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Sony’s first State of Play of 2025 set record of over 2 million concurrent viewers
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Mister Wolf
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The Devil May Cry meets Witchblade game looks good.
Portugeezer
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The Bloodborne thirst was real.
HeisenbergFX4
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The bubbles didn't seem to love what was shown either
James Sawyer Ford
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Good showcase, and those are the highest numbers for a state of play....even beating summer showcase events.
Reality > Bubbles
Reality > Bubbles
Jinzo Prime
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Wow that's great, but did any of them like it? Not a lot of positivity from those re-streamers.
mitch1971
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I think the point is GAF is not the consensus when it comes to the industry.
nial
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Directs were always hated by Nintendo fans and yet kept getting more and more popular. I don't think this will change much.
HeisenbergFX4
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We have a consensus outside of just numbers?
poppabk
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Consensus on watching something?
This whole thread isn't making any sense.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Lots of people watched it, lots of people voted that they didn't like it as a whole.
Those two things don't have to be mutually exclusive.
It'd be like saying Avatar is the greatest cinematic experience ever since the most people paid to watch it.
I collect VHS tapes
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it was high because Sony fans were desperately clinging to hope they might tease Bloodborne
instead they got this:
instead they got this:
HeisenbergFX4
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Engagement is somehow good now
Lots of people watched it, lots of people voted that they didn't like it as a whole.
Those two things don't have to be mutually exclusive.
It'd be like saying Avatar is the greatest cinematic experience ever since the most people paid to watch it.
James Sawyer Ford
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Hey Adam
Can you quantity what you mean by "lots"? Did lots of people also not like the MS direct? Is this based on anything more than a GAF poll?
Which one had a better showcase, objectively?
James Sawyer Ford
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it was high because Sony fans were desperately clinging to hope they might tease Bloodborne
instead they got this:
Yes, let's cherry pick one remaster and ignore the 10+ games they also showcased
We got better than Bloodborne remaster, we got a new game from Housemarque. Hope that helps.
HeisenbergFX4
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Wasn’t just GAF that voted the show poorly btw
I collect VHS tapes
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Isn't GAF one of the largest gaming forums in the world?
Why would you exclude polls from this site? Where else would a poll live outside of a gaming website?
for what it's worth, I saw similar polls outside the site
edit: beaten right above me
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James Sawyer Ford
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Because polls are not indicative of anything. People hyped themselves up to see about 20 different Sony first party studios titles for a feburary state of play. It's just nonsense to expect that. It was a good showcase of games early in the year, nothing more nothing less.
I collect VHS tapes
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You have to have enough insight to see what this looks like from an outside observer, right? you aren't making sense
all the polls show it did poorly, so now you are making a nonsensical statement that polls aren't indicative of anything.
they're literally indicative of what they poll for. that is precisely how polls work.
you can disagree with how people felt, but it doesn't change how they felt
you are basically arguing people are wrong for being disappointed
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
No it's not just based on GAF's poll.
You can use this as reference if it makes it easier to digest. A sample size of nearly 80K people.
But it's just a user poll in the end, no one needs to take these results as a gospel, just like no one needs to do "BuT GaF iS a BuBbLe" commentary like the OP.
Let people vote the way they want, don't let it effect you this much.
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Horseganador
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It is clear that Playstation is the leading brand, regarding the SoP it is the same old loop, they show you more than 40 minutes of good games but the show is "garbage" because they have not shown 4 new AAA first (something that will never happen), in the next SoP the same thing will happen.
TheChadOfGaming
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I collect VHS tapes
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its hilarious when fanboys try to convince others that they are wrong for being disappointed. "YOU ARE HAVING FUN!!!"
you guys have no idea how ridiculous you look
you guys have no idea how ridiculous you look
James Sawyer Ford
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yeah, people are wrong for being disappointed. It's a february state of play. Why are you expecting tons of Sony first party game announcements? This is to showcase all types of games across their partners and third parties, it's not a Playstation Showcase. These States of Play *never* have tons of 1P games announced, let alone one in February. We were lucky to see Saros get a reveal.
No it's not just based on GAF's poll.
You can use this as reference if it makes it easier to digest. A sample size of nearly 80K people.
Cool. So answer my other questions, Adam?
GAF also said MS's showcase was an A - they had Doom, Ninja Gaiden 4, Expedition 33, and South of Midnight
What was the difference between their showcase, which is an A, and Sony's showcase, which allegedly is a D according to nothing but Toxic twitter warriors?
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FIREKNIGHT2029
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Era is a bubble.
This past week has shown us that GAF is extremely out of touch and many of its narratives are completely divorced from reality.
Prior to Sony and MS' financial statements the last week, Sony was on the ropes and was doomed and MS was still hanging in there. The site always gets it wrong with its narratives.
Sony is always doomed here and consoles are dying but reality tells a completely different story.
This past week has shown us that GAF is extremely out of touch and many of its narratives are completely divorced from reality.
Prior to Sony and MS' financial statements the last week, Sony was on the ropes and was doomed and MS was still hanging in there. The site always gets it wrong with its narratives.
Sony is always doomed here and consoles are dying but reality tells a completely different story.
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ReyBrujo
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So, DMCA one Bloodborne fan project before every SoP?
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
You need to take a chill pill
I'm not responsible for, nor am I going to even begin, describing everyone's thought prorcess to you.
There were lots of ardent playstation supporters who gave it a lower grade on GAF's poll, you're essentially calling all of those playstation fans "toxic fanboys" here.
Sgt. Pinback
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You are mentally ill.
James Sawyer Ford
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You need to take a chill pill
I'm not responsible for, nor am I going to even begin, describing everyone's thought prorcess to you.
There were lots of ardent playstation supporters who gave it a lower grade on GAF's poll, you're essentially calling all of those playstation fans "toxic fanboys" here.
The people voting Ds and Fs in the polls are ardent playstation supporters, according to you? Still can't answer my question. Expectations play into polls.
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Klayzer
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Guardian Monkey
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22 million people just read this sentence, your reading here. 3x the amount of you tube average viewers!
I collect VHS tapes
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statistically...yes?The people voting Ds and Fs in the polls are ardent playstation supporters, according to you?
look at the breakdown of how voting went vs PS sales, which is much higher than xbox sales
unless you think playstation owners are refusing to vote for some reason?
I think your repeated inability to understand how polls work is causing a lot of the issues here
XXL
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Around 65% of voters on NeoGAF and Geoff Keighleys poll voted C or above.
Trying to gaslight people with delusions that no one liked it is fucking embarrassing.
I would rate it a C as well. It's was okay, not good, not bad.
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
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XXL
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C or above.
James Sawyer Ford
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I think your inability to understand expectation vs. result is causing the issue here.
A state of play can be "decently good", but if everyone expects every single sony first party studio to announce a new game or show new footage of their games, while also expecting a Bloodborne remaster which is nothing more than a meme at this point, then you can have a result that shows lower grades *despite* the game showcase being quality in aggregate.
Similarly, if nobody expects anything (MS Direct), but gets a surprise like Ninja Gaiden, it can poll highly. And yet The Sony showcase can still show a better lineup of titles. So yes, the polls are largely meaningless.
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Guardian Monkey
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I play the ps5 far far more than any other platform and other than housemarque revealing there was a new game, it was a sleepy show to me.The people voting Ds and Fs in the polls are ardent playstation supporters, according to you?
Sept Terrion Of Nothing
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Watched it to see if there are good games coming to PC. And it seems there are and I've added 4 or 5 of them to my Steam wishlist.
I cannot say it was a waste of time. Actually naysu for me
I cannot say it was a waste of time. Actually naysu for me
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XXL
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Two things can be true.Just like saying that only toxic fanboys would have given it a lower grade is fucking embarrassing.
