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[Kronark]

Not sure what qualifies being a Sony fan in this case? I'm primarily a PC gamer but I've owned every PlayStation generation including the PSP, so PlayStation has always kind of been my main side platform for exclusives like Bloodborne, Last Guardian, Gravity Rush, etc and legacy Sony properties like Gran Turismo, Wipeout, Hot Shots Golf, etc.

The disc issue isn't that important to me personally but it's just the cherry on top of the entire Jim Ryan / Hermen Hulst era of running the brand / platform into the ground. I don't care about or connect with most of Sony's game library right now and there's shockingly few titles I care about.

- The Last Of Us / Uncharted titles are solid but honestly over rated.
- The Horizon games are boring as fuck.
- The Insomniac Spiderman titles are some of the least interesting properties Spiderman has ever been involved in.
- The God of War titles are ok but I can live without them.

It all just feels too steralized and isn't hitting the creative bars I've come to love from Sony. When I think about what I'd actually lose by not owning my PS5 it's down to Ghost of Yotei, Demon Souls remake, and Astro Bot... Three whole games. Ghost of Yotei wasn't as good as Tsushima and I could live without it. Bluepoint is dead so no more remakes of classics. Which just leaves Astro Bot and team Asobi, the last sliver of soul from the old Sony and the only team left worth giving a shit about. As much as I enjoyed Astro Bot, I'm not about to drop $1000 to play it, so I'm out.

 

[PeteBull]

I've been with Sony from day one, but I'm probably not going to bother with the PS6.

I just don't trust with a digital library, I don't like that they've abandoned consumer choice and honestly, their first party line up just doesn't do it for me anymore.

Yup, sony going all digital ps6 onwards is like ur gf asking u to "lets go on a break", in theory it could mean noting awful but chances(close to 100%) are she just wanna get plowed by chads w/o feeling any remorse, it simply means relationship ended and that girl(same like sony) totally lost respect for u.

 

[Toots]

Im baffled by the fact this thread is for sony fans only and yet there seems to be non virgin people in it ?
As for me, as a sony fan i enjoy the shitstorm.

Sony seemed to have lost its n°1 anticonsumer corporation some years ago to Apple and their brainless drones fanbase. But with a move like this, the rankings have to move and they might have gotten back the p4p asshole company title.

That being said i'll buy the ps6 if the bullshit gameplay trailers are convincing enough.

 

[Daniel_Mallorca1985]

Sony fan from the PS1, PS2, PS3 Slim, PS4 Slim, PS5 Slim and PSP.

 

[Ozzie666]

I'll be honest, this is the worst generation for gaming. It's not just about the games, it's about the greed and direction it's going. I've retreated more to retro gaming and spent my money there. Modern gaming is pushing me away and my attitude isn't so positive towards it right now. The industry is in shambles and headed towards a cliff.

Having said that, I am holding out for 3 titles, FF7, P6 and Jedi 3. I'll probably keep going down the retro path, some PC and some Switch 2. I'll support titles like Mina, Marvel invasion, Terminator 2, TMNT.

I won't be jumping into PS6 day one, Sony will have to earn it this time. Usually I jump in blindly, not this time.

 

[Mr_JPF]

I was a big Playstation guy up until 2017/2018, when they completely abandoned the Japanese market and only started making Triple A movie slop games, hell I would even go as far as saying that I enjoyed the Xbox One and the Series X more than the PS4 and PS5 ( PC is of course superior to all of them ).


The only way I would even consider buying a PS6 is if Sony :

1 - Started reviving all the classic IPs they abandoned years ago ( Buzz, Socom, Killzone, Resistance, Sly Cooper, Jak and Daxter, Twisted Metal, MotorStorm etc ).

2 - Reversed the decision to end physical media .

3 - Revised the terms of service to be more costumer friendly, and no BS banning PS accounts if you don't play for a period of three years.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Recent news did not affect me whatsoever and I couldn't care less to be honest. I've been digital only (PC) for way over a decade. The price tag of the PS6 at launch is actually what will be the decider for me.

 

[Damigos]

i m full digital from 2010.
Other options (PC, xbox) are full digital and subscription based anyway.
There is no real alternative and it personally doesnt affect me at all.
Only problem is i wont be able to borrow games, which isnt THAT big of a deal as it was 2-3 games per year max.
I would like for the retail discs to exist as an option, but it was inevitable. We have already voted with our wallets, years ago. It wont change
I ll be buying PS6, except if something catastrophic happens. eg $2k price point and laughable specs.

 

[Esppiral]

i m full digital from 2010.
Other options (PC, xbox) are full digital and subscription based anyway.
There is no real alternative and it personally doesnt affect me at all.
Only problem is i wont be able to borrow games, which isnt THAT big of a deal as it was 2-3 games per year max.
I would like for the retail discs to exist as an option, but it was inevitable. We have already voted with our wallets, years ago. It wont change
I ll be buying PS6, except if something catastrophic happens. eg $2k price point and laughable specs.

Xbox is full digital since when? I buy my physical for Xbox..

Not denying they are a heading the same direction as Sony but stating that Xbox is fully digital is a straight up lie.

 

[Felessan]

Haven't bought disc for more than ten years, so don't really care about current mess
Will buy PS6 day1, same as I did with other consoles since PS3, for convenience gaming, PC is too much of a bother to play on

 

[Damigos]

Xbox is full digital since when? I buy my physical for Xbox..

Not denying they are a heading the same direction as Sony but stating that Xbox is fully digital is a straight up lie.

Xbox is irrelevant anyway, its stupid to get an xbox as long as pc exists. Especially for xbox MS pushed people to go full sub

 

[Lord Malachite]

I wish there were more options in the poll. I'm lukewarm on the PS6. The absence of physical games has nothing to do with it. I'm an owner of a PS5 Pro with a disc drive for maximum backwards compatibility. I am loving the experience I am having on my PS5 Pro, and as such have no sense of urgency for a PS6. Games already look and run so good on my current system. I don't feel like my box is way outmoded and desperately needs an upgrade.

I will probably buy a PS6 at some point, but unless the price is heavily subsidized, it's pretty unlikely that I'll do so at launch.

As for "muh physical games", I've said before I'm a huge physical games guy as well as a PS only gamer. In fact, I have six separate physical games for PS5 on pre-order right now. They were all placed before the announcement of support ending for physical games. I really don't get why people are screaming so hard about something that has been in the works for so long. Physical games make up such a small part of the overall gaming market that they have become irrelevant. People love to post about a handful of Sony published titles that had significant physical sales--some people posting data on games that are a decade old like Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.

That's all well and good if a handful of titles move big physical numbers, but those physical sales are still a drop in the ocean of gaming. Sony has been cutting Blu-Ray production for some time now, they didn't just wake up one day and decide to phase it out. Year after year after year, the numbers go down. And the physical experience gets worse.

You buy a physical game on PS5 and you get a disc in a box. No manual. No maps. No errata. In a great many cases, you don't even get a complete game. You insert the disc on launch day, and after the disc installs, an absolutely massive update is still downloading for the game. Then there is all the post-launch patches and DLC. Even when you buy so-called "complete editions" of games physically that release later, it's just the same day 1 version of the game in the box with a voucher code(s) for DLC content. It's not on the disc.

When I first heard the news a few days ago, I looked at my shelf with hundreds of physical games, and I said. "Oh, wow. That sucks. But it's nice that we had it as long as we did." I didn't get mad. I didn't feel some need to rush to Sony the multi-billion dollar corporation's defense. I recognized the reality that the market has moved towards digital for the last two decades, and that all digital is what every single game publisher and platform holder have wanted since digital games began emerging on console in the seventh generation.

This ninth generation has been absolutely devastating for what remained of the physical games market. The sales are so low they have become irrelevant. Sony can make more money by cutting the expense of them and going digital only.

To all the people screaming about betrayal, Sony does not hear you. Sony does not care. They are not beholden to you. They are beholden to their shareholders. They have only two goals as a corporation--to increase profits and increase the valuation of their stock. Your feelings do not matter.

Do you think their board held a meeting to decide the best way to piss off their fans? They looked at the numbers and said physical does not make sense anymore. They can make more money by going digital only. They also looked at the data and knew it would anger people. That they would lose paying customers over it. Sony examined that data, calculated the value of those customers, and deemed them to be acceptable losses.

Sony announced the death of physical games on PlayStation. Their stock went up. Their shareholders applauded. Your screams for vengeance fell on deaf ears. They do not care. Because the people making all the noise are not a relevant part of Sony's portfolio. Your business is welcome, but if you're determined not to patronize them over it, they are fine with that.

Cancel your PS+. Sell your PS5. Sony does not care. You are not "sticking it to Sony." Your rage and your departure are a calculated part of the process. That is just the reality of the situation.

 

[An Corp]

I've been a supporter of PlayStation since the original release of Resident Evil 2 back in '97. Bought every single console and played almost all of their exclusives.

I'll be the first to say the PS5 era is a completely different feel from the PS1-PS4. I even hesitated with the PS3 when it originally released, but eventually that paid out to what was a fantastic generation of games.

Something has changed drastically with PS5 so much so that I've lost all interest in the brand since it release in 2020. The first party games don't really exist much anymore and for me that's why I've always played on their platform.

 

[Bojji]

Am I a Sony fan?

I had every PS console besides PSP.

 

[DarkShadowXI]

Sony fans? Are you sure you are a Sony fans if you don't have their fans?

What? I couldn't hear you over my Sony fans. Let me turn them down.

 

[Astray]

All about the content, price and hardware specs for me.

And when I say hardware, I don't mean how much uplift is there in graphics, I mean things like "will it take my existing 4tb m.2 PCIE 4.0 SSD from my Playstation 5 Pro to the PS6?" and "how much do they give me in onboard storage?" etc.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Price is the concern, not digital - that ship has sailed long ago and if people were really that vexed with physical then they should have been buying discs all this time.