Unplug your consoles for a week in August
    • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Best protest would be to cancel the online subscription and quit buying new games.

      • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        Current one already sold huge amount and console entered into its end of lifecycle anyway. Most who purchased it did already. So all is left is the next one. I mean lot of people won’t buy it for high price anyway, so there is more or less only the hardcore fans adopting the console early. But if they don’t buy it either, then the console will fail. But… this only works if other consoles have a disk drive (or cartridges).

        • viral.vegabond@piefed.socialEnglish
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          2 months ago

          You know, at this point, I wouldn’t even be surprised if they colluded to make it happen… It’s shameful how all these companies are acting.

          • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
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            2 months ago

            Oh lol, sorry I thought that was a abbreviation. I agree with you, most people probably will buy anyway. Compared to the blackout protest to not play what you already own, its “easier” to not buy an extremely expensive new hardware. Maybe existing Playstation owners could instead invest their money to other eco systems and expand, instead buying the new next generation console from Sony. We will see.

  • LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Shame I don’t have a PS5 so I can’t protest. I’m glad I chose to abandon all consoles this generation though. All three players are utter scum at this point.

    • d-RLY?@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      Might as well just make sure it is fully powered off and unplugged so it can’t update in low power mode. If it hasn’t been updated, it might be useful later on if an exploit is found allowing CFW. I haven’t paid attention to the scene much, but old OFW tend to give the best options if found. Only “downside” is online stuff unless options have been found for per-game private servers.