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@Jrs1 Pretty sure Sony weren't involved with HD dvd but Blu Ray instead.
Besides your assuming Sony are making a handheld that has it's own library which it won't be, it'll just be a way to play your PS5 games handheld.

This is reaching a bit isn't it? Push Square's core audience rarely engage with live service articles (other then to moan). There's little to no interest in the Patapon remasters either, would that be worth writing an article about.
I love this site I do but come on if it actually represented the whole core PlayStation community then Astro Bot would be 10m + seller by now.

@Brundleflies21 Sorry my comment wasn't meant to be directed at you.

@Lowdefal Pretty much what I was going say. Steam Decks showed that there is a market albeit not a huge one where a handheld that plays your pre-existing library is a compelling prospect.

I'm excited at the prospect but as weird as this sounds, I don't want it to play PS6 games natively. Reason been that it will add to the cost, battery life will be atrocious considering Steam Decks barely last that long anyway. And it seriously runs the risk of being a Xbox Series S situation where it ends up been a handicap to the PS6.
Keep PS6 titles as cloud games and use PS5 as the benchmark.

Are people just incapable of reading between the lines now?
You lot would soon moan if it turned into an "Ubisoft open world title."

Waiting on Death Stranding Tbh.

In other words...Capcom can't stop winning.

@3Above Gravity Rush would be the perfect fit.

Would love a Gravity Rush anime.

With Marvel Tokon taking on a anime style, maybe Sony can test the waters with some PlayStation guest characters in that style.

It was always naive that Sony would ditch live service games just because Concord backfired. What they need to do is target genres where there is gaps in the market.

This opens the door for a future Silent Hill 3 remake too since that's a lot more connected to the first game.

So PC gamers weren't that fussed for God of War, Spider-Man, Horizon or Ghost of Tsushima but Stellar Blade is the one they flocked too? Okay.

@Shepherd_Tallon That was the rumour, upper management said to John Garvin "What about returning to Syphon Filter?" But he turned it down.

The best thing for Bend right now would be to make a Days Gone sequel cos I think anything else might risk the studio's future at this point.

@Paleblood Upper management of Bend didn't want to make another Days Gone due to the team not been happy with the game's directors. The directors were offered a Syphon Filter Reboot but the director turned it down because he didn't want to go back.

This is an "Xbox handheld" in the same way that I am Chris Hemsworth. I mean you can claim it but it still doesn't make it true.

@Grumblevolcano That's a good point. Was kinda hoping to see the rumoured Assassins creed black flag remake.

Just had a thought...was there any Unisoft games shown this week?

Bet that was an awkward moment when Skybound and MS saw Marvel Tokon.

Like I said in a previous article, I was astonished at how much was missing from the show. It doesn't reflect well on those that were criticising Sony for their studio's no show when they could and should have had way more to show.

Interesting observation, I was watching Maximilian Dood's stream and he was getting annoyed at how many games had licenced songs so he had to mute it. It's something I think publishers should probably think about going forward because streamer reactions can be a great source of free marketing in itself.

All I'll say is people have a bloody cheek to criticise Sony for not showing their studio's games. Meanwhile Xbox had
Gears E-Day
Perfect Dark
Fable
Contraband
State of decay 3
Everwild
Games that were announced years ago and yet nothing.

There's been rumours that Sunset Overdrive could be getting remastered. I hope it's true.

My highlights were
Marvel Cosmic Invasion
Atomic Heart 2
Resident Evil 9
Street Fighter 6

Some indie games looked cool like Felt That but no PS5 confirmation yet.

@fatewalker Tbh I've been the same except I can't get my head around how people thought the SoP was bad.

C Viper is long overdue and I'm glad Alex is back, hopefully he's more fun then he was in SFV.

@SMJ So what if it's going to Xbox, it doesn't diminish it.
Sony's 1st party output was on average about 2 to 3 games a year during the PS4 and that hasn't really changed for PS5.

@Keyblade-Dan Jubilee would be hype, of course people will want fan favourites but if they can add some classic X-Men characters then it'll make a lot of people happy. Wolverine is virtually a guarantee considering Sony's involvement with this and making his own game.

@SMJ Death Stranding 2 is out this month and GoY in September. Plus Marvel Tokon and Saros already confirmed for 2026.

"Why wasn't Sony in this space?" I was asking this question for the past 8 years lol.

I have a feeling that God of War was held back for SGF because it will be a day one release for PS5, PC and Switch 2, just like Lego Horizon was last year.
It would make sense, Sony are experimenting on smaller games with their big IPs that they can bring to other platforms.

We just need the Tekken games collection now.

@Scottyy Thanks.

@Shad361 And Sony XDev, plus been on PC isn't that big of a deal.

@Scottyy I played it, so I'm curious as to what cairn is like.

@Oram77 Plus aren't people forgetting that Marvel Tokon is a 1st party game?

@Scottyy Jusant?

@BamBamBaklava89 It was the best choice. You may not be into fighting games but a new Marvel fighting game is a huge deal.

They seem to be leaning into the books a bit more, ain't no bad thing.

For years I wanted Sony to work with Arc System works to make a fighting game. Of course I wanted PlayStation AllStars but this is the best consolation prize. Hell Marvel Vs PlayStation would make for a great sequel.

Sony, Arc System works and Marvel making a fighting game? Best SoP ever.

Well people asked for smaller games without bloated budgets, let's see if they keep that same energy for this.

It's always interesting to see tech like this even if I don't believe for a second that it'll be representative of the game.

@Ooccoo_Jr Not really, the last three SoP has seen Sony announce a few first party games including:
Astro Bot
Concord
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
Ghost of Yotei
Days Gone Remastered
Saros.

I'm hoping for more Astro content and Saros gameplay.

A Danish studio making a game based on a British IP been showcased at 2am? Make it, make sense.

You'd think after Activation were bought by a $3 Trillion company that they wouldn't be so desperate for cash now.

"A super sh*tty look" am sure he was referring to his dress sense.

@themightyant Very valid points, though I remember Tony Todd saying that Insomniac left about 80% of his dialogue out of the game, suggesting that there's plenty to work with.
Plus that whole Venom section seemed way too developed for it to just be for a short section.
It's possible though they might save it all for SM3 where there's the potential to play as 4 separate characters.
Peter Parker
Miles Morales
Silk
And Venom.

I'm wondering if there still making the Venom game.

This second season only reinforces to me of just how poor of a sequel story it was to the first one. For me outside the dinosaur museum, it was like they completely forgot what made TLOU in the first place.

@Ironcore You hit the nail on the head, it's what many of us were saying at time the game came out but sadly it got drowned by the more unsavoury criticisms along with those that were ultra defensive of Naughty Dog.

@get2sammyb And that's the biggest flaw really. For seven years we had the first game framing Joel and Ellie as our protagonists that we get invested in. Only for the second one to be a brutally nihilistic one note revenge story with no one to root for. Regardless what everyone thinks of TLOU2, Naughty Dog split their fanbase into pieces after that, to the point that they have their work cut out with Intergalactic to reach the kind of sales the first TLOU reached.

@get2sammyb Oh no, not Zazu.

My sub ended early in the mouth so I've been waiting for days of play.