Important points
- Hakoom, the record-holding trophy hunter, has resigned from PlayStation after being banned due to questionable activity and controversy.
- Sony banned Hakoom for earning trophies too quickly and logging in a lot of accounts.
- Although his account was restored, Hakoom officially retired from trophy hunting and ended his partnership with Sony.
Hakoom is the Guinness World Record holder for collecting huge sums of money. PlayStation Trophy has announced that he is abandoning the Sony platform. Hakoom recounts his departure amid controversy over his account being suspended. According to him, his PlayStation profile was hacked resulting in a block by Sony which detected the unusual activity.
Since consoles first introduced the achievement and trophy system on the platform. Players are given additional incentives to engage with the game and take on challenges set by the developers. An entire community is dedicated to hunting and sharing the trophies they have on PlayStation, creating fierce competition to see who has the most trophies. This competition has some controversies, though, such as the PlayStation trophy being too easy. Or the trophies that automatically appear on PS5 if the player has already won Platinum on PS4, Sony and Guinness, but these are still considered legitimate.
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However, that's not the case for Hakoom, a trophy hunter who won a Guinness Gaming World Record in 2018 for having 1,691 platinum trophies. Hakoom posted a video on social media to explain his PSN ban, but because of the AI translation, Some meanings may therefore be lost. According to him, on September 9th this year, his PSN account was banned without explanation. While trying to contact support Hackers approached him and bribed him with his own information. Hakoom provided Sony with evidence of the hack, but the company justified the ban on a variety of other reasons unrelated to the hack.
Trophy Hunter who holds the highest record Explains why Sony banned him.
Sony stated that Hakoom's ban was due to him receiving the Platinum Trophy too quickly. Complete the game with almost no time to play. Signed into more than 200 accounts and using 29 PlayStations, Hakoom explains that he quickly earned the Platinum trophy due to the automatic pop system. And by playing the shovel game where platinum can be obtained within minutes. For logging into many accounts He explained that he shared digital game purchases with other users.
Although his account has been restored, Hakoom said his partnership with Sony has ended. By giving him the verification code. As a result, he decided to officially retire from trophy hunting after collecting 207,379 trophies on the podium. Hakoom has already backed down from holding his world record in 2019, citing the abundance of shovels on the PlayStation Store, but he's still playing. on the next platform
Still, some users have noticed that Hakoom has recently logged into PSN, indicating that he may not be abandoning the platform entirely. In the video, he also accuses Sony of ignoring concerns over data leaks and choosing to ban him. Another reason why Hakoom decided to leave the brand
