True, although the second party exclusive output has been strong this year I don't recall Sony bothering to really market helldiver's, ronin, stellar blade or Pacific drive. That's a very strong exclusive line up yet I expect they'll go all in on concord
Ff15 was out on everything thing, and the tomb raider games , and avengers and they still weren't happy with sales, and they won't be again when the next final fantasy releases on everything and no one buys it on Xbox because they're waiting for gamespass release. SE just needs to release their games arent as popular today
As an Xbox owner I don't particularly like it purely because I feels like I wasted money owning 2 consoles. But it is what it is, I know not to buy an Xbox in future
It's not sudden, it was always there in the terms. Just people didn't read it and now it's a suprise. Takes a minute to make an account on pc or mobile.
What an inconvenience
The steam crowd are so frikin precious absolute tuna melts
Colin Moriarty mentioned something about this on one of his shows, how it's a really bad way to try and get player numbers. Because it assumes players are synching their trophy data (which is how the numbers are pulled). And a lot of people do not sync and the auto sync is so so
I like my series s. Gave me a cheap way to get at the Xbox library. But can see why it's caused Microsoft problems. They just aren't very good at this business, the 360 seems like a blip
Not really a scam, everyone knows how these things work since Netflix rocked up. It's a decent way to try many games over a period you likely would never buy And there's generally more than enough time to finish games on the service you really like. Ultimately tho you should just buy the games that you really want.
Different tastes there, as the series has moved to be more a WRPG as has the sales been in decline since 15. In the West however if expect this game to sell about as well as 7 remake
It's not gonna work on switch so there's not much square cam do to boost sales further
Toxic environment, such a vague nothing term
What was it exactly
Did Sony come in and put an end to the bull and make people work more professionally in line with their top studios? Would I consider that toxic if I was used to the old way of just chilling
I like how through out the article you make out not to overreact as the company is making profit
But then post that total bait headline with an image of the brand tanking.
Quality
I do enjoy reading all these business degree graduates though explain to Sony what they should be doing
Timed exclusives you'll be able to play elsewhere eventually lol.
Okay let me make this clear for you, you'll likely NEVER see Helldivers, stellar blade, rise of ronin , Concorde or death stranding on Xbox. These are ALL SONY PUBLISHED and owned. you may see final fantasy rebirth in a decade since there's not even a hint at remake being on Xbox so good look waiting for that.
Tell you what since you enjoy waiting years because "timed exclusives have no value" I remembered another playstation only game this year, silent hill 2. you may be able to play that next year on Xbox I guess. Maybe you're still waiting decades later for that metal gear solid 4 timed exclusive to head to Xbox too
Hell divers, FF7r , stellar blade, ronin, death stranding. That's 5 exclusives just off the top of my head. Probably be more, You gonna buy them and finish them all along with the 3rd party titles? Is their worth reduced somehow because it's not made by a Sony owned studio ?
Eye opening statement from hulst
Now I suspect Jim was gently pushed out.
It feels like playstation in last few years geared up to become a big producer of online games at great cost including bunjie purchase.
And now there's been a switch to reduce that massively and return to what they traditionally do .
London studio and their fantasy GaaS game wiped out, last of us online gone hence layoffs at naughty dog also , suspect the gurrelia layoffs are horizon online , fire sprite twisted metal etc etc
Will Jim get the last laugh with Helldivers success and maybe Concorde and marathon?
Or is hoki doki toroki right that companies like bunjie and the live service stuff is an expensive pit
You wake up, head into the office. Go to the kitchen amd make your coffee, sit at your desk and power up pc. Then the dreaded company wide email pops on your outlook, followed by staff meeting.
I understand he couldn't tell it like it is as the already half dead console sales would completely flatline But it's obvious starfield is being ported along with a bunch more.
Why wouldn't you be happy about how playstation is being run? The console is solid, and the multiplatform games and exclusives keep flowing. Few games from Sony owned studios isnt really an issue with the amount of content they're pulling in from others . It's like the PS2 era rather than the PS3. Lots of 3rd /2nd party exclusives
This, sea of thieves and hi fi rush is all they'll say Thursday. The rest will be about their commitment to Xbox and it's exclusives.
But in truth the heads at Microsoft, not Xbox have already forced a multiplatform strategy on them because of the huge amount of money that division has spent in 5 years without return.
I expect every big Xbox game to appear on playstation and switch 2 no longer then 12 months post release.
Starfield is all but certain as is Indiana Jones
Actually it's a little known fact that Sony also owns one of the most profitable mobile games of all time, a mobile game that can and has made billions of dollars per year. and really props up Sony's profit margins of recent times
Fate/ grand Order.
It's little known because the publisher is Aniplex, a random subsidiary of Sony Music. And it's also not available in Europe.
I do wonder if that list is accurate or if it's just accounting western sales through Google/apple
She's a great looking Ellie, she can't drastically transform her physique to look like Abby, no actress could or would probably want to , in such a short space of time. But it will probably still work
@Shepherd_Tallon Push squares sister site, Eurogamer one other worst. tabloid gutter tier class on their part, but nothing new with that cesspool. Posting out all the details for cheap clicks
Nonsense from jaffe, there's a reason why accession nearly killed the Franchise. That two dimensional angry kratos was well past sell by date. He had to evolve, and it was done brilliantly.
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Re: PS5 Sales Reach 59.3 Million as Sony Falls Just Short of Fiscal Year Forecast
@UltimateOtaku91
True, although the second party exclusive output has been strong this year I don't recall Sony bothering to really market helldiver's, ronin, stellar blade or Pacific drive.
That's a very strong exclusive line up yet I expect they'll go all in on concord
Re: Square Enix to 'Aggressively' Pursue Multiplatform Strategy from Now On
Ff15 was out on everything thing, and the tomb raider games , and avengers and they still weren't happy with sales, and they won't be again when the next final fantasy releases on everything and no one buys it on Xbox because they're waiting for gamespass release.
SE just needs to release their games arent as popular today
Re: Many, Many More Xbox Ports Plotted for PS5, New Speculation Suggests
As an Xbox owner I don't particularly like it purely because I feels like I wasted money owning 2 consoles.
But it is what it is, I know not to buy an Xbox in future
Re: Helldivers 2 PC Players Blindsided by Seemingly Sudden PSN Account Requirement
It's not sudden, it was always there in the terms. Just people didn't read it and now it's a suprise. Takes a minute to make an account on pc or mobile.
What an inconvenience
The steam crowd are so frikin precious absolute tuna melts
Re: It Looks Like Kena: Bridge of Spirits Is Heading to New Platforms
It's okay, decent if somewhat vanilla game.
Re: Sony Collaborating on SEGA's Golden Axe Animated Series
@shonenjump86
Dungeons & dragons isn't technically a comedy yet alot of comedy has come out of it. Inc the legend of vox machina
Re: Sony Reportedly in Talks to Team Up for Paramount Bid
Paramount Plus probably the final nail in the coffin.
Sony were smart not bothering to seriously go down that route. Just licence your films and shows
Re: Random: The Brutal PS1 Driver Intro Even Bested F1 Pro Lewis Hamilton
It's a bit tricky, but it's no more difficult than the first hour of a soulsbourne game, easier then an old school Megaman
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Has Sold Around 2 Million Copies, PS5 Player Data Suggests
Colin Moriarty mentioned something about this on one of his shows, how it's a really bad way to try and get player numbers.
Because it assumes players are synching their trophy data (which is how the numbers are pulled). And a lot of people do not sync and the auto sync is so so
Re: 'Smaller' PS5 Exclusives Still Reportedly Coming Later This Year
Astro playroom would be a 10 with more levels and multiplayer
They're already close
Re: Random: Lara Croft Tops Mario as the Most Iconic Video Game Character of All Time, Apparently
Shadow who?
Asta what?
Re: Xbox Planning to Release the 'Majority' of Its Exclusives on PS5
I like my series s. Gave me a cheap way to get at the Xbox library. But can see why it's caused Microsoft problems.
They just aren't very good at this business, the 360 seems like a blip
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Off to a Sturdy Enough Start on PC
@nomither6
I wonder bother engaging the weirdos, they thrive on attention. Just ignore them as they're write in their own ***** all over the walls and move on
Re: PSN Is Currently Down, Seemingly a Widespread Issue
Worked for me all evening.
But cool story
Re: Reminder: You're Losing Access to 7 Great PS Plus Extra Games Tomorrow
@MaddieTian
Not really a scam, everyone knows how these things work since Netflix rocked up.
It's a decent way to try many games over a period you likely would never buy
And there's generally more than enough time to finish games on the service you really like.
Ultimately tho you should just buy the games that you really want.
Re: Sony Polls Players on Favourite Games That Aren't Bloodborne
Noisy bloodborne fans as usual.
Anyway the answer is shadow of the Colossus, will also accept last of us 1 or 2 and last guardian
Re: Japan Sales Charts: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PS5 Sales Slip 91% at Retail
Different tastes there, as the series has moved to be more a WRPG as has the sales been in decline since 15.
In the West however if expect this game to sell about as well as 7 remake
It's not gonna work on switch so there's not much square cam do to boost sales further
Re: Exclusivity Is the Achilles' Heel of Huge Blockbusters, Says Former PlayStation Exec
@jt887
The only people who care about exclusivity are console warriors?
Bro if exclusives didn't exist PlayStation and Nintendo probably wouldn't exist right now.
Kind of a dumb take, no offense
Re: Helldivers 2 Dev Pours Cold Water on PlayStation Acquisition Rumours
Helldivers belongs to Sony, this game should have a long enough life leading into the ps6
There's absolutely no reason to buy them
Re: Sony Studio Firesprite Accused of Alleged Toxic Culture in Exposé
Toxic environment, such a vague nothing term
What was it exactly
Did Sony come in and put an end to the bull and make people work more professionally in line with their top studios? Would I consider that toxic if I was used to the old way of just chilling
Re: Horizon Dev Reportedly Loses 10% of Staff After PlayStation Layoffs
To be fair if it played at like a kinda red dead online, think there could've been great potential in a horizon mmo/live service game
Re: Reaction: The Problem with PlayStation Right Now
I like how through out the article you make out not to overreact as the company is making profit
But then post that total bait headline with an image of the brand tanking.
Quality
I do enjoy reading all these business degree graduates though explain to Sony what they should be doing
Re: London Studio's PS5 Live Service Fantasy Co-Op Game Will Never See the Light of Day
It was a bad trend to chase, especially shifting studio focus to produce at least 9 of them all together.
Why Jim is taking that early retirement, hiroki doki ithe cold money man is having to clean up shop before the new guy comes in
Re: Rumour: Live-Service Twisted Metal One of the Games Cancelled by Sony
Yep as I thought, theyre undoing him Ryan's live push.
Expect bungie to be absorbed and "reorganized " after they release marathon
Re: Unannounced Games from PlayStation Studios Have Been Cancelled
@Ken_Kaniff
Timed exclusives you'll be able to play elsewhere eventually lol.
Okay let me make this clear for you, you'll likely NEVER see Helldivers, stellar blade, rise of ronin , Concorde or death stranding on Xbox.
These are ALL SONY PUBLISHED and owned.
you may see final fantasy rebirth in a decade since there's not even a hint at remake being on Xbox so good look waiting for that.
Tell you what since you enjoy waiting years because "timed exclusives have no value" I remembered another playstation only game this year, silent hill 2. you may be able to play that next year on Xbox I guess.
Maybe you're still waiting decades later for that metal gear solid 4 timed exclusive to head to Xbox too
Re: Unannounced Games from PlayStation Studios Have Been Cancelled
@Ken_Kaniff
Weird stuff.
Hell divers, FF7r , stellar blade, ronin, death stranding.
That's 5 exclusives just off the top of my head. Probably be more, You gonna buy them and finish them all along with the 3rd party titles?
Is their worth reduced somehow because it's not made by a Sony owned studio ?
Re: Unannounced Games from PlayStation Studios Have Been Cancelled
@Jswift56
No it was not the get away , it was another online service game. It wasn't a secret what London studio was doing, the art is on the web
Re: Unannounced Games from PlayStation Studios Have Been Cancelled
Eye opening statement from hulst
Now I suspect Jim was gently pushed out.
It feels like playstation in last few years geared up to become a big producer of online games at great cost including bunjie purchase.
And now there's been a switch to reduce that massively and return to what they traditionally do .
London studio and their fantasy GaaS game wiped out, last of us online gone hence layoffs at naughty dog also , suspect the gurrelia layoffs are horizon online , fire sprite twisted metal etc etc
Will Jim get the last laugh with Helldivers success and maybe Concorde and marathon?
Or is hoki doki toroki right that companies like bunjie and the live service stuff is an expensive pit
Re: 900 PlayStation Employees Laid Off, London Studio Closed
Ouch.
You wake up, head into the office. Go to the kitchen amd make your coffee, sit at your desk and power up pc. Then the dreaded company wide email pops on your outlook, followed by staff meeting.
Been there in the gaming industry. It sucks
Re: UK Sales Charts: Helldivers 2 Bucks Industry Trend with Rising Weekly Sales
Totally blindsided Sony this one
Re: F1-Style Arcade Racer New Star GP Hits the Grid on PS4 in Early March
Looks like an arcade game but then it has a racing line ?
Arcade racing shouldn't need that
Re: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5) - Strong Sequel Seeks a New Direction
Some real heartache in the Eurogamer comments. Guess that site is mostly made up of Xbox fans ?
Seem more reasonable and balanced here
Re: Sony May Have Made the Right Call Not Copying Xbox Game Pass with PS Plus
Good thing Xbox is a division of Microsoft. Otherwise they'd have gone the way of Atari and sega by now
Re: Helldivers 2 on PS5, PC Is One of the Biggest Games on the Planet Right Now
Expect arrowhead to quickly be absorbed by Sony.
That 4 billion for bungie is looking like bad business. Time will tell
Re: Starfield, Indiana Jones Aren't Coming to PS5 Just Yet
They're funny.
I understand he couldn't tell it like it is as the already half dead console sales would completely flatline
But it's obvious starfield is being ported along with a bunch more.
Re: Microsoft Exec on Helldivers 2: I'm Not Sure Who It Helps By Not Being on Xbox
Playstation and Nintendo isn't slowly dying so why would they release their jewels on rival platforms.
Things like this is an embarrassing look
Re: PS5 Is Entering the 'Latter Half of Its Life Cycle', Says Sony
@TrickyDicky99
That would be funny. If Microsoft made the s and x completely obsolete so soon that would be the death of Xbox as a serious hardware platform
Re: Sony Predicts Slide in PS5 Sales with No Major Existing IPs Planned Before March 2025
Gamers are weird. It's as if games literally don't exist if it's not made by Sony.
So I guess stellar blade, silent hill 2, death stranding 2, Ronin , FF7r , and Pacific drive don't count because it wasn't made in house .
What a drought....Weird
Re: PS5 Sales Touch 55 Million As Sony Breaks Revenue Records
Why wouldn't you be happy about how playstation is being run?
The console is solid, and the multiplatform games and exclusives keep flowing.
Few games from Sony owned studios isnt really an issue with the amount of content they're pulling in from others . It's like the PS2 era rather than the PS3. Lots of 3rd /2nd party exclusives
Re: Pentiment Pegged for PS5 Amid Ongoing Xbox Strategy Shift Rumours
This, sea of thieves and hi fi rush is all they'll say Thursday. The rest will be about their commitment to Xbox and it's exclusives.
But in truth the heads at Microsoft, not Xbox have already forced a multiplatform strategy on them because of the huge amount of money that division has spent in 5 years without return.
I expect every big Xbox game to appear on playstation and switch 2 no longer then 12 months post release.
Starfield is all but certain as is Indiana Jones
Re: An Until Dawn Movie Is in the Works at PlayStation Productions
Rami malek would be a huge get now , tho he has aged our of his character
Re: Dark Fantasy RPG Dawnwalker Is the First Game from Ex-Witcher Devs at Rebel Wolves
Watch out for Sony trying to make this second party.
Re: Here's Why Sony Is Making Big Moves in the Mobile Games Sector
Actually it's a little known fact that Sony also owns one of the most profitable mobile games of all time, a mobile game that can and has made billions of dollars per year. and really props up Sony's profit margins of recent times
Fate/ grand Order.
It's little known because the publisher is Aniplex, a random subsidiary of Sony Music. And it's also not available in Europe.
I do wonder if that list is accurate or if it's just accounting western sales through Google/apple
Re: Kaitlyn Dever Will Play Abby in HBO's The Last of Us Season 2
She's a great looking Ellie, she can't drastically transform her physique to look like Abby, no actress could or would probably want to , in such a short space of time.
But it will probably still work
Re: Insomniac Breaks Silence on 'Distressing' Data Breach, Marvel's Wolverine PS5 to Continue as Planned
@Olmaz
Hear hear!
Re: Turns Out You Won't Lose Access to Those Discovery TV Shows on PlayStation After All
@Luigia
Would have blatantly been written in the terms and conditions that no one reads.
It's why if you have an all time favorite game, film, etc . You should always own a physical version
Re: Devs Weigh in on 'Disgraceful' Insomniac Games Data Breach
@Shepherd_Tallon
Push squares sister site, Eurogamer one other worst. tabloid gutter tier class on their part, but nothing new with that cesspool.
Posting out all the details for cheap clicks
Re: Stare Wistfully at The Last of Us Online PS5 Multiplayer Menu Screen
Eye immediately drawn to Battlepass, and delighted naughty dog decided they aren't playing in the sewer
Re: God of War Creator Says Kratos Has Lost His Way
Nonsense from jaffe, there's a reason why accession nearly killed the Franchise. That two dimensional angry kratos was well past sell by date.
He had to evolve, and it was done brilliantly.
Re: The Last of Us' Cancelled PS5 Multiplayer Was 'More Fun' Than Any Other Online Game
This is the best timeline. Last of us part 3 and a totally new IP instead of just last of online for the next 10 years