Was State of Play 2025 a Good Event?

State of Play is a PlayStation event that takes place every year and aims to announce trailers of new games that will come out on the console, being an important moment and much expected by the gamer audience. This year's state of play ended up not meeting the expectation of most criticism because of not presenting games or sequences in which people were waiting. Nonetheless, Did the event present relevant games? We will present today the main games that were presented and discuss the possible flaws in which the event presented.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Credits: Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii/Sega

Sega's new game will be another sequence of the game series Like A Dragon, however it will be a spin-off of the original saga. Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will be an action and adventure game in which you will control Goro Majima, a former Yakuza in which he ended up losing his memories and became a pirate seeking to understand what happened and a supposed treasure. The game will launch on February 20, 2025 and will arrive on PlayStation 5 and 4, Xbox One, Series X and S and on computers.

Credits: SEGA/Youtube

Lost Soul Aside

Credits: Lost Soul Aside/Ultizero Games

The new game of adventure and science fiction will be produced by Chinese developer Ultizero Games and published by PlayStation. Lost Soul Aside takes place in a world that mixes magic with technology, the main character being a swordsman named Kazer. The game will release May 30, 2025 on PlayStation 5 and PC.

Credits: PlayStation/Youtube

Monster Hunter Wilds

Monster Hunter Wilds is a new Capcom -produced action RPG game where it takes place in a wild and dangerous world in which there are giant monsters that are part of the ecosystem. Your character being a hunter of these monsters that uses the resources obtained to evolve more and more to become able to overcome these creatures that can reach an impressive size. The game will be released on February 28, 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S and computer.

Credits: Monster Hunter Wilds/Capcom

Credits: Capcom/Youtube

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

Credits: Onimusha: Way to the Sword/Capcom

Onimusha: Way to the Sword is another game made by Capcom that will take place in Kyoto, the Japanese capital in the Edo period, and will tell the story of a samurai that needs to fight supernatural forces in the ancient Japanese capital that was eventually corrupted. Different from the games mentioned, Capcom's new game is scheduled to be released by 2026 for PlayStation 5 only.

Credits: PlayStation/Youtube

Saros

Saros is a new exclusive from PlayStation that will be produced by Housemarque studio and distributed by PlayStation. The new game presented at State of Play has presented little information about its history and gameplay, just knowing that the game will be action, what main character is called Arjun Devraj and will take place in a space colony.

Credits: Saros/Housemarque

Credits: PlayStation/Youtube

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

Credits: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater/Konami

Konami's new remake brings back the Konami classic with best graphics and a control that corresponds with current market games. In this game, you will control Jack, known as Naked Snake, a soldier specializing in the art of stealth and corporate combat that has to infiltrate Russian territory. The game will release on August 28, 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S and PC.

Credits: PlayStation/Youtube

Days Gone Remastered

Credits: Days Gone Remaster/Playstation

Days Gone Remastered was one of the points where this event ended up not pleasing most people because it is remaster of a 2019 game. Remaster will feature graphic and audio improvements, however, will only have these improvements, which They are no longer impressive. Days Gone Remaster will release on March 7, 2025 for PlayStation 5 and the Pro version.

Credits: PlayStation/Youtube

Lies of P: Overture

Credits: Lies of P: Overture/Neowiz

One of the DLCs announced at State of Play was Lies of P: Overture, a DLC that will bring the prologue of the original game. The story will take place in the city of Krat during the haunting beauty of the late nineteenth -century Belle Époque. DLC will release in the summer of 2025, not having a specific day so far, and for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series x and S and PC.

Credits: PlayStation/Youtube

Tides of Annihilation

Credits: Tides of Annihilation/Eclipse Glow Studio

One of the games that caught the most attention at the event was Tides of Annihilation, an action and adventure game produced by Eclipse Glow Studio studio that will take place in a devastated and magic -filled London. You will control Gwendolyn, a person who has mystical power to face this evil that haunts the world of this game. Being possibly released in 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox X | S and computer.

Credits: Playstation/Youtube

Was State of Play 2025 a Good Event?

The event held on February 12 presented several games, DLCs and projects in which Sony is working. But was it a good event? Undoubtedly, the main problem was the high expectation of the announced games, of course, Days Gone's Remaster was the main joke of the whole event,But even if this Remaster would not have been announced, most would find the event average or bad because of the lack of exclusive PlayStation 5 games that is a console featuring a scarce catalog, unlike PlayStation 4.

The lack of projects that please the public and that are at least questionable is a problem in which Sony is facing most likely because of its recent projects that have failed and resulting in detriment to the company, such as Concord and Foamstars. These choices made by Sony to make service games have made PlayStation studios spend resources on an idea that does not appeal to most of their audience, so needing time to recover from that damage.

The end of the "war of console" can also be a reason for Sony to stop working in its games that have the deepest story, because after all there is no reason to stand out if the market has no more competitors. One of Sony's mistakes is also not listening to its audience to make games or bring sequences that would be well regarded by people, and can make more profit than their new projects because there are people who will buy your product.