Is This the Worst Year for Xbox and PlayStation? A Deep Dive into Game Release Disappointments and Industry Decisions

Microsoft has actually given up on preparing quality productions to promote Xbox Game Pass. The giant from Redmond lives indeed thanks to the subscription, which many people use. Sell ​​Xbox Series

On the other side of the barrier, we have Sony, which is testing our patience by not including a built-in driver in the first edition of PS5 Pro, and in addition setting the price of the device at more than PLN 3,000. What is funny is that the hardware is not inspired by new games from big studios like Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games or Santa Monica, but by remakes or remakes of hits from several years ago. It couldn’t be worse, right?

PlayStation Studios has been inactive for several months

We’ve been hearing that Xbox has no games for a long time. To some extent, I do not agree with this statement, because Xbox itself has a lot of these titles, but in terms of quality they are not exactly at the level of single-player games from PlayStation Studios. Maybe this will change thanks to Indiana Jones, Avowed or new Gears, but I have already given up hype and will wait until I get these titles in my hands to give my verdict on the format of Xbox Games Studios.

However, the phrase “PlayStation doesn’t have games” has a new meaning today, because… the only high-budget Sony projects that have been announced and have yet to receive major showings are Marathon, Fairgame$ and Marvel’s Wolverine. In addition, The Last of Us 3, Horizon 3, Ghost of Tsushima 2, a new IP from the creators of God of War and the remake of Demon’s Souls are scheduled to be released on the market, but it this seems to be the tune of the future in most cases.

PlayStation, which wants some premieres in the coming months, is grasping at straws. We get a remake of Until Dawn (this game on PS4 still looks great), Horizon in a LEGO world (with 6-8 hours of gameplay), and also a remaster of Horizon Zero Dawn and Days Gone, if inside reports are anything to go by. to believe I don’t know if I should laugh or cry, because let me remind you that both of these titles received patches allowing PlayStation 5 owners to play at 60 frames per second. So what exactly is this remaster supposed to be? Increasing the resolution, adding some graphic effects and selling the same thing for PLN 200?

What exactly is the Days Gone remaster supposed to be?

In the case of Horizon, I still understand Sony’s reasons – the great end of Aloy’s events is coming, the series is going to be a trilogy like Max Payne, Batman Arkham, or Mass Effect. In addition, in May 2022, it was confirmed that the brand will receive a series from Netflix. But Days Away? IP killed by Sony because “average rating among critics was too low” on Metacritic? It is difficult to gauge whether this is a ground test before he gives the green light to prepare for the continuation of the community of Deacon St.’s story. John, or simply filling the first calendar with a production that so many audiences loved.

It all just looks very bad. If Sony does not come out with a PlayStation Showcase or State of Play this year, which will focus not on PS VR2 crap or indie projects, but on games prepared by the PlayStation Studios initiative, the company will lose a lot in my eyes. In my opinion, this was the worst time for PlayStation in many, many years.