Sony just made their corporate report public, and with that, so many ideas came about. The big headline? The company will now sign with a company for “the continuous release of major titles through strong franchises and new IP.” Annual blockbuster games are what they are aiming for. Waiting five years for another God of War release might be so yesterday.
That beautiful news should have PlayStation gamers rejoicing who might have felt the drought for some time. Do you remember 2024? It is being thrown around as the “worst” time for releases. Ouch! But Sony says hey, we hear you, and we are going to fix it.
The report reads pretty much like something someone would say on the corporate level, but for the everyday folks, this means more games, and more often. And not just sequels to stuffs people already knew about but new stuffs to. That new IP. So maybe something along the lines of Horizon Zero Dawn, where something new comes out of nowhere and beats us to hell.
But of course, the internet being what it is, people have OPINIONS. The replies to the original tweet are an infectious concoction of excitement, skepticism, and outright hysteria.
Some were quite eager for the release of Insomniac’s Wolverine game next fiscal year, while GamerUP went on a tirade about how good 2026 will be with Wolverine, a new God of War (maybe Metroidvania style?), a new Marvel fighting game, and all the service stuff like Helldivers 2 DLC. That is quite a list of maybes, but the hype is real.
On the other hand, some were saying: “Wait, Sony needs more frequent releases, but they got to be these massive $300 million tentpole games?” That’s so much pressure. I mean, other publishers do stake claim to the right to release multiple big ones in a year while Sony has been doing like… one. Which, okay, fair point.
Live service is also being debated. One user, Big Box, said that these single-player games are “largely meaningless” for PlayStation’s future and that the real dependency lays on their GAAS (games as a service) titles over the next five years. He called the single-player stuff “vapid, come and go titles.” Damn, dude. That’s a hot take. Not sure I agree, but it’s there.
And then… there’s Ghost of Tsushima 2, except people keep calling it Ghost of Yotei, I suppose? The reactions are… intense. Several replies say “FUCK GHOST OF YOTEI” or “Ghost of Yotei was made in hell.” Wow. What did that game do to you guys? It isn’t even out yet! There are apparently some… feelings… about the direction it might be taking. The internet, man.
A random burst of nostalgia has kicked in. Someone referenced Horizon Forbidden West releasing in 2022 to which someone else responded, “I never forgot that Elden Ring dropped a week after just to crush and overshadow Horizon 😂.” That’s a motherfing core memory for some of these gamers, apparently. The pain is real.
And then, Astro Bot much! Someone agreed Astro Bot was 10/10, which is am most true thing. Then somebody brought up that Sony never believed in that game; they gave it a small budget, and it was only because it was a passion project that we even got it. Think about all the other gems hidden at Sony just waiting for a little love.
So, what does this all mean? Sony is clearly trying to answer the accusation of dry spells of game releases. They are promising a constant pipeline of content. The real question is: can they do that? Making games is hard. Making GREAT games is harder. And making them every year? That is a pretty big ask.
These were stated next to all the big franchises AND fresh IPs. So, there’s probably going to be more Spider-Man, God of War, and The Last of Us… and hopefully lots of crazy new stuff we’ve never seen before. That is the dream, right?
The corporate machinery is starting to whirl. Fiscal year plans are being drawn up. Maybe the developers are even crunching as we speak. So the question is still there: are we going to see a golden era of PlayStation, or a bunch of rushed mediocre chargers? One thing’s for sure: at least they’re going to try. So here we sit, with controllers in hand, awaiting to see what these two cultures can actually put together. Let’s hope it’s more Astro Bot and nothing less than the people imagining for Ghost of Yotei.
