*looks at all the exclusive games Microsoft revealed this summer which Era assured me were all moneyhatted timed exclusives*
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I don't understand why Sony didn't allocate at least PS4 devkits. They're owned by SEGA, and Football Manager is a pretty big franchise that Sony has even partnered with in the past for the PS Vita version.
What are they doing over there?
What are they doing over there?
But doesn't this apply to virtually every game planned for release on a PlayStation platform?
EDIT: Double post, sorry!
But it will be on PS5... they just haven't announced the date yet. Heck, Nagoshi was already talking about PS5 development months ago and how he looks forward to improving AI in future games among other things.
Nope, one of the first devs to talk about the PS5 was the creator of the Yakuza games.
PS5 graphics will be "the best that we've yet to see", says Yakuza director
Toshihiro Nagoshi also mentions 'artificial intelligence' multiple times...
www.gamesradar.com
Xbox are making a push to sort of synergise their Xbox and PC market and so it makes perfect sense they want to get as many PC-centric games on to their console as possible. PlayStation just don't really care about PC or that market and are only now really dipping their toe in (and even then reluctantly). It makes sense they'd put their focus and limited resources into other genres.
Given the fuss some people are making though I'm sure we'll see some dev kits make their way down there sooner than later.
Given the fuss some people are making though I'm sure we'll see some dev kits make their way down there sooner than later.
Weird that Sony wouldn't give them PS4 or PS5 dev kits if they asked for them.
Seems like there is more to this or it's just a big oversight by Sony.
Seems like there is more to this or it's just a big oversight by Sony.
No, I don't think so. There are games running on middleware that can graft on a PS build to their pipeline much sooner than that, if not immediately.
I imagine one of the first questions Sony asks is what release window you're targeting. If you approach in a launch year for a new console and are releasing products on other platforms but say to Sony that it'll take 'years' to integrate PS builds, it's probably not putting you on a fast track to priority support.
Should Sony send kits anyway? Sure, if they have the supply and support capacity. But if those are limited and prioritisation has to happen, a non launch year might see a more engaged response.
Now if SI has been asking for a longer period of time, with solid release plans, and hasn't gotten anywhere, that's a different matter. That would be less explicable.
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Wow, thanks for the breakdown. Yea, I have to say, the lack of good tutorials in these types of things always puts me off a little bit, but I can see why people put so much time into these games. Have any sports games ever gotten media influence and interviews, right? Maybe that's the next new frontier in WRPG writing lol.
I read that the game is Play Anywhere, so that will motivate me to buy the game after 6 years
What's even more strange is that Sony Europe were incredibly active about getting Football Manager on Vita - IIRC Sony came to them directly about it, gave loads of help with the port and then even did a console bundle.
Although that was 7 years ago now, so maybe it's all changed and not down to Sony Europe thesedays.
If the games really do sell 2M/year, weird choice not to send a dev kit. I wonder who at sony f'd up.
Then how is Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 coming to PS5 this year?
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2: Ultimate Puzzle Match Announced (PS4/XSX/XB1/Switch December 8, PS5 Holiday 2020, Steam TBA)
https://blog.playstation.com/2020/08/26/puyo-puyo-tetris-2-drops-onto-ps4-december-8-ps5-holiday-2020/
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it also makes no sense for them to ignore them either when the PSP got football manager from launch up til a year after the Vita but then again maybe Sony was funny with them after they kinda dropped the ball on the Vita dropped out of their interest because only 1 game was released on Vita and i assume they just took the devkits back
A game released for PS4 after July has to be BC on PS5, if they don't have PS5 dev kits how would they know if FM21 is running on PS5 without issues?
Having PS4 dev kits is not enough.
That's a bummer they didn't get a dev kit. This is one of those series I'm wishing would find new audiences.
Did you really preorder two consoles? You didn't mention it in the "What's your PS5/XBox Series S|X launch haul?" thread this thursday.
It's the touch version, not the PC version.
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Surely there are hundreds of devs making PS4 games right now that haven't started using the PS5 devkits yet?
Pretty sure all the major devs that released/releasing a game right now have a dev kit.
Indie devs probably don't have them but at the same time, Bugsnax, Kena and Stray devs have the dev kits and they are releasing their games on PS4/PS5.
If Im ever part of corporate at a big corporation Im praying I get fanboys defending my business for free too
Crumbs, I haven't played Football Manager since the ZX Spectrum version in the 80s, which IIRC was almost entirely written in BASIC.
But hang on, someone said the Xbox version is based on the Touch version. Are saves still compatible with the desktop PC version?
Yes, the other day I have only pre-ordered the PS5, but in the meantime I had the possibility to grab a one x on the release day with all access
Different Football Manager series.
Current FM is the old Championship Manager series.
Makes sense at SI's end. Can't make what you don't have a dev kit for.
Seems a bit of an unforced error on Sony's part. Even if it's only a year, allowing Xbox (particularly with the cross-save between Xbox and the Windows store PC version, and probably Game Pass down the line) to potentially lock in folk may bite them. Obviously not gonna cost them the "war" or anything like that, but seems easily avoidable on their part.
Seems a bit of an unforced error on Sony's part. Even if it's only a year, allowing Xbox (particularly with the cross-save between Xbox and the Windows store PC version, and probably Game Pass down the line) to potentially lock in folk may bite them. Obviously not gonna cost them the "war" or anything like that, but seems easily avoidable on their part.
Aight, congrats! Have fun next gen, you're in prime position with your hardware. Happy you could extend your original budget for the first year.
Sony defense force are a different breed. Puts the xbox and nintendo fans to shame in unbridled loyalty.
Thanks ! This is my first launch with buying day one. I was playing on PC, but grab a ps4 pro in the late, I'm very excited to grab my hardware day one on the store :) and I have a entire gen to play since I don't have the one.
I think that also the Xbox version has the touch one as a base
Oh that makes sense. Bloke didn't look like Kevin Toms at all.
Have the graphics improved?
Obviously I don't know all the details but from the outside it really feels like consolidating everything Playstation to California was a mistake. Having Europe and Japan as counterbalances would provide a more global perspective. Right now it's just one group making all the decisions.
Since the OP isn't around I've reported it to be included in the OP.
Likely more to the story. We're only getting the devs side and obviously Sony will never say anything.
No you don't need to know any of that stuff. The game will show you how good players are (with some under the hood hidden stats about their intangibles that good scouting can guess at), the rules for each league with regards to promotion and who is eligible and all the rest of it so you don't need to have any knowledge of the sport.
It's like a paradox game in the sense that it's intimidating for a newcomer because of how in depth you can go but you don't need to come to the game with an in depth knowledge of medieval history.
The game also lets you hand off a lot of responsibility to other staff members so if you don't want to micro manage training, or signing new players and negotiating contracts then you can let your assistant deal with all of that stuff.
I wonder if they asked Sega to step in for them. That'd be really bad if they did and Sony still didn't get them any >_<
