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Posting everywhere Sony might see:

This announcement is being framed as a format change, but for many of us it is actually a loss of independence.

A disc is not perfect, but it gives players something digital licensing does not: independence from accounts, storefront policy changes, delisting, future hardware decisions, and server infrastructure.

That is the core issue.

A digital code sold at a retailer is not a replacement for a physical disc. It cannot be freely lent, traded, resold, gifted, preserved, installed years later without relying on a storefront, or passed down as part of a collection. It does not give players the same rights, flexibility, or permanence.

I buy digital games. This is not about rejecting digital. It is about rejecting a future where digital is the only option and the customer loses every protection physical media still provides.

If PlayStation is going to end physical disc production for new games, then players need more than a vague promise of convenience. We need clear guarantees:

Purchased games must remain permanently redownloadable.

Single-player games must remain playable offline once downloaded.

Delisted games, patches, DLC, and final playable builds must remain accessible to people who bought them.

Future PlayStation hardware must continue supporting existing PS4 and PS5 disc libraries through either an internal drive or an official external drive.

Collectors, libraries, museums, and preservationists need a legal path to preserve games long-term.

And if digital games cannot be resold, traded, lent, transferred, or truly owned, then pricing should reflect that customers are buying a restricted license rather than a product.

This is not nostalgia. It is about ownership, preservation, consumer rights, and trust.

PlayStation built its legacy on players buying games they could keep, collect, share, revisit, and preserve. Ending physical media without replacing those protections with real digital ownership rights tells loyal customers that platform control matters more than player independence.

Please reconsider this decision, or at minimum, give players specific long-term guarantees before removing the only format that still gives us some independence.

Posting everywhere Sony might see:

This announcement is being framed as a format change, but for many of us it is actually a loss of independence.

A disc is not perfect, but it gives players something digital licensing does not: independence from accounts, storefront policy changes, delisting, future hardware decisions, and server infrastructure.

That is the core issue.

A digital code sold at a retailer is not a replacement for a physical disc. It cannot be freely lent, traded, resold, gifted, preserved, installed years later without relying on a storefront, or passed down as part of a collection. It does not give players the same rights, flexibility, or permanence.

I buy digital games. This is not about rejecting digital. It is about rejecting a future where digital is the only option and the customer loses every protection physical media still provides.

If PlayStation is going to end physical disc production for new games, then players need more than a vague promise of convenience. We need clear guarantees:

Purchased games must remain permanently redownloadable.

Single-player games must remain playable offline once downloaded.

Delisted games, patches, DLC, and final playable builds must remain accessible to people who bought them.

Future PlayStation hardware must continue supporting existing PS4 and PS5 disc libraries through either an internal drive or an official external drive.

Collectors, libraries, museums, and preservationists need a legal path to preserve games long-term.

And if digital games cannot be resold, traded, lent, transferred, or truly owned, then pricing should reflect that customers are buying a restricted license rather than a product.

This is not nostalgia. It is about ownership, preservation, consumer rights, and trust.

PlayStation built its legacy on players buying games they could keep, collect, share, revisit, and preserve. Ending physical media without replacing those protections with real digital ownership rights tells loyal customers that platform control matters more than player independence.

Please reconsider this decision, or at minimum, give players specific long-term guarantees before removing the only format that still gives us some independence.

Posting everywhere Sony might see:

This announcement is being framed as a format change, but for many of us it is actually a loss of independence.

A disc is not perfect, but it gives players something digital licensing does not: independence from accounts, storefront policy changes, delisting, future hardware decisions, and server infrastructure.

That is the core issue.

A digital code sold at a retailer is not a replacement for a physical disc. It cannot be freely lent, traded, resold, gifted, preserved, installed years later without relying on a storefront, or passed down as part of a collection. It does not give players the same rights, flexibility, or permanence.

I buy digital games. This is not about rejecting digital. It is about rejecting a future where digital is the only option and the customer loses every protection physical media still provides.

If PlayStation is going to end physical disc production for new games, then players need more than a vague promise of convenience. We need clear guarantees:

Purchased games must remain permanently redownloadable.

Single-player games must remain playable offline once downloaded.

Delisted games, patches, DLC, and final playable builds must remain accessible to people who bought them.

Future PlayStation hardware must continue supporting existing PS4 and PS5 disc libraries through either an internal drive or an official external drive.

Collectors, libraries, museums, and preservationists need a legal path to preserve games long-term.

And if digital games cannot be resold, traded, lent, transferred, or truly owned, then pricing should reflect that customers are buying a restricted license rather than a product.

This is not nostalgia. It is about ownership, preservation, consumer rights, and trust.

PlayStation built its legacy on players buying games they could keep, collect, share, revisit, and preserve. Ending physical media without replacing those protections with real digital ownership rights tells loyal customers that platform control matters more than player independence.

Please reconsider this decision, or at minimum, give players specific long-term guarantees before removing the only format that still gives us some independence.