Sony won't be changing its strategy any time soon. At least in part, the company has dominated this console generation thanks to its incredible lineup of first-party, primarily single-player games. The likes of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and God of War have helped define the PlayStation 4, and Worldwide Studios lead Hermen Hulst says that PlayStation will remain committed to its creative vision.
When asked about the future of Worldwide Studios on PlayStation 5 and beyond, Hulst replies: "We’re very committed to dedicated hardware, as we were before. We’re gonna continue to do that. And we’re very committed to quality exclusives. And to strong narrative-driven, single-player games."
But as you'd expect of the former Guerrilla Games boss, he says there's always room for innovation: "At the same time, we’re going to be very open to experimentation, to new ideas. Just trying things out to see what works. I think that’s also very much part of the DNA of Worldwide Studios."
It's no surprise to hear that Sony's looking to continue its run of releasing top quality first-party games, but it's always nice to see someone like Hulst reassure fans of the company's stance, especially as we creep closer to the PS5.
[source blog.us.playstation.com]
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That sounds good to me.
@RogerRoger. At least ea made the excellent star wars jedi fallen order.and thats a single player games only.they are learning.no doubt playa.word up son
"PlayStation 'Committed' to Porting Strong Story-Driven Single-Player Games to PC on PS5 and Beyond"
I figure this thread is going to turn into that anyway, might as well get ahead of it.
@rjejr i know right i mean i could understand all the outcry if it was every game on day one but it's one game and a 3 year old one at that, it's not as big of a deal as people are making it out to be
or i should say as one or two users are making it out out be
@FullbringIchigo
it allways start with one^^
Now that I think about it, I actually want to try ps games on pc if it has cross-save, so I can play the game primarily on ps hardware and continue playing it on pc.
@Murray @FullbringIchigo @rjejr All right let's not immediately derail the comments section please.
@Murray PlayStation games have been on P.C for ages, PS Now for example has been on P.C since 2016, it's nothing new
if console games coming out on P.C was going to kill console gaming it would have done it years ago
@ShogunRok sorry
but he is right though, it wouldn't have taken long for it to start anyway
@Murray @FullbringIchigo For the record, my post may have come across that way, but I'm really not one of those people concerned about 3 year old games winding up on PC. Some of the stuff on twitter is INSANE though.
@ShogunRok Oopsie.
@FullbringIchigo Yep I agree with @Murray it starts with one. They'll slowly start to roll out more exclusives more often. The reason they do that is crowd control. If they only do a few at a time it limits the outcry. With PS Now those big games were only on there for a limited amount of time. This here with Horizon is a straight up port. This is Sony slowly turning into MS. These acts by both Sony and MS will eventually kill consoles.
I’m a fan of the single player game, and Sony’s stable of studios have really cemented themselves as masters of the genre. The addition of Insomniac only adds to that pedigree.
Something worth noting...Insomniac released THREE single player exclusives this generation. I don’t believe any of Sony’s first party studios have managed that yet (excluding San Diego’s yearly iteration of The Show), and Naughty Dog will only accomplish it once TLoU2 releases if you count Lost Legacy.
Maybe we’ll get some PS5 news after Microsoft does their GDC livestream this Tuesday. Fingers crossed.
@rjejr yeah but's that's Twitter and Twitter is a pit of stupidity and hatred so it's to be expected
why companies still take any notice of whats said on there is beyond me
@FullbringIchigo That's how it all starts though, with one three year-old game.
You think it will end there?!
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Also, I don't want Aloy on PC. They'll mod the sh*t out of her and that game. It's very pretty and spectacular as it is anyway.
@Col_McCafferty yeah they would, i already saw post on Twitter with people asking for nude mods for her
sad gits
as for the other point perhaps i just don't get it as for me i'm not fussed what i play a game on, i'm not a huge fan of P.C as most of my work involves P.C's and i would rather not have all my downtime revolving around it as well but if that's where we all end up then that's where i'll go as long as i still get to play the games i want to play
but as i said in another article console gaming and P.C gaming appeals to different people so games going to P.C wont kill the consoles, there will always be a market for a dedicated system you can plug into your TV
@FullbringIchigo I figure companies have to choose to listen to either what's said on twitter or whats' said on Facebook, so...
It's the 'experimentation' thing that sounds worrying. Not sure what they mean.
@FullbringIchigo
'wont kill the consoles, '
I think your wrong on this though. Unless you think 42 million sales for a generation is healthy enough.
@JJ2 and the PS4 has sold over 100 million and MS making their games on P.C wasn't the main reason it sold poorly, it was what they did with the console before it came out, overpriced, mandatory kinect, always online and no used games plus the way they acted about it, telling people to "deal with it" or if they wanted a offline system then play a 360
the XB1 bombed because MS effed it up not because the games came out on P.C.
@FullbringIchigo
'It was what they did with the console before it came out,'
Actually no. It's a false narrative a lot of people have. Both consoles were doing great when both had exclusives
@JJ2 the XBOX ONE had very few exclusives even before they started to release on P.C and most of them were nothing of note or huge disappointments
but as i have said many times, this kind of thing happens all the time and HAS happened before with Sony published titles in the past and there was PS Now on P.C, it doesn't matter if the games rotate on and off the service, they are still PlayStation title played on a P.C so why is it NOW that it's considered the "end of console gaming" is it because it's a title people really like or just because it's one PlayStation gamers didn't want to "lose"?
@Trajan i'm not saying it didn't but it's not the ONLY reason for it like many say it is and the attitude to start with was certainly a factor, they acted like arses and then when they backtracked on it they never offered anything of note to entice people back that's true but while consoles still offer a more affordable, easy option, especially for younger gamers then the console market will still thrive, it will change that's for sure but it will still be around
Good. They're about the only company still churning out a constant stream of quality single-player stuff I want to play.
@FullbringIchigo Please stop using that pointless argument to defend the poor Xbox performance in sales this generation. All the "always connected" BS never happened, they backtracked these politics before the console launch, they cut the console price in less than 2 years, they put the backward compatibility, they put the Xbox brand in prostitution with the play anywhere and the game pass, and still didn't managed to sell at least 50M. Xbox is an irrelevant brand and PlayStation is coming the same way.
@Shepard93n7 you will notice i never once anything about "brands",XBOX, PlayStation, Nintendo don't care what the "brand" is i just wanna play games what i was saying is that there will always be a market for a console type experience
i don't care whos making it and i couldn't care less if the "big 3" went the way of SEGA, manufactures have come and gone and both Sony and MS will be no different
whether i'm playing a PS7 or a "Samsung Gamebox" in the future is unimportant to me
also i wasn't defending the XBOX sales, if you actually read what i put and understood it you would see i was actually calling them out on it, it was their fault they effed this gen up
@FullbringIchigo
I think this case is no big deal but I dont mind gamers giving Sony a taste of what it could be like if they think of doing like xbox.
I think it's a good thing to give feedback. ( dont mistake all the silliness around it, theres still valuable feedback for Sony to take note)
About Xbone (to fit the tone at the time) Ms kept bragging it was overselling the 360 in the first couple years. Make what you want of it.
@JJ2 oh yeah feedback is very important and it's probably why they decided to do it in the first place, testing the waters as it were
although i doubt Sony takes much notice of whats going on in the comment sections of sites like this though but some of the bigger gaming sites could definably be used a gauge for how people are feeling about it
@FullbringIchigo
Sorry I edited the last part trying to avoid multi comments
That's why I look at HH wording 'experimenting' suspeciously.
How about some good gameplay for once. So tired of having good storytelling mixed in with mediocre gameplay. Give us Wipeout, Twisted Metal and etc.
they have cheapened the Brand by doing this imo. game Devs do not care about Playstation like the people who buy it week in & out everyone likes to mock crazy fanboys I get that. but for the fans who love everything about PlayStation like you would a football team this is a kick in the teeth imo.
Talking out their arse, all the games are coming to Pc.
BRILLIANT. I dont do live games i find them shiney and fake. I love to replay these offline games im working my way through the masseffect trilogy again. I love to revisit games just like rereading a good book thank you sony.
Cant wait till ffvii!
@RogerRoger. Its all gravy.need for speed heat is a good game also.now if they make dead space collection remastered and bought back visera games.that will be amazing.dead space is easily a top 10 best video games ever.word up son
@Col_McCafferty Sigh😔
Yup I See All Of The Perverted Aloy Mods Now
Stick to what your Devs have been best at....
@Ken_Kaniff I’ve read so many comments about this announcement today and honestly yours have been the most dramatic. BY FAR! You say what’s been done is the start of something bigger but what you’re saying is what’s been said about almost everything. The sky isn’t falling man. Heck, I fully expect Horizon: Zero Dawn to fail on PC anyway. Just cool out man! Like, your level of panic is more heightened than the reaction to Coronavirus.
@Ken_Kaniff People think that, but the average person can't afford a gaming PC which has tech in it that gets outdated every year so you have to keep upgrading. At least consoles can last a good 8 years
Strong story driven games are great and absolutely what I prefer.
But let's also throw in some more creativity too. We don't need every story game to be a dark gritty pseudo-realistic depression laden downer. Just saying.
I don't believe a single damn word from any of the idiots currently running things for PlayStation. I wasn't a big fan of Shawn Layden but these guys are worse. Hulst is quickly becoming Sony's version of Phil Spencer.
as long there will be no sjw agendas this is good, but looking at tlou2 i have no big hopes.
@TheBuzz FFS.
You're just obsessed man, games aren't just for straight white teenage boys.
Get with the frigging times!
@playstation1995 We are going too see when they release more games. I never been a big fan of andriod Wilson. 😆
@TheBuzz From the US i presume? The US less openminded de then backroads of the middle east.
@CmShepard @Gamer83
The hate squad especially Gamer83. 😆
If i get new games i dont care i think om too old too be upset about these things.
@Flaming_Kaiser android wilson whos that.word up son
@playstation1995 I think you never watched the Jimquisition. Mid 30's guy ranting about the videogame industry i love it. 😆
A nickname for CEO of EA. With some famous quotes singleplayer is dead, people always want to be connected, liveservice games are the future.
https://youtu.be/uAyA0CyPIQg
He has serious stuff though
@Flaming_Kaiser
I'll buy the games I want just like I always have, platform doesn't matter in the end. That said, there's nothing wrong with caring about something as long as you don't take it to ridiculous lengths like making death threats or harassing these people online. I've been gaming on PlayStation platforms for nearly 20 years, and for some other people who don't like the current direction it's even longer.
@Flaming_Kaiser. I know him.he infamously gave the legend of zelda breath of the wild a questionable score.and people was mad at him.haha.word up son
@playstation1995 It was totally worth it. 😆
@Flaming_Kaiser. You talking about the legend of zelda breath of the wild getting the score.word up son
Sony's cinematic story-driven games are excellent no doubt but i do feel their line-up on PS5 needs to broaden a bit, specifically i think they need to bring back their I.P's in other genres, like their platforming and racing franchises for example, i am dying for a new Ape Escape, Motorstorm or Syphon Filter.
@playstation1995 Yep the meltdown was great.
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