say that Sony’s decision to cease production of physical PlayStation game discs The controversy unleashed would be an understatement in the 2020s.
Almost every gamer under the sun is angry about this decision, and companies inside and outside the video game industry have responded with satirical content mocking Sony.
However, this controversy has escalated so quickly that it is even attracted the attention of politicians such as Jean-Luc Mélenchon. This man, who is running for President of France, responded to this event, as well as the fact that Grand Theft Auto 6 is digital-only, citing the dangers of games becoming digital-only with this proclamation (translated):
“With GTA 6 without a disc in 2026 and sonyFollowing the announcement of the end of sales of physical game discs in 2028, the question arises as to how we view these products. Tomorrow you will pay without ever having anything. “There is no loan, no resale, no guarantee of keeping what we have paid.”
With GTA 6 going discless in 2026 and Sony announcing the end of physical disc sales for games in 2028, it begs the question of how we view these products. Tomorrow you will pay without ever having anything. No loan, no resale, no guarantee of conservation of this…July 2, 2026
Jean-Luc Mélenchon then states that he is willing to support gamers’ right to own the games they buy saying: “Video games are not mere merchandise, they are cultural assets and current legislation must be applied to them. We will open the project in 2027. Players also have rights!”
This is not the first time that Jean-Luc Mélenchon defends video games, since, according to @Insubmission indescribed them as “total art that breaks with previous art forms” in 2022, and has been defending them since 2017.
🔴 Since 2017, Jean-Luc Mélenchon has considered video games as a political issue. Contrary to what some commentators claim, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is not his first public expression about video games. In 2022, he described them as “total art… pic.twitter.com/2pQquQVfBlJuly 3, 2026
With this controversy reaching widespread attention, will games going purely digital in 2028 cause other politicians or even world leaders to weigh in with their opinions on the issue?
Surely we won’t have to wait long to find out more news about one of the biggest changes in the game’s recent history.
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