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As Sony plans to kill all PlayStation disc production in January 2028, a Canadian retailer has done what everyone was probably thinking of doing: urging the company to change its mind with a petition that's garnered over 220,000 signatures.
PNP Games is an independent retailer based in Canada that started in 2005 by selling games on eBay. Since then, it opened three locations around Canada, becoming a budding business that supplies its customers with everything from home goods like art and drinkware to gaming products such as controllers and consoles. Think GameStop but make it Canadian.
On July 1, just as Sony announced its plans to end disc production of all new PlayStation games in 2028, PNP Games started a petition called Don't Kill the Disc. The mission statement is simple: "Sign to tell Sony to keep disc-based games alive beyond 2028, so the next generation can own the games they play, not just rent them," per the Change.org petition page. "If we do not speak up now, the disc disappears, and the choice goes with it."
Since starting the petition, over 220,000 people have signed the appeal, essentially telling Sony that physical media is important to not just gamers but entertainment enthusiasts as a whole. In a July 6 IGN interview, PNP Games CEO Jade Pearce spoke about how vital physical media is for businesses and consumers.
"Physical games support an entire industry that an all-digital future quietly erases: retailers, distributors, manufacturers, warehousing and logistics, the pre-owned and trade-in market, and the collector and preservation community," Pearce said. "That is thousands of jobs and countless small businesses. Ending physical media removes consumer choice, weakens local economies, and hands a few platform holders total control over how, and whether, you can access the games you buy."
This sentiment is echoed in the petition's messaging as well. PNP Games noted that the death of physical media is "about jobs" as much as it is about the disc being "a real game" that you own, share, resell, trade, collect, gift, and pass down to your kids. An all-digital future puts the very idea of ownership in a precarious spot, which is what PNP Games hopes to change Sony's mind on with the Don't Kill the Disc petition.
"We are not against digital," Pearce wrote on the petition's page. "We are against digital being the only option. A large and passionate community still wants a real, physical game they own outright, and Sony is about to take that choice away."
Speaking to GameSpot over email, Pearce said that July 1 was a holiday in Canada and, instead of taking the day off, the PNP Games decided to organize this petition. The overwhelming response thus far, Pearce admitted, has been "humbling."
“I had hoped we could gather thousands of signatures, but we’re over 230,000 now, one of the most-signed gaming petitions in recent memory," Pearce said. "It helps confirm our belief that people do still care about physical. We see that in support for our business, and through the petition too."
Pearce also reiterated that the company isn't against digital sales. In fact, Pearce said that digital games have a right to exist. They just don't want to see digital media being the only option for consumers when there's still a demand for physical media.
"Physical game sales are still strong for us, and our retro and collector categories are actually growing," Pearce said. "But that's exactly the point: the demand is clearly still here. The longer-term concern isn't just us; it's the whole ecosystem physical media supports: distributors, manufacturers, the used market, thousands of jobs. This isn't physical dying on its own. It's being taken away while it’s still wanted, and that's what we’re pushing back on. We're strong supporters of physical media, and we'll be here backing it for as long as it exists."
You can imagine what the comments have been on the petition. Many of the signatories said Sony's decision weighs heavily on whether they'll buy PlayStation products going forward. Others took to calling the company consumer-unfriendly, stating they feel like Sony is taking advantage of the goodwill it built over the years. And quite a few mentioned that, if we're being hurtled toward an all-digital future, they might as well buy a PC. The internet--and the signers of the petition--have a lot to say about what Sony's doing.