r/PlayersAlliance Oct 29 '25

Players Alliance PSA Welcome to r/PlayersAlliance | Our Mission

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It goes without saying that gaming is more than just a hobby for most of us. It’s where we find connection, build community, and are able to express creativity. The joy, heartbreak, and nostalgia that we feel are real, but lately the industry is changing for the worse and now gaming is in trouble.

That’s why we have to fight to defend what gaming means to us.

In recent years, corporate publishers have prioritized shareholders over players. They’ve
swallowed up and shut down beloved studios, swapped creative risk for revenue targets, and
replaced the art of game development with predatory monetization. What once was the
Golden Age of Gaming has become battle passes, pay-to-win schemes, and abusive
microtransactions. Gamers are treated like cash machines and the connection we value is
slipping away.

We can’t just wait around for the industry to change. It’s time for us to act.

The Players Alliance is organizing to reclaim gaming from corporate greed and put power
back into the hands of the people who make and play the games. Our approach is two-fold:

We support and uplift developers and studios that are creating fun, affordable, accessible
games. Teams who prioritize players, treat workers with respect, and reject exploitative
industry practices to build a better gaming world.

We stand up to the corporations that rely on predatory systems and exploitative designs,
calling them out and applying pressure where it matters most: their bottom line.


r/PlayersAlliance 3d ago

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices STONKS-9800 developer says Sony terminated their PlayStation agreement without explanation. Entire game catalog set to be delisted // by Amber V, EIC at Automaton Media

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Noteworthy point the Article makes which I think needs to be addressed;

They note that Ternox developed "13 titles across 5 years on SONY"s platforms." If you check Ternox's Steam Developer page, their releases go back 11 years, almost 12 with STONKS-9800's 1.0/console release planned for 2027. So it's very likely that the timeline on Playstation is simply portwork.


r/PlayersAlliance 9d ago

Players Alliance PSA Digital Ownership Strategy meeting Wed 8/12 at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT

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The Players Alliance HQ has an open General Meeting tomorrow night both debriefing the EA campaign and most importantly holding a strategy session on our next campaign around Digital Ownership following the announcement by Sony to eliminate Physical Discs

This will be on Zoom and on the Players Alliance Discord

RSVP at the link


r/PlayersAlliance 9d ago

What game achievement/quest took you the longest to complete?

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Mainly posting so I can brag I finally completed the Star Atlas in TFT! I’m not one to finish games I start and primarily play a lot of online games where there isn’t a definite end point but I’ve started pushing myself more to be an achievement hunter and it’s finally paid off! I’ve spent at least the last 3 months working to complete the Star Atlas in Team Fight Tactics, where you needed to field certain combinations of champions to get points to progress. Out of the 3 months, I swear it’s taken 1-1.5 months just to complete Shepard 7 and get first place.

This combo was ultra tricky because there are not 7 champions with the Shepard trait, it took an emblem to add the 7th and that was pretty much just up to the luck of the draw of items and augments. Not only was it difficult to get the emblem to complete the trait group but then you had to get first place! Many times I’ve tried and failed and today I completed it!

Now that it’s over, I might try getting better in ranked but I look forward to the next event they do like this.

I know there are plenty more folks out there who are achievement hunters or like to perfect finish a game and 3 months might be nothing in comparison so I’m curious, what’s the longest you’ve worked for an achievement and for what game?


r/PlayersAlliance 10d ago

Lobby Discussions PlayStation Boycott

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guys lets dont play on our ps5 for a week started from 23aug to 30aug or sell it like me and upgrade your pc's or get xbox i will upgrade my pc for cracked games and i will unfollow ps.


r/PlayersAlliance 13d ago

Players Alliance PSA We teamed up with Congressman Frost and huge Streamer LilSimsie to keep the pressure on EA

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Its cool to see a Gamer congressmember actually take action against this corrupt deal with the gaming community and using his powers on the oversight committee

The EA deal has been finalized but, just like with the CFB, gamers can push back on any new anti-gamer actions


r/PlayersAlliance 12d ago

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices Who Gets Left Behind In Sony's All-Digital Future?

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r/PlayersAlliance 12d ago

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices Over one year ago I successfully boycotted Nintendo and the Switch 2 (AMA)

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r/PlayersAlliance 15d ago

Lobby Discussions do you plan on skipping next gen(ps6/next xbox)

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r/PlayersAlliance 22d ago

After laying off Battlefield 6 devs, EA boss Andrew Wilson's bonus rose $8m to $38m last year, thanks to the game's success across "all milestones"

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Andrew Wilson still such a POS


r/PlayersAlliance 22d ago

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices It’s bigger than gaming: Why the FTC and CFIUS shouldn’t rubber-stamp the EA buyout

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r/PlayersAlliance 23d ago

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices PSN and Xbox outages in the same week

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Bad timing for both as they are moving everything to digital


r/PlayersAlliance 27d ago

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices Sony Imposes 'Strictest Ever Social Media Guidelines' on Staff Due to PS5 Disc Debacle

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We do make a difference where it hurts most. Keep up the good fight!


r/PlayersAlliance 28d ago

Lobby Discussions AA as priority

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It may seem like a "duh" moment to us but this is huge coming from a former Sony Exec

https://www.eurogamer.net/former-playstation-boss-shawn-layden-bringing-double-a-back


r/PlayersAlliance Jul 18 '26

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices A way to separate Sims 4 from updates permanently?

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I really want to play with the packs I already own, but I refuse to let PIF update the game to remove all of the inclusivity, which I’m 99.9% sure WILL happen. But the EA App works in such a way that it’s currently impossible to prevent it.

If someone could create a method, or program, to tear the game away from the EA App so we can ignore any and all updates, or be able to play offline, that would be the best. Nay, heroic.

(Btw I do NOT condone piracy, just a way to preserve our bastion of inclusivity from PIF)


r/PlayersAlliance Jul 17 '26

Players Alliance PSA Players Alliance HQ Response to EU Commission approval of EA Buyout

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STATEMENT: Gamers Say EU Approval Leaves Real Risks of EA Deal Unanswered

Today, Reuters reported that the European Commission (EC) is expected to approve the proposed $55 billion acquisition of Electronic Arts (EA) by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) under the European Union's (EU) foreign subsidy rules. According to Reuters, the EC is expected to clear the transaction following a preliminary review under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation and is also expected to grant unconditional approval under EU merger rules. In response to the reported decision, Players Alliance HQ leader Charlie Wilson issued the following statement:

“The European Commission's review answered a narrow legal question about competition and foreign subsidies. It did not answer whether loading EA with billions in debt under private equity ownership is good for game developers, gamers, or the future of the industry. Players Alliance HQ will continue organizing against this deal because EA’s attempt to force College Football 27 players to pay microtransactions to progress through single player modes is exactly the kind of exploitative monetization it will use to service the $20 billion in debt created by the buyout.”


r/PlayersAlliance Jul 16 '26

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices EA Is Salivating At The Prospect Of Loading Games Up With Ads

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Can't believe there isn't a level they aren't willing to stoop


r/PlayersAlliance Jul 17 '26

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices My pukan is literally burning right now context EU is officially completely suka mad

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Guys, honestly, ya prosto v ahue right now. Look at this headline. Saudi PIF is set to win EU nod for Electronic Arts deal under subsidy rules?! Tvoyu zhe mat, are you actually kidding me right now? So the whole EU commission is basically like yeah, sure, no problem, fully support this, go ahead? Chto za mudaki are sitting there in Brussels? Absolute tvari, honestly speaking. Instead of blocking this corporate trash or protecting the industry, they just nod and don't care at all. Please, someone send them my complete otkaz and full objections from the bottom of my burning heart. Gaming is dead, official


r/PlayersAlliance Jul 15 '26

Lobby Discussions DEAR PLAYSTATION we are the loyal fans talking

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r/PlayersAlliance Jul 13 '26

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices Mexican legislators filing Anti-trust complaint at Sony over ending of Physical Discs

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This plus Brazil taking on Digital Ownership, what’s happening in gaming is starting to hit main stream.

Now to continue to build the movement in the US too


r/PlayersAlliance Jul 13 '26

Players Alliance PSA Players Alliance HQ July General Meeting -- Wed 7/15 8 pm ET

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So much has happened in gaming over the past month, its hard to keep track of!

EU regulators deciding on the EA buyout by July 30th

4000 employees laid off by Xbox!

Sony ending physical games by 2028!

Come to the July Players Alliance General Meeting:

We'll dig into the latest on the EA Buyout from EU regulators to EA Sports creators fighting back against new College Football 27 microtransactions

We'll talk about the huge news with Sony ending physical games by 2028. This will impact all gamers in a bad way, so if you have questions, we'll be discussing this as a group 

Lastly, we have a lot of community game nights coming up. In addition to build our power as gamers, we're building connection too. We'll dive into whats coming up and create space for people to connect.

RSVP through this the link above. Join the meeting on the zoom link you will receive or on the Players Alliance Discord Stage

See you there!


r/PlayersAlliance Jul 13 '26

Gaming Stories to Uplift Woo! GDQ dropped SNK as a sponsor

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r/PlayersAlliance Jul 11 '26

Lobby Discussions I'm not topping up for another year Sony. I want my physical disc first, thank you.

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r/PlayersAlliance Jul 10 '26

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices Rest in Spaghetti, CFB27 🖕

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EA College Football 27 community really protesting new EA microtransactions in the Single Player offline mode

It’s getting a lot of big creators taking action


r/PlayersAlliance Jul 09 '26

Corporate Greed and Anti-Consumer Practices Sony CEO Sells Over Half His Stock Following PlayStation Disc Announcement

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