PlayStation’s September 2026 State of Play has sparked another wave of controversy for Sony as the ongoing backlash against the future of physical PlayStation games continues to dominate the conversation. While Sony showcased upcoming PS5 games including Marvel’s Wolverine, Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Metro 2039, Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, Maneater 2, Crimson Desert, Until Dawn 2, and more, much of the State of Play live chat was instead flooded with “NO DISC NO BUY” messages and demands for Destiny 3. What was supposed to be a major PlayStation showcase quickly became another reminder of the growing frustration surrounding Sony, the PS5, the future PS6, physical game discs, and PlayStation’s increasingly digital strategy.
The controversy has become even more significant following Sony’s recent legal arguments surrounding digital game ownership on the PlayStation Store. As PlayStation prepares for a future without new physical game discs, questions surrounding whether players actually own their digital PS5 and PS6 games have become increasingly important. Sony’s decision has generated criticism over game preservation, consumer choice, digital licenses, physical media, used games, and the long-term future of the PlayStation ecosystem. Even major announcements like the new GTA 6 DualSense controllers have been met with comments criticizing Sony’s physical media strategy, showing just how difficult it has become for PlayStation to escape the backlash.
The bigger problem for Sony may now involve the developers, publishers, retailers, and other business partners relying on PlayStation to successfully market their games. Developers and publishers have already publicly criticized Sony’s decision to end physical PlayStation game production, while promotional posts for games such as Fable, Big Walk, and Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls have continued attracting comments about physical discs instead of the games themselves. If PlayStation State of Play presentations and Sony’s social media marketing continue being overwhelmed by controversy, the impact of Sony’s PR nightmare could spread far beyond PlayStation itself and begin affecting the companies trying to sell games on the PS5 and future PlayStation hardware. #PlayStation #Gaming #PS5
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Chapters:
0:00 State of Play Gets Hijacked
6:42 Everything Announced
14:10 Digital Ownership Controversy
20:58 Business Partners Upset
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I just sold my PS5.
I doubt if Sony will ever change their mind. Their top managers are Japanese, and I believe they look at the situation from the perspective of their pride. Such idiotic stubbornness is a thing that recently doomed Nissan, and I believe it could kill playstation. Microsoft could’ve never thought about such a gift from Sony: a chance to recover from the disastrous xbox one presentation
Let’s be honest, the only way PlayStation will change their minds is if it affects their income.
So it remains to be seen if that happens
No disc = no buy. Ever again.
I like seeing the crash bandicoot 4 footage. It’s a good game.
It wasn’t even that Destiny 2 wasn’t profitable, it was that it couldn’t fund itself and all 6 of the other game projects they had without pulling developers from Destiny 2
Did we have the same childhood 😂 my first game was also Sonic 2 on my older brothers Sega
Just DON'T BUY ps5 or ps6. That's the only real way to punish this.
Don't let them sell you digital candy bars!!
Nothing will happen to their bottom line. Mind you, the consumers will do what they do best. Be brainless consumers.
Now, bad pr on the other hand, is still good. Make as much pain for Sony and their partners as much as possible.
Sony lawers are right😂,, How long ago did you agree to the terms of service at playstatiin???? 6 yrs ago 7yrs?. I think the whole thing is awesome, because i remember, al the gamers saying you dont need a physical disk, just download the game its the future, and we said you dont own a digitial down load they can do away with it when they want to. No way man, sonys wouldnt do that man. We paid for it.
And now you finally understand our side,
And good luck with that boycot😂, youll cave with in 2 months
Pre-order controllers that still suffer from drift. Yeah, nice scam Sony.
They finally gave a date for final fantasy. We literally could not have cared less
Sony really thought GTA 6 would allow them to get away with all this anti-consumer bs. Hold Take2/Rockstar accountable as well. All of this has been planned.
29:20 “Sony PayStation” “Greed Has No Limits” “Own Nothing & Accept it!” ‼️Stand for Physical games & Digital media rights Ownership‼️
18:00 To turn it back on those lawyers. they cant possibly be stupid enough to believe they own Mercedes, because they purchased a mercedes car.
Yes D3 and on disk only!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sony still doesnt realize that the consumers and the gamers are the actual authority in this
Im so tired of the industry i've return to manga honnestly
if spending money on digital media isn't actually owning, cause by the lawyer's logic "multiple people can't own the same digital thing simultaneously", then shareholders don't own shares in playstation
So Sony… you watched various games companies make anti customer decisions and the gamers turned their backs on them till they shut down permanently. And you what? Thought you'd be different because you run the platform? How's that working for ya?