Playstation The Official Playstation 5 Thread

[psylockolussus]

It is frontloaded, when halfway of its supposed 7 year run (before ps6 in 2027?), the sales are already slowing down. The sales for 2020/21 wouldhave been a lot higher if they didn't run out of stock. The demand for the ps5 isn't just the same as it was before. Last year, ps5 sales didn't match and exceed Sony's target. Aside from GTA VI, are there any big games coming out for the PS5 in 2025 and 2026? Ghost of Yotei, okay. Wolverine? Who knows when would that arrive. Last of Us Part III, Intergalactic, God of War Egypt, Horizon III, Spider-Man 3 - unlikely to arrive in 2 years.

Ps4 iirc, was more of a slowburn in the first two to three years and sales really picked up once more big games came out from 2016 to 2020. Not sure how this is good for the long term of the PS5. Late 2027 is less than two years from now, if Ps6 follows the same time frame. Also new games for the Ps4 is still being released in 2025.

 

[Mjolnir Reborn]

Pointless to include the future unless one is clairvoyant. My comment is about the statistics we have this far and the first two years were the worst.

I don't have a personal stake in the sales either way. I expected the PS5 to be behind the PS4 pretty much consistently since it's more expensive (the Pro much more so), had production issues, and there's been fewer big exclusive titles. They don't differ much this far though (image not up to date as seen in the current numbers).

 

[Iceman]

PS will benefit significantly from reduced competition regardless of any other factors against it.

 

[blueharvest]

More layoffs at Sony.

 

[blueharvest]

Resistance 4 Was Pitched By Insomniac, But PlayStation Turned It Down

In a new interview, soon-to-be former president of Insomniac Games Ted Price said that the studio pitched Resistance 4 to PlayStation.

insider-gaming.com

 

[Superhero 101]

PSN Has Been Down All Night, Players Upset - PlayStation LifeStyle

PSN has been down since Friday evening/night or early morning Saturday, depending on where on the globe you're located.

www.playstationlifestyle.net

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

It’s still down for me, I just checked.

PSN Is Still Down After 14 Hours And No One Knows Why

PSN has now been down for a full 14+ hours and Sony has not offered a timeline or explanation for when it will return.

www.forbes.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

PSN is working on my phone app now.

Store is not working though I’m logged in.

Seeing reports multiplayer is hit and miss depending on where in the world you are.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

PlayStation Posts Short Update After PlayStation Network Outage

Sony has issued a small statement on the status of the PlayStation Network after service was officially restored.

insider-gaming.com

PlayStation Gives Reason For PSN Outage; Offers Amends

PlayStation has given a reason for the PSN outage that brought the network down for roughly 20 hours over the weekend.

insider-gaming.com

 

[Teelie]

Lots of talk about some kind of DDOS attack but it's all speculation, albeit with some credibility given it happened to Microsoft back in December.

 

[Snow Queen]

Last night, suddenly got two charges on the card connected to my PSN account totaling about $140. Don't know if that's just a coincidence or if this outage involved some data theft as has happened in the past, but figured I'd bring it up in the off chance to let anyone to check their cards since that never hurts.

 

[blueharvest]

Sony offers 5 free days of PlayStation Plus but no explanation for 24-hour 'operational issue,' Capcom to extend Monster Hunter Wilds beta to make up for downtime

Well that was weird.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[blueharvest]

PlayStation Might Be Cracking Down on 'Shovelware' Spam Games

PlayStation might be sharpening up the PS store and cracking down on shovelware titles. Is that the case? Find out here.

insider-gaming.com

 

[Superhero 101]

PlayStation State of Play Announced for Tomorrow, February 12 - IGN

Sony has announced a PlayStation State of Play stream will take place tomorrow, February 12.

www.ign.com

40 minutes please be good!

 

[KillerMcQueen]

PlayStation State of Play Announced for Tomorrow, February 12 - IGN

Sony has announced a PlayStation State of Play stream will take place tomorrow, February 12.

www.ign.com

40 minutes please be good!

Gonna keep my expectations low for this, expecting them to reveal a Bloodborne remake, an FFIX remake, and a Silksong release date, nothing too crazy.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

Can’t believe we’re getting the Bloodborne Remaster tomorrow.

 

[blueharvest]

Hellblade 2 Could Come To PS5 "Pretty Soon", It's Claimed

According to a new tease, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 coming to PS5 is a matter of when and not if. When could we see an announcement?

insider-gaming.com

 

[psylockolussus]

Can’t believe we’re getting the Bloodborne Remaster tomorrow.

Its unlikely.

 

[Superhero 101]

Just give me some Wolverine and God of War news along with Ghosts and I will be happy


Don’t know if Death Stranding 2 will show up since they just announced it’s own event in March maybe just a trailer

 

[psylockolussus]

The Order 1886 Dev Says Reception, Not Sales, Is to Blame for No Sequel - PlayStation LifeStyle

In a new interview, Ready At Dawn co-founder Andrea Pessino discusses how a planned The Order 1886 sequel fell through.

www.playstationlifestyle.net

This is the 2nd time, I've read about Metacritic being important to Sony when it comes to greenlighting sequels. I guess people at Sony have bookmarked Metacritic!

 

[Link]

15 minutes. I'm really, really hoping for a Resident Evil announcement tonight.

 

[Link]

Capcom kicking this off with Monster Hunter does not bode well for my aspirations