PlayStation Petition Loses Steam Even As Sony Doubles Down on Disc Decision - Insider Gaming

At the start of July, a critical petition surfaced online, raised by those enraged at Sony Interactive Entertainment’s decision to stop producing discs for new PlayStation games from January 2028. It quickly gathered traction, securing a quarter of a million signatures in around a week, but as time has gone on, the energy around the petition has waned, even as Sony addresses the situation. During a recent financial update, Sony stated it would be ‘cautiously moving forward’ with the decision to scrap discs. Despite that, the number of signatures against the petition has slowed. We also heard from other key industry players, some of them supportive of the decision It could be argued that the knee-jerk reaction of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s scrapping of physical games has abated now that people have had time to sit with the revelation. That’s likely what has happened, as the massive spike at the start of the campaign attracted the attention of preservationists, collectors, physical aficionados, and old-school gamers worldwide. It only took around two weeks for the energy to dissipate, and now, it’s almost plateauing entirely. In six days, 250,000 signatures were secured, but in the following 24 days, only 105,000 signatures landed on the petition. When you consider how many users