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TheFallen on 14 February 2024
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Soundwave said:
PAOerfulone said:

This is the problem right here.

Sony (and Microsoft) put all their eggs in the AAA first party basket they didn’t leave any room for B-C tier first party titles that can stem the tide or hold fans over until the next major A-S tier 1st party title. And now that’s starting to come back to bite them.

And they can’t always really on 3rd parties to bridge those gaps because they’re dealing w/ the same problems as they are - rising development costs, time, and resources. With less 3rd parties to go around, this is when they need to rely on their own in-house development the most - Which they have invested little in. Now they’re starting to pay the price for their negligence.

But they basically are just relying on 3rd parties. Sony said in its guidance they don't have any big 1st party game for the next year ... lol. 

They're relying on GTA6 basically. 

No 1st party release from existing IP. If you're going to quote, make sure to give the full context. Doesn't mean we won't see any 1st party release for the next 15 months. Just that we won't see the next GoW, TLoU , GoT , GT etc from the likes of Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, Santa Monica etc.

There are various factors at play for why this is occurring. Sony's bigger studios are are only coming off the post release of their last game. Spiderman 2 only just released in the previous 6 months, and GT, GoW and Horizon released in the passed 18-24 months. Naughty Dog has only recently pivoted away from their live service ventures, which I'm assuming the assets of which will be used anyway for a future project.

Couple this with the fact that we are now entering the time at which projects which were conceptualised or green lit during/prior to the pandemic, which would have been due to release shortly under the status quo, have had there development time extended as every team adjusted and adapted to the situation.

There are plenty of logical explanations for the situation. Obviously some affect every company and not just Sony. In a perfect world the Last of us online, or the next Naughty Dog single player game or GoT II would be releasing next fiscal year. But unfortunately that's not the reality.

This however, does not mean we won't see any new IP 1st party releases from Sony in the next fiscal year.