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VIDEOS REFERENCED:
Original video about the future of video game consoles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXf66oSSwHU
Video about the games industry's current struggles across the board: youtu.be/9HM9nmqNioQ?si=X0z0LXMzv68cm7HF

VIDEO EDITED BY: bsky.app/profile/mrchambers.bsky.social

CHANGE.ORG PETITION:
www.change.org/p/don-t-kill-the-disc-tell-sony-to-keep-physical-playstation-games

SOURCES:
blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/
blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/an-update-on-playstation-store-for-ps3-and-ps-vita/
www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/25q4_sonypre.pdf
www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/25q4_sony.pdf
www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/25q3_sonypre.pdf
www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/presen/er/pdf/25q3_supplement.pdf
www.sonyfg.co.jp/en/financial_info/management_vision/260529_01.pdf
www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/corporatereport/CorporateReport2025_E.pdf
bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3mp4ddpzqns2o
www.eraltd.org/era-statement-removing-game-discs-removes-consumer-choice
in.ign.com/playstation-5-1/257578/news/playstation-sony-delists-a-number-of-shovelware-games-from-the-store
www.playstationlifestyle.net/2026/06/26/purchased-studio-canal-content-removed-playstation-library/
psprices.com/news/sony-ab-testing-prices/
bsky.app/profile/gamehistoryorg.bsky.social/post/3mpm6jzps6k2i
www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/sony-faces-457m-lawsuit-over-end-of-playstation-discs/gm-GMBEC5009B?gemSnapshotKey=GMBEC5009B-snapshot-0&uxmode=ruby
playstationyouoweus.co.uk/
psndigitalgamessettlement.com/home/
www.dexerto.com/gaming/stop-killing-games-fails-to-secure-eu-law-despite-1-3m-signatures-3376431/
www.reuters.com/world/eu-court-rejects-apples-challenge-against-eu-rules-reining-big-tech-2026-07-08/
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/commissioner-says-eu-cant-stop-sony-killing-disc-games/
www.change.org/p/don-t-kill-the-disc-tell-sony-to-keep-physical-playstation-games
www.notebookcheck.net/Estimate-shows-How-much-more-Sony-earns-from-digital-games-than-from-discs.1338567.0.html
marketbeat.com/stocks/NYSE/SONY/chart/
tech-insider.org/ps5-93-million-sony-record-profit-2026/
www.investopedia.com/terms/m/matureindustry.asp
financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/ai-boom-stokes-inflation-with-memory-chips-at-insane-prices
www.ien.com/operations/video/22970375/sony-retraining-factory-workers-after-scrapping-playstation-discs
www.sony-semicon.com/en/news/2026/2026050801.html
www.shacknews.com/article/149725/sony-ai-playstation-evolution
www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/corporatereport/CorporateReport2025_E.pdf
www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/IR/library/corporatereport/CorporateReport2025_E.pdf
youtu.be/kWSIFh8ICaA?si=Da5MebTErGFxRa4K
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYBSNQLsBKk
www.matthewball.co/all/presentation-the-state-of-video-gaming-in-2026
3633x.share.hsforms.com/2Hi-CZzSXTN-7OxX-5-arBw
www.businessofapps.com/data/youtube-statistics/
www.bbc.com/news/technology-44640959

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