The Pathetic State of Modern PlayStation

The video game industry is currently going through a rough time at the moment, With Sony Interactive Entertainment, AKA PlayStation, being one of the many companies being affected right now. There are currently many problems that are plaguing modern PlayStation. From a lack of consistent first party game releases, to using the same handful of IPs over & over again, such as The Last of Us, Horizon, & God of War. Combine this with the lack of effort from Sony to try & fix these issues, it becomes incredibly apparent that Sony has been taking PlayStation fans for granted as of late. Join me as we take a look at all of these issues & showcase the current pathetic state of modern PlayStation
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:26 PlayStation 5 is too expensive
5:26 PlayStation 5 has no games
7:39 PlayStation 5 has no variety
11:31 Sony's slow game releases
14:58 Sony overspending on games
18:45 Sony giving up on PlayStation 5
22:45 Final thoughts & outro
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[@Xenokaiyo]

I should probably stress this now that this video was published before Sony decided to enforce a PSN signup requirement for Helldivers 2, which is why I didn't bring it up in this video. So yeah.....lmao

[@michaellee4463]

Sony just reversed the Helldivers 2 PSN requirement We up boys!

[@bhabhutiji1169]

@@michaellee4463 for ps5 as well or just for pc?

[@dsp3414]

My PlayStation store doesn’t work and hasn’t since i bought the damn thing.

[@bhabhutiji1169]

@@dsp3414 how

[@JulienMoutin]

Now is xbox turn. So yeah.....lmao

[@ashwilldaniels2223]

Not having access to the ps3 line up is a huge L

[@INKfan123]

Oh for sure

[@doomslayer8985]

kinda crazy how a bunch of random people on the internet developed a PS3 emulator FOR FREE while the multi billion company dont give a fuck

[@INKfan123]

@@doomslayer8985 where can I find this PS3 emulator?

[@shawklan27]

I mean blame sony for them making emulation for the ps3 on consoles a total bitch to do.

[@cliffturbo2146]

That's what I keep hearing, but it's their codes and tech. They must have some workaround ​@@shawklan27

[@jellyface401]

AAA Industry: We don't make games anymore, we make services.

[@juanmanuelcardona19]

We make propaganda*

[@slurmsmckenzie.]

We make inclusive sucky movies

[@TheMeanArena]

@@slurmsmckenzie. What sucks about them?

[@lem0nchino]

Guess we should turn to AA and indie games

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

@@TheMeanArena I take you, like every one else, have not seen Madam Web.

[@Arcademan09]

And now Square Enix is FINALLY realizing that locking expensive games to ONE system isn't a good idea

[@vergil1155]

They said that despite breaking sales records with ff16. Guess their bellies aren't dull enough. Greed surely knows no bounds. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, however Sony paid them a good amount on top of the amount they made with ff16. This is just greed talking now.

[@Arcademan09]

@@vergil1155 wait , I kept reading stories about FF16 underselling and not recovery from it's massive budget, this is Square Enix and they are notorious for over spending on products

[@MikeMohamed]

​@@vergil1155What sales records? XVI has still never passed 4 million sales.

[@vergil1155]

@@MikeMohamed 4 million is not bad considering the game is barely a year old.

[@abaddon_9941]

And fact ff16 will get a pc port. Ff7 intergrade got Epic games deal exclusive which square enix were paid for. They're talking out of their ass. ​@@vergil1155

[@arisumego]

japan studio closing was by far the biggest L sony ever brought upon themselves and they 100% deserve their downfall

[@izanagi3badcontentorgood867]

i dead-ass bought a ps5 just for gravity rush 3. when i saw this news i was pissed.

[@Konpaku_Hungary]

Agree.

[@Sefirosu88]

@@izanagi3badcontentorgood867 Gravity Rush and Bloodborne were the last games they made. The rest are just movies, beautiful, absolutely, but movies.

[@paledrake]

@@izanagi3badcontentorgood867 I bought a PS5 for anything Bloodborne. Instead half the people who made it (Japan Studio) got fucking canned. Smh, fuck Sony.

[@birthd-y]

Bro what???? wow gaming is dead, it’s 99% fake gamers at this point. When they all look around and see no real gamers are putting money into modern gaming, they’ll all dip and gaming will pretty much fall off

[@ito2789]

I’m seriously convinced there is some money laundering going on in both Hollywood and gaming. The budgets are insane and the quality is ASS.

[@alexbraswell5021]

It's just proving that smaller teams, with smaller budgets and bigger passions, make better games and movies. Once your doing it just to make a dollar it doesn't produce the same product, you actually have to give a shit about these things in order to produce a good product. We play all these new games and can tell it's just the same backwash shit they give us over and over again trying to replicate what a team with passion and a creative idea did 20 years ago.

[@solidsnake6731]

Absolutely the playstation scalper season was the big money laundering in the beginning nobody ever can tell me. A Company is so stupid to not produce enough and selling thousands or 20 thousand consoles to 1 scalper retailer on thier website with bots while normal people dont even can check in because it's way too fast. This whole thing was to make the ps 5 look more rare and it build up reputation like ps 5 is the Apple of gaming. EVERYTHING WAS HORSEBALLS FROM THE BEGINNING THE WHOLE PS 5 SITUATION WAS RIGGED ON PURPOSE BECAUSE OF GREED!

[@gravitonepl]

You don't say...

[@leoSaunders]

@@alexbraswell5021 basically this. you cannot streamline art. and video games is the most orchestral field there is.

[@leoSaunders]

industrywide incompetence and race to the bottom with cost cutting cause the studios are in the hands of managers rather than the talent cause they sold their rights away.

[@earlyriser03]

PlayStation forgot that indie and AA spaces still exist. What a shame.

[@alphonsejohnson5601]

Say what you will about Nintendo, But at least the company takes advantage of the indie and double AA games with the indie world showcase and what not. Along with the fact that they're still releasing games for the switch, even if some of them are remakes/remasters of their old games

[@earlyriser03]

@@alphonsejohnson5601 exactly. Nintendo is generally very good about supporting its consoles, and the Switch has had a phenomenal run. It actually boggles my mind how so many people are upset that Nintendo hasn’t announced new hardware yet. Considering the issues Sony, Microsoft, and other publishers are seeing with skyrocketing game development costs and less return year over year, I’d say Nintendo is showing the industry and customers a more sustainable avenue.

[@Queenalfa995]

Tf is AA ​@@alphonsejohnson5601

[@nicholasvaccaro4826]

They were making those games but no one showed up to buy them

[@earlyriser03]

@@nicholasvaccaro4826 not surprising when Sony continually fails to adequately market games that aren’t AAA. Customers in the know showed up but that wasn’t enough. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[@AllieRX]

"Microsoft also produce and release smaller scale games." And then they shut down the studios who make those smaller scale games. **coughTangoGameworkscough**

[@raskolnikov6443]

Was a bigger game studio than people think though.

[@mravg79]

I own a few pieces of hardware to play games on. I’m gaming since ‘92. My take on it corporations are worth each other all have their fair share of sh!itty behavior. This gen I’m disappointed in both Sony and MS.

[@Moji55a]

HiFi looks AAA in terms of production lol animation and polish wise. That said yeah the price tag shows it's not a big game.

[@xBINARYGODx]

@@Moji55a dont bother, people need to think of it as some small indie thing that just happen to break out so they can feed their BS fud fueled narrative.

[@F_Around_and_find_out]

Then the Xbox higher ups told the remaining studios that Xbox need to make smaller scale games.

[@eldritchtoilets210]

Sony's so addicted to taking Ls lately they've decided to shoot down their brand new golden goose just 3 months after release lmao

[@TheOneTrueLeo2002]

Big brain strategy from Sony! 😭

[@BigWrangler]

Honestly they dont feel pressure to not take L’s. Im an xbox person and we’re no competition anymore. This is why console wars as annoying and cringe as they are was actually a good thing. But since xbox is no longer competing, sony just feels they dont have to try as much. They know they can get away with murder at times. Luckily the helldivers thing they backed off though

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

They both have, Xbox shut down the studio behind Hi Fi Rush, the best selling Xbox console exclusive in a LONG time. Sony and Microsoft haven't just shat the bed, they've turned their rooms into a second sewer.

[@PeruvianPotato]

​@@BigWrangler Nah it was just cringe. Don't pretend being a rabid consoomer was a good thing

[@Frostvul]

Bro shut up they're making a PS5 pro and a PS portable that will have PS4 on it.

[@Anijah2001]

It kind of sucks that Sony really went full on greed in the PS5 era.

[@therealjaystone2344]

Their cocky attitude from the ps4

[@irarelyupload6930]

The success of PS4 went to their heads

[@pedroasif6844]

Blame Jim Ryan.

[@knox7945]

PS4 was really the last great generation from them. Now it's just meh.

[@KylePhantomK94]

@@knox7945 For me it was the PS3, for older folks it was the PS2.

[@STOPPEDINCOLORADO]

I just came to the epiphany that gaming is simply too big for its britches. Too many shareholders that heard about how lucrative the industry is, jumping in and making demands without any idea of how to make a fun video game. The indie market is thriving because of its detachment from the more money hungry side of the industry. They just want to make good games.

[@raskolnikov6443]

The indie market is “thriving” because so many people make small games and the vast majority of them fail and are financial disasters for the people making them. So every now and then you have a gem.

[@zerocal76]

THIS. When it became all about profits and growth, the manipulative tactics of corporations took over. Say Hello to retro gaming 😎

[@savien6401]

@@raskolnikov6443I wouldn’t say that they fail, they don’t get as big as other indie titles such as shovel knight or binding of Isaac but they definitely don’t fail. At least in my experience playing and seeing indie games, they usually find their audience at some point

[@Moji55a]

​@@raskolnikov6443New Blood is thriving rn.

[@nathanael9159]

​@@raskolnikov6443🤡

[@mrluthfians01]

moving to Californi is a mistake

[@Jaroartx]

commiefornia

[@amarson2322]

california is keeping you big as hell

[@NobleDorito8698]

Ah yes Califomi

[@TheOneTrueLeo2002]

So glad to know I’m not the only one burnt out on how similar all PS exclusives feel.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Very little and highly mediocre gameplay, lots of cutscenes of emotional and hysterical people with poorly rendered mocapped crying faces screaming about how they were victimized by an evil white man. The Sony Exclusive.

[@gumbilicious1]

Yeah, it’s hard to get excited over them. I am more surprised by how I like playing them at all

[@okami9039]

3rd person, cinematic, hand holding a lot, some woke stuff, rpg- most ps exclusives

[@S_raB]

Returnal is the one exception. And one of the best 3rd person shooters ever made. When I played it at release I thought, "Wow, ps5 is looking like the future of gaming......... Returnal is still the best game for ps5 nearly 3 years later. SMH"

[@Indigo_1001]

@@okami9039 *woman exist* it’s woke.

[@christosbelos5020]

Twisted metal, Sly cooper, Jack and Daxter, Tokyo jungle, Ape escape and (my favourite Sony franchise) LITTLEBIGPLANET are all collecting dust while they keep pushing the same IPs forward. When will they realize that ppl are starting to get bored?

[@NetBattler]

Until they realize why they aren't making money 🤣

[@emjeka_souls7147]

The Little Big Planet situation makes me wanna cry they should definitely bring it back instead of shutting down the servers of LPB 3

[@christosbelos5020]

@@emjeka_souls7147 The worst part is that they didn't even warn us that they were going to shut the servers down (so ppl could have saved their levels) apart from the fact that they straight up lied that they were going to bring them back

[@GreatRaijin]

They wont realize it because normies keep buying AAA games just to play them for a few hours, not finish the game, then go back to CoD/Fortnite

[@NetBattler]

@@GreatRaijin that's why I have no sympathy for trashing spider simulator 2 and feminist Kratos war

[@tableofbeer7259]

There is no reason to trust sony. Everything they are involved in fails or is fuddled. FF7 remake is in shambles right now because of their 'enlightened intervention'. And now Stellar Blade. I fear for Silent Hills 2 remake.. they are already hooked deep in that cycle. Ooof.

[@therealjaystone2344]

All of their ps5 exclusives also went to pc too. The curse of the ps5 exclusivity continues on.

[@backupschmliff1156]

Did FF7 remake bomb? That game sold 7-8 million copies and the sequel has already sold well over 2 million, mind you, in one of the worst economic states in the history of the country + without the benefit of the pandemic.

[@tableofbeer7259]

@@backupschmliff1156 no it shipped millions of copies. we've confirmed that we still do NOT have an exact number of units sold for FF7 remake or Rebirth. we DO know however that Rebirth hasn't even met the sales of REMAKE in this short amount of time. It has nothing to do with Cvd or anything else. In fact companies made MORE money because everyone was locked inside. You are fibbing.

[@SammyDiamonds892]

@@tableofbeer7259 if i'm not mistaken on X they always said shipped and sold so it blurs the lines for accountability more than a bit.

[@SammyDiamonds892]

​@@backupschmliff1156 Remake may have sold more because of its name but just like ff 16 that wasn't a million copy seller and neither was the new series. That is a hard to convince pitch. but re birth? Hmmmm.

[@AllieRX]

It all started when Sony Computer Entertainment (the division of Sony in charge of the PlayStation brand) became Sony Interactive Entertainment. Their U.S. and Japan-based offices would be merged, and they are now headquartered in California. Then they started censoring games in around 2018, namely Japanese games with sexualized women. Then they released the pathetic PlayStation Classic mini console. From there, it continued to get worse and worse and worse and worse for PlayStation. And here we are today.

[@RiasatSalminSami]

Anytime they censor sexualized women or do some feminist mumbo jumbo, you can count on the game being trash. The accuracy of this prediction is 99.99%

[@AllieRX]

@@RiasatSalminSami Well you're half correct. Stellar Blade was censored and is a fantastic hack 'n slash. But the ones with ugly women are the run-of-the-mill AAA schlop.

[@Artesian_mirage]

Californication

[@lewmio7375]

Oh God the right wingers found this video

[@ombrenoirdekiri7274]

We got the incel gooner in the comments

[@brucevandermescht6957]

This is the only generation in history where consoles and games got MORE expensive deeper into the generation. Its absolutely a scam whats going on right now.

[@DanSutherland]

Dealing in USD, inflation between 2013 an 2020 was 11.1%. Inflation between 2020 and 2024 was 21.1%. Something that would have cost $500 in 2020 would cost $605.75 in 2024. Something that would have cost $500 in 2013 would cost $555.49 in 2020. This economic trend is not exclusive to gaming.

[@Soulute367]

They also need to stop censoring their games. Like wtf

[@redninja3056]

Na losers deserve their game censored

[@0thers1d3]

100000%

[@CaptainNu-cu8hy]

You seem like you get turned on by fictional characters, go touch grass

[@possiblyinsane6995]

@@0thers1d3 dead or alive extreme fortune is uncensored

[@nicholassullivan1239]

Omfg, It doesn't fucking matter and it's fucking stupid to be hyperbolic about it.

[@blank.000]

It doesn't help that their 'main' game - Spider-man 2 has a total dogshit storyline and absolutely NO REPLAY value.

[@IwinMahWay]

I hate how preachy and twitter like ps games are becoming.

[@Thecleetus]

Literally had to return that shit and get my money back 😹

[@Harrry_03]

finally someone who knows how dogshit and dreadful Spiderman 2 is

[@sawdust8691]

Ya... I can't say it's awful, but it definitely lost that spark and was messy. I've replayed the first Spiderman and even Miles Morales multiple times and like them still. But I don't feel like replying Spiderman 2. It's more of the same but for many reasons it just doesn't feel the same. It doesn't have that spark and passion that make me care. It's hard to put a precise finger on everything causing it, but it is definitely a problem. I could honestly resell the game and not miss it

[@MichaelM28]

Citation needed xbot

[@klapptapp4929]

The only reason why i would consider buying a ps5 is if my ps4 dies before i finished playing through my ps4 back catalogue.

[@Oldstalk]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="650">10:50</a> Nooooooo, don't show me Gravity Rush, don't show it to me 😢 They freaking closed Japan Studio, I still cannot believe it...

[@FlyingFocs]

Shutting down Japan Studios and no more Gravity Rush is second only to Netflix cancelling Dark Crystal on my list of "I will ALWAYS hold this against you." Unless we count employee mistreatment, then it's three

[@TuneTamasha]

sony cancelling sony JAPAN... they exist only because of JAPAN... how dumb they must be

[@BrosciuttoJZ]

I think the gaming industry has to slow down. There are a LOT of video games to play. I've been focusing on 10+ old games from my backlog. If you need more games, look into retro

[@user-gh5ng2pr8j]

Slow down ? Or actually start making new good exclusives games?

[@BrosciuttoJZ]

@@user-gh5ng2pr8j Of course consumers want good games. What I mean by slow down is limit the # of releases so the game is good and you avoid crunch time (benefit the developers, too). Or release smaller, high quality games. But generally speaking, there are a lot of games we can play. Try something new if you feel you've exhausted everything

[@doomslayer8985]

consumers cant catch up by the MASSIVE amount of games being released yearly they gotta stop rushing titles and take their time to polish it, IM TIRED of BUGGY, UNSTABLE, INCOMPLETE RELEASES like you are playing a godamn early access at that point.

[@SUSHANTRATHORE-qz1sw]

really man.before 3-4 years when i was playing games like uncharted4,tlou,rdr2 etc i couldnt even think about playing old games as i was more of a graphics and realism guy.i di5pised old games before but now since these past few months i am starting to like old games/retro gamez...

[@nikitos3558]

The industry has to stop wasting their time with 100.000.000+ games and get back to making smaller AA and indie game franchises which dont take years to make. We used to get complete trilogies over the span of 5 years back then, nowadays people are waiting 10+ years for certain franchises like GTA and Elder Scrolls to finally continue.

[@leecroft7311]

As an Xbox fan, all i can say is... welcome to the party. I miss the days of the OG Xbox and Xbox 360... much like i miss the days of the PS1, PS2 and PS3 and PS4.

[@diohyuga6737]

Bro, I barely play my PS5.all I do is play Bully and some of my ps4 games. I barely have anyone that plays. I’m thinking of getting a ps2, ps3 and 360 next year and say fuck new consoles

[@Crashed131963]

@@diohyuga6737 Not to many new AAA games the Ps5 can not play . Many new AAA games the Ps4 can not play .

[@leecroft7311]

@@diohyuga6737 Same. My PS5 is collecting dust, my Series X would be too if it wasn't backwards compatible with a large number of OG Xbox and 360 games... but they really need to get back onboard with backwards compatibility. Still a huge amount of OG Xbox and 360 not compatible (We need Jetset/Grind Radio Future added for example)

[@kildotgaming]

​@@Crashed131963 there hasn't been a AAA game worth playing in a long time anyway so it not a big deal if the PS4 can't play them.

[@Oldschool1943]

ps4 is overrated just like ps5 is overrated both consoles has the same issues

[@RyuNoZero]

so.. if there won't be a PS5pro.. you'll tell me that I skipped an entire console generation of the Playerstation and missed out on practically absolutely NOTHING!? xD

[@solomeoparedes8162]

The insanity of the fact that Sony's answer to the switch's portability... was a Wii U tablet. How out of touch, unaware of their competitors do they have to be, to put out a product that Nintendo course corrected in the last generation and Steam, clearly, avoided?

[@S_raB]

Have you actually looked at how many people have bought the Portal? And how well rated it is amongst those who have one? You'll be hard pressed to find a single negative review because the people who bought them have good reason i own one. It's too expensive, but for anyone that likes digital purchases, has kids, or an hour free at lunch, it's an awesome product. Sony puts out press release after press release praising the sales figures & quote, "Demand continues to exceed our expectations." To the point scalpers are now seeking them to sell at higher than retail price due to such high demand. But sure you can keep believing it's another Sony failure.

[@boomboominroom]

Crazy part about that is it’s sold out everywhere lol

[@SimplyTexy]

the fact that ps5 pro and ps6 is coming soon is genuinely stupid, only getting a ps5 for gta 6

[@doomslayer8985]

and gta 6 being a 3rd party game (Rockstar) which makes these consoles look pathetic where 1st exclusives are no longer incentive enough to purchase one, might as well get a PC where you got almost the entire PS catalog

[@kain7219]

​@@doomslayer8985ill never understand this. To get a pc thats as strong as a ps5 you'll have to spend way more money. People are too broke for that. There is a whole pc channel that tried proving you didnt need as much money as a ps5 costs to get a pc thats stronger and failed so miserably.

[@Omega-jg4oq]

I've heard about PS5 pro, but PS6?? WHAT?

[@SimplyTexy]

@@Omega-jg4oq lol i exaggerated a bit but Sony said 4 years, 2028 for ps6

[@SimplyTexy]

@@kain7219 pc is more expensive but games are cheaper and online is free also you don't have to worry about if your games will carry over to next gen or not and if your pc is can't run everything in 5 years than you can upgrade or just have a super fast computer to work/use the internet my old consoles just collect dust sadly :(

[@coachgonzalezpg1742]

Ps5 doesn’t feel special because there are no new triple A IP’s that are specific to ps5. PS3 brought Last of us, Uncharted PS4 brought ghosts of Tsushima, spiderman, horizon, final fantasy 7 Ps5 has Stellar blade? It seems like they coasted on their titles instead of innovating this generation

[@jamesgrottano5583]

THANK YOU WHY DOES NOBODY ADDRESS THIS

[@DaREALReddie]

Don’t forget, PS4 also has Gravity Rush and Bloodborne.

[@coachgonzalezpg1742]

@@DaREALReddie gravity rush originally launched on the PlayStation Vita

[@hareendrangangadharan6974]

Ps5 has spider man 2. (still it could have included in ps4 though, if GoW can do it the spidey can also )

[@coachgonzalezpg1742]

@@hareendrangangadharan6974 yea I’m saying that PS5 has no original IP’s. Spider-Man first launched on ps4 and part 2 came out on ps5. PS5 would be in a different situation if they had stellar games that were debuted as a series on to the ps5. Without those games, it just feels like the ps5 generation has no identity; like if the ps5 was just the 3rd iteration of ps4, not its own thing

[@GL1TCH1N]

It's sad how most of this can be said about Xbox. Hell, I'd say they're even worse.

[@BillRizer-we4iq]

Maybe he doesnt care about xbox

[@lp15val]

you forgot who invented paid online services.

[@Lostcontroller]

I was missing old Sony since the PS3 days...

[@RockBandRS]

We're at the point in gaming where exclusives are going to die. Game development is at the point where it's too expensive to justify exclusivity. Nintendo can get away with it because the people buying their consoles aren't looking for "next gen" graphics and gameplay, so the games are a lot cheaper to make. The people who mainly play PlayStation or Xbox are looking for "next gen" experiences. Those experiences are expensive. Consoles are becoming what they were always heading towards; a cheaper alternative to buying a PC. Sony and Microsoft are businesses. They didn't decide to bring exclusives to PC out of the kindness of their heart. It's because that's the only thing that makes financial sense.

[@TheAfterglowProject]

People are going to be exposed to the harsh reality that they really are clowns when they start shitting on one plastic box in favor of the other when the day comes where there are no exclusives. I share the same mentality, gaming as it is cannot stand on its own with exclusive titles. Unless they double the price to 140 a game.

[@RockBandRS]

@TheAfterglowProject Yeah, people already take issue with $70 games. Imagine if they had to pay the amount required to make exclusives profitable. There are games that sell 2 million copies that lose money being sold at $60/$70.

[@pablocasas5906]

To be fair, I'd say the reason why Nintendo can get away with exclusives is the fact that those games are developed by their own internal studios and due to their console being much more weaker compared to PS and Xbox they can sort of get away with the fact that they aren't as graphically impressive companies to the competition, though it also helps that almost all of Nintendo's games have a very stylized look and don't go for a photorrealistic style, not to mention that their budgets are probably much more lower than traditional AAA or even AA games

[@Thecleetus]

Support indie games

[@sawdust8691]

I feel that the kind of money and time AAA games take these days is unsustainable. The same exact thing is going on in Hollywood with big movies. They cost so much time and money to make that chances are you going to be losing a lot of money if it isn't a smash hit. And sometimes, even when it is a hit, they still lose a ton of money. And instead of switching to a more reasonable strategy, they lay off employees and close studios. Big budget games are the same way. They've grown too big in scope and money for their own good. Obviously, you still get the increasingly rare super hits that only huge studios and money can pull off. But they are so difficult and rare. Yet they still try all the time, leading to failure and the shutdown of the studios. Frankly, it's stupid. This is definitely why Sony has started putting their games on PC. Despite the mass casual audience consumption and praise, they still struggle to make money off of them. I wouldn't be surprised if some of their biggest PS5 games so far have failed to even make a real profit yet. Because they spend SO much freaking money on them. Have you seen Spiderman 2s budget!? Where the crap did all that money even go! To a slightly larger reused map and slightly better graphics!? FOR 300 MILLION DOLLARS!!? Does that number even include the marketing budget? It's not sustainable at all.

[@patrickholt8782]

I saw a meme when the ps5 came out that said “the ps4 has made us confident so we will screw up the ps5.” Talk about some future sight.

[@LunatoTsukiyo]

PS5 was the worst purchase I have made and everytime I booted it up I felt like I got ripped off. Never had this feeling once in all my 20 years of playing games and I got a fucking wii u on launch day, 3ds on launch.

[@cosmancho2959]

Get over yourself.

[@LunatoTsukiyo]

@@cosmancho2959 yeah I did when I sold that doorstopper 5

[@savien6401]

Looking back we should appreciate the 3DS 😊

[@Indigo_1001]

Sucks to be you I guess

[@LunatoTsukiyo]

@@Indigo_1001 nah I got a pc so I am ballin, btw heard stellar blade is getting a pc port? LOL

[@CanforCanadainsfirst]

this generation is done already with the time it takes to build a "AAA game most are probably working on next gen games

[@tomohawkcloud]

No games, higher prices, no more exclusives, they pushed every incentive for me to purchase any of their future consoles. Sony has lost their way

[@MichaelM28]

PS5 has tons of games. What are you talking about?

[@XWXS2]

​@@MichaelM28 no it hasn't it has less games than the so called Console with no games (xbox)

[@basedimperialism]

​@@MichaelM28 Tons of games, yet nothing to play...

[@TheRealRuddRants]

@mydefenseisimpregnable 110% agreeable

[@luis.f.lopez420]

@@MichaelM28 literally the only things pushing me to have a ps5 is god of war ragnorok (which i can play on ps4), spiderman 2, and the upcoming gta 6(only because its not coming to pc its first year) along with the remake of until dawn and some sports games (both whom i can also play on other platforms and am currently playing on ps4) so if you actually count shit that im interested in, thats one exclusive, and one upcoming game that isnt coming to pc the first year, but if i was to wait on it, then i would literally buy a ps5 purely for spiderman 2. does that sound like a 600$ game to you?

[@Num1MarioFan]

the fact that Nintendo isn't going through financial problems and also aren't increasing prices to 100 dollars in the Australian market is just funny to me.

[@ronaldodelacruz6793]

if playstation is in a pathetic state imagine how xbox is lmao

[@PeteSykes.1]

Xbox profit margins are better than Playstation😮You sound ignorant.

[@Moji55a]

​@@PeteSykes.1Both are terrible.

[@PeteSykes.1]

@@Moji55a Enjoy your Microsoft Gamimg PC then...You showed them😜

[@Moji55a]

@@PeteSykes.1 Who gives a fuck about which sides you're in, I'm more upset that current AAA gaming is awful thanks to dumbfuck investor not knowing how to manage game devs lol.

[@w12266]

​@@PeteSykes.1xbot detected

[@goldy_on_pc930]

Don’t forget Sonys first party games constantly being simplified and lacking any gameplay depth

[@doomslayer8985]

and turning them into movies cause they are so desperated to appeal the hollywood audience as a sense of validation just look at the TLOU series

[@shawklan27]

......Returnal?

[@NetBattler]

Spider simulator 2 is one of them

[@user-hq6kn5vp2q]

​@@shawklan27 and it's the worst selling PlayStation game

[@godzillazfriction]

​@@doomslayer8985ok, not TLOU... it definitely does appeal to the 'cinematic' appeal but that's just the aesthetics, and both TLOU games are more lenient of having a different game formatted medium that will work for a 'game' - only which 95% of TLOU is you playing the game through the gameplay, and the different formatted medium it took for its gameplay and storytelling... GoW 4 is clearly inspired by it, and it certainly does balance it out more than TLOU which is more lenient towards the gameplay, whereas Ragnarok didn't balance that out at as well as GoW 4 did.

[@Loco0089]

I gave up on PlayStation when they started their censorship policy. Nothing short of getting rid of that anti-consumer policy will get me to even consider getting a PS5. EDIT: Also, the PS5 isn't cheap.

[@therealjaystone2344]

DOAX3 really broke Sony

[@ashwilldaniels2223]

This

[@ausar1155]

Same brother

[@NetBattler]

Meanwhile they give western games a pass especially that abbyzilla segs scene 🤮

[@jerrydietzel2882]

No, the PS5 is not cheap. But if you are into gaming, the PS5 and the Xbox Series X are the best bang for your buck. Your not building a PC for that same price that will out perform them these days unfortunately.

[@nebins]

It's baffling how the motherfucking Virtual Boy has literally more exclusive games than the PS5, even if you take games released in the US and Japan separately

[@PS5ProROGPhoneROGAllyuser]

Censorship on JP anime games, that's the last straw as a PlayStation user. 🖕 Sonyfornia 🖕

[@PeruvianPotato]

"Erm actually Stellar Blade is Korean!" 🤓☝️

[@abz7800]

ps5 is a ps4 pro remastered . this is the age of remakes remasters and sequel games

[@maalikserebryakov]

no creativity left All the creativity is in the brains of studios with no money all the money is in the brains of studios with no creativity

[@DreamFinityy]

This brother. Like honestly, I’m happy I can play games in 60 fps or solid 4k now, but at what cost? There is like 5 good Sony games rn and all the other ones are on PC already. It truly IS pathetic

[@aetherland1883]

@@maalikserebryakov and don't forget DEI, you are also paying your tips for them

[@ERTChimpanzee]

GTA VI says hi in autumn 2025.

[@Ocean5ix]

So you want to kill sequels too now?

[@Jeustful]

Also the puritan censorship on the PS5.

[@kaleviHekonen9527]

True. Why would anyone buy their weeb games for ps5, when you can get them uncensored for switch or pc?

[@SIPEROTH]

That is one of the most annoying things that they did after moving to the US headquarters. I9t killed many of those funny or silly Japanese game that added variety.

[@user-ou3rs6wn5r]

​@@kaleviHekonen9527maybe they're thinking about their younger gamers that's why they censor they've been doing it for years or maybe the parents are complaining

[@austinking5092]

@@user-ou3rs6wn5rbro the games that are censored are rated M. Kids aren’t supposed to play those games.

[@tanmeysaraiya4130]

It’s been 5 years since Naughty Dog gave us a new original game. The whole original Uncharted Trilogy got wrapped up in this time frame. Just shows how trash PS state is

[@BlueEyedVibeChecker]

PS5: All my games are also on PS4 and PC. Xbox: all my games are also on PC. Nintendo is the only one that seems to know what it's doing. Someone needs to go back and give Dreamcast DVD support so the industry doesn't hit the mainstream as hard, and someone needs to tell Xbox and PlayStation devs to do something different for once.

[@neo1711]

Ah yes, give a console support for a mainstream format so it doesn't hit the mainstream as hard. That makes sense

[@PeteSykes.1]

My Xbox plays all Nintendo games just find😮😅😂

[@marcuscook5145]

Nintendo just needs some hardware capable of running the few good multiplats out there without compromise and a more robust online service. They'd be unstoppable.

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="847">14:07</a> If you say this is a mistake on the PS5 reddit, you get called an "armchair ceo". I hate Sony fans so much sometimes.

[@MattTheHuman9]

The PS5 subreddit was basically blocking all posts regarding the Helldivers 2 PSN login drama so I'm not surprised with that sub.

[@xBINARYGODx]

@@MattTheHuman9 that's hilarious

[@xcharlesbronsonx]

Hate plebbitors. They are all cancer and ban free discussion

[@erenjager6715]

Shut up

[@FTChomp9980]

Playstation 4,3,2 ans 1 has better Library of games then the PS5 heck the Switch has better 1st party Line up and it is a slow year.

[@lDongle]

Not entirely sonys fault. The way devs release and make their games now have changed.

[@justiceomally7434]

@@lDongle No, its entirely sony's fault. They are the gate keepers to the platform and decide who and what comes in then what goes out. the recent censorship thing with SB goes hard with this fact.

[@vp_wrld]

Wow, you’re telling me consoles that lasted 10+ years have a better library than a console that hasn’t even hit its 4th birthday? This is truly surprising

[@demeowszx]

​@@vp_wrldswitch on its 4th year is leagues better than this 500$ dust collector

[@Crashed131963]

Not to many new AAA games the Ps5 can not play . Many new AAA games the Ps4 can not play .

[@realkingofantarctica]

Sony has brand recognition, and they know it, and I have a worrying theory about what they're going to do about it. Historically, consoles are sold at a loss and companies make their money primarily from game sales, which is a huge reason why consistent release schedules and exclusives are so important. The PS5, despite being comparable in quality to a trail of spit on a wall, has already sold over 50 million units. Streamers, celebrities, TikTok personalities, they all flex PS5's in the same vein (pun intended) as they do their Lamborghinis and their Balenciaga. Sony has proven that they care more about profits than gamers. I hate to use this term, but the "normies" with too much money who will buy anything remotely trendy are the new target audience. Effectively, Sony can release a new console, raise the price above what it's actually worth, and do absolutely nothing to support its library, which will obviously give them an excuse to shut down even more studios. Then, a few short years down the line, they can release another worthless piece of hardware that appeals to nobody but everyone apparently _needs_ to have... and then bam. Sony becomes the new Apple. Supported by a sea of consumers who only understand "buy" and "spend."

[@jeixsdaier9265]

Sony choosing to move to California, and abandoning Japan Studio was the dumbest choice the company ever made, especially because Japan Studio also helped with one of the best Playstation games, that tons of people still praise and wish a remaster and sequel "Bloodborne".

[@corey2232]

I'm just surprised their fans never hold them accountable, and instead deflect to insulting Xbox. When MS f'd up the announcement of the XB1, fans spoke with their wallet & jumped ship. But when Sony continues to show they'll just keep screwing you over, they excuse it & even attack pro-consumer things from other companies? - Being transparent, Microsoft announces most 1st party games will be cross-gen for the first couple years, drawing the ire of the internet. Sony responds with "we believe in console generations" & recieves all the praise.... Then they proceed to release nearly ever 1st party game cross gen on PS4 anyway. - In an unprecedented move, Sony INCREASES hardware prices 2 years *AFTER* launch! - Charges you a $10 upgrade fee for some PS5 versions of PS4 games you already own - Raises prices to $80 on *BASIC ONLINE!* - Increasingly releases games on PC, despite fans mocking MS for doing that years earlier - Retools PS Now & PSN to more closely compete with Game Pass, despite fans insulting GP users as "broke" and mocking them for not buying all their games - Remakes & "Remasters" of recent games, including ones with remasters already & the most recent entries in a series! And this is after years of other issues (like being pulled kicking & screaming into allowing cross play/cross saves), releasing Spider-Man 2 as their only AAA 1st party developed game for 2023 & 2024, and buying 3rd party exclusivity to keep games off other platforms. Meanwhile, the "Xbox has no games/Xbox only has Halo, Gears & Forza" crowd are pre-ordering & buying up MS games on PS5 like crazy... none being Halo, Gears or Forza? Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush, Grounded... games that existed this whole time on Xbox, proving they were ignored only for fanboy reasons. Oh, and you keep hearing people brag about "whole slate" coming to PS5. "Whole slate" of what? I thought Xbox had no games? So nothing is coming, right? And if those games do come & are successful, it just reaffirms that they were unfairly dragged through the mud for console wars nonsense. I say all this as a Nintendo fan/PC-only guy, having zero Xbox consoles. /rant - Thank you for coming to today's Ted Talk 😅

[@benny21293]

I feel like PlayStation has solidified brand loyalty this gen, a lot of people I know with PS5s got them because it's the "new one" like many people do with phones and not because of any games or features

[@toddhoward1133]

Xbox owner here. I think Microsoft continues to F up left and right. I love gamepass and the indie games but it shouldn't be a substitute. The reason I don't have a PS5 though is because I would be playing the same triple A games anyway because im not into what they are selling rn. Every PS5 exclusive is a 3rd person action game with forced on the nose storytelling that tells you what to think(aside from Ragnarok imo) and I'm just not really into that genre. I've been waiting for playstation to give me any reason to get a PS5 and I'm hoping silent hill 2 remake is it but we will wait and see.

[@XWXS2]

Thank you for finally stating the facts litteraly in your text! I say all of this for years now to all my playstation fanboy friends lol I played 8 years on ps 4 before that more on 360 instead of ps 3 and before that I had ps 2 and og xbox and This Biased stuff against xbox is so out of touch with reality because of incompetent Sony fanboys and thier console war against xbox and almost everyone is in on youtube and Media because it was all a big brainwash xbox is really trying to safe gaming and not playstation. Because they still sit on that xbox one backlash from 2013. What is absolutely outrageous. Of course they turned into the right direction since 2017 and are trying to be better in pretty much everything the series x and the service and gamepass are waaaay better than anything playstation has to offer the next generation will belong to Microsoft mark my words and I actually want to see that because xbox 360 invented how online gaming is now on consoles and playstation copied soooo many things exactly like xbox but no one ever dares to speak on that because Sony fanboys will find you.

[@solidsnake6731]

Thanks for stating the facts Sony Fanboys deny that and console war is worse than ever before and because everyone is jumping on the ps 5 bandwagon just look in community's reddit Facebook etc.. Evrywhere Sony fanboy zombies I don't have anything against a gamer but I have something against fanboys who are stating thier console is better without facts. Besides sales just because they can't think for themselves. All the things you Listed are 100% true the industry don't Held them accountable and it pisses me off like Media is acting like playstation is so god tier but the state is actually so bad right now its so smelly.

[@Loco0089]

You may want to add Sony's censorship policy in their list of recent goofs.

[@theofficialrafff]

Dude, this video is insane, I’ve seen a lot of videos talking about PlayStation‘s failure with this generation, but none of them hit the nail on the head as well as yours. Absolutely genius video. Literally every point I could think of you brought up

[@babayaga4320]

So, the problems are exactly like Xbox, and Nintendo. None of the big three are exactly throwing out new exciting releases, left and right, they all need online subscriptions, all hardware and games are expensive everywhere. And even if PlayStation had game pass I wouldn't sign up, I want to own my games, not rent them, I don't treat games like movies. The entire industry is just in a weird place right now.

[@CrispyHulk1]

PS5 is part of a garbage console generation. Barely any good games, wasted 2 years of its life cycle by not circumventing scalpers and dared to increase the price for its 3 year old console. The only good thing it's done is haptic triggers despite failing miserably at mandating its use to developers so it's severely underutilized.

[@vitoc8454]

Haptic triggers felt so cool with Doom: Eternal. It actually *felt* like you were shooting different weapons

[@CrispyHulk1]

@@vitoc8454 100% its insanely cool

[@baki484]

Pathetic is certainly the way I'd describe them and then they come out talking about how they are ready to move to the ps6. It's been piss poor then the heavily anticipated Spiderman 2 was also rushed and is missing things that were in the first game. Then you have naughty dog making unnecessary remakes to games that don't need it. Then there's the whole games being movies instead of being games.

[@TheAfterglowProject]

The numbers show they did need it. Just because you refused to buy it doesn’t mean everyone else didn’t.

[@baki484]

​​@@TheAfterglowProject The ps5 can play ps4 games how the hell do they need the useless remakes?

[@TheAfterglowProject]

@@baki484 you don’t need video games. You want them. If you have the extra cash I’m not going to judge how you spent it video game wise. I don’t think we need plenty of games. Because games aren’t necessary. They’re a commodity. No one screams and goes nuts when the phantom menace constantly comes back to theaters. You have to stop reading what other people think and use your brain. Phantom Menace or Avatar re releases or Harry Potter re releases aren’t a cash grab. You have them in your home, right? Why would you need to see it in theaters? Looks way better on that, doesn’t it? These developers often aren’t the monsters you think. They know what they’re doing.

[@TheAfterglowProject]

@@baki484 you’re entitled to your opinion. I get it. I don’t like the recent master collection by Konami for metal gear. But I’m not going to bash it and act extremely confused about how games have huge budgets just like blockbuster movies. They deserve to make their money twice if movies can make their money twice, or thrice. Money speaks to companies. The popular opinion may not always be yours but at least you can have one. Nothing is in unnecessary of the money talks. Stop playing games you hate. No one wants to hear about it. People just get online to air their grievances and wonder why they’re so unhappy all the time.

[@baki484]

1) Seems like the only person who's bothered and unhappy here is you dont project your negative feelings onto me. 2.) "You can have your opinions that's fine" only to go on a stupid rant then makes the dumbest assumptions thinking I buy crap I don't like for reasons again stop projecting. 3.) congratulations you identified the difference between luxury and a necessity. 4.) re-releasing old stuff isn't the issue but horizon does not need a remake neither did the last of us (both of them) nor uncharted 4 because they are relatively new games the pc ports alone would have sufficed. 5.) I don't need the internet to formulate my opinions I just have to look at the upcoming stuff or lack thereof to formulate my opinions. 6.) Metal gear games or old enough to get remakes I'm not into them but they old enough (I couldn't care less what you like) 7.) Now enjoyed bring nickel and dimes by a creativity backrupt companies attemptimg to relive it's glory days. Given how shitty starwars movies have been I wonder why they'd bring back the phantom menace? If anyone needs to use their brain here is you. Maybe get off the internet if you are this bothered by the topics being discussed in the video instead bitching to some random commenter on KZbin.

[@thegamingbat2104]

for a game that took 25 hours to platinum no new game + at launch and missing features like changing time of day and final act feeling rushed it does shocks me it costed over a 300 million dollars to develop

[@journeyfms]

Game development companies have to fund their HR and DEI departments.

[@chozochiefxiii3298]

Both of these companies are a complete circus. Lack of variety is my biggest problem with this generation and last generation. Variety apparently died in the 7th gen.

[@definitelynotapervert5602]

Sony used to have so much variety in their franchises that for some time, I actually prefered their IPs over Nintendo's. But ever since the PS4, the publisher has released only a dozen or so major games with very similar gameplay and systems with little deviation. That approach has completely bit them in the ass with the PS5 with how ridiculously long development cycles have gotten. Sony absolutely needs to scale back the production of their games considerably. Their current direction and business model is not sustainable and will only hurt them in the long run in terms of financial success and consumer morale. They need to bring back long dormant IPs, invest in smaller and more unique games, and ditch the homogenous cinematic style they've adopted since The Last of Us.

[@SinanPurtas]

I remember when me and the boys were hyped about the ps5 release back in 2020. it was almost impossible to get one. Eventually when i was hollering through the town we found a shop that sold 2 ps5‘s a month and we immedietly bought them. Its been 4 years since then and the console collects dust since

[@Dragirek]

I litteraly stopped my anual psn sub because my console collected dust and was bored, didn't want to spend 80€ on ps4 version 2 games Only game i enjoyed was stray

[@SammyDiamonds892]

the state of modern gaming lays at sony's feet. fr fr

[@therealjaystone2344]

And the rest of western gaming following Sony formula too

[@Heubee11]

The fact that im going to be in my 30’s when another ratchet and clank comes out made me have to sit down

[@JF-xm6tu]

I honestly think the xbox is the better console just for user friendliness and options. I can even use vlc media player and play backwards comaptible games. Some even have mod support

[@XWXS2]

Finally someone who is speaking some facts! the biased stuff against xbox even as a ps 5 owner is getting on my nerves because I got both and ps 5 is the worst ps console ever! the start was the most pathetic stuff ever. There is a reason why Jim needs to leave but no one ever believed meee! "ohh Jim don't wanna fly anymore he is tired and too old" .... Sure Sony just want to make sure to not destroy the reputation of playstation and the name of the company for saying he efffed up. He was the worst ceo ever. We know how big the S***Storm would be if they did it like that.

[@mravg79]

This is copy pasted comment I wrote to reply another user: I own a few pieces of hardware to play games on. I’m gaming since ‘92. My take on it corporations are worth each other all have their fair share of sh!itty behavior. This gen I’m disappointed in both Sony and MS.

[@Chickensea10]

Days later after this has been posted, helldivers 2 is now over 10,000 negative reviews in response to sony forcing olayers to get a playstation account on steam when they comstantly get hacked every year

[@rokmare]

The Playstation I knew died when Sony decided to shutdown Japan studios and because of that the PS5 is the first time I skip a PS console from the original PS 1 to 4 I owned all of them and hearing about the PS plus price hike just proves I made the right call

[@ilordepic]

Its insane how me as a pc gamer with a 700 dollar laptop can play and pirate almost all singleplayer games for free. Like these dudes are paying 40 dollars just to play online like bruhhh. Even when i buy games i get them for crazy cheap on steam.

[@PixelPikmin]

This is so true. I got a Ps5 for Christmas last year and for what? No exclusives and Sony literally telling me “Just got the console? Too bad no new exclusive games until next year” and at that point I’m gonna be picking up that rumored switch 2 and its games, so Sony already lost my money.

[@SIPEROTH]

I get wanting more of the older variety of Sony games during PS3 and PS4 and that they are missing smaller titles BUT this "what do i have this for there is nothing to play" mentality is beyond me. If you got a console is so you can play games on it, not to wait for that specific game that can only be played on that console. And in that department there are dozens of games released every month. Just play games and have fun. And even that game list of few exclusives is double if you consider that many titles are excluded just because they made a PS4 version as well. Sackboy isn't there, God of War isn't there, Horizon isn't there, Kena Bridge of Spirits isn't there, Grand Turismo 7 isn't there etc. All those are games released during PS5 life circle but they made versions for PS4 as well so they don't get put on the list. PS2 is loved by all and praised for the rich game library but during PS2 Sony didn't release that much first party. It was mostly third party games. But people didn't care because they went to the PS2 shelf on the store and had all types of games to pick and play and they were happy. No one sat there calculating if the console was worthless because Sony released only one or two games that year that was actually made by themselves. Why do people treat consoles so different now? Why don't you just get excited to play games and you only get excited if it is some first party game?

[@sumomaster5585]

@@SIPEROTH Then might as well get a PC? without exclusive games, consoles don't provide enough value except the switch

[@PixelPikmin]

@@sumomaster5585This. I exclusively bought Nintendo for years because of how many exclusives they had and the variety in exclusives. If I’m gonna get another console on top of a switch, I need reasons to play it. The Ps5 isn’t offering me a reason atm. I’ll probably use it until I can afford a PC at this point bc I can get all of the games on Ps5 and more.

[@erenjager6715]

God of war Ragnarök, Spiderman 2, Atro Bot, Returnal, Ratched and Clank, Horizon Forbidden West, Spiderman Miles Morales, Gt7. Are you kidding me?🤡

[@PixelPikmin]

@@erenjager6715 You do realize everything on that list except Spiderman 2 is also on PS4 and PC right? And the 2 games exclusive to it aren’t enough to justify a purchase

[@astroboy3002]

The PS5 doesn't even have those cool background wallpapers, i loved my ff12 and japanese backgrounds. It really pissed me off. Also apart from FF16 which came with the console, i haven't played a single ps5 game. All my games are ps4. What a joke. I feel like i should just go back to my beloved PS4

[@ryker4547]

Have you really not played Ratchet and Clank and Spiderman 2? What are you waiting for

[@davidstinger1134]

At this rate either Nintendo manages to do something with the Switch 2 that makes the Switch 1 look like the Wii U in comparison, or it's not just that this gen will be remembered as one of the worst, but people might not even remember this generation. There's no PS5 or Xbox Series here, it's just PS4 Ultra Pro and Xbox One Z.

[@thebatman3905]

The switch is for dorks

[@Senjougaharaesu]

Sold my PS5 last year because i didn't see any reason to keep it. Almost no new IPs, way too few games, almost all exclusives got PC ports, heavy DEI influence in their games. Recently asked my friend to lend me his console to play Stellar Blade and it was a blast, if Sony released a few games of that quality per year they would still be at a top.

[@benny21293]

most of the layoffs in the gaming industry right now are not because the companies are struggling but rather because the people up top can't comprehend why the insane growth during covid is not persisting. Most gaming companies are still very much very profitable. The PS5 is currently still the best selling console (outselling the switch on a weekly basis) despite no games, so from a management perspective it does really seem that people will buy the "upgrade" anyways hence the PS5 Pro

[@whoever_81]

Finally a voice of reason. PS5 also outselling the PS4.

[@UmbreonMoonlight]

Most companies think we still have all that disposable income that we had during the pandemic

[@TuneTamasha]

they liked that money they want it forever greedy psychos

[@zaktheghost3289]

Im glad I switched to PC. I can play Xbox and PlayStation games without paying to play online.

[@razor_no1]

But Gpu's cost 3 times as much as they used to, for the price difference I can buy a PS5, a TV, several years of PS Plus and don't have to cope with millions of cheaters in every online game.

[@TORTLESSS]

@@razor_no1 an equivalent pc is like 650usd, and you can even play games released from 2010 🤣🤣 Steam sales also offer cheaper games: for example skyrim anniversary is $10, while in playstation store its $49

[@wolvandhiek7312]

​​​​​​@@razor_no1RX 6500 is cheap as shit though. Also you can always get old generation components that have similar performance. PS5 is not cutting edge, the marketing only makes you think so. The ultimate 4k gaming is fake, you get an upscaled 4k than a native one with unstable 30 FPS. It's a gimmick, Sony has ripped you off. So much for "playing with no limit" with such limitations.

[@razor_no1]

@@wolvandhiek7312 I know exactly what the PS5 is capable of, I don't need playing with no limit. And you also get NOT "playing with no limit" on PC either, because there is always a bottleneck. Whether its the GPU, or the CPU, games on PC are limited too. Instead of trying to convince others with your dumb masterrace bullshit, you should let everyone decide where he wants to play.

[@beri4138]

Same just wish I could play Bloodborne and Stellar Blade.

[@nafisishtiaque]

PS3 has the best exclusive. Lot of variety Sony took lot of risk

[@vergil1155]

Different times as well. Metoo and cancel culture has changed society and how entertainment is made. That's the reason the OG God of war games aren't even on new systems. Consored remakes like re4 remake. Although it was good but it changed some dialogue that was considered "offensive". Couple that with corporate greed and completely safe no risk business practices and you have recipe for disaster. The older devs never had restrictions. They put entertainment first. Thats the reason ps2 and ps3 were the goats. Ps4 had great game in early going but 8th Gen was already showing signs of the problems I mentioned.

[@nafisishtiaque]

@@vergil1155 ya I need to play last of us 2. The cover is a turn off

[@vergil1155]

@@nafisishtiaque that game is exactly what I was talking about actually.

[@MikeTheGreek]

For me the only reason to own a PS5 so far is Stellar Blade. Not being w0ke, or filled with microtransactions, having almost zero issues, it's optimized af is what sold me. And yes i don't mind paying 70$+ for those type of games cause we need more of those. The story is short and good at best but the rest of the game is what sold me the most. The gameplay. I don't like at all Soulsborne genre games but this one even though it has elements to it i loved it. It's not as brutal as the Souls games but it makes a good balance between easy and hard. Currently I'm on my mid 4th NG+ playthrough.

[@fantoniumnitrous]

But it got censored though, twice. So I wouldn't count that out and I highly doubt it would be uncensored considering this is Sony we're talking about who would hardly uncensor the games they've touched.

[@MikeTheGreek]

@@fantoniumnitrous yes sadly it did. I was very annoyed by it but it can't be reversed sadly. Online petitions and bragging about it won't do anything unless you file them a class action lawsuit so heavy that they will change it. Also the Helldivers 2 controversy was resolved because it's just a PSN login requirement thus making it easy to reverse. But remember they will do this in future games so they just delayed the outcome.

[@fantoniumnitrous]

@@MikeTheGreek right now I don't have any confidence in any new game they publish like the Chinese game Lost Soul Aside which would most likely get censored as well for the sake of it. Sony has next to no first-party releases this year and have to rely on second-party or third-party releases, except they still aren't getting much because Sony Interactive Entertainment is such a woke and greedy ass company that no AA or Indie developer would want to even work with them so they only get AAA developers to work with like Square Enix, Koei Tecmo or SHIFT-UP whose games take longer to make that further slows down the releases. And with the Helldivers II situation they had, it has basically just been one shit storm after another.

[@MikeTheGreek]

@@fantoniumnitrous another game that will be censored is Lollipop Chainsaw RePop a remaster to the 2013 despite the director saying it's going to be uncensored in his Twitter. Well at least on consoles cause on PC it won't be

[@fantoniumnitrous]

@@MikeTheGreek Well unfortunately I don't agree with the PC part as companies, for some reason, always like having every version intact regardless of eased restrictions so the PC could end up being the same as the consoles (though you could still mod it out.) The fact that it's a "Remaster" rather than a simply "Port" already sets red flags.

[@thyorimori3269]

I remember back in 2017-2019 hyping up persona and getting into Yakuza through the sale. When the ps5 barely stayed on shelves during a pandemic of all times, I lost hope in even saying "I'll get it when it's cheaper, like my ps4" Just to face the very same issues as you. the very "Exclusives" Sony brags about comes to Pc with better optimizations and mods to spice things up. Helk, I remember Nintendo at least trying with Indie games and making new IPs (granted they never stuck, but games like astral chain, Bayonetta, no more heroes and katana 0 having homes on the switch outside of PC ports is also alarming) The debate was always "Xbox got the best graphics, Xbox got the multiplayer market, Xbox got no games" which makes it ironic having never got PS+ outside of the free trials because of the market being pathetic with releases and the rare ps2 or pc port that helps add variety outside of "Action, racing, open world, SERIOUS." As games get ports anyways and the console war stops mattering, I find myself wanting to try out games on the switch, trying out high fi rush and Sunset overdrive, helk I even wish the persona games got ported to Pc faster, so I didn't need to hype up the game for royal to just release and make old purchases redundant. And as much of a Sony fanboy I was growing up with ps1 and 2, seeing Sony practically make huge movie like experiences each time without some variety of genre and expectations like Spiritfarer and baulder's gate 3 making everyone angry cause "They're mundane." Seeing It takes two win game of the year rubbed me the wrong way until I saw bauldur's gat 3 get the same praise and I said, "Sony hasn't changed much since 2018 huh?" excellent video, really a great take on what all gamers can agree affects us regardless of console because of pricing going up, but indie games outshining tripple A studio giants.

[@splinterborn]

I loved PS1/PS2/PS3 but in 2020 i built a PC. Havent looked back. Consoles are dead.

[@alenmack3471]

I’ve started to notice that once they’re done with an IP, they kill their online mode. LittleBigPlanet, Twisted Metal, ModNation Racers, and soon they’ll come after Uncharted.

[@sebastianbelu1417]

But still we are going back to my old hold back that I have always had for years and the main reason why I didn't buy a ps4 only after whole years after the ps5 launch. Something that baffled me since I have heard about a ps plus, the fact that you cannot play online, fucking online, a feature that I had always been used to since I was little and decided to press on a wifi connect button and just simply play a game online/multiplayer on a pc or a fucking smartphone. The fact this console is just a useless box with hardware in it most of the time without a paid life support was and still is baffling to me, when I can just buy a pc and plug an ethernet cable then press play on a multiplayer game. I mean to me a subscription is something extra not a permission to fucking breathe

[@sebastianbelu1417]

And by an extra bonus by subscribing I mean about things that you already did the first step in owning that certain thing. Not programs that exists to be owned only by being subscribed to it, or ya know rent. Might as well take my controller of my hand without ps plus

[@TuneTamasha]

yup, you already pay for internet to isp so why pay again to sony?

[@Newthon-ds6os]

Bro this video should have 100k views , this video shows the true state of PlayStation and how Nintendo is still holding up the switch with new games 😅

[@alphonsejohnson5601]

Some of the new games are just remasters of Nintendo's old games, But other than that, I agree.

[@Brandon-bc5um]

kids games

[@tek1645]

@@alphonsejohnson5601 There's barely been any switch games overall and like you said, most of them are remasters. Let's be honest, the switch peaked back in 2017-2019 with games like BOTW, Mario Odyssey and Smash but Nintendo fanboys will never admit it.

[@alphonsejohnson5601]

@@tek1645 There has been a lot of great indie games that came out on the switch since 2019, Just because most of them aren't known by most AAA players, doesn't mean that they are not good. The indie games are a reason why I still play on my switch.

[@TuneTamasha]

this video should be played every morning at sony until they fix their mess

[@ibendover4817]

Covid screwed everything up. Along with goofy rising interest rates making people take less risky investments in things like unique games or any sort of software/tech venture in general. There's layoffs along all these sectors. The only unique/risky games in recent years came from indie devs.

[@ericcarlton87]

I wouldn’t call rising inflation “goofy” my boy.

[@ibendover4817]

@@ericcarlton87 Economists have already said driving factors in many countries are corporate profits/price gouging. It IS officially goofy.

[@XWXS2]

@@ericcarlton87 inflation is man made with a push on a button

[@TheAfterglowProject]

@@XWXS2no it’s not. But hey, at least you tried to sound smart.

[@XWXS2]

@@TheAfterglowProject probably smarter than you

[@MarcoFlores-um7cj]

youtubers talk about the same shait over and over, tired of Sony and Microsoft this or that meanwhile they continue like nothing happens.

[@tunperak1256]

Ps1 and ps2 had a massive amount of exclusive rpgs. PS5 excluding remasters have none. Just saying from an rpg game fan.

[@fantoniumnitrous]

It's only FINAL FANTASY XVI or FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH. Neither of which were published by Sony.

[@IronBrotherhood4]

Sony should get on its knees and give Miyazaki premium top for Bloodborne 2

[@vegitosynsei]

Sony owns the IP of Bloodborne. So it's up to Sony on IF there'll be a Bloodborne 2 or remake. Not up to FromSoftware.

[@kain7219]

​@@vegitosynseiyes but miyazaki who created the first bloodborne would be the best at making a bloodborne 2. Team ninja or the people that did demon souls remake may be able to but miyazaki is king.

[@Asaylum117]

More realistic doesn't equel fun. Now days more games feel like they are interactive movies then games. And Sony is definetly the worst offender of this. They focus so much on making games more realistic and cinematic, that they have completly forgotten what gaming meant to a lot of people, especially in the old days. Heck, the new Sony/PlayStation CEO even said at one point that he hates older games. Yeah, really shows how much they don't care about the brand they are trying to make or the things that made them succesful in the first place. You knows things are bad with modern gaming that I spent my money more on older consoels and their games. I rather play on my PS2 & PS3, rather then on a PS4 or PS5.

[@demosneokleous4877]

The fact that they don't have constant major game releases and for the rest of the year is the reason why i use old consoles nowadays more than my PS5

[@apostolos8734]

Your comment about the dim orange led light strip really hit home. I went through hell to get a ps5 at launch, but now it just collects dust.

[@krocialblack]

The amount of fanboys getting triggered in the comment section, are the reason why playstation is where they are today...

[@user-js9sp5se9x]

Dominating? Yes, PS consumers actually buy games.

[@Ejohns1004]

Nah he's just incorrect.

[@adrianmagtoto9775]

Publishers should really start exploring double A games that they can release at a $40 price point. They will probably be surprised at how much people are willing to spend money if that is the price they will pay. No need to maximize or push the graphical prowess of modern consoles, just as long as the performance is 60fps always that is already fine

[@DG_Haus]

You forgot to mention all the DEI crap and microtransactions that's being shoved into games these days too

[@tokiomiller9896]

Spider-Man 2 was so awful for that

[@mrdarkwing9747]

The moment when "It used to be better in my times" isn't just pure pink glasses nostalgia..... I spend practically my whole life loving playing on my playstation consoles (pc, nintendo too but less). It hurts me like near 8 year from now I see my favorite platform to downward spiral

[@shaqbrowny]

The ps5 costs about 14k to 16k (depends on what it comes with) here in my country (Namibia it's in Africa). Translate that to USD and it'd be 853 USD, so still a lot I think.

[@sanchitbhansali]

Also dualsense has very poor support on PC. I know that the controller is usable through DS4 but still sucks that my controller cannot plug and play for 90% of the games and the haptics and adaptive triggers are missing too. And for the games that have dualsense support you have to be wired for the adaptive triggers and hd haptics to work.

[@thechugg4372]

Yeah some games who have haptics dont even have them on pc which is dumb

[@guest94657]

Remember when people buy PS2 not even for gaming, just because it was cheaper than buying a DVD player. Good times

[@aczun]

fuck ps6 even fuck ps5 pro all sony should do is making games thats it

[@Nero_9000]

Been thinking of getting a PS3, PS3 slims are available in used in markets I know of, and already asked my besto friend to give me his ps2 because he doesn't use it anymore

[@cliffturbo2146]

PS3 is a great choice. You can still buy plenty of PS1 and PS2 games on the store as well.

[@Nero_9000]

@@cliffturbo2146 asked about it's price, 65 dollars 😂 and it comes in box and is jailbreak, for you guys that might seem like hitting a jackpot but for us 18k in our currency is a lot.

[@Manic_Panic]

Get a Slim PS3 that still supports CFW, those don't overheat, you can enable software PS2 emulation which allows to perfectly play the majority of PS2 games and you have remasters for games that don't work good like the Ratchet & Clank trilogy. PS1 compatibility on the other hand is 99% on all PS3s, plus the CFW lets you bypass region locks so you can play Japanese PS1/PS2 imports. The console is also capable of playing some PSP games as well if you're interested then just slap it with a 1TB hdd or ssd so you can fit all your games. It's currently the best console one can get right now if you know how to use it.

[@cliffturbo2146]

@@Manic_Panic I kinda wish I had it, so I can have all my PS2 games in one system, but I am satisfied with Super Slim and 500 GB. But why is it a Super Slim can't be emulated the same way as a normal one?

[@Nero_9000]

@@Manic_Panic after using PS3 it might become my most favorite console, but can't forget PS4, my second proper console after Sega drive 2

[@Clamsalmon]

At this point just get a pc

[@MisticDW]

Same problems on PC though... Gaming is a shit show right now, this isn't a time for platform wars, if we want better games that release unbroken, without missing content behind a pay wall, sequal after sequal and remaster after remaster, then we need to stick together and vote with our wallets, this is coming from a PC gamer.

[@smashdatnail]

Well this is why I mostly stick to indie games/AA games now.. Sometimes you can find hidden gem in those games.. Pc gamer btw

[@francisquebachmann7375]

​@@MisticDW the great thing about pc is retro emulation.

[@youtubesucks8340]

Honestly, yeah

[@youtubesucks8340]

⁠@@MisticDW that’s why indie is the way to go! Modern gaming isn’t a shitshow, the AAA industry is a shitshow

[@Aleskoo100]

With gaming on a rise, also due to the covid situation I did expect this… Now everyone wants to check in and pump out games even in the states they are coming out… Do you remember when games come out and there weren’t any “day 1” patches?

[@RegenTinte80800]

Many people didn't play on the PS2 or OG Xbox. PS3 and Xbox 360 was when it started being normal to have day 1 patches.

[@justinlawson4374]

Wow, you have to PAY FOR GAMES AND CONTROLLERS. Maybe teach your kids to charge the controller or, if they play for 3 hours and need to charge WHILE PLAYING just get two 10 foot cords to charge them with

[@switchboy2320]

They also killed exclusives. Making them more anti consumer rather than them making them specil to the console

[@moister3727]

How is not having exclusives anti-consumer?

[@switchboy2320]

@@moister3727 OK. I meant to say exclusives are anti consumer. Sorry

[@erenjager6715]

@@switchboy2320lost

[@Sagegabs]

The PS6 will he expensive AF so it'll take some time until the remaining PS users get the new machine. But as it is said in the video, PS5 doesn't have a lot of games. Also, all this ESG garbage forcely included in almost every AAA proyects is losing tons of money. To be honest, if Sony PS must fall so be it. Hopefully they will learn from their mistakes.

[@cory2477]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1474">24:34</a> What makes the music on the Mario Kart Wii title screen so enjoyable to hear? 🎶🙌🏾

[@TheOneTheyCallShandy]

The console market can only survive for soo long being it becomes unsustainable and collapses , which im looking forward to.