"One Game" / PlayStation Songs
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About
"One Game" is a parody version of the song In the End by Linkin Park based on the PS5 Has No Games meme. In memes, the lyrics of the song are changed to the story of a man who bought a PlayStation 5 console but quickly finds out that it has virtually no exclusive games to play. Created in 2020, the parody song has frequently been used and referenced in memes about PlayStation and its player base.
Origin
Precursors
Prior to the creation of "One Game," the most prevalent song based on the PS5 Has No Games meme, parody songs based on the earlier PS3 Has No Games meme were circulated online starting in 2010.
Notably, on February 5th, 2010, an anonymous 4chan user posted a Heavy Rain parody using the song "Chocolate Rain" by Tay Zonday, which referenced the meme and was widely circulated through reposts[1][2] in the following years (original post no longer available; shown below).
Prior to May 20th, 2015, Tumblr[3] user suckmymara posted another meme based on "A Horse With No Name" by America (post no longer available; shown below).
"One Game"
On March 26th, 2020, an anonymous 4chan user posted the first three lyrics of the parody song that would later become "One Game" in a thread on the /v/[4] board (shown below). In the same thread, an anonymous user continued the song with six more lines added to it.[5] The song is an edited version of "In the End" by Linkin Park, notable for frequent use in various memes such as In the Virtual End.
![Anonymous Thu 26 Mar 2020 23:21:59 No.500815353 View Original Report [24/7/?] Deleted Quoted By: >>500819653 >>500819750 >>500820052 >>500820281 ONE GAME 381 KiB, 610x473, ONE THING.png I DON'T KNOW WHY I BOUGHT A PS5 WITH NO GAMES TO BUY](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/903/605/e6e.jpg "ONE GAME I DON'T KNOW WHY I BOUGHT A PS5 WITH NO GAMES TO BUY")
Users added more lyrics to the song in April and May 2020 until on May 9th, 2020, an anonymous user posted the most popular version of the song in /v/[6] (shown below).
ONE GAME
I DON'T KNOW WHY
I BOUGHT A PS5 WITH NO GAMES TO BUY
KEEP THAT IN MIND THEY DESIGNED THIS DRIVE
TO IMPROVE LOADING TIMES
AND THAT'S ALL I KNOW
IN CONSOLE WARS, EXCLUSIVES ARE KEY
WATCH IT FLY BY AS IT PORTS TO PC
LOSE MY EXCLUSIVES AT THE END OF THE GEN
I HAVE NO GAMES TO PLAY
IT'S SO UNFAIR
DIDN'T LOOK OUT BELOW
THROW MY PS5 RIGHT OUT THE WINDOW
TRY TO HOLD ON BUT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
WASTED IT ALL JUST TO WATCH MOVIES
I SPENT ALL MY TIME INSIDE
OF MY OLD GAMES I'M TIRED, ALL I GOT IS PORTS
JUST LIKE THE PS3, IT'S REMINDING ME, OF A MEMORY, OF A TIME WHEN
I CRIED SO HARD, FOR LAUNCH TITLES
BUT IN THE END, IT'S JUST GOT, NO GAMES
I PAID SO MUCH, BOUGHT PS PLUS
BUT IN THE END, IT'S JUST GOT, NO GAMES
This version of the song saw multiple reposts in the following years both on 4chan[7][8] and outside the imageboard.[9]
On May 18th, 2020, voice actor Chris Voiceman posted an audio of himself singing the song in a /v/ thread.[10] On June 2nd, 2020, YouTube[11] user SwagItUp uploaded the audio to the platform, where it garnered over 3.4 million views in four years.
On December 19th, Chris Voiceman uploaded an extended version of the song to YouTube,[12] where it garnered over 2.2 million views in four years (shown below).
Spread
In the 2020s, the parody song was frequently used and referenced in memes about PlayStation, its lack of exclusives, and its player base. For example, on September 5th, 2023, X[13] user @KalebPrime made a post about Final Fantasy XVI being taken off the list of PlayStation 5 exclusives, referencing the meme. The post (shown below) garnered over 1,900 reposts and 15,000 likes in one year.
On September 10th, 2024, following the announcement of the PS5 Pro price tag and characteristics, an anonymous 4chan[14] user posted a modified version of the parody song, with other users completing the lyrics.[15][16] On that day, an anonymous user posted a completed version of the new parody song in /v/ [17] (shown below).
![44KİB, 685x618, [sound=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.catbox.moe%2Fs8c91 u.mp3].jpg View Same Google ImgOps SauceNAO (IT'S MADE IN UNREAL) DIDN'T LOOK OUT BELOW Anonymous Tue 10 Sep 2024 16:53:14 No.688420208 View Original Report ONE GAME, WITHOUT A DRIVE IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF YOU RAISE THE PRICE KEEP IT IN MIND THAT THEY OPTIMIZE BY UPSCALING WITH AI (AND THAT'S ALL THEY SHOWED) FRAMES ARE A VALUABLE THING WATCH EM GO DOWN AS THE CHARACTER SWINGS WATCH THEM TRY HARD TO KEEP UP WITH PC IT'S SO HARD TO SEE THREW THE CONSOLE STAND RIGHT OUT THE WINDOW THIRTY DOLLARS MORE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I WASTED IT ALL JUST TO PLAY IN 4K I SPENT ALL MY TIME INSIDE NOW THE PRICES ARE ALL HIKED, ALL I SEE ARE PORTS JUST LIKE THE PS3, IT'S REMINDING ME, OF A MEMORY, OF A TIME WHEN I CRIED SO HARD, FOR NEXT GEN GAMES BUT IN THE END, IT'S ALL JUST THE SAME I PAID SO MUCH, PLAYED CONCORD'S LAUNCH BUT IN THE END, IT'S JUST GOT NO GAMES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/903/623/2a2.jpg "ONE GAME, WITHOUT A DRIVE IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF YOU RAISE THE PRICE")
The remake was followed by users on /v/ making parody songs about PlayStation 5 based on other songs (example[18] based on "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Tumblr – lookatallofthisstuff
[2] iFunny – 2huRespecter
[3] Know Your Meme – I've been through the desert on a horse with no games
[4] arch.b4k – /v/ Post #500815353
[5] arch.b4k – /v/ Post #500819385
[6] arch.b4k – /v/ Post #507268819
[7] arch.b4k – /v/ Post #508666927
[8] arch.b4k – /v/ Post #508840701
[9] X – @KalebPrime
[10] arch.b4k – /v/ Post #508674520
[11] YouTube – One game i don't know why i bought a ps5 with no games to buy
[12] YouTube – ONE GAME I DON'T KNOW WHY
[13] X – @KalebPrime
[14] arch.b4k – /v/ Thread #688393781
[15] arch.b4k – /v/ Post #688394549
[16] arch.b4k – /v/ Post #688398137
[17] arch.b4k – /v/ Thread #688420208
[18] arch.b4k – /v/ Post #688428125
![44KİB, 685x618, [sound=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.catbox.moe%2Fs8c91 u.mp3].jpg View Same Google ImgOps SauceNAO (IT'S MADE IN UNREAL) DIDN'T LOOK OUT BELOW Anonymous Tue 10 Sep 2024 16:53:14 No.688420208 View Original Report ONE GAME, WITHOUT A DRIVE IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF YOU RAISE THE PRICE KEEP IT IN MIND THAT THEY OPTIMIZE BY UPSCALING WITH AI (AND THAT'S ALL THEY SHOWED) FRAMES ARE A VALUABLE THING WATCH EM GO DOWN AS THE CHARACTER SWINGS WATCH THEM TRY HARD TO KEEP UP WITH PC IT'S SO HARD TO SEE THREW THE CONSOLE STAND RIGHT OUT THE WINDOW THIRTY DOLLARS MORE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I WASTED IT ALL JUST TO PLAY IN 4K I SPENT ALL MY TIME INSIDE NOW THE PRICES ARE ALL HIKED, ALL I SEE ARE PORTS JUST LIKE THE PS3, IT'S REMINDING ME, OF A MEMORY, OF A TIME WHEN I CRIED SO HARD, FOR NEXT GEN GAMES BUT IN THE END, IT'S ALL JUST THE SAME I PAID SO MUCH, PLAYED CONCORD'S LAUNCH BUT IN THE END, IT'S JUST GOT NO GAMES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/903/623/2a2.jpg "ONE GAME, WITHOUT A DRIVE IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF YOU RAISE THE PRICE")
![28KiB, 854x480, 1725983434142157.jpg View Same Google ImgOps SauceNAO Anonymous [521 / 237 / 1] Tue 10 Sep 2024 12:18:56 No.688393 781 View Origi nal Report ONE GAME, WITHOUT A DRIVE Anonymous Tue 10 Sep 2024 12:26:28 No.688394549 It doesn't even matter how much you raise the price Report](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/903/622/575.jpg "ONE GAME, WITHOUT A DRIVE")
Top Comments
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Sep 12, 2024 at 02:18PM EDT
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