{"id":696204,"date":"2026-07-17T07:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696204\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T07:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:05:12","slug":"claims-sony-has-disabled-youtube-comments-over-physical-disc-backlash-are-not-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696204\/","title":{"rendered":"Claims Sony Has Disabled YouTube Comments Over Physical Disc Backlash Are Not True"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Claims<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

There are reports doing the rounds, initially published by Kotaku<\/a>, that Sony has disabled comments on its YouTube channel<\/a>. This is, at the time I\u2019m writing this, not true.<\/p>\n

Multiple trailers have been uploaded to the platform holder\u2019s account today, all with comments enabled as far as I can tell.<\/p>\n

The one without comments enabled, for a new sports compilation named Instant Sports 2<\/a>, is labelled as \u2018For Kids\u2019. Videos with this label have their comments automatically disabled by YouTube as part of the Child Online Protection Act<\/a>, or COPA as you may know it.<\/p>\n

In fact, this isn\u2019t a new thing: the announcement trailer for Sesame Street: Friends and Fun<\/a> \u2013 first published over a month ago<\/a>, before any online backlashes \u2013 also has its comments disabled, as it\u2019s labelled \u2018For Kids\u2019 as well.<\/p>\n

The insinuation from a lot of the reporting here is that PlayStation has cowardly disabled comments in order to silence the backlash to its physical games decision.<\/p>\n

PlayStation Turns Comments Off On YouTube As Fans Continue Yelling About Physical Games https:\/\/t.co\/hxjGxC3zjM<\/a>\u2014 Kotaku (@Kotaku) July 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

But as can be seen on any other recent trailer upload, like the Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls<\/a> video, this is not the case<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, one dev in particular, the makers of Teeto<\/a>, acknowledged how its game was being bombarded by physical disc comments<\/a>. Some frustrated fans are trying to deter their followers<\/a> from buying software on the PS Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve repeated on multiple occasions now that I believe Sony simply must come out and address this, otherwise the backlash isn\u2019t going away. My stance hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n

In the case of the company trying to silence the criticism on its YouTube channel, though, that\u2019s simply not true right now.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll update this article in the unlikely event new evidence comes to light.<\/p>\n

[source kotaku.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square There are reports doing the rounds, initially published by Kotaku, that Sony has disabled comments…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,555,112,622,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-696204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-industry","tag-ps5","tag-sony","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}