WHAT

the real playstation shambles is gonna be when anyone who bought a ps5 pro for GTA 6 just for it to run the same as base console

if next xbox really has steam as well its kindve a no brainer to cop at this point for next gen

SCATT WE BACK BROTHER

life i good
sony dying

Rockstar during the previews literally said "we havent hugely looked into PS5 Pro yet" and people still eating up the Pro. When the truth is Sony in an ideal world should have talked to Rockstar about what tech they needed to get 60fps and look good then made the pro based on that CPU , GPU damn near but cost of parts went up so they likely didnt want that loss

Sony really moved to California and sold its soul in so many ways. Again Them not wanting physint isnt the issue its unexpectedly trying to cancel it and seems like not really collaborating with Kojima to get something workable while saying "we will work together in future". All to randomly announce it on twitter. Its as if a time frame expired where they could announce it. Also announcing it on a Wednesday night this is normally friday news so they can play it off into the weekend. They gonna get fried this week

It has become an obsession of his. I mean I am confused on why they let him do it for so much of DS2 but people think hollywood actors are the issue here as well. Could be the writing lol . His writing always hit or miss.

#Kirkiversary

Sony is scust
Awful company

Focus on live service
Shutting down studios
Ending physical media
0 focus on actually cool and innovative titles like this one

Hope they crash and burn

To be clear some of us have said this for many years. While giving them credit for the riskier ideas they do put out but knowing it wouldnt last forever because of how they promote them and how their install base isnt biting on them.

So many big titles delayed because Sony wanted to focus on live service bullshit instead, the most baffling business decision in gaming in a long time

Its because they cant afford to drop these giant cinematic games where people play once, gamefly it, gamestop used it , let a friend borrow it. Its not a sustainable model. especially when the games are singleplayer only no microtransactions of any kind. They have been trying to find a way to get people to keep the game, spend more time in the world, buy merch, watch a tv show become obsessed with the characters for a while. That is their central goal.

the games are just too big for them to keep doing them in this manner now

i am currently looking into the situation

As many of us have been saying for a while now. Combine that with the development times of them( less relevant to Kojima because Death Stranding 1 and 2 dropped at reasonable clips. Sure Sony overall was not thrilled about Overdose being Xbox exclusive and knowing development of that would eat up his time for a period of time though

It really isnt that complicated

1. Death stranding 1 and 2 were able to come to pc and 2 possibly coming to xbox after this break up if he legally can find a way. Likely a point of contention that Sony did not want to happen

2. Budgets and time

3. Overdose being exclusive they weren't thrilled on

The better question is where did communication fall out where they did it unexpectedly then it all got announced on a random wednesday night a week before Tokyo Game show

anyway kudos to kojima, i’m excited to see what he does with PHYSINT

maybe the spiritual successor to MGS everyone wanted, we’ll see though, he likes to throw curveballs

who owns the rights to snatcher and policenauts? i hope they can get re-released in some way

Konami still owns rights to both. The tragic part is by this time Konami will likely try to drop a new Metal Gear Solid because thats part of why they remade them and did the collection in the first place.

Sony likely going to do a marketing deal or exclusivity deal with them on this . Pay for none of development but in their mind reap the same benefits from consumers that crave the same characters and or think Kojima jumped the shark

tweaktown.com/news/107442/konami-confident-it-can-make-a-new-mainline-metal-gear-game/index.html

I get that Sony is a business and they are going to want to maximize profits anyway they can. Game production has become extremely expensive.
But they have companies under their umbrella who make successful games. Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, Insomniac, Sucker Punch, Guerilla..they all bring in good money from their titles. And those companies are a big reason why Sony consoles sell so well.

But all of those companies were forced to delay their main games to focus on live service.
Which is a big deal because Sony made it a point to cater to single player gamers during the PS4 era, and assured their player base that they would continue to cater to them. So the fact they thought going full-on live service for the PS5 era is wild

Like I said, I know that Sony wants to maximize profits, but alienating your consumer base is just going to fast track pushing your fans over to Xbox

I hate all of sony’s moves in the current gen of gaming but also on the other hand how many times does Kojima have to get fired for yall to realize that he is a big part of the problem lol, not too far-fetched to expect that xbox cancel this game as well or derail it à la MGSV

They are only making so much profit on the consoles themselves. Especially when we look to the future with rising cost of prices. Yes it again builds an install base . But if someone buys a PS5 or future PS6 and mainly buys Call of Duty ( now owned by Xbox which they used to have a revenue share agreement with on PS4 with activision ), 2k, Madden, Grand Theft Auto VI is going to carry . But a God of War Ragnarok, Spider Man 2, Wolverine yes sales are good but they see the used game market, gamefly market and more want to squeeze more out of that.

Sony sees Metal Gear Delta sales, Metal Gear collection sales. Says okay Physint isnt going to be Metal Gear Solid it legally cant. Its going to be stealth action espoinage but instead of building iconic characters its a director talking about casting actors and more movie like than ever will this have the same draw. Did as many people take the jump on console with Death Stranding 2 as Death Stranding 1 with a pandemic? Who knows.

They look at all of that and say we are going to start playing it safe. This the same exact reason I said it was goofy for Astrobot to pay homage or have easter eggs from so many dormant franchises or games they have cancelled or studios they have closed

"hey look at this game, stuido or creator we f***ed over you remember the memories with them"

Fumito Ueda same way of leaving Sony. He is glad Gen Atlas coming to multiple platforms. Sony California base operated is just a different company.

In their mind they are good they got intergalactic. They got Neil saying Last of Us isnt done. They got God of War remake trilogy. Laufey. Spider Man 3. Maybe Venom. They are going to wind down on weirder ideas

This thread is absolutely hilarious

Some of ya’ll act like your grandma was just cured of cancer lol

kojima is the problem with Death Stranding 2 being nominated for game of the year many places. Sales did well. 1.6 million copies sold on PS5 and 400 thousand on PC first week