@trev666 I think TLoU Factions was canned due to quality issues/lack of fun though? If it's that clear the game is bad and can't be saved, no market research required
I thought the Concord beta was okay - very polished presentation and Overwatch-adjacent gameplay. But the data and market research must have told them they were onto a dud - especially asking players to fork out £30-40 for the privilege.
SEGA's most expensive ever game (in the region of $100m) will never see the light of day, because someone was brave enough to can it. Hyenas - a live-service FPS - was quietly touted for most of its 5-year development, before the publisher killed it, citing 'low potential for profitability'.
They cut their losses and sucked up the potential embarrassment BEFORE a potentially disastrous release and significant additional marketing, manufacturing + shipping costs - so why didn't Sony? The evidence must have been there. Even if it was purely anecdotal, that should have worried them enough to investigate/test further. Willing something to happen against the odds isn't the same as working through and overcoming the (numerous) barriers to success.
I got Fallout 4 in the PSN sale a couple of weeks back, and found seemingly no option to choose PS5 when downloading via PSN on the console. I fixed it though - if you log into the PS App, you can choose 'PS5 standard edition' from the options and trigger the download there
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Re: Reaction: PlayStation Needs to Take a Long, Hard Look at Itself
@trev666 I think TLoU Factions was canned due to quality issues/lack of fun though? If it's that clear the game is bad and can't be saved, no market research required
Re: Reaction: PlayStation Needs to Take a Long, Hard Look at Itself
I thought the Concord beta was okay - very polished presentation and Overwatch-adjacent gameplay. But the data and market research must have told them they were onto a dud - especially asking players to fork out £30-40 for the privilege.
SEGA's most expensive ever game (in the region of $100m) will never see the light of day, because someone was brave enough to can it. Hyenas - a live-service FPS - was quietly touted for most of its 5-year development, before the publisher killed it, citing 'low potential for profitability'.
They cut their losses and sucked up the potential embarrassment BEFORE a potentially disastrous release and significant additional marketing, manufacturing + shipping costs - so why didn't Sony? The evidence must have been there. Even if it was purely anecdotal, that should have worried them enough to investigate/test further. Willing something to happen against the odds isn't the same as working through and overcoming the (numerous) barriers to success.
Re: Confusion as Fallout 4 PS Plus Owners Unable to Download Free Next-Gen Update
I got Fallout 4 in the PSN sale a couple of weeks back, and found seemingly no option to choose PS5 when downloading via PSN on the console. I fixed it though - if you log into the PS App, you can choose 'PS5 standard edition' from the options and trigger the download there