Metaphor most likely took 6 months to sell another 1 million because fans are expecting an upgraded version of the game, like Shin Megami Tensei Vengeance or Persona 5 Royal. The art style is probably also a factor, which is most likely why Clair Obscur sold more in less months.

Also, please no Persona Soulslike.

@Areus Yeah, I am aware, but we live in different times, SONY's priorities might be different now, especially after Wild Arms Million Memories (I know it's a game and not an anime but still).

But I would love if they get a new anime adaptation and wish SONY haven't given up on them. Gravity Rush is getting a film, so there is hope.

@Nepp67 "Tf is the name Physint anyways?"

I guess it is a portmanteau of "Physical" and "intelligent", but I am not sure.

So SONY and Kojima Productions announced a game idea from Kojima instead of a game. Definitely a Kojima move.

Would love animes of Astro Bot, Alundra, Gravity Rush, Wild Arms, The Legend of Dragoon, Ape Escape, Arc the Lad and yes even Knack.

But unfortunately only a few of those might have a chance to get an adaptation.

@LikelySatan Looked up Vernal Edge looks good, might pick it up.

Great news, hope the PS5 version arrives. I wish Bandai-Namco would release Pirate Warriors 1 and 2 to PS4 and PS5 as well.

People forgetting SONY isn't primarily a video game company again.

"Some of this includes taking its games to other platforms, as it’s been eyeing mobile for ages"

I miss PlayStation All-Stars Island, had a great time with it.

@LikelySatan Yeah it's awesome, downloaded it when it came out and already played 6 hours of the demo and will play more.

But thanks for reminding me.

If only Sony Music could lend Fate/Grand Order to Sony Interactive Entertainment.

Or if SIE could make a deal with Pocketpair.

@LikelySatan You're welcome, I hope you enjoy it again. I also only played the Dreamcast version.

@LikelySatan I actually can, even though SoA is my favourite JRPG I can see how it needs some quality of life improvements for a newer audiences. But I love the game the way it is regardless.

Played the Demo. Can't wait to play the full version, loved everything.

I hope it delivers, the Shinobi franchise needs to come back.

Sony tried to capitalise with the Anime-like mobile Gacha game with Wild Arms Million Memories, but it didn't work.

Stop Killing Avatars.

My Sonic Avatar disappeared from my PS3 list but managed to get it back by downloading it from the PS Store.

This is about anime and manga and not the games and I doubt that we will get anything Bloodborne from this, because BN has nothing to do with Bloodborne and BN doesn't own Fromsoftware they only publish their games which Bloodborne is not one of them.

So if the Kadokawa investment doesn't gives us anything new about Bloodborne, investing on BN will neither.

I say it again, the Remake will come. Doesn't mean it will be this year, but it will be released one day.

Definitely gonna buy it when it releases. Would prefer a Shin Megami Tensei IV Remake, but this is also fine.

Never played an Inazuma Eleven game, but I'm interested to try it on PlayStation.

I'm mostly interested from:

Arc System Works
Bandai Namco
Capcom
Koei Tecmo
Konami
SEGA
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Square Enix

Unfortunate, but at least they will be in Tokyo Game Show.

Still have to play an Atelier game, but I'm interested.

Astro Bot keeps winning.

The only thing that matters is that the Remake gets released... and it will.

Also, happy 25th anniversary to FFIX

There are so many Sony games I want Sony to put on modern systems, Wild Arms 4 and 5 for example, I know it doesn't depend only on Sony, but it would be cool if Sony could find a way to bring bring them to the PS Store.

Ivo would also be could, it can be streamed but that isn't how I like to play.

Alundra, Arc the Lad and Monster Kingdom Devil Summoner would also be nice.

And finally, please put Legend of Gaia and Folklore on modern systems.

Descansa em Paz Diogo.

Rest in Peace Diogo.

@timbo87 It's not the Final Fantasy VII Remake that fans were asking for. Of course a Remake has to be modernised to justify it's development but it was too different from the original.

@Lowdefal Ok, but I'm still certain the FFIX Remake will happen.

Best Final Fantasy.

A Remake is certain at this point. The Nvidia leak, Final Fantasy IX's 25th anniversary is getting more love than FFVII's 25 anniversary ever got and when FF14 got a lot of FFIX content Yoshida said there is a reason for that but "the reason is a secret". Plus when asked if FFIX Remake is being developed Yoshi-P never denied it.

Wanted also today that the third artwork is confirmation that Beatrix will be a permanent party member XD. I'm joking btw.

Gives a new Pac-Man platformer, Klonoa and Baten Kaitos game Bandai-Namco.

And port the Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster to PS5.

@Balaam_ I prefer Sonic Adventure over a any Mario game and Astro Bot.

This games need to come to the PS4/PS5, sadly Iizuka seems to make bad decisions after bad decisions. He also said that the Chao Garden can only exist with an Adventure game, which makes no sense in my opinion since even Sonic Advance 2 has a Chao Garden.

"Considering it is still perfectly possible to purchase physical games on the PS5, we’re not convinced the premise of this case has any real weight."

Not every game has a physical version though.

In Capcoms case there is no MegaMan Legacy Collection that is physical availabe here in Europe and Kunitsu-Gami is only available digitally on PS5.

Like a Dragon the Man who Erased his Name is digital only as well.

So the PS5 still allowing players to play games physically doesn't give them much of a defence when not all games can be played that way.

Pokémon got genders, Digimon got personalities.

@UncleByron If the characters in Clair Obscur had anime design, the game would have sold much less than it did.

Trees are part of the game's gameplay, so many players will notice more how they look.

AI should be avoided as much as possible, but the way how games now take a lot of time to make, speeding development up could also be preferable.

Still I prefer games to be 100 man made.

This does not mean Final Fantasy will come back to turn based, even though the chances have increased. It just indicates we will see more turn based games from them which could be from other of Square's RPGs.

Also keep in mind that FFVII being turn based does not mean FFVII will as well. The times where we took for granted what we knew would be in the next FF games are over.

Give me a Chrono Trigger Remake and more Chrono games and I can accept and ignore modern Final Fantasy's action combat, sticking to I to X.

Definitely buying this, lack of War of the Lions content doesn't bother me, I don't even care for Balthier. Was more sad with Chronodia not having been included in Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster.

@Nepp67 While this made me assume to be the case for VII and VIII as well.

Final Fantasy IV the After Years does indicate that at least that the first 6 mainline games are set in the same universe.

And I didn't say FFIX is set in the same universe as the other games before.

I said FF games weren't different universes until IX, meaning the concept of different worlds started with IX.

Square did consider making IX a spin-off instead a mainline during development.

It's definitely a success, since it's a new IP and was out for less than a month. Plus it wasn't released on the Switch.

Every game that surpasses 1 million copies sold should be seen as a success no matter the hype. Over 10 million sales are a rarety and and not the norm. We shouldn't use them as a standard for success

I really hope their hardwork will pay off. I want this game to be a success.

@Questionable_Duck I would argue FFXVI had Naoki Yoshida's name attached to it. Without him, FFXVI might have sold less.

@somnambulance From what I read I doubt FFXVI sold 4 million copies by now.

I do believe that will change once the game releases on Switch 2 though.

@Questionable_Duck These 5 million day 1 sales were also because of the Versus XIII hype. XV disappointed a lot of people so much that they had no interest in XVI and didn't bought it.

@Nepp67 "considering FF is essentially a concept and every game is in its own universe. Doesnt even make any sense to have it be numbered."

Most Final Fantasy fans played the games when they were turn based and the concept part is not true, FF1-9 are more similar to each other than the games that came after.

FF didn't start to change the formula until FFX.

And FF games weren't different universes until IX, before FFIX all games were supposed to be set in the same world.

I agree though that from XI onwards the games shouldn't be numbered.

This are great numbers happy to see them being profitable. I wish they would slow down with the Yakuza/Like a Dragon releases. The most hardcore fans might be buying every game that was released in the last 5 years but for the average consumer, it's a bit too much to keep up which is most likely the reason why sales are slowing down.

I wish we would have gotten sales figures of other SEGA franchises like Sakura Wars or Valkyria Chronicles though.

Would also love how much Unicorn Overlord sold.

Also compared to FFXVI this sales are definitely a success since they are more niche than the Final Fantasy franchise and XVI's budget was much higher than any SEGA game released recently.

I say this again. Square Enix needs to lower the budget for the next FF games

There is only one game that met Square Enix's high expectations in recent years and that is a HD-2D Remake of Dragon Quest III.

I will definitely buy and play this. Can't wait.

Now that XBox is slowly phasing out from the console business that is now changing. The success of the Switch definitely made Sony notice Nintendo more, if they still didn't see them as competition Sony wouldn't send a survey to their consumers asking what they think about the Switch 2.

@Flaming_Kaiser Less quests are definitely needed and we need even less fetch quests. There needs to be quests that impact the backstory of the main characters... and they all have to be available before beating the story.
Airships should also come back and done right (FFXV was a disappointment in that regard).