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\n\t\tOnly one of these games was made by a first party developer (Sony)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tOnly one of these games was made by a first party developer (Sony)<\/p>\n
After Sony<\/a> only released one major internally-developed game in 2025, a reader lays out the three most important issues he thinks they need to concentrate on next year.<\/p>\n We\u2019re getting close to Christmas<\/a> and the new year now and things always finish early for gaming. In fact, there\u2019s virtually no major new PlayStation 5<\/a> games out in December at all. Of course, in terms of games Sony themselves made there\u2019s hard any at any time of year. Ghost Of Y\u014dtei<\/a> was the only one that was made by an actual third party developer and while it was great it really wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve come up with some ideas of what I want Sony to do next year but I hope it doesn\u2019t seem as simple as just making more games. It\u2019s about a whole shift in attitude, away from being this silent giant, making as little effort as possible, to the old PlayStation we used to know in previous generations.<\/p>\n Sony is often accused of being arrogant and it\u2019s true that they can come across like that, but they\u2019ve never been lazy before and that is how this generation has come across: lazy and complacent. With Xbox<\/a> journeying through the U-bend at the moment there\u2019s every chance they could get even worse, but I think that would be very dangerous for them.<\/p>\n Sony needs to make more first party games<\/p>\n Okay, I know I said it wasn\u2019t as simple as making more games, but it is part of it. We had one game this year, just one. And it\u2019s been only one or two for years now. No matter how good they are the chances of you not happening to like what they put out, and thereby not getting any Sony first party games at all, is now very high. For example, I don\u2019t care for Wolverine<\/a> as a character so there is very little chance I\u2019m going to buy his game, no matter how good it is.<\/p>\n The importance of making more games is not just because people want more Sony titles but because there needs to be one to ensure as many tastes as possible are satisfied. In the PlayStation 4 era there was a big problem with all their games being third person \u2018sad dad\u2019 games but that\u2019s an even bigger issue now, given there\u2019s so few releases each year.<\/p>\n We need quality and we need variety or otherwise, why even bother with a PlayStation 5? If the only thing stopping you getting a PC is access to exclusives earlier, you need to make those exclusive worth the while.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Don\u2019t shut down Bungie<\/p>\n Let\u2019s face it, Bungie is a dead developer walking. If they don\u2019t get shut down and ripped apart, with developers being sent to all different parts of Sony, I will be shocked. But they shouldn\u2019t be. Sony should shake them up for sure \u2013 change all the management if that\u2019s the problem \u2013 but then they need to give them something new to work on. For my money that should not be Destiny 3 but a new single-player games.<\/p>\n Sony\u2019s live service obsession has been a disaster but if you look at their line-up it does seem as if they\u2019ve realised that now. They\u2019re probably not going to admit it publicly but no new ones are being announced and it seems like a lot have been quietly cancelled. So don\u2019t shut Bungie down just because it didn\u2019t work out, have them make a new single-player game. Whether it\u2019s in the style of Halo or not I don\u2019t care, just don\u2019t let such a long-running developer disappear.<\/p>\n Delay the launch of the PlayStation 6<\/p>\n We\u2019re already getting rumours about the next console<\/a>, including hints from Sony, but I hope they realise just how unwanted the new console is. It\u2019s got two major problems: it\u2019s going to be expensive and it\u2019s not going to be a major step up. I know they need it to boost console sales but that can also happen with price cuts, like we saw last month, and with more killer app games, which takes me back to my first point.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tDon’t miss Gaming news! Add us as a Preferred Source\t\t\t<\/p>\n As a loyal GameCentral reader, we want to make sure you never miss our articles when searching for gaming stories. We have all the latest video games news, reviews, previews, and interviews, with a vibrant community of highly engaged readers.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> and tick\u00a0Metro.co.uk\u00a0to ensure you see stories from us first in Google Search.<\/p>\n \t\t What I would do, if I were them, is concentrate on this idea of the portable PlayStation 5<\/a>. If that\u2019s what they\u2019re really working on, then I would forget the PlayStation 6<\/a> entirely and just focus on that. I\u2019d guess a lot more people are interesting in that anyway, especially as it won\u2019t be as expensive as a PlayStation 6 would be, while also being a way to extend the life of the PlayStation 5 while still seeming like something new.<\/p>\n I have been very interested in hearing about the Nex Playground recently, that new family console that works like the Wii<\/a> and outsold both the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox for a time. I don\u2019t imagine it\u2019s a long term rival but it shows how vulnerable Sony actually is. That was a niche console from a no-name company, imagine what would happen if Amazon or Apple or someone decided they were going to fill the gap in the market left by Xbox.<\/p>\n That may well be good for gamers, especially in terms of ensuring lots of competition, but it sure isn\u2019t for Sony, especially if they still don\u2019t have their eye on the ball until it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n By reader Ashton Marley<\/p>\n \t\t The reader\u2019s features do not necessarily represent the views of GameCentral or Metro.<\/p>\n You can submit your own 500 to 600-word reader feature at any time, which if used will be published in the next appropriate weekend slot. Just contact us at gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a> or use our Submit Stuff page<\/a> and you won\u2019t need to send an email.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"GameCentral](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766280315_744_SEC_278479390-558f.jpg\")
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