A now former PlayStation partner and Guinness World Record holder alleges his account was unfairly banned by Sony.
No matter how much you enjoy earning PlayStation trophies (the Sony equivalent to Xbox achievements), you probably don’t love it as much as Abdul ‘Hakoom’ Hakam.
The man was once so dedicated to collecting PlayStation trophies that it got him in the Guinness Book of World Records five times, and he still holds the title for most PSNProfile trophy points collected, at 2,306,475.
Although he retired from trophy hunting in 2021, his accolades landed him a partnership with Sony. The relationship has recently turned sour though, and Hakoom has decided to split from Sony following an incident regarding his PlayStation account.
Why has Hakoom quit Sony?
In a joint Instagram and X post, Hakoom explains how, on September 9, his PlayStation account had been hit with a everlasting suspension for apparently no motive.
He claims he by no means acquired an electronic mail concerning the ban and, after allegedly receiving no assist from Sony’s customer support, he received involved with one other division who promised to research the matter.
Hakoom was later knowledgeable that his suspension was due to a number of violations of Sony’s phrases and circumstances, however Hakoom argues the ban was nonetheless fully unwarranted.
Why was Hakoom’s PlayStation account suspended?
According to Sony, Hakoom’s violations have been as follows:
- He earned the Platinum trophy on video games, which usually require no less than 100 hours, inside just a few hours.
- He had accomplished video games in zero minutes.
- He had logged in over 2,000 accounts throughout 29 PlayStation consoles.
What are Platinum trophies?
Hakoom denies all of those supposed violations, mentioning that his fast Platinum trophies have been a results of Sony’s auto-pop characteristic. Basically, for those who earn the Platinum on a PlayStation 4 recreation, you mechanically get it upon booting up the PlayStation 5 model of that recreation.
As for the a number of accounts and consoles, he says this can be a results of taking part in PlayStation for 17 years, having signed up for accounts for many now-dead on-line video games and needing to buy, for one motive or one other, 10 PlayStation 3s, 5 – 6 PlayStation 4s, 4 PlayStation Vitas, two PlayStation 5s, and two PlayStation TVs.
He additionally factors out that the PlayStation Store is crammed with video games that may simply be overwhelmed in lower than a minute. Such video games are commonplace and designed for straightforward Platinum trophies; in reality, for this reason Hakoom opted to retire from trophy looking within the first place.
His account has since been restored, however he’s been faraway from Sony’s partnership program, which is what has prompted him to go public with these allegations of what he calls ‘corruption and oppression.’
Metro has contacted Sony concerning the allegations however they’re but to remark.
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