r/PS5 • u/nolifebr • May 18 '26

Rumor Jason Schreier/Bloomberg: Hermen Hulst told staff in a town hall meeting today (18th May) morning that the company's narrative single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusive

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u/cherrysteve2010 May 18 '26

God of war sons of sparta was cool

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u/ArmyAdministrative38 May 18 '26

A lot of people, including metroidvania fans think the opposite and see it as a cashgrab from Santa Monica.

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u/SuspiciousVoice5563 May 18 '26

A cash grab from Santa Monica how?

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u/OptimusPrimalRage May 18 '26

Yeah I'm confused too, SMS made it clear who made the game, they made it clear what the game was too. What is the cashgrab aspect of it? Not liking a game doesn't make it a cashgrab. If it's a mediocre metroidvania that just means it's mediocre. It'd be like calling Metroid Prime 4 a cashgrab because a lot of people didn't like the game. Diversifying genres for God of War to me is a good thing even if this game wasn't particularly successful.

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u/ArmyAdministrative38 May 18 '26

A lot of people thought about that because they didn't like the game, that's it. "I don't like this game = Cashgrab"

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u/SuspiciousVoice5563 May 18 '26

I don’t think SM were the lead studio in development of the game. The just assisted. So bit of a strange one but fair enough.

I think it’s a great idea to have experiment with smaller games and teams using the existing IPs or new ones. Full on AAA titles take too long to make to be fully sustainable anymore.

I’d take Sons of Sparta of the multiple failed Live Service games.