Sony Set to Invest Even More Money in PlayStation Exclusive Games This Year

I'd rather see that than, y'know, exclusivity for a third-party property. So good on Sony.

Good news! the PS4 had some great exclusives and with the power of PS5 i can not wait to see what's next to come!

Yeah good plan, seeing as they can't compete with MS with the studio acquisitions. I think we will seem more third party exclusives too for PlayStation.

Make an immersive openworld RPG while you're at it please, that rivals ES/Fallout. OR HFW could triple down and add those unpredictable exploration and different outcome story threads we've come to expect from modern openworlds. Anytime I mention HORIZON anywhere I feel like starting my 4th playthrough. Sony should cherish that IP tbh.

Exclusive games are the key reason I buy the PlayStation consoles. I mean I wouldn’t care as a matter of “the principle” if they sold them on other platforms that said but if they did seeing as though Xbox bought Bethesda which has Skyrim and Fallout (I’m talking the offline solo campaign fallout games, NOT 76) there’d be no reason to stick with them. They’re essential, and now with two of the best games being Xbox exclusives (fallout and Skyrim) they’ve never been more important. I’m kind of lucky my wife loves stupid Halo so much and is going to buy the series x in the future otherwise I’d be forced to buy one to play those two games cos no way can I miss out on them

@TheArt The only game that ever made me care about collectibles.

I wonder if that's annual spend, or total spend increase? Based on Ryan's "over $100M" numbers for their exclusives, this falls short of 2 new "big" games if it means the total budget.

Here's hoping they'll spread the love with lots of more niche games, but that's certainly not their style. Hopefully it doesn't mean just buying timed exclusivity on a ton of things.

I hope they're working on a elder scrolls killer ,they're far more talented than bethesda ,300 hr first person rpg is what I require ,maybe set in the resistance universe.

Still don't buy GOW 2021

@TheArt I just wanna ride a stormbird

Ps5 list of exclusives is kind of crazy, there's demons souls, miles morales, returnal, ratchet, horizon fw, god of war, and there's still more 😃

Just buy housemarque and bluepoint sony.i already know theres more games to come and that multiple studios are making games.sony is the 👑 king.and the best at making video games ever.word up son

@AlexSora89 Agree. Money on first party content directly benefits the gamers far more than 3rd party timed exclusives which are completely pointless to us consumers. Me owning a PS5 doesn't get any benefit from Sony paying to hold back a game from Xbox, while if all that money was spent towards first party games or even on improving quality / speeding up releases of first party games then we'd all gain from it.
Yes I understand the timed exclusives is for business reasons but us loyal PS gamers don't seem to benefit directly from that model.

@playstation1995 "Just buy housemarque and bluepoint sony."

I don't think Sony should buy either of those, they both make great games but I think their current relationship with Sony is more than enough for both parties.

@Shepherd_Tallon Granted it's not the biggest, nor is it fantasy, but isn't Horizon pretty much that?

@NEStalgia I'd argue Sony's style is to create niche games.
Thinking of PS4 games I played I can think of Last Guardian, Gravity Rush, Dreams, Until Dawn, all the PSVR stuff, Flower, Journey, Resogun, Little Big Planet, The Order: 1886, Tearaway, Death Stranding. Not too bad a list if excluding the big name 3rd person adventures. I wouldn't be too surprised if Sony used this money to expand even further on their variety.

But as I said above I do hope it means less money spent on timed exclusives.

Always good to hear Sony will continue to invest heavily in their first party. Sony always bring the goods and despite what people say have historically invested in a great array of experiences. Im going to point specifically at Pixel Opus here, because what a gem Concrete Genie is.

Coincidentally based off the sub-heading, i've been thinking 'Playstation Presents' would be much better branding than 'State of Play' for their mini showcases.

@Shepherd_Tallon isn't Horizon their Western RPG franchise?

I'd love them to buy Level 5 and go back and create a proper JRPG which they havent really done since the PS One days with titles like Grandia and Wild Arms; or on the PS2 with stuff like Rogue Galaxy, Dark Cloud etc. Its the one big gap in their arsenal.

They probably need a new FPS franchise too if Resistance and Killzone are both on the shelf (i still see Killzone as too valuable an ip to let sleep for long though)

@Rob_230 I'd love to see more Resistance I love the universe and the Chimera creature designs so much

@Steel76 nah, they just need to keep on making the big AAA blockbusters. Tweak, refine, yes but don't need to try and reinvent the wheel!

@Shepherd_Tallon That's a good point, I wouldn't mind more high fantasy stuff in general from Sony's first parties. Off the top of my head there's God Of War, but that's not a brand new universe.

@Keyblade-Dan i live in hope of a remastered trilogy!

@Juanalf. I disagree.they will buy both studios.watch and observe.its happening.word up son

To be honest, I’m just happy they are investing in VR. Rarely like a Sony first party but Astro Bot Rescue Mission is gaming genius. I can forgive them a lot for that. Even though they are gutting the Japanese AA library year on year I’m still just hanging on with them due to VR.

@Octane ?

I’d like to see Sony acquire or partner with Asobo Studio. Something pretty cool could come out of it.

@Rob_230 I really don’t see horizon as an RPG, I get it has a few RPG systems in it but just seems another 3rd person action adventure to me.

@StonyKL Sony's OLD style was to create niche games. That's why I've loved them for a long long time. But starting mid-PS4 generation they've progressively dropped most of the niche content cold turkey and focused ever more on similar types of blockbuster mass appeal content. They've become the epitome of mainstream that might exceed even EA now that EA is digging deep back into RPGs. Most of the awesome content you named goes back to the first half of PS4 when PS still felt like PS.

Most of your list excluding Until Dawn (I'm not into horror) and The Order (is that really niche? It's an on rails cover shooter, a cool one, but it doesn't seem too niche to me) are the reasons I buy PlaySation. But currently, and going back to the second half of PS4, they really stopped producing most of that kind of content, and fully killed half that list off with the end of Japan Studio. Concrete Genie is the only recent "classic Sony" experimental type game we've seen. I like it, it's hit or miss at times, but it's different, and feels "very PlayStation."

7 years ago "we're spending $180M more a year on games" would mean new experiments in gaming, strange new niches, unique experiences. I can hope it could mean that this time, but just following their recent trajectory, my instinct is to assume it means "we'll produce a few more mega blockbuster mass appeal games within the comfort zone of the majority of the marketplace" Basically the video game equivalent of the film industry saying "We'll find a new Marvel IP to make an instant-success franchise out of." It's cynical AF, but it's the lens I'm viewing current SIE through. I'd be thrilled to be proven wrong, though.

@KayOL77 They're saying GOW is coming this year, that ain't happening.

@JohnnyShoulder sure Johnny lol Sony studios are doing what MS dreams of doing lets be real.

Now if only they would focus on innovative exclusives, and not all 3rd person action adventure games...

Put all those PS4 exclusives on PC at full price and watch how much more money Sony will have for PS5 exclusives

Action, not cheap talk or chatter box advertiser, or rumour spreader.
That's how I like PlayStation.
'Let the games do the talking' 🥳

You know how the last of us 2 won a lot of rewards etc? So sony do you really want to make more of those SJW games? Cause im team xbox now.

Since we're all doing wishlists, I really would like Sony to do a Metroid Prime-style game. Maybe Returnal is already that game, though.

@BansheeNorn
I'm not sure what you're getting on about. SJW games? Is that a new genre? I bet you were pissed when Samus was revealed to be a woman...if you were even born yet. The maturity level of your comment suggests not.

Expect Horizon Forbidden West and God of War:Ragnarok to launch on PS4 too.

@RubyCarbuncle Not sure what I said deserves such a venomous response? I don't have an Xbox and don't plan on getting one either.

@RubyCarbuncle Maybe it is when you said it was a 'stupid fanboy comment'? Not exactly very friendly, is it? It's not a dig, MS has deeper pockets than Sony, hence why I said they can't compete with the studio acquisitions. Besides I'm not sure I would want Sony to follow suit, I'd be more happy with a couple of smaller developers that they have worked closely with before.