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Boycott vs PlayStation: financial results seal the defeat of defenders of the physical format

Last summer, in the face of the controversial announcement of the PlayStation’s shift to all-digital (and thus the abandonment of discs) for the beginning of 2028, players had banded together to hit the manufacturer in the wallet via a temporary boycott. A noisy action, but not enough to make Sony back down, if the latest quarterly results from the Japanese giant are to be believed.

You already know that, starting at the beginning of 2028, PlayStation will stop selling games in [abc]Blu-Ray[/abc] format to switch to all-digital.

 

A digital boycott with no effect on Sony's accounts

Displeased with this decision, some players even went so far as to organize a "digital boycott" at the end of August, stopping the purchase of any digital content on the PlayStation Store for a week. Enough to make Sony buckle? Alas, no, first independent estimates revealed last September, recently confirmed by Sony's recent financial results for the past quarter.

 

Indicators looking good despite the protest

Thus, both sales and user engagement increased compared with the previous quarter, notably with more than two million additional active players. Positive momentum that should not weaken in the months to come for the Japanese giant.

 

The impact of GTA 6 and the inevitable transition And we imagine that the release of GTA 6 next November 19 will push these figures even higher. In short, the defenders of the physical format may have been loud, but not numerous enough to overturn the major change underway, namely the move to all-digital.

 

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