@tomic20 Sony's clearly not happy, otherwise they wouldn't have made the statements they made back in February and they wouldn't have tried to force PSN integration into their PC ports (Sony haven't given up on that one considering they've delisted GoT's PC release in regions that don't have PSN). But the reason they're not happy is likely that the CEO and investors are being extremely greedy rather than PS actually doing poorly.
Most of gaming's problems are caused by investors and people higher up in companies (like the CEO) being extremely greedy. They want infinite growth and treat devs as disposable when there's not enough growth. In hindsight, this is probably the real reason why Playstation moved from Japan to California in 2016 considering American laws are really weak when it comes to worker protections. This is all really disgusting stuff.
While Sonic X Shadow Generations is my most anticipated upcoming game (the original Sonic Generations from 2011 is fantastic), I do feel that annual is a bad thing. The Pokemon Scarlet/Violet saga especially comes to mind.
@AdamNovice They may leave it for PS Blog as there's only been 1 PC only announcement in a PS event before which was Spider-Man in the June 2022 State of Play. All the other PC announcements in State of Play were PS5/PC announcements.
They may pull a "By the way it's coming to PS+ Extra/Premium" if it was to appear in the showcase but I think it's more likely that Sony have realized the Game Pass model is toxic for 1st party games.
Was rather obvious considering Horizon Forbidden West's approach (announcing in September 2023, release in March 2024). Announce in May 2024, release in November 2024 would line up with the 2 year timing that Jim Ryan was talking about.
@Americansamurai1 I could've seen it be present if PS5 Pro was being announced in the showcase to try and convince people that the console isn't meaningless. But the timing here is all off, Sony announces showcases a week in advance so it's unlikely the showcase would air before May 22nd (PS events are most commonly on Wednesdays and Thursdays) which is too late for GTA6 news if Rockstar wanted to announce release date and preorders before May 16th.
In some regards yes and in others, no. There's definitely plenty I'd play if I got a PS5 but I'd need to see a stronger 1st party lineup before making the jump.
@KoopaTheGamer I think the backlash here being more is because Helldivers 2 is a viral hit. It's like how Fortnite adding crossplay between Switch and Xbox back in 2018 caused a massive backlash towards Sony's stance on crossplay because PS Fortnite players couldn't play with their friends on other platforms.
@termiki Don't know whether it works with Windows 11 but with Windows 10, you can skip Microsoft account stuff by turning on airplane mode during the initial setup.
I think either the Xbox showcase ends up a fully multiplatform event like after each trailer you see the PS5 logo (and sometimes the Switch logo) or some other event like a Nintendo Direct or Summer Game Fest reveals phase 2 in May/June to be smaller in scope. The main thing being that whatever phase 2 is, it'll likely be announced by the end of June as Microsoft's fiscal year ends in June.
@Ultrasmiles If you redeemed it as part of the Play at Home free games program in 2021, you own it forever. This is about those who don't own it but rather are playing it via the PS+ Extra/Premium subscription.
I guess this confirms the existence of that rumoured Horizon Zero Dawn PS5 remaster/remake from awhile back. Sony did the same thing with Spider-Man PS4 when they made Spider-Man Remastered available standalone on PS5.
@NEStalgia I think the negativity of that port was justified like the Game Pass requirement on Xbox when PS+ isn't required on PS. It looks like nothing more than greed on Microsoft's part.
Maybe it's Xbox related? There was a lot of negativity over how Microsoft handled the FF14 Xbox port and now the Octopath 2 Xbox port is nowhere to be seen despite Early 2024 being over.
@BloodyBlact That was last year's showcase. While there probably will be a Playstation Showcase in May considering the last Playstation Studios release with a release date (Stellar Blade) released on Friday, it's very unlikely they'd do a showcase on a Friday as Friday announcements are generally associated with bad news.
I'm surprised people were expecting game announcements considering we're fast approaching event season (e.g. last year had a Playstation Showcase in May). Would make more sense to put game announcements in an event.
I think it’ll come down to what the future of physical gaming is. Physical keeps prices in check because if retailers are unhappy with the RRP, they’ll just sell games for cheaper anyway. Like I remember Spider-Man 2 being around £60 physical at some retailers at launch (RRP being £70).
If Microsoft gets their wish of digital only future and Sony follows however, I think prices will skyrocket. 1 month of PS+ Premium/Game Pass Ultimate for £30, £100 to buy Spider-Man 3/Halo 7, etc.
I get the feeling that watching the Xbox showcase in June will be like watching a multiplatform showcase. So like they reveal the Shattered Space expansion for Starfield and then after the release date appears it shows that Starfield is coming to PS5 as a complete edition, they reveal that a Marcus Fenix collection is coming to PS5 same day as Xbox/PC, etc.
Makes sense given PS Studios doesn’t have any PS5 games with specific release dates after Stellar Blade. Showcase in May allows April releases like Stellar Blade and FFXVI’s 2nd DLC to get more attention.
It honestly feels as though despite Jim Ryan leaving, the Jim Ryan era has only just begun. Like games tend to take around 5 years to make nowadays and Jim Ryan became head of Playstation in February 2019 (a bit over 5 years ago).
Jim Ryan’s main legacy so far is the really bad stuff like the mess regarding Bungie, the recent layoffs and studio closures, the gigantic push towards live service in general (Factions 2 even got caught up in the crossfire), the end of smaller single player games, etc.
The one positive that Jim Ryan has done was fighting against the Activision acquisition. While he failed to stop it, his efforts were not wasted.
It all comes down to the software, right? I mean look at Playstation Meeting 2016, they announced the hardware (PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro) and presented a bunch of games to show off the Pro (Spider-Man, Horizon Zero Dawn, Days Gone and a load of 3rd party games).
@NEStalgia I feel that Gen 9 has been a situation of going deeper into Gen 8's strategy, realizing it was a mistake too late and using emergency strategies (usually very bad ones) to try and make up for those mistakes.
@NEStalgia Nintendo's still mostly safe from that kind of stuff (microtransactions contained to mobile) though I do worry about next gen. Tactics seem to mirror the generation's power so like Switch is 7th gen power and we saw a lot of PS3/360 era strategies.
The main things that happened with 8th gen were:
Unsustainable AAA
Live service (loot box model and then the battle pass model)
PC ports of 1st party exclusives
PS Now/Game Pass model
Trying to push people towards digital and always online
Seeing this gives me the impression that MH Wilds will be your typical live service game where the gameplay focus is battle passes + microtransactions store.
@NEStalgia I wonder how much new hardware is driven by 3rd party requests so like Square Enix wanting PS5 Pro for a stable performance mode for FFXVI/FFVII Rebirth/KH4, Capcom wanting PS5 Pro for stable Dragon's Dogma 2/MH Wilds/whatever the next RE game is, Rockstar wanting PS5 Pro for more visually impressive and/or stable GTA6, etc.
I think back to the Nintendo comment about how they said recently that they don't need more power for 1st party games (current Switch is powerful enough) so by that logic the only reason Switch 2 would exist is for better 3rd party support.
All the games listed have at least 1 out of a native PS5 version and a PC version. That said, they could've varied the list more by including Days Gone (got a PC version) and Sackboy (got PS5/PC versions).
Maybe they're teasing that HZD and GoW (2018) end up getting PS5 remasters later this year as they're the only ones that have a PC port but not a native PS5 version?
@NEStalgia I think Microsoft will keep only 2 Xbox consoles on the market at a time (they made sure to discontinue 360 before XB1 got a revision and XB1 X|S before Series X|S released) so like if a handheld happens, the Series S is discontinued.
I think the holiday 2024 Xbox hardware will either be the September 2023 leak or the September 2023 leak with Series S replaced with a handheld. They may tease next gen but I don't think there'll be a Pro.
The focus being on trying to get people to subscribe to Game Pass and porting Xbox exclusives to PS5.
All the pieces coming together gives the impression that GTA6 will be rather early on in 2025 (e.g. March/April), Sony would take advantage of PS5 Pro being the best performing version of that game and then flesh out the rest of the year with a big 1st party PS5 lineup (e.g. Wolverine, Ghost of Tsushima 2, next Naughty Dog game).
@NEStalgia Easy, Microsoft uses Summer Game Fest to announce more PS5 ports of Xbox exclusives. Includes a very special Todd Howard appearance showcasing how Starfield's PS5 version (the $70 package includes the Shattered Space expansion) fully realizes the game's true vision and potential with the power of PS5 Pro.
@ShadowofTwilight I still think the Microsoft deal with SEGA and the nature of Game Pass is the source of all this. It feels like the setup for Atlus releases for non-Game Pass members are to pay for Atlus games to be on Game Pass.
So like how the floodgates opening on XGS exclusives going multiplatform feels like Microsoft's way of making up for lost money from putting CoD day 1 on Game Pass.
@HamKnight Concord was revealed in the same event as Fairgame$, it's the one with the space cheeseburger but nothing about the game was really revealed outside of it releasing in 2024.
Interesting, 2 of the big Switch 3rd party exclusive 2021 RPGs come to PS in the same month (MH Stories 2 and SMTV). Will Square Enix complete the trio with a Bravely Default II PS port?
In any case, I'd imagine Octopath 1 would come to PS the same day that Octopath 2 comes to Xbox given Octopath 1 is currently delisted from the Switch eshop.
I feel that Switch's successor will get a "Complete Edition" with everything on the cart for $70. So there'll probably be a PS5 version around the same time as well.
@rachetmarvel I think they didn't port over Nathan Drake Collection so they could do $70 PS5/PC remakes of each game in the collection like how they chose to do a $70 PS5/PC remake of TLoU instead of porting TLoU Remastered.
I'd guess it's to do with the Xbox deal with SEGA given Microsoft have conditioned the Xbox playerbase to not actually buy games, rather wait for them to come to Game Pass.
In the end Nintendo's strategy seems the most sustainable, staying fully exclusive but focusing on a wide range of experiences and taking full advantage of the gold mine that is legacy content (Sony has a pre-PS4 gold mine that they're almost completely ignoring).
@TwoDents I think the timing of Microsoft's releases are a result of opening the floodgates, that there's seemingly no 1st party Microsoft releases on Xbox until May (Hellblade 2) and that their fiscal year ends in June.
@JohntheRaptor There's likely some kind of Playstation event around May/June which covers the rest of the year. For now, Sony wants all attention on the Spring 2024 lineup.
I think it's to do with the announced exclusivity side of things. Remake was 1 year PS4 exclusive, 16 was 6 months PS5 exclusive and Rebirth is 3 months PS5 exclusive. Considering the lifespan of the Switch so far and Square Enix's support of the Switch, until yesterday's article about Remake and Rebirth being PS console exclusive (rather than launch console exclusive) you could deduce that recent PS exclusive FF would come to Switch's successor.
Plenty of people are willing to wait for games to come to their system of choice if you give them any hope that it could come to that system.
@Legend_Au I think eventually there may be day 1 PC releases that aren't live service because Jim Ryan's replacement said about aggressive PC strategy. There's a point where the slowing down of PS5 PS Studios releases and running out of PS4/PS5 games to port over to PC converge. At that point you're either ending up with no longer having an aggressive PC strategy or you're releasing day 1 on PC.
Similar thing happened with Xbox and the XB1, by the time day 1 on PC started (ReCore in September 2016) there wasn't much left for XB1 in terms of already released games that could be brought to PC:
Killer Instinct (2013) - December 2016
Sunset Overdrive (2014) - November 2018
Master Chief Collection (2014) - Gradually over December 2019 - November 2020, the XB1 version had to be fixed up first for PC port to be viable
These never made it to PC:
Kinect games - Microsoft abandoned Kinect
Halo 5 - Microsoft abandoned Halo 5 to focus on MCC and Infinite, there was a Forge version but the normal single player and multiplayer never made it to PC
Forza Motorsport 5/Forza Horizon 2 - I'd guess licensing reasons
Rare Replay - I'd guess the Xbox 360 backwards compatibility games causes problems with the creation of a PC port
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Re: Poll: Years Later, How Do You Feel About PlayStation's PC Strategy?
@tomic20 Sony's clearly not happy, otherwise they wouldn't have made the statements they made back in February and they wouldn't have tried to force PSN integration into their PC ports (Sony haven't given up on that one considering they've delisted GoT's PC release in regions that don't have PSN). But the reason they're not happy is likely that the CEO and investors are being extremely greedy rather than PS actually doing poorly.
Most of gaming's problems are caused by investors and people higher up in companies (like the CEO) being extremely greedy. They want infinite growth and treat devs as disposable when there's not enough growth. In hindsight, this is probably the real reason why Playstation moved from Japan to California in 2016 considering American laws are really weak when it comes to worker protections. This is all really disgusting stuff.
Re: Rumour: SEGA Wants Persona to Be an Annual Franchise Alongside Like a Dragon, Sonic
While Sonic X Shadow Generations is my most anticipated upcoming game (the original Sonic Generations from 2011 is fantastic), I do feel that annual is a bad thing. The Pokemon Scarlet/Violet saga especially comes to mind.
Re: God of War Ragnarok Set for PC, New Report Claims
@AdamNovice They may leave it for PS Blog as there's only been 1 PC only announcement in a PS event before which was Spider-Man in the June 2022 State of Play. All the other PC announcements in State of Play were PS5/PC announcements.
They may pull a "By the way it's coming to PS+ Extra/Premium" if it was to appear in the showcase but I think it's more likely that Sony have realized the Game Pass model is toxic for 1st party games.
Re: God of War Ragnarok Set for PC, New Report Claims
Was rather obvious considering Horizon Forbidden West's approach (announcing in September 2023, release in March 2024). Announce in May 2024, release in November 2024 would line up with the 2 year timing that Jim Ryan was talking about.
Re: Minor GTA 6 Website Update Pushes Community Closer to the Brink
@Americansamurai1 I could've seen it be present if PS5 Pro was being announced in the showcase to try and convince people that the console isn't meaningless. But the timing here is all off, Sony announces showcases a week in advance so it's unlikely the showcase would air before May 22nd (PS events are most commonly on Wednesdays and Thursdays) which is too late for GTA6 news if Rockstar wanted to announce release date and preorders before May 16th.
Re: Talking Point: Have Sony's Third-Party PS5 Deals Made Up for Its Lack of First-Party Games?
In some regards yes and in others, no. There's definitely plenty I'd play if I got a PS5 but I'd need to see a stronger 1st party lineup before making the jump.
Re: Sony Doubles Down on Helldivers 2 PSN Requirement by Taking It Off Sale for PC in Numerous Countries
@KoopaTheGamer I think the backlash here being more is because Helldivers 2 is a viral hit. It's like how Fortnite adding crossplay between Switch and Xbox back in 2018 caused a massive backlash towards Sony's stance on crossplay because PS Fortnite players couldn't play with their friends on other platforms.
Re: Sony Doubles Down on Helldivers 2 PSN Requirement by Taking It Off Sale for PC in Numerous Countries
Would be nice if this backlash forced Microsoft to remove the Bethesda account requirement for DOOM Eternal.
Re: Rumour: Resident Evil 9 Reveal and Release Imminent, Out in January
@Americansamurai1 I think Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC instead of MH considering they said Summer for next Wilds info.
Re: Helldivers 2 PC Players Blindsided by Seemingly Sudden PSN Account Requirement
@termiki Don't know whether it works with Windows 11 but with Windows 10, you can skip Microsoft account stuff by turning on airplane mode during the initial setup.
Re: Rumour: Resident Evil 9 Reveal and Release Imminent, Out in January
@Americansamurai1 Agreed, the last few RE games were announced via Sony events so it's a reasonable guess that the next one is too.
Re: Talking Point: What's Next for Xbox Games on PS5, PS4?
I think either the Xbox showcase ends up a fully multiplatform event like after each trailer you see the PS5 logo (and sometimes the Switch logo) or some other event like a Nintendo Direct or Summer Game Fest reveals phase 2 in May/June to be smaller in scope. The main thing being that whatever phase 2 is, it'll likely be announced by the end of June as Microsoft's fiscal year ends in June.
Re: PS4 Classic Horizon Zero Dawn Set to Leave PS Plus Extra
@Ultrasmiles If you redeemed it as part of the Play at Home free games program in 2021, you own it forever. This is about those who don't own it but rather are playing it via the PS+ Extra/Premium subscription.
Re: PS4 Classic Horizon Zero Dawn Set to Leave PS Plus Extra
I guess this confirms the existence of that rumoured Horizon Zero Dawn PS5 remaster/remake from awhile back. Sony did the same thing with Spider-Man PS4 when they made Spider-Man Remastered available standalone on PS5.
Re: Square Enix Game Cancellations Likely as Publisher Records $140 Million Loss in 'Content Disposal'
@NEStalgia I think the negativity of that port was justified like the Game Pass requirement on Xbox when PS+ isn't required on PS. It looks like nothing more than greed on Microsoft's part.
Re: Square Enix Game Cancellations Likely as Publisher Records $140 Million Loss in 'Content Disposal'
Maybe it's Xbox related? There was a lot of negativity over how Microsoft handled the FF14 Xbox port and now the Octopath 2 Xbox port is nowhere to be seen despite Early 2024 being over.
Re: Xbox Confirms June Showcase, Bound to Feature Some PS5 Games
@BloodyBlact That was last year's showcase. While there probably will be a Playstation Showcase in May considering the last Playstation Studios release with a release date (Stellar Blade) released on Friday, it's very unlikely they'd do a showcase on a Friday as Friday announcements are generally associated with bad news.
Re: Tomorrow's Returnal News Is Likely a Comic Book Announcement
I'm surprised people were expecting game announcements considering we're fast approaching event season (e.g. last year had a Playstation Showcase in May). Would make more sense to put game announcements in an event.
Re: Rumour: Kingdom Hearts 4 Slated for 2025 Release
Sounds believable, Square Enix seem to be aiming for 1 big game a year:
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Expected to Release Around 2027, Says Square Enix
@Titntin I did see a report from Famitsu that Rebirth was the best selling game in Japan for March and wondered why Push Square never reported on it.
Re: $70 Games Are Just a Phase, Believes Saber Interactive CEO
I think it’ll come down to what the future of physical gaming is. Physical keeps prices in check because if retailers are unhappy with the RRP, they’ll just sell games for cheaper anyway. Like I remember Spider-Man 2 being around £60 physical at some retailers at launch (RRP being £70).
If Microsoft gets their wish of digital only future and Sony follows however, I think prices will skyrocket. 1 month of PS+ Premium/Game Pass Ultimate for £30, £100 to buy Spider-Man 3/Halo 7, etc.
Re: Sea of Thieves Reportedly a 'Key Test' for More Xbox Games on PS5
I get the feeling that watching the Xbox showcase in June will be like watching a multiplatform showcase. So like they reveal the Shattered Space expansion for Starfield and then after the release date appears it shows that Starfield is coming to PS5 as a complete edition, they reveal that a Marcus Fenix collection is coming to PS5 same day as Xbox/PC, etc.
Re: Random: Lara Croft Tops Mario as the Most Iconic Video Game Character of All Time, Apparently
It would be interesting to see how the Push Square list would be today, Playstation has changed a lot since 2018.
Re: Rumour: Sony to Host Big PlayStation Event Next Month
Makes sense given PS Studios doesn’t have any PS5 games with specific release dates after Stellar Blade. Showcase in May allows April releases like Stellar Blade and FFXVI’s 2nd DLC to get more attention.
Re: Jim Ryan Leaves PlayStation as PS5 Set to Become Its 'Most Successful Console Ever'
It honestly feels as though despite Jim Ryan leaving, the Jim Ryan era has only just begun. Like games tend to take around 5 years to make nowadays and Jim Ryan became head of Playstation in February 2019 (a bit over 5 years ago).
Jim Ryan’s main legacy so far is the really bad stuff like the mess regarding Bungie, the recent layoffs and studio closures, the gigantic push towards live service in general (Factions 2 even got caught up in the crossfire), the end of smaller single player games, etc.
The one positive that Jim Ryan has done was fighting against the Activision acquisition. While he failed to stop it, his efforts were not wasted.
Re: PlayStation Fans Torn on Prospect of PS5 Pro
It all comes down to the software, right? I mean look at Playstation Meeting 2016, they announced the hardware (PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro) and presented a bunch of games to show off the Pro (Spider-Man, Horizon Zero Dawn, Days Gone and a load of 3rd party games).
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Slated for Adding Sinister PS5 Microtransactions at Launch
@NEStalgia I feel that Gen 9 has been a situation of going deeper into Gen 8's strategy, realizing it was a mistake too late and using emergency strategies (usually very bad ones) to try and make up for those mistakes.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Slated for Adding Sinister PS5 Microtransactions at Launch
@NEStalgia Nintendo's still mostly safe from that kind of stuff (microtransactions contained to mobile) though I do worry about next gen. Tactics seem to mirror the generation's power so like Switch is 7th gen power and we saw a lot of PS3/360 era strategies.
The main things that happened with 8th gen were:
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Slated for Adding Sinister PS5 Microtransactions at Launch
Seeing this gives me the impression that MH Wilds will be your typical live service game where the gameplay focus is battle passes + microtransactions store.
Re: Feb 2024 USA Sales: Helldivers 2 Kills It as 2024's Best-Selling Game So Far
Impressive showing from Rebirth especially from only 1 day of sales.
Re: PS5 Pro's Rumoured Spectral Super Resolution Tech Could Be Transformative
@NEStalgia I wonder how much new hardware is driven by 3rd party requests so like Square Enix wanting PS5 Pro for a stable performance mode for FFXVI/FFVII Rebirth/KH4, Capcom wanting PS5 Pro for stable Dragon's Dogma 2/MH Wilds/whatever the next RE game is, Rockstar wanting PS5 Pro for more visually impressive and/or stable GTA6, etc.
I think back to the Nintendo comment about how they said recently that they don't need more power for 1st party games (current Switch is powerful enough) so by that logic the only reason Switch 2 would exist is for better 3rd party support.
Re: Sony Polls Players on Favourite Games That Aren't Bloodborne
All the games listed have at least 1 out of a native PS5 version and a PC version. That said, they could've varied the list more by including Days Gone (got a PC version) and Sackboy (got PS5/PC versions).
Maybe they're teasing that HZD and GoW (2018) end up getting PS5 remasters later this year as they're the only ones that have a PC port but not a native PS5 version?
Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro Is Up to Three Times Faster Than PS5 as Specs Surface
@NEStalgia I think Microsoft will keep only 2 Xbox consoles on the market at a time (they made sure to discontinue 360 before XB1 got a revision and XB1 X|S before Series X|S released) so like if a handheld happens, the Series S is discontinued.
I think the holiday 2024 Xbox hardware will either be the September 2023 leak or the September 2023 leak with Series S replaced with a handheld. They may tease next gen but I don't think there'll be a Pro.
The focus being on trying to get people to subscribe to Game Pass and porting Xbox exclusives to PS5.
Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro Is Up to Three Times Faster Than PS5 as Specs Surface
All the pieces coming together gives the impression that GTA6 will be rather early on in 2025 (e.g. March/April), Sony would take advantage of PS5 Pro being the best performing version of that game and then flesh out the rest of the year with a big 1st party PS5 lineup (e.g. Wolverine, Ghost of Tsushima 2, next Naughty Dog game).
Re: E3's Spirit Lives on with Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest on 7th June
@NEStalgia Easy, Microsoft uses Summer Game Fest to announce more PS5 ports of Xbox exclusives. Includes a very special Todd Howard appearance showcasing how Starfield's PS5 version (the $70 package includes the Shattered Space expansion) fully realizes the game's true vision and potential with the power of PS5 Pro.
Re: Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Will Be Locked Behind Expansion Pass
@ShadowofTwilight I still think the Microsoft deal with SEGA and the nature of Game Pass is the source of all this. It feels like the setup for Atlus releases for non-Game Pass members are to pay for Atlus games to be on Game Pass.
So like how the floodgates opening on XGS exclusives going multiplatform feels like Microsoft's way of making up for lost money from putting CoD day 1 on Game Pass.
Re: Cancelled Live Service Spider-Man PS5 Game Allegedly Surfaces
@HamKnight Concord was revealed in the same event as Fairgame$, it's the one with the space cheeseburger but nothing about the game was really revealed outside of it releasing in 2024.
Re: Cancelled Live Service Spider-Man PS5 Game Allegedly Surfaces
It does look like Jim Ryan forced all of Playstation Studios to live service.
Re: Monster Hunter Stories 2 Also Coming to PS4 on the Same Day as the First Game
@tameshiyaku The official site says there's a physical bundle of both games together on PS4:
https://www.monsterhunter.com/stories/en-uk/
Scroll down to "Product Info" and select PS4.
Re: Monster Hunter Stories 2 Also Coming to PS4 on the Same Day as the First Game
Interesting, 2 of the big Switch 3rd party exclusive 2021 RPGs come to PS in the same month (MH Stories 2 and SMTV). Will Square Enix complete the trio with a Bravely Default II PS port?
In any case, I'd imagine Octopath 1 would come to PS the same day that Octopath 2 comes to Xbox given Octopath 1 is currently delisted from the Switch eshop.
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us 2 Remastered Is Sony's Next PC Port
Looking back at previous PC port gaps between announcement and release:
So I'd guess early 2025 for TLoU 2.
Re: Persona 3 Reload: Episode Aigis Expansion Pass Priced at Roughly £30 / $35
I feel that Switch's successor will get a "Complete Edition" with everything on the cart for $70. So there'll probably be a PS5 version around the same time as well.
Re: Smooth Sailing for Xbox Exclusive Sea of Thieves As It Tops PS5 Pre-Order Charts
@rachetmarvel I think they didn't port over Nathan Drake Collection so they could do $70 PS5/PC remakes of each game in the collection like how they chose to do a $70 PS5/PC remake of TLoU instead of porting TLoU Remastered.
Re: Persona 3 Reload's Episode Aigis DLC Was Dropped from the Base Game Due to Development Difficulties
I'd guess it's to do with the Xbox deal with SEGA given Microsoft have conditioned the Xbox playerbase to not actually buy games, rather wait for them to come to Game Pass.
Re: Exclusivity Is the Achilles' Heel of Huge Blockbusters, Says Former PlayStation Exec
In the end Nintendo's strategy seems the most sustainable, staying fully exclusive but focusing on a wide range of experiences and taking full advantage of the gold mine that is legacy content (Sony has a pre-PS4 gold mine that they're almost completely ignoring).
@TwoDents I think the timing of Microsoft's releases are a result of opening the floodgates, that there's seemingly no 1st party Microsoft releases on Xbox until May (Hellblade 2) and that their fiscal year ends in June.
Re: PS Store Sales Charts: Helldivers 2 Is Unstoppable, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Settles for Second
Nice seeing the Tomb Raider 1-3 collection so high up in Europe, people are being reminded of how amazing the PS1 era was for Playstation.
Re: PS5's Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin Headline New Montage Trailer
@JohntheRaptor There's likely some kind of Playstation event around May/June which covers the rest of the year. For now, Sony wants all attention on the Spring 2024 lineup.
Re: Helldivers 2 PS5, PC Almost Matching Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Sales in UK
@somnambulance It's probably because Microsoft has the marketing for Persona 3 Reload and Microsoft don't really promote games anymore.
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Tops, But Doesn't Even Come Close to Remake
I think it's to do with the announced exclusivity side of things. Remake was 1 year PS4 exclusive, 16 was 6 months PS5 exclusive and Rebirth is 3 months PS5 exclusive. Considering the lifespan of the Switch so far and Square Enix's support of the Switch, until yesterday's article about Remake and Rebirth being PS console exclusive (rather than launch console exclusive) you could deduce that recent PS exclusive FF would come to Switch's successor.
Plenty of people are willing to wait for games to come to their system of choice if you give them any hope that it could come to that system.
Re: Ghost of Tsushima's Anticipated PC Port Launches an Assault on Steam Charts
@Legend_Au I think eventually there may be day 1 PC releases that aren't live service because Jim Ryan's replacement said about aggressive PC strategy. There's a point where the slowing down of PS5 PS Studios releases and running out of PS4/PS5 games to port over to PC converge. At that point you're either ending up with no longer having an aggressive PC strategy or you're releasing day 1 on PC.
Similar thing happened with Xbox and the XB1, by the time day 1 on PC started (ReCore in September 2016) there wasn't much left for XB1 in terms of already released games that could be brought to PC:
These never made it to PC: