How to Sign ‘Don’t Kill The Disc’ Petition Against Sony PlayStation

The immediate reaction to Sony’s stance to end physical disc production from 2028 was for the community to launch the ‘Don’t Kill The Disc’ petition as direct action. You can sign this very petition and contribute to the effort to get Sony to reconsider.

I think it’s safe to say we were all taken aback when Sony announced it would stop producing discs for new PlayStation games in 2028.

Yes, PlayStation has confirmed support for existing physical games post-2028, but this is extremely limited, and it doesn’t solve the underlying disconnect between consumers, collectors, and the direction the games industry is heading.

Where to Sign Don’t Kill The Disc Petition, Explained

You need to go to Change.org and search for the Don’t Kill The Disc petition to find the ongoing petition that has accumulated thousands of signatures and counting.

Here are some quick steps to follow:

1. Head to Change.org.
2. Click on the search function.
3. Look for Don’t Kill The Disc.
4. Choose Don’t Kill the Disc: Tell Sony to Keep Physical PlayStation Games.
5. Fill out the details on the side of the page.
6. Once you’re ready, hit Sign petition to complete your entry.
7. Sit back and wait to see if your participation makes a difference!

The Don’t Kill the Disc’ petition hit 100,000 signatures in just four days, and the numbers keep rising day by day.

I imagine this is one where it will require millions, if not hundreds of millions of signatures, to make a difference. But you never know.

What is the Sony PlayStation Don’t Kill The Disc Petition?

The Don’t Kill The Disc petition is aimed at Sony and PlayStation over the decision to cease disc production from 2028, and the aim is to, hopefully, restore Sony’s faith and reconsider the decision to end physical media on PlayStation.

Here’s the full statement about the petition on Change.org, its purpose, and the intended result:

‘On July 1, 2026, Sony announced it will end production of physical discs for all new PlayStation games starting January 2028. New games will be sold digitally, or as a box containing only a download code, with no disc inside. Days earlier, Grand Theft Auto VI confirmed it will launch with no disc at all. When the market leader ends the disc, the rest of the industry follows.

The irony is hard to miss. At E3 2013, Sony won over a generation of players by promising that when you buy a PlayStation game, you can trade it in, sell it, lend it to a friend, or “keep it forever,” and famously mocked the competition for trying to restrict exactly that. Thirteen years later, Sony is the one taking it away.

A disc is a real game you own. You can lend it, trade it, resell it, gift it, collect it, or pass it down to your kids. A box with only a download code is not the same thing. It is a digital license in plastic packaging. You do not own it. You are renting access that can be revoked, and people have already had purchased movies deleted from their libraries and games pulled from sale weeks after launch.

This is also about jobs. 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. 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.

We are not against digital. 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.

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. If we do not speak up now, the disc disappears, and the choice goes with it.

Organized on behalf of the wider physical game industry, the retailers, distributors, manufacturers, and collectors whose livelihoods and passion depend on physical media.’

It carries on a mid-2026 period where the company isn’t currying too many favors with its fans.

Sony is already repurposing a ‘Disc Site’ after scrapping physical games, and even future PlayStation Plus price hikes have been discussed.

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