The tweet exceeds the number of “likes” from the Reggie Fils-Aime recall on Nintendo of America. Half a million "likes" in a few days.
Sony's announcement on Twitter where it communicated that the presentation event of the first PS5 games was postponed indefinitely to solidarity with the social demand against racism in the United States is already the video game tweet with the most likes (“I like it” ) of the history of this social network.
536,000 likes in just two days
The publication, which sought to stand in solidarity against racism and show support for the social protests after the death of black citizen George Floyd by police violence, currently has more than 536,000 likes and surpasses the announcement of the withdrawal of Reggie Fils-Aime as president of Nintendo of America a couple of years ago. "While we understand that gamers around the world are excited to see PS5 games, we don't think this is the right time to celebrate and, for now, we want to step back and allow more important voices to be heard," he said. the Japanese company in the afternoon of this past June 1.
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– PlayStation (@PlayStation) June 1, 2020
This number of messages are representative of the consensus that currently exists before the #BlackLivesMatter movement, referring to the importance of the lives of black people, who are still discriminated against even today. Sony's announcement will take place at another time, we don't know when.
The difference compared to what the ads with the most support on Twitter were until now is increasing, as we can see in this ranking prepared by the user ArmGunar from ResetEra:
- 536,000 likes – PlayStation – PS5 game presentation event postponed
- 356,000 likes – Reggie Fils-Aime withdraws from Nintendo of America
- 344,000 likes – Animal Crossing: New Horizons (JP) – Staging of the main theme of the game with its composers
- 325,000 likes – PlayStation – Official presentation of the PS5 controller, DualSense
- 280,000 likes – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) – Announcement and first trailer
