In June 2013, PlayStation was untouchable, standing on the battered body of Xbox after a breezy round three in the ring. The "Official PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video" twisted the knife during the PS4 generation, with now-former Sony executives Shuhei Yoshida and Adam Boyes spending 21 seconds showing just how easily users could lend game discs to each other. In 2026, Yoshida and Boyes have recreated the now-infamous passing of the disc as Sony moves to end support for physical games in January 2028, and the conversation is very different.
In a September 18 Twitter post, Yoshida shares two photos from the floor of PlayStation's Tokyo Game Show setup. Both see him catching up with "best friend" Boyes, but one has sparked far more conversation online.
Met with a best friend :D @amboyes @PlayStation_jp #TGS2026 pic.twitter.com/2ZjsrLMNaPSeptember 18, 2026
With shocked expressions, Yoshida and Boyes look to the camera and hold an imaginary game box – a near-perfect recreation of their part in that PS4 instructional video, but with one important piece missing. Soon, there won't be any PlayStation discs to share at all.
This doesn't read like Yoshida or Boyes intentionally taking a serious shot at PlayStation, but many people online have pounced on the post as a measure of how Sony has changed in the past 13 years.
"Damn, there isn't anything being shared," reads one reply to Yoshida's post.
"It's been all downhill since you have been gone," says another. Yoshida left PlayStation in January 2025 after 31 years at Sony.
"This is how you share games with your friends in 2028," writes a user sharing the post.
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