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PlayStation Funded Deviation Games Was Working On Two Projects For PC & PS5

PlayStation funded Deviation Games had been working on two projects for PC and PS5 prior to being shut down.

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xHeavYx410d ago

How is it cool that a developer working in 2 projects were shut down?

Jingsing410d ago

He is being sarcastic because this is clearly another battle for N4G propaganda news article to try and filter out the bad Microsoft articles. It is ancient news.

XiNatsuDragnel410d ago

@jingsing
Exactly mate I just wanted to be sarcastic.

shinoff2183410d ago

We went over this month's ago. Great timing though considering all things going on these last few days.

Shts cute

RNTody410d ago (Edited 410d ago )

This is the Microsoft defense force. They can't spin the current bad press in any coherent way, so all they can do is normalise the idea of studio shutdowns so that what Microsoft is doing seems completely normal as opposed to shambolic and a direct effect of bad decisions for the gaming industry. But hey, it's a cute attempt indeed.

Wake me up when Sony axes Housemarque after Returnal.

Then we'll talk.

RNTody410d ago (Edited 410d ago )

If you don't know your facts, Tacoboto, maybe don't stand up to the podium. Deviation Games closing is a story from MONTHS ago:

https://www.ign.com/article...

All this article is, is some little clarity on what they were working on.

Lay offs happen. Games fail. Shutdowns happen. They're sad. But it's life. Even Naughty Dog endured it with The Last of Us Online. It hardly points to an industry collapse. The industry isn't imploding, it's going through a transitional period where big brand publishers are facing the reality that bloated budgets, GAAS, five different subscription services, unrealistic sales expectations and budgets, gamers playing habits, poor quality and incomplete games, mismanagement of studios and excessively delayed development times etc. are real problems affecting triple A development. If the industry was imploding, we'd be hearing that God of War Ragnarok was the best selling game in PlayStation history but it's a commercial failure and the studio needs to be downsized. We'd be hearing that Forza didn't turn a profit. That Nintendo can't sustain new Marios and Zeldas. That game and console sales are at record lows.

Deviation Games closing, for whatever reasons they did, is NOT the same as the utterly abnormal and shambolic situation of Hi Fi Rush, where the game and its studio were a massive success but were closed as a casualty of Microsoft's acquisitions and the need to recoup those costs and cease risky investment in new IP or niche studios that don't sell millions.

My cynicism at this story is because there is an emerging opinion like yours that the industry is falling apart, and it's going to lead to the terrible opinion that games need to be more expensive or have more monetisation options to be sustainable.

Yet, who are the ones responsible? The losers like Microsoft, Warner Bros, EA etc. But because lay offs are happening we feel the need to lump all in the same basket and call a crisis. Gaming has been growing for a very long time, but it cannot grow indefinitely, the market is at a point where it's adapting to new trends like mobile and handheld gaming making a return and subscription services and consumer buying habits changing.

Yet publishers still make Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League, watch it burn and fail and then say sales are "disappointing" and triple A games are unsustainable.

Michiel1989410d ago

the desperation of making your favorite company look better by comparing it to garbage, if that's what keeps you asleep at night, good for you, doesn't change the fact that Sony also axes studios. Every negative thing Sony does gets swept under the rug cause boogieman xbox and it's pathetic. Everytime the sony camp says: we don't want gamepass it's bad for the industry because we wanna pay more, but when Sony shuts down a studio, which is also detrimental to the gaming industry, it's all cool.

RNTody410d ago (Edited 410d ago )

@Michiel1989 Um, yes Sony does? What's your point? They're a large corporate business and not our best pals. Take Days Gone. It sold five or so million copies, but it took six years to make and had mixed critical reception and Sony wasn't confident that a sequel was worth the investment. I EXPECT decisions like this in business. But you also have to respect that Sony funds and supports games like Days Gone and Dreams or Death Stranding or Ghosts of Tsushima or Helldivers 2 in this era, and invests in risky new IP.

If you've been alive for longer than five minutes you'd have seen Sony come under fire for Stellar Blade's backtracking on censorship, the Helldivers 2 fiasco, the silence on their first party studios. Their practices get attacked, but they have a loyal fanbase because they DELIVER WHAT THE FANBASE WANTS. Which is quality new games, passionate creativity and console innovations each generation. They haven't done this for a couple of months, they've done this for over 20 years since the PS1 era. Take Nintendo. People constantly criticise their practices, but they know their audience so well and cater to them in the gaming space and with innovative consoles.

But the issue I have is lumping ordinary business happenings like studio departures, or studio closures or layoffs, with the astronomically different scenarios of Hi Fi Rush, which is the death of a great studio that made an awesome game for no other reason than Microsoft's hubris and Game Pass canabalising sales, and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, where Warner Bros and Rocksteady did everything in their power to destroy their own success and bloat the development time and disrespect their fans, and then cried that the game didn't sell. I'm sure Rocksteady will have layoffs now.

Shutting down a studio isn't detrimental to the industry on its own. Context matters. Sometimes it's necessary because at the end of the day making money is essential if we want to keep enjoying our hobby. I will have a big problem if Sony shut down Sucker Punch after Ghosts of Tsushima, or declared Spider-Man 2 a commercial failure despite being the best selling PlayStation game in history, or any of the other hyper alarming things that point to terrible management and anti-industry.

Let's be clear here. If Sony was like Microsoft or Warner Bros, I'd have ditched them ages ago and kept to my gaming PC. And yet, Sony delivers the games I want. So why shouldn't I support their developers?

Tacoboto409d ago

RNTody,

Not only is Stellar Blade not censored, but Sony also stopped a Days Gone 2, and prevented Dreams from being bigger by locking it to PS4. Helldivers 2 is restricted from sale on Steam post-release and Ghost of Tsushima PC is receiving those same restrictions.

The length of your responses are absolutely unhinged but LOL at still trying to push that Stellar Blade incel narrative. So pathetic, actually play the game and you'll see how obviously it isn't censored.

RNTody408d ago (Edited 408d ago )

@Tacoboto I'll keep this one short for you, dear. Sorry, you lost me at the use of the word "incel". Now I know this is a worthless conversation, based on how your mind works.

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Tacoboto410d ago

The industry is imploding and you people are obsessing over everything revolving around Microsoft.

Microsoft spent like 100bn on studios and all that proved is that the industry will *never* revolve around them.

Stop your obsession. Xbox is falling apart. EA is ushering in AI. Sony is restricting game sales to a few dozen countries. Square can't manage poop going down a clockwise toilet. Switch 2 is as close today as it was in 2020.

There are bigger things to worry about than "How can I spin this to be about Microsoft?" especially when now you're deflecting the first place platform maker's problems to still be related to those of a platform that hasn't been relevant in a positive light since 2021.

shinoff2183409d ago

The difference being Sony didn't just spend 80 billion plus on studios and publishers.

Traecy410d ago

LOL! No comparison when it comes down to the big picture.

notachance410d ago (Edited 410d ago )

sh*ts so bad at MS the paid shill had to dug up old news just to find something to distract people lmao

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Rematch is "chasing credibility" but not realism like rival EA FC

Pocket Tactics sits down with Rematch’s creative director, Pierre Tarno, to discuss why Sloclap moved away from Sifu to chase something new.

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Sony Faces Class Action in the Netherlands Over Allegedly Inflated PlayStation Store Prices

Mass Damage & Consumer Foundation in the Netherlands has filed a class action against Sony for inflating PlayStation Store prices.

dveio19h ago(Edited 19h ago)

My personal opinion:

Manufacturers and publishers have indeed inflated the industry.

From $700 million development costs for games like Call of Duty, to digital (store) prices for games and DLCs, online multiplayer fees on consoles (why can you play Helldivers 2 online for free on PC but not consoles?) or still preventing sell/lend digitally purchased games.

Sometime in the future, this bubble will collapse.

They should know better, but they just can't help themselves and suck even the last penny out of our wallets.

BeHunted17h ago

Because Sony knows people will be forced to pay those prices for single player and multiplayer games, not everyone prefers PC gaming. Sony also has a monopoly on PlayStation digital games. In 2019, they stopped allowing retailers and game key sellers to sell PlayStation digital games, making them available only through the official PlayStation Store

anast19h ago

The Dutch gov. wants a piece of the pie.

Eonjay19h ago

They should be suing the individual publishers increasing the prices to $80 instead of suing the store. There are plenty of publishers still selling game for like $50 with much success (like E33). But this proves that the publishers are the ones setting the prices.... so again nothing changes because they aren't even going after the main offender. How is suing Sony going to make Microsoft not charge $80 for the next COD? Sony being the number one store in the market doesn't mean that publisher have to charge us an arm and a leg. Again the industry is laughing at us because consumers never get real representation. Just these fake platitudes that are meaningless.

BeHunted17h ago

"How is suing Sony going to make Microsoft not charge $80 for the next COD"

Because Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly, I can purchase Call of Duty at a huge discount from CDKeys or other gaming retailers. The only way to purchase digital PlayStation games is through the PlayStation Store.

djl348516h ago

Weird, I swore GoW, Stellar Blade, Horizon Zero Dawn, TLoU, etc. were on the steam store....uh.....

BeHunted12h ago(Edited 12h ago)

@djI3485

I'm talking about PlayStation games that you can only purchase on PlayStation. I can purchase Steam and Epic games from 3rd party retailers and key stores.

"Sony to stop selling full-game download codes at retailers"

https://www.videogamer.com/...

Killer2020UK17h ago

About time. There is zero fair reason why digitally distributed products that you cannot recoup any value when you want to dispose of them, should be priced higher than that of physical copies that entail all of the costs and the benefits of owning.

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Cancelled Batman Game Featuring Damian Wayne Character Designs Surface

"Project Sabbath" was a cancelled Batman game by WB Games Montreal where Damien Wayne was set to take on the mantle of the Bat.

Terry_B2d ago

Its time Damian ...and his mother too & how his son came to be will be a big part in a background story of a Batman movie, series or game.

-Foxtrot2d ago

I'd have rather seen Terry than Damian especially to see what they could have done with Terry in the Arkhamverse

excaliburps1d 2h ago

No, WB doesn't want anything fun since suits want live service garbage for max revenue. LOL!

Shame. If we are getting any Batman games like these, it'll be years away.

LordStig14h ago

YES! make an Arkham game with Terry as Batman and call it Batman Beyond Arkham.

Babadook721h ago

Not to be confused with Damon Wayans.

jznrpg21h ago

I’m not a big superhero fan but I do enjoy the Batman and SpiderMan games. Too bad this one got cancelled. WB has been mostly shite live service.

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