What’s-The-Matter-With Sony?

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You know what I’m going to start calling Sony?

I’m going to start calling them What’s-The-Matter-With?

And you know why?

Because every time I see a news article about them, I just shake my head in disappointment and ask myself: What’s-The-Matter-With Sony?

Sony recently announced that, from January 2028, all new PlayStation titles will be digital-only. So let me get this straight:

1994: Sony destroys its rivals by using discs.
2028: Sony destroys itself by not using discs.

I’m no longer a gamer, but man, I feel like I have agency here as a lifelong user of Sony products. The first console I ever bought with my own money was a PS1 Slim, and to this day I still listen to music on my Sony Walkman MP3 player when I’m out and about.

Because Sony used to be like Spider-Man. The friendly neighbourhood gaming company, scrappy, creative, swinging in on the player’s side.

But lately, they look a lot more like Doctor Octopus. Same brilliance, different priorities. Now it’s just tentacles, reaching for every revenue stream at once.

And here’s the part that really gets me.

This isn’t a new mistake. It’s an old one, made by Microsoft. And gamers never really forgot it.

Then remember 2013? Microsoft announced a bunch of restrictions around game ownership and sharing, and gamers hated it. Sony responded with a 20-second video titled PlayStation 4: How to Share Used Games on PS4. The entire video was basically one guy handing another guy a game. Sony won that argument, hands down.

And now, after dominating the Xbox series era, they seem like they are in a rush to become the company they mocked. So my question is, is Sony Microsoft in disguise?

And would you believe it, Nintendo is still making physical games. Things you can hold, put in the console, and actually own. So apparently it can still be done.

Sony, you’ve got the costume. You’ve got the power. You’re Sony. Act like it.

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