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Elie Gould

French left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon declares 'Players have rights too!' over the death of physical discs

Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of France Unbowed, during a 2027 presidential campaign launch rally in Saint-Denis, France, on Sunday, June 7, 2026.

The latest double whammy that both Grand Theft Auto 6 and PlayStation will soon be ditching disks and going digital has angered fans and roused old discussions of what ownership of videogames and players rights will look like in a digital future. Spoiler alert: it's not great, that's if Hideo Kojima's preminitions are anything to go by. But there are some who are willing to put up a fight.

One such person is none other than La France Insoumise leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who recently took to social media to say the following: "With GTA 6 without a disc in 2026 and Sony's announcement of the end of physical disc sales for games in 2028, the question arises of how we view these products.

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