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PlayStation blackout planned to protest Sony's move away from physical games

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A group called DoesItPlay is organizing a one-week boycott of PlayStation, from August 23 to 30, to protest Sony's planned discontinuation of physical game production by 2028. The protest encourages players to avoid logging into PlayStation Network or making any purchases on Sony's platforms. However, some critics argue that this boycott will have little impact, suggesting more drastic measures like prolonged subscription cancellations or mass digital game refunds. AI

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PlayStation blackout planned to protest Sony's move away from physical games

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jowi Morales ·

    Group plans one-week PlayStation blackout to protest Sony’s plan to end physical game production — calls for players to turn off their consoles or log out of PSN from August 23 to 30

    A game preservation group is asking PlayStation users to stay away from their consoles for a week in protest of Sony's plan to axe physical game disc production. However, others say this is too soft, and a more concrete move would be to cancel PSN subscriptions en masse or refund…

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