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2022 is looking like one of the most eventful years for Playstation in a while

Warnen

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I have god of war pre ordered on PC, hope part 2 follows in a year or so. So so on Horzion, I did enjoy the last one but dam open world games gotta have a fun way to get around for me to put up with them now. I’ll have to wait and see on it. I did come around on Ratchet and Clank so prob end up loving it too.
 
kyussman

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ParaSeoul said:
I swear people forget "Director's Cut's" were always a thing,they were just called Definitive Editions. I don't see the issue if the original game at least gets a free 60fps patch or easy upgrade path.
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I don't know about that.....aren't definitive editions usually visually upgraded versions.Sony seem to be onto something new here adding new gameplay parts in games like Death Stranding and Ghost of Tsushima and then selling them again as Director's Cuts.You're right about the upgrade path thing though,if I'm not forced to rebuy the whole game again it's not so bad.
 
Flutta

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VFXVeteran said:
Imagine if someone said Halo Infinite and all Xbox exclusive games look better than 99% of all games.
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Theresa May Lol GIF
 
ManaByte

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adamsapple said:
Ok, y'all are probably gonna accuse me of being a green rate ..

but that screen can very easily pass for God of War 2018 on the Pro in its high resolution mode :p

Of course seeing it in motion will be a different matter altogether.
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Even in motion I think Horizon looks better. I just finished Zero Dawn and they really upped the animation quality in Forbidden West in comparison.
 
STARSBarry

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VFXVeteran said:
Imagine if someone said Halo Infinite and all Xbox exclusive games look better than 99% of all games.
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I mean that would just be a lie, Halo infinite looks pretty good but even maxed out on PC its behind games like the more recent Metro's and it's animations have that Microsoft Stiffness to them.

And while I adore Forza Horizon 5, you can tell it was built to be played on prior gen consoles and scaled up.

Sony for the most part have really pushed for graphics since the prior generations start and for the most part nailed it. While it was a pretty bad game Killzone Shadowfall at the birth of the generation was lightyears ahead of the pack, standing graphically side by side with some of the best looking PC games at the time. The Order 1866, again pushed graphics as did things like Detriot beyond human.

Later PS4 titles managed to embrace the openworld Ubisoft title and nail a good gameplay loop together with these graphics and especially fantastic animation Horizon, God of War, The Last of Us 2, Spiderman, Ghost of Tsushima. As a primarily PC player yes these PS4 games at the time felt far more premium and better looking than most titles I got on PC at the time.

PS5 so far has Demon Souls and Ratchet and Clank which quite honestly are better than 99% of games out there. In Microsofts court I would say Flight Simulator is up there with the very best... but it's not been a consistant standard for several years now from them. Gears dominated during the 360 era but it's recent incarnations are just bland and look dull now.

The issue with "graphics" is it's so subjective too, like would you analyse the textures levels or bump mapping to come to that conclusion? For example I think Monster Hunter World is a gorgeous game, but the way Capcom designed the game does most of the heavy lifting not the resolution or quality of the textures used.

Sony's last gen exclusives, especially when they launched do "just look better than 99% of games" especially in motion, and I think that strength in animation really does wonders for a game, its one of the reasons Titanfall 2 feels so slick for example. I think Microsoft can really learn from that, it's not like they can't produce good games when forced too, although dreams of a new Sunset Overdrive I am sure arnt on the cards.
 
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VFXVeteran

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STARSBarry said:
I mean that would just be a lie, Halo infinite looks pretty good but even maxed out on PC its behind games like the more recent Metro's and it's animations have that Microsoft Stiffness to them.

And while I adore Forza Horizon 5, you can tell it was built to be played on prior gen consoles and scaled up.

Sony for the most part have really pushed for graphics since the prior generations start and for the most part nailed it. While it was a pretty bad game Killzone Shadowfall at the birth of the generation was lightyears ahead of the pack, standing graphically side by side with some of the best looking PC games at the time. The Order 1866, again pushed graphics as did things like Detriot beyond human.

Later PS4 titles managed to embrace the openworld Ubisoft title and nail a good gameplay loop together with these graphics and especially fantastic animation Horizon, God of War, The Last of Us 2, Spiderman, Ghost of Tsushima. As a primarily PC player yes these PS4 games at the time felt far more premium and better looking than most titles I got on PC at the time.

PS5 so far has Demon Souls and Ratchet and Clank which quite honestly are better than 99% of games out there. In Microsofts court I would say Flight Simulator is up there with the very best... but it's not been a consistant standard for several years now from them. Gears dominated during the 360 era but it's recent incarnations are just bland and look dull now.

The issue with "graphics" is it's so subjective too, like would you analyse the textures levels or bump mapping to come to that conclusion? For example I think Monster Hunter World is a gorgeous game, but the way Capcom designed the game does most of the heavy lifting not the resolution or quality of the textures used.

Sony's last gen exclusives, especially when they launched do "just look better than 99% of games" especially in motion, and I think that strength in animation really does wonders for a game, its one of the reasons Titanfall 2 feels so slick for example. I think Microsoft can really learn from that, it's not like they can't produce good games when forced too.
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It's not a lie. It's all subjective. Sony gamers think their games will always look the best even if they have average tech like in most games. It's just ridiculous to argue titles tied only to one company or the other are always better than everything else. That's one of the reasons why there has been so many bans this year. Strongly opinionated people that can't see anything else being as good or better and consistently trying to make that point.
 
Spaceman292

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Tiago Rodrigues said:
I was just thinking how basically everything will be happening for Playstation next year.

This topic isn't just about game releases. It's about all things Playstation that we can expect for in 2021...and it's quite a lot when you think about it. A lot more than 2021.

Videogames:

So far this is what we got confirmed:

January - Uncharted Collection
February - Horizon, Sifu
March - Gran Turismo 7
May - Forspoken

Games already announced for 2022 but with no release dates (incl. timed exclusives):
God of War Ragnarok
Stray
Ghostwire: Tokyo

Games not yet announced but that will for sure happen:
TLOU2 Director's Cut *
TLOU Remake *
Factions (PS4 and PS5) *

It's possible games like FFXVI are releasing even though i believe this one will be delayed to 2023. If it does release in 2022 then sweet jesus. Imagine getting a new Gran Turismo, a new main Final Fantasy game and sequels for titles such as God of War and Horizon all within 12 months.

But 2022 will honestly be a lot more than just games.

Movies and TV Shows:

2022 will be the most important year for Sony's Playstation Productions so far. They are releasing one big blockbuster movie and one TV show. Both are based on IPs from the same studio: Naughty Dog:

February - Uncharted Movie
Later - The Last Us Us TV Show (HBO)

* I truly believe the reason we haven't seen TLOU2 Director's Cut yet is because of everything that's being worked on for this franchise. They won't waste the TV show's hype to give us everything TLOU related: the multiplayer game, the remake that's been in the works for a while and the Director's Cut of the 2nd game like we got for Ghost of Tsushima and Death Stranding.

If games, tv shows and movies isn't enough, we're also getting another thing...

Playstation VR 2:



That's right: Playstation VR2 is releasing in 2022 for PS5. And with it, i'm sure some games are also releasing, which means some reveals are happening during 2022 as well.

The Biggest PSPlus and PS Now rebranding so far, code-named Spartacus:

Earlier this month, Bloomberg released an article revealing Sony's plans to rebrand PS Now and PS Plus into a single service. Supposedly it's releasing this next spring.

This is what Jason reported:





Eurogamer (i think?) also teased that services like Crunchyroll could be a part of the 3rd tier of this service. And not only are we getting so many new games we may potentially be getting PS3, PS2 and PSOne games on a current console again. If well done it's a no-brainer for me (depending on the price of course).

Playstation + Discord:

Sony made such a big deal with this that i believe it's more than just a simple discord integration...but not long until we find out more.



The way this collaboration was announced seems like it'll happen sooner rather than later in 2022:



More Studio Acquisitions + Continuing growth for their remaining studios and partnerships:

2021 saw Sony acquiring 4 studios, 1 studio mainly for ports and one last studio that will be used as a support studio for their developers. All of this in 7 months. Their acquisitions so far have been very strategic and many of them quite obvious like Housemarque and Bluepoint. That said, the Firesprite acquisition was a bit of a surprise and it's now one of their biggest studios out of nowhere, and it's now developing at least 2 or 3 games. Exciting days ahead.

About future acquisitions, we know they won't stop here. Recently they had job-listings looking for someone with experience in acquisitions, right after all the studios had been acquired. Plus it has been teased by Herman himself.

About partnerships, specially in Asia, Sony hired someone rather curious that seems to be going to help with that:


Sounds like a huge get for a market that clearly needs it.

About their already established studios, at the moment a lot of their studios are working in multiple projects at the same time which they weren't 5 years ago. Sony doesn't want their studios "stuck" with a single project for more than half a decade now. Naughty Dog is working in god knows how many: TLOU remake, Factions, the PS5 version of the Uncharted Collection and sometime ago they were working supposedly on a new IP. Insomniac is working in at least 2 projects: Spider-Man 2 and Wolverine. Guerrila is also working in 2 projects: Horizon and a multiplayer project. Sony Santa Monica is doing God of War Ragnarok and Cory's new project is also underway. I only mentioned 4 studios...but at least 10 games from them are coming. And their hiring spree isn't really ending any time soon.

PC releases + Mobile games:

It's not a secret that Sony wants more people to play their games. In a time budgets could potentially hit $150M per title, it makes no sense to rely only on a single piece of hardware to play those nowadays, specially with the chip-shortage we have at the moment. The movies and tv shows are only one piece of the puzzle. The PC releases of Horizon, Days Gone, Death Stranding and the future release of Uncharted is the first step. Nixees was hired for this. What projects do you expect to find their way to PCs next year?

About mobile games...i'm not into that market honestly, but obviously Sony wants a piece of that pie.

Just recently they they hired someone for the job...and sounds like a huge get:





Overall:

2022 sounds like they are giving us everything: Games, new hardware, movies, tv shows, the rebrand of Playstation's online subscriptions, acquisitions, etc...

I'm sure i'm missing stuff, but when you put it like this...2022 will be one hell of a year for Playstation. Just the games alone would be enough, but it sounds like a lot of their strategies will be finally put in place this next year.

What are you most excited about for the next 12 months Playstation related?
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Let me cut this novel down. Basically Horizon, Sifu, Forspoken and a racing game. Along with a load of stuff that will get delayed and other stuff which might not even exist.
 
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STARSBarry

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VFXVeteran said:
It's not a lie. It's all subjective. Sony gamers think their games will always look the best even if they have average tech like in most games. It's just ridiculous to argue titles tied only to one company or the other are always better than everything else. That's one of the reasons why there has been so many bans this year. Strongly opinionated people that can't see anything else being as good or better and consistently trying to make that point.
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This sounds great, but then I remeber when Crysis launched and you could look at that and think "wow its never going to get better than this" because it stands so far apart from the pack at its implementation that people are shocked at the diffrence, and then my GPU overheated. Its happened many times throughout the history of gaming.

Like subjectively could you argue that Monster Hunter Rise is better looking than Monster Hunter World? Of course but it's going to be a uphill struggle and a half.

I do think Sony have managed to punch way above there weight in terms of "graphics" consistently for a generation. Although it feels like a templated design at this point.
 
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mejin

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VFXVeteran said:
It's not a lie. It's all subjective. Sony gamers think their games will always look the best even if they have average tech like in most games. It's just ridiculous to argue titles tied only to one company or the other are always better than everything else. That's one of the reasons why there has been so many bans this year. Strongly opinionated people that can't see anything else being as good or better and consistently trying to make that point.
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Look at the thread title.

Look at your posts in the thread.

Look at your logic in posts.

It should be a reason to a ban, but you're still here. GAF is unfair If what you say is true.

Anyway, some shit like "visuals/graphics" are not DAT subjective, specially If you are using Halo Infinite as an example.
 
STARSBarry

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megreotsugua said:
Not only that, Sony studios are also way ahead in terms of animation. That 3rd person focus in the past helped the sony teams to get ahead of the pack.
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I do think that's one of the keys to how good the games look in motion, it reminds me of Nintendo's better titles like Mario Odessey or Luigi's mansion where the animation really makes the world feel alive even on the weaker hardware. Compared for say Fire Emblem where the game just looks dated because everything is so rigid.

I guess that's why Microsoft flight sim looks so good (long as you don't fly too close to Google maps) because everything moves and animates just as you would expect it too on an aircraft.
 
SLB1904

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VFXVeteran said:
99% is a troll statement. I can't prove a subjective opinion as wrong and I won't even engage in that. This is how the Sony crowd sees things and I'm all out of argument points.
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technically is right. even for the sake of argument if we say Forza h5, ratchet , flight sim or other few amazing looking games games doesn't make 1% of the games shrug
VFXVeteran said:
Imagine if someone said Halo Infinite and all Xbox exclusive games look better than 99% of all games.
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no one will ever say that lol
 
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Lognor

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Looks like a much better year than 2021. I think the Uncharted movie will be terrible, but otherwise a good showing.

Hopefully we get some more PC port announcements.
 
Thirty7ven

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Really hurts some people that Sony studios are seen as industry leaders by their industry peers when it comes to combining tech and art.

It also means when Sony studios start hiring, the talent shows up. It’s not different from saying that MS is seen as industry leader when it comes to services, in terms of options and value.

But hey keep hurting baby, you know who you are, just because Naughty Dog or whatever saw your CV, or heard you speak, and thought “nah, you ain’t working here”. Stay bitter.
 
SLB1904

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Spaceman292 said:
I'd definitely feel like crying if I had to read all the spew in the OP
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why you so mad op thinks ps might have one of the best year in years? isn't that a little weird?
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Let me cut this novel down. Basically Horizon, Sifu, Forspoken and a racing game. Along with a load of stuff that will get delayed and other stuff which might not even exist.
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lol
 
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ManaByte

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adamsapple said:
Do we know if MLB 21 was just a one time thing on Xbox ?

or is that officially a multi-platform franchise now ?
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MLB is the publisher of it. It's multi-plat. That's why MLB (not Sony) was the one to issue the press release announcing the game coming to other platforms. If Sony wanted to hold on to the MLB rights, they had to agree to let MLB make it multi-plat; otherwise MLB would've stripped the license and given it to someone like EA or Take 2.
 
leo-j

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Pretty crazy you have Elden ring, horizon 2, and GT7 all coming out within a month of each other. And forspoken too no? Like that’s too many AAA drops .
 
SlimySnake

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Excited for VR, but the rest? Eh. Their first party games are cross gen. Their third party PS5 only games LOOK cross gen. FF7, Ghostwire and Forspoken dont look anywhere close to what we expect from next gen games. Hell, Horizon FW looks better than them all and its cross gen.

VR could be great, but I need to see the games. Will they release a VR headset without next gen VR games like they did with the PS5? Then meh.

Technically they had a pretty eventful 2021 as well. Herman Hurst announced not but three partnerships with Ex-Treyarch devs, Ex-Bungie devs, and Jade Raymond's new studio. Jimbo bought Bluepoint, Nixxes, Housemarquee and a couple of other studios. They had two exclusives nominated for GOTY at the VGA. And yet, despite all that year, the year was a big disappointment.

I also dont see them attending E3 again. They have skipped it three years in a row now. To me, you cant just not show up at the biggest event. Their state of plays fucking sucked last year. Just do one big show at E3 FFS. E3 2015 was their big coming out party. It was held 1.5 years after the PS4 launched. It set the bar for the remaining generation. We knew their vision and they can do that again, but they have to show up.
 
The Shepard

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FF16 will definitely be next year. It got delayed from this year, will get a release date announcement by the summer and be out towards the end of 22.

The PS5 has got a much better year than it did in 2021 because most it's best and potentially GOTY games got delayed. Horizon, gran turismo and god of war will be huge! And was also all announced for 2021 like ff16, then delayed.
 
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