PlayStation Official PS | PS Studios Megathread, v.6

[mixmastermo]

As of April 20th Spider-Man 2 has sold 11m+ copies (7m was the break even point)

I'm happy but I'm also asking WTF about the layoffs

An Upset Insomniac Says PlayStation Layoffs Are ‘Unprecedented’

Insomniac Games has issued a public statement about the layoffs on their main Twitter account, something other big developers affected like Naughty Dog have not done.

www.forbes.com

 

[Zazen]

 

[My Spot]

Still no PS5 Pro.

 

[Zazen]

Still no PS5 Pro.

Nobody was expecting this. People would stop buying a ps5 for months , they will advertise it in fall and release it shortly afterwards.

 

[My Spot]

Nobody was expecting this. People would stop buying a ps5 for months , they will advertise it in fall and release it shortly afterwards.

I haven't bought a PS5 yet because I know as soon as I do they'll announce the Pro.

 

[Zazen]

I haven't bought a PS5 yet because I know as soon as I do they'll announce the Pro.

Yeah just best to wait then

 

[SwamiLeoni]

Path of Exile II still has me the most hyped from this showcase. I’m loving everything about it. Astro looks really fun. Concord is meh and Silent Hill 2 remake looks like a launch PS4 game. I wasn’t particularly impressed with the graphics.

 

[TKing]

What I want to know is how the hell are we to the PS5 and the expensive controllers still get stick drift.

 

[Dizzy]

Literally the only thing I was excited about.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Damn, that looks great

 

[Valhoven]

Path of Exile II still has me the most hyped from this showcase. I’m loving everything about it. Astro looks really fun. Concord is meh and Silent Hill 2 remake looks like a launch PS4 game. I wasn’t particularly impressed with the graphics.

Was not feeling Concord art direction in addition to it seeming by the numbers at best and at worst, derivative of other FPS. Shame.

 

[Valhoven]

Still no PS5 Pro.

It's coming. Too early. Prepare buttholebody.

 

[rikwebb]

Some interesting Info on Astrobot from Entertainment Weekly of all places

How 'Astro Bot' game taps into PlayStation multiverse (exclusive)

'Astro Bot' is getting its first full-fledged platform game for the PS5. Team Asobi exclusively tells EW how it's packed full of PlayStation universe Easter eggs.

ew.com

"We wanted to make a big game," Doucet tells EW of the platformer with more than 80 different levels. "This is really about going up one notch — really several notches — and having Astro's big story. We call it Astro Bot because we treat this as a new beginning. That's a really, really big game. I think for us, that's the biggest game we've ever made."

The premise centers around an incident that breaks apart Astro's DualSense Spaceship (in the form of PlayStation gaming equipment) and scattering its bits across the universe. The bot now has to embark on a mission to find all the pieces.

According to Doucet, there are 80 planets spread out across six galaxies. One world, he explains, features an island in the form of a giant crab. Others, as seen in the announcement trailer released on Thursday, feature other environments like jungle, volcanic, and desert. "We really wanted to make sure that the player had a renewed experience every 10 minutes or so," he says.

Behind the scenes, Doucet calls the game a "PlayStation fiesta," given that it's stacked with so many callouts to the entire history of PlayStation. There's even a bot version of PaRappa the Rapper, the hip-hop canine star first introduced back in the 1990s. It's not a coincidence, either, that Astro Bot is arriving during the yearlong 30th anniversary of PlayStation celebration.

"It's a kind of eye candy," Doucet says of all the cameos. "There's going to be more. We're going to be talking over time about what they mean to the game, but, yes, there's going to be a big reunion. There's a lot of characters from the PlayStation universe crossing over with Astro's path. It's an Astro Bot story, of course, with Astro being the main character, but there's a lot of PlayStation characters that play a part."

"I would say it's pop culture in general in a very broad sense," Doucet remarks of those reveals. "That's something we've always done as part of our games — look at iconic real-world inspirations, a lot of them from Hollywood movies or famous animation — and looking at themes that really cross generations."

It's surreal that Team Asobi can now count Astro Bot as a character on par with the likes of Kratos and all of PlayStation's other first-party heavy hitters that the new game features in some way. Doucet recalls how Astro's Playroom "was really about focusing on the PS5 and sharing what we could do with the controller." He notes, "The charm of Astro and how he resonated with people went beyond what we expected. At that point, we decided to make a big game."

Don't let the Easter eggs and Kratos cameo fool you. "The core effort has gone into making Astro's own game so that he can stand on his own feet as a new PlayStation character with a good reputation and confidence," Doucet adds. "But also on top of that, there is this whole coating of nostalgia."

 

[rikwebb]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1796288252200235100

 

[Valhoven]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1796288252200235100

Ouch. DG late-game was crazy fun.

 

[Zazen]

Sega/Atlus leaker Midori claims more SIE titles to be shown at Summer Game Fest. If I had to take a guess they would probably include Death Stranding 2 (Kojima/Geoff bromance) and Horizon Lego (rumored to be revealed sometime soon)

 

[Zazen]

I thought the State of Play was decent. Like a 6 or 7 out of 10. Obviously the big hitters weren't going to be there so I don't understand the whining by some. I was thrilled by the last two announcements.

The two day one games for me are AstroBot and Monster Hunter Wilds. The other two I'm interested in are Behemoth VR and Dynasty Warriors Origins but are probably more of a wait for review type game.

 

[Zazen]

Oh forgot to mention one thing. I'm in agreement with most that the Silent Hill 2 looked pretty bad in the trailers. In fact so much so that they put me off fro
m buying the game. However, I did watch the most recent gameplay segment that was uploaded and I have to say it does look better than what we saw previously. What you guys think? Looking better in this video or still think or looks like garbage?

 

[Valhoven]

I thought the State of Play was decent. Like a 6 or 7 out of 10. Obviously the big hitters weren't going to be there so I don't understand the whining by some. I was thrilled by the last two announcements.

The two day one games for me are AstroBot and Monster Hunter Wilds. The other two I'm interested in are Behemoth VR and Dynasty Warriors Origins but are probably more of a wait for review type game.

I haven’t seen the MH Wilds trailer. Can you share that for me here? On mobile right now.

 

[iNoScopedJFK]

Astro Bot looks so good, Playroom was amazing for a game that was just bundled in the way it was. Gonna look forward to playing the new one with my son. The first ASTRO was his baby steps into gaming so I know we'll have a blast playing together.