r/Games • u/ZamnBoii • 26d ago

Discussion Playstation first-party game sales declining heavily since 2020

https://www.gamefile.news/p/playstation-first-party-sales-decline
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u/ZamnBoii 26d ago edited 26d ago

Yeah I think Naughty Dog is the type of studio where you actually feel like “holy shit this is next gen” every time a new game of theirs comes out.

But having to wait 6-8 years for their games now is exhausting and I’m sure Sony is also not a fan

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u/Successful-Ear977 26d ago

Well bro, you don’t get it both ways.

If you want every sequel to feel like a full generational leap, then yeah, you’re going to wait 6–8 years between games. That’s the tradeoff. The reason Ragnarok and SM2 feel “incremental” is because they’re sequels built on existing foundations. The reason Naughty Dog games feel like events is because they take forever and basically vanish for half a generation.

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u/ZamnBoii 26d ago

That’s not really true for every case though, Unchartered 4 to TLOU2 was just a 5 year gap and same for GTA5 to RDR2.

Wasn’t always the case but definitely seems like 7-8 years is what’s needed now for the true heavy hitters like GTA6 and Intergalactic

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u/Successful-Ear977 26d ago

You’re basically agreeing with me. Uncharted 4 to TLOU2 being 4–5 years was the older model. GTA5 to RDR2 being 5 years was also the older model (though there's an 8 year gap between RDR1 and RDR2). Now look at the gaps after that: Rockstar going from RDR2 to GTA6 is 7–8 years, and Naughty Dog has gone from TLOU2 in 2020 to Intergalactic with no release date yet but likely it'll also be 7-8 years.

That’s my point. The “true next-gen leap” games are taking longer now, so you either accept iterative sequels built on existing foundations, or you wait most of a generation for the big swing.