PlayStation Locking Down Stellar Blade Was A Failed Experiment

[@wishingW3L]

Just here to say Stellar Blade is actually an amazing game and underrated as hell.

[@abhi.dx2345]

It's underrated only because it was released for ps5. It could've made a billion if it was released on pc the first day

[@ps5blows317]

@@wishingW3L it's an unreal engine 4 hack and slash. Not that impressive in 2024.

[@okami9039]

​@@ps5blows317so? The gameplay is very fluid and awesome that alone is worth it and the progression is actually rewarding

[@ps5blows317]

@@okami9039 we are on UE5 now. I'm pretty bored of all the unreal engine 4 stuff.

[@okami9039]

@@ps5blows317 that's probably the worst reason I've ever heard but sure ig

[@novaknight8579]

The fact Stellar Blade gave us almost 80 outfits for free and all you had to do was find them. 80 outfits is a lot considering me being a Dead or Alive fan. Games always charging for more outfits. What idiot wants their game character wearing the same $hit all the way through the game? You got the ultimate weapon at the end of the game, and your character still wearing old rags from the sewers.😂

[@tmoney3862]

I just read that Sony tried to get exclusivity for Crimson Desert, and the developer turned them down. These guys can't get enough of money-hatting.

[@VGFightSchool]

I read the story as well. Just trying to wait for more context.

[@dapperfan44]

They're the bad guys for locking down ONE game, and not Microsoft for buying and mismanaging several whole publishers. Sure.

[@VGFightSchool]

@@dapperfan44 If its yours, do what you want with it. THE ONLY REASON Starfield is an exclusive is BECAUSE PlayStation inspired it. lol

[@tmoney3862]

@dapperfan44 It's Sony's aggressive exclusivity deals that has led us to this point. MS literally bought those publishers to prevent Sony cutting more exclusive deals for games, content, and marketing rights from some of the biggest 3rd party developers.

[@PacmanxJr]

It all started with what Xbox did during the 360 days. How people quickly forget how the 360 became the beast it was.

[@Jehuty256]

Stellar Blade is one of those games that people would rather buy on PC over Consoles for reasons. I'm pretty sure if they sold it on PC alone it would have sold alot more

[@josec1756]

Why i am waiting for it on Steam

[@dragoon2005]

"Stellar blade will be the first game that modders will remove more content than add" Brutal💀

[@Handlelesswithme]

@@dragoon2005 There going to remove one thing and add a lot more

[@kayc7442]

😂😂😂

[@izaac7777]

Well its coming to steam.

[@Foxbat2B]

I wonder if this is why Pearl Abyss turned down Sony's exclusivity deal for Crimson Desert. Which was smart play by Pearl Abyss get the money where you can.

[@ps5blows317]

Yep, as we have seen by the third party exclusive sales on PlayStation... It would be stupid to take the deal.

[@sandman45981]

I think as time goes on Playstation will have a harder time trying to make a 3rd party IP exclusive to just their own console. What may end up happening is that we will hear more saying no and if they are able to keep it off of Xbox (for now) it will release on PC day one.

[@Chronospherics]

Probably doesn't fit with their wider strategy since their other games are on other platforms and also they have good revenue streams from those other games, so they don't need the upfront cash from the publishing deal.

[@inkdreaper874]

If a developer wants to reach the most players and the most money, it has to go multi-platform. Simple

[@zhengguo3178]

Nintendo:?

[@bisugzzz]

Making every game that you produce multiplatform is s2pid. Owning your console makes it irrelevant. Lol. Nintendo makes billions and still not multiplatform lol

[@abhi.dx2345]

​@@bisugzzzdon't project your stupidity here. How does owning a console make it irrelevant lol? Owning a console or pc goes down upon personal preference. Games should be multi platform so that they don't get disappointed upon sales numbers. Living examples are final Fantasy 7 rebirth and final Fantasy 16

[@Ribcut]

@@zhengguo3178 If Nintendo sold their games on PC, they would make billions literally within the first year.

[@Ribcut]

@@bisugzzz Do you know what a strawman is? Because you're using a perfect example of one.

[@geopoliticalnutz7350]

I'm a PS guy. But if Stellar Blade were to be released on Steam, it will sell like hotcake. And the modding community will go crazy and I'm all up for it. lol

[@Harrison11106]

Yup. The Sony exclusivity deal will probably go bye bye in a few years. When it goes & the game hits PC/Steam or EPIC... :).

[@earl_stranger3878]

Sell? I feel like the majority will pirate this game lol. PC master race after all

[@led-0185]

Spider-Man 2 was an awful game, so of course it would sell less. They were coasting off the popularity of the first game and the Spider-Man license.

[@tyleroutland435]

Led you are 100 percent wrong

[@jrtalkin5558]

That’s my sentiment for most of Sony’s modern sequels. There hasn’t been a single sequel I thought was better than the predecessor.

[@tyleroutland435]

@@jrtalkin5558 well you have terrible tastes in games then

[@cuer9949]

​@@tyleroutland435 Uh ooooo GAWK GAWK 99

[@tyleroutland435]

@@joevoidable7549 I agree

[@86lanzo]

A game being exclusive limits its ability to have viral success.. If stellarblade was on PC and xbox it might have blown up like Elden Ring....being on everything means more youtubers will make guides,there's more engagement..which leads to more ppl trying the game.. When you don't put the game on PC and xbox you don't just lose the sales from PC and xbox..you also lose sales from Playstation that the viral success of the game would've generated

[@LionKingofBeasts]

You do realize they attacked stellar blade like crazy and ended up censoring the game which turned a lot of people off right? That hurt the sales, especially since it was a PlayStation exclusive. If it was on all platforms, it would’ve been up there with wukong or at least close to it. Who knows, maybe it sold more and sony is hiding the sales because they are mad that we are going after their DEI bs games and decided to take all of their frustration on stellar blade

[@TheUnseenKrab]

Me playing Stellar Blade on my PS5 physical copy ftw 😎

[@Aeon-wi1vt]

Meh Spider-Man 2 was woke-ified. I skipped it and didn't even get it as a monthly bonus. Stellar Blade is a masterpiece though. Really like it. If I didnt already have a ps5, I would have bought one for it lol.

[@stevenkennedy6870]

Highest user score PS5 game on metacritic yet only 1 million people bought this game with a 60 million user base according to Sony its probably only 25 million active ps5’s out their

[@alostcause4035]

That 1 million number was 2 months after release. The game has been out another 4 months now so the sales are clearly higher than that. Your 25 million number is just nonsense copium.

[@duannehaughton4893]

It is interesting because I initially bought a PS5 because of the “potential” Kingdom Hearts 4 release eventually on it. Happy I got to enjoy games like Rebirth, Stellar Blade and ASTRO BOT in the meantime. Never was much of a PC gamer so I am not affected by the exclusivity with Playstation.

[@aggressiveoatmealmemes6881]

Exclusivity really helps no one, but shareholders. But I don’t know how it happen mutually because business is business

[@De1usionsofGrandeur]

Helps sell hardware.. I believe though sony and Nintendo would sell drastically less if gamers had more options to play their games... especially Nintendo since their hardware is total crap

[@zenoafro]

​@@De1usionsofGrandeurNintendo is also the only one console with a current gen emulator though

[@aggressiveoatmealmemes6881]

@@De1usionsofGrandeur Maybe, but that doesn’t help the consumer and it doesn’t help developers. As I’ve so often said gaming is the only industry with this problem to these degree. People who like movies just go to the movies, and people who like books buy the book they want. Even when it comes to streaming services, most people can comfortably afford several and have them run on anything with a screen. Only gaming has these super strict hardware restrictions.

[@aggressiveoatmealmemes6881]

@@zenoafro Xbox has backwards compatibility does it not.

[@De1usionsofGrandeur]

@@zenoafro yep.. for me I'd rather just buy games that worry about emulators..but Nintendo is also aggressively trying to shut them down

[@therealjaystone2344]

To Sony, 1 million copies is a failure

[@J0jed]

Stellar blade on pc would be easy money. Imagine the mods for this game 😂. Bloodborne and Demon Souls Remake also but yeah Sony does not want money.

[@danielnam9026]

Stellar Blade for PC is currently in development.

[@drumd00d]

I think it’ll only be a matter of time before Stellar Blade comes to Xbox. But that was a game I really wanted to play, but it doesn’t seem like a game that should be a console exclusive.

[@18266609]

Yep. Like I said before bare minimum Sony exclusives should be launching on pc day 1 alongside the console release. Most pc players won’t buy a console to play exclusives. It’s cash left on the table.

[@KizzMyAbs]

People acting like 500 is Pennie’s is wild to me

[@FeorgeGloyddd]

Yea normies aren't dropping $500 for some 3rd party exclusive. Only enthusiasts & hardcore gamers are doing that.

[@springsago]

Its not about the money its about not touching or making Use of the console in the long run. Imagine buying a cup for 20 euros to only drink once from it, dumb right?

[@KizzMyAbs]

@@springsago ya I use my Xbox daily so does my kid can’t imagine that for ps tbh cuz the smaller library and lack of gamespass. Haven’t needed to buy a game except maybe once a year. Call me cheap but I’m happy

[@mohammedhaque7508]

Nah being honest if Xbox started money hatting games with the money they have they will money hat Sony out of existence literally, are you gonna make a video of the studio that turned down a deal from Sony the news came out today.

[@VGFightSchool]

I will. I saw it this morning and looked through. I am also waiting for more context because sometimes these stories need to be verified by multiple sources.

[@mohammedhaque7508]

@@VGFightSchool yeah looking forward to that video and hearing your thoughts on the situation, I think Tom Henderson also may have reported on the matter but I’ll check now just in case

[@KizzMyAbs]

What PS does is hurting the experience for gamers

[@Twocrudedudes]

nobody is stopping you from getting a PS5

[@Christopher-ro1dl]

I am a big Souls fan but not enough to spend $500 for a remake of demons souls. Having PSN go down and make all my playstation and games unplayable until servers came back was the end of playstation for me. I would not risk buying a PS5 to have it also go down or lack of internet make it go down.

[@NeverB_Gameover]

I bought Stellar Blade, used off eBay.

[@beak3331]

The date of the article is 25.06.24, that is nearly 4 months ago. Also rise of the ronin sold well over 1 million by 11th of June. Maybe use some recent sales figures not figures from 4 months ago

[@VGFightSchool]

Share some recent sales figures if you can find them. Do Sales not go cold after the first few months?

[@beak3331]

@@VGFightSchool do sales go cold after a few months, not necessarily. E.g re4 remake sold 3 million copies in its first week while 4 months after launch it had sold over 6 million. Why would I be looking for more recent figures as that's your job to support your argument? All you've shown is that after 2 months from release stellar blade had sold over 1 million copies. So a game that cost 50 million to make has made over 70 million after 2 months, how is making 20 million a failure? So you haven't shown a sony failed experiment, you have only shown your own failed argument

[@VGFightSchool]

Did RE4 Remake launch as a multiplatform title?

[@beak3331]

@@VGFightSchool well yes but you're ignoring the main argument. Stellar blade, a new ip, made 20 million profit 2 months after release which you claim is a failed experiment. You are using data that is 4 months old to support your argument making it at best out of date or at worst disengenuos

[@dannyfenton9335]

​@@beak3331 Yeah that is bad economics. That is a over 70% Cost of Goods. Any business on this planet could tell you a 70% COG Is a failure. In any business you want to target 30% at the high end for your COGs, and with that logic Stellar Blade would have to make almost 90 million dollars to even hit 30, let alone creep into huge success territory. I would agree, Stellar Blade is a financial failure.

[@Ignisan_66]

Interesting that the one game that has a hot female character protagonist plus other hot female characters, no forced political propaganda, and with a decent story is locked down on Playstation 5 where Sony has complete control over it. I believe Stellar Blade was artificialy gimped by making it a PS5 exclusive so it doesn't sell as much cause its a non-woke game and these days Sony doesn't like when their games are not woke. Sony did everything they could to limit the sales of Stellar Blade, they even forced Shift Up to censor some of the outfits for no particular reason since the game is already PEGI 18. The PC port is coming but that won't fix the damage Sony already did to Shift Up, that game should've been on PC from day one.

[@JTVega]

Stellar Blade its like another Bayonetta with souls like action only manage to get a cult following. Bayonetta 3 sold at 1.30 million if I remember correctly Nintendo had to ask for that exclusive.

[@nelAjamZ]

Is not like Bayonetta. I think Bayonetta is overall better game.

[@jhp9803]

@@nelAjamZ nah.

[@AhRinge]

Platinum pitched bayo 2 to sega and they passed on it. Nintendo came in and paid platinum for it and bayo 3.

[@Vynne96-jg7er]

Stellar Blade is nothing like Soulsborne games. The game is action hack and slash.

[@_theduckofdeath_]

Rise of the Ronin fared even worse. Single console exclusivity is a poor strategy in this day & age. A guaranteed reduced customer base for your games. Leaving PC out is baffling. Similarly, Koei Tecmo won a ton of potential repeat customers with Wo Long in Game Pass, then skipped Xbox entirely with RotR.

[@KnucklesWTD]

That game actually outsold stellar blade lol

[@anonvoila4883]

Is Sony overestimating its player base, thinking it can sell huge numbers of game copies? Recently, companies going exclusive with Sony have ended up regretting it. The issue is that Sony players often don't buy games they only care about they're exclusives. SMH, Square Enix learned this the hard way, and Shift Up is starting to see it too. Honestly, if the game launched on PC from day one, it might have sold three times more. However, Xbox has already said they won't host any games appealing to the male gaze. Hopefully, this fantastic game heads to PC soon because it's AMAZING and offers great replay value!

[@PixelMurder]

They want to force us into their PSN network and/or to buy a children's toy. It doesn't work. I mean, I don't even have an Epic account so far because I can be very patient. One million copies sold? Wukong had a peak of more than 2 million players on Steam.

[@Moscatinka]

If Stellar Blade was available on Steam without PSN subscription and without Denuvo or similar DRM, and while still being relevant, I'd probably get it. I could say the same for a variety of other Sony games from the past decade. I'm not holding my breath that long though. It's not even that I couldn't spare the expense for a PS5, it's just that I'm not crazy.

[@somethingyoucaneat]

without denuvo it would get cracked on day 1

[@SighMyNameTaken]

@@somethingyoucaneat Sure, sure and that's going to help how? Just like Metaphor a BRAND new game with the NEWEST DENUVO in 2024 was cracked within a week. Damn all those pirates are really hurting sales bro, just kidding, they aren't. Being cracked or DRM doesn't mean shit, its just an anti-consumer play much like the forced PSN login for Helldivers 2... which ironically, you guessed it, hurts sales.

[@Moscatinka]

@@somethingyoucaneat And with Denuvo, it gets cracked on day 3. I don't care, I'm not a hacker, I'm a paying customer.

[@somethingyoucaneat]

@@SighMyNameTaken they need to implement something like how black myth wukong is right now

[@mordredstein9553]

Enthusiasts make DRM free versions of everything. This is a non-issue.

[@JTracks305]

The amount of copium in this video is insane

[@Yubi_Yubi]

Care to elaborate?

[@jenpatrick6520]

Just can’t wait anymore! Vindictus defying fate is coming too but omg it always takes forever for Korean devs to release games.

[@Chronospherics]

For the developers, the money from publishers actually helps a lot in providing financial security, funding the project and taking a large chunk of uncertainty away from the releasing your game. Especially if the publishing deal includes exclusivity as it generally includes much better financial support. Players don't see that, but if your a dev and you have a good publishing deal on the table even if it is exclusive, it's often a good option to take, especially if your studio doesn't have a strong revenue stream from other projects already. Essentially the publisher is buying up some of your risk. As for Stellarblade being expected to sell many millions of consoles, it's not. Exclusivity is designed not for individual games to move huge numbers of systems but for a wider strategy of games, to sell systems. I don't believe Sony expect people to buy a console to play Stellarblade, but they do hope that people will buy a console to play Stellar Blade, Gran Turismo, Spiderman 2 (early), and so forth. Yes a lot of these games do come to PC now but we also know that the vast majority of players buy into a game during early launch period. It's often that > 60% of a games total sales will occur within the first 6 months, so being able to play a game immediately, when there's buzz, when there's lots of marketing, is obviously important to people.

[@k88m1]

Hypercharged unboxed sold 100k on Xbox platform with 6 developers it's possible for you to make your game realty too sir.

[@Warmaker01]

Yes. There's 2 other big things going against exclusivity. 1 - Wikipedia has a great page called "List of best selling consoles" and you can see the numbers consoles in the past have gotten in unit sales. Look at the glory days of Sony with the Playstation 2 era of the early 2000s. Compare that to the current generation. Sony won this current console generation to an extent that Microsoft said they were quitting the console hardware competition. Just like Sega when their Dreamcast failed against the PS2 juggernaut. But even if you compare the winning PS5's unit sales to past Sony success, it looks bad. This generation of consoles didn't sell big like they used to. 2 - We see a lot of mention these days the costs of developing AAA games now. It's real high. 3 - So. Take the previous two points and you can see why restricting your game to a single platform isn't a good idea in today's gaming. Like you said in your video, you're cutting yourself off by being exclusive. I've been a PC gamer since the late 1990s. The last console I put any significant time on was also the Playstation 2. Over the years I've seen some console games like Halo, Red Dead Redemption that never got PC ports during their prime. I refused to fork out a lot of money on a platform for the sake of a single game. Stellar Blade is another example. I caught onto the announcement of the game way later than others. I saw images and clips, I was interested. Korean developers? Korea has a long history of PC game development. But I was very surprised and disappointed to find out it was a Playstation exclusive. Oh well. It was the same feeling like when I found out many years ago that RDR was not coming to the PC. I shrugged and moved on. Could have gotten a sale off of me but they didn't want the money. Lastly, this whole thing with exclusivity, sales, came up to me recently when I saw Yong Yea's video about Final Fantasy franchise's problem with sales. In the comments people talked about FF franchise being so heavily tied to Sony being a cause of failure for the franchise in recent years. Some said console exclusivity didn't hurt the FF franchise in the good 'ol days of Sony locking it down. But the big difference with FF XVI's problems today compared to the glory days of the PS1, PS2, etc. era is that Sony no longer had the huge reach across households with their consoles the way they did before. Again, I refer you to that wikipedia page on "List of best selling consoles" and see how Sony trounced the competition. So in those days, being strictly tied to the Playstation 1, 2 was not a big negative because those platforms were everywhere. Compare that to the Playstation 5. Square cut off their own balls by restricting themselves. Yeah, they made a PC version for FF XVI eventually but it's one of those staggered releases. By the time that happened, I no longer cared.

[@sootythunder3111]

Something to keep in mind about stellar blade is that while I don’t know the exact cost, stellar blade wasn’t that expensive compared to other AAA games due to it really not being that big of a game, it only had 2 areas that could be considered an “open zone” locations (both of which were deserts so not the most resource intensive biomes for the developers to make) with the more environmentally diverse sections of the game being linear. With a lot of reuse of assets between underground tunnel sections as well as those levels you could only use your gun, I honestly wouldn’t be suprised to learn that the game only cost 80-100 million usd to develop, which honestly might actually make the game AA not AAA. Another thing that helps this game keep costs down is it not being an “always online” game. No server costs needed (also you need a WHOLE team of specialized programs to work on creating your online service system so that costs about 90k per year per technician) Also as a single player game this game is pretty much evergreen. It has zero up costs and years down the line every time there is a sale at say 25-50% you probably net a few dozen hell maybe a hundred or 2 players just buying your game sure it might be at $50 instead of $70 but that would still see an influx of $50,000usd for absolutely no cost It sold 1.4 million within what was it 1 month, I imagine Steam would probably see another couple hundred thousand sales over a few months, not the explosive 1 month sale of launch but hey it doesn’t have the marketing behind it the launch did so bit of a slow burn, but PC players I find are willing to go back and buy games a few years older then console players tend to so like I said evergreen content

[@danielnam9026]

I preordered 5 copies at $70 from Amazon. It’s a AAA title with a AAA price tag. It was highly anticipated, a high profile game published by SIE. Development budget was around $50 million. A PC version is currently in development.

[@LutherDePapier]

PlayStation officially said that by 2025 they'll be 50% PS5, 50% PC.

[@VGFightSchool]

Where did they say that?

[@Mohgenstein]

1 million sales in two months? But all the anti woke weirdos told me they were going to buy it to support games with hot women! Lol.

[@L3wsent]

When stellar blade comes to pc I will be buying it day 1. I dont have a ps5 so I cant get it at the moment and have a ps4 so not enough reason to get it for 1 game

[@dennisbergen9892]

Stellar Blade is better than Spider Man 2 by far.

[@Mmachine88]

What a lot of pro PlayStation channels and audiences are failing to understand is that the circumstances, perspectives, hopes, dreams for these studios and publishers as well as the games scope, size and what they aim to achieve with it, plays a role with whether the sales they hit are strong enough or fine enough to keep investing. Everyone would agree that Star Wars Outlaws, as it stands currently, selling a million copies which has been leaked to have sold, is in fact a missive blow to Ubisoft given how expansive it most likely was, how expansive Ubisoft must be with employing over 20,000 individuals, and to be paying out licensing fees to Disney. Obviously, this is on entirely different scale, but majority of folks are willing to hear this. Why? Well, that's because Ubisoft has continued to be seen by many as an easy target to point and clown on and not treated as being on the same level as other game companies in terms of quality. Ubisoft isn't looked at or treated seriously by many game critics, medias, and unfortunately even players of games. Ubisoft really is one of the only big triple A publishers/platform holders that might get even worse treatment and bigger blows from the gaming landscape than Xbox even does, and that's not to say Ubisoft doesn't deserve a lot of their harsh critics and a lot of what they are currently dealing with. That big said, below are additional reasons outlined as to why the low sales for developer, Shift Up, as well as examples of two other game developers that are closer in line with what Shit up was and is doing and having similar achievements and successes, It might be "okay" for the developers of Stellar Blade, sure.. but these companies have been on record stating wanting to use their earnings from their past works and create a bigger name for themselves and to make big triple A games that go way above what they made or very different from before in hopes to have booming success. The point is not to compare Nikke to Stellar Blade. The point is to understand what the developers were and are attempting to do. Take the money that was made from a mobile game that put them on the map in order to make something they see as a big action game that lots of people want to play and award. And don't just have Shift Up as an example. The developers of Black Myth, as well as the makers of the upcoming Crimson Dessert are in the exact same position now, just with different games they are coming off from. Black Myth came from developers who worked on mobile games who later formed a team and used the money to develop Black Myth into a hugely successful big Triple A game. The developers of Crimson Dessert, same thing with the exception of their game they are coming off from is Black Dessert which is a mmorpg which actually is playable on mobile and has been hugely successful for them and has made a good bit revenue for them. But they have been on record saying that their goal with Crimson Dessert was to take what they learned from Black Dessert and to make a big Triple A single player action game. There is little to no chance that the developers are looking to sell just a million copies. They want this thing to fly and sell several millions. You think in a world where they have million and millions of players still to this day playing their mmo, then use their earnings to create this big game that they see as a bigger, greater, more impressive, deeper and something that they feel will be awarded accolades by critics. to just be met with low sales?? Point is, it is incredibly hard to believe that only selling a million copies is at all what Shift Up was hoping for and probably assumed signing a deal with PlayStation would have locked them in to at the very least, some pretty decent sales that would in return give them a nice return, and have enough players talking about it for it to then have a continued surge of sales when it made its way to other platforms or at least to PC. With little to no buzz left, it's unclear how big of an increase of players the game will see when it goes to PC. And again, it's not that a million copies sold is bad, but it's important to understand the situation and the perspective. It also looks to only have made Sony 8million that Shift up had to pay out to PlayStation for fees and deals and whatnot, which is likely not what Sony was hoping for either. Yes, it is true that it seems like the game was not very expensive to make luckily, so it's not like some big blow to them.

[@adny02]

Now.... take EVVVVEEERRRRRRYYYYYTHING you said in this video, and put it in front of Platinum Games and Nintendo for the sake of Bayonetta 2 and 3. Those gems could be selling even more copies as multiplatform games (with better controllers on Xbox IMO).

[@VGFightSchool]

They'll eventually get starved into sense. Other devs are gonna make more games and they either engage the mass market or be irrelevant.

[@adny02]

@@VGFightSchool true

[@Mmachine88]

@@adny02 Actually in the case of Bayonetta, it's a bit more complex and has nothing to do with literal "money hatting" moves from Nintendo. unfortunately, the Bayonetta series was not as big as some believed or hoped at the time. And was essentially a dead series until Nintendo picked up licensing, development, and publishing for the game series from SEGA. They also signed deal with Platinum games, they made the games initially and so they could continue making them, but for only Nintendo systems. So, this really is not an example of anything that is malicious or slimey. It would be great if Nintendo was okay with the series continuing to be released on other platforms , but we should keep in mind that sometimes purely the nature of something being exclusive to one place or officially under a platform holder, that itself can play a role as to why something is seen as a big deal or as enticing as it seems to be rather than "just another 3rd party game release".

[@adny02]

@@Mmachine88 oh no, I do recall the first game not selling at all. And I do recall why the sequels are on Nintendo. But now that the brand has uplifted itself into something popular, it'd be nice if Nintendo opens up and spreads the love. I'm more than aware it's ice skating uphill when it comes to Nintendo sharing any of their games. But that license is still something contracted right? The game is still Platinum games property isn't it? Shouldn't they make the call after Nintendo's contract is up? Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm legitimately asking.

[@Mmachine88]

@@adny02 No, Nintendo bought the licensing of the complete property out right. It's likely Sega assumed it was either a dead franchise or if it wasn't, they must have thought it would be very difficult to build up, or they maybe were just simply not interested in it anymore lol. I really have no clue. Maybe it was just the right time and place, and Nintendo offered a deal with Sega, not giving much thought at the time. But I agree, it would be cool to see the games brought over to other platforms. I get the purpose of exclusives, I think they are important and bring value, but I don't agree with 3rd party exclusives unless the development of the game is completely paid for and published. But I do also think after a number of years, I do not see the harm in releasing 1st party exclusives to other places when it's not "selling consoles" and really would just give more sales and also possible new players.

[@theHaba99]

I personally wouldnt buy a ps5 even if gta 6 was exclusive on it. It either comes to pc or i'm not buying it, same for any other game.

[@Macho_Man_Randy_Savage]

when's it releasing on pc?

[@lawlessx9]

Definitely next year

[@Meh-el1ej]

The game has sold millions copies soon coming to PC

[@sunnyssundries]

Games do not sell platforms? What has Nintendo done for almost 40 years now?

[@VGFightSchool]

Games sell games. Nintendo has been fighting, bullying emulators because they provide an alternative for people to play games without the consoles. PalWorld devs are getting bullied because their game got a lot of acceptance over Pkemon. Let me know, so I can continue dropping examples... It's only perception that's conditioned gamers to think this.

[@sunnyssundries]

@@VGFightSchoolGames sold and sell systems. With those systems Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Atari, etc. drew in third parties to release games on their platform…for fee/licence. That money coming in was also used to make better, more expensive games, design new hardware for the next gen, etc. And btw. also not few technological innovations came from consoles. And still come, whether they are being used by the industry or not. The only exception is the Xbox console, because it was a side hustle by Microsoft, and it would not even have made real, if not for „What about Sony?“. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer did not want it. An unliked step-child. Do you honestly believe if consoles fail the games market will be a better place? Dream on. It already gotten worse with people like Jensen Huang, thinking he is selling Louis Vuitton. You guys all think you see the big picture…

[@KnucklesWTD]

Dreamcast had games failed,Wii U had games failed.

[@sunnyssundries]

@@KnucklesWTD Dreamcast failed, because people were holding back due to the imminent PS2 release. WiiU failed, because it was a Wii with nothing truly new to offer. You can find failed games anywhere.

[@VGFightSchool]

@@sunnyssundries I have one question: Do you play on PC currently? Based on your answer, I can respond.

[@ivannikolov591]

Maybe a one game won't make you buy an entire console for it, but the idea is that there will be several games that will be the "face" of that console, plus you'll be able to play all the other games from the other platforms. This is nothing new, this has been the concept of these platforms since their inception, now they are just evolving, but they still need to have some "trump" over the others to be selected.

[@jimbobborg22]

Games don't sell consoles? Black Myth: Wukong has sold over 20 million copies and caused a run on PS5s in China, even though it was also available on PC at launch. No, I'm not a Sony Playstation fan/ I have a nicely spec'd out PC and two XBox series consoles. Would I like to have seen Stellar Blade on PC? Yes. Do I think exclusives are dumb? At this point in time, yes.

[@VGFightSchool]

How many units of PlayStation did it sell? I was that original article. Let’s see if you bought the hype or followed the herd.

[@miragespl]

I need this on Steam. I'm not buying a console for one game.

[@nelAjamZ]

Just buy a console. Stellar Blade fail big time on Ps5 so probably they not gonna drop Pc port.

[@miragespl]

@@nelAjamZ If you think I'm dropping 550 USD just for Stellar Blade then you're delusional. If it's not getting a port due to poor decisions on exclusivity then I'd rather wait for PS5 emulation however long that takes.

[@nelAjamZ]

@@miragespl I think Ps5 is 700 dollars. Ps5 and Ps4 emulator never gonna exists, those consoles are so called live service consoles.

[@miragespl]

@@nelAjamZ 500 where I'm from. Plus 50 for the game. PS4 emulation is already a thing, we PC players are able to enjoy Bloodborne now.

[@mediaage]

Oooh another Xbox bot 🤖 You guys are becoming a rare breed 😂 I miss your kind

[@ps5blows317]

@@mediaage Xbox will be around longer than PlayStation.

[@mediaage]

@@ps5blows317 I want nothing more than to see Xbox linger a little bit longer for our amusement ☺️

[@freddiecunningham2860]

Poor pony. Are you so poor?

[@lucasdesouza3658]

Calling lies of p a hack and slash is wild lol

[@VGFightSchool]

Heh! I know it’s a souls like, but you do hack and slash, no? 😅

[@BQUNTY]

I don't own a business but if I have 61,000000 customer and only 2 to 5 million off my customer is spending money to buy games on my platform why should I spend the money to when they are going to buy it anyway

[@Sickles197]

Xbots down bad port begging how about bringing gears of war to PlayStation in good faith

[@Abdelr7man101]

No exclusives = no value

[@ElectricPudding05]

The value was that you could play games with friends on the couch and never have to worry about running into cheaters.

[@tbagger5211]

It’s a business I have no issue with exclusives honestly . That said i bought a ps5 for stellar blade , but would have rather just played on a pc. I actually don’t mind some of Sonys third party games like rise of ronin and rebirth . No Interest in there first party games . I prefer aa games mostly anyways , that’s why I moved to pc few years back , even though I own all the consoles. Also it significantly increased the companies operating and has made around 50 million . So yeah it’s a success and now put it on pc it will shine that I agree with , not sure it is worth it on Xbox though and switch can’t run it

[@squirlking2]

At some point I knew stellar blade would go to other platforms. Th biggest one though will be PC because the modders will remove all censorship and mod eve to be even sexier.

[@kadoman0]

I know I am alone in this.... But i like physical copies of games.... Going to PC exclusively is a all digital platform... I think it is a bit Myopic

[@1178978]

I am one of the people who was guna. Get a ps5 just for stella Blade. im a pc player, but i watid till realise fore revews and the sensering changed my mind, and I'd bet thers alot like me

[@abcdef2069]

at 5:37 ...live service game of stellar blade.. how? when eve was fused and after all naytibas died, it is not like starship troopers that they could make bugs keep on coming. can someone make 1st starship troopers made in 2005's playthrough for at least a normal difficulty and not easy, i cant defeat bugs in 1st chapter in normal difficulty, there are too many bugs spawning and i always fail to guard my engineer.

[@TPerez1021]

Stellar Blade was amazing

[@elwen8525]

Real this game looks cool. Not cool enough to buy a ps5 but I’m still mad I can’t play it

[@iconofsin4578]

Would have bought this game on Xbox. Not going to get ps5 just for this game

[@icalivy]

I bought PS5 for stellar

[@frenchytremblay]

Very smart and true video. Thank you sir !!!

[@Triggerhappy825]

Microsoft is copying them with disorder though.

[@KnivvesKamishiro]

Smh u clearly don't know what ur talking about bruh, make sure to announce whatever game u make, I'll be sure not to buy it roflmfao

[@iamcolddog]

You make some interesting points but I think you missed one important aspect, at least with regards to Stellar Blade (which should not be in the same sentence as failure). Wouldn't a smaller unknown like SHIFT UP welcome the infusion of cash that Sony gives them for exclusivity? If not for that investment the game may not have been as good ... given SHIFT UP may not have had the resources on their own. Once the IP license expires they can then go to other platforms (which I believe is what they'll be doing). That said, I wouldn't call Stellar Blade a "failed experiment"

[@VGFightSchool]

I didn't call Stellar Blade a failed experiment. I called "The Moneyhat" a failed experiment. Lies of P's developers took a different route and saw better success across the board simply because of availability. What's even interesting is the infusion of money is short-term as PlayStation moves its own games to PC, Switch and even Xbox (MLB The Show which is also on Gamepass)

[@iamcolddog]

@@VGFightSchool Gotcha. So, if I understand you correctly ... you are saying that Sony's attempt to use game(s) exclusivity as a market differentiator is a failed strategy? And if someone were trying to decide XBox vs PS5 vs PC, they wouldn't be swayed by titles only being available on PS5 (much like ATT did with Apple and the iPhone a few years back)?

[@VGFightSchool]

PlayStation and Xbox are both bringing their games to PC. They also have online play paywalls They have attempted to enter the PC performance arena and haven't made an impact. I mean, the PS5 Pro is gonna be talking in the same month as the RTX 5090 and Ryzen 9000x3D. For a consumer considering where to game, if they are objective enough, the choice is a PC. And I think this generation of consoles have proven it much more than ever.

[@iamcolddog]

@@VGFightSchool I agree if done properly PCs yield the best results; however; unless the PC is dedicated to gaming, it can sometimes be a struggle to get everything aligned for a proper gaming experience (drivers, OS patches, etc... ). I think consoles are a necessary evil for those who don't have the patience or tech savy to build out a proper gaming PC. And purchasing one is way more expensive than a console would ever be.

[@ummfada]

The comments are all cope too 💀

[@Logan800]

facts

[@eddiezS5]

Stellar blade is stellar

[@soulbreaker1467]

Dont blind yourself in fanatics its not good for the industry we need a strong microsft and sony with great games if they come to pc that better more for us gamers

[@abcdef2069]

i heard that they are making stellar blade for pc, so why fail? besides if i were a game maker. i wouldnt make the games for pc that cant be copy-protected... and if i were a game player, i wouldnt buy console games, why would i need all different machines to watch tv or videos or to play games while one PC can do all of them. example) pc resident evil 4 was a total worst trash, it takes 15 sec to aim a zombie, not 0.05 sec pc crysis 1 was trash too, there is no way i could switch cloak-armor-kill-cloak in 2 seconds with a pulldown menu

[@gilbertoarellano8525]

The fact Xbox turned Stellar blade down when it was still in development. PlayStation saw the vision that’s why they published it, and made a deal with shift up, they even included Eve in the latest Astro bot update so they see the value there. I know right now we’re supposed to “hate” PlayStation but let’s think our statements through a little more.

[@VGFightSchool]

Is there an article or report to confirm this? I would be happy to see it. Thanks!

[@gilbertoarellano8525]

@ Confirm what?

[@VGFightSchool]

@@gilbertoarellano8525 that Xbox turned down Stellar blade.

[@shanerice2019]

It doesn't surprise me that the PlayStation fans have absolutely no clue what you're talking about and it shows by how mad they are in this comment section and blaming the 360 for starting moneyhatting even though Microsoft bought the studios that made the games but is perfectly acceptable when Sony buys a developer

[@ComboDamageTV]

Xbox players never buy games like this anyway. A title like this would do great on PC though.

[@jaczylijaaleniepowiemkto3243]

Bullshit. I'm an Xbox player and I can't wait to get my hands on Stellar Blade.

[@ComboDamageTV]

@jaczylijaaleniepowiemkto3243 *rarely buy games like this

[@zoltanschweifer4304]

I will buy pre-ordered Demon Souls and Blood Born day one if it's comming to Pc. Not many things I am excited to see mybe the new Astro.

[@kushgod3069]

Damn all this guy do is try to find a way to shit talk PlayStation and about stellar blade but yet dont know y stellar blade was made a PlayStation exclusive

[@Red_Nanaki]

Here comes xbot crying they can’t play stellar blade lol

[@freddiecunningham2860]

For real poor poor poooorrrrrr pony

[@revengeofthesith.]

console peasant wars in 2024 is hilarious lol

[@izuzuzmi]

7:00 I’m the first person in line for stellar blade to be multi platform but I want to add to the conversation - in the end of the day I believe PlayStation have the data of how many sales they can make on xbox vs pc release and I’m just suggesting but do you think maybe the charts says pc is the better option? Maybe there’s no people to buy it on xbox like they want to in order to do tagt

[@VGFightSchool]

The question with Xbox is which company would EVERY say "no" to money?

[@izuzuzmi]

@@VGFightSchool no company but I do understand PlayStation reason of not releasing it in xbox even tho I would love more people to play this incredible game I also well known to the fact that this is a business and PlayStation is a greedy business they won’t allow it 🫠 PC in the other hand is a different case in terms of competition like the middle zone in games

[@RebelOfTheNorm242]

Being an Xbox gamer for almost 20 years now, I’m just realizing how weirdly zealous people are over Sony exclusivity. Games going to PC doesn’t ring the death of consoles. Consoles will always have a place in the market, because the sheer convenience of simply coming home, clicking a button and pressing A to start, is way too easy, than PC. Console gamers are super casual, and just want something to game on, no different than a phone. That said, what’s threatening Console gaming, is the sheer inept decisions made by the parent companies (helldivers 2 situation and Concord always come to mind, as well as Starfield). I strongly believe if Consoles came in like 3 higher tiers of power AT LAUNCH, going from something like the SeriesS, to X, to then a console similar to the pa5 pro in power or stronger, giving people the option to buy a high end PC spec console for like 1000 bucks at launch, console manufacturers would be surprised how well they would sell.

[@Ninjutsu2K]

I’m glad it didn’t sell as they expected. I didn’t see this game on Steam. Why should I buy it if it's not available to me? From my perspective as a PC gamer, PlayStation didn’t try to sell their game to me, and I bet 30 million Steam users, who could have been targeted, didn’t see it either.

[@djbpresents9584]

Steady destroying that channel

[@A_majorGaming]

I like this video. Very well spoken and put together. You have won my sub today fam. Wish I found you sooner.

[@Filipectx]

It would be interesting if Xbox PlayStation and Nintendo join forces and release one console where gamers can play all the games they want, without these console war that makes no sense.

[@GrumpyCat97]

not in million years

[@Romangelo]

I don't know how could they consider 1m copies sold to be a good thing, for a studio that made NIKKE. That game made way more money than Stellar Blade.

[@eejit199]

A gacha game makes more than a single player game on ONE console? NO WAY. It's a success for shift up being their FIRST console game, A brand new IP and it sol over 1 million units on a 50million budget.. IDK seems good to me. Sony also paid them to lock it down on top of the sales

[@Bairyhalls47]

It’s a very low budget compared to other AAA. It also launched on a single platform. The game sold more than the bayonetta series. It’s a success in every sense

[@omarsharawi2666]

You really comparing the gacha game that's launched on android,ios PC(through its own client for the last one,anyway) to the game that launched on only 1 console? This makes no goddamn sense

[@jamesdavid2893]

You had to make a comment comparing nikke to stellar blade, seen as all that is available is inaccurately tracked mobile revenue, you can go ahead and do the math on how many copies it would have to sell to come close to that.

[@Romangelo]

@@eejit199 money is money. Doesn't matter how they made it. It's the amount they made that's matter. If they can make more money by making mobile/PC games with smaller budget, what's the point risking themselves making games for consoles? Just to make Sony and PS fanboys happy?

[@MyDeeroc]

Did u play the game?

[@blaster5800]

1 million copies in 2 months is NOT GOOD for a new game that is full of fanservice, and an almost nude sexy girl as the protagonist. Sea of Thieves, a SIX YEARS OLD GAME, sold 1 million copies on PS5, without boobs, asses, or hot chicks.

[@EggEnjoyer]

I’ve never heard anyone talk about the game outside of the controversy. Sex alone can’t sell. Even the anti woke shills stopped talking about it after it dropped

[@leonfrancis3418]

That's the problem. The game was essentially made to capitalize on gamers mad that their hobby wasn't softcore corn anymore. That was cute for a while, but no one cares long term. I would ask people, "so the booty game you were excited for came out. How is the gameplay?" I would get back nothing that showed excitement for the actual game and its gameplay. The game gave us for 60 bucks what we already have access to online for free. Not a very good pitch.

[@TrueGamer012]

​@@leonfrancis3418 Am calling cap on this whole comment. Since when have gaming ever just been softcore corn so anyone would be mad that its not anymore what era of games was this. And double cap on these imaginary people you asked and couldnt get a opinion on the gameplay or any aspect of the game. Who plays a game for 30-40 hours but cant give an opinion on the gameplay on whether its fun or not good or bad. If you didnt like the games or wasn't interested in playing it just say that dont make up stuff.

[@jhp9803]

all blind men are here. LOL.

[@leonfrancis3418]

@@TrueGamer012 You claim I'm making stuff up, but even you can't present someone who has commentary about Stellar Blade that isn't about booty. The booty game didn't do as well as it could have because, again, we can all get what it offers for free online.

[@BQUNTY]

FACTS

[@ummfada]

This channel is all cope 😂

[@juniorcudjoe8471]

Well this is just sad. You’re coping this hard. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SkylerEllison-m9i]

Stellar blade or sparking zero was goty honestly wukong was mid he is too strong makes it feel boring that sht was ez asf

[@SphereProGaming]

Your theories are doodles? You have lots to learn kid.

[@mrX666-s9p]

Pc clowns lying again look at final fantasy 16 all pc clown said ohh 3 million is not good while on pc it didn't sold quarter of that. All pc gamers do is pirating when game doesn't have denuvo pc sales are a joke.

[@VGFightSchool]

@@mrX666-s9p so you expect PC players to rush and buy a game that was blocked by PlayStation at full price even when PlayStation fans didn’t buy it? 😂😅 You can’t be serious.

[@mrX666-s9p]

@@VGFightSchool I own both pc and console just so we are clear I am telling the truth most pc players just pirate games then they go online attacking playstation exclusives saying ohh hahah those sales are low while you see as games come to pc the sales are abysmally low. What I am saying don't bullshit on your video and admit the truth is there is a reason so many want to release their games only on ps5 as the sales are very good compared to all the other platform. I hate sony for many things such as their new wokeness activism inside their companies and bullshit like censorship but truth is games sell best on their platform. If pc players would stop being such cheap clowns maybe you would see day 1 exclusives hell I would want that so I can say fuck you sony for your censorship and bullshit so i can mod the games but that will never happen as pc has a big issue with piracy and people just not buying so much.

[@mrX666-s9p]

@@VGFightSchool Literally pc clowns are the ones not buying stop lying sales are better on ps5 that's why so many devs choose to release there. You come with excuses stop lying sony games just don't sell that well on pc even before being blocked.Number don't lie all playstation exclusives are heavily pirated day 1because they don't use denuvo. This is why pc will always only get leftovers.

[@VGFightSchool]

"Most PC players just pirate games"... Show me day 1 games where PlayStation has outsold the PC audience.

[@mrX666-s9p]

@@VGFightSchool Truth hurts reality is pc players pirate heavily games without denuvo. Also it is devs choice where they launch do you think someone forced them no they choose which platform benefits them better. Again I play on pc too but I am not delusional like you truth is sony games just don't sell that well on pc as on ps5 simple as that and that is mostly. because of piracy. There is no day 1 on pc from sony except online games and you cry give give I don't care I play day 1 hell gta 6 will be best on the pro I sure as hell won't wait until pc release to play that game many are like me and want day 1 games.

[@JRChuxx]

That Steller Blade is super 'MEH' so it can stay lockdown in that platform.

[@fgpt4828]

It's actually a great game. The only game I enjoyed this gen on ps5

[@Gamer-vs3xl]

​@@fgpt4828same I loved the game too

[@DVMLLL]

​@fgpt4828 All the first party, and third party games on that plastic box. And you only like Stellar

[@Bairyhalls47]

@@DVMLLLit has the most satisfying combat of all the exclusives

[@fgpt4828]

@@DVMLLL I do Xbox for all multi plats. I ment exclusives on the PS5. It's the only good one. Ragnarok was garbage, Spiderman 2 was garbage, for spoken garbage, etc... stellar blade is actually a 9/10

[@MyDeeroc]

Stop hating on playstation and play your pc

[@tyleroutland435]

No i Don't want Stellar Blade to go to stupid pc its only supposed to be on ps5 forever nothing else 😤

[@VGFightSchool]

I recommend an NVIDIA based device with an AMD CPU when you decide to build a PC.

[@tyleroutland435]

@@VGFightSchool I'm never buying a stupid pc

[@f3argino597]

​@tyleroutland435 keep d riding PlayStation and see where that gets you.

[@GrumpyCat97]

screw you, i want Stellar Blade on pc

[@ronniecantiga5629]

​@@tyleroutland435 "I'm never buying a stupid PC" that's because you PS fangirls don't have the Intellect of how PC works.