PlayStation lost its way.

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Published on 2026-09-12 14:16:04

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Sony and PlayStation once defined what console gaming could be. But after the shocking news that Sony walked away from Hideo Kojima’s PHYSINT — with Xbox now stepping in to publish the game — it raises a bigger question: what happened to PlayStation?

In this video, we explore Sony’s fall from grace as a gaming company and look back at 30 years of PlayStation history — from the original PlayStation and the glory days of the PS2, through the troubled PS3 launch, the incredible PS4 comeback, and into the increasingly controversial PS5 generation.

For decades, PlayStation built its reputation on taking risks. Metal Gear Solid. Final Fantasy VII. Shadow of the Colossus. God of War. Uncharted. The Last of Us. Bloodborne. Ghost of Tsushima. These weren’t just great games — they helped define entire generations of gaming.

But modern Sony feels different.

Studio closures. Cancelled games. The costly push into live-service titles. Concord. A changing PlayStation identity. And now Sony has walked away from PHYSINT — Hideo Kojima’s long-awaited return to the action-espionage genre — while Xbox has stepped in as its new publishing partner.

So how did the company behind some of gaming’s greatest generations get here?

This is the story of PlayStation’s rise, its greatest victories, the mistakes that nearly destroyed it before, and why Sony’s latest decisions have some longtime fans wondering whether PlayStation has forgotten what made it special in the first place.

Is Sony really losing its way, or are we looking at the past through rose-tinted glasses?

Let me know in the comments: what was the greatest era of PlayStation — PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 or PS5?

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