r/PlaystationCollectors

If you want to make a difference, NOW is the time to cancel your PS+ subscription.
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If you want to make a difference, NOW is the time to cancel your PS+ subscription.

We need to show Sony what we think about their decision to stop selling physical media. I, for one, will not buy a single digital game from them, while hoping their competitors will keep an option for physical gaming.
Cancelling our PS+ subscription will be an immediate reaction which they will not only feel, but see in statistics. While I have no hopes in changing their decision, we need to do everything in our (the customer’s) power.

u/ChainsOfCausality — 8 hours ago

Why is there so much hate among gamers?

Aren't we all adults? Or are we still in our parents basement hiding behind a keyboard?

With the recent news of physical media going away, I thought as a community, we would've came together as one. Like a big family.

But I've seen so many negative, hateful comments from those who prefer digital in why we shouldn't care about physical. It's outstanding. It's High School behavior.

Some prefer digital, some don't. That choice is ours and it makes come together as one when we game.

This isn't about pros and cons. It's about choice. I'm not fully against digital, I just want that freedom of choice. I have always preferred physical. This news doesn't impact digital gamers at all. So why are they weighing in and telling us we're basically "idiots" for preferring that? We all have our reasons. It shouldn't dictate us.

This is all about protecting our freedom to what we choose to spend with our money. Thats it. Nothing more. Everything else is just noise. The arguments about not owning it, or no memory space, is just meaningless at this point.

We need to come together and fight this harder than before. Don't people usually find their greatest gaming buddies online through multi player games? Yet, this news shed a darker image of what gamers are truly like.

If you are going to come in here and start posting statistics about how digital is doing better than physical, I hope mods who view this thread will delete them. I don't care if 98% buy things digital. This is ABOUT choice.

Can we all just put aside our feelings and fight together on this? Keep physical media alive for those that decide they want it. End of discussion.

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u/Redfield081 — 18 hours ago

Fight for your inner child and the kids of the future.

This is what they're losing.

Physical games aren't just collectibles. They're gifts, shared moments, and memories made with the people you love. That's something no digital download will ever replace.

u/Adventurous_Day470 — 18 hours ago
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My small PS5 Collection

This is my PS5 Collection that I've been building ever since I got my PS5 last year in January. Not the biggest collection, but I'm proud of it regardless!

u/MadMan2170YT — 17 hours ago

My PS3 games collection

Probably my favourite console of all time.
Just so many endless hours of fun and enjoyment.

So many underrated titles and also just outright incredible ones. What an amazing time it was.

A few double ups in the form of steelbooks.
I’ll keep adding to the collection once I can make more space.

u/ghostphysique — 6 hours ago

30yrs of PS collecting & it all started with Crash Bandicoot fall ‘96

2 PlayStation games I originally owned, but sadly no longer in my collection: Ehrgeiz and Einhänder.

u/ixnine — 18 hours ago

antitrust monopoly with all digital?

Hey everyone...

With the industry pushing hard toward an all-digital future, the lack of competition on the PlayStation Store is starting to feel crazy to me.

If you buy physical games, you get a free market i.e. Amazon, Walmart, and GameStop compete, drop prices, and sell used copies. But the second you go all-digital, Sony has a 100% monopoly. They dictate the price, period.

Remember back in 2019 when you could buy digital game codes on Amazon or Best Buy? Sony intentionally banned third-party retailers from selling them. By doing that, they actively killed off any price competition.

I used to think maybe I was overreacting, but apparently, class-action lawsuits in both the US and the UK are currently suing Sony for billions over this exact thing, claiming it violates antitrust laws and inflates prices.

As physical media slowly dies out, it feels like we’re losing all consumer leverage.

Do you think antitrust pressure will ever force Sony to allow third-party digital stores or code sales again? Or are we just stuck paying whatever they want to charge?

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u/Fickle-Theory-623 — 20 hours ago

A shame I'm never going to see PS6 on my shelves. My humble collection

Didn't post the collector boxes, because they stored in the closet due to space constraints.

u/Garouken — 15 hours ago
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Slowly been building up this collection for years now. Pretty happy with what I’ve managed to build up. It’s crazy seeing games I bought for $15-$20 a couple years ago selling for triple the price, glad I started collecting when I did.

Since the store closure announcement I recently went kinda nuts and bought most of my remaining wishlist so I have all these titles coming in the mail:
— Aquapazza Aquaplus Dream Match
— Arcana Heart 3
— Army of Two: The 40th Day
— Battle Fantasia
— Battle vs Chess
— Fairytale Fights
— Folklore
— Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd
— Motorstorm Pacific Rift
— Oddworld New n Tasty
— Plants vs Zombies
— Shadows of The Damned
— The Darkness 2
— The Orange Box

u/John_Wilkes_Bidoof — 1 day ago

Steelbook collection

With Sony phasing out physical copies, I wanted to share my PS4 and PS5 steelbook collection. It's been a good run collecting steelbooks.

u/Kzira03 — 1 day ago

Been a great run, least I can focus on my PS3 collection a lot more now 😅

Since Sony is cutting out physical production I guess that means I can stop buying newer games and focus more on my past PS3 collection, they tried to erase the last time consumers meant nothing to them.

u/Present-Eye-4010 — 1 day ago

I was going to buy a brand new game today...

I bought 4 pre-owned games instead.

4 for the price of 2 ($AUD).

Never buying anything that will put a dollar in Sony's pocket again, they've already got enough of my money.

I plan to buy pre-owned and coast on the PS5 Pro for many years to come.

Recommendations for RPGs to pick up appreciated!

u/SchweinsyOne — 2 days ago