Sony aired a 40-minute showcase promising excitement “from Japan and across Asia.” Translation: “We ran out of blockbusters, so here’s a lovingly reheated platter of remakes, spin-offs, and DLC.”
🧩 Highlights (a generous word)
Dragon Quest VII Reimagined
Because clearly, nothing says “next-gen” like a game that’s already old enough to vote.
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Remake
Remake season continues! Why risk creating new horror when you can just digitally remaster the trauma of 2003?
Gran Turismo 7 Power Pack DLC
It’s a racing sim. It gets new cars. Groundbreaking. Revolutionary. Truly the evolution of gaming.
BlazBlue Entropy Effect X
A roguelike spin-off of a fighting game. Perfect for people who love permadeath and anime shouting in equal measure.
New PS5 Hardware & Accessories
Yes, they announced a monitor. Not a game — a monitor. Because apparently, that’s what we tune in for now.
🎭 The Tone of the Show
PlayStation really leaned into the “regional focus” excuse this time. Translation: “Don’t expect God of War or Bloodborne. Expect polite applause.”
You could practically feel the collective sigh of viewers who tuned in hoping for a megaton reveal — and got a 27-inch QHD screen instead. Somewhere, a Bloodborne fan shed a single, disappointed tear.
The pacing was… fine. Not thrilling, not terrible — just a long commercial break interrupted by the occasional trailer pretending to be an “announcement.”
📉 The Aftermath
Fans reacted with that special mix of apathy and déjà vu:
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“Cool, more remakes.”
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“Didn’t we already play all of these?”
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“At least the indies look cute.”
Meanwhile, Sony execs probably high-fived over the new monitor reveal, because that’s apparently what success looks like now.
🧠 The Big Picture
Let’s be honest — this State of Play didn’t want to surprise you. It wanted to remind you that Sony is still around, still selling peripherals, and still allergic to showing new first-party IPs outside of Summer Game Fest.
It’s the kind of presentation that makes you check your watch halfway through and say, “Oh, we’re still going?”
And when it finally ends, you feel grateful — not because you saw something amazing, but because you can go back to doing literally anything else.
🎤 Final Sarcastic Summary
“PlayStation State of Play 2025: Because nothing says innovation like remaking the past and calling it the future.”
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