Sony’s first-party games are doing extraordinarily well both critically and commercially at the moment, and that’s convinced the company to double down on exclusives. Speaking as part of a recent investors relations day, president John Kodera said that the company is planning to enhance its exclusive output, and added that the organisation’s pipeline will be “improved and increased” during the current fiscal year. This, according to the executive, will increase expenses – but it’s all money the firm will expect to make back if the software continues to fare like its current slate.
Kodera added that “successful and powerful” properties like Horizon: Zero Dawn will be made into franchises so that the “business associated with them can be expanded”. We imagine this will include things like merchandising, which the platform holder’s been quietly increasing its output of in recent years.
Considering that PlayStation’s first-party output has been very good for a decade or so now, it’s really exciting that the company is publicly stating that it wants to improve upon what it’s already doing. We imagine some of the games that it’s green-lighting right now will be for the PlayStation 5, but there’s obviously a lot of life left in the PlayStation 4 as well.
[source dualshockers.com]
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i don't get it, this is good news but you used the "It's already Dead" meme picture?
@FullbringIchigo Well, they're "killing it", aren't they? That was my thinking anyway...
@get2sammyb OH, OK i get that
@FullbringIchigo @get2sammyb i assumed Sammy was referring to our wallets as Sony are taking ALL of the money 😂
Give me parasite eve.syphon filter. sly Cooper 5.and resistance 4.nah mean word up son
@Rob_230 well that works too
Sly Cooper 5 or reboot.
Heavenly Sword 2.
Killzone Reboot
Syphon Philter Reboot.
Resistance 4.
Own Insomniac, Ninja Theory, Housemarque, Bluepoint Games
I think if they want the PlayStation 5 to sell like hot cakes on release, having a couple of amazing exclusives ready would be smart. So they best start working on them now, which I assume is what they're doing.
Is it much surprise that this is the case? Sony has had a huge lead over Microsoft in console sales. Only makes sense that developers want to bring their games to the larger playerbase.
@FullbringIchigo I thought he was aiming a dig at Xbox lol.
@FullbringIchigo I thought he was making fun of Extreme Xbox Fanboys and how they say Exclusives are anti consumer.
"Properties like Horizon: Zero Dawn will be made into franchises."
Not a surprise but still awesome to read...
So, when are you buying NieR Automata and Granblue Fantasy, hmm?
@Fight_Teza_Fight @Hapuc lets be honest that might also be true
@Fight_Teza_Fight I assumed Xbox as well. And knowing sammy, despite his explanation in the comments, I'm sticking with that, he's smart enough not to come out and say it though, either you got the joke or you didn't.
OTOH I always think of Xbox when I see that, at least the past few years.
It makes sense. Sony have had a LOT of critical and commercial success with their First Party games. Whether they come out on the PS4 or PS5 (when that launches) is irrelevant as the games will sell consoles.
The advantage of developing for the 'next' generation though can push gaming beyond what we currently see - and I am NOT referring to 'visual' quality (or Story either for that matter). Its no secret that this Gen has been quite 'limited' by its CPU but a better CPU can offer more in the way of NPC count with more complex AI, much more 'physics' etc.
It does look as though MS and the Xbox are becoming more interchangeable with a PC. By that I mean you could buy 1 or the other and play the same games. The main difference being whether you prefer the PC or the console set-up. With Sony and Nintendo, its buying an 'identity'. Even if either isn't the 'best' hardware on the market, playing the multi-platform releases at the 'highest' spec, you still want to buy.
Going back to the launch of next gen, people will be more likely to upgrade to a PS5 over the next Xbox even if the next Xbox is 'superior' in hardware because they know that Sony has a great track record of first party games. Even if both were to release in 2018, the promise of games like Days Gone, Ghost, Death Stranding, Last of Us 2 etc would sell the PS5 even if the Xbox had better hardware and could play CoD, RDR2, Metro, Division 2 etc at higher visual settings. You would also think that Sony would continue to deliver games and, if you own a high spec PC, wouldn't need an Xbox anyway...
Bring back The Legend of Dragoon !
Friends, keep your wallets safe, we're gonna need them for the oncoming exclusive storm.
I am not sure how much they can improve but I am glad they are up to the challenge!
I'm hoping that the PS5 is very similar to the PS4 from a development standpoint so that the first party teams are able to adapt and make game without having to overcome that initial hardware hurdle. Having played God of War and Detroit in the past month, I'm really excited to see more games at this level of quality.
Unless Ape Escape is in there then its all a waste!
@Xaessya Agreed (sort of). A new Ape Escape would be very welcome.
When I look at that "it's already dead" meme I imagined Sony choking the life out of the xbox one while wearing gloves made out of Sony Exclusive, which wouldn't be to far from the truth lol:D
Nintendo would be the boy crying "it's already dead" rotflmaoXD
I think after tlou, uncharted 4 and horizon zd, sony want more 10M+ selling exclusive games. To get that kind of exclusive is hard, last gen sony make all kind of games but while some games are good or great, they're not resonating well with consumer (like puppeteer). So this gen I think sony will take bigger is better approach, less medium or small games like housemarque titles, more big ip like horizon zd, ghost of tsushima and days gone.
That's awesome, keep releasing the great exclusives Sony!
Exclusives are important for any device, can't discuss with logic.
@hubertuss03 Also Sega (+ Atlus).
Gone is the CoD era. Long live the Kodera.
@FullbringIchigo 100% sure the meme was a jab at the competition
please don't delay The Last of Us 2 to 2020 if they want release more exclusive games next year
Wonder if PS5 will be getting Infamous 3 that would be a good start to launch alone with maybe a franchise reboot. Sython Filter would be really nice to have back
probably makes sense to begin to crank up development for PS5 launch titles. except for guerrilla most of the other main WWS are busy on already revealed PS4 titles. naughty dog might have a second team on PS5 pre-production (after all lost legacy and TLoU2 were in development simultaneously) but otherwise i think the current batch of big first party titles will probably the last for PS4.
arguably the first party stuff available at PS4 launch was a bit naff, though delays to infamous second son and driveclub didn't help in that regard. going forward, i think what's available for PS5 will be more important than perhaps it was for PS4. i'm not sure hardware specs are really going to be as important as maybe they might have been in the past. only about 1% of pc gamers can play in 4K, whilst that number might be higher for console gamers, i still doubt it's anywhere close to a majority. and the massive popularity of fortnite, H1Z1.. (or PUBG which is hardly a great looker even on xbox). minecraft. etc shows that visuals aren't a main driver of success. and potentially with staggered releases and 'mid-gen' refreshes, the question of which black/white/gray box is more 'powerful' could change every couple of years anyway.
Playstation exclusives have been absolutely stellar in the past 2-3 years and the announced 2018-2019 games are looking bonkers (Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, Spider-Man, TLOU2). Hearing that they're planning more is really exciting and just a little bit worrying.
Shame they closed down Evolution though...
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