Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[who is ted danson?]

I'm a video game preservationist 

That's why my bookshelves have 2,000 vidya

[jooseloose]

Planetsmasher banned 

[TylenolJones]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-all-digital-future-is-a-nightmare-for-educators-scholars-librarians-and-more.1566163

He should just remove rebirth from the list since it’s the only game requiring modern hardware and is a remake of an older game that requires you to play through the older game to properly understand it. All the other games will run on a basic MacBook and the poor students can just pirate them. 

I wouldn’t call that a nightmare.

[BIONIC]

Planetsmasher banned 

And no one will be able to figure out the post he was banned for since cunt posts 50+ posts per day on average

[jooseloose]

Planetsmasher banned 

And no one will be able to figure out the post he was banned for since cunt posts 50+ posts per day on average

https://www.resetera.com/threads/playstation-studios-ot50-every-time-the-ot-dies-it-comes-back-stronger.1508449/page-333#post-157275796

I hope it continues. Maybe Sony can get hit with another data breach. That'd be fun. They need to see consequences, and if they won't be dissuaded from this path I hope those consequences are devastating.

MOD EDIT: Post reverted

User banned (1 week): Inflammatory commentary

[Cheers]

Not sure why I should care about reselling a game or getting discounts, maybe pay artists the full value of what they're worth instead of trying to steal part of their art?

This is exactly why I only play games on gamepass.

[BIONIC]

PsychosisSmasher

[jooseloose]

fucking hell he's posting like a psychopath 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/playstation-studios-ot50-every-time-the-ot-dies-it-comes-back-stronger.1508449/page-333#post-157276612

How else do you expect anything to get better unless companies are AFRAID of fucking over their consumers? No company will ever act altruistically out of the good of their own corporate heart. The only recourse we have is to make it difficult and painful for them to screw us.

EDIT: Fucking hell 

People very rarely understand what they have to lose until it's too late to get it back.

I want this to stop. How that's accomplished is less important than the outcome. If there is another way to get Sony off of this path, I'm all for that instead.

As I said literally two posts before this response - all I care about is that this stops. That's what matters. The 'how' is irrelevant

As I keep. repeatedly. saying. All that matters is that Sony changes their path. I don't care how it's accomplished.

[benji]

would be fun to put people lives in danger ? would be fun to release data of people online who has nothing to do with this just for the sake of you having fun? what kind of comment is this? are you serious?

I'm not advocating for doxxing people, to be clear. No innocent person deserves that.

But I have absolutely zero sympathy for Sony's data as a company. And these companies need to be scared away from killing the concept of ownership. I want to see companies that are pushing us into a creative dark age suffer the consequences for that hubris.

no man, you are advocating for that, " it would be fun" to release people data online because a data breach, what u think a data breach have? you are advocating for people be in danger just because you dont like a decision sony is making, i dont like it as well and i´m not out there saying "i hope a data breach happen, that would be fun" , you know the consequences of that? nah man you are so out of touch, those kind of comments are not good at all, doesnt matter the excuse you want to make

How else do you expect anything to get better unless companies are AFRAID of fucking over their consumers? No company will ever act altruistically out of the good of their own corporate heart. The only recourse we have is to make it difficult and painful for them to screw us.

whishing for people lives get in danger is not the solution, and that will never be the solution.

I have not at any point wished for people's lives to be in danger. You're putting words in my mouth that I didn't say.

wishing for a data breach is not ok, and the consequences of data breach are people´s live being in danger, stop the excuses. for real. your comment was not ok.

Then suggest actual consequences Sony should be hit with for doing this. Because they need to see consequences.

Would you rather my alternative solution be "I hope the PS6 bombs and kills the entire Playstation brand"? Because I will volunteer that as an alternative if it makes you feel better.

Jesus, I understand the anger but man, wishing for a data breach...
Might be time to step away from the keyboard for a bit.

You can call me emotional if you want, that's fine. My point is that these companies need to be pressured to the point where they don't feel justified in fucking us over and killing the concept of ownership. Because once ownership is gone, it's never coming back.

The only thing we can do is hope that something happens to scare them off of this path before it's set in stone. Once the change is made, it's done. Ownership is dead forever, and so is any concept of actually maintaining a library of games over a period of years.

Data breaches don't fuck over Sony. They fuck over us.

We're being fucked over either way.

So you just want consumers to get double fucked over with a data breach that jeopardizes our credit card information and personal data. Yeah very normal sentiment to have there

I want this to stop. How that's accomplished is less important than the outcome. If there is another way to get Sony off of this path, I'm all for that instead.

Planet you need to take a really deep breath.

There's outrage, and there's just being dumb. A data breach is not going to solve anything, for anyone, and won't make anything other than make things worse.

As I said literally two posts before this response - all I care about is that this stops. That's what matters. The 'how' is irrelevant, all that matters is that we don't go hurtling irreversibly into an era where we have no ownership and no rights. If Sony can be scared off of this path by just normal backlash, that's better.

My dude, the market won't stop by wishing those things.

Then read my posts and my continued explanations and clarifications instead of getting fixated on a post from two pages ago.

As I keep. repeatedly. saying. All that matters is that Sony changes their path. I don't care how it's accomplished. If they see this normal backlash and change their minds, great.

And we're telling you a data breach doesn't do that. How hard is this to understand?

I'M NOT FIXATED ON THE DATA BREACH. For fuck's sake, people, read the words I'm saying. I was just musing. If there is a better way to dissuade them from their current path, I'm all in support of that. All that matters to me is ownership being preserved. Whatever accomplishes that in the least destructive way possible is the ideal path.

Let the data breach thing go. Because right now it just sounds like you're telling me "suck it up, let ownership die, there's nothing anyone should try to do to stop this".

"Honestly, I don't care if Ken Kutaragi is kidnapped, raped and beheaded on live video as long as it stops this. You can call me emotional if you want, that's fine. How else do you expect anything to get better unless companies are AFRAID of fucking over their consumers?"

[Greatness Gone]

“Consequences” for doing what PC did in the mid 2000s. Don’t they post all the time about how vidya retail is a hellscape/how much shopping at GameStop and Best Buy suck either due to store layout or lack of stock?

How did they not see this coming? How do they spend all day on a hobbyist site without knowing how 90% of customers purchase software? 

[TylenolJones]

PlanetSmasher next week. 

[Nintex]

PlayStation has also announced they're ending physical discs.

[benji]

And no one will be able to figure out the post he was banned for since cunt posts 50+ posts per day on average

It's really too bad he does because I would love to compile a bunch of the "threats" he's issued over the years at least going back to his infamous threat to "GET LOUD" if something or other happened.

[jooseloose]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/playstation-studios-ot50-every-time-the-ot-dies-it-comes-back-stronger.1508449/page-334#post-157279387

Almost crying.

Game collecting has been a cornerstone of my 30 years of existence.

A part of me just died. You can make fun of me.

[Greatness Gone]

PlanetSmasher next week. 

FYI PlaSma needed his dad’s help to plug fans into his PC, it’s very unlikely he’d be able to jerry-rig a shotgun. Sony execs are safe.  

[BIONIC]

PlanetSmasher next week. 

FYI PlaSma needed his dad’s help to plug fans into his PC, it’s very unlikely he’d be able to jerry-rig a shotgun. Sony execs are safe.  

I think it was plugging a stick of ram that he somehow ruined

[HaughtyFrank]

I just can't believe all of these dorks don't have a digital collection that far outnumbers whatever 5-10 physical discs they have on their shelf collecting dust.

In any case I can see Sony backing off this idea quickly. My 3D chess theory is that they're announcing this now as cover for the PS3/Vita store shutdowns, which created an insane shitstorm (over an all-digital store platform, curious!) back when they tried it a few years ago.

Honestly it's been years since I bought a physical game but I really don't like the idea of Sony being in complete control over a game's price. If they allowed stores to sell keys I'd be less upset

[benji]

FYI PlaSma needed his dad’s help to plug fans into his PC, it’s very unlikely he’d be able to jerry-rig a shotgun. Sony execs are safe.  

Imagine the hundred posts he makes complaining about his attempt to do this and assassinate some Sony executive.

[DavidCroquet]

But I have absolutely zero sympathy for Sony's data as a company. And these companies need to be scared away from killing the concept of ownership. I want to see companies that are pushing us into a creative dark age suffer the consequences for that hubris.

All of the voice logs you find in Saros sound like this.

[Vertigo]

I can't shake this news. I feel like it's ruined my entire week. I'm going from a lifelong PlayStation supporter to wanting the brand to just collapse completely over this.



Fuck Sony to hell. I feel genuine hatred in my heart.

Lol ScOULaris has been a hardcore Sony fanboy since the Neogaf days.

These guys are pathetic. Your whole week? Not much must be going on in your life.



The day PS6 pre orders open we know he'll be in there showing his.

[benji]

This is all happening because allies didn't arm up and get in the streets when they shut down Concord.

[DavidCroquet]

This isn't a question of losing art or preservation - these games aren't going anywhere for the most part - it's one of educational resources in an actual classroom setting.

 LLM post

Also word for word his blog post:
https://jabortnick.com/2026/07/01/the-end-of-physical-video-games-threatens-games-education/

He cleaned up the title of the blog post a bit, but the Era thread title is hilariously alarmist.

The All-Digital Future is a Nightmare for Educators, Scholars, Librarians and More

The guy supposedly teaches at a university, so he must be aware of how "Educators, Scholars, Librarians and More" have been navigating digital course content for almost 30 years at this point.

[Cheers]

304 guests. Imagine the like economy if they joined. 

It figures that so many just don’t want to organize and do the work.

[Mediocre Lager]

Did you know that 1 in 10 Bore-posters go without likes on a daily basis? With your help, we could reduce that number and together we can make post neglect a thing of the past.

Please, feed a hungry Benji. Donate your likes today.

[benji]

The guy supposedly teaches at a university, so he must be aware of how "Educators, Scholars, Librarians and More" have been navigating digital course content for almost 30 years at this point.

Also how many libraries have collections that are highly restricted to who is allowed to access them and where you're allowed to take and what you're allowed to do with the materials.

To use a nerdy example, Michigan State has a massive comics archive but you can only look at them in the room after making an appointment: https://lib.msu.edu/murray-hong-spc/comicscollection

[HaughtyFrank]

This is all happening because allies didn't arm up and get in the streets when they shut down Concord.

I tried explaining Concord to the founding fathers and all they did was to put me in chains

[Disco55]

lol, there is no way Sony's physical ending is going to have problems with game education. My guy, people rent digital textbooks, online classes are a thing, and i know there is a streaming sub for textbooks. And i'm going out of limb and say anyone who seriously wants to study education for gaming likely are an enthusiast who likely already has a good library of games on their own.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Planetsmasher banned 

And no one will be able to figure out the post he was banned for since cunt posts 50+ posts per day on average

https://www.resetera.com/threads/playstation-studios-ot50-every-time-the-ot-dies-it-comes-back-stronger.1508449/page-333#post-157275796

I hope it continues. Maybe Sony can get hit with another data breach. That'd be fun. They need to see consequences, and if they won't be dissuaded from this path I hope those consequences are devastating.

MOD EDIT: Post reverted

User banned (1 week): Inflammatory commentary

He's crying so much rn 

Last seen
    6 minutes ago

[Vertigo]

Doesn't this bozo work for Limited Run Games?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/physical-playstation-xbox-collectors-start-considering-buying-2026-games-when-on-sale-and-pre-ordering-2027-releases.1566001/

[Disco55]

lol Limited Run games. Have those clowns ever fixed their Sonic X Shadow Generations screw up?