I'm desperate for another mainline Darksiders, although I will happily have another Genesis game too.
Very keen to see Remnant 3 as I absolutely loved the first two games (although admittedly, I couldn't beat the final boss in the second game).
Also looking forward to seeing what they do with the remake of Gothic, and whether it is going to be a decent version, or a poor effort (much like Oblivion was pretty poor really)...
The game is fantastic, and Charlie was fantastic in it. All round the game is superb.
As for Charlie, I absolutely love him in Daredevil. He honestly makes you believe that he cannot see from the way he stands, tilts his head etc. So very talented...
Great review and has me really looking forward to playing it. However, I think I need to replay the first game again, as I played it when it first came out, and honestly, I barely remember it now...
Really happy that they are still tending to 2077. I played it when it first came out, and put about 100 hours into the game (with a great deal still to do at that point), when I hit a bug that meant part of the story was inaccessible to me, so I stopped playing with the intention of returning to it at some point. I now fully intend to play the game very soon (though I may now delay it in order to replay Death Stranding before starting the sequel), so I'm more than happy for them to keep fixing the game. I just have to hope they have fixed my progression bug, because I intend to restart the game (because I really don't remember it at all).
Just have to finish off The Witcher 3 first, and I have a long way to go with that yet...
Well to make you feel even better, @EmuRage, I was 18 in 1982, and not long after I joined Bomb Disposal and went to the Falklands. Now you should feel suitably young, and I feel proper old... 😂
I was about 18 when I played Deadly Discs, @sciteach, and I remember one night being on such a fantastic run that I played until gone 4 in the morning before the run ended because you couldn't save your game. If you turned it off, you had to restart. I don't remember my score, but it was something like 3 or 4 million, and not a score I ever bettered.
It was obviously of its time, but back then it was so much fun. I didn't think anyone here would have even heard of the game, let alone having also played it... 😂
My first Tron game was called Tron: Deadly Discs and I played it when it came out in 1982 on the Intellivision console. Man, I'd love it if they brought that game out again...
Which is at it always should have been. I'm surprised it took the bean-counters this long to realise the amount of revenue they were losing by trying to do it the way they were. Twas a foolish decision probably built on the desire to make the numbers signed up to Sony to look more impressive than they really were...
I think there are a number of reasons why FF16 is doing badly on Xbox:
1. It's an older game, and people will always be looking to play the most recent games first and foremost.
2. The price point for an older game is too much, and that will be resented by some. Thus, many will await a sale before picking it up. It has, after all, been cheaper in a sale on the PlayStation than the current asking price for the game on the Xbox.
3. Many Xbox owners also own a PlayStation, and so will have played it there already.
4. There have been a succession of decent games on the Game Pass (and Xbox in general) of late, and so jumping on an older game that is priced incorrectly, when you have so many other recent choices means it will be overlooked.
5. Many will expect this game to go on Game Pass at some point, as other Final Fantasy games have.
6. FF16 was criticised a lot on the PlayStation, and many on the Xbox will be aware of this, and so won't buy it as a consequence.
7. PlayStation has historically been seen as the home of Final Fantasy. Even though other games in the series are available on the Xbox, they are not seen in the same light there.
8. People only like exclusives when they are on their console of choice, thus games that are ported over never see the same success on the later platforms because people don't like the practice when carried out by third-party publishers.
Edit: 9. As pointed out below, it was also shadow-dropped, and not everyone will have been aware that it even came out due to the lack of publicity surrounding its arrival.
Ultimately, FF16 was never going to have the same success on the Xbox that it saw on the PlayStation...
They could all do that, @StrickenBiged, but then fewer and fewer third-party developers would want to develop for Xbox because there would be so many different specs to cater for. It could lead to a real drought of games on the Xbox, which would be a real problem for their consumers...
Truthfully, Sony have already grown complacent (under the previous leadership, anyway) following their success during the PS4 era, and that has come back to bite us this generation. If Microsoft do leave the console market (or release something that is so different as to be somewhat niche) then Sony will grow still more complacent.
Let us remember that there were rumours prior to the PS5 launch that Sony were looking to charge much more than they ended up charging for the PS5. Sony waited until Microsoft announced the cost of the Series X before revealing the price of the PS5. In other words, Sony were forced to match the price of the Series X rather than charge more as they had initially wanted. Thus, if Microsoft leave the traditional 'high-end' console market, Sony will be gifted free-reign to charge what they really want for the PS6, and you can bet your life that will not be favourable to us gamers. Therefore I'm sure that Sony would absolutely love it if Microsoft were to leave the console space...
Oh, wow, @OldGamer999! I responded to your first comment on the topic, only to read further down, and see that you have already said much of what I said in my response. Great minds, and all that... 😉
I've been saying this (and asking this) ever since Spencer made the announcement, @OldGamer999. When they say the PlayStation logo will be on the trailer, do they mean for games that release day and date on both platforms? Do they intend the logo to be there for games releasing 6 months later? 12 months? Or does the absence of a logo mean it will never, ever be ported?
When you consider what Spencer said, he will left themselves will a huge amount of wiggle room, and left us gamers with a huge number of unanswered questions, which, of course, is what Microsoft do all the blasted time. How are you supposed to make an informed decision when you don't have all the answers...?
Really looking forward to RE9. I do like that they keep changing the formula and trying different things, so I am eager to see what they come up with...
Really looking forward to RE9. For me, they Summer Game Fest was bookended by two games that I particularly want (Mortal Shell 2 and RE9). Other than that, it was a pretty so-so effort with just a couple of highlights; Code Vein 2 is another one that I am looking forward too, as well as the Lies of P DLC (which I shall buy tomorrow) and Dying Light: The Beast, and of course Mindseye, which I already have on pre-order. Atomic Heart 2 looked pretty bonkers, so I must get round to playing the first game...
I wasn't talking about exclusives, @UltimateOtaku91, as you will see if you re-read my comments. I was talking about output, and indeed, what that output consisted of.
Microsoft are now basically a fully third-party publisher with a side-line in consoles (which they have little regard for now). I expect pretty much every game they show at their showcase to also have the PlayStation logo on it.
Regardless, that was not the point of what I was saying. What I was saying is that Sony's output is about half what it was during the PS3 era, and that most of that output has not actually been original / new games. I didn't mention Microsoft or Xbox, However, seems as you bring them up (for whatever reason) what I would say is that I expect 90% of what Microsoft show at their showcase to consist of new games, not remasters or re-releases. I also expect to see Microsoft release far more games that Sony, albeit that they do obviously have more studios, but less of a tendency to work with outside studios so in that respect it's half a dozen of one, and six of the other...
Sony released around 80 first-party games on the PS3, @ChrisDeku. They were of varying scales, but all first party, how many of them released within the first 5 years, I don't know, but if you average that over the 7 years that's roughly 11 games a year.
There have been around 30 exclusive games thus far in the first nigh on 5 years of the PS5, but not all them have been first-party, and a fair few of them have either been PS5 upgrades (4 games), or a remaster (8 games). Oh, and I include Concord and All Stars in that 30. There have been 18 new Sony games since the PS5 came out, and I include each iteration of MLB The Show, which accounts for 5 of the games. Regardless, with around 30 games, Sony are currently averaging 6 games a year, which by my reckoning means they are putting out about half as much as they used to.
That list includes:
New Games
Astro Bot
Firewall Ultra
God of War: Ragnarök
Gran Turismo 7
Helldivers 2
Horizon Forbidden West
Lego Horizon Adventures
Spiderman 2
Spiderman: Miles Morales (an expansion really)
MLB: The Show x 5
Nioh 2
Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Ruse if the Ronin
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Re-releases
Death Stranding Director's Cut
Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut
The Nioh Collection
Uncharted Collection
Remasters
Days Gone
Demon Souls
Horizon Zero Dawn
Spiderman: Remastered
The Last of Us Part 1
The Last of Us Part 2
Until Dawn
Cancelled:
Concord
Destruction AllStars
Thus, you can be a defensive as you like over Sony's output, that is your right, but they are not providing the same sort of games, nor the at the same cadence as they used to.
Yes, they release some absolute bangers, but many of the games we enjoy as exclusive are not actually made by Sony, but published by them having been bought as exclusives...
I think from a standpoint of these are the games coming to the PlayStation, then yes, this was a decent showcase. However, this may as well have been a third-party showcase because there were very, very few actual PlayStation first-party games on show here. If you view it as a State of PlayStation then you would have to admit that it is in fact in a bit of a state!
Sony's push into Live Service content has allowed the well of first-party content to run dry. And to cap it off, Sony have then cancelled the vast, vast majority of those Live Service games too. Thus, even if Sony switched emphasis once again to non-Live Service games a couple of years ago, with games now taking 5-7 years to make, it is still going to be 3 or 4 years before we see the regular first-party drops that we were used to during the PS3 and PS4 eras.
Tis a bit of a sad state of affairs, truth be told, though at least I think we will be back on track (more or less) when the PS6 releases...
My biggest prediction is that pretty much everything shown or announced at the Xbox Showcase will also release on the PlayStation at the same time. Expect to see lots of those PlayStation logos on the Xbox games...
The showcase that I am most looking forward to is the PlayStation showcase on Sunday the 8th. It'll be presented by Phil Spencer, but regardless, you know we'll be getting all the games on the PlayStation day one too... 😉
It's a little unclear above, @AaronBayne. You talk about solo people queuing in order to play as a threesome, but can the game actually be played solo start to finish? Thanks...
You obviously don't read what I write very often then, @Titntin. 😉 I will always pick up on things like this when I see them, whether it is in the article or the responses. I always seek to correct what I believe to be wrong. In this instance, it is not the comparison alone, it is the missing context, that irks me...
Not a question of being defensive, @Titntin. I have stood up for fairness my entire life. It's what I did until I retired! Comparing this game to Doom on Steam, was not a fair comparison simply because of Game Pass. Had the article gone on to say that Doom had also released on Game Pass, I would have let it slide, but then the author would not have done that because then it would have shown it to be an unfair comparison, and the real point of that comment was to bash Doom or (more likely) Microsoft, because that plays to the crowd here on Push.
So am I alright? Absolutely! However, I will always stand up for truth and fairness, without that, the world descends into a free-for-all. And whilst someone putting up some kind of reasoning that actually gives clarity to the situation may not be the most popular thing to do on this site, as the saying goes, for evil to prevail it only takes the good to turn a blind eye... 😉
If you call an 8 out of 10 garbage, @PlatinumMikey, with a score of 85 on Metacritic, then I can only assume you barely play anything. Even on this site, 60% of people rated the game as 8 or above, and if you include the 7s (which consider the game to be Great) then that rises to 75% of people. And then on Steam the game is rated as Very Positive from 86% of over 12,000 reviews.
So it would seem that the game is far from garbage, but hey, you can dislike Microsoft as much as you like, and you are entirely within your rights to think that Doom: TDA is garbage, and I'm not going to tell you to think otherwise. However, the stats do tend to suggest otherwise... 😉
That's all true, @UltimateOtaku91. However, PC Game Pass has been growing steadily since Call of Duty arrived there last year. Indeed, it is the only part of the Service that is growing, but that is a whole other matter.
What we have seen is a steady influx of high quality games on the Game Pass since CoD last year, and this has drawn in a lot of new subscribers to the Service, particularly on PC. That is why so many more are playing Doom on Game Pass.
When Palworld, etc. released, PC Game Pass was not as popular as it is today. It is as simple as that...
It's a very disingenuous comparison to make between this and Doom, @get2sammyb. Doom is on Game Pass and that is where the vast majority of people played it, meaning that it was never going to do as well in the Steam charts. Had the game not been on the Game Pass, it would have likely figured far, far higher, and as a games journalist, I'm pretty sure you would know this. I get you want to play to the crowd, and that bashing Microsoft always plays well here, but it is a false comparison, and I'm sure you know it... 😉
Thank you, @LiamCroft! I was so disappointed when I missed out on the initial Collector's Edition for this game. So, I am immensely grateful to you for bringing to my attention that it is available to order once again. I have duly done so, am absolutely delighted... 😊
Looking forward to seeing what this is like as I have over 2000 hours in Horde on Gears 5 alone! That said, none of my mates have bought this game, so it looks like I'll be utilising the bots instead...
I guess the proof in the pudding, @lazarus11, is whether we see another Doom game. If it did too poorly to warrant another game, then we'll know soon enough.
Regardless, there are about 30 million Game Pass subscribers (not 35 million - and that number is falling on console (but that is a whole other story!)), and even if 2 million played it on Game Pass, that's still, at a lot of money made from subscribers. And this is just the first week.
Plus many people on the Xbox bought the Premium add-on, or outright bought the game (as I did), and yet more will play the game via Game Pass in the months and years to come. That's all money coming in, no matter what way you paint it. Without Game Pass, it would undoubtedly have sold more copies, but to dismiss the revenue that Game Pass brings in is an unwise thing to do. Game Pass has the tendency to suck people into it too; with people joining to play one game, and then continuing to subscribe to play something else. It's all revenue for Microsoft at the end of the day...
And what this means is that if three million people have played it, and two million of those played it on the Xbox, then it has sold at least one million copies, which is not to be sniffed at. Bear in mind also that those playing on the Xbox are also paying for Game Pass, so money will be earned that way, together with those that paid for the Premium Upgrade, and also those, like myself, who bought it on the Xbox (I bought the Collector's Edition).
All told, I would say that it has done pretty well thus far...
You could argue that it will come at the expense of single player games, @get2sammyb, if teams like Bend are taken off making single player games in order to make Live Service games...
Japan is one of those few countries that I have not been to that I would dearly have loved to. I once had a Japanese meal prepared for me in the Maldives (of all places!), and I forever fell in love with the cuisine. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll ever get to go now, and it is truly one of the biggest regrets of my life...
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Re: Resident Evil Requiem Is in Demand, Reaches 1 Million Likes
I've wish listed the game. Personally, I cannot wait...
Re: PS5 Horror Cronos: The New Dawn Is Dead Space in All But Name
Really looking forward to this game, and if it can stand tall next to Dead Space, then I'm totally on board with that! Cannot wait...
Re: Updates and Brand New PS5 Announcements at THQ Nordic Showcase This August
I'm desperate for another mainline Darksiders, although I will happily have another Genesis game too.
Very keen to see Remnant 3 as I absolutely loved the first two games (although admittedly, I couldn't beat the final boss in the second game).
Also looking forward to seeing what they do with the remake of Gothic, and whether it is going to be a decent version, or a poor effort (much like Oblivion was pretty poor really)...
Re: Actor Charlie Cox Feels Like a 'Total Fraud' After Expedition 33's Success
The game is fantastic, and Charlie was fantastic in it. All round the game is superb.
As for Charlie, I absolutely love him in Daredevil. He honestly makes you believe that he cannot see from the way he stands, tilts his head etc. So very talented...
Re: Death Stranding 2 (PS5) - A Masterpiece in Every Sense
Great review and has me really looking forward to playing it. However, I think I need to replay the first game again, as I played it when it first came out, and honestly, I barely remember it now...
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 2.3 Delayed Beyond This Week, Confirms 'Similar Scope' to 2.2
Really happy that they are still tending to 2077. I played it when it first came out, and put about 100 hours into the game (with a great deal still to do at that point), when I hit a bug that meant part of the story was inaccessible to me, so I stopped playing with the intention of returning to it at some point. I now fully intend to play the game very soon (though I may now delay it in order to replay Death Stranding before starting the sequel), so I'm more than happy for them to keep fixing the game. I just have to hope they have fixed my progression bug, because I intend to restart the game (because I really don't remember it at all).
Just have to finish off The Witcher 3 first, and I have a long way to go with that yet...
Re: Two-Week Holiday, Bonus, Switch 2 for All Lies of P Devs After Game Sells 3 Million Units
Lies Of P is a fantastic game. Deserves way more than 3 million in sales. Really looking forward to whatever they do next. They have my attention.
Also, this is how an employer should behave to their staff. Reward them well when a job has been done well...
Re: Blood Message Is Uncharted Meets Ancient China, and It Looks Phenomenal
That looks like it could be a masterpiece. Definitely something I will play if the finished product is as good as the trailer...
Re: PS5 RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker to Reveal Gameplay This Weekend
This game looks so good. Really looking forward to seeing what they have to show...
Re: Talking Point: What's Your PS5 Game of the Year for 2025 So Far?
1. Expedition 33
2. Doom: The Dark Ages
3. Days Gone
Re: Mini Review: TRON: Catalyst (PS5) - A Deftly Delivered Return to the Grid
They were indeed good times, @hypnotoad. I remember loving that game. I played it endlessly...
Re: Mini Review: TRON: Catalyst (PS5) - A Deftly Delivered Return to the Grid
Well to make you feel even better, @EmuRage, I was 18 in 1982, and not long after I joined Bomb Disposal and went to the Falklands. Now you should feel suitably young, and I feel proper old... 😂
Re: Mini Review: TRON: Catalyst (PS5) - A Deftly Delivered Return to the Grid
I was about 18 when I played Deadly Discs, @sciteach, and I remember one night being on such a fantastic run that I played until gone 4 in the morning before the run ended because you couldn't save your game. If you turned it off, you had to restart. I don't remember my score, but it was something like 3 or 4 million, and not a score I ever bettered.
It was obviously of its time, but back then it was so much fun. I didn't think anyone here would have even heard of the game, let alone having also played it... 😂
Re: Mini Review: TRON: Catalyst (PS5) - A Deftly Delivered Return to the Grid
My first Tron game was called Tron: Deadly Discs and I played it when it came out in 1982 on the Intellivision console. Man, I'd love it if they brought that game out again...
Re: 'The Story Is Weak': Stellar Blade Dev Acknowledges PS5, PC Fave's Biggest Flaw
So when they do the eventual remaster for the PS6, maybe then they will add in all the cutscenes that would add story / context...
Re: Final Fantasy 16 May Have Underperformed on PS5, But It's Doing Terribly on Xbox
You're absolutely right, @Kevw2006. I didn't think about that one. I'll edit it in... 👍
Re: Sony Lifts Region Locks on Its PC Games, Including Helldivers 2, The Last of Us, More
Which is at it always should have been. I'm surprised it took the bean-counters this long to realise the amount of revenue they were losing by trying to do it the way they were. Twas a foolish decision probably built on the desire to make the numbers signed up to Sony to look more impressive than they really were...
Re: Final Fantasy 16 May Have Underperformed on PS5, But It's Doing Terribly on Xbox
I think there are a number of reasons why FF16 is doing badly on Xbox:
1. It's an older game, and people will always be looking to play the most recent games first and foremost.
2. The price point for an older game is too much, and that will be resented by some. Thus, many will await a sale before picking it up. It has, after all, been cheaper in a sale on the PlayStation than the current asking price for the game on the Xbox.
3. Many Xbox owners also own a PlayStation, and so will have played it there already.
4. There have been a succession of decent games on the Game Pass (and Xbox in general) of late, and so jumping on an older game that is priced incorrectly, when you have so many other recent choices means it will be overlooked.
5. Many will expect this game to go on Game Pass at some point, as other Final Fantasy games have.
6. FF16 was criticised a lot on the PlayStation, and many on the Xbox will be aware of this, and so won't buy it as a consequence.
7. PlayStation has historically been seen as the home of Final Fantasy. Even though other games in the series are available on the Xbox, they are not seen in the same light there.
8. People only like exclusives when they are on their console of choice, thus games that are ported over never see the same success on the later platforms because people don't like the practice when carried out by third-party publishers.
Edit: 9. As pointed out below, it was also shadow-dropped, and not everyone will have been aware that it even came out due to the lack of publicity surrounding its arrival.
Ultimately, FF16 was never going to have the same success on the Xbox that it saw on the PlayStation...
Re: Critically Panned MindsEye Makes Surprising Debut in First Sales Report
I wonder if they will subtract the refunds next time round? I image it will tank pretty deeply in next weeks chart...
Re: There's a Lot of Hype for PS5 Horror Cronos: The New Dawn
This is my most anticipated game for the rest of this year. I cannot wait. It looks so good...
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your Most Anticipated PS5 Games for the Second Half of 2025?
My choices were:
1. Ghost of Yeoti
2. Cronos: The New Dawn
3. The Outer Worlds 2
4. Silent Hill F
5. Hell Is Us
Re: 'Competition Pushes Us to Innovate': Sony Weighs in on Xbox's Potential Exit from Console Business
They could all do that, @StrickenBiged, but then fewer and fewer third-party developers would want to develop for Xbox because there would be so many different specs to cater for. It could lead to a real drought of games on the Xbox, which would be a real problem for their consumers...
Re: 'Competition Pushes Us to Innovate': Sony Weighs in on Xbox's Potential Exit from Console Business
Truthfully, Sony have already grown complacent (under the previous leadership, anyway) following their success during the PS4 era, and that has come back to bite us this generation. If Microsoft do leave the console market (or release something that is so different as to be somewhat niche) then Sony will grow still more complacent.
Let us remember that there were rumours prior to the PS5 launch that Sony were looking to charge much more than they ended up charging for the PS5. Sony waited until Microsoft announced the cost of the Series X before revealing the price of the PS5. In other words, Sony were forced to match the price of the Series X rather than charge more as they had initially wanted. Thus, if Microsoft leave the traditional 'high-end' console market, Sony will be gifted free-reign to charge what they really want for the PS6, and you can bet your life that will not be favourable to us gamers. Therefore I'm sure that Sony would absolutely love it if Microsoft were to leave the console space...
Re: 'Good Luck with That' - The Outer Worlds 2 $80 Price Has Gone Down Horribly with PS5 Players
It is the wrong game to be the first at that price point. It makes no sense whatsoever...
Re: Gritty, Turn-Based Viking RPG Norse: Oath of Blood Is One to Watch on PS5
This has my interest...
Re: Reminder: Look Out for PS5 Logos in Today's Xbox Showcase
Oh, wow, @OldGamer999! I responded to your first comment on the topic, only to read further down, and see that you have already said much of what I said in my response. Great minds, and all that... 😉
Re: Reminder: Look Out for PS5 Logos in Today's Xbox Showcase
I've been saying this (and asking this) ever since Spencer made the announcement, @OldGamer999. When they say the PlayStation logo will be on the trailer, do they mean for games that release day and date on both platforms? Do they intend the logo to be there for games releasing 6 months later? 12 months? Or does the absence of a logo mean it will never, ever be ported?
When you consider what Spencer said, he will left themselves will a huge amount of wiggle room, and left us gamers with a huge number of unanswered questions, which, of course, is what Microsoft do all the blasted time. How are you supposed to make an informed decision when you don't have all the answers...?
Re: Directive 8020 Will Let You Fix Your Bad Decisions with Turning Points on PS5
Really looking forward to this game. I thought the trailer was pretty decent...
Re: Resident Evil Requiem Revealed, Out on 27th February 2026
Really looking forward to RE9. I do like that they keep changing the formula and trying different things, so I am eager to see what they come up with...
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced at Summer Game Fest 2025?
Really looking forward to RE9. For me, they Summer Game Fest was bookended by two games that I particularly want (Mortal Shell 2 and RE9). Other than that, it was a pretty so-so effort with just a couple of highlights; Code Vein 2 is another one that I am looking forward too, as well as the Lies of P DLC (which I shall buy tomorrow) and Dying Light: The Beast, and of course Mindseye, which I already have on pre-order. Atomic Heart 2 looked pretty bonkers, so I must get round to playing the first game...
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced During Sony's State of Play Livestream for June 2025?
I wasn't talking about exclusives, @UltimateOtaku91, as you will see if you re-read my comments. I was talking about output, and indeed, what that output consisted of.
Microsoft are now basically a fully third-party publisher with a side-line in consoles (which they have little regard for now). I expect pretty much every game they show at their showcase to also have the PlayStation logo on it.
Regardless, that was not the point of what I was saying. What I was saying is that Sony's output is about half what it was during the PS3 era, and that most of that output has not actually been original / new games. I didn't mention Microsoft or Xbox, However, seems as you bring them up (for whatever reason) what I would say is that I expect 90% of what Microsoft show at their showcase to consist of new games, not remasters or re-releases. I also expect to see Microsoft release far more games that Sony, albeit that they do obviously have more studios, but less of a tendency to work with outside studios so in that respect it's half a dozen of one, and six of the other...
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced During Sony's State of Play Livestream for June 2025?
Sony released around 80 first-party games on the PS3, @ChrisDeku. They were of varying scales, but all first party, how many of them released within the first 5 years, I don't know, but if you average that over the 7 years that's roughly 11 games a year.
There have been around 30 exclusive games thus far in the first nigh on 5 years of the PS5, but not all them have been first-party, and a fair few of them have either been PS5 upgrades (4 games), or a remaster (8 games). Oh, and I include Concord and All Stars in that 30. There have been 18 new Sony games since the PS5 came out, and I include each iteration of MLB The Show, which accounts for 5 of the games. Regardless, with around 30 games, Sony are currently averaging 6 games a year, which by my reckoning means they are putting out about half as much as they used to.
That list includes:
New Games
Astro Bot
Firewall Ultra
God of War: Ragnarök
Gran Turismo 7
Helldivers 2
Horizon Forbidden West
Lego Horizon Adventures
Spiderman 2
Spiderman: Miles Morales (an expansion really)
MLB: The Show x 5
Nioh 2
Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Ruse if the Ronin
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Re-releases
Death Stranding Director's Cut
Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut
The Nioh Collection
Uncharted Collection
Remasters
Days Gone
Demon Souls
Horizon Zero Dawn
Spiderman: Remastered
The Last of Us Part 1
The Last of Us Part 2
Until Dawn
Cancelled:
Concord
Destruction AllStars
Thus, you can be a defensive as you like over Sony's output, that is your right, but they are not providing the same sort of games, nor the at the same cadence as they used to.
Yes, they release some absolute bangers, but many of the games we enjoy as exclusive are not actually made by Sony, but published by them having been bought as exclusives...
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced During Sony's State of Play Livestream for June 2025?
I think from a standpoint of these are the games coming to the PlayStation, then yes, this was a decent showcase. However, this may as well have been a third-party showcase because there were very, very few actual PlayStation first-party games on show here. If you view it as a State of PlayStation then you would have to admit that it is in fact in a bit of a state!
Sony's push into Live Service content has allowed the well of first-party content to run dry. And to cap it off, Sony have then cancelled the vast, vast majority of those Live Service games too. Thus, even if Sony switched emphasis once again to non-Live Service games a couple of years ago, with games now taking 5-7 years to make, it is still going to be 3 or 4 years before we see the regular first-party drops that we were used to during the PS3 and PS4 eras.
Tis a bit of a sad state of affairs, truth be told, though at least I think we will be back on track (more or less) when the PS6 releases...
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your PS5 Predictions for Summer Game Fest 2025?
My biggest prediction is that pretty much everything shown or announced at the Xbox Showcase will also release on the PlayStation at the same time. Expect to see lots of those PlayStation logos on the Xbox games...
Re: When Is Summer Game Fest 2025?
The showcase that I am most looking forward to is the PlayStation showcase on Sunday the 8th. It'll be presented by Phil Spencer, but regardless, you know we'll be getting all the games on the PlayStation day one too... 😉
Re: Elden Ring Nightreign (PS5) - A Ruthless Roguelike Reinvention of the Lands Between
It's a little unclear above, @AaronBayne. You talk about solo people queuing in order to play as a threesome, but can the game actually be played solo start to finish? Thanks...
Re: Hundreds of Thousands Living a Fantasy Life in Level-5's Grand Return
You obviously don't read what I write very often then, @Titntin. 😉 I will always pick up on things like this when I see them, whether it is in the article or the responses. I always seek to correct what I believe to be wrong. In this instance, it is not the comparison alone, it is the missing context, that irks me...
Re: Hundreds of Thousands Living a Fantasy Life in Level-5's Grand Return
Not a question of being defensive, @Titntin. I have stood up for fairness my entire life. It's what I did until I retired! Comparing this game to Doom on Steam, was not a fair comparison simply because of Game Pass. Had the article gone on to say that Doom had also released on Game Pass, I would have let it slide, but then the author would not have done that because then it would have shown it to be an unfair comparison, and the real point of that comment was to bash Doom or (more likely) Microsoft, because that plays to the crowd here on Push.
So am I alright? Absolutely! However, I will always stand up for truth and fairness, without that, the world descends into a free-for-all. And whilst someone putting up some kind of reasoning that actually gives clarity to the situation may not be the most popular thing to do on this site, as the saying goes, for evil to prevail it only takes the good to turn a blind eye... 😉
Re: Hundreds of Thousands Living a Fantasy Life in Level-5's Grand Return
If you call an 8 out of 10 garbage, @PlatinumMikey, with a score of 85 on Metacritic, then I can only assume you barely play anything. Even on this site, 60% of people rated the game as 8 or above, and if you include the 7s (which consider the game to be Great) then that rises to 75% of people. And then on Steam the game is rated as Very Positive from 86% of over 12,000 reviews.
So it would seem that the game is far from garbage, but hey, you can dislike Microsoft as much as you like, and you are entirely within your rights to think that Doom: TDA is garbage, and I'm not going to tell you to think otherwise. However, the stats do tend to suggest otherwise... 😉
Re: Hundreds of Thousands Living a Fantasy Life in Level-5's Grand Return
That's all true, @UltimateOtaku91. However, PC Game Pass has been growing steadily since Call of Duty arrived there last year. Indeed, it is the only part of the Service that is growing, but that is a whole other matter.
What we have seen is a steady influx of high quality games on the Game Pass since CoD last year, and this has drawn in a lot of new subscribers to the Service, particularly on PC. That is why so many more are playing Doom on Game Pass.
When Palworld, etc. released, PC Game Pass was not as popular as it is today. It is as simple as that...
Re: Hundreds of Thousands Living a Fantasy Life in Level-5's Grand Return
It's a very disingenuous comparison to make between this and Doom, @get2sammyb. Doom is on Game Pass and that is where the vast majority of people played it, meaning that it was never going to do as well in the Steam charts. Had the game not been on the Game Pass, it would have likely figured far, far higher, and as a games journalist, I'm pretty sure you would know this. I get you want to play to the crowd, and that bashing Microsoft always plays well here, but it is a false comparison, and I'm sure you know it... 😉
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Dev Finished with PS5 Fighter, Moving to Next Project
You have a typo in the final paragraph, @get2sammyb. FRUSTRATING instead of FRUSTRATED... 👍
Re: After Pre-Launch Sellout, Expedition 33 Offers Collector's Edition Content Standalone
Thank you, @LiamCroft! I was so disappointed when I missed out on the initial Collector's Edition for this game. So, I am immensely grateful to you for bringing to my attention that it is available to order once again. I have duly done so, am absolutely delighted... 😊
Re: Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2's Free Horde Mode Deploys in June
Looking forward to seeing what this is like as I have over 2000 hours in Horde on Gears 5 alone! That said, none of my mates have bought this game, so it looks like I'll be utilising the bots instead...
Re: DOOM: The Dark Ages Attracts 3 Million Players, Over 2 Million Estimated on Xbox
I guess the proof in the pudding, @lazarus11, is whether we see another Doom game. If it did too poorly to warrant another game, then we'll know soon enough.
Regardless, there are about 30 million Game Pass subscribers (not 35 million - and that number is falling on console (but that is a whole other story!)), and even if 2 million played it on Game Pass, that's still, at a lot of money made from subscribers. And this is just the first week.
Plus many people on the Xbox bought the Premium add-on, or outright bought the game (as I did), and yet more will play the game via Game Pass in the months and years to come. That's all money coming in, no matter what way you paint it. Without Game Pass, it would undoubtedly have sold more copies, but to dismiss the revenue that Game Pass brings in is an unwise thing to do. Game Pass has the tendency to suck people into it too; with people joining to play one game, and then continuing to subscribe to play something else. It's all revenue for Microsoft at the end of the day...
Re: DOOM: The Dark Ages Attracts 3 Million Players, Over 2 Million Estimated on Xbox
In one week when it is also available on Game Pass where most people will play it, @lazarus11. Yes, I do...
Re: DOOM: The Dark Ages Attracts 3 Million Players, Over 2 Million Estimated on Xbox
And what this means is that if three million people have played it, and two million of those played it on the Xbox, then it has sold at least one million copies, which is not to be sniffed at. Bear in mind also that those playing on the Xbox are also paying for Game Pass, so money will be earned that way, together with those that paid for the Premium Upgrade, and also those, like myself, who bought it on the Xbox (I bought the Collector's Edition).
All told, I would say that it has done pretty well thus far...
Re: Beloved Ex-PlayStation Boss Believes $70, $80 Games Are a Steal
Enough with the sensible comments, @UltimateOtaku91. You know how I love to disagree with you... 😂
Re: Like It or Loathe It, This Is Why Sony Won't Stop Trying to Make Live Service Games for PS5
You could argue that it will come at the expense of single player games, @get2sammyb, if teams like Bend are taken off making single player games in order to make Live Service games...
Re: Ghost of Yotei Dev: As Americans, We Knew How Ignorant We Were of Japanese Culture
Japan is one of those few countries that I have not been to that I would dearly have loved to. I once had a Japanese meal prepared for me in the Maldives (of all places!), and I forever fell in love with the cuisine. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll ever get to go now, and it is truly one of the biggest regrets of my life...