycott of PS in regards of decision to discontinue disks.
From 23 to 30 of August.
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This is easy for me because my playstation is gathering dust in my living room while i play my huge steam backlog.
I see these things and laugh every time. One week or even one moth is meaningless, you have to commit. Boycott until you see the change you want. I’ve been boycotting EA for over a decade now, still haven’t see any change but I feel better knowing I am not giving them money.
Easiest boycott of my life.
the reddit thing failed bc the blackout had an end date, so this will fail too
if yall want to make a noticeable impact then stop using playstation (or sony) services until they revert their decision
I thought that was the stupidest thing, the Reddit “blackout”. Company doesn’t care. It’s a metric. It’s a line on a graph. When stakeholders ask they’ll point to it and say “This was are anticipated backlash from the Q2 decision to ban 3rd party APIs, but as you can see we already recovered and have grown at our normal pace.”
This are the same cattle who pre-ordered GTA 6 so it doesn’t even matter.
I usually go months without using mine already. What would this even really do? They don’t make money on the system simply being turned on, and they might have reduced costs in their server bill if everyone stops using them for a week or two.
Everyone should try and log into their account at once, multiple times a day to ddos the thing. 😌
Lol the absolute fucking panic at the c suite when a discord server figures out the exact number of users it takes to do that and starts coordinating it every day.
I know it will never happen but it would be hilarious.
I could not possibly use my PS5 less. As much as I’d like to actively participate in this boycott, I am only able to passively participate by continuing to neglect my PS5 in favor of PC gaming on linux, which is better in every possible way anyways.
Same I bought a PS5 during the pandemic, played TLOU 1 & 2, God of War, and haven’t touched it since. I have a Bazzite gaming machine I subsequently built so the PS5 has been sitting in the box for years at this point.
I mostly use mine as a glorified blu ray player and use the ps4 media remote with it. Pretty nifty for that purpose can’t lie.
You bought a PS5? I still have a PS4 that hasn’t been turned on in 4 years.
Linux gaming is the way.
“I want a disk that is literally just an activation dongle to download some digital software!” —ANGERY “pro physical media” morons.
Absolute platinum tier brain-dead take.
The only “morons” around here are people who loudly and proudly share the same stupid disinfo, and try to disparage those that actually trying to keep this hobby from completely going down the shitter.
No one’s trying to take away your ability to buy and play digital games, so why the fuck are you advocating doing so for those that prefer physical media?
Has your dumb-ass not yet realised that physical media means competitive pricing, due to Sony’s online store needing to compete with B&M sales, as well as the 2nd hand market?
Once that’s taken away, and you’re stuck with “dynamic targeted pricing” of $70+ dollars for years-old titles - if you can even still purchase them - maybe then, the couple of brain cells floating around in that massive waste of space between your ears might just manage to find each other, and it will finally dawn on you just how hard you’re now getting fucked over.
Oh, and by-the-way - removing digital-only titles and DLC from the sales metrics, something like ~50% of game sales are still through physical media.
Lol, a single week? So pathetic. I am sure that will show them…
You voted with your wallet for this when you bought into their bullshit.
A boycott that lasts months or years on the other hand…
I’m happy to proclaim entering my 30th continuous year of Sony boycotting. Where’s my award?
🤝 thanks for showing our ages🤣
You voted with your wallet for this when you bought into their bullshit.
You spent a single dollar at the company so you support everything they do is reductive and juvenile. Try engaging your brain.
You spent a single dollar at the company so you support everything you do
Is a reductive an juvenile way of interpreting the original comment, how ironic. He’s right, it seems during weekends peak PlayStation users go above 100 million, which would mean if even 1 million people followed this boycott, that’s less than 1% of their active user base. It’s too late, and it’s because people like you spend hundreds of dollars for their hardware and service, year after year, and then you belittle it because you’re in denial of making an awful decision.
wow you nailed my spending habits so well considering i get all my games at the library
And what, just stole the PlayStation? If you’ve spent no actual money on Sony then you’re by far the exception of PlayStation owners, and not the norm. It’s funny how you don’t realize that.
The reason I’m laughing at you and not reverb taking the effort to edit or spell check this comment is because your getting worked up over games. Don’t you know there are multiple genocides
The voting happened when this statistically average individual bought digital games over physical, or, after purchasing a physical disk, downloaded any updates.
My son who plays all the time going go whole month without turning on his PS5.
Fucking week! Thought it whole month of August? Also why wait towards the end? Such weak shit. Why bother they won’t even notice.
Can we please extend this for whole month starting on August the 1st?
A single week is a realistic goal.
So is cutting power to a building.
You first.
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Don’t use consoles and never preorder. Only buy the good stuff when you actually know it’s good on the shop with the best return policy (which is GOG if the game is available there).
I play on Gentoo btw.Only buy the good stuff when you actually know it’s good
That’s a great way to never get new games. Obviously you have to take some risks, which is why return policies are great
Are we Reddit now? A boycott indicating the time it’s over so they now when things go back to usual?
Oh yeah like the API hissy fits that shown just how weak reddit protests really are.
Hey now, I’ve been here for 3 years and my reddit accounts haven’t seen a login since. If everyone else went back that’d on them.
The reddit api protest was actually effective if people actually reacted properly. Shutting down the subreddit made reddit go a step to far and force them open. That should have destroyed the community trust in reddit and caused a mass migration. But alas apathy
It will convince some, but probably not enough to make a difference. Sony is betting that the increased revenue per customer will greatly offset those choosing to leave their platform.
Thats a weird one because Activision wants mw2 players to stop playing. They refuse the patch an RCE in multiplayer. These people are probably playing on the private servers. But if they spend any time on the game thats time away from where Activision wants them which is on the new game.
That image is from when the original mw2 came out
At least peer to peer works theoretically forever though. So it’s not the worst way to keep multiplayer alive.
this is a pretty accurate representation of most current day boycotts.
Yup. People can’t sacrifice anything these days to make a statement.
What is especially frustrating is how quickly these corporations would fold under pressure. Take a principled position for 1 week and watch what happens.
I wish I could see it in my lifetime. The scrambling back to people on their hands and knees and suddenly being super user friendly and pro consumer would be a glorious sight to behold.
Its literally so easy most of the time. Once or twice a year something comes out that I really want to use / play. Its the two times per year I “suffer.”. The rest is stuff I probably would have tried and played but its now so far off my radar they’ll never see a cent again (unless of course there is a major overhaul in whatever co’s business model; happy to return with a change).
I feel this exact way with GTA 6 right now but it got a lot easier for me when I realized how many thousands of potential hours of amazing experiences I already have in my library.
I’m starting to feel more fulfilled on going through that backlog than I am on whatever new game everyone is playing.
I should have taken this route a long time ago.
Hm I wonder if that list of 17 pages is perhaps sorted to show people in the game who may have either accidentally clicked the join button or are new.
? I mean obviously there’s the possibility of it being shopped but there’s no sort order you could do where Borderlands, Dragon Age, and Team Fortress would all be up there mixed in to the Call of Duty players while still showing primarily Call of Duty in the middle of the list.
Judging by the name order it seems like it’s just 1 page of online players and 16 pages of offline players? I would guess maybe it was taken way after the boycott but I dont know the full context.
Nah, it’s indicative of how g*mers act.
Some gamers. I am still chillin playing factorio with my player hosted servers and no DRM because the devs are based.
Gamers ≠ g*mers
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Won’t matter and Sony won’t even notice you did anything, but sure, if it puts another trophy next to the others in your head, go for it.
I sold my PS5 a year ago. They make a new game once every two years and they’re just movie-games and open-world slop. I’ll live.
Why 1 week? Just do it indefinitely. Don’t tell them you’re coming back, make them have to entice your back. That’s how you actually claim material wins. Otherwise they’ll just treat you like a whining toddler and wait out your tantrum.
Announcing the end of a protest or boycott has always been the stupidest idea to me. Why give the enemy so much leverage?
If you have to be digital anyway, move to the platform that respects you. Or at least the one where you have more control. And where there are indie titles out the wazoo. And you don’t have to pay an additional subscription just to play with your friends.
And while you boycott with no end, contact legislative representatives and organize groups to visit their offices and speak to them to ensure our rights to own when we purchase. Work with SKG and ensure art is allowed to continue existing.
Wouldn’t even be surprised if Sony organised this it’s so pathetic. Let’s people vent for a week and then all over I guess. Why would they even bother changing?
proper boycotts were outdoors.
C👔s actually fled for their lives.This is a performance.
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It’s assimilation to a system rather than a rejection to change it.
Boycotting with a small window, isn’t the whole war, it’s just one shot fired. It gives them an idea of the numbers involved, the amount of people who disagree with their policy, and an idea we won’t just forget and roll over. If they ignore the first shot fired, you fire more, and you get bigger with every shot fired. It’s got to effect their bottom line, or they will ignore it. People who entirely abstain are just measured as not in the argument at all. You don’t give them pressure by never owning a PlayStation. You just aren’t a customer. They count customers. It would even be worthwhile to create a PlayStation account, log in the day before the boycott, and log out for the duration, then log in again the day after the end, so you have a measurable voice in the movement. If you went to their offices, you would just look clinically unhinged, and they would just involve police, and ignore you.
I hate to say it, but your argument is just about assimilation to a system and working within it. You’ve already succumbed to fear and are attempting to be accepted, working within the boundaries of the corporation rather than trying to affect change.
Boycotting with a small window, isn’t the whole war, it’s just one shot fired. It gives them an idea of the numbers involved, the amount of people who disagree with their policy, and an idea we won’t just forget and roll over.
Why must we “give them an idea.” Just do what you say in the very next line:
It’s got to effect their bottom line, or they will ignore it.
Don’t announce an ending to it. Your idea of “let’s fire one shot, and another, and another” is an assimilation tactic within the system, not revolutionary and really only succeeds in exhausting those who seek to fight back.
People who entirely abstain are just measured as not in the argument at all. You don’t give them pressure by never owning a PlayStation. You just aren’t a customer. They count customers.
If they have less customers, does that not affect the bottom line? If they have less customers, and less capture of new customers, is that not…less customers? Therefore less potential ad delivery, less potential to purchase on the storefront, all leading to a lower bottom line?
It would even be worthwhile to create a PlayStation account, log in the day before the boycott, and log out for the duration, then log in again the day after the end, so you have a measurable voice in the movement.
Delete your account. By your same logic above, this would be the most devastating to their bottom line. Not only would they lose customer count, but they lose retention. Logging back in shows that they have nothing to worry about. It looks performative rather than a rejection of the systems in place. Deleted accounts are more powerful than people going on vacation for a week. I promise you that that doesn’t even register within account tracking and finance systems.
If you went to their offices, you would just look clinically unhinged, and they would just involve police, and ignore you.
Sounds like you still fear them and aren’t willing to show true resolve. You’re conceding before you’ve even done anything. Why is it “clinically unhinged” to exercise a first amendment right? It’s the first amendment for a reason. Showing up en masse to peacefully protest would do more than “logging out for a week.” That’s just a vacation. That is where time should be spent by organizers, instead.of organizing 23 weeklong boycotts across the next 2 years, organize a protest and help folks get there with a cohesive message and demands. And, arguably, executives should be scared. They use fear against us all the time, fear we’ll lose our purchases, fear we’ll lose our jobs, our healthcare. The point of a protest, the point of a boycott, is to remind them who holds the power.
I don’t necessarily disagree with you. Depending on what your aim is there, which isn’t really explained in anything you have said.
I think we’re talking about entirely different things. And different wants for outcome. I don’t necessarily advocate personally for the efforts they’ve exampled, I just saw you didn’t seem to understand their logic. So I explained what they aim for.
They aim to let PlayStation see the numbers in agreement behind the want for physical media. That’s it. Just physical media. Stopping within a time frame, as a group, speaks volumes for that.
I’m entirely unclear on what you’re trying to actually achieve, though. You want to abstain from PlayStation forever, that’s it? I don’t see why you are engaging in discussion about it, if you’re just done, be done.
If you have a free week to sit outside some PlayStation headquarters, go do. I would suggest less people have that ability, than the number that have the ability to show, how many in numbers they are, by abstaining for a week.
I’m also not American and I don’t live in America. If you think your way is better, rather than sprout off, go gather numbers and organise.
I returned my PS4 when I found on that not only did it not have backwards compatibility, but it kept shoving ads for crappy streaming services in my home screen as links where my games should have been.
Now I’m off Windows, too, and doing just fine gaming on Linux.
