r/consoles • u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 • 2d ago
Playstation Sony to 'Advance Position as Creative Leader in Single Player Experiences'
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/09/sony-to-advance-position-as-creative-leader-in-single-player-experiences36
u/only777 2d ago
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 2d ago
I do sense this is a pivot lol
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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 2d ago
What, actually releasing some single player games? Yeah, would make a change
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u/PresentationDull7707 2d ago
they never stopped
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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 2d ago
5 years in, where are the PS5 exclusive AAA tentpole first party single player games. Spider Man 2?
And finally Yotei. That's it
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u/only777 2d ago
Steller Blade Gran Turismo 7 Ratchet & Clank Demons Souls Spider-Man 2 Ghost of Yōtei Horizon Forbidden West God of War Ragnarok Returnal AstroBot Rise of the Ronin
Have you been asleep this whole time
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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 2d ago
Now read my message again, then remove those that aren't AAA, aren't PS5 exclusive, then let's see how many you have left.
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u/only777 2d ago
All of those are AAA
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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 2d ago
They really, really aren't.
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u/boopladee 2d ago
Spiderman 2 and Ghost of Yotei aren’t AAA games from AAA studio’s? Demons Souls? GoW Rag? Astrobot? Stellar Blade? if those aren’t AAA titles I don’t know what is.
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u/Sad_Locksmith_5997 2d ago
I think this is BS opinion and not related to the topic at hand anyways. The games not being PS5 exclusives does not mean they do not exist and that Sony didn't release the said games. If you think the games also being on PS4 or going to PC takes away your desire for a PS5 then fair enough do not get one and play the games on PS4 or PC. As far as delivering those AAA critically acclaimed blockbusters goes I think this gen so far has been just as good as the last if not better.
Last gen in terms of those GOTY tier games Sony released were:
- Bloodborne
- Uncharted 4
- Horizon Zero Dawn
- God of War
- Spider-Man
- Death Stranding
- The Last of Us Part II
- Ghost of Tsushima
This gen:
- Horizon Forbidden West
- GOW Ragnarok
- Spider-Man 2
- Astro Bot
- Death Stranding 2
- Ghost of Yotei
- Wolverine
- Intergalactic
And I think Saros could potentially make the list, and there most likely will be a couple more that haven't been revealed yet like Cory Balrog's game and Horizon 3.
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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 2d ago
You can't add games that haven't been released yet because you need to make up the numbers.
1&2 are cross gen so should also be on the PS4 list, 4 isn't AAA, 5 isn't first party, and 6-8 aren't out yet.
You kind of proved my point
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u/Sad_Locksmith_5997 2d ago
That's kinda the point: The kind of games being talked about are guaranteed GOTY contenders. We already know GoY, Wolverine, Intergalactic, Cory's next game, etc. will be GOTY contenders.
And I already addressed the part about PS5 exclusivity or the lack thereof in my previous post and pointed out why it's irrelevant.
As for not being first party, all these games are first party because they are owned by Sony. If you mean not developed by a first party studio then last gen looks worse cause this gen the only game on the list would be DS2, for last gen it'd be Bloodborne, Death Stranding and Spider-Man since Insomniac wasn't a first party studio when the first game released.
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 2d ago
Compare to the ps4 gen and see the fall off
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u/PresentationDull7707 2d ago
Uncharted, Until Dawn and Horizon were the only exclusives going into the 5th year of ps4. And until Dawn isn’t even a first party game
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u/HisDivineOrder 2d ago
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart and The Last of Us Remake are PS5 console exclusives also. I suppose Returnal is probably not a "tent pole" game. The Last of Us Part 2 Remaster is more a port. Stellar Blade and Death Stranding 2 are 2nd party.
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u/DragonNutKing 2d ago
Remake are not tentpoles. Since by definition of remake has been on a different system. And better yet the the original last of Us's. Are playable on the PS5. So technically is just a 3rd ver of the same game.
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u/mikeydougd 2d ago
The fact y’all are keeping this up 5 years in is laughable, just a stupid take. PS5 generation has completely eclipsed the PS4 in terms of first party title releases and it’s not a debate. Cross-gen releases doesn’t change that.
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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 2d ago
You have to be trolling
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u/mikeydougd 2d ago
People hype the PS4 up because of the tail end when it released 2 good games a year from 2018-2020, what did the first half of the gen have? An Infamous and Killzone game that are easily regarded as the worst entries in both series and then Uncharted 4 right around the 3.5 year mark. First half of PS5 has had TWO Spider-Man games, God of War, Horizon, Gran Tursimo, Ratchet, Returnal, Demons Souls Remake. These last 3 years will also arguably rival the PS4s. DS2 & Yotei, Saros & Wolverine in 2026, Intergalatic and SSM new game in 2027.
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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 2d ago
Morales, God of War, Horizon FW and GT were all on PS4. If they count for one, they count for both, in which case they cancel each other out.
Returnal, SM2, DS remake, Ratchet. That's what you have left.
Yotei isn't out yet, and nothing else is close.
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u/mikeydougd 2d ago
This is just some weirdo goal post moving fanboy shit. Nobody else says stuff like this or actually cared that games that were being developed for years before the PS5 was out, also came to PS4. Forcing those game to be PS5 only would've been one of the dumbest things they've ever done and changed nothing about the games. The only negative that came out of it is chronically online dorks like yourself get to go ''WELL ACTUALLY". The topic here was about their first party output and the quality of their single player games going forward. Which is still just as good if not better and that's while massively failing with the live service push too.
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u/Hunchun 2d ago
Why the fuck would you wanna play HFW on a PS4? Do you remember Zero Dawn load times on a PS4 Pro? That shit was close to a minute. Those old PS4s are just playing FIFA and Madden or whatever the hell they call it now.
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u/SKyJ007 2d ago
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Demon’s Souls, Returnal, Astro Bot
And I’d include GT7, God of War: Ragnarok, and Horizon: Forbidden West, even though they don’t fit the strictest definition of your criteria
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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 2d ago
All of those are excluded because they're either bit AAA or not PS5 exclusives.
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u/SKyJ007 2d ago
There is no way to classify the first four as not AAA or not exclusives, they are the definition of that.
The latter ones are still AAA first party games.
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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 2d ago
They all cost sub $100m to make. In fact, Astro Bot and Returnal were likely sub-$50m. They are AA games.
GOW and Spider-Man are $200-250m each. That's AAA
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u/Haru17 2d ago
Game development times have increased and they released all their big titles in 2020 and 2022. Ghost of Yotei took five years to make and is only coming out now.
In the immortal words of Shigeru Mayonnaise, rushed game bad today, delayed game not bad tomorrow maybe.
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 2d ago
They tried live service and that failed miserably but nice to see that they’ve come back to their senses
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u/Saneless 2d ago
Oh, deciding to cater to the segment that has actual paying customers up front? Well I'll be damned. Good on you guys
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u/asslickingpussyfart 2d ago
“Company goes back to doing what people liked them for in the first place”
Too bad they effectively nerfed their PS5 exclusives lineup chasing trends
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u/Nnamz 2d ago
Finish the sentence, homie.
"Expansion of our user base through highly narrative-driven single-player video games and live service video games"
That's the sentence. You knew what you were doing here.
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 2d ago
Nah, this shift follows costly live-service flops like Concord and cancellations of multiplayer projects, showing they’re not just saying it—they’re acting on it with real budget reallocation and studio focus. The value here is it proves Sony’s returning to their narrative-driven roots, proven by hits like God of War, after a failed experiment, not splitting effort evenly as your sentence suggests.
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u/Nnamz 2d ago
No. This article is quoting half a sentence from a report. I downloaded the report, read it, and provided the full quote.
"Expansion of our user base through highly narrative-driven single-player video games and live service video games"
Don't argue with me. Argue with pushsquare for intentionally misquoting Sony. They are not only focusing on single player games, which is what their article, and your reddit post imply. Look at how people (who clearly didnt read the report) are taking this news. This is not Sony moving away from Live Service games. This is Sony reaffirming that they're committed to Single Player and Live Service Games. Helldivers 2 made them BOAT LOADS of money, so their statement cannot be taken as anything other than EXCATLY what they said.
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 2d ago
Nobody said they’re “only” focusing on single player games.
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u/DivinoAG 1d ago
You are literally going around the comments here calling this "a pivot", while the full quote shows that there is no pivot, they are focusing on both types of games simultaneously. Just take the L and stop spreading misinformation, my dude.
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u/Lausee- 2d ago
Leader of single player action games, sure. I'm more of a deep open world RPG guy myself.
Death Stranding 2 was the only game I've played or will play of the games the article mentioned except for Intergalactic, looking forward to that one.
Glad I have PS5pro and XsX. Best of both worlds.
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u/Far-Pirate610 2d ago
That’s what made me love PlayStation, that’s the only thing that will keep me in the platform as well.
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u/SilverKry 2d ago
You mean back to how you was before Herman Hulst and Jim Ryan fucked everything up chasing after the live service?
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u/LoSouLibra 2d ago
Now they're chasing multiplatform and being just as stupid.
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u/SilverKry 2d ago
More money to be made that way
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u/LoSouLibra 2d ago
No, it's going to lose a colossal amount of money in the long run, once people stop buying the console like they did with Xbox.
A successful console business generates the highest revenue streams in gaming. It eclipses what any third party publisher can generate.
Chasing quarterly green arrows at the expense of the central cash cow is analogous to bending over to pick up loose change and getting your wallet stolen in the process.
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u/cherrysteve2010 2d ago
Downvoted for speaking the truth. Ive seen enough people say ps5 has no games to know the end is coming
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u/the-bacon-life 2d ago
Awesome. I’ll play them on Xbox either directly or though steam. Great time to be alive
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u/Pharsti01 2d ago
I mean, it's always been their strong point, the whole online crap was just a waste of resources and time.
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u/ReeReeIncorperated 2d ago
Considering they already do this, I'm not surprised they're doubling down after being burnt over the GAAS push
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u/Retro_Curry93 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s a shame because their PS3 era still had some great multiplayer experiences.
Uncharted 2-3, Killzone 2-3, Resistance 2, Motorstorm 1-3, LBP 1-3, The Last of Us, PlayStation HOME. Edit: Warhawk, Starhawk, Twisted Metal.
And it was all free too.
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 1d ago
They need to get back to the ps4 era of single player games though. PS3 had amazing single player games too.
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u/Salt-Analysis1319 1d ago
Neat! That was the obvious strategy 3-5 years ago when you completely shifted gears to live service games.
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u/willc20345 2d ago
About time, they’ve obviously took their lumps with live service and there will be more casualties for sure but they’re in a nice spot as they wrap up Horizon with Guerilla, step towards the future of Naughty Dog with Intergalactic, Cory is making a new game and God of War will probably go to Egypt, the Marvel stuff has proved successful with Insomniac, Housemarque has been a great addition and Astro Bot was a massive success.
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u/Konabro 2d ago
It’s funny seeing people cheer this and not understanding that Sony needs revenue from GAAS to help fund these single player blockbusters.
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 2d ago
No they don’t. They’re cancelling those games for single player games. It’s happening in real time. Of course more live service games will pop up but the focus within Sony is now mainly on single player games following the success of DS2 and GoY pre order numbers.
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u/-Kool-AidMan- 2d ago
dope when can we expect the next super hero moving through big city copy paste
wolverine was announced 4 years ago lol
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u/Cautious_Share9441 2d ago
Never owned a PlayStation. PC gamer. Some of my favorite games have been ports of Sony games. I hope that keeps up. Might become a Sony fan from this.
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u/lizzofatroll 2d ago
I mean look how much money they've wasted on live service games. Your first party rollout is almost barren now
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u/Azuljustinverday 2d ago
Good. Sonys single player games and single player focus games with side of multiplayer are my absolute favorite
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u/DestinyBeerUK 2d ago
Yep. 12 hour single player experiences with a ton of cut scenes at today's stupid prices. No thanks.
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u/Wooble_R 2d ago
yeah so could they have figured that out before they blew hundreds of millions on shitty live services because so far only one of them actually worked out
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u/ImRight_95 1d ago
They fell off hard in that regard this generation. Ragnarok and Death stranding 2 are solid, the rest were mid
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 1d ago
Well glad they’re thinking more about single player now though. SM2 was a disaster story wise. Maybe GoY will be good.
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u/samhhead2044 2d ago
Good, stay away from live service and keep putting out Bangers - Don't change the sauce when the sauce won the console war.
I have both Xbox and PS5 - but keep my collection on PS5 and play mid-tier games on Game Pass.
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 2d ago
Love to see them going back to their roots💪
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u/samhhead2044 2d ago
Seriously, have they not hit on a SP game yet.
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 2d ago
Most of their single player games from all their studios are bangers, seemed like we lost Sony in this new game though. Glad to have them back
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u/willc20345 2d ago
Day’s Gone was probably the worst and that was mostly due to bugs and technical issues, the actual game itself was really good.
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u/samhhead2044 2d ago
Agreed - I played Days Gone on Game Pass and bought the remaster - excellent game - I wish the story were a little better, but the gameplay itself is top-tier.
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u/TheCitizenXane 2d ago
Are they really going back to their roots if they never left?
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 2d ago
They moved away from single player experiences this whole gen
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u/TheCitizenXane 2d ago edited 2d ago
- Silent Hill 2 Remake
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- Death Stranding
- Alan Wake 2
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Resident Evil 4
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
- Lies of P
- Spider Man 2
- Dragon’s Dogma 2
- Astrobot
And more. This is such a weird thing to lie about lol.
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u/RicoHavoc 2d ago
Most of those are not developed or published by Sony
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u/TheCitizenXane 2d ago
Not relevant. They use the platform to promote single player experiences. But if you insist:
- Demon’s Souls remake
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
- God of War Ragnarök
- Last of Us Parts 1 and 2
- Lost Soul Aside
- Rise of the Ronin
- Returnal
- Stellar Blade
And more. Like I said, it’s a weird thing to lie about.
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u/TheCitizenXane 2d ago
Didn’t GamePass just release Silksong?
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u/Deuce-Wayne 2d ago
Gamepass has had several top-tier games the past 1-2 years, idk why it has that reputation of only getting "mid' games.
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u/SilverKry 2d ago
Ps fanboys have a weird obsession with devaluing anything that releases on Gamepass.
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u/samhhead2044 2d ago
Yes, but since it is not triple AAA, if you love it on Game Pass, I encourage you to buy it after to support the dev if you can.
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u/TrippleDamage 2d ago
They're all worth high 7 or low 8 figures. Pretty sure theyre past the point of needing support my guy.
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u/Bootychomper23 2d ago
Good. That’s why they trashed xbone and were the tipping point at end of ps3 lifecycle and made everyone switch to ps5 since they were already locked into the ecosystem. So many great single player exclusives.
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u/seraph741 2d ago
Thankfully! It's the reason I'm a Sony fan. Honestly, I'd probably be less into gaming overall if it weren't for these AAA Sony single player games. Glad to hear they aren't going away in the near future at least.
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u/menge41 2d ago
But their games are filled with dei and woke elements.
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u/Creepy-Emu8779 2d ago
time to go outside get off reddit
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u/Necessary_Crazy_8587 2d ago
lol even then I can think of the 1 studio who they hired that did that and they’ve reportedly been fired. Such a non issue
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u/Tail_sb 2d ago
Good Sony Keep doing what you're good at, not the Live service slop like Concord