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PotentHerbs on 27 November 2018
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LudicrousSpeed said: 
PotentHerbs said:

Nothing supports this critically or commercially.

GOW, Uncharted 4, Lost Legacy, GT Sport, DriveClub, MLB, Horizon, Killzone, inFamous: Second Son, inFamous: First Light, Astrobot VR, Gravity Rush 2, Knack 1+2, The Last Guardian, with stuff like Days Gone, Concrete Genie, Dreams, Medievil Remake, TLOU2, GOT in the pipeline. This isn't even including co - developed stuff like BloodBorne and The Order, Sony owned IP's that are licensed to second/ third parties like LBP3 & SoTC, and PS3 games like GT6 and Puppeter that could have easily been PS4 launch titles. 

If you think 15 or so titles over 5 years, most of which are just solid titles at best and nothing spectacular, is incredible, then we can just agree to disagree. And outside of a few heavy hitters, yeah, critically my comment stands true. Commercially I have no idea, idk what these games sell and idc. Ed Sheeran sells a lot of albums. NCIS has a lot of viewers. I should have added imho after that part you bolded, I thought I did. Oh well.

And of course it doesn’t include money deals like Bloodborne or outsourced stuff or 2nd party stuff. This is about studios Sony owned.

And those few heavy hitters I mentioned above that got great critical praise were, again, made by developers Sony bought. Nothing wrong with buying more. There are plenty of genres Sony doesn’t cover.

Out of the 15+ titles I listed (MLB is a yearly game consistently scoring 80+) 13 of them have meta scores of 80+, with 3 of them having meta scores of 90+. The majority of remaining PS4 games they have in the pipeline will only increase these numbers. Critically, your comment doesn't stand true. Sales reflect Sony first party is in great shape. 

Sony Japan co - developed BloodBorne and Santa Monica co - developed The Order. This is more than a money deal. 

The studios Sony bought also improved under them. They have a lot of creative freedom. It has allowed studios like ND, SP, MM, GG to improve the depth and scope of their games. I wasn't against Sony buying more studios. Its the idea their first party is struggling that's ridiculous. It hasn't been better. 

Studios Sony built from the ground up have been successful critically + commercially years ago.

Last edited by PotentHerbs - on 27 November 2018