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We are all in agreement that Sony is hands down publisher of the year, right? This is their best year ever.
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If Demon Souls is goty in a year when Uncharted 2 dropped then I'd argue 2009 is Sony's best year ever
Yeah, I'd probably go with 2009 as the best year too. Playing Uncharted 2, Batman Arkham Asylum (not Sony, I know) and Demon's Souls back to back in that Autumn was one of my most memorable all time game binges. That was the year that definitely cemented the turnaround on the PS3 and set the stage for where Sony are at now.
Also, although its technically cheating, 2009 was the western release of Patapon 2 as well, which was the best one.
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There really can't be a thread on the gaming side without a mention of Gamepass lol, even when it's completely off topic.
I don't know. Did you comb through every year back to the inception of the PS1 before making this proclamation?
It won the Gamespot 2009 Goty above UC2, AC2, KZ2 etc.
Wow I actually forgot about Killzone 2. Even more of an argument for 2009 being Sony's best year ever.
Nope. Gamepass isn't a publisher. We get it, you like gp, it's a service not a publisher
Yes.
I think of the film model and how it classifies distributors. Netflix, for example, gets to slap Netflix Originals on titles whether they are acquisitions of finished titles or are fully produced by Netflix. This seems more akin to what game platform holders are doing in this day and age than traditional understandings of game publishing. Which company that you are giving your gaming dollars to is doing the most for you overrides whose name is on a retail box in my eyes. Sony is doing this stuff as well, with things like PSN+ titles like Fall Guys, PS Now, or the PSN+ Collection at PS5 launch.
You can celebrate Sony's lineup this year, or whatever, but I think that the thread's premise is sort of outmoded.
This would work if it was like Netflix where they funded the games that are coming there. They are not doing it.
Like seriously, can you claim Yakuza games are published by Microsoft?
It doesn't work like that and Sony having PS Now or PS Plus collection doesn't mean anything for their publisher status.
Netflix originals are exclusive to Netflix. What Gamepass games are exclusive to Gamepass?
That's not how Netflix works, for the record. They fund some things, they buy some rights to catalogue titles, and they acquire some distribution windows on already completed films and shows.
In any case, I don't want to derail the thread any further. Bowing out!
Wrong, so wrong. Nintendo is the best publisher this year between the big 3. Sorry to break yalls little Sony hearts.
Actually most if not all the originals are exclusive to Netflix. GP doesn't do this apart from first party games (and if we had to consider them for the best this year then they are barely as good as Nintendo or Sony's libraries).
Nintendo was pretty good too and it will depend on what you like, it's subjective.
For me it's SEGA. In the West:
Persona 5 Royal
Yakuza Remastered Collection
Sakura Wars
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Quality localisations of stellar games, with amazing turnaround times, especially given Covid.
Add P5 Scramble to that in Japan and you've got quite a year.
Persona 5 Royal
Yakuza Remastered Collection
Sakura Wars
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Quality localisations of stellar games, with amazing turnaround times, especially given Covid.
Add P5 Scramble to that in Japan and you've got quite a year.
Publisher of year: sure.
Their best year? This is not as good as 2013 (insane ps3 last blast output, some really fun and experimental games on vita and mothafuckin Knack on ps4.
Their best year? This is not as good as 2013 (insane ps3 last blast output, some really fun and experimental games on vita and mothafuckin Knack on ps4.
Sega were really good this year.
I decided not to get Like a Dragon cause it changed combat and Persona 5 doubled down on a certain thing I hated but Sakura Wars and 13 Sentinels are amazing. Especially the latter.
Liked their 2018 a lot more, but I'm admittedly feeling that PS4 ennui, and I doubt a PS5 will be available here for longer than a split second until mid '21. As for best publisher of the year, yeah probably, even though I had higher highs with other publishers.
Now that you mention it, yeah, it's been a very strong year for Sony. I absolutely loved TLOU2 (my game of the year), GoT was fun and Dreams is just so damn cool. Miles, Astrobot, Sackboy and Demon's Souls are all games I really want to play. I just need one of those elusive PS5s first.
they can't be until i see at least one of these things drop
R1-3
M.A.G.
Folklore
Warhawk
Asymmetrical RPG
a 2nd party driveclub clone
R1-3
M.A.G.
Folklore
Warhawk
Asymmetrical RPG
a 2nd party driveclub clone
i've only checked 1 year so far. And 2009 had
Uncharted 2
Killzone 2
inFAMOUS
LittleBigPlanet PSP
Demons Souls
Ratchet & Clank Future: Crack in Time
One of the best year EVER for a publisher, yes.
TLOU2, GOT e Demon's Souls are GOTY material and GREAT titles.
Dreams is another game that scored around 90, Miles Morales which is another great game, Astro and Sackboy are two little gems...I mean, this is just a stellar year, both for quantity AND quality.
Also, they did a really good job with exclusive partnership too: Nioh 2, FF7R, Bugsnax, Pathless, so much value for Playstation owners
TLOU2, GOT e Demon's Souls are GOTY material and GREAT titles.
Dreams is another game that scored around 90, Miles Morales which is another great game, Astro and Sackboy are two little gems...I mean, this is just a stellar year, both for quantity AND quality.
Also, they did a really good job with exclusive partnership too: Nioh 2, FF7R, Bugsnax, Pathless, so much value for Playstation owners
Game Pass is a distribution service, not a game publisher. This is like saying movie theatres are the best film companies because they deliver the vast majority of films to consumers. While Netflix has a lot of produced/acquired content, their own content represents a minority of what their service provides.
TLOU2 was just OK. It's 10 hours too long and is paced incredibly poorly. The plot also didn't really do much for me.
I haven't played GoT, DS, or MM, but they do all seem pretty great so I'll give you that.
I haven't played GoT, DS, or MM, but they do all seem pretty great so I'll give you that.
I think when it comes to the sheer mass of quality titles it might be their best Year. 2009 was also pretty good but i didn't have a PS3 at that point.
Though i also only played Last of Us 2 from them so far, even though i wanna get down to basically every Game they published this year (besides Predator) So by the list of Games you can definetly say it might be their best year but not much was able to grab me enough to get it Day 1.
Though i also only played Last of Us 2 from them so far, even though i wanna get down to basically every Game they published this year (besides Predator) So by the list of Games you can definetly say it might be their best year but not much was able to grab me enough to get it Day 1.
Sony remastered the wrong PS3 game for next-gen launch
Exactly. That's the biggest feature of the PS5, Sony games. How could I not buy a PS5 and miss an entire generation of amazing Sony games?
I don't think I would put them as my number one publisher of the year, I think that's going to be Nintendo for me regardless, but I do think Sony are having a great year and it's admirable they haven't held back in seeing off the ps4 or launching the ps5. You can't ask for much more and if they're right in your wheelhouse, I can definitely appreciate them being your pub of the year.
Agreed. They didn't let up even in the last year of the PS4. And unlike the launch of the PS3 and PS4 (to a certain extent), the PS5 has a fantastic line up of games from 1st and 3rd party. PS collection and Bugsnax on PS plus also helps sweeten the deal as well.
It's such a far cry from the PS3's launch where the media hampered hard on Sony's output for the price they were selling it at. They even had someone make a meme about the PS3 having no games to the tune of "How to save a life" by the Fray. And it's much better than the "indiestation 4" as well.
It's such a far cry from the PS3's launch where the media hampered hard on Sony's output for the price they were selling it at. They even had someone make a meme about the PS3 having no games to the tune of "How to save a life" by the Fray. And it's much better than the "indiestation 4" as well.
I actually agree with you. I can say that it's their best year in quantity/quality output. A lot of super high quality games. Not every game was my cup of tea; hell, I will never buy Demon's Soul for instance, but I appreciate it. I know a lot of people will enjoy it, and I am happy for them. Congrats Sony on this amazing output. 2021 seems to be stacking pretty well against this year too. Looking forward to it.
Hard to argue, Sony smashed it this year no question. Next year could be pretty awesome too (as others have said!) Off the top of my head:
Horizon Forbidden West
God of War Ragnarok
Gran Turismo 7
Returnal
Ratchet and Clank
I love the focus on Single Player games too - that's my jam...
Horizon Forbidden West
God of War Ragnarok
Gran Turismo 7
Returnal
Ratchet and Clank
I love the focus on Single Player games too - that's my jam...
You don't mean it's Nintendo's best year, right? Not when 2017 is clearly king, right? I am a huge Nintendo fan and Animal Crossing NH is my most played game ever, but I don't think this year was better than Sony's. Other than AC and Mario 3D all star, I didn't care much for their other games. I will eventually play Pikmin 3, TMS and HWAOC, but really is it better than GoT, TLOU2, SM:MM?