The People Are Turning On PlayStation

[@0taku912]

Play has no limits* *Except in these 180 countries

[@jemmerx]

Uh, there are 195 countries in the world. So, Playstation is only available in 15? I trust you are being facetious.

[@Seoul_Soldier]

@@jemmerx They're being facetious, but tbh not by a whole lot. PSN is only available in 70 out of 195 (officially recognized) countries. To contrast that, Steam, the Epic Game Store, and even Nintendo Online are available in 180+ countries. Sony shouldn't ever require PSN for PC ports when their stupid service is really only available to select contries.

[@Interceptor_of_Minds]

@@Seoul_Soldier You wanna Sony game, you get Sony rules.

[@andrejjelcic3675]

@@Interceptor_of_Minds Other than God of War WTF is a Sony Game? LMAO

[@satreboR]

​​​@@Interceptor_of_Minds So if I live in one of country where psn not supported what option I have? Piracy?

[@rottenmeat5934]

That’s the problem with corporate PR. They try to micromanage image to avoid controversy, but that also let’s them ignore bad decisions until customers break off entirely.

[@tehbeernerd]

Ah yes, Sony wants less risk. That’s why their primary strategy is to crap out more live service turds into a toilet that’s already overflowing with them. I love having everything in my life controlled by shareholders, the world’s stupidest group of people.

[@SlavTiger]

They don't understand the medium they are paid to sell, and make it worse trying to reclaim losses. They make a shid product to serve as a digital trading card vendor, and question why people wont play, when there's barely any game to be played, it's mostly digital pogs and a barebones engine. We need storyboards and gameplay testers more involved in the devolopment and we need to keep marketing and in game purchases at bay until the base game is actually engaging in a non repetitive way, and has an immersive story that supports the gameplay, they're making a roof without a house to go on and scratching their heads at sony and xbox. A basic story and cookie cutter gameplay loop only goes so far, we need to allow innovation and focus on enjoyment over marketing because the first one will lead into the other, not vice versa like the shareholders are trying to do.

[@chris9206]

You're literally not making any sense. Wouldn't you be saying this to MS? Sony has barely messed around in the Online Only space outside of a few series like Everquest/Socom and one-offs like MAG/Warhawks. The irony is that Nintendo has more so explored Online only games opposed to Sony when it comes down to consoles.

[@chris9206]

​@@SlavTigerWhat audience? Sony like Nintendo has a primarily console audience, which MS is in that same position as well. Yes Steam is primarily PC games but the bread and butter games are on consoles.

[@Merinzify]

@@chris9206 what do you mean bread and butter games ? like revenue wise ?

[@chris9206]

@@Merinzify CoD and Madden are two great examples of bread and butter titles, which sell the most on consoles

[@snakeplissken1754]

Why would any offline single player game ever require! an online account of any type. This bull crap of forcing people to create, merge accounts for no actual reason, while pretending it's necessary is getting more and more annoying. Make a product, sell it to me if I like it and than leave me alone. I don't want to have anything more to do with you.

[@yammybobo]

damn straight

[@dustojnikhummer]

​@@yammyboboSony doesn't like Straight

[@tehbeernerd]

We’ve moved past the point of the economy where companies just sell you stuff. They want total control.

[@WarAuthority]

We could go back to all these games being locked behind a console exclusive platform. People are upset over a simple PSN account they'll likely never use past one or two games.

[@MichaelStashevsky]

It’s for the stupid PlayStation overlay

[@Gri113D]

Not playing with PSN requirements when Sony has "password1" level security

[@t1czer]

Last time they had "admin" as password, so it's still an upgrade.

[@Sir_Scrumpalicious]

1 2 3 4 5? That's amazing! That's the same combo I use on my luggage!

[@MrBluman999]

Honestly it should be criminal negligence

[@chris9206]

Every platform gets hacked and such especially with the age of technology we're in. Heck it was reported here around the Helldivers 2 Steam Queen uproar that Steam got hacked as in customer information.

[@chris9206]

​@@Sir_Scrumpaliciousa great Spaceballs quote

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

Sony where we've learned our lesson doesn't exist

[@ShrinkingSmile]

I feel it's a difference with announce a requirement before release and after release though.

[@AndroidPoetry]

Punctuation would help your sentence.

[@chris9206]

Do tell. If when MS does this then it's no issue, which MS still does from time-to-time. It's an issue now with Playstation especially when half the AAA and AA games on Steam require an outside launcher.

[@pkkiller_apathy4568]

​@@chris9206 yes an Sony come to the party late and wanted to do what already piss'ed everyone off.

[@TheGravityShifter]

Ig it depends on how you see it. One can look at it and say, "They did indeed learn their lesson. They learned to require it and screw over the PSN Inaccessible countries on day one."

[@TheGreatGoddessFreya]

Yes Ghost of Tsushima only requires PSN for multiplayer, but they have still blocked the sale of the game in the 170 countries that cannot access PSN. After the atrocious way they treated the Helldivers 2 PC players, and the tripling down on GoW Ragnarok, I'm done with them. They aren't so great I'll miss anything that comes out in the future. I'll take my money elsewhere.

[@goblin3810]

Cool

[@Spectacular_Insanity]

Same. If I didn’t get a PS4 for Bloodborne, I’m not making a PSN account for GOW.

[@TheGreatGoddessFreya]

@@Spectacular_Insanity I am wondering if the lack of Bloodborne on PC is because FromSoft won't go along with Sony's desire to drive all PC players to the PSN. Sheer speculation on my part.

[@AxleTrade]

@@TheGreatGoddessFreyaplausible, tbh. Im not a fan of their games but support that FromSoft wants their products available to the widest audience possible. That I can respect. Sony, however, continues to surprise me with their bullcrap.

[@danielsmid3777]

​@@TheGreatGoddessFreyaDont realy see a problem why it s so difficult to make an account but whatever 😂

[@ColtonGamingTV]

As soon as I saw that God of War required a psn account, I was like "Sony apparently didn't learn their lesson" and new there was going to be outrage again.

[@OneRandomVictory]

I mean, if the lesson was that they're still gonna make a ton of money like they did with Ghost of Tsushima which was also limited to only 80 or so countries then yeah.

[@Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

the specific lesson sony learned is _don't bait n' switch customers_ like with HD2 and _just tell them straight up psn is required before purchase_

[@npcimknot958]

Also means day 1 cracklop

[@Micromation]

Sony auto moderation is pure, unmitigated cancer. I honestly don't want anything to do with any of their online services. If they want to sell me game, that's fine but I'm not gonna pay for HR lady to breathe on my neck every minute of my time spent on entertainment. They've became so incredibly nosey it's nauseating...

[@wardy4903]

@@Boss_Fight_Index_muki Sony already made its money from HD2 and NEVER turned it back on for non psn countries. They literally won and got the dude who caused the controversy demoted.

[@dcsblessedbees]

I am a PC player and I will not make a console account to play games. Sony can screw off...

[@eznem7315]

It's not even the console part but the "I do not need another account for one game" sthick. I had to make a uplay account because of The Crew...

[@highjim7778]

Ahhoy there shipmate. Ghost ran better thru other means,

[@denhawken]

Ok bye

[@Skyline_NTR]

same here. Not only because PSN has its own issues (SNOY has a lot of issues), but because PSN is literally unavailable (officially) in my country. It's almost as if they want me to raise the black flag

[@thelonebassist2635]

I mean xbox does literally the same thing with stuff like Halo and Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition

[@XxSomeGamerxX]

I'm genuinely baffled how they think this is a good decision for shareholders, restricting revenue has got to be a no brainer when some games under SONY worked fine before this PSN mandate...

[@tubensalat1453]

They have to ascribe a value to those memberships that make it worthwhile in the long run; the data, the control, hooking the people into their ecosystem...

[@adamtajhassam9188]

my quality 2 cents on psn ACCOUNT: its fine to a certain degree because you earn trophies 2) it shouldnt be not allowed in certain countries 3) There should be a way to connect ur pc xbox account or something to give you maintainedownership & control. I personally feel Sony failed to execute it & repair it well. If i saw what these companies are doing even as a share holder im leaving.

[@78MatWar87]

i feel like live services now have reached the "ugh not another zombie game" status now and i am all for it. i hope there will be real change soon.

[@krspaceT1]

Think they made it there a while back.

[@Bodharas]

Now it's just silly cartoon characters and blast boom, pew, pew, skins, and micro transactions, live service can die. Except Helldivers. That s**t is dope.

[@TFAric]

I knew that Avengers would be trash when they said it would be a live service when they announced it. Live service has been poison for many years.

[@LordZedz]

Bro we hit that status like 5 years ago.

[@78MatWar87]

@@LordZedz i more speak for the "general public". WE were over live services 5yrs ago but the average joe Fortnite/Valorent/Warzone, etc... player definitely wasn't.

[@abhinandhari7812]

Reminder that pirated games don't need internet

[@dankmemes8254]

God of pirating

[@drwilyecoyote5357]

pirates are the real men of the people.

[@whysoserious4274]

When we have to turn to piracy to get a decent service You know shii hit the fan.

[@BAMFZone95]

Is there a good place to pirate games. I'm guessing pirate Bay.

[@yes21g]

@@BAMFZone95 fitgirl

[@StygianIkazuchi]

My issue with the PSN account requirement is not only that it is unnecessary for singleplayer games, but also because the Helldivers 2 situation made me realize just how many people don't get the OPTION to play games with this requirement, and I believe everyone should be able to play the games they want to regardless of where they are.

[@Battledongus]

This is why i dont have netflix or spotify but rely entirely on local content or and torrent it im not being beholden to some company about what and where i can enjoy my content.

[@phillipgrubb2443]

Bro, they don’t have psn in those countries for a reason. They stated as much like 10 years ago when they first decided to pull psn out. Wish people weren’t so fucking lazy. In a nutshell, Sonys servers suck ass and always have. And the countries that were bad have such bad internet it makes their server issues worse.

[@waultz4143]

The account stuff is just unnecessary so I won't buy or play. Break the video game consoles nowadays, I DONT CARE, they're junk..

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

Astro bot kinda makes me sad cause it’s just reminding me of how PlayStation used to have such a great library of games. Something for everyone and not just content to leave it to just 2-3 big shot hitters sucking all the oxygen from the room. And now here we are. A lot of holding patterns, all those older IP’s locked away in the cellar not seeing much use. The end of the road we started to see with the ps4.

[@threefiveseven]

I play my PS3 more than my PS5. Thinking of dropping 600 dollars on a frankenstein fat PS3 to play all my old PS2 games. Sony would rather lock all their classic games behind a subscription service than let you use your old discs laying around. That's what happens when you have no competition. Same for Nintendo and their classics. But they dare strike down any rom sites.

[@HikariVictor]

​@@threefivesevena PS3 is amazing, but also remember, emulation is fantastic these days. I'd suggest you a super PC, digitalize those amazing old titles and go crazy with retro filters or even higher resolutions. Community have you covered bro! o7

[@Micromation]

​@@threefiveseventhese DVDs will expire soon (PS2). You're probably better off just emulating at this point because original disks will soon fade. Some of my PSX games no longer read from oeiginal disks. Generally speaking writable disks have much longer lifespan (I mean CD, DVD and BD you can burn yourself) than those destined for consumption. Most have 10-20 year lifespan depending on storage conditions and external factorsmay be shorter or longer. Disks for burning yourself are sold as storage and had lifespan of 20 to 50 years. Long story short, while it may sound like a great idea, the OG PS3 that can play PS2 will soon become a very expensive paperweight. Cardridges with flash memory hold out much better (ancient NES ones are expected to live 40). Emulation and maintaining your games archive is much more reliable + you're getting the benefits of improved performance.

[@vincent207]

Another thing that does not help Sony’s image is how censor-happy they’ve become over the years, particularly towards games with an anime aesthetic. The fact that Nintendo has taken the opposite path and generally become more lenient still baffles me.

[@krspaceT1]

Yeppp. I'm a Nintendo fan and that still baffles me

[@funkyflunky9882]

@@krspaceT1Nintendo is a very, very strange company that does whatever the hell they want. They’re always a hardware generation late, extremely hostile against e-sports and fan projects, they have isolated themselves from PC and other consoles, but are also connected and willing to grow alongside their audience. Nintendo knows the majority of their paying customer base is not parents of children, but the children who grew up and are now parents. They still offer flagship games for kids, but recognize they need to offer games for the kids who grew up. I think Nintendo’s strength is that they have a lifelong relationship with their customers. They’ve got a very parent-like authoritarian look on things, but we aren’t just rabid consumers for a shareholder to milk for big numbers.

[@krspaceT1]

@@funkyflunky9882 Eh, depends on the E-Sport. Pokemon VGC is surprisingly stable. There's a joke you can make, several in fact, about Pokemon doing something better than Activision and other AAA companies. I make it myself, often.

[@Micromation]

Playstation Network policing of PRIVATE conversations is a much bigger issue...

[@shinjutsu2773]

AAA games. We dont make games. We make products...we provide a "service...i mean thats all you need to know to understand where gaming is going and a basic understanding of economics And its bad

[@dage509]

dam I heard this so much. but it never hit me until now.

[@gloomy_gus]

These scumbags got very comfortable owning the platform and now that everyone is pivoting to PC they're furious that they don't have that power anymore.

[@krspaceT1]

...I'd say they should have realized that PC players get angry if disturbed via the Epic Store, but game companies are bad at looking at anything but market leaders.

[@dongarippo7279]

There's a little more to it I think.. You see playstation could before release their consoles cheap and good but not so much anymore. I bet China has a finger in this among a lot of other things. Such as graphic cards are now so damn hot that you need proper cooling. Fans, water cooling and the whole shebang. It's not so easy to build a compact cheap gaming console anymore. Also the difference between a 2070 Super and 3080ti.. In my opinion isn't that huge.. I had both and fuck do I regret buying 3080ti. There is an issue there as well.. are they gonna put the 3080 crazy cards in that little box? As now we have even better cards?

[@Rob0tacon]

I built a PC and sold my PS5. Completely fed up with the console companies.

[@Boss_Fight_Index_muki]

how much did you get for it?

[@mathewjackson5044]

Currently doing that now, this yeah I'm giving up consoles for good minus the Switch and just going full pc no point with consoles anymore

[@MatthewMitchell-r9q]

@@mathewjackson5044 100% dusted off my gaming lap top and working on building a full blown PC. Console is finished and it needs to end.

[@Jim-o4t]

Welcome. It'll be a whole new world when you don't have to pay for an account to play online games.

[@Spectacular_Insanity]

Good for you. Paying for online access is a literal scam.

[@joncarter3761]

God of War Ragnarok on PC requiring a PSN account said it all. I suspect it won't sell as well and will be heavily pirated once the DRM is broken.

[@TFAric]

Took a couple of hours for Ghost to be available for download. A bunch of PS shills on Steam crying about it demanding that they add Denuvo. If their games get heavily pirated there is a big chance that they stop porting games over, that would be a shame. I don't think they will learn a lesson, they are a Japanese company and they never cares about consumers opinions.

[@karehaqt]

If it's the normal Steam DRM then the game will be cracked same day of release, just like Ghost of Tsushima was and all the other Sony PC releases.

[@ito2789]

These greedy, non-gamer execs keep pissing on us and themselves.

[@koppy82]

They piss on themselves more because they spend hundreds of millions to make one of these trash games only for it to fail and not meet their expectations. Look at rainbow six extraction lol

[@aiodensghost8645]

They piss gasoline. And I wouldn't piss on them to put that fire out.

[@riosasin3086]

if Sony was a hospital their director would be a salesman running in organs business

[@chris9206]

Do tell especially when Phil Spencer and Gabe are greedy gamer execs. Overall there is no difference between a gamer or non-gamer exec unlike who is a gamer or non-gamer on KZbin. At the same time the Internet is always pissed off and to run a business the company has to be greedy to literally run the lights.

[@Fordybag]

They're just pissing on themselves. We are not sheep and they are realizing this, and it is just pissing them off. Then they do nothing to improve their prices aka not charging 70+ dollars. Closing popular games that have proven to earn money, why billionaire shouldn't be making games, they have no clue what they're doing, just money on their mind.

[@Idontwantahandlebro]

The annoying thing about the PSN account requirement is that even after (or because of) the Helldivers situation, they will not list games in the unsupported countries, PSN required or not. So I can't even buy Ghost of Tsushima, or GOW no matter if they remove the requirement, they're just completely delisted from steam.

[@Micromation]

Just sail the high seas. This is entirely their problem 🤷🏻

[@wardy4903]

@@Micromation This is why pc doesn't get big games.

[@Micromation]

@@wardy4903 I'd be entirely happy if console slop stayed on consoles. After 20 years I'm getting tired of dumbed down games that just look pretty...

[@dongarippo7279]

@@Micromation I wanted to answer him, but I felt like.. How do I teach a cave man how to use a computer?? F-it.

[@phillipgrubb2443]

How about you look up why psn isn’t in those countries.

[@braymot7404]

Thinking Bioshock is a retro game, is fuggin wild to me!

[@Micromation]

I mean... it was a PS360 game, over one and a half decade old 😂

[@TFAric]

It came out one year after Oblivion and that game feels old school.

[@mart182003]

I’ve been a PlayStation guy since the ps1, but with all the scumbag shit they’re doing , I’m out.

[@threefiveseven]

I bailed on Xbox after growing up with them. I also loved PS2. These aren't the same consoles we grew up loving.

[@Kamakazy0789]

Thats one you for being a ps fan. Even my PS1 felt like shit compared to my 64/ and every gen since its been the same.

[@arcadia9589]

@@threefiveseven 360/PS2 was where consoles just ended for me, everything since has been such an easy skip. I have a switch but that's less of a console and more of a set of keys to jingle in front of people I don't want to talk to

[@Disconnis]

​@@arcadia9589Shame, PS4 had some REALLY good games (Bloodborne, RDR2, TLOU1, Witcher 3, HZD, Persona 5, Ghost of Tsushima, Sekiro, Shadow of the Colossus Remastered, Nier Automata, Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring, Monster Hunter world) but I hear ya, cuz the PS4 is where consoles ended for me...

[@koppy82]

Lol it's funny how these AAA studios and publishers think they can just jump on the wagon of other studios on popular genre's like Battle Royale and Arena Shooters but they always fail because they don't have gameplay in mind when designing or developing these games.

[@SlavTiger]

It's a vending machine without a window and it isnt actually stocked. You put money in and you get nothing out, crumbs or a stale candy bar when you're lucky.

[@krspaceT1]

They have been doing so for years but it rarely ever works. There are ways to do that, there is a opening for say, Mario Odyssey clones off Nintendo systems. But multiplatform titles or copying one? Yeah that won't end well unless you really know what you are doing and have some luck

[@robinporter8481]

The popular games are the game I don't like to play... multiplayer, PvP, and mobile. 98% of what I play is singleplayer "offline". As much as I like some game series, none are worth buying a console for anymore.

[@katscrachesme]

Does anyone else remember when the Ps4 came out and they were mocking Xbox for the Always On internet stuff and not being able to share games via disc? Where is that Sony

[@SpuddMacgyver]

Bout time... I turned on Sony in 2014 when they refused to do backwards compatability and was suprised so few saw the lack of consumer care even back then. Welcome to the club Sony Ponies.

[@soulsolis3096]

Amen, brother!

[@blargism1]

I mean they did continue back pat but in the most retarded way... Streaming a game is way different from streaming a movie or video and has heavier internet requirements meaning in the US where comcast, who own most cable internet in the US, throttle internet speeds it just doesn't work. Same reason stadia failed. I personally didn't like that only the initial ps3 release had actual back pat and they never did it again.

[@SpuddMacgyver]

@@blargism1 i wasnt gonna pay to stream. I had several hundred games and all i wanted was to play them on ps4 i didnt even need hdr or fps boost. Xbox eventually did it. Only about 20 or so of my 360 library didnt make it bc. I would have been happy even if just first party but Sony didnt care so i sold my ps3 and my account. Their loss.

[@thekotabear3262]

@@SpuddMacgyver I wish mercenaries 2 had made it :(

[@threefiveseven]

@@SpuddMacgyver Xbox lets you play all your discs for free. Sony wants you to buy a subscription service to play them. And rather than invest in making a PS3 emulator, they want you to stream those old games. Why would I pay to play old games I already own on disc? And their excuse is no one cares about BC, so why bother. Another reason PC is way better.

[@yammybobo]

Crusty...? Mate I have been playing video games since 1976. In the beginning there was PONG and it went "BOOP"!

[@SuperChaoticus]

Same. My very first game that wasn't a pinball machine was a coin operated Pong in a bowling alley.

[@Falconite]

lmfao love this comment hahaha

[@yammybobo]

@@SimuLord Aye, my mother used to lament, because if we were away anywhere and I saw a cabinet, I was looking coins...

[@CashewChickenEnjoyer]

Sony is anti consumer, now consumers are starting to be anti Sony, i don't see the issue.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

Thanks for your reporting honestly Always keeping up to date with the messes going on in gaming

[@ThunderChanter]

It felt like some of the trailers during SoP were, rushed? Like MH Wilds felt really last minute, especially with them seeming to be doing a big reveal at SGF. It comparison, the lack of focus and info in the trailer of Wilds vs the webpage/blogs felt like it was Playstaiton going "Hey Capcom, you're gonna be in this thing we're doing next week, right?" and that being the the first Capcom heard they were invited

[@HH-hd7nd]

3:20 It's a little more than unnecessary. I don't want Sony to have my data so that they can sell it all off to the next hundred data brokers - which is exactly what they do with the user information. They even say so in the PSN ToS in section 6.1.: "You hereby authorize us to use, distribute, copy, display, and publish your User Information, without payment to you." Distribute and publish. That's just other words for selling. For you - as a person linving in the UK - it is even more serious. In the UK and Ireland PSN accounts require a photo ID or face scan. Are you really ok with Sony selling THAT type of information? Seriously?

[@DataScienceDIY]

Holy shit! I had no idea they required a face scan. I will never be signing up for a game account that requires that…

[@Lightfire398]

Yup, that requirement of photo ID is the big thing that means I’m not going to get a PSN account. I cannot picture a circumstance that requires Sony to have level of ID from me.

[@dovos8572]

the PSN required games are still region blocked in the 180 countries. it's now 4 games. don't buy sony stuff until they ACTUALLY fix that. their word counts nothing.

[@steel5897]

Why would I not buy them if my country, and probably yours, is supported by PSN? I'd love to hear the reasoning behind that, totally wouldn't be an incoherent social media warrior narrative spiced with some hypocrisy.

[@yes21g]

@@steel5897 because if you are just going to ignore it 65%+ of world will not be able to buy future Sony games on PC

[@karehaqt]

@@yes21g Most people probably don't know about that, only those of us who follow this stuff do and we are a tiny minority.

[@wardy4903]

@@yes21g explain the problem that this presents ME

[@ogun6464]

This type of content is the most important thing this channel does. Understanding the industry from a developer perspective is why I'm here, not clickbait shilling your favorite blizzard games

[@blackmanwithcomputer]

After watching this video, it just kinda makes me resent casual gamers even more. These are cold hard numbers and facts that can't be argued against. All this bullshit we get caught up in, is because of of the annual CoD, Fortnite, FIFA, etc players that simply don't give a shit about stuff that doesn't look like a mainstream $100-300mil budget game. Even something like Baldur's Gate 3 only got a lot of attention from first timers because of the production values. If it looks like a usual Larian Studio game, that doesn't happen. If Elden Ring isn't open world, there's no way it sells like that cuz DS3 took 5 years to sell 10mil copies; Bloodborne and Sekiro are stuck at around 5+ million.

[@krspaceT1]

Sometimes you need to live with it.

[@blackmanwithcomputer]

@@krspaceT1 I get that. That's why I don't really get angry at any of these controversial decisions these companies make. However, these choices are primarily done because of the casual market. The mtx, the battle passes, the sign ups, the focus on graphics, the lack of risks, etc. Everything is driven by lemmings that don't care about the craft or potential of video games. So why should we expect the executives to?

[@ThePurpleFantum]

The console wars are over, Nintendo wins.

[@krspaceT1]

By a combination of understanding exclusives, a good flow of release most years, and the choices of the other two coming hike to roost

[@rg975]

A big problem with these massive gaming corporations is the fact that they simply do not understand gamers and what they want. They instead hire CEOs that have no experience with games and/or no passion for the industry. They just hire people that will make shareholders happy.

[@VioletElite4]

Saw a report that said apparently LoU 2 PC port is going to be rolling out. Even for people that enjoyed that game may not be able to have access to it due to the recent Sony account linking changes. Whether you disagree or you are region locked. Ontop of the fact that the PC port for LoU has not had a good reputation on top of fact that LoU2 as a game itself doesn't have the best reputation..

[@moonstrobe]

I bought a Playstation for Stellar Blade. And I will be returning the console during the grace period, because they decided to do the Sony Censorship dance all over the game.

[@Jolis_Parsec]

Found the Grummz goober smoocher in the comments!

[@Skyline_NTR]

@@Jolis_Parsec you mean found the consumer who doesn't like his purchases to be fked with in the comments

[@royconestoga7326]

Hard for you to take off your pants and jacket without that extra pixel width of videogame scantily cladness eh? Just watch adult cinema on the internet like everyone else.

[@trap0viejo]

@@royconestoga7326 why are we normalizing this kind of shame to expect the product that was offered in the publicity

[@KPX01]

@@royconestoga7326 so you ok with company straight up lying about their product? The original design is about the same sexiness' of kerrigan and most most ghost in the series from starcraft and even now i dont see people have trouble with it and yet Stellar blade is problematic that it need censorship? You people are all hypocrites.

[@Seraphina_FF14]

I was really looking forward to Overwatch 2's single player campaign. But my interest died when they released the game without a campaign, said it would come out later, only to then be told that they can't keep their promises. So it's no wonder that after this statement, hardly anyone was interested in the small mission packages. I mean, why should we care, if they don't? We wanted a great story game where the characters could shine, not some lazy missions. As for Sony - a lot of people are also just fed up with their censorship policies and the hypocrisy on display. So they turn to PCs and modding.

[@AmbiguouslyGray]

Sorry if this is addressed later in the video, but while looking at the (12%) drop on Full Game spending, my first thought is that my gut feels like the total number of first party games is DRAMATICALLY lower than previous generations (I may be way off, just what it seems). Without the likes of Infamous, regular Uncharted drops, Resistance, Days Gone etc., it just "feels" like there are a smaller number of tent poles, so there are fewer PS-specific games to buy. Constant re-releases of TLOU, Tsushima, God of War, and Horizon are the only games that stand out to me as reasons to buy full games on PS. Could be way off here, but it seems like this is a trend in "AAA" gaming overall. Big spend on fewer tent pole franchises. The drop is an effect of their business decisions moreso than audience preferred spending.

[@Derzull2468]

Bring Helldivers back to the 180+ countries!

[@dongarippo7279]

It's easy to say what you want but if you should really add a solution to it. I want this because that doesn't work and if you do it this way or that way I think it would be better.. Now.. If you can add a working solution, surely I think people would listen?

[@Derzull2468]

@@dongarippo7279 Did you reply to the wrong comment? Because the solution is pretty simple. Stop forcing PSN down PC players throat, bring back the 180+ countries, there's no valid technical reason not to do it.

[@Beexz]

@@Derzull2468 Unfortunately there is, many countries that aren't supported absolutely hate psn. As soon as psn becomes a possible connection those countries throw fits. And sense psn wants people to connect to their accounts, they have to choose. Either have psn be a requirement and benefit them more, or dont, at a much more of a loss. Only when the whole world is in the same shoes on opinions with publishers, is when we get our golden world. But asking the whole world to be on the same pace is impossible.

[@Derzull2468]

@@Beexz They were able to buy the game through Steam and play just fine. Those countries were banned because Sony wants to inflate it's PSN numbers artificially by forcing an account again down the line. There's no technical reason to have banned those countries but I'm repeating myself.

[@Beexz]

@@Derzull2468 Brother I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm Agreeing with you. I whole heartedly agree that there is no technical reason to ban access. But we can not just ignore the fact many of the banned countries disagrees with PSN. At the end of the day, people who never plays games or understands are in control. Everywhere. And all we can do is voice our disagreement loudly.

[@Duckman8213]

Let’s all be honest and admit that AstroBot looks pretty fun

[@Legomaniac-zu3qb]

$80 just to play online for a year is crazy. For a console I bought and games I paid for

[@Boomken76]

12:09 "downloads" mean nothing in this chart as we KNOW there counting patches & "gated content" that MUST be purchased. They're dyeing, you cant force PC players to sign up, were free here & have the freedom to just get a game else ware with out Monthly privacy breaches.

[@chrisestrada6513]

I didn't buy a PS5 specifically because of how they didn't handle the scalping at the launch. And now we see how they expect their customers to interact with their services. Trust is all gone. NEVER PRE ORDER.

[@TrackMediaOnly]

Sony is getting all the telemetry they wanted. A lot of us don't want to login to PS to play PC games and we are not buying(some only care about the immediate as well sadly). That isn't even all the money they are leaving on the floor because of the countries that can't even buy or play them. Of course PS quit caring about overall profit a long time ago(not just talking PC) or they wouldn't keep making bad business decisions. They wouldn't have to keep closing studios and firing people from others if things were really that good. Something to also keep in mind is those PS5 numbers are not adjusted for inflation which is even more important than normal given what is going on and they also don't account for certain boosts because of various things around the pandemic(even given that the PS5 had issues to start with availability). Also the thing with Netflix is like with so much other media, they keep pushing out utter trash and calling them gems. They also need a subscription and with most having less money YT is mostly free. When it doesn't cost you it is a lot easier to just ignore the trash.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

Yeah I'm just barely starting Spiderman on Ps4

[@soundrogue4472]

5:04 I AM SICK OF THE 5V5 FORMAT!!!

[@kendonl.taylor5111]

@soundrouge4472 Then play Killing Floor 2.

[@TierHarribel]

I don't think anyone is turning on their Playstation buddy, there's no games to play

[@theghostofpennsylvania_11]

It is selling like crazy so there must be games to play. Too bad it can't be said the same for Xbox series X. That console is just dead.

[@ralphengland8559]

​@theghostofpennsylvania_11 ALL of the kids I've run into as a teacher who have picked up a ps5 are playing Free-to-play games.

[@theghostofpennsylvania_11]

@@ralphengland8559 Duh. They are kids. I buy my games. Sea of thieves did not sell on Xbox but sold well on PS5 and Steller Blade is the top seller in US, Europe and Japan. Google Hell Blade 2 sales. It was a huge flop. Gamepass was a big mistake because Xbots don't buy or finish games anymore. That is why the president of Microsoft wants to go 3rd party.🤭

[@thekotabear3262]

@@theghostofpennsylvania_11 Selling like crazy yet half of PSN users are on ps4. Care to mental gymnastically explain that to me budrow?

[@aiodensghost8645]

​@ralphengland8559 I got mine for Returnal, Demons Souls (cause I was 9 when it released on PS3 and wasn't allowed to play it back then), and to have a 4K UHD player. There are also a ton of pre-owned PS4 games in shops like 2nd and Charles (a nerd den of iniquity so good I'd spend all my allowance there when I got any). Unless you play games where load speeds can be an issue (games like Destiny 2, for instance), a PS4 Pro is just fine. I just like the PS5 because then I don't need an extra device hooked to the TV to watch a 4K movie (or even a DVD... I still wish they kept CD support with the PS4).

[@KitsuneKiera]

At 11:01 it’s interesting to see that they’ve sold roughly 56 million PS5s but 7 million of those don’t even get turned on each month.

[@Kevfactor]

Like nintnedo, Sony needs to just start making games again so there is a reason to own their console.

[@OneRandomVictory]

Why would Nintendo be dropping a bunch of new games right now when their next console is just around the corner?

[@Kevfactor]

@@OneRandomVictory sort of talking the last few years. They should have been having a big release every year or so at least.

[@VodkamanBR]

@@OneRandomVictory I hope there's backwards compatibility between the Switch and Nintendo's new console, otherwise buying anything on Switch is kinda a waste.

[@krspaceT1]

Last year had stuff like Tears, Mario Wonder, and Pikmin 4. They had games.

[@tancoat1346]

​@@OneRandomVictory Because they have a history of doing so

[@Ares180BPM]

Heya mate, just a heads up; Bungie changed creative direction on Marathon. It's no longer an extraction shooter, they've advised it's being retooled as a Hero arena game.

[@Sw4lley]

I wonder if we in the European Union have a way to block PSN somehow, since companies have to gather as little data as possible, which would make PSN useless. Steam publishes afterall a anonymous list on PC hardware of PC users already, Sony gets basically nothing except mau‘s, which would be a overstep on data. Atleast it feels like it.

[@dread4353]

its crazy to see all these hero shooters popping up since overwatch shit the bed

[@JNJNRobin1337]

how many accounts do you need for one game nowadays

[@UntLion]

More than we'd like.

[@JNJNRobin1337]

@@UntLion thats as low as two, im assuming you might need every launcher for any game

[@UntLion]

@JNJNRobin1337 Something like that. I honestly find launchers for PC as of today absolutely ridiculous. There's too much, and you need quite a few accounts depending on the game you want to play, and if it's on Steam or not. Personally, I'd prefer one account for all games on one storefront for PC. Nothing more. But that's wishful thinking on my part, that I admit.

[@okamibredren9524]

I'll definitely be passing on Ragnarok, I was already on the fence and heard mixed things but, requirering psn for a single player is ridiculous. And they still haven't let people buy helldivers 2 in the 171 countries that can't access psn, despite "no longer making psn a requirement" for that game. This generation feels like a flop outside of a few exceptions and indi games.

[@Cantimule]

There's enough fantastic game choice on PC where you don't have to put up with these anti-consumer practices. Don't buy a single-player game that forces you to login online with an account you don't want that does nothing but harvest your data.

[@Yoshi278]

I desperately hope Sony's PSN requirements do not screw over us seeing PS games on GOG. It's been good seeing them be DRM free so far, even if that means the Ghosts of Tsushima MP is removed for just the GOG client.

[@Layanor]

I did the research for the 14 games in the Playstation State of Play event. Only Astro Bot is exclusive to ps5. Astro Bot PS5 Concord PS5 / PC God of War Ragnarök PS5 / PC Untill Dawn PS5 / PC Skydance’s Behemoth PS5 / PC Path of Exil 2 PS5 / PC Silent Hill 2 PS5 / PC Alien: Rogue Incursion PS5 / PC Marvel Rivals PS5 / PC Dynasty Warriors Origins PS5 / PC Ballad of Antara PS5/ PC Infinity Nikki PS5 / PC Where Winds Meet PS5 /PC Monster Hunter Wilds PS5 /PC

[@GetZ3rged]

Isn't MH Wilds on Xbox as well. Capcom would be dumb to exclude it after the success of World

[@killzoneisa]

An the pc side they be PSN requirements so there goes a good part of the planet.

[@Layanor]

@@GetZ3rged I admit I did not do the research for Xbox. After the Helldivers 2 situation, I have been trying to come up with a reason to not sell games in 177 countries and force PSN network on pc gamers. It's like saying no to money just to convert a new player base.

[@isaacm7934]

​@@GetZ3rgedmh wilds is on Xbox

[@blunderswish7121]

The announcement of Concord was poorly done. They had a game entry into a oversaturated hero shooter market, and put a narrative trailer to announce it. So when the audience saw 4 minutes of what looks to be a PVE Co-Op FPS, the 5v5 FPS statement just became a massive rug pull to the people still interested. This game appears heavily influenced by Overwatch, except Overwatch's announcement trailer made it obvious it was a PVP hero shooter. And the poor execution just makes people think it's an Overwatch clone.

[@Desu-Desu-Chan-San]

Not to mention the characters all look so generic, or just cringy.

[@FitzChivalryFarseer2]

It is so bad that ain't a clone. If OverWatch had a case of diarrhea then that diarrhea is what would be as close to what is being made a clone of

[@shuigor6648]

In the same way that Ubisoft told us to "start feeling comfortable about not owning their games", to which we replied, "Then start feeling comfortable about us not buying your games, Ubisoft", Sony needs to start feeling comfortable about us not giving a damn about their upcoming first-party line-up.

[@Ugouka12]

I actually never upgraded to the PS5 because of the availability. It was unavailable for so long I decided to instead upgrade my PC and have shifted to pretty much exclusively PC now. I'm missing out on some exclusives which sucks, but not being able to get the machine for them for so long made me kind of stop caring about it.

[@jamesroy791]

I don't think concord will even surpass marvel rivals it comes out THIS AUGUST idoudt the game is launch ready and on top of that as soon as it's on PC with psn requirments it's a NO GO review bombed into oblivion

[@Desu-Desu-Chan-San]

The gameplay could be good ( I doubt it, it just looks like scuffed OW to me), but the characters all look so flat, boring, and cringe.

[@kendonl.taylor5111]

@jamesroy Don't forget, there's Dustborn coming out next month.

[@jamesroy791]

@@kendonl.taylor5111 forgot about that game just saw a gameplay Trailer looks really rough

[@jacobscott2473]

I know of the history within Bungie about Marathon, and I've listened to plenty of pundits talk about it, but I think this video was actually the first time I've seen its marketing materials. This isn't meant as a comment on their marketing strategy as I block ads VERY aggressively across my devices. I really just wanted to say those silkworm bots laying down some sci-fibres is a really cool idea that I don't think I've really come across in sci-fi before. That little bit more interested in the project now.

[@Unprotected1232]

If Sony wanted to pad PSN account numbers, they could simply make the PSN account optional with in game rewards as incentives. Alas Sony didn't want some accounts. They wanted all the accounts.

[@Henbot]

As someone who worked in retail Microsoft are the ones who stopped sending much merch to the stores because of the shift to make game pass the spearhead and then that in turn led to retailers reducing the stock of Microsoft and more stock of other consoles.

[@edmundmondo1682]

Sony can't even properly do something as simple as an internal interview. Should you trust them with anything else?

[@kauinoa2004]

Yeah Helldivers has taught quite a few PC players not to trust Sony. I don’t think there’s going to be the same growth for live service Sony titles on PC

[@onesowngrief]

Astrobot was the star of the show, no cap. That free game for the PS5 sold me on Astrobot as a title to look out for after I missed out on the PSVR exclusive.

[@ABlob]

I know this was focusing on the State of Play but I feel like you could've also brought up the amount of PlayStation exclusive censorship in games mainly developed in Asia (mostly Japan). With how Stellar Blade recently turned out, that probably caused an even worse reputation for them and raises more awareness about what happens when someone wants to develop games with fanservice on PlayStation. I mean, that's been a thing since mid-2010, but now that it happened with basically a second-party game with a lot of eyes on it, it probably caused more people to realize that it's a thing that Sony does.

[@masterclockwork4436]

We'll wait for the port and for the port to be on sale.

[@maxolsen5135]

I remember how i kept wondering why Sony launched the PS5 when they did because the PS4 had so much life in it even back then. I know there was people who kept asking for "nextgen" back then & a few games like Cyberpunk did push the limits/requirement for everyone but still. The whole thing felt rushed.

[@TheMrDewil]

I'm starting to notice that businesses everywhere are getting more and more invasive. Trying to be more than they actually are, to leash you by any means necessary taking as much space in your life as they can, all the while controlling your consumption habits and milking you for everything you have, be it sunk cost fallacy, FOMO or preying on your gambling urges. Member cards here, accounts there. It's ridiculous how far they're willing to go. And it's very disturbing.

[@Arcademan09]

Geoff should unironically wear a Doritos Pope cosplay when he has actual big game announcements

[@lovelydumpling]

Unfortunately whether we want to believe it or not, gen 7 is retro. The Xbox 360 will be 20 years old next year. It came out when I was 10. It'll be as old then as the _original NES_ was when the 360 came out. And by then, the SNES was already regarded as retro and the PS1/N64 would become that during that generation. It just doesn't _feel_ retro because 1. time moves much faster for us as adults and 2. games have not leaped as dramatically from gen to gen.

[@Tzarakiel]

I recently sold my ps5 because I realized I had not turned it on in 6 months. Every Playstation game I wanted to play this generation is already out on pc.

[@psully212]

What is it with corporations making a trillion dollars making the best stuff that people love and immediately rushing out to go guys lets screw it up now! We went from ps2 breaking records to giant enemy crabs to halo 3 to sports, sports, tv to this is how you share ps4 games and God of War and Spider-Man to this shit. Guys pro tip. When you make all the money in the world keep doing what youre doing. Dont immediately do an about face and spit on all the customers.

[@JustinGreene0224]

It would take ALOT of heavy lifting for me to see Astro Bot as anything more that Sony trying to replace the representation of what Sackboy was supposed to fill, so if this successfully takes off they'll have no qualms about closing MediaMolecule.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

It's amazing how there are so many apologies for Sony that for screaming in their defense. Wonder if some of those are astroTurfed Sony employees or something

[@raabaddler5802]

Alternatively the PS4 cohort have abandoned the PS business model as it abandoned what made them leave Xbox for, creating an orphaned market as PS marches into the abyss that is their modern practices

[@jpsuper]

I was so stoked about the remaster of Until Dawn later this year now, played it on PS4 back then, on PC too, and wishlisted it. Then SONY doubled down on the PSN requirement for Steam/PC so I removed it from my wishlist. I don‘t know what SONY / PlayStation wants?

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

Looking at the market, Live services games seem to me to have hit market saturation... meaning the only way to break in is to do something radically new, or to displace an existing one.

[@yukimurasanada5209]

i have been turning to pc slowly since i saw the superiority of l4d on steam vs xbox 360 when i discovered pc gamers in 2009 i was once all 3 then quit xbox 360 then when strategy games were dying on playstation i went more to pc for total war

[@Raika63]

I don't know if Concord is hooking me - I kind of feel like I'm done with hero shooters, but I do think the idea of more story on a regular cadence would have been really good for, say, Overwatch. If nothing else it does seem like they are trying to do the right things, I'm just kind of tired of the "start with a cool small cast of characters and become 300 characters with increasingly weird powers" thing.

[@Wild.Bunny.Galaxy]

At this point if a game is live service (with the exceptions of WoW and V Rising, which I play with my husband) it immediately goes on the watch someone play it on KZbin rather than play it myself list. Haven't regretted that decision yet and it's been years now. Currently playing TOTK on my switch, and Elden on my steam deck and just got a RG35XX H to work on setting up and a Miyoo Mini v4 to mod. I'm done with big, connect it to your tv, console gaming, I'm all in on handheld and computer gaming.

[@shieldphaser]

Well, they certainly are earning their fairly recently acquired spot on my ignore list. Not buying from Sony if I can help it. The dumb part is it's entirely avoidable. The execs just want to pad their short-term numbers so they can get a bonus.

[@thelast749]

Sony are becoming free ads for piracy sites rn

[@Sparticulous]

Im sure many people would want to play a version modified by pirates to be offline play without psn

[@thelast749]

@@Sparticulous You'd be surprised by how many online single player games are already up there

[@Sparticulous]

@@thelast749 everyone forgets that lord gabe only saved pc gaming by making pc gaming convient and easy without bullshit. All of these triple a companies are reintroducing all of the bullshit that encourages piracy. Just infuriating.

[@thelast749]

@@Sparticulous Exactly my point. Gabe did say, piracy is a service problem.

[@juliusbelmont350]

@@Sparticulous Yes. Simple as that.

[@radiantgale]

4:39 Maybe this flew under the radar, but Marathon seemed to have pivoted from an extraction shooter to a hero shooter according to reports a few months ago. Happened sometime last year apparently with a change of leadership. Perhaps it pivoted due to feedback or lack of enthusiasm from the influencers they brought over to play test it.

[@Xpancakes11X]

For me, I wanted to upgrade my ps4 to ps5 when it launched but scalpers made it impossible to get and so I waited but felt the availability didn't improve. Then Sony raised the price of the PS5 and that made me stop trying for a PS5. I'll just wait for a PS6. Its probably right around the corner anyway.

[@TetsuNideji]

The double standard censorship, mandated psn for singleplayer games, push for live service and other boneheaded business decisions is what's killing the damn brand. [Edit] The move to California was probably the start of its slow decline. I can't - in good faith - recommend a PlayStation (be it 4 or 5) if they can afford a pc.

[@TRUEMIXEDBLOOD]

Sony hasn't met the value proposition of the PS5.

[@utopua4all]

God, I wish Sony would just make an HD version of Wild Arms 1 & 2. I doubt that will ever happen as there isn't that much money in it but I would take dropping the exclusivity on those games in trade. I don't see the freaking harm in making those game multiplat at this point.

[@LegionzGG]

Sony trying to pad The user base to the investors by making pc players sign up with a psn account.

[@applecrow8]

I have a PSN account already...but I'm not going to use it to play a game on PC.

[@Arcademan09]

Concord looks like absolute trash and I refuse to believe anyone looks at it with genuine excitement

[@davidgarcia8782]

I’ve got so many games in my backlog on Pc that I probably never need to up another game.

[@kaleiohulee6693]

Top down vs bottom up development. Corporations want the biggest projects and always end up having to compromise their way down. Indie side are smaller targeted projects that give themselves room to grow. Helldivers somehow managed to be both. Sony requiring a PSN account has made it real easy to skip all their PC releases for me, which is unfortunate since I was looking forward to Ghosts of Tsushima.

[@smeep2k4]

With how Sony is going, you just know that PSVR2 dongle is going to require a PSN ID. As for the Xbox 360 being a retro console, it was released in 2005. Almost 20 years ago. 20 years seems to be when something can be considered "retro". Not sure I agree with that, but that seems to be the consensus.

[@JohnSmith-bu5zs]

I have a PS5 but I buy "on sale" physical PS4 versions and download the free upgrade if there is one. Digital only... I can wait for the inevitable 90% off sale and still feel I overpaid.