Over the years, the officialPlayStationforums have been a reliable place for fans to come together to discuss their favorite Sony consoles, thebest PlayStation games, and much more. However, after a more than two decade long run, the PlayStation forums are now set to be closed in full, and its users have just over one week to say their goodbyes.
In a post that was made on thePlayStationforums last Friday, February 14, Community Manager Groovy_Matthew indicated that the forums “will no longer be available” beginning Thursday, February 27. This brief announcement was followed up with encouragement for active users to continue their PlayStation-related discussions on PlayStation.Blog as well as various social media outlets, and the post also referred players that are looking for product support to the official support website.
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Since the announcement was made,PlayStation playershave been using the forums not only to express their disappointment with its closure but also to share the many ways in which the site has touched their lives. Indeed, after twenty years the PlayStation forums have hosted countless conversations and seen many relationships forged, and its shutdown is something that sits heavy on the hearts of many users, both current and former.
That said, some fans will not be particularly surprised to see thatSonyhas decided to close the PlayStation forums, as sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit may now feel like the most obvious places for internet-based conversations. However, the communities that are built around more traditional forums truly run deep, and PlayStation forum users will now need to figure out how to continue the discussions and maintain the friendships that the site has helped facilitate over its significant lifespan.
Furthermore, the timing of the closure may make the pill even harder to swallow, as extensivedetails on the PlayStation 5are expected to arrive in relative short order. Without question, these details are something that many users would have liked to discuss on the officialPlayStationforums, and now these fans will need to turn elsewhere if they still wish to have online conversations about Sony’s highly-anticipated next-gen console.
