State of Play, September 24th 2024
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I don’t expect any first party games.
I use to disagree with you on Square Enix changing Sony’s exclusive contracts. But this new CEO seems just the kind of person to do such a thing. Looks like he’s being fooled by meetings with Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond coercing him into stopping Sony AAA exclusives.
I use to disagree with you on Square Enix changing Sony’s exclusive contracts. But this new CEO seems just the kind of person to do such a thing. Looks like he’s being fooled by meetings with Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond coercing him into stopping Sony AAA exclusives.
This is going to be a bunch of shite most likely
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DQ12 was revealed 4 years ago. You don't know if Sony hasn't signed a contract beforehand. Also I think Sony wouldn't care about cancelling clauses, because both parties must agree to use them in a case.
DQ12 could legit move the Japanese to buy the PS5. Monster Hunter Wilds is also on the way. I mean it can be timed exclusive and later ported to Switch 2/PC.
It's not only Square Enix who has to be disappointed in these deals but Sony too.
I doubt Sony will do many exclusives going forward. They just don't have to and that is part of the reason you see a shift in tone from Square Enix. It's a two-way street.
No one is being fooled by Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond, without money coming from Sony, Square Enix has no recourse but to put these games on other platforms. Any Microsoft has an opportunity to at least get marketing rights.
What's interesting is the state of the relationship between Sony and Square Enix.
On one hand they didn't put any characters in Astro Bot, which suggests a really poor relationship. On the other hand, FF7 Rebirth was used to promote the PS5 Pro. It's possible that Square Enix characters will be highlighted in the free DLC, it's also possible that their relationship is souring as they naturally grow apart.
They already announced 30th anniversary hardware, accesories, toys, Spotify playlist or even stuff like My First Gran Turismo and the PS5 Pro.
As I remember Sony hinted a future 30th anniversary event or future info, but there's little more to put there other than game announcements, maybe:
- Trailers from previously announced games and movie/tv adaptations
- Wireless PSVR2 announcement
- More PS1/PS2/PSP Classics games added to the store and PS+
- 30th Anniversary themed PSN discounts campaign
Maybe 1 or 2 minutes more, not 20.
Bro You really think Sony has the 100s of millions to money hat DQ12 and KH4 when they are currently out there with their begging bowls to collect a few millions with their remasters and pc ports.
If they had money to buy exclusivity then we would not have these desperate until dawn remakes and horizon remasters, their GaaS push has been disastrous and they are billions in the hole.
That shitty TLoU show also will also lose viewers with season 2 and with that their film/tv productions venture is going to fail too.
You have to understand that there are two Sony's now.
Platform Business Group and Studio Business Group.
You didn't see Herman Hulst AT ALL for any of the 30th anniversary stuff. I doubt that will be the case at the end of things. It is possible you'll see him at this State of Play and they'll do nothing else for the rest of the year which would be disappointing.
If the wireless PSVR2 is real, I don't think we see it until after the holidays. If they heavily discount the PSVR2 again before Christmas, it'll lean to being more likely.
You have to largely separate platform and studio business at this point. They'll collaborate sometimes and obviously both speak on investor calls, but you essentially have two different businesses with two different priorities albeit working in concert and to each others' benefit.
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So that's why platforms aren't announced yet for KH4 and DQ12 huh?
It definitely is
possible. I bet one or two of these games will be Sony exclusive.
Honestly I'd be fine if they made it more similar to FFX and tweak the Trance mechanic so a full meter carry over in between manual. Make it so you can manually activate whenever instead of how the old system worked.
And I'd be fine. I wouldn't wanna see it go action tho.
after some information they dropped during some of the post credits from the anime im starting to believe that their next game will be with androids and dragons, being nier and drakengard at the same time
they once again highlighted that the androids are using dragons on the night kingdom, the place where is always night etc etc
Conceptually this sounds so ace.....
yup im hopping on the NIER hype train lol. I honestly don't need to see shit else if yoko and team show up
