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PS5 Blackout Protest Made 'No Significant Change at All' to Player Counts, Says US Data

The state of play. The recent PS5 blackout campaign, which made waves on social media a few weeks back, appears to have had very little impact on the console's usage rate — at least in the US. This is according to ever-informative Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, who writes that "there was no significant change at all…

PS5 Blackout Protest Made 'No Significant Change at All' to Player Counts, Says US Data
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Quick summary

The state of play. The recent PS5 blackout campaign, which made waves on social media a few weeks back, appears to have had very little impact on the console's usage rate — at least in the US. This is according to ever-informative Circana analyst Mat Piscatella, who writes that "there was no significant change at all…

What we know so far

Automatic note by LuaCat Games, built from what we know about the coverage (who reported it, how many sites, the story’s history) — not a translation or copy of the source.

Nobody besides Push Square has reported this yet — we’re keeping an eye out for confirmation.

Bottom line: Can’t call it yet — wait for more outlets to confirm before counting on it.

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Published
09/14/2026 14:45
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09/14/2026 15:43
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