[STEAM] Sony Warned 2024 Would Be Light But PS5 Still Has The Best Games

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among the PlayStation fandom in February this year when it said during an earnings call

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to “major existing franchise titles” on the PS5 before March 2025. With the platform holder keeping its content roadmaps close to its chest, the comments were largely taken out of context and

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for the company’s new-gen console.



While it’s true this has been a fairly quiet year for PS Studios, it’s been anything but light on the games front. At the time of writing, my three

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frontrunners are

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and the PS5 is the only platform where you can play all three. Other possible contenders for awards include

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– all console exclusives.

There seems to be a sentiment on social media that a game doesn’t count unless it comes from a wholly owned first-party studio, but PlayStation has done a particularly good job of working with partners to keep its portfolio packed this year.

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is a great example. It collaborated with Korean developer Shift Up to help bring the

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creator’s console debut to market and in my opinion is

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for an end of year gong.

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, a similar partnership with legendary studio Team Ninja, may have received a

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but it’s currently ranked 17th in

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, proving it was a hit with fans.



The nauseating number of remakes and remasters may not be to everyone’s taste, but it’s easy to forget

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launched this year and tagged a 90 critical average on aggregators

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and

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. And while

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at the rumours around

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, a $10 upgrade fee and

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mean it’ll almost certainly attract positive reviews as well.

Not everything PlayStation has touched has turned to gold. Its complete misreading of the market with first-person shooter Concord will go down in history Of course,

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has turned to gold. Its complete misreading of the market with first-person shooter

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– will go down in history after

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. And yet for all the talk of its live service initiative stumbling, it launched

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with

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, an online co-op smash that, despite benefitting from a simultaneous PC launch, has outpaced juggernauts like

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It’s been a quietly colossal year for PS5 then, and you get the sense the best is yet to come. The company’s largely kept its blockbusters close to its chest but 2025 should see the release of

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and

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, with

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waiting in the wings. These are the “major existing franchise titles” the ********* giant was referring to in that aforementioned investor call.



Many may still argue this has been a light year for PS5 but the catalogue of content Sony has amassed paints a very different picture. The most exciting thing is that it’s successfully filled the time while its first-party teams continue to cook. A huge second-half to the generation now awaits.

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. He’s been living and breathing the wonderful world of PlayStation for decades now – and has the tattoos to prove it. You can find him on

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