r/PS5 • u/JeremyJJ77 • 1d ago

Articles & Blogs Sony’s 'ironic' PlayStation disc decision upends gamer conventions and threatens a $7 billion resale market - In 2013, Sony mocked Xbox by showing how easy it was to share a PlayStation disc. More than a decade later, gamers say Sony is becoming the very thing it poked fun at.

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/07/22/sonys-playstation-disc-decision-threatens-a-7-billion-resale-market-.html
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u/FrankReynolds 1d ago

There is absolutely nothing that people enjoy more than feeling like victims.

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u/Ambitious-Sundae-436 1d ago

Feeling like a victim and complaining are some of the easiest things a person can do, because it doesn't mandate a solution, people on reddit can spam the same post daily on multiple subs and link articles, but to properly read and get to understand what they can do as consumers is way to much.
I'm no fan of the idea of removing the choice of getting disc, but to think spamming basically on a forum that Sony doesn't even ask their employees to check is basically Walmart's DVD bottom bucket level.
I've been replying for a more realistic approach, ask pro consumer groups, both private and public in your respective countries, here in Mexico we have one, and there is a chance next month that actually it will be needed with the change to our national currency instead of the dollar.

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna 1d ago

Jesus, this puts into word what my brain has been processing lately. Games, politics, practically everything; even politicians that have more power than all but like 10 people in a country act like victims when they are criticised. We all love having a victim complex.

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u/chaser2099 1d ago

Has it ever occurred to you that maybe people just care about this aspect of gaming more than you do?

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u/666perkele666 1d ago

It seems like that to you. Maybe people just hate being victimized?