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    Mat Piscatella on the PlayStation Blackout: “There was no significant change at all in player count or engagement in our tracking.”



    Mat Piscatella on the PlayStation Blackout: “There was no significant change at all in player count or engagement in our tracking.”

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    4. tits_mcgee_92 on

      It turns out Reddit isn’t even close to the sentiment of the majority of the player base.

      Most people genuinely do not give af. They want to load up cod, fifa, or whatever game they’re playing and play.

    6. SimilarRaspberry5657 on

      Ohhhh yeaaaa I forgot people said something about a blackout. I bought three digital games that week LOL

    7. Macsilver18 on

      These things only exist on the internet lol

      haven’t people learned anything from hogwarts legacy?

    8. OsitoPandito on

      Im just buying games physical only from now on and if they stop making them, then ill be forced to stop engaging with playstation

    9. FamousAmos87 on

      The only way to get their attention is to just stop giving them money. But that ain’t gonna happen.

    10. pineapplesuit7 on

      When will Reddit understand that it will always be a vocal minority. Time and time again, we’ve seen this with these ‘boycotts’. The average consumer literally doesn’t care.

    12. Hot_Demand_6263 on

      Ouch. Ok now that’s done. Go out and vote…like in real politics. I know, I know you complainers really hate that. But that is the best option for digital ownership.

    15. karma6063 on

      You mean to tell me that all that traction for the anti-sony movement on xwitter had more to do with the fact that that place is a bot farm more than an actual community? No. Stunning. Absolutely no one could’ve seen this.

    16. stillgotmonkon on

      Hang on, you mean a bunch of people on Reddit who did the blackout who don’t own PS5’s never played????

    17. sys_admin321 on

      What was this supposed to do? Nothing.

      Don’t buy Wolverine, that will send more of a message.

    18. BloodstoneWarrior on

      Everyone being smug about it when they would also say this if there was an impact, they would never admit it and just carry on as normal

    19. RobbieJ4444 on

      All I’ll say is that I hope the lesson here is how not to do an organise protest. Not that the people who have legitimate concerns and frustrations aren’t worth listening to.

    22. epicbrewtality on

      Some people only have a PlayStation and that’s where their friends are too.

      Were they expected to just abandon the hobby for a period?

      I agree with the sentiment behind the blackout, but it was never ever going to work.

    23. gogosox82 on

      You can’t do a blackout with an end date. You just have to walk away until you get what you want.

    26. Queef-Elizabeth on

      The moment I saw the articles I was just playing out the whole passion of the movement and the I told you so’s of everyone. These movements feel like psyops lmao like they’re designed to make it look stupid

    27. Reemous on

      I don’t understand the point of a blackout with a deadline 🙁
      It’s just a week and you’re back to playing and purchasing games? What?

    29. AllHailDanda on

      I still haven’t played since the blackout started. Even though there was no blackout just as there is no backlash and they cut ties with Kojima because he was over budget and can’t deliver and Sony never did anything wrong in their life ever.

      ![gif](giphy|1AIeYgwnqeBUxh6juu)

    31. ch4dr0x on

      Anyone else just staring at the countdown timer on their PlayStation home page for Wolverine? Cannot fucking wait for midnight.

    33. ThenThereWasSilence on

      I’ve been saying this since the start. The average person doesn’t care about this. This is a topic for the ultra-online.

    34. angelHOE on

      Blackouts won’t make a difference the only thing corporations listen to is the almighty dollar. If you really want to stand your ground, cancel ps plus, don’t buy PlayStation games, and switch platforms. Of course, most people won’t do this, which Sony knows, which is why they won’t change.

    39. iLLiCiT_XL on

      This was never a real protest. The real protest would be not buying GTAVI. But no one is doing that either.

      Everything is fucked is what I’m saying.

    45. heatkings1 on

      I, for one, am shocked. I bet 90% of the people joining in either dont play on their ps5 much or just dont have one to begin with

    46. Ok-Donut-4447 on

      Blackouts with expiration dates are strange to me. Like you’re just telling them that this is a temporary setback and not to worry

    47. JordanM85 on

      Oh, it mattered. And Sony saw it. You think they’re going to put out a press release about it? Ask Xbox if their disastrous E3 presentation was just “people on twitter” complaining. PlayStation is losing their die hard fans and their brand name is very quickly being ruined. You lose the core audience and the casuals fall very fast to the competition. It has happened before, and it is happening right now.

    48. Lioil1 on

      kudos to those who actually did it… but your normal players would never visit gaming reddits/forums or follow “influencers” and or twitter on this. So it’s as expected.

    50. CaptainKirky4655 on

      LOL it’s almost like everyone said this and the performative losers thought they’d still make a difference