Didn't expect they will announce the release date this early. OK, I predict July. Reason why is that when they announced the release date of God Of War, it was by the end of January (3 months prior to it's release). Plus, Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Homecoming was released in July 2017. So, its a good omen for them, especially it was a critical and a commercial success.
So now we know Detroit’s release date. I think Sony better avoid releasing Spider-Man and Days Gone in June-July, because the whole world will be glued to the screen for the World Cup. Dont you think? I know they’re different things, but I think Sony will take this major event into consideration. Especially that Spider-Man is an international icon. So I still predict that Spider-Man is coming for late Summer/early Fall (August-September). And I think Days Gone will come out in December Or early 2019.
So we would assume they’ll also do the marketing in the UCL too, same as they did with Uncharted 4 and Horizon Zero Dawn in the ad banners around the pitch. As PlayStation is an official sponsor of the competition.
It’s a great move from Microsoft. I can see MP focused games like Destiny, CoD, Overwatch and games like AC, or taletale games or maybe indie games might benefit with this model. But Microsoft needs to pump in more of their own games to make it matter and valuable which they have but still not enough. Sony should keep on going with their business, it works. But they’ll surely watch this Xbox Game Pass closely. Let’s wait and see.
CTR please. Just think about it, after the runaway success of N.Sane Trilogy, Crash is back and people love him. The next step is to utilize it for another game, CTR is a valid and a logical step for it. In addition to the main campaign and the multiplayer split screen that was from the original, It will surely have an online racing mode for it, especially it's an Activision game. That's my take, do it Activision.
The PS4 is reaching its finale years of its generation and still dominating the market. In terms of first party games, I hope we’ll get an announcement for the release date of God of War at the end of this month. TLOUP2, Ghost of Tsushima and Death Stranding are 2019 and beyond at the very least. Detroit and Dreams can come in May and July respectively. Spider-Man in late Summer-early Fall, August-September. Days Gone is the wild card here, I think it’ll get slipped to early 2019. Those are just my predictions.
Well deserved. But I still rank P4G above P5 personally. But I thoroughly enjoyed it, although I wished if it was a bit shorter. Persona 5 is my favourite PS4 game, hands down.
Totally fine with it getting delayed as I’m interested in playing MHW and DBFZ in January, but Sony won’t just allow releasing God of War (if the leaked release date is true) and NNK at the same week, right? Even if it’s not a first party game, I think they should space them out. Please Sony, don’t release GoW at that week!
Wait, all I know from the press release is that Portkey games will oversee HP games, not necessarily develop them? So for the mobile game, Portkey are overseeing it and Niantic are developing it? My GOD. What if this next console game they’re mentioning is being developed by Rocksteady!?
Really liked this teaser video. I can’t say I’m super hyped for it, but I think Mm still have a point to prove. This announcement is important, not letting people forget about it. I’m interested.
Bittersweet news. I’m surprised that Sony or any another big publisher didn’t buy them. Imagine if Capcom decided to do a 3D Megaman, and assigned Housemarque to develop it. Not likely to happen though. But it’ll be a perfect marriage.
I really liked this press conference. I’m hyped for SP’s Ghost of Tsushima (Could’ve had a better title), but it still needs to show what makes it different from Onimusha, NiOh or Ninja Gaiden. Happy for Drinkbox are making Guacamelee 2. Can’t wait for SotC. I don’t need to see more Detroit, GoW or TLOUP2. I think we’ll get hard release dates of GoW and Detroit and more on Dreams and Days Gone at PSX.
I’m a single player person. I have played 4 AAA SP games that came out this year: Horizon, Persona 5, Nier: Automata (still playing) and The Lost Legacy. They’re all great games, enjoyed them. I still believe AAA SP games will continue to exist, but they’ll be less than before (I hope not). I think EA are making it clear that SP story driven experiences won’t be their focus, and it sucks. I also think Bioware has ANTHEM as their last shot, given that especially it’s a new IP, or they’ll suffer the consequences. On the bright side, indie studios exist. They still give us rich, story driven experiences, sometimes even better than the EAs and Ubisofts. Let’s hope that more publishers prioritise SP over GaaS.
I think Sony are just waiting to see if the Switch will have a big success in the long term and have a large user base, but after what Andrew House said, I don't think Sony will go back for a portable device, not in the near future at least. I think Nintendo games work better on the go more than PlayStation's. If Sony will do a new portable device, i'm on board. But will I want to play The Last of Us Part II for example on the go? I don't think so. So you see, Sony may see that their games are not best experienced on a handheld, and I'm totally fine with that.
No one ever made a good Superman game, but if there's a developer that can do it, it's them. So I think it's Superman. Although I had a prediction that a Wonder Woman game would be a candidate too especially after the critical and commercial success of the movie.
Persona 4 Golden is my greatest game of all time. Persona 5 is outstanding, in artstyle, gameplay and music. But story was handled better in P4G. Persona 5's story was great too.
Good review. That's what I feared when they first reveald the gameplay. I've said it felt low budgety, funny that you mentioned this too. Nex Machina is better, but Housmarque still makes good games even for the less reviewd ones.
I wasn't entirely convinced by it, but now having watched this gameplay many times and glad it changed my mind. Gameplay feels good and it looks like the offspring of Outland and Resogun. But Jari (Housmarque) confirmed in the PlayStation E3 interview that they won't use Voxel visuals for Matterfall, they'll use 3D polygons (Wonder why?). Bit disappointed, but I hope it turns out great.
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Patapon Remastered (Surprised that no one mentioned this, Day 1 for me)
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
And of course games like Uncharted: The Lost Legacy , Everybody's Golf and Knack 2 are the other 3 that I'm looking forward to. Love this year already.
A fine article @get2sammyb. But I think Gio Corsi is taking that helm of showing off that passion, with Vita at least at PSX. I mentioned this before, but PlayStation is clearly shifting their focus to their AAA games now, I can't blame them. Really interested to see how PSX 2017 will turn out.
Hmmm, that would be a helluva start of a year...again. My prediction of the releases in order: Shadow of the Colussus / January God of War / February~March Spider-Man / May
I really was hyped when they revealed that CGI trailer from PGW back in 2015, but seeing it now feels like low budgety? I'm little disappointed. Hope it turns out great. Nex Machina looks and feels way better IMO.
I get your point @get2sammyb. I loved how PS3 gave us The Unfinished Swan, Journey, Flower, PixelJunk Monsters/Shooter...etc. I am a big fan of those and in my opinion they made the PS3 so special. But I think Sony shifted their focus, they're focusing more on AAA first/second party exclusives and AAA third party deals. I think Mm(Dreams) and Japan studio are the only first party devs that are making those great, weired exclusives for PlayStation. Hope we see more.
I only played nearly an hour of Destiny at my friend's house, I enjoyed it but I never bought it. Simply because the story was lacking, required lots of game time and most of all, my internet connection was bad and has a data cap. So I hope and pray that my internet situation improves (It has improved now to be honest) before 8th of September, because I really enjoyed Bungie's Halo 1 & 2, top shooters with good story. Hopefully, Bungie learned their lesson from Destiny and improves them for Destiny 2.
I don't think this is a PS4 console exclusive, because Activision. I hope many people will buy this and maybe we'll get a new CTR later. Fingers Crossed
Media Molecule likes to utilize the system's hardware in a nice, creative way (Take Tearaway on Vita for example). So for Dreams, with a more powerful console, and maybe and option to play it on PSVR, I can't imagine how it will feel, let alone if it will have a full single player story mode with gameplay. But I'm cautiously optimistic.
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Re: Spyro: Reignited Trilogy Finally Announced, Glides onto PS4 in September
Finally. And it looks fantastic. Not a timed exclusive as Crash though. September will be a busy month.
Re: Spider-Man Release Date Announced, Leaps onto PS4 This Fall
Later than I predicted. Doesn’t matter, so many games to keep me occupied till then.
Re: Spider-Man PS4's Release Date Has Been Decided
Didn't expect they will announce the release date this early. OK, I predict July. Reason why is that when they announced the release date of God Of War, it was by the end of January (3 months prior to it's release). Plus, Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Homecoming was released in July 2017. So, its a good omen for them, especially it was a critical and a commercial success.
Re: Spyro the Dragon PS4 Announcement Looks Set to Hatch
Hope they bring back his original PS1 cute look. Fingers crossed 🤞.
Re: Talking Point: Can Sony Actually Surprise at E3 2018?
There’s a chance we might see Rocksteady’s new game...
Re: Shadow of the Colossus Remake Team Readying Another Revival
Jak!
Re: Detroit: Become Human Makes Difficult Decisions on 25th May
So now we know Detroit’s release date. I think Sony better avoid releasing Spider-Man and Days Gone in June-July, because the whole world will be glued to the screen for the World Cup. Dont you think? I know they’re different things, but I think Sony will take this major event into consideration. Especially that Spider-Man is an international icon. So I still predict that Spider-Man is coming for late Summer/early Fall (August-September). And I think Days Gone will come out in December Or early 2019.
Re: Sony Projected a God of War Commercial onto a Basketball Court
So we would assume they’ll also do the marketing in the UCL too, same as they did with Uncharted 4 and Horizon Zero Dawn in the ad banners around the pitch. As PlayStation is an official sponsor of the competition.
Re: Talking Point: Could Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass Model Work on PS4?
It’s a great move from Microsoft. I can see MP focused games like Destiny, CoD, Overwatch and games like AC, or taletale games or maybe indie games might benefit with this model. But Microsoft needs to pump in more of their own games to make it matter and valuable which they have but still not enough. Sony should keep on going with their business, it works. But they’ll surely watch this Xbox Game Pass closely. Let’s wait and see.
Re: Crash Bandicoot PS4 Trilogy Director Working on an Unannounced Project
CTR please. Just think about it, after the runaway success of N.Sane Trilogy, Crash is back and people love him. The next step is to utilize it for another game, CTR is a valid and a logical step for it. In addition to the main campaign and the multiplayer split screen that was from the original, It will surely have an online racing mode for it, especially it's an Activision game. That's my take, do it Activision.
Re: Feature: 5 Ways PS4 Can Dominate in 2018
The PS4 is reaching its finale years of its generation and still dominating the market. In terms of first party games, I hope we’ll get an announcement for the release date of God of War at the end of this month. TLOUP2, Ghost of Tsushima and Death Stranding are 2019 and beyond at the very least. Detroit and Dreams can come in May and July respectively. Spider-Man in late Summer-early Fall, August-September. Days Gone is the wild card here, I think it’ll get slipped to early 2019. Those are just my predictions.
Re: The Last Guardian's Fumito Ueda Teases Next Title
Even if the beast itself was just the hand, I’ll play it. Ueda’s games are worth experiencing. They’re weired and beautiful at the same time.
Re: Game of the Year 2017: #1 - Persona 5
Well deserved. But I still rank P4G above P5 personally. But I thoroughly enjoyed it, although I wished if it was a bit shorter. Persona 5 is my favourite PS4 game, hands down.
Re: If This Trailer Doesn't Get You Hyped for Dragon Ball FighterZ, Nothing Will
This is everything I wanted. I think this is the only fighting game I’ll buy Day one this gen. Can’t wait.
Re: Ni no Kuni II Delay Confirmed, Now Launches March 2018 for PS4
Totally fine with it getting delayed as I’m interested in playing MHW and DBFZ in January, but Sony won’t just allow releasing God of War (if the leaked release date is true) and NNK at the same week, right? Even if it’s not a first party game, I think they should space them out. Please Sony, don’t release GoW at that week!
Re: Portkey Games Is Likely to Bring Harry Potter to PS4
Wait, all I know from the press release is that Portkey games will oversee HP games, not necessarily develop them? So for the mobile game, Portkey are overseeing it and Niantic are developing it? My GOD. What if this next console game they’re mentioning is being developed by Rocksteady!?
Re: Media Molecule Will Light Up PSX 2017 with Dreams Re-Reveal
Really liked this teaser video. I can’t say I’m super hyped for it, but I think Mm still have a point to prove. This announcement is important, not letting people forget about it. I’m interested.
Re: Housemarque Canning Coin-Op After Commercial Flops
Bittersweet news. I’m surprised that Sony or any another big publisher didn’t buy them. Imagine if Capcom decided to do a 3D Megaman, and assigned Housemarque to develop it. Not likely to happen though. But it’ll be a perfect marriage.
Re: Talking Point: Did Sony PlayStation's Paris Games Week 2017 Press Conference Deliver?
I really liked this press conference. I’m hyped for SP’s Ghost of Tsushima (Could’ve had a better title), but it still needs to show what makes it different from Onimusha, NiOh or Ninja Gaiden. Happy for Drinkbox are making Guacamelee 2. Can’t wait for SotC. I don’t need to see more Detroit, GoW or TLOUP2. I think we’ll get hard release dates of GoW and Detroit and more on Dreams and Days Gone at PSX.
Re: PGW 2017: Shadow of the Colossus Remake Looks Incredible on PS4
The most beautiful trailer I’ve ever seen. Trailer of the show for me. Well done Bluepoint.
Re: 'E3 Was Only Half the Story' Says Sony as It Prepares for Paris Games Week
Huh, seems my Rocksteady’s new game reveal prediction isn’t that crazy.
Re: Guide: When Is Sony's Paris Games Week 2017 PlayStation Press Conference?
Call me crazy, but what if Rocksteady will announce their next game there? I don’t think it’s likely to happen, but man it’ll be good if it did.
Re: Poll: Do You Think Single Player Games Are Really In Danger of Dying Out?
I’m a single player person. I have played 4 AAA SP games that came out this year: Horizon, Persona 5, Nier: Automata (still playing) and The Lost Legacy. They’re all great games, enjoyed them. I still believe AAA SP games will continue to exist, but they’ll be less than before (I hope not). I think EA are making it clear that SP story driven experiences won’t be their focus, and it sucks. I also think Bioware has ANTHEM as their last shot, given that especially it’s a new IP, or they’ll suffer the consequences. On the bright side, indie studios exist. They still give us rich, story driven experiences, sometimes even better than the EAs and Ubisofts. Let’s hope that more publishers prioritise SP over GaaS.
Re: PlayStation Chief Andrew House Leaves Sony After Over 25 Years
He will be missed for sure. I really liked his strong personality. Key figure in PlayStation's success as a brand. Interesting times at SIE.
Re: Poll: Do You Want Another Portable PlayStation?
I think Sony are just waiting to see if the Switch will have a big success in the long term and have a large user base, but after what Andrew House said, I don't think Sony will go back for a portable device, not in the near future at least. I think Nintendo games work better on the go more than PlayStation's. If Sony will do a new portable device, i'm on board. But will I want to play The Last of Us Part II for example on the go? I don't think so. So you see, Sony may see that their games are not best experienced on a handheld, and I'm totally fine with that.
Re: Batman Maker Rocksteady Says Fans Will Lose Their Minds Over Next Game
No one ever made a good Superman game, but if there's a developer that can do it, it's them. So I think it's Superman. Although I had a prediction that a Wonder Woman game would be a candidate too especially after the critical and commercial success of the movie.
Re: Insomniac Games Drops Iconic Moon Logo for Generic Corporate Mark
I have mixed feelings about it. Of course, the previous one is better by far. Hope this doesn't mean we won't get another R&C.
Re: Gamescom 2017: Dragon Ball FighterZ Collector's Edition Comes with a Goku Statue, Obvs
Yup, looks good. Might get it depending on the price. Liked your last paragraph's sentence, lol.😂
Re: Poll: Is Persona 5 the Best Persona Game?
Persona 4 Golden is my greatest game of all time. Persona 5 is outstanding, in artstyle, gameplay and music. But story was handled better in P4G. Persona 5's story was great too.
Re: Review: Matterfall (PS4)
Good review. That's what I feared when they first reveald the gameplay. I've said it felt low budgety, funny that you mentioned this too. Nex Machina is better, but Housmarque still makes good games even for the less reviewd ones.
Re: Talking Point: What Free August 2017 PlayStation Plus Games Do You Want?
Child of Light
The Wolf Among Us
Danganronpa 2
Re: Patapon Remastered Gets Songs Stuck in Your Head from 1st August
What about other regions?
Think there's a blog post from the PlayStation Blog coming anytime now.
Re: Dragon Ball FighterZ Throws Piccolo and Krillin into the Playable Character Mix
I expected Piccolo to be added in the initial 9 characters roster. My trio is set:
Gohan
Goku
Piccolo
Re: Housemarque Is Really Spoiling Us with Matterfall
I wasn't entirely convinced by it, but now having watched this gameplay many times and glad it changed my mind. Gameplay feels good and it looks like the offspring of Outland and Resogun. But Jari (Housmarque) confirmed in the PlayStation E3 interview that they won't use Voxel visuals for Matterfall, they'll use 3D polygons (Wonder why?). Bit disappointed, but I hope it turns out great.
Link of the interview (Skip to 2:50):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgJLXR_5kiY
Re: Trunks Blasts into Dragon Ball FighterZ, Closed Beta Announced for PS4
DBZ fan, but not a fighting fan. This will do it I think. It's awesome.
Re: Bugger, Ni no Kuni II Is Delayed into 2018 on PS4
An understandable delay. It'll get a better mindshare during end of January. I'll wait.
Re: PS4 Firmware Update 4.72 Is Available to Download Now
The last update made the audio out of sync when playing a video file on the Media Player app. I hope this fixes it.
Re: Crash Bandicoot PS4's Success 'Could Lead to Other Things', Says Activision CEO
The world needs CTR. Do the right thing Activision.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Largest Single Platform Launch of 2017
I'm not surprised that it beat Horizon, Crash is still a loveable character after all this time. Good news. Now, CTR please!
Re: Sony Foresees a Big Year for Its Japanese Studios
I think everyone keeps forgetting that Patopon Remastered is coming during this Summer. Knack 2 looks good, might pick it up if it got great reviews.
Re: Sony Seemingly Removes Easy Platinum Trophy Game
Well, good riddance. PS Store is becoming weired and I don't like it.
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your Most Anticipated Games for the Second Half of the Year?
Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Patapon Remastered (Surprised that no one mentioned this, Day 1 for me)
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
And of course games like Uncharted: The Lost Legacy , Everybody's Golf and Knack 2 are the other 3 that I'm looking forward to. Love this year already.
Re: Opinion: Has Sony Really Fallen Out of Love with Indie Games?
A fine article @get2sammyb. But I think Gio Corsi is taking that helm of showing off that passion, with Vita at least at PSX. I mentioned this before, but PlayStation is clearly shifting their focus to their AAA games now, I can't blame them. Really interested to see how PSX 2017 will turn out.
Re: Spider-Man Seemingly Launching in First Half of 2018
Hmmm, that would be a helluva start of a year...again. My prediction of the releases in order:
Shadow of the Colussus / January
God of War / February~March
Spider-Man / May
Re: E3 2017: Dance to the Beat of Patapon PS4's Drum
Day 1!
Have to say Japan Studio are doing good this generation.👍
Re: E3 2017: Check Out 11 Explosive Minutes of Matterfall Gameplay
I really was hyped when they revealed that CGI trailer from PGW back in 2015, but seeing it now feels like low budgety? I'm little disappointed. Hope it turns out great. Nex Machina looks and feels way better IMO.
Re: Soapbox: Why Did Sony Ditch Two of the Best Games of the Year?
I get your point @get2sammyb. I loved how PS3 gave us The Unfinished Swan, Journey, Flower, PixelJunk Monsters/Shooter...etc. I am a big fan of those and in my opinion they made the PS3 so special. But I think Sony shifted their focus, they're focusing more on AAA first/second party exclusives and AAA third party deals. I think Mm(Dreams) and Japan studio are the only first party devs that are making those great, weired exclusives for PlayStation. Hope we see more.
Re: Poll: What Are Your Thoughts on Destiny 2?
I only played nearly an hour of Destiny at my friend's house, I enjoyed it but I never bought it. Simply because the story was lacking, required lots of game time and most of all, my internet connection was bad and has a data cap. So I hope and pray that my internet situation improves (It has improved now to be honest) before 8th of September, because I really enjoyed Bungie's Halo 1 & 2, top shooters with good story. Hopefully, Bungie learned their lesson from Destiny and improves them for Destiny 2.
Re: Look, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Probably Isn't a PS4 Exclusive
I don't think this is a PS4 console exclusive, because Activision. I hope many people will buy this and maybe we'll get a new CTR later. Fingers Crossed
Re: PS4 Exclusive Dreams Remains an Incredibly Attractive Enigma
Media Molecule likes to utilize the system's hardware in a nice, creative way (Take Tearaway on Vita for example). So for Dreams, with a more powerful console, and maybe and option to play it on PSVR, I can't imagine how it will feel, let alone if it will have a full single player story mode with gameplay. But I'm cautiously optimistic.