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You're getting both. The likes of Ghost of Yotei and The Last of Us aren't going away, but projects like Astro Bot or Marvel Tōkon getting a spotlight like this is just a net positive for PlayStation Studios' lineup.I want both.
You're getting both. The likes of Ghost of Yotei and The Last of Us aren't going away, but projects like Astro Bot or Marvel Tōkon getting a spotlight like this is just a net positive for PlayStation Studios' lineup.I want both.
20 years ago you would need a PS2 to play all these awesome games. Nowadays it doesn't matter where you are. A good thing but also sad.The event was hard carried by third party studios and the majority of the games showcased were cross platform.
You should add a "both" to the poll I think. I'm all for the Japanese games that are coming. Loved Pragmata, Suda51s new game, this MvC spiritual successor by Arc and want the blockbusters like Ghost of Yotei, Intergalactic, DS2 too. I'm happy with what's planned to come overall. Theif VR and what looks like essentially Journey 2 was a nice surprise as well.You're getting both. The likes of Ghost of Yotei and The Last of Us aren't going away, but projects like Astro Bot or Marvel Tōkon getting a spotlight like this is just a net positive for PlayStation Studios' lineup.
A Wolverine or Saros gameplay or a new GOW teaser at the end could have made it a 9 or a 10 for me. Maybe Sony tried but the developers are not ready. I rate this as 8/10.I loathe Marvel and don't care about technical fighting games.
That said, I thought this was Sony's best State of Play in ages. I usually fast-forward through these, but I think I only skipped the Digimon game, the PS+ sizzle reel, and the long Arc System Works developer segment at the end. I'm hugely hyped for Lumines Arise and Romeo is a Deadman. Plus, First Light looks promising, the new game from the Journey devs is gorgeous, and a lot of the AA and indie titles seem authentically interesting.
I know a lot of people are griping about the show, but I'm usually pretty down on Sony and I thought it was legitimately great. Would have been an A if it closed a little stronger.
The SoP was great, one the of best if not the best I can recall in recent years. But I understand how easy it is to walk away disappointed if you watch these events primarily for Sony's first party games. The event was hard carried by third party studios and the majority of the games showcased were cross platform.
Yes, but having the middle option is not as fun.You should add a "both" to the poll I think. I'm all for the Japanese games that are coming. Loved Pragmata, Suda51s new game, this MvC spiritual successor by Arc and want the blockbusters like Ghost of Yotei, Intergalactic, DS2 too. I'm happy with what's planned to come overall. Theif VR and what looks like essentially Journey 2 was a nice surprise as well.
This.
Feels like western AAA is in for a rough ride the next few years and this will shed a lot of casuals. It'll be up to based Nippon developers to carry the industry.
Booth babesJapanese games = weeb
Western games = shitty and woke
SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS REALLY WANT
Well I don't know if I'd say that is sad, accessibility is great for the industry, its thriving right now currently.20 years ago you would need a PS2 to play all these awesome games. Nowadays it doesn't matter where you are. A good thing but also sad.
I would avoid/ignore gaf reactions to Nintendo Directs, State of Play, Xbox Games Showcase.
A Wolverine or Saros gameplay or a new GOW teaser at the end could have made it a 9 or a 10 for me. Maybe Sony tried but the developers are not ready. I rate this as 8/10.
I am nostalgic for those days. You had a reason to own everything.Well I don't know if I'd say that is sad, accessibility is great for the industry, its thriving right now currently.
I'd say maybe its more like nostalgia as I think fondly of those times too, but I'm also aware of how limited and archaic those times where too.
So...this is a good thing. The more that play, the more we can keep getting sequels to games we love.
I should have said "gafs immediate reactions"Why?
Japanese games = weeb
Western games = shitty and woke
SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS REALLY WANT
Same. I do like that back then, you could own like several devices for several different reasons lolI am nostalgic for those days. You had a reason to own everything.
I should have said "gafs immediate reactions"
And it's because it's a mix of people with different expectations reacting in the moment, often times emotionally about what they saw/didn't see. It's why we get questions like this about what "we all" wanted. This places isn't as monolithic as it sometimes seems. For everyone excited about a new Suda51 game, there's another upset that's we're not getting any updates from Naughty Dog. For everyone excited about Ghost of Yotei, there's someone pissed off at Sony that Jin Sakai is not in the sequel.
I've found it's best to wait a few days and then get people's reactions in individual game threads.
I thought it was rather tame compared to some of the stuff that gets posted around here. "Orchestrated attack", anyone?OP please post your hot take in a less bitchy and butthurt tone next time.
first off, any turn-based combat games of any kind suck. so forget that crap from Japan.
I want Bloodborne and Socom games so couldnt disagree more!
That was always the case though. Japan Studio's output was partnering with 3rd parties at the last few years anyway.The problem is that this isn't Japan Studio, Sony is forced to rely more on 3rd party games because their first party under Ryan and then Hulst's mismanagement have become a smoking crater.
I guess you could argue it doesn't really matter, the game is the game in the end, but I think people do want awesome first party games paired with strong 3rd party Japanese support.
The SoP was great, but these aren't really playstation games, they're not first-party, which is what I believe people ask for when talking about playstation.
Sonyfans want more of this variety from their studios, is what I believe anyway.
I fully agree, I just watch these showcases to see the games I want. I guess only Nintendo will truly be full on exclusive with their stuff and even their shows have some 3rd party stuff.I think the distinction between first and third party is going to basically go away in a few years.
Sony putting their games on PC. Xbox dying as a console plus putting their games on PlayStation. Soon we will just judge the quality of the shows for what they are instead of what proportion of the games are coming from the platform holder.
It's why I always think Xbox does a good yearly showcase even if most of the stuff is multiplatform. People just want to see quality and not slop and they have a good eye for quality.
That distinction is already gone to lots of people here, they already don't understand the difference and look back fondly on PS2 and complain about current 1st party output all while ignoring the games they look fondly on weren't 1st party.I think the distinction between first and third party is going to basically go away in a few years.
Sony putting their games on PC. Xbox dying as a console plus putting their games on PlayStation. Soon we will just judge the quality of the shows for what they are instead of what proportion of the games are coming from the platform holder.
It's why I always think Xbox does a good yearly showcase even if most of the stuff is multiplatform. People just want to see quality and not slop and they have a good eye for quality.
So Romeo is A Deadman, Pragmata and Nioh 3 don't count as "stylish Japanese games"?I want stylish Japanese games. This on the other hand is more cape shit.
I'm just wondering when they will finally stop asking 'why isn't the State of Play mostly full of Sony games?'People here already don't understand the difference, they look back fondly on PS2 and complain about current 1st party output all while ignoring the games they look fondly on weren't 1st party.
Don't even think about mentioning 2nd party, that will blow minds.
I fully agree, I just watch these showcases to see the games I want. I guess only Nintendo will truly be full on exclusive with their stuff and even their shows have some 3rd party stuff.
I just think when people whine about playstation, they're talking about their studios output and so on, not really about third-party stuff.
People here already don't understand the difference, they look back fondly on PS2 and complain about current 1st party output all while ignoring the games they look fondly on weren't 1st party.
Don't even think about mentioning 2nd party, that will blow minds.
That's right. 3rd party does exist and even worse is they pretend 3rd party partnerships that bring unique games only on their console don't exist.At the end of the day it shouldn't really matter to people where the games come from. As long as we have a steady stream of bangers then it's really irrelevant if they have a Sony logo on the box.
I often read people complaining about the PS5 being a terrible generation and yet they act like third party just... doesn't exist. Probably because you can get those games elsewhere so they stop counting them. But that's always struck me as silly because typically people will go with one platform and that's where they build their library. Or else there will be some kind of segregation of the types of games they play eg. they mainly game on PS5 but also keep a lightweight PC around for stuff like Counter-Strike 2 and WoW.
And if people are mainly on PC and are really struggling to weigh up first-party reasons for a console's existence then just stick to PC and don't buy the console lmao.
Remember when the ""death"" of Japan Studio in 2021 meant that SIE was distancing itself from Japanese productions and going all on big cinematic blockbusters? Remember how this was supposed to signal the death of the quirky, stylish side of SIE? No more genres outside of gritty, AAA third-party action adventure games developed in the West, remember?
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Then, four years later, SIE decides to close its summer State of Play event with a super stylish tag team fighting game developed by Japanese developer Arc System Works (of Dragon Ball FighterZ and Guilty Gear fame), and produced by the PlayStation Studios XDEV unit of the Japanese SIE HQs.
Yet, this is somehow a bad thing reading tons of reactions everywhere. Why? Isn't this kind of stuff exactly what we wanted SIE to focus on? Why are we suddenly going mad over SIE not focusing on its big blockbusters just for a little bit?
To be fair these are almost non-existent nowadays and that's a good thing.that bring unique games only on their console don't exist.
We just had tons last year.To be fair these are almost non-existent nowadays and that's a good thing.
Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't all of these third-party? How is it Sony focusing.