World Record Trophy Hunter Playstation game is over

Key takeaways

  • Record trophy hunter Hakum has left PlayStation after being banned for questionable activities and controversy.
  • Sony banned Hakum for getting trophies too fast and logging into too many accounts.
  • Despite having his account reinstated, Hakum has officially retired from trophy hunting and ended his partnership with Sony.



Hakum, a Guinness World Record holder for collecting an astonishing amount PlayStation Trophy, he has announced that he has abandoned Sony's platform. Hakum shared his departure amid controversy over the suspension of his account. According to him, his PlayStation profile was hacked, resulting in a block by Sony, which detected unusual activity.

Ever since consoles began introducing achievement and trophy systems to their platforms, players have gained more incentive to engage with games and tackle challenges set by developers. An entire community is dedicated to hunting and sharing the number of trophies they have on PlayStation, fueling fierce competition to see who has the most trophies. Although there are some controversies in this tournament, such as the very easy PlayStation Trophies or the ones that automatically pop up on the PS5 if a player has already achieved platinum on the PS4, Sony and Guinness still consider these valid.


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However, that was not the case with trophy hunter Hakum, who won the Guinness Gaming World Record in 2018 with 1,691 platinum trophies. Hakum posted a video on social media to explain his PSN ban, but since it was AI-translated, some of the meaning may have been lost. According to him, on September 9 this year, his PSN account was banned without any explanation. While trying to contact support, a hacker contacted him and bribed him with his own data. Hakoom provided Sony with evidence of the hack, but the company justified the ban for various other reasons related to the hack.


The record-holding trophy hunter explains why Sony banned it


Sony said the boss's ban was due to him getting platinum trophies too quickly, completing games with practically no playtime, logging into over 200 accounts, and using 29 PlayStations. Hakum explained that he gets platinum trophies quickly because of the auto-pop system and by playing sovlware titles, platinum can be earned in minutes. For multiple account logins, he said he shared digital game purchases with other users.

Although his account was reinstated, Hakum says the partnership with Sony, which provided him with the review codes, ended. As a result, he decided to officially retire from trophy hunting after accumulating 207,379 trophies on the platform. Hakum backed out of holding his world record in 2019, citing a deluge of Shovel merchandise on the PlayStation Store, but he continued to play on the platform.


However, some users noticed that Hakoom recently logged into PSN, which suggests that he hasn't completely abandoned the platform. In the video, he also blames Sony for ignoring his data leak concerns in favor of a ban, another reason Hakum decided to distance himself from the brand.

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