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This is a two-panel meme using a famous scene from the 1994 film *Pulp Fiction*. The character in the driver's seat has the official PlayStation logo edited over his head to represent Sony/PlayStation as a brand, while the passenger character is labeled "GAMERS". In the first panel, the gamer character asks Sony, "What the fuck happened to you, man?", and in the second panel, he continues with, "Your ass used to be beautiful." The meme jokes about widespread gamer frustration with recent unpopular decisions made by Sony for the PlayStation ecosystem, such as price hikes for hardware and subscriptions, removal of previously available game content, and unpopular policy changes, referencing the high positive reputation the PlayStation brand used to hold with consumers.
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What the fuck happened to you, man?
Your ass used to be beautiful.

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GAMERS

Overview

This is a two-panel meme using a famous scene from the 1994 film Pulp Fiction. The character in the driver's seat has the official PlayStation logo edited over his head to represent Sony/PlayStation as a brand, while the passenger character is labeled "GAMERS". In the first panel, the gamer character asks Sony, "What the fuck happened to you, man?", and in the second panel, he continues with, "Your ass used to be beautiful." The meme jokes about widespread gamer frustration with recent unpopular decisions made by Sony for the PlayStation ecosystem, such as price hikes for hardware and subscriptions, removal of previously available game content, and unpopular policy changes, referencing the high positive reputation the PlayStation brand used to hold with consumers.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from the RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, where it was posted referencing ongoing community discussions about Sony's unpopular consumer choices for the PlayStation brand. The base format is a widely used meme template taken directly from a scene in Pulp Fiction, edited with the PlayStation logo and text labels to fit the joke about Sony.

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