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This Week in Games - Spring Fake

re imas fighting game april fools, Iori is in fact playable in theater days! (all of the ogs are)

PlayStation Studios has published a game that's free on Xbox Game Pass but full price on PlayStation.

It's hard to really understand what Sony's plan is right now – PS5s are still impossible to get, they're killing off access to older games and platforms,

I feel like Sony gutting their most historically-important development teams is probably not a solution to the issues they're facing and a generally bad PR move overall,

The PS3, PSP, and PS Vita store shutdown was indeed confirmed

He's forming a new studio called EPIGRasm.

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PlayStation Studios has published a game that's free on Xbox Game Pass but full price on PlayStation.

Gamepass games are only free and playable so long as they're on the service (which they're all not). Meaning that while the MLB The Show is free on the service now it won't be there indefinitely.

Like Nintendo and Microsoft as well (the latter of whom still haven't addressed an issue with the One where old Xbox 360 games you've paid for and downloaded get removed from your library) along with some old games not yet being compatible with that system.

Sony isn't above diving into players' nostalgia when it suits it, of course. Surprisingly excellent PS5 bundled title Astro's Playroom is essentially a warm blanket of PlayStation nostalgia from start to finish... Sony seems keen enough on the idea of reminding players of the existence of PlayStation's history; it just doesn't see the value in actually doing the work to preserve that history in any meaningful way.

None of this, however, is sufficient excuse for Sony's lack of interest in preserving its own back catalogue. Much of the problem, I suspect, is that Sony views this exclusively as a commercial decision, and has little or no interest in the idea that it has a cultural responsibility to the medium it profited from so handsomely

A number of PlayStation Vita game developers were not informed of Sony‘s plans to close the PS Vita store this summer, and as a result have been forced to cancel projects currently in production. The PS Vita store is shutting its doors last in August following the PS3 and PSP store closure.

Twin Breaker developer Lillymo Games is one of the studios that were “finding out at the same time as we are” regarding the store closure, and as such, their next project has been cancelled on Sony’s handheld as “the store will be closed before our next game is ready.”

While some games have been cancelled outright, other developers are having to seriously crunch to get their projects finished in time, according to Patrick Klepek of Waypoint.

PS Vita doesn’t have that physical option, as its cartridges were give the chop in 2018.

Anyways, GamesIndustry even made a piece about this:

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Sony isn't above diving into players' nostalgia when it suits it, of course. Surprisingly excellent PS5 bundled title Astro's Playroom is essentially a warm blanket of PlayStation nostalgia from start to finish... Sony seems keen enough on the idea of reminding players of the existence of PlayStation's history; it just doesn't see the value in actually doing the work to preserve that history in any meaningful way. None of this, however, is sufficient excuse for Sony's lack of interest in preserving its own back catalogue. Much of the problem, I suspect, is that Sony views this exclusively as a commercial decision, and has little or no interest in the idea that it has a cultural responsibility to the medium it profited from so handsomely

It's even worse for some Vita developers Sony threw under the bus (well, Sony already threw Vita itself under the bus, so....) But it's still a d-move to those who dedicatedly supported their product even after they had given up on it. That's already sunk development cost to the developers that won't be recovered

"Some PS Vita Games Have Been Cancelled As Not All Devs Were Told About Store Closure In Time"

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A number of PlayStation Vita game developers were not informed of Sony‘s plans to close the PS Vita store this summer, and as a result have been forced to cancel projects currently in production. The PS Vita store is shutting its doors last in August following the PS3 and PSP store closure. Twin Breaker developer Lillymo Games is one of the studios that were “finding out at the same time as we are” regarding the store closure, and as such, their next project has been cancelled on Sony’s handheld as “the store will be closed before our next game is ready.” While some games have been cancelled outright, other developers are having to seriously crunch to get their projects finished in time, according to Patrick Klepek of Waypoint. PS Vita doesn’t have that physical option, as its cartridges were give the chop in 2018.

Yeah, but for sports games that has a new release every year, it makes even more sense. Think about it - ya don't want a 2021 sports game indefinitely when next year comes along, because you'd want to play the 2022 version instead (every year new changes: team rosters, player stats, new rookies, etc.) Not to mention having to fork over $70 for the new game every year

Fortunately, no one I know has run into the problem of losing games in their libraries

And not all old games could be made compatible with current systems because of legal issues - they'd have to get permissions from the rights-holders first,

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