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US Representative Ritchie Torres from New York City announced that he will introduce the “Power To The Players Act” citing that digital video games are a rental disguises as a sale🚀 He explained: "When you pay for a game, you should own it. Consumers must have the right to own, the right to play, and the right to transfer the games they buy. A game that can be taken away the moment a company pulls the plug is not a purchase. It is a rental disguised as a sale.” If it is passed into law, the bill will protect our ability to own and play purchased games. Source: @RitchieTorres Office It’s about time the firm hand of the law took a stand towards the normalized exploitation of gamers under the excuse of “the company has the right to revoke access at any time for any reason without compensation” and actually preserved players’ rights to own the games they buy, and to be compensated in case said game was removed or account was disabled. There can never be full trust in digital games when you aren’t even able to own what you’re buying. In any case, physical media must be preserved, because it will always be the only and most reliable way to play games and have agency over their usage, and they must contain the ENTIRE game, whether on one disc and four even. NO DISC 💿 NO BUY

Ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden chimed in on Sony’s plan to end physical media stating “I don't agree with that decision”🚀 While Layden understands the convenience of digital games, he insists that even if 80% of people download games and 20% buy them physically, the 20% is “super important” He added that these are the most “faithful of the faithful” players, who even buy multiple copies of a game to add to their collections🫡 Source: The Expansion Pass podcast ___________ Huge respect to Shawn Layden for having a full understanding of gamers and the importance of physical media, and that it’s not about whether digital or physical has the bigger percentage, but rather honoring the options and wishes of the most loyal, in addition to the many other benefits of physical media. I would do anything to have gave back as a CEO of PlayStation alongside Shuhei Yoshida, both of whom have demonstrated their passion for gaming and great understanding of gaming culture, and both of whom made Sony flourish under their influence and wisdom💿

PlayStation 4 allowed users to copy their saves to USB. PS5 doesn’t allow that, and you need to be paying at least $79.99 a year just to copy your saves to the PS+ cloud🚀 This is Sony, everyone. Their greed knows no limits, and with each new generation, they will take away another feature you always had for free and charge you for it⬇️