Housemarque discussion with Narrative Director - Gregory Louden, on the storytelling in Returnal and the driving forces behind Selene's story.
With so many PS5 exclusives to choose from, it can be a little overwhelming to pick which one to play. This is especially true for a new PlayStation gamer who has yet to experience the wonder of PlayStation-exclusive storytelling. So, here's KnowTechie's take on the best PS5 exclusives in 2024 and beyond
PlayStation is killing it with the exclusives this year. Exclusive wise, what has xbox released this year?
They won't complain about Microsoft not releasing games here but put all their effort into saying that only first party counts. Games like Rebirth and Grandblue Relink don't count. Games published by Sony like Helldivers 2, Stellar Blade and Rise of the Ronin don't count because Sony don't own the studios.
It's some narrative building so for when Hellblade 2 come out they can say, seemingly without shame, that Microsoft is actually releasing first party games this year. And claim victory.🙃
Weird 1st party games didn't matter when Xbox had so little, but, now they're important again? Guess Ark 3, Stalker 2 don't count any more?
ARK 3 doesn't exist and it's just a timed exclusive. It's also a game that a majority of the ARK player base doesn't want as it's a massive deviation from what people like about the original game
Honestly to me it doesn’t matter what they say, they are just finally getting a chance to say all the things PS fan(boy)s were saying to them for the past few years. Let them get that, they deserve a “win” for a change.
The new narrative is that suddenly first party games matter again when awhile ago they didn’t, but that was because they were struggling with the same three games with the occasional fourth or fifth. That games should be everywhere on all platforms since that’s whats happening to theirs. The consoles don’t matter just the ability to play anywhere. Whatever Xbox is doing Sony will soon follow.
They’re not moving the goalpost anymore, but rather just moving the whole damn stadium.
Only a incel would care about who published what and who owns who.
If it’s not on the other consoles it’s an exclusive.
Killing what? Where are the 1st party games??
Stellar Blade and FF7 is what I’m seeing this year.. so shallow!!!!
Doesn't really matter as long as they're great games. Baffles me why people put an emphasis on 1st party. They're still games you can't play anywhere else this year
Andy
PS brand is my favorite because of their stellar first party software.. currently I see absolutely nothing to go crazy for..
Nonsense.
PS1 and PS2 was built on great third party exclusives like FF, MGS, GTA & Tekken.
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Of course I love the games I’ve played from PS but I don’t believe we need to limit it to ‘exclusive’ to acknowledge that Xbox will be releasing some good games this year also. In that same vein, I believe that Xbox diehards shouldn’t limit their acknowledgment of good PS games to 1st party. There are plenty of good games to go around for everybody.
This is a Playstation article about Playstation games and your comment is about Xbox. Can't you just celebrate what PS has without dragging this into console war BS?
I don’t think Microsoft is releasing games exclusively on Xbox anymore. They have some timed exclusives that release on Xbox first.
Returnal, Astro Bot, and Ratchet made having it since day one worth it.
GT7 free updates and Spiderman 2 and others at 60fps have made this last year more than okay.
But yeah, it’s been dry lately. BG3 and third party have made great filler, but we ready for that SOCOM or Killzone announcement and some more 1st party goodness. Crossing fingers for Ghost of Tsushima 2 announcement this summer.
Didn’t know Helldivers was exclusive! Wtf is going on at Xbox that they can’t get these games, series s strikes again.
Sony owns the Helldivers IP. The first was a PS3/Vita/PC game. It was never an Xbox game that they could ‘get’ a decade ago. I’m not sure what the upset is with Xbox here
Looks like they are on par with the previous gens. Solid games all around. Interestingly enough, we can't say they released a bad game yet this gen. Unlike the Quiet Man dustup.
Replies(2)I actually do not mind if Marathon releases on multiple platforms . I just wish that Marathon has a dedicated single player campaign.
The games for Humble Choice Bundle for the month of April, 2024, have begun to be revealed, and they include Returnal.
Some solid choices but i feel they're late to the party. I'm subscriptioned out like most people.
This made me check out the current month and holy crap it's actually a great bundle. It's unfortunate that Saints Row is among them but the Nioh 2 and Afterimage make it worth it. I think I'll probably grab it and give away Saints Crap.
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Eck... I just cant justify $69.99 for a base version of any game, especially knowing that a price hike isnt going to eliminate DLC or microtransaction costs, theyre gonna happen anyway to nickel and dime customers. Thats NOT customer service or consumer advocacy. Im really having to learn patience this generation waiting for price drops to $39.99 instead so developers will lose a significant amount, on me anyway. But that doesnt mean Im not talking to people and telling them they should consider doing the same because I do.
Jim Ryan, I dont know why youre running PlayStation. Probably because a Japanese man turned it down knowing how political things were getting and you thought it would be a good idea. So Jim Ryan, let me tell you why YOU SUCK as a salesman:
1) You announced PSVR 2 while PS5 sales are suffering. You cant ADAPT. You only know black and white, theres a business plan you feel you have to stick too. What this demonstrates is that you dont care about your consumers, and thats sad. Jack Tretton was the man, he knew, he cared. But you announced VR2 while another even larger elephant stands in the room.
2) Whatve you done to fight back against scalpers? Its that simple, you tell retailers that consoles need to be sold the old fashioned way, in their stores where people can get in a line and not have to compete with software, and if distributers care about their customers as much as they claim to during this epidemic, theyll agree and sell them from store locations like the good old days. But what are you doing? Sitting on your butt drinking tee and taking two hour long lunch breaks.
3) The Show 21. Not only does Microsoft now have your game on their console but theyre practically giving it away for free on Game Pass while PlayStation consumers that have stuck by you and the franchise for as many years arent paying the Xbox price for games $59.99, but ten dollars more at $69.99 for the same game now and Microsoft still claims it plays best on Xbox having a more powerful console.
4) You have no idea what talent you really have. Jack Tretton did. Phil Harrison may have discovered Media Molecule, but Jack Tretton was on top of it and acquired them. He also did the same for Sucker Punch studio and made sure he took care of what he had. He almost lost Hideo Kojima to Don Mattrick, this is true, but he didnt. Youve let Quantic Dream slip away and youre about to lose other great talent to the competition when your exclusivity deal with Ember Labs dries up meaning youll lose excellent developers of Pixar and Disney quality to Nintendo that would really love to have them and Kena: Bridge of Spirits. Microsoft would love them to, but Microsoft wants anything Sony has because Phil Spencer has no eye for talent but once he can talk to them, he just might be smart enough to acquire them. Somehow he managed to get Yakuza after Sony spent several console generations keeping a solid relationship with SEGA and just like that, Phil Spencer took them all and is giving them away for free on Xbox Game Pass.
Jim Ryan, you SUCK ya filthy red-coat!