1Up: VP Scott Rohde discusses the FFXIII shocker, Sony's product strategy, and more.
Whether you thought its press conference was the best of the bunch or were bored to tears by it, you'd be hard-pressed to deny that E3 week has been big for Sony in several ways. Among announcing a handful of new titles, showcasing several eagerly awaited ones, and losing one of their biggest third-party exclusives, the list of upcoming game releases for Sony is more important than ever. I had a chance to speak to Sony Vice President of Product Development Scott Rohde about the company's E3 showing alongside Sony PR manager Ron Eagle on Wednesday afternoon.
Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.
As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.
And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.
Eventually they’ll realize the value is with the employee not the company. Buying an IP means nothing if the people who contributed are let go. They’ll get it one day.
tech is different because they buy threats and then kill them. Twitter bought Vine and did nothing with it. Despite people seemingly liking it. Could've had tiktok a decade before bytedance. go figure.
They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -
Gary Green said: We have a juxtaposition of 2D and 3D visuals, flashy turn-based combat, quirky anime characters with cheeky dialogue with plenty of partial nudity; Yes, this is a Compile Heart JRPG. Whilst the engine is borrowed from Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2, Mugen Souls is more of a Disgaea spin-off. It’s not a strategy RPG as such, it merely sits within Disgaea’s ever-expanding universe (Multiverse? Netherverse? Your guess is as good as mine). You won’t find cameos though, since Mugen Souls is a franchise which aims to stand on its own two feet.
Sweet they got more games coming, hopefully they show that Rockstar Exclusive in not too long.
the site isn't working 4 me.
HELL YEA DAMN IT!!!!
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FFVII or MGS5 on the pipe line =D
I've been harping on this for weeks now. As someone who bought a PS3 for RPGs, the startling lack of them has been a complete disappointment.
And please don't rhyme off a list of RPGs that are coming. Let's keep the conversation on what's here, as in today. It's been 2 years for Sony and now they're telling me they don't even have an RPG in the works?! What happened to Angel Rings, did that not "fit the portfolio" like Eight Days? Exactly what sort of portfolio is Sony building nowadays? It doesn't seem to match my interests at all.
I just picked up a 360 last month and I've been playing the sh*t outta Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata (picked it up for $20, who needs a full-priced port?), Kingdom Under Fire. Hell, I even got N3 and Bulletwich for $5 a pop. I love my Japanese-centric and RPG genres. I hate MS' business tactics (buy everything), but in the end, you've gotta go where the games are.
Seems like the only thing I'm keeping my PS3 for is White Knight Story and FFXIII (I don't want a port on the 360). White Knight is pretty much exclusive, as Level 5 has a serious hate for MS since the cancellation of True Fantasy for the Xbox. Too bad for MS, as Level 5 is going to be the next Square-Enix - without all the drama and remakes.
If Sony has any business acumen at all, they'd take Level 5 under their wing as a first-party RPG house, before Level 5 becomes too expensive and independent. Another part of me doesn't really want this to happen though, as it might stifle their creativity.
Mark my words, Level 5 is the next great Eastern RPG development house.
Cheers,
- C
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