PlayStation - State of Play | January 31, 2024

The first State of Play of 2024 will be over 40 minutes long, and feature guest appearances from some of the most talented minds in gaming.

[RaidenBlack]

.. and here we go.
along with the rumored/leaked ones + MGS Delta and Spider-Man 2 DLC 🤞🏻

[Christopher]

Personally found it disappointing. I expected something new out of Sony, didn't get it.

[gold_drake]

i had to laugh when the "over 40 mins" was literally 5 minutes more.

but other than that, i thought it showed really good stuff. more of stellar blade, Judas, sonic, death stranding and hell diver.
solid show. imo

[RaidenBlack]

Stellar Blade seemed good ... but the visuals seemed a bit downgraded compared to the initial reveal trailer and lacked abit of that oomph ... and we got to know very little about Judas, again.
Rise of Ronin seemed decent as well.
Kojima segment was the only better part of the presentation. Was hoping 2024 for DS2. Early-mid 2025 is still better than clashing with GTA VI.
And ngl, Metro VR looked pretty dope. Gave kinda HL Alyx vibes.
Also, good to know V Rising and Dave the Diver are coming to PS.

[blackblades]

Its a state a play not a showcase, someone like you should know what to expect.

[Christopher]

***Its a state a play not a showcase, someone like you should know what to expect. ***

Better. I expect these billion/trillion dollar companies to do better.

[Bathyj]

You shouldn't have. This is clearly a 3rd party affair

[notachance]

I must say, I’m disappointed there’s no first party announcement in there

[outsider1624]

I'm with Christopher in this one. I wasn't excited as much. I mean they're good games sure. I was expecting atleast one banger here. And speaking of remasters /remakes...come on..Until Dawn gets one...how about Socom, Resistance. Im sure Sony would benefit from PC with Killzone 2 remake eh?

[Cacabunga]

Same here.. decent fames but no surprise. Kojima game the end release 2027 or 28 so nothing to be hyped for just yet

Sucker Punch
Guerilla
Naughty Dog
Sony Bend
Sony japan

Where are all these people

[DarXyde]

Eh, fair enough.

As someone who has thoroughly enjoyed Death Stranding, getting an extended look at the sequel was really intriguing. The references to adopting the "stick" over the "rope" says to me this one is going to be more offensive. Kojima no doubt looking to address some of the criticisms of the original. That, and seeing a proper modern implementation of the Decima Engine is jaw dropping. I can't say I've seen facial animations, lighting, visuals generally, looking this damn good. Also happy to see Kojima is a fan of The Crow.

Sure, it was much we've already known about, though I have to say that I feel satisfied with it. I always go into these things with tempered expectations though, so take it as you will.

[RaidenBlack]

why Bloober ... why?
hope they fix the jankiness of SH2 by launch
nice to know about the new espionage IP from Kojima ... but kinda skeptical regarding the emphasis on the "interactive" part.

[Stuart5756]

Heavy on the cutscenes I imagine, movie quality and budget, Metal Gear had huge cutscenes, very theatrical, I'm guessing they're emphasising on that, the gameplay will no doubt be A* too though. It'll be an experience, he's trying to celebrate his 40th year in game development and Sony will be 100% backing him all the way, giving him serious royalty treatment with everything they've got. The fact that they make movies too lets them help in ways other people may not. Intresting stuff.

[ROCKY28]

Bloober Sucks big Time - A lot of hype but zero substance

[Vengeance1138]

@Christopher

If you were disappointed from that! Then im sorry gaming just might not be for you.

[Christopher]

Yeah, gaming might not be for me because nothing in that was what I wanted Sony to show, which was new games and not remakes, ports, VR games I can't play, and the like. I totally enjoy seeing new trailers for third-party games I already know about only at a Sony-specific event.

***Sony proceeds to show off the biggest games coming this year and beyond and you aren't interested***

None of those were the biggest games coming this year. They were good games. I'll play them. But, guess what!?! I was already going to play them before this event because we already knew about them.

[Vengeance1138]

Sony proceeds to show off the biggest games coming this year and beyond and you aren't interested lol yeah sure how about you come down from your unrealistic expectation tower? It was leaps and bounds beyond anything the Xbox direct showed with constant deep dives and huge announcements.
You wanted something new from Sony how about the biggest news of the show that Kojima is returning to the Metal Gear solid genre? Yeah I'm sure closed your eyes and ears there.

[YourMommySpoils]

Couldn't agree more. Maybe he prefers mediocre Bathesda games.

[Hereandthere]

Nice, some next gen looking games, not filler last gen looking crap.

[Abnor_Mal]

I hoping they get all the stuff we know about out of the way first with short videos. Then the rest of the show be all new game announcements. Twenty minutes rehashing and twenty minutes premiering.

Herman Hulst also said this is the first State of a play for the year so maybe there’s more to come soon.

[dumahim]

"Herman Hulst also said this is the first State of a play for the year so maybe there’s more to come soon."

lol, yep. Next week.

[poppatron]

I think it’s just for ff7 rebirth

[gold_drake]

daaaaymn Stellar blade looks siiiick

[darthv72]

it does look... stellar

[robtion]

Stellar Blade, Dragons Dogma 2, Judas, lots of great looking games.

[darthv72]

Silent Hill: the message... free to play available today. NICE!

[specialguest]

I had mixed feelings about the trailer, but I suppose it's free so everyone could give it a try

[dumahim]

PT Pt 2

I let a friend know via text and after I sent it, I had to follow up because it sounded all too familiar. "This is not a repeat."

[purple101]

Silent hill: a short message FREE

CAN THEY ATOP GIVING FREE GAMES PLEASE I got too many to play

[crazyCoconuts]

Wonder how long it is.

[purple101]

Probs just a few hours
Like an introduction or a long demo.
It’s literally got “short story” in the title so can’t be too long

[thorstein]

It's a prelude (probably) to the Silent Hill game they talked of after.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

I can't see them putting a lot of work into it and then giving it away for free, it must be fairly short.

[Lightning77]

I said April 12 for Stellar Blade. I was 14 days off damn it lol. I still guessed the month right so it still counts.

[Lightning77]

Omg right here https://n4g.com/comments/re...

Dont get mad at me because I'm good at predicting.

[dumahim]

No one is mad. No one cares.

[Lightning77]

Not according to the downvotes.

[specialguest]

Metro Awakening VR. Now that's what I'm talking about! It almost looks like HL:Alyx when I saw the glove scene displaying the time and the scene inside the subway

[darthv72]

Since HL Alyx isnt coming to VR2... this is the next best thing.

[fr0sty]

It may be the next better thing, considering Alyx's age, and how far VR has progressed since then. Especially if they utilize all the tricks, eye tracking, haptics, etc.

[blackblades]

That other VR game looked good to. People say vr has no games I say shut to y'all clowns.

[EvertonFC]

Wes from psvr2 without parole has played the early access PC version and said its solid as. They had a stumbling block getting it on UE5 so not sure what happened but a great drop.

[crazyCoconuts]

It did. The sword play and blocking looked very physics based vs. the oversimplification you find in some games. Hope it has a legit single player campaign

[Michiel1989]

that other game didn't look good....looked like a physics demo from the ps1 era. Not saying it won't be fun to play, but that's not what I would choose if you wanna state that VR has games.

[blackblades]

I know it was funny seeing the grabbing of the skeleton by the neck and beating him. Using the skull to block with, it just looks fun.

[EvertonFC]

Can't wait, both VR games on show looked fantastic. Wes from PSVR2 without parole has played the sword RPG game and said its great.
As for Metro massive fan of the series.

[purple101]

The voice acting on kojima productions stuff seems to be a cut above the rest

[darthv72]

Really good facial animations.

[dumahim]

Some of those visuals were outstanding.

[blackblades]

Hopefully one of them wins award for it this time

[EvertonFC]

Loved DS and this looks even more crazy haha, love the cat and little doll thing 😊

[Lightning77]

I felt like they could of cut down on DS2 and have something else in there for the ending. DS2 won't be releasing until 2025.

But It's Kojima, you don't say no to Kojima.

[andy85]

Rise of the Ronin and Dragons Dogma out same day. Surprising. That really didn't look like 30 fps for DD2?

[blackblades]

I think they should delay it because of that. Rise probably get slapped because of that. Then again it depends like I have more interest rise then dogma

[andy85]

Guess it depends how hard they push DD. Personally I don't have any idea about the series (well one game) it's one I missed out on but it definitely looks my sort of thing. Think the 30 fps may harm it though if that's true. Already seeing loads online saying they're not touching it before a patch

[purple101]

Damn they dropping more bombs than Obama did in iraq

[blackblades]

Inappropriate

[Barlos]

Humour.

[shinoff2183]

Wait till you find out how many bushed dropped

[Gravesinger_]

This made me chuckle

[Barlos]

Dark but funny

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

Syria. Obama's record was on Syria.

[Fishy Fingers]

Thank god for Kojima.

Dude laughing all the way to the bank between Sony and MS.

[LightofDarkness]

Yeah, that was kinda rough until the end there.

[EvertonFC]

I suggest you find a new hobby then

[S2Killinit]

Really? You only liked the end? Color me suprised.

[Workshyskiver]

Well that was very mid. Judas looks great though.

[darthv72]

When it said it was from the creator of bioshock... i was seriously hoping for a VR2 bioshock entry.

[EvertonFC]

Same, still hoping for a VR version of bioshock somewhere down the line.

[crazyCoconuts]

When they showed the FPS view at first it triggered that "omg, it's in VR" reaction, but no... False alarm ☹️

[dumahim]

Very interested in Judas. It's been a while for Ken Levine.

[Workshyskiver]

2014 was his last release. Way too long. The Metro VR looks good but I dont have a PSV2 so not for me.

[Abnor_Mal]

Well at least they had something for VR so I’m content with that. Legendary Tales looks great and has a some nice sword and magic.

Judas also looked great, but I wasn’t sure if the game was in vr or flat or maybe a hybrid game. Metro VR was okay but I’m not into the Metro series.

[darthv72]

judas didnt look like a vr game, even though it could have been. I was hoping for a bioshock vr from that one since it said it was from the creator of bioshock. That would be sweet to have a new entry with VR2 support.

[Abnor_Mal]

I just I just looked at Judas again and you’re right it’s not VR it could have been. It’s just the way that the arms were placed the way they look on screen made it look like it could be VR then you seen the guy acting out like he was in VR with the hand over his head so I assumed that it might be VR or hybrid.

[EvertonFC]

Get past the first 5 hours of the 1st metro game and it's a fantastic game/series.
I stopped playing metro when I got frustrated with it but after working out the game mechanics and how to change the gas mask filters properly and the story getting going it's a must play.
Such a shame the game takes long to get going and no tutorial really hurt the game.

[Abnor_Mal]

I don’t know which game it was, but most likely the first game. All I know is I stopped playing once I got to a flooded town with a crashed airplane and I think there was something flying overhead that I had to kill like a dragon.

[I_am_Batman]

What a show. Probably my favorite State of Play so far. Death Stranding 2 looks nuts.

[Aloymetal]

That Decima Engine looking better than ever. Top tier.

[Stanjara]

I have to agree, dude...it's fantastic!

[crazyCoconuts]

It did. And Kojima is nuts too, in a good way lol
Looking forward to his insanity in the story

[FernDiggidy]

Death stranding? REALLY?

[Juancho51]

This was AMAZING! The extended look at Death Stranding 2 has my tits fully JACKED. ❤️ Sony did not disappoint with their previews as usual.

[EvertonFC]

The cat looked sick as fu*k, did it have bat wings? And that doll looked funny as, I almost thought for a quick moment it was Hitler without a tach 🤣😂

[Hofstaderman]

Went in with no expectations and therefore not dissapointed. Can't wait to catch a glimpse of the new Kojima title, and my Christmas will be 6th of Feb for the Rebirth showing. All in all a very middling State of Play.

[isarai]

Still nothing from 1st parties, but the DS2 trailer bumped it up to a pretty decent showing overall. I wasn't really expecting anything so the shadow drop is appreciated, wish it would hit the store already 😅

[blackblades]

As I said somewhere else you guys are to obsessed with 1st party.

[isarai]

Always have been, for literally any console all the way back the the NES and Sega Genesis. They are just a cut above the rest, they set the bar for the rest of the industry, always have (beside MS the last 10yrs) I love 1st party games to death, be it 360, SNES, ps2 or the Dreamcast they're great. 3rd party games are amazing, no doubt, and some select few like R* can even match that energy, but 1st party is what gets me.obsessed with this hobby, that'll never change bruh.

[fr0sty]

It isn't like Sony's just letting their first party studios do nothing... They are all cranking away, but we won't see the games until they are near release... let them polish them up to the standards you expect of them.

[MrNinosan]

We already knew there was no 1st Party.
Sony is very open with what to expect before their shows.

[isarai]

Yeah I know, literally said wasn't expecting anything 🤷‍♂️

[blackblades]

Obsessed as like the other games don't matter is how it seems. 1st party are important but games are games doesn't matter what party did the game. People keep talking about where the 1st party games at for the past years acting like 2nd party and 3rd dont exist.

[isarai]

When did I say they don't exist? In fact I quite literally praised DS2 and the shadow drop of the SH game, it's weird how you guys reply to only what you want to see rather than read the entire damn comment, also Why would I be asking about 3rd party when they're delivering just fine? That makes zero sense,

I'm only asking about 1st party because 1st party is the only party uncharacteristically absent. Never in my 27 years of gaming has PlayStation ever had such a bald spot in there upcoming releases, more than half of their 1st parties are more than 3.5yrs from their last big project with no announcement of what they're working on. Only official things we have is Wolverine and Concord, where's bend, bluepoint, sucker punch, media molecule, Naughty Dog, Asobi, London?

[Kayser81]

average at best .

[EvertonFC]

Average or is it just you not liking many genres ?

[andy85]

Mmm average to good show for me. Certainly enjoyed seeing a few things but expected a bit more as it's been so long

[Stanjara]

Kojima... bravo!

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

Very disappointing show but I didn’t have high expectations anyway. I would have like to have seen someone actually playing through a level of Helldivers but I guess I can wait a week to see for myself.

[EvertonFC]

Youtube

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

Have you seen a full level walk through of gameplay on YouTube for Helldivers 2? Because I haven’t .

[specialguest]

I like the Death Stranding 2 trailer. It has a sort of noir vibe to it that evokes a certain feeling in me

[thesoftware730]

Man I'm disappointed I'm SB looking like an open world, mindless side quests collect-athon.

Wow, SH2:Remake looked mediocre...shit look like it had no punch to the shooting, or hits, did they not see RE4,, or DS:Remake?

V rising looks good, and I think I'll play Helldiver's 2 with my brother.

[deadfrag]

Best game shown was Judas follow by DS2.Stellar Blade show a huge downgrade in Visuals,Rise of Ronin looks ok but it needs more work since that framerate was wonky and it seems by the gameplay shown Dragon Dogma 2 its really 30fps on PS5.

[BillyCrystals]

8/10 show
Stellar Blade and Death Stranding 2 looked great. Cautiously optimistic about Rise of Ronin.

[P_Bomb]

Stellar Blade and Death Stranding for me. Silent Hill 2 went from wishlist to…well…not wishlist. Bloober needs some more polish there.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Well after watching that I may just have to get a PS5 after all. Wowser.

[Hereandthere]

Thank you sony for giving us real next gen experiences, I'm psyched for this year's of games on ps5!

[ironmonkey]

hmmmm something at the end there is hinting at a movie colab

[purple101]

Meanwhile Spider-Man 2 is trending on twitter for NOT having any dlc to show.

Can’t win, if they showed it people would say “more of the same” so they show new stuff and people say “where my dlc at bro”

[VincentVanBro]

The show was alright, nothing too crazy. I was impressed by Judas, Metro Awakening, Rise of Ronin, and especially Death Stranding 2. That looked stunning.

[DafunkyRebel]

Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin might be in a rough spot with Dragons Dogma 2 coming out during the same time frame.

[UltimateOwnage]

Fantastic lineup. Kojima especially is going wild. I do have to lol at some of the comments here suggesting "just throw money at it" to create cutting edge/new genres and titles that push past the already bulging 9-figure game development costs with some of these AAA titles. Fickle doesn't even begin to describe it. Ask Microsoft how throwing money at it delivers quality titles and get back to me.

[babadivad]

Yawn.

[Profchaos]

I enjoyed it my highlight was Metro psvr2 exactly what I've wanted from my headset.

I'm excited to play sonic generations X shadow however I think I'll get it on switch so others in the family can play

Silent hill short message looks good

I'm also now inspired to give death stranding another go I didn't get past 3 or 4 hours last time I played was so confused but DS2 look so good

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Metro in VR? Hope you have plenty of diapers 😆

[Profchaos]

After playing re7 in VR I feel like learnt how to hold my bladder

[TwoPicklesGood]

Well that was disappointing.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

This was the first excellent Playstation showcase in years.

[S2Killinit]

I thought it was awesome..

[S2Killinit]

It was great.

[GhostScholar]

I’m not involved in the console wars, and I play games on all the systems, but if hell divers was an Xbox game it would get completely roasted. Some of these games look cool but none of these games are new. We’ve heard about all of them.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

It was the first time Judas was shown off. Yeah I know Ken has been working on it for over 10 years but it's still the first showing.

[S2Killinit]

Kojimas was new too.

[repsahj]

"I’m not involved in the console wars, and I play games on all the systems, but if hell divers was an Xbox game it would get completely roasted."

-LOL, yeah right.

[GhostScholar]

I’ve had every console that has dropped since the original nes. Love games for all of them so nope not in the console war. Don’t agree with the Xbox people that say all of PlayStations first party games are crying sims and I don’t agree with the the PlayStation people that talk more about hating Xbox than loving their PlayStation and I don’t agree with the Nintendo fan boys that refuse to admit that the switch has terrible online functionality and that the graphics are lagging severely behind the other systems because “Nintendo games aren’t about graphics or frame rates.”

[YourMommySpoils]

Just give me Stellar Blade digital, deluxe physical, any form of merch it has to offer and no need to ask for anything moire. April 26th already feels a long way away.

[anast]

They crushed it again.

[where-eagles-dare]

This is the first time in my living memory being a PlayStation gamer from the start, that they have nothing upcoming this year, or on the horizon that is of any interest to me.

Kojima's game looked of stellar quality, sadly though, his off the wall narratives are just not my cup of tea. These jumpy jumpy robot games with women with huge knockers prancing about with swords are just not my thing either.

Ultimately, I think the problem is mostly with me, in that with age, sadly I'm becoming a grumpy old b@stard!

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

Maybe I'm getting old too, but to me they showed nothing new fundamentally. This generation is really just an extension of PS4's with fancier graphics.

[poppatron]

I’m so used to being disappointed by these showcase style things that I was very pleasantly surprised. The 2 vr games and death stranding 2 were enough for me, holy shit that game looks incredible

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

That was a pretty good showing, I would have preferred some more new games, but I can't complain about what was shown.

[Neonridr]

I was excited about Metro in VR. Then I saw a bare bones trailer and a vague 2024 release date. I will be excited to learn more about that title, hopefully it's a full game and not a slice of something.

[Solitariussaint]

Best State of Play ever. PlayStation reigns supreme!

[ROCKY28]

I want a new or remaster WipEout !!!
Until we see it PS Kinda sucks 😳

[ROCKY28]

I am a Sony guy but I have to admit XBOX is killing them in every way...

[Hereandthere]

Delusion

[ROCKY28]

they own most of the biggest pubs now and will make $$$$$$$ from both Sony & Xbox
it's a win win for Xbox - how is that delusional ?

[TheTony316]

The Xbox brand is third place in NA, dead in Asia and a walking corpse in Europe.