While it doesn’t have a flawless record, it’s fair to say that most PlayStation Studios releases are of a high quality. Many of the company’s games secure strong Metacritic ratings, and in an interview with Barron’s, bigwig Eric Lempel admitted that management is humbled by the games’ critical receptions. However, he hinted that a lot of work goes on behind the scenes to ensure such success.
“It comes down to how we’re managing the studios and each individual title,” he said of the secret to the organisation’s impressive record. “It’s our focus on quality. That’s what’s most important. It represents PlayStation. We’re humbled by how good these titles are. In some cases, behind the scenes, we will do a lot to make sure that the studios have what they need to put out a quality title.”
Sony recently secured success with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which averaged a critical rating of 90 from a whopping 138 reviews on Metacritic. And the platform holder is no stranger to these kinds of ratings: last year’s God of War Ragnarok achieved a 94, for example. The most impressive thing is that these games are being developed by different studios under the PS Studios umbrella, demonstrating a unified commitment to quality across the entire division.
[source barrons.com, via playstationlifestyle.net]
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so what happened to last of us factions then?
naughty dog dont make bad games
lets see how the rest of the Games as service games turn out
@trev666 doesn't factions not coming out highlight this focus on quality even more?
Exclusives? Temporary exclusives more like and not an awful lot of them to be honest. I'm not really bothered if a game is exclusive or not so long as the quality and longevity reflect the increase in the cost of the games because excluding a few notable releases i fail to see any. Studios like neowiz and hexworks are giving sony,fromsoftware etc a bloody good run for their money without the huge budgets they have for development so i'm sorry but sony et al really need to start producing better games especially if they are only on the ps5...
Yea will see how high quality your live service shift turns out over the next few years.
There's a reason they have won so many GOTY awards, what they lack in Quantity they easily make up in Quality.
Sony and Nintendo have done a fantastic job over the last decade of doing this.
I have to give Nintendo publisher of 2023 though.
Nintendo have seen to have set their 2024 out and ready to go. My concern is Sony have shown zero for 2024 from in house AAA big single player games and as I keep saying we normally have had gameplay and a date ish, of one of the big AAA for next year 2024 already.
Suspiciously quiet or they have a something up their sleeve, time will tell.
But I think they have a new pattern like this 2023 year pattern.
Early in the year GOWR dlc 2024 same as burning shores 2023.
Mid year third party paid for exclusive, Roni 2024.
2023 forespoken, FF.
end of 2024 AAA exclusive, 2023 Spider-Man.
I think two a year from Sony own in house full new AAA single player maybe a thing of the past.
@roe I severely doubt last of us factions was a bad game . naughty dog dont make bad games.
it not being a long term cash machine was why it was "put on ice"
@OldGamer999 what exactly is Nintendos 2024? A princess peach game and a remaster? I’m confident they’ll have a lot more but they’ll wait a long time on it. Super Mario Wonder and the RPG remake were only shown a few months ago for the first time.
People are worried when Sony does the same thing because Xbox spewed out every game they have in production?
@roe No, it hi-lights a commitment to ensuring profitability. From what we know, the delay was a result of Bungie's intervention at Sony's request and has been delayed not for quality reasons, but because they no longer have confidence in its potential for player retention and high profitability.
When I look at Bungie's Destiny games (particularly in contrast to previous Naughty Dog titles), that move doesn't feel like one that will necessarily improve the quality of the game.
@ChrisDeku There are a lot of double standards when it comes to how PlayStation and XBOX are perceived for some reason.
PS5 has a nice lineup of announced exclusives on the way, but because they're either not original IP or not developed by a first party studio Sony are seen as failing.
Can you imagine if XBOX had Spidey, Wolverine, Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, Phantom Blade Zero or Final Fantasy VII locked to their platform?
Sony have earned my trust since The Last of Us on PS3. I put them on the same pedestal as Nintendo when it comes to quality games and the fact that I know something exciting and polished will be along every year.
If there's a gap in first party they'll outsource and publish something third party, giving those devs access to their resources. Returnal and Spider-Man were both made by devs that, at the time, were third party. But the quality shines through.
@ChrisDeku
It wasn’t a competition my message did start with how amazing Sony and Nintendo have done over the last decade.
I didn’t even mention Xbox.
I just stated fact that we haven’t seen anything for next year from Sony in house AAA single player games, gameplay and release date wise and we normally have by now.
ITS JUST A FACT, so chill fan person.
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@OldGamer999 to be fair ,you was trolling in here the other week,you even made a comment on pure xbox at how fun it is,maybe people remember...maybe.
And what Eric Lempel thinks: „To ensure this quality, we pass on new, enticing gameplay mechanics and IPs and incrementally improve our proven concepts instead. God of War: Ragnarok and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 are just the most recent examples for that highly profitable, if somewhat boring strategy SIE brought to perfection.“
@Max_the_German Arguably, the best exclusive they've released this generation goes against the point you're trying to make.
All the more baffling turning away from what made you successful in the first place and chase after live service games
@Mephisto2869 I remember ✋
I want more pure kids games by Sony without involvement from their rated M stuffs from other games.
Just pure kids games with 3D environments and peaceful gameplay (their Animal Crossing games).
@Intr1n5ic Okay, fair point, but now Housemarque could be forced by PS Studios to make a sequel, which is probably not the way they want to work.
@Mephisto2869
Maybe and good point. But there was no mischief in my post earlier at all.
I even put what I think the Sony game pattern will be for next year and was complementary about Sony and Nintendo the last tens years and their games.
But they do like to attack on here and bring Xbox up whenever they get the chance.
@Mephisto2869
I guess I did mention the ABK deal but Microsoft are a half a sleep Xbox gaming division at the moment but if they become fully awake then there is maybe concern and insecurity to be had from the Sony gang.
Just imagine if Redfall, Starfield and Forza had been top AAA to match Sonys pure quality. And also Xbox had undertaken some aggressive advertising like Sony and Nintendo do and Xbox had reduced the series X price to about £399.99 like Sony did with the disc PS5 twice in the UK and Europe this year so far.
It would a little bit of a different picture coming into the last quarter of 2023.
Beware the half a sleep giant because I think it might start to wake up.
That’s not to mention this November every PlayStation gamer that buys COD and console COD bundles deals puts money into MIcrosoft, that’s not including dlc and in game purchases etc.
That must really get some on here.
@OldGamer999 ehhh the hell you talking about? I'm saying that Nintendo are operating from a position of strength, just like how Apple do, announce and then launch soon after.
Showing off everything you have way in advance is a show of weakness, Xbox is forced to do that because people have no confidence in them. Sony have built up a lot of goodwill over the last 5-6 years going from a middle of the pack publisher to one of the best in the business. They're likely taking a much more measured approach to information release now. People perceiving this as a sign of weakness is bizarre.
@OldGamer999
but if they become fully awake then there is maybe concern and insecurity to be had from the Sony gang.
That’s not to mention this November every PlayStation gamer that buys COD and console COD bundles deals puts money into MIcrosoft, that’s not including dlc and in game purchases etc. That must really get some on here.
Its comments like this that make a lot of people on here think of you as a troll and take your comments as baiting.
@OldGamer999 it's also a FACT that if Microsoft didn't spend £70+ Billion they would only have Forza Motorsport for this year, that would be the only one AAA in house game in over 24 months. That is what being a trillion dollar company can buy you, something Sony can't do hence why they get third party exclusives. Also Microsoft players are giving Sony Money by investing into MLB the Show and Destiny 2, works both ways.
@ChrisDeku The upcoming platform holder published lineups for all 3 confirmed at the moment:
Playstation
Nintendo
Xbox
My take on this situation:
"In some cases, behind the scenes, we will do a lot"
What a riveting interview.
@Grumblevolcano Hasn’t Ghost of Tsushima 2 been confirmed?
I have enjoyed Ragnarok and Forbidden West, but I don't think they were as good as the previous games.
Sony has been knocking it out the park with production values, but the games have not evolved enough from last gen for me personally. I have not played Spiderman 2, I will eventually, but I get the same feedback from people who have completed it. Good but not as good as what came before.
I think their games need to evolve as they all getting samey and stale for me. Its ubisoft 2.0
I think Sony need to take a step back and stop making their games so 'cookie cutter'
@PlayStationGamer3919 @Grumblevolcano Ronin is not multi platform.
On the playstation Web page for the game there is a FAQ section and one of the questions is if the game is PS5 exclusive, the answer was Yes. Rise of the Ronin is an exclusive game built for the PlayStation 5 console.
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/rise-of-the-ronin/#:~:text=Rise%20of%20the%20Ronin%20FAQs,for%20the%20PlayStation%205%20console.
@PlayStationGamer3919 Rise of the Ronin is literally published by Sony and assisted by Sony Xdev, I can't believe how many people don't seem to get that.
@Th3solution No, it's currently just a rumour.
@trev666 I agree and yet I had zero faith in a "live service" game by them... Or anyone.
Not even Naughty Dog's attachment to any such game makes it appealing.
Tbh, outside of me getting Spidey 2 next week for my birthday, this gen has been pretty slim pickings as far as PS exclusives go - at least for me. My PS5 really is just a glorified PS4 Pro 2. 😐
@Anti-Matter Grab an Nintendo Switch then
@OldGamer999 hmm thats a bit childish dont you think,as long as they own a particular game, i dont think most gamers care who gets there money ,are xbox gamers bothered that Sony gets a cut of every single game on blu ray they buy ?
@OldGamer999 Xbox has been sleeping giant for over 20 years! Wat make you think it awake now!!? And Playstation COD sales still make Playstation same money. Before Sony took 30%, now Sony will take 30%.
@PlayStationGamer3919
I was there PS1,2,3,4 & 5.
Actually I was probably one of the first in UK with an online PS account as I had a Japanese imported PS3. Also I do asked about my PlayStation online account name as it’s just the name no numbers or nothing.
Tired to find out about PS5 slim today at the shops.
The only thing I got was UK February/March 2024.
I guess it’s a big push for the USA this November as that’s the competition market really as Europe belongs to PlayStation easily.
@UltimateOtaku91
It’s just for lively debt and discussion really.
He’s my PS history which has given me the most enjoyable single player experiences over the decades.
I was there PS1,2,3,4 & 5.
Actually I was probably one of the first in UK with an online PS account as I had a Japanese imported PS3. Also I do get asked about my PlayStation online account tag name as it’s just the name no numbers or nothing.
Tired to find out about PS5 slim today at the shops.
The only thing I got was UK February/March 2024.
I guess it’s a big push for the USA this November as that’s the competition market really as Europe belongs to PlayStation easily.
I just want a full fat game from Team Asobi. Praying that they are cooking some up "behind the scenes". I'll be heartbroken if they've been put onto a live service.
When it comes to big aaa games sony is the g.o.a.t. 🐐 👑.word up son
@ChrisDeku
Even I know that 😂
@trev666
You’re correct. Naughty Dog doesn’t make bad games. It’s not an Xbox developer.
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There are some amazing games but the first party line up is becoming very repetitive.
I think the live service label is misleading. AC Valhalla is a live service title. I don't think everything Sony is making is a fornite clone or battle royal.
@Grumblevolcano
Without including any TBA, definitely below.
PS5 - Rise of the Ronin, as long as it doesn’t go souls like on me.
Switch - Mario RPG, Luigi’s mansion 2, paper Mario.
Xbox - Nothing, Hellblade 2 and avowed could up anything at this stage between a Redfall or Starfield, average to just above average.
So will wait and see on those two.
Looking forward to maybe the second half of 2024 is anyone’s guess. Sony have said nothing really. Nintendo Switch 2 could produce something great. Xbox only god knows their games and the quality is anyone’s guess.
@OldGamer999
Why does it seem like your comment about MSFT having so much money for acquisitions was supposed to be a brag about Xbox? Microsoft’s pattern of buying everyone in sight for Xbox is far from brag-worthy. After 4 generations, the fact that they still can’t make good games, let alone games like Nintendo and Sony, is inexcusable.
@CP2
Totally agree that they can’t seem to make a game near the polish and quality of Sony and Nintendo, which is terrible really.
I didn’t brag I just stated a probably fact.
See out of all three sister websites this is the main one Push square if don’t kiss Sonys arse and instead state facts about things instead, the Sony gang go all wolf pack hunting.
It’s like you can’t handle a bit of fact or healthy competition or conversation.
And if you go right back to my first message on this thread I congratulated Sony and Nintendo and didn’t even mention Xbox.
One of your fellow Sony gang mentioned Xbox first replying to my message. For no reason what so ever.
You a nervous, defensive bunch on here.
@CP2
My first message this morning, no mention of Xbox. Just some congratulations and game forecast for the future.
Sony and Nintendo have done a fantastic job over the last decade of doing this.
I have to give Nintendo publisher of 2023 though.
Nintendo have seen to have set their 2024 out and ready to go. My concern is Sony have shown zero for 2024 from in house AAA big single player games and as I keep saying we normally have had gameplay and a date ish, of one of the big AAA for next year 2024 already.
Suspiciously quiet or they have a something up their sleeve, time will tell.
But I think they have a new pattern like this 2023 year pattern.
Early in the year GOWR dlc 2024 same as burning shores 2023.
Mid year third party paid for exclusive, Roni 2024.
2023 forespoken, FF.
end of 2024 AAA exclusive, 2023 Spider-Man.
I think two a year from Sony own in house full new AAA single player maybe a thing of the past.
@CP2
Here’s the reply from one of your fellow Sony fan boys on here. An attack on Nintendo and mention of Xbox:
“what exactly is Nintendos 2024? A princess peach game and a remaster? I’m confident they’ll have a lot more but they’ll wait a long time on it. Super Mario Wonder and the RPG remake were only shown a few months ago for the first time.
People are worried when Sony does the same thing because Xbox spewed out every game they have in production?”
@CP2
It’s like some have mentioned last of us 2 remaster for PS5.
My response would be you are having a laugh what a waste of resources and time, Sony go make a new AAA game that you are great at.
Now watch the defensive wolf pack gang turn up and probably also mention Xbox or maybe even Nintendo.
When all I have done is in my own opinion a last of us 2 is a waste and would prefer a new game from Sony.
@OldGamer999 that’s not an attack on Nintendo, you are completely missing the point. Nintendo have not announced half the titles they’ll release in 2024. Super Mario Wonder got announced on June 21st and released in October. That is Nintendo’s Modus Operandi a lot of the time. I was highlighting this to show how it’s not a big deal that Sony has not shown their 2024 games yet. Companies with a strong track record don’t need to show their hand so soon.
@OldGamer999
"Just imagine if Redfall, Starfield and Forza had been top AAA to match Sonys pure quality."
Well, to bad they didn't. What's your point?
@PlayStationGamer3919
Ronin is not a multiplat.
@ChrisDeku
And that’s all I was doing in my very first message
Highlighting some facts like you just did.
And let’s remember I didn’t even mention Xbox you did in your reply.
My first message then you replied and mentioned Xbox.
Sony and Nintendo have done a fantastic job over the last decade of doing this.
I have to give Nintendo publisher of 2023 though.
Nintendo have seen to have set their 2024 out and ready to go. My concern is Sony have shown zero for 2024 from in house AAA big single player games and as I keep saying we normally have had gameplay and a date ish, of one of the big AAA for next year 2024 already.
Suspiciously quiet or they have a something up their sleeve, time will tell.
But I think they have a new pattern like this 2023 year pattern.
Early in the year GOWR dlc 2024 same as burning shores 2023.
Mid year third party paid for exclusive, Roni 2024.
2023 forespoken, FF.
end of 2024 AAA exclusive, 2023 Spider-Man.
I think two a year from Sony own in house full new AAA single player maybe a thing of the past.
@ChrisDeku
And below is your instant reply having a little dig at Nintendo and mentioning Xbox when I even didn’t.
what exactly is Nintendos 2024? A princess peach game and a remaster? I’m confident they’ll have a lot more but they’ll wait a long time on it. Super Mario Wonder and the RPG remake were only shown a few months ago for the first time.
People are worried when Sony does the same thing because Xbox spewed out every game they have in production?
@ChrisDeku
And let remember how my message started.
Sony and Nintendo have done a fantastic job over the last decade of doing this.
@TheTony316
My point had been and of course they were not as good as any Sony or Nintendo exclusives.
It might have giving Sony a bit of competition for a change, that’s all.
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Want to see something from naughty dog soon or at least announce something …. New ip or the the last of us part three ( hoping for this )
I don’t get the hate for part 2 I really don’t it’s a masterpiece it never gets boring to play
Now if only we knew what they were working on.
@iDreamwalker Hahah brilliant. You know what my xbox does.... plays quality Sony 1st party games from yesteryear, its the only reason ive kept it.
@iDreamwalker
I haven’t even defended Xbox.
Go look at my first message on this thread I didn’t even mention Xbox and actually congratulated Sony and Nintendo on the decades of great games. One of you lot did for some daft reason.
My first message below, then you lot on here bring up Xbox and all attack like a pack of wolfs and defensive.
You have to be the most attacking, defensive and insulting and insecure bunch out of all three sister sites.
“Sony and Nintendo have done a fantastic job over the last decade of doing this.
I have to give Nintendo publisher of 2023 though.
Nintendo have seen to have set their 2024 out and ready to go. My concern is Sony have shown zero for 2024 from in house AAA big single player games and as I keep saying we normally have had gameplay and a date ish, of one of the big AAA for next year 2024 already.
Suspiciously quiet or they have a something up their sleeve, time will tell.
But I think they have a new pattern like this 2023 year pattern.
Early in the year GOWR dlc 2024 same as burning shores 2023.
Mid year third party paid for exclusive, Roni 2024.
2023 forespoken, FF.
end of 2024 AAA exclusive, 2023 Spider-Man.
I think two a year from Sony own in house full new AAA single player maybe a thing of the past.”
@iDreamwalker
So now you have read my first message on here, go read the start of the reply’s and Sony attack squad start.
I just stated facts to their reply’s.
I didn’t even insult any company be it Sony, Nintendo or Xbox.
God forbid anyone on here have an opinion that doesn’t fit with the Sony die hards.
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@iDreamwalker
You have some good points.
But I don’t understand that I start a good message no attacking no insults even congratulating.
Then attacks come.
@OldGamer999 idk if you really want to know it or not.
But just if you want to understand it (although I'm 99.99% sure you already know it but you are palying the dumb card here).
Your comment was biased, very biased.
You gave many edges and points to nintendo and taking many from sony.
No, nintedo wasn't best in 2023, it was even
Zelda + mario are great, so are FF16 and Spooder man.
Sony had many better third party so as a PS Gamer I enjoyed all of them.
No, sony's 2024 isn't a barren waste land, many good games are coming which I really look for.
You are right, both of them are great, but You were acting as if sony had its last breath and now is ready to die.
You can be nice but also negative. And people really didn't attack you. Dont be a drama queen.
They just reacted to your biased comment.
Just tried to explain it, I'm pretty drunk right now, so try to enjoy your night too.
@iDreamwalker
Well hope you don’t have a hangover in the morning.
But I didn’t bring Xbox up first 😂😂😂
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@UltimateOtaku91 I was curious on this and looked it up. Depending on which GotY award you are looking at, Sony exclusives have won surprisingly few. There's a few across the board like God of War, but not as many as I expected. Horizon being awarded nothing, ever, for either release seems criminal. Certain awards go way back like BAFTA, but even that Sony only has 5 exclusive wins.
@Xbox_Dashboard They also get plenty of nominations, which is more than enough and Horizon Zero Dawn basically came second to Zelda that year. HZD actually has 52 game awards from across the industry, it just didn't win the big ones that mattered most, they all went to Botw.
@Swirly i mean releasing a console during a pandemic didn't help things , and then the whole ms/sony/activsion slowed down things as well. between 24/25 i think we'll see a lot of games be announced soon.
@GilgaMax96
Sony have ever made their own kids games on PS2.
I want to see something like that again on PS5.
Also, PS5 is a perfect machine to play kids games as I'm looking for more kids games on PS5.
Who said kids games only deserved on Nintendo machines?
@ChrisDeku to be fair Nintendo will almost certainly launch a new Switch next year so are keeping most of the potential launch titles under wraps until they reveal it (I think a new 3D Mario and maybe Metroid Prime 4 are fairly likely to launch for a new system next year)
Sony studios are typically creative led, have a tight quality bar and a great spirit of cooperation. It’s not unusual to find Naughty Dog or Sony Santa Monica staff popping up in credits to other studios games. It’s a big family of studios, which only comes with time.
Xdev and VASG are a key part of the secret sauce behind many of their top AAA titles, pumping out high quality art assets and other support roles to elevate their releases. All in all It’s a well oiled machine.
But what a lot of people ignore is all the work that DOESN’T release. Before God of War 2018 Santa Monica were working on a sci-fi game (Darkside/ Internal-7) for 3 years directed by God of War 3 director Stig Assmussen. It was cancelled as it didn’t hit their quality bar. More recently Last of Us Factions 2 was put on ice reportedly because it wasn’t fun enough and wouldn’t retain players long term. Making great work requires iteration and failure as part of the journey. It’s cancellations, or delays, like these that elevate their work and make a better final product.
Keep it up PS Studios. You rock
I want Stellar blade, hopefully next year Naughty dog will show us something amazing. And Sony please bring a New Astrobot for PSVR 2 to justify the price I paid for it !!
@OldGamer999 I ses quite a few people like you coming to the site and do nothing but bash Sony. There are quite a few here that on the Xbox version of the site that have to different faces on the other site. I buy on the PlayStation because I like the games there is nothing to else to it. If I would buy another platform then it would be Nintendo not Xbox. Why because it's the total opposite of what I like with games.
@OldGamer999 You troll here, people will rightly call you out on it, so please, dont bother with your mock indignation, its utterly transparent.
This is an article about the efforts Sony go to to ensure a very high quality bar, it has absolutely nothing to do with their release schedule. Only reason to bring it up at all is to try and throw shade. We all know you come here to annoy regular readers as you think thats funny instead of purile. You've admitted it in your own words on a sister site, therefore you have no right to expect anyone to take what you say seriously here.
In my opinion Sony DO try very hard to release quality product with excellent accesability etc. Nothings perfect of course, but they consistently reach a high bar.
Sony have, for decades now, ensured their internal teams share technology and techniques to help each other. I saw it myself 15 years back, and its clear this practice continues to today. I cant imagine they will change a winning formula, and gamers shouldn't want them to 😊
See? Its easy to stay on point if you actually wish to.
@themightyant
Excellent post as usual. Thanks for pointing out that to hit quality means you have to be prepared to throw some projects away, im not sure everyone appreciates that.
Over 20 years of dev, at least half the projects I worked on never saw a release - its one of the realities of dev life. I still think of some of those projects and what they could have been: RedMeat was a psygnosis action shooter where you controlled genetically modified donosaurs armed with modern weaponary. Our raptor totting double uzis is still an iconic image in my mind. GreenFingers was Microsoft exclusive game we were putting together them while I worked for intelligent games. The character Greenfingers was actually contructed from lots of 'imps' he could throw out and use to achieve actions like an early pikmon game. I still dream of creating the l systems based plant growth system we had in mind.
Theres a lot of work lost before the big releases hit.
@Titntin
Ok tell me what was wrong with my very first post on this thread. Before the attack squad turned up.
I congratulated Sony and Nintendo for decades of quality games.
In my own opinion i gave Nintendo publisher of the year and didn’t even mention the word Xbox.
I have a PS5 then showed concern over no mention of next years big AAA games.
Then I had a theory on Sonys games and release schedule going forward for 2024.
There was no attack on anything.
@Titntin 100% and it’s always sad when projects are dropped that you felt had something. Sometimes nothing to do with the game either, it’s purely a financial or political decision, that’s hard on teams.
One of the things many gamers just don’t understand is how game development is not a direct line A to Z, you have to iterate and throw out so many ideas, and start again, repeatedly, each time hopefully with some learned knowledge on what will make a better final product. And often it doesn’t work out.
I found it so frustrating to hear gamers asking things like “what have Nintendo been working on for so long in TotK when the world is already built” without taking into account the years of trial and error, so many ideas discarded, and so much refinement to get to the final product. It’s a hard road, and sometimes it comes to nothing. But I respect Sony and others for being willing to throw out projects even several years into development, as hard as that can be on all.
@OldGamer999
I already said mate. The thread is about quality levels, nothing to do with release schedules or what has or hasnt been produced. It felt like you had to find some shade.
Your post history here and on pure suggests you enjoy 'stirring the pot' a bit, so it shouldnt suprise you to wake a few hornets with your posts, surely its what you want?
Regardless, I have no desire to bicker with you and prehaps should not have commented, but your history proceeds you and people will be looking for the dis where maybe none was intended.
Have a wonderful day, lets all chill and just enjoy the great games we have. I highly recommend 'Roki' if your on psplus. Its hard to not feel at peace with all humanity playing such a game! 😊
I like reading @Titntin and @themightyant posts, always balanced, fair and no ounce of fanboyism to be found. Kudos to you both.
Being platform agnostic is always the way to go, even if we do favour certain ones over the others.
Anyway, as its spooky season, think I'll play Until Dawn and try to actually finish the damn thing...
@PlayStationGamer3919 for incels with fragile masculinity yes, for the rest of us intelligent mature people it was a masterpiece
Can't wait to play these on my playstation portal come Nov 15th!
@PlayStationGamer3919 playstation is on top of the world right now under the leadership of Jim Ryan so what's your point???
GAAS or cinematic games I'm not interested. The quality (even if strong similarities that put me off the games more and more or nostalgia safeness targeting I roll my eyes at) may be there but I'm not their intended audience (which is fine they have enough people interested in them casual, loyalty/hardcore, people buy what appeals to them and enjoy) so unless I see a new Astro game or maybe another Media Molecule game I've got no interest and sticking to third parties for now.
Back in the ps1/2 day, I was a die hard Xbox gamer, never really owned a PlayStation but since ps3, I switched. Why? Xbox got too big for its boots and forgot about the customer, made less good quality consoles and games and imho lost it totally with Xbox one. However, both Sony and Nintendo have kept to the core of “it’s about the quality of the games” and that is what has kept them in the market. Look at Nintendo, not even making 4k/120hz games yet but are selling by the absolute truck load. Mario kart 8 still in the top ten - people play video games because they enjoy them, Sony understands this and knows the key to their success is still great games, not gimmicks or mass purchases.
@Swirly Kind of you to say, but while I try to be platform neutral, I still have my own bad takes like everyone else. Beware any discussion on consolidation when my alter ego @themightyRANT comes out. lol
"Wow an article with 103 comments, this should be interesting" I thought, but then it turns out that OldGamer999 made half of them...
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