With the recent announcement of a Marvel & Square Enix partnership, people have assumed that Star Wars or Avengers will be in KH3. Here's why I disagree.
Phil Spencer confirms that more Xbox games will be available on new platforms during a new interview after Xbox Showcase.
Satya Nadella wants that PlayStation's money, Phil Spinster now is as relevant as MySpace
Phil Spencer (February 15th 2024):
"Looking forward so 4 games no promise beyond that, so if you're on those other platforms and you see these four games coming please don't take it as some signal that everything is coming, it's not."
Phill Spencer (June 9th 2024)
'Our commitment to our Xbox customers is you're going to get the opportunity to buy or subscribe to the game, we're going to support the game on other screens. And you are going to see more of our games on more platforms and we just see that as benefit that the franchises we're building and we see that from players and the players love to be able to play'
I won't be buying any Xbox games anyway, Not going to subsidize their vision of changing gaming industry into streaming everything via a netflix subscription and they are the only choice. Remember when it comes to Microsoft "It's us or no one" You can't complain after they have taken over either.
Especially when they "give" it to Xbox users and expect playstation users to pay full price for it. Like second class citizens.
So, the benefit of having an Xbox is the option of a subscription service that's more like a buffet and not a deluxe plate. By staying loyal to Xbox means day 1 "free" games of your choice. Xbox is a service.
If rumors are true Xbox is going the 3DO route, Xbox is basically a PC. I mean, since PlayStation caved and started using off the shelf parts to "make it easier on developers", which is a croc as were how far into this console generation and the only devs to really support PS5, kind of, is Insomniac, San Diego, and Santa Monica and we've seen nothing from other devs. PS4 was supposed to be easier so PS5 would be even easier, right? But what've we really seen from Sony first party when it comes to PS5 games? Nothing, they're all still possible on PS4. Xbox? Same thing. Hi-Fi Rush was possible on at least Xbox One X (another lie from Xbox with No one gets left behind). Wow
There’s this small part of me which wants to think that the reason for Sony being so calm lately, especially after Microsoft’s showcase, is because they know this themselves, and they could know more than what’s being said publicly.
But, Lego Horizon is on the Switch. Why is Nintendo the only comfortable one here. They're not even on PC
Stupid take. The Lego game has been made by a Lego studio with advice on the IP from guerilla games. So part of the negotiations/requirements to make it happen will clearly have been done kind of multiplatform release.
It seems the idea is to have other platforms(PS and PC) offset the cost of game pass.
Xbox users get the games on game pass while others pay full price.
Gamepass seems to be Xbox's idea of "exclusive".
These guys are so inconsistent with their messaging. It's difficult to know exactly what they want to do with their games. I've stopped caring. I just focus on the games.
Larian touches on its next projects, sharing that the cinematics will be bigger and better than Baldur's Gate 3's.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, PlayStation’s social media is already being peppered by disgruntled fans, desperate for the format holder to step up its livestream game.
Replies(5)They need to buck their ideas up completely and rethink their State of Play shows in my opinion. If it's because they have nothing to show as any announcement will be years off then fair enough but then the question is why are they in that position.
Sony knew when Microsoft bought all these studios that eventually Microsoft would harvest all these games that were in development at the time of their purchase. They have had plenty time to prepare yet it just feels nothing has really come out of it so far. In the years since Microsoft bought Obsidian Entertainment, Ninja Theory and Double Fine around 2018/2019 it was clear they were ramping things up which they were as they went onto buy Zenimax in 2020 and then a couple years after Activision, two publishers with so many studios and IPs under their belt.
In that time Sony has decided to buy studios like Bungie, Haven and Firewalk Studios which are all GaaS related and haven't really put anything together to counter the new IPs Microsoft had acquired.
Everything from Sony at the minute is either third party games or this heavy PC focused most PS5 fans don't really care about.
However. If I was to be fair though and look at the other side of the coin at least they haven't announced games recently that could still be years away which is something that people seem to be giving Microsoft a pass with.
Yes the Microsoft show was great and hopefully it's given Sony a kick up the backside but most of the games shown like Fable, State of Decay 3, Avowed, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Perfect Dark and South of Midnight were games that were announced last year and before. The only brand new thing that really surprised me that's an exclusive was Gears of War.
Sony need to start going back to what made many people buy their consoles from the beginning, their first party games you couldn't get anywhere else with great single player experiences. Not every games needs to be AAA, they need to find a good balance.
I do feel Sony is holding off a lot of their big announcements for the Pro reveal. The last one was just to hold us over, the next one, especially now that MS has shown their hand, would be the strategic time to drop the big bombs once MS' showcase drops out of the headlines.
This nonsense again. No matter how successful playstation is year in and year, no matter how many good games they release year in and year out, you'll have someone somewhere whining that it's not good enough and that they need to return to some past era.
Oh for Christ sake man, this shitty attitude of yours is why companies can get arrogant because no one says anything…no one’s allowed because fanboys like yourself throw a fit with their pretentious “you’re not allowed to say this” bull crap
The same happened to Microsoft for years with their die hard fans.
Microsoft have had a good show this year and has shown we their studios are stacked, what’s wrong with speaking out and wanting Sony to get their shit together with how quiet they’ve been?
It’s people like you licking the boot of these companies why nothing changes.
So yeah I guess I am whining about this because as a fan I’d like to see change and don’t want Sony to go back to their arrogant 2006 self.
Jesus…
Weird that people list games like Perfect Dark which probably isn't close to releasing and all these games ending of this year or in 2025 as if Playstation didn't already have a ton more exclusives this year, but, conveniently forget this years releases like Gran Blue Relink, FF VII Rebirth, Stellar Blade, Helldivers 2, Rise of the Ronin, Star Ocean 2nd R
Plus games like Zenless Zero, new Y''S, new Legend of Heroes, Silent Hill 2, Concord Death Stranding 2, Astrobot, Lego Horizon, Phantom Blade 0, Monster Hunter Stories 1 & 2, Tsukihime, Earth Defense Force 6 and many more not coming to Xbox as well.
The way I see it, the focus only GaaS has already cost us a ND game.
Foxtrot is not wrong. A good balance is the way.
So out of the 21games 13 are releasing on the PS5. Banger if a showcase though, their best in years.
Sony have released few bangers this yr rebirth helldivers rise of the ronin and stellablade ,which tbh I don't think was that good .but they have releases some good games this yr
"What are all the 1st party games that Sony's releasing this year ?"
They released MLB, will release Astrobot, remastered Until Dawn, Concord, Helldivers 2, published Rise of the Ronin and will do the same for Death Stranding 2. That's SEVEN games by Playstation this year. So you were saying? For Xbox we got what? Hellblade 2, Indiana Jones, Flight Simulator, Avowed, Age of Mythology?
Add in FAR more 3rd party exclusives and it's a wash.
Again there's not a single month where Xbox has more games or exclusives releasing really at any point this year.
If i was giving Xbox sh!t for the 10yrs of under delivering, you're damn straight im gonna get on PlayStations case when i see them heading the same way. And you know what? Ive been saying this for like 2yrs, and getting nothing but blind defense from people like you. NO! Something is off, i have been here for EVERY generation of PlayStation, hell every generation since the NES and Master System. This is by far the weakest generation ive seen, ESPECIALLY by Sony and i see no reason for it!
We are WAAAY past covid shut downs and recovering for those, no they are not "holding their cards close to their chest for the ms/ba deal" because thats done and over with, even if they were, why is it taking so long for so many of their studios? The only ACTUAL evidence we have to go on is the GAAS push, we've already heard from several sources that it's getting in the way of other major projects, we have OFFICIAL statements from ND themselves saying they it was taking too many resources from other projects and so they had to drop it. And right around that time Jim was announced to be leaving with no replacement ready, which does not happen unless you're pushed out.
These are decisions made, that can be unmade to get things back on track, some of it has, but i think they're making the poor decision to follow through as much as they can as not to lose the money they already dumped into all these gaas titles.
This "whining" is necessary, demand better, let them know not to do this sh!t again, damn right im gonna KEEP whining, cause this isn't the PlayStation ANY long term fan knows and loves.
The problem is there is no competition. We can be mad at the showcase but they are still making tons of money and outselling the competition hand over fist so from their perspective why take the risks. We need someone to bring real competition otherwise they can sit on their laurels reading all the complaints while sipping on their chai tea.
This was actually a great showcase from Microsoft. Incredible games after another got to be honest.
With the exeption of fortnight looking Dragon Age. My pain was immeasurable.
How did it come from this..
https://youtu.be/rGbgcmNxFh...
Well I mean, xbox showcase was mostly multiplats. So if by a better show they mean Sony should spend some money to have multiplats revealed in a Somy conference to create a better show, Im not sure I agree with that. But I do think that Sony should reveal what they are working on.
This 100 percent execs need to stop thinking about the potential of a gaas game and instead work on what the fans who made them the market leader want
This Fanboy culture that's gripped NRG is turning me away from the community it's always been around but it's never been more toxic we can't criticise we most always love Sony it's garbage
Playstation owners get to play the majority of games shown during the showcase, which invalidates whatever point the tool, who wrote the article was trying to make.
I don't know, buddy.
I don't disagree with you on principle. But from my perception.
Sony's been putting up a very decent software line-up for PS5 so far, even for the 'lackluster' 2024 period.
But why can't we just appreciate what we collectively already know?
Sony's major first party titles over the last 15 years were always perfectly polished and very, VERY well received.
Whatever the 'Big Four/Five' are working on:
Give them time!
PS5 is a new hardware. And you can bet that the major first party studios want nothing less but to put out the same results they've done with the likes such as God of War, Spiderman, Astro's, Returnal, Horizon, etc.
This doesn't come within 3¾ years after PS5's launch. It just doesn't.
I would really appreciate it if we'd only accept this. Sony hasn't changed their commitment on story driven single player games. Hulst confirmed this on two separate occassions now.
The next Playstation Showcase will happen.
Xbox definitely had better third-party showings, but I really just want Sony to start showing us first-party titles. There's got to be something new they can show us, right? And it can't just be one or two games, it has to be at least half a dozen.
I mean, at least we know Bungie isn't sitting idly by and Insomniac is doing Wolverine. But ND just cancelled their MP TLoU plans, what are they working on now let alone the second studio they have that's been quiet for 4 years now? Sucker Punch? Bend?
Did all the big studios have ideas that were canned and start working on new things? Was Jim Ryan that bad of a CEO that they veered that far off the path and are working their way back to it?
"I mean, at least we know Bungie isn't sitting idly by and Insomniac is doing Wolverine. But ND just cancelled their MP TLoU plans, what are they working on now let alone the second studio they have that's been quiet for 4 years now? Sucker Punch? Bend? "
If they hypothetically announce something like Ghost of Tsushima 2 and give us a release date within 6-8 months of it's announcement, something like what Bethesda did with Fallout 4s reveal at E3 then I would TOTALLY get their plans and why they've been so quiet. However if they end up announcing their titles and the release dates are still so far off despite being so quiet for years then I'm at a complete loss with it.
Having a change in strategy and only wanting to announce games when they know they are 100% going to release the same year is the only thing that will make sense and something I can totally get behind.
"Was Jim Ryan that bad of a CEO that they veered that far off the path and are working their way back to it?"
I'm still convinced his GaaS plans are why he took early retirement, after seeing issues with NaughtyDog being put on something they weren't comfortable with I think higher ups knew putting all their existing studios on these games was a bad move. Obviously they've had to see some of them out until the end but I think he's why some of these studios are so quiet because they've wasted time on live service stuff that just wasn't working.
That's exactly my problem, is even if they announce something, it's likely not coming out for about another year, the only time a PlayStation 1st party has taken longer than 3-4yrs between releases is it were in development hell. Seems like half their studios are in development hell.
Honestly it annoys me to see this about face defending this garbage when PlayStation fans have always been the more outspoken, more demanding fanbase out of the 3. Now all of a sudden we're defending studios going completely awol for 5+yrs?
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The time for silence is over. At least, I’m over it. Open the first party floodgates, while I’m still alive lol!
I've never heard of this rumor at all after Sony's SOP. In fact last year it wasn't even a real rumor. Colin Moriarty tried spreading his speculation off as a rumor. When Colin knew nothing at all.
The only thing they're gonna have is a pro SOP. Unless that's what you meant.
I'll keep an ear out for SOP rumor but so far I haven't heard nothing.
Sony's state of play's are NOT showcases. That state of play was primarily to show first party titles due this year and some indie titles due this year and early next year. They will clearly have a showcase to push the ps5 pro later this year likely in September.
There's no room for Avengers in KH3, maybe MAYBE Star Wars with the Tron level being a success in KH2, but no Avengers.
We don't need an article explaining the obvious. Might as well make an article explaining why we won't see Tomb Raider or Deus Ex characters in the game as well.
Besides there's already Marvel representation in KH3 in the form of Big Hero 6.
Damn! Didn't even think of that! Though what about the annoying one from Episdoe 1 lol!
Keep that stuff out of it I say. Neither Tron nor PotC should have been in it either.
They should have stuck to classic Disney films all along. Would've made the game more cohesive I think.
i personally would be down with either and or both honestly :/ plus you have these massive licenses might as well put them to good use and give kh3 a little extra something seeing how its taking so damn long anyhow