@last_lap:

Do you want to know why they announced the sales of those accessories at some point? Because they all have *games* that are only played with said accessories. Not because they are "winners" or are you revising your initial point? Because that's what you imply.

And congrats, you found three accessories from the past 14 years. They've sold dozens of accessories during that timeframe. That's far from standard like I said.

My point still stands. It's not standard to announce the sales numbers of an accessory.

@hardwenzen:

Why does the initial reception of a live service game matter?

There's been plenty of "good" live service games that fail and then plenty of others that should have for all accounts been shut down but have turned out great.

Again, we won't really know where this game could go until people get their hands on it. Or at the very least a gameplay deep dive.

Dude needs to let it go.

I honestly think PlayStation doesn't use Deacon because he looks 100% like the voice actor. That would also explain why Until Dawn has no characters on there either and yet it's getting a remake and apparently a sequel. Not to mention there's a Days Gone movie I'm development. lol

It's hard to say.

Conceptually, it's certainly derivative but you never truly know how well a live service game will be received until folks get their hands on it. There's just too many unknowns still.

You're both referencing a deleted tweet. It's being tracked as an accessory.

And regardless of what it is or isn't being tracked as at Circana, that isn't an announcement by Sony nor is it a verification of what it is. It's by definition an accessory and is sold as an accessory at retail.

So again, why would *Sony* announce units sold for an accessory? They wouldn't. It's a weak attempt to delegitimize the success of the Portal.

They showed off a new AAA live service FPS from a studio they just bought.

✅ spend money

✅ take risk

✅ big budget

✅ new IP

Just admit you don't know what you want.

@Litchie:

Not liking them and being pessimistic about the monetization aspect of the game is totally fair. The game should be scrutinized but done so on its own merit.

Conceptually, it's derivative imo. But, does it play well? Is it fun? Is there something new or interesting about the mechanics? It's hard to say without getting our hands on it.

Announcing units sold for an accessory isn't exactly standard. What's next, how many charging stations they've sold?

Nixxes isn't capable of porting every single game coming out of PlayStation Studios. And they sure as heck aren't going to be able to deliver every new game day and date on PC. Going day and date on PC requires the actual principal dev teams to start working on the PC build in tandem with the console version.

I might play Helldivers 2 since they dropped a new major order.