• LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org
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    5 days ago

    Sony doesn’t even make anything if merit anymore.

    They stopped making televisions, the only thing of note are headphones which have decent profit margins but that market is so crowded their still not a top 3 player.

    These dipshits are playing Russian Roulette with their company by trying to strip consumers of their ownership.

    They’re literally staking their company’s survival on the idea that they can do this without their consumers simply walking away.

    Don’t let them.

    • SplitTheUSInFour@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Haven’t turned on my PS5 in a year. I’m not some revolutionary. I’m a person who quits a rigged game and I know bullshit when I see it. I don’t argue with myself or sulk. I quit immediately and find something that I’ll enjoy. No one is enjoying their PS5 the way they enjoyed gaming systems in the past.

      Getting a system meant something. Now, it’s like a poor financial decision. The hardware is iffy at best and you know you have to hit a wall of subscription requests, ads, filling out forms, giving up personal information…and it never used to be like this. We’d rip open the box, slam a game in, and start playing as a group in the family room.

      It’s not the same experience anymore. It hinges on addiction. What was once fun is now a dead social experiment. Look at gaming today vs the 80s and 90s. Depression and online gaming go hand in hand. I never gamed back then because I was depressed. It was fun and we partied over Goldeneye. What we’re experiencing today is harmful to people.

      There’s definitely more to this story than we’re all privy to.

    • reksas@sopuli.xyz
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      5 days ago

      People should feel that others look at them dimly for giving money to sony, any personal boycott is just personal decision that affects only your own life.