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@get2sammyb Yeah. I remember M.A.G, Warhawk, Starhawk, R&C: All 4 One, and Socom 4. Even GoW Ascension, UC 2-3, Killzone 2-3, Redistance 1-3, Twisted Metal, and TloU has dedicated MP / co-op mode that enjoyed by a lot of people.

Not sure why some people acting like it's a taboo for Sony to make a co-op game with story campaign that can be played solo.

@cainhurst94 It's crazy people got easily bored over an 8 fking minutes video that showed gameplay trailer + behind the scenes of how Sony, Marvel, and ArcSys formed their collab for Marvel Tokon.

People seriously needs to stay away from tiktok. It's destroying their brain.

I just want to see Marvel Tokon new characters. Any surprise would be a bonus for me.

Romeo is in my buying list but sadly i can't get it on day 1. sigh...

@LogicStrikesAgain lol yeah. At this point i'm not sure what some people really want. They got what they asked for but somehow they're ignoring those small games.

I myself bought so many small / niche games and i never ever get "this or that game feels like they don't look like a playstation game". Heck, I don't even care that much if Sony is the one who made those games. If they looks fun to me and available on PS then i'll buy it.

@ilyn I prefer remaster like they did with FF Tactics. For a remake, i'm worry the current Square gonna messed up the artstyle, story, and gameplay. Unless they hired the original team including Matsuno to handle the project.

@RoomWithaMoose He mention Flower and Bounds and those wasn't by Sony devs either despite they're PS exclusives. That's why i mention Sword of the Sea, The Midnight Walk, Lumines Arise, and Baby Steps because they're in similar situation like Flower and Bounds.

So my whole point still stand: we're still getting those indie / AA console exclusives games between big releases despite they aren't by Sony devs.

Can't blame Sony devs either for stepping away from niche AA experimental games. The numbers aren't lying. They can't keep making games that doesn't sell or they'll end up in the chopping block.

Like i said, if only 15-20% of PS fans buy Gravity Rush, Afrika, and Tokyo Jungle or at least they sold more than 1-2 million copies maybe we will get more of those by Sony devs. But sadly the majority of PS fans doesn't give a flying f* about those games 🤷‍♂️

@somnambulance "I miss when we had games like Flower, Bound, and Gravity Rush filled the empty space between bigger releases"

You mean similar to last year indie / AA console exclusives games like Sword of the Sea (by Flower / Journey devs), The Midnight Walk, Baby Steps, or Lumines Arise that Sony promoted at SoP and their blog?
https://blog.playstation.com/2025/12/22/10-indie-games-from-2025-that-delighted-the-playstation-indies-teams/

And last month there's Cairn which also console exclusive and i remembered Sony showed it on SoP.

I think Sony is still trying for those games. They just don't do it in-house anymore like Gravity Rush, Afrika, or Tokyo Jungle because they didn't sold well. If only 15-20% of PS fans buy those games...

@Boxmonkey A spin-off can still canon to main games. Example; RE Code Veronica, Outbreak, Dead Aim, Revelations, and Gun Survivor are spinoff and their story are canon.

And like @Areus said, they apologized because they knew some people gonna throw a tantrum.

But this complaint is funny coming from you who put Horizon: Zero Dawn as one of your "Nope" list. You don't play or like Horizon so why are you here complaining about this game???

It's crazy how some people complaining as if a taboo for Guerilla to make a spinoff co-op game with stylistic artstyle that separate it with mainline Horizon. It's like complaining about Square made FF spinoff like Vagrant Story or Chocobo Dungeon that has different aesthetic and gameplay than mainline FF games.

Heh. Anyway. This gen already have multiple Horizon games to satisfy the fans:

• Forbidden West + Burning Shores DLC
• Call of the Mountain
• Zero Dawn remastered
• Lego Horizon
• Steel Frontier
• and Hunters Gathering

So it's okay. Guerilla can take their time cooking the 3rd mainline Horizon.

I've been playing:

• FF X HD on PS3 / on the way to Djose Temple.
• Vagrant Story on Vita / just came out from Snowfly forest. After all these years, this game still looks very stylistic and fun to play.

Square old games not just they age well but they also have very high replayability compare to the new ones. Man, i really miss Squaresoft...sigh, if only they didn't merge with Enix.

Enjoy your weekend everyone 🍻

@twitchtvpat Back then the budget wasn't as high as PS4/5 gen. Uncharted 2 for example, based on Eurogamer report the budget was estimated around $20 million. So Resistance 3 and Killzone 3 possibly got break even + earned some profit despite they only sold 1-2 million copies.

But it's true that many 1st party PS3 games sold modest to not well like Puppeteer, White Knight Chronicles, Modnation Racers, LBP Karting, PS AllStars Battle Royale, Siren Blood Curse, Folklore, Lair, Starhawk, MAG, Twisted Metal, Genji, Afrika, Tokyo Jungle etc.

Despite the diverse lineup, PS3 was Sony most painful era because the result was the start for many studio closure (Japan studio, London studio, Zipper, Evolution etc).

@Rich33 Agreed. Not everyone buy new games every month.

I voted other. Busy with my backlog.

@Art_Vandelay You don't need to clarify. I know what you mean and it's as dumb as saying adult shouldn't play video games or watch cartoon / anime.

@Anti-Matter Each Arcade Archieve sold separately.

@MrPeanutbutterz I believe this is the arcade version so it should be 60 fps.

It's about time we get Ninja Gaiden NES.

@StitchJones "most PS fans just want one type of game. Epic AAA single player, story driven games. That is Sony's strength."

I seriously doubt most PS fans only want "AAA single player story driven games" when Gran Turismo, a racing game, is the highest selling PS 1st party franchise at 100 million copies.

And Sony strength is diverse lineup with different genres. They did platformer, sports, RPG, TPS, FPS, fighting, racing, car combat, puzzle, quiz, survival horror, open world, and even quirky-weird ones.

@Areus Yeah. I remember it's not that long ago people crying and whining that they bored with Sony's "AAA realistic + sad-dad + dealing with grief and pain" games.
https://www.ign.com/articles/im-getting-bored-of-every-playstation-game-telling-the-same-story

I guess right now we're at the start of "Sony please stop doing this colorful & cartoony 3rd person action games!" phase.

I wonder how long this phase gonna stay before people go back to "Sony stop with this AAA realistic-gritty-movie-sad dad games!" phase...

@SuperSilverback "If games like Toyko Jungle or Gravity Rush came out now you would all lose your minds holy f**k"

True 🤝

I bet the same people gonna hate Sly Cooper, Jak & Daxter, Medievil, Puppeteer, Dark Cloud, or Patapon if it came out now. They gonna mock the artstyle as atrocious and call it "kids games".

@Art_Vandelay I didn't know only 14 years old who can enjoyed games with cartoony style.

I think the artstyle looks nice similar to Arcane, gameplay looks fun, and it have story campaign that can be played solo. I'm interested to played it and this come from a guy who's not really a fan of co-op games.

I'm not sure why some people are quick to hate it though, especially after they complaining about Sony only do "cinematic 3rd person action" and "gritty-sad dad" games with realistic graphic. This is nothing like Fortnite, Overwatch, or even Concord.

And this one is a spin-off, not Horizon 3 which has been confirmed in the works. So Guerilla can try some different stuff with this game.

Talk about Bomberman, i wish Bamco remaster Bomberman more mature-stepbrother Silent Bomber.

@get2sammyb Yeah this is nothing look like Fortnite, not even the gameplay. I'm not sure where did some people got the Fortnite comparison. Last time i check Fortnite wasn't invented cartoony style nor the 1st game who used it.

@LogicStrikesAgain Maybe Sony don't want this game take the spotlight from some smaller games so they get this one out first.

This game already got my interest so i don't need a demo.

@Boxmonkey the game director said this game will have a story campaign that can be played solo.

I thought the artstyle looks nice. I believe this is the 1st time Guerilla use this cartoony style which is quite fresh since their previous games all used realistic style.

And while i'm not really a fan of co-op but this one still have a story campaign and that's good news.

I don't understand the setting for this game. It looks like a grounded medieval setting from the clothes, weapons, and environment. But then it have a mech with machine gun which feels out of place with the general tone 😆

@lazymike Yeah i've seen their comments. A lot of gematsu users are obnoxious Nin-fanboys. And it's their way of coping for the fact that Switch success didn't add any significant impact for Japan 3rd party sales nor it change Japan gaming market that keeps shrinking year after year.

@themightyant Yeah it's very possible for PS5 to outsell PS1 either this year or early next year. And i agree it doesn't need to outsell PS4 although i think it's still possible.

@Pat_trick "But at the same time, in my opinion there was no game that defined the generation"

R&C Rift Apart? Spiderman 2? Death Stranding 2? Astro Bot? FF 16?

GTA 6 and Intergalactic also have potential as game of this generation.

This isn't a good news for people who keeps saying Yotei is a flop and didn't outsell Tsushima in the same timeframe 🤣

Anyway. I'm happy for Sucker Punch. They deserve this success 🍻

"With the release of Ghost of Yotei helping the stats, 13,2 million first-party games were sold in the same quarter"

I think it's safe to say Yotei already pass 5-6 million copies. But i'm curious what's the rest. Death Stranding 2? GoW Ragnarok? TloU 2 remaster? GT 7? Spiderman 2? Astro Bot? Horizon? Ratchet? Demon's Souls? Returnal? Sony should show the numbers, at least for top 10.

1. PS2 at 160 million
2. PS4 at 117 million
3. PS1 at 102 million
4. PS5 at 92 million
5. PS3 at 88 million
6. PSP at 82 million
7. Vita at 15 million

PS5 needs to sell 11 million more to pass PS1, which is possible with GTA 6 and Wolverine alone.

But congrats to Sony 🍻

@Haruki_NLI Yeah i'm sure Square are very happy with Intergrade Switch 2 numbers. I mean, 23K copies are a lot for small & niche franchise like FF.

I'm not sure if Switch 2 version will sell a ton in Japan when Intergrade only sold 23K copies on Switch 2.
https://www.gematsu.com/2026/01/famitsu-sales-1-19-26-1-25-26

@johnedwin Now Square are in trouble again. Their financial report looks bad with sharp declining profits and sales. But Sony not gonna bailed them again especially after Square president pretty much said they're not gonna work exclusively with Sony anymore.

Wait, this game still exist? I thought it was died years ago.

@Stragen8 Not just FF but i think Sony are pretty much done with Square in general if we're looking at Sony marketing push towards Chinese games like Genshin Impact, Black Myth Wukong, or ZZZ which brought more money than Square games.

@trev666 Jump dash and double jump made the combat more dynamic, fast pace, and intense. On top of that, it makes Eternal level design feels more organic because it has more verticality that requires constant movement. Compare to Dark Ages level design which most of the time are big-open-flat arena that makes enemy movement looks very telegraph and traversal feels boring.

Eternal Jump dash and double jump are imho a much better addition than parry and the half ass dragon and mech level in Dark Ages.

The faster this game comes out, the better for other devs.

I don't mind with Sony keeps hiring Asian cuties to promote PS5 😃

"the PS3 will at least remain the only console of its generation with a working digital store"

Sadly, i think this is gonna end too. I just tried to login to the store from my US and Asia account and both store keeps showing "the session has expired" over and over. Tomorrow i'm gonna try it again and if it still the same then i guess PS3 store is really dead...

Edit:
The store are working again...

If Sega think this numbers didn't meet their high expectation then i'm worry for Shinobi: Art of Vengeance. So far Sega not yet tell the numbers and there's no sign from them if the game is a success either. sigh...

I'm gonna say bring back Mick Gordon. But i doubt he wants to work with Bethesda / Id again after they treated him like garbage.

Why RE short live act film like this always much better than the full budget ones from Holywood?

Last year fan made movie, The Keeper Diary, was also awesome. I really reccomend any RE fans to watch it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j6f8MrpCz34&pp=ygUbcmVzaWRlbnQgZXZpbCBmYW4gbWFkZSBmaWxt

And it's crazy that Netflix tv show got greenlight but not Arklay 🥀
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4e0woBxyphE&pp=ygUUcmVzaWRlbnQgZXZpbCBhcmtsYXk%3D

I hope this year Zach Cregger can break the curse for RE live act movie.

Did Falcom ever make a new IP these past 10 years? Feels like they only pumped out Ys and Legend of Heroes one after another.

@DennisReynolds I'm not yet try Miary Zo but i also prefer to see a new character over guest.

@DennisReynolds Feels like it'll be guest.

@J2theEzzo Well i guess congrats to the ones who loves Bob.

@Nepp67 No not as long as Tekken 8 since in Tekken 5 and 6 you have more chance to get "touch of dead" combo even with just 7-8 hit combo. Tekken 8 have more strict damage scalling to prevent ToD combo.

I'm only interested with City Hunter. As a fan of the series, it feels like a sin that i never played the game. Not to mention it was by Sunsoft too who made solid Batman games for NES/Sega Genesis.

Anyway nice article @get2sammyb 👍