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Sony PlayStation: First Party Studios |OT4| Because we're skipping 3
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The difference is pretty obvious.
A portable PS4 would be a portable version of the PS4. Its library would consist of PS4 games. It wouldn't require PS4 portable only games. Its success would depend on if people want a portable PS4.
A brand new handheld would be a Vita compared to a PSP. New hardware that requires its own library of games to succeed.
Marketing to the mainstream consumers would be a nightmare as well if there is a PS4 that is portable only and one that's a traditional console. Meanwhile, Nintendo has one machine that you pay one price for and is both portable and a home console. Optically, that's not a good look for Sony.
I think the PS5 will support PSVR and all its software (via backwards compatibility or upgrade patches). Then in 2021/22 they'll launch the PSVR2 for PS5 (with PSVR1 BC) and devs will start transitioning over to it.
Expect is kind of a strong word. I'll just say that my guess is Sony won't come out of nowhere and host some big, brand new event. They'll stay relatively quiet up until the end of the year and then host the annual TGS conference and then PSX.
How will they market Death Stranding and TLOU2 if they come out this year then, you ask? The same way they did with God of War: Stay silent for a long time (other than maybe a Game Informer cover and coverage) and then boom, release date, trailer, preview event and massive marketing campaign in quick succession in the last 2-3 months leading to launch. They don't need a 6 month launch plan for games we've already seen quite a bit and people are excited about.
Seems pretty simple to me: "Play all your favourite PS4 games including CoD, RDR2 and Spider-Man in the car/bus/train using your PS4 Portable." If people can figure out the difference between a 2DS and a 3DS then a portable PS4 would be a breeze.
Though like we said before, it isn't going to happen for completely different reasons.
Lol, ResetEra avatar material.
In my opinion, it could be either.
As they even could do a new PlayStation Meeting with the remaining big 3 games showed in 4K & 60 fps (PS5).
It's their choice really & just matter of when.
It would be a big get, but we'll see.
I just want a new first party JRPG devoted studio... : (
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That pic is going to be perfect for the inevitable "Days Gone sells millions" thread.
Oh that's brilliant; good for her! I know she's been a massive fan of the Witcher books and games for years so she'll be a good fit there.
Yeah, losing some of those devs towards the end of last gen hurt. Lots of talent there, sadly not backed up by good sales. With the success of PS4 hopefully WWS is solid now and not in danger of anyone closing.
Yeah, Zipper would have flourished nowadays. MAG was a great game which released about 3-4 years too early.
Has days gone ever been available on best buy? My gcu expires in a month and I want to pre order as much as I can.
God damn, Kojima was here today! Right under my nose. He picked a great day for it to experience the snowy Finland.
No, I mean trying to market to people to buy two separate devices to play the same games, when the competitor has a device that is both a console and portable. It's a tough sell. It also allows Nintendo to counter-market against that and tell consumers that they can just pay one price for one device that they can both play at home on the big screen or portable anywhere. It makes the Switch that much more appealing.
These things don't tend to be 'news-y', but it might be an interesting keynote.
https://www.dicesummit.org/news/dice2019_shawn_layden_keynote.asp
(To be more correct, he's chairman of Worldwide Studios, not SIE as a whole)
https://www.dicesummit.org/news/dice2019_shawn_layden_keynote.asp
(To be more correct, he's chairman of Worldwide Studios, not SIE as a whole)
Yeah. I just preordered it last month. Seems to be sold out for now.
Just checked again. It's back up. That was weird. Got it preordered!
Lots of gloating by the believers (who would honestly probably deserve it, this board has been ruthless to Days Gone) and the persistent haters will either never speak of it or again or make unironic posts about people's shitty taste in games.
I had this issue yesterday. Spoke to the online help and they said it would be soon and lo and behold its available today.
Layden is the chairman of SIE since 2018, he was the head of SIE America before. President of WWS is Shuhei Yoshida
Layden's title is WWS Chairman... Yoshida reports to him basically. He's been chairman of WWS since 2016, but it seems it's become his primary role since regional sales and marketing groups were consolidated into one global unit under Jim Ryan in 2018.
Andrew House was made chairman of SIE overall when Kodera took over as President/CEO - but he retired from that position a few months later i.e. it was largely an honorary thing, probably to meet corporate tradition. Nobody was announced as his successor afaik. I guess it's a role reserved for retiring presidents.
PlayStation Blog Game of the Year winners: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/01/17/game-of-the-year-2018-the-winners/
Best Narrative - God of War
Best Multiplayer - Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Best Sports Game - FIFA 19
Best Graphical Showcase - Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Art Direction - God of War
Best Sound Design - God of War
Best Soundtrack - God of War
Best Ongoing Game - Fortnite
Best Independent Game - The Forest
Best PlayStation Console Exclusive - God of War
Best Performance - Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War
Best PS VR Experience - Beat Saber
Best PS4 Game - God of War
Most Anticipated Game (note: games which have won this in previous years weren't eligible) - Kingdom Hearts 3
Studio Of The Year - Santa Monica Studio
Best Narrative - God of War
Best Multiplayer - Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Best Sports Game - FIFA 19
Best Graphical Showcase - Red Dead Redemption 2
Best Art Direction - God of War
Best Sound Design - God of War
Best Soundtrack - God of War
Best Ongoing Game - Fortnite
Best Independent Game - The Forest
Best PlayStation Console Exclusive - God of War
Best Performance - Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War
Best PS VR Experience - Beat Saber
Best PS4 Game - God of War
Most Anticipated Game (note: games which have won this in previous years weren't eligible) - Kingdom Hearts 3
Studio Of The Year - Santa Monica Studio
The one place where Astro Bot should have won best VR and it doesn't T_T
Beat Saber is the bigger hit so I'm not really surprised tbh.
I think you mean chairman of Sony proper, not just SIE. That's the honorary position that most retired CEOs take at Sony. Kaz is in that position now.
It really isn't a tough sell at all, you're just trying to make it one. First, where've you been for the last 2-3 years? Sony already sells two separate devices that play the same games. And second, what makes you think this theoretical PS4 Portable (which probably isn't technically possible) wouldn't have a TV Out port? I'd assume it'd be a requirement of any portable coming out post-Switch (it still baffles me the Vita never had one). So it wouldn't give Nintendo any advantages (not that Nintendo would "counter-market" anyway, they do their own thing) and wouldn't be that hard to position.
No he meant SIE. Why would Andrew House be made the Chairman of Sony Corp?
Lucy O'Brien on the latest Podcast Beyond, referring to Days Gone:
We can at least gather that IGN probably won't be going to go into reviewing this game with an open mind unless it's done by someone like Lucy. She seems to be a bit more positive about how the game might turn out. "Not ready to write it off" - based on that it sounds like IGN is full of people who have already made up their mind. Having said that, Max Scoville is pretty open about having lowered expectations that could work in the game's favour. I hope the game has the power to surprise.
We can at least gather that IGN probably won't be going to go into reviewing this game with an open mind unless it's done by someone like Lucy. She seems to be a bit more positive about how the game might turn out. "Not ready to write it off" - based on that it sounds like IGN is full of people who have already made up their mind. Having said that, Max Scoville is pretty open about having lowered expectations that could work in the game's favour. I hope the game has the power to surprise.
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It is journalistic integrity to be openminded and unbiased if it is a news report and not an opinion piece. I don't see why IGN would do a biased coverage, on the other note I'm not that high on the game either. I'll buy it day one but I'm yet not sure what to expect from it)
To be fair, a lot of the hands-on previews last year were similarly down on the game. But I think it's in large part because of such high expectations from Sony these days. That was then, but now that expectations are lowered for this game it could indeed work in its favour.
No wayyy, damn I love it when I can get an anticipated movie and game fix on the same day. Makes it feel like a bigger event! :)
I'm not trying to make anything. I'm speaking as a consumer, a Sony fan, and a Sony stockholder. It would be a tough sell for them trying to sell a PS4 Portable even to me. If you think it'd be that easy to sell a PS4 Portable, by all means go and prove me wrong. The Vita TV had a HDMI out. I own one, but it's just not a well-thought out product. The resolution is not up to par and games that require touch controls are not supported.
Yes, the PS TV was a poorly thought out product but what on earth does that have to do with a theoretical PS4 Portable? Are you saying that the issue isn't the idea, it's that Sony would fuck it up? Because otherwise you're not making much sense. You're asking me to prove you wrong (as if that's possible for a product that doesn't and won't exist) and yet every reason you come up with seems like you're scrambling for reasons to justify your position.
We should really just end this here because this is going nowhere.
Oh man Avengers Endgame, Days Gone, and the NFL Draft all on the same day for me. I better put in a Vacation Request at work.
I know the pic doesn't suggest anything but what are the chances of Sony thinking about possibly partnering up with Remedy on a 1st Party Game Next Generation.
Hopefully 0% lol
I think Sony as the third person shooter already covered.
There is still an unannounced majore exclusive according to a sales insider, whether it's still a thing we don't know.
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