The PlayStation appears to be pulling Sackboy, the kid on one-off posters, from the marketing material.
As pointed out RealradecSackboy was not particularly present in the PlayStation Productions banner Even the dawn movieMost of his friends are like that Ast Robot, UnknownNathan Drake, and Horizon Zero DawnAlois still have a place.
“Until dawn, you can confirm that Sackboy is no longer on PlayStation Productions Intro (pictured below is the 2023 version of Gran Turismo),” writes Realradic. “I don’t like this era of sackboy erasure” (Thank you, PlayStation Lifestyle).
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention it, I can confirm until dawn that Sackboy is no longer in the PlayStation Production intro (photo below is the 2023 version of Gran Turismo)
I don’t like this era of Sackboy Erase 😔https://t.co/2U72iwebyb pic.twitter.com/quz4gwmaws
– Radec (@RealRadec) April 28, 2025
Once upon a time, Sackboy was the Golden Child of the PlayStation, and in much the same way Sonic is associated with Sega, he became the PlayStation brand mascot, with Mario representing all of Nintendo. However, now Sack Boy hasn’t appeared in PlayStation games since the 2020s. Sackboy: A big adventurehe appears to be on the sidelines to make space for a more modern face.
“They’re removing the bags. They can’t put him out on the street like that.” I commented One unfortunate Twitter user, another user I asked: “Did they take my boy out? But he was in it. Secret Level episode! “
“He’s not a sack boy anymore… he’s a sad boy now,” teases Another.
Other people I’m grieving“Why can’t Astorobot and Sackboy coexist?”, others had a more measured response.
“The Sackboy erased from the PS Productions logo makes no sense. DreamWorks will also trade characters from the logo montage.” Something else said.
22 games will be pulled from the PlayStation Plus Library next monthinclude Grand Theft Auto 5, Payday 2: Crimewave Edition, and the final playable version of First-Party title Resistance: Human Fall and Resistance 2. As a result, resistance: human fall and resistance 2 disappear completely in modern consoles.
In better news, PS Plus members can download ARK: Survival Ascended, Balatro and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun for free from May 6th to June 2nd.
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