Frustrated PlayStation fans are urging people to buy third-party and indie games on rival platforms rather than the PS5, as anger continues over Sony's decision to stop manufacturing physical game discs. The backlash is spreading beyond Sony itself, with fans review-bombing and flooding comment sections for games Sony merely promotes on social media, regardless of the developers' involvement in the original decision, raising concerns about collateral damage to smaller studios.

The controversy was reignited this week by the release of Denshattack, a digital-only arcade train game, whose promotional post from Sony was retweeted by numerous accounts telling followers to buy it elsewhere instead. PlayStation's YouTube channel has reportedly become swamped with negative comments, including on unrelated indie game trailers such as Teeto, whose developer said its launch was overshadowed by the disc row. It has now been two weeks since Sony's announcement without further clarification from the company, and a Push Square poll of over 1,100 readers found 27% say they've stopped buying PS5 games entirely and 23% are buying fewer, while 46% report no change.