Plenty of their games that have "photorealism" have been good though, some even great. I'd take it any day over mediocre, cartoony, multiplat game engine Unreal engine, metacritic 60, games like Crackdown 3, State of decay 2, Sea of thieves etc. And the 3 games I mentioned, didn't exactly cost nothing to make, even with how basic and cartoony they look, the 3 of them all taking over half a decade to develop each.
@@andrewsqualand Sony is losing money with those one and done story games.. Especially when people wait a couple days to buy a used copy at game stop lol.. There's no money in making single player experiences, especially when the budget is 200-300million
Spiderman is old news, Sony need a single player FPS shooter, why are shooters relegated to live service games? Killzone and Resistance series were major corner stones for sony in the mid 2000s and 2010s.
its because they took out the tact on multiplayer of most games. They want a fully online live service game that will keep ps plus money coming on top of whatever extra micro-transactions a game can get.
@@cloudcoastgaming making games like concord ain't gonna make people subscribe to PS plus imo, but I suppose we wouldn't have this situation if that were the case idk
having a PC, I don't care about my PS5 anymore. Stellar Blade was the last game I've played on it and, apparently, there won't be a reason for me to turn it on again in a very long time.
State of gaming overall is trash. Haven't had the urge to play my pc at all. Last 2 games I played was stellar blade and elden ring dlc, which I haven't beaten cause I got bored of that dry open world. Stellar blade was fun tho.
Last month I became tired of the console gaming landscape. I Finally switched to PC gaming and I’ve never been happier. Yes it is more expensive but well worth it. I should have switched 15 years ago. lol.
@@RedEyedDRAG00N Are you joking!? I've played all games from Trails and Ys franchises on Steam. Maybe one or two timed exclusives are still on PS5 like ZZZ, but soon enough they will be on PC too.
@@kevinkendall7739 Just like every other multi-billion $ mega-company in the US....or the world. It's "never enough."...they want "Unlimited growth" because their shareholders expect a 1,000,000,000,000% return.
Sony is screwed long term. 10billion value lost , 29% drop in revenue, profits in single digits, they have real issues. 60million consoles but they arent making enough money. Most ps5 users play cod, fortnite, apex siege overwatch and minecraft. Same with xbox but they own 3 of the top played games on consoles... Sony wants live service because it makes more money than single player. Look at stellar blade, ff16,rebirth sales. Sad considering their console base.
@@Flyeaglesfly215like what? Cod is already on ps for the next 10 years and xbox is releasing more and more games on ps, whether day 1 or after timed exclusivity. So what this whole different side of xbox?
This why the ps3 generation is highly missed. There was never a focus on trying to squeeze dollars from the gamers with live service. It was all about coming out with the best games that gave reasons to purchase the system in the first place They have lost their way. smh
It's all about "infinite Growth" to these companies...and they keep coming up with "schemes" to get players to spend THOUSANDS on each of their games....instead of just the selling price of $80-$200+.
Then don't play the live service games. But they put money in Sony's pocket which can be used to make more AAA single player games you like to play. Videogames cost a lot more to make now
@@expattrading So....what we are supposed to do...is play all these live service games? Drop every penny we have into them so Sony can make Single player games...that people CAN'T buy because they are dropping every penny they have into these live service games? Then...because people can't buy single-player games...Sony will eliminate them all together? That is EXACTLY what AAA Publishers wanting infinite growth want...every single penny from everybody else. That's the definition of "infinite Growth" these AAA Publishers and mega-corporations want. The REASON games are "more expensive" to make are because they are focusing on unnecessary crap like, oh...I don't know...LIFE-LIKE GRAPHICS!? There are games that cost a small fraction to make, that are more fun to play, than the $500 Million pieces of crap that comes from AAA publishers. (Which always release a broken mess to begin with.) THEY are the reasons games are "more expensive to make,"...yet smaller studios are making better games with a much smaller development cost. Maybe, if AAA publishers figure that out.....they'll start doing better....but instead, they BUY these smaller studios, steal the IPs, then shut them down. It's the "American way of doing business"....where mega-corporations have to own EVERYTHING....but are NEVER satisfied unless everybody in the world gives them all their money...but even then...it's NEVER enough for these mega-corporations. The ONLY times crap AAA Publishers will call a game a "success," is if they sell 300+ million copies...have people ONLY playing that game every minute of their free time...and dump thousands more into it. AKA....They want to make $500+ BILLION off a game that cost them $100 million to make.....only then, do they call it a "success." THIS is why so many countries are against "Capitalism,"...and only now we are seeing the negative side of it....the side where 90% of the population gets screwed, while the other 10% amasses more and more money from the other 90%...and guess what...that" top 10%"...is getting smaller and smaller because of this. Capitalism only helps mega-corporations...not the working people making them all this money. Heck...mega-corporations are slashing jobs left and right, because they feel they shouldn't have to actually PAY wages anymore. I'll relish when all these greedy AAA publishers go down.....and smaller studios will have the chance to rise and make gaming great again. Larian Studios is a perfect example....no shareholders to "please,"...meaning, they are not out for "Infinite Growth."
@@johnhanzelyjr no YOU dont have to do anything. The people that enjoy them will play them, which will help make more AAA games. Don't think so much, lol
@@MichaelM28 That is honestly a matter of opinion. There are games on the PS3 I absolutely love....and with were made available on later consoles WITH all the DLC. (Yes...PS plus top tier has SOME available....but none the DLC for the games are there.)
I think Sony is scared to do high budget single-player games again they are afraid people won't buy it because people are busy playing COD Fortnite and Sea of thieves and other multi player games. Sony still stuck in 90s and 2000s microsoft made a major chess move on them that damaged them.
i think we're looking at 2 different demographics of gamers. That explains why GoWR sold like 15mil+ copies, at the same time those live service games are succeeding.
@@Boss_Fight_Index_muki Ps4 gamers carried that torch with GOWR being successful. Think about it alot of people who have the ps5 don't have it to play single player games they play more free to play gaming then anything and Sony definitely see the data that's why Jim Ryan was scared of microsoft buying ABK because of the multi player games they have and COD being the biggest of them all.
Well then its their fault for leaving too much of a gap in releasing them. Wasting years of their developers lives on live service crap didn't help. TLOU Pt2 should have just had a simple multiplayer mode, which either way I WILL NEVER TOUCH REGARDLESS. But no, they had to let Bungie interfere and they turned it into too big a project and CLEARLY the studio as a whole was not happy with it, just like Sony Bend weren't when they were forced into doing the TLOU Pt1 remake NOBODY asked for too. They clearly had to cancel the TLOU online project because ND developers were getting annoyed with the whole thing and the scope that got out of control.
@MichaelM28 are you seriously asking Why would Sony care who owns COD when this whole time during the FTC trial? What did Sony say how much it would hurt them. So, with Xbox putting their games everywhere, you don't think during that trial once again, and you will learn that putting their games to other platforms will help with another acquisition so much easier. People at Microsoft are smart. They aren't a trillion dollar company for no reason.
@@andrewsqual They remastered the first game, like...THREE times (for each generation)...and the second one is getting a remaster, too. Maybe let them work on another game, instead of remastering the same ones over and over again?
first thing microtransactions are option unless they are forcing which effect the game play and two we need more online Toxic commutiy because that's what makes a Multiplayer games fun like Cod and if there a Issue thats why there's a MUTE button. PS+ is Opitonal as well.
Y'all act like 40 bucks is gonna send u to the poor house. What a weird thing to complain about I understand if I don't like the game but 40 bucks man come on be serious
Sony fans should be mad they have to pay 40 dollars for a game no one asked for and should be making a remake of Resistance. If Sony announced a remake of Resistance the entire community would of got hyped like we did with gears of war but Sony don’t have a clue
Did I miss something? There is a remake of Gears??? Have you any idea what the new Gears announced actually is? I log into the PS Blog with the same PSN and username right here and tell Sony what I think Concord when there is Concord related post. OR a PS Plus Extra or Premium related blog post too. I do my part. I don't "have to" pay 40 dollars for anything. I ain't touching that trash and I've said it enough just like games before it like Suicide Squad, Destiny, Sea of Thieves and Anthem etc. Nobody bought Resistance 2 or 3, that is why Insomniac themselves moved on from it.
@@rodeyrevenge Can you read or do you need lessons? I said both are stupid, safe to say I don’t do consoles. How slow are you that you could not deduce this from what I wrote. Like seriously what kind of basement dwelling edgelord are you? Next time properly read a comment so you don’t end up looking like complete goof…
The PS+ price hike to $80/year was enough for me to not only cancel my subscription, but completely remove me as a potential customer for any of these live service games since an active subscription is required to play. You need to entice people to get on board with this Sony. Believe it or not, you need to EARN our money.
@umstrife5654quality is irrelevant, the fact that regardless of how you perceive the quality of Cod, PS players still buy and play it on droves. Maybe you should read what he said because he didn't talk about the quality, he spoke about how it's always the best seller on PlayStation.
@@andrewsqual well Stellar Blade censored by Sony... Uncharted 2 was so long ago... they alrdy announced their coming projects r woke af.... look at Concord...and they censored many games that did not censored in Nintendo Switch version....
@@BoleDaPole imo pc only way to go to me… but m$ is forcing ppl to use window 11 which will drive requirement higher with all those spyware forced to install…
Honestly, I think the writing is on the wall with Concord VS Astro Bot. And as someone who was a pre-tren during the PSOns N64 Saturn era I feel that. One of the reasons why I have not been a Sony fan PlayStation 3 and onward is the simple fact that they don't make the games that I liked from them. Not only did I like the diversity of games and we have to remember that some of the classics like PaRappa the rapper were absolutely bonkers but I liked single-player or multiplayer the sort of crazy stuff they would come up with. Even their third parties would try crazy experimental things like making a game where you conduct an orchestra based on how hard you push the buttons on the controller. Once they tried to chase Microsoft during PlayStation 3 that was the end of it, when Sony started to go after Uncharted instead of Ape Escape that's when they lost me. And just like with Concord and astrobot I don't want yet another Uber realistic hero shooter with tons of microtransactions. I want a cute mascot character I can just play by myself. I want the variety back where are my zany platformer games, where are my in-depth single player first person shooters, where are my outright weird pervy games, where are my LSD infused puzzle games, where are my I can't believe this is not Square enix RPGS. Sony used to be the king of this and now to meet both Microsoft and them have become nothing. This is why Nintendo and Valve are dominating rn.
Maybe people need to stop obsessing over every game now being "photo-realistic." That's part of why game budgets are out of control. I'm not saying the games need to look ugly, but stop obsessing over them being as realistic as possible.
I know what Xbox and Playstation can do to make things right with gamers. Why not make PlayStation Plus essential and Xbox game pass core totally free since they are the lowest tiers and you're basically paying just for Internet with these tiers. But instead of making it a streaming service and putting free games why don't you remodel it after the steam store. Because if you're on Console you're basically paying two different providers for internet service so this is just basically my suggestion on what these companies can do to draw in new customers and not just returning customers. Because if you model it after the steam store you're most likely going to get more PC players to buy consoles and it would be much more easier for new customers to have access to these consoles if internet on the lowest tiers were free. Microsoft and Sony would make a killing if they actually did it. And if you want to pay more to have access to all the games that are streaming on both PlayStation Plus and Game Pass much higher tiers than that's another choice you could have.
I only buy AAA games when they reach £15. For non AAA games I will spend £5. Have over 400 games on my Series X across 4 console generations thanks to backwards compatibility. Have about 200 games on my PS5 (PS5 but mostly PS4 games). I would never buy a battle pass or in game microtransactions. I would only stick with games like the first descendant if I don't have to spend a penny.
Games costing $100 Millions is the problem. The average budget of a 2D game in 1992 was $200,000 The difference is insane Requiring 7 Million sales just to break even is not sustainable and should not be treated as the norm.
I'm not surprised abut the dropped player count of helldivers, at least for me multiplayer games are the last thing I play if I don't want to do anything else...
Sony realistically can’t release their games day one on a subscription service. It is unsustainable and due to the recent price increase I think even Microsoft is starting to realize that.
@@MichaelM28sure... Tell that to the studios who made Forspoken, Foamstars, FF16, FF7 Rebirth, Stellar Blade, and Rise of the Ronin. All of them were sales flops. Even Helldivers 2 was only successful because of PC. PS gamers brag about exclusives.. until it actually comes to buying them. 😂
@@josephbuchanan2319Sony could but choose not to because they want that money straight away. When Game Pass was broken down, they made £4.5bn last year, with £1bn of that for 3rd party games, leaving £3.5bn. To earn that same £3.5bn Xbox would have to release 4-5 AAA games a year all selling 10m copies each. Game Pass is far more sustainable than people like to let on.
Chasing short term revenue by utterly destroying their long term reputation isn't going to end well for Sony at all. But then again, these are massive companies that hire scientists and business people to design their games. Perhaps they know something we don't. Why else would every single gaming company chase after the exact same live-service formula, despite various failed attempts and revenue loss.
One of the biggest problem with big budget games is that half of the budget is the bonus of executives! Then they punish the bottom staff if the game didnt earn double or more of the already blown out spending budget. This business model is unsustainable to majority of studios as breaking even or just slightly above is considered a failure.
Sony made 1.2 Trillion yen in profit for 2023 selling 20.8 Million consoles. It's absolute BS they aren't making enough money to stay a float. They are just getting greedy with this live service crap because they see everyone else doing it.
the thing is % in profit, last numbers tell they are getting 7-9% in profit in their reports, the ppl in buseniss say 10% is the min to get to make a invest valid, but XBOX report 16% and Nintendo 30% and thats is the problem, for a investor if you put 100, you get 9 with Sony , min is 10 and XBOX gives you 16 and Nintendo 30 remember that when the Sony gave their report, Sony lost 10 billion in value company, Sony change their CEO, cancel like 10 live service games, literally investors saw Sony is losing in profits and Sony make drastic changes cause of that
@@pablomolina3041 The latest numbers is 9.4% profit margin. They actually made more profit with the PS5 than the PS1-->PS4 combined. PlayStation has never made double digit profit margins.
The problem with these corporations is that they have to make more money than the previous year. It's completely unsustainable. Eventually you hit a ceiling.
If games are becoming too expensive is because some of these games are way too ambitious for their own good. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the effort that went to make games like Spider-man 2, The last of Us, God of War, etc, but is not very necessary to make these games feel like movies either. They don't have to make these games too long, they don't to make ground-breaking stories, and they don't need to be open-world all the time. Simply things Sony, make more games like Astrobot that are less expensive. Make Spider-man 3 a linear game instead, I wouldn't care as long as the game is still has its fun combat system. Make God of War and The last of us sequels only around 10-15 hours long, they don't need to be 20+ hours long.
U dont need amazing graphics to tell a good story!! I switched to ps, BECAUSE of narrative driven single player games! Wen i heard about the big push with live service, i groaned and rolled my eyes!! Not all gaming is about playing with or against others! Its nice to have a mix.
Closing of Japan Studios was when the PlayStation brand died to me. I know not everyone bought their games but I did and they were everything I loved about gaming. I'm glad Team Asobinand some Japan Studios staff is still around but it isn't enough for me to buy a PS5. Playstation used to experiment and pushed the bar, even with their "movie games." There obsession with live service, minimal marketing, obsession with photorealism, and lack of support for PSVR2 makes me lose faith in the brand. They barely do anything unique or groundbreaking anymore. Concord feels like Sony going all in on greed and trends.
My theory is devs should go back to making a pounding epic single player game, with a multiplayer mode included. It worked all those years before. Now it seems like they want to skip skip single player and just give us half assed uncomplete multiplayer modes, with content to come! I played the ps4 version of the last of us remastered, multiplayer mode, plenty of players, no waiting for lobbies to fill up. How old is that game and theres still enough players? Cancelling tlou2 multiplayer was a big mistake for nd and sony. But something tells me if theres a multiplayer mode coming at all for tlou, it will be a live service game!
It feels like Sony studios are scrapping their project each time they are making a sequel. Ghost of Tsushima sequel should have came out already. 4 years and still no annoucement. While we applaud Insomniac for releasing multiple titles this generation, those were actually the standard speed in which games are being released in the PS3/360 era.
Honestly I think it’s too soon to say anything about how well Sony is doing on this space. Fortnite had to overhaul before anybody looks its way, something to remember before casting judgement.
Cant speak for everyone but as someone who's played a lot of Helldivers 2 (and enjoyed it) I think the decline in players is cos of no major updates to the game. Very few new strategems, no new enemies those are my 2 major gripes with the game and if those 2 things get sorted I and many others would probably play the game a lot more
You can't even accept it when he says something about PS. Next week when Xbox wrecks their console brand for the 7th time this year, resulting in even more worse sales than 360 and Xbone....AND THEY WILL....... you will say to dreamcastguy "durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr you wouldn't say this about Playstation 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"
The problem is people play Playstation games for single-player, high-quality experiences, so like with helldivers, eventually, people move on because that's not why people play Playstation games. They can't change it now.
I think Helldivers dropped because there’s not enough competitive feel. Playing against the same two factions can get old. PVP is where it’s at. All the successful live streaming games are pvp
If Sony wants there games with a service to work they need to do what Mojang dose with Genshin Impact and make a single player free to play, open world, shared world game that continues there games story line constantly. Otherwise what’s the point it’s just a rinse and repeat idk how else to put it otherwise. And I doubt that’ll work even
The problem is when you make live service games you need to have big updates. I'm pretty sure hell divers hasn't had an update to it so obviously diving into a planet constantly will get boring at some point.
This is the first generation that I've felt shaky with PlayStation. I have always been a ride or die PS fan but this generation is making me reconsider. The part that sucks is that this isnt just a sony problem its an industry problem and before someone jumps in with "nOt NiNtEnDo"... Sorry but I dont want to keep playing the same games for the rest of my life. Wow a new mario kart, havent played a ton of those. New smash? Wow so much different than the last. New Animal crossing/pikmin/mario party/ etc they're all the same games with some newer QOL improvements. Luckily for me there are hundreds of older games that i never got around to and that will keep me busy for my lifetime. Modern gaming is cancer.
When it comes to Sony i definitely miss the days when you could find wierd original titles on PSN. Anyone remember Pain or Calling all Cars, those were the days. 😁
Yeah and the games are starting to feel so similar. Hence why I sold my PS4 Pro and moved to PC. My only console now is a Switch as Nintendo still brings interesting gameplay ideas, unlike Sony or Microsoft.
Games are too expensive to make - Sony Why do you think Xbox wants to put Game Pass and some of its games in front of as many players as possible? Because the console market has stagnated and hasn't grown in decades and limiting yourself to a plastic box is both outdated and dumb. Pushing towards GaaS games isn't the answer either.
Sony got too comfortable banking on COD. Never in their minds thought that Microsoft would acquire Activision. Now that they're going to split profits with their competition, they are scrambling like headless chicken looking for live service games of their own.
I think that something video game publishers do not understand. Besides maybe Nintendo is also the context for the data they look at. So many of these companies look at pure sales and online engagement and they think oh my God, there's a ton of money here. We must move here, but then when you look at many of these live service games, they're either something that is extremely predatory and thus our poaching certain American and Chinese players a small pool of them, but who pour them and their mom and dad's bank account into the goddamn game or are based on something that has a huge insane following already. For example, the reason why people play FIFA video games is not because they're fun or that each iteration is even better. I've seen enough fan responses that's quite the opposite. It's because it's a soccer game. It's the only soccer game and soccer is basically a religion in most countries. Same thing with NBA, 2K and Madden. Two games that have had its ups and downs and very recently it's huge Downs but people still buy in droves because theyre thr only Football and Basketbal games and like soccer, they are basically religions unto them selves ehich is why corrupt orgs like FIFA get away with literal murder. In short, just because something is selling really well, does it mean it's because it is of good quality and is something you can emulate? It might just simply because it's just popular due to a bunch of other factors. Also see like movies like the transformer series and Avatar movies that are constantly shit on by the general public and critics but also sold billions of dollars because of board, Chinese movie, goers and macho/green culture.
While Playstation probably hope at least on of these multiplayer games because a Fortnite/ COD type of always top 10 hit for years to come. They mostly understand that they don't need all these multiplayer games to be that massive Fortnite hit. There's plenty of multiplayer games that aren't in the top 10. But are successful and have retained plenty of players for many years. Whilst continuing to rake in cash. Like Rainbow 6 Siege, NHL, Dead by Daylight, The Division 2, The Crew 2 (and other racing games), Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Enlisted, etc etc etc. Even if Playstation multiplayer games only hit that level of relevance. Where a good amount of players are continuously playing and spending for years on years. It's stil a win. You wouldn't call any of those games I listed as failures. They still have plenty of players, still dropping content & seasons etc. A fail would be more like Babylon's Fall, Bleeding Edge, Knockout City, CrossfireX, Lawbreakers, Anthem etc. Where they shut down servers. Games still going aren't failures. As long as Playstation has multiplayer games that can survive for years to come without losing all players/ getting shut down etc. Then that's money coming in that can help go towards alleviating the massive single player game budget issues. They can funnel that money from those multiplayer games towards the big single player games. I don't know why people don't understand that. You have single player only guys hating on there multiplayer games and hoping they fail. When it's the multiplayer games that will bring continuous profits to help fund more single player games. Smh, people just don't think.
The problem isn't that these AAA companies aren't making money - hell they make multiple millions to billions of dollars each year. The problem is they are greedy and are chasing endless recurring revenue.
If they want a live service, the answer has always been right in front of them. People want another PS Home. They also want it with VR capabilities. That alone would probably solve 2 of their issues. A profitable live service and moving VR2 headsets. But, for some reason, the decision makers making $Millions don’t push for this. Pay me millions to run PS
Imagine if helldivers was ported to Xbox. More revenue. More people would still ve playing as they could play with more friends... When will Fony learn
What’s interesting is I get more 3rd party titles there have been third party games to have me get a new gen console 😂. Exclusives are just side games for me at this point. Sucks to suck for those who really love their exclusives, I do get a feeling before there were more exclusives. But live service is not sustainable. Only a few select games can do this.
I'm playing the first Red Dead redemption and then I'm going to play Red Dead redemption zombies on my series x. I got both of them on disc it's pretty sad when you have to play 360 games because this generation sucks. 😁
@@davidframe1613 red dead redemption is one of my favorite games of all time…I’m playing red dead 2, and dead space remake…gaming is pretty dead with a few acceptions.
It’s thanks to people like this why gaming is in the state it has found itself🙈 stop acting hyped for games like astrobot😂😂 wtf bro your better than that cmon
Sony need to drop the woke DEI identity politics and virtue signalling shit from their games. Make games for the gamers and not for the so called modern audience who don’t buy games. Return to the values that made PlayStation great and get rid of Sweet Baby Inc. I will not buy any game no matter the studio or publisher that pushes DEI and woke agendas. As for live service games, I don’t think it’s the right direction to go in. Make a great single player game, with a great story, and have a multiplayer player component if the game justifies it.
I really don’t get the continual upgrade to graphic fidelity, even though we have new consoles that actually have the ability to do so. They’re losing so time and money making these kind of games and to be honest back in the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 era it was a nice thing to see on the newer video game systems but let’s be honest, these games really have lost their fun factor because of these “reality type photo realistic experiences”. And going right down to the bottom of the barrel like 8 bit and 16 bit games are not all that great and it under uses the newer systems big time. Go back and make games that utilize the PS2 and PS3 graphic engines and make them great adventures. People who are true fans of video games are going to understand that it’s not about graphics but experiences. And for crying out loud, keep the politics and the gender junk out of the games!
i have come to the stark truth that why pay £500 or more for a console that you do not own meaning that you can get banned from the servers as soon as you connect you do not own the games you buy digital as its based on liscence buying games on disc is pointless as you still need a connection no support from sony when things go wrong the customer service is known for being very poor they treat the customers really bad why support this company when you have no protection when investing in this company they do no not care about you they have proven to be anti consumer i game on retro consoles now at least i own the console and the games do not need connection modern gaming is heading for a crash if not there now
Live service games aren’t really that interesting to me. I play battlefield 2042 and honestly I’m starting to not enjoy the continuously pay for battlepass
Pc games are such a better investment. They run on my portable Rog Ally, have higher resolution, higher fps, better prices and always run even better in the future with newer hardware. They may be digital but unlike console they can be made to run without Steam or internet if it ever came down to needing to. To own a console game you have to deal with disks and still at some point they won't run on newer hardware. Makes no sence for me to buy Ps5 games even though I own one. Higher prices and no portable device to run them on.
I have little to no interest in online gaming and love playstation for their single player offline exclusives 😎👌 to me the fans don't want another fortnite(hell we didn't want the first one haha)I know casual money is alot but they just ain't gamers. Gamers want something to love, embrace and then long for a sequel(not an online grind to suck up all your time so you can't play the stuff you really love and want)it's like the movies(yeah, series are popular but most people want to go see the real deal at the movie theater, the next be sequel in the series)when companies chase the quick and easy trend(that may pay as a gamble), they alienate themselves from the loyal money they already have(which isn't really a smart buisness move at all if you think about it?)I just wish they would pick a direction and stay there, just look at nintendo, they sell like crazy and their tech is years behind and their games not as crisp but what they do, they do well and it sells.
I for 1 wouldn't worry they are a business and that business is to generate money , there must be some sorts of cash flow for any game endeavor , its a crap shoot they try and if it fails does that mean stop trying No , you don't like free to play don't play them , we all have different tastes like comic books read what you like so Play what you like and forget everything else.
I have a solution just make the games shorter. For example, Ghost of tsushima could have been a trilogy with that single story alone. Also, God of War 2018 could have been a trilogy all on its own with the finale of them going up to the mountain and dealing with Odin over there Instead of making games long and expansive with multiple acts and moments that are slow Burns, look at the uncharted formula and go from there. Sure it might be a 10:00 to 12. Maybe 20-hour experience, but that'll be worth it and possibly shorter versus your given 40 to 60 hour experience
Sony is chasing that COD gold, they know once 10 years COD agreement expires it will never step on Sony platform ever again. They are launching FPS online services left and right to see what sticks, they forgot that COD was first popularized as an offline war story game and is skipping that part thus none of their game sticks. They have IP's that are more suitable for live service like Resistance, Warhawk, Killzone etc but they are too stupid to capitalize on those known popular games. If I am given the chance to create at Sony, I would totally emulate everything other popular games directly like copy mario kart 8 offline+online and have it skinned with ps all stars characters, copy gta but give them powers of infamous characters and other sony characters, heck i would even copy fortnite and use ratchet and friends as its characters. Sony already has a wide portfolio of IP's, they just need to know how to utilize them. Another simple trick is to check what is popular on roblox servers and make proper detailed games based on those! Adding cross play with PC version also massively helps.
Sony lost their way.. let them be.. Until they get back on the right track..which might take some time.. we'll move on to the next system or replaying an old game.. a Switch or switch 2 or even a retro console if ya must.. if its fun, then play it.. just work out to get more and more money should the new surprise game came out😅 the life of gamers is indeed getting more expensive 😂 happy life y'all and peace out mate.. and keep dreaming 💫
We gotta support indie games. Show these bigger companies that we want games that are creatively different. I’m so tired of live service games that expect you to stay logged in. A lot of the vocal people in the gaming community are older and have their own lives to worry about. You can provide a game that has high replayability without making it look like a second job.
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@@rickwhite6375 a bit of an overstatement - it just smells a bit!
This is a shitty take for clicks bro, not liking.
I see you had to throw some red meat to the Xbots.
@@DreamcastGuy Always bro! Keep up the content
Photorealism does not equate to good game. Sony lost its mind when they moved to california
Plenty of their games that have "photorealism" have been good though, some even great. I'd take it any day over mediocre, cartoony, multiplat game engine Unreal engine, metacritic 60, games like Crackdown 3, State of decay 2, Sea of thieves etc.
And the 3 games I mentioned, didn't exactly cost nothing to make, even with how basic and cartoony they look, the 3 of them all taking over half a decade to develop each.
@@andrewsqual blud i never even owned xbox why do you think every guy criticising ps games is xbox fan
@@leon-y5w5rbecause pony's can't stand saying the truth about Sony.
@@andrewsqualand Sony is losing money with those one and done story games.. Especially when people wait a couple days to buy a used copy at game stop lol.. There's no money in making single player experiences, especially when the budget is 200-300million
@@andrewsqualCartoiny style games are better, more fun
Spiderman is old news, Sony need a single player FPS shooter, why are shooters relegated to live service games? Killzone and Resistance series were major corner stones for sony in the mid 2000s and 2010s.
its because they took out the tact on multiplayer of most games. They want a fully online live service game that will keep ps plus money coming on top of whatever extra micro-transactions a game can get.
@@cloudcoastgaming making games like concord ain't gonna make people subscribe to PS plus imo, but I suppose we wouldn't have this situation if that were the case idk
"Live service" / "games as a service" are just normal multiplayer games. Even just has a false stigma with those labels.
Closing Japan Studio was a massive blunder. I would've bought any of their games over something like Concord.
Blunder yet no one bought the Japan studio games
yeah, also it's unusual for a big company to have a studio making niche but great games like ICO or Gravity Rush.
@@zainebrown1351 I did, all of them.
Japan Studio aren't really gone. Look into it. Most of Asobi ARE Japan Studio.
They closed because of people like you: folks that swear they want their products, but don't actually buy shit.
Sony is not the same sony I grew up with 😔🤧
Duh🙄
@@zainebrown1351 Oh snap we got an edgelord.....
It all started going downhill when Adam Boyes, Shaun Layden, Andrew House and more started leaving. We all knew it wasn't a good sign.
Cause games as Cod or Fortnite creating the Illusion that any live service game, can be a success money wise.
If Blaystation was mikrosoft you would kleary have a difffrenttt abbrooacchhh
Blaystation lmaooo why does he talk like that, didn't he ebeg 15k to fix his gross beak?
BBBBlaystation!
having a PC, I don't care about my PS5 anymore. Stellar Blade was the last game I've played on it and, apparently, there won't be a reason for me to turn it on again in a very long time.
State of gaming overall is trash. Haven't had the urge to play my pc at all. Last 2 games I played was stellar blade and elden ring dlc, which I haven't beaten cause I got bored of that dry open world. Stellar blade was fun tho.
Last month I became tired of the console gaming landscape. I Finally switched to PC gaming and I’ve never been happier. Yes it is more expensive but well worth it. I should have switched 15 years ago. lol.
I feel sorry for you.
As a PC/PS5 gamer, My PS5 stays getting played as has games you cannot find on Steam.
Mainly stuff from Japan.
But you do you.
@@83DragonWolfClown talk
@@RedEyedDRAG00N Are you joking!? I've played all games from Trails and Ys franchises on Steam. Maybe one or two timed exclusives are still on PS5 like ZZZ, but soon enough they will be on PC too.
So they barely make any games, limit their platform base and then are shocked and stunned when they make low amounts of money....
May NPD the top 20 games are all playable on PS..no other platform can claim that. Sony makes a lot of money, they just want more.
@@kevinkendall7739 So the classic form of cancer: we have a responsibility to shareholders.
@@kevinkendall7739 Just like every other multi-billion $ mega-company in the US....or the world. It's "never enough."...they want "Unlimited growth" because their shareholders expect a 1,000,000,000,000% return.
Yeah but they sell the most consoles lol
Sony is screwed long term. 10billion value lost , 29% drop in revenue, profits in single digits, they have real issues.
60million consoles but they arent making enough money. Most ps5 users play cod, fortnite, apex siege overwatch and minecraft. Same with xbox but they own 3 of the top played games on consoles...
Sony wants live service because it makes more money than single player. Look at stellar blade, ff16,rebirth sales. Sad considering their console base.
Jim Ryan tried to tell you Sony would sink without that Call of Duty money.
CoD is still safe n secure with every regulator eyes on Microsoft BUT.. even with CoD if budgets keep going up like this AAA gaming itself is doomed.
@@ShadowWolfQc true. They don't seem to understand that you can scale back cost and still profit. I hope the AAA side of things collapse
@@ShadowWolfQcI know I wonder what Microsoft gonna do when that ftc case is over.... i feel people are gonna see a different side of xbox.
Oh? So Sony is sinking now? Keep up the delusion tablets.
@@Flyeaglesfly215like what? Cod is already on ps for the next 10 years and xbox is releasing more and more games on ps, whether day 1 or after timed exclusivity. So what this whole different side of xbox?
This why the ps3 generation is highly missed. There was never a focus on trying to squeeze dollars from the gamers with live service. It was all about coming out with the best games that gave reasons to purchase the system in the first place They have lost their way. smh
It's all about "infinite Growth" to these companies...and they keep coming up with "schemes" to get players to spend THOUSANDS on each of their games....instead of just the selling price of $80-$200+.
Then don't play the live service games. But they put money in Sony's pocket which can be used to make more AAA single player games you like to play. Videogames cost a lot more to make now
@@expattrading So....what we are supposed to do...is play all these live service games? Drop every penny we have into them so Sony can make Single player games...that people CAN'T buy because they are dropping every penny they have into these live service games? Then...because people can't buy single-player games...Sony will eliminate them all together? That is EXACTLY what AAA Publishers wanting infinite growth want...every single penny from everybody else. That's the definition of "infinite Growth" these AAA Publishers and mega-corporations want.
The REASON games are "more expensive" to make are because they are focusing on unnecessary crap like, oh...I don't know...LIFE-LIKE GRAPHICS!? There are games that cost a small fraction to make, that are more fun to play, than the $500 Million pieces of crap that comes from AAA publishers. (Which always release a broken mess to begin with.) THEY are the reasons games are "more expensive to make,"...yet smaller studios are making better games with a much smaller development cost. Maybe, if AAA publishers figure that out.....they'll start doing better....but instead, they BUY these smaller studios, steal the IPs, then shut them down. It's the "American way of doing business"....where mega-corporations have to own EVERYTHING....but are NEVER satisfied unless everybody in the world gives them all their money...but even then...it's NEVER enough for these mega-corporations.
The ONLY times crap AAA Publishers will call a game a "success," is if they sell 300+ million copies...have people ONLY playing that game every minute of their free time...and dump thousands more into it. AKA....They want to make $500+ BILLION off a game that cost them $100 million to make.....only then, do they call it a "success."
THIS is why so many countries are against "Capitalism,"...and only now we are seeing the negative side of it....the side where 90% of the population gets screwed, while the other 10% amasses more and more money from the other 90%...and guess what...that" top 10%"...is getting smaller and smaller because of this. Capitalism only helps mega-corporations...not the working people making them all this money. Heck...mega-corporations are slashing jobs left and right, because they feel they shouldn't have to actually PAY wages anymore. I'll relish when all these greedy AAA publishers go down.....and smaller studios will have the chance to rise and make gaming great again. Larian Studios is a perfect example....no shareholders to "please,"...meaning, they are not out for "Infinite Growth."
@@johnhanzelyjr no YOU dont have to do anything. The people that enjoy them will play them, which will help make more AAA games. Don't think so much, lol
@@MichaelM28 That is honestly a matter of opinion. There are games on the PS3 I absolutely love....and with were made available on later consoles WITH all the DLC. (Yes...PS plus top tier has SOME available....but none the DLC for the games are there.)
I think Sony is scared to do high budget single-player games again they are afraid people won't buy it because people are busy playing COD Fortnite and Sea of thieves and other multi player games. Sony still stuck in 90s and 2000s microsoft made a major chess move on them that damaged them.
i think we're looking at 2 different demographics of gamers. That explains why GoWR sold like 15mil+ copies, at the same time those live service games are succeeding.
@@Boss_Fight_Index_muki Ps4 gamers carried that torch with GOWR being successful. Think about it alot of people who have the ps5 don't have it to play single player games they play more free to play gaming then anything and Sony definitely see the data that's why Jim Ryan was scared of microsoft buying ABK because of the multi player games they have and COD being the biggest of them all.
Well then its their fault for leaving too much of a gap in releasing them. Wasting years of their developers lives on live service crap didn't help. TLOU Pt2 should have just had a simple multiplayer mode, which either way I WILL NEVER TOUCH REGARDLESS.
But no, they had to let Bungie interfere and they turned it into too big a project and CLEARLY the studio as a whole was not happy with it, just like Sony Bend weren't when they were forced into doing the TLOU Pt1 remake NOBODY asked for too.
They clearly had to cancel the TLOU online project because ND developers were getting annoyed with the whole thing and the scope that got out of control.
@MichaelM28 are you seriously asking Why would Sony care who owns COD when this whole time during the FTC trial? What did Sony say how much it would hurt them. So, with Xbox putting their games everywhere, you don't think during that trial once again, and you will learn that putting their games to other platforms will help with another acquisition so much easier. People at Microsoft are smart. They aren't a trillion dollar company for no reason.
@@andrewsqual They remastered the first game, like...THREE times (for each generation)...and the second one is getting a remaster, too. Maybe let them work on another game, instead of remastering the same ones over and over again?
40 bucks + microtransactions + toxic online community = no thank you.
You clearly have no idea about PS games…look at helldivers 2
Don't forget that you have to pay for ps+ on top of that.
It has community?
first thing microtransactions are option unless they are forcing which effect the game play and two we need more online Toxic commutiy because that's what makes a Multiplayer games fun like Cod and if there a Issue thats why there's a MUTE button. PS+ is Opitonal as well.
Y'all act like 40 bucks is gonna send u to the poor house. What a weird thing to complain about I understand if I don't like the game but 40 bucks man come on be serious
Sony shot themselves in the foot with Hell Divers! They required PC gamers to sign up for PS Plus! Dumb move!
Everyone is telling them that. But they are just in there little bubble.
EVERYTHING SONY IS DUMB..!!! Losers like them
They didnt require it for helldivers 2 in the end. But theyre requiring it for future games. Exactly like xbox, EA, ubisoft, etc. All do.
@@alostcause4035but you still can't get the game on more than a 100 countries.
STFU every other publisher requires the same thing.
Sony fans should be mad they have to pay 40 dollars for a game no one asked for and should be making a remake of Resistance. If Sony announced a remake of Resistance the entire community would of got hyped like we did with gears of war but Sony don’t have a clue
Ya cause Microsoft has got it together right? They are both being stupid asf.....
Did I miss something? There is a remake of Gears??? Have you any idea what the new Gears announced actually is?
I log into the PS Blog with the same PSN and username right here and tell Sony what I think Concord when there is Concord related post. OR a PS Plus Extra or Premium related blog post too. I do my part.
I don't "have to" pay 40 dollars for anything. I ain't touching that trash and I've said it enough just like games before it like Suicide Squad, Destiny, Sea of Thieves and Anthem etc.
Nobody bought Resistance 2 or 3, that is why Insomniac themselves moved on from it.
@@politicallyincorrect4452 😂 have fun playing concord and Astrobot
@@andrewsqual how no one bought Resistance 2 or 3 when I bought 2 and 3?
@@rodeyrevenge Can you read or do you need lessons? I said both are stupid, safe to say I don’t do consoles. How slow are you that you could not deduce this from what I wrote. Like seriously what kind of basement dwelling edgelord are you? Next time properly read a comment so you don’t end up looking like complete goof…
The PS+ price hike to $80/year was enough for me to not only cancel my subscription, but completely remove me as a potential customer for any of these live service games since an active subscription is required to play.
You need to entice people to get on board with this Sony. Believe it or not, you need to EARN our money.
Paying to play online needs to go away. I stop paying years ago. No Psn+ or Xbox gold. Plenty of F2P for a online fix.
Methcast basically saying Sony players not buying games. Sony players playing sea of thieves, Call of Duty and fortnight. LOL
@umstrife5654 COD Always on the top 3 best selling games every year. SONY guys love COD, who you trying to fool. LOL
@umstrife5654quality is irrelevant, the fact that regardless of how you perceive the quality of Cod, PS players still buy and play it on droves. Maybe you should read what he said because he didn't talk about the quality, he spoke about how it's always the best seller on PlayStation.
PS games double downing on DEI turning into woke af... ps plus price hike... i donno if i wanna go ps version now....
Stellar Blade was woke? Chloe's ass, that got an insane upgrade since Uncharted 2, in Uncharted Lost Legacy was woke?
@@andrewsqual well Stellar Blade censored by Sony... Uncharted 2 was so long ago... they alrdy announced their coming projects r woke af.... look at Concord...and they censored many games that did not censored in Nintendo Switch version....
@@hmmdoh7835it's fine bro, just don't buy the games and they'll see the light when they go broke.
Yea they'd have to really blow me away in order to get me to buy a ps6. PC and Nintendo/mobile is the way to go.
@@BoleDaPole imo pc only way to go to me… but m$ is forcing ppl to use window 11 which will drive requirement higher with all those spyware forced to install…
Honestly, I think the writing is on the wall with Concord VS Astro Bot. And as someone who was a pre-tren during the PSOns N64 Saturn era I feel that. One of the reasons why I have not been a Sony fan PlayStation 3 and onward is the simple fact that they don't make the games that I liked from them. Not only did I like the diversity of games and we have to remember that some of the classics like PaRappa the rapper were absolutely bonkers but I liked single-player or multiplayer the sort of crazy stuff they would come up with. Even their third parties would try crazy experimental things like making a game where you conduct an orchestra based on how hard you push the buttons on the controller. Once they tried to chase Microsoft during PlayStation 3 that was the end of it, when Sony started to go after Uncharted instead of Ape Escape that's when they lost me. And just like with Concord and astrobot I don't want yet another Uber realistic hero shooter with tons of microtransactions. I want a cute mascot character I can just play by myself. I want the variety back where are my zany platformer games, where are my in-depth single player first person shooters, where are my outright weird pervy games, where are my LSD infused puzzle games, where are my I can't believe this is not Square enix RPGS. Sony used to be the king of this and now to meet both Microsoft and them have become nothing. This is why Nintendo and Valve are dominating rn.
Maybe people need to stop obsessing over every game now being "photo-realistic." That's part of why game budgets are out of control. I'm not saying the games need to look ugly, but stop obsessing over them being as realistic as possible.
Concord is going to save Sony!! Lmfao
Who says they need saving?
Good old Jim Flying Ryan gave you ponies live service garbage and left lmao
I know what Xbox and Playstation can do to make things right with gamers. Why not make PlayStation Plus essential and Xbox game pass core totally free since they are the lowest tiers and you're basically paying just for Internet with these tiers. But instead of making it a streaming service and putting free games why don't you remodel it after the steam store. Because if you're on Console you're basically paying two different providers for internet service so this is just basically my suggestion on what these companies can do to draw in new customers and not just returning customers. Because if you model it after the steam store you're most likely going to get more PC players to buy consoles and it would be much more easier for new customers to have access to these consoles if internet on the lowest tiers were free. Microsoft and Sony would make a killing if they actually did it. And if you want to pay more to have access to all the games that are streaming on both PlayStation Plus and Game Pass much higher tiers than that's another choice you could have.
Why is PlayStation really gay now? Since it moved to the US?
Cali
US for ya. If they wasn't so gay, they'd end up with a bunch of fat chicks with green hair turn up with signs protesting lmao.
I don't see how it can cost so much to make a video game. Surely it should be getting cheaper and easier as time goes by.
The problem isn't really making the live service game, but rather continuing to support it.
Conflop will die when call of duty black ops 6 comes ou.
...and COD will just be a big pile of same ol', same ol' boring, played it all before fodder.
@@lemming9984don't matter what you think there's no game like cos bro.
@umstrife5654 that's your opinion bro you probably just suck at the game.
@umstrife5654 you suck at the game I'll beat you in any game pick one sound like a skill issue I would hate it to if I sucked
I only buy AAA games when they reach £15. For non AAA games I will spend £5. Have over 400 games on my Series X across 4 console generations thanks to backwards compatibility. Have about 200 games on my PS5 (PS5 but mostly PS4 games). I would never buy a battle pass or in game microtransactions. I would only stick with games like the first descendant if I don't have to spend a penny.
No offense but gamers like you are the reason the gaming industry is in a tough spot. People aren't buying games there waiting till there 15 bucks
Games costing $100 Millions is the problem.
The average budget of a 2D game in 1992 was $200,000
The difference is insane
Requiring 7 Million sales just to break even is not sustainable and should not be treated as the norm.
no single player no money .sorry sony
Multiplayer sucks Cartman's big, fat ,hairy balls!
Same.
I'm not surprised abut the dropped player count of helldivers, at least for me multiplayer games are the last thing I play if I don't want to do anything else...
Wow PlayStation is such a failure thanks for informing me Dreamcast guy gonna trade it in now and get out while I still can
I wouldn’t recommend doing that you should definitely keep it.
@@kepnach6453 nope
I was giving Concord beta a chance until I saw all the characters had pronouns. Deleted immediately
I wouldn't even try it for that reason!
Amen to that
So you guys are snowflakes and crying because pronouns 😂. You won't be playing any games from now on then.
Really? That’s why you dropped that game. What a baby
Pronouns are the very least of the problems Concord has.
Ohhh...right...70 dollar game's and no gamepass.
Sony realistically can’t release their games day one on a subscription service. It is unsustainable and due to the recent price increase I think even Microsoft is starting to realize that.
@@MichaelM28sure... Tell that to the studios who made Forspoken, Foamstars, FF16, FF7 Rebirth, Stellar Blade, and Rise of the Ronin. All of them were sales flops. Even Helldivers 2 was only successful because of PC. PS gamers brag about exclusives.. until it actually comes to buying them. 😂
@@josephbuchanan2319Sony could but choose not to because they want that money straight away. When Game Pass was broken down, they made £4.5bn last year, with £1bn of that for 3rd party games, leaving £3.5bn. To earn that same £3.5bn Xbox would have to release 4-5 AAA games a year all selling 10m copies each. Game Pass is far more sustainable than people like to let on.
I actually think the last of us 2 multiplayer would have been the one that stuck pity they cancelled it
Chasing short term revenue by utterly destroying their long term reputation isn't going to end well for Sony at all. But then again, these are massive companies that hire scientists and business people to design their games. Perhaps they know something we don't. Why else would every single gaming company chase after the exact same live-service formula, despite various failed attempts and revenue loss.
One of the biggest problem with big budget games is that half of the budget is the bonus of executives! Then they punish the bottom staff if the game didnt earn double or more of the already blown out spending budget. This business model is unsustainable to majority of studios as breaking even or just slightly above is considered a failure.
I’ve never really enjoyed online gaming. I’ve always preferred single player games or simple 2 to 8 player co-op. Massive open play just isn’t for me
I’m surprised you even said “ PlayStation failure “
Sony made 1.2 Trillion yen in profit for 2023 selling 20.8 Million consoles. It's absolute BS they aren't making enough money to stay a float. They are just getting greedy with this live service crap because they see everyone else doing it.
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That part! They want to make that bonus at the end of the year
the thing is % in profit, last numbers tell they are getting 7-9% in profit in their reports, the ppl in buseniss say 10% is the min to get to make a invest valid, but XBOX report 16% and Nintendo 30% and thats is the problem, for a investor if you put 100, you get 9 with Sony , min is 10 and XBOX gives you 16 and Nintendo 30
remember that when the Sony gave their report, Sony lost 10 billion in value company, Sony change their CEO, cancel like 10 live service games, literally investors saw Sony is losing in profits and Sony make drastic changes cause of that
Actually Xbox is only 6%, Microsoft as a whole is 16%@@pablomolina3041
@@pablomolina3041 The latest numbers is 9.4% profit margin. They actually made more profit with the PS5 than the PS1-->PS4 combined. PlayStation has never made double digit profit margins.
Starfield won more awards than spiderman 2. Hilarious
Starfield didn't win game of the year at the video games awards. Remember.
Last i herd, spiderman 2 won nothing.
No one cares
Spider man 2 outsold starfield
Rdr2 dind wines goty awards and stil best game
@@raven679-m3ithey only use the game awards when it suits them.
Spiderman 2 outsold Starfield so whoopti-doo.......
Concord sounds like the Destruction Allstars of FPS games.
@umstrife5654 Yeah, I hope Sony keeps failing at these live service games and give up. I don't think it's what anyone wants from them.
The problem with these corporations is that they have to make more money than the previous year. It's completely unsustainable. Eventually you hit a ceiling.
If games are becoming too expensive is because some of these games are way too ambitious for their own good. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the effort that went to make games like Spider-man 2, The last of Us, God of War, etc, but is not very necessary to make these games feel like movies either. They don't have to make these games too long, they don't to make ground-breaking stories, and they don't need to be open-world all the time. Simply things Sony, make more games like Astrobot that are less expensive. Make Spider-man 3 a linear game instead, I wouldn't care as long as the game is still has its fun combat system. Make God of War and The last of us sequels only around 10-15 hours long, they don't need to be 20+ hours long.
U dont need amazing graphics to tell a good story!!
I switched to ps, BECAUSE of narrative driven single player games!
Wen i heard about the big push with live service, i groaned and rolled my eyes!!
Not all gaming is about playing with or against others!
Its nice to have a mix.
No, dreamcastguy has a midlife gaming problem !
Closing of Japan Studios was when the PlayStation brand died to me. I know not everyone bought their games but I did and they were everything I loved about gaming.
I'm glad Team Asobinand some Japan Studios staff is still around but it isn't enough for me to buy a PS5. Playstation used to experiment and pushed the bar, even with their "movie games."
There obsession with live service, minimal marketing, obsession with photorealism, and lack of support for PSVR2 makes me lose faith in the brand.
They barely do anything unique or groundbreaking anymore. Concord feels like Sony going all in on greed and trends.
Infinite growth just isn’t going to happen, this constant need for more and more money from the same player base is just a pipe dream.
My theory is devs should go back to making a pounding epic single player game, with a multiplayer mode included.
It worked all those years before.
Now it seems like they want to skip skip single player and just give us half assed uncomplete multiplayer modes, with content to come!
I played the ps4 version of the last of us remastered, multiplayer mode, plenty of players, no waiting for lobbies to fill up.
How old is that game and theres still enough players?
Cancelling tlou2 multiplayer was a big mistake for nd and sony.
But something tells me if theres a multiplayer mode coming at all for tlou, it will be a live service game!
They already canceled the tlou live service game. Thank god
they got no games
I think they have SOME games, and the games are great, but yeah not nearly enough!! Need to get back to that PS3 and PS4 output.
They got more than xbox
as a ps fan i agree the ps5 is so lackluster compared to the ps3 and ps4
Are you projecting on to Xbox?
Demon Souls Remake, Death Stranding directors cut(and the upcoming sequel) stellar blade and Returnal? Need I say more?
It feels like Sony studios are scrapping their project each time they are making a sequel. Ghost of Tsushima sequel should have came out already. 4 years and still no annoucement. While we applaud Insomniac for releasing multiple titles this generation, those were actually the standard speed in which games are being released in the PS3/360 era.
Honestly I think it’s too soon to say anything about how well Sony is doing on this space. Fortnite had to overhaul before anybody looks its way, something to remember before casting judgement.
Sony can make these stupid live service games I'm not buying none of them.I don't want the garbage.I want single-player games
Cant speak for everyone but as someone who's played a lot of Helldivers 2 (and enjoyed it) I think the decline in players is cos of no major updates to the game. Very few new strategems, no new enemies those are my 2 major gripes with the game and if those 2 things get sorted I and many others would probably play the game a lot more
Sony needs to bring back Resistance or Killzone
TLOU Factions probably would be the one game a lot of PS gamers would play forever, Sony just needs to build a separate studio to support it.
Sony can do no wrong stop it 🤣
Funny since he didn't say that....clean your ears kid.
You can't even accept it when he says something about PS. Next week when Xbox wrecks their console brand for the 7th time this year, resulting in even more worse sales than 360 and Xbone....AND THEY WILL....... you will say to dreamcastguy "durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr you wouldn't say this about Playstation 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"
@@andrewsqual That is sooo true….
@@andrewsqual Xbox is trash you’re preaching to the choir.
The problem is people play Playstation games for single-player, high-quality experiences, so like with helldivers, eventually, people move on because that's not why people play Playstation games. They can't change it now.
Where the heck is Uncharted 5!?!?!?
I think Helldivers dropped because there’s not enough competitive feel. Playing against the same two factions can get old. PVP is where it’s at. All the successful live streaming games are pvp
If Sony wants there games with a service to work they need to do what Mojang dose with Genshin Impact and make a single player free to play, open world, shared world game that continues there games story line constantly. Otherwise what’s the point it’s just a rinse and repeat idk how else to put it otherwise. And I doubt that’ll work even
The problem is when you make live service games you need to have big updates. I'm pretty sure hell divers hasn't had an update to it so obviously diving into a planet constantly will get boring at some point.
This is the first generation that I've felt shaky with PlayStation. I have always been a ride or die PS fan but this generation is making me reconsider.
The part that sucks is that this isnt just a sony problem its an industry problem and before someone jumps in with "nOt NiNtEnDo"...
Sorry but I dont want to keep playing the same games for the rest of my life. Wow a new mario kart, havent played a ton of those. New smash? Wow so much different than the last. New Animal crossing/pikmin/mario party/ etc they're all the same games with some newer QOL improvements.
Luckily for me there are hundreds of older games that i never got around to and that will keep me busy for my lifetime. Modern gaming is cancer.
What else is new?
Why is DreamCastGuy in Elden Ring?!?!?!
Is he *DYING* 🫣
When it comes to Sony i definitely miss the days when you could find wierd original titles on PSN. Anyone remember Pain or Calling all Cars, those were the days. 😁
Playstation should do some smaller projects like 2.5D remakes of jrpg's like legend of dragoon, legend of lagaia, arc the lad, wild arms.
Live service games is killing the industry imo
Yeah and the games are starting to feel so similar. Hence why I sold my PS4 Pro and moved to PC. My only console now is a Switch as Nintendo still brings interesting gameplay ideas, unlike Sony or Microsoft.
Games are too expensive to make - Sony
Why do you think Xbox wants to put Game Pass and some of its games in front of as many players as possible? Because the console market has stagnated and hasn't grown in decades and limiting yourself to a plastic box is both outdated and dumb. Pushing towards GaaS games isn't the answer either.
Sony got too comfortable banking on COD. Never in their minds thought that Microsoft would acquire Activision. Now that they're going to split profits with their competition, they are scrambling like headless chicken looking for live service games of their own.
I think that something video game publishers do not understand. Besides maybe Nintendo is also the context for the data they look at. So many of these companies look at pure sales and online engagement and they think oh my God, there's a ton of money here. We must move here, but then when you look at many of these live service games, they're either something that is extremely predatory and thus our poaching certain American and Chinese players a small pool of them, but who pour them and their mom and dad's bank account into the goddamn game or are based on something that has a huge insane following already. For example, the reason why people play FIFA video games is not because they're fun or that each iteration is even better. I've seen enough fan responses that's quite the opposite. It's because it's a soccer game. It's the only soccer game and soccer is basically a religion in most countries. Same thing with NBA, 2K and Madden. Two games that have had its ups and downs and very recently it's huge Downs but people still buy in droves because theyre thr only Football and Basketbal games and like soccer, they are basically religions unto them selves ehich is why corrupt orgs like FIFA get away with literal murder. In short, just because something is selling really well, does it mean it's because it is of good quality and is something you can emulate? It might just simply because it's just popular due to a bunch of other factors. Also see like movies like the transformer series and Avatar movies that are constantly shit on by the general public and critics but also sold billions of dollars because of board, Chinese movie, goers and macho/green culture.
I've never felt the need to get a PS5 so far. I haven't enjoyed somy exclusives for a while..
While Playstation probably hope at least on of these multiplayer games because a Fortnite/ COD type of always top 10 hit for years to come. They mostly understand that they don't need all these multiplayer games to be that massive Fortnite hit. There's plenty of multiplayer games that aren't in the top 10. But are successful and have retained plenty of players for many years. Whilst continuing to rake in cash. Like Rainbow 6 Siege, NHL, Dead by Daylight, The Division 2, The Crew 2 (and other racing games), Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Enlisted, etc etc etc. Even if Playstation multiplayer games only hit that level of relevance. Where a good amount of players are continuously playing and spending for years on years. It's stil a win. You wouldn't call any of those games I listed as failures. They still have plenty of players, still dropping content & seasons etc. A fail would be more like Babylon's Fall, Bleeding Edge, Knockout City, CrossfireX, Lawbreakers, Anthem etc. Where they shut down servers. Games still going aren't failures.
As long as Playstation has multiplayer games that can survive for years to come without losing all players/ getting shut down etc. Then that's money coming in that can help go towards alleviating the massive single player game budget issues. They can funnel that money from those multiplayer games towards the big single player games. I don't know why people don't understand that. You have single player only guys hating on there multiplayer games and hoping they fail. When it's the multiplayer games that will bring continuous profits to help fund more single player games. Smh, people just don't think.
They could easily make a good Spiderman multiplayer multiverse game but they'd ruin it by making it a looter shooter like Suicide Squad
The problem isn't that these AAA companies aren't making money - hell they make multiple millions to billions of dollars each year.
The problem is they are greedy and are chasing endless recurring revenue.
If they want a live service, the answer has always been right in front of them. People want another PS Home. They also want it with VR capabilities. That alone would probably solve 2 of their issues. A profitable live service and moving VR2 headsets. But, for some reason, the decision makers making $Millions don’t push for this. Pay me millions to run PS
Imagine if helldivers was ported to Xbox. More revenue. More people would still ve playing as they could play with more friends...
When will Fony learn
What’s interesting is I get more 3rd party titles there have been third party games to have me get a new gen console 😂. Exclusives are just side games for me at this point. Sucks to suck for those who really love their exclusives, I do get a feeling before there were more exclusives. But live service is not sustainable. Only a few select games can do this.
If gaming was like it was in the ps3/xbox360 era we would never have these problems
I'm playing the first Red Dead redemption and then I'm going to play Red Dead redemption zombies on my series x. I got both of them on disc it's pretty sad when you have to play 360 games because this generation sucks. 😁
@@davidframe1613 red dead redemption is one of my favorite games of all time…I’m playing red dead 2, and dead space remake…gaming is pretty dead with a few acceptions.
That's one reason Nintendo is up there right now. They have ps3 level power and games are cheap as hell for them to produce.
It’s thanks to people like this why gaming is in the state it has found itself🙈 stop acting hyped for games like astrobot😂😂 wtf bro your better than that cmon
Sony need to drop the woke DEI identity politics and virtue signalling shit from their games. Make games for the gamers and not for the so called modern audience who don’t buy games. Return to the values that made PlayStation great and get rid of Sweet Baby Inc. I will not buy any game no matter the studio or publisher that pushes DEI and woke agendas. As for live service games, I don’t think it’s the right direction to go in. Make a great single player game, with a great story, and have a multiplayer player component if the game justifies it.
Idk Nintendo seems to be doing a lot of woke stuff and they're doing fine I'd say.
I really don’t get the continual upgrade to graphic fidelity, even though we have new consoles that actually have the ability to do so. They’re losing so time and money making these kind of games and to be honest back in the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 era it was a nice thing to see on the newer video game systems but let’s be honest, these games really have lost their fun factor because of these “reality type photo realistic experiences”.
And going right down to the bottom of the barrel like 8 bit and 16 bit games are not all that great and it under uses the newer systems big time.
Go back and make games that utilize the PS2 and PS3 graphic engines and make them great adventures. People who are true fans of video games are going to understand that it’s not about graphics but experiences. And for crying out loud, keep the politics and the gender junk out of the games!
i have come to the stark truth that why pay £500 or more for a console that you do not own meaning that you can get banned from the servers as soon as you connect
you do not own the games you buy digital as its based on liscence buying games on disc is pointless as you still need a connection
no support from sony when things go wrong the customer service is known for being very poor they treat the customers really bad
why support this company when you have no protection when investing in this company they do no not care about you they have proven to be anti consumer
i game on retro consoles now at least i own the console and the games do not need connection modern gaming is heading for a crash if not there now
Live service games aren’t really that interesting to me. I play battlefield 2042 and honestly I’m starting to not enjoy the continuously pay for battlepass
Pc games are such a better investment. They run on my portable Rog Ally, have higher resolution, higher fps, better prices and always run even better in the future with newer hardware. They may be digital but unlike console they can be made to run without Steam or internet if it ever came down to needing to. To own a console game you have to deal with disks and still at some point they won't run on newer hardware. Makes no sence for me to buy Ps5 games even though I own one. Higher prices and no portable device to run them on.
Live service is not gonna work. Even with how great Helldivers 2 was it doesn't last forever.
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If Sony don't have any offline games, like they used to, then they just wasted our time and money.
I have little to no interest in online gaming and love playstation for their single player offline exclusives 😎👌 to me the fans don't want another fortnite(hell we didn't want the first one haha)I know casual money is alot but they just ain't gamers. Gamers want something to love, embrace and then long for a sequel(not an online grind to suck up all your time so you can't play the stuff you really love and want)it's like the movies(yeah, series are popular but most people want to go see the real deal at the movie theater, the next be sequel in the series)when companies chase the quick and easy trend(that may pay as a gamble), they alienate themselves from the loyal money they already have(which isn't really a smart buisness move at all if you think about it?)I just wish they would pick a direction and stay there, just look at nintendo, they sell like crazy and their tech is years behind and their games not as crisp but what they do, they do well and it sells.
PS5 pro is needed and games as GTA 6, Days gone 2, Bloodborne 2 and many more, so most PS fans Don't want live service games or woke shit.
NOBODY wants live service games
Gives us single player FUN GAMES
I for 1 wouldn't worry they are a business and that business is to generate money , there must be some sorts of cash flow for any game endeavor , its a crap shoot they try and if it fails does that mean stop trying No , you don't like free to play don't play them , we all have different tastes like comic books read what you like so Play what you like and forget everything else.
I have a solution just make the games shorter. For example, Ghost of tsushima could have been a trilogy with that single story alone. Also, God of War 2018 could have been a trilogy all on its own with the finale of them going up to the mountain and dealing with Odin over there
Instead of making games long and expansive with multiple acts and moments that are slow Burns, look at the uncharted formula and go from there. Sure it might be a 10:00 to 12. Maybe 20-hour experience, but that'll be worth it and possibly shorter versus your given 40 to 60 hour experience
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Chasing the virgin money is a dangerous strategy.
I stopped watching your videos until you return to the Spawncast. Your knowledge in gaming makes the cast better. I miss Click also.
They're coming. The games are coming. This year. Sony is going to roll them out
Sony is chasing that COD gold, they know once 10 years COD agreement expires it will never step on Sony platform ever again. They are launching FPS online services left and right to see what sticks, they forgot that COD was first popularized as an offline war story game and is skipping that part thus none of their game sticks. They have IP's that are more suitable for live service like Resistance, Warhawk, Killzone etc but they are too stupid to capitalize on those known popular games. If I am given the chance to create at Sony, I would totally emulate everything other popular games directly like copy mario kart 8 offline+online and have it skinned with ps all stars characters, copy gta but give them powers of infamous characters and other sony characters, heck i would even copy fortnite and use ratchet and friends as its characters. Sony already has a wide portfolio of IP's, they just need to know how to utilize them. Another simple trick is to check what is popular on roblox servers and make proper detailed games based on those! Adding cross play with PC version also massively helps.
Sony lost their way.. let them be.. Until they get back on the right track..which might take some time.. we'll move on to the next system or replaying an old game.. a Switch or switch 2 or even a retro console if ya must.. if its fun, then play it.. just work out to get more and more money should the new surprise game came out😅 the life of gamers is indeed getting more expensive 😂 happy life y'all and peace out mate.. and keep dreaming 💫
We gotta support indie games. Show these bigger companies that we want games that are creatively different. I’m so tired of live service games that expect you to stay logged in. A lot of the vocal people in the gaming community are older and have their own lives to worry about. You can provide a game that has high replayability without making it look like a second job.