The gaming community has a long way to go
Hand-picked gaming tweets on X — the jokes, hot takes, and pure fandom.
45 tweets · Collected July 2026
The gaming community has a long way to go
say goodbye to gaming as an affordable hobby
the past 48 hours in the gaming industry
We need a gaming industry crash, and I’m not exaggerating in the slightest.
Dear gaming companies, just because I’ll buy GTA VI at $80 doesn’t mean that I’ll buy every new AAA game that comes out for $80 too
hot take: 8 hours of gaming is better for you than 8 hours of doom scrolling
gaming industry
The only one that loses with a digital-only future is you #playstation
A Steam Machine owner says their system died after only about 20 minutes of use, making it what looks like the first reported Red Line of Death (RLOD) case. The console won’t boot anymore, and according to Valve’s support guide, the red LED pattern points to a GPU hardware failure. Since the GPU is built into the motherboard, it isn’t user-replaceable, so the system will most likely need to be repaired or replaced under warranty. The name “Red Line of Death” is a reference to Xbox 360’s Red Ring of Death.
The state of gaming rn
PlayStation dips offline for 3 days The replies in waiting:
Xbox was previously using profits and revenue from Minecraft to fund the rest of the Xbox business [via Bloomberg / @cecianasta]
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire's physical copies will not require an internet connection to play the game. If you insert the disc/cartridge into an offline PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, or Nintendo Switch 2, the game will be playable. If your console is connected to the internet, the latest update will be downloaded, which we recommend in order to install the latest quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and more. We hope you enjoy your time in Mouseburg 🐭
Footballer Erling Haaland revealed his list of favorite games and said he wants Xbox to sponsor him one day "Random order, Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty, Modern Warfare, Minecraft, FIFA"
Not even a week and y'all folded for fucking cod lmao, no wonder gaming industry is so fucked.
Thinking about the Walmart gaming aisle today…
Just days after PlayStation announced that all new games will be digital-only starting in 2028, Sony President and CEO Hiroki Totoki sold 225,000 Sony shares. According to a recent SEC filing, Totoki sold the shares on July 3 for an estimated $4.73 million. The sale represented 56.5% of his holdings in that class of Sony stock, leaving him with 173,250 shares. The stock sale happened shortly after Sony announced its move toward an all-digital future for new PlayStation games after huge backlash from everyone
The PlayStation app is getting review bombed over the end of physical discs. Gamers are furious and tired of corporate greed. “PS5 will be my last console if Sony insists on digital only.”
Finding a PlayStation 3 with some physical games in The Last of Us Part 2 🔥🎮
SONY was hoping the XBOX layoffs would take over the news so they can keep acting normal. Instead PlayStation made the worst announcement in company history so the XBOX layoffs seem like no big deal 💀
Bethesda employees say HR made them remove a small memorial they created for coworkers who were laid off during Microsoft’s recent Xbox job cuts. According to the Bethesda Game Studios Union, employees in Rockville, Maryland, put together a “Celebration of Service” display with photos of former coworkers to thank them for their work. The union says HR had it taken down almost right away because it was in a shared office space. “Unfortunately, HR made our office manager take this down almost immediately. They said because it’s in a common area, it had to be removed.” “We’ve used common areas for many things as a team, including fan works, but HR seems to believe that a Celebration of Service is inappropriate.”
A message to Sony and Playstation from me, a lifetime fan: PS1 was the first console I ever had for myself, and I have loved and played on every playstation console and handheld. Through my years, I have over 700 games across all ps platforms and over 300 platinum trophies. I buy and play games, because Playstation is my favorite place to play ä. Please Sony, all I ask for you is to care. To care about the fans like me who love physical media. It's the feeling of having physical discs that I can't describe. Putting into the PlayStation and playing it, no better feeling As a long time fan, all I ask is that you care. The goodwill I once had is getting smaller by the day and the company that was innovative, fun and made the games I love is not the same anymore. If you have any heart left, please show that you care. That's all fans like me ask you to do. Thank you for reading if you did, whoever you are. This came from my broken heart today. I don't have much energy to give, I feel sad.
2026 is the new 2013: 2013: - Black Ops 2 - GTA 5 - Black Flag - Rayman Legends 2026: - Black Ops 2 - GTA 6 - Black Flag Resynced - Rayman Legends Retold The golden age of gaming is back y’all
DAILY OBJECT 1335: PLAYSTATION MOVE
society needs to accept the hard-to-swallow pill that graphicsfags have ruined gaming forever. their endless pursuit of realism has driven up hardware requirements and costs to inaccessible levels, all so they can stare at mud.
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The sheer arrogance is disgusting. If you don’t give a shit about your consumer base, why should I give a shit about your products? I grew up with PS1 but I just don’t see myself supporting PlayStation as a platform any more if this is how little they think of their audience.
A father in China is suing Tencent, NetEase, miHoYo, and 37 Interactive, asking for just 10 yuan (about $1.50) in damages. He is not doing it for the money, he says his son became addicted to online games, often played until 3 or 4 a.m., stopped eating properly, lost a lot of weight and later ended up in hospital after taking 18 fever pills. The father says children can still bypass China’s strict gaming limits by using adult accounts or borrowed IDs, so he asks the court to make gaming companies better prevent underage players from circumventing the rules. If he wins, the case could push Chinese game companies to introduce stricter anti-addiction measures.
Last week, Playstation PSN was down. Today, XBOX has been down for over 15 hours Clearly, they don't have the infrastructure to be digital only for consoles. Physical games NEED to be an option for people no matter (with offline play)
I’ve been working on this for months, I made a mod that lets you play Stardew Valley in VR or 3D with Motion Controls #vr #stardewvalley #gaming
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has revealed the four priorities for the company's future: Console, Minecraft, bigger franchises, and expanding games into movies and TV
This summer we've expanded XBOX streaming to more than 150 million TVs and devices around the world because not everyone can afford dedicated gaming hardware. Today we're adding millions more through VIDAA OS and Hisense, so more people can play on the hardware they already own.
Its been real, Playstation 👋
Progression of physical video games..
Jack-0451, a.k.a. Jack Halo, a.k.a. Master Detective 🔫🕵️ Congratulations to @Halo and @Xbox on the launch of Halo: Campaign Evolved!
Xbox is Reportedly Considering Physical Disc Support for Next-Gen Console Not because it values disc retail sales, but because it wants players’ existing physical game libraries to remain playable on future hardware. According to John Linneman of Digital Foundry, Xbox has discussed the possibility of an external disc drive solution. 👀
Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2 ports on PlayStation have sold over 7 million units combined, sources familiar with the sales figures tell us
It’s Friday night. Pizza’s ready. You turn on your XBOX to boot up Halo. You have permission to stay up late. The year is 2026.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is the peak of gaming graphics.
Can we say that women are destroying women in Western AAA gaming, or is it still too soon?
Yea I think it’s GGs unfortunately. Buy your physicals on Switch, hope that Xbox takes advantage of this to make discs for next gen so the market that wants it can have it, and at least Steam/PC gives you more flexibility access for digital as well. If Playstation doesn’t want you, it’s gonna be up to you to make a stance to not want them back. This disc thing is like 1 part of the problem with Playstation. Studio shutdowns, billions wasted on live service games that never even saw the light of day, lack of first party games this gen, and clearly next gen things are gonna get WORSE. This is a PS that doesn’t care, nor needs to care cuz in their mind they are the default console people will buy. I hope they are humbled beyond belief going into PS6💀
“Even if you are happy to buy digital products, nothing good can come from gaming in a purely digital future.” Well said and good article @RetroGamer_Daz
Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida says Japan Studio was shut down because Sony’s priorities changed to focus on AAA According to Yoshida, Sony “wanted to drive hardware sales with games like God of War and Uncharted.” As PlayStation focused more on big-budget AAA exclusives, there was less room for the kind of smaller, creative games Japan Studio was known for. Yoshida also pointed out that the rise of indie games made it even harder for mid-sized AA titles to find their place. Japan Studio gave us classics like Ape Escape, Gravity Rush, Patapon, LocoRoco, The Last Guardian, and also worked on Bloodborne and the original Demon’s Souls.
Simu Liu reveals his favorite video game of all time is Sleeping Dogs #sdcc
IShowSpeed confirms the gaming marathon with Kai Cenat will begin next week 👀🔥 This marathon could last up to 14 days.
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