Stragen8

PLAYSTATION ALL STARS 2

Still don't understand why this hasn't happened yet.

I don't understand how Sony can fail this badly at mobile attempts. They've been trying at this for over 10 years and have yet to show anything decent on mobile.

They must be getting some tax write off for this, right??

Otherwise it doesn't seem to make a ton of sense. They could have used the teams experience to make some other type of shooter etc? The studio clearly had talent - just bad direction, atrocious art style and late to the market

Still waiting for Rayman 4. Or release 3 Remastered for PS4/5. Being locked to PS3 is a travesty

Wow! This is awesome news! And even better that hopefully it'll be the same creative team!

10+ years will be great to show changes in AI

I liked Hulst during the PS3 era when they were pushing boundaries of the hardware with KZ2 and 3

But it seems like after HZD, they just went all in for some reason on that franchise which didn't make sense to me. And now the guy is leading all PS studios. Strange series of promotions for that guy.

Sony first party really needs to figure out a way to optimize output. Maybe more standalone DLC type of games like Miles Morales to help cover the gaps. It's just crazy we're this far into PS5 and I don't really feel like there have been any must have first party exclusives outside of the launch window

@Savage_Joe lol did you read the article?? They won't get royalties from the GAME. which they won't get anyways if they're not in it.

They don't lose any rights to their songs.

And if being in the game doesn't cause their song to get a resurgence, so what, they got a free 7500$ for doing nothing.

Like stated in the article - it's basically free exposure to a whole generation of people that never heard the song.

How many times do we see an 80s song/artist resurging when a song is used on a Netflix show?

I understand the optics of it, but realistically they're offering the artist insane reach and publicity which has an inherent value on its own. So it's not really 7500, it's considerably more

Greedfall was one of my surprise favorite games of the PS4 era.

I have a feeling it was a fluke rather than a standard for the studio moving forward.

It's a shame to see them push the studio like that after a success. Steel rising was not very good imo, and Greedfall 2 launching in early access with a burntout team sounds like disaster waiting to happen which is a shame for my most anticipated game

A remake should launch with the PS6 just like Demons Souls. Let the series rest a bit longer and in 3 or 4 years generate massive hype over the new console.

Roger Craig Smith in the first game always made me feel I was playing some first person sequel to RE5 in a good way! I may have to pick this up!

Sony should really give it a PS+ free launch or something. To get people to move from their current fleshed out hero shooters to a new unproven one, is hard enough, not to mention it also costs $$$

We are moving more and more towards a Stadia like platform. The world isn't there yet, but it's going that way.

With the size of games and the fact that many (big sellers) are online only now, it makes sense to have an online client where we log into a server and stream. No downloads, no waiting, etc.

I'm a hold out for physical media (still waiting on my BG3 copy) but I can see where we're headed. But I don't think hardware platforms with completely go away. It'll just look different.

Yes. This is my preferred way to play.

Playing Elden Ring solo is really boring to me after playing most of the game coop. Its a lot more fun yelling to each other 'woah look what I found!' and conquering things together. When playing alone, my excitement of discovery just isn't the same when I don't have my buddy to share it with.

I miss all the people that showed up at Sony E3. Shawn, Jack, Andrew, Shu, and the other dude in the 'how to share games with friends video' from PS4 announcement.

Remember the Kevin Butler ads? Those were fantastic!

These days Sony is faceless and bland. I don't understand current marketing trends at all, clearly they're doing something right. It's just boring.

I like that Sony is hitting a lower price point for their live service games.

But this game still looks pretty bad.

Way overblown. Part of the first mission was leaked plus some of the weapons, which Bungie themself have been spoiling by giving content creators early access and YT thumbnails are full of spoilers as a result.

Guess I'm buying this twice

Id love to see them get back to the basic, arcadey, handcrafted worlds of LBP1 and Tearaway. LBP1 had so much charm and fantastic music!

Saw this come through this morning, been waiting months, what's another few weeks?

Like many others. Waiting for physical release or big discount if I'm buying digital only.

Still waiting for my BG3 copy to arrive in the mail.

Bethesda was delivering great stuff back during the PS3, but really suffered from poor decisions or poor growth choices (acquiring a bunch of studios and publishing) during PS4 era.

They really fell behind in the RPG scene and need a total refresh to their approach. They were my favorite developer during PS3 and it's sad to see.

Crazy to think that it'll likely be close to 20 years between Elder Scrolls games.

@djlard that game was fantastic. Id love some more AvP

Also as a huge alien fan, I'm way too much of a chicken for this.

I'll probably get this lol

Meanwhile. RELEASE RAYMAN 3 HD ON PS5!

Never played the first one, but love the second. I'm about 30 hours in and have barely left the starting regions.

The game is fantastic, and I've never felt the need for the micro transactions. It's been blown out of proportion by people who haven't played the game.

Running from town to town isn't even that bad. You can skip the monster encounters and get places relatively quickly. Or....spend the equivalent in gold of a goblin kill to take an Ox cart....

Immortals was destined for this service before it was even launched. Hence why myself and likely many others judging by the comments never bought it. Sucks the studio suffered due to that, but that's the industry we've been trained to work with.

I love hearing that people share my love of Oblivion. For years it seemed that people felt it was the weakest of the 3 console TES games.

Still one of my favorite games ever.

I hope the recent successes of doing things differently pays off in other areas.

I love wacky side gadgets and while the Portal isn't for me, I'm glad to see stuff like it.

I hope Helldiver's success leads to investment in other AA games that aren't chasing the newest trend. Good word of mouth, fun gameplay, and non intrusive micro transactions have shown to really pay off.

Although I'm sure Sony will be dropping some marketing collaborations in there in no time.

I still don't even know of any decent games that have come out of Embracer. They really banked on having a barrage of successful AA titles but failed to really launch anything.

They just added the hoverboards and there's no ornament for that. Everyone has immediately stopped using sparrows because hoverboards are better in every way, so big oops on that.

It's a game that seems to scream F2P based on what I've seen. (Maybe due to bad marketing)

It should have at least been a budget title similarly to Helldiver's if it wanted to make a splash

Havent bought it yet, but I'm excited to play it once I do!!

Sony needs to let studios release some indie or smaller AA type games as side projects. Similar to what Xbox studios seem to be doing. They may not light the world on fire, but at least it keeps releases going and brings variety. I haven't been excited for a Sony game, or bought one on release since TLOU2

I loved how off the wall the game was. When the credits rolled and it started a totally different game I was so shocked.

I doubt a sequel will capture the same magic since I went in at launch totally blind to what kind of games he makes, but I'd still love to revisit a non-gacha game from the creative mind of Yoko Taro

Way to save this great big special announcement for the Studios to say there Phil. Lol.

Everything that dude says is nonsense.

I love Kevin Hart in everything I've seen him in. But as Roland??? It's been a while, but I don't remember Roland being comic relief.

He would have been a better annoying claptrap voice.

I can see JLC doing a great job as Tannis though.

Still my expectations are EXTREMELY low for this. I don't expect Jack Black and Kevin Hart to save whatever plot this movie cooks up.

SUPER pumped for Greedfall 2. Turned out to be one of my favorite PS4 games.

Hopefully they've got a good slate of content ready/can push forward to keep the momentum going.

Hiring and reacting to success will take months to implement and grow, which by that time, people will have moved into the next thing.

I'd be shocked if Sony replicated this with the two games mentioned in this post.

This game came at an unusual time, and managed to get a ton of positive press, releasing next to another live service games that got tons of negative press (Suicide Squad) and is rather unique in its presentation and style.

Honestly I think Suicide Squad really helped this game by making it look like a saint in terms of live service/monetization in comparison.

What a bunch of emergency PR crap.

Let's be honest. If a game doesn't hit it's ROI, it'll be multiplatform in a year or two.

They can't keep taking losses on games where theres a console with a 55 million instal base of potential sales.

I'm really excited to get my hands on this!

Price and the fact that it has 'coming to PS+ in a year or two' written all over it didn't help.

Thats why I didn't buy it and I'm sure many others! We've been trained to wait to purchase games because they'll be dirt cheap or on a subscription service soon enough! Unless it's an established IP or we don't want spoilers.

Plus we have waaaaay to many games freely available for the little time we have that it's hard to justify

My top answers are games that have historically been releasing on PS. Amazing how much of this list is recently 'exclusivized' franchises.

Waiting for a sale! I'm expecting 20$ off in about a months time, and I can wait!

I'm such an old fart. This brings me no joy and further disillusions me on the direction gaming has gone over the last 10 years.

I wish this wasn't an exclusive game

Unfortunately I play with a mix of PC and Xbox users so it's hard to convince a gaming group to playing besides titles on all 3 platforms.

I appreciate him saying what we all fear, and I agree with him!

Although the movie industry seems to be more creative within the subscriptions vs the movie theaters where it's sequels and nostalgia remakes constantly.

Day 1 buy from me. Can't wait for updated controls.

I have the games on just about every device, PS3 Classics, PS1, PC, Android - but can never get very far before being frustrated at the controls so maybe I'll finally finish them!

I wonder how many new fans the games are picking up along the way.

I've been a gamer since PS2 era but never got into FF. While the combat change is aimed at gamers like myself, I couldn't get past the 10 hour mark in FF15, forced myself thru 7 remake, and couldn't stand the demo of 16, even tho I thought I'd love it, it just didn't feel as slick as other hack and slash games.

I can't help but wonder if they need to shake the franchise up more if they want sales to get higher - or maybe scale back expectations for the games and focus on what the fans want versus chasing what may attract new gamers.

I'm all for this push. Build new smartphone focused studios! This will have very little impact on PS5 titles, but could help bolster Sonys checkbook to continue to push amazing creative single player games instead of chasing live service crap.

Also I cant believe Monopoly Go is on there. It's not even a game. Push a button and watch a piece go around a board randomly while you buy more spins. Awful awful game.