Following Hideo Kojima's announcement that his new spy thriller, PHYSINT, was cancelled by Sony and subsequently picked up by Xbox, online backlash against PlayStation has surged once again. Just as the controversy over PlayStation's plan to discontinue physical copies of new games by 2028 seemed to be subsiding, another bombshell has dropped.
Netizens can't help but ask: Where did the respected PlayStation of the PS4 era go...?
Twitter user @SynthPotato posted, angrily criticizing PlayStation in 2026:
- Kill Destiny
- End physical games forever
- Stop porting exclusive games to PC
- Completely lose Hideo Kojima
- Attempt to cancel Kojima's next Metal Gear series title
- Complete break with Kojima, who moves to Xbox
- Force single-player developers to make live-service games
- Start selling the vertical stand separately instead of including it with the console
- Console prices reach historic highs
Seriously... what is Sony even doing???
One disaster after another, one major blunder following the next. During the PS4 era, they were my favorite gaming company, but seriously, how could you alienate everyone so quickly? Meanwhile, Xbox is capitalizing on this, preparing for a major comeback in the next generation. Sony is making a true generational mistake.
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