Posted Jul 27, 2026 at 11:45 AM UTCJPlayStation users are going dark to protest Sony ditching discs.Game preservation group Does It Play? is encouraging console owners to give Sony “a small taste of their own medicine,” announcing a one-week PSBlackout starting on Sunday, August 23rd. Protest participants are being asked to avoid logging into, playing, or purchasing any content on PlayStation-related platforms during this period.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Jess Weatherbed
PlayStation users are going dark to protest Sony ditching discs.
Game preservation group Does It Play? is encouraging console owners to give Sony “a small taste of their own medicine,” announcing a one-week PSBlackout starting on Sunday, August 23rd. Protest participants are being asked to avoid logging into, playing, or purchasing any content on PlayStation-related platforms during this period. [Image: The protest aims to make Sony scrap its plans to end production of physical PlayStation game discs in 2028. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/HOK0goaWQAAUxAa.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
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