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The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
playstation charged me for an mlb trial, refused to resolve it with me after multiple attempts and suspended my entire account when my credit card company sided with me. this is exactly why physical media matters. imagine having hundreds of games locked behind an account because you disputed one charge. you paid for those games, but sony still controls whether you can access them. that’s fucking ridiculous. i’ve never been happier to have sold my ps5, and sony can kiss my ass!
The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
Jailbroken PlayStation 5 can now run PS1 games via USB disc drive thanks to SwanStationPS5🚀
✅Game gets installed 14x the speed of a regular 700 MB disc
✅It takes about only 2:30 minutes
✅After the installation process, you can launch the game from there on out only by inserting a disc
PS5 has become a console for all, running PS1, PS2 and PS3 games from disc, that’s full backwards compatibility that Sony refuses to give unless you subscribe to PS+ or re-purchase the few they have on their store digital.
And all that is thanks to modders who accompanied that in a matter of days. The whole move has evolved like wildfire, and now they even wanna work on running Windows and Xbox Cloud Gaming titles on PS5.
Play has no limit indeed😅💿
The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
PS2 discs. Straight into a PS5.
20+ years of nostalgia, one disc away.
PS5SX2 🎮
special thanks to @_AlAzif
🔗 github.com/Swordpdf/PS5SX2
💬 discord.gg/mFpkX6gng
☕ ko-fi.com/sword95
#PS5 #PS2 #PlayStation #PS5SX2 #Homebrew #Emulation
The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
Another day, another fan making something that completely shames everything Disney has made since 2016.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The content was deliberately posted an unattributed video, denying credit to the author, who receives none of the benefits of this popular post. It should be denied monetization.
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The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
PlayStation in 2026:
- End Destiny
- End physical gaming forever
- End porting exclusives to PC
- Completely lose Hideo Kojima
- Attempt to cancel Kojima's next Metal Gear franchise
- Kojima cuts ties entirely and goes to XBOX
- Force your single-player studios to make live service games
- Concord happens
- Proceed to cancel most of them, losing years of development time and billions of dollars
- Buy Bluepoint and have them make a live-service rather than remakes
- Close Bluepoint down before they release any games
- Start selling vertical stands separately rather than have them come with the console
- Console prices at an all-time high
Genuinely... what is going on at Sony. disaster after disaster, huge L after L. They were my favorite gaming company throughout the PS4 generation but genuinely, how do you lose EVERYONE this fast? Meanwhile, XBOX is taking full advantage of this and priming a major comeback next generation. A literal generational fumble happening at Sony.
The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
Don’t underestimate your own power for change🚀
✅The internet went mad over Sonic’s initial design for the first movie, and some were trying to put them down saying “it is a movie for our, it doesn’t matter”.
But the studio listened and we got an amazing redesign and Sonic movies became hugely successful.
✅The internet also went mad over Sony trying to close PS3/Vita stores few years back, and they were told “these are old games on dead systems, why would you care?”.
They overturned their decision and everyone was happy.
Moral of the story, there will always be those who bark in defense of corporations, who will try to put you down, and make you feel guilty for demanding better.
But you are the customer
You hold the money
And your voice matters
So use it and make change, and don’t let them put you down.
NO DISC 💿 NO BUY
The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
This is why they want to get ride of discs. It’s the last barrier to us having no rights at all!
The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
I own and run VGMaps.com: The Video Game Atlas mostly by myself for over 24 years, and it's amassed over 50,000 maps for over 3500 video games across almost 60 different platforms.
Yet, I always feel like many gamers don't even know what it is.
Do you use VGMaps?
The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
A Brazilian PC gamer says he successfully sued Microsoft after his account was blocked and he was told to repurchase his digital games.
According to the user, a Brazilian court ruled that Microsoft must restore access to his account within 15 days or face daily fines.
The court also ordered the company to pay R$2,000 (around US$400) in compensation for moral damages.
The court document states that Microsoft must unblock the account linked to the user’s email and return access to all games and content associated with it.
The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
An extensive study of PlayStation 5 physical discs reveals how many of them require no sort of internet connection or additional downloads to run. gamerant.com/ps5-discs-work-…
ALT Study Reveals How Many PS5 Discs Are Fully Playable Offline
The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
I want to play SILENT HILL 2 (remake), I checked prices:
- Disc cost 30 bucks
- Digital cost 70 bucks
I can CHOOSE, I have OPTIONS, I when with the disc to save money.
That's all I have to say about SONY/PLAYSTATION decision.
The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
It is disappointing that you have not addressed the significant issue at hand or provided further clarification. Moreover, reconsidering your decision would be a more constructive approach. Ignoring the matter will not resolve it or make it go away. Many of your partners were caught off guard; is this the way @Sony conducts its business?
The Game Deflators Podcast retweeted
Harsh reminder:
Shuhei Yoshida, the previous Head of Playstation, cared a lot about the customer. He was the one who made sure the PS4 had physical shareable discs that you could lend to friends or buy/sell used.
Then one day, the then President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan kicked Shuhei Yoshida out of the position of Head of PlayStation in 2019 because Yoshida disagreed with his direction for the company.
In hindsight, Jim Ryan’s “direction” became Playstation’s obsession with live service. Yoshida presumably told Ryan that it was a bad idea, and turns out, it was.
With Shuhei Yoshida gone, Hermen Hulst took his place.
After that, Playstation changed - the gutting of Sony Japan Studios in 2021, censorship of Japanese games ramped up, the live service, and the increase in consumer-hostile decisions such as PSN+ price hikes, removing games and movies from your library…
And now the decision to abandon physical discs by 2028.
When you look back at what made Playstation start to rot, it always started when Sony Interactive Entertainment moved its operations to California…and having leadership who want to do everything in their power to get rid of what made Playstation special.
You will never get another Shadow of the Colossus, another Bloodborne or a Gravity Rush - and you have people like Jim Ryan and Hermen Hulst to thank for it.
