Rory writes "After an 18-month absence, PlayStation Showcase returned yesterday (May 24), and I spent the entire hour-long presentation in a giddy haze of PS5 gaming goodness."
Won't call it fantastic..but the single player games look superb. Still sucks MK 1 was not shown here and Tekken 8 did not get a new trailer and a releasedate.
There are so many games (that we know are coming) that were not shown, but that makes me happier with the showcase, to be honest. It was a solid showing, if not quite great. That said, I'd have liked to see Factions 2 and Silent Hill 2. I also fully expected Half Life Alyx - I still do, but I thought this was where they'd show it.
If they showed EVERY game we know is coming AND all these new announcements, the show would probably still be on lol - they have to leave some for next time...
As someone who is currently smitten with PSVR2, I was very pleased with what was shown in that regard. We got Beat Saber (free upgrade) and Cosmodread shadow drops, for starters! Lots of folk missed that Five Nights at Freddy's is a PSVR2 game. Arizona Sunshine 2 is a sequel to one of the biggest ever VR games (from a veteran VR developer, too), so that was big news. Same goes for Synapse, although that's more a spiritual sequel for Fracked.
As for Resident Evil 4 Remake... somehow it just upped it's chances in the GOTY race with the PSVR2 gameplay reveal.
"If they showed EVERY game we know is coming AND all these new announcements, the show would probably still be on lol - they have to leave some for next time..."
What a delusional bs! Just take you L and move on.
I get that after 18 months we were hoping for more from Sony and it's first party with this showcase, yes it was a bit disappointing, but the manufactured "outrage" online is stupid. Some of the projects in the pipeline:
Naughty Dog: Factions 2/New project Bend Studio: New IP BluePoint: New Project Insomniac Second team: Wolverine Quantic Dream: Star Wars Eclipse Sony Santa Monica: New Project Sucker Punch: (likely GOT 2) Kojima Pro: DS2 Housemarque: New Project Guerrilla: Horizon Multiplayer FireWalk Studios: Multiplayer Project
(help me if I'm missing some) Just off the top of my head...All likely AAA blockbuster exclusives coming. Can we say the same for the competition?.... Yes the showcase was a little disappointing BECAUSE we know what Sony has in store, maybe they could have showed at least one more exclusive from this list, but the showcase wasn't disaster like some of us are pointing it out to be. There are many shows at a later date within the year for Sony to showcase more.
You shouldn't have to remind people of upcoming games with lists like the one you posted one day after a Playstation showcase. Nobody knows what's going on behind the curtain. We count on those games coming along, but a showcase like this doesn't exactly inspire confidence that everything is going according to plan.
"Fantastic" is definitely too strong of a word. It was pretty frustrating that, after an hour, we hardly saw anything from the house of PlayStation, yet it was called the PlayStation Showcase. Just seemed inappropriate. This was better suited to be an extended State of Play. The inclusion of a movie trailer and hardly any gameplay was pretty frustrating. At the very least, Spiderman 2 gameplay looks phenomenal.
That said, it did show some cool looking games (hopefully not too many are GaaS—I suspect we saw a decent number that were) . Yes, I liked the indies. No, I don't care about their exclusivity status. Looks to me like there's a pretty decent selection for my PS5, so I'm not complaining. I live in moments anyway, so even this much might be a bit of a tall order if I commit to playing every game I'm interested in.
I reckon the disappointment is from people who set their expectations pretty high. Considering Sony's got some pretty good first party studios that didn't show anything, they've likely got a lot in the oven. I'm guessing they're not in a state to show anything right now (or held them back for a bigger showing). Or.... They're getting very comfortable. Hoping the Xbox show outclasses the PlayStation showcase. Inspire a little fear, y'know.
Honestly, speaking, this generation has been such a disappointment first, it was the pandemic and the shortages, and now we have yet to get steady stream of excellent AAA blockbusters from any publisher
Anyone who knows me knows I am a huge PlayStation fan. But there is no way the word fantastic and that show yesterday go together.
Positives were the fact Sony still showed they care about single player story driven games
Negatives
Too many trailers without any gameplay Simply showing logos of projects without any info
And maybe it’s just me, but the portion of gameplay they showed for Spider-Man two looked just good not great
This just isn’t for Sony IMO anyone who is doing a gaming show should reveal more information. I would have been happy to wait till November if that meant more gameplay
Jim Ryan got a steady train and kept it going but I feel in the long run he is damaging the brand and next generation we may see gamers switch to Xbox because Microsoft may buy more publishers and their games would come to GP day one
I bought PlayStation five and Xbox series X yet I sold back my PlayStation five and kept the series X. I love RPG’s, and Microsoft have made some great acquisitions studios with great pedigree for RPG’s and that’s one thing that’s lacking in Sony’s catalog.
But so far Microsoft has not delivered anything in my decision to keep Xbox or PlayStation has been very bad and the only reason I’m not buying a PlayStation five is because rumor has it. There will be a PlayStation five pro next year. And for those of you who will say there may not be a PlayStation five pro just keep in mind that the same rumor also said Sony were working on air buds, and a Nintendo switch lite portable portion so if those things are true, I am to believe that we will see a pro version next year
Honestly i disliked the forumla so much and i expected copying E3 engagement, i hope xbox showcase will have humans communicating and good formula so i dont miss E3
That's true if you don't care about the first party and you don't care about those things then this was a perfectly fine show. However most people tune into the showcases to see what PlayStation studios have in store for you. In that regard it's been very lacking. Spider-Man 2 looks fine and I did enjoy the helldivers 2 announcement. It was a horrible showcase in PlayStation studio standards. Xbox has a great opportunity to really wow gamers this year. I hope they don't drop the ball
The problem was gamers expecting 10 AAA 1st party games and that was never gonna happen. I said to my m8 before the showcase, I can guarantee gamers are not gonna be happy after this. It was exactly what I expected apart from it was missing "silent Hill" and "tlou factions" Solid 7.5 imo.
I can agree with that. Just makes the next showcase even more exciting though, right?! All those Sony studios yet to show their hand, on top of all those awesome games they just showed in the showcase.
The 1st party games which were not shown doesn't magically make the game disappear, there still coming. As someone above said, you have to leave some games for next showcase, or summer gamefest etc. The gamers who are moaning points one thing out to me and thats they need to get a life outside of gaming. More to life than just gaming and waiting for 10/10 showcases cause at the end of the day since the beginning of showcases most are 90% 3rd party, indie games. So not sure WHY gamers thought this showcase was gonna have 10 AAA 1st party games as that was never gonna happen pmsl.
No the fact that this article exists means that people had complaints And your comment about only liking it if you don't care is unbelievably stupid That's like saying if you liked this you don't care about call of duty
More like 3rd party's games that can be played anywhere goodness.
After a yr and half of waiting to get glimpse of what's coming from Sony, I'm still non the wiser, there should've been atleast 1 other 1st party big reveal in that show.
Insomniac are wizards though, best devs in the game atm and they are absolutely carrying Sony on there backs right now.
Atleast spiderman looked great and ff16 is an instant buy and has been for the longest time
MS also had an event like this last year. The only big first party games that they showed were Redfall, Forza and Starfield. Everything else was 3rd party. The “everything you see at this show, will be played in the next 12 months” was a lie.
And I mean heavily, all yr I stated my xsx was $750 dust collector and was probs one of the worst yrs by major platform holder I have ever seen or experienced.
But this is about Sony, who have always been my main platform since ps1 and who I hold in the highest regard. This was a slip up no doubt about it, it won't effect much obvs but that doesn't change my disappointment in the show.
People's criticism around the show are more than valid and Sony needs to cop this one on the chin
@Flawlessmic I also gave Sony a pass for not having a showcase last year. Better to not show anything than to waste our time. They could of honestly just called this a State of Play to quell expectations.
Had no issues with Sony skipping last yr and would've had no issues if they skipped the showcase this year if they didn't have anything worth showing which let's face it they didn't.
But they chose to hold hold a playstation showcase rather than state of plays, god fordbid I expect them to deliver on that promise like they normally do.
I have no doubts about what's coming or the high quality bar Sony will set yet again.
I agree. The games shown were absolutely amazing. The only place Sony messed up is keeping their cards close to their chest still and not showing their hand.
The 1st party games still exist, they haven't gone anywhere. It's just Sony won't show us grrrrr. Their hand is strong. They are dominating for a reason. But notice how everything shown is actually releasing this year or next.? That actually surprised me. More great games are coming THIS YEAR.
For example, YongYea rated the showcase after he saw it a 9.5/10. When you judge the showcase just on games alone, it was exptremely highly rated. But if you were to judge on "exclusives" then it was lacking a bit.
I assume going forward Sony will never show games that are multiple years out anymore.
I’m surprised YongYea gave it that high of a score, he’s usually a tough grader. Yoshida said a couple of years ago, that Sony learned from showing games too early.
Cat quest pretty good, you people forgot what games are. A lot of people find smaller gamers funner then big games. Also there was people excited for cat quest, looks good I'll be picking it up and going back to the last 2 games.
I seen the whole showcase. Where are the first party games? Idk for showcase filler games like cat quest or the GT trailer. They could have released that trailer on a Tuesday.
Exclusives don't count. Innovation doesn't count. The only thing that counts is a rushed trailer for a game that will release in the next decade...I wouldn't worry too much about it, people are seriously stupid.
Why does everyone keep leaving out Gran Blue Fantasy: Relink?
It's a huge budget JRPG, they are super rare, and it's also PlayStation exclusive and coming out later this year.
Tower of Fantasy is also big-budget.
Sony showed 33 games and 21 are not going to xbox. It weird how people are acting like these are the only games coming to playstation too, we contantly see games announced on this site that are on PlayStation and/or Swoitch that aren't coming to xbox.
Wowsers, 21 of them not on Xbox - that puts all this outrage into perspective. And this before we see Silent Hill 2, Factions 2, Wolverine and any of the announcements coming from the first party studios that have kept their heads down for so long.
It really feels like the feast after the fast on PlayStation right now!
Thing is, it was announced so long ago and in development for so friggin long with still no real release date and just a window...yea, my hype for it has gone way down. I am still interested, it's just that the wait has been way too long.
I'm looking forward to ReLink, I'm surprised no one has mentioned it either, but then again, I keep forgetting it exists, feels like it's been in development forever at this point.
Tower of fantasy isnt a big budget, well its a big budge mobile game. I played it on phone but it turn my phone to a radiation heater so I had to drop it.
Who cares what and how many Xbox will show. This was Son'ys first showcase in 18 months, and all they showed is 3rd parties and filler garbage. FF16 and Spiderman 2 are not new announcements. Fairgame looks like complete trash. Concord we know nothing of yet. Towers didn't look great and is just a 3rd party Indie. Helldivers 2 was cool. And Phantom Blade was the highlight of the show, but we don't even know if it's an exclusive or not.
Xbox and Playstation will always be mentioned in the same breath no matter what. Theyre competitors. I didn't say anything bad about Xbox, just curious how many exclusives they'll show. They may show more, they may show less. Was more of a rhetorical question.
It was cool. If you compare this show to the first show of the year of Microsoft, that some say it was amazing, great, where not even forza 46 got a launch date and the high point was rise and it floped hard, then this one amazing.
The major failure of this show is metal gear. I can't believe Sony didn't buy the ip. It's a huge mistake, because of the monopoly strategy of Microsoft. That was the biggest mistake.
Games from first Sony are coming they always come. That a reality in more then 10 years. The competition should be afraid of what Sony still got to show.
@darkrider If Sony would have bought the Metal Gear IP who would make it? Kojima doesn’t want to do Metal Gear again and I don’t want to see a new Metal Gear without him. When MS bought the Gears IP they had The Coalition and Rod Fergusson, who had experience with Gears at Epic.
There are many talent on Sony studios. Again, exclusive content is very important. Microsoft is taking ip after ip buy buying publishers. If Sony doesn't do the same.... For me that was the huge problem of this show, not games, like some morons keep talking.
Sony didn't show force. We got this. Because games they always deliver. They needed to maKe somekind of big move and they didn't.
Buying mgs, silent Hill and castlevania would be a huge move.
Won't call it fantastic..but the single player games look superb. Still sucks MK 1 was not shown here and Tekken 8 did not get a new trailer and a releasedate.
The fact this article exists says otherwise. It was a great showcase if you don't care for Playstation 1st party games.
More like 3rd party's games that can be played anywhere goodness.
After a yr and half of waiting to get glimpse of what's coming from Sony, I'm still non the wiser, there should've been atleast 1 other 1st party big reveal in that show.
Insomniac are wizards though, best devs in the game atm and they are absolutely carrying Sony on there backs right now.
Atleast spiderman looked great and ff16 is an instant buy and has been for the longest time
I agree. The games shown were absolutely amazing. The only place Sony messed up is keeping their cards close to their chest still and not showing their hand.
The 1st party games still exist, they haven't gone anywhere. It's just Sony won't show us grrrrr. Their hand is strong. They are dominating for a reason. But notice how everything shown is actually releasing this year or next.? That actually surprised me. More great games are coming THIS YEAR.
For example, YongYea rated the showcase after he saw it a 9.5/10. When you judge the showcase just on games alone, it was exptremely highly rated. But if you were to judge on "exclusives" then it was lacking a bit.
I assume going forward Sony will never show games that are multiple years out anymore.
Concord, Phantom Blade, Ff16, Spider-Man 2, Hell Divers 2, Fairgame$, Towers of aghasba.
7 (5 New*) Exclusives from Sony. How many will Xbox show?