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Do You Think Gamestop Is Going to Survive This?

This is a 3-panel meme using the Garfield comic character to joke about GameStop's business viability. In the first panel, a determined Garfield walks confidently holding the GameStop logo, with a thought bubble reading 'NOTHING CAN STOP ME TODAY!', representing GameStop's optimistic outlook. In the second panel, Garfield stares in shock at a computer screen displaying an official PlayStation Blog announcement stating that Sony will end physical disc production for all new PlayStation games starting in January 2028. In the third panel, Garfield is slumped over, dejected, still holding the GameStop logo, implying the end of physical PlayStation discs is a devastating blow to GameStop, which relies heavily on physical game sales for revenue. The meme answers the question in its title by suggesting this announcement poses a major existential threat to GameStop's future survival.
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NOTHING CAN STOP ME TODAY!

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Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles

Overview

This is a 3-panel meme using the Garfield comic character to joke about GameStop's business viability. In the first panel, a determined Garfield walks confidently holding the GameStop logo, with a thought bubble reading 'NOTHING CAN STOP ME TODAY!', representing GameStop's optimistic outlook. In the second panel, Garfield stares in shock at a computer screen displaying an official PlayStation Blog announcement stating that Sony will end physical disc production for all new PlayStation games starting in January 2028. In the third panel, Garfield is slumped over, dejected, still holding the GameStop logo, implying the end of physical PlayStation discs is a devastating blow to GameStop, which relies heavily on physical game sales for revenue. The meme answers the question in its title by suggesting this announcement poses a major existential threat to GameStop's future survival.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the Reddit:Meme subreddit via RSS. It is a remixed edit of the popular long-running 'Nothing can stop me today' Garfield meme template, created to react to the official 2025 announcement from Sony that it will cease production of physical game discs for new PlayStation titles in 2028. This topic is relevant to long-running online discussions about GameStop's long-term business prospects, which became a mainstream internet topic during the 2021 GameStop stock short squeeze event.

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