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Those hoping for a Hail Mary pass from EU lawmakers regarding Sony PlayStation’s recent decision to stop physical disc game production in 2028, it appears you’re out of luck.
In a recent interview with the Irish Mirror, Ireland’s EU Commissioner for consumer protection Michael McGrath says that the European Union cannot force Sony to keep releasing physical PlayStation games.
Speaking in Strasbourg’s European Parliament to reporters, he says: “It does come down to commercial and contractual freedoms, and companies are free to offer games and services in the manner that they see fit, provided that consumer rights are fully protected in line with national and EU law.”
Players can still choose to support or boycott Sony’s decision by deciding whether to buy its games, and a vocal online campaign has been active since the announcement.
However, Kotaku reports that those attempts took a hit in the past day when Sony, in its first social media posting since the announcement that didn’t get roasted by fans, revealed that ports of “Call of Duty: Black Ops” and “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” are now available on PS4 and PS5.
That has led to questions about whether the boycott campaign has already lost steam, how much wider support it actually has, and if it’s enough to have an impact.
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