The PS4 is crushing the competition worldwide and the press + average players are more favorable to Sony this gen but Sony is just standing there without doing anything to fix their flaws, it's mind blowing that such a popular product still has problems from last gen or basic ones. I'm speaking mostly about weak online service, bad customer service, no full HDD support, still no online notification, UI updates or UI improvement are almost non existent, scheduled maintenance etc.. damn, it's 2015 and it's still impossible to change our gamertag or showing offline status to other users...
I've seen so many lists of interesting features ( like personalized UI with folders, pinning, favorites or else) asked by the community for months that it's still unbelievable that those top requests aren't still released today, who's in charge of updates development ? why the team is struggling so much to bring something else than stability ? are Japan teams too small to work quickly ? Is the communication between the users and Sony is that bad ? Does Sony even care ? When I see all the work Microsoft teams have done on the Xbox One in such a little amount of time, I'm asking myself why Sony can't do something similar because yes Sony is a software company too.
I'm also worried about what Sony is doing with their AAA games, sure they gonna release Uncharted, GT and GOW but The Order was a missed, Knack was bad, DriveClub is a looker but a bland racing game, Killzone SF was a letdown and Infamous was a very rushed game, I admit that I'm glad Bloodborne and Until dawn raise the greatness we are waiting for and from what come next, Horizon seems to be the game I'm waiting the most, a great looking RPG who look fresh with a good background and Sony really need it in my opinion but what after this ? What's next for Sony ? I don't really know.
What is the most disappointing thing to me it's the fact that Killzone has an amazing background, an amazing art direction but the stories of the game, gameplay and level design are terrible, it's an ok series that really can be something else with a nice reboot and a team that care enough to make Killzone a better product ( like Guerrilla Cambridge for example ; ) ? ) as good as top shooters like halo/COD/Battlefield etc... and it's the same for Knack, The Order and many other IP that die to an unnecessary death like Whipeout, Syphon filter, Crash, Spyro, medievil etc... they really have the potential to be better than what we have seen from them for now and I really hope Sony is looking at them with the same potential as many people ( I hope ) do.
Sony has everything to be even greater than what they are today, they have the studios, the IPs ( some new, some old, some dead ) they have diversity, they have almost everything but it's like Sony is doing what Microsoft was doing last gen, having third party deal and exclusive content ( Yoohoo ) when they could have so much more, I really wish Sony would stop standing there and really work on improving their UI, improving their network service, their update releases, listening more about what the community asked for, bringing old IPs that still have potential today and make some of their mediocre IPs better games, I wish they could do what Microsoft is doing right now, being #4theplayers.
What do you guys think about it ?
I've seen so many lists of interesting features ( like personalized UI with folders, pinning, favorites or else) asked by the community for months that it's still unbelievable that those top requests aren't still released today, who's in charge of updates development ? why the team is struggling so much to bring something else than stability ? are Japan teams too small to work quickly ? Is the communication between the users and Sony is that bad ? Does Sony even care ? When I see all the work Microsoft teams have done on the Xbox One in such a little amount of time, I'm asking myself why Sony can't do something similar because yes Sony is a software company too.
I'm also worried about what Sony is doing with their AAA games, sure they gonna release Uncharted, GT and GOW but The Order was a missed, Knack was bad, DriveClub is a looker but a bland racing game, Killzone SF was a letdown and Infamous was a very rushed game, I admit that I'm glad Bloodborne and Until dawn raise the greatness we are waiting for and from what come next, Horizon seems to be the game I'm waiting the most, a great looking RPG who look fresh with a good background and Sony really need it in my opinion but what after this ? What's next for Sony ? I don't really know.
What is the most disappointing thing to me it's the fact that Killzone has an amazing background, an amazing art direction but the stories of the game, gameplay and level design are terrible, it's an ok series that really can be something else with a nice reboot and a team that care enough to make Killzone a better product ( like Guerrilla Cambridge for example ; ) ? ) as good as top shooters like halo/COD/Battlefield etc... and it's the same for Knack, The Order and many other IP that die to an unnecessary death like Whipeout, Syphon filter, Crash, Spyro, medievil etc... they really have the potential to be better than what we have seen from them for now and I really hope Sony is looking at them with the same potential as many people ( I hope ) do.
Sony has everything to be even greater than what they are today, they have the studios, the IPs ( some new, some old, some dead ) they have diversity, they have almost everything but it's like Sony is doing what Microsoft was doing last gen, having third party deal and exclusive content ( Yoohoo ) when they could have so much more, I really wish Sony would stop standing there and really work on improving their UI, improving their network service, their update releases, listening more about what the community asked for, bringing old IPs that still have potential today and make some of their mediocre IPs better games, I wish they could do what Microsoft is doing right now, being #4theplayers.
What do you guys think about it ?
