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Sony Shutting Down All Official Playstation Forums

Twitter? Really Sony? Twitter where companies never help you with shit and it is a gigantic dumpster fire? Instagram? The fuck.
 
Don't want to spend money on employing forum mods, eh? I still remember how pissed off I was when imdb closed down its forums, I actually ended up deleting my account there.
 
I'm surprised they didn't close the blog (at least the european).
Edit: The comment section, that is.
 
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I just find it weird they don't mention reddit, which has become the centralized place for feedback.

Although who wants to listen to 100 million people complaining
 
This is odd... although the old forums were almost worthless and I really never saw the point of them with how they were run since the beginning.
 
Good.



Forums are useless in 2020 to get real news and have nice and coherent feedway anyway, its so full of idiots trying to get atention with their stupid fakes and so many shallow conversations which dont get you anywhere.

I much prefer twitter, at least there you can read news directly from the source straightforward without having to navigate in a sea of bullshit, as it happens in forums.
 
The official PlayStation forums never recovered after Sony ditched the third party host and wanted more control over them (creating their own forum tools). Basic stuff such as sending private messages, embedding images, videos, etc. and pretty much every basic feature took months to be implemented. The forums continued on life support with small features and little to no moderation. Spam bots and trolling topics would remain for days before someone removed them. It's a shame as i used to be pretty active on the official PlayStation forums many years ago, but i stopped being active after the whole mess when Sony took over and created their own forum software.
 
hunthunt said:
Good.



Forums are useless in 2020 to get real news and have nice and coherent feedway anyway, its so full of idiots trying to get atention with their stupid fakes and so many shallow conversations which dont get you anywhere.

I much prefer twitter, at least there you can read news directly from the source straightforward without having to navigate in a sea of bullshit, as it happens in forums.
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You are currently using a forum
 
For what we're they used?
To be frank, I honestly hope they don't stop there. There are a lot of cosmetic and organizational changes that I'd welcome to all branches of PS products and services.
 
Just seems bad news after bad news. Sony have been taking a MASSIVE gamble with all the goodwill they have had this generation.

Perhaps when the PS5 is revealed all will be quickly forgiven and the radio silence will have been worthwhile... but it makes you wonder why risk it.
 
Harry Tung said:
Well, this must certainly mean that Sony has scrapped the PS5 and is planning a swift exit from the video game industry.
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There's a post above suggesting something along those lines, except they're very serious and enthusiastic about it. :D
 
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I mean come on, their images are hosted by Flickr so there goes their biggest cost - storage.
The rest is plain-text which accounts for nothing, even if trying to save money this move is rather weird.
 
Shin said:
I mean come on, their images are hosted by Flickr so there goes their biggest cost - storage.
The rest is plain-text which accounts for nothing, even if trying to save money this move is rather weird.
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They probably had staff working on maintaining the forums, and now those people are going to do something else? Who the fuck knows what Ryan is thinking?
 
hunthunt said:
Good.



Forums are useless in 2020 to get real news and have nice and coherent feedway anyway, its so full of idiots trying to get atention with their stupid fakes and so many shallow conversations which dont get you anywhere.

I much prefer twitter, at least there you can read news directly from the source straightforward without having to navigate in a sea of bullshit, as it happens in forums.
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And the spinning begins.... you are on these forums daily but they're "useless in 2020" lol.

OT: #4THEPLAYERS

In Jim Ryan we trust
 
ryan13ts said:
I'm hoping it's for them to making a better, improved forum. Otherwise.... yikes.
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No forums will be made. At least not for now. Back in 2017 after Sony created their own forum software they pretty much pulled a Thanos and entirely deleted stuff that goes as far back during the late 90s when it used to be called PlayStation Underground forum.
 
Forums, especially officially ones, are still the best way for the tech illiterate to ask for help. Closing this down is kinda dumb...

Then saying "go use Twitter or Instagram" is the height of idiocy. Forum goers like us really enjoy using Twitter or Instagram, nice way of alienating some of your core audience.
 
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FranXico said:
They probably had staff working on maintaining the forums, and now those people are going to do something else? Who the fuck knows what Ryan is thinking?
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Staff is usually/normally volunteers of the community, even on Steam.
 
Sony really has a terrible track record when communicating with its customers.
This move to shut down its forums continues that.
 
Sony clearly knows that the PS5 is going to be so flawless and the sunset years of the PS4 so amazing, that there will be no need for anyone to have to leave comments because everyone goes away satisfied. They are planning ahead, typical Sony 4D-Chess power moves.
 
Endless Fluff said:
Forums, especially officially ones, are still the best way for the tech illiterate to ask for help. Closing this down is kinda dumb...

Then saying "go use Twitter or Instagram" is the height of idiocy. Forum goers like us really enjoy using Twitter or Instagram, nice way of alienating some of your core audience.
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They'll have a home in resetera then.
 
Hostile_18 said:
Just seems bad news after bad news. Sony have been taking a MASSIVE gamble with all the goodwill they have had this generation.

Perhaps when the PS5 is revealed all will be quickly forgiven and the radio silence will have been worthwhile... but it makes you wonder why risk it.
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I think it will be the opposite. Why do you think they wait so long for the reveal? Like showing anything at all? :D

they are afraid AF. The meltdown here will be funny :D can't wait!
 
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