Sony Playstation: First Party Studios & their Current Projects

Omnistalgic said:
nah man..I disagree completely with that line of thinking. Honestly, sometimes I think on GAF and enthusiast forums, there is a universal superiority complex. Just because a lot of people here are screaming up and arms against his comments don't mean majority of PS4 owners feel that way. Specifically his reference to GT. A game known for its graphics and realism, many people would never go back to a GT game.

Obviously there is some value in b/c and older games, but he's speaking how a majority use their consoles, hardly never touching anything older than last gen, if that. And in that context the statement was pretty normal. We get bent out of shape with everything some exec says when we would use every day language just the same if more so insulting to some.

Yeah, GAF has a right to call something out. I also have a right to verbally abuse my pets and make them vicious hounds for no apparent reason. Doesn't mean it's morally right. And I'm tired of these echo chamber lines of reasoning being backed up as solid criticism. Yes, some gamers love b/c, Yes some gamers feel exactly the way his comments described as well. There is no right way to dissect his comments, it comes down to your personal preference.

And frankly on places like Neogaf it is extremely biased and one sided to the hardcore gamer side of many arguments
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I think he had a valid point but voiced it very poorly. Not much different from pre-Xbone's "Why would anyone live there" or "We have a product for that, it's called the Xbox 360".
 
Dabi said:
Any chance Hironobu Sakaguchi debuts his game on Sony's stage?
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Well, they apparently have two games in development. One is Terra Battle 2, which is obviously going to be a mobile game. But the other could be a console title.

It seems that for many Sony fans the two studios that they want to see on a Sony E3 stage are Platinum and Mistwalker. Sakaguchi made no secret about not liking the PS3, and Sony's never teamed up with Platinum on a project. Sony backing a project from either would be huge.
 
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never heard about this company before – http://www.snsystems.com/about-us/our-history

SN Systems is part of the Sony Interactive Entertainment R&D team creating the technology game developers use to make great PlayStation® video games.
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For more than a quarter of a century we've been setting the standard for development tools in the console industry. Founded in 1990, we originally developed tools for several different platforms, including SEGA, Nintendo, and PlayStation®.

In 2005 we became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment and since then we've worked exclusively on PlayStation®.

Our close ties with research and development departments within SIE gives us early access to hardware and information, which enables us to create development tools that are feature-rich, robust, and compatible with the latest hardware.

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Kenzodielocke said:
I think Sony has nothing to show. No new announcements, no trailers, no leaks. Guess MS will take this easily.
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Think this'll be them just giving dates and showing more of what we already know about than anything this year. But no leaks doesn't really point to anything, the last 2 E3 have been educated guess more than anything and it took until right before PSX 2016 to start before anything major leaked and even then it was Shinobi giving a tiny hint about TLLoU 2 that most people missed. Sony are just good at keeping their shows a secret.
 
Enricobandito said:
I never played a God of War game… is something wrong with me?
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Me neither. This new one will be my starting point.

The franchise never did anything for me before. It look beautiful, but I don't care about pressing buttons repeatedly to rip off body parts. I want a cinematic and emotional story. Now it seems like we have arrived.
 
AudioEppa said:
Me neither. This new one will be my starting point.

The franchise never did anything for me before. It look beautiful, but I don't care about pressing buttons repeatedly to rip off body parts. I want a cinematic and emotional story. Now it seems like we have arrived.
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Watch a film.

I love the God of War franchise, and whilst it was certainly showing its age on PS3, I'll be really disappointed if the new game basically becomes hack n slash Uncharted. I don't want to be bombarded with endless cut-scenes and slow walking and talking sections.
 
Nightengale said:
What Jim Ryan said is bad, indefensible and deserves to be called out, for all the reasons that can be cited. Value of historical games, disregard of a niche audience, ignorance of successful BC-initiatives, value-adding, etc.

But when you step back from the terrible thing that Jim said and look at the broader company as a whole, you may end up forgetting that this exec who shat all over BC is also an exec for the same company that:

- has historically supported digital BC in the past via PS1/2 Classics
- has Gaikai/PSNow, a service that is about enabling legacy games via streaming
- has a dedicated team that works on PS2-on-PS4 games
- said team is also remastering old PS1 games like LocoRoco
- first-party is regularly remastering old PS3 games

Now, I cite all of the above, but it's clear that they're lacking vs competitors like Xbox in terms of coverage, speed, scope and extensiveness of their BC initiative. But at the same time, everything I list above stands in stark constrast with the things Jim said.

So where's the middle ground?

When you look at all the points above, IMO it's pretty obvious what the underlying message behind what Jim Ryan said is that "Sony wants to resell older games on the PS4 instead of making it fully BC; with some exception."

It's a business decision they made to an extent, and Jim is just defending an anti-consumer business deal. Which is similar to what he did with EA Access and his SPIN of why it's not on PS4.

I'm not all that excited or interested to discuss the Jim Ryan matter because until we hear what press or other outlets will follow up on his statement, then there'll be more interesting things to say. As it is, meh.
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The only reason I think what Jim said is a bit over the top is just because of how certain gamers get butthurt and worked up over another human being, kind of just speaking his mind. Personally, I agree with Jim to an extent. I can easily see myself getting interviewed, and straight up saying something like that, simply because that's my opinion on the subject, but Jim should know better 'cause he should understand that was awful wording for what he was trying to say.

In terms of the points you just said...
- Is it not apparent that these things actually backup his statement?
Besides the PS1/2 Classics (which, barley counts because these games are
CLASSICS, which to me means timeless games; they aren't porting everything)
- PS Now was more than just for BC, being able to use it on TVs/Vita's/PC
- PS2 on PS4 games' resolutions are upped, and also brought to 60 fps. They look and play a bit better
- Remasters are...REMASTERED
- PS3 games aren't old, and the only PS3 Remasters are for the top of the line PS3 games

YES, you have to rebuy these things.....but Sony has already said that the PS4 hardware is not easily optimized to make BC, as it would cost a lot of money on their end.

And from this same interview, it shows that Sony has checked to see how viable/successful BC is; and out of ~1 million X1 users, 1.5% actully regularly use it. I can't imagine that if it was super popular, they might be inclined to act upon it..(but maybe not since PS Now IS a thing.)

Regardless, his comments definitely were expressed in the wrong way, but it shouldn't warrant too much stress lol. Yes they're being anti-consumer with this route, but you can't please everyone in the world, you need to look out for yourself at some point. At least they do listen to us with things like Crash Remaster, etc. and while many are mad at having to rebuy these games...I personally never owned half of them being remastered, so I'm happy I get to play them in a more modern state.
 
Shin-Ra said:
SCEJA posted an E3 trailer for Acquire's V! What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? R (localisation unannounced, title may change) for PSVR.

https://youtu.be/gafmgZ0egOA
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The series hasn't been called What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? for seven years, ever since Sony started localising the games themselves.

It'll be called V! No Heroes Allowed! R! (or something like that) when it comes to the west.
 
I don't ever see Sony doing backwards compatibility for one simple reason - they spent $380M on Gaikai and they're not going to let that purchase go down the drain so easily.
 
LiquidSolid said:
The series hasn't been called What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? for seven years, ever since Sony started localising the games themselves.

It'll be called V! No Heroes Allowed! R! (or something like that) when it comes to the west.
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I only remember the Badman name change.
 
pswii60 said:
Watch a film.

I love the God of War franchise, and whilst it was certainly showing its age on PS3, I'll be really disappointed if the new game basically becomes hack n slash Uncharted. I don't want to be bombarded with endless cut-scenes and slow walking and talking sections.
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Oh I got a feeling it will be. And will going be beyond glorious. Your post reminded me why I'm hyped!

Thanks my homie.
 
pswii60 said:
Watch a film.

I love the God of War franchise, and whilst it was certainly showing its age on PS3, I'll be really disappointed if the new game basically becomes hack n slash Uncharted. I don't want to be bombarded with endless cut-scenes and slow walking and talking sections.
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God of War has always been cinematic.
 
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