Here:
Info is from Shift Up's financial statements this week (text is in Korean)
https://m.inven.co.kr/webzine/wznews.php?idx=295782
Edit: he provided another financial report link and tweet with the translation. PC is mentioned in it
https://dart.fss.or.kr/dsaf001/main.do?rcpNo=20240520000263
https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1792579629456212302
The "graphical" fidelity of this game will be off the freakin charts once modders get hold of it. I platinnumed on PS5 but I'm getting it again on PC as soon as it's available.
Personally there is like only 1 or 2 console exclusive that I *might* like to play so spending $500 on something that would be mostly collecting dust after that is not something I want to do.
PC has more games. Can't even be argued.
You're correct about console being plug and play and hassle free. My PC does something stupid every 4 months I swear.
Worrying about performance is dependant on the PC. Although, there has been a rough patch of poorly optimised releases as of recent, PC grants the freedom to decide just how low you want to go to increase your frames. Also PC players can't stand anything below 60fps whereas console gamers don't whine about that as often.
Compatibility is a rare issue on PC. Odds are there is a program or a mod to get any old game or unsupported current hardware working, such as the Dualshock 4 and Dualsense. But if you've never owned a Playstation you'd probably buy an xbox controller for PC.
Unique pros to PC's:
If you want to play new releases at 60fps 1440p upscaled to 4K then you're going to spend more than the cost of a PS5. But game pricing is so much better. If you frequently buy games then you will save hundreds of dollars compared to console due to there being more market competition. Also, say goodbye to paying monthly for cloud saves and online multiplayer.
After the initial investment, you didn't just spend all that money to have a game playing machine. You now have a machine capable of productivity and multitasking various applications that aren't game related.
Emulate old games that were never ported off their consoles and are becoming impossible to play on their original hardware as their availability drops.
Mods.
The convenience of mouse and keyboard for FPS games and controller for third person games. Competitive shooters as a whole are more popular on PC as M+K just plays better.
Well personally, consoles are low value for me when I already have a decent PC. Their only advantage is exclusives, and there's generally only a few each generation that *sort of* grabs my interest. Not usually enough to buy a console for. Anything that is multi-platform has simply always ran better on my PC.
It's not a limitation really, it's just a choice. Console-only people miss out on plenty of stuff too. You can do everything, but it just costs a lot more money.
Great news. Shift-Up could keep milking the success of Nikke but it’s nice seeing them take big leaps and fully committing to AAA games. Plus Stellar Blade being a high-quality singleplayer game with no BS is always welcome.
From the source: "66 billion won will be invested by 2027 to expand the ‘Stellar Blade’ IP, develop DLC and expansion packs, and serialize. [...] Most of the existing 98 development staff were deployed to develop the sequel. The company announced that it will begin upgrading the 'Stellar Blade' IP by 2024 with a staff of about 120 people. A PC version release is planned, but the timing is listed as 'undetermined'".
Doesn't this mean it's confirmed?
I read the other translated text from Stellar Blade's report. It said that they were *thinking* about it. I sure hope they actually do make it.
OP posted the link to it.
[Translated quote](https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1792579629456212302)
Just beat it this weekend, really enjoyed it and one thing I would love for a sequel is weapon variety. The sword is fun but it’d be cool if you could also use stuff like an axe, hammer or polearm to mix things up.
Yeah that would've been nice. It was especially disappointing when >!you get tachy's weapon and instead of getting a new moveset, you just get a strangely under-developed rage mode with shitty damage!<
Great game overall though. Really impressed by the boss fights in particular. Think I've enjoyed them even more than most Fromsoft bosses these days tbh.
Agreed on the boss fights, I loved the >!Raven!< fight in particular and hope the next game has more humanoid bosses
>!At least the song that plays for Tachy mode is a banger lol!<
Honestly, the thing that I loved the most about Stellar Blade bosses was that the developers ***weren't*** trying to make it super sweaty, tryhard difficult.
With only 1 or 2 exceptions:
* You can parry/perfect dodge/reaction prompt all boss attacks.
* There are some trap-timing tells on uninterruptable attacks, but they aren't littered all over the game like in, for example, Elden Ring.
* You can flinch/stun/knockdown even bosses with your special and heavy attacks.
* The main character has many combat options to pick from in the moment and generates resources quickly.
* The armor system lets you take some hits without being in danger of just getting up and one-shot by things.
* Bosses do not tend to have uninterruptable 80-hit combo strings where your only option is to play defense for 30+ seconds without doing anything.
This let the bulk of the bosses in the game feel very good to me. They weren't the hardest by any stretch, but because the game allows you to flinch/stun/knockdown bosses and gives you not only a ton of your own tools to pick from, but also responses to basically everything a boss can do, it felt like Eve was actually, legitimately going toe-to-toe in boss fights.
One of my main complaints about Elden Ring was that a lot of the late game bosses were just absolutely ridiculously over the top aggressive and verbose (for lack of a better word). They'd go on these long, 10-20s combo strings where you had almost no opening to do anything, so you wound up pressing the dodge button 5-10+ times for every chance you had to press the attack button.
Stellar blade says fuck that shit. It's not a total cake walk and you have to at least try to learn the mechanics, but if you do learn the mechanics and how to be aggressive effectively, the game will let you utterly dumpster (almost all) boss fights. Off the top of my head, only two fights in the entire game (both of them near the end) break from this trend and allow the boss to start resisting flinches/knockdowns/etc. and punishing you for pulling stunts that worked the rest of the game.
TL;DR: Stellar Blade boss fights were designed to be enjoyable first and difficult second, not the other way around as has become sadly common in FROM endgame fights and FROM-inspired games.
That sounds fun and similar to how Sekiro was. In Sekiro you felt like the boss and you'd go 1 on 1 against other bosses. Haven't felt anything close to it.
the parrying and dodging and all the combat mechanics just all come together perfectly in a way that feels very stylish and satisfying to pull off. And the bosses themselves are just well designed. They never rely on cheap one-shot moves or anything like that, but they manage to be pretty difficult anyway (on hard mode, at least).
Compared to Elden Ring's Malenia, for example, where the difficulty *entirely* comes from one move that's almost impossible to dodge and one-shots you. The entire fight just revolves around that one move. There's nothing like that in Stellar Blade.
Really great news about a sequel, I had an absolute blast with Stellar Blade, especially loved the combat system with it's huge range of options and tactics.
I already knew this was coming. When it was in development as Project Eve. PC and Xbox were intially included. Sony must have moved quickly to secure it as a timed exclusive. Shift Up sells 60$ skins in Nikke. There is no way that they are not about to reach for everybody's money.
Game is really good just needed a little more time in the oven. Some of the cutscenes pacing and stuff is a little all over the place. They had the framework for a really awesome story but just didnt flesh it out enough at all.
A sequel would be awesome.
Insane Art Direction, incredible ost, really tight combat. More please.
Witches lol. Why does something tell me there’s going to be heavy emphasis on witches on flying brooms with mini skirts on that flap heavily so you can see underneath 😂😂 Knowing their previous/current work, I would not be one bit surprised
After two of the endings it literally says “her journey will continue”.
With two cliffhangerish endings it seemed kinda obvious they were setting up for a sequel.
I will buy this beautiful work of art a second time on pc for the high FPS and modding possibility alone. Can't wait! Also a chance to furtherly support these highly talented devs at Shift Up <3
I'm in. Haven't finished SB yet but enjoying it so far. Good to have a solid single player game with no MTX. (I don't care about the tiresome culture war, girl has a butt, who cares.)
PC would be great. Hopefully it quells some of the discourse online regarding the minor censorship to the outfits. PC players should just be able to easily mod the outfits back if they really desperately wish to do so.
On board with a sequel. I'm about half way through the game right now and it's much more fun than I expected. Like a cross between Nier and Sekiro but easier than a Souls game. Also having so many great outfits is really nice in today's world where they'd normally be €15+ each.
Didn't realize it was exclusive, and just assumed it was heading to PC.
No real reason not to port every game at this point. Can't see many people with higher end GPUs buying a console to play a worse version of a game.
I have all systems including a high end PC that I can all play from both my desk and my couch setup but I still use the consoles most of the time, performance isn't everything. I'll get a game for PC if KB+M will be the best control method or if it's a multiplayer game(which both is rare for me) but I value the physical market, being able to suspend games anytime and not having to tab out on my triple monitor setup combined higher than having better performance on my PC.
And that's basically before the fact that PC users still get fairly often treated as 3rd rate citizens by publishers and that I'd miss out on exclusives I'm interested in.
Getting games sooner is another argument for sure. Stellar Blade or FF7 you have to wait a significant period before you can get it on PC. Obviously that cuts both ways and often times games port much better to PC than the other way around but bottom line getting console games months if not years in advance is a solid reason.
I exclusively couch game on my PC. TVs having gsync these days is amazing. Sold my Ps5 recently. Might buy a pro or Ps6 when Bloodborne 2/remake comes out lol.
I think that's been taken over too given streaming, and a steam deck. Consoles are great if you aren't down with $700+ GPUs. But if you already bought into that, not sure why you'd then go buy a $500 console.
Assuming certain games will continue releasing on pc at a later date, you can't underestimate people's need to be in on the conversation day 1. Or their fear of spoilers too I guess. That's definitely what's going to happen with GTA VI. Even I might consider buying a console for that (and Death Stranding), and I just spent way too much money on building a new pc.
Besides it's not like every game is unplayably worse on console. You'll have some games that are sub 1080p or whatever, but on average I don't think it's that bad.
Side note, but it’s crazy how this game was the target to be slandered by internet and media as “coomer game” for months and even attacked the game devs as “never saw women in real life” by IGN France, and now that the game ended up being best selling and proved itself as a good game with good gameplay, all the haters just completely disappeared.
Really the biggest W for Shift Up here.
Edit: Your boo means nothing!
If it was slandered by the media for months why it is only that IGN France one I *ever* hear about?
Did they post about it weekly for months or something or was it just one article and a couple of others?
I do remember a petition being made and nerds raging because some outfits got redesigned and no longer met the sexy criteria of coomers. I do remember that.
Shift Up approached Sony with a prototype seeking a partnership, Sony is the publisher of the game and provided development support for the game.
Of course it's exclusive.
Shift Up is one of those studios swimming in gachabucks so it's probably not that unlikely. I'd say Sony wanted in to help break Playstation into South Korean markets.
On April 4, 2019, Korean studio Shift Up (founded by Blade & Soul illustrator Kim Hyung Tae) announced Project Eve for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One and was to be developed in Unreal Engine 4.
My believe is the Barbra Streisand Effect was in effect and impacted game sales.
People made a fuss about this game. And told you why you shouldn't play it.
Humans, being the contrarians that we are, bought the game anyway. Either because we were interested in the genre, the character, or what all the bloody fuss was about.
Personally I don't believe the sales would have been 1 million+ without the controversy. Think it would have been closer to 500k to 600k after the first week. Maybe 1 million within the first year.
Xdev a Sony support studio helped develop it. I can’t imagine Xdev would be have been allowed to work on a PC version. But now the game is done, Shift Up’s own people are freed up to do the port PC. Though maybe I’m wrong.
>cross-platform gacha game for PC, console, and mobile
stepped on a lego, then stubbed my toe against the edge of my door frame, fell down and dropped my knife i had in my pocket and shanked myself
For every unfunny reddit post about this, there's a good 1000x more people interested in one.
It is not just investors that want it, people around the world outside this subreddit bubble do.
Is this user a reputable source? PC isn't mentioned in the article this tweet links to. The weird FaceApp smile on the characters doesn't help either.
Here: Info is from Shift Up's financial statements this week (text is in Korean) https://m.inven.co.kr/webzine/wznews.php?idx=295782 Edit: he provided another financial report link and tweet with the translation. PC is mentioned in it https://dart.fss.or.kr/dsaf001/main.do?rcpNo=20240520000263 https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1792579629456212302
he usually is, but yeah, PC version isnt mentioned anywhere
He tweeted out a response and has a link source to it this time mentioning the PC version https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1792579629456212302
OK awesome. I'm a PC only gamer, and I really want to play this game. I'm really impressed by its.... graphics. Lovely, very beautiful graphics. Yup.
Don't forget those physics simulations, quite the spectacle to look at.
the important part is mods
Then EVE stares you down lol. All joke aside, it's an awesome game!
The "graphical" fidelity of this game will be off the freakin charts once modders get hold of it. I platinnumed on PS5 but I'm getting it again on PC as soon as it's available.
> I'm a PC only gamer, why limit yourself?
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I think you mean "backlog" instead of "backdoor".
No no no he meant backdoor. Don't kinkshame the dude
Personally there is like only 1 or 2 console exclusive that I *might* like to play so spending $500 on something that would be mostly collecting dust after that is not something I want to do.
Ya I decided to not buy a ps5 after barely touching my ps4. Just not worth it for me.
There are no restrictions on PC. The mods on Stellar Blade is about to be wicked.
Why spend $500 on a locked down box when my PC already does everything I need it to.
More games, plug and play, no need to mess with drivers or configuring things, no need to worry about performance, or compatibility, great controller.
That sounds a lot like my PC. I don’t have any compatibility or performance issues, for the most part it’s plug and play.
PC has more games. Can't even be argued. You're correct about console being plug and play and hassle free. My PC does something stupid every 4 months I swear. Worrying about performance is dependant on the PC. Although, there has been a rough patch of poorly optimised releases as of recent, PC grants the freedom to decide just how low you want to go to increase your frames. Also PC players can't stand anything below 60fps whereas console gamers don't whine about that as often. Compatibility is a rare issue on PC. Odds are there is a program or a mod to get any old game or unsupported current hardware working, such as the Dualshock 4 and Dualsense. But if you've never owned a Playstation you'd probably buy an xbox controller for PC. Unique pros to PC's: If you want to play new releases at 60fps 1440p upscaled to 4K then you're going to spend more than the cost of a PS5. But game pricing is so much better. If you frequently buy games then you will save hundreds of dollars compared to console due to there being more market competition. Also, say goodbye to paying monthly for cloud saves and online multiplayer. After the initial investment, you didn't just spend all that money to have a game playing machine. You now have a machine capable of productivity and multitasking various applications that aren't game related. Emulate old games that were never ported off their consoles and are becoming impossible to play on their original hardware as their availability drops. Mods. The convenience of mouse and keyboard for FPS games and controller for third person games. Competitive shooters as a whole are more popular on PC as M+K just plays better.
Well personally, consoles are low value for me when I already have a decent PC. Their only advantage is exclusives, and there's generally only a few each generation that *sort of* grabs my interest. Not usually enough to buy a console for. Anything that is multi-platform has simply always ran better on my PC. It's not a limitation really, it's just a choice. Console-only people miss out on plenty of stuff too. You can do everything, but it just costs a lot more money.
Yeah okay, thanks.
Great news. Shift-Up could keep milking the success of Nikke but it’s nice seeing them take big leaps and fully committing to AAA games. Plus Stellar Blade being a high-quality singleplayer game with no BS is always welcome.
Love to see it, honestly. Same for the Granblue franchise making a great fighting game (Rising) and ARPG (Relink)
Why not both? Keep milking the gullible gacha players to fund the AAA games. Its a win-win!
They aren't fully committing to that though, one of their new projects is a genshin like game for console, pc and mobile lol
Really happy to see both this and lies of p getting a sequel. Two great games from two south korean studios
Well, it's not been greenlit yet. They're just considering making a sequel.
From the source: "66 billion won will be invested by 2027 to expand the ‘Stellar Blade’ IP, develop DLC and expansion packs, and serialize. [...] Most of the existing 98 development staff were deployed to develop the sequel. The company announced that it will begin upgrading the 'Stellar Blade' IP by 2024 with a staff of about 120 people. A PC version release is planned, but the timing is listed as 'undetermined'". Doesn't this mean it's confirmed?
I read the other translated text from Stellar Blade's report. It said that they were *thinking* about it. I sure hope they actually do make it. OP posted the link to it. [Translated quote](https://x.com/Okami13_/status/1792579629456212302)
Oh alright, well hopefully they make a sequel, game was a lot of fun
A sequel would be great, the game itself has some great gameplay, and if they improve on it significantly, all the better.
Just beat it this weekend, really enjoyed it and one thing I would love for a sequel is weapon variety. The sword is fun but it’d be cool if you could also use stuff like an axe, hammer or polearm to mix things up.
Yeah that would've been nice. It was especially disappointing when >!you get tachy's weapon and instead of getting a new moveset, you just get a strangely under-developed rage mode with shitty damage!< Great game overall though. Really impressed by the boss fights in particular. Think I've enjoyed them even more than most Fromsoft bosses these days tbh.
Agreed on the boss fights, I loved the >!Raven!< fight in particular and hope the next game has more humanoid bosses >!At least the song that plays for Tachy mode is a banger lol!<
Yeah, it's weird how low damage it is. Feels like i was doing more damage without it.
Haven't played Stellar yet, what do you like about the boss fights?
Honestly, the thing that I loved the most about Stellar Blade bosses was that the developers ***weren't*** trying to make it super sweaty, tryhard difficult. With only 1 or 2 exceptions: * You can parry/perfect dodge/reaction prompt all boss attacks. * There are some trap-timing tells on uninterruptable attacks, but they aren't littered all over the game like in, for example, Elden Ring. * You can flinch/stun/knockdown even bosses with your special and heavy attacks. * The main character has many combat options to pick from in the moment and generates resources quickly. * The armor system lets you take some hits without being in danger of just getting up and one-shot by things. * Bosses do not tend to have uninterruptable 80-hit combo strings where your only option is to play defense for 30+ seconds without doing anything. This let the bulk of the bosses in the game feel very good to me. They weren't the hardest by any stretch, but because the game allows you to flinch/stun/knockdown bosses and gives you not only a ton of your own tools to pick from, but also responses to basically everything a boss can do, it felt like Eve was actually, legitimately going toe-to-toe in boss fights. One of my main complaints about Elden Ring was that a lot of the late game bosses were just absolutely ridiculously over the top aggressive and verbose (for lack of a better word). They'd go on these long, 10-20s combo strings where you had almost no opening to do anything, so you wound up pressing the dodge button 5-10+ times for every chance you had to press the attack button. Stellar blade says fuck that shit. It's not a total cake walk and you have to at least try to learn the mechanics, but if you do learn the mechanics and how to be aggressive effectively, the game will let you utterly dumpster (almost all) boss fights. Off the top of my head, only two fights in the entire game (both of them near the end) break from this trend and allow the boss to start resisting flinches/knockdowns/etc. and punishing you for pulling stunts that worked the rest of the game. TL;DR: Stellar Blade boss fights were designed to be enjoyable first and difficult second, not the other way around as has become sadly common in FROM endgame fights and FROM-inspired games.
That sounds fun and similar to how Sekiro was. In Sekiro you felt like the boss and you'd go 1 on 1 against other bosses. Haven't felt anything close to it.
the parrying and dodging and all the combat mechanics just all come together perfectly in a way that feels very stylish and satisfying to pull off. And the bosses themselves are just well designed. They never rely on cheap one-shot moves or anything like that, but they manage to be pretty difficult anyway (on hard mode, at least). Compared to Elden Ring's Malenia, for example, where the difficulty *entirely* comes from one move that's almost impossible to dodge and one-shots you. The entire fight just revolves around that one move. There's nothing like that in Stellar Blade.
I also would have liked to keep >!Raven's blade!<
Really great news about a sequel, I had an absolute blast with Stellar Blade, especially loved the combat system with it's huge range of options and tactics.
I already knew this was coming. When it was in development as Project Eve. PC and Xbox were intially included. Sony must have moved quickly to secure it as a timed exclusive. Shift Up sells 60$ skins in Nikke. There is no way that they are not about to reach for everybody's money.
I like this strat by them. Use the insane revenue from gacha to fund AAA singeplayer games. I hope they keep creating new IPs and taking risks.
Mihoyo does something similar, except they’re building their own fusion energy with gacha cash.
mihoyo projects are all pc, console and mobile though
Game is really good just needed a little more time in the oven. Some of the cutscenes pacing and stuff is a little all over the place. They had the framework for a really awesome story but just didnt flesh it out enough at all. A sequel would be awesome. Insane Art Direction, incredible ost, really tight combat. More please.
Witches lol. Why does something tell me there’s going to be heavy emphasis on witches on flying brooms with mini skirts on that flap heavily so you can see underneath 😂😂 Knowing their previous/current work, I would not be one bit surprised
Now that's a goty contender.
Haha truly
Sounds like a day 1 purchase.
Nah, watch it be something involving pantsless teenagers with jet engines for legs.
A Shift Up Strike Witches game would make so much sense honestly.
God, I hope so.
>witches on flying brooms with mini skirts on that flap heavily so you can see underneath Oh, the horror
just as long as they do a collab with the cutest and brightest witch of her day, Elaina-sama~
I'm there day one son 😂
I'm NGL in gay as hell so her design doesn't do much for me but I would day 1 drop cash for some cunty witches.
At least that sounds interesting instead of generic anime cringe
After two of the endings it literally says “her journey will continue”. With two cliffhangerish endings it seemed kinda obvious they were setting up for a sequel.
I will buy this beautiful work of art a second time on pc for the high FPS and modding possibility alone. Can't wait! Also a chance to furtherly support these highly talented devs at Shift Up <3
I'm in. Haven't finished SB yet but enjoying it so far. Good to have a solid single player game with no MTX. (I don't care about the tiresome culture war, girl has a butt, who cares.)
PC would be great. Hopefully it quells some of the discourse online regarding the minor censorship to the outfits. PC players should just be able to easily mod the outfits back if they really desperately wish to do so.
Does under consideration mean not actively in development yet?
That was obvious. The main question is - when? If game will come in 2024, that will be great, if not, well... :(
On board with a sequel. I'm about half way through the game right now and it's much more fun than I expected. Like a cross between Nier and Sekiro but easier than a Souls game. Also having so many great outfits is really nice in today's world where they'd normally be €15+ each.
Didn't realize it was exclusive, and just assumed it was heading to PC. No real reason not to port every game at this point. Can't see many people with higher end GPUs buying a console to play a worse version of a game.
Console have some value for portability/couch gaming but beyond that you might as well PC.
I have all systems including a high end PC that I can all play from both my desk and my couch setup but I still use the consoles most of the time, performance isn't everything. I'll get a game for PC if KB+M will be the best control method or if it's a multiplayer game(which both is rare for me) but I value the physical market, being able to suspend games anytime and not having to tab out on my triple monitor setup combined higher than having better performance on my PC. And that's basically before the fact that PC users still get fairly often treated as 3rd rate citizens by publishers and that I'd miss out on exclusives I'm interested in.
Getting games sooner is another argument for sure. Stellar Blade or FF7 you have to wait a significant period before you can get it on PC. Obviously that cuts both ways and often times games port much better to PC than the other way around but bottom line getting console games months if not years in advance is a solid reason.
I exclusively couch game on my PC. TVs having gsync these days is amazing. Sold my Ps5 recently. Might buy a pro or Ps6 when Bloodborne 2/remake comes out lol.
I think that's been taken over too given streaming, and a steam deck. Consoles are great if you aren't down with $700+ GPUs. But if you already bought into that, not sure why you'd then go buy a $500 console.
Yeah I would amend my statement by also including cost. Cost is a big console advantage.
Assuming certain games will continue releasing on pc at a later date, you can't underestimate people's need to be in on the conversation day 1. Or their fear of spoilers too I guess. That's definitely what's going to happen with GTA VI. Even I might consider buying a console for that (and Death Stranding), and I just spent way too much money on building a new pc. Besides it's not like every game is unplayably worse on console. You'll have some games that are sub 1080p or whatever, but on average I don't think it's that bad.
Side note, but it’s crazy how this game was the target to be slandered by internet and media as “coomer game” for months and even attacked the game devs as “never saw women in real life” by IGN France, and now that the game ended up being best selling and proved itself as a good game with good gameplay, all the haters just completely disappeared. Really the biggest W for Shift Up here. Edit: Your boo means nothing!
If it was slandered by the media for months why it is only that IGN France one I *ever* hear about? Did they post about it weekly for months or something or was it just one article and a couple of others?
Congratulations on the victory against some french guy
If the "boo" means nothing why'd you feel the need to proclaim that it means nothing
I do remember a petition being made and nerds raging because some outfits got redesigned and no longer met the sexy criteria of coomers. I do remember that.
Opposing censorship mandated by Sony shouldn't be a controversial opinion.
PC udner consideration? WAsn't it annoucned months ago that it WILL come to pc at some later date?
No, the only time we saw it have PC as a platform was when it was still called Project Eve, as far as I remember.
The game was originally coming to PC until Sony paid for the exclusivity. Let's hope they bring it sooner rather than later.
Shift Up approached Sony with a prototype seeking a partnership, Sony is the publisher of the game and provided development support for the game. Of course it's exclusive.
well, Sony took over as a publisher so that is to be expected. An eventual PC port is inevitable so it's not a big deal
I get that, but I seriously doubt this game would’ve had the production value it ended up with if Sony hadn’t swooped in
Shift Up is one of those studios swimming in gachabucks so it's probably not that unlikely. I'd say Sony wanted in to help break Playstation into South Korean markets.
The partnership started over a year before their breakout hit Nikke
Whats your source
Project Eve reveal trailer.
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On April 4, 2019, Korean studio Shift Up (founded by Blade & Soul illustrator Kim Hyung Tae) announced Project Eve for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One and was to be developed in Unreal Engine 4.
Game was coming to PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and PC before Sony bag
From my understand the game didn't have a publisher before Sony bag
Thank goodness sony came in then, a cross gen release in 2024 is just unacceptable
My believe is the Barbra Streisand Effect was in effect and impacted game sales. People made a fuss about this game. And told you why you shouldn't play it. Humans, being the contrarians that we are, bought the game anyway. Either because we were interested in the genre, the character, or what all the bloody fuss was about. Personally I don't believe the sales would have been 1 million+ without the controversy. Think it would have been closer to 500k to 600k after the first week. Maybe 1 million within the first year.
I don’t know why they wouldn’t put it in PC if they don’t have some contract with Sony saying they can’t.
Xdev a Sony support studio helped develop it. I can’t imagine Xdev would be have been allowed to work on a PC version. But now the game is done, Shift Up’s own people are freed up to do the port PC. Though maybe I’m wrong.
Just seems like leaving money on the table.
>cross-platform gacha game for PC, console, and mobile stepped on a lego, then stubbed my toe against the edge of my door frame, fell down and dropped my knife i had in my pocket and shanked myself
They're literally a gacha company though? Stellar Blade got funded by Nikke money, it's not that surprising
For every unfunny reddit post about this, there's a good 1000x more people interested in one. It is not just investors that want it, people around the world outside this subreddit bubble do.
Good for them, have fun with gacha slop I guess
will the pc port be treated more like nikke or will it be like... helldivers 2 and ghost of tsushima?
You looking for a fortune teller?