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I'll let you into a little known secret: there's no such thing as zero environmental footprint.

Finally I'm not the only one that noticed. PlayStation during PS3 was pretty consumer friendly but that changed during the PS4

It's pretty obvious who 'they' are catering to. It's not the consumer, it's the shareholder. It's just that simple.

I hope she doesn't get hung out to dry by YT for telling the truth.

You just summed up everything I've been feeling within the first 40 seconds. A lot of the younger generations don't really understand all of the hot garbage being fed to them...🤢

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The Westernization of SONY is destroying it.

The sad reality is Playstation moved their HQ to America being geared towards more AAA western market. It's partly why Nintendo Switch has completely taken over in Japan besides being a hybrid system in huge handheld marketplace. I just hope Nintendo doesn't follow in their footsteps :-)

And that's why i wasn't in a rush to go out and buy a PS5. Im happy with my PS3 Super Slim and my PS4 Slim. I also got a Switch too.

It's been like that for 20 years, it started with the PS3, their focus on charging for services, DLC and digital ownership. Everything after PS2 has been downhill.

Sony wants us to recycle our consoles rather than keep them? Dafuq? Where was that ever said. Sounds incredibly corporate level stupid.

I lost 1200 in digital content when ps3 went to ps4. I was never the same.

Sony: SIE is committed to building inclusive communities for our players and staff. Also Sony: Raises game prices to 70$+, walls online behind a sub and blocks PS+ in over 170 territories, most of these being African and third world countries.

the problem is BLACKROCK and ESG. Those who dont follow ESG rules will be punished.

You hit it right in the head, as a minority myself, I find it utterly insulting that someone out there thinks my hard work and perseverance takes a backseat to the color of my skin in the work place. Ask them if they’d like to be known themselves as the diversity hire and see how fast their facade withers. Companies like that can’t go under fast enough.

Yeah I sold my PS5 and only have PC and switch

Hearing that the company moved from Tokyo, Japan to L.A., the grounds of corporation greed and, sometimes, bs business says enough. I haven't invested in Playstation until they change the way they handle business, but I doubt that's to come. Money is all that company cares about nowadays. Really sad to see what has become of the company that was once loved. And, yes, being inclusive is a money tactic for these companies, for those who don't understand what I was getting at. Games are games, not a damn a political tool to use to get to people about shii majority gamers don't give a damn about. Too many games to keep up with the political ish.

These businesses don't care about politics. It is and just was marketing. They want to appeal to what they think gets more people into buying there stuff.

When Sony moved in 2016 to California my exact thought at the time was ”well it’s been fun” I knew corporate America would ruining it but I was expecting greed oh how wrong was I, FK! The CEO is clearly a numbers person she has no interest in gaming. Alienating the fans and player bases is the current trend and most of us know who is behind it.

Doesn't mean everyone who is the most qualified gets the job, sometimes it's who you are buddy buddy with, rather than what you know, I've experienced that myself.

Now Sony is the Karen that censors games. Truly sad times.

I agree that it’s not okay to hire people to tick a box and not because of their skill set. But I don’t think this is a PlayStation issue, a lot of companies are forced to say things like that just to look “good.”

Sony's failing and begging for ECG investment

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Barely any games. Nickel n diming. Nintendo pricing. Rush to 4k. Its sad. PS2 / 360 days. The best. Games a plenty. Wide variety. Affordable. No nickel and diming. COmplete releases, no 45gb patches needed.

I have 60 ps2 and 3 games collecting dust, not making gaming system backwards capability and greed is destroying gaming consoles, no one wants a gaming system with bowsers, a bunch of streaming apps, everyone wants backwards capability, I have a ps5 now with 5 games and I haven't played any games in 6 months.

I know I'm that guy, but.. it's "To change for the worse" not worst.

Gaming industry is just depressing with all the news. It’s like Nintendo is the only thing left.

In my opinion they should be more concerned with diversity of games than diversity of staff. Take a look at the PS1 and PS2 there was such a wide array of games available. There were so many different types of games and they all looked so bright and colorful. But since the PS3 it seems to me that all games are just dark, dull and violent. That's what's wrong with Playstation. And that's why Nintendo on the other hand is doing so well. Nintendo seems to be the only one who knows what gamers want these days.

When Sony launched the PS1 the industry was so very different. There was so much innovation, experimentation, proprietary technologies etc. These days game engines and hardware architectures are very unified. There's no real difference between console and PC versions of games like it used to be. Also with focus on big blockbuster games Sony and most big companies play it safe. Innovation still exists though and its with indies and some AA smaller studios.

Amen! Appreciate your viewpoint here! It's amazing to think the location of a company's headquarters can have such a massive impact on the way the whole company operates, sad

PS3 could support 7 controllers at once. They truly peaked with that console offering everything they could think of. This is why it’s bad that they don’t really compete with Xbox as much as they did then.

this is why i play retro games

There was even a Ministry of Sound game on the PS2!

Sony should have stayed in Japan, it was created as japan company based on japan culture.. why moving headquarters in California doesn't make sense to me...this bring back memories of why Sega of Japan and Sega of America was arguing about all the time back then... lets hope there is a part of Sony is stays true to Japan culture 🙁

I stopped buying new games after GTA V and game consoles after PS3.Gaming just didn't feel the same anymore. Playability was gone and the games just felt like a movie. Like a really long boring movie without much if any challenge. Lucky for me I have a large library of NES, Sega Genesis/SegaCD, Game Gear, PS 1,2 and 3 titles I can fall back on. This is just my opinion and I'm sure I'm biased cause of when I grew up and came into gaming but the NES-PS3 was really the golden years. Excellent content as always Ms. Decade. Keep it up and you'll be as dreamy as dreamy dreamboat Trip Hawkins😜

I agree with your comments about Sarah Bond. After watching your last video about her my first thought was that she was a diversity tick box hire.

I’m all for equality but when it comes to the work place you need hard working and passionate people; not a mix up of various ethnicities, genders or sexual orientations. Bit that’s business now, businesses believe that if they have one of each, they’ll receive the consumers of each. There’s also a good percentage of people who would believe that if they didn’t show support then they are against it and the bad publicity it involves is something a big corporation would rather avoid.

Agree. Since their HQ changed to the USA things have gone drastically downhill.

You're completely right, I had a huge argument with someone I once respected who was blaming consumers for the mountains of waste civilisation produces. They argued that we should consume less. I stated that it is the corporations that are to blame for over producing inferior quality products and trying to sell us more!

Yes, a lot of it is corporate fitting in rubbish. I work in a corporate role in consulting engineer, unless we are making a profit, no one really cares about diversity and saving the world. Now, I work with a very diverse work force, not because it is a goal, but because I'm in an Australian city and we just have many nationalities and identities.

If anyone understood what the Carbon Footpring being Zero by X Amount of date really means, no one would buy or play these consoles that support it lol.

A great video. Champion voice of us gamers 💪💯 thank you so much. As a former PlayStation player, I had given up on Sony a long time ago. I'm sick and tired of the current industry. I'll stick to retro games.

Imagine what dei does to games, now imagine what it does to a country.

I can't wait to buy a Steam Deck. And, Nintendo joining up with Playstation.... I hope this BS don't move over to Nintendo. Please. Stop effing games up for us gamers. Damn these for-now game players.

ape escape died for the last of us :( not my playstation

you mentioned that PS was the 'counter culture' in some ways (being marketed for adult and such), and i'm not disputing that but to me the PS1 was the only console to truly go head to head against nintendo.. ps1 had many different 'nintendo style' (family friendly) games, such as crash bandicoot and spyro.. i think that even changed a little bit with the ps2 where it double down on the 'adults' and the 'family friendly' games took the backseat (and every new 'mascot platformer' and such was now a shooter)

Hear Hear! I agree 100%. I've seen the writing on the wall when they've started censoring games. That's why I decided against buying a PS5 despite being a Playstation fan and owner since PS2.

What utterly frustrates me about Sony is that they don't learn som every simple lessons. The PS1 was a happy accident as it turned out. Although they've always had the image of cutting but built to cost from their audio and walkman brands to their consoles and TVs. Walkmans being a prime example of constantly pushing the boundaries, making things smaller, less power hungry and still reliable and cheap enough. They built everything upon that - hell, I have a Minidisc walkman I still use a lot that uses 1 AA battry and will last about 8-10 hours at least on a single charge. Their PS1 was like this - a banger for £d, and yet undercutting Sega to the extent their announcement was just the price of 399. Come the PS2 they did the same and cleaned up again. It was for ages, the cheapest way to get a decent DVD player but also being a good console at a reasonable price. Come the PS3 they screwed up by thinking they were top dogs and could do no wrong, and they paid for it, and had to move the goalposts a bit. They also screwed up with the VIta - the PS3 was expensive while being decent, but the Vita had stupidly unnecessary memory cards that made the whole thing worthless. They learned from this and changed for the PS4. But now they're repeating the same mistakes yet again. And it's obviously worse because triple A publishers are wrecking things from their own end too. But having an expensive console with the addition of needing VERY expensive storage is a stupid endeavour. And of course moving the brand across to America with it's greedy corporate culture is obviously a wrong move.

They don't know who they are trying to appeal to anymore 😢 PlayStation

"Our Values". Nuff said.

"These networks aim to (...) promote cultural awareness" That's a laugh. Nintendo and Sony don't even consider translating games to Brazilian Portuguese, even when considering the 200 million possible consumers. But they translate to Korean and even . The last game where I've seen some sort of cultural awareness for Brazilian people was "Samba de Amigo", in 2000. The issue here is that the majority of game developers consider "culture" and/or the world itself to end at the Equator's line.

When Japan made games for consoles, and the rest of the world focused on PCs, there wasn't so much restriction. I wonder if muddling the waters left both fronts more vulnerable to "social" "media".

I knew they were trash the moment I found out they shut down japan studio. Love their games. Now we'll never get any of their unique games EVER again.

PlayStation: "..we're bringing awareness to climate change and environment.." Also PlayStation "..we're using resources and power to create the PS5 Pro that NOBODY asked for..."

They have always done repairs but it's now £200 double previous consoles even though the unit price is about the same.

I think another big change has done, is they have less Japanese made 1st party games like they have in the past.

Hearing your take on PS' ESG nonsense was such a breath of fresh air! Nice one, and thanks.

PS1/PS2. Never got a console since. PC gamer much since steam

That $500 paper weight on my desk is starting to look less attractive every day

You are not over-reacting. Not just PlayStation, much of the gaming industry is a disaster that deserves to sink.

Favourite video so far, surprisingly... incredibly intelligent and well-said; pixely games and virtual trophies aren't really intellectual (but fun), but your analysis- wow 👍👍

Great video, I’m a grown ass man now & as a kid in the 80’S, teen in the 90’s & an adult in the 2000’s I also disagree with the current ideology that’s being pushed around , especially in gaming at the moment. I feel it’s doing the opposite of what it’s intended & creates more controversy & division. You’re right, it is disingenuous. Good to hear a bit of your background, your Grandad looks quite dapper in that photo 🙏🏾

The propaganda machine 5

Not that this opinion was specifically solicited, but I watch this channel for it's merits. The opinions shared are great, but between documentarian and personal takes, it's all high effort and worth the watch time. Thanks for standing up for merit on principle. The world needs this far more than it needs a flattened curve.

Agree, moving the HQ to America was a mistake and it started PS’s downward trajectory. I say this as an American.

I like the new road you are taking to be critical.... your channel becomes more interesting.

This video sealed the deal for me in subscribing. I agree with 100% of what you said. Great video. From: Straight White Male. 😂 Seriously though, video was class.

Smart use of the Tekken 3 ost Great video overall.

Maybe I'm not particularly intelligent but I don't particularly give a fig about politics, especially where gaming is concerned. I've got a fairly new digital PS5 and the fact I use it to mostly play older games like SOR4 will upset some people. The only modern game I own (ISH) is the latest version of Doom.

Mama, kudos for saying that, for spilling. But for real tho, you make an excellent point, and why am I experiencing extreme Deja vu as I type this?... Maybe it means this is something that NEEDS to be discussed.

DEI + ESG = DLC

I feel like the video might as well end when she says they moved offices to California lol but I am grateful nonetheless for more lady decade.

“For the worse”, but yes, agreed 👍

all i can say to this video is ❤ You speak from my soul and I'm sure many others too

Based Lady Decade. 👌 The fall of Playstation is incredibly sad.

You're about 6 years late to the party, but, I am glad you are here, and speaking out about it now. 🍻 This has been a trajectory for a lot longer than most people have noticed.

Great video 😊

This reminds me of the...wait we used to love decollatages* and big near naked muscle bois See- Goldenaxe, 90s rasslin People who are ashamed of the bodies they have, have been given license to run these corps and theyre making terrible choices with the money If you market at 6% of people, and its not the very top 6%, youre not gonna make money

I long for the days when video games was about video games. When I was slaying dragons with a line and a block in Atari Adventure. Eating power pellets and chasing or running from ghosts. Jumping with Mario. Beating up thugs in Double Dragon. Being welcomed to my doom in Altered Beast. Politicians were complaining about video game violence in the early 90’s. Politicians who have no morals or values. Politicians who are warmongers and criminals. See no value in life except their own. Now politics have destroyed everything. Not just video games. They want to control every aspect of our lives. Identity politics are meant to conquer and divide people so that the political establishment will have more power and control. I don’t want to see it in video games or anything else. I haven’t watched television in over 20 years. Movies don’t interest me at all. I’m a gamer and politics can suck it!

When I hear PlayStation What comes to mind is simply Generic antimicrosoft

I Agree With You

this is the 1950s for progressives

We live in an era

Nobody has any interest in being cool anymore, and it *sucks*. At this point businesses see being cool as the same as alienating their potential audience. Everything has to be minimalist, flat, and fit into your existing decor without standing out at all, and the same thing applies to the games. Being cool died in like 2014 or so 😢

I'm so grateful for your reasonable views on the gaming, I'm centrist too and I fully agree with you on pretty much everything regarding these issues. Thanks for the awesome videos as always.

Playstation: Just remember that you are a other, always remember that you are a lesser Me: Dude, I'm just a chick and that's okay.

I thank you for making this channel you are a beautiful kind person 💜

The signs were there beforehand but playstation has been finished since the Last of us 2 reveal at E3.

Finally someone who tells it like it is, we had enough of these useless policies, Playstation should be a company that creates games for the players as they love to repeat in their commercials. Nowadays, PS5 has very little library and in general it is light years far from what it used to represent

The thumbnail 😂

Great video. Cheers ! 👍

Sony has drastically changed after the PS2 era. i think they still had some dignity during the ps3 era if not part of it. but when ps4 arrived? things were never the same.

Your upbringing is very similar to mine. I was born in the late 1960’s to African parents who settled in the uk 🇬🇧. I was always told to excel at education, in the work place, to work harder than my colleagues to show my employers that I’m good at my job. Also show my colleagues that I am proud to be black. Not being employed to tick a box.

Completely agree with you. Also you have a copy of Earthbound!

PlayStation’s best years were during the PS1 and PS2 era. The PS4 was great too but the PS5 is reminding me of what happened with the PS3.

You’re on fire with this video! As someone on the right, all I really want is neutrality… when politics become a religion it’s gone too far! I just want to live my life without being told how to

Excellent essay, My Lady! Thanks for sharing your family history with us, you grandpa was a good looking and smart man, as well as your father! I know some will balk at you going off topic, but as politics pushes into entertainment I don't see that we have the choice to ignore it anymore.

PS5 is my last console, I'm going full PC next gen. Sony's censorship and anti consumer stance as well as PC's mod support and lower price point all added to this choice