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[SlimySnake]

Much was made about Sony's lack of first party releases in 2024 before the start of the year but Sony has turned to several third party developers to fill in the gap and they all seem to have mostly delivered.

Helldivers - Once in a generation viral hit.
FF7 Rebirth - 93 Metacritic
Rise of Ronin - 76 Metacritic - But much better received by players. 8.6 user metacritic compared to 6.3 for Dragons Dogma 2.
Stellar Blade - 83 Metacritic

And we are only 4 months in. I'd say they are quietly having a great year but helldivers and Stellar blade have made such a splash (for different reasons) that its hardly been quiet. Astrobot or some other first party game in the fall and they should have 5 fairly decent reviewed games for the year. Not bad.

As a fan of Sony first party games though, none of these games appeal to me. Well, aside from Rebirth which I bought day one, but couldnt hold my attention like Sony games do. However, credit where credit is due and Sony seems to have recognized that they needed games this year and games that diverge from their western portfolio. I honestly think they get a B for effort and recognizing their weaknesses. Ive given Jimbo a lot of shit over the years, but Jimbo did alright.

What say you Sony gaf?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Give me my Gravity Rush 2 remastered

 

[tmlDan]

Loved every single game so far, preordered Stellar Blade, platinumed Rise of the Ronin, finished Rebirth, still play HD2.

Stellar year, period.

 

[Duchess]

I bought into the PlayStation brand back in 1998. As of 2024, I'm still quite certain I backed the right horse.

 

[killatopak]

Everybody eating good. Everybody.

Some more than others at this time but I don’t think anyone is dissatisfied over games releases right now.

 

[Aion002]

Awesome year.

Helldivers 2 and FFVII Rebirth are amazing, Rise of The Ronin is cool and I am hyped for Stellar Blade.

 

[Brock2621]

Rebirth was worth an A alone. Did 120 hours on my first play through and cannot believe they pulled that off. Unbelievable.

 

[Topher]

Overall, PlayStation definitely gets an A for some great games.

just wish PlayStation first party studios were pulling their weight

 

[ssringo]

Everybody eating good. Everybody

I'll concur with this. Most of their offerings don't do it for me but Stellar Blade is 100% my jam and will dominate my playtime for at least a few weeks.

 

[tommib]

It’s been great.

Ronin was excellent to the point I got the platinum. The FF16 DLC had some of the best graphics I’ve seen on the console. GT7 continues to deliver with updates. Helldivers 2 was spectacular and fresh for the 60 hours I put in it.

Waiting for Stellar Blade to unlock. Have no interest on Rebirth.

 

[LordCBH]

This year has been kick ass. It feels like something new and fun is out every week, and exclusive titles have been a decent chunk of that.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Helldivers 2 saved it for me. I will get FF7 Rebirth and Steller Blade at some point. I'd give it a B so far.

 

[kiphalfton]

Give me my Gravity Rush 2 remastered

Should just do both games.

 

[Rheon]

Stellar Blade was a welcome surprise for me, played the demo not expecting much and was very impressed afterwards.

Will be buying the full game at some point.

 

[Bernardougf]

Second Party B
First Party crickets

General output C

 

[REDRZA MWS]

Where the fuck is SOCOM?

 

[Zheph]

Just Rebirth would have made it a big A for me so with everything else... S tier year

 

[10v12]

Much, MUCH better than expected TBH. I don't see how it's not A, even if I didn't enjoy Rebirth as much as everyone else.

Rest of the year is looking bare, but definitely going to go down as a good year

 

[MDSLKTR]

We eating good.

 

[FoxMcChief]

It’s been good.

 

[analog_future]

Playstation is having a stellar year so far

 

[Bond007]

I think its been great.
They have leveraged partnerships knowing very well that some of their bigger games are still in the oven. So now we get new stuff that will become the "big stuff" of tomorrow.
Too much has been made of lack of First Party games this year when we have stuff like Helldivers, Stellar Blade, Ronin etc. and its only April.

 

[Schmendrick]

General output gets a C-D from me. Besides HD2 nothing I´m interested in so far.
Well, maybe Stellar Blade turns out to be more than just a DMC variant.

 

[Klayzer]

GranBlue Fantasy as well.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I already got enough to last me the rest of the year. Anything else is just gravy.

 

[Diddy X]

I give it a solid F

U mad?

 

[Dorfdad]

Rebirth was worth an A alone. Did 120 hours on my first play through and cannot believe they pulled that off. Unbelievable.

man I need to play the first one now...

 

[yazenov]

 

[yazenov]

Too many games and too little time. A great problem to have.

A+

 

[Klayzer]

I think its been great.
They have leveraged partnerships knowing very well that some of their bigger games are still in the oven. So now we get new stuff that will become the "big stuff" of tomorrow.
Too much has been made of lack of First Party games this year when we have stuff like Helldivers, Stellar Blade, Ronin etc. and its only April.

One could say, "Its been a Stellar year"..... I will see myself out now.

 

[Mr Hyde]

As long as Sony is giving me great games I don't care if they are first, second or third party. I have bought Rebirth but haven't played it and I got Stellar Blade on the way. Rise of the Ronin looks dope but I'll get it at sale and when it's a bit quieter with game releases. I don't have the time to play all of these games anyway. But I rate them a solid B. Sony does put in the effort making the PS5 an attractive console to own.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Granblue Fantasy Relink is another PlayStation & PC only title. Overall very pleased with the games released so far this year.

 

[Woopah]

Really strong few months, with lots of multiplats and some well reviewed exclusives. Rest of the year isn't looking as strong currently.

 

[mejin]

Really satisfied. I have games for the whole year by now.

 

[Dr.brain64]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

It's ok.
Helldivers 2 being the best of the bunch.

Rise of ronin left a bad taste in my mouth.

 

[Fbh]

I think more than anything, this year has highlighted how I care more about these third/second party exclusives than what the actual first party Sony studios are making

 

[NahaNago]

It's a weird year. Like they have several great games released this year but at the same time it seems like a quiet year.

I'm thinking the issue is that we don't really have much of a hype cycle happening. Helldivers wasn't originally suppose to be this big thing. Stellar Blade has more drama than hype surrounding the game. The Ronin is just a solid game and FF7 is a combination of the game takes a while to beat and the last game didn't really create hype for the continuation. Even the Granblue game came and went.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Helldivers - Once in a generation viral hit.

 

[Rat Rage]

Soon they will be the #1, just believe!

 

[Rockman33]

I bought a PS5 for their big first party story driven games. So far none have been released or plan to be this year.

Only game I did buy was HD2 for PC. I had a great time with it for a couple weeks. For me personally it got stale relatively quickly.

C

 

[Heisenberg007]

Absolutely! Another amazing start of the year for PS5 players.

 

[rhodesianshepard]

Rise of the Ronin is my favorite game released since GOWR. 8.6 user metacritic is on point.

Concord and a new Astrobot should fill out the year nicely

 

[SlimySnake]

Rise of the Ronin is my favorite game released since GOWR. 8.6 user metacritic is on point.

Concord and a new Astrobot should fill out the year nicely

Shouldve bought that instead of dragons dogma 2.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Amazing year. FF7 Rebirth alone is

 

[SlimySnake]

They bought and locked up 3 huge games. I think how you frame that depends entirely on your perspective. I think if MS did it, we'd hear nothing but how they deserve zero credit for it in any way, and Phil Spender is a joke who can't make anything on his own. But Sony does it and you see that people are okay giving them lots of credit. We know Stella Blade was announced previously multiplat and then changed, which is unprecedented. The anger around that would be catastrophic if it happened from MS. We know most of these would likely be on PC at the very least, but they're not yet.

Helldivers they get all the credit. They funded it for 10 years of development.

Either way, PS gamers have every reason to be happy. And PS has a long history of megaton 3rd party exclusives since the PS1. But the difference in narrative is so stark, especially when their 1st party is a question mark for 2024.

thats fair, but i think rise of ronin and FF7 had sony investments much like titanfall on the xbox one. without that cash, those games dont happen.

Stellar Blade wouldve happened regardless but who knows if it releases in a polished state without sonys involvement.

 

[crackajack]

Helldivers is practically first party, and its success does only surprise me in its extent but the predessecor was already fine af and like Magicka or Fat Princess deserved more love back then already.
The other games are not really my cup of tea entirely, good enough to be played, via Plus, some day, but nothing I will ever buy myself.
I also enjoyed Foamstars more than most I guess. It's chaotic but also sorta solid fun for some hours, and with some better art style and game designer could be turned into a nice actually quite unique shooter. As is, it is a mediocre game though.

Actual first party this year is rather dire nevertheless. They are kinda lucky that their third party gap fillers did not turn out like Forspoken or Deathloop and Ghostwire, probably much smaller successes than hoped, with Helldivers quite the opposite. But their whole near future plans are non public so far (it always feels like I should get excited about the one or two games we know are coming, but nothing beyond that is told) and the push for GaaS seem to have bound a lot a manpower moving ever longer dev times even more back.

The output in general seems fine, but the whole gen seems to be without hype, it just exists, with good games dropping every few months and marketing informs me timely, but there is just a weird feeling of not eagerly awaiting anything because trailers and state of plays are just not show enough to hype me up for an entire year like E3 stuff and proper showcases did.

 

[Punished Miku]

thats fair, but i think rise of ronin and FF7 had sony investments much like titanfall on the xbox one. without that cash, those games dont happen.

Stellar Blade wouldve happened regardless but who knows if it releases in a polished state without sonys involvement.

I know thats been said a lot but I think its pretty minimal. Wo Long still happened. Final Fantasy comes out polished with or without exclusivity. But who knows.

 

[Radical_3d]

The Sony I loved is dead and buried so a year with cinematic god of war and open world guerrilla game says nothing to me. A year with HD2 and FFVII? Aye, I could do that. Can’t rate it in April without knowing what is coming this holidays, tho.