"Sony had the strictest social media guidelines they've ever seen issued," says former first-party dev about physical disc backlash

"Sony had the strictest social media guidelines they've ever seen issued," says former first-party dev about physical disc backlash "They would only have done this if they knew it was going to be an enormous PR issue. This is no surprise to them." Sony has reportedly issued its strictest-ever social media guidelines to staff at its first-party studios following the backlash to its physical media announcement. That's according to Alanah Pearce, who worked at God of War developer Sony Santa Monica Studio as a writer until 2024. Referring to Sony's shock decision to end all physical media on PlayStation – including for games not published by Sony Interactive Entertainment – released from January 2028, Pearce offered a glimpse into how the megacorp worked to contain the fallout.