I can't believe that 2024 Playstation is resembling 2010 Xbox. This is the start of the end. The smoke is spreading fast.
That's what happens when complacency sets in. Like, I still have some faith that there's a lot of interesting stuff going on BTS with PlayStation when it comes to 1P AAA, AA, actual exclusives (reversing the PC strategy or just scaling it back to some GaaS titles), future hardware beyond "more powerful than the last one" (because it'll take 7-8 years for a game to really utilize that power and by that point the gen is over), 3P M&As, investments etc...
...but the lack of clear communication on it is deafening at this point. Even if they had to pivot hard internally relatively late (like early 2023 late) and might not have too much on the 1P front to show the next couple of years, at least more partnerships and investments, M&As etc. w/ 3P (not just simple timed exclusives or marketing deals for games otherwise going to PC and multiplatform Day 1) could help out things in the meanwhile.
Because we know Nintendo's gearing up for some big stuff with Switch 2, and Xbox is making some good moves again after what seemed like an extended period of nothing (Avowed even if it looks kind of jank, Hellblade 2 even if it seems like a DLC expansion, Indiana Jones, lucking into the Palworld craze, somehow still having shills & influencers keep most gaming discussion around Xbox one way or another).
Meanwhile more PS people just keep pointing to sales charts, or trying to spin a possibly growing focus on PC (at the expense of the console's identity) as good by saying "at least it's not Xbox!". It's just getting
extremely tiring.
What a waste of time and resources. It's already on PS4 through Backwards compatibility. If only they had bought Supermassive and continued to build out the Universe...
A company that is clearly losing its way slowly
That's the thing; why does this game need a PS5 remaster when it plays perfectly fine through BC and with resolution & framerate improvements (plus load time improvements) as-is? Oh it's so they can justify bringing it to PC and make it look like the console is still the focus,
riiight.
The console being the focus would mean an Until Dawn 2 announcement for PS5, but this rumor has nothing in that regard. Talk is cheap, action is everything.