Hmm... Move support would be awesome in this. Patch wanted!

Anyone here looking forward to Dead Nation? I am currently in the beta and it is SICK!

Sony matches the companies publishing costs, so in effect the company basically published the game at no cost. The company isn't making any profit unless the game sells, so I don't see how Sony is buying off their exclusivity. It's not like MS with the $50 million DLC deal they made with Rockstar. Rockstar made actual profit off of MS for exclusive content, these publishers aren't. They are at most breaking even before the game sells anything. Plus, they come to Sony, Sony doesn't go looking for them.

In essence, in exchange for keeping the game exclusive to PSN, Sony is ensuring that the indie devs WILL make a profit. Whereas if they didn't make it exclusive, they do have a chance at a greater revenue stream, but still have losses to recoup from publishing the game themselves. Sony is actually losing out this way because they could charge the devs but aren't, they are paying their bills for them.

But whatever, the "Omg Sony is just as evil as MS" fanboys will think what they want. I don't care either way.

dang 2 and half years for a psn game. better be damn good. im looking forward to it.

Sony just signs a sweet deal with independants, that lets the independant have 100% of the revenue from their PSN exclusive game, until the dev costs are accounted for -- and then PSN and the developer split the remaining income.

Most publishers force the split at the beginning, but STILL won't won't pay devs any money until their *split* of the revenue covers the dev costs.

Example: Standard model
Publisher gets 70%, dev gets 30%.
Game cost $5M to make.
Game must make $16.67M in revenue before dev sees another dime from the publisher, and then its at a 70/30 split.

Optimal model A:
Publisher gets 70%, dev gets 30%. (I just picked these at random -- I dunno what the split for PSN usually is)
Game cost $5M to make
Games must make $5M in revenue before their dev costs are paid for, and then its a 70/30 split.

PSN exclusive model B:
Publisher gets 70%, dev gets 30%.
Game cost $5M to make
Dev gets 60% (30% + Sony matched 30%) of revenue until dev costs are paid, then their cut drops to 30%. Games must make $8.33M in revenue before their dev costs are paid for, and then its a 70/30 split.

Option A doesn't happen, but Option B is still a HUGE difference for a little dev. If they're worried about breaking even -- going exclusive puts them in the black 2x as fast as it does by going multiplatform, and there aren't 2X the customers when you're multiplat on the HD consoles only. On top of that, its often less work to make an exclusive than a multiplat, overall -- not a lot, but every few $$ counts for a little dev. 10% of $5M is $500K...

Whats with all the trolling? I dont give a crap if sony paid for it. i may get it.

im still getting it

Sony paid for quality, Microsoft paid for the timed exclusives.

the best gameing system of this gen with the most games and variety of games and exclusive AAA titles. which is called the ps3 and is required to be a system you own for you to be called a gamer this gen. I dont see why you just dont pick up the ps3 and you wont have to cry in every article because of the truth.

x360 has 3 exclusives lol. ps3 has a ton of them. How about you get with the times with your cheap arses? 3ds is 300 dollars so I dont even want to hear about the price. thats 300 dollars for old ports and remakes.

Just release the game... NOA! :D

I didnt know this was created by the guys who made Super Stardust HD. That's one of my fav. PSN games

I wish this was out already but if I was the interviewer I would ask what the chances were that we would see a sequel to SSHD because I love that game and would really like to see what they could do now.

For those going on about the exclusiveness of the title, who cares, they made and XBLA game, don't know if it was any good or not, and their next game is multi. Look up Outland because the game looks like it is going to be absolutely incredible.

Better than Shadow Complex :)

i was in the beta and this is not run and gunner. this game stands right next to RE2 the only diff is there is no puzzles from what i played .

Interesting game, i hope to play it when it comes out!

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.