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Bumblebeetuna
Member
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Nah, something tells me this one is far enough along that they'll want to push it out.
But if they learnt anything from the Concord debacle, they would be smart to make it a free to play game.
Schmendrick
Member
Surprised it wasn't just cancelled. That thing looked like concord 2.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Starting a studio from scratch to releasing a game doesn't happen in less than 5 years. This one was always 2026 or later.
Lol at the people who think this is cancelled.
Lol at the people who think this is cancelled.
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MrTroubleMaker
Member
StereoVsn
Gold Member
The smart thing to do would be to immediately write it off.
It’s like when you are at the poker table, money in the pot is no longer yours. Need to know when to hold them and need to know when to fold them.
But Sony is going to blow another couple hundred $mil before finally learning that lesson.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
Also Men_In_Boxes taking Ls left and right
LectureMaster
Member
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Maybe after a whole lot of pistachios?
nial
Member
Farpoint, great game.
Perrott
Member
Death Stranding 2 also was pushed back from 2024 to 2025 a while ago, so going by your logic traditional singleplayer games shouldn't be working out either, right?
coachmcguirk91
Member
Yeah, I don't think the studio began development until 2022. If anything, that trailer in 2023 was as much of an ad to recruit people to join the project than anything
Marathon being pushed 2026 would a much bigger surprise. Especially, if Playstation is reportedly holding a SOP in April to highlight it
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
Wasn't the delay fro DS2 due to the actors strike?
R3TRO
Member
My logic is based on Concord and the other two gaas titles that were cancelled but yeah…
Complistic
Member
It's not going to release
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Hyenas! Which actually lost them more money than the number that was reported publicly.
Delaying this game to 2026 is smart. It gives Sony time to save more money from strong console sales so that they have more money to lose when this launches.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Why are they still pretending this will see the light of day
Just cancel it now and save pointless dev costs and Concord II: Electric Boogaloo
Just cancel it now and save pointless dev costs and Concord II: Electric Boogaloo
Mibu no ookami
Demoted Member® Pro™
That's actually great news.
You have to stop and consider how many moving parts go on here.
I firmly believe that most live service games should have a beta 6 or so months before release. I saw them put out a survey about this game and they're probably retooling a lot of things. Doesn't make sense to show this game too early before it gets a full makeover and should probably consider a rebranding.
The game hasn't been in development that long. The studio was founded in 2001 and Sony bought them in 2023. The game has been in development at most 4 years, a 2026 release isn't a bad thing.
I see think there is potential here if you make it kind of like a AAA PayDay meets Watch Dogs. Maybe throw in some Deus Ex in there too.
You can see that the staff at Haven Studios has really ramped up. Their linkedin employee count is up to 248 people. At least 43 worked at Eidos presumably Eidos-Montreal, and 147 came from ubisoft (again presumably Montreal). They've more than doubled in size in the last two years.
I can totally see what JR and Sony are trying to accomplish with this studio. You look at the games that have been produced by Eidos Montreal and Ubisoft Montreal and there's a lot of pedigree there.
When Ubisoft goes under, there could be a huge opportunity for Haven to become a premier studio by picking up some of the employees.
You have to stop and consider how many moving parts go on here.
I firmly believe that most live service games should have a beta 6 or so months before release. I saw them put out a survey about this game and they're probably retooling a lot of things. Doesn't make sense to show this game too early before it gets a full makeover and should probably consider a rebranding.
The game hasn't been in development that long. The studio was founded in 2001 and Sony bought them in 2023. The game has been in development at most 4 years, a 2026 release isn't a bad thing.
I see think there is potential here if you make it kind of like a AAA PayDay meets Watch Dogs. Maybe throw in some Deus Ex in there too.
You can see that the staff at Haven Studios has really ramped up. Their linkedin employee count is up to 248 people. At least 43 worked at Eidos presumably Eidos-Montreal, and 147 came from ubisoft (again presumably Montreal). They've more than doubled in size in the last two years.
I can totally see what JR and Sony are trying to accomplish with this studio. You look at the games that have been produced by Eidos Montreal and Ubisoft Montreal and there's a lot of pedigree there.
When Ubisoft goes under, there could be a huge opportunity for Haven to become a premier studio by picking up some of the employees.
Joshmyersbv
Member
I mean Concord had a 2 week free trail before release and hardly anyone played it. This game got shit on just as hard and because of that its pretty much DOA.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Considering how little they showed the game, I never thought it'd be a 2025 release anyway.
HoodWinked
Member
Win win.
Delay means they are cancelling it or stripping out all of the woke dogshit.
Delay means they are cancelling it or stripping out all of the woke dogshit.
Kacho
Gold Member
Wouldn't it be smarter for Sony to cancel Fairgames altogether if they think it will lose them money? They're looking at another year of development costs and to what end?
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Ya.
A bunch of Gen Z'ers with guns and tech gear break into mansions to still their money and they get away in a van.
They'll probably change it to robbing drug cartels or terrorists because simply robbing rich people wont cut it these days with republicans winning politics across many countries lately.
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Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
Just cancel all these god awful live service games already
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
The last game I ever want to play on PlayStation is Fairgame$. You can small the millions they’ve already spent on it. Looks like crap imo
fart town usa
Member
They're waiting for the midterms, to see if it should be woke as fu** or not, lol. Two builds are in development.
mayham2199
Member
Couldn’t you also say if they learned anything from hell divers 2 it will be $40?
BigBeauford
Member
That trailer screamed modern audience to the high heavens. Gonna be wild if they learned a lesson.
Angry_Megalodon
Member
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
This.
Lot's of people just aren't sophisticated enough to understand how this all works.
HeisenbergFX4
Member
bitbydeath
Member
Or Jim was and Hermen is now undoing them.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
lol, of course - I’m just clowning around as usual.
There’s no chance this thing has a positive return, but I suspect management on the studios side is in a situation where it looks really bad if they gut literally the entire GaaS strategy, so they’re hanging onto this and Marathon and praying for a miracle.
In a way, it kind of sucks because they have to learn this hard lesson several times over the course of many years.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
2025 just got even better!
ViciousAgenda
Member
Its looks fuckin horrible, cancel it.