Sony are bringing ten "very different" games to PS4 this year

"When you just look at the big triple-A blockbuster titles, yes, we don't have many, but we are actually planning about ten games to release this year from now till the end of December," Yoshida-san told Gamereactor when we talked to him at E3.

"And many games are very, very creative and charming, games like Everybody's Gone to the Rapture or The Tomorrow Children or Until Dawn. Many, many interesting titles that are very different from any other big titles. So I think we are offering great variety of experiences for people who have PS4, and as you saw in the conference there are lots of big third-party titles coming out this Christmas."

[Relientk77]

And we got JRPGs: Persona 5 and Tales of Zestiria

[freshslicepizza]

"When you just look at the big triple-A blockbuster titles, yes, we don't have many, but we are actually planning about ten games to release this year from now till the end of December,"

does anyone know the full list?

Uncharted Collection
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
The Tomorrow Children ( he confirmed it for this year)
Until Dawn

[uth11]

Tearaway Unfolded
God of War III Remasted

Shadow of the Beast?
No Man's Sky?

[BitbyDeath]

Aliennation and Fat Princess Adventures might be the other two.

[pedrof93]

Street Fighter V ?

[FarEastOrient]

Heavy Rain
Beyond Two Souls

Is also coming for those that didn't get them on PS3

[kraenk12]

Rime
Firewatch
The Witness

[3-4-5]

* Needs to be said, but Persona 5 & Tales of games aren't going to appeal to all jrpg fans, just some of them.

They are somewhat of an acquired taste, as is any RPG series, but yea it's not like either of those are Dragon Quest of Final Fantasy or something.

[styferion]

Not really, Persona series is becoming bigger by the day, the fact that it spawns 2 ports, spin-off games, animes, movies shows it has huge following.

Not to mention because of the long wait (7 long years, damnit) and this holiday lack of first-party exclusives Sony will surely put it among the highlights of their holiday offering. It will get even more significant popularity boost, kinda like how the niche game Bloodborne is being played by mainstream gamers.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

I love Takes but Persona is too wierd for me.

[Sly-Lupin]

Uh... where have you been the last decade or so? Formerly niche JRPG series like Tales Of and Persona have become mainstream. Partly due to the increasing impotency and irrelevancy of former staples like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, and partly due to the rise of the even MORE niche Otaku games (like everything Idea Factory craps out).

[Spotie]

No game in any genre appeals to ALL fans of that genre. I can't believe you'd say anything so stupid with a straight face.

Do all fps fans love Call of Duty? Do all TPS fans love Gears? Do all racing game fans love Need for Speed?

No game appeals to everybody that enjoys a specific genre, not one. But if you have multiple games in that genre that appeal to people who have different tastes, guess who'll want your console?

Good lord, it baffles me how some of you people think.

[remixx116]

And why does it need to be said?........why do you care?? Mass appeal does not translate to quality, have you ever played tales of xilia or persona 4 golden....they are definite quality.

Also I hate when people cry "its niche so it doesn't have mass appeal".....its like the worst argument ever....as if being niche and having your own style and flow which separates you from others around you is a bad thing.

[3-4-5]

I didn't mean they are bad, I just mean they are a bit unique and won't appeal to as much of the mainstream as some of you think.

They will still most likely be good quality RPG's though, but not everyone is into that style.

* I'd love to see the art style of tales, but with a more realistic setting and story.

[Letthewookiewin]

That's why I love Sony so much. I'm not putting down the X1 but Sony really has the most incredible library of games second to PC.

[Mikefizzled]

To be fair Sony have nothing to do with them being exclusive. The article is specifically about games Sony have a hand in.

[abradley]

True but generally when it comes to RPG's, Sony are the king of the consoles nowadays. They understand that genre well and makes games accordingly to the system. The Japanese love the system so we often get their great games too.

[oasdada]

YUP. i for one have no problem with the lineup. If only Tomorrows children comes out this year then its a cherry on top! currently Quite busy with Batman and then J Star victory!!

[SmokingMonkey]

Oh Man The Tomorrow Children looks so excellent!

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Most people don't even understand what Dreams is.

Think LBP in God mode.

[nicksetzer1]

Wow, that game does look awesome, hadn't even had it on my radar before now. (I knew about it, just hadn't seen enough) Really hoping to see more of RIME or wild soon too. Been sooo long since we have heard anything on RIME, but it looks soo good.

As for dream, I think people get it, just some like it, some don't. They give the impression that it is more of an art/animation tool than a game. There isn't really an ability to "play" anything from what I could tell, maybe I understood wrong though, and an animation tool doesn't really interest me.

If they do allow you to assign controls and and controls for objects, that could be pretty cool.

[SmokingMonkey]

I Imagine Dreams will be anything goes.

Check out the little bubbles at the end of the Dreams E3 trailer.

There is one with a green tank from 3rd person view, I am pretty sure you will be able to literally create anything you want. Animation to Games...anything.

http://www.rocketchainsaw.c...

I would be upset if it was just a Animation/video maker, Being MediaMolecule, I belive this game will be LBP X 10

[strickers]

On Twitter, Rime guys said they'd finished crunch time. Didn't answer any of us asking if release was imminent then.

[rainslacker]

I think too little is known about Dreams to really make an informed decision. Sure we can make any kind of world, but until something is said about how one can make game play scenarios, it makes it hard to be too into it unless you are really the artistic type.

On top of that, sculpting isn't quite as easy as using pre-formed assets which you can just throw together. The demo makes it look easy, as anyone with sculpting talent could do, but the reality is that it does require a lot of practice and training, so I wonder how much, "assistance" the program gives to allow all users to make the kinds of models we saw at the reveal. I know how to sculpt 3D models, but I suck at it because I lack any real artistic talent.

If the game is just a dream simulator, with a sculpting interface, it can really limit the appeal of the game. I could get into LBP creation because I could use their stuff to create levels, and since I understand game play concepts it worked for me. Basically it was like how I made other games with an artist who made the assets...so it just works.

So for now, just waiting to see more.

[MrDead]

If you check out this vid at 1:52 https://www.youtube.com/wat... there is a lady talking about Dreams who has played the game, she thinks it could incredibly disruptive to the 3D animation world and could revolutionise a lot of things..... all I know is that I really want to get my hands on this game.

[MasterCornholio]

Mediamolecule is a studio that oozes with innovation. I expect dreams to impact this industry just like LBP did.

[rainslacker]

That's cool and all, but it's still supposed to be a game.

Unless Sony is marketing it as a creation tool and not a game.

It's an interesting concept, but 3D modeling, particularly sculpting, requires talent and knowledge to get it to look right.

I just want to know what kind of game play scenarios can be set up with it, and if it will allow us to use other people's creations to create those scenarios....because for people like me, I lack the talent to sculpt, and only do a little better with 3D models in general.

[uth11]

I didn't understand why they focused on 'dreams' when it looked like an animation studio. Then I heard it might get Morpheus support and it dawned on me-- with VR it could be like living in a lucid dream.

[MasterCornholio]

Dreams with VR.

Now that's called day dreaming.

:)

I really want to see more.

[Xavior_Reigns]

Dreams is like a dream simulator. I really want to see more of that one cause my imagination is kicking.

[MasterCornholio]

I wonder if you can invade other peoples dreams to give them nightmares

[Xavior_Reigns]

@ MasterCornholio

That would be insane! I love the idea already lol. If you or anyone with twitter should ask MM (if they have a twitter account?) about it and see what they say.

[ninsigma]

The thing I love about Sony first party is how diverse the games are. Not everything is for everyone (like dreams for me, looks interesting but not my thing), but there is definitely something for everyone!
It's a shame ratchet and clank remake was pushed back, I was looking forward to that.

[abradley]

There's always the HD collection on PS3 & Vita. Loving it at the moment, so many good memories and the game holds up very well to todays standards.

[ninsigma]

Never played the collection but I did play the original on the ps2 ( until my save corrupted right at the end so I never finished it). The thing that bugged me though was the controls. I loved the game but the input just wrecked my head.

[abradley]

The HD collection which I believe is on offer at the mo for like, £8 for all three games has fixed the controls somewhat. Still a little clunky but i've gotten used to it pretty quick.

[Cy]

Both companies seem to have pretty diverse line ups, which is awesome.

[deadpoolio316]

The difference is though that Sony has always has a more diverse lineup that gets steadily released over the course of the year...

MS on the other hand has to purchase timed exclusivity from 3rd parties so they dont have to lose the brah crowd by releasing anything other than Halo, Gears, Forza, Fable, Halo, Gears, Forza, Fable....They apparently haven't heard of variety before or not crapping every game out at the end of the year to try to get the holiday only sales...They haven't released a 1st party game since Halo MCC last November

[GamerGT]

As good as my 6 year old is with Minerals I can see him doing some crazy stuff with his imagination. If I get it i will spend a couple hours on it each time before resuming a game to slowly make a project. Imagine if you can Dream up your own game.

[WizzroSupreme]

Does that mean mostly 3rd party games?

[Spotie]

Well, we know who didn't even get through the first paragraph of the article.

"Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida believes that the platform holder is making "creative and charming" games that compliment the more conservative titles coming from third-party publishers this year and beyond."

[Rookie_Monster]

It is a cool list with diversity and such and I commend Sony for doing it. But it is still missing that headliner game for the all important holiday shopping season to totally make the impact that Sony is hoping for.

Tbh, Out if those 10 games, I really don't see myself getting any of them as there are already too many other bigger AAA games That I need to get first. But I do applaud Sony to at least make them available on their system.

Also glad to hear Yoshida that their first party studios are working hard making AAA games for 2016 and beyond and Horizon and Uncharted 4 are just the tip of the iceberg into the PS4 life cycle. 2016 looks like the year Sony will finally kill it with AAA games. Can't wait!

[SmokingMonkey]

The 360 thrived pushing mostly 3rd party games in the holidays for years! (not to mention indies)

COD
Madden
etc.

My how the turn tables...have turned.....

[SniperControl]

The headliner title games for Sony will be Star Wars Battlefront and COD, those games are going to ship a hell of alot of PS4's over Christmas.

@rookie below

Didnt say jack about exclusives, just said those two games will sell alot of PS4's over Christmas, because apparently the PS4 has no games over Christmas.

[Rookie_Monster]

What? When did COD and Battlefront became PS4 exclusives? And I thought most PS gamers don't like dude bro shooters?

@SniperControl Above

"bDidnt say jack about exclusives, just said those two games will sell alot of PS4's over Christmas, because apparently the PS4 has no games over Christmas."

And I never once said PS4 has no games, of course third party games will be there, but I am just talking about a big budget Sony publish AAA headlining game like that separate its console from another. Those will come in 2016, just not this year and even Yoshida admitted in this interview.

[OB1Biker]

@Rookie_Monster
'game like that separate its console from another. Those will come in 2016, just not this year '
Looks like your one of those who think this year means the last 3 months of the year..

Bloodborne is the big one PS4 gamers got early in the year and didnt have to wait for this 'all important holiday shopping season' you find so important while its mainly important for sales rather than gamers.

[kraenk12]

don't forget Metal Gear V.

[Spotie]

I could remark on your clear bias being the reason why little to nothing on PS4 appeals to you, but that's as obvious as the sky is blue.

Instead, I'll ask you why you think the PS4 needs a "headliner" for the holidays when Sony hasn't traditionally needed one before now. You act as if Sony is at a disadvantage by not having something they haven't traditionally relied upon in the first place. After all, they're not Microsoft, to need one or two big titles to carry them.

Seriously, though, you should stop pretending to actually care anything about Sony.

[Ipunchbabiesforfun]

Clear bias? He has a clear bias because he thinks none of those games look interesting? Well here's a second opinion, neither do I. I'll continue to play MK X, Far Cry 4, Killzone, Infamous 2nd son, possibly get the Uncharted collection because i want the beta and star wars. Outside of that I don't see myself personally buying much. It isn't a bias that others have a different opinion, Im not into the arcade games, I don't like japanese games, I don't like Fallout and I don't see myself getting Street Fighter.

I also tried the Order and while fun was kind of boring, I know Bloodborne would absolutely bore me. I like DMC, but it just seems so much slower, If I can ever snag it at a red box I'll try it though. I don't buy many games, I really only buy the big games, I'm not interested in many others.

[maniacmayhem]

Clear bias!? Coming from the guy who just spent the last couple of weeks downplaying BC every chance he got?

How about you ask yourself why Sony doesn't have the need to release any big titles during some of the most important months of the year. When a lot of families are shopping for their children and almost everyone is off work and on vacation.

@Ipunch

What you have to understand is that if you don't like anything Sony or even one thing from Sony your biased and hate all things Sony. Spotie, Hicken's second account will accuse you of not liking Sony and tell you to stay out of all sony related articles.

[magiciandude]

@Hicken

"I could remark on your clear bias being the reason why little to nothing on PS4 appeals to you, but that's as obvious as the sky is blue."

Same can be said about you and your bias with MS. Just read your comment history. Page 1 is enough.

"You act as if Sony is at a disadvantage by not having something they haven't traditionally relied upon in the first place. After all, they're not Microsoft, to need one or two big titles to carry them."

Except they are essentially the same as MS: relying on paid online subscriptions, Call of Duty and timed exclusive DLC for CoD, and money hatting publishers to keep games from being published on competitors. More now than ever, Sony is repeating the notorious (or rather previously notorious) practices that MS got hammered on the entire last generation from your kind.

Seriously, though, you should stop pretending to actually care anything about MS.

[rainslacker]

Each person has their own likes and dislikes, so whether they consider those games important enough to buy this holiday, possibly with a PS4 purchase as well, is really up to them.

The thing about having a varied lineup is that it actually appeals to a wide range of people, as opposed to having a "headliner" game which would appeal to a fairly specific, yet large group.

However, this holiday, Sony's "headliners" are probably going to be COD, SW:BF, and possibly UC:NDC. From MS it will be Halo 5, Forza, and TR(maybe). Out of MS variety, I would probably get TR, and maybe Forza if I were willing to invest in a wheel setup for it(which I'm not), so that leaves TR. From Sony, I'm getting UC:NDC, DQ:H, Fallout 4, and Persona 4 if you want to throw it into the holiday foray. I also have quite a few pre-orders between now and before the holidays for the PS4. Sure not everything is exclusive, but why does that matter? If the games are available this holiday on the system, it means that they are going to drive sales.

[TheColbertinator]

@Rookie_Monster

You're fortunate to look forward to so many games this year. Apart from Fallout 4 and Persona 5, the rest of the holiday lineup bores me to death

[OB1Biker]

Until Dawn, MGS, Mad Max, Fallout 4, Battlefront, Just Cause ..etc.

[FallenAngel1984]

Sony's diminished output of AAA first party exclusives seem to be the result of them closing down so many studios last gen. At least the ones they still have can put out worthwhile experiences.

[strickers]

Then you haven't been paying attention.
They closed some teams, but Naughty Dog and Guerilla transitioned to 2 team studios. Full, big, AAA teams. So Horizon has a team (the original Killzone Team) and Killzone has the new team now.
Sony still have a lot of first/ second party to show, and teams like Sucker Punch are well into game 2.
They have by far the most devs of platform holders

[FallenAngel1984]

That's why I said the ones they still have can continue to put out worthwhile experiences

[Spotie]

But your assertion that the lack of first party titles being due to closed studios falls flat, since they effectively replaced what they closed.

[FallenAngel1984]

That's because their first party output has diminished since the same point in time in PS3's lifespan. They even had first party devs working a lot on the PSP unlike now where they all buy abandoned Vita.

[rainslacker]

And yet, Sony still has more studios, and more dev teams within those studios than MS does. Heck, Sony has a whole publishing house in Japan made up of 3-6 teams. And what's funny is is that we still don't know what most of them are working on. At most we know what I think 5 of the 13 are working on at the moment. But we don't know what some of the 2nd teams of 3 of their studios are working on(MM, Guerilla, and ND). The most Sony has said about some of it is that some of them are working on Morpheus titles, but all of them are said to be working on PS4 titles, with a couple teams at Sony Japan Studios working on a couple Vita titles. I honestly believe Sony's 2016 is going to be jam packed with first party titles, because so many studios are long overdue on releasing a game.

On the flip side, we know what the majority of MS game studios that work on Xbox games are making at the moment. MS has blown it's load and released all but two studios projects in announcements. When all those games finally get released next year, MS is not going to have anything else form those studios for another 2-3 years, which is going to leave a very barren 2017 and probably a pretty decent 2018 holiday/early 2019. I'm sure come 2017 comes, we'll be seeing how it's not fair to pick on MS for how few games they are releasing, and MS will likely be buying up some timed exclusives to make them look like they're still releasing a lot of games.

If you think I'm wrong, then please, list the studios that we don't know about that could possibly get more than 2-3 games out before 2017 after they release their 2015-2016 games. I want facts from anyone who is going to disagree.

[StrayaKNT]

Truth is, Microsoft can just do what they're doing with recore. They own the ip but get well known developers to develop the game. I'm sure rare have another team with an unannounced game so does lionhead, twisted pixal, press play, playground games. But even if they do all get released I'm sure Microsoft will Just do what they're doing with recore. Which isn't bad imo. Plus I'm sure they are thinking ahead and starting new projects right now as we speak, using their own studios or second party studios. We won't reslly know what they're getting up to but I'm sure they won't have an empty 2017 because so far every year Is getting better and better for them.
I hope Street fighter gets released this year with a demo I can try out first.

Ps Im not the one who disagreed with you. I'm here trying to be reasonable.

[rainslacker]

I agree, MS can do that. Wasn't saying they couldn't, and they likely will. I also don't take issue with them funding independent studios to do such things for console exclusivity.

But Fallen implied that Sony had diminished output of AAA games due to Sony selling off studios. I simply set the facts straight that we don't know what most of Sony's studios are working on. They do seem to be taking their sweet time about announcing and releasing games however. I'd guess more than a few are working on Morpheus titles which just can be revealed yet.

It doesn't change the fact that if people want to talk about 1st party exclusives developed in house, that MS is going to come up short by the time 2017 rolls around. Since that is the major crux of most arguments for this holiday, I felt it pertinent to bring up. That means that MS is either going to rely on outside development for exclusives, or announce their new projects by their current studios 1-2 years in advance...which is basically what a lot of the criticism directed towards Sony is about right now.

MS may be thinking ahead towards other projects, but realistically, they can't start the production of those projects until their studios finish their current projects. This year, two of their studios will release a game, and can move onto the next for release in 2017...depending on the game. Next year, 3 of their studios can move on for release in 2018. One of their studios works on KI, and the other two Xbox studios have yet to announce, so it's likely they will be the 2017 releases, along with something related to Forza from one of Turn 10's teams. Not sure how the Fable Legends will play out since I don't know it's structure to know if it's a long term thing in the vein of destiny where they have to keep creating new content.

[Omarja85]

These games along with a few multiplatform titles should keep me entertained for the rest of the year, Good times ahead for PS4 owners.

[VJGenova]

With my backlog the way it's been, I could buy no new games and be ok through 2017. That said, I always want more! Definitely a good time to be a gamer!

[Germany7]

Tearaway, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, The Tomorrow Children, Until Dawn, Uncharted Collection and Persona 5, can't wait for all of them.

[Number_9]

To each his own and all platforms seem to be serving their respective bases well.

[TeamLeaptrade]

Sony has a lot on their plate and I'm really psyched to play every game that comes out for the PS4.

[About30Ninjas]

The PS4 is still the best console to own this generation if you not impress with the 1st party games coming out this year 3rd party got your back

[Kalebninja]

Well i think its particularly close this gen, both parties seem to be cranking games out and even though Nintendo's been slacking this gen there first year and a half was pretty stellar as well. It's a good generation thus far.

[InTheZoneAC]

Third day in a row with an article using "are" instead of "is", keep it up guys

[Ridiick]

I appreciate to have different games, I know what to expect form third parties I want surprises or excepcional quality from Sony

[mark_parch]

I think only ps4 game I will pick up this year is tomorrow children looks amazing

[Mr_Luke]

Bah, i would buy all of them (well, most of them)... if only i was rich ;(

[IamTylerDurden1]

Shu is entirely correct, as always. Ppl dismiss the vast compendium of games coming to PS4 this year bc they generally are not big name franchises.

The offering of potential 2015 Sony/console/PS4 exclusives is quite interesting and intriguing.

The Tomorrow Children - fall

God of War 3 Remastered PS4 - july 14

Everbody's Gone to the Rapture - august 18

Until Dawn - august 25

The Witness - Summer/fall

Tearaway Unfolded - september 8

Soma - september 22

The Nathan Drake Collection - october 9

Dragon Quest Heroes - october 13

Tales of Zesteria - october 20

Persona 5 - holiday 2015

Dungeon Defenders 2 - fall 2015, Killing Floor 2 - 2015, Killstrain, Drawn2Death

Volume -august 18, Fat Princess Adventures -august?, Broforce, Salt & Sanctuary, The Forest?, NO MAN'S SKY?, Rime?

I know i'm missing some but as you can see that is not a bad list imo. Shu is right, with so many huge 3rd party holiday releases like Battlefront, AC Syndicate , and Black Ops 3 there will be plenty of gaming flavor on PS4 in 2015. Or u could play fps after fps with gears hd, halo, Battlefront and cod on your xbone and get a truly original gaming experience...Cod and Battlefront will satisfy my fps desires plenty this fall, especially if Killing Floor 2 comes out. I personally think The Tomorrow Children is something special, a next gen minecraft but better and with gorgeous visuals. GoW, Uncharted, Persona, Soma, Tearaway, and Until Dawn are all AAA-ish titles, Rapture has AAA visuals. I love what PS4 is bringing this yr especially considering The Order & Bloodborne already released. Also, Alienation from HouseMarquee aka the Resogun/Deadnation guys.

[DillyDilly]

Quality over quantity. Not all games will be hits as well

[dreamfix19]

I like how Sony has something new to bring to the table.