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OK, I'm going to say something controversial.
I've known about the majority of these things for a while, and I'm... Very positive about it, believe it or not. https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1380476925811032065
I've known about the majority of these things for a while, and I'm... Very positive about it, believe it or not. https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1380476925811032065
Regarding Naughty Dog:
From what I hear they're working on something big for Last of Us Factions, which makes sense. I wouldn't be surprised to see a TLOU1make / TLOU2 / Factions thing for PS5.
I've known that they've been working on Uncharted for quite some time as well.
From what I hear they're working on something big for Last of Us Factions, which makes sense. I wouldn't be surprised to see a TLOU1make / TLOU2 / Factions thing for PS5.
I've known that they've been working on Uncharted for quite some time as well.
From what I've heard they're very much working on Factions > Uncharted and somewhere a new IP.
Basically, everything Jason says, I've known for a while - and I believe I told @RazielDaziel and @layton_sami this in DMs over a month ago. (except for bend)
Basically, everything Jason says, I've known for a while - and I believe I told @RazielDaziel and @layton_sami this in DMs over a month ago. (except for bend)
The perhaps worst piece of news isn't even that bad, in my eyes, it's regarding Sony Bend being downgraded to an ND support team. Jason does however write in the article itself that Bend complained about working on Uncharted, and is now working on a game of their own.
While I didn't really expect a Days Gone sequel myself (Which sucks, because I love the game), I'm at least happy they'll get to work on something on their own again. Frankly, wouldn't be surprised if they went back to Syphon Filter because of this.
When talking about Sony focusing on Blockbusters / not taking risks... Yeah, that's both true... And not true.
The truth is that yeah, they focus on that... But this has been the case since around 2016 or so, and it works for them, and it frankly works for me as well.
The truth is that yeah, they focus on that... But this has been the case since around 2016 or so, and it works for them, and it frankly works for me as well.
Them not taking risks is the part I disagree fully on. They have VR2, they fund a lot of projects deemed potential risks, games they wouldn't make themselves they still pay money for (Kena, Bugsnax, Oddworld - but even Final Fantasy, Persona, etc fall into this category)
People will tend to focus on negative aspects, but I'm actually happy. Sure, Sony ain't making a LittleBigPlanet sequel on their own, but that doesn't mean we won't see Sackboy return from other teams like Sumo. That stands true in general for Sony. Lots of exciting stuff coming.
Final point:
Microsoft has decided to go all out this generation, which shows in the amount of money they spend. From Sony's view, they want to expand while at the same time always making guaranteed money. They frankly don't have the same room for mistakes as MS does.
Microsoft has decided to go all out this generation, which shows in the amount of money they spend. From Sony's view, they want to expand while at the same time always making guaranteed money. They frankly don't have the same room for mistakes as MS does.
This is a low-risk, high-reward bet for them. And as I said, it doesn't equate to "Sony won't make JRPGs/support indies/do risks" etc, because they still will, but not necessarily in-house.
