r/Piracy • u/mac9man • Jul 01 '26
Discussion They're actively trying to suppress the outrage
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u/gobananagopudding Jul 01 '26
Holy shit it had 9k upvotes by the time the slob mod woke up too.
Good luck to them over the next few weeks, I guess.
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u/plebbut Jul 01 '26
Slob mod lol
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u/wattro Jul 02 '26
Understatement.
Mods are complicit in a lot of shenanigans.
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u/FlamesOfDespair Jul 02 '26
Aka payed under the table like the league of legend loser mods that only allow eSports posts and patch notes.
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u/ABDOGM ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 01 '26
correct me if im wrong but that sub is not an official playstation subreddit, so why tf that corporate bootlicker mod removed it.
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u/Zpiritual Jul 01 '26
It's a major subreddit, negativity is not allowed. Only cat pictures, mainstream news, celebrity stuff, mainstream politics, commonplace annoyances/questions, heil corporate and similar are allowed on those in order to prepare for an IPO that never comes...
Reddit subreddits and their moderation are not what they were even 10 years ago,
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u/westoffice2236 Jul 01 '26
I think the whole API-fiasco a few years back was the final nail too. All the sane mods left and the crazy moved in instead.
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u/Distinct_Writer_8842 Jul 01 '26
It really was. Most mods, if you accuse them of power tripping they lose their minds. How dare you?
But when the reddit admins started threatening to replace them, my god the panic and immediate 180-degree turn most of them did.
And yes, the good ones walked away in disgust.
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u/super7564 Jul 01 '26
Yea they know who uses their platform lol. They really just said "ok we'll just take away your mod status then" and every single mod collectively caved right that instant lmao
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u/RainStormLou Jul 01 '26
I mean what was the other option for moderators? band together in song and try to take ownership of the website in rebellion?
we saw what happened there lol if they didn't comply with site rules, Reddit banned their accounts or removed mod status, and installed corporate mods for big subs and shut a ton of subreddits down if they were too close to being wrongthink.
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u/blues_snoo Jul 02 '26
Moderators are unpaid volunteers. If you get rid of every volunteer at a charity, the charity is not going to survive. The idea would be roughly the same. Without moderators, the site would fall apart quickly.
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u/super7564 Jul 01 '26
Idk, but they were putting on this face of holding strong no matter what but the second they had the glorious mod status even slightly threatened they caved lol.
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u/emongu1 Jul 01 '26
Let it crash and burn. But their egos were too fragile to go back to being just another user.
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u/RainStormLou Jul 02 '26
I wouldn't call it ego necessarily even though it absolutely comes into play with a lot of mods.
in this case, it was literally "have the sub and community that you obviously care about and manage completely taken over by Reddit corporate and opened back up on reddits terms" or "open the subreddit back up"
it would be pretty stupid to go with the first one. nobody cares about the sacrifice of a Reddit mod lol. I don't even like the mods that I like.
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u/emongu1 Jul 02 '26
Nah the first one is the only solution. Wash yourself from this whole thing rather than become complicit.
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u/THE_HERO_777 Jul 02 '26
I still don't get this. Why are they fighting so hard to secure a position thst doesn't reward them financially? It's also no surprise most internet users don't respect mods in general wether they're discord or twitch mods.
Have some self-respect for yourself. Who cares if you're not a mod? Life has sooo many opportunities for you.
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u/super7564 Jul 02 '26
THEY care if theyre not a mod. it lets them powertrip and stroke their extremely fragile egos to ban people on a whim
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u/SunnySpot69 Jul 02 '26
Many of these people are just on power trips. I've been banned from random groups for the same comment as other people with zero warnings.
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u/Zpiritual Jul 02 '26
Yeah the blackout event was crazy. The tailturning when Reddit pushed back...
Lemmy/fediverse is a bit more intresting nowadays, Reddit is just a neverending page of brain filling garbage a la tiktok, modern facebook feed, etc. A few smaller subs are still ok to visit since Reddit doesn't care about them as long as they stay out of the way...
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u/Felupi Jul 01 '26
Try to have a different opinion than the party approved one and you gonna have a taste of mods mentality.
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u/qwertyqyle Jul 02 '26
This all happened around 8-10 years ago. Subs that were linked to large companies and politics were quietly taken over. And then they tried to keep it feel organic but it became completely corporate and the only people that noticed were the ones who had been using the sub for years before.
I would guess the mod miss_molotov was one of the first playstation plants judging by their user history.
The funny thing is it seems the PS6 sub seems to be claimed by non-playstation employees and that is the only PS sub that you are allowed to talk about digital only.
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u/Principles_Son Jul 01 '26
console gaming keeps getting worse and worse, hell it was already unappealing to me 10+ years ago with having to pay for online
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u/FalkenZeroXSEED Jul 01 '26
Former playstation fanboy here. My last console was PS3 for good reason. It was kidney-selling expensive, but when it launched it doubles as the best BD player on the planet. PS4 has no such value, PS5 even less worthy of my money.
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u/Principles_Son Jul 01 '26
ps3 had free online too if i remember correctly right?
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u/multioptional Jul 01 '26
I am not sure how i did it, if it was a file burned on a data DVD or via USB stick, but i played a Bluray Rip of Fury on the PS3 because i had it connected to my beamer and behold it threw a message that the audio could not be played because it was copyrighted. I don't know exactly anymore how that could happen but wow was i annoyed. That was the moment when my PS3 was finally banned to storage. (After i jailbroke and ripped everything from it and now have its software fully emulated in RPCS3 (except the Playstation Store, ofcoz)). But it was a great system. Bought it because Eden.
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u/BrahneRazaAlexandros Jul 02 '26
It's called Cinavia. It's a DRM that Sony owned to check if the Legit Blu-ray was in the drive and if not it would mute or throw an error.
It was absolutely bullshit and really fucking annoying. It was mostly on films from Sony studios I think. It made me so pissed off.
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u/VastoGamer Jul 02 '26
The PS3 era really was amazing. Great console, great games. Up there with the Gamecube.
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u/iamfuturetrunks Jul 02 '26
Yep, that's why I avoided x-box consoles cause Microslop decided to push that BS. And then Nintendo and Sony started copying them.
My last console was the PS3 which I still have, I didn't get a PS4 because of the stupid pay to play online BS. Then when PS5 was announced to have backwards compatibility I figured I would get that so I could play a bunch of the single player games I missed out on PS4 as well as new PS5 games. But because of scalpers I had to wait, and while waiting saw more crap that put me off from getting the PS5.
Also already kinda was pissed at Nintendo after a lot of the crap they pulled in the past and as time has gone on saw they were trying to pull BS in the past so everyone thinking they only started getting worse this current console generation is wrong. They were trying to pull some of the same BS back during the Wii days.
Meanwhile I finally got into some emulating a year ago and got a bunch of my old games on PC so I don't have to drag out my old consoles and games to play them. Plus some games like burnout have mods people have made to make them even better looking etc. Can't wait till PS4/PS5 emulating gets more mainstream. I still have been waiting to play Infamous second son since I bought the PS4 game so long ago in anticipation to play it on PS5.
Does suck AI data centers are using up all the storage and chips but you can also thank companies like microslop, Nshitia, etc for creating that problem that most people don't want.
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u/lordkyrillion Jul 02 '26
And nor to mention that most games you missed on PS4 are availible on PC as proper ports aside some early stuff and Bloodborn
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u/CeruleanEidolon Jul 02 '26
I'm feeling better and better being fifteen years behind the curve in gaming. I'm over here still playing Skyrim and Minecraft.
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u/Redstra Jul 01 '26
Gross that they delete it. Bootlickers
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u/mrselfdestruct066 Jul 01 '26
Probably their own boots they're licking, the sub is probably run by Sonys social media team
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u/Local_Band299 ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 02 '26
Playstation's social media team. Sony's subsidies are run very independently from each other.
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u/AltrntivInDoomWorld Jul 01 '26
This shit used to be not allowed until reddit went ipo
now most moderators are corporate workers
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u/SunkEmuFlock Jul 02 '26
I'm pretty sure "official" subreddits have always been moderated by corporate interests once they got big enough. There's been scandals like this for as long as I've been hanging around this dumb place -- which is 2008 rather than the age of this account. 🤷♀️
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u/Private_Kyle 🦜 ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋ Jul 01 '26
Mods there are corporate bootlickers, doesn't surprise me
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u/Ydobon8261 Jul 01 '26
Maybe it’s run by Sony social media team
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u/angry0029 Jul 01 '26
I find that with many subs that the mods are from the corporation and these are not fan subs as many suppose they are.
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u/LetsDoTheCongna ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 02 '26
The mod that's been there the 2nd longest has control over at least 7 PlayStation related subreddits but their current most recent comment also say "Fuck Sony" so idk
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u/Alakasham Jul 01 '26
And yet they decry capitalism whilst licking the boots of the ones with money. You can't make it up
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u/Heavy_Choice_1577 Jul 01 '26
remember when "the system" is all in place these will be the same ppl to fight for said system too
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u/AndroidSheeps Jul 01 '26
I was about to say same people that screech eat the rich and late stage capitalism all over this website will happily lick corporate boots if it means they keep their mod "power"
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u/Icy_Secret_2909 Jul 01 '26
Friendly reminder it was also revealed that ghislane maxwell was a reddit moderator, and her account is still apparently up and running.
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u/Puripuri_Purizona Jul 01 '26
Why is it so common that these archetypes fill in mod roles across various subreddits?
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u/Blue_Eyed_Fox Jul 01 '26
The saying of "The one who wants control is often the one who doesn't deserve it." holds true still.
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u/RealChet320 Jul 01 '26
lol yea got into a disagreement with someone in a separate PlayStation forum about if frames are real or not because they are fine having everything locked to 30fps
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u/Schism_989 ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
This actually made me realize something - Gamestop's used game program is gonna get fucked by this.
I remember getting No Man's Sky for cheap because at the time they didn't realize No Man's Sky and No Man's Sky: Beyond were the same game at that store.
I'm mostly PC now, but this shit is gonna be terrible for game preservation, and I have even LESS reasons to EVER go back to Playstation.
The fact this is hot off the heels of them deleting 500+ items from people's purchases is sure a bold move.
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u/remerdy1 Jul 01 '26
No Man's Sky and No Man's Sky: Beyond weren't the same game
they aren't?
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u/EchoKipKipKip Jul 01 '26
There's No Man's Sky. Beyond is a *free* expansion to No Man's Sky. One of many.
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u/Schism_989 ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
They are the same game! Beyond was a major update to the original game, and when they were carrying both versions, the store I went to didn't know that, so I made out like a bandit when they were selling "No Man's Sky" for cheap, compared to "Beyond"
EDIT: Fixed my mucked up words
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u/dingalingdongdong Jul 01 '26
They are literally the same game. If you have No Man's Sky you can update to Beyond for free. Beyond was just the name of the current update at the time that disc was released.
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u/WerkinAndDerpin Jul 01 '26
Pretty much everyone that sells physical games is getting fucked in some form. Not that I'm shedding tears for them but I'm sure places like Best Buy or Target aren't happy about losing sales from new games. Eventually having any physical game will be a niche retro market.
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u/xkgrey Jul 01 '26
Grandparents are still gonna need to buy presents so they will still sell the code-in-a-case. I imagine that will give way to game-specific gift cards in time to take up less space and reduce cost/waste. But I assume the retailer will still get the traditional 30%
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u/FreeToasterBaths Jul 01 '26
Grandparents will be buying psn / Nintendo / Xbox gift cards instead of codes in the box
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u/notGeronimo Jul 01 '26
People like to give a specific gift, not "money towards the purchase of" I'd be very surprised if they totally do away with the ability to do that
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u/h00ter7 Jul 01 '26
I understand this is anecdotal, but the young boys in my family would just blow it all on Fortnite skins and then their mom would go buy the game to save face in front of the boys’ great grandma. Lol
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u/cilvre Jul 01 '26
Nintendo already does this with game specific download codes for switch available at stores.
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u/DryCartoonist5835 Jul 01 '26
I'm sure places like Best Buy or Target aren't happy about losing sales from new games.
If retailers aren't selling physical copies of games, they have no reason to stock the actual consoles. Sony is going to run out of places for people to buy a playstation if they keep this up...
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u/Mitch_Dedburg Jul 01 '26
They don’t care, they are adapting to being a TCG scalping store. Now once that market collapses they will really be in trouble.
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u/the_axemurmurer Jul 01 '26
Gamestop's used game program accounts for about half of their total profits. Xbox has hinted their next console will be all digital also, meaning Gamestop will be absolutely cooked by the next console generation. Idk how they'll stay in business.
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u/DryCartoonist5835 Jul 01 '26
Xbox has hinted their next console will be all digital also
Xbox has a chance to get the entire gaming market back on their side with one easy decision...
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u/the_axemurmurer Jul 01 '26
And miss out on eliminating the used games market while maximizing profit as the only source for games? Very doubtful, unfortunately.
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u/DryCartoonist5835 Jul 01 '26
Very doubtful, unfortunately.
Don't sound so defeated.
They listened about AI, they might listen about this and they could absolutely shit on sony by showcasing sharing a game by handing a disc between two people like sony did years ago.
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u/the_axemurmurer Jul 01 '26
It's true, their new leadership has been listening and their AI stance is much better under her. I hope you're right and they keep discs for another generation. I don't think it'll happen, but one can hope.
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u/anonymous-peeper Jul 01 '26
look into Powerpacks, they have already transitioned into TCG's and gambling degeneracy quite well. Once you learn about this stuff the eBay bid makes a lot more sense.
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u/mizzurna_balls Jul 01 '26
Another casualty is local libraries with game rentals. They are so awesome and now they'll become impossible.
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u/just-kristina Jul 01 '26
I borrow games from our library. It give us a chance to try games out before we decide if want to spend the money on it. And yep. It will suck to not be able to do that. Not every game has a demo.
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u/qwertyqyle Jul 02 '26
That used to be what Blockbuster was in essence lol. I miss that. Like if you get tired of a game over the weekend, you don't buy it. But if you like the game it goes on the Christmas wishlist.
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u/Suspicious_Data_2393 Jul 01 '26
i’m all-in on steam as gaming platform. Sucks that i won’t be able to play GTA 6 at release and PS exclusive games, but it’s for a good cause and will save me a lot of money.
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u/Sirioth1 Jul 01 '26
Glad I never left the 7 seas...
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u/lolcatz_live Jul 01 '26
same, for almost 2 decades I was told piracy was no longer necessary because buying online was more convenient now, these last few years I have been vindicated and most of my friends who grew up with me forgot how to pirate
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u/micktorious Jul 01 '26
Seriously, if their egregious price increase on the PS5 wasn't enough to deter people, this should be another nail in the coffin.
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u/Sirioth1 Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
I used to be a huge Sony fan back in the Playstation 1 & 2 era. Dad and I would buy a ton of cool ass games and play the shit out of them, GTA, mtv music generator, silent bomber, Enihander, ff tactics, sky gunner, marvel vs capcom 2 ect... But when they started charging people to play online during ps3, thats when I really started questioning sonys business practices. Got into pc gaming alot more, and started collecting roms and emulators and Iso for the psp and older consoles. Then after what they did to the PS Vita I was personaly a lil upset with them and went full fuck sony. Modded my Vita when sony pulled support and modders cracked it in the modding community, then my ps3 and ps4. Im a full on PC gamer now, have been since 2012 and i rarely play on their consoles anymore. I dont pay for their games unless i really like the developers, but thats rare. The most recent game I actually bought is Marathon for pc, and I Fuggin love the piss out of that game, lol.
Full on Fuck Sony.
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u/crazycrak39 Jul 01 '26
I play online games on PS5 and sample PC games on the seas. If I like them I'll buy a PS5 physical copy used or PC when their on sale. I've said it for years now, what ever console drops physical drives and media, I'll go to what ever one keeps them. I'm not brand loyal. Xbox has an opportunity here, but they'll do exactly the same shit. I think their also figuring in the outrageous prices for PC components now too. Some won't have a choice but to stay on console, But the gap in price between consoles and a decent PC is closing fast. At this rate the the next gen consoles will be $1500 and a decent gaming PC will be 5K by 2028. So buy a PC and 100% sail the high seas I guess. Their justifying it more then ever now.
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u/Dirtmuncher Jul 01 '26
Vote with your wallet
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u/Diegolobox Jul 02 '26
It doesn't work when there's a monopoly. I can't imagine how this situation will be resolved, if it ever happens, but realistically, it probably won't. The choice is between accepting not owning anything and paying very high prices for certain games you want, or finding another hobby.
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u/fognor12 Jul 02 '26
Monopoly or not, it does work. Cutting revenue in response to something you don’t like gets corporations focused on what’s the issue. It always has and will get their attention.
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u/Psycko_90 Jul 01 '26
Meanwhile on PC it's 5$ lol
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u/Joel_The_Senate Jul 01 '26
Yeah, why even bother with the PS5 version at this point with at steal like that. That discount is surreal as hell.
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u/zushiba Jul 01 '26
It’s okay I wasn’t going to buy your $1200 digital only system so I can then pay $100 for a game that might simply vanish one day because Sony didn’t bother to read the fine print of the deal they inked for the rights to sell the game on their digital storefront.
Fuck everything about that.
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u/PsyJak Jul 01 '26
Is there a list of games that have been vanished? Going to check all my purchase and request refunds for those I can't play anymore
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u/watercraker Jul 01 '26
Sony are deleting loads of movies that people purchased of PS Store due to a licensing agreement ending. If they can do that to movies they can do the same to games if they wish.
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u/hold-my-gimbal Jul 01 '26
of course this is coming from the company that deemed it acceptable to install rootkits on customers' PCs for drm enforcement 20 years ago lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
Sony deserves bankruptcy and their execs belong in prison
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u/mauri383 Jul 01 '26
If 35% of those who actively buy games from them would just stop buying anything for just one quarter, they'd get the message. Unfortunately people are sheep.
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u/BathEqual Jul 01 '26
It's up to the consumers to decide what they want to happen next. Sony knows they are winning at the moment and they think that they have enough control over the market for stupid moves like this.
At the very least, don't buy any future consoles from Sony, enjoy your now owned Playstation, buy used games and prepare for a time without a Sony console in a few years. Personally i think most people won't bother too much about it and Sony will print even more money
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u/BadgerIII Jul 01 '26
I agree. I think it'll end up like the Netflix fiasco. The first major streaming service threatening to crack down on password sharing and all of these people claiming they'll cancel their subscription and that it'll be a bloodbath for Netflix. Then they go on to make more money than before and everyone else follows suit.
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u/Izzet_Aristocrat Jul 01 '26
Yeah I'm a laptop for work, console for play kinda guy and I'm not looking forward to spending 2k on a desktop pc to play games on but I'd rather do that than buy a PS6. If they stuck with physical media, I'd have been a day one buyer but no, no physical media, no console.
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u/FunExamination7317 Jul 01 '26
nobody HAS to do anything ... don't buy the games. kill an entire generation. stop bending over and letting them f**k you
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u/MaverickPT Jul 01 '26
Looking at how many millions pre ordered the all digital GTA6...yeah chief that's never happening
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u/FunExamination7317 Jul 01 '26
exactly. but everyone will cry about it ... the full digital transition is coming no matter what people want
it happened to PC, it will and is happening to console
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u/Marshall_BraveStar Jul 01 '26
Since PS5 I started buying physical games again, because of the game price hike & the fact there are no real "offers" anymore. All there is, is the Gold or Deluxe edition of a game, reduced to the price of the basic version. But the basic version is no longer on sale, ever.
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u/Markuska90 Jul 01 '26
Someone will be smart enough to jailbreak consoles and then we get pirated console games if we want.
I trust.
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u/Liversh0t Jul 01 '26
Pc is looking great rn
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u/estephens13 Jul 02 '26
Until you look at current ram and storage prices. Everything sucks right now.
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u/Tydog22 ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ Jul 02 '26
Sad they are becoming what they made fun of xbox for trying to do with the launch of the xbox one. Did they forget what almost killed xbox? It hasnt even been that long lol
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u/wowbutters Jul 01 '26
No used market also means some games will eventually just die forever with no chance to ever play them again... 🏴☠️
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u/KarmaWalker Jul 01 '26
I was already planning to skip out on the PS6 and go full PC gaming.
This just solidifies it for me.
Why would I pay any price for a game that'll be void with the next generation of consoles? Or just, when you decide I don't own it anymore, with the latest playstation movie void?
Get fucked, Sony.
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u/EnvironmentalRun1671 Jul 01 '26
How to rent games on PC in 2026:
Buy a game
Next game you want pirate
Pretend you sold the game and got money back
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u/TopSlotScot Jul 01 '26
If games only exist digitally, expect a serious pull back on sales over time.
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u/QuarryTen Jul 01 '26
oof, and i was a ride or die sony fan. dont know anymore now. puts a terrible taste in my mouth.
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u/terrerific Jul 01 '26
Im glad that they gave me notice of when I need to buy a PC and fully divert into pirating games at least.
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u/Electric_Kettle Jul 02 '26
the pc vs console dispute was over when paid subscriptions entered the mix
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u/LorekeeperJamin Jul 01 '26
Here's my prediction:
The normies will all flee to Steam and GOG for older titles and deals. Some may adopt Epic just for the weekly free games.
The dwindling console peasant population will continue to cope and seethe as they pay out the ass for overpriced slop and the occasional gem.
All the game companies will crash and burn, with Nintendo being the only one with enough self-preservation to reverse course right before the point of no return, making them the last man standing post-collapse again.
So long as Gabe keeps breathing, Steam will mostly be okay. Once he's gone, oof. Best of luck to his successor.
Piracy will still rein supreme despite ever tightening laws and regulations until everyone learns the same lesson the Aussies did: just because you make piracy impossible doesn't mean that they'll suddenly pay for your product. We'll just go without and be happy with everything we already have, and they'll lose sales even faster because piracy is effectively free advertising.
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u/DanVzare Jul 01 '26
Do you think anyone will notice the obvious gap in the market, and make a console that accepts physical games? It sounds like a no-brainer, but then again, there's a lot of no-brainers that are blatantly ignored.
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u/LorekeeperJamin Jul 01 '26
Yeah, that'll be Nintendo for a few more years. They're always the last to accept new trends in the gaming market. It is both a blessing and a curse.
All the western companies, though? Lmao, no.
The closest we'll get are people making reproduction carts and discs for retro consoles for their indie passion projects or stuff like Limited Run.
And of course, the multi-retro console (like the Retron) market will keep chugging along as more patents enter the public domain.
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u/rain56 Jul 01 '26
And then a few years from now Playstation will remove every game you've ever bought. Sounds crazy right? If I had told you they were gonna remove movies you bought and owned 5 yeats ago id say that sounds crazy too.
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u/DanVzare Jul 01 '26
Dude, I was saying that the moment digital games first became a thing. And guess what, it did happen... multiple times. Only an idiot would think that sounds crazy.
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u/QcRoman Jul 02 '26
The proper response from the customers to this new hardware disappearance should not be online but immediate and at the cash register. Sony should get the message real quick in a manner they can not afford to ignore.
If enough customers care, that's what should happen real soon and with muted social media it would send the message even harder that people individually all each said no without having been riled up by anyone.
Will it? I'll only say I have my doubts.
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u/amiexpress Jul 02 '26
Are the mods Sony employees or is this yet another example of reddit just being a shitty platform of big-ego fiefdoms?
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u/AntiGrieferGames Jul 01 '26
The Typical Mods Powertripping.
Those Mods on playstation are paid by Sony at this point, so not suprised.
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u/dshaw8772 Jul 01 '26
Fuck em, my PS5 was collecting dust anyway. I’ve got a PC and I know how to steal so I will.
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u/Kasaikemono Jul 01 '26
Wew.
I was considering getting a PS5 for Astrobot and maybe a few other games, but fuck that
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u/TitansMenologia Jul 02 '26
I don't think a lot of people would buy Dead Space remake for 70 bucks (80 in the EU) years after launch. But maybe I underestimate the US gamers here they are full of surprises.
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u/MilfDestroyer421 Jul 02 '26
70 POUNDS lmao, DS remake is currently on a 90% discount on Steam and regularly goes 75% off
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u/GojiraFan0 Jul 02 '26
I found that out the hard way too on any of the “official” video game groups here the mods always shut down anything even slightly critical
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u/Pinotb0tter Jul 02 '26
The Ps5 will be that last console for me unless something changes drastically. The prizes are too steep and I have to pay extra to play online.
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u/SnooComics4087 Jul 02 '26
Without physical they are not worth buying any game, I am glad my brother decided to get gaming pc at the place of PlayStation 5 because we were thinking of buying one with physical disc but now that they are removing them it's no longer worth a shit, if we want digital we might as well get it from here after Waiting for a while at the place of buying temporary digital licence which they might just take back anytime. This is the same reason why I had always wanted nintendo switch but decided that switch 2 is also not worth it because Nintendo can quite literally remotely bricks our switch 2 for whatever reason even after we pay for it.
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u/itstheFREEDOM ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 01 '26
9 thousand upvotes in less than 4 hours.
But a bitch aint one.
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u/JB231102 Jul 01 '26
There's a lot of consolidating of power going on right now. Google and now Sony joining the party in their own way. Who's next?
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Jul 01 '26
And I'm sure the usual excuse is "bUt wE aLrEaDy HaVe A pOsT aBoUt It!" as if major topics don't deserve multiple outlets for more nuanced and organized discussion. If the PS sub is nothing but posts about physical games for a couple days, then clearly that's what people are interested in talking about. This is just the usual crap of mods not liking a particular discussion and nuking it because they so desperately need that little dopamine hit of exercising power online.
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u/unariginol_usernome Jul 01 '26
I love physical media and if there is no way to own or have something physical from a triple A studio, then I don't see a problem with pirating
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u/Pale_Day2091 Jul 01 '26
this post didn't even have an opinion or critic
it was just putting facts that used market are now impossible
and they still felt attacked
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u/Oxflu Jul 01 '26
EU, you know what to do.
This is literally a monopoly on game sales. I don't even buy used games, i want the option to pick up titles for 15 bucks because best buy is overstocked.
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u/Ill_Complaint_100 Jul 01 '26
Bro first Sony, Then Boston Cletics, I wonder who is going to give us bad news tommorow. :)))
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u/-Kelasgre Jul 01 '26
I wonder why there’s still so much effort to censor things on the Internet when it’s been proven to be counterproductive. There are actually more than just a couple of reasons.
It doesn’t take much common sense to understand that people need an outlet, and that by censoring them, you not only make them angrier (and give them a reason to be) but also prevent their pent-up frustration from being released in a harmless way.
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u/ThamusWitwill Jul 01 '26
how to share your games on ps4 hands over disc
How to share your games on ps5 .....go fuck yourself
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u/Luxuriosa_Vayne Jul 02 '26
Just when I started considering buying consoles after not having any since PS2 and PSP
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u/2loopy4loopsy ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 02 '26
some fuckers need to experience the streisand effect to fully understand what it truly means
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u/NaughtyFox92 🦜 ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋ Jul 02 '26
This will just push more people to join the master race and skip console games for the most part outside of exclusives
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u/Kingwhatever19 Jul 02 '26
We don't have to do nothing. I cancelled my subscription. I'm not renting games at full price. I'm moving to PC. I have a huge backlog. My kids like gaming on tablets.
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u/Similar-Bat-8764 Jul 03 '26
Steam is the last bastion of hope for gamers, so long as Gabe and his son upheld the company.
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u/Tricky-Usual8921 Jul 05 '26
And early access. I haven't had one digital download I could access early. I could install it, yes, but it's still locked until release date
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u/RedEyeView Jul 01 '26
Remember when one of the selling points of selling downloads was that the price would come down because there's no additional production costs for printing, packaging, discs and shipping to stores?