You weren’t restricted to the assets and mechanics that came with the game.
Dreams had the functionality of a game engine.
If players could dream it, they could build it in Dreams.
Dreams Is Still Stuck On PS4
And yet, a half-decade later, it’s still trapped.
Dreams stopped receiving live-service support in September 2023 which meant that plans for online multiplayer never came to fruition.
Despite support running years into the PS5 generation, Dreams never made the transition.
Users are uploading new work everyday, and many of them would gladly support a PSVR 2 launch.
The lack of a PSVR 2 version of the game is almost disrespectful.
Sony abandoning the game on the PS4 represents a failure to understand Dreams' core appeal.
Sony apparently wanted to treat this like a live-service game, a la Destiny.
But pitching Dreams as something that could reach a huge, mass audience was always foolish.
Which is why restricting Dreams to a single platform was a major mistake.
But most players aren’t interested in playing a game that is focused this squarely on creation.
We will run out of things to remake, and so we will remake the remakes.
