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PlayStation U-turns on removal of Discovery content people had paid for (www.eurogamer.net)
submitted 10 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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Sony has said it will no longer delete Discovery content from PlayStation libraries following fan backlash. In a statem…

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[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Were they able to correlate the downward trend in new hardware sales to the bad PR? Maybe they realized that if they erode trust with the consumer they can't convince them to buy these disc less digital only consoles.

When they announced the removal of content, people outside of my normal tech bubble noticed and reached out to me about it so I think at least personally it had an effect.

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't believe the average PlayStation gamer gives a hoot about this issue.

Average. I said average. Not people on Lemmy or alien website. Those people are far from average.