Rate the State of Play June 2025

How do you rate the State of play 06.04?

  • A

    Votes: 133 17.6%

  • B

    Votes: 228 30.2%

  • C

    Votes: 157 20.8%

  • D

    Votes: 116 15.4%

  • E

    Votes: 50 6.6%

  • F

    Votes: 71 9.4%
  • Total voters
    755
  • Poll closed .
It didn't have the HUGE surprises that people wanted but there was more than enough good things to earn an A and beyond.
This is Sony Japan leadership showcase. Much better than it has been in quite a while.
 
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Voted B, amazing second/third party stuff and feels very Japan dev focused that is always awesome but first party stuff was missing for me.
 
A for me. Pragmata release date, Nioh 3, more on Silent Hill, MGS 3 Remake and Suda's new game looks fun/interesting (Chainsaw man vibes). 007 First Light promising too despite being a cinematic trailer.

Japan showing how its done, and I'm all for it.
 
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I'd identify myself as a playstation fan...this state of play didn't really do it for me. at best for me a C, but good for you if it was your jam.

Im mostly interested in MGS delta and Ghost of Yotei, and we already knew about these games, but I do love me some Suda51 so I'll keep my eye on Romeo. Looks really good.

Nioh is going to tickle some people too but I suck at those games. I'll reserve all judgement for James Bond until the reviews come...
 
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sachos said:
Voted B, amazing second/third party stuff and feels very Japan dev focused that is always awesome but first party stuff was missing for me.
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Well we already know allot about DS2 which will be release this month and GOY will have its own show. Saros and Wolverine , and even Shift up sequel to Stellar blade and games from Studio bend and Blue point are not ready to be shown.
 
B+.

Very excited for Lumines Arise and Romeo is a Deadman. Plus, there were almost no announcements that were complete skips for me. A lot of varied, interesting concepts and none of the homogeneous AAA slop that usually account for like 60% of these presentations. The best State of Play in recent memory.
 
Might get thief vr and I'll eventually get metal gear but besides that I was really underwhelmed.

I'm not a fighting game guy so to have the last 7 minutes be about that marvel game was disappointing. I thought Sony would have a surprise or 2 especially since this is right before the super switch launch.
 
FoxMcChief said:
They should just have all their studios make their games for the PS6 and release it in 2027. Sony can skate by on third party only (especially with Xbox's help) for a few years.
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At this point pretty much anything firdt party not announced is a 27/28 game at best... so all can and probably will be ps6 crossgen games
 
Pantz said:
It didn't have the HUGE surprises that people wanted but there was more than enough good things to earn an A and beyond.
This is Sony Japan leadership showcase. Much better than it has been in quite a while.
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Its a bunch of third party games bro.. with one new pseudo-exclusive at Marvel arc game.

ZERO exclusives from their first party...

What sony japan did ?
 
D, nothing really that interesting. Was expecting Resident Evil, FFIX Remake, Half Life 3, more info on Tides of A, and some other surprises. The new Marvel fighting game is the only decent showcase here.
 
C there was nothing that was megaton. Bond was the only thing very interesting. The rest was ok. Ending with Marvel fighting game is a miss. It went long. And the developer interview at the end was way to long.

I gave them a point up for pairing a plus size woman with PlayStation plus.
 
This was a fucking strong State Of Play.

I'd give it a B.

An A to me is like big new AAA IP reveal, Resident Evil reveal, AAA Final Fantasy Reveal etc , but this wasn't a bad showing though, I think the State Of Play is like this due to Sony's new marketing style of only showing things within a year or so out, its like we know they have a boat load of teams working on games currently, they merely do not wish to keep showing stuff so early which means this State Of Play isn't like "VENOM, Sony Santa Monica NEW IP, Sony Bend NEW IP, GT8" etc

I'm sure we'll get all that shit in due time, but I also feel revealing games too early has done more harm then good and I enjoy seeing theses State Of Plays knowing that lots of what they show, is down the road type stuff imho.

I don't see that gamers really buy based on seeing something deep, deep in advance.
Senua said:
They showed nothing. The wolf had nice gums though
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It seems they want to probably have a State Of Play just for it later on or something
 
Punished Miku said:
C -, and that is me really trying to be generous.

Game of the show was Romeo is Dead. Suda has never had great gameplay but it was the best trailer, looked fresh and fun and was a good reveal. 2nd best game was Bond. Doesnt look like it reinvents the wheel but seems like a fun, polished Splinter Cell Conviction with more spectacle moments. I'm in.

Pragmata looked awful. Hope it has a better showing next time. Looks like a buy at $30 game, but its early. Hope to see more to sell me on it.

FFT was a giant wet fart. Looks like a basic port with some smoothing out. Will be good if its cheap. It won't be.

Journey 2 looks okay. Forgettable but pretty.

Anytime a PS employee spoke I wanted to put a gun to my head. You wonder why their communications suck? Those 3. Ending on a trash anime Marvel game was the biggest joke ever, besides their Ghost of Yotei BS.

Nioh 3 looks pretty safe. But it'll be good. I am literally a giant Nioh 1 and 2 fan and I felt the trailer was boring. Just going on trust it'll deliver. Demo is great.

Silent Hill f was meh to me. Might be okay on sale. Metal Gear 3 looks like it went backwards 4 generations graphically.

Thats it. None of the indie games looked great in this showing. Bloodstained 2 is a day 1 for me but it honestly looks bad. Will buy because of the 1st game.
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Do people on here who feel something like this even like games

I'm not saying everyone needs to love every single thing but what do you expect realistically?
 
I'll give it a Y.

Because Y do you even need to own a Playstation if you have a PC and a Switch 1/2.
 
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E-tier Turd Party trash.

These games look last gen, uninspired or both. Only exception imo is Tokon, and they really over-animed that.

The fact that so many OGs on Neogaf rate it highly shows how cooked gaming is. The bar is in hell.

And the meat riding for Japanese games is getting insane.
 
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diffusionx said:
Do people on here who feel something like this even like games

I'm not saying everyone needs to love every single thing but what do you expect realistically?
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I gave it a C, not an F. Which part was I supposed to change my mind about? Honestly. I was being positive about the stuff I could without lying.
 
For any fans of Japanese games here, you should be in for more future surprises as 'I had lunch with ____ and we decided to create a cool idea together' becomes more of the norm over there. Kamiya and Sakurai are to thank for this new trend.

Different publishers and devs from different game studios have been hanging out and collaborating in Japan. It's a beautiful thing to see.
 
F. The only thing I'm vaguely interested in is NiOh 3 once it comes to pc. Nothing in that presentation even remotely made me interested in anything PS.
 
I'll give it an A. I was ready to be whelmed but Sony came out swinging. Probably one of their best State Of Plays in a long time. Although if your only interested in western games, I can see why you'd be immensely butthurt about this SOP.
 
Topher said:
So this might as well been the State of PC.

Me looking at my $700 PS5 Pro

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The value of the pro just like the ps4pro mstly was on the first party catalog... sony made the ps5Pro and forgot the fucking games for it.

Its my last pro console.. thats for sure.
 
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gothmog said:
Solid B. Hopefully Sony feels the pressure with the switch 2
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lol they don't care...

I don't see that they would care about Switch 2 anymore then Switch 1. Sony broke many records during the PS4 and PS5 gen to really give a shit about what is happening else where.

They are different markets...

So Sony will continue to do what makes PS successful and Nintendo will continue to do what they do best to make Switch successful. Thats like thinking the success of the GT series should make Nintendo feel pressure or the success of Horizon or Ghost should make them feel like xyz, they are different markets. Those that like those IP own PS for a reason and those that like Nintendo systems own those systems for a reason, so Sony doesn't need a Mario Kart, Nintendo doesn't need a GT

Their respective markets buy the IP that make sense for what those individual markets care for. Like the new Call Of Duty or Battlefield coming out I'm sure will move a boat load of Playstations, but that isn't going to stop anyone from buying a Nintendo Switch that likes Mario sir.

You are talking about different things here...

flying_sq flying_sq day 1! All the Lumines games are amazing!
 
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EDMIX said:
lol they don't care...

I don't see that they would care about Switch 2 anymore then Switch 1. Sony broke many records during the PS4 and PS5 gen to really give a shit about what is happening else where.

They are different markets...

So Sony will continue to do what makes PS successful and Nintendo will continue to do what they do best to make Switch successful. Thats like thinking the success of the GT series should make Nintendo feel pressure or the success of Horizon or Ghost should make them feel like xyz, they are different markets. Those that like those IP own PS for a reason and those that like Nintendo systems own those systems for a reason, so Sony doesn't need a Mario Kart, Nintendo doesn't need a GT

Their respective markets buy the IP that make sense for what those individual markets care for. Like the new Call Of Duty or Battlefield coming out I'm sure will move a boat load of Playstations, but that isn't going to stop anyone from buying a Nintendo Switch that likes Mario sir.

You are talking about different things here...

flying_sq flying_sq day 1! All the Lumines games are amazing!
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Been loving them ever since I randomly picked the first one up for PSP on launch day
 
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Bernardougf said:
The value of the pro just like the ps4pro mstly was on the first party catalog... sony made the ps5Pro and forgot the fucking games for it.

Its my last pro console.. thats for sure.
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Yeah.....I didn't buy a PS5 Pro for their first party to produce one game a year. I very well may be playing Ghost of Yotei in 2026......on PC.
 
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