How did I leave out Helldivers 2! xD
Well there were 3 this year, Rebirth, Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade.
There was 1 in October last year, Spider-Man 2.
There are four we know "of", namely Wolverine, Bluepoint's new IP, Naughty Dog's new IP, and Media Molecule's new IP.
I think people are giddy because Sony is unusually quiet, but I'm expecting some news by June. Think a lot of this tension can be eased with one good showcase.
What stutter?
I'd just like to see a first party new IP, the official gameplay reveal of Wolverine, an announcement or teaser about Naughty Dog's new IP and confirmation that the KOTOR remake is still alive. Bonus points for Bluepoint's next game or PS5 Pro reveal. Think that covers my list.
I actually don't think it's because they're pushing graphics, I mean, these massive budget titles are not actually that much greater visually or technically than smaller games these days. The talent of the graphics artists matters an enormous amount. Take the movie scene with Disney, their budgets are twenty times that of smaller films like Godzilla Minus One or Monkey Man, and more than double larger productions like 1917, yet they're outclassed by these lesser movies.
Are you insane? Final Fantasy has historically not really sold close to those numbers, those are God of War and Spider-Man numbers dude. Final Fantasy 15 sold 5 million at launch, on both PS4 and Xbox One and had the benefit of releasing three years into the console lifecycle with no cross gen releases slowing the adoption rates. It sold a lifetime of ten million copies. Yet, 80% of sales were on PS4 and only 20% on Xbox One.
Are you going to seriously sit there and tell us...
The gaming industry needs to learn just like Hollywood. You cannot sustain "more, more, more" indefinitely if your sales are not increasing in line with your costs. But no, every sequel needs to be three times the size of its predecessor, have twice as many staff, have monetisation systems and 100 hours of padded content and six year development cycles. But are these sequels ever twice as good?
Godzilla Minus One, on a poultry budget of $15 million, blew anything...
Touche, Forbes did it at last.
Remember that in addition to having no appetite to invest in new IP and no creative vision to recognise potential winners or refresh their existing portfolio, Microsoft simply can't manage or lead their studios.
I repeatedly find it ridiculous that The Initiative was formed in 2018 when it was announced at E3, and now five years later they haven't even managed to release a trailer let alone gameplay content of anythi...
The interesting thing here is noting that Final Fantasy sales were in decline with FF15 already, yet it was one of the best selling games in the series with five million at launch and ten million lifetime. Almost 80% of sales were on PS4, meaning Xbox was a small market for the game. The game also released in 2016, three years into the generation where PS3 had been left behind.
In present day, Final Fantasy 16 sold 3 million at launch and was exclusive to PS5 after three ye...
There's no way Ninja Theory stays in business after Hellblade 2.
It's a digital only release, it's been in development for over five years, and it's a Game Pass Day One, which means it's not going to blow any sales charts apart. That's already taking into account that Ninja Theory don't make games that sell multiple millions, they cater to a niche audience.
Ninja Theory has been around for a very long time and they've serv...
The first thing that happens after any major acquisition or merger is a consolidation of the whole new portfolio, which includes cutting any excess, bloat or portfolios that don't fit the larger MO of the big boy. So far, it's been par for the course with Microsoft and that's why gamers have been so against this acquisition. Tango Gameworks is the beginning. You think Microsoft wants to pay to keep small timers like Ninja Theory in business?
There is absolutely ...
@Tacoboto I'll keep this one short for you, dear. Sorry, you lost me at the use of the word "incel". Now I know this is a worthless conversation, based on how your mind works.
@NotoriousWhiz What point do you imagine you made? The argument from those making it is about censorship and going against what is promised to purchasers, so why would anyone have a problem with what you're describing? A costume that started out less revealing and became more revealing violates neither the argument of censorship nor the argument of the developers promise to give people an uncensored game???
That said, nothing wrong with options and the game can easily h...
Ninja Theory, Perfect Dark, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Wolfenstein 3, Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Quake... something tells me that bad things are going to happen to these entities under Microsoft.
Warner Bros, EA, Microsoft. It should surprise no one that the losers of our industry keep finding ways to make it worse, and normalise this crap for the rest.
If it was up to them pretty soon your gameplay will be interrupted by ads like YouTube or mobile shovelware unless you have a premium EA account.
Tragic, stupid, ridiculous in this day and age. You literally have to release an unlocked digital version that does not require PSN, since the single player component does not at all. The multiplayer can be a seperate launcher.
What started out as super promising PC releases of their games with Spider-Man and God of War now seems to be half-assing like The Last of Us and now this.
Why are you trashing the good will you started with PC gaming? Who does t...
Wow Tankbusta40 how out of touch with reality can you be, mate. Do you think companies are insane to spend millions on having giant billboards for big releases and TV adverts and superbowl slots and round the clock PR and interviews? Most of the people who buy games aren't on gaming forums like these knowing the exact release dates!
This isn't being marketed because Microsoft isn't selling the product, it's a Game Pass day one and they don't throw their...
Dude, fsfsxii, you need to stop the strawman arguments. You don't have to agree, but don't argue like a degenerate. This is "because Dante's hair isn't white" all over again, when fans were upset at DmC: Devil May Cry and the direction it took and all defenders could say was gamers were being whiners because the developers changed the heroes hair colour.
The people that are upset as I've understood it are acutely aware that there are other more...
Definitely, I'd like to add that you're the most foolish person I've engaged with on N4G, that includes Obscure Observer. But you'd make an excellent politician and for that I applaud you.
Well if we know they're working on games, then we know where all the PS5 games are, don't we? Thus answering the article question?
I listed the studios that were in the news this year about working on new games.