This generation of consoles saw something a little different with the release of the PS4 Pro and the Xbox One X. These mid-gen ‘refreshes’ weren’t just simple re-releases and redesigns of their respective consoles, but actually added addition power and support for 4K and improved HDR. Naturally, that’s made people wonder if we will see something similar with the upcoming PS5 and Xbox Series X. It’s hard to say, but one former Xbox Executive thinks it’s doubtful.
Former Deviation Games developers have formed a new studio at Sony Interactive Entertainment in order to work on a brand new PlayStation IP.
Well that's an awesome and very surprising turnaround. Cheers to the new studio and what they'll build!
That's..... confusing, so shut down but just reformed and same employer 🤔 sounds like pretty much what happened to Japan Studio basically just being rebranded as Asobi
It is odd one I don't know how business deals work or the law of that kind of stuff. But is it possible Sony reached out and said hey we want you apart of Sony but don't want to purchase you for what ever reason. How about use disband and we will open a studio and hire you guys type of thing. Is that even possible?
I guess the deviation team fell apart and didn't deliver good progress on what they pitched (they overhyped themselves when the team was announced)so Sony shut them down. They regrouped with a new team and a new pitch so Sony is giving them another shot.
And this time they are keeping it quiet to keep pressure down on the team. So people aren't asking everyday what deviation(or whatever the new team is called) is doing.
Edit: Also Sony never owned them. They just ended their partnership with them. Deviation decided to close on their own.
Good point. You know, i was thinking of Days Gone too. They pitch an idea to Sony for Days Gone 2 but Sony didnt like it do they scrapped the whole thing. Maybe if a good pitch came by...they'd reconsider it.
To be fair, Sony didn't shut them down. Devation was independent. Sony pulled funding on the project they were working on. As a result, they couldn't run so Devation decided to close on their own.
Good for them that they were able to work it out. Hopefully they're developing something interesting.
I think Sony is thinking long term as a replacement for Call of Duty M$ edition.
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I would still like the option for a more powerful mid gen console.
The only time this was needed was with the PS3, the console worked and played terrible bad, Sony should have reinvented the console with a PS3 pro back in the day.
Doesnt matter if its necessary or not. Its a great marketing/sales tactic. Cash grab.
Not unless there is a compelling reason other than more power, then they won't make mid gen updates. They won't be able to push 8k as that's too soon,the only reason I see if they could do one is due to FPS. However, FPS is already hard to sell, as graphics can be seen and FPS can't.