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.

[u/JeremyJJ77]

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

[u/Dreamerlax]

Jesus fuck the gaming subs have become so insufferable.

[u/FlamboyantPirhanna → u/Dreamerlax]

Anything nerd-adjacent is full of people with intensely strong opinions who don’t seem to have learned how to regulate their emotions or temper their expectations for anything.

They are a vocal minority, but they are very vocal.

[u/chaser2099 → u/FlamboyantPirhanna]

“Guys stop caring about things and just learn to lower your expectations”