zoord Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 First Batch of Sony's India Hero Project Titles Scheduled to be Announced Between Feb and April 2024. Fernandez says that India is a country with favorable conditions and will be able to achieve success like the China Hero Project here. Therefore, the India Hero Project has two two goals that are two sides of the same coin. First of all, Indians will release culturally friendly games and increase the share of PlayStation in the console market in India. And it is to release games from India all over the world and provide new experiences to PS5 users in various places. Fernandez says that the first group of titles selected for this project is scheduled to be announced between February and April 2024. It seems that there was also an unexpected trend in the application title. The genre of the game with the largest number of applications was adventure games (25%). Next is FPS and TPS games (18%), and under this, RPGs, casual games, horror games, etc. were included in the list while greatly reducing the proportion. In addition, Fernandez's team seems to have found that it is the first time for the majority of applicants, about 78%, to develop a game directly for PlayStation. ___ [Indian Market] - Now the PS5 has an install base of around 300,000 units (official and grey sales), in line with Sony's own internal sales estimates https://0451games.substack.com/p/spider-man-2-ps5-india-sales-analysis 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteryman Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 22 minutes ago, zoord said: First Batch of Sony's India Hero Project Titles Scheduled to be Announced Between Feb and April 2024. Fernandez says that India is a country with favorable conditions and will be able to achieve success like the China Hero Project here. Therefore, the India Hero Project has two two goals that are two sides of the same coin. First of all, Indians will release culturally friendly games and increase the share of PlayStation in the console market in India. And it is to release games from India all over the world and provide new experiences to PS5 users in various places. Fernandez says that the first group of titles selected for this project is scheduled to be announced between February and April 2024. It seems that there was also an unexpected trend in the application title. The genre of the game with the largest number of applications was adventure games (25%). Next is FPS and TPS games (18%), and under this, RPGs, casual games, horror games, etc. were included in the list while greatly reducing the proportion. In addition, Fernandez's team seems to have found that it is the first time for the majority of applicants, about 78%, to develop a game directly for PlayStation. ___ [Indian Market] - Now the PS5 has an install base of around 300,000 units (official and grey sales), in line with Sony's own internal sales estimates https://0451games.substack.com/p/spider-man-2-ps5-india-sales-analysis I remember during PS2-PS3 era when Sony pushed hard in the Indian market including locally produced games but it didnt take off successfully. So did Microsoft when they installed an Xbox 360 stand in some retailers. The Indian market has always been a difficult market to crack mainly due to its economic structure and local interests (cricket, culture). Though India has the world largest population, Nintendo and several luxury chains dont find it a viable market. I believe more than 50-60% cant afford a TV let alone a console and will hardly change in future. I am still eager for the day when Indian developers can produce an AAA quality game that is not cricket or a cultural game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnK Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 48 minutes ago, Mysteryman said: I am still eager for the day when Indian developers can produce an AAA quality game Many Indians are into games development. Just that they aren’t in India anymore. Most of the folks who are into programming move abroad at an early age due to little to no scope here….specially in games development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purana Khiladi Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 Hope we get an AAA indian game with SRK in the lead 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteryman Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 9 minutes ago, Purana Khiladi said: Hope we get an AAA indian game with SRK in the lead We did get one with SRK back in the PS2 era and it was horrendous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelivolusDas Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 10 minutes ago, Mysteryman said: We did get one with SRK back in the PS2 era and it was horrendous. Which one? I remember buying the Ra.One game for PS3. Unless they released it for PS2 also. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteryman Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, VelivolusDas said: Which one? I remember buying the Ra.One game for PS3. Unless they released it for PS2 also. yeah this one. According to google, it was released for both PS2 (as it has a bigger install base) and PS3. I remember that Hanuman game, Ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoord Posted November 6, 2023 Report Share Posted November 6, 2023 Don 2 psp game and Ghajini game too. Hopefully no battle royal game. Market is already enough saturated with those games. I loved FC4 and Lost legacy because of India based setting. Enemies used to scream BC MC in FC4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoord Posted November 7, 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2023 (edited) Quote While 2023 has been an epic year for gaming, there are even more great games to look forward to next year, including Helldivers 2, Concord, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Tekken 8, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Pacific Drive, and more https://blog.playstation.com/2023/11/07/celebrating-the-holiday-season-with-blockbuster-games-new-hardware-products-and-more-ps5-console-inventory-than-ever-before/?_thumbnail_id=386236 Edited November 7, 2023 by zoord 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted November 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 4:08 PM, Mysteryman said: I remember during PS2-PS3 era when Sony pushed hard in the Indian market including locally produced games but it didnt take off successfully. So did Microsoft when they installed an Xbox 360 stand in some retailers. The Indian market has always been a difficult market to crack mainly due to its economic structure and local interests (cricket, culture). Though India has the world largest population, Nintendo and several luxury chains dont find it a viable market. I believe more than 50-60% cant afford a TV let alone a console and will hardly change in future. I am still eager for the day when Indian developers can produce an AAA quality game that is not cricket or a cultural game. Xbox did Jack sh*t . They just rebrnaded a cricket game as their own and set up some kiosks. Sony actually went ahead and developed a bunch of games for ps2/3/psp and move with a bunch of local Indian developers. Had local production of ps2 and ps3 discs in India too to bring the price down. The problem was they wanted to develop games native to this place like Gilli danda, kho kho & bull kart racing etc what they should instead done is ask the developers to make games that they themselves would want to play instead of guessing what the demography wants using Hollywood movies as a template.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnK Posted November 7, 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2023 2 hours ago, KnackChap said: Had local production of ps2 and ps3 discs in India too to bring the price down. Yeah for a very short while PS2 games saw a price drop in-line with PC games. 999/- for GoW,Ratchet & Clank,Gran Turismo etc. But then as usual Indian chomus started smuggling these discs into foreign regions & that’s why they had to stop the Subsidies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteryman Posted November 7, 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2023 3 hours ago, KnackChap said: Xbox did Jack sh*t . They just rebrnaded a cricket game as their own and set up some kiosks. Sony actually went ahead and developed a bunch of games for ps2/3/psp and move with a bunch of local Indian developers. Had local production of ps2 and ps3 discs in India too to bring the price down. The problem was they wanted to develop games native to this place like Gilli danda, kho kho & bull kart racing etc what they should instead done is ask the developers to make games that they themselves would want to play instead of guessing what the demography wants using Hollywood movies as a template.. Yeah you know your history. That was considered their best "marketing" strategy to capture the Indian market. Unfortunately it is obviously didnt reap the rewards. Now Sony is trying to revive part of that strategy that is the India hero project. Amazed that the Ubisoft studios in Mumbai and Pune are still active even after that the PoP fiasco. 43 minutes ago, AnK said: Yeah for a very short while PS2 games saw a price drop in-line with PC games. 999/- for GoW,Ratchet & Clank,Gran Turismo etc. But then as usual Indian chomus started smuggling these discs into foreign regions & that’s why they had to stop the Subsidies. I am not sure if the local production stopped is due to smuggling as PS2 and PS3 were region locked back then. I believe that sales were too low or unviable to justify the local costs (even with the special prices). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnK Posted November 7, 2023 Report Share Posted November 7, 2023 19 minutes ago, Mysteryman said: I am not sure if the local production stopped is due to smuggling as PS2 and PS3 were region locked back then. I believe that sales were too low or unviable to justify the local costs (even with the special prices). The region code was split in just NTSC/US,NTSC/JP,PAL/EU. The discs manufactured in India were PAL/EU & hence these were perfectly playable in all of Europe,Russia & Middle East. Starting PS3 the region lock in games was removed. Sony first party PS3 games were made in India at a very very later date but weren’t subsidised at the same level as PS2 games were for a very short while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelivolusDas Posted November 8, 2023 Report Share Posted November 8, 2023 11 hours ago, Mysteryman said: Amazed that the Ubisoft studios in Mumbai and Pune are still active even after that the PoP fiasco. A friend of mine works at Ubisoft Pune on Rocksmith+. He says they have not been affected by layoffs or anything like that at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted November 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2023 Ubisoft india make their annual just dance games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteryman Posted November 8, 2023 Report Share Posted November 8, 2023 4 hours ago, VelivolusDas said: A friend of mine works at Ubisoft Pune on Rocksmith+. He says they have not been affected by layoffs or anything like that at all. 3 hours ago, KnackChap said: Ubisoft india make their annual just dance games So basically a support studio. Hope they are given a second chance to create their own game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnK Posted November 8, 2023 Report Share Posted November 8, 2023 (edited) Exclusive content confirmed to be available on PS5 in 2024 either by release dates,pre orders or strong suggestive presence:- Edited November 8, 2023 by AnK 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted November 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Mysteryman said: So basically a support studio. Hope they are given a second chance to create their own game. Not exactly a support studio. They lead the development on just dance for all devices. They got their chance to make a new game and blew it. Don't think ubi will trust them with anything big anytime soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gecko89 Posted November 9, 2023 Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 Of these Rebirth and DS2 will be Day1 for me. Only hope is I find ample time to play those on launch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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