'They Now Wait for This Storm to Pass' — PS5 Owners Are Cancelling PlayStation Plus Subscriptions to Protest Sony Killing Discs, but Analysts Say It Won't Make Any Difference
Sony’s disc-free PS5 push sparks backlash, legal threats, and a digital ownership reckoning
Answered
What is Sony’s disc-free plan?
Sony announced it will phase out physical game discs for the PS5 by 2028, shifting exclusively to digital distribution.
Why are players canceling PlayStation Plus?
Owners are protesting Sony’s disc-free transition and its three-year game deletion policy, which allows the company to remove digital games from their libraries after inactivity.
What legal action is underway?
A Dutch consumer group has filed a €400 million lawsuit against Sony, alleging the disc-free model violates antitrust laws by granting Sony total price control.
Where it stands
PlayStation owners are canceling PlayStation Plus subscriptions in protest after Sony announced plans to phase out physical game discs by 2028. The move has reignited criticism of Sony’s three-year game deletion policy for digital purchases, which allows the company to remove titles from libraries after periods of inactivity.
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The reporting (7)
- Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Sony Ending Discs Is 'Kind Of Sad' Kotaku · 43d ago
- ‘Sony essentially destroys its own defense’: How its disc-free PS5 plan triggered a $457M lawsuit and undercut its antitrust defense Yahoo Finance · 43d ago
- PlayStation’s Three-Year Game Deletion Policy Resurfaces After Sony Phases Out Discs Consequence of Sound · 46d ago
- Sony’s Disc-Free 2028 Plan Hands it Total Price Control, Dutch Group Warns in Exclusive Wccftech Statement as €400M Lawsuit Escalates Wccftech · 46d ago
- PlayStation's first post since announcing the end of physical discs has been met with nothing but backlash PC Guide · 46d ago
- 220,000 PlayStation Fans Petition Sony to Reconsider Its Anti-Disc Strategy extremetech.com · 46d ago
- PlayStation can delete all your digital games after 3 years of inactivity FlatpanelsHD · 46d ago
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