This Week in Games Catches Up with Sony and Nintendo
The column's read is that splitting Japanese games onto their own State of Play stream keeps them away from the main show rather than giving them a bigger stage, which is the same all-digital, AAA-first posture Sony has held since closing its Japan studio.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The column recaps a Sony State of Play that leaned on Resident Evil film news, a Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance expansion, and a Mobile Suit Gundam game set for March 2027, plus impressions of the Final Fantasy Resonance demo. It argues Sony still routes Japanese games to a separate stream while its main show favors mainstream franchises, and it questions the Switch 2 Game Key Card format.
The latest This Week in Games works through two fronts at once: a Sony State of Play that saved its Japanese properties for a second stream, and hands-on time with the Final Fantasy Resonance demo. The column's complaint is not that the show lacked announcements. It is that Sony keeps its Japanese output on a separate track from the main presentation, which it frames as a continuation of the all-digital, AAA-first direction the platform has taken since closing its Japan studio. It also takes issue with the Switch 2 Game Key Card format for the Resonance demo and the absence of a proper upgrade path from the Switch 1 version.
- Final Fantasy Resonance demo: the column reports players getting 10 hours out of it, and criticizes the lack of a Switch 1 to Switch 2 upgrade path and the Switch 2 Game Key Card format
- Mobile Suit Gundam game: discussed during the main State of Play, releases March 2027, with customization shown in the trailer
- Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance expansion: mentioned during the main State of Play as a mainstream franchise
- Resident Evil film: mentioned during the main State of Play as a mainstream franchise
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Anime News Network This Week in Games Catching Up with Sony and Nintendo