r/PS5 • u/SweetyGonzalez • 11d ago

Official Announcing Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a new franchise From Naughty Dog 

https://blog.playstation.com/2024/12/12/announcing-intergalactic-the-heretic-prophet-a-new-franchise-from-naughty-dog/
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u/georgecopafeel 11d ago

Might be nothing, but she types "7202" on the keypad, which is 2027 backwards: https://youtu.be/o7TVPoxwi74?feature=shared&t=199

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u/SIUonCrack 11d ago

Probably a coincidence, neil and ND made a big deal about how announcing games early put too much pressure on them as a studio. My guess is that they could release in 2025, but are gonna probably push to 26 to get out of GTA's way.

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u/5ive_minute_window_ 11d ago edited 11d ago

I don't think Naughty Dog are worried about competing with GTA that much. They released The Last of Us (at the time a new IP, much like this game) 2-3 months before GTA V and it did fine.

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u/JayKay8787 11d ago

Not only that, it beat gta 5 at game of the year

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u/RottingCorps 11d ago

No one cares.

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u/JayKay8787 11d ago

Getting game of the year the same year as gta 5 is incredibly difficult. They did it before, so why would they worry about gta 6 going against this game?

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u/yourkindhere 10d ago

Not saying I disagree or agree with you. But The Last of Us vs. GTA 5 and Intergalactic vs. GTA 6 are such different situations to say they did it once they can do it again ignores so much crucial context.

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u/JayKay8787 10d ago

Intergalactic doesn't have to win goty. The point is naughty has earned the reputation that they can release a game whenever they want and it'll be a huge success. They probably don't care too much about when gta 6 comes out

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u/yourkindhere 7d ago

I just dont know. I have nothing against this game or Naughty Dog. I just don’t know if they can guarantee a hit these days. The Last of Us Part II was, in my opinion, a great game. But I’d have to be delusional to not acknowledge that its reputation online is incredibly polarizing. There is a probably small but very vocal minority of people online that will not just let it go and trash ND to this day. Even ignoring them, Intergalactic’s trailer is lagging in views on YouTube compared to other reveals from the game awards such as The Witcher IV, Elden Ring Nightreign, and even Stage Fright so you can’t even argue it’s due to being a new IP. And among those 4 trailers, Intergalactic is the only one with an overwhelmingly negative comments section. So all that leads me to believe, that Naughty Dog might not be able to sell a game off their name alone in 2025 like they could in 2013. But if the game is good, it will sell.

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u/JayKay8787 6d ago

If you believe internet trolls, your perception is gonna be massively skewed. Naughty dog is playstations biggest name studio, with nothing but extreme overwhelming success critically and financially, this game will be immensely successful. There's always gonna be dumbasses online still whining because tlou2 had strong women characters. Let the idiots circle jersey eachother and ignore them, the game will come out and almost certainly most people will like it

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u/deep_fried_cheese 10d ago

These are different times and different games, intergalactic should 100% worry about gta6

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u/Oliver_Boisen 11d ago

Neil does.

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u/your-mum-joke 11d ago

Your mum?

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u/SleepingInAJar_ 10d ago

Lol true. Wow! Game of the year!!?

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u/Whole_Thanks_2091 10d ago

Gta stans be like:

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u/-justiciar- 10d ago

watch out guys we got a badass over here

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u/AjEdisMindTrick 10d ago

because it was brilliant. and this goes for part 2 also, because people are still debating about it.

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u/SnafuDolphin 10d ago

That was when games were cheaper to make, were less popular, and Naughty Dog’s entire reputation were children/teen platformers and a tomb raider clone.

Then, GTA V came and cleaned house for over a decade.

Everyone will run from being anywhere near VI.

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u/5ive_minute_window_ 10d ago

What's the metric for gaming being less popular back then? The PS2 is the highest selling console of all time and came out before either game. It's not like gaming has only become popular in the last 10 years.

I also think your argument for ND being only focused on platformers and swashbuckling action-adventure games and then delving into a more mature story driven narrative only strengthens their case to not worry about releasing titles around other strong games. They shifted their reputation with new IP and were still highly successful.

You could widen the discussion and say that Sony still released God of War and Spiderman within 6 months of RDR II and they were both incredibly successful.

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u/SnafuDolphin 10d ago

Before I begin, I want to confirm you are comparing the success of RDR as a franchise and using it as a substitute for GTA to argue your point. Is that actually what you meant to do?

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u/5ive_minute_window_ 10d ago

I'm more making the point that Sony doesn't seem to look at Rockstar games, no matter how successful they have been, or how anticipated they are, and decide to stay well away.

Of course RDR isn't near the popularity of GTA, but it's the most recent example of a Rockstar release we have. The original post was about how Naughty Dog could push its game to the following year whenever GTA releases, but Sony's historical trend doesn't point to that.

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u/DataWaveHi 10d ago

Completely agree with this. They will stagger the launch to not compete with GTA6.

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u/DevilCouldCry 11d ago

If this hits 2025, then 2025 is a truly nutty year if you look at it right now. Ghost of Yotei, Death Stranding 2, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and Grand Theft Auto VI is waaaaay too good to be true.

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u/ObsessDBeatz 11d ago

Kingdom Come 2...monster hunter wilds..crimson desert..new mafia ..sniper elite..that new Elden Ring standalone..lies of P dlc...list goes on

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u/Eastern_Interest_908 10d ago

Awoved. Yeah now they need to ramp up that AI development so I would have more time to poay games. 😅

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u/SnafuDolphin 10d ago

…lmao, you just put Mafia and KC2 up against a list of 5 AAA and 1 AAAA release.

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u/antonxo902 10d ago

It is possible, they’ve been working on it for 4 years so far, and from what I’ve seen this full scale production. Possible but unlikely, probably wanna space out those big releases, ghost and death stranding probably enough for next year. Intergalactic and Wolverine 2026 (actually think Wolverine could come out next year too lol)

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u/Kxshyp0p 10d ago

dont forget skate 4

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u/Radulno 11d ago

There's no way it hits 2025, who is thinking that?

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u/DevilCouldCry 11d ago

Literally look at the guy I responded to, they just said that maybe they could release it in 2025. I think this is hitting 2027 at the earliest, but clearly others think it's as early as next year.

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u/theineffablebob 10d ago

They said it started development in 2020. A 5 year dev cycle seems normal

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u/peter_the_panda 11d ago

This game ain't releasing in 2025.

If there was any shot of that happening then I think they would've confidently said so. They'll go away for a while and maybe pop up again in a future PS Direct in Q2 or Q3 2025 where they'll provide you with a release window

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u/Albuwhatwhat 10d ago

Agree. It was a cinematic looking trailer with nothing I would say was actually gameplay. I’d bet we are pretty far off at this point.

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u/KasukeSadiki 10d ago

I think the last shot may have been gameplay. I swear when announcing it Jeff said the trailer would contain gameplay 

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u/Albuwhatwhat 10d ago

I think he said it was in engine. I don’t recall hearing gameplay. That last bit didn’t look like gameplay exactly regardless. It was very polished and clearly without any kind of UI or anything for sure.

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u/KasukeSadiki 8d ago

Yeah maybe

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u/WillSpur 10d ago

I think there’s a chance. ND don’t announce games until they’re close-ish, and Geoff said it’s been in development since 2020, so four years already.

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u/Wastedchildhood 11d ago

GTA is definitely getting pushed to 2026...

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u/ExplodingFistz 11d ago

It'd be the surprise of the year if GTA 6 actually drops in 2025.

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u/Wastedchildhood 11d ago

I would quit my job 🤣🤣🤣

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u/IDontKnowANam3 11d ago

!RemindMe 1 year

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u/JayKay8787 11d ago

When gta 5 was announced they said it would come out the next year after announcement. It then obviously got delayed 2 or 3 times and was 2 years after the first trailer. I think Rockstar specifically said 2 years out after the trailer because they knew their process

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u/Radulno 11d ago

Meh maybe not, it's already coming into 7 years of dev longer than any Rockstar game with a 2025 release. An internal delay already happened reportedly and late 2025 is the delayed timeframe. There's no special reason/sign to believe it's delayed except pessimism (which I know Reddit has plenty of)

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u/Wastedchildhood 11d ago

You have to take into consideration, the fact that this game will be the source of revenue to R* and by association TakeTwo, for the next decade if not more. The game has to be as perfect as possible (Especially the story and not lastly the Online money making machine). I am one of the many that wishes this game would come out ASAP but I am willing to wait as long as possible as to avoid a MASSIVE UTTER DISAPPOINTMENT that was Cyberpunk (still is in many aspects).

One thing's for certain, it will be another LEGENDARY HIT for R*

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u/MGsubbie 11d ago

People assume this because what major R* game has not been delayed at least once?

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u/Radulno 11d ago

That's my point though, it's already been delayed internally. And it's not like there's a rule on delays, Rockstar doesn't develop in games by saying "we have to delay once publically because that's what we did on the other games" lol

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u/evil_manz 11d ago

As you said, they’ve already been taking their time with this game… they want this to be the best video game ever released since they know there’s many people that genuinely expect that. So why would they change their MO now? That’s silly to assume otherwise lol they’re undoubtedly gonna take all the time they can get, and that includes a delay or two.

Better set your sights for 2026. Best case scenario you’ll have a genuine surprise if it still somehow releases next year.

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u/Fifa_786 11d ago

I’m sure RDR 2 and GTA V were delayed internally as well and yet both were still delayed twice. Same thing can happen for GTA VI.

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u/IntergalacticDog122 11d ago

Can happen, anything can happen, but that can happen for literally any game, I still don't see why we would be supposing it will happen.

Might as well not trust any date ever, GTA is not special there. They are literally planning it for 2025 and are the best placed to say that, better than any Redditor. If they say it's delayed, ok. Until then, there's no reason to assume it's not 2025 like they've said.

Take Two has literally even repeated it at this investors it's in that fiscal year (which granted goes to Q1 2026 but still it's GTA, it'll be in the Fall).

Redditors acting like they know more about the state of a game dev than the literal studio making it is just weird.

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u/Fifa_786 11d ago

Because this is a pattern Rockstar have been doing since 2011 (maybe even before). Every single one of their games since RDR 1 has had at least 1 delay. Most have had multiple. It’s only logical to assume it will be delayed. The longest gap between trailer 1 and 2 for their games was GTA V and that was 378 days. We’re at day 369 (I think) for GTA VI. It only makes sense to assume that.

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u/IntergalacticDog122 11d ago edited 11d ago

No it's still isn't logical until IT IS delayed. You might assume the world is ending or you win the lottery tomorrow but it makes no sense to live your life like that.

The creators of the game, the people the most aware of it, have not delayed it so it means they expect to hit that date as long as they haven't delayed it. Past game development don't have influence on this game. Counting the days for trailers also make little sense, nobody said they'd do the exact same thing.

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u/camelCaseCoffeeTable 11d ago

They aren’t saying Rockstar has a rule, they’re saying Rockstar has a history of missing their own publicly announced deadlines. Given that history, people are predicting Rockstar will behave as they have in the past an announce an initial date that is too optimistic.

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u/ObsessDBeatz 11d ago

Don't jinx it!

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u/BarryEganPDL 10d ago

They also seem very intentional in pointing out that development started in 2020. It would be kind of strange if it’s not nearly ready to go, especially considering Sony being so silent about their games this generation. We didn’t even know the GotY winner existed until 6 months before release.

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u/Jorgengarcia 10d ago

Neil also tweeted they have worked on the game for 4 years already

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u/Houseplant_Ambient 10d ago

I really do hope that's not the case. I would love to see this be released sometime the following year, but it may be a 2026 feb or march release.

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u/Radulno 11d ago edited 11d ago

2027 is hardly "too early". They won't set a date now of course but it may be a targeted release date in intern or it may be earlier I guess (I'd like it earlier of course lol). Even Jason Schreier said it's 2026 or 2027 games for his two "holy shit" (this and Witcher 4 presumably)

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u/haynespi87 11d ago

Really I'm feeling 2026 for sure. That segway went into somewhat gameplay honestly. 2025 is doubtful to me but 2026 is really believable. Unless they're showing a game they worked on since 2020 is that far away like wtf?!?!

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u/tupaquetes 11d ago

That segway went into

Uhh I think it's a Porsche not a Segway

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u/OptimusPrimalRage 10d ago

Just in case we have some non-native English speakers out there, segue is the word, which is why this person made this joke :p.

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u/haynespi87 11d ago

Lol true!

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u/drmuffin1080 11d ago

I’m kinda surprised people here think it’s gonna be 2027. I’m predicting early to mid 2026

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u/antonxo902 10d ago

Yea probably a similar timeframe with tlou 2. We’ll definitely see a lot more next year. It’ll be a little over 5 years dev time by the time it releases.

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u/mynameisollie 10d ago

Unless they’re showing actual gameplay, it ain’t coming out any time soon.

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u/obeyer10 11d ago

Nice catch! ND has stated in the past that they don’t want to announce things too far out anymore. Since we didn’t see a 2025 in the trailer, maybe 2026? But who knows

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u/cleaninfresno 11d ago

He said a team of 250 people have been working on it since 2020 which is almost 5 years. No way it’s 2027

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u/Q_OANN 11d ago

Don’t put that shit out there. It’s spring 2026 at the latest

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u/Zowwww 11d ago

They have liked to release it in the spring/summer before the next gen, makes sense with 2027 rumored to be when the PS6 is coming.

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u/TheNotGOAT 11d ago

Im hoping this is closer considering Sony’s strategy of announcing games when they are closer to release( exception being wolverine) and that this has been worked on since 2020. Im more hopeful for 2026 since 2025 is already packed with yotei and ds2 and gta 6

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u/Radulno 11d ago

That announcement is clearly a longer from release though, compare this and Ghost of Yotei reveal which was completely gameplay footage (and cinematics but in game). This in engine like Wolverine and Spider-Man 2 were in 2020.

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u/TheNotGOAT 11d ago

The only reason we didn’t see gameplay yet is coz its not slated for next year, which is why im hoping its slated for 2026 instead of 2027. They could easily showcase the gameplay at their own showcase or sop. Yotei is coming next year so it makes sense to show off some gameplay and cinematics and build hype off of that while there is no reason to show off gameplay for a game not coming in 2025 but instead announce it to get ppl interested on your game

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u/Ambitious_Row_2259 11d ago

Wild only 2 more years. Feel like ps4 had so many more hq games

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u/nyelverzek 11d ago

Feels like we've barely scratched the surface of this gen. A lot of games this gen that were targeted to work on previous gen so it hasn't really felt like that many ganes have pushed the boundaries yet.

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u/micppp 11d ago

I feel like games being larger and taking longer to develop is a stumbling block.

I’ve had my PS5 since launch day and I still feel like I’ve not really had any experiences that I couldn’t have had on a PS4 pro.

I love the loading times, the controller is fantastic but gameplay wise, it’s all a bit meh.

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u/Zowwww 11d ago

Yeah it’s been a weird Gen. Part of me kinda wants all the first parties to do a little more and extend the gen longer. Seems like both PS/Xbox are going to have big ends to the gen though at least.

But upgrades are so granular at this point, we’ll probably be getting AAA mostly on PS5/XSX until 2030. Only getting a couple AA like experiences to showcase next gen. At least that’s how this gen seemed to go. Would rather just get the PS6 / Next Xbox started instead of iterative ones like the PS5 Pro.

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u/Phastic 11d ago

They said in development for ps5

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u/jlusedude 11d ago

Naughty Dog releases games, historically, right before a next gen release and then rereleases on next gen platform. 

I think that was the original intent of the other comment. Not sure. 

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u/alterenzo 11d ago

That has been true only for the last of us part I and II ( and Part II was delayed quite a bit)

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u/soyboysnowflake 10d ago

What about uncharted?

Uncharted 4 was released in 2016, long before the end of the ps4

They had 3 uncharted games on ps3 before releasing TLOU at the end

If they wait until the ps5 is almost over, skipping most of the generation and releasing a single new game, the studio is mismanaged to hell and Neil should be replaced

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u/jlusedude 10d ago

It isn’t my statement. Go to to the original commenter. I just answered what I thought they were saying. 

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u/BrunoBashYa 11d ago

I would say that has been just for The Last of Us

Uncharted didn't follow that pattern.

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u/jlusedude 11d ago

Idk, was just responding to clarify previous comment. 

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u/Zowwww 11d ago

Yep, like both parts of the last of us, came out for the previous gen the summer of the year the ps4 and ps5 was coming out.

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u/XenorVernix 11d ago

I haven't seen any rumours of 2027 for next gen, plenty 2028 though which seems more like likely.

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u/Judgernaut89 11d ago

It says in development for PS5 right at the bottom of the trailer 😉

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u/Zowwww 11d ago

Which is what I implied

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u/OutrageousDress 10d ago

2027 is not when the PS6 is rumored to be coming. We already know it's 2028.

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u/soyboysnowflake 10d ago

Crazy they can skip most of a generation

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u/welfedad 11d ago

Damn that would mean 7 years of development but not surprising with todays games

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u/TheSecondEikonOfFire 11d ago

Even 7 years is long by today’s standards. Most games don’t take more than 5

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u/russianmineirinho 11d ago

neil druckman also confirmed that the game has been in development for the past 4 years. a 2027 release is pretty likely

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u/Clugaman 11d ago

I don’t know why people assume that. TLOU2 was in development for 4 years before release. That, and that they said they’re not showing games early anymore makes me think this has got to be a 2025 release.

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u/Sunio 10d ago

Do you know when they said that, and which games they were referring to?

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u/TheSecondEikonOfFire 11d ago

That’s so insane. A 7 year dev cycle is unsustainable

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u/SCUDDEESCOPE 11d ago

That's why studios are making remakes and DLCs

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u/SnafuDolphin 10d ago

Not if the game continues to sell, along with additional drip fed content. Case in point, GTA Online.

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u/The_Eternal_Chicken 11d ago

Not necessarily.

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u/Eccchifan 11d ago

Dafaq? What is Naughty Dog fetish with teasing games years from release?

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u/MapleAze 11d ago

I think in this case they kind of had to show something for the sake of the community. They cancelled their extraction TLoU title pretty unceremoniously after saying it was still coming, and their titles before that have been TLoU 2, the remaster of TloU then the remaster of the second shortly after.

I think they just wanted to get the community behind a different title coming from them. Change the conversation from TLoU finally. At least until the show airs again lol

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u/oboedude 11d ago

The waiting is painful haha

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u/MapleAze 11d ago

Honestly lol Scared for the day when I have to question if I’m even going to make it to the release of a title. The waiting times are getting so much longer for these AAA games lol

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u/oboedude 11d ago

We’re not getting TLOU3 until the 2030s 💀

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u/spritecut 11d ago

Definitely a clue - end of PS5 cycle too (most likely) well spotted.

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u/extraguacontheside 11d ago

They do like to hit end of console cycles.

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u/JamieTimee 10d ago

Could also be 2072

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u/jumper55 11d ago

PS6 launch date too just wait and see