{"id":2031285,"date":"2026-07-07T13:49:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2031285"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:49:46","slug":"the-petition-against-sonys-decision-to-kill-playstation-physical-discs-has-over-170000-signatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2031285","title":{"rendered":"The petition against Sony&#8217;s decision to kill PlayStation physical discs has over 170,000 signatures"},"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\">The petition against Sony&#8217;s decision to kill PlayStation physical discs has over 170,000 signatures<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;The irony is hard to miss.&#8221;<\/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\/ps5-physical.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Crashed UI sad face over a pile of physical PS5 games\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"ps5-physical.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=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\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\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-07-07T13:49:46+00:00\">July 7, 2026<\/time>              <\/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>You may scoff at how little real-world change petitions typically produce, but you can&#8217;t deny that this particular campaign has a lot of user support behind it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/don-t-kill-the-disc-tell-sony-to-keep-physical-playstation-games\">The Don&#8217;t Kill the Disc Change.org petition<\/a>, which was launched in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-ending-playstation-discs-physical-media-january-2028\">Sony&#8217;s bombshell decision to end physical disc manufacturing in January 2028<\/a>, has amassed over 170,000 signatures at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>Sony&#8217;s shocking decision brings an end to all physical media on PlayStation, including for games not published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. All releases from that point on will be confined to digital formats, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/grand-theft-auto-6-preorders-gta6-no-disc\">code-in-the-box style options<\/a> at retail.<\/p>\n<p>The wide-reaching ramifications for the industry at large are part of the petition&#8217;s core thesis, which calls out Sony&#8217;s 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA\">Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video<\/a> as mocking something the company would become just 13 years later.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/save-physical-media-petition-1.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"save-physical-media-petition-1.jpeg\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"800\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Petition.org<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;At E3 2013, Sony won over a generation of players by promising that when you buy a PlayStation game, you can trade it in, sell it, lend it to a friend, or &#8216;keep it forever,&#8217; and famously mocked the competition for trying to restrict exactly that,&#8221; argues the petition. &#8220;13 years later, Sony is the one taking it away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The petition, which was started by small Canadian retailer PNP Games, also calls out all the other negative effects of taking away physical media such as eroding consumer ownership, enabling far less choice in the marketplace, as well as how damaging it can be to game preservation.<\/p>\n<p>The petition&#8217;s goal is simple: pressure Sony to keep physical disc production beyond 2028, &#8220;so the next generation can own the games they play, not just rent them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we do not speak up now, the disc disappears, and the choice goes with it,&#8221; it goes on. &#8220;When the market leader ends the disc, the rest of the industry follows&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A costumed superhero wearing yellow and dark blue with sharp knife like claws - Wolverine - next to a DVD. They&apos;re not in the same universe. Or are they?\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/wolverine-disc.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A costumed superhero wearing yellow and dark blue with sharp knife like claws - Wolverine - next to a DVD. They&apos;re not in the same universe. Or are they?\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"wolverine-disc.jpg\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Insomniac \/ Adobe Stock<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sony has not officially acknowledged the petition or responded to the overwhelmingly negative reaction its announcement has caused. For nearly a week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PlayStation\">official PlayStation account on X<\/a> has not posted anything, with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PlayStation\/status\/2074478664805212593\">today&#8217;s FlexStrike fight stick post<\/a> being the first since that day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-sony-discs-experts-cost-digital\">Sony stands to gain far more control over the market<\/a> should physical discs be eliminated, according to a number of the industry experts we spoke to, who explained what motivated Sony to make that decision in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-kills-game-ownership-and-says-its-all-your-fault\">as Eurogamer&#8217;s editor-in-chief Chris Tapsell points out<\/a>, Sony&#8217;s stated reasoning is that it&#8217;s merely following consumer trends, essentially shifting the blame to its users.<\/p>\n<p>The Don&#8217;t Kill the Disc petition may not amount to any real change, but it could just make it that much harder for Sony to bury its head in the sand.<\/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>You may scoff at how little real-world change petitions typically produce, but you can&#8217;t deny that this particular campaign has a lot of user support behind it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/don-t-kill-the-disc-tell-sony-to-keep-physical-playstation-games\">The Don&#8217;t Kill the Disc Change.org petition<\/a>, which was launched in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-ending-playstation-discs-physical-media-january-2028\">Sony&#8217;s bombshell decision to end physical disc manufacturing in January 2028<\/a>, has amassed over 170,000 signatures at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>Sony&#8217;s shocking decision brings an end to all physical media on PlayStation, including for games not published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. All releases from that point on will be confined to digital formats, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/grand-theft-auto-6-preorders-gta6-no-disc\">code-in-the-box style options<\/a> at retail.<\/p>\n<p>The wide-reaching ramifications for the industry at large are part of the petition&#8217;s core thesis, which calls out Sony&#8217;s 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA\">Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video<\/a> as mocking something the company would become just 13 years later.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/save-physical-media-petition-1.jpeg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"save-physical-media-petition-1.jpeg\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"800\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Petition.org<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;At E3 2013, Sony won over a generation of players by promising that when you buy a PlayStation game, you can trade it in, sell it, lend it to a friend, or &#8216;keep it forever,&#8217; and famously mocked the competition for trying to restrict exactly that,&#8221; argues the petition. &#8220;13 years later, Sony is the one taking it away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The petition, which was started by small Canadian retailer PNP Games, also calls out all the other negative effects of taking away physical media such as eroding consumer ownership, enabling far less choice in the marketplace, as well as how damaging it can be to game preservation.<\/p>\n<p>The petition&#8217;s goal is simple: pressure Sony to keep physical disc production beyond 2028, &#8220;so the next generation can own the games they play, not just rent them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we do not speak up now, the disc disappears, and the choice goes with it,&#8221; it goes on. &#8220;When the market leader ends the disc, the rest of the industry follows&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A costumed superhero wearing yellow and dark blue with sharp knife like claws - Wolverine - next to a DVD. They&apos;re not in the same universe. Or are they?\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/wolverine-disc.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A costumed superhero wearing yellow and dark blue with sharp knife like claws - Wolverine - next to a DVD. They&apos;re not in the same universe. Or are they?\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"wolverine-disc.jpg\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Insomniac \/ Adobe Stock<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sony has not officially acknowledged the petition or responded to the overwhelmingly negative reaction its announcement has caused. For nearly a week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PlayStation\">official PlayStation account on X<\/a> has not posted anything, with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PlayStation\/status\/2074478664805212593\">today&#8217;s FlexStrike fight stick post<\/a> being the first since that day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-sony-discs-experts-cost-digital\">Sony stands to gain far more control over the market<\/a> should physical discs be eliminated, according to a number of the industry experts we spoke to, who explained what motivated Sony to make that decision in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sony-kills-game-ownership-and-says-its-all-your-fault\">as Eurogamer&#8217;s editor-in-chief Chris Tapsell points out<\/a>, Sony&#8217;s stated reasoning is that it&#8217;s merely following consumer trends, essentially shifting the blame to its users.<\/p>\n<p>The Don&#8217;t Kill the Disc petition may not amount to any real change, but it could just make it that much harder for Sony to bury its head in the sand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News The petition against Sony&#8217;s decision to kill PlayStation physical discs has over 170,000 signatures &#8220;The irony is hard to miss.&#8221; Image credit: Eurogamer News by Sherif Saed Senior Contributor Published on July 7, 2026 You may scoff at how little real-world change petitions typically produce, but you can&#8217;t deny that this particular campaign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2031285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2031285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2031285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2031285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2031285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}