This has been the best year for PlayStation in a long time – arguably over a decade, in fact. Sony came out swinging with Gravity Rush 2 and the PlayStation VR-powered Resident Evil 7: Biohazard in January, and it’s yet to really pump the brakes. Despite all of that, Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida believes that 2018 could be even better.
“We have seen so many games presented today coming out in the next 12 months,” he said at a Paris Games Week 2017 press panel, watched by DualShockers. “It’s amazing! The last twelve months were amazing! Big games, great games, creative games, VR titles, and the next 12 months seem even bigger and better, more interesting!”
Yoshida is his usual excitable self, but he may have a point here: Shadow of the Colossus, God of War, and Detroit: Become Human are all due out in the first half of the year. Then there’s a little game called Spider-Man on the way, as well as a wealth of virtual reality titles – and some huge third-party releases like Red Dead Redemption 2.
Heck, even January alone is looking insane for the PS4, with Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, and Monster Hunter: World all coming to the console. It’s going to be another extremely exciting year, and we can’t wait to share it with you.
[source dualshockers.com]
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This has been the best year in over a decade for both Nintendo and Sony.
MH World, Ni no Kuni II, and SOTC remake already makes three games I'll want in 2018. Not interested in TLOU 2/God of War/Spider-Man/etc., though.
I have played more new and old titles this year then any other. I think Sony and Nintendo have been producing the goods and as a game that is great news. Albeit hard on the bank balance.
I must admit, Sony have had a good year and next year definitely has potential to be a better year next. I hope we get to see a lot of the games Sony have been teasing for years finally release or not.
Are third party multi-plat releases as something 'special' for Sony or are they also applicable to classified as making Xbox and PC to their list that makes their years special too? If so what about Anthem and Metro Exodus too? surely these can big for Sony too - depending on context of course.
Anyway, I think Sony have a lot of Exclusives that I can't wait to release - even if Sony has 'dented' some of my excitement/interest - like the boy in the new GoD, Spider-Man QTE trailer... Besides you can't please everyone and that's a great reason to make a variety of games. It would be great though if sony stopped showing the same games and why ALL at the same 'theme'!
Its looking like another expensive year ahead in gaming
Monster Hunter World!
2018 will be bigger and better than 2017.
2017 has been a pretty great year for gaming, especially from Sony and Nintendo.
Ghost of Tsushima is next year too, isn’t it? 2018 is indeed looking crazy good!
2017 is the best gaming year I have ever experienced but 2018 does look promising to be better.
Depends how the Japanese games turn out. That played a big role in this year being as good as it was. If those devs continue to pump out great games I expect 2018 to be another impressive year. Sony's first/second party lineup is yet to impress me though. I'll buy Spider-Man, MLB The Show and the SotC remake, but everything else is up in the air. Not loving how every Sony studio seems to think it's best to copy the Naughty Dog formula. God of War and Days Gone are games I should be excited for but I simply can't be.
Ni No Kuni and Dragon Quest 11 have me positively brimming with excitement! I just hope i can clear out a few games from the backlog before NNK drops in January cause it's a day one purchase for me!
I think this is why we keep seeing the same games at conferences. They realised too many are been shown too early. So they're just doing this and saving the late 2018 + stuff.
I definitely can't wait for god of war, spiderman, shadow of the collosus and detroid
Also 3rd party games like monhun world, ni no kuni 2, dragon quest 11, and red dead 2.
In the realm of announcements
I doubt it and even then you have to come to the realization that these games Sony announced may take anywhere from 3-5 years... I mean they can still do another one of those since now they don’t really know when PS5 will happen... Heck Sony is finally getting to the end of those games they announced years ago... in terms of announced releases for the most part... (Dreams, Shenmue 3, KH3 are still lingering I still am skeptical on 2018 for KH3, FF7R)
In the realms of games... sure...
Red Dead alone. Zing!
Well I'm glad to hear this. I thought it was impressive too, but I didn't have a leg to stand on.
I started way back in the 90s with PlayStation. Then picked up a ps2. I still to this day have never even touched a ps3 controller. Not out of spite, but I was busy doing work and life stuff. So I bought a PS4 almost a year ago today, and man what a year to start. There has been so much to offer. I've been particularly impressed with re7, horizon, Madden 18, uncharted, crash remake...
And so looking forward to not a hero dlc, frozen wilds, days gone, god of war, spider Man. Probably more that I'm forgetting. What a time to come back though...
The thing is, for me, this year had Nier:Automata and Persona 5, and I just don't think anything next year, even TLOU 2 and Spider man, can top that for me
If Spider Man can come out early next year and it's anyway near as good as the PS2 Spider Man 2 was, it would've been a great year already.
I feel like 2017 was front loaded w/ Horizon and Nioh and Nier, none of which I've played yet, and the back end is more 3rd party stuff. Hence my recent Switch purchase. For me 2018 has a much better line-up, if they can actually get stuff out.
Ni No Kuni 2 - though I'll wait until the DLC drops later in the year
God of War
Spiderman
Days Gone
Far Cry 5 (I just like the look of it, still not a big fan of FPS)
RDR2 - quietest big release ever
DQ11
KH3 - surely they need to get that out to work on FF7R
Dreams would be nice, though who knows if that ever releases, TloU2 I see as 2019, though we'll get a late 2018 date before it gets delayed.
So yeah, 2017 was a good year, but for me 2018 just seems jam packed end-to-end. I didn't mention Detroit b/c I have no use for David Cage, and I doubt Sucker Punch will have Ghost ready any time soon. But those games will be floating over 2018 until they aren't. And there's always Death Stranding out there in the ether somewhere. And Shemue 3.
2018 just seems to have more, at lest until it all gets moved to 2019 or beyond. Oh yeah, BG&E2 is a thing now too, right?
god of war playa.best franchise ever next to gta.can't wait.this game will be legendary word up son
@DLB3 Oh, I could’ve sworn they announced a 2018 release! My mistake.
He's right. If everything goes well, 2018 won't be just better than 2017, but rather the best year for video games, perhaps ever. Detroit is not allowed to disappoint me. Mom's spaghetti.
@Ralizah Looking forward to all of them; SOTC, MHW, GOW, Spider-Man, TLOU2, Detroit, Ghost, Days Gone, and the only thing that's stopping me from looking forward to Ni No Kuni 2 is a port of the first game!
With the games in the pipeline, 2018 and 2019 are looking strong.
I don't think this year will be topped for a long time.
@Octane Isn't the port of Ni no Kuni only going to the PC?
@Ralizah Don't know, if the first game gets a PC port, I'll get it for sure!
@Octane You know NnK2 can apparently be played and appreciated without having played the original, right?
@Ralizah I know. But the number, it's a psychological thing.
@Octane
https://gematsu.com/2017/08/level-5-ceo-teases-ni-no-kuni-wrath-white-witch-pc
There's hope.
2017 is the best year on gaming since 2013, imho.
Next year will be great too, specially for PS4 gamers with exclusives like God of War, Spider-Man, Detroit, Concrete Genie and Shadow of the Colossus remastered. I think that Days Gone could be released on the next year as well, who knows?
For my taste, it will be really difficult to top this year overall, but it's also possible.
Sony still has games like The Last of Us 2, Ghost of Tsushima and Death Standing that will be probably released in 2019. Maybe Dreams and Wild too?
It's been a great generation for Sony. Probably too much to ask, but i still would like:
At least one more Ratchet & Clank on PS4
A new Sly Cooper
Bloodborne 2
Medievil
Spyro trilogy remastered (but that's not up to Sony)
New ips are also welcome, like a new 3D platformer or a jrpg.
When the competition cant keep up, I guess you just have to be competitive with yourself.
Dont forget Persona 3 & 5 dancing all night coming next year genuinely very excited. Beyond that, next year looks insane with sotc, GOW, spiderman, red dead, ni no kuni, kingdom hearts 3, detroit, yakuza 6 and dragon quest 11
@Ralizah I hope not.
@Rob_230 True, can't forget about these games and Fist of the North Star is also coming, it looks awesome.
I really hope Days Gone will come out in 2018. Fingers crossed.
I'm guessing I'm alone in this, but next year isn't really exciting for me. It's got quite a few games that I'm somewhat interested in getting, but nothing that I really crave.
@PS_Nation oo forgot about Fist of the North Star! Willing to give anything by Yakuza Team a go!
Tough act to follow, but they're not kidding about having some awesome things in the works. This has been such an excellent year all around for games. So many awesome things to play right now.
I wonder if this is going to be the pattern for the next few years, first 6 months the big Japanese titles and PlayStation exclusives, 2nd half the usual 3rd party games.
@PS_Nation What are you hoping not about?
Well 2017 wasn't the best. 2018 looks pretty slow as well so far.
Nope , next year is not a better year . Sony start to show GOW and spider man in 2016 even days gone maybe come out next year but it's not enough for me . First i really don't like days gone and what i can see is this game is a epif fail at all. Second i'm not interested in new GOW , even after i played hellblade .
Anyway come on just 4 games for 1 year?!! Nah . 2018 is not that much exiting
I just forgot about Red dead, dude. That's enough for me i don't want any thing else 😀
@PS_Nation Sony should remade every mainline ratchet & clank games and release it every other year on ps4 at $40 price, ps4 need more colorful games.
@pbernoos Wow 4 big first party titles in a year that are exclusive is not a big deal someone is acting like a spoiled little kid.
And thats without the thirdparty titles.
@wiiware I think that would be cool but did the first game sell? I think the game looks and plays great. But if a game does not sell enough even though it sucks there wont be a second. (BTW i hope Im wrong)
@Flaming_Kaiser I think the first remade do well, it's on the top 10 chart for a couple of weeks (more than a month if I remember correctly).
I didn't think next year could possibly come close to 2017 but Sony has an extremely strong line-up not to mention the third party games. First party exclusives alone could top Sony's 2017 offerings. I'm particularly looking forward to Ni No Kuni 2, God of War, Spiderman and Far Cry 5.
The high water mark for me is 1986 - 1987. Seriously doubt Sony can match that.
@Flaming_Kaiser
Hmm come on i`m just interested in Detroit and Shadow of the Colossus so there will be just 2 games for me which i`ll buy and play. this year was something for me just look at the games in 2017:
Horizon Zero Dawn
Gran Turismo Sport
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Nioh
Nier: Automata
Gravity Rush 2
and blah blah blah
so now tell me where is that big deal you are talking about ? just 4 games MEH
In all honesty it looks like Shu is on the money saying that. Spiderman, GoW, TLOU2, Days Gone, Colossus etc etc all look amazing and probably more exciting even than this years games.
Just wish I had more time to play them all!
God of War and Spider-Man will keep me busy next year, but it will be tough to top Horizon.
hmm.. proving the adage that you can't please everybody, i thought 2017 was quite a poor year for games. i only bought 4 games (horizon, the lost legacy, everybody's golf and mass effect andromeda - which was pretty meh).
2018 is looking more promising, depending on whether titles actually release next year or not. almost certain purchases will be: shadow of the colossus, god of war, the last of us 2. likely purchases will be: detroit become human, days gone. dreams and wild look like they have potential as well.. but they seem to have gone awol. i'll assume sucker punch's game will be Q1 2019 at the earliest. as for spiderman.. i don't really like the character, and it'll be interesting to see if insomniac really can pull off a control scheme to make the gameplay as slick as it appears in the well choreographed trailers till now. it's not something i'm particularly interested in at the moment.
as for third party stuff.. the latest monster hunter trailer looked much better than it did in previous showings, so i'll try out the beta in december. need to see if anthem is more than just the destiny-ised mass effect it currently appears to be, and no doubt EA will microtransaction it to hell. metro exodus also looked promising, but tempered by the fact i didn't like the previous metro game much. as for red dead 2.. i don't actually like any rockstar game at all. they're brilliantly made, but they usual have absolutely crap control schemes and basic mechanics that i find them unplayable.. or at least the ones i've tried have.
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