PlayStation 5: Thread 05

[Lebowski]

Games are expensive to make you're looking at a whole studio's salary's for multiple years of production, No other industry makes and breaks themselves project to project like game devs do.

[Neon Ignition]

Like Hollywood seems to be finally being made aware of, dark times are coming unless studios start trying to push AA's more

[Lebowski]

Exactly, Disney's run of flops this year and ballooning costs show that you can't just throw 200-300 million plus at every project and expect it to make a billion.

[nonny]

Games are expensive to make you're looking at a whole studio's salary's for multiple years of production, No other industry makes and breaks themselves project to project like game devs do.

Yeah I appreciate that but I'm surprised that this game especially has hit that cost given its the third game built on those assets.

I'd assumed Sony were playing smart with these remasters and iterative sequels to keep costs down but clearly that isn't the case and none of these titles are even remotely sustainable longer term.

What all the recent change of plans where GaaS are concerned as well, plus Factions being canned where is the profit going to come from longer term?

With budgets like this those profit margins are getting slimmer all the time.

[Neon Ignition]

The leaks continue:


Screens leaked relating to the 2029 PlayStation 5 and likely PlayStation 6 title Ratchet and Clank X

[wakka]

Although it's interesting to see this material I feel bad for the developers to have all this exposed while it's still a work in progress.

There is a really good documentary called Double Fine PsychOdyssey which is a TV series length/quality series of one hour episodes about life at DoubleFine, which gives a real insight to non industry people like me into what working at a games developer is like.

One thing I learned from it, that seems obvious yet I had not considered, is that 'Going public', i.e. announcing a game is in development, is a really big deal that adds a huge amount of pressure to the team.

To have that happen to you on a random Tuesday a few days before Christmas for projects that are in some cases still in early pre-production must be a really, really horrible surprise. Worse, you've now got tons of redditors picking through this stuff and giving their opinions on it, when it was likely intended for only a handful of close team members.

It also potentially creates a situation where you'll have people down the line moaning that 'I thought we were going to have X feature or Y story' when the actual game is revealed, because this stuff is being shown so far ahead of time.

Looking at these mood board slides I feel like I'm looking through someone's private files (because I am). Gives me the ick. Feel bad for the people involved.

[Neon Ignition]

Hopefully, at least in Insomniacs case, things won't get too affected given the level of consistency they have. As much as was leaked, none of it seems high risk projects. I imagine it would be massively unnerving for them if new style IP's or controversial projects were in their line up.

[wakka]

I'm thinking less from a commercial perspective and more from a personal one. Must be really stressful.

[fuse]

Seemingly the data that was taken was broader than just corporate strategy stuff and contained a lot of personal data of employees that's now floating about. Multi-ick.

[Neon Ignition]

Another leaked slide from Insomniac







And yet, still nothing

[Finsbury Girl]

The really sad thing there was no Resistance reboot in the future

Seriously though whoever did this is absolute scum and I feel for everyone at Insomniac and Sony.

[nonny]

The really sad thing there was no Resistance reboot in the future

Seriously though whoever did this is absolute scum and I feel for everyone at Insomniac and Sony.

I mean let's be fair, there's an absolute tonne of franchises left on the shelf Sony could reboot really well right now but they seem to have narrowed themselves down to what they've become renowned for...

Looking at the Wolverine footage doing the rounds you could argue it doesn't look a million miles away from Spiderman. I'm sure it'll be a huge commercial success but it doesn't make the output very diverse.

I'd love a Resistance VR title... bring back Drive Club. Maybe some more Ape Escape or a full on GaaS Syphon Filter reboot platform.

But no, insomniac is basically Marvel & Ratchet now...

[nonny]

Looks like some morons are actually downloading, patching and installing the Wolverine code.

That unofficially makes it the first straight to PC playstation title. What a horrible state of affairs.

[Neon Ignition]

Bad though it is, I think I'm right in thinking its a series of short sections that are playable rather than the whole game which is a mercy. The vids I've seen so far look like a whole game based around the Spider-Man combat model which is kinda meh but with 3 years still in the can...

[Tobal]

Wolverine rated teen... no thanks, looks every bit as bland i as i expected it to, doesn't have single thing on the 360 game.