Thus, PlayStation did not miss a chance to casually ask a question on social media that seemed quite simple, right? They just queried the gamers with ‘What will be the best moment with PS5 in 2025? #ItHappensOnPS5′. It looked like a creative way to process the past year, maybe even to share some delightful and uplifting stories of game victory or narrative movement. Just the opposite, however, was the case with the replies. They were absolutely different and freaky. sort of like a treasure chest where one half is filled with gold and the other half is with rotten fish. The users’ responses are a loud, unpolished climax of sentiments that reveal the company’s actual position among the gamers at the end of 2025—an amalgamation of genuine love, VR hype, minor nuisance, and even trolling.
Let’s start by looking into the replies. Really, first we take the good things, which are the moments that remind you of why you play. PSVR2 is getting a lot of love, which is great to see. The user futureVrking said that their best moment was “The first time I looked through the eyes of Agent 47 in Hitman WOA on PSVR2.” Wow, that was a vibe, for sure. In another case, the user VexVelociraptor went for hilarity when he said “Clearing out enemies in Hitman VR using nothing but a fish,” which was indeed making a great point about being an iconic moment. TheFennerPSVR2 just confessed “Getting #PSVR2 platinums,” which surely is one helluva a shout out to the skilled trophy hunters out there. It indicates that for a certain segment of users, the premium VR headset of Sony is providing those unique, take-no-other-than-experiences ones.
After that, the other and more general game shout-outs got mixed up too. Michael181 told about getting his “6th platinum trophy in Death Stranding Two On The Beach,” and he praised Hideo Kojima for his masterpiece. Robilluma made a full list, mentioning the Oni boss fight, having fun with Tinykin, and the Dark Souls 3 experience. Legendsorigin picked “Wuthering Waves comes to PS5” as their best moment of the year. And JDTAY87 praised the hard work of getting the platinum for The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, saying it was way longer than it had any right to be. These are the stories PlayStation would probably dream of—players connecting very deeply with games, both new and old.
Because where there was a positive comment, there was always a wave of… let’s call it constructive criticism, which was delivered with the subtlety of a brick. A rather large number of replies turned the question into a poll on PlayStation’s 2025 exclusive lineup, and the people’s vote was… not so good. Catalanski literally said, “Nothing, as long as you don’t bring us good exclusives.” SoonDayyfrv echoed that, saying, “Just 3rd party games. You guys dropped the ball this year. Ghost of Woketei didn’t cut it. Big time FAIL.” Ouch! DBaptistaSilva opted for a more… laughingly trying to sound like ‘less serious’ approach and tweeted, “Watching Ghost of D-E-I flop, and you coping and seething about it😂.” The message is clear—part of the player base thinks of the first-party offerings this year as lacking, while there is one particularly high-profile title that has become the focal point of this disappointment.
And the issue was not solely about games. The replies widened into general complaints about the whole platform. Komotzu_ took a sarcastic approach and said: “The one where you guys made online multiplayer free, oh wait…” Darksouldream brought up a major pain point for many, tweeting in Spanish about “Regionalización de precios para Latinoamérica. #NoAlDolarPSN” – that’s a call for regional pricing in Latin America and protesting against dollar-based PSN prices. Then there was the user hellst3r_, who angrily claimed, “i just got fucking banned for no reason yall niggas make me wanna play on xbox 👌”. So yes, the conversation very quickly jumped from “favorite moment” to customer service issues, pricing models, and platform loyalties.
There was even some weird, random chaos in the replies. One user Papaphone_music took over the thread asking for a replacement box for a DualSense Edge controller they received as a Christmas gift. A few users simply shared images of memes or said things like “yummy yummy” with a picture. And infierniricillo made the greatest self-own: “My top moment was the one that i realized
