Sony hasn’t revealed any big-hitting exclusive game for 2015 yet, and by the platform-owner’s own admission, it’s likely to stay that way.
Speaking at Sony’s Investor Relations Day, SCE president Andrew House said, “Our first-party line-up is a little sparse this year, so I think this places even greater emphasis on getting good third-party support.”
House also said that third-party exclusive games are becoming harder to pull off.
“I will admit that these [third-party exclusives] are, in the current publishing landscape, few and far between, but we were able to announce a full exclusive around a franchise like Street Fighter so that Street Fighter 5 is a complete exclusive for PlayStation 4,” House said.
However, calling Street Fighter 5 a “complete exclusive for PlayStation 4” would be pretty inaccurate, since it’s also coming to PC. Or is this House hinting that the PC version will be delayed, making it a launch exclusive on PS4?
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End was expected to be Sony’s big blockbuster release for 2015, but the game was delayed to 2016 a couple of months ago.
So expect Sony’s VR headset – Project Morpheus, and new game announcements to take up much of Sony’s E3 press conference next month. Or maybe just third-party games.
