Consumers Kill Physical Game Sales Then Blame Sony

The meme satirizes consumers blaming Sony for the decline of physical video games, when consumer preference for digital purchases is the primary driver of the trend.

This is a two-panel satirical meme using the popular 'Who Killed Hannibal?' template from The Eric Andre Show. In the first panel, the character labeled 'CONSUMERS' shoots a person on the couch labeled 'PHYSICAL GAMES', with additional text noting that 85% of game sales are now digital. In the second panel, the same character turns to the camera with a confused, faux-innocent expression, with text reading 'WHY WOULD SONY DO THIS?'. The joke highlights hypocrisy in video game community discourse: consumers have overwhelmingly chosen to purchase digital copies of games, driving the decline of physical game media, but many then blame corporations like Sony for phasing out physical game support, rather than acknowledging their own purchasing habits contributed to this shift.

This meme was sourced from the Reddit:Meme subreddit via an RSS feed, as provided in the additional information. The base template originates from a skit on the Adult Swim parody talk show The Eric Andre Show, where host Eric Andre shoots co-host Hannibal Buress then immediately acts confused asking who killed him, a widely used meme format for calling out hypocrisy. This specific edited version was created to comment on conversations around Sony reducing support for physical video game releases, and was shared publicly on the r/Meme subreddit.