Alright, I know Sony is shit for doing what they did but come on? That is entirely made up and posting rumors from nobodies on Twitter is pathetic. I have seen the original post of it from a fan and now others are just reposting for clout.

Think about it people? Rock Star and Take-Two made GTA 6 all digital to begin with. They don't give a shit about discs. It's more money for RS too because they don't have to split anything with retailers. The color on the app and immediately GTA pop ups on PS were for the initial ad campaign and opening up of pre-orders.

It's just people trying to pile more shit onto a negative situation and they are looking for anything to shit on Sony about, I get it but don't be disingenuous about it. Just like yesterday when the big Twitter news was that Sony was only selling one addon PS5 disc drive per customer due to high demand on Playstation direct. It was negative comments from everyone but if they really bothered with this product they would have seen that this message was posted on PS direct for over a year now and nothing new. (Backed up my Daniel Ahmad) We all know how in short supply those disc drives were to begin with.

I know there is real outrage from the 20% or so of physical collectors for Playstation (Myself included) but also remember that Twitter is not real and half or more of the outrage on there is just influencers looking for engagement, other ecosystem fans who cheer for negativity on PS and just plain ol haters.

Drop the condescending act.

Are they saying something? Did they reply to any of the 8K+ comments on their main PS Blog? Or the 80K on their main Twitter page. Don't they believe in what they are doing? Is hiding for 3 days after the announcement supposed to inspire confidence? Just a bunch of cowards trying to force shit on consumers.

And don't try to paint it backwards, of course the factory situation is real, and that's is a consequence of Sony's decisions, not a reason they are needing to react to with it, how that even begins to make sense?

Sony has been shutting down physical/optical media operations over the years, that is what they want, that is what they are doing, they are pushing it, not being pushed into it.

2024

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/sony-stops-producing-blu-ray-and-optical-disks-for-consumer-market-business-to-business-production-to-continue-until-unprofitable

2025

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/after-18-years-blu-ray-media-production-draws-to-a-close-sony-shuts-its-last-factory-in-feb

2026

https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/televisions/sony-will-ship-its-final-blu-ray-recorders-this-month-exit-from-japanese-market-the-end-of-an-era-for-the-segment

Heard games, like from Capcom, are getting delisted from the PS3 store in light of its approaching complete closure.

If anyone is interested in still picking some PS3/Vita games from the store, better not sleep on it.

Look, I just think that any reply from Sony at this point is inconsequential. It won't change anyone's anger towards them. They know this, I'm sure. And besides, the reply will come from the social comms team. Do they deserve whatever harassment will be sent their way after sending out a message? It's not fair on them. I'm not even sure the people making this decision even have social media presence. Sony doesn't engage with their fanbase in this way that Microsoft does.

Regarding the factory, they have multiple clients.  If these clients, including PlayStation, are seeing lesser demand for physical, that means they're ordering less. The factory's output is declining, and clearly to the point where it's not sustainable to run full operations and keep everyone employed. Sony DADC are moving into a new industry using their current processes, because there's demand there. No one can expect the factory to not prepare itself to for a future in which their core product is no longer viable financially for them.

Them moving away from physical disc manufacture is a natural consequence of consumer habits changing to physical and digital. I know you value physical media, but do you not consume digital games? Do you now stream content? Are you not then engaging with the very medium of delivery that has caused the decline in physical.

Naturally, Sony also has an incentive to go all digital. But we know consumer habits are changing anyways. We have the data from their financials which show the decline in physical sales. We know games are taking up less shelf space at retailers. It's end up being an easier decision for them to make in that case, but it's not one they wouldn't have considered or been thinking about anyways. How long should they keep up physical? A lot of us assumed PS6 would use discs, but then it would die for PS7. It's a gen earlier than expected.

Regarding the sourced links: they all seem to directly state that the reason for closing production on these the re-writable disc business was because they were losing money on it, and that the market for their products were being eaten up by streaming. This is an example of consumer habits having a direct consequence on products being sold. 

In other news, I finished Slime Rancher 2 recently.

it's a rather easy-going game. I like how the game kind of naturally teaches you the mechanics with exploration, capturing of slimes and the farming side of things.

It's a cute looking game and I enjoyed the gameplay loop, but only up to a point. The main thing I didn't enjoy was the farming: the area in which you can place plots feels unnecessarily disconnected. It's basically 4 or 5 different islands that you need to run to. You're essentially meant to automate alot of the work, eventually, but until that point, it can feel a lot like busy work. I think when I finished the game I only placed plots on 2/ 3 of the islands. And I found that to be a little exhausting to manage.

One thing I noticed about the game was the purpose of friction in games. Once I had finished the main storyline and got the platinum afterwards, I realise that without any driving force left in the game, it didn't really hold me attention. Anything else I could do in the game was just what I had already accomplished, but not in a way that challenged you to do more.

I wish the game had more interesting farming structures in place. It feels a little too basic for what it is. But it's a relaxing game if you need something different in your rotation.

Just snagged GoW:R for $24 (Steam) through Amazon. Won’t be a while before I can get around to it, but I’m happy to finally say that I’ve got both modern GoW titles on my PC. Should be fun!

Truly excellent game despite what some claim online, it has the best gameplay from the franchise and a lot of great boss fights.

Question for those of you against the discontinuation to digital discs. Do you still intend to buy Wolverine at launch/launch window if sony sticks to their current stance?

Now that Double Fine is back to being indie I do hope they give us a native PS5 version of Psychonauts 2 and port Keeper.

Why start there, you wanna show Sony who’s boss don’t spend another penny on PS5, sell your system, smash it to pieces and post it Xwitter. Don’t boycott half assed.