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@Boxmonkey There will be more then you think. The sports games for a start.

Would love for mod support for consoles to come. Just like with Witcher 3.

Unfortunately this is going to be a common occurrence going forward.

@DennisReynolds I can hazard a guess.
GoW = Angrboda is black
TLOU = Ellie is gay plus trans character
Spider-Man = side quest involving a gay character
Ghost of Yotei = Female lead and the actress's politics.
Not my opinions of course.

I can understand the comment about lack of new IP but we need to remember what the PS4 era established. Horizon, Death Stranding and Ghost of Tsushima were completely new IPs so they were always getting sequels. While God of War and Spider-Man were new continuities so pretty much a same situation.
I also don't get this "more of the same" or "glorified DLC" argument, all those games were well received so the studios were hardly going to fix what wasn't broken.

Played Lego Horizon last year. It was fine but I found that it got repetitive very quickly.

I liked Lies of P but I hope their next game (Wishes of D or whatever they call it) the story has more a direct connection to its source martial. There was so much in Lies of P's story that had almost nothing to do with Pinocchio that it might as well have been an original story.

@ShadowRJ I would also add that most of those unlockables were just palette swaps of the base roster.

Great, great and 2028.

@get2sammyb There was that Climate station earlier this year...not much granted.
I remember Shuhei Yoshida was asked about what happened to PSVR2 and he was pretty coy about it.
It's just pure guesswork but I got the impression that Sony were planning more 1st party support but that all got cancelled early on because live service took greater priority.

@MrPeanutbutterz How would you know it's "tedious" if you're not giving it a chance in the first place.

I hope it does well but if it badly flops then I hope it leads to Sony completely restructuring Bungie so that become a great studio again because the talent is there.

Wouldn't be surprised if most of that revenue came from Helldivers and Destiny 2.

Sony have been pretty good these last few years at when they say a game is coming in a certain year then they stick to it. So the fact that Intergalactic hasn't had a 2026 attached to it was telling.

Sony's outlook for 2026 so far is:
Saros
MLB The Show 26
Marathon
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
Marvel's Wolverine

Plus there are some that are rumoured or educated guesses like
2D God of War
Horizon Online
Firesprite's horror... possibly Until Dawn.

@get2sammyb So it would be the first time that CoD loses to an actual competitor that go for the same demographics.
As for next year I still have severe doubts about GTA launching next year.

Would this be the first year since CoD 4: Modern Warfare turned the franchise into a juggernaut that it isn't the best selling game of the year? Apart from when Rockstar launched GTA 4 and Red Dead 2 of course.

@j2c Was going to say the categories are better then TGA. Best remaster, expansion, supporting performance, early access game. If it had them it broaden out the awards as well as preventing them for backing themselves into a corner by having games in categories they shouldn't be in.

@janineking I'm like that with wildlife programmes, just reminds me of Sunday evening knowing there's bloody school the next day.

@TicklefistCP Ever heard of the concept of a joke?

It would never happen but could you imagine the chaos if they added Donald Trump?

Dare I say it but could BF6 beat CoD this year?

@AndyKazama I think Sony will wait till the PS6 launch at the earliest.

@RoomWithaMoose I think many still struggle with playing as characters who aren't completely likable since we've been conditioned to play the hero since the arcade days. Now a lot more games have more nuanced stories.

I still reckon one of the reasons why Horizon gets this weird hate is from people's thinly veiled sexism. Horizon is the only really successful AAA IP to come out over the last ten years that's female led. And more importantly Aloy is a character who isn't sexualised for either cheap marketing or to "appeal to the boys" and that rankles with some.

So since The Game Awards started. PlayStation Studios have had a GOTY contender in all but one year.
2013: The Last of Us
2015: Bloodborne
2016: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2017: Horizon Zero Dawn
2018: God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man
2019: Death Stranding
2020: The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima
2021: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
2022: God of War: Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West
2023: Marvel's Spider-Man 2
2024: Astro Bot
2025: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Shame that Ghost of Yotei was snubbed for GOTY, still DS2 keeps PlayStation Studio's run going.
Also Twisted Metal not been in the best adaptation category is wild.

Licenced game adaption for PS5 should be announced anyday now.

@Leinad7 That many users, so why hasn't Steam Deck become a Nintendo Switch like mainstream product?
Steam Machine will find it's audience but I can't see any scenario where it's a legitimate competitor to PlayStation.

@Anthony_Daniels Oh I know that, it still sucks though.

Good on those guys trying to revive Concord, Sony never gave it a chance. Not even turning into F2P.

I think this is laying the groundwork to get more Japanese gamers to buy PS5s so that when the PS6 handheld is released they will more willing to buy it, since they would have a library already.

It's a niche product, even if it launches with Half Life 3. Those that want to game on PC will just get a PC.
The steam deck at least had the portability factor and even then it's sold less than 5 million units.

@KawakiisaFraud You mean the game that's nearly ten years old?

@T-Bone09 I don't know how that would work, to have a game that looks like Horizon but online with other players would be really challenging.

What makes me laugh is that for two years I've had to read comments on here about how "no one wants live service games" then as soon as one isn't announced for PS5, now it's a problem.

Hopefully this is Rockstar staggering this stuff out, first RDR1 then 2 then GTA4.

@Nepp67 I mean they spent the PS3 era making nothing but Killzone games.

Here's me still waiting on GTA 4.

We've had Sackboy, Fat Princess, Knack. Uncharted. PS Allstars, Wipeout and Wild Arms all get mobile games without a console port so this is nothing new. It's all about reaching new audiences and regions, especially Asia. Also Guerilla are making their own Horizon online game, it would make no sense for them to compete with each other.

Was hoping for Soul Caliber 3, I guess it'll be for December now. I wish we got more classic games a month.

@Dalamar I mean we had a R&C game 4 years ago. They won't be making Marvel games forever.

I always find it odd when you get these old games coming back and they don't prioritise the platform it came from.

@Hylian-Likely So you're a "shill" if no one agrees with you?

@Ralizah But then less people will know about it.

@DonJorginho That's because your judging the generation on exclusives and next gen only games, times of changed we're past that now.

@Frmknst It started in November 2020.

I still maintain that the Bungie acquisition can come good eventually. They had been badly mismanaged for a long time but with Sony taking more complete control of studio then things can change for the better.

Yeah it's rumoured that they have multiple projects going on.
The big online only game for multiplayer.
Then remake the first trilogy for those that want campaigns. Which is rather an indictment on their own campaigns really.

@Deljo Alright thanks for letting us know.

@DennisReynolds Yeah I was slightly disappointed that the regions were rather fragmented but still the all maps were still big with lots to do.

Yotei is better in terms of exploration and side quests. The weapon system is better than Tsushima's stances. The story for both are about the same for me. Atsu's revenge story is more personal and better villains but Jin's feels like it has more at stake.
Overall Yotei edges it for me for just the refinements they made.