He must go to real life Trophy shops and buy trophies to impress people.

What a lame-o

And I hope next week your PS3 crashes. /end seriousness.

Good Job. /end sarcasm.

Sheer stupidity at its best .... after someone's else article last week starting with "i loved game so much , used to buy crap just for gamertag score , and now i'm tired of gaming " ....

Both are the kind that would ruins multiplayer for old and stupid achievements (like friendly fire , or suicides) wich thanks god no longer exists in most games .
Wich in turn means the only people they'd harm is themselves .

And I'm sure you'll fool everyone who see all those trophies unlocked within seconds of each other

hmmm what game is that on that list? I need those trophies!!!

Well there goes the "legitimacy" of Trophies.. Same thing happened to Achievements. Hopefully Sony does what MS did/does and reset the people and publicly humiliate them by labeling their gamer card as a cheater.

You have to be a complete loser to hack trophies. If you do not want to feel enslaved to the trophy system, then just ignore the trophies and play what you want to play. Hacking trophies to make yourself feel better is pathetic. Not only is the author dishonest, but he also apparently has no will power.

I couldn't care less about trophies. I'm actually sometimes stunned when people mention buying bad games, 'Just for the trophies'. I honestly had to read up a little to make sure trophies didn't do anything like convert to digital cash for DLC or something. When I was a kid the insane amount of time I spent playing videogames was something I was ashamed of, now it seems it'd be a cause for bragging rights.

The idea that the competitive nature of trophy hunters ruins games for people like me is ridiculous though. It baffles me but damn, if that's what they want to spend their time and money on it's their business.

Okay... there's one way it bothers me. When I'm playing L4D2 and I'm roped into trying to earn us all a meaningless trophy (using glitches and stuff) rather than enjoying the game. Then it bothers me. I truly don't understand people who care more about being told they've won than enjoying the game. You'd get these same kinds of people without trophies though, glitching games of Left 4 dead in order to show off that they lasted half an hour (of crouching down outside of the map) in Survival mode.

Ironically enough, "gamers" like this guy are what makes me sad to be a gamer in the first place. I've been gaming since Intellivision, so I've seen the way the industry and community have changed over the years, and all this emphasis on trophies/achievements, along with single player games apparently not being worth full price anymore has disgusted me beyond belief.

Mr_Showtime1...I get what you are saying but it is a joke non the less. Apparently it is offensive though. Get offended, take it as a joke as it was intended, I don't care either way.

If this was XBL, the cheater would of got the BanHammer but since PSN is free you can do anything and get away with it.

I stopped caring for trophies and achievements a long time ago.

Did I just see two Lord of the Rings references in the same article?

Trophies really just make it so that you want to play games more often.

Seems like this guy thought they bring you some kind of status.

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.