Is Sony trying to shed it's "Sad Dad Games" image on PS5?

[Dgc1808]

pikashoe said:

Dgc1808 said:
This "sad dad" thing is new news to me. Joel and Kratos are the only 2 that come to mind and that's just 2 games so I don't see a problem.

I think sad dad is the wrong term to use. I think third person, action adventure with strong cinematic focus is a little more accurate. I do think people exaggerate this a bit, but Sony has definitely been focusing on games like this a lot more in recent years and I think that some people were a little afraid that they would continue focusing more and more on games like this and less on other types of games. The ps5 reveal seems to have put that fear to rest for some people because they showed a large variety of games and had little focus on these big cinematic games.

Sony definitely has had more of that than MS and Nintendo in recent years. I guess if the Op means: "Is Sony trying to diversify their games lineup to appeal to more people?", then my response is simply "Yes".

I never really saw this as a bad thing though. There's clearly strong demand for these types of games, Sony's studios are clearly very good at it, and they maintained a decent variety of games.