Salnax on 25 September 2023
A few years stand out to me as being fairly weak for Sony as a Publisher:
- 1994 - This is here on a technicality, since the PS1 was only launched in December, and only in Japan.
- 2000 - This was an awkward transition year. Tons of games DID come out this year, but considering how strong Nintendo and Sega's lineups were this year, Sony's weakness was notable. Only Spyro 3 stands out. That said, Sony DID have a lot of games under their name back in these days.
- 2006 - This year isn't so bad when you factor in the PSP, with games like Daxter, LocoRoco, and Syphon Filter standing out. However, if you focus on just the PS2 and PS3, it was a weak transition period, with only Resistance on the PS3 standing out. Bad as 2007 may seem in retrospect, it gave us God of War 2, Uncharted, and R&C Future.
- 2019 - By this point, Sony's modern strategy of focusing on a smaller number of big games per year was in full effect. 2017 had Horizon: Zero Dawn, Nioh, and Gran Turismo Sport, 2018 had Spider-Man, GoW 2018, and Detroit Become Human, and even 202 had Ghost of Tsushima and TLOU2. 2019's lineup was not only small, it lacked any big hits, with even Death Stranding being a divisive game that sold far less than many would have expected.
And just for positivity, shoutouts to PS3 era Sony.
