Vague Sly Cooper PS5 Game Rumours Debunked

I think the Pixel Opus rumor is true.
I had a teacher who wrote music for the project, and we heard a few snippets. He couldn’t talk about what it was, but we guessed away, and the moment Sly was mentioned his face turned completely pale 😂
So sad it didn’t happen though, their closure came out of nowhere.

There is probably no game I want more from Sony than Ghost 2.

I'm sad that Sly is dead in the water. I really enjoyed them growing up and I even really liked Sly 4.

Surely someone can make a new sly. You jump and hit the circle button. Why is this so difficult XD

I don't understand why companies keep stuff that are just never used.

A shame as it is one of my favorite series and the one that got me into PlayStation back in the day.

With all of these big companies focusing on making big games that can deliver the most profit I don't think Sly really fits into that idea because as much as I would like it I don't think a new game would sell enough to make Sony happy.

At this point I would settle for an HD collection port to the PS5 that includes Sly 4 but even that is a pipe dream right now.

Ghost of Tsushima released in 2020, what else happened in 2020? ... maybe the beginning of a two year lock down because of a global pandemic? lol.

Sucker Punch releasing that game before 2026 would be only possible with superb efficiency and I believe they can but why people refuse to take in count the fact that these 300 million projects were delayed for the process of adaptation to working at home?

Can't say I'm too bothered as I could never get into the Sly Cooper games, I would much prefer a Jak and Daxter game which would probably sell better as well.

But sad reality is these kind of games Sony won't bother with again going forward due to lower sales compared to their bigger games. No more Jak and Daxter, Sly, Sackboy, Astro Bot or maybe even Ratchet and Clank.

Wtf. About a sly cooper collection sony.come on son word up son

“ Are you still holding out hope for a new Sly Cooper game?” - No. thieves in time was incredibly mid, and i hate what they did with some characters and the way it ended, it’s the worst sly game. What i do hope is that they remaster the trilogy for real this time, only update the graphics and gameplay, but leave everything else alone. i’d even take a reboot of the original trilogy if they just can’t leave everything alone though .

Yeah. That would be way too rad and fun.

The only way this could have ever been true is if it was a remake instead of a whole new game because that's all Sony knows how to do anymore.

@GymratAmarillo The PS5 is quicker to develop for as stated by Mark Cerny during the dev conference before PS5’s release. Also the usage of AI in current game development would help greatly also. They may be a small studio so i wouldn’t expect an announcement until summer 2025 at a minimum. Sony learned their lesson about revealing too early. Hopefully Bethesda learned that lesson also…
A studio like Insomniac and Naughty Dog are huge thats how Insomniac can pump games out so quickly. Not sure why Naughty Dog has stayed quiet but probably because they would rather announce a game close to release like the 90s.

I'd love a new Sly game, but Thieves in Time was a really average, and thus disappointing, entry. If Sly comes back it needs a rethink.

So Grubb made another baseless comment without any actual facts or info than ended up igniting unnecessary speculation.

Shock.

@UltimateOtaku91 So basically none of the games I actually buy PlayStations for and only games I don't care at all about....... Ok, ok, I'll go try another parts build in my Newegg cart... These two consoles really really seem to want me to do that... 😕

Where's Sega when you really need them?

Sony just aren't interested in niche games like Sly Cooper anymore, sadly.

I heard they had a third party team making the new Sly? FromSoftware..

What a bummer. I only got into Sly Cooper after Ghost of Tsushima came out in 2020. The collection + Sly 4 on Vita was a perfect way to experience those games for the first time. I love that we’re still getting modern Ratchet & Clank but Sly Cooper really deserves some time in the sun.

@TripleEyeGaming

Back in 2020 showcase, seemed like they were all in again on cutesy platformers/games, ratchet and clank, stray, sackboy, astro, kena, oddworld, bugsnax etc...Unfortunately that was it, now we just seem to be in action RPG territory

@NEStalgia i have said for years now. I understand Sony and MS invest huge into software and need it to sell big to make it back. There’s a place for those titles, not saying stop making them. But a small team that works on a Sly game, let say make it around 8 hours long. Doesn’t need to be big and expensive. I actually like the idea of smaller game length for some titles. Anyways my point is Sony could make a Sly game and make its money back. Ok so they don’t want to do sly, Jax and Dexter could be around 8-10 hours with good graphics that don’t cost 150 million to make and sell good numbers. I fail to see why Sony doesn’t make any of these games just to give us another Horizon (Boooring) and more action adventure big titles. Trust me if PS5 Pro isn’t a beast which i think it will be and the games don’t start to excite me much from Xbox and PS. I will build a 4090 or 5090 built and just play whatever titles comes to PC. Sly Cooper to me is a console type game. Not a PC title. It’s another reason i like consoles. They used to get certain types of games that PC didn’t or wouldn’t play much. How times have changed for consoles.

@MegaManX-7 I have a PS5 and Xbox Series X. Had them both at launch and across the two platforms. Only Ratchet and Clank and Forza Horizon 5 truly made me say wow this wouldn’t look and play this well on PS4 or Xbox One. Heck at this point 2018’s Red Dead 2 is more of a show piece over most games now. I give Ratchet credit every chance i get. I finished it 3 times and know the game front to back and it’s such a great experience. There is no way a Sly or Jak and Dexter game couldn’t be great on PS5.

@HonestHick yeah, console style games are a big reason I went back to console from PC when I did. I liked console style games more than what pc was becoming with shooters, shooters, shooters, and more shooters and anything else was a port of console first games. Now today everything is a pc game and console style games are rare and oddly seem to target PC first.

I still am in total confusion what direction I'm going. Maybe PS5 pro and switch over but I still don't trust Sony with being my primary digital library. If I go PC I'd definitely not go the 4090 route. High end is never really worth if if you're not made of cash. It's good for a few years but then the next Gen of cards does most things better etc. I'm looking into the 4060 mid tier range but still coming up around $1k and I don't really want to spend that on a single build. Though if ps5 pro is over $700 it might be worth it. Worse GPU better CPU. Hard calls all around.

@Vivisapprentice that "classic" Sony showing is why I went into PS5 and braved the scalpers at launch. Talk about a reversal of direction since then

@Sequel monkeys paw at its finest. I could see that actually happening!

@NEStalgia im going to continue to support all 3 consoles as along as they are around. Unless…. MS releases a few games i really care about and they stink or and this would show how bad MS is at running Xbox and thats if those games not only come to PS5 say like Gears of War… but then MS doubles down and make those games run better on PS5 Pro. At that point i am only on Xbox cause i like the controller better and the Ui. Which is true but a ui and a controller won’t be enough if the games are bad or run better on Pro.

Yeah i am not sure what build i will buy but you know i like my high end stuff, even tho i am not high end money. Tho i have just enough to do it if i wanted too. But i want to see what PS5 Pro and Xbox do. It would be insane to spend all that money on a PC and have to wait to play GTA6.

I love Sly, but no chance they ever go back to it. People need to realize, Sly sold a million or 2 copies at best. It's no juggernaut. Only chance of a new sly is giving it to a new team. I actually think Sony should invest in smaller revivals of those older games. That sell at maybe 40 bucks.

@HonestHick Yeah, cost and whether both ps and ms just throw everything on PC which ms will, ps... In some ways they're as unpredictable as Ms at the moment while between Leaders and also in a financial inflection point. When I got back into xb I wanted a digital box, I was all physical on ps at the time, and debated between xb and PC. Went with xb because I really didn't want the nightmare hassle and costs of pc and I've been happy. But this latest confusion there... I'm still confident they'll do the pc console thing next Gen but also confident the price will be fairly high, and I don't just mean because it's powerful but because they'll be charging more pc like pricing at which point isn't a normal PC a better bet?

I'm hoping Sony does a May show in the next few weeks and announces the pro and the price finally (remember technically it's existence is only a rumor Even if a leaked one). The price of that will reveal just where console is headed I think.

Some think it'll be fairly cheap. I think it'll be fairly expensive if it's as powerful as suggested.

Would love this to be true tbh

Sony should be crapping out games like this 3 times a year. The whole industry is a mess.

Less particles, cut scenes and pretty textures, just give us more games.

WHY MUST YOU DO THIS TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@BlaizeV I agree with the too much story and cutscene stuff. So much spending goes into stupid story and cutscene garbage. Just give me games.

@NEStalgia Yeah i think the pro will be $599.99- $649.99 anything more than that in this economy will sit on shelves and that will hurt the pro as the pro is already a niche system in sales and excitement level for the casual crowd. I will trade in my digital PS5 for the Pro. I think if the rumor of the Switch 2 in docked mode is a Series S that will be nice place to play for some casuals. I am still unsure where all this is headed. I think MS needs to address what their plan is at the June showcase. Which they won’t. But PC is something we know that is only going to continue to grow and eat the console sales away a few gamers at a time, at some point cloud will eat into the causals and console we be in a odd place for devs.

@Splat Fingers crossed for an announcement on the rumored upcoming PS showcase

Only want a new Sly if it makes the fourth game non-canon. The gameplay and most of the ancestors were great, as were the settings, but the story sucked and the original four were acting so stupid!

I know it's not easy, but maybe we should just stop paying attention to rumors. All they seem to do is get our hopes up before they are dashed.