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.
Hideo Kojima is 'really sad' about PlayStation ending disc production in 2028 🎮
• He's actively buying up physical media — including movies and CDs
• He's 'frightened' about the future of ownership as streaming becomes more dominant
(via @IGN)
Seven people accused of running anime piracy site HiAnime have been arrested in Vietnam
Authorities say the group ran more than 100 websites and generated nearly $13 million in advertising revenue
Vietnamese Authorities confirm that 7 people linked to HiAnime and other piracy services have been arrested.
Investigators allege the wider network created 100+ piracy websites, uploaded more than 26,000 unlicensed films, and generated about 12.85 million USD from ads.
HiAnime Creators have Officially been arrested in Vietnam after an international investigation that lasted several years.
One of the World's Largest Piracy Websites surpassed Crunchyroll in Web Traffic by 2024 & 2025.
The Website recently shut down in March 2026.
PlayStation updated its Terms of Service in April 2026, and Section 21 outlines how inactive PSN accounts may be closed.
> If a PSN account remains inactive for 36 months, Sony may begin the account closure process. The account holder will receive an email notification and has 6 months to sign in or request that the account remain active.
> If no action is taken and the account is closed, access to PlayStation Network services will end.
>Any digital purchases tied to that account, including games, DLC, and other digital content, will no longer be accessible.
According to the Terms of Service, this process is irreversible.
We know you've been eyeing this brand-new feature in the Japanese version, and we're happy to announce it'll arrive to the English version with its 1.5-year anniversary!
Read all about it in this letter from the Umamusume team!
#Umamusume
Sony has reportedly begun shifting its largest PlayStation disc manufacturing facility toward making other products, including optical lenses 🎮
(via @VGC_News)
Sony's largest PlayStation disc plant is reportedly already reassigning staff to make other products
The company has invested about $35 million to shift production toward optical microlenses