{"id":2023037,"date":"2026-07-02T10:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2023037"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:42:48","slug":"rip-playstation-1994-2026-players-are-flocking-to-sonys-old-ps4-anti-drm-video-in-the-wake-of-its-shock-decision-to-scrap-physical-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2023037","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;RIP PLAYSTATION 1994-2026&#8221; &#8211; Players are flocking to Sony&#8217;s old PS4 anti-DRM video in the wake of its shock decision to scrap physical games"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">&#8220;RIP PLAYSTATION 1994-2026&#8221; &#8211; Players are flocking to Sony&#8217;s old PS4 anti-DRM video in the wake of its shock decision to scrap physical games<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">The Boyes of summer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/trade-in-games.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A screen that reads: trade in games at retail, sell it to another person, lend it to a friend, or keep it forever. Disc-based games.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"trade-in-games.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/dom-peppiatt\">Dom Peppiatt<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Deputy Editorial Director<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-02T10:42:48+00:00\">July 2, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-old-anti-drm-video-ps4-physical?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          35 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Yesterday, Sony stunned the games industry by announcing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-ending-playstation-discs-physical-media-january-2028\">it will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games<\/a> starting in January 2028, citing &#8220;consumer preferences&#8221; as the reason for the shift towards an all-digital future. We&#8217;ve already seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-internet-reacts-to-playstation-killing-off-physical-media\">plenty of community outcry<\/a> about the decision, heard rumours that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-project-helix-no-disc-drive-reports\">Xbox will be following suit<\/a>, and speculated about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-6-implications-sony-end-of-physical-media\">what this means for the PlayStation 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The news has, understandably, shaken the games industry: Sony&#8217;s move away from physical media represents what many see as a death knell for on-disc content and permanent ownership, with many gamers fearing anti-consumer tactics may start to become more common. Dynamic pricing, suspension of licenses, and the PlayStation Store becoming a monopoly are all valid complaints people have been raising over the past 18 hours or so.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kWSIFh8ICaA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kWSIFh8ICaA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Aged like milk?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Predictably, then, frustrated gamers have been flocking to PlayStation&#8217;s legendary anti-DRM video from E3 2013 &#8211; you know, the one where former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Shuhei Yoshida, and VP of third-party relations and developer technology, Adam Boyes, deliver a short message about how easy it is to share your PS4 games in a &#8220;step-by-step how to lend games to your friends&#8221; instructional video. This involves handing a disc to someone &#8211; it&#8217;s as easy as that.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The comments on the video now read very differently to how they once did. &#8220;You&#8217;ve become the villain you mocked,&#8221; says today&#8217;s top comment. &#8220;This is like watching the wedding video after the divorce,&#8221; says another. One commentor asks: &#8220;Please make a video on how to share games on PS6 as well,&#8221; whereas another riffs on PlayStation&#8217;s infamous motto by saying &#8220;Play does have LIMITS after all&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>One highly upvoted comment says: &#8220;RIP PLAYSTATION 1994-2026,&#8221; a common sentiment I&#8217;ve seen online since the news broke yesterday. This decision has proven to be hugely unpopular for Sony. Granted, the video above is 13 years old, but I think it represented something important for PlayStation: back then, in 2013, the company very much positioned itself as &#8216;on the side of the gamers&#8217;, taking a stand against Microsoft and Xbox and its overly-corporate push into the gaming space, where players were treated as investment opportunities rather than people. It&#8217;s no surprise to see frustrated and angry gamers flock to this video &#8211; representing a watershed moment in Sony&#8217;s overall strategy over the past few console generations &#8211; to air their dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>At least this isn&#8217;t the end, wholly, for physical media: even yesterday, we heard that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tomb-raider-definitive-edition-physical-switch-2-version\">the Switch 2 version of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is getting a physical release<\/a> &#8211; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/elder-scrolls-4-oblivion-remastered-physical-switch-2-release-on-cart-date\">Oblivion on Switch 2 is getting the same treatment<\/a>, too. For now, at least, Nintendo appears to be fighting the physical battle single-handed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Yesterday, Sony stunned the games industry by announcing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-ending-playstation-discs-physical-media-january-2028\">it will no longer produce discs for PlayStation games<\/a> starting in January 2028, citing &#8220;consumer preferences&#8221; as the reason for the shift towards an all-digital future. We&#8217;ve already seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-internet-reacts-to-playstation-killing-off-physical-media\">plenty of community outcry<\/a> about the decision, heard rumours that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/xbox-project-helix-no-disc-drive-reports\">Xbox will be following suit<\/a>, and speculated about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-6-implications-sony-end-of-physical-media\">what this means for the PlayStation 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The news has, understandably, shaken the games industry: Sony&#8217;s move away from physical media represents what many see as a death knell for on-disc content and permanent ownership, with many gamers fearing anti-consumer tactics may start to become more common. Dynamic pricing, suspension of licenses, and the PlayStation Store becoming a monopoly are all valid complaints people have been raising over the past 18 hours or so.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kWSIFh8ICaA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kWSIFh8ICaA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Aged like milk?<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Predictably, then, frustrated gamers have been flocking to PlayStation&#8217;s legendary anti-DRM video from E3 2013 &#8211; you know, the one where former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Shuhei Yoshida, and VP of third-party relations and developer technology, Adam Boyes, deliver a short message about how easy it is to share your PS4 games in a &#8220;step-by-step how to lend games to your friends&#8221; instructional video. This involves handing a disc to someone &#8211; it&#8217;s as easy as that.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The comments on the video now read very differently to how they once did. &#8220;You&#8217;ve become the villain you mocked,&#8221; says today&#8217;s top comment. &#8220;This is like watching the wedding video after the divorce,&#8221; says another. One commentor asks: &#8220;Please make a video on how to share games on PS6 as well,&#8221; whereas another riffs on PlayStation&#8217;s infamous motto by saying &#8220;Play does have LIMITS after all&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>One highly upvoted comment says: &#8220;RIP PLAYSTATION 1994-2026,&#8221; a common sentiment I&#8217;ve seen online since the news broke yesterday. This decision has proven to be hugely unpopular for Sony. Granted, the video above is 13 years old, but I think it represented something important for PlayStation: back then, in 2013, the company very much positioned itself as &#8216;on the side of the gamers&#8217;, taking a stand against Microsoft and Xbox and its overly-corporate push into the gaming space, where players were treated as investment opportunities rather than people. It&#8217;s no surprise to see frustrated and angry gamers flock to this video &#8211; representing a watershed moment in Sony&#8217;s overall strategy over the past few console generations &#8211; to air their dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>At least this isn&#8217;t the end, wholly, for physical media: even yesterday, we heard that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tomb-raider-definitive-edition-physical-switch-2-version\">the Switch 2 version of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition is getting a physical release<\/a> &#8211; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/elder-scrolls-4-oblivion-remastered-physical-switch-2-release-on-cart-date\">Oblivion on Switch 2 is getting the same treatment<\/a>, too. For now, at least, Nintendo appears to be fighting the physical battle single-handed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News &#8220;RIP PLAYSTATION 1994-2026&#8221; &#8211; Players are flocking to Sony&#8217;s old PS4 anti-DRM video in the wake of its shock decision to scrap physical games The Boyes of summer. 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