Link ShareSony (and More Broadly the VideoGame Industry)'s Misstep after Misstep Now Leads to a Cat and Mouse with Gamers/Hackers and Publishers

The current shape of gaming is mercurial. And it all started with Sony's push towards a digital-only push and sunsetting physical media. You can think of it as what Adobe is to SaaS, or how Apple made the push towards soldered on SSDs and removal of physical media drives standard (and ultimately leading to the death of physical media on computers).

Whatever the case: anytime corporate America makes a unilateral decision based purely off stakeholders and not the consumers, it typically leads to pushback and disasters. It's not at all surprising that this pairs with the current state of America, its economy, and widespread implementation and push towards AI replacing workers more broadly. Additionally, it points to the underlying politick of our nation, as corporate interests are continually over-valued, while citizen's interests are continually under-valued. It also points to the desperate need implement government regulation and oversight, once we restore government's function to serve the needs of the many - not just the few. Likewise, it's also why theunderKurrent.com was borne as a platform: we recognized there was a better and more humane option that honors independence and user's choice.

This democratic erosion causes a breakdown of the social contract and social order - all at the benefit of the few.