It really doesn't bother me especially since there's already an overload of games, we really don't get droughts anymore.

Glad he's realizing this. Bethesda did it right with Fallout 4.

I'm find with early announcements on games. Without them, people wouldn't be hyped to buy the consoles which drives interest and support from 3rd party devs.

Games cost so much more than they used to and the amount of time and man power is ridiculous compared to two gens ago; even if you think 1 year is enough to begin the announcement, issues along way will result in delays whether it's time, funding, man power, and/or bugs.

Imagine you have the perfect team working on a project due in a year, but months later, two employees decided to leave the team because they got hired by other companies. Now you have to scramble to hire two good people to replace them and that might take months to find which will result in delays.

I'm sorry, but people who complain about delays and early announcements are living in the past. I, for one, love what Sony are doing with their support and development in their games - quality. Not all games are perfect, but majority are good due to the delays needed.

I don't care about delays or release dates, what grinds my gears is when i buy games when they release only to be riddled with bugs or an overall experience that seems rushed.

Here I am still waiting for Agent from Rock*

I don't have a problem with early release date announcement. When they show me a game i am interested in would like to know which date they are aiming for to see, if it comes in sooner or later. If it has to be delayed it's no problem for me to wait a few months more.

It bothers me more when they show a game i'm really excited for (god of war) and i don't have the slightest clue if it releases next year, in two or 3 years.

Imo developers should announce/introduce their games when it definitely have a 6 to 12 months window. Showing off a game knowing it won't be released in 2 to 10 years is ridiculous,basically irrelevant until it's about ready to release.

I can see the Last of US 2 coming out Fall 2018.

Come out whenever as long as its not riddled with glitches like Fallout 4. Or barebones like SFV

Great! I hate when they do this with movies too. The difference is games change so much that most information unveiled years before nearing release day is hardly representative of the gold version, FFXV being a current example. Before I get flamed, I understand there are exceptions. I would rather see marketing campaigns of an accurately represented product rather than a "vision" (marketing speak for doctored video to secure preorders for nonexistent games), which requires late announcements.

I also just flat lose any and all interest after so much time of drip fed information and end up moving on to other games/hobbies to fill my leisure time. This happened with The Division and I would have bought it if they released what they showed but clearly it was just a commercial of a nonexistent game.

While no solution is perfect, I think this may also help to secure spoiler leaks if they just announce them when they are near beta.

The way Sony has been doing announcements is great. The purpose of venues like PSX, E3, Game Awards, Gamescon,etc... is to announce new projects in the pipeline and get gamers stir crazy even if its two years away. Its not like they dont have games coming out presently that were also announced more than a year away. Other companies can't do it because the games just aren't there to announce. I also like how Sony more than anyone actually started live gameplay demos during presentations as well as opposed to showing CGI videos that dont represent the games well. Other companies have shown same games at multiple E3s as well but that's ok too?

I love to know about games in advance and new tech because it keeps me attentive and anxious for the new games I know are coming. Release dates is a different story and I don't mind if they announce them like 6 months before. But release dates mean crap as all companies have release dates then change them on a whim.

I think Sony should chill with revealing games so early in development.. I know they need to keep customers interested but they show off games way too early.. That being said, theres some amazing titles to look forward to..

Good Sony actually improves on their announcing formula.

See, and this was thanks to us real Playstation fans speaking out about this.

Which mistakes like releasing a new "not-new system" every 3 years for the foreseeable future?

Or how about making the Playstation Store more difficult to navigate with each subsequent update?

Watched the Playstation Experience and heard about the Parappa the Rapper Demo.

Something is wrong with the Playstation Store's search function. It doesn't find things until they have been on the store for nearly a month at times. They don't have a Demo Tab anymore. now you go to Games>Free> and scroll through about 6 different screens before you get to "Game Demos" and the tab for it is at the very top of the screen above huge pictures advertising specific ones. No one is going to see it there. I felt like an idiot trying to find a Parappa the Rapper demo at 3 in the morning but "You gotta believe!"

Sony has been notorious for announcing games way too early then delaying them.e almost every game they have announced or released experiences some huge delay. Good to see Shu address what most have been saying for a long time.

Yoshida is still seething at being outflanked by project scorpio.

Here's a tip...shut the f*** up

All they care about is the money. It's pure greed, and it's disgusting

Them: "We've figured out a way to squeeze you of more money, come on let us stick it in."
Us: "No."
Them: "Please! just the tip."
Us: "That's how it always starts."

Where's that tip is actually going the CEOs pocket.

"Interesting concept"?! This is beyond idiotic.

First of all, developers have a salary and they earn a pretty decent wage.
Next, tipping culture is awful overall and should be abolished, i think. People don't see it as a token of gratitude for the job done well (as it should be), they see it as their own money that you must give them, no matter how they do the job. Look at some places, tips became mandatory and they are a fixed percent of your order, for some reason (especially in kids playrooms). You'll give them an inch and they'll take a mile and then another one on top. Look at macrotransactions, started on free to play games, was costing around $2-$5, now it's everywhere, even in $70 AAA games and cost more than a game, up to $100.
On top of that, you'll have to waste resources adding this system, integrate with payment providers and fix the bugs, who will do that? What, another company should make it and take a fee from every transaction? No, thanks, there're already enough parasites around.

Even if we ignore that this is dumb idea and should never be a thing ever:
Who can guarantee that the money will go to developers ONLY? That's right, no one.
How many developers are working on a AAA game? 100+? Who would you tip, some particular developer? How would you know who? All 100? The wouldn't even notice a few cents bonus.

Hey, as long as we're throwing (dumb) ideas around - how about the other way around, CEOs and top management will tip the players who play their game? I read everywhere about the record profits and firing development staff, yet CEOs and top management are keeping theirs, so how about sharing some of your wealth? Oh, what, you don't want that? Oh, i guess it should only work in your favor, huh?

It’s called Kickstarter, since 99% of games are broken upon release and are essentially still in development.

Tipping culture is getting out of hand. I just see this as moving in a direction where employers no longer want to be held accountable for their employee’s salaries or investments.

Why aren’t you showing your appreciation and providing me with a tip for purchasing your game? Did I do something wrong by only dropping $130+ on your Ultimate Edition that is plagued with matchmaking issues for the next 2-3 months and only includes a bonus game soundtrack that is totally forgettable?

Just the tip?

Give me the option by all means. I can then choose to refuse.

We will then immediately see games designed from the ground up around tipping.

Yeah tipping the developer only to find later that he was laid off.

I'd like to tip a few off a cliff

How about they get paid a proper wage.
American tipping culture is just madness I've seen it's starting to expand beyond just waiters and Batista's into things like real estate agents and self service kiosks like at Macdonalds along with other place's it should never even be considering I don't tip anyone in Australia ever and no one is mad about it.

I think the developers should tip us for essentially buying dome $70 games to basically play test. Doesn’t really sound so good does it? Y’all make more than most people and still want more.

Fuck off

Whats next, I dont tip and then they remove my access to the game?

This wouldn't work for games published by a big company, of course. But it could work for smaller indie game projects that have a very low cost, such as a $5 game made by 3 people, and you can choose to tip them an extra $3 - $5 as a sign of appreciation.

However, this would be a disgusting practice if it was allowed for games published by Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA, Namco, Capcom, S-E, Sega, etc.

On top of $70 games? No

This is how food delivery apps put more of the responsibility and cost on the customer. Blizzard finds the sleaziest managers.

Give me a f@cking break!

First thet introduce tips, then they cut pay as much as possible, so they can profit more.

I could see this being a cool thing for Indies. But often you can do just that already if they have a patreon or something similar. For major developer companies that would be super silly, to start there is a huge chance that the devs that worked on that particular game has already been fired as the project is over. And obviously the money would not reach the developers that are still there, the suits would gobble it all up.

Also we all know that if this get implemented by a American. It would stop being a small bonus for good work and become a integral part of the salary of the devs in no time.

I'll be honest I don't think I'm 100% against this. Like it would be a very rare thing for me. It would only donate/tip Devs that have not only made a incredible game. But also don't make me feel like I'm getting nicked and dimed.

I love it when these CEOs and the ilk speak about the video game industry. They say the wildest, headscratching rubbish that only seems reasonable to a soulless husk whose myopic pursuit of profit make it seem reasonable to him and him alone.

Tipping culture is out of hand and it needs to stop.

excuse me? lol

To Mike Ybarra, In the words of Elon Musk, "go fk yourself!" Is that clear enough.

They're trying to be restaurant owners 😂😂 have the consumer pay for their wages smh

In a couple of years:

Horse DLC $80 dollars.. oh you buy it! Wanna tip another $20 for the demon son of Bobby Kottick?!

Go work in a restaurant if you want to work for tips. You get no insurance and paid $5/hr.

How about you make something worth buying? He can blame constant video game sales if anything. Most Games are half price in just months.

Everyone knows games go on sale constantly, devs need to make and market properly and maybe we get excited enough to drop $70. I remember seeing WAY more game commercials back in the day. They don’t spend money marketing anymore and just expect us to build hype on our own when day one gaming is risky. These devs have F’d up so many times and just fix via patches…this is bullshit and why we all just wait for your buggy rushed game to go on sale.

Wow that sounds like a wonderful idea
Then the multi billion dollar company wouldn't have to pay them as much
And if there's one company I trust with this stuff, it's blizzard
Always thinking about the little guy

My 'tip' is buying good games.

Oh yeah so then blizzard can justify paying employees less. What a scummy dude

These games are produced for the most part at multiple million to trillion dollar companies. How about they be fiscally responsible with scope and budget so they can pay the developers better. It is not the consumers responsibility to bail out failing business plans.

How about NO!

The USA doesn't understand tippIng....knowing them they'd reduce wages across the board for all devs in order to guilt trip customers to tip.

No no no no no no no way in hell would I ever support ANOTHER tipping avenue. "Oh it's optional" you say? Say that to the "forced 20% gratuity on some checks". What next? Unskippable 1 minute donation begging before we can play so they can write it off in their taxes?

Look at that stupid smile...

I'm not gonna tip you when I have to pay 30 dollars extra for 2 days of early access. You should have probably also tipped your coworker when she got paid less for the exact same role you were given and didn't say a word about it.

Oh what was that? I should torrent more games on PC? Don't mind if I do. LOL I have the Starcraft collection already what else shall I take hmmmm...

I thought micro transactions was tips...

The moment they implement that option, they will reduce the developers' pay and expect tips to makeup the difference.

Tipping is a wonderful thing to do, but an executive is the last person who should suggest it for an industry. This is just shady.

Actually, if I buy a game on sale, I would be open if the funds went to the developer NOT the publisher. For example, buy a $70 game at $39.99. If the game is great and updated properly, I would tip $10.

Okay but if your game is trash, then it's only fair you pay me for having to go through that hardship of spending my money on a terrible game.

If games did not have microtransactions and released complete and games weren't broken on release and patched later then this might have a little bit of merit. Non multiplayer games connected to the internet have lead to intolerable experiences.

If you want the ability to give tips then totally stop selling MT’s and battle passes and I will consider it.

What a pure idiot. Stupid is what stupid does……so don’t be on the “does” category.

Don't these guys earn enough?

Here’s to incoming “your tips make up for it” salary cuts

Mike Ybarra is a joke. This man goes from company to company like the town wh*re.

I didn’t like him at Microsoft, didn’t like him at Blizzard. And while I would tip developers who deserve it.

I’ll never tip developers who are more than happy to force diversity and inclusion just because.

If it makes sense for the story and game okay. But often times it’s just there to check DEI boxes.

Or perhaps the big greedy companies that hired said developers and what not pay out of their billion dollar pockets. Instead of pocketing it all or most of it and then complaining how expensive it is to make AAA video games nowadays. You greedy perverted F’s. Stop job cuts too so you maintain a disgusting life style while the real hardworking people struggle to get by while working tirelessly to make your F’ing games. There should be more capital from these companies that have a reserve for the devs and give them a fair bonus when the games launched.

The amount of money these CEO’s rank in compared to the peanuts the devs and various studio employees make could go towards a better funded gaming experience. The big dogs don’t work anywhere near as much or as hard as the poor devs who often end up on the short end of the stick. Get used and abused then let go while they have a house to pay off.

such scummy idea from a scummy company!