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Pretty tired of the false narrative that Playstation is no longer indie friendly

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Magog

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The PlayStation is a great place for indie games to shine.

The Pathless, Bugsnax, No Man's Sky, TemTem, Fall Guys, The Last Campfire, Pyre and more have all released recently and done well.

The future is even brighter for indies with Kena:Bridge of Spirits, Returnal, Goodbye Volcano Hugh, Jett:The Far Shore, Solar Ash, Oddworld Soulstorm, Stray, Tribes of Midgard, The Little Devil Inside, Where the Heart Is, Marquette, F. I. S. T. Forged In Shadow Torch, Heavenly Bodies, Nour, Recompile and more coming out soon.

Beyond that Playstation Worldwide Studios has several internal teams (Media Molecule, Pixelopus, and Asobi Team) which are run like indies with smaller teams which shows how much Sony still values the unique aspects of indie gaming.
 

Raigor

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Magog said:
Returnal,
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This is not indie

Magog said:
The PlayStation is a great place for indie games to shine.
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Every platform is a good place for indies, but PC and NSW are obviously going to have top priority for a lot of devs.
There's a reason why several of the biggest indie hits this gen were either PC-only or PC/NSW for a brief period of time.
When Sony is actively involved you will see indies on their platform, like Bugsnax, Stary, Kena, Rocket League, Fall Guys...etc...but when they are not? You get cases like Hades and Hollow Knight delaying the console releases for months and other devs prioritizing PC/NSW.
 
Redcrayon

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We don't need reaction threads about cross-thread drama regarding things nobody said.
 
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