Opposition to Sony's decision to end physical PlayStation game discs is continuing to build, with the leading online petition, "Don't Kill the Disc: Tell Sony to Keep Physical PlayStation Games," passing 213,000 signatures and topping Change.org's Trending page for the week. Sony announced it will halt disc production from 2028, meaning that within roughly 18 months all new releases will be sold only via the PS Store, with physical retail boxes containing merely a download code; the PS6 is now widely presumed to lack a disc drive. The scale of the backlash is notable, with the article's author suggesting they have rarely seen this level of anger directed at the company.

The main petition was organised by Jade Pearce, owner of Canadian retailer PNP Games, and grew rapidly from around 9,000 signatures to over 213,000 across the reporting period, while at least 15 separate petitions are said to be running worldwide, including in Portugal, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, Denmark and Switzerland. Pearce argues that a download code is "a digital license in plastic packaging" rather than genuine ownership, warns of risks to retail and distribution jobs, and highlights the irony of Sony's pro-physical stance at E3 2013. Sony appears committed to the change, having already begun repurposing its largest disc-printing factory, though the article notes the company has reversed unpopular decisions under pressure before.