![]() ![]() ![]() The fact that Fantavision 202X, the sequel to a first-party PS2 launch title, was released for PSVR2 without PlayStation publishing it (or advertising it much at all alongside Horizon: Call of the Mountain) shows its lack of commitment to the kind of diverse games that made its previous consoles unique. Astro’s Playroom being packed in with the PS5 gave some hope, but we’ve seen little in that same vein over the past few years. Looking forward, PlayStation has shown no indication of serving up these weirder titles in a major way. Those series aren’t new, but they used to stand alongside the off-beat and charming characters instead of alone. ![]() Moves like closing down Japan Studio, Insomniac committing to more Marvel games, and hiring Sumo Digital to make Sackboy: A Big Adventure rather than developing it in-house were all signs of the change, alongside doubling down on larger budgets and multi-media expansions for their more “prestige” franchises like God of War. There isn’t a firm moment at which PlayStation shifted its focus primarily on its cinematic blockbusters it was a slow transition. Somewhere around the halfway point of the PS4 generation, though, titles like that started to become more scarce. Moving into the PS4 generation, we were still getting these heartfelt and charming games in the form of Gravity Rush and its sequel, Tearaway, and Concrete Genie. Ratchet and Clank, Sly Cooper, and Jak and Daxter are cited as some of the best games of the PS2 generation, and one-off games like Fantavision helped keep the console’s library eclectic. Prior to that, first-party Sony exclusives tended to be more varied or experimental. That change would only come during the PS3 generation with the success of series like Uncharted. The PlayStation brand didn’t always use to be synonymous with big-budget, third-person, single-player narrative adventure games. PlayStation Showcase 2023: how to watch and what to expectįinal Fantasy XVI’s first 3 hours play like a high fantasy Last of Us PlayStation gets into the streaming handheld game with Project Q ![]()
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