In regards to the showcase… wouldn’t you just expect it to coincide with previous ones?
No major PlayStation sequels doesn’t mean nothing at all. But a bunch seems to have been jumbled from those translations so I don’t remember the accurate statement….
In the past Sony made their showcases typically around early June orr late May due to E3, and some year in September instead maybe because some teams had delays for the trailers or needed more time.
This year E3 no longer exist, so there's less pressure to make it there. But it worked for them, and I assume they'll continue having a big summer State of Play or Showcase to highlight the main games coming to PS mostly during H2 2024 and H1 2025.
As always, it would have a mixture of first party games, maybe some 3rd party exclusives, some big top seller multiplatform games with marketing deal for that season and maybe a handhul cool indies with potential.
From the first party side I think we could get there gameplay reveals and maybe release date of Concord, Until Dawn remake, Marathon, Death Stranding 2 and maybe the announcement of Cory's new IP, Horizon Online or the next Team Asobi game. We could also see there some China or India Hero Projects like Convallaria or Lost Soul Aside, but I'd move them to a separate event.
Internally developed is whatever. I don’t remember Sony as Nintendo. You honestly kinda didn’t give a shit about their internal stuff aside from GT and Wipeout until the end of ps3 and ps4 era (and I kinda still don’t outside Santa Monica but whatever). These were platforms driven by third party exclusives due to whatever consequence, from a better storage medium vs the n64 to now… where is Xbox is a dead platform for third party game sales and ps5 is the only home console.
Yes, outside recent Nintendo platforms, most games sold always have been 3rd party, and most of the top sellers always have been 3rd party.
Third party deals gave you Bloodborne. I will take the next bloodborne (I don’t mean a sequel but something that hits as hard as it did for me) over any PlayStation studio developed game if it comes thru fostering partnerships. That’s all good.
I know what you mean, but Bloodborne is a first party game because it's a game published by Sony (plus Sony owns the brand and codeveloped it), even if the lead development team, FromSoft wasn't owned by Sony. Which makes it a 2nd party game in addition to a fist party game.
3rd party deals are for games published by companies not owned by Sony. A few examples: a marketing deal for Elden Ring, published by Bandai Namco. Or an exclusivity deal for a Final Fantasy game with Square Enix. Or a VR exclusivity deal for Resident Evil games with Capcom, or to agree with them to release Street Fighter 6 and RE4 Remake in PS4 but not in Xbox One.
what if people's first console is PS5? do i care what came on PS4/PS4Pro? of course not.
i only care what games came to PS5.
''We already played Demons Souls on PS3 so it's not like it's a brand new experience''
maybe you did, i didn't. did you play Demon's Souls in 4K, 60fps? so it is new experience.
I only played a few hours of both versions in the same Full HD tv, but for me Demon's Souls in PS5 felt a very different experience in PS5 specially because of the highly changed and improved visuals and artstyle, plus the contoller stuff.
Instead, TLOUP1 for me felt the same game and experience I played in PS3. Yes, maybe since then the visuals were improved in the remaster and later in the remake, but since the artstyle was basically the same the game felt the same to me.
I assume the idea of the remasters and remakes, in addition to update them for the newer platforms is to keep them fresh and more appealing for a new audience, people who originally didn't play them.
