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Sony Interactive Entertainment’s
Sony Interactive Entertainment (株式会社ソニー・インタラクティブエンタテインメント in Japanese) is a Japanese-American gaming company that produces games and consoles alike, while the company itself is great (especially the Japanese section), the American one on the other hand, doesn't have any greatness that doesn't awaits.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Firstly, they made an infamous policy where studios (especially Japanese) must censor their games to be "more suitable for all ages" and "to meet the global standards", which was met with massive backlash because other companies, including Nintendo, allowed studios to add M-rated games to their consoles, and also due to hypocrisy since their games (especially The Last of Us Part II) featured a sex scene and yet it was rated M.
 * 2) Four words: "2011 PlayStation Network outage", that's all we need to say.
 * 3) On May 6, they were sued for infamously operating a monopoly by only allowing digital games to be bought through its online store, which is something Epic Games could've done.
 * 4) They made their games Ghost of Tsushima and Horizon: Forbidden West charge for next-Gen upgrade, fortunately, when the latter got this treatment, there were enough backlash that they made it free.
 * 5) They do not care about indie studios, especially when they support Sony.
 * 6) They infamously tried to block cross-platform games on PlayStation 4 from connecting with other consoles.
 * 7) * They used to play favorites whenever it comes to crossplay, fortunately, they stopped that now
 * 8) As stated in the PS5 from AGM, they have removed Japanese culture and swap the button controls instead of keeping it for Japan exclusively.
 * 9) They have a habit of announcing games way too early, the best example would be The Last Guardian, which was announced at E3 2006, but wasn't released until November 2016.
 * 10) Their PS3 had a dreadful launch, due to complicated hardware and a lack of quality games. The PS3 commercials used to advertise the console (which were incredibly disturbing) certainly did NOT help.
 * 11) Unlike Microsoft and Nintendo, they don't allow third party retailers such as Amazon and GameStop to sell video game download codes for the PlayStation Store. Thankfully, they still allow these retailers to sell wallet codes for the PlayStation Store.
 * 12) They tend to ignore some of their IP's whenever a new console is made, like Jak and Daxter, Parappa the Rapper, Twisted Metal, & SOCOM: US Navy Seals.
 * 13) *In fact, only 3 of their franchises made it to all of their PlayStation consoles (Everybody's Golf, Wipeout and MLB: The Show).
 * 14) *While lately they have been showing that they care about their IPs, this is mainly for games that are on the Playstation 4 such as God Of War, The Last Of Us, Ratchet & Clank...etc, while other franchises are almost ignored most of the time.
 * 15) Nowadays, they tend to focus way too much on their American Studios and Guerrila Games rather than giving support to their British and Japanese studios like Media Molecule and London Studio.
 * 16) *They even shut down Japan Studio in 2021, a studio that was easily one of their most creatively thinking alongside Media Molecule. Because of that, we may never be getting sequels to Ape Escape, Gravity Rush, Knack, LocoRoco or Puppeteer.
 * 17) *They've also had a habit of shutting down many British studios like Bigbig Studios, Evolution Studios, Guerrilla Cambridge, Manchester Studio & Studio Liverpool. Because of this, franchises like MediEvil, Motorstorm, Pursuit Force & WipeOut could continue to remain dormant for a long time.
 * 18) *They've been poorly handling San Diego Studio by having them milk the MLB: The Show series to death as well as implementing microtransactions into them rather than making sequels to games like Sports Champions or The Mark of Kri.
 * 19) *As stated in the PS5 from AGM, they have removed Japanese culture and swap the button controls instead of keeping it for Japan exclusively.
 * 20) Aside from Media Molecule games and Naughty Dog Games (due to their success), recently Sony tends to shut down online games that aren't successful enough, rather than try to give players a good reason to play their online games, some examples include Kill Strain, Destiny of Spirits, and MAG (all of which are now completely unplayable). Sony did admit that they're not great with online games and that they wished they were as good at it as they are in Single Player games.
 * 21) They had a bad habit of not supporting their handhelds much, especially the PlayStation Vita.
 * 22) Speaking of which, after the failure of the PlayStation Vita, Sony has dropped out of the handheld gaming market.
 * 23) In addition to the PS1 classic, they have also made some poor versions of their good consoles, such as the PSX, the PSP Go, and PlayStation TV.
 * 24) They have their share of mediocre and/or bad games too, like The Order: 1886, Hanuman: Boy Warrior, Bravo Team, Predator: Hunting Grounds, and Lair.
 * 25) They removed the ability to buy PS3,PSP and Vita games from the desktop version of the PS store, with the only way to buy games from those legacy systems is to go to the PS store version of the PS3 and/or Vita, this wouldn't be a problem if the store wasn't riddled with bugs.
 * 26) While it doesn't happen often, the PSN is notoriously easy to hack, with the best example being the 2011 hack.
 * 27) Very ugly quality control: Not only does the PS4's PSN have shovelware recently, they've also been promoting them.
 * 28) While not as bad as others like 2K, They have been shoving microtransactions into competitive games Killzone: Shadow Fall and Gran Turismo 6. They later did this with Gran Turismo Sport and Gran Turismo 7 even though they said they wouldn't.
 * 29) *They also did this with Destruction AllStars. Not only that but you are forced to pay for the Single-Player content!
 * 30) *They purchased Bungie studio so that they could help them make more live service games, so hopefully it doesn't become bad.
 * 31) Horrible customer service and questionable terms of service. Unlike Microsoft which at least tries to help a person recover their account if it is hacked, Sony declares that the original user is responsible for it being hacked (even if they're not) and will automatically permaban it with no chance to appeal.
 * 32) They did a poor job of handling Error CE-34878-0, a fatal error on the PS4 that could render the system unplayable. To make matters worse, they never offered a solution or compensation to the customers affected by the error, in fact they never publicly admitted that this error existed, they just let the controversy die.
 * 33) They've been following the practice of charging for next gen upgrades on the PS5.
 * 34) They used to play favorites whenever it comes to crossplay, fortunately, they stopped that now.
 * 35) In November 2021, they managed to get a lawsuit accusing the company of widespread gender discrimination in their workplace, despite criticizing Activision Blizzard for the same practice.
 * 36) They've recently been copying Microsoft's bad habits, like paid online multiplayer.
 * 37) Much like Nintendo in the 90's, after their rebranding in San Mateo, they have taken to censor some games on their consoles or in some cases, flat out removing them from the PlayStation Store.
 * 38) They have quit E3 and unlike Nintendo or EA who make a stream before or after the event, they don't appear at all.
 * 39) *Depending on your point of view it can be understandable and justified however, as they consider that the purpose of E3 is to promote games when they can just add the trailer on Social media to promote

Good Qualities
Despite it's awful and terrible business practices, they are still a great company. For those that like to know why Sony is good, click here.