It seems that 2024 is going to be a quiet year for PlayStation when it comes to first party releases, since, through a financial results call, the brand has confirmed that they will not release any new major franchise games during the next year fiscal, which would take us until no less than March 2025. So, what do we have left?
No known games until next year
Sony's chief financial officer, Hiroki Totoki, has been especially clear about this. Through the classic call with earnings reports for the third fiscal quarter of 2023, he has confirmed that the giant will continue working on producing high-quality work, and although it is currently working on important projects, he has stressed that They have no plans to release any new titles in their franchises in the next fiscal year, that is, what covers from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025.
This means that Sony fans have to get used to the idea that there will not be any games related to God of War, Spider-Man, The Last of Us, Horizon or any other renowned game, however, that does not mean that during this entire period new titles do appear that set a precedent with a new IP. That is, they would not be considered a “major franchise” because it simply did not exist before, so we could imagine that a game like Wolverine (Wolverine) if he appeared as a surprise.
An excellent catalog with many third-party games
Looking back we can see how many of the great games that have increased the PlayStation catalog were games with temporary exclusives or third party games, so perhaps the news of not receiving exclusives in a long time is not extremely dramatic either.
You just have to take a look at titles like helldivers 2, which is currently breaking all records, or highly anticipated titles like Stellar Blade, Ronin o Final Fantasy Rebirth, which are also exclusive for PS5, but from third-party companies and not from Sony studios.
To all this, we should add the supposed rumors of the arrival of Microsoft games on PS5, which would continue to add more coal to the boiler, while Sony studios would gain more extra time to develop more calmly and gain quality. Is it the perfect move? In a year we will see the results.
A cycle at its equator
The call has also served to find out the current status of Ps5 in general, since the company recalled the 5 years of life that it will complete this year, which can be considered already halfway through a supposed hardware life cycle. This will be reflected in sales, which will decrease from the next fiscal year, so the brand will have to find new stimuli for users (did someone say PS5 Pro?).
Source: Gematsu