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Sony Is Publishing Nintendo Switch And PC Games Under New Label

Unties is a new publishing label from Sony Music.

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A division of Sony is to publish video games for, among other consoles, Switch, the company has announced. Sony Music Entertainment has launched a new publishing label called Unties, whose upcoming projects include a game, titled Tiny Metal, that's coming to Nintendo's hybrid console as well as PC and PS4.

Unties has so far revealed three more projects: one for PS4 and two listed for "PC / TBA," hinting they could come to other platforms later on. Sony Music says the label has been set up "to unearth high-quality [indie] titles … and utilize SME's vast entertainment business wisdom in order to expose them to as many consumers as possible." It went on to say it intends "to free creators from the myriad ties that bind them when it comes to publishing their games" and "make free, limitless publishing a reality."

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This isn't the first time Sony has published games on non-PlayStation consoles: Sony Online Entertainment previously published games such as PlanetSide 2 and Payday: The Heist on PC. SOE, which was separate to the PlayStation brand and Sony Interactive Entertainment, was later sold off and renamed Daybreak, no longer a part of Sony.

It's interesting, then, to see Sony--albeit, again, not the PlayStation or SIE division--entering the multiplatform publishing business once more, this time on a rival company's console. For more, check out some images of Tiny Metal above or a trailer here.

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Sony should bring their exclusives to PC so we don't have to waste money on their shit consoles that don't even run games properly. Free the games from their shackles!

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@BassMan: Ah shut all exclusive games run fantastic on the PS4.

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@blablazer: No they don't. Almost all the big exclusives run at 30fps. Games like The Last Guardian even struggle to do that. 30fps is not fantastic by any means.

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@BassMan: My Playstation 4 seems to run games properly. But this is clearly your typical run-of-the-mill, one-note Master Race meme in which "all games need to do ___ and ___ to be acceptable to my stupid demands"

Try and be original with the Elitism. I would continue to state your opinion is what's "shit". But it's not even yours is it? Just another fool spreading a meme that's got out of hand with P.C. (only) gamers.

*You know when Yahtzee coined the term "P.C. Master Race" he was mocking people like you 'elitist attitude'. It wasn't a compliment, and the fact people like yourself look at it as a pro. Only shows how single-minded that side of the P.C. gaming community is.

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@RSM-HQ: It has nothing to do with memes. It has to do with wanting a quality experience that the consoles are not providing. I don't give a shit about Sony, MS, and Nintendo. However, they do develop or own studios that make good games. It sucks that I have to waste money buying redundant hardware just to get access to those games. That same hardware is incapable of running the games properly and my PC would chew through them like nothing. So, yes, the consoles are shit. If you are happy with their level of performance, that is fine. However, I am not happy and I am voicing my opinion.

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@BassMan: The consoles ARE quite obviously providing a "quality experience". Geez. If you ACTUALLY believe what you're saying, wow.

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@BassMan: Seems many would disagree with how you feel about consoles, just because >you< think they're redundant doesn't make it factual.

Consoles may be from a technical standpoint inferior but many, myself included don't care so long as it plays games and to a 'certain' standard, and sure I have disliked the quality of a few console games (I'm not a fan of Bloodbornes framerate dips). And I play P.C. games, even did a very detailed review of War for the Overworld here on GS. But I still play my PS4. And you know why? Because it plays games and does it much better than you seem to give credit!

"That same hardware is incapable of running the games properly and my PC would chew through them like nothing"

Firstly the games usually do play 'properly' you're just a bias individual clearly

Secondly. What a load of shit! Do you really think raw power kills out badly made ports as well?

Download Disgaea right now on Steam, go on. And tell me how well that terrible port plays on your P.C.? Even the DS has a better version. Why did I grab it then. . Well I wanted to try it with mouse and keyboard, worst purchase I made last year.

While you're at it download The Chaos Engine on Steam, the Amiga 1200 version is better.

"So, yes, the consoles are shit"

No, just your negative meme spread. A world without consoles for gaming is the same as a world without P.C. for gaming, you're killing off a market that itself brings in different experiences and ideas. Most of which is awesome. And when shared on platforms, I'm cool with that so long as it's not a half assed job on either. Which Mods and community patches (on P.C. ports) can't always fix.

Master Race are the real problem with gaming, you guys are basically a decent game with lootboxes. Trying so hard to make something good, worse!

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@RSM-HQ: PS4 console is a piece of shit compared to a real gaming rig. However, it can be fun to play certain games from a couch instead of sitting on a chair all the time. What I do not like about consoles is the fact that that shit still comes with 2005 tech inside of it, memory for instance.... My God, takes longer to load than my 2004 Alienware notebook full of porn and viruses.... Shit soundcards, so you would need stupid set of 1000 bucks Bose speakers to make games sound ok on a TV or constantly use headsets and even there, shit soundcards. Graphic-card joke I won't even get into and and let's not forget, if you sit more than 2 yards away from a 55 inch QLED for instance, you are literally wasting money as you will NOT note any difference from earlier no QLED/OLED models. Consoles are shit, your PS4 is shit, you and your supporters that believe otherwise are dreamers, there is only one fact which is, some games are mad fun to play from a couch and PC has too many script-users, but trying to take a fight vs PC in a gaming forum and just because you have some halfwits that are fanboys giving you thumbs up, actually proves that you fanboys are even more desperate than originally anticipated. I have both, PC and PS4 pro, and the difference is like night and day and I fucking hated buying a movie (uncharted 4), no idea why such movies are titled games and getting top scores.

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@phili878: PC it has power but no games go away sit in your empty castle.

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@RSM-HQ: If you have a gaming PC, then the consoles are factually redundant hardware as the games can easily run on PC. The closed and proprietary nature of current consoles is anti consumer. It is about greed and control for these corporations. You should not have to buy a console just to play a specific game. I am not against consoles as they can exist as an option for gamers. However, I do not like the idea of exclusives. People should be able to play games on the platform of their choosing (provided that it is capable).

Proper gaming is 60fps and up. This has been the standard since the early consoles as they played best on a 60hz screen. Many console gamers seem to have forgotten that. With the push for better graphics on shit hardware, many developers started to sacrifice the frame rate to achieve those graphics. Console gamers have just bent over and accepted that, which is sad. People who care about quality naturally gravitate towards PC as you don't have to make compromises.

There are bad ports on both PC and console and I am not going to make excuses for either. They are unacceptable.

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@BassMan: I see consoles as publishing platforms like Marvel (Disney) and DC (Warner). If you want Sony related materials (and exclusives they fund), get their device. If you want Nintendo materials (and exclusives they fund), get their device. If you want Microsoft materials (and exclusives they fund), get their device or Windows.

Not all exclusives are held "hostage" due to greed (timed exclusives or generation exclusives that could have released on all consoles otherwise are based on greedy tactics though) , just that they were funded by the publisher (Bayonetta 2, Cup head, or 2nd party content). I don't think that if you had a platform, you'd fund something and let it release everywhere either, thus "exclusivity" is born.

In short, companies create a device for themselves to release things they imagine on it, then add power if they want 3rd parties to develop on it as well. And exclusives sometimes are products they funded, so it's "fair". They paid for it to exist, why couldn't they keep it an exclusive in such a case?

I get what you're saying though. You don't need to get another TV to stream Marvel or DC content, just change streaming services, but the console market is slightly different, alas (since content is tied to physical devices to some extent).

It was born (or revived) out of exclusivity deals as well, but it got worst starting from the PS3/360 generation.

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@BassMan: You just confused Sony with Microsoft. It's ok.

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@Utnayan: Microsoft is working on both markets but alas they dont have games.

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@Utnayan: No, I got no issue with MS as they allow me to play their games on PC. They give gamers options to play the games how they want. Sony is still holding back their games on shit hardware with no other option. Same with Nintendo.

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@BassMan: If you don't support Sony then please refrain from bitching about their exclusives. Play what's available to you or wait until 2020 like everyone else lmao

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@valgaav_219: Part of the problem is garbage policies that turn gamers away from their system. Example, a number of gamers avoided the PS4 console itself because they're holding online multiplayer hostage for money by requiring PS+ to play many PS4 games online. Probably a good idea to try to properly appeal to PC gamers before they end up developing a way to play PS4 games on PC through methods that Sony wouldn't give their seal of approval.

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@Jinzo_111887: neverwinter/ff14 say hi.

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@locke90: I said "many", not "all." I've even heard lame excuses for the fee, too.

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@valgaav_219: I have a PS4 Pro, but it is still not good enough. Releasing the games on PC would resolve the issues.

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@BassMan: Like it resolved for other Multiplatform titles who ran worse on PC (and were poorly optimized *cough* Batman: Arkham Knight *cough*)? PC, pfttt. gimme a break.

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@hoard_moard: PC version sucked in the beginning, but the console version has issues too. The PC version has since been fixed and is far superior to the console version.

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@BassMan: My PS4 version worked perfectly from the start so i dont know what you are talking about.

You PC elitist are like republicans you want a good road to drive but dont wanna pay taxes. You buy a Ferrari but dont want to pay for petrol. We pesants buy a console and get great exclusive games so deal with it.

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@blablazer: For starters, the PS4 is still limited to a crappy 30fps. I remember watching my friend play the PS4 version when it came out. It had some stutters and frame pacing issues. Especially when driving the batmobile.

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Undies?

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@greaseman1985: Unties. I'm guessing it's short for "Underappreciated iNdy TItlES." I wonder if this means Mekazoo could get another chance. It's not a bad 90s inspired indy platforming game, but it didn't seem to get much attention, either.

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@Jinzo_111887: They're probably the random crapware, so Undies is a more fitting title.

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This is all just a tad too cosy for me. What happened to real competitive competition? The drag out fights, war of words and bickering even though theres mutual respect.

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@gamestar73: You mean Nintendo vs Sega? It was savage as heck. There were Sonic's shoes near a garbage bin in the original Donkey Kong Country. This era you talk about didn't have much "respect".

Then the Sony vs Microsoft thing happened in 2001 and is still going strong (timed exclusivity with titles and DLC), while leaving Nintendo in its own corner. Be it for the best, or the worst.

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@kaminobenimizu: There was Nintendo Vs. Sony and Sega Vs. Sony as well. Sega thought Sony had no experience in the gaming market and declined their offer to help build a console (then they had Microsoft CE on their Dreamcast). Nintendo and Sony were in talks of a CD addition to the SNES with Sony having and showing prototypes to consumers until Nintendo went a different direction. I think savage as heck was how the SNES PlayStation became the Sony PlayStation making Sega the third wheel and giving Nintendo a run for it's money until being pushed to third by Microsoft. Glad Nintendo is fighting back currently, though.

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When a company does this for a competitor it essentially means that they don't see them as a threat and find the money they make publishing for them worthwhile.

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@xOmniCloudx: Different divisions. Though I doubt Sony does see the Switch as major competition, since Sony appears to have zero interest in doing the handheld thing again and the PS4 is far and away the biggest console right now.

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Sony try take over before MS does . MS done same with there Minecraft so why can’t sony.

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@playstationzone: how is that the same? publishing games or buying out a company to get minecraft are a bit different

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@SirNormanislost: Just a reminder...Sony buying out Psygnosis to get and keep WipeOut and Destruction Derby for themselves

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@sladakrobot: wait, sony owns Destruction Derby? that's an IP I'd like to play again

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@SirNormanislost: psygnosis or liverpool,how it was renamed later,is no more but the IPs WipeOut and Destruction Derby belong to Sony

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I remember seeing the Sony Music logo before the title screen on my copy of Astro Boy: Omega Factor on the Game Boy Advance back in 2003. My guess is, not all of Sony is against Nintendo and Microsoft, just their gaming division is.

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@Maxx_the_Slash: Think of Sony Music as a different company, just using the same name. That's the way it functions.

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@Doomerang: same with Sony Picture Studios. People forget just how big Sony is as a company. They're mammoth, and own WAY more than Nintendo, but since Nintendo only does one thing, that's where all their focus is.

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LOL xbox must be feeling left out, very soon you will hear phil spencer asking sony for some of these games.

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@yukushi: I'll take Cuphead over Tiny Metal any day LOL.

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@ExoticCharm: I wish Cuphead came out for the Switch as well through Microsoft multiplatform. I'd love to play that on the go without taking my computer everywhere.

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@yukushi: Phil has done something like this and game is called Minecraft .

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This isn't really a "rival" thing at all. Sony Music is treated as a different entity under Sony than Playstation, so this sort of announcement would be the equivalent of announcing Virgin Records creating a videogame publishing element for Switch games.

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@Doomerang: exactly, but since it's a company owned by Sony- god do they own a lot, people act like it's the Playstation division, and it's clearly not.

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So basically ID@Xbox reinvented as ID@Sony. Only difference being games will be published on non-Microsoft phones and tablets. So they are willing to publish games on PC and Switch like Microsoft does but won't go the extra step of just opening things up completely and allowing cross-play on all systems. Why is the number one platform so afraid to play nice with Xbox? It's funny how Sony and Micrososft's rolls, vision and stance have completely reversed. The only difference is, Sony isn't getting all the hate Microsoft has had to put up with. At least not yet.

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@bdrtfm: I dont see the problem you make money of the competition.

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@bdrtfm: I think you don't get what's going on. Sony has multiple divisions like the film, PlayStation, and music branches. While they're all under the umbrella that is called the "Sony brand", they operate independently of each other. Of course, with that in mind, it's also possible some of the branches to work together with other the branches.

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Would it be too much to ask to squeeze Demon Souls on Switch? I know it won't happen, but that sure would be nice.

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More games for switch is always better since my only time to play any games anymore is over lunch at work.

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So no cross play with Xbox One, but they're willing to release games on NS huh? I guess nowadays a simple "Fvck You" just isn't enough to despise someone.

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@jyml8582: Unties is just a channel to promote indie games. NOT MAKING games.

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@jyml8582: Not the same division. Sony Music is essentially an entirely different company than SCE, despite having the same owners.

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They are not releasing any AAA games, and there were more games by SOE when they OWNED it till it became Daybreak, New people on gamespot do not know even 2-5 year news, or any simple thing about gaming industry lol.

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