PlayStation is seemingly pulling its one-time poster baby, Sackboy, from its advertising supplies.
As famous by Realradec, Sackboy was notably absent from the PlayStation Productions banner at first of the Till Daybreak film, though most of his friends, like Astro Bot, Uncharted‘s Nathan Drake, and Horizon Zero Daybreak‘s Aloy, nonetheless have a spot.
“Can affirm after seeing Till Daybreak that Sackboy isn’t 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 affirm after seeing Till Daybreak that Sackboy isn’t within the PlayStation Productions intro anymore (image under is the 2023 model from Gran Turismo)
I don’t like this period of Sackboy erasure 😔 https://t.co/2u72IWEbYB pic.twitter.com/quz4gWMAws
— Radec (@realradec) April 28, 2025
As soon as upon a time, Sackboy was the golden baby of PlayStation, turning into a mascot for the PlayStation model in a lot the identical method Sonic is related to Sega, and Mario represents all issues Nintendo. Now, nonetheless, as Sackboy hasn’t starred in a PlayStation sport since 2020’s pleasant Sackboy: A Massive Journey, it appears he is being sidelined to make room for extra modern faces.
“They’re eradicating the Sack, they can not simply put him out on the road like that,” commented one sad Twitter person, whereas one other requested: “They took out my boy? However he was simply in that Secret Stage episode!”
“He’s not Sackboy anymore… he’s Sadboy now,” teased one other.
Whereas others lamented, “why cannot Astro Bot and Sackboy coexist?”, others had a extra measured response.
“Sackboy being erased from the PS Productions brand doesn’t imply something, DreamWorks additionally swaps out characters of their brand montage typically,” stated one other.
22 video games are set to be pulled from the PlayStation Plus library subsequent month, together with Grand Theft Auto 5, Payday 2: Crimewave Version, and the final playable variations of first-party titles Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2. Because of this, 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 without cost from Could 6 to June 2.
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