‘It isn’t worth chasing’: David Jaffe on Relevance, and the future of the PS5
Some controversial comments about the PlayStation 5 led to some unfair attacks on legendary game developer David Jaffe – and to the God of War creator defending himself.
Users on Neogaf took offense at Jaffe’s comments that Sony would be relegated to “Nintendo circa Gamecube or N64”. Their first attack was on his relevance to the industry, and Jaffe was quick to hit back with some wise words.
He said: “Most who talk about such things have yet to be relevant in their own lives. As someone who has been very relevant in games at one point I can assure you, it’s fun for a few months and then it’s whatever. It’s not something most people chase or cling to. When you have it you are no more or less happy than before you got it; when it goes you don’t really care if you’ve got your shit together.
“One day- if you become relevant too- you will learn that it (like fame) isn’t something worth chasing.”
The Neogaf thread was made in response to a video Jaffe had posted on his YouTube channel entitled “Playstation is in TROUBLE! But do they know it?!?”
In it, he argues that Microsoft’s great couple of weeks, paired with the value of Gamepass, will keep the company well over the coming generation.
He also talks about Sony’s “cross-gen kerfuffle” regarding Miles Morales and Horizon 2.
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