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@wiiware Damn, I was doing this by looking at games on my shelf, can't believe I forgot Journey.

I highly recommend getting if you haven't already. It's an amazing game.

@get2sammyb Agreed about Puppeteer. Mad, how it seemed to get completely overshadowed by Knack, just because Knack was a PS4 game.

@Rob_230 They are pretty awkward to play for AAA games. However, I think they're solid and very unique.

Nice. I have seen a lot ads for Crash 4 recently, I was wondering why. It deserves every sale it gets, it's an awesome game.

@Rob_230 Yep. Her character is probably my favourite thing about the game. She's well written and designed in general.

Damn, I thought we gonna get some good news about Japan Studio today.

@Subsided Definitely sucks about Japan Studio, but it's a good thing that MM isn't getting sacked as well.

@sanderson72 That's weird, I don't get why they'd do it then. My only guess is to get people to panic buy as much as possible.

Now that is a welcomed patch.

What exactly is the point in this? Is it really that much more expensive to keep PS3 games listed on the same store as PS4 and PS5 games?

Just finished The Legend of Dragoon today. What a journey.

@DETfaninATL If you don't like every COD being the same as the last, isn't it better that they do zombies rather than doing Spec Ops every single game?

Alternate reality is a good idea. I'd love to see a storyline where the A bombs weren't dropped, and Operation Downfall went ahead.

@TheRedComet As much as I'm up for a WW2 game, the Korean War is such an underlooked conflict and would make for a great COD game.

@themightyant Lol, obviously it's looking for someone with a full body, not just a head.

That woman really didn't do a good job of hiding. Excited for the game though, the world and movement look amazing.

I have nothing against replaying games, there are plenty I want to experience again. However, for me it's just a matter of limited time, and I'd generally rather use that time to experience something new.

@Profondo I loved the game, it's a real shame about the technical issues because we could have potentially had another game by now. That is why I did respect Sony a lot before, because they were originally committed to sticking with an artistic vision, even if would cost them financially. But yeah, definitely looking forward to whatever he brings out next.

@Jackpaza0508 Of course not, as soon as game drops from it's peak popularity, it's basically dead and there's no reason to play it, even if it's possible to find a match and you enjoy the game.

Sarcasm aside, I'm loving this futuristic theme.

@Deadlyblack Yep, Siren had such an awesome atmosphere, and sightjacking was a cool mechanic. Will be interesting to see what else he comes up with.

@suikoden The Last Guardian actually sold pretty well (1.3 million according to VGChartz). Granted it most likely made a loss because of technical issues during development, but the point is the game is obviously appealing enough to sell, and such delays aren't typical and only really occurred to the nature of the project.

As for the other 2 games, they can't really sell well if they aren't marketed properly. It's the developers job to make a game good, and it's the publishers job to get people to buy it. If the game is good but sells badly, the people who did their job well aren't the ones that should be fired.

Even if there was no way Japan Studio's game could ever make a profit (which I don't believe), Sony most likely could afford to keep them open with the amount WWS as a whole brings in. Granted they are a business so they are entitlement to do what they want for maximum profit, doesn't mean I won't call them greedy and compare them to EA.

@AdamNovice From 2013 - 17, they put out Puppeteer, Gravity Rush 2, and The Last Guardian. All of which are very solid games.

Looks fun. There's a lot of mechanics they can do with a futuristic setting.

Amazing game, so well deserved.

It's not even been 2 years since Sekiro, so I'm not starving just yet. It was probably just announced too early.

The very best thing to come of this is potentially more Astrobot. Otherwise this is a massive blow to Playstation, Japan Studio easily has produced PS's most unique games and have such an awesome legacy, it's a shame to see them gone. Yes it is "just business", but it really sucks how great developers can't carry on making great games because they didn't rake in enough profit. Sony can obviously do whatever they want, but they have really spat on their legacy.

As much as I like Uncharted, GOW etc, variety is really important, having global development teams helps with that. Unfortunately Sony is closing down half of their non US devs.

@dark_knightmare2 A demo doesn't count for a lot if nobody hears about the game. At the time of it's release it received very little attention, barely anyone was actually talking about it and as I said it was missing at many other places it could have had a big spotlight, most notably E3. If Sony doesn't even have it at E3, it really tells you how much they care about the game. It's not to do with the game itself, even Days Gone had a significant buzz before its release, but it's like nobody had even heard of Gravity Rush. For example in videos/articles talking about upcoming PS games, Gravity Rush wouldn't even be mentioned. Granted Gravity Rush doesn't appeal to everyone, but you'd think it would get a mention as an upcoming game. Lets not forget Persona 5 had lots of hype at the time, and that had a similar art style/quirkiness. You'd think if GR2 was so outlandish and different that it couldn't sell, that would make it more talked about. Sure they remastered the first game as well, but that received equally little marketing so that's not really going to do a lot.

Similar story with Japan Studios other games, they are generally critically successful, they aren't so ridiculous that they wouldn't have any mainstream appeal, and other Japanese games and games with similar genres do well enough. So why is it that Japan Studios games constantly sell poorly compared its competitors?

@dark_knightmare2 Sony didn't even put a trailer for the game in the E3 before the game came out. Are these the same "casuals" that brought Japanese games with a cel shaded art style like Persona 5. Evidently none of that worked, many big name PS youtubers had never seemed to have heard of it. None of that stuff you mentioned is exceptional, apart from the anime it's the absolute bear minimum for a first party title. There were plenty of other places that GR2 should have been shown but wasn't.

It's clearly not the quality of the game that's letting it down. It has an 80 on metacritic, which is exactly the same as Infamous: Second Son, yet the latter sold far more. Days Gone is worse on metacritic, sitting at a 70, yet that sold somewhat well. In fact GR and Infamous are pretty similar games, both action adventure games, set in an open world and urban environment, and are about what effectively super heroes. Yet one sold well and the other didn't. So as we've established, it's the quality of the game that let it down, nor is it the type of game, nor is it the fact it's cell shaded or Japanese, so you tell me what it could be?

@OmegaStriver Motorstorm was amazing, I have no idea why they made Driveclub instead. Really is a shame Evolution is gone.

I honestly prefer the State of Plays to Nintendo Directs. NDs seem to be so long winded, and the commentary feels unnecessarily patronising, without releasing most of the people watching are probably adults. State of Plays just seem more focused and straight to the point, and just show game footage/trailers with minimal fuss. Obviously content quality varies for both companies each time.

Nice, they gonna release a strategic partnership to actually help out there Japanese devs?

@get2sammyb It really shouldn't be the games. Granted Japan Studio's game were somewhat niche, but they aren't games that are massively hard to sell. At the end of the day, Knack, Puppeteer and Ape Escape are platformers, Gravity Rush is an action adventure game, and The Last Guardian is artistic adventure game. None of these genres should be particularly hard to sell on console. If they're good games, the fault is with the people in charge of marketing.

If it's like a traditional survival horror game, I'm somewhat interested.

Wasn't expecting anything new, so pretty decent. Solar Ash Kingdom and Kena look amazing.

@rachetmarvel Potentially, I believe that sort of game would appeal to Nintendo's audience. But the only way you get those types of players to by the console, is to release those sorts of games. Bear in mind, Nintendo has it's franchises it likes to leave in the dust like F-Zero. To be honest, Nintendo has never tried to really keep anything going that's not Pokemon, Mario or Zelda. Sure right now Nintendo does a lot for Fire Emblem and Splatoon, but we'll see how long that lasts.

@BrintaPap It's not always the truth, but it is often. If a game did well because of word of mouth, it was lucky to do well in spite of it's publisher, not because of it. It's the developer's job to make the game good, and the publisher's to make it sell.

@Playstation You're heavily misuing the word literally there, if they "literally did not sell", that would mean they sold nothing. They do sell, just not a lot. There's nothing about the games being Japanese that should stop them selling, plenty of Japanese games do very well, especially if they have the backing of a large publisher. If the management was simply being replaced, and all the developers are going to do be making games, I'm happy. Though, they said they're winding down all internal development which will lead to less games, so it's not exactly a win.

@solocapers Yep. To think Playstation used to be really good for it's variety of games.

@Playstation I think that's a bold claim to say the games flat out, don't sell. Nintendo makes exclusively Japanese games, and they're first party titles sell extremely. Granted those games have more brand history and appeal more to the new Nintendo audience, but the potential is definitely there.

If there were genuine management problems caused by Japan Studio itself that could be remedied by this, and something new and better could replace it, than it would be good. Until then, this is a massive loss.

@AdamNovice They did try, but it was an extremely half hearted effort. Like I said, they didn't even bother putting a 2 minute GR2 trailer in their 2016 E3 main show. Games don't have a chance to sell if they aren't given the opportunity It would have costed them nothing, but they still didn't. Apparently they couldn't schedule it around the 12 min COD demo.

@Playstation They're niche, but not super niche, they're generally fairly popular genres for consoles. And I get that they're games won't get as much attention as something like ND, but when Sony already has the means to promote these games for no extra cost and doesn't use them, Sony is entirely at fault here, not the developers.

@AdamNovice The games they've made have been excellent quality, it's just that Sony made extremely little effort to actually market them. For example, they didn't even bother to put Gravity Rush 2 in the main E3 2016 show. I get that they aren't going to make a massive marketing campaign for games that have a limited appeal, but with things like the PS Blog and their own youtube channel, there's really no excuse for Sony using them to promote them. To show how bad Sony's marketing was, even big Playstation youtubers had never even seemed to have heard of these games. If Sony don't actually make these games known, how are they meant to sell?

@Hyperluminal It's not even Westernised, it's just Americanised. They constantly shut down devs in Europe and open up new studios in the USA.

Not surprised to hear this with way things have been going. Doesn't change how disappointing this is.

Japan Studio has put out Sony's most unique and interesting titles, but Sony does barely anything to promote them so they don't sell well. If a game is amazing and it doesn't sell well, it's not the fault of the developer, it's the fault of the publisher. Granted some niche games never will sell well, but Japan Studio mainly put out action-adventures/platformers, not exactly games with a particularly niche appeal.

I despise the Americanisation of Playstation recently, as much as I like them we don't need every game to be a 3rd person action game. Playstation used to be known for it's diverse line up, and this is just spitting on that.

Out of all the things Sony has done, this really shakes my confidence in Playstation. It's pathetic. Turns out everything said like "Don't worry about Japan" recently was a lie, Jim Ryan is just awful for Playstation. It's stuff like this that drives the brand into the dirt.

Looking forward to it.

Jesus, there's never any good news about Japan Studio these days.

It begs the question, why not port it to Switch and Xbox? Just because PC isn't a console, it doesn't mean that it isn't competition.

I wonder if they'll back that up by having more 1st party devs in Japan.

After the false promises last year of Silent Hill returning, I'm not expecting anything. However, this does sound decent.