Sony Imposes Strict Social Media Rules Over Disc Phaseout
Sony is restricting employee public communications following the decision to end production of physical PlayStation game discs by 2028.
Employees at PlayStation first-party studios are facing unprecedented restrictions on public communications after Sony decided to end the production of physical game discs by 2028. The electronics company is enforcing what staff describe as the strictest social media guidelines ever issued to manage the transition to a fully digital ecosystem.
Former Sony Santa Monica writer Alanah Pearce revealed the existence of these policies in a YouTube video, noting that the severity of the guidelines suggests the company anticipated a significant public relations crisis and negative consumer reaction. The move to eliminate physical media is viewed as a gamble on the strength of the PlayStation ecosystem's lock-in effect.
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