KawakiisaFraud

LOL SE is talking itself into trouble... Shut the hell up! I really hope Sony isn't stupid enough to fund FF 17 again.

SE will probably be acquired by Tencent in a few years anyway, and that's entirely their fault.

I don't expect SE to be here at all. SE wants to be as far away from PlayStation as possible...

It's more likely that Bamco will announce the new Tales of than that we'll see anything big from SE at a PS event anytime soon.

My predictions:

Saros Gameplay
God of War 2.5D + God of War Greek Trilogy Remaster
Phantom Blade Zero Release
Stellar Blade 2 Teaser with Raven
Tomb Raider Legend Trilogy Remaster
Resident Evil 9 trailer with Leon
Tokon new characters Reveal
One More Thing: Wolverine

Stellar Blade 2 with Raven

Oh, SE will remain SE, of course, there will be an exclusive mode for Switch 2 and Xbox Series.

https://x.com/finalfantasyvii/status/1966521540130009578

And don't get your hopes up that this will be patched for the PS4/PS5. later. To date, the PS4 version of FF X/X2 hasn't received this mode, even though it's standard on the Switch and Xbox versions.

I firmly believe that DQ XII will be a Switch 2 (time) exclusive.

SE hasn't given up exclusivity, they've just given up PlayStation exclusivity.

Sony probably realized that all their games are garbage and it's not worth paying hundreds of millions for exclusive deals. And that pisses SE off. That's why they go public and badmouth Sony and the PS5, saying that the exclusivity is the reason why Final Fantasy XVI and 7 Rebirth failed... but they never want to admit that SE only has itself to blame, and they never will. Because it's always easier to blame others.

Optimization is already going to be an absolute nightmare.
PS5 version with sub-1080p at unstable 60fps incoming...

But luckily, Sony is finally free of the SE scourge.

Yeah, the timing really couldn't be better. 😂🤣

PlayStation is literally carrying Sony completely!

I'm curious to see when the first calls come for PlayStation to be spun off from Sony, and then Sony's screwed!

That's exactly why Totokoi and the other suits are so involved with PS, to prevent that.

But it's going to happen, and I'm looking forward to it.

The damage has long been done. And Sony's silence is the best thing they can do...
Because again:

SONY WANTS EVERYTHING WITHOUT COMPROMISES!

Sony knows the 30% of the PSN store is their bread and butter. But they also see how much money MS makes (but they don't see that MS also has Call of Duty...), so they're taking the best of both worlds: continuing to have a strong ecosystem and then releasing their games on other platforms later.

The only problem is that this will lead to frustration for everyone in the future. Because everyone now expects Spider-Man 3 or God of War 6 Day 1 to come to PC, too.

And if they don't come (and they won't), then people will be frustrated, while PS fans will still have hope that Sony will focus on truly exclusive games. only that a year later SM 3 and GoW 6 also come out for PC/Xbox/Switch2..... On the other hand, games like the God of War 2D spin-off Day 1 will also appear on Xbox and Switch 2 causing maximum damage to the PlayStation's image.

Ironically, Sony would be better off simply keeping the PlayStation in the future, pocketing 30%, and no longer developing games themselves. because everyone else develops games and it appears on PS anyway ... (except Nintendo of course) That's exactly why Valve is so damn successful.

I'm really curious to see where Sony will be in 5 years. But I wouldn't be surprised if the PS3 generation repeats itself, only this time 100 times worse.

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare

Sony, like most people here on Push Square and on the internet in general, thinks that the PlayStation is the de facto mainstream console and that most people will buy a PlayStation anyway. In short, Sony believes they're too big to fail!

And yes, that may be true at the moment. But especially these days, nothing is certain and anything is possible. There was a time when Halo, Gears of War, and Forza were the hottest *****, while God of War and Uncharted played second fiddle. Not to mention Killzone or InFamous... There was a time when Sony's stock was junk and the company was on the verge of being broken up.

Xbox may be dead and never coming back, but that doesn't mean PlayStation and Sony can't fail.

Sony already managed to burn through all the PS2's profits with the PS3. and nothing says that this can't also be the case with the PS6.

Sony doesn't seem to see Xbox as competition anymore (and rightly so, the console is deader than dead outside the US), but I still think that these PC hybrids like the next Xbox could kill PlayStation in the future.

Sony wants everything without compromise. Whether this tactic will work when the market is flooded with PC hybrids in the future and gaming is cheaper everywhere than on PlayStation ...... Yeah, in the future, it won't be worth playing on the PS at all. PS will be where Xbox is now!

But Chinajoy has shown that, contrary to what is being said online (mainly from Xbots and PMCR idiots), they definitely still want to sell consoles, unlike MS.

I'm curious to see how Sony plans to sell the PS6 to people in the future when the mainstream (not the freaks on the internet but real, normal people) realizes that God of War 6 or Spider-man 3 will be available on other platforms a year later. And when the mainstream realizes that online gaming on Steam is free, it'll be over for good. And the next Xbox is supposed to have Steam...

As I said, good luck Totokoi, but don't be surprised if you suffer the same fate as Kutaragi. He was also very sure of himself and had to leave Sony a year after the release of the PS3. I see the same scenario here.

Evil tongues would say that was MS's goal from the beginning, and Totokoi is too stupid to realize that MS is deliberately luring him into a trap. But hey, those are just evil tongues, and MS would never knowingly destroy the competition...right? right?

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/26/23774547/microsoft-sony-xbox-internal-emails-ftc-out-of-business

Based on these specs alone, Sony should focus even more on truly exclusive titles. Games that are only available on the PS6 and nowhere else.

And the biggest joke in the future won't even be that the best PlayStation experience will be on the PS6, but on the PC.

That's exactly how you kill a brand by showing customers: Look, the latest GoW 6 runs so much better on the PC than on the PS6.

Good luck, Totokoi, you'll need it...

This is by far the best announcement of the year so far.

It's a bit of a shame that Strife didn't get a solo game, but HELL YES, we're finally getting the sequel to Darksiders 1.

"Would anyone care?"

Sony's investors will care if sales collapse in the future because nobody owns a PS6 anymore, and so nothing will be bought from the PS Store.

@Toot1st

"Xbox are making record money Sony can see that"

Unlike MS, Sony doesn't have Call of Duty or The Elder Scrolls either...

Perhaps some people should realize that neither God of War (Sony's strongest IP) nor Horizon (and certainly not Horizon) aren't Call of Duty.

If Sony had Take 2 with GTA, RDR, and all the licensed sports IPs, it would be understandable that they would go multiplatform. But what Sony is planning here is simply insane, and will massively damage both the PlayStation and Sony as a whole.

But okay, everything that needs to be said has been said. Just don't cry when studios like Naughty Dog or Guerilla Games have to close down because the PlayStation brand has been completely ruined.

@LogicStrikesAgain

That's exactly what most people don't understand. Sony (the entire corporation) makes most of its money from the 30% revenue it receives from the PS Store.

Anyone in their right mind would think Sony would do everything they could to get more people to invest in the PS ecosystem so they could get an even bigger 30% revenue. But they're doing the exact opposite.

Totokoi will go down in history as the one who killed Sony's biggest source of revenue. Anyone who truly believes this won't have consequences is simply naive.

I could really imagine that this will be the end of Sony as we know it now.

LOL Totokoi really wants to completely destroy the PlayStation brand.

Good luck selling PS6s to people, Sony.

This will be very funny in a few years when Sony fails to sell the PS6 because everyone expects their games to appear on other plattforms.

I can hardly wait for the same people who are now making fun of Playstation fanboys to cry in five years because Playstation is where Xbox is.

LMAO the acquisition of Activision Blizzard really killed XBOX.

@BacklogBrad

Which will definitely happen! Sony isn't Microsoft or Nintendo. Sony doesn't have trillions of dollars to easily buy Take Two. And God of War, their most successful, is nowhere near as successful as Mario or Pokemon.

Sony's strength was that people knew that God of War, Spider-Man, or Uncharted were only available on PlayStation.

And they should have built on that. What did they do instead? They opened Pandora's box for quick profits, and their exclusive games are now available on other platforms.

Just wait until the average customer understands that they don't need PS+ or the PS Store to play the latest PS games. They can still play the latest God of War on the Steam console or Switch 2 in the future.

Many people here still don't seem to understand what impact this will have in the future. But you'll see that as soon as the PS6 comes out, and most people stick with the PS5 or switch to PC or Switch 2.

And at the very latest, when Sony starts taking less and less than 30% of the PS store, they'll react and probably overturn everything... but by then it will probably be too late.

@nomither6

Yes, and why? Because of good and excellent exclusive titles. The PS6 definitely won't have those.

Sony is well on its way to following MS's lead. Anyone who truly believes that all this ***** won't hurt the PS6 also believes that the Xbox is a hugely successful console.

With one difference: this will hurt Sony far more than Microsoft. Because Sony needs the PlayStation to survive. Or at least to continue making billions.

I know enough people who are asking themselves: why should I even buy "Ghost of Yotei or the new God of War on the PS5 when it's coming out on Steam a year later anyway?"

That's exactly how it starts: the customer no longer trusts the platform... which in turn leads to fewer purchases, which in turn leads to even less trust.

GTA 6 will somehow be able to compensate for all of this, but after that? The PS6 could really be a second PS3 disaster for Sony.

LMAO Sorry Sony, but you haven't understood anything at all. Every time I think you've figured it out, such unbelievable ***** comes along.

No one should be surprised if the PS6 has the same problems as the Series X/S

LISA won't be able to help there either. A console stands or falls on exclusive titles, and the PS5 has nothing (so far) except for Astro Bot. and with the PS6 it only gets worse.

And that will change in the future. Anyone who truly believes that Nintendo and Valve aren't a threat to the PlayStation is simply delusional. But I think internally at Sony they understand it, they just don't say it publicly.

I expect things to get ugly between these three parties in the future. Because, unlike MS, these companies' existence depends on their gaming divisions. That's why they will do everything to harm the competition.

This will only benefit us as customers.

"Elsewhere in the interview, it's confirmed that a piece of DLC for the original game has been turned into a piece of Stellar Blade 2. The scope for the expansion "grew larger than expected", so Shift Up adapted it for a "full sequel. However, a lot has changed since then."

Yeah, so now it's basically confirmed for me that SB 2 will be with Raven. Maybe also dual protagonists with EVE and Raven.

I'm surprised that they're not even sure if it will be released in 2027, even though they recently said the sequel would be out next year. With a day 1 PC release, it probably won't be until 2028 anyway, which also fits with the rumored PS6 Launch.

Just make SB 2 a PS6 launch title and that's it. The PS6 will be the console where Sony's entire PC strategy backfires anyway.

Sony will need as many exclusive titles as necessary to justify buying a PS6 and SB 2 would be a good start.

Oh, what a surprise! Who would have seen that coming? And SE and their fanboys will probably blame Sony again...

It's simply ridiculous how the PCMR grifters claim that SB's success comes solely from the PC, while forgetting that without Sony, SB wouldn't exist!

The numbers actually show that the entire PC market is now driven by China.

No matter what any Doom posters say, SONY WILL NOT GIVE UP THEIR 30%! This is the reason why Sony makes so much money.

In the future, they'll find ways to increase these margins even further. And I fully expect them to want to hurt Nintendo, and especially Valve.

Totokoi has already said they're not averse to making large acquisitions, and that's exactly what I see happening in the near future. But more in the Asian region than in the West. Especially China/Korea.

As I said, anyone who thinks Sony will give up their 30% is simply delusional.

The Nintendo drones are back at PushSquare.

This time please Days Gone 2.

Raven with the mid Summer Alice outfit from EVE..... yeah it's becoming more and more obvious that Stellar Blade 2 is a prequel with Raven.

I bet Raven can use most (if not all) of Eve's outfits.

@Questionable_Duck

to gain a foothold in China, the most important market in the future. I don't like it either, but Sony is the only console manufacturer that understands how important China is.

That was a complete waste of time.

Honestly, I'm grateful that the 2D GoW wasn't announced here.

Ahhh, I'm looking forward to the 48-hour notice period, after which no other platform than the Xbox can be mentioned.😂🤣

Seriously, any publisher that still relies on MS is simply hopelessly lost.

Xbox fanboys would rather invent more nonsensical conspiracy theories than accept the truth that the Series S is a pile of crap.

But hey, this is also the same community that believes Microsoft is playing 4D chess and wants to push Sony out of the console business by bringing its exclusive games to the PS5 on day one.

LMAO we all just want a damn remastered version of the Greek games.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if we see the first teaser for Stellar Blade 2 (with Raven) here. Ironically, KH 4 also has a chance to appear here ......

Otherwise, I don't expect anything. In the end, there will be plenty of people crying and claiming Sony is dead... yeah, it's always the same.😂

LMAO biggest disappointment of the year.

I really thought Project Witches would be their next AAA game after Stellar Blade. but that looks a lot like Genshin Impact. 😩

I'm curious to see what kind of sequel it will be.

I'm strongly guessing a prequel with Raven. I can't imagine Shift Up releasing a proper sequel next year.

We'll probably only see a proper SB 2 with Eve on the PS6. Maybe even a launch title.

SB 2 before KH 4. Yes, sorry, I couldn't resist. 😂🤭

I'm curious if this is a PS6 launch title, since the PS6 is already rumored for 2027.

LOL, I can already see it coming. Shift Up will definitely continue on its own in the future, and SB 2 will never come because Sony owns the publishing rights to the IP.

So it will probably be a Demon Souls/Dark Souls where we get a new IP similar to SB, but multiplatform.

If Sony had never opened this Pandora's box called the PC from the beginning, they wouldn't have these problems. Because then there wouldn't be any PC releases of their games. But they had to listen to idiots like Shawn Layden, who still believe the PC isn't competition and that they are separate markets.

All of their problems this generation are due to the PC and strengthening Valve as a competitor. Nintendo doesn't have this problem because they know that once the gates are open, they stay open.

I'm curious to see what happens in the future. But I assure you, they won't give up their 30% share.

@Psofo

With these huge budgets, Sony is well on its way to following in Ubisoft's footsteps.

Guess why Jimbo and Hermen switched all their studios to GaaS? To finance these AAA games like Intergalactic.

Fortunately, they seem to have identified the real problem internally, rather than just looking for a partial solution.

"The company’s goal, then, is to build a game it owns and controls where it takes 100% of the revenue generated."

Exactly that. And the last thing they want is for Valve to get the other 30%.

"In related news, Tao said that Sony’s also been better controlling its first-party spending, and it’s something it wants to continue to improve on moving forwards."

This means that games like Intergalatic will definitely be a thing of the past, which is a great thing. This game probably cost $500 million, which simply won't be profitable.

At the end of the day, Sony is a company that wants to make money, and it will find ways and means that we either like or dislike.

You can really tell that Sony basically just wants to get rid of the PC. Internally, they've long since realized that Valve is Sony's biggest competitor. It's all about the 30%, which is why Valve is where they are now, and why Sony makes so much money every quarter.

It doesn't surprise me that another PC release is now being deliberately sabotaged.

They will never work with Sony again. and Tencent or MS is more likely to acquire Arrowhead than Sony.

Theoretically, Sony can give the Helldivers IP to Arrowhead now, but I doubt they will.

At this point, I expect it to be a PS6 cross-gen title, the same goes for DQ XII. SE is and remains a bunch of incompetent jerks.

LOL, this is going to be absolute hell. SE hasn't even managed to properly optimize its exclusive titles on PlayStation. And now they want to drag the PS5, the PC, the Xbox Series X, the weaker Series S, and the even weaker Switch 2 along with it. Yeah, this is going to be an absolute disaster. The "Japanese Ubisoft" really fits perfectly here.

Now that the final specs are known, I fully expect a second Series S for developers.

Fortunately, Chinese and Korean developers seem to be completely ignoring the Switch 2.

and anyone who thinks that GTA VI or Witcher 4 will appear on it will have a rude awakening.