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響女 @kumaeneco.bsky.social · 23h

#linktober 8.Triforce

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Iris/アイリス 🏳️‍⚧️ @irisdescentbird.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

funniest rom hack reasoning of all time

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Jiikae @jiikae.com · 10/09/2026

The “Big 3” gaming platforms are actually Nintendo, PC and a Chinese emulation device of your choosing.

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Ash @santanaelchan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

trust

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James GHOULizio 👻 @theswweet.myatproto.social · 10/09/2026

What the actual fuck is Sony doing

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Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

gaming today in a nutshell playstation: we broke up with kojima xbox: surprise we are dating kojima nintendo: hehe kirby is round and fat

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Keith Stack-o'-lantern @keithstack.com · 10/09/2026

In response to today’s Nintendo Direct, Sony has announced -1 video games.

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Two Nintendo Directs announced: The Legend of Zelda 40th anniversary - Sept 8 at 7 AM PT Nintendo Direct - Sept 9 at 7 AM PT

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.

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Bowl of Lentils @bowloflentils.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Today is the 2nd anniversary of Emio: The Smiling Man and Nintendo actually posted an illustration to celebrate the occasion on the Nintendo Today app. Still can't believe that we actually got a new installment in the Famicom Detective Club series. Even more unbelievable that it turned out so good.

Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club.

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🍞 Brad 🍞 @baust528.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Happy 2nd anniversary to "Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club"! This game's very special & it still feels like a dream to me that it even exists. A modern masterpiece that's also one of my favorite ADVs of all-time so please check it out if you haven't!

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The Other Other Mike Myers @battlehork.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

You used to be able to pay $400 to make your games look really really good, now you can pay $5000 to give Estelle Bright a wasting disease

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Bowl of Lentils @bowloflentils.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Screenshot from Switch 1 demo for Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter.

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きなぎ @kinagi09.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

㊗️ゼノブレイド3 4周年🎊

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Jason @envinyon.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Goddamn

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Jenna Stoeber @thejenna.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

it's so vital to have journalists who cover the video game industry, so we have full context on shit like this

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🦊 Fussy Ambassador @lollie.me · 10/07/2026

Oddly specific rallying cry but I think I understand

Screenshot of the quoted article's second paragraph:
"The point is, Donkey Kong 64 is a game that inspires strong feelings in those who've played it. So it seems fitting that members of the DK64 randomizer community, who've dedicated years to picking it apart and putting it back together, would start developing an unofficial PC port with a specific rallying cry:"

"Amazon Prime Day PC gaming deals: check out what's on offer now!"
A line of advert text that interrupts the article at an inopportune moment.

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James GHOULizio 👻 @theswweet.myatproto.social · 04/07/2026

Companies should not be in charge of whether or not old games can be preserved and playable into the future.

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Phoebe! @mollyesbian.gayass.io · 05/07/2026

and if you think this is bad now think about how those 130 countries wont have a way to buy any new playstation games past 2028 without psn access

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BigOnAnime @bigonanime.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Something to think about, in 2009 Sony released the PSP Go, a digital-only console. Years ago the PlayStation Store for PSP closed. The only way to buy games for the PSP Go now is through the PS3 or PS Vita, then using the downloads list. This method goes away after July 2027.

Closed black PSP Go showing the PlayStation Store for PSP. The featured games are Gravity Crash, Pixel Junk Monsters Deluxe, Motorstorm Artic Edge, and Gran Turismo PSP.

Open white PSP Go, showing the XMB interface.

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rat @pikaboi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

i'd like to present my argument against digital-only

rhythm heaven groove in its game box slot

rhythm heaven dog behind the game box slot

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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 03/07/2026

Everybody talks about the digital-physical split and how Sony "justifies" the death of physical media on PlayStation. So we wrote a piece about how astroturfing through statistics works in this industry:

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How astroturfing through statistics works in gaming | DoesItPlay? on Patreon

Everyone is talking about the digital-physical-split percentages. So we will too! The TL;DR: Most of what has been parroted about consumer p

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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.

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Blackthorn @miasmaofvibes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I think an underrated subplot for the Switch 1 was Sakamoto just getting to live his best life after spending most of a decade as "the Other M guy"

Metroid Dread key art
Samus Aran is standing in front of a menacing Raven Beak, with Chozo warriors in the foreground

Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club key art
A man wearing a paper bag with a smiley face drawn on it stands menacingly above a young man, a young woman, and a middle-aged man

Tomodachi Life Living the Dream key art
Many Miis are having fun on an island

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Like many others, Sony ditching discs reminded me of that E3 2013 moment when two now-former PlayStation execs made a mockery of Xbox's convoluted digital gaming rights Xbox One plans by showing that you could share a PS4 game by simply handing it to someone But I'd forgotten about this...

Screenshot of PlayStation's E3 2013 press conference from the moment when PlayStation exec Jack Tretton showed a massive image labeled "Disc based games". Accompanying that are the lines: "Trade in games at retail" "Sell it to another person" "Lend it to a friend" "Or keep it forever."

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James GHOULizio 👻 @theswweet.myatproto.social · 02/07/2026

Play games long enough and it really does feel like Nintendo + PC is an inevitability like carcinisation

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 02/07/2026

PSN in 2028 when you buy a new game

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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 02/07/2026

Tell us again how nobody cares about physical media. Sony's kill notice for 2028 gets torn to shreds by over 50k comments, ratioed into oblivion by posts & quotes. Ours sits at over 50k likes. More than the announcement. More than we have followers. And Sony hasn't posted since.

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VGP Video Games Plus @vgp-videogamesplus.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Happy Canada Day @sonyplaystation.bsky.social Rather than our employees and their families enjoying a relaxing and fun Canada Day, they are expressing concerns by messaging VGP management and ownership

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Tom O @vgtomo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

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Tom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

To this point, I will also reiterate that PS3 and PS Vita digital download preservation remains incomplete, particularly for Japanese games and DLC, where I imagine the bulk of that work has taken place abroad. This essentially gives a one-year deadline to plug some sizeable, yet quite tricky holes.

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Zal @zalman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"It was inevitable" "Been saying this for years" "I'm all digital anyway" Please leave. This will mean fewer options for consumers, more control for publishers, and a huge part of gaming culture vanishing just like that You can still buy physical movies. You will not be able to buy physical games

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John Andersen @johnandersen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Sony operates thier own disc-pressing factories in Japan (Sony Music Solutions) and Austria (Sony DADC). Sony also operates their own vinyl factory in Japan. For a company that can just press their own discs, and then bring back a format like vinyl, this is just sad and kind of frustrating.

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Stop Killing Games @stopkillinggames.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is a grim moment for the gaming community. Sony PlayStation announced today that it will cease all physical games production in 2028. This will essentially erase legal game preservation and ownership on their platform. The ESA lied to lawmakers to bring down the POG Act ...

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Steve Vegvari @svegvari.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

PlayStation in 2026

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Jon Cartwright @jon.gvg.io · 01/07/2026

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 01/07/2026

As an aside, if you've never learned about "The enclosure of the commons" before, now would be a good time to look it up and see how societies and industries develop over time.

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 01/07/2026

Anyway, the larger conversation to be had here is around digital rights and what a license should enable. This needs to be a larger consumer rights issue going forward to push for new rules that allow for clear rules around refunds and end of life access etc.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"We're ending physical disc production, but don't worry — we're ALSO shutting down our digital stores!" blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/a...

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An update on PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita

Changes start this year in select markets, followed by global changes in 2027.

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This comes on top of insane price increases. Like, what are we even doing at this point? I fucking hate where the industry is going right now. Layoffs galore, huge price increases, elimination of entire formats, massive dev cycles and with impossible stakes. Beginning of the end. :(

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I guess that's that then, huh? The end of buying games for PlayStation for me - at least, for the most part. I guess I'll still play some games from time to time but talk about destroying interest in a platform. Only Nintendo remains but for how long? blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/p...

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

In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.

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Zal @zalman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I'm gonna be real with you chat. This hurts

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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 01/07/2026

Sony ends physical production in 2028. The bomb we hoped they were smart enough to never trigger. Discoverability, dead. Ownership, dead. Legal preservation, dead. Micro publishers, dead. A billion $ market, and they just throw it away.

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

In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.

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