Sony Reportedly Phasing Out Popular PlayStation IP, Fans Upset

Alright, here goes nothing. So, there’s this little buzz going around—some PlayStation fans (you know the ones with eyes like eagles) have noticed something a bit sneaky. In the PlayStation intro, bam, suddenly, Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet is MIA. Weird, right? It’s like, “Where’d he disappear to?” Now everyone’s whispering about whether the franchise is just… poof, gone forever.

So here’s the thing. During the “Until Dawn” movie—yeah, I honestly forgot that even existed—these eagle-eyed folks saw that Sackboy isn’t in the intro anymore. Some dude on X, yeah no idea why it’s named that, pointed out this missing Sackboy. If you’re curious, apparently you could spot him around 0:15 in the old intro. But you can’t now. Poof. Vanished.

One fan’s like, “They took out my boy?” And someone else chimed in, “You can’t just ditch the Sack, guys. He was just on that Secret Level episode!” I mean, it does feel like they’re just tossing him on the curb. Bit harsh, if you ask me.

Now, I usually don’t get worked up about this stuff, but for the die-hard LittleBigPlanet fans, there’s a slight panic setting in. I mean, come on, the game’s been nixed, servers shut down, the whole shebang. Media Molecule, the peeps behind it, almost closed shop too. Sackboy’s still hanging in there, but let’s be real, no one’s throwing a party for him lately.

And then there’s Astro Bot—seems like he’s the new golden child of PlayStation. People are starting to think that Sony’s packing Sackboy and LittleBigPlanet into the attic, you know, with old stuff like Killzone and Resistance. Just kind of leaving them in the dust. Such is life, I guess. Anyway, that’s my take… or rant? Probably a bit of both.