Today's Sony Q1 FY 2026 earnings call had one main focus for PlayStation gamers: how the company would respond to the vehement online backlash fans have shown against its decision to stop making discs from January 2028. Well, despite all the Change.org petitions and various social media campaigns, it doesn't seem like they are swaying one bit. Sony CFO (Chief Financial Officer) Lin Tao addressed the topics in the call, as reported by Kotaku, and despite acknowledging the reaction, the plan is to "cautiously go forward". There are various reasons we made this decision, the biggest being that the digitalization […]

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The games industry is still reeling from Sony's switch to a digital-only PlayStation future starting in January 2028, but after fierce backlash from fans and developers, Sony may now face opposition from politicians, too. In Mexico, two Movimiento Ciudadano legislators stated that the Japanese corporation may be crossing into monopoly territory with its planned move, following a broader wave of criticism around Sony's abandonment of physical media and its growing control over PlayStation's storefront economy. According to Mexican website Ovaciones, Movimiento Ciudadano senator Luis Donaldo Colosio and federal deputy Iraís Reyes plan to file a complaint with Mexico's antitrust authority […]

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