Did Sony just trigger gaming’s biggest rage quit? Physical PlayStation games are ending in 2028 and fans are pissed.
pugetpress.comu/kleverrboy — 5 days ago
r/VideoGameAnalysis
GTA VI Physical Disc Petition Just Passed 2,000 Supporters!
We just passed 2,000 supporters, and we couldn't have done it without this community.
Thank you to everyone who has signed, shared the petition, debated the topic, or simply helped keep the conversation alive.
This campaign is about more than GTA VI.
It's about preserving physical gaming, protecting true ownership, supporting collectors, game preservation, independent retailers, and making sure a "physical edition" actually contains a physical game.
This isn't just a petition asking Rockstar to "put the game on a disc." We spent a great deal of time creating a detailed proposal that explains the concerns behind this issue and even offers practical solutions that could address Rockstar's leak prevention and security concerns while still allowing for a genuine physical release.
Now we need your help more than ever.
Please don't stop at signing.
• Share the petition anywhere you can.
• Post about it on Reddit, X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Discord, YouTube, or any gaming community.
• If you're a content creator, we'd love to see videos, discussions, or reactions about this topic.
• Use #discisgold so we can build one united community around this movement.
• Tag Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive, gaming journalists, and your favorite creators.
Every share reaches new people.
Every video keeps the discussion alive.
Every signature makes our voice stronger.
A special thank you to our early supporters:
Rahim, Tyler, Curt, Kevin, Malik, Sabin, Arpad, Marcello, Patrick, Joshua, Mr H, Temo, Chris, Matthew, and our anonymous supporters.
Your generosity helped this campaign reach thousands of people, and we truly appreciate your support.
If the biggest game in history replaces a disc with a download code, it could influence the future of physical gaming for years to come. That's why we're trying to make our voices heard while there's still time.
Petition:
Code is cold. Disc is gold.
Stay loud. Stay together. Make it matter.
u/Consolexlyn — 5 days ago
Extremely funny yet serious video game analysis on youtube
So i'm basically looking for video game reviewers on youtube that rely heavily on comedy while also providing insightful analysis. A real king on this field has always been Civvie11, but i kinda lost interest in first person shooters in the last couple years (Which is his main field of expertice). I recently started to watch the season compilations of AVGN, they are awesome and they represent a different style for sure. Also, a few months ago, i stumbled unto this particular review after finishing Final Fantasy VII, which seemed exactly the kind of dank humor i would like to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqfFvZ0AhkQ .
About the games itself, i'm a 90's kid so i particularly dig retro-gaming, mostly from 3th gen to 6th gen. I also like indie games as well. Nothing against AAA games but they're not my main interest right now.
u/boverfan — 3 days ago
Looking for good video game scholarship
am currently working on writing essays analyzing video games as both media and cultural artifacts, understanding what goes into them, what makes them work, and what they say about the world they were made in. I want to make sure I have a solid background on the thinking and writing that has been done about video games up to this point. I want to read pieces on video games written with the same seriousness as works of film scholarship like Men Women and Chainsaws and the writing of Laura Mulvey. youtube recommendations are fine, but I feel I have a pretty solid handle on that space, so essays or books are preferred. My focus is on the study of games, not their creation, so while I am interested in books by creators or otherwise on game design, more analytical work is preferred. Hope you have some good recommendations.
u/Interesting_Charge10 — 4 days ago
GTA6, Sony, Xbox, and the Spectre of 2013 Returning to Haunt Us
youtube.comu/Independent_Boat_186 — 4 days ago
GTA VI physical disc petition launched
We just launched a petition about the physical edition of GTA VI.
Rockstar is reportedly selling the physical version of GTA VI with only a download code inside the box, meaning there is no real disc.
For many of us, physical games are not just about playing. They are about ownership, collecting, midnight releases, sharing games, and preserving gaming history.
A box with a code inside is not a physical game. It is just a digital license in packaging.
We are not against digital games. We are against calling something “physical” when it contains no physical game.
This is not only about people who prefer physical copies. It is also about everyone who cares about gaming history, memories, and not letting an important part of gaming culture disappear.
If you believe games are more than just digital licenses, you should sign this petition.
We also encourage people to share this, create posts, videos, discussions, and help spread awareness across social media. Every voice matters.
If you are creating content about this topic, feel free to use the ideas, arguments, and slogans from this campaign in your videos, posts, and discussions. You can use phrases like:
Code is cold, disc is gold
A box with a code inside is not a physical game
When something is sold as physical, it must be physical
A download code is not a physical game
Physical means physical
Save physical gaming
Disc or nothing
Use the hashtag: #discisgold
Petition link:
https://change.org/discisgold
Code is cold, disc is gold.
Stay loud. Stay together. Make it matter.
u/Consolexlyn — 11 days ago
What’s something that you hate about video game essays on youtube?
Hey guys so i have a channel with over 7k subs and i post video game essays. Long story short im making a gta5 video and the way i wanna structure it is I talk about the story with my commentary, but i also talk about gameplay, the open world and mechanics in between it. I really wanna talk about the plot because im really passniote about it.
The thing is at these time i wanna make sure i avoid the usual plot summary because i hate those kinda videos where they just summarize the plot with nothing else, because ive heard those are bad things in video essays.
Is this style good for what im trying to avoid?
u/Certain_Access_2658 — 7 days ago
My unsolicited opinion on the pricing
Hi, there are a LOT of opinions on this subject and this is just one more, but most of my friends aren’t gamers so I’ll just put you guys through it lol
I am willing to pay 100 por gta VI and believe it will be worth it, Rockstar games’ are just what I look for in a videogames (rdr2, botw, the witcher 3 and tlou I are to me still unmatched in what a game can offer in their respective genre) and it scratches my very specific itch plus the amount of skill these ppl making it have, I just have to imagine they will make something worth paying for. I will be buying and don’t care about no physical or locked content, same as I did for RDR2 and do not regret it even though those boots and side-mission (or was it more than 1?) made really no difference on anything and I barely noticed, it was a nice way to enjoy the hype and feel that I was being part of something really big.
HOWEVER
Ever since I paid that for RDR2, I have only pay for two games at full price (and also my only two pre-orders), Cyberpunk and TLOU II, and however you feel about those games, we can agree they were divisive and made me more weary about pre-ordering games based on hype. Like the next thing those studios do, I will wait for reviews, I have no doubt in my mind that they will be of quality and well made, but the bridge with me was burned. Just as it would with Rockstar if somehow the game sucked or was unplayable.
I write all these to say… this is how my mind operates and how I justify paying the premium version of the game, that DOES NOT mean I have, do, or ever will do it for another studio that I don’t trust, and collectively raising prices to 80usd will only make things worse imo.
If nintendo or Rockstar want to do it let them, and I will happily pay in gta’s case (as long as it delivers), but if other studios think this is a good idea in the future, then it will just accelerate the dilution of gaming we’ve been seeing for a decade+ now.
Anyway those are my 2 cents, feel free to yell at me
u/Impossible-Cow6645 — 6 days ago
Balan Wonderworld is a game that both gamers and critics disliked. What is a game that critics and gamers were neutral about?
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u/krisko612 — 8 days ago
Is this disc rot? PS4 game
just ordered a game off eBay ”outlast trinity ps4” and disc one wasnt reading at first. I tried again and still nothin, I started to check the back of the disc and it looked fine, but on the front there was splotches all over the outter edge. disc 2 reads fine and no splotches anywhere. I tried again to read disc one and it started to download the game. I don’t want to keep this in my collection if it’s disc rot. please let me know :).
u/__PSc0llect0r__ — 8 days ago