You know what I'm almost expecting Sony to be one of them especially after they lost Bethesda
It'll make their platform pretty much the defacto one for JRPG content in the same way Xbox has basically become that for WRPGs on consoles after Bethesda, Obsidian and InXile were all acquired by them, since a huge amount of franchises would then be out of reach for either Microsoft or Nintendo, not to mention the fact that Final Fantasy has a super storied history with them, with entries in that series appearing on almost as many Sony consoles as Nintendo's, not to mention how big stuff like Dragon Quest and Kingdom Hearts are for them
Ideally, Square doesn't get bought out because I buy their games on everything but I think Sony's been really thinking about it
Change.org petitions do basically next to nothing. Maybe the PC port sales might convince them to change course but these are generally speaking, inconsequential
@Col_McCafferty And if you're still only committed to PS4 you still have the benefit of knowing your games are coming to PS4 first if they're from first party
It took Horizon like 3 years to come to PC, and then immediately after its sequel was announced just for PS4 and PS5. Days Gone was PS4 exclusive for 2 years as well. This isn't the same as how Microsoft are doing things where they basically want any and every device they have at their disposal to have some form of Xbox integration. It's still obvious that going forward if you want the first party content as immediately as possible, you still have to buy a PlayStation. The people who are willing to wait for a PC port are probably going to be waiting 2-3 or possibly more years and even then, it's just last gen games right now. You still have to buy a PS4 or PS5 for Forbidden West, or a PS5 specifically for stuff like Ratchet, Returnal and the new God of War. If PC gets the first God of War game there's no guarantee at all that they won't be waiting at the very least 5 years for another one, and by then it won't matter because Sony would likely have stopped counting sales and players on PlayStation, or they might announce a new game in a particular series that's only on PlayStation platforms. It's commitment, but it's not really dedication to PC.
@Col_McCafferty Nintendo fans also didn't clamour when The Wonderful 101 and Octopath Traveler, formerly Nintendo-published games came out on PS4, Xbox One and PC but other people definitely threw a fit when Bayonetta 2 was announced as a Wii U exclusive despite the fact the original was multiplatform
Nintendo is a super traditionalist company so something like PC ports is practically never to be expected from them. Sony second party games have been coming to PC for years so it was only a matter of time before they threw their hat into the ring. I think people forget PC isn't actually in direct competition with any consoles. Something like Horizon on PC isn't the same thing at all as Halo being put on PlayStation or Breath of the Wild on Xbox. PC is neutral and is bolstered by a large and super active playerbase that likewise consists of people who play on consoles as well, so some people who probably played the game on PS4 might actually buy it again on PC and it just means Sony can actually gauge the kind of content people want from them on a broader scale. I have a friend who was primarily an Xbox/PC gamer but he's going with PS5 this generation because he got Horizon on PC and he liked it. It's a test the waters thing, not necessarily a super committal thing. Sony is still in it to sell hardware and aren't as ambitious about it as Microsoft.
@truerbluer The only PS "fans" who probably tried to pass this off as a bad thing are the same people who are probably already super biased towards their platform and won't play on anything else
I saw a Twitter video of some person who legit broke his PS4 in a fit because of Horizon's announcement on PC and apparently Herman Hulst was being sent death threats from some of those same people
Yeah. "Fans". People who actually don't dedicate their time to championing PlayStation as this super superior platform and get PTSD whenever the word "PC" is mentioned on their press stuff are probably fine with it at large. Hell Horizon on PC got one of my friends who was mostly an Xbox guy to get a PS5 when he can find one
@Divergent95 Horizon got mediocre sales because it made all the money it needed to make to be successful on PS4. PC was just them bringing the game to a new audience as an extension to the brand before they announced the sequel, which is still PS-exclusive
Horizon came out like 3 years later and Days Gone is coming out 2 years after it did on PS4. Don't think of this as Sony wanting to actually do multiplatform stuff frequently. They ain't doing this because they think PC should be a second pillar to their business. It's likely they put these games out first because they're games that Sony probably stopped counting sales for on their original platform a while back, whereas Microsoft is literally treating PC like a second pillar to their business like how Nintendo used to have dedicated home consoles and handhelds be seperate from one another
Oooh what a protester we have have here. Such a rebel with a cause because a game's being ported after Sony basically stopped caring how much it made on PS4
Are we getting some #PlayStationLivesMatter rallies now
Are we going from #BLM to #PLM here
Are you boutta enforce the "PlayStation Proclamation" and free us from our PC sins
@Juanalf Steam and EGS aren't in direct competition with any consoles. The only people in direct competition with each other are console manufacturers. PC's already gotten a bunch of second party Sony content even before Sony started putting their first party games on there
Putting it on Game Pass for PC isn't benefitting Steam, it's benefitting Microsoft
@naruball I don't know where you got the impression Tekken 7 did badly at all. It broke 2 million copies within 2 months of its release
SFV deservedly got the flack it did for being super content barren and lacking in the single player department at release. It took multiple years and seasons of characters and updates for it to get to where it should've been at launch
@naruball When they come they definitely do sell well in the case of stuff like Crash N. Sane Trilogy, Spyro Reignited, the Mario 3D All Stars collection and smaller stuff like Ori & Cuphead, but it's just that there aren't a lot of them these days compared to the 90's and 2000's
Ratchet & Clank is probably going to do well when it comes out though, especially given the reception to the PS4 game
@Ristar24 Nintendo did have an exclusivity deal. They signed off on SEGA making their next few Sonic games exclusive to their hardware from 2013-2014
The games that were part of that deal were Sonic Lost World, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, and the two Sonic Boom games that came out to tie in with the TV show. All those games were exclusive to either the 3DS, the Wii U or both
Not my favorite 3D Sonic game but it was definitely a pretty stunning game for Wii at the time and would definitely look pretty stellar with an HD makeover
The problem is there's not really much in the way of communication. Sony definitely needs to do a better job at being transparent about what's going on, since when they don't do that stuff like the Bloomberg article is seemingly putting the words in other people's mouth and it just paints a bad look on them when things are probably supposed to be a lot better than they seem.
I am still bummed about Japan Studio though. They may not have made a lot of major hits that clicked with the mainstream but their games added a lot of variety to the types of games in the PlayStation library
You might as well add the Persona PSP games (SMT: Persona, Persona 2 Innocent Sin PSP and Persona 3 Portable) because digitally is the ONLY way to get them cheap since physical copy prices have spiked up considerably into the "hundreds of dollars" range
@JustPlainLoco I don't think a thing like a Game Pass alternative or something that allowed people to sample games would give developers an incentive to just give up on making quality software
The precise reason why people like Game Pass is BECAUSE of the fact they get to subscribe to a service and get access to a treasure trove of high profile stuff that isn't held back by a standalone high price tag. It's why Microsoft have been successful with courting people like SEGA and Square in regards to putting their stuff on Game Pass the same time they just launch on Xbox like with Yakuza, Final Fantasy and Octopath Traveler, as well as what landed them the timed exclusivity deal on PSO2 New Genesis, and none of those games are shovelware-tier quality, which is why it looks like a valuable proposition next to paying full price for a standalone game as opposed to getting it on Game Pass day one
@JustPlainLoco Listen man I know these games are probably well worth their time and money but if you're seriously expecting me to be prepared consistently fork out 90 of my Canadian dollars every time an exclusive or just a game comes out on their platform you're GRAVELY mistaken
@jgrangervikings1 I think Minecraft is probably going to remain multiplat for the foreseeable future seeing as how it's basically transcended its company and become a major monolith in terms of multimedia success, but Microsoft pulled out more cash for Bethesda than Disney did for Marvel and Lucasfilm combined, and are clearly doing it with intent of strengthening their exclusive portfolio, and even more importantly the value behind Game Pass and their interconnected ecosystem, so stuff like Starfield and possibly even Elder Scrolls VI are definitely being positioned as major first party content from them going forward, and it's not as likely they'll be multiplatform
They aren't on the losing end right now but if they keep up with the attitude they have right now they could very well be trailing behind Microsoft in a few years.
I'm not going to call it doom and gloom for Sony because what's out there right now is compelling as hell and what's coming down the line is also something worth getting excited over, but the software is pretty much the only leg up Sony has right now despite the fact their console is doing better in terms of units sold and all that stuff
It feels like Sony's becoming progressively conservative with what studios and IPs they prioritize, thinking if they can play it safe and just use the exact IPs that made the PS4 successful, the PS5 will just be a direct repeat of the PS4's wide acclaim, and the Bloomberg article put a lot of stuff into perspective like why they closed down Japan Studio or why they're shutting down the digital stores on pre-PS4 consoles. They seem to want to play it extremely safe and the points that Schrier mentioned where they had studios willing to become more autonomous and lead their own major projects, were quickly shut down or failed to even get off the ground in the case of Bend Studio pitching Days Gone 2.
Between stuff like MLB going to Game Pass and now the persistent rumors about Kojima Productions courting Xbox for their next game, Sony really needs to pull out their trump cards if they have them because even if they're safe for now technically, Microsoft is getting extremely aggressive and are seemingly doing all the opposite things to get on the consumer's side compared to where they were this time 7 years ago, and it's even more telling when I see people saying they're switching to Xbox this gen when unlike Sony, Microsoft doesn't even have much in the way of exclusive content out there yet and are mostly relying on Game Pass/xCloud to carry their momentum while hoping Halo Infinite does well when it does come out
Jim Ryan might be a fine businessman but he isn't really a likable face for the company in the same way Shawn Layden or Andrew House were
I honestly kind of feel the same about Doug Bowser in regards to Nintendo. You may have your thoughts on Xbox as a platform or their strategy but one thing that I think they're particularly strong in is that Phil Spencer genuinely seems passionate about the medium in the same way Layden, House and even Reggie and Iwata were. PlayStation right now is missing that kind of image imo
@Col_McCafferty Probably not TLOU since that's an HBO thing
These are just for theatrical releases or films that go straight to streaming
So basically the already announced movies like Spider-Man No Way Home, the Spider-Verse sequel, Venom, Morbius and whatever else Sony releases in theaters, while the films they develop specficially for streaming are going straight to Netflix
I imagine TLOU HBO will probably end up on HBO Max as expected given it's a TV series and doesn't fit that criteria
@nessisonett I'm watching it purely for Woody Harrelson
Even though this film will probably end up being every bit as corny and mid 2000s comic book movie-esque as the first one I can't imagine anyone else playing Cletus Kasady
It may be subscription based but it's cool for sampling games I have no intention of paying full price for. Played The Medium on Game Pass PC recently and I'm so glad I didn't just buy it full price
EDIT: Also are you seriously going to say "Xbox fans are gay"? Really?
@art_of_the_kill The fact that MLB is going to Xbox is like problem #12 with Sony
Sony definitely has way bigger problems in regards to their transparency with consumers and their practices outside of something like a baseball game going multiplatform. I personally care way more about stuff like the pre-PS4 digital stores closing down or stuff like what happened with Japan Studio since they're honestly way bigger deals that do more to communicate Sony's image this gen than something like this
If this was something like God of War coming to Xbox or something then perhaps I'd be more fussed, but Sony wouldn't do that because they actually own the IP and control where it goes, unlike what's happening here. They aren't even publishing the game on Xbox and they'll probably still get a cut from all revenue made from that version of the game since they developed it.
@Rob_230 If they could somehow work out a deal with Activision to not just get ahold of the NeverSoft games but also stuff like Ultimate Spider-Man, Web of Shadows and the Beenox entries I'd be all for it
Activision's Spider-Man games at their best were probably as good as Insomniac's imo
Maybe it's because I don't really care about sports games in general but I could honestly not care less about this coming to Xbox at all
If that's what the MLB wanted, then clearly it'll do nothing but give the game more exposure. It's not like Sony themselves are going to put stuff like God of War or Horizon on Xbox that they actually have control over so it's literally just one less exclusive game
Hell there was an exclusive Wipeout game for the N64 that came out after Psygnosis was already acquired by SCE so it's not the first time something this big has happened. An IP that SCE had full ownership over literally started as a multiplatform series before becoming fully PlayStation exclusive. Stranger things have happened
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Re: 10 PS3, PSP, PS Vita Games You May Not Realise Had a Physical Release
Papers, Please is really charming
It took a task so mundane and somehow made it a really cool investigative/endurance-based test
Re: Rumour: Multiple Parties Interested in Square Enix Buyout
@Juanalf Killer Instinct was like the one Xbox exclusive I was hyped about before Sunset Overdrive honestly
Re: Rumour: Multiple Parties Interested in Square Enix Buyout
You know what I'm almost expecting Sony to be one of them especially after they lost Bethesda
It'll make their platform pretty much the defacto one for JRPG content in the same way Xbox has basically become that for WRPGs on consoles after Bethesda, Obsidian and InXile were all acquired by them, since a huge amount of franchises would then be out of reach for either Microsoft or Nintendo, not to mention the fact that Final Fantasy has a super storied history with them, with entries in that series appearing on almost as many Sony consoles as Nintendo's, not to mention how big stuff like Dragon Quest and Kingdom Hearts are for them
Ideally, Square doesn't get bought out because I buy their games on everything but I think Sony's been really thinking about it
Re: Resident Evil Village Is 4K at 60 FPS on PS5, And 900p at 45 FPS on PS4
Damn Capcom I've heard of artsy and then I've heard of questionable
Capping your framerate at 45fps is DEFINITELY the latter
Re: Over 15,000 People Have Signed a Petition for Days Gone 2
Change.org petitions do basically next to nothing. Maybe the PC port sales might convince them to change course but these are generally speaking, inconsequential
Re: Days Gone Is Still a Stunner in PC Features Trailer
@Col_McCafferty And if you're still only committed to PS4 you still have the benefit of knowing your games are coming to PS4 first if they're from first party
It took Horizon like 3 years to come to PC, and then immediately after its sequel was announced just for PS4 and PS5. Days Gone was PS4 exclusive for 2 years as well. This isn't the same as how Microsoft are doing things where they basically want any and every device they have at their disposal to have some form of Xbox integration. It's still obvious that going forward if you want the first party content as immediately as possible, you still have to buy a PlayStation. The people who are willing to wait for a PC port are probably going to be waiting 2-3 or possibly more years and even then, it's just last gen games right now. You still have to buy a PS4 or PS5 for Forbidden West, or a PS5 specifically for stuff like Ratchet, Returnal and the new God of War. If PC gets the first God of War game there's no guarantee at all that they won't be waiting at the very least 5 years for another one, and by then it won't matter because Sony would likely have stopped counting sales and players on PlayStation, or they might announce a new game in a particular series that's only on PlayStation platforms. It's commitment, but it's not really dedication to PC.
Re: Days Gone Is Still a Stunner in PC Features Trailer
@Col_McCafferty Nintendo fans also didn't clamour when The Wonderful 101 and Octopath Traveler, formerly Nintendo-published games came out on PS4, Xbox One and PC but other people definitely threw a fit when Bayonetta 2 was announced as a Wii U exclusive despite the fact the original was multiplatform
Nintendo is a super traditionalist company so something like PC ports is practically never to be expected from them. Sony second party games have been coming to PC for years so it was only a matter of time before they threw their hat into the ring. I think people forget PC isn't actually in direct competition with any consoles. Something like Horizon on PC isn't the same thing at all as Halo being put on PlayStation or Breath of the Wild on Xbox. PC is neutral and is bolstered by a large and super active playerbase that likewise consists of people who play on consoles as well, so some people who probably played the game on PS4 might actually buy it again on PC and it just means Sony can actually gauge the kind of content people want from them on a broader scale. I have a friend who was primarily an Xbox/PC gamer but he's going with PS5 this generation because he got Horizon on PC and he liked it. It's a test the waters thing, not necessarily a super committal thing. Sony is still in it to sell hardware and aren't as ambitious about it as Microsoft.
Re: Days Gone Is Still a Stunner in PC Features Trailer
@truerbluer The only PS "fans" who probably tried to pass this off as a bad thing are the same people who are probably already super biased towards their platform and won't play on anything else
I saw a Twitter video of some person who legit broke his PS4 in a fit because of Horizon's announcement on PC and apparently Herman Hulst was being sent death threats from some of those same people
Yeah. "Fans". People who actually don't dedicate their time to championing PlayStation as this super superior platform and get PTSD whenever the word "PC" is mentioned on their press stuff are probably fine with it at large. Hell Horizon on PC got one of my friends who was mostly an Xbox guy to get a PS5 when he can find one
Re: Days Gone Is Still a Stunner in PC Features Trailer
@Divergent95 Horizon got mediocre sales because it made all the money it needed to make to be successful on PS4. PC was just them bringing the game to a new audience as an extension to the brand before they announced the sequel, which is still PS-exclusive
Horizon came out like 3 years later and Days Gone is coming out 2 years after it did on PS4. Don't think of this as Sony wanting to actually do multiplatform stuff frequently. They ain't doing this because they think PC should be a second pillar to their business. It's likely they put these games out first because they're games that Sony probably stopped counting sales for on their original platform a while back, whereas Microsoft is literally treating PC like a second pillar to their business like how Nintendo used to have dedicated home consoles and handhelds be seperate from one another
Re: Days Gone Is Still a Stunner in PC Features Trailer
@Kratos-sensei
Oooh what a protester we have have here. Such a rebel with a cause because a game's being ported after Sony basically stopped caring how much it made on PS4
Are we getting some #PlayStationLivesMatter rallies now
Are we going from #BLM to #PLM here
Are you boutta enforce the "PlayStation Proclamation" and free us from our PC sins
Re: Days Gone Is Still a Stunner in PC Features Trailer
@Kratos-sensei lmao I saw you and a bunch of other salty ass people on the PlayStation Blog
Your PS4 isn't going anywhere. You'll live
"They will get the service they deserve" Joker sounding ass
Re: Days Gone Is Still a Stunner in PC Features Trailer
@Juanalf Steam and EGS aren't in direct competition with any consoles. The only people in direct competition with each other are console manufacturers. PC's already gotten a bunch of second party Sony content even before Sony started putting their first party games on there
Putting it on Game Pass for PC isn't benefitting Steam, it's benefitting Microsoft
Re: Days Gone Is Still a Stunner in PC Features Trailer
The third party controllers section was so funny to me
All they did for hiding the Xbox and Switch Pro Controllers was remove their labels lol
Re: Naughty Dog Wishes It Was Working on New Jak & Daxter Game
@naruball I don't know where you got the impression Tekken 7 did badly at all. It broke 2 million copies within 2 months of its release
SFV deservedly got the flack it did for being super content barren and lacking in the single player department at release. It took multiple years and seasons of characters and updates for it to get to where it should've been at launch
Re: Ryu and Chun Li Join Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid in Crazy Street Fighter Crossover
@alixx It's actually a really good fighting game with online that's way better than it had any right to be
Re: Ryu and Chun Li Join Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid in Crazy Street Fighter Crossover
Ryu as a f*cking Power Ranger
Can I get Black Ranger Akuma lmao
Re: Naughty Dog Wishes It Was Working on New Jak & Daxter Game
@naruball When they come they definitely do sell well in the case of stuff like Crash N. Sane Trilogy, Spyro Reignited, the Mario 3D All Stars collection and smaller stuff like Ori & Cuphead, but it's just that there aren't a lot of them these days compared to the 90's and 2000's
Ratchet & Clank is probably going to do well when it comes out though, especially given the reception to the PS4 game
Re: Free NieR Replicant DLC Will Let You Dress Up as 2B and 9S
That looks...so wrong lol
I know 2B got a Kaine outfit in Automata but there's just something about 9S looking jacked as hell that put me off
Re: Naughty Dog Wishes It Was Working on New Jak & Daxter Game
@JJ2 Speak for yourself. There's a bunch of older Sony IPs in the vault that deserve a revival
Re: Horizon Forbidden West's Aloy Set for Fortnite Cameo from 15th April
@2cents Bruh it's a f*cking Fortnite crossover this isn't remotely on the level of bringing a whole ass game to Xbox chill lmao
By that logic Halo should be on PS5 because Microsoft did a Halo crossover with Fortnite as well
Re: PS Plus Oversight Is a Bummer for PS3, PS Vita Owners
@TrueAssassin86x The best Sony fans are the people who know when to be critical of Sony's shortcomings
Re: Nintendo Wii Exclusive Sonic Colors Could Be Lighting Up PS4
@Ristar24 Nintendo did have an exclusivity deal. They signed off on SEGA making their next few Sonic games exclusive to their hardware from 2013-2014
The games that were part of that deal were Sonic Lost World, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, and the two Sonic Boom games that came out to tie in with the TV show. All those games were exclusive to either the 3DS, the Wii U or both
Re: Nintendo Wii Exclusive Sonic Colors Could Be Lighting Up PS4
Not my favorite 3D Sonic game but it was definitely a pretty stunning game for Wii at the time and would definitely look pretty stellar with an HD makeover
Re: Soapbox: I Don't Think Sony's Obsession with PS5 Blockbusters Aligns with Reality
The problem is there's not really much in the way of communication. Sony definitely needs to do a better job at being transparent about what's going on, since when they don't do that stuff like the Bloomberg article is seemingly putting the words in other people's mouth and it just paints a bad look on them when things are probably supposed to be a lot better than they seem.
I am still bummed about Japan Studio though. They may not have made a lot of major hits that clicked with the mainstream but their games added a lot of variety to the types of games in the PlayStation library
Re: Sony Wants to Bring PlayStation's Most Popular Franchises to Smartphones
Sony. Just make a new PSP.
Re: 10 Digital-Only PSP, PS Vita Games to Buy Before the PS Store Closes
@yaboydanzo 1. P4G isn't digital only, it got a physical release
2. Why would you even buy it on Vita at this point the PC version is considerably better anyway
Re: 10 Digital-Only PSP, PS Vita Games to Buy Before the PS Store Closes
You might as well add the Persona PSP games (SMT: Persona, Persona 2 Innocent Sin PSP and Persona 3 Portable) because digitally is the ONLY way to get them cheap since physical copy prices have spiked up considerably into the "hundreds of dollars" range
Re: Poll: Is PlayStation Losing Ground to Xbox?
@JustPlainLoco I don't think a thing like a Game Pass alternative or something that allowed people to sample games would give developers an incentive to just give up on making quality software
The precise reason why people like Game Pass is BECAUSE of the fact they get to subscribe to a service and get access to a treasure trove of high profile stuff that isn't held back by a standalone high price tag. It's why Microsoft have been successful with courting people like SEGA and Square in regards to putting their stuff on Game Pass the same time they just launch on Xbox like with Yakuza, Final Fantasy and Octopath Traveler, as well as what landed them the timed exclusivity deal on PSO2 New Genesis, and none of those games are shovelware-tier quality, which is why it looks like a valuable proposition next to paying full price for a standalone game as opposed to getting it on Game Pass day one
Re: PlayStation Fans Are Missing Shawn Layden, And He's Liking All the Tweets
@nessisonett Reggie being in charge of SIE or even Worldwide Studios would be AMAZING
I'd pay any amount of cash to see him host a State of Play and ending the presentation with "Well, I'm off to play Hot Shots Golf on my PlayStation 5"
Re: Poll: Is PlayStation Losing Ground to Xbox?
@JustPlainLoco Listen man I know these games are probably well worth their time and money but if you're seriously expecting me to be prepared consistently fork out 90 of my Canadian dollars every time an exclusive or just a game comes out on their platform you're GRAVELY mistaken
Re: Poll: Is PlayStation Losing Ground to Xbox?
@jgrangervikings1 I think Minecraft is probably going to remain multiplat for the foreseeable future seeing as how it's basically transcended its company and become a major monolith in terms of multimedia success, but Microsoft pulled out more cash for Bethesda than Disney did for Marvel and Lucasfilm combined, and are clearly doing it with intent of strengthening their exclusive portfolio, and even more importantly the value behind Game Pass and their interconnected ecosystem, so stuff like Starfield and possibly even Elder Scrolls VI are definitely being positioned as major first party content from them going forward, and it's not as likely they'll be multiplatform
Re: Poll: Is PlayStation Losing Ground to Xbox?
They aren't on the losing end right now but if they keep up with the attitude they have right now they could very well be trailing behind Microsoft in a few years.
I'm not going to call it doom and gloom for Sony because what's out there right now is compelling as hell and what's coming down the line is also something worth getting excited over, but the software is pretty much the only leg up Sony has right now despite the fact their console is doing better in terms of units sold and all that stuff
It feels like Sony's becoming progressively conservative with what studios and IPs they prioritize, thinking if they can play it safe and just use the exact IPs that made the PS4 successful, the PS5 will just be a direct repeat of the PS4's wide acclaim, and the Bloomberg article put a lot of stuff into perspective like why they closed down Japan Studio or why they're shutting down the digital stores on pre-PS4 consoles. They seem to want to play it extremely safe and the points that Schrier mentioned where they had studios willing to become more autonomous and lead their own major projects, were quickly shut down or failed to even get off the ground in the case of Bend Studio pitching Days Gone 2.
Between stuff like MLB going to Game Pass and now the persistent rumors about Kojima Productions courting Xbox for their next game, Sony really needs to pull out their trump cards if they have them because even if they're safe for now technically, Microsoft is getting extremely aggressive and are seemingly doing all the opposite things to get on the consumer's side compared to where they were this time 7 years ago, and it's even more telling when I see people saying they're switching to Xbox this gen when unlike Sony, Microsoft doesn't even have much in the way of exclusive content out there yet and are mostly relying on Game Pass/xCloud to carry their momentum while hoping Halo Infinite does well when it does come out
Re: PlayStation Fans Are Missing Shawn Layden, And He's Liking All the Tweets
Jim Ryan might be a fine businessman but he isn't really a likable face for the company in the same way Shawn Layden or Andrew House were
I honestly kind of feel the same about Doug Bowser in regards to Nintendo. You may have your thoughts on Xbox as a platform or their strategy but one thing that I think they're particularly strong in is that Phil Spencer genuinely seems passionate about the medium in the same way Layden, House and even Reggie and Iwata were. PlayStation right now is missing that kind of image imo
Re: Uncharted, Ghost of Tsushima Movies Will Stream on Netflix After Theatrical Run
@Col_McCafferty Probably not TLOU since that's an HBO thing
These are just for theatrical releases or films that go straight to streaming
So basically the already announced movies like Spider-Man No Way Home, the Spider-Verse sequel, Venom, Morbius and whatever else Sony releases in theaters, while the films they develop specficially for streaming are going straight to Netflix
I imagine TLOU HBO will probably end up on HBO Max as expected given it's a TV series and doesn't fit that criteria
Re: Uncharted, Ghost of Tsushima Movies Will Stream on Netflix After Theatrical Run
@2cents I ain't offended
I just think these kinds of comments are pretty childish with their forced attempt at starting flame wars with other people
Re: Uncharted, Ghost of Tsushima Movies Will Stream on Netflix After Theatrical Run
@nessisonett I'm watching it purely for Woody Harrelson
Even though this film will probably end up being every bit as corny and mid 2000s comic book movie-esque as the first one I can't imagine anyone else playing Cletus Kasady
Re: Uncharted, Ghost of Tsushima Movies Will Stream on Netflix After Theatrical Run
I sometimes forget Morbius is still happening
Makes sense given he was the villain for the most forgettable episodes of the 1994 Spider-Man cartoon when he isn't fighting Blade
Re: Uncharted, Ghost of Tsushima Movies Will Stream on Netflix After Theatrical Run
@2cents Honestly Game Pass is still dope
It may be subscription based but it's cool for sampling games I have no intention of paying full price for. Played The Medium on Game Pass PC recently and I'm so glad I didn't just buy it full price
EDIT: Also are you seriously going to say "Xbox fans are gay"? Really?
Re: Uncharted, Ghost of Tsushima Movies Will Stream on Netflix After Theatrical Run
@nessisonett It got delayed to September 24th from June but still this year
Re: Promising PS5 FPS Deathloop Delayed Until 14th September
Fine by me
May is already crowded enough for me with SMT Nocturne HD Remaster and RE Village
Re: PS5 Has Already Outsold PS Vita, Nintendo Wii U, and SEGA Dreamcast in the UK
BREAKING: The sequel to the massively successful PS4 managed to outsell a bunch of platforms that were deemed commercial failures
Re: Kojima Reportedly in Talks with Xbox as PS5’s Abandoned Prompts Conspiracy Theories
Lmao I want Kojima to make an exclusive for each console
We need a game for PlayStation, a game for Xbox and a game for Nintendo
And they'll all come to PC anyway
Re: Ridiculous Rumour Claims Sony Is About to Buy Bethesda Parent Company ZeniMax and All Its Studios
Well it wasn't Sony that did it...
Re: Rival Schools' Akira Kazama Returns in Street Fighter 5
PLEASE MAKE A NEW RIVAL SCHOOLS CAPCOM
Re: Sony Suggests MLB Made the Decision to Include MLB The Show 21 on Xbox Game Pass
@art_of_the_kill The fact that MLB is going to Xbox is like problem #12 with Sony
Sony definitely has way bigger problems in regards to their transparency with consumers and their practices outside of something like a baseball game going multiplatform. I personally care way more about stuff like the pre-PS4 digital stores closing down or stuff like what happened with Japan Studio since they're honestly way bigger deals that do more to communicate Sony's image this gen than something like this
If this was something like God of War coming to Xbox or something then perhaps I'd be more fussed, but Sony wouldn't do that because they actually own the IP and control where it goes, unlike what's happening here. They aren't even publishing the game on Xbox and they'll probably still get a cut from all revenue made from that version of the game since they developed it.
Re: Sony Suggests MLB Made the Decision to Include MLB The Show 21 on Xbox Game Pass
@MatthewJP Technically you don't even need an Xbox
Just get Game Pass on PC or Game Pass Ultimate for cloud streaming on mobile
Re: Sony Suggests MLB Made the Decision to Include MLB The Show 21 on Xbox Game Pass
@Rob_230 If they could somehow work out a deal with Activision to not just get ahold of the NeverSoft games but also stuff like Ultimate Spider-Man, Web of Shadows and the Beenox entries I'd be all for it
Activision's Spider-Man games at their best were probably as good as Insomniac's imo
Re: Sony Suggests MLB Made the Decision to Include MLB The Show 21 on Xbox Game Pass
@get2sammyb Lmao you're calling them clowns and you're probably preordering the game as we speak
Hell Sony's probably prepared to give you a review copy and some hush money so you say good things about it
Re: Ex-PS4 Exclusive FMV Erica Launching on PC Next Month
@Rhaoulos Ok here's what you do
Make three comments under this article about how much you hate Sony for releasing games on PC
Tell everyone to boycott MLB The Show which will absolutely 100% work in your favor
Call Sony a clown before proceeding to preorder MLB The Show
Re: Sony Suggests MLB Made the Decision to Include MLB The Show 21 on Xbox Game Pass
Maybe it's because I don't really care about sports games in general but I could honestly not care less about this coming to Xbox at all
If that's what the MLB wanted, then clearly it'll do nothing but give the game more exposure. It's not like Sony themselves are going to put stuff like God of War or Horizon on Xbox that they actually have control over so it's literally just one less exclusive game
Hell there was an exclusive Wipeout game for the N64 that came out after Psygnosis was already acquired by SCE so it's not the first time something this big has happened. An IP that SCE had full ownership over literally started as a multiplatform series before becoming fully PlayStation exclusive. Stranger things have happened