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Awful mismanagement from sony.
Media molecule has always been a small team meant to create small creative titles.
But, with the shuffles at the top, no one cares anymore, it seems.

It has to. Now that Bioware lost star wars the old republic they have no revenue source.

I've been hesitating with Midnight suns for some time now.
Just not sure if it's worth it.

@ZeroprimalDB it sold 20million running at 20 fps. I mean... the facts are the facts. It's not what i want, i am giving a business analysis.
Either way Sony is already on ps5 so it would never go to that point. But not going over 4k would certainly be a good idea. It has to stop somewhere cause it's not sustainable.

@ZeroprimalDB And that is the issue isn't it? That means higher development costs and smaller margins. In short, this article.
Nintendo offers an alternative path worth considering, even if you personally don't like it. It's about money.

@ZeroprimalDB Shockingly enough Sony has not adopted the same strategy that Nintendo has, so we have no representative numbers from them yet. 🤷

Weren't these guys the remnants of liverpool studio that then got re-bought by Sony only for sony to lay them off again now? Harsh life.

I was hoping for a new wipeout from them.

This was always going to happen eventually.
I always knew the tech race microsoft started with sony would end this way. It's not sustainable.
Sony should stop trying to win that race and focus on software like nintendo.

Honestly, ps4 level graphics are fine. I doubt anyone even notices a difference without zooming in on the image. We've hit the point of diminishing returns and it's ok to stop chasing the tech. 1080p was enough 2/4k is already more than enough and requires a huge TV. Really... it's ok to stop. Let's focus back on making games. The hardware is strong enough to deliver good performance at 60fps.
No need to make huge games either. Focus on pacing and quality and honestly... it's time to bring back the AA line and all those classic IP you left behind. Give them love and embrace them like nintendo does. The fact that wild arms had to go to kickstarter is honestly embarrassing. Be better.

Ooh... i wonder if this means KH4 is their next major release. 😁

Surely they will patch it like they did the demo.
But, a frown from me at not having it sorted at release, given it happened last time as well.

The game came out 6 months ago. How can it possibly be in a season 4 already? Getting real loose with the "season" term here.

Private investors huh? Very vague.

I won't cry for a lost live service game. We got more than enough of them.

I guess this is all cause the voracious growth cycle finally hit it's limit and the workers pay the price instead of the top.
What is so terrible about just making a profit eh?

@Nepp67 That's what I've been saying. Due to story reasons a royal or golden version can't exist unless they changed the ending, which now i can assume they haven't.
The answer itself is a pointless dlc that can be skipped. It's kind of like a spin-off that didn't get It's own game. It's there for peeps that want that high level dungeon at the end.

Of course, the workers pay the price an not the guy that made this decision and went away on a golden parachute. Despicable.

Curious to see if the DLC will indeed cover the second time skip and give some context to the characters that just drop in at that point and the creation of the new hideout.

I don't know how to feel.

I loved the original Nier, but Automata didn't do it for me. Felt like a retread of the first with just androids/machines.

@Zenos Oh boy... i'm not sure you want to get me started on that.
The awful story twist and the terrible draw/junction system are forever burned in my memory due to how bad they were and the disappointment i felt after FF7.
I know that for some it was their first jrpg and has a sentimental value, but it was such a bad game. Those review scores were mostly graphics for the time.
Music was great though.

Same as i did with PSVR1 and Occulus.
It's a heavy screen on your face. Uncomfortable and disorienting. Not suited for gaming but rather just videos.

Oh man... 8 so doesn't deserve to be in that list. 😂

Oh no! Who would've thought?!

Will someone think of the execs? 🤣

The "one year of support" claims were hilarious when they were made and i still fully expect them to break the promise.
The question is what will happen to the studio now. Closure or will they put them on a new single player game? I guess the chances of a new Batman Arkham just shot up.

@thaidanh That did not look like warriors gameplay. Probably more like Armored core with gundam parts.

@TheFakulty I recommend you try Monster hunter rise (if you happen to have a switch there is a demo). The combat is much better on it.
Honestly MHW is kind of overhyped imo. I much prefer rise.

The wait for monster hunter stories 3 continues.

My hype is at an all time low, so it's basically their chance to impress.

@Nakatomi_Uk man... remakes or remasters of Skies of Arcadia and Panzer dragoon saga i would be all over. Legendary games.

I just hope they aren't expecting it to sell gangbusters. Crazy Taxi is very much an arcade game and players expect more depth and content from their games nowadays.
Of course, if it's a lower price people are more likely to bite.

@UltimateOtaku91 It is unlikely a new Tales game will release this year. They just released the expansion to arise last year didn't they?
I guess they could remaster Abyss or something like that. But, it won't be a major new entry.

Well... i was already planning to buy it on sale. But, this certainly seals the deal. 😆

Well... this is offensive to shadow fans.
Bring Mighty and Ray back. I might bother buying superstars then.

The more i hear and see about this game, the more it feels like an expansion of DD1 and not an evolution.

I am not excited about limited fast travel and the pawns coming back.
I will get it, but will wait for a sharp price drop.

Monster Hunter world and as usual world of warcraft dungeon and raid evenings.

I do need to go back to Like a dragon 8. Want to get to iceborn first though.

@Marquez I am sure you can understand those are 10 other single player games they could have made.
The "side by side" is PR bs. It just means they didn't get every studio working on them. But, the output is clearly affected as we can see.

@K1LLEGAL Games Microsoft took away from buying publishers is probably more accurate. I can't say i am interested in any of them though.

@Marquez You didn't get it.
The fact they have no single player games this year is cause they are so heavily invested on the live service thing. They have 10 in development or something like that. It's a ridiculous resource hog and it's responsible for this draught (and will likely be a disaster). Those games take a lot more development time.

Without those games to drive sales, projections are down.

It's the result of the dumb live service push. They are getting what they deserve.
With that said... plenty of good stuff coming anyways from 3rd parties.

@Kienda If you are all about facts you have to also include how they admitted they are not growing and the way to grow is to either bring their games to bigger audiences or milk their existing one and they are choosing new audiences. Which means these games and more will be coming. Otherwise there is no growing.
As others rightly said, this is a beginning. But, also, yes. They aren't dropping the Xbox hardware quite yet.

That was a bizarre podcast indeed.

I liked how he tried to tell us how the industry isn't growing... yet Sony and Nintendo are seeing record gains.
It's more Xbox isn't growing.

They still seem to be wary or in denial.

I think people are overeacting. You do get to shoot and plank some stuff. It is part of the game.
But it's survival horror and you won't have the ammo to do it consistently (maybe on easy).

This bloober team and konami friction doesn't come out positively though.

It sure doesn't feel that way.

Very sad news. The Suikoden series is truly over now. We will never see Harmonia in it's true glory.
Maybe Konami will do something with it, but likely it won't end well.

Eyuden may be it's spiritual sucessor but it won't be the same. It will be it's own thing.

Looks good. Old Lara is back!

I really hope it's not a VR thing so it can actually get some good sales.
Playroom was a joy to go through. They should go with more of that.

Completely unnecessary announcement.

No s**t. We could all see well in advance what the nonsensical push towards live service was gonna do.

Deary me... i still have to play through 8 and 9. 🤣

@JeongersGaming We are assuming here.
Regardless the game has seen disappointing sales and reception and it's been on sale on psn every week for months now.
Mania took 8 months to get to 1m but was highly praised and digital only. If it had received the same backing superstars did, it would've sold much more, no doubt.
Also, let's not forget it was achieved without the movies and tv series raising popularity and awareness of the Sonic brand.
Superstars just didn't look up to par and they either need to put more effort into it if they are gonna charge full price or they need to pivot back to 2D.

Gaiden was really good. I'm sure it did well.
Sonic superstars i doubt did that well though. It's been constantly on sale since release. I don't think that is the 2D Sonic players want. Sonic Mania is the way to go.
As for Persona 5 spin offs... i think that was one milking too much.