PlayStation London Studio Next Project Has "Huge Potential"

Sony’s London Studio, the devs behind VR World, Blood & Truth and more, has not announced their game in development just yet. But in a new article spotlighting the studio culture and challenges in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Head of Operations Tara Saunders commented on the London Studio’s next project.

[Ausbo]

While I’m guessing it will be a VR project, I hope it’s not. I’d like to see what this team can do on a larger project

[Bennibop]

Thought they already said it was not a VR title

[Ausbo]

Possibly. But the article doesn’t mention that

[bouzebbal]

The Getaway 3 please guys

[Lore]

Yea real confused on why Sony doesn’t take on massive projects that can compete with GTA or Final Fantasy

[excaliburps]

One can argue that The Last of Us, God of War, etc., are all on that same level of games...

[gamesftw250]

Those are well established IPs and would cost a crap ton of money to make a game like those.

[Atticus_finch]

HZD and Ghost are up there. But the truth is that no game really compares to the GTAV open world.

[Lore]

As good as God of War is, that is not a “massive” game with hundreds of hours of content

[Christopher]

"Why doesn't Sony spend over a billion dollars, take at least six years to develop, and hire over 1,000 developers to make a single game like GTA when they could make at least five award winning and enjoyable games with the same resources and time?"

[Dirtnapstor]

The Getaway needs reviving. Was a really good series. Take that ip and flesh it out to its full potential.

[DOMination-]

I read the other day that GTAV sold more copies in 2020 than in other year (other than the year it launched). That's insane and nobody is going to compete with it. The Getaway was several levels below the quality of GTA and there is no point in pursuing that IP. But I'm sure they are more capable than the SingStar crap they've made since so lets hope they are working on something fresh and interesting.

[Kilua]

Gta has got to be the most overrated franchise of all time. Gta V definitely the most overrated game

[BehindTheRows]

Um, sales wise, Uncharted, Spider-Man, Last of Us, and God of War meet and exceed Final Fantasy. GTA is an anomaly and no console manufacturer has a project on that level.

[Imalwaysright]

For any studio/publisher to be able to compete with GTA or to be more precise Rockstar, it will need to have the budgets to do so. GTA 5 cost $265 million to make, $65 million more than at the time the game that had the highest budget and it was 7th generation game. RDR2 is estimated by analysts to have cost between $370 million and $540 to make and a proper 8th gen GTA would necessarily have a more complex world wich would only result in a bigger budget. With these kinds of budgets it makes almost impossible for any other studio/publisher to compete with Rockstar games because the risk would be too high.

[generic-user-name]

Why not a larger VR project? They're practically Sony's only first party vr developer and they just announced psvr 2 is coming. They're needed for that.

[Jay767]

Sony can hire second party studios for vr games. vr is still a small market compare to normal AAA game market all Sony first party studios should be working normal ps5 games.

[SullysCigar]

Agreed. They're very skilled with VR and could make a killer PSVR2 launch game to make it an even more compelling purchase.

Can't wait for more news on the new VR!

[Jay767]

I think Sony London is working on a AAA game not a vr game the studio keep giving out hints of this.

[GamerRN]

My question is...

Doesn't EVERY game have huge potential?

[Zhipp]

Valve was able to develop a AAA VR game, i don't really see why Sony couldn't. The platform will never be taken seriously until more studios work on full fledged experiences like Half Life: Alex.

[lucasnooker]

Please oh please be The Getaway!!!

[ScootaKuH]

I think it'll be a new IP but I'd definitely be up for a new Getaway

[Abnor_Mal]

Maybe it will be a hybrid game in the vein of Resident Evil7, by which I mean that it will be a game that's playable inside and outside of vr.

The Getaway in first person may not work because we know the game to be third person, but a game like Eight Days could be possible, or an entirely new project. Hell, it could be a sequel to Blood and Truth non vr, just with it much grander scale and bigger budget.

[moriarty1889]

very very interesting indeed.

[chicken_in_the_corn]

I'd love to see The Getaway or Eight Days return

[Hikoran]

It'll no doubt be something way too British like previously. Will they ever get it right and not some oliver twist shit? Bets in before it releases! At least 5 Twats lol

[S2Killinit]

Would love a top notch VR game

[Father__Merrin]

I'm betting a western AAA mega rpg

[Shiro173]

Getaway should be remade or brought back. One of the best games they ever did.