What Was Announced at The Game Awards 2023?

Sony came out on top tonight. Rise of the Ronin looks great. FF7 Rebirth still looks amazing. Plus all the multiplat stuff they get by default. And GoW DLC.

Sony came on top? I thought Hellblade 2, and Blade 2 from Arkane Lyon (admittedly who knows when that will be out, seemed very early) were more exciting, not to mention OD (I was actually expecting it to be Death Stranding 2 which I am looking forward to). I am more hyped about those than anything that Sony showed. Quite excited about the surprise drop for FF16 and looking to dive into that this weekend.

I mean, Sony didn't had enough content for their own big showcase this year. It was kind of predictable that they wouldn't show anything major at the TGA.

Either way, it seems pretty clear that 2024 will be even weaker than 2023 in terms of first party games coming from Sony. Concord should be their big game for the end of the year, which is strange since we only got a CG trailer for that one.

At least in terms of announcements for 2025/2026, they will have enough content to generate some hype again (Bluepoint, Naughty Dog, Cory Barlog's game, Sucker Punch, Asobi, Wolverine, Death Stranding 2, London Studio, Bend and so on should have stuff ready to be shown by mid 2024).

I just got home and am catching up on these announcements… what is going on with Sega?? Wow! Lots of good stuff to me for announcements but I think I’m giving them the ultimate thumbs up, very excited for these projects. Valhalla, MH, and Ronin all look great too, glad PS had a few things here tonight.

@Ralizah unfortunately no. They didn’t come out on top in any way shape or form. A lot of hard work ahead.

My bank account is very happy about those announcements. So far I only have 3 games for next year, Dragon dogma 2, Wukong and SW outlaws. Already have gamepass,so whatever coming on Xbox would be on it

As dusk falls and Exodus for me

My main priorities - Monster Hunter Wild. Gosh im so excited. Spend thousands of hour in world/iceborne/rise/sunbreak. Finally be able to play multiplayer with many of my friends around the world. Such a good time.

@trev666 As Dusk Falls is brilliant. Surprised it has taken so long to get the PS5 treatment tbh.

@SpecialT as disk falls probably had timed exclusivity on xbox

@Casco Haven't had a chance to catch up with all the trailers yet because I fell asleep before the awards even started but that Blade trailer was terrible and Arkane's art style just doesn't look like a good fit for blade, also Kojima's trailer was even worse. I'm slightly curious what the game is about but the trailer just seemed pointless.

Didn't even know this event was happening so was some lovely surprises there with a fair bit to look forward to.

So PlayStation Studios now have 2 published games with dates for Q1 in the “year of no games”

@Casco People still buying into Microsoft’s nonsense with trailers for games 3+ years away and Hellblade 2 with no release date 5 years after its initial reveal trailer

For reference here’s the list of MS published Series X games shown at the original console reveal 3.5 years ago:

Halo: Infinite - Released(Dec 2021)
State of Decay 3 - Unreleased/No date
Forza Motorsport - Released(Oct 2023)
Everwild - Unreleased/No date
Avowed - Unreleased/ “2024”
HellBlade 2 - Unreleased/ “2024”
Fable - Unreleased/No date
As Dusk Falls - Released(July 2022)

@MrMagic The Blade trailer and OD trailer (especially) were not great at all, the one was a cinematic and I don't have a clue what the other one was, looked like a few face models and that's it, can people really get hyped off that.

@Ralizah Fully agree, Sony came away from that show looking the most stacked. Looking hella busy for PS5 next year with 4 exclusives in February/March alone.

Can't help noticing that there are still a lot of cross-gen games coming.

@ED_209 Sony is releasing TLOU Part 2 Remaster, Helldivers 2 and Rise of the Ronin in the first three months of 2024, that's more crazy than their 2023 line up which was VR games, Horizon DLC and Spider-Man 2. TLOU2 admittedly is an old title with new content but even then Helldivers and Ronin are new titles dropping

As the Game Awards go, I think this has been one of the better ones - at least for Playstation fans.

As always well done Push Square staff on your excellent reporting and for making this useful hub, it's always my go-to resource after the show.

Guy saying ps came out on top lmao...showing your fanboy colours....I was staying awake waiting and waiting for a big ps announcement...didn't make it...so came here this morning to check if there was one after I fell asleep ..and nope....hope they have more kept under wraps

@ChrisDeku I was talking about this show, Ifoind that what Microsoft showed las night was more interesting. That’s all. I don’t care for either company. I just own all 3 consoles and play whichever game I like that comes out for any of them.

@Casco Yeah, but Blade and OD are literally years away and the videos showed basically nothing.

@ChrisDeku OK, Sony won. Is that you want to hear?

Light No Fire absolutely blew me away. I can't remember being more excited to see how a game will turn out.

Also SUPER pumped for the Warframe update because cross platform save is coming with it! Haven't played it on PS5 because I put so much time in it on PC and didn't want to start over. I think the game is a freaking blast and can't wait to play it again.

Does anyone else here feel like we are merging into an alternate universe in that we know about more first-party single-player experiences from Microsoft than we do Sony?

Not complaining, but so far we know about:
Hellblade 2
Fable
Blade
Perfect Dark
Avowed
Clockwork Revolution
South of Midnight
Indiana Jones

From Sony we know about:
Wolverine

Now, Sony definitely has more third-party deals going on:
Silent Hill 2
Rise of the Ronin
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Death Stranding 2

Microsoft only has OD as far as I know.

Anyways, not a fanboy rant or anything, just an interesting state of affairs.

If single-player exclusives are the driving factor for Sony pushing console sales forward, it needs to step up the game!

Right now, it's 9/5 split for games in Microsoft's favor (please correct me if there are more single-player exclusives I am missing from the Sony side).

@GamingFan4Lyf
Well put, I said on here about a month ago Sony for whatever reason will have a very quiet 2024 from in house studios and I predict it would be and including paid exclusive Ronin.
What I didn’t expect was the poor GOWR dlc, I thought single player campaign at least.

Well I got battered for it, but at least what I said is coming very true now.

@Casco Not really, was more cautioning you not to be hyped for games that might have no release date in 3 years time, but I guess you should just do you

@OldGamer999 I'm not going to complain about free DLC, but once I actually read about what it was, I lost excitement for it.

I give kudos to Santa Monica Studio for putting in a lot of new work for it and to Sony for allowing it to be free DLC, but it's not exactly something I see myself re-installing God of War Ragnarok to play - unless there are some meaningful story beats attached to it like the ability to get some reconciliation with a specific character.

@UltimateOtaku91 Yeah Kojima loves his head scratchers but that was a useless trailer that didn't get me hyped in the slightest. The game is probably good though but I'm not sure what the hell he was thinking with that trailer.

People here fall for MS and Phil Spencer's lies so often that it's no longer funny.

What good is the announcement of Blade (which btw just looks like ***** compared to Wolverine) when development has only just begun and the game probably won't come out until 2027/2028?

The fact is, MS is under pressure. Their Xbox is dying, and the Game Pass numbers just aren't increasing. they have to announce games after games.

Sony, on the other hand, has the luxury of that the PS5 sells like hot cakes no matter what they announce or not. Furthermore, GTA 6 is probably the most important title for Sony at the moment anyway. this game will move more consoles than any first party title.

@Ralizah

Don't worry. Playstation may only have a few things coming up but they all looked WAY better and farther along than anything Microsoft showed. The only way they could get their name on a game releasing in the next year is by splashing it on third-party games releasing on Game Pass. Anyway, don't let the Sony haters on a Sony fansite get you down. I am excited for Rise of Ronin too.

@GamingFan4Lyf Off the top of my head, singleplayer only, I can think of 3.

• Pacific drive
• Ultros
• Lost soul aside

How about that March 22 release date for Rise of the Ronin? My most anticipated game of 2024 and it will be here much earlier than I expected. And my God Black Myth: Wukong looked impressive. This is a game I have not been following because I thought it was just another Souls like, but damn it was pretty. Might have to give in and try to get good.

@OldGamer999 Maybe but Sony may have a showcase or a state of play showing some of their in house stuff early next year.

@MrMagic I had never heard of any of those - but thanks for the update! 👍

@Ralizah Rise of the Ronin and FFVII Rebirth are not first-party games from Sony, in fact this show made me even more concerned about the lineup for 2024, I mean seriously what would Sony have if they didn’t have the exclusivity for Final Fantasy?

@GamingFan4Lyf Comparing the upcoming schedules just doesn’t work because they have totally different announcement schedules.

These were the games featured in the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S reveal shows in the middle of 2020:

PlayStation 5
Astro’s Playroom - Released(Nov 2020)
Demon’s Souls - Released(Nov 2020)
Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Released(Nov 2020)
Sackboy’s Big Adventure - Released(Nov 2020)
Destruction All-Stars Released (Feb 2021)
Returnal - Released (April 2021)
Ratchet & Clank Released(June 2021)
Kena: Bridge of spirits(not actually published by Sony but funded and supported since Oct 2017) - Released(Sep 2021)
Horizon: Fobidden West - Released(Feb 2022)
Gran Turismo 7 - Released(Mar 2022)

Xbox
Halo: Infinite - Released(Dec 2021)
State of Decay 3 - Unreleased/No date
Forza Motorsport - Released(Oct 2023)
Avowed - Unreleased/ “2024”
Everwild - Unreleased/No date
HellBlade 2 - Unreleased/ “2024”
Fable - Unreleased/No date
As Dusk Falls - Released(July 2022)

I don't really care about whether Xbox succeeds or fails, although personally after Starfraud my feelings for them are at an all-time low.

I am concerned that there is so little new stuff coming out of Sony's first party studios. It really does seem like Jim Ryan tried to reorient everything around the Fortnite fad during covid and now they're stuck with having to turn the battleship back in the right direction.

But ***** it, who cares, we get to chew up our backlogs in 2024 and then we get Monster Hunter and GTA.

@GamingFan4Lyf
Same here, thought yes GOWR dlc, reinstall game, but after, ok probably not.

@IOI Rise of the Ronin is published by PlayStation studios and assisted by Sony Xdev for 5 years+ since earliest pre-production.

If that is not a first party game because it was made by a studio not owned by Sony then neither was Bloodborne, Returnal, the first Spider-man etc. Same applies to Pokémon, Smash Brothers, Kirby, Metroid etc.none of them made by studios owned by Nintendo

Will be more interesting in 2025 with GTA 6 releasing as no one game or company will want to go up against GTA 6, mid or near the end of 2025.

@ChrisDeku Jeez, so instead of calling out Sony for not having single first-party game confirmed for 2024 you somehow choose to bash Microsoft because they’ve announced games too early? Did you remember that Sony did the same thing last generation?

Also why did you hand picked that list? Where’s Forza Horizon 5, Psychonauts 2, Pentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, Redfall or Starfield?
Sure, some of those aren’t as high profile as Sony exclusives but those are still first-party games that released this gen nonetheless.

I don’t understand why you have to cope with Sony’s lacking with whatever Xbox is doing or not, let’s just forget about Microsoft entirely and focus on the issue at hand which is the lack of PlayStation games for 2024, it’s the first year since more than a decade ago that we just haven’t a single high-profile game from Sony announced for next year, you can make the argument for Rise of the Ronin but that’s a second party, a game developed by Koei Tecmo with some funding from Sony and even if it looks good it’s nowhere near the high-profile exclusives we’ve come to expect from PlayStation, if you really like the brand/console you should demand them better when lacking not excusing by essentially saying “but Xbox…”

As Dusk Falls is a fantastic game you can play in a weekend. Anyone who likes narrative based games where your choices shape the outcomes should give this a go. It is great.

@IOI as if that makes a difference. If Sony buys SE, all SE titles are automatically first party. Because some people here forget that Blade comes from Bethesda, which MS bought in, and OD, like Death Stranding, is from an independent developer.

Furthermore, I find it really amusing how some people here still somehow have hope in MS first party out put after fails like Halo, Redfall, Strafield or Forza.

But well with MS the motto is wait until next year. 🤪🤣

Great show for me - easilly 30 titles I want to check out.
Who won? Gamers won.

Personally I think MS were bare faced over selling again, telling all xbox fans they would want to watch the show for something special? I didnt see it? Another moody Hellblade trailer that confirms they would rather make a film than a game, A trailer for Blade but no idea when it might come out (2026?), and another Kojima love in with absolutely nothing shown to be interested in at all. Not a single shadow drop.
To be fair Sony only did marginally better becuase of their 2nd and 3rd party exclusives, but at least they did have a shadow drop.
Best in show for me was Hello's new game which really caught my attention, and Sega's announcement which brought me hope for those old IP's! Give me a new Golden Axe now!

Shame it wasnt on at a reasonable time. I just went to bed and watched it when I got up...

@IOI Tbf I agree with you to some extent, Sony is lacking in the first party department right now and need to update us soon with what's coming. BUT, you have to remember over the last 15 years Microsoft have spent close to £100 billion on developers and publishers gaining twice as many studios as Sony, you seriously can't expect them to match Microsofts output first party wise going forward.

So, to counter that Sony are giving its gamers more Second party and Third party exclusives to make up that gap, you get games like Ronin, FF7, FF16, HellDivers, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Stellar Blade, Granblue Fantasy Relink, Death Stranding, Valkyrie Elysium, Nioh etc and also VR exclusives. People mainly buy an Xbox for gamepass and it's first party exclusive games, whereas playstation is bought for its first party, second party and third party exclusives, it's their main selling point and something most of us now look forward to, to seeing what games Sony will be giving us and who they are partnering with next.

@ChrisDeku There is no doubt that Sony has delivered on what it's announced. But Sony being so close-lipped means that 2024 right now looks extremely bleak from a first-party perspective.

Plus, the whole Live Service focus doesn't help put the core fans at ease when Wolverine is all we know about from a first-party perspective.

I'm not saying Sony won't deliver at all, it's just that, right now, Microsoft has an upper hand on games we know about - regardless how terrible Microsoft has been about getting games out the door.

To put it crudely - Playstation shot its load during the first few years (while also being mostly cross-gen titles) and now puts first-party games in a state of flux while we wait years for the next projects from the best studios.

But Sony is a master at the third-party exclusives (timed or not), so I am sure those will fill the gap for a little while - which is still fine depending on the nature of the deal.

@IOI You literally read nothing of what I said or understand why the list was relavent to the discussion, as it was a direct reply to someone listing both Xbox and PlayStation release schedules.

The lists were from the first PS5 and Xbox series X/S reveal events, only those games. It doesn’t even include GoW: Ragnarok or Spider-man 2 that got announced after and released already, nor does it include Perfect Dark and Indian Jones that got announced 3 years ago and are nowhere near even getting a release date.

Also, counting games like Psychonauts, Redfall, Starfield etc. is a joke when those games were primarily developed with zero Ms input and they just bought the studios with the game almost completed, and at the same time you are trying write off all the games Sony are publishing this year that theyre actively assisting and funding: Rise of the Ronin, Helldivers 2, Lost Soul Aside, Stellar Blade.

In your world it would be better if Sony just bought a company and put their name on the box of all the games already being made than funding and assisting new games through 4-5 year development cycles.

@Titntin Agree with that new Hello games title, really blew me away and I can't say I was interested in No Man's Sky but this new game is now one of my most wanted games.

Was a release window announced?

@ChrisDeku I fully agree with you, you can't just buy a publisher who had pretty much completed 2-3 games before Microsoft bought them and then class them as Microsoft produced games. It's the same with Bunjie, I don't class Destiny as a playstation game or it's new DLCs as playstation produced content.

Infact Bethesda are listed as independent still and are classed as a separate publisher to Microsoft.

@IOI Additionally if you’re not counting games by third party studios then I believe Sony released zero big games in 2015, and only days gone in 2019. These types of years are really not that abnormal.

Great show with plenty of games to look forward to. Except for MS, they haven't shown a single thing of interest for me. Out of all the Marvel IPs they could have chosen, their studio is working on one I don't care for. Never liked that studio anyway so it makes sense they would pick something I'm not a fan of.

@UltimateOtaku91
Unfortunately 'Light no Fire' didnt have a release date.
They have worked on it for 5 years already, so Id suggest 2025 is a decent bet. It does have a steam page already...

@UltimateOtaku91 I honestly don’t even want to compare them to what Microsoft is doing, I only focus about what Sony themselves have in store for 2024 and so far is lacking, I understand that sometimes dev cycles simply don’t align well but the lack of communication coupled with a bad showcase does not raise expectations at all.

@GamingFan4Lyf Looking at that list I don't see any of the china hero project titles. Maybe I'm mistaken with them being exclusive/multiplayer. Stellar blade, lost soul aside and exiledge.
Perhaps Sony also don't want to announce things many years in the future as the only games in those lists with release dates as far as I'm aware are Rise of the Ronin and FF7 rebirth.
But at the end of the day as always, time will tell and hopefully patience rewarded

@Llamageddon I know it seems like I am ragging on Sony (and in some ways I am), but it's not of hate and here is the reason.

I make no bones about it; the Series X is my "primary console" for these reasons:
Dolby Vision
Free Cloud Saves
Better Backwards Compatibility
Auto HDR
FPS Boost
Smart Delivery
Quick Resume
Better VRR coverage - though, games with a 60fps target really shouldn't be hitting 48fps (PlayStation's lowest bounds), either!
Seamless Save and Achievement transition between platforms (PC, Xbox One, X|S, Cloud)
I find Dolby Atmos for Headphones works and sounds better than 3D Audio on Sony (despite having 3D Audio properly calibrated for my ear).
I like that Game Pass has games I would never think to play without the exposure (but I don't wait for games to hit Game Pass - I will buy games I want).

So, my PS5 and my Switch are exclusives-only machines. Haptic Feedback and Adaptive Triggers don't trump the list of reasons why I prefer the Series X as a console.

If there are no exclusives for me to get excited about, the machine never gets turned on. The liquid metal is probably a solid brick right now as I haven't turned on the machine in months! My Switch has gotten more use this year than my PS5 because it's had the more "must-haves" games rather than "that's cool, but I can wait" games.

That being said, I do have Final Fantasy XVI, Spider-Man 2, and Horizon Forbidden West on my Christmas list. I will get Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Silent Hill 2 when they come around. I am on the fence about Rise of the Ronin.

I want Sony to give me a reason to turn the console on just as equally as I want Microsoft and Nintendo to have games I can't get elsewhere.

I do agree though, I hate when games are announced too early - something Microsoft is notorious for doing (and still has yet to learn it's lesson with the Blade announcement only just starting development).

I will admit, I am not on the up-and-up on every exclusive for Sony unless it's from a mainstream publisher/developer.

@GamingFan4Lyf
Genuinely wasn't a 'console war' comment just wanted to mention the china hero project / different strategy for announcements. I've enjoyed Xbox and their games and I like that the fact people in general have different preferences. Each to their own as it were. Every company from time to time deserves praise/derision but I would never actively take part in gamer division.
Take care and have a great 2024

@Casco Little late to responding to this, but ya Sony, if we had to say someone came out on top, it very much was sony:

Hellblade 2: Is anyone really all that interested in this game, let alone the first one? Sony carried the water for this game with minimal return on it. Those that played it weren't exactly enthusiastic about it. That isn't even getting into Ninja Theory's games, which are middling at best. DmC was get, but hated by the fans, mostly not their fault. Enslaved's claim to fame was its cutscenes, the game play, ending, and overall journey was pretty basic. Heavenly Sword had some great concepts, but I'd have preferred them remake that or made a sequel over Hellblade, which was just a nonsensical journey.

Blade 2 from Arkane Lyon: You mean blade right? not Blade 2? I can't say I'm super excited over it, but I enjoy Arkane games. However inspite of the Microsoft Acquisition of Bethesda, Disney isn't allowing for any more franchises to be exclusive to a specific platform. Kind of a raw deal for Microsoft, as its just one more IP they have to pretend to be a 3rd party for on Sony's machine. Like everything advertised on Xbox at the show, it seemed to have a PlayStation Logo on their page before the nights ends. Much to Atlus fans' relief. Though Blade isn't being as public about it for obvious reasons and likely won't say anything until launch approaches.

OD: Love a good Kojima game as much as the next guy. Enjoyed Death Stranding. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that had to be the least interesting thing I've seen announced in some time. Seeing as Death Stranding is on Xbox, I think anyone with a PlayStation will be content to just wait for it to come to PlayStation or PC. Assuming it isn't a complete dud.

Everything else at the show is on PlayStation aside from the obvious. Even things absent of the PlayStation logo. Meanwhile it sounds like Rise of the Ronin is a sony funded title. We got things we can play this month, not some far flung promise of releases that will likely get delayed.

@NotSoCryptic Sony didn’t show anything except a couple of third party exclusives and a DLC. How can they come on top by being pretty much a no show?

BTW, Death Stranding never came to Xbox, just to PC Gamepass.

@Oz_Momotaro Bruh, who cares if Rise of the Ronin looks like a PS4 game? It's the gameplay that matters.

If graphics matter to you along with FPS, you should switch to a PC because I hate to break it to you but even my laptop is more powerful than a PS5 and can run games on ultra and fps uncapped. PS5 can't even run Monster Hunter Rise, a Switch port, at 120 FPS on ultra settings. Meanwhile Metro Exodus Next Gen Edition on PS5 is equivalent to the medium settings of the Enhanced Edition on PC.

Let's be honest, most people here are still playing games at 60fps because with a few exceptions, most PS5 games are capped at that. For people on PC, PS5 games are already "last gen" for us. What with them being medium settings and 60FPS. We had 60FPS games years ago. It's now 120+ FPS for us, 4k, ultra settings with ray tracing. Consoles are still a generation behind that.

Visions of Mana was my #1 recently revealed game. Looks and sounds beautiful. Hopefully the rest of it falls in to place well.

@GamingFan4Lyf Many of us are the complete opposite, so why are you continually pushing your skewed narritive here?

Ive let my gamepass run out and the series X hasnt been switched on for over 6 weeks. Ive never liked it much anyway, a controller thats 10 years out of data and a dashboard full of adverts, and continually over promising and under delivering on games.
Microsoft employees now have the very worst exploititive managers in gaming history amoung their numbers - I havent bought a single ABK game in 3 years because of them, and I wont support them now just because someone else pays the wage bill. They are scum, and they are Microsoft employees, where MS has done zero to ensure they dont just carry on abusing staff.

Fact of the matter is now well established, its a loser machine with every exclusive piece of software being a damp squib at best. Yet every week you bang on and on with the same tired old points which no one was discussing. What exactly are you trying to achieve? You could easilly simply say you prefer to game elsewhere without always spouting your delusions in your point by point breakdowns.
You are entitled to your opinions, but coming to a PS site to regularly try and throw shade is clearly not intended to spark reasonable discourse, and is certainly is not changing the tide of public opinion which has clearly chosen their prefered platform this generation.

@Titntin My point is this: while Series X is my preferred console because I feel it's the better hardware with the better suite of features for both first-party and third-party games, I do like Sony games as well.

I don't want people to think I just mindlessly support Microsoft. I am just as critical on Microsoft when it's warranted. Microsoft has a significant quality control problem with the games that needs to be addressed. Microsoft also has a huge problem getting games out the door and Microsoft announces games way too early.

I can't really argue the types of games Microsoft makes because that's purely subjective. I won't defend Halo to someone who prefers God of War.

What I can defend is that Microsoft is at least trying with the steady output it will hopefully have if the studios can reel it in and the games finished.

I don't think I am echoing any sentiment that hasn't been stated here regarding Sony's perceived current future. I have seen plenty of people concerned that Sony is losing its way in favor of a GaaS model and a total lack of first-party single player games for 2024.

I certainly understand the focus given that all it takes is one hit to be sitting on a gold mine, it's just not something I am personally interested in.

I realize Sony has an entirely different way than Microsoft when it comes to announcing games. But the silence is worrisome from a first-party perspective.

I want a strong Sony. I want a stronger Microsoft. I want a strong Nintendo.

Why? Because I am a gamer through and through!

I'm not a Sony fanboy.
I'm not a Microsoft fanboy.
I am not a Nintendo fanboy.

I will support and criticize all of them where it is warranted.

I do think that people have blinders on. I get that it's a fan site, but one should still consider being careful what they wish for. While it's great that Sony is doing amazingly well, one should be 100% worried that Sony is dominating the way it is.

Microsoft should be more worried, too! While I am sure Micrsoft will always have some kind of hardware on the market, I feel like it's giving up and simply becoming a third-party publisher who happens to supply hardware. Leaving Sony (or any company for that matter) unchecked can lead to terrible things.

I really don't want to be paying $700 for a console. $100 for base versions of games. I don't want reduced gaming quality for maximum profit. All the things people were worried about Microsoft doing if it suddenly used its money to drive out competition can happen with an unchecked Sony.

If a company doesn't have to try because it can't be "defeated", it isn't great for the consumer. All of these companies want to do is make money and it will do it however it can at our expense.

Bottom line: I am both supportive and critical of Sony because I am a fan, despite the fact I prefer the feature set of Microsoft's hardware over Sony's.

@GamingFan4Lyf

Yeah yeah, the 'Im a gamer who wants the best for eveybody' line is ringing extremely hollow in your case. You frequently tell us you never play your playstation, but you are in pushsquare constantly and the vast majority of your posts are rubbishing the system and format holder. You are transparent.
Theres a reason why I wont post how awful I believe microsofts hardware and software is on Pure, and thats because its unhelpful console war stirring of the obvious kind and I would far rather politely engage with gamers than ram my particular felings into them.
Not for you though. You constantly post here saying you never use the machine and why xbox is clearly superior, you are the very definition of a troll. Your posts are not to share ps gaming experiences with others, its to troll.
Its two faced and its about time you were called out for it. If you cant see how you are behaving then your self deluded.
Play your games where you want as the rest of us do, but lay off making every third post a list of reasons why people should be playing elsewhere. Its tiresome and unhelpful as well as being completely off topic. This was a topic about game awards announcements. You cannot justify posting a reply listing why you prefer xboxs eco system, that had no place in this conversation.

@Titntin Yet my Christmas list is almost all PlayStation 5 titles.

I also stated my intentions to play Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and Silent Hill 2 (whenever that gets released).

Alan Wake 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Super Mario RPG took precedence over getting Spider-Man 2 right away.

The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom took precedence over getting Final Fantasy XVI right away.

Only reason I even brought up Xbox is to provide context about why I choose to play all my third-party games over there over PlayStation 5 so I don't get accused of exactly what you accuse me of - being some Microsoft troll.

I used my PS5 a lot for the first couple of years of the console and, as an exclusives-only machine, I am slowly using it less. As a fan of those exclusives, it's worrisome to me. Am I not allowed to express that?

I was disappointed in not getting just a little bit more from the Game Awards from a Sony-only perspective. Hopefully Sony has a Showcase coming up in the near future to give us a better roadmap.

I jumped on the PS4 train after that epic E3 in 2015 that was just hit after hit after hit - I think I ended up getting one for Black Friday that year. I had no shortage of new and exciting exclusives to sink my teeth into - at that time the Wii U was my primary console (I didn't even have an X1, nor considered it at the time).

The generation before that I was more of a PC gamer. I had an X360, but barely used it. The PS3 ended up getting significantly more use when I got one late in the generation. The Wii was first-party-only/Virtual Console machine.

I just haven't had the E3 2015 kind of excitement on the Sony side since the 2021 PS5 Showcase - and Sony has delivered on all the games it's promised (unlike Microsoft which...hasn't even come close).

@GamingFan4Lyf Well thanks for keeping it nicer than i did. Im full of a bug atm and frequently feeling it. I was never going to achieve anything by pointing it out other than ill vibe, so it was never my best move, appreciate you remaining civil.

@Titntin I mean, in hindsight, I probably do sound like a walking advertisement.

I am an over-thinker and I thought that by putting out the reasons why I prefer Xbox machine over Sony’s I would answer any potential “How could you possibly prefer that machine over PS5” questions.

So, I’ll admit, probably not the best thing to answer a question that wasn’t even asked. 😅

Thanks for the banter, though! Hope you feel better, soon!

@Casco you're right that is all sony showed. That's all they needed too. The content is king and third party releases have a hard time justifying coming to the Xbox platform. At least one of those releases is platform locked to sony, same deal as heavenly sword and the order 1886. More interested in rise of the ronin than another crappy ninja theory game. Sony carried that title as far as they could. Anything else Xbox related was not that interesting and was advertising magic where the title was cross platform anyway. Like that atlus title, metaphor? Turns out that is listed as a ps4 and ps5 title everywhere except the trailer lol. I can't even remember anything else ms had beyond that. A game with no hype isn't turning anyone's heads, hellblade looks as generic and pointless as ever. OD we know nothing other than it's a horror game in an industry suddenly flooded with them. As much as I liked death stranding, Kojima hasn't done anything in a while that justifies buying a system for. Finding out this title is clown gaming supported just killed any interest I had. Have fun with that visual novel, I'd rather hunt down a copy of snatcher for an obscure dead platform.

As far as death stranding goes. It still exists in the Xbox eco system even if locked to pc. You get Xbox achievements for playing the game pass version. It maybe pc, that's still an Xbox platform. Which is why any steam user will likely thumb their nose at it.