Not announcing their release dates doesn't mean they don't have their roadmap already planned. Prety likely they already have it detailed with specific dates for all their 1P plus the main 3P releases for this and next year. And then with vague dates (stuff like "Q3 FY2025") for the next 5 years or so.
In recent years Sony focuses their marketing in the very short term, the next few months, highlighting the main big 1st and 3rd partty games plus cool indies, exclusive or not. Nobody buys only PS5 exclusives, most of the PS5 game sales and most big sellers are multiplatform titles. So Sony markets everything.
They have been marketing mostly the games planned to be released until early 2024. As they keep released, they'll move their focus to market the next batch, the one for the rest of the year.
Im not saying they dont have anything else coming. But we know nothing atm, especially from PS Studios. I expect Concord to come this year and hopefully something like Astrobot, especially the PSVR2 sake.
I wouldnt put too much trust in them either Yurinka, they arent as organised as they once were, the string of cancellations and lack of PS studio games is evident they’ve missed the ball in some places. We havent been told about a single player PS studio game since Spiderman 2/Wolverine times. I know stuff is coming, Im just saying what is clear.
Im not saying people buy the PS5 just for exclusives, but its why they are so popular. Its what saved there ass in PS3 era, what made them so popular in the PS4 era. And PS1/PS2 had so many 3rd party exclusives that drove the console forward. Exclusives will always be important. Its what makes a difference to there competitors.
Id say some of there best sellers now are PS exclusives like GOWR and Spiderman. Apart from COD, Harry Potter and Fifa, the best sellers are probably the big PS games like GOW, Spiderman and TLOU etc. They would be nothing without exclusives.
There new strategy of short term and keeping most there games hidden sucks lol. I prefer the PS3/PS4 days and even before where we knew what was coming from a long way out. I think they have fallen behind ( evident by cancelled games and studio closures, and thats why they arent announcing things like they use to.
Hopefully this summer they turn it around and have lots to announce, Im sure they will. It would be smart because it makes fans know more is coming, fans are less likely to commit knowing little is coming, its not a good strategy. The more fans know, the more they commit and buy the console.
