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Re: Talking Point: What Do You Want from Sony and PlayStation in 2024?

Vivisapprentice

PlayStation is publishing a huge amount this year, TLOU2R, Helldivers 2, MLB 24, Lost Soul Aside, Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade, Concord, Convallria, maybe Spiderman 2 DLC.
Most of these titles we know nothing of really, no marketing, no hype, just trailers that go for a couple of minutes.

2024 I would like them to be more transparent, I know games are taking longer to develop, and the pull to live service has delayed some studios, but I would still like to know what they're cooking, a big showcase is needed (pretend the 2023 one didn't happen).

I like what microsoft is doing with the developers direct, something like that would be appreciated, where we get a deep dive into 4-5 games.

Hopefully the new CEO will take it in a better direction

Re: Embracer Collapse Continues, with TimeSplitters Dev Allegedly Next on the Chopping Block

Vivisapprentice

Feel sorry for the developers, obviously the leaders of these development studios saw the embracer $$ and signed up, it was always going to collapse as nothing worthwhile has come out of any of these embracer group acquisitions, you need money coming in to support this spending and I don't think they've had one big hit yet and unfortunately the employees on the bottom rungs are the ones affected

Re: Japanese Final Fantasy 16 Sales Plummet by 90% in Second Week

Vivisapprentice

Understandable, a game inspired by Game of Thrones is hardly going to be appealing in Japan. In saying that the game is very Final Fantasy and has references to so many past entries. Im sure sales will do fine worldwide though.

Will be interesting to see DQXII as they're going for a darker more serious tone for that game as well