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Wasn't quite as bad as I expected, given how good Astrobot looks.

Did not watch the show, and probably won't now. Astro Bot and possibly Where Winds Meet are the only games I'm interested in so far.

That was likely my last PlayStation livestream I'll ever watch. I felt like I wanted my 30 minutes back until Astro Bot came along. I still did, but at least there was one good 1st party game we didn't know about already.

I didn't really expect anything big, but still, it's ridiculous to continue watching these and continue to see nothing from so many of their 1st party developers. There should be no way at least some of them don't have something to reveal by now since it's been at least 3-5 years since a lot of them have released a new game. The only single player games we know about now are Astro Bot and Wolverine, and Insomniac has already released 3 new games on the PS5 to some developers' 0.

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It was quite saddening to see the SoP miss the mark so tragically, with so little substance being brought to the table.
In my opinion, the most important KPI to achieve in these broadcasts is this — showing the fans «why you should be excited that you own a Playstation» (eg what is so great about being part of this ecosystem, and what can Playstation give you that other outlets cannot)

Between the chasing of live-service, radio-silence from key acquisitions, poor 2024 release schedule… it just lacked spark/energy/excitement.

What are Housemarque (Returnal) and Bluepoint (DeS remake) up to exactly? Both of these acquisitions by Sony were excellent shouts (IMO) and I'd love to see what is coming next?

@KilloWertz @CJD87 Yeah, I’ve come to the conclusion that my default response to any hype or rumors is to expect nothing. The Astrobot reveal is a nice bit of news, to be sure, but I’ve been conditioned at this point to be expect no single player announcements from first party and then I can be pleasantly surprised when they do eventually come. Because they