Poll: How Would You Rate State of Play for November 2025?

It was good enough imo nothing amazing but nowhere near as bad as some people will say in the comments.

Pointless. Never do that again.

Nearly nothing new. This didn't need to be a show. It could've been a PS Blog post.

8/10 with lots of verity on show, as Sammy said in chat, this SoP was a bonus and should be treated as such.

Super excited for the Octopath Traveler 0 demo, and for the Japanese market getting a PS5 that's almost the exact same price as Switch 2 in Japan. Hopefully more people will get it.

I liked the format and it was obviously focusing on the Japanese players with the new PS5 model so it was fine. Just wish they would show more new games in the future.

I thought this was a well produced show (I really liked the more tangible studio look) and time flew by with a nice variety of games and interesting news / updates - Good show!

Solid showing considering it was targeted at the Japanese market. That cheaper Japan only PS5 bundle will do good for sales over there.

Not a bad state of DLC lol

For me, this was Dragon Quest, Ocotopath which I was already well aware of (although excited for the demo) and...Katamari, maybe? Out of nostalgia? I guess the BlazBlue game looked interesting. The rest...not for me.

I do recognize Elden Ring, Marvel, Gran Turismo, that stuff may be exciting for some people. But for me this one felt like a huge waste of time.

I went with Okay, but it was more between Okay and Poor for me personally. This was more for the Japanese audience and the PS5 price cut, which i’m glad they’re getting.

Not so much for me. Some cool indies though. Isnt that what some people wanted, more variety of indie and AA?

I liked Never Grave, Blaz Blue Entropy, Damon and Baby and Brokenlore: Ascend

@dv_xedge Having a proper host was definitely a great choice too, added some personality. Should carry that forward for future SoPs.

@Ralizah This was basically a commercial aimed squarely at the Japanese market to encourage them to buy a PS5. They showed off what games they think Japanes gamers would be interested in and they annouced a Cheaper PS5. This wasn't for us.

Elden Ring Nightreign DLC looks insane!!

Waste of time.
Was really looking forward to this State of Play, since if was focused on Japanese games, but there was sadly nothing for me... 😞

I thought it was alright. I’d say that when the State of Play opened up with an update to Dragon Quest 7 Remake, it was pretty obvious that this wasn’t going to be the showcase where we get massive triple AAA reveals.

And there were some games I liked. Blazblue, Nevergrave and oddly enough Damon and Baby caught my eye.

I think Marvel Touken could’ve shown us a new character or two. I don’t think that was too entitled.

I appreciate that this was intended to announce a JP-only price drop, but every reminder of how badly Sony has botched the PS5 game pipeline reinforces disappointment

Nothing for me. Might keep eye on the horror games. More interested about that monitor potentially

@3Above Then it failed at that, too. Nearly all the good games were already announced in previous Nintendo shows. What's here that would get someone to buy a new PS console vs one that gets popular exclusives?

It was a terrible show by any metric.

Based on the lineup they had, I have no idea what will convince Japanese gamers to run out and buy a PS5. Most of this was DLC for games that are already out, games coming to the Switch, or super underwhelming game choices. I thought this was a pretty significant failure all around. The State of Play back in June was a WAY better showcase of Japanese games than this.

As I said on EG this feels like a statement of intent towards Japanese devs and gamers. I did expect something more from xdev Japan though

Horrible show

It not for western people it was for Japan and people told u guys don't get your hopes up

That damn Square Enix teaser. For a second I almost thought we're finally getting something for FFVIIR part 3, only for it to be Octopath Traveler 0. I mean, no hate for OT but that was a terrible way to tease fans.

Anyway, I think this was just okay. Majority of the games are just updates. The least they could have done is to give us new characters for Tokon but instead, we only got a new stage announcement. Didn't help that some background characters, notably Gambit and Psylocke are just standing there like it's nothing.

One of the worst in recent memory

@johncalmc I wouldn’t go that far. I can see why the reveals may not excite everyone, but I also wasn’t offended by any of them either the same way shows that debuted Foamstars, Fairgames and Concord have.

Short answer meh
Long answer meeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhh

Personally an 7/10 for me. Not the best video game showcase I've seen by a long shot, but also not horrible by a long shot. Was pleasantly pleased the whole time. 😃

I think it's okay. Not good nor bad although feels kinda underwhelming. Maybe i put too much expectation with the word "beloved series".

I expect Marvel Tokon to show up with new character trailer. But it's just a new stage X-Mansion which looks nice and 2nd closed beta announcement.

That BlazBlue spinoff game kinda looks nice though.

I got times mixed up and thought it started an hour later, but it looks like I missed nothing. Barely anything that remotely interested me, best thing is probably FF2 remake release date.

i didn’t care about i single game but Toro Inoue got some screen time so i rated it very good

There was an SOP today??? wow...probably the first time I actually missed an SOP.

I thought it was absolutely expectable.

@Ralizah I disagree. The performance improvements alone make any cross-platform game compelling compared to SW2 versions. Elden Ring Night Reign isn't on Switch 2 so there is that.

I don't get why they had one, if that's an answer.

New mode for GT7 and confirmation of Tokyo Xtreme Racer on PS5 are great, but I would hope for some new game from japanese Sony or SEGA. Well, I eagerly await Game Awards now!

State of DLC and updates on games previously announced.

I rate it... a nothing burger.
Though it's cool to see tokyo extreme racer back.

@Hylian-Likely Or maybe some people just have different tastes than you?

The crap that was Marvel whatever it was took up too much time some bits were good and okay but eh

@3Above Sure, but generally people who care about that in Japan will already own a PS5. Who are these people who only gamed on Switch until this show and realized that games on PS5 run better? 😛

The Fatal Frame 2 remake update was nice but thats it for me though. And that Wandering Sword RPG thing looks good.

I was hoping to see Adventures of Elliot: Millennium Tales information or a demo announced for ps5.

People say that this showcase was for Japanese people, not Westerners, and yet it had barely anything new for Japanese people to care about. This was literally filled with stuff that we had already seen before, barely anything to get excited over.

This was easily one of the worst State of Plays in recent memory imo, the SoP before this one was pretty bad as well. The June State of Play was actually good.

@Hylian-Likely out of pure curiosity what were you actually expecting ? i mean they made it pretty clear what this state of play was going to show and the theme of it.

Well...they can't all be good ones. There's always next time.

Compared to the state of play back in summer, it felt pretty disappointing. Some of these felt more like reminders than actual new updates (MH Wilds being the biggest offender). Not to mention the lack of China Hero or even Team Asobi, and Marvel Tokon's spot here was pointless. All we got was a stage that deconfirmed a lot of the X-Men characters lol it's kinda unfortunate how the only "oh crap" moments I got from the state were two IDW characters coming to Sonic Crossworlds and Artorias coming to Nightreign.

Wandering Sword looks promising though.

More GT7 is always welcome, Tokon Souls looks neat, rest wasn't for me at all. Hope folks enjoyed though!

I didn't see it personally. It seems to have caused a lot of disappointment. Maybe they shouldn't have branded it a State of Play, got too many people's hopes up. Perhaps it should've been something else

This felt more like the Indie Directs that Nintendo does; a smaller bitesized showcase that usually won't feature massive crazy reveals.

With that in mind, I thought it was good for what it is.

There were some cool reveals like more info about Sonic Racing CrossWorlds free characters and Pac-Man World 2 DLC shadow drop. The pacing was also very good but overall I'd say the SoP was ok.

The only thing more cringey then this SoP would be listening to someone scrape their fingernails on a chalkboard for 40mins

I liked it. The Ai Somnium sequel finally getting a release date, Dragon Quest VII, and more Dynasty Warriors made me happy. That having been said, I winced when I heard the stream say something about "one of Square-Enix's most beloved franchises" and then follow that up with Octopath Traveler 0.

One second of stunned silence. Then the dislike ratio shot up immensely. I personally have nothing against the Octopath series. But my heart also went out to anyone looking for news of VII Remake Part 3 or Kingdom Hearts 4 or the next mainline Final Fantasy.

II thought it was pretty good, a few games I’m interested in that I didn’t know about before and that new Blazblue game looked great. Praying for beta access to Marvel Tokon this time around - I really need to try it! I think anyone expecting megaton announcements was setting themselves up for disappointment. Oh the horror game on show all looked great too!

i gave it a poor score..

Do people here ever get tired of beating themselves up?

I’m not sure the reason but I’ve noticed pushsquare never comment on fatal frame, it’s immited from this post and when the remasters came out for 4 and 5 I’m pretty sure it wasn’t on the games coming out next week kinda thing! I love the series so much and wish it got more publicity as it’s fantastic! Happy with the dragon quest and fatal frame news in the showcase!

Fatal frame was originally a PlayStation title aswell!

Sony tweeted: “A special broadcast curated for gamers in Japan and Asia”

Meanwhile western audience: I didn’t like it! 😭

@Gremio108 I thought it was cringey as hell, but I have no idea why it would cause disappointment. It was a Japanese/Asia state of play. They are almost on a different planet the way they look at games, the way they format the shows and present etc. Therefore I had zero expectations for this. It was basically "them doing their own thing this turn" to me. Besides, the game awards is where anything really big is going to be shown and that is less then a month away.

Okay, yeah, just ok. Nothing bad at all but nothing much to get me excited for. New MH Wild content is nice.

@ButterySmooth30FPS I think a dozen or so people on here have an inside bet with each other as to how many black eyes one person can give him/herself in a year.

"what the hell are you doing!!!???"......"I'm kicking my a**!!!!! Do you mind!!!!!???"

@LogicStrikesAgain i told some one that the other day , and they were expecting a god of war announcement still , sony can announce the theme and and everything , people get upset when those games don't get announced.

Fatal Frame 2 was great to see, but I think we knew about that already (?). Otherwise not much for me. DQ7 and Octopath, but Octopath is based off a gatcha so it might be garbage. Nothing else. I play souls games for the incredibly immersive single player exploration, lore, worldbuilding and ‘at-my-pace’ discovery. Nightreign is the antithesis of literally every reason I love souls games so that’s one is a mega dud.

This state of play was purely for Japanese/Asian game updates and indie reveals, they stated that before the show began so how people can still complain is beyond me. Yet you have idiots online still expecting Sony first party reveals 🤦.

One of the worst Sony State of Plays. I long for a game in vein of Ico, Puppeteer, Rain, etc when Sony made quirky games. But no worries, Nintendo is doing a Direct to drop a Mario movie trailer, so Sony has company in substandard presentations.

It was meh for me

@LogicStrikesAgain yet all the trailers were in english 🤭

@UltimateOtaku91 You could have 1st party Japanese/Asian games. This was mostly DLC announcements and updates on games we already know about.

@Stepan GT7. The racing game that requires an online connection to save progress and to access everything besides arcade mode. What a bastardization that game is. I sincerely hope nothing but the worst for it.

There were a couple of cool things but this didn't need to be a whole presentation.

This was not a good presentation, the last two presentations were much better.

@Dman10 Nintendo are absolutely awful nowadays. It's nuts.

Didn't watch but from the round up I'd say it was pretty good. Not my thing but for that region a lot of fair things there of new games, updates and more.

I said my thoughts over on that article already.

The thing that stood out most is the language limited console like Nintendo did for Switch 2 even if it has happened to things like the Taiwan 3DS and probably more and not just a case of how the Chinese iQue models were with limited games and features on the systems.

I mean I didn’t watch it but catching up on here the headlines look pretty underwhelming.

I miss the days of the ps4 gen when Sony were firing on all cylinders at e3, gamescom and psx. All in the same year, big announcements. These little random shows don’t do it for me but maybe I’m just old and grumpy lol

@LikelySatan Well GT PSP/5/6 had save file editing or car duping prevention too. Forza Motorsport 3 and 4 do too, I don't think FM2 did but I'd have to check again transferring that save between hard drives/360 device IDs. GT7 videos on offline have been shown, GT Sport wasn't as much I think.

GT5 & 6 (are similar but different enough prompts), They regular & backup save files too. Link: https://gran-turismo.fandom.com/wiki/Gran_Turismo_5#Save_Locking

GT PSP Wiki page save locking section i wrote: https://gran-turismo.fandom.com/wiki/Gran_Turismo_(PlayStation_Portable)#Save_Locking

Even GT7 has no 'hide PS store button' GT Sport, so that's funny.

Even some games like Spyhunter Vita (no idea 3DS assuming trophies on Vita) had save prevention too between 2 systems. 2000 1GB test & 1000 model 16GB test but local on 2000 & PSN account on 1000 model. So no clue.

Without going into things like Warhawk, MAG, & others of that era (not familiar with to comment on them & don't own them, do Socom Confrontation but have messed up PS3 wifi card so have to work around on my other model).

So while other games do online connection DRM, Polyphony just did it too rather then the other method prior (on Fandom wiki I wrote it up myself, I couldn't test PSN/digital copies of games & emulation of GT PSP did/didn't really do much either per US/EU save file testing so I could only do local tests with disk versions/consoles, different local accounts, memory cards/stock hard drive testing so 'limited' but enough for save file prompt).

As good 'enough' as offline mode in GT Sport was with it's shutdown (wrote Fandom wiki section myself, link: https://gran-turismo.fandom.com/wiki/Gran_Turismo_Sport#End_of_Service cut livery editor, sport mode/videos [trophies for livery/sport videos impossible], achievement enhancements that aided player a fair amount in the game/the daily check & dealership reworking) & how wrapped around things/cut features it was, who knows how GT7 will do but yes. Connection has been hmm from time to time on Sport/7.

Let alone remote play varied connection (PS4/Vita I mean).

Cutting livery editor to me seemed like a 'we don't want to moderate the game after it's offline' even though it could have been just the livery uploads from players, but nope the whole system so only manufacturer colours now.

Shows how much past Forza/NFS & others have their customization menus in tact in prior entries just servers cut off. As far as I know.

I even tested how offline was & how inaccessible driving missions or others were, 'fun' even besides arcade mode progress not updating. So 'only arcade mode', I checked enough in progress mode access offline, IF you unlocked further, if you didn't, couldn't access second half of those driving missions. So wording/access testing.

At least PSVR is there unlike Minecraft that cut the feature on PS4 version for 'reasons' whether for use with mods/fan content who knows or they didn't want to support it anymore even though they barely did. Pointless.

@LikelySatan A few years ago, I felt the same about GT7. You can do literally nothing without connection. But then I just backed down, purchased the game and enjoy it very much. When you get over the fact it is online service game and not traditional game on disc, you realize it is really well put together.

And, the servers are really robust, some games (for example Tekken 8 in my experience) can't estabilish the connection from time to time, whereas GT7's online service is very stable and reliable.

When the highlight of your show is DLC getting DLC you're doing something wrong.

@Stepan They vary. Have you tried GT Sport with it's offline update 1.69 at all?

Find any of the missed features cut a disappointment? Or makes the game more grindy then when it was active?

Well that was arguably the worst SoP ever, amazing way to end the stream to basically beg the Japanese customers to buy your console.

I was looking forward to this broadcast too, well there’s always a next time I suppose.

Easily the worst SoP ive ever seen.

If this was for gamers in Japan why the awful 7am starting time?

@SuntannedDuck2 I dont play any games that require a connection, and all of the work you put in to comparing and contrasting the differences is appreciated...but also one of the reasons I wont even bother. I dont mean that to be dismissive of your response.

@Stepan It doesn't matter to me. I will always suspect the connection tion is to blame if something fishy goes down, and the servers DEFINITELY are going down some day. I play Burnout Legends and a good deal of sixth gen stuff, and I always will.

@species

yet all the trailers were in english 🤭

Of course, these games release globally, so studios make english trailers. It takes time and money to make trailers. They arent going to make specific Japanese trailers for this show alone, that would be a waste of resources.

But the presentation itself was Japanese, i dont know about you but i couldn't read any of the summaries

@LikelySatan Don't blame you for doing so.

All good, it's not something people cover a lot, so it was worth uncovering.

Even then who wants to go with fan servers or 'wait for fans to do it' when most people don't even bother with those games anyway. Where are the Battleborn servers in comparison to where the other one Gearbox shutdown fans revived quickly.

Even then with how GT7 is structured, Sport mode/split screen to other modes are spaced out, so Music Rally/arcade mode, like it's just a joke, GT Sport was way more accessible. So offline for GT7 may not be tweaked well thinking it over.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=what+is+gt7+like+offline

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-VIuTQrsxQ&pp=ygUYd2hhdCBpcyBndDcgbGlrZSBvZmZsaW5l

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eznbQVyzKBQ&pp=ygUYd2hhdCBpcyBndDcgbGlrZSBvZmZsaW5l

Seeing as how Music Rally is available from the 'ready to start' even. Is enough to enforce that. XD

Even Minecraft has Realms (pay to have access to their services and however much access for worlds, 'approved fan content' and such) or Ark has it's official servers. If people want 3rd party hosting for Minecraft or to do it themselves with a server they can. In the PC space. Console that just never happens or most big publishers just never offer that option PC or console and want control and think their solutions work when they clearly don't if players find a way around it or the FOMO works for some audiences, so we get dead games very easily instead.

Or changes to their minds like Amazon or flops as prior MMOs have shown as well. Very few go offline. Or even less get fan run server I assume.

Whether DNS change or just reworked code (the hard way) depending on the game.

I mean with all the save files temp on the consoles or game data sure they can be archived but it's unusable.

Even Battleborn, yeah what a redownload to a main menu that does nothing. Let alone many others. XD But the download servers still up or the console making that call?

Most of these games die and are a waste. So I don't disagree with anyone that does. I have a few (not my choice, other people around me play them).

Nah by all means, it's a fair thing to consider so I respect your response, or lack of response. Your points are valid.

I agree with you. To me GT is the only series I've put up with it for (but I get the games late as I'm not a fan of the direction not just the just server DRM).

I only got GT Sport cheap & see if I was overthinking it, by the end I just did for the wiki input. Mostly reason I am this time is wiki or see if I was wrong. But it's not like I like direction of series at all currently. But better to experience then hate it without playing.

Even the limited My First GT just feels like an ok attempt but just a GT HD Concept, a there & delisted but without the disk HD Concept had in Japan I think. Or certain PS3 starter guide type disks for the eshop or setup or things, I think it was on those.

Part 2 cut from prior comment and didn't want to get rid of so skip it.
Denovo/continue server DRM.

They know how much their 'we see exploits and more but still go with server methods' are. But they will keep doing it because reasons.

I mean don't have no licenses like Wreckfest design won't happen. Money/alter the game as much as possible to prevent users/suit car makers/Sony.

The format was nice but it ultimately felt like most Nintendo Directs for me: I appreciate the vibe but have barely any interest in anything shown.

I didn’t watch it, but scrolling through it doesn’t look like there was anything I’d be interested in.

I was out for the night and forgot all about it, looks like I didn't miss too much.

A 40 minute show for something that could and should have been a few blog posts.

As someone who loves Japanese games, it was still just alright. Not a lot of new announcements (I'm not even talking AAA, just not a lot of new announcements in general). And it really highlighted that Sony as a first party studio has nothing Japanese anymore outside of Team Asobi's Astrobot. Was really hoping for a first party Japanese surprise.

@Ralizah Apparently there are lot of those people, or people still on PS4. People who would play Monster Hunter Wilds for example but PS5 was too expensive for them.
All in all this is good as Sony is clearly trying to compete with Nintendo in Japan and not just giving up.

it was a step in a good direction.
till now sony wasn't focusing on japan anymore, and nintendo get pretty much domination, for japanese games nintendo directs give you more attention from japanese players.

so i think that's why the games shown were already known or not big, they have to build trust back, and this is a start for showing they want to build up in japan again too, the cheap ps5 for japanese players is a good sign too.

that's why i see this as more of a first step then a big presentation, what comes next is more important from how i see it.

About as bad as it gets. So we don’t really have to worry about the next one being this bad. No where to go but up

Not the worst State of Play I’ve seen, but my own hype lead to my disappointment. Still, saw what I expected at least

Massively underwhelming for me, unfortunately. There were a few neat little reveals, but a lot of it was just recycled announcements with sprinkles of new information. PlayStation needs more first party studios in Japan and other Asian territories if they wanna make waves there again, or at least collaborate with other studios for second party games based on their legacy Japanese IP.

Guess I should rewire my brain, if I want brand new stuff it needs to be attached to Geoff Keighley. Format was ok though.

At best I give it a strong six out of ten. It was okay but nothing in there that really blowed me away as I hoped it would.

Nothing for me thanks.

I hoped for a Bloodborne Remastered as the final announcement. But it’s my fault to have unrealistically high expectations.

Will the cheap JP-only PS5 make a big splash? Yes, if splash means a boost for a couple of weeks. But gaming habits in Nippon favour handhelds and smaller systems, and PS Portal just isn’t enough of a handheld.

I think that was objectively quite a good showing, but there's wasn't 1 game I'll probably play 😅 A lot of games that really blended into each other though, that's an issue for the industry at large

I really liked the atmosphere and concept which I think they could carry to more SoPs. But the content was poor for me. Usually I'm happy if two games are for me in a showcase but this time there was maybe one.

Regarding the PS5 price cut. It's more symbolic to Japanese audiences and developers that they're taking criticism to heart and are willing to fight. I just think they should've done this before the Switch 2 came out. It'll bump numbers back to 15-25k again per week but it is far more a statement of intent for next Gen.

I rate it as: happy i didn't stay up late to watch it

@LogicStrikesAgain

Sony tweeted: “A special broadcast curated for gamers in Japan and Asia”

Meanwhile western audience: I didn’t like it! 😭

This sums it up perfectly. It was entirely predictable as well.

It goes to show they have quite a lot of wiggle room with price while still making a profit on hardware. Makes me wonder if the price increases in the west really needed to happen.

It was fine, I expected it to be a slower one. They were mainly focused on the Japanese market, and it was mostly updates to existing games. As a big fan of JRPGs and cozy games I actually enjoyed it more than most people would have

I rated Poor, my only favorite moment was observing the host and his guest exchange bows — a gesture of dignity and respect — framing their interview at its opening and close.

Japan shows never looked interesting to me so I had very low expectations. Was watching for a bit, then muted it and then turned it off to play a game instead. Decided I’d just catch up after.

@Icey664 Never do state of play again?

Oh my GOD am i happy to not live in UK……

How about this one - I personally dont like the character design of most anime characters shown in this presentation, where they appear to look very young with inflated chests. Yet i have nothing but love and respect for anyone that does like that.

Didnt find a single game that would interest me in this presentation.

minus capcom and platinum games i think i can say i have zero interest Japanese games anymore

I put poor, I understand it was made to push the ps5 in Japan, they could've done a better job of it to be honest , most of the games shown gave me a headache, im sick to death of those hollow knight type games as well ,as much as im sick to death of souls like , and what the hell was that black and white zx spectrum game, why would you play that on a ps5.

Skipped it, I've red the sum-up posted here today instead - nothing of interest, glad I didn't waste my time.

Worst streaming event of the year

DLC and a monitor. Yawn.

@StitchJones I don't disagree, and personally it wasn't on my radar as an event. Like you say though, different ball game over there. Western audiences have come to associate "State of Play" with big reveals (rightly or wrongly) so perhaps this should have been branded slightly differently, or maybe as a State of Play offshoot of some kind

Seemed pretty pointless. Nothing of interest that I could see. Didn’t need a whole SOP for what was shown.

OMG. That was the WORST gaming related event since the Xbox One reveal. It's THAT bad. It was just updates on existing games. It's so bad that it makes me want to quit gaming.

Seriously, Sony, you have a worse Japanese showing than Xbox? And yet the "usual folk" on here had the nerve to throw shade at Xbox's Japanese showcase with "they didn't show much". Ha. They showed far more stuff than this waste of space.

I hate Sony. This is not the same company that was soooo likeable (even with their faults) during the PS3 era. PlayStation has gone back to the arrogant "just have to turn up" attitude of the PS2 era. Disgusting.

Well doesn't matter how Playstation promotes it, we of course get thr comments of pointless, no need. Why.

Even though it was a state of play aimed at the Asian Market and not the western world.