The Current State of Every Sony Franchise

[@Legend-of-Kai]

Jak and Daxter, Sly Cooper or Ratchet & Clank...you can only choose one, who you picking?

[@taxjax]

Ratchet & Clank was always my favorite, Only played the first Jak game and never really got into Sly.

[@vent3942]

Didn't see one coming but I look into it so what next Square Enix or probably Koei if honest I want see Koei next cause I want see many people see how Koei have Incredible RPG not just so they think Koei only make game like samurai warrior or dynasty warrior

[@DragonsDogmaEnjoyer]

Always preferred Ratchet overall. Jak is nice but the later games had so many frustrating segments, especially the vehicle missions

[@Bombman297]

God of war, Uncharted, Spider-Man, and Ratchet and Clank

[@thatguyap_]

Sly for sure

[@reanukeeves1164]

You missed the point of vib-ribbon. It was special and beloved because you could use your own music. Giving you infinite levels. The visuals were obviously not the selling point.

[@Potatoboii2]

Yeah I really don't know how they missed that, the game is pretty much infinitely repayable, and while vibri is my soul, I think "infinite rhythm game" is much more of a draw-in

[@autobotstarscream765]

And it's easier than ever to put your own music onto your gaming machine...bring back Vib-Ribbon, Sony!

[@blucanyon]

Yeah, the visuals had to be simple so the game could be loaded in RAM, so the disc could be removed and replaced with any disc you wanted

[@blucanyon]

Also he called Vibri a guy, I bet she’d be upset

[@The_NJG]

@@blucanyon Wow, that's honestly incredible. I never knew there was a game designed like that. The more you know.

[@millasgameroom]

There are some more IPs you've missed - mostly niche RPGs and Japanese exclusive titles including Dark Cloud, Popolocrois, Doko Demo Issyo, Oreshika and Boku no Natsuyasumi. However, from a general perspective of a mainstream gamer in the West, this effectively covers everything. With regards to reviving old IP, unless Jim Ryan's replacements thinks differently, Sony are only interested in blockbusters. If they do not think they can reboot any of their old IP to fit the AAA blockbuster mold, they won't be interested. Hopefully we get more of the back catalogue remastered at least.

[@jethropalillo1746]

Though in fairness Sony is also a film company and that is where the money lies into itself especially for the spider-man myth

[@gtylerbrown2]

Can't really blame them when game budgets are ballooning even for smaller titles. Unless PS fans are gonna start buying games that look like switch or indy games for full price they are stuck.

[@__Soya__]

He doesn't count Japense only titles

[@austinreed7343]

@@__Soya__ Him counting Western-only titles makes him a hypocrite then. IMO he should do an “honorable mentions” list for region-exclusive properties, licensed games, etc.

[@__Soya__]

@@austinreed7343 How does that make him a hypocrite?

[@arkdetective]

Notes: You missed the last game for destruction derby, destruction derby arenas, which was on ps2. Horizon Zero Dawn wasn't released in 2012. It was 2017. I think 2012 was when development started. You missed intelligence cube, which had 2 games, the sequel being i.q. final, also on ps1. You missed Dark Cloud, which had 2 games, the sequel being dark chronicle in every region but the US, where it was called dark cloud 2. You missed PoPoLoCrois, which is a sony made series that had one game come out in the west, which was on psp, but started on ps1, iirc. You missed no heroes allowed!, which started on the psp as "what did i do to deserve this, my lord!?" in the west, but last showed up on psvr. You missed modnation racers, which had 2 games, last on the ps vita. You missed Discworld, which was 2 games on ps1, made by psygnosis, if it counts. You missed rollcage, which was 2 games on ps1, published by psygnosis. You missed mad maestro!, which was 1 game that made it westside & a Christmas pack exclusive to japan on ps2. You missed Mr. Mosquito which was 2 games on ps2, the sequel being exclusive to japan. You missed all the other sports series that sony did. You missed the formula 1 games. You missed the neopets games sony made on ps2 & psp, if licensed games count. You missed the eye of judgement, which was 2 games, 1 on ps3, the other on psp. You missed malicious, which was a series on ps3, vita, & ps4. You missed firewall, a series of vr games for ps4 & ps5. You missed the most recent release of patapon, which is a remaster of the 2nd one on ps4 in 2020.

[@gustyko8668]

Agreed but he DID mention Alundra at the begging.

[@arkdetective]

​@@gustyko8668oops. Must have missed that 1 when I did something real quick. Thanks. Will edit that out.

[@gustyko8668]

@@arkdetective that's okay; he also forgot to mention Doko Demo Issyo (the Toro series), even though only 1 game in the series was officially released in the west, the main character was referenced in other games.

[@arkdetective]

@@gustyko8668 how did I forget that series of all things? Lol.

[@gustyko8668]

@@arkdetective he also should have put Patapon in the dead tier, since Sony is NOT involved in Ratatan'a development, similar to the Wild Arms spiritual successor. 😑

[@taxjax]

We WILL be watching for the Parappa and Vib-Ribbon segments

[@eddyb2238]

Having watched most of your videos now, just wanted to put it out there that these videos are really great! Loads of detail and clearly a big labour of love! It's all too easy to be critical but I've really enjoyed watching your content in my downtime! Looking forward to what you do next!

[@gustyko8668]

Also, I wouldn't have put Patapon in the "It exists" tier, considering that the spiritual successor "Ratan" is not being published by Sony.... similar with Armed Fantasia, the spiritual successor to Wild Arms, that one is also not being published by Sony. So sadly, Patapon should be in the "Dead" tier 😓

[@StateOfTheMind11225]

There's a new game in development by a new team, although people are bashing on it, I wish luck to the new team developing the new Patapon game, so I wonder what status this game is currently now with that development.

[@dwaynewood2424]

You know that, despite Level-5 develop these games, Sony pretty much owns the Dark Cloud franchise, so suprising it's not there.

[@Thunder93ita]

To sum it up 5-6 franchises are still regularly releasing games while the remaining 95% has been abandoned.

[@vincenzomottola7778]

One Sony IP I think you missed is ModNation Racers, which was developed by United Front Games, which sadly no longer exists. However, PSP and Vita versions were developed by San Diego Studios instead of UFG. It could've had a sequel on the PS3, but we instead got LittleBigPlanet Karting, also by UFG.

[@__Soya__]

Doesn't sound like a franchise

[@skateorpie]

Fun fact about Legend of Legaia: it’s being actively made as a remake by fans and the progress has kinda slowed down but the community is dedicated. We have a discord about it. Hopefully it will be made in time

[@AlexxxMYLSince2013]

Jak 4 could happen if the Jak and Daxter movie is well recieved, so i would put it in life support tier.

[@darkzeroprojects4245]

I rather they didn't because they likely will take away everything that it originally had like Ratchet and Clank. Though the latter once the 3rd game started losing track of itself and then started to go into the troupes it mocked originally.

[@ethann2779]

I don’t know it’s gonna happen unfortunately because Neil Drunkmann doesn’t even want to bother with this. He rather milk The Last of Us franchise to death

[@veggieboysupreme]

wait... there's a movie?

[@AlexxxMYLSince2013]

@@veggieboysupreme there are very strong rumors about it

[@veggieboysupreme]

@@AlexxxMYLSince2013 wow. honestly kinda hyped ngl

[@Vashkey]

Would have never guessed Sony is the biggest company in the world considering they publish like three games a year these days

[@NintendoSegaGuys]

Gravity Rush is such a unique series, I'm glad the creator of said they want to make a third game. Knack is underrated too, never got a chance to play the sequel though. I swear when Japan Studio went under Sony lost what little shred of a soul it had.

[@erika_cuddlesworth]

Putting Wipeout into mainstay is a massive mistake as the series technically has not had a new game since 2012. Wipeout Omega Collection in 2017 was merely a 4K remaster of Wipeout HD and Merge is a mobile game that reuses assets from the PSP games that every Wipeout fan hates and dunks on at any opportunity. Sony would shutdown Studio Liverpool, the rebranded Psygnosis, in 2012 after the PS Vita flopped. This franchise has been on life-support at best for 12 years now.

[@blacksongoku312]

Love this series ❤ Can't wait to sit down for Vol. 1

[@Swagkia_Kuchiki]

Pretty accurate list. There are a few franchises you forgot to mention: *Dark Cloud series* *Nioh series* *Bloodbourne/Soul series* They are rumored to have another installment especially Nioh with the 3rd entry. FromSoftware is also working on a Sony exclusive apparently. If Horizon is going to be mentioned here on the list then I'd be fair to list *Ghost of Tsushima* since a sequel is apparently underway.

[@cuttsthecat6331]

I don't think they own Nioh. It's a similar situation to Crash and Spyro, where Sony holds the publishing rights amd the ganes is exclusive but the IP is held by another company(in this case Koei Tecmo)

[@AUM_-po9sc]

Nioh is a Koei Tecmo property. SIE only publishes it outside of Japan. Souls aren't Sony - owned either, although rights to Bloodborne probably are.

[@cuttsthecat6331]

@AUM_-po9sc Sony owns Demon's Souls and Bloodborne, but that's it. Dark Souls is Namco, and Seriko is owned by FromSoft themselves

[@KaizokuGaeru]

Well Nioh is mentioned in the new Tecmo video

[@jacealbine]

I miss dark cloud

[@Paragleiber]

Another great overview! This would deserve way more than 50k views. Also when you mentioned Vib-Ribbon there was actually something that came to mind, although it wasn't the game itself, as I know nothing about it. There is an interesting story about it regarding Shawn Layden though. When he moved to Sony America he gave some speech that people misinterpreted as a hint that the game will finally be released in the west, although that wasn't his intention at all. To save face he then ordered his staff to actually get the game released in the west after all and they quickly got it done. You can probably find an article about the story online. I always use this example now to counter people who claim that a company can't rerelease a game because of licensing. Companies can actually do quite a lot as long as the boss wants it, lol.

[@sirlordcapybara801]

Do you think Helldivers' placement has changed given the sequel's massive success?

[@kingofgames2992]

Damn I thought Square would be next. Really throwing in a wild card I guess...also technically our 1st non Japanese publishers since Sony Interactive Entertainment is head quatered in California

[@kidokoala]

The current state of every _______ franchise: • Electronic Arts • Midway/Warner Bros. Games • Ubisoft • Activision

[@GundamGokuTV]

Where is the Legend of Dragoon? Also Lifeline on PS2 is a 1st Party Title.

[@gustyko8668]

It's got only one game.

[@AUM_-po9sc]

"The Legend of Dragoon" will most likely be in "It Exists" or lower. They re-released it digitally in February for PS4 and PS5 with some new and improved bells and whistles, but other that that - it's kinda dead.

[@Gorb5342]

Basically proof that there’s plenty to work with for a PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale sequel. Game had potential but Sony just bailed immediately midway through the original.

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Agreed

[@Potatoboii2]

Firstly, I wanna say that you just about entirely fumbled the LittleBigPlanet section, for one, LBP3 was far more under the control of Sumo Digital than MM, who are still making games, putting out an entirely new IP "Dreams" which is just about a game engine for your Ps4, along with a mystery project we don't know much about yet. Also as a fan of the series, I am fairly confident that Sackboy is on life support at this point, after LBP3, the only two entries in the series AT ALL are a badly performing 3D platformer, and a god awful subway surfers clone, which is just about unanimously hated. The other thing I wanna talk about is one of the, seemingly many, franchises that you missed: Modnation Racers While it's most know for it's Ps3 game, and if you're in the fandom, a port of it to the Psp, it actually got a sequel on the PsVita which, while considered a downgrade in most aspects, seeing as it doesn't have cutscenes or a proper online due to hardware limitations, is in my opinion, a proper evolution of it's home console counterpart. The game was planned to have a true sequel, in the form of Modnation Racers 2, it got reskinned and retooled into LittleBigPlanet Karting, which really does still feel like a modnation game if you look hard enough.

[@georgie7109]

I think you jumped the gun with putting Wipeout as a mainstay. The last console release was Omega Collection, which is just remasters of 2048 and Wipeout HD, which itself is a compilation of tracks from the 2 PSP entries. Wipeout Merge is a mobile spin-off that, due to its poor reception and low downloads, has already had its servers taken down according to the Wipeout wiki. When you take all this in to account, the last real "new" Wipeout game was 2048 in 2012.

[@bengaffney7905]

Great bud man hope for Xbox next but do what ya want 🎉🎉🎉

[@DroogDudedupaxD]

Astro bot probably in the mainstay tier right now

[@JustEpic_Yt]

It might as well with the new game out and stuff

[@smugmcgbug]

What's the name of the Music that plays on 3:33?

[@KoalaSpace360]

Earth Tunnels 2 - Lemmings (2006)

[@Banjoei]

You should make a video one every Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios franchise!

[@leon.s8312]

fantastic Video as Always! Love this series!

[@a18yearoldonyoutubeluigi]

Playstation makes me sad. So many of their classic IP's are being let out to die while they put their focus into overly cinematic games. I really miss when Playstation was about being unique and out of the ordinary, its what made them such a revered company to begin with, and while the new stuff is still good, it is getting really repetitive. This is also made worse by Sony aboslutely not wanting you to play legacy content on new hardware no matter how much you want.

[@NineTnk]

It's weird how we all know the mainstay franchise of Nintendo's video, but had no idea wtf are these mainstay Sony's games. Maybe the arrangement need some working where only top of the top can go in Flagship.

[@maxcooks2963]

Sly 5 on the PS5 would be the dream ! Still holding on to hope…

[@veezy3008]

I want an infamous 1 and 2 remake and a sly reboot

[@blueberrymuffin4164]

well. a lot of these franchises are straight dead sony japan studio closed down and naughty dog seems to have moved on from their platformer days. basically every franchises created by a sony studio in japan will never get a game again. the only way they will is if you count spiritual successors. sony is one of the worst at upkeeping franchises, modern sony goes straight for blockbusters or things so cheap to make it really doesn't matter if they make money or not, so a lot of the mid range ip's are also in a very bad spot.

[@eyalrephaeli6833]

Jim Ryan is out of the picture at long last. hopefully things will change for the better.

[@Gruntvc]

I agree. I'm getting tired of all the 3rd person cinematic open world games their making now. And I don't care at all for live service focused crap. Hopefully the Wolverine game is at least M rated like X-men Origins Wolverine Uncaged Edition for the PS3/360.

[@dragondelsur5156]

@@eyalrephaeli6833 You mean will be, he will keep messing up the brand until next year. I hope whoever replaces him does a better job, I miss Shawn Layden already.

[@Whatthetrash]

Fantastic video! So glad it was recommended. :)

[@comradecatbug5289]

You missed Rengoku, a game series with 2 entries, both for the PSP.

[@Bassvolt]

Bruv, You missed the Standalone Vr Astro bot game, it was great !

[@BensyBens]

Great video Sony is my favorite publisher, i love them so much that’s I actually managed to get every game they published on the vita. My favorite franchise is ratchet & clank. Also you forgot eyetoy play (dead franchise), the eyes of judgement (dead franchise), No Heroes Allowed! (It’s exist), ModNation Racers (got a sequel on the ps vita and zombie tier), PlayStation All-Stars (got a ios spin-off title sponsor by coke zero and life support), Doko Demo Issyo (Toro is the Japanese playstation mascot and it’s exist).

[@ggamemaster1689]

I am hoping soon that they do a sly cooper remake and would lead to sly 5.

[@kadino9285]

Horizon Zero Dawn came out in 2017 not 2012

[@issynegron]

Yes and the ps4 came out in 2013 not 2012

[@irishguy167]

Xbox video gonna be some damn deep dive

[@kingofgames2992]

Longer he waits the deeper that dive may get 💀

[@arkdetective]

& a lot of dead / zombie tiers.

[@kingofgames2992]

@@arkdetective finally...some real compotition for SEGA and Konami

[@kingofgames2992]

@arkdetective finally, a rival got SEGA's grave yard...unless Microsoft just buys them along side their rotting corpses

[@Jd-kw9yz]

​@kingofgames2992 nah, they have the same amount of dead franchise as ps and nintendo, maybe less

[@alkd7360]

What about demons souls? I'm sure they own the ip

[@arkdetective]

I think it needs to be 2 "original games" for it to count for these videos. Demons's soul is just 1 game & a remaster / remake.

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

@@arkdetectiveif we stretch it. Demon’s + Bloodborne. Sony needs to work on those Fromsoft Partenerships if they have any brain cells!

[@arkdetective]

@josetomascamposrobledano4618 he didn't consider team ico games a trilogy, as he said in the video, so the same rule would apply here. If he did, then not only would what you brought up have been brought up, but so would have thatgamecompany games (flow, flower, & journey), quantum dream games, (heavy rain, beyond: two souls, & Detroit: become human), & pixelpunk games (a lot). Now, if there was a 3rd game that connected the two, now that is another thing altogether, but alas, no such game exists. I do agree they need to work together again, though.

[@KoalaSpace360]

If you had to rank all the companies you have covered so far based on how well they maintain their franchises, where would you place them?

[@BrightHero_Ultimato]

Sega would be bottom lol

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

@@BrightHero_Ultimato Yeah, besides Sonic and Yakuza, everything is in the "Dead" category. And, even if we threw in Atlus, it wouldn't be much better, as Persona would only make it third, as Shin Megami Tensei would be "Life Support" and everything else in Atlus would be "Dead".

[@srthinkdarauf2064]

what it hurts me more is not gravity rush been in the life support zone, but in reality it should be in the finished zone, since the creator said that it was the conclucion of kat history and if it will be a gravity rush 3, it would be with brand new characters

[@dragondelsur5156]

I do wonder if Kai will return though, he disappeared after the events of the ending.

[@tamastoth7768]

Idk but Wipeout is not mainstage the last real release was in 2012 on the vita and after that studio liverpool was shut down. Since then it only got one remaster but thats all, there was no main release on the whole lifespan of the ps4

[@Good_Ol_Mr_Troll]

Brooo CASTLEVANIA SYMPHONY OF THE NIGHT WASNT INCLUDED?!!! IT DEFINED A GENRE! 😢😢😢 lovely video btw =)) 😂

[@gustyko8668]

You forgot to mention the Doko Demo Issyo series, a series of virtual pets/life simulation games which also features the official mascot of Sony in Japan "Toro Inoue". Even though only one game in the series was officially released in the west, Toro's Friend Network in 2013 on the PS Vita; and Sony seems to have killed the franchise after it became a strictly western-centered publisher. With it's last game being a mobile game which barely lasted for more than a year. 😞

[@barkley8285]

this video reminded me of the all the epic ps3 games we had back in the late 2000s. God of war 3, uncharted 2, resistance, kill zone 2, rachet and clank, and mgs4. So much fun, what a great time.

[@Gruntvc]

Likely the best gen for Sony exclusives. Now everything wants to be cinematic 3rd person open world time wasters with RPG elements.

[@dapperfan44]

​@@GruntvcReturnal and Ratchet and Clank were not "cinematic."

[@austinblack7991]

You forgot modnation racers

[@AidanDrotzur-uz5sz]

small correction media molecule didn't make littlebigplanet 3, and they still created more games after that you contradicted yourself later mentioning the tearaway remake, which released after littlebigplanet 3, and they released another game called dreams, not owned by sony as far as i know

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

0:28 love this theme,please tell me the name

[@Profalcon1078]

Heard of Modnation Racers.... anyone? Played alot of that game and i wish it had a ps4 game. The game is super fun and was the PS version of mario kart and was really good. Hella underrated, wish it comes back.

[@Potatoboii2]

Got pretty upset these game weren't included lol. Interestingly, there are a couple games that kinda act like sequels, Modnation Racers: Roadtrip on the PsVita is a pretty good sequel in terms of gameplay, but due to being on the handheld of the time, had to cut some things like story cutscenes and online races, though the online servers for the latter would probably be gone by now anyway.. The other game is LittleBigPlanet Karting which, while a spinoff of a different franchise, did originate as an actual "Modnation Racers 2" before Sony instructed the devs, United Front Games, to reskin it for more sales, though it does still feel like a Modnation game at it's heart. Unfortunately UFG closed down in 2016, so MNR is probably long gone anyway. sorry for the lecture, I just like talking about these games lol

[@Profalcon1078]

@@Potatoboii2 that's very interesting. I played the PS3 game on occasion (I don't have a PS3 but trying to get one) but I know that there was also a PSP version which is kinda impressive for the psp tbh. Wish modnation racer has a comeback.

[@Dzzy123]

Mod Nation Racers was underrated. It was so much fun on the PS3 and it could do really well if they gave it a proper sequel.

[@Profalcon1078]

@@Dzzy123 that would be sick if that happened. Especially if it had online and local play and modern characters skins like older Kratos, Aloy, Jin Sakai and he'll maybe even Spider-Man and miles (that would look goofy and probably wouldn't happen but that would be awesome).

[@Dzzy123]

@@Profalcon1078 One of the issues with the original was the long load times. On the PS5 that problem would be fixed. The player creation was great and it had an active community. The story mode was also charming.

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

0:28 name of epic music?

[@oskarirautio3860]

Franchises that must be continued: Sly Cooper, Horizon Franchises that deserve a sequel: Medievil, Knack, Ratchet and Clank, Ghost of Tsushima Franchises for which it would be interesting to somehow have a sequel: Jak and Daxter, Sackboy, God of War

[@generalkinobi6215]

Remember crash isn't sony

[@llo9491]

Nor is Spyro

[@oskarirautio3860]

@@llo9491 Maybe Not but still good enough to deserve a sequel

[@llo9491]

@@oskarirautio3860 I wasn't a fan of Spyro but it's in Microsoft's hands for a sequel.

[@dragondelsur5156]

@@llo9491 If Activision didn't bother, Xbox won't do wonders for Spyro either.

[@Thewhateverchannel-z5y]

And sony has the gall to say they have no ip

[@JustEpic_Yt]

I came back to this video to say something like this lol

[@dragondelsur5156]

That's a really extensive list, I can't believe the number of franchises I skipped, but you still missed some: Doko Demo Issyo did have a great number of sequels, almost all of them are Japan exclusive (minus Toro Let's Party) but it still counts. Even if not a franchise, the games made under Quantic Dream (Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls and Detroit Become Human) still count though, same can be said about ThatGameCompany and the exclusives made under From Software. I wouldn't consider Astro Bot as an "it exists" franchise, it got an entire studio dedicated to it so, most likely, Astro's Playroom won't be the last of the AR bots. Your null knowledge of Vib-Ribbon depresses me, Vibri is a girl, not to mention that the first game allowed you to swap the main game's disk with a CD of your favorite band, allowing you to race the tracks available. You skipped Dreams when talking about Little Big Planet and you also omit Housemarke considering their recent game (Returnal). At this point I think Parappa is a finished series, it's very nature is very 2000s, even if I am a fan of it, I don't see it flying under a non fan's radar with a new game (it's creator tried making a spiritual successor the same way as Ratatan, but the Kickstarter flopped). Anyways, PlayStation has always been my preferred brand since I remember and despite the ups and down, they do create unique games (even if most of them die, DAMN YOU FOR KILLING GRAVITY RUSH).

[@ElVastoLorde]

There are some IPs missing in the video. Demon’s Souls, Nioh and Death Stranding aren’t Sony franchises?

[@ryujithegoofydude2586]

You have a point they do have to count

[@AUM_-po9sc]

Demon's Souls is technically not a franchise, because Dark Souls is a separate spiritual successor (which belongs to Bandai Namco). Same story with Bloodborne, which Sony does own. Nioh is Koei Tecmo's IP, because they own Team Ninja. Death Stranding is not a franchise - only one game exists as of now.

[@TroyBaker89]

I'd luv see a Syphon Filter remake🤩I purchased the Ps4/5 versions and earned platinum from them🙂

[@JAYDOG1337A]

I absolutely LOVE Astro's Playroom, basically a giant tutorial for the PS5, absolutely filled to the brim with gaming Nostalgia, I cried when the PS1 and PS2 showed up.

[@victorfroes6650]

What about the Housemarque games, Sony has acquired the studio and their latest game Returnal is a certified banger.

[@Il_Tizio]

Where Is Ubisoft, making now with the new LaserHawk series would make the video even more viewed

[@Hollowdude15]

Great video Legend of Kai :]

[@srthinkdarauf2064]

In my opinion I would put gravity rush in the it exist area. Since sony confirmed to have plans for a upcoming hollywood movie. And you never guess...maybe it will come with a videogame, or at least a remastered collection of both games

[@aketsuuu]

Great overview in all honesty... I notice a lot of comments nitpicking franchises you missed, but I do recall you had no plans to cover a "franchise" that consisted of one game. Honestly though, I'd make some exceptions for that... Like Legend of Dragoon. I just think it's interesting to hear more of all their series in all honesty, even if they were VERY shortlived. Also, Spider-Man should have counted. Sure, the games are all over the place license-wise, but currently they reside with Sony, and if ever they moved owners, these Spider-Man games would still make up their own Sony-specific franchise... Not a whole other Spider-Man series. Great stuff though otherwise!

[@MarcMarioMaster]

The only two that I think, I missed ( though one is just a single game, I think), would be simply the Eye Toy games as well as the PS3 exclusive Puppeteer. But nice compilation. Personally, I want to play the various platformers on the system all yet.

[@CycloneFox]

Demon's Souls, Bloodborne and Déracié could also be mentioned. (similar to ICO, Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian) All three of these IPs were developed in a co-joint between Sony Japan Studios and From Software. And while they are not one franchise, they reference each other and have similar DNA and feel to them. With Demon's Souls having a remake, you might even argue that it is its own franchise by now and while Bloodborne had no other game release, yet, it had a story addon and the franchise created a series of comics and a table top game with its own addon.

[@dominiccenteno1233]

Really love this series, probably my favorite in all of KZbin aside from maybe Hot Ones. Kinda sad that you'll eventually ran out of game companies to cover 🙃

[@cuttsthecat6331]

Overall great video. I was surprised to see a lot of the deep cuts listed here. Very informative and you've earned a sub. There are a few franchises that were left out, though. Namely Doko Demo Issyo, IQ, ModNation, No Heroes Allowed, Boku no Natsuyasumi, and a few more, but I can understand excluding them since many of them were Japanese excluisve/very obscure and easy to miss. It's also very likely that Ghost of Tsushima is getting a sequel, but it hasn't been confirmed yet. And Death Stranding is confirmed to be getting one If I had to make one suggestion though, since you mention Team ICO's trilogy, maybe you could also bring up the smaller but also praised PS3 trilogy of Flow, Flower, and Journey, made by thatgamecompany. Much like Team ICO's games, these games aren't direct sequels to each other, but they are considered spiritual successors. And Sony owns the IPs for each of them. It's also worth noting that Sony owns the IP of Demon's Souls, which is the precursor to the Dark Souls franchise, although that is owned by Bandai Namco. Sony does also own Bloodborne so maybe it and Demon's Souls could be mentioned in the 'final thoughts' section like Crash and Spyro were.

[@erkantiryaki5542]

No More Heroes is not a Sony franchise. It started on the Wii. Second game was also for that console. Spin off was a 3DS game. Third one was just a Nintendo Switch game for a while.

[@cuttsthecat6331]

@erkantiryaki5542 oh wait that's correct. I meant to type "No Heroes Allowed". Thanks for pointing that out.

[@erkantiryaki5542]

@@cuttsthecat6331 You are welcome.

[@_MisterC]

I think the same way as Team Ico Trilogy, the Quantic Dream / David Cage's Trilogy (Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls, Detroit Become Human) could be one to mention.

[@cuttsthecat6331]

Also thatgamecompany's trilogy (Flow, Flower, Journey) could also be mentioned since they're all considered spiritual successors to each other.

[@Swpb666]

Could use a different section. Keep it up. Good luck out there

[@DjimonMoz]

Looking at this list really puts into perspective how Sony never rests on their laurels when it comes to IPs.

[@eyalrephaeli6833]

sorry if it's too much to ask, but what about the state of evvery SNK and Microsoft franchises.

[@kytim89]

Spyro and Crash might not ever be seen on a PlayStation console again seeing as how they are now owned by Microsoft.

[@kleberson777]

Arc the Lad, Tomba, Legend of Dragoon, Legend of Legaia was my childhood

[@kleberson777]

Arc the Lad. That franchise was awesome, sadly it was dead in PS2 era

[@matthewlasalvia7026]

Sony: We don’t have enough franchises to rival Nintendo. John Cena: Are you sure about that?

[@shreksnow1918]

If they ever do anything new with PaRappa the Rapper they NEED to include Chris Chan’s contest entry as a new song for the game to be a success. Speaking of Chris, my boy is out of prison and he has a girlfriend.

[@SuperLegendOf364]

Man I'm dreading the Microsoft video when you have to talk about Crash and Spyro. So weird.

[@Darkfirewolf12]

I think you missed captain blasto. That was originally intended to be an franchise but it never happened due to phil heartman’s death by his wife’s hands.

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Great vid

[@MrInuhanyou123]

Will we ever get a legend of dragoon remake 😭

[@AUM_-po9sc]

Doubt it. Neither a remake, nor a sequel. Yoshida - san does external work for SIE now in some new division, Japan Studio was closed and all that.

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

Why did you not mention Rift Apart when you were talking about Ratchet and Clank?

[@AUM_-po9sc]

He did mention it briefly after talking about R&C Remake, you missed it.

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

@@AUM_-po9scOh my bad!

[@axemredalawadhi8482]

You forgot Q*bert sony owns that too

[@CrocvsGator]

Tomba doesn't look like Super Saiyan God, he looks like Super Saiyan Rose.

[@vent3942]

Ok, guys see you next month and i hope next month will be Koei or Square Enix because i play many RPG game if not it probably just surprise again like this one i never see this month will be Sony franchise

[@marcusclark1339]

1:08:00 lets not over hype TLOU2 it was a mess and was over praised at game award for its obvious politic that media agreed with and ND is definitely dead given how they have nothing after that game that killed the brand

[@Gruntvc]

I've heard ND wants to do a Punisher game. I'd be excited if this was pre Last of Us 2 ND. But current ND would likely butcher the character like the recent terrible Marvel comics.

[@omas1178]

You won't get obvious political complaints about a rockstar game yet they're even less subtle

[@mnq299]

i’m a big fan this is an excellent video 😋😋

[@Legend-of-Kai]

I'm sure...

[@brmawe]

I wish & hope we get more creative Sony games in the future.

[@Soynereh]

Vib Ribbon is super cool!

[@zz-jj9sc]

The ATV was a god tier party game

[@StuCupid]

Eyetoy play?

[@matheussandbakk9959]

If the interview for a potential Syphon Filter is true, I would personally put it at Zombie. Simply because it shows Sony and its creators at least acknowledges its existence. Especially considering Days Gone has lots of Easter Eggs of the Franchise Dead franchises I would instead reserve to franchises which almost certaintly will never get a new installment, not even a remaster or port and that Sony simply doesn't acknowledge any longer

[@Dingle.Donger]

Warhawk on the PS3 was criminally good. The only real problem it has was how abusive and cancerous the arcade flight controls were. They didn't fix this in Starhawk because the devs don't like success.

[@DSmaster8585]

Look at all these series that could get new game, instead of hopping back and forth between God of War, Last of Us, Horizon and Spiderman! Bring back Parappa, Jak and Sly, Sony!!

[@Gruntvc]

Syphon Filter, I wanna see the best taser in gaming done with modern 4k graphics.

[@bamban_garcia5562]

I been waiting for Medievil 3 since 1999...

[@Terranigma23]

By seeing this video, now I understand why I'm not full into Playstation anymore. Majority of IP that I like are in the "Zombie or Dead area" ahah.

[@ps3gamertagc021297]

My first gaming memories are from the N64 and ps1 i LOVED jet moto 2 as a 5 year old

[@unicorntomboy9736]

I hope we can get an Ape Escape remake for the PS5 soon enough, as well as a new Everybody's Golf game for PS5

[@alvissstar4371]

The current state os square enix's franchises I guess it will be really difficult to do, 'cause you have to see the original franchises of square soft and enix and the newest created after the union.

[@doomslayer1991]

Y’all remember when Sony use to make games and not walking simulators

[@amuroray9115]

Their walking sims still have better gameplay mechanics than most games 😭 Shooting, punching, killing enemies never left

[@omas1178]

Rockstar really ruined it for everyone

[@lpgaming7110]

What about Bloodborne? its a fromsoft game but it is still a playstation exclusive

[@AUM_-po9sc]

Not a franchise, but a standalone game.