PlayStation is seemingly pulling its one-time poster little one, Sackboy, from its advertising supplies.
As famous by Realradec, Sackboy was notably absent from the PlayStation Productions banner firstly of the Until Dawn film, though most of his friends, like Astro Bot, Uncharted‘s Nathan Drake, and Horizon Zero Dawn‘s Aloy, nonetheless have a spot.
“Can verify after seeing Until Dawn that Sackboy shouldn’t be within the PlayStation Productions intro anymore (image under is the 2023 model from Gran Turismo),” wrote Realradec. “I don’t like this period of Sackboy erasure,” (thanks, PlayStationLifestyle).
Oh yeah I forgot to say, I can verify after seeing Until Dawn that Sackboy shouldn’t be within the PlayStation Productions intro anymore (image under is the 2023 model from Gran Turismo)
I don’t like this period of Sackboy erasure 😔 pic.twitter.com/quz4gWMAws
— Radec (@realradec) April 28, 2025
Once upon a time, Sackboy was the golden little one of PlayStation, turning into a mascot for the PlayStation model in a lot the identical manner Sonic is related to Sega, and Mario represents all issues Nintendo. Now, nevertheless, as Sackboy hasn’t starred in a PlayStation sport since 2020’s pleasant Sackboy: A Big Adventure, it appears he is being sidelined to make room for extra modern faces.
“They are eradicating the Sack, they can not simply put him out on the road like that,” commented one sad Twitter person, whereas one other asked: “They took out my boy? But he was simply in that Secret Level episode!”
“He shouldn’t be Sackboy anymore… he’s Sadboy now,” teased another.
While others lamented, “why cannot Astro Bot and Sackboy coexist?”, others had a extra measured response.
“Sackboy being erased from the PS Productions emblem doesn’t imply something, DreamWorks additionally swaps out characters of their emblem montage generally,” said another.
22 video games are set to be pulled from the PlayStation Plus library subsequent month, together with Grand Theft Auto 5, Payday 2: Crimewave Edition, and the final playable variations of first-party titles Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2. As a consequence, Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2 will now utterly disappear for contemporary consoles.
In higher information, PS Plus members can obtain Ark: Survival Ascended, Balatro, and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun free of charge from May 6 to June 2.
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