Blue | #StopKillingGames #PhysicalMedia

[Marshal Bohemond ⚔️⛨ | Space Crusader Vtuber @HMBohemond]

>be women
>complain about Marvel Rivals being "gooner bait for men"
>demand equal sexualization of male characters
>it already existed equally, but whatever
>Captain America summer skin is released
>women complain that it's a "male power fantasy"
>it gets censored to appease them
>blame men

[Katsuhiro Harada @Harada_TEKKEN]

From my perspective, Miyazaki is a rather unique, yet extremely serious game developer.

His career did not begin in the game industry. In fact, he didn’t become a game developer until he was almost thirty years old.

Even among developers of my generation (those of us born in the 1970s), I think it’s remarkable that someone who wasn’t even a game developer during the dawn of the polygon era eventually became one of Japan’s most representative game creators. (In other words, compared to the rest of us from the same generation—including myself—his career path is exceptionally unusual. Most notably, unlike many of us, he was not working at one of the major development studios that held a significant technological advantage during the early polygon era. That, more than anything else, is what makes his path so unique.)

Next, regarding my impression of Dark Souls.

People often focus on its difficulty as a game, but I believe Miyazaki’s true creativity shines through in the world he created. (By the way, I personally think Dark Souls has fairly simple action mechanics, and I don’t actually consider it to be an especially difficult game.)

If you look into my own career, you’ll see that I was personally involved with the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring as the General Manager overseeing both production and marketing (Just to clarify, I wasn't part of the development team itself. My involvement was simply as the General Manager of the publisher-side department overseeing production and marketing). From that perspective, I can say that Dark Souls didn’t suddenly become a massive success overnight. It was the result of everything Miyazaki and his team had built up through their previous titles.

Today, he receives offers from all over the world, but when I think back to the days when he and his team were struggling the most, many of those offers seem like they’re coming from people who only know who they are today. Some of them almost feel like complete reversals in attitude. Well, that’s just my personal perspective.

Personally, I had grown tired of people who would simply compare games by saying things like, “That title cost X billion yen to make and sold Y million copies,” and then use nothing but those numbers to judge them against other games. There were so many people who couldn’t appreciate the journey or the growth of the developers themselves. Anyone can look at the current numbers—they’re available to everyone. Whenever I heard those kinds of opinions, I always thought, “That’s exactly what you’d expect from someone who’s never actually developed games.”
What surprised me even more was that, even if people couldn’t properly evaluate that journey, almost nobody even seemed interested in trying to understand the process of how those developers gradually reached where they are today.
(I'm NOT talking about the fan community).

Now, going back to Miyazaki, there are two things about him that have always stayed with me.

The first was back when I was developing Summer Lesson for VR, around the time it was generating a lot of buzz.

One day, he came to try an early build of Summer Lesson along with people from several other game companies.

While everyone else was laughing, chatting, and having fun with it, Miyazaki alone played it with incredible seriousness. Then, after everyone had finished and started discussing their impressions, he remained completely silent, staring intently at the preview monitor, deep in thought.

Everyone became curious and finally asked him, “Miyazaki, what are you thinking about?”

He suddenly smiled and said,

“Oh… I got completely absorbed in thinking about what I would do if I were making this, and what kind of game I’d create.”

What he talked about after that was, in the best possible sense, completely insane.

It was one of those rare moments when I caught a glimpse of what I’d call his “mad scientist” side—his deeply serious, obsessive approach to creativity.

The other thing that left a strong impression on me was that he generally dislikes video interviews (including live streaming).

I once asked him about it by email, and he replied with quite a long explanation. After reading it, I completely understood where he was coming from.

Simply put, he doesn’t like watching himself moving around on video. (Psychologically speaking, it’s actually a bit more complicated than that.)

But there was another reason.

According to him, there are naturally many people in this industry who know games far better than he does. Whenever he listens to those people speak, he realizes that his own understanding is still shallow, and it makes him feel that he’s not yet in a position to be the one talking about games.

I mean… it’s common for well-known developers to say, “I still have a long way to go.”

But whenever someone like him says that, my reaction is always,

“Come on… if you say you’re still not there yet, then the rest of us won’t feel qualified to talk about games at all.” (laugh)

Anyway, that’s one of the reasons why video interviews with Miyazaki are extremely rare. And conversations with him on camera—especially long-form discussions with another developer—are even rarer. They almost don’t exist at all.

By the way, the other game developer in that photo is Masahiro Sakurai.

If you ask me, he’s basically:

“A Saiyan who genuinely believes he’s just another ordinary human.”

Every now and then, when the rest of us are struggling with some problem, he’ll say something that sounds exactly like Goku saying,

“Well… why don’t you just fly?”

And I’ll reply,

“Because we humans can’t use Flight Technique.”

Then he just stares at me with a completely puzzled look.

To put it in terms of Demon Slayer, I’d describe him as:

"Like Muzan Kibutsuji casually showing up at a drinking party where all the Hashira have gathered, genuinely believing he's just another ordinary guest".

That’s the kind of person he is.

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

PlayStation fans are massively cancelling their PS Plus subscriptions to protest Sony’s move toward a digital-only future.

Many players are sharing screenshots of their cancelled subscriptions online, this is one of the few ways gamers can send a clear message to Sony that they want games on physical discs.

Money is the only language these companies understand.

Everyone is worried about game ownership and preserving games

Keep the backlash.

[Blue | #StopKillingGames #PhysicalMedia @PhantomStar1999]

@PART7Confirmed FAT VALENTINE I REPEAT FAT VALENTINE

[Bappa @Bappa_195]

“It’s ok for PlayStation to get rid of physical games”
“Who even cares”
“Just buy your games online”

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

In 2021, Hideo Kojima predicted that a future built entirely around digital media could leave people without access to the content they thought they owned if companies or external events changed how that content was distributed.

“Eventually, even digital data will no longer be owned by individuals on their own initiative. Whenever there is a major change or accident in the world, in a country, in a government, in an idea, or in a trend, access to it may suddenly be cut off.”

“We will not be able to freely access the movies, books, and music that we have loved. I would be a have-not. That’s what I’m afraid of. This is not greed.”

[Does it play? @DoesItPlay1]

@PlayStation You are killing ownership. You are killing legal preservation. You are killing discoverability. You are killing publishers. You are killing developers. This is a move that might slightly improve bottom lines, but tear down every other aspect of this medium. Well done! You f*d up!

[Besk 💿 @BeskInfinity]

Anyone defending Playstation becoming digital only is a corpo DICK SUCKER and an actual DUMBASS

[Brandon✨ @ray_ray200108]

“I don’t understand why people are mad”

[Shirrako @ShirrakoGaming]

Consoles have no reason to exist without physical games.

[MBG @xMBGx]

@PlayStation #NOTBUYINGPS6 unless it supports physical games.

[Domino's Pizza UK @Dominos_UK]

@PlayStation makes about as much sense as us changing to digital pizzas

[Seal Examines Games @TheTrueSealYT]

@PlayStation Then stop selling digital games for the same price as physical ones too. You're removing the printing, box, and shipping prices from the equation completely so I shouldn't be paying $70 for digital games anymore.

[Blue | #StopKillingGames #PhysicalMedia @PhantomStar1999]

Fuck you Sony.

[PlayStation @PlayStation]

Important updates:

News on physical discs for new games - https://t.co/BzZODXdWGY

News on PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita - https://t.co/ev3mN6wj14

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

It’s now clear that, after announcing the end of physical game discs in 2028, Sony wants a fully digital future where you don’t own what you buy, you just simply rent a license which can be removed when they want

A few days ago, Sony removed hundreds of movies from people’s accounts even though they had paid for them. This is what will happen one day to your games, they will remove whatever they want.

Of course, I don’t expect games to become cheaper. Even though they will save money by no longer producing discs, cases, printed materials, or shipping physical copies, they will charge the same or more.

This is the future they’re want, one where you own nothing and be happy. Physical games will be soon become a thing of the past.

Keep all your physical games, don’t sell them, they might become real treasures one day.

[Chibi Reviews @ChibiReviews]

This dude isn't even trying to hide the fact the "KIDS Act" is about censorship and going after people that disagree with him btw

Heres some posts just from this year.

These are the people in the Government pushing this but refuse to advocate or release the full Epstein Files

[Chibi Reviews @ChibiReviews]

The USA will force Age Verification and Biometric Scanning on the entire internet if the "KIDS Act" passes in the House today and both sides want it passed. Please share this post and video to spread awareness of how the entire internet is at risk. https://t.co/6OPr1WMylc

[Blue | #StopKillingGames #PhysicalMedia @PhantomStar1999]

FILTHY ACTS NOOOOOO

[JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia @jojo_wiki]

The official English localized name of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap is Devilish Deeds Done Damned Coldly