PS5 Fans Mostly Happy with Sony's Third-Party Deals, But PlayStation Studios Need to Step Up

First party definitely needs to start showing what they're working on if a showcase does happen this month we need to see a lot of stuff

I believe in letting developers take their time. I can't think of a single great fame that came about because of the developer being rushed. Fans should play an old game, or take a chance and try a new franchise or two until ps studios drops something.

Let them cook.

Id rather play Stellar blade through 10 times over than another Spiderman game that feels just like the last or a remaster of yet another PS4 game that doesnt need remastering. Use some devs to bring back some older titles like another Sly cooper, Jak & Daxter, Wipeout, Motorstorm, gravity rush, Astrobot etc. Take some bloody risks instead of just playing it safe. Not every first party game needs to be an expensive GOW or Horizon game that takes 6 years to make. Sony has just lost all its charm of an age long past.

I lost faith in this company a long time ago and I'm not supporting them anymore; however, I still really enjoy playing older titles though - Gravity Rush and Tearaway are still alot of fun.

So far, Wolverine is the only one I'm hyped for in terms of upcoming 1st party titles. Beyond that, I'm not sure but I would love to see what they're cooking (maybe Ghost of Tsushima 2)

The 3rd party support has been great to fill those gaps and quite honestly, I'm looking forward for more.

Keeping busy until the next big one. I have an enormous backlog of games to clear and I've been giving a lot of indies and AA games a try. Found a few gems.
So the devs can cook their games while I nuke my backlog ✌🏼😁

“Third party exclusives are anti-consumer” - Microsoft

First, Second or Third Party it doesn't really matter as long as they are exclusives to give people a reason to buy a playstation and stick with the brand. This year alone we've had Granblue Fantasy Relink, Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, Final Fantasy 7 ReBirth and HellDivers 2 and none are first party but all exclusive and all great games that so far made this year the best on playstation 5.

Sony don't have the budget like their competitor to buy anyone they've and have over 30 studios, so these third party deals are essentially and fill in the gaps between Sony's heavy hitters.

With Silent Hill to come and hopefully some more to be revealed I say bring on more third party exclusives.

Playstation has a history of being a bit barren in the first half of it's consoles life, then tons of great games in the second, but yeah it has seemed even slower than usual lately.

@Kidfunkadelic83 agreed with you. They should fill the gap with small game like you mentioned. It’s a dream come true if they making new Sly Cooper game though. Im kinda sick/burned out with too much ultra realistic and huge open world game.

@Kidfunkadelic83 Amen brother. If they ever resurrect Wipeout I swear tears of joy will roll down my face 😭 That series had such style and identity. It gave Playstation a 'cool' factor with how slick and bangin' the games and soundtracks were, respectively. Wipeout games launched along almost all of their hardware as well... man those were the days. I still play the Omega Collection and Pulse (on my phone).

I would love to see more from 1st party for sure but I can't say I've been disappointed with the 2nd/3rd party stuff. It reminds me of how the PS1/PS2 eras were. Playstation didn't really have an incredibly strong 1st party stable of devs until the PS3 generation and beyond.

As long as the quality is good I don't care where it comes from. I would already put Stellar Blade pretty high up in terms of my favorite games of the generation so I can't really complain!😄

Wise man once said, I'd rather wait for a 10 than have them rush a 7.

@Balie3000 yeah man, Wipeopt is classic gaming going back to the PS roots. Wasnt so keen on the last one tho as i just like the bog standard style of 3 laps then move on to the next track. I didnt like the elimination races or the one where you kept speeding up after every lap.

So long as I have good, finished, polished games (which tends to be the case of most Sony 1st party or some of the bigger 3rd party deals) I don’t care who puts it on the console.

@Americansamurai1 I agree 100%, they need to at least announce what the first party studios are working on even if they are a year or two from being released. If they don't show anything, Sony cant expect people to wait another year for the next big Showcase without losing all the faith. I am worried that all we get is updates on Concord or whatever the B.S. live service games are and Silent Hill 2. That's no going to cut it anymore.

@JaBrony123 definitely, they can't repeat a bad showcase like last year

I'm not fussed either way, first-party or third-party.

The PlayStation is my "exclusive's only" machine and then it stays Off when I am done with said game(s).

I will say that my PlayStation has gotten more play this year than last year (where the only game I played the whole year was God of War: Ragnarok).

If that's thanks to third-party exclusives, then cool!

Not really sure this data is very useful? I mean, I'm happy with my PS5 because it was all about FF7 Remake for me.

So on paper, I'm happy.

But am I satisfied with Sony's output? Not at all. I don't think 3rd party has stole the show either. It's reflected in the fact I'm spending more money right now on frigging Game Gear games than I am PS5 games. Money on the table that Sony, apparently, don't want. OK, fine by me.

I just think their communication could be improved.

I genuinely can't remember the last time I felt short of anything to play, but I also can't remember the last time I saw an update for something 1st party that's being worked on.

@Kidfunkadelic83 very, very well said my friend!

(My thoughts exactly)

I get it if you want to see another game in a first party franchise, like Sly Cooper or something, but first vs third party, good games are good games.

I’m really hungry to hear what the first party studios are working on, but I also am ok with the good third party output we’ve been having, both exclusive and multi-platform.

The truth of the matter is that there’s probably too many game releases now anyways. The industry has overgrown its base of sustainability and so studios are being shut down and layoffs are occurring at breakneck pace. I think high quality games are being lost in the shuffle every month because of the sheer volume out there. Couple this with the way games now tend to be so long, and there’s just not enough time to play them all.

That being said, there’s nothing quite like Sony first party, so I’ll be first in line to see what they have on deck. Meanwhile, we’re eating well from third party.

I liked when Sony used to take chances on smaller games like Ico and Locoroco. Don't get me wrong, I love big budget games like Uncharted, but those quirky games made the Sony consoles feel more special. And I think we are overdue for new Sly and Jak games.

Honestly, if all Sony release now are more third person cinematic experiences, I wouldn’t care if they released more. If they released more JRPGs or VR games, or even true WRPGs, then I’d be disappointed more weren’t coming.

I haven’t owned an Xbox since the 360, my buddy never has. We both bought a Series X two years ago due to the lack of 1st party output by Sony.

Don’t misread that. We still have PS5s, but we bought Xboxs to go with them, when we haven’t for years or ever.

Even now, I still believe the PS5 generation is easily the worst PlayStation generation ever.

The PS3 experience absolutely destroys the PS5.

Uncharted 1-3
TLoU
Resistance 1-3
Motorstorm 1-3
Infamous 1-2 and Vampire DLC
Killzone
God of War Asc and 3
Little Big Planet 1-3
Puppeteer

and many more along with many fantastic 3rd party titles.

You read all that and it sounds like im miserable. Im not. I enjoy gaming, but it peaked during the 360/PS3 gen and has slowly gotten worse, tho still enjoyable.

Personally most excited for Death Stranding 2 out of anything Sony has announced so I'd have to say its largely working.

Playing variety of games, we have way more than enough but still some of these teams have been absent for a while now and some havent even justified why they were bought…bungie…fire sprite…other fire team…haven

I always love the Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, etc. experiences but a new MotorStorm would be awesome (iirc this team has become part of Codemasters and now EA).
There's a lot of nostalgia, but reviving some older IP's wouldn't be all bad imo (although I'm biased of course).

@Kidfunkadelic83 Absolutely. Bring back some of the light-hearted, fun platformers. I'd love another Jak & Daxter as long it was in the style of the first one, not so much if it was like the second.

They been quiet.so they can take they're time when something amazing comes along.i can wait.my backlog is huge.and im having fun with the games im playing and its a lot of video games.yeah first party have been silent but let sony be raekwon the chef.let sony cook😀.word up son

My guess is Sony's first party will show up big for the rumored to soon be happening showcase. If not, then we've got a problem.

Bring back destruction derby,syphon filter,socom,killzone,resistance...I think you are getting my drift. How's about a ridge racer remake.

As long as we are playing great games, do we really care if they are first or third party? I struggle to think of a first party title that I would enjoy as much as Stellar Blade or Rebirth. A fulll Astrobot game, maybe

@Kidfunkadelic83 Take some risks!!! Oh but please bring back all of my favorite franchises!!! If you truly wanted them to take some risks you would want new ip, right? How is a sequel to an old game any riskier than a sequel to a new one from an artistic persceptive?

@HammerKirby3 "Take some risks!!! Oh but please bring back all of my favorite franchises!!!"
Lots of exclamation marks there. Are you angry? You need a hug?
Who said anything about "my" favorite franchises? They are just a list of popular, beloved franchises that have been left to the wayside for AAA huge budget, rediculous production length same old 3rd person adventure games. Of course its a risk. Games like Jak and Sly the majority of gamers probarbly havnt heard of. Theyve been out of the picture for nigh on 15 years, sony doesnt know that people havnt moved on, newcomers will reject the franchise etc but yes i agree, new IP's are always welcome but it would be nice if we got a break from another 3rd person adventure game. Uncharted, god of war, GoT, TLOU, Horizon etc.

Sony, thus far, has proven that they see PS5 as the throw away gen for their first party support. Sure, they've released some stuff, but nothing that's been a must have for me. Every time they have an opportunity to get some excitement going, they don't bother showing anything of interest.

I sincerely hope the path their on changes for the better.

I just hope whatever Sonys studios are cooking up theres more variety as clearly reading these comments I’m not the only one starting to get fatigue with the same rehashes.

If development costs are so high meaning each game is a bigger risk than before, why don’t Sony make smaller games like they used to, to add diversity and creativity to their releases?

Many of us are screaming for a new sly, jak, motorstorm, loco, whatever. This way fans are kept happy, release schedules filled out and fatigue from remakes/copy & paste games are lessened.

one of the weakest generations ever. i feel totally ripped off and let down.

@Kidfunkadelic83 Damn, you took the words right out of my mouth, even down to the examples you gave.

Legend of Dragoon, Legendof Legaia 1/2, Dark Cloud/Chronicle, Soul sacrifice, ICO, Wild Arms, Jeanne d'Arc, Freedom Wars, Syphon Filter, Twisted Metal World Tour, Folklore, Ape Escape man evdn if thet polish and update the controls i would be all over these games. I would love to see the smaller more put there games return.

For most people sure. For me it was only Valkyrie Elysium and that's it. So not a lot to say in the conversation here as I don't care about many to any of those other IPs.

Forspoken has it's issues but still it has some compelling parts about it.

Stellar Blade I did have interest (the world/inspiration was clear to a degree) but the demo made it clear the game it didn't do it for me in the combat/pacing I know it'd bug me the whole game.

The others are fine games just not my type of games. That and I'm staying on PS4, I have access to current gen, no interest it them still 3+ years in I'm still waiting for something compelling. 2017+ 1st party hasn't been for me. It's third parties nowadays.

@Northern_munkey Yes please to Killzone and Resistance! Sony should remaster them and bring back the multi players for those games. The PS3/X360 will always be my favorite generation.