Anthony_Daniels

Different tastes there, as the series has moved to be more a WRPG as has the sales been in decline since 15.
In the West however if expect this game to sell about as well as 7 remake

It's not gonna work on switch so there's not much square cam do to boost sales further

@jt887

The only people who care about exclusivity are console warriors?

Bro if exclusives didn't exist PlayStation and Nintendo probably wouldn't exist right now.
Kind of a dumb take, no offense

Helldivers belongs to Sony, this game should have a long enough life leading into the ps6
There's absolutely no reason to buy them

Toxic environment, such a vague nothing term
What was it exactly

Did Sony come in and put an end to the bull and make people work more professionally in line with their top studios? Would I consider that toxic if I was used to the old way of just chilling

To be fair if it played at like a kinda red dead online, think there could've been great potential in a horizon mmo/live service game

I like how through out the article you make out not to overreact as the company is making profit
But then post that total bait headline with an image of the brand tanking.
Quality

I do enjoy reading all these business degree graduates though explain to Sony what they should be doing

It was a bad trend to chase, especially shifting studio focus to produce at least 9 of them all together.

Why Jim is taking that early retirement, hiroki doki ithe cold money man is having to clean up shop before the new guy comes in

Yep as I thought, theyre undoing him Ryan's live push.

Expect bungie to be absorbed and "reorganized " after they release marathon

@Ken_Kaniff

Timed exclusives you'll be able to play elsewhere eventually lol.

Okay let me make this clear for you, you'll likely NEVER see Helldivers, stellar blade, rise of ronin , Concorde or death stranding on Xbox.
These are ALL SONY PUBLISHED and owned.
you may see final fantasy rebirth in a decade since there's not even a hint at remake being on Xbox so good look waiting for that.

Tell you what since you enjoy waiting years because "timed exclusives have no value" I remembered another playstation only game this year, silent hill 2. you may be able to play that next year on Xbox I guess.
Maybe you're still waiting decades later for that metal gear solid 4 timed exclusive to head to Xbox too

@Ken_Kaniff
Weird stuff.

Hell divers, FF7r , stellar blade, ronin, death stranding.
That's 5 exclusives just off the top of my head. Probably be more, You gonna buy them and finish them all along with the 3rd party titles?
Is their worth reduced somehow because it's not made by a Sony owned studio ?

@Jswift56

No it was not the get away , it was another online service game. It wasn't a secret what London studio was doing, the art is on the web

Eye opening statement from hulst
Now I suspect Jim was gently pushed out.

It feels like playstation in last few years geared up to become a big producer of online games at great cost including bunjie purchase.
And now there's been a switch to reduce that massively and return to what they traditionally do .
London studio and their fantasy GaaS game wiped out, last of us online gone hence layoffs at naughty dog also , suspect the gurrelia layoffs are horizon online , fire sprite twisted metal etc etc

Will Jim get the last laugh with Helldivers success and maybe Concorde and marathon?
Or is hoki doki toroki right that companies like bunjie and the live service stuff is an expensive pit

Ouch.

You wake up, head into the office. Go to the kitchen amd make your coffee, sit at your desk and power up pc. Then the dreaded company wide email pops on your outlook, followed by staff meeting.

Been there in the gaming industry. It sucks

Totally blindsided Sony this one

Looks like an arcade game but then it has a racing line ?
Arcade racing shouldn't need that

Some real heartache in the Eurogamer comments. Guess that site is mostly made up of Xbox fans ?
Seem more reasonable and balanced here

Good thing Xbox is a division of Microsoft. Otherwise they'd have gone the way of Atari and sega by now

Expect arrowhead to quickly be absorbed by Sony.
That 4 billion for bungie is looking like bad business. Time will tell

They're funny.

I understand he couldn't tell it like it is as the already half dead console sales would completely flatline
But it's obvious starfield is being ported along with a bunch more.

Playstation and Nintendo isn't slowly dying so why would they release their jewels on rival platforms.
Things like this is an embarrassing look

@TrickyDicky99

That would be funny. If Microsoft made the s and x completely obsolete so soon that would be the death of Xbox as a serious hardware platform

Gamers are weird. It's as if games literally don't exist if it's not made by Sony.

So I guess stellar blade, silent hill 2, death stranding 2, Ronin , FF7r , and Pacific drive don't count because it wasn't made in house .

What a drought....Weird

Why wouldn't you be happy about how playstation is being run?
The console is solid, and the multiplatform games and exclusives keep flowing.
Few games from Sony owned studios isnt really an issue with the amount of content they're pulling in from others . It's like the PS2 era rather than the PS3. Lots of 3rd /2nd party exclusives

This, sea of thieves and hi fi rush is all they'll say Thursday. The rest will be about their commitment to Xbox and it's exclusives.
But in truth the heads at Microsoft, not Xbox have already forced a multiplatform strategy on them because of the huge amount of money that division has spent in 5 years without return.
I expect every big Xbox game to appear on playstation and switch 2 no longer then 12 months post release.
Starfield is all but certain as is Indiana Jones

Rami malek would be a huge get now , tho he has aged our of his character

Watch out for Sony trying to make this second party.

Actually it's a little known fact that Sony also owns one of the most profitable mobile games of all time, a mobile game that can and has made billions of dollars per year. and really props up Sony's profit margins of recent times

Fate/ grand Order.
It's little known because the publisher is Aniplex, a random subsidiary of Sony Music. And it's also not available in Europe.
I do wonder if that list is accurate or if it's just accounting western sales through Google/apple

She's a great looking Ellie, she can't drastically transform her physique to look like Abby, no actress could or would probably want to , in such a short space of time.
But it will probably still work

@Olmaz

Hear hear!

@Luigia

Would have blatantly been written in the terms and conditions that no one reads.

It's why if you have an all time favorite game, film, etc . You should always own a physical version

@Shepherd_Tallon
Push squares sister site, Eurogamer one other worst. tabloid gutter tier class on their part, but nothing new with that cesspool.
Posting out all the details for cheap clicks

Eye immediately drawn to Battlepass, and delighted naughty dog decided they aren't playing in the sewer

Nonsense from jaffe, there's a reason why accession nearly killed the Franchise. That two dimensional angry kratos was well past sell by date.
He had to evolve, and it was done brilliantly.

This is the best timeline. Last of us part 3 and a totally new IP instead of just last of online for the next 10 years

@BeerIsAwesome

That's called renewing the agreement, or multi year deal. I shouldn't really need to explain it

@BeerIsAwesome

You know that's not how licencing content on subscription models works right? Platforms pay to have content on the service for a period of time

There still isn't any real major selling point in owning an Xbox. I have one but really Microsoft don't hit hard with the giant event games like Nintendo and Sony. It's like a paying for a streaming service with a load average made for TV movies, but nothing massive like dune or Oppenheimer

People will moan and cry about it ignoring that it's actually a port for the PC market that they'll just release on PS5 also.
But if you don't want it don't pay for it! Also probably 15 people from naughty dog helped iron galaxy port this

Just did it, extended my current sub at 30 percent off using the PlayStation app on my phone .
So no idea what the problem is

She's not going to get anywhere near Abby big, she's not going to put herself through that change.
Suppose it's debatable whether she needs too, Abby's physique was a visual representation of her singular dedication and focus to slay Joel in a fight. But it's probably not really needed.

All for it, I maintain that lost legacy is the best uncharted game

@OldGamer999

Did I say they designed or sold a Blu-ray players I did I say manufacturer blu drives?

Do learn to read properly bro

@OldGamer999

You know Sony are actually a manufacturer of Blu-ray drives, and actually developed and are part owners of Blu-ray technology itself, both standard uhd versions.
So don't assume they'd be happy with an all digital future

It was never about gaining console exclusives. Microsoft don't really care about Xbox hardware

What they do care about is subscription growth and the mobile market. COD and King will do those things .

Lazy sure, brutishly starting a monopoly, most definitely. but that's how Microsoft have operated now since the early 90s . I'm amazed only now have they let the mask slip in the gaming industry 25 years after starting Xbox

It was already native patched version for PS5. It's running at 60fps 1440p HDR.

So I can't see what they could do here

No idea what they were going for but I would've just cut and pasted red dead redemption online for a last of us live service game

Sony were publishing/paying for this title. It's a pretty big ip, they should just take it in house before what ever agreement with Disney expires .
Let guerilla do it, outsource the service game

@Beerheadgamer82

Bank details are always hashed out and can't be retrieved. It's the name, address, passwords and email address they would get in a potential hack .so pre paid cards don't really improve your situation I'm sorry

Delete Microsoft and replace with Sega.
This is a darker timeline