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[Bloomberg] Sony Pulls Back From PlayStation Games on PC (Ghost of Yotei port and other internally developerd games scrapped)

In the end it's an easy strategy to stop, and an easy strategy to re-start.

If this has anything to do with Steam Deck/Machine or Microsoft's lame attempts at console-izing PC, then I feel like perhaps when those are wet farts in the market Sony could rethink this.

I feel like with them being the only premium console brand worth anything, with that "perfect" console experience that will never really be replicated on PC, they don't have much to fear from anyone.

For Playstation fans, unless this comes along with Sony having some renewed internal priority on making more games, then nothing will change for you other than console war brownie points. Having said that, I know that is a huge portion of your lives/ego lol
 
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Topher said:
Oof......thinking of Nixxes employees right now

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Don't want to jinx it but they will be fine I think. Their talent is still valuable. They don't need the PS3 expertise of Bluepoint to do PS4 to PS6 updates or beyond since it's all the same now. They did the PS5 HZD remaster.
 
DeepEnigma said:
I can guarantee you this is alpha placeholder assets. And if not, fuck that game then.
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I know you're right, but I can totally see some side quests about helping a bunch of gay dudes with their upcoming weddings deviating in fetch quests about getting flowers or a rainbow flag cake or some shit about minorities getting screwed somewhere and I don't give a damn about any of that

Oh and of course, you won't suffer it, but here in latam they probably gonna try again to force their latinx shit and make everything more insufferable, then bitch about "rising development costs" coming the next quarterly earnings...
 
Tiago Rodrigues said:
It just hit me that like 4 years ago Sony was in a courtroom fighting for their lives so that Microsoft wouldn't remove access to Call of Duty from their platforms after Activision was acquired.

Fast forward to today, they somehow managed to not only keep COD releasing on PS consoles, Xbox now releases everything on PS consoles and they are back at exclusives again. Basically you buy a PS5 for 400 bucks and you have access to all games in the industry except Nintendo exclusives lmao.

Out of the blue Playstation is the best choice in terms of quality / price to game. They have even been doing multiple promos on PS Plus, their 1st party games, etc lately.
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It's an amazing platform son.
That's why I've only got a playstation now, you don't need anything else
 
After all the port begging and incessant whining all the PC bros in the thread acting all nonchalant and 'Hurrr Durrr we never wanted them anyway!' Is just hilarious 🥲
 
Gonzito said:
No

There are plenty of games where the main character is a woman who can take on men, like Tomb Raider and I have no issue with that at all.

My concern with Ghost of Yōtei is different. It's presented as being set in historical Japan, during a period when women did not have the same rights, status, or social roles they do today. In that historical context, portraying a woman as a lone samurai or warrior cutting down groups of men feels inconsistent with the social realities of the time.

So the issue isn't with a female protagonist in general, it's about historical authenticity and whether that portrayal fits the specific era the game is trying to represent

This is the problem with you man, you just want to attack people and don't listen.
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The game is not historically authentic. It's historical fiction. And in that case it fits perfectly, as Japanese fiction, history, and mythology is rich with Onna-musha. Nor is a woman warrior (she is no Samurai) the most egregious difference to reality, the game has ghosts for example, in one side quest that is pretty well done. It's also clear a lot of the fighting and skills are way beyond what any regular human can do.

It's far more Seven Samurai than Shogun.
 
Sony is finally listening to there fans. Sony is learning. This makes sense that Sony stop this Ryan and Hermen stupid initiative, especially knowing the future competitions are pc, the steam machine and xbox hybrid. Sony dont want their best to appear on the competition which will alienate PS owners and turnoff potential PS buyers. And their pc sales and xbox sales was just peanuts ,insignifcant compared to the main sales in PS5. Those pc ports just alienate fans.

Full exclusives is what entices most customers to buy PS whether they buy it or not. Porting to other platform makes it pointless to buy PS. Nintendo is best example of success and Sony is now learning from Nintendo about exclusives. I want exclusives battle be back just like those 90's and early 2000 era, golden years of great games and exclusives.
 
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Excellent news. Now I have a reason to buy a PS6 again. Stop devaluing your console.

You want God of War? Buy a PlayStation, its that simple.
 
balls of snow said:
Man Yotei could have been glorious on pc. Tsushima sold a fuckton on steam.
Respect the decision but fuck...
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Yeah, that is an odd one for sure. The report says poor PC sales are apparently one reason, but GoT is one of the best selling PC ports, with estimates putting it close to 3 million sold on PC.

Saros I get, because Returnal was a complete bomb.
 
Zathalus said:
The game is not historically authentic. It's historical fiction. And in that case it fits perfectly, as Japanese fiction, history, and mythology is rich with Onna-musha. Nor is a woman warrior (she is no Samurai) the most egregious difference to reality, the game has ghosts for example, in one side quest that is pretty well done. It's also clear a lot of the fighting and skills are way beyond what any regular human can do.

It's far more Seven Samurai than Shogun.
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It's inspired from this 1973 classic. Which also inspired Kill Bill.

A young woman (Meiko Kaji), trained from childhood as an assassin and hell-bent on revenge for the murders of her father and brother and the rape of her mother, hacks and slashes her way to gory satisfaction in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Japan.
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Gojiira said:
After all the port begging and incessant whining all the PC bros in the thread acting all nonchalant and 'Hurrr Durrr we never wanted them anyway!' Is just hilarious 🥲
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I mean, half their games sold like shit, so it doesn't look like the PC crowd cared all that much.

Returnal, Rift Apart, Sackboy, Spider-Man 2, Ragnarok, and Forbidden West did underwhelming numbers. Seems they really didn't want them all that much. Else they would have bought them.
 
Gojiira said:
After all the port begging and incessant whining all the PC bros in the thread acting all nonchalant and 'Hurrr Durrr we never wanted them anyway!' Is just hilarious 🥲
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Yeah, because these PC ports were definitely selling like hot cake on Steam.
They were in MASSIVE DEMAND. People were fighting in the streets over their chance to play one.

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calico said:
I don't consider him credible post wokegate, but you do you. He may well turn out to be right, I just don't assign weight to his statements either way.


Common papito win. It's woker than a kid on Christmas morning.
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Woke or not Shreier has never been wrong, maybe like once in the last 5-10 years
 
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Merline said:
Xbox fans on ResetEra are now demanding that Microsoft cancel Fable, Horizon 6, and Halo for the PS5. Not even two months ago, the same people were preaching that exclusives were outdated.

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What does that have to do with PC gaming? I guess it's true all Xbox fans just went to PC and started the war from there.
 
mayham2199 said:
What does that have to do with PC gaming? I guess it's true all Xbox fans just went to PC and started the war from there.
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The pretend PC gamers with console war mentality and an obvious favouritism towards Xbox are one the best things to have come out of Microsoft in the last 5 years. So obvious and hilarious, I can't get enough for them!
 
PeteBull said:
Very unrealistic feminist strong boss babe phantasy video game at that :D
And we cant even excuse all that with steroids like in abby's case this time, just agenda pushing :)
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The problem ain't that man, otherwise "superhero" games are unrealistic as well

It isn't about body composition, it's their behaviors, motivations, their asshole attitude, the lack of real struggle other than "someone or something is bringing me down" tho Lara wasn't a bitch about anything, just a dumb hypocrite crying about killing = bad, then going full Rambo on any mfer, lmao

Also why the conversation is going this place? :messenger_grinning_sweat:

This is about the lack of interest from PCMR to Sony games after the initial run of ports, the novelty wore off quick and the money isn't there to keep going

Let's be real, there is no crowd that can save a game like Fairgames, Marathon or any of the GAAS trash that's why they needed to be ported everywhere and hope for the best, but a good Single Player game the audience is drawn to doesn't need any saving if it's good
 
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Ok but....has Sony actually confirmed any of this or?


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So......nothing basically?

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Talk to me when Sony themselves actually confirm this. Jason lies too much for clicks.
 
Rumour till proven.

OP article even says GAAS still and two third party partnership games still coming. I think what they'll do is focus on the heavy hitter SPs as PC ports

Some of them like Horizon and GOW sold millions. But then some like Sackboy, R&C and Returnal sold hardly any. Seems like the PC crowd only cares about the big name IPs.
 
DeepEnigma said:
Bro, she Nathan Drake's the F out of men in every single game.

You know I am against ham-fisted woke shit, but the line is starting to go a hair too far at times.
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Stealth kill/ambush using knife or killing males in a shootout is different compared to killing them showing physical superiority.
She can be brutal/merciless but she cant win vs men in physical strenght contest, here some finishers from TR 2013:


Here in shadow of tombraider aka 3rd part of new trilogy where lara is older/more experienced(and game defo more woke) we experiencing clear signs of her being too op in meele range/raw physical strenght but its still not as bad as in some games and she still needs to use knife/stealth/enviroment and we can clearly see her losing vs bosses in strenght contests.



So i agree here are few questionable behaviours from her not being tiny fragile woman but instead steroided to the max 250lbs hulk of a guy with a female skin instead .
Very likely that upcoming continuation will be even worse in that aspect but lets wait and see...
 
StreetsofBeige said:
Rumour till proven.

OP article even says GAAS still and two third party partnership games still coming. I think what they'll do is focus on the heavy hitter SPs as PC ports

Some of them like Horizon and GOW sold millions. But then some like Sackboy, R&C and Returnal sold hardly any. Seems like the PC crowd only cares about the big name IPs.
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Rumor my ass

It's a Bloomberg article that refers directly to Sony Group with sources inside the company....

Keep coping, though
 
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EDMIX said:
Talk to me when Sony themselves actually confirm this. Jason lies too much for clicks.
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I don't think they would ever come out and officially announce it, there is no benefit in doing so other than pissing people off. They'll still be releasing (multiplayer) games on PC anyway and their strategy could change again in the future, no reason to close any doors.
 
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analog_future said:
Just further goes to show that Sony has no idea what they're doing with Playstation right now.

So now you can play

  • The Last of Us Part I and the Last of Us Part II on PC, but not the eventual Part III.
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn and Horizon: Forbidden West on PC, and LEGO Horizon Adventures (??), but not the eventual third game.
  • Ghost of Tsushima on PC, but not it's sequel
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, but not it's eventual sequel
  • Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy, but not Uncharted 1-3
  • God of War 2018 and God of War Ragnarok, but no future God of War games
  • Spider-Man 1 and Spider-Man 2, but apparently not Spider-Man 3 or Wolverine
  • Returnal, but not Saros


I don't begrudge them for this move but between this, all of the cancelled games, the studio closures, the GaaS stuff and all of the failures there, the apparent re-focus on single player games again, the hit-or-miss TV and movie adaptations, etc.. etc.. just makes the entire enterprise feel rudderless.



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Listen, I'm not saying I agree with it..IF its even true, but one could argue, their goal may have been to convert those consumers to buying a PS in the future.

As in, you may have learned about The Last Of Us on PC, you'll end the IP on Playstation...

That sounds to me like they know what they are doing bud. Many will buy a PS6 or something to play those sequels they got on PC. I think they should continue the whole 1 year or 2 year exclusive thing and put it on PC btw, I'm merely stating that such a point of putting them only on PS6 has its benefits for Sony. Cheaper development, faster dev time, more hardware sold by those converts etc
 
demigod said:
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What's wrong with you?
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Stop crying shill, unlike you I already have all the hardware I need no matter what happens in the industry the next 5 years or so.

But will I buy a PS6 to play 2 exclusives per year? No. Those games would be the most expensive games known to man.
 
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