Wouldn't bother with him he's a pc snob only gives a shit about playstation games going to pc
Bloomberg: Why PlayStation Fans Are Cheering CEO’s Departure
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No, specially when he throws shit at Sony.
He has been even publicly called out by devs (like Druckmann or Cory) and oficially debunked (like when the Days Gone directros debunked Bend's supposed bad relationship with ND or Sony and said that who blocked Days Gone 2 was Bend's boss and not Sony, or when soon after Jason said Sony was focusing on making less games and focusing on sequels of their popular blockbusters Hermen said PS Studios had more than two dozen games under development -more than ever- being half of them new IPs, being games of all sizes, some SP and some MP and combining typical blockbusters with more risky and creative games in the way of Dreams, Death Stranding or Astro, games he said was proud of).
They aren't flaws, they are lies said on purpose knowing they are lies. In some article could happen, but oh surprise quite frequently Bloomberg articles throwing shit to Sony later are proved to be fake news.
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I assume he didn't mention PC ports as a negative.... they all want to gloss over the fact that it's something that could be hurting PlayStation.
It's definitely damaging to the playstation why buy one if you know you'll be able to play it on pc (if you've already got a gaming pc) the people that can afford expensive gaming PCs are the kinda whales they want to be on their hardware aswell
I don't think any game released so far was greenlit by him ( though he definitely did a good job ensuring they release in the best possible way) . Maybe games coming 2024 will best represent his era.
Schreier seems to be implying that studios shouldn't even try branching out to GAAS (and that's what this is - branching out. Teams at the studios continue to develop SP titles), which is dullard territory.
Whether or not you agree with the direction, buying Bungie for their GAAS expertise, given Destiny's popularity, is surely one of the smarter moves you can make to minimise risk.
Whether or not you agree with the direction, buying Bungie for their GAAS expertise, given Destiny's popularity, is surely one of the smarter moves you can make to minimise risk.
He ruined crunch culture in gaming, I'll never forgive him.
Crunching doesn't really help though. Insomniac doesn't crunch and they're the most productive 1st party studio.
PC ports wipe away any of the good he's done.
It's hilarious how everyone pins that on him and longs for Layden or Shu to take his job when they're the ones who actually pitched it to Jim in the first place, per Layden's own words.
Layden said it but Jim enacted it, he could've changed course, and the Nixxes acquisition was during his tenure. And I'm not one of the ones that want him backIt's hilarious how everyone pins that on him and longs for Layden or Shu to take his job when they're the ones who actually pitched it to Jim in the first place, per Layden's own words.
No. Out of more than two dozen games under development, only a dozen were GaaS.
And out of that dozen they already released MLB, Gran Turismo 7, Firewall Ultra (and soon) Helldivers II.
True, I'd have to check out the entire list but I think Wolverine will be the first one, since their team started to work on it after releasing Morales in 2020.
It's possible that the first one could be Spider-Man 2, he became CEO in Feb 2019 and Spider-Man 1 was released in September 2018, so after some vacations and preproduction maybe its production was greenlighted under his command.
But they'll continue releasing games in 2024 greenlighted before his era, as an example Helldivers 2 has been in development since 2016 and Concord started in 2018 when Firewalk was founded. Same goes with Marathon, Gran Turismo 7 or Destruction All Star, all greenlighted before him. He and Hermen weren't the ones who decided to go GaaS, or even stuff like TLOUP1.
These projects were already under development when they were promoted in 2019. They simply continued the work, hired a ton of people and acquired some support, portiong and GaaS studios to help them and made sure they were successful.
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Forbes so whatever but
www.forbes.com
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier is reporting that insiders are concerned about the company’s vision going forward, where things are spread out between “seemingly misplaced bets on service games” along with PSVR 2 and PlayStation Portal, both relative niche pieces of hardware.
Sony currently has most of its big-budget studios working on multiplayer live service games in one form or another, including Naughty Dog, Insomniac and Guerrilla of The Last of Us, Spider-Man and Horizon fame, respectively. We already know about Naughty Dog’s Last of Us Factions game, one that an additional report said that new hire Bungie believed wasn’t up to par when they surveyed the game’s progress recently. While Bungie has its own upcoming service games like Marathon, that, and current live service behemoth Destiny 2, neither are PlayStation exclusives.
The goal, of course, is to get live service games to print money indefinitely with recurring spending on seasons and microtransactions, as opposed to one-and-done single player games that at best, have a DLC or two. Of course, Sony’s very obvious strength lies in these acclaimed single player games, and these insider reports are questioning this enormous live service pivot, even if single player games will still be produced.
There’s nothing to say that just because a company makes great single player games, that they’ll be able to turn that talent into compelling live service offerings, even with a guru like Bungie on board. In fact, the opposite is more likely to be true. We have seen this play out multiple times in the industry. BioWare moved away from Mass Effect to make Anthem, that failed, so now they’re back to Mass Effect. Crystal Dynamics moved away from Tomb Raider to make Marvel’s Avengers, that failed, so now they’re back to Tomb Raiders. Gearbox moved away from Borderlands to make Battleborn, that failed, so now they’re back to Borderlands. Are you sensing a pattern here?
Even if these upcoming offerings stay within the world of these games, ie. The Last of Us, there are zero guarantees of quality or positive reception, despite whatever talented studio is on board. The most popular multiplayer games have either been doing multiplayer forever (Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, DOTA, League of Legends) or sprang out of relative nowhere (Fortnite, PUBG, Tarkov). Even Bungie cultivated Destiny from Halo DNA, a series that always had compelling single player and multiplayer portions.
Taking these largely single player studios and forcing them to do something they have really never done in any significant capacity does not seem like a recipe for success, diverting resources from likely successful single player projects to chase a live service dream that does seem like a bubble that’s about to burst. Or that burst has already happened, based on the failed titles I’ve mentioned.
I do not predict great things for PlayStation’s live service plans, and it appears I’m not alone.
Insiders Say PlayStation’s Live Service Pivot May Not Be Going Well
Sony forcing great single player developers to make live service games for PlayStation is a huge risk.
www.forbes.com
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier is reporting that insiders are concerned about the company’s vision going forward, where things are spread out between “seemingly misplaced bets on service games” along with PSVR 2 and PlayStation Portal, both relative niche pieces of hardware.
Sony currently has most of its big-budget studios working on multiplayer live service games in one form or another, including Naughty Dog, Insomniac and Guerrilla of The Last of Us, Spider-Man and Horizon fame, respectively. We already know about Naughty Dog’s Last of Us Factions game, one that an additional report said that new hire Bungie believed wasn’t up to par when they surveyed the game’s progress recently. While Bungie has its own upcoming service games like Marathon, that, and current live service behemoth Destiny 2, neither are PlayStation exclusives.
The goal, of course, is to get live service games to print money indefinitely with recurring spending on seasons and microtransactions, as opposed to one-and-done single player games that at best, have a DLC or two. Of course, Sony’s very obvious strength lies in these acclaimed single player games, and these insider reports are questioning this enormous live service pivot, even if single player games will still be produced.
There’s nothing to say that just because a company makes great single player games, that they’ll be able to turn that talent into compelling live service offerings, even with a guru like Bungie on board. In fact, the opposite is more likely to be true. We have seen this play out multiple times in the industry. BioWare moved away from Mass Effect to make Anthem, that failed, so now they’re back to Mass Effect. Crystal Dynamics moved away from Tomb Raider to make Marvel’s Avengers, that failed, so now they’re back to Tomb Raiders. Gearbox moved away from Borderlands to make Battleborn, that failed, so now they’re back to Borderlands. Are you sensing a pattern here?
Even if these upcoming offerings stay within the world of these games, ie. The Last of Us, there are zero guarantees of quality or positive reception, despite whatever talented studio is on board. The most popular multiplayer games have either been doing multiplayer forever (Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, DOTA, League of Legends) or sprang out of relative nowhere (Fortnite, PUBG, Tarkov). Even Bungie cultivated Destiny from Halo DNA, a series that always had compelling single player and multiplayer portions.
Taking these largely single player studios and forcing them to do something they have really never done in any significant capacity does not seem like a recipe for success, diverting resources from likely successful single player projects to chase a live service dream that does seem like a bubble that’s about to burst. Or that burst has already happened, based on the failed titles I’ve mentioned.
I do not predict great things for PlayStation’s live service plans, and it appears I’m not alone.
Why even post this Forbes nonsense in which they are copying Bloomberg which article was also nonsense.
