Jason Schreier: Sony's Obsession with Blockbusters is Stirring Unrest Within PS Empire

[DonFerrari]

LudicrousSpeed said:

DonFerrari said:

It looks like you ignored the word proportion. It was half the titles on PS3 and PS4, that means proportion is close, the risk of new IPs is close. Development time increased and that is why the total number of SW released decrease, but at the same time the quality, reception and sales increased enough to not only cover it but also make the total sales much higher and break records bringing a lot more profit. Not sure why you think that is a problem.

Yes the higher development title picked all companies, that is why most have put a lot less SW and some that tried to be stubborn had to change their ways (looking at you Assassins Creed yearly releases and the increase in studios for some other IPs to keep it year schedule).

The point is Sony is making what is best for them, while still supporting smaller games be it through second party or third party and also releases first party smaller scale games. PS5 launch had much more exclusives than PS4 even though PS4 was receiving big games until the end of its life. Astro`s Playroom, Sackboy adventure and many other aren`t AAA blockbuster as well.

Really, I ignored the proportion even though the post you quoted literally says almost half? The only word that matters is less. Less software, less new IP's, less risk. Yes yes we all know bigger games require longer development time. Again, nothing new there, nothing relevant to the point. It's weird that you're confused on this, you've always been one of the more vocal people here about the great variety Sony provides. Now you're fine with Sony just doing AAA titles and buying timed exclusive rights to the smaller stuff.

Also, did the PS5 have "much more" exclusives? I remember three for PS4, I think PS5 also had three if you count the Astro Boy pack in demo?

Except releasing less isn`t equal to less risk, since you also have less opportunities to dillute the risks. Since about half of their titles are still new IP I would say they are taking about the same risk as before but with less releases in total because of more time to release games.

I`m still in favor of more variety which is totally different than not understanding why they have reduced output. Still you received a list of sony games that aren`t AAA already for this gen and that is much more than previous gen.

I don`t remember you being so worried about the lack of exclusives or variety on Xbox over the past 2 gens though, nor you even really caring about all those games from Sony, remind you saying how useless Japanese games were to you.

On the output for first 6 months I sure would need to check PS4 vs PS5, but from memory (and sure PS5 being more recent plays in its favor) I see PS5 being stronger than PS4, I do remember Xbox fans (you probably in there as well) saying X1 launch was a lot stronger in SW than PS4.