Herman hulst isn't that popular at Sony if it is true that the Horizon MMO is also cancelled..

So I looked back at the exclusives released for the PS4 in 2018, to get an idea about how the PS5 is doing on a launch aligned basis, in terms of pipeline and development.

God of War, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, and MLB are the only "first party" releases. PS5 can certainly match that number with Ghost, Marathon and MLB this year.

You mean the game that has nothing to do with Sony outside of them licensing the IP for use to an mmo studio?

I think that bigger difference is that PS4 def had smaller PSN releases and no cross-gen games.

But, 2014 also had a lot from Sony. And I think they'll have a lot this year too 

I think Sony's first party cadence somewhat faltered in the launch aligned periods of 2023/2024 with 2016/2017. But I also feel like 2022 was better than most of the PS4's peak years. 

2020 is the only PS4 year that I feel comfortable putting above 2022. And 2020 is one of the best years for Sony's first party pipeline ever, and it includes the launch lineup for the PS5. 

If the Korean company has the power to cancel it (and it looks like they didn't based in new reports) that means that it wasn't a Sony project, they just licensed the ip.

Right now Ryan is far less popular than Herman at Sony, an all-in bet is never a good idea because it can explote in your face and it happened. Herman is just cleaning the house.

After watching that new Phantom Blade 0 trailer I'm starting to get the strong focus in chinese developers, those guys are crazy talented. That game looks more freaking awesome with every trailer.

(Yes this is a joke, Sony has invested A LOT in Japan in recent years. Still, I don't like how the suit guys at SE handled the last couple years. F them lol).

Yes

Enjoy retirement Ted!

Phantom Blade Zero looks incredible.

For all the talk about Sony focusing their efforts on live service, the China Hero Project has been a major success for them, not only in discovering new talent, but growing the PlayStation brand in China. It will be interesting to see what else comes out from this initiative.