Forbes -- Sony is all but assured of announcing its new PlayStation 4 console tonight at a big press event in New York City. Video game analyst PJ McNealy, founder of Digital World Research, will be in attendance at the big unveiling. With rumors of new exclusive games from Quantic Dream (Singularity), Konami (Metal Gear Solid 5), Square Enix and other powerhouses in gaming, exclusives will play a big role in getting consumers to fork over money for a new console – especially if PS4 goes head-to-head against the new Xbox this Christmas as many expect.
Yuji Naka was fined $1.2 million and given a suspended jail sentence for the crime.
I find his comments around how Balan turned out to be very insightful as to why the game is trash. He basically apologises for its existence
The top producer of Square Enix flagship Dragon Quest franchise is stepping down from the role, following delays in developing the next installment of the popular series.
Please o please don't turn dragon quest into final fantasy square enix we dont wont that. Dragon quest works well just as it I. Plus you'll piss off Japanese fans to.
Sony has recruited Bungie's head of revenue Jaremy Rich to head up its live-service gaming division, Rich has announced on social media.
Please do not put Destiny’s monetization into Sony’s first party games. The monetization is what’s driving players away from Destiny.
I mean, this person made some pretty bad decisions at Bungie. I hope they've learned from them because I definitely don't see those type of ideas as good for PlaySation in general.
Ps5 gamers in 2023 seemed to play more live service types of games, so regardless to how people feel about them, numbers don’t lie and Sony is going where the money is. I mean look at the excitement around Helldivers2, people are showing that they want live service games.
How do you kill a franchise that already been killed?
Destiny’s grind, cash-in-on-playbass-cha-Ching, and pop-culture-insertion mainstream-me-too bs totally killed any rep Bungie had. Sony/Bungie, if you are doing this to ward-off players, it’s already working.
I'd love to see a Killzone and Uncharted game demo tonight on PS4.
The guy making this quote seems to think that exclusives are just DLC content. In this regard it's hard to say if Sony needs to "Step it Up". If that's what is making MS so successful then it's a pretty thin argument.
Sony has always had a strong 1st party line up, and despite the guys assertion that it's success is only LBP or Uncharted, the truth is Sony has a wide range of 1st party exclusives that appeal to a broad range of people. Most sell pretty well, but people discount them because they aren't selling in excess of 10-20 million copies like some of the 3rd party multi-plats do(COD).
Their 2nd party has definitely seen a shift this gen, but there are still plenty of 3rd party exclusives on the PS3, mostly from Japan though.
Quite honestly I could care less about who gets DLC first. I'd rather the money spent on 1st dibs of that be spent on a new IP, or and existing franchise that fans already love. It's what Sony has always done, and is one of the biggest things that sets them apart from the competition.
In terms of exclusive IP's no one can match Sony's portfolio.
Sony's been creating new ip's since the PS1 days that up to now dwarf's the competition.
Even in the PS1 they have colony wars, Mid-evil, ape escape, Syphon Filter etc etc and this not including all the ip's they have from the PS2 and PS3 era.
The problem is they just need to market them properly.
They need some aggressive advertising, a complete 180 from what they have been doing.