PlayStation faced a boicot organized in the last week of August that overlapped with the GTA 6 gameplay reveal and the Modern Warfare 4 beta. The call urged players to stop using the console, avoid purchases, and not renew their PlayStation Plus subscriptions. Analyst Matt Piscatella of Circana notes that platform activity showed no significant changes during that time, though no concrete numbers were released.
The campaign failed to sway Sony's decision to drop the physical format; the company remains firm, and the upcoming year is expected to be the final one in which PlayStation supports disc-based games. Titles such as God of War Laufey and possibly Intergalactic: Heretic Prophet will be the last physical exclusives.
Rumors suggest the next generation of Xbox consoles may feature a disc drive, allowing Microsoft to fill the gap left by Sony in the physical market. Meanwhile, Microsoft has begun adding features that enable players to digitize their physical libraries, though it has not disclosed a definitive plan for the disc format.