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Those are pretty much in line with most modern games. The specs needed for 1080p/30fps are basically console specs

@Archaeokaiser sounds like you're projecting

They would have been THE team to update Bloodborne. What a travesty. Best of luck to all the developers that were shown the door. Sony really botched this gen

This trend will likely be exasperated by the rising costs. $550-700 hardware, and $70-80 games, and an annual $80+ subscription to play online with friends (which will be presumably even more soon) are exorbitant costs compared to tik tok or paying for OF. Maybe the only way forward is to break the current status quo. I bet these suits are really sweating now that indie titles are taking their lunch money

@Archaeokaiser First off, if you're paying $80+ then it's not "free". Second, yes - I do have high standards. Tails of Iron and Lies of P were really the only games that stood out to me in recent years. PS Plus and the Xbox equivalent are not worth it imo. Nintendo has crap online features, but it's a fraction of the cost and you have access to a large backlog of their titles. So yes, that one is worth it. Finally, my $2k PC will outperform the PS6 whenever that drops, and I had a blast learning how to build my spaceship. So yes, 200% worth it. If you add up the cost of the console + PS Plus, I bet we pay roughly the same amount. I also have the utility of a real computer for home/business needs. No brainer

Edit: figuring out the settings also is pretty easy. Especially for me, since my pc is nice. I typically just drop my resolution down to 1440p and crank everything else up. If you were to get a $1000-1500 PC, then you'd have a little more fidgeting to do. But you typically start with resolution, then shaders. Pretty basic stuff

@Archaeokaiser having a paywall to play online. A $80 minimum is highway robbery. They include games, but I can count on one hand how many of those were worth anything over the years. Exclusively in the console market, it's all overpriced. But I'm glad you mentioned how much better the steam store is

@ButterySmooth30FPS correct, but they aren't included in the average

@ButterySmooth30FPS metacritic only averages scores from game journalists. For the last 5 years or so, they tend to over glaze. So it's definitely not because of "review bombing"

@get2sammyb I think they're saying they need to put out more games, not increase their price

PS Plus is already overvalued. Not sure how they could justify another price increase. Now the rental scam makes a lot more sense. They're literally just trying to squeeze us as hard as they can.

"May be out of touch" lmao. Yeah, maybe a little

I hope that the people who want to play this enjoy themselves

I built my PC at the perfect time. It was overwhelming at first, but the more research I did the less stressful it became. This could be a neat tool to educate yourself on how to build a PC. Even with the rising costs, I will stake my flag saying that it's more beneficial for the consumer than a console ever will be. 1) no subscription needed to play online 2) access to games from all platforms (except Nintendo) c) better graphics and wayyyy better fps d) you have the utility of a computer for other home/professional needs

Is anyone going to comment on how sony is trying to scam people via the new renting system?! Or that the console itself was jail broken at the start of the year? @get2sammyb

The art direction in this and Gris were fantastic. Definitely worth a look. I've been far more willing to dish out money for smaller studios that put this much heart and soul into their games. AAA has lost sight of what makes games fun

@Dan12836666 they've already burned through billions trying to strike gold. Meanwhile, they've been price gouging us to keep shareholders happy amidst their mistakes. The games that they were known and loved for are in the past at this point. I've already turned to pc. More money up front, but I don't have to pay to play online and steam has the best sales out of all the platforms. Plus now I can mod games

Sony has ignored the sentiment towards all of their live service games (sans HD2). Not sure why they'd bother paying attention now lol

This will be my next purchase

@DonkeyFantasy weird. I don't get pop up ads

As much as I love my PS5, I wish I had saved my money and just kept riding my PS4. Besides the ssd, the graphical upgrade was negligible at best. The PS4 hardware is not only still relevant, it's the best deal on the market right now until the AI bubble pops. My 2 cents: save your money until they put out more PS5 exclusives. There isn't much that's been released that can't be played on the PS4 to this day

I guess that makes me 1 in a million! This game was a lot of fun. Janky, but made with tlc. I have it on pc, and sounds like I made the right call if it has so many issues on console. I recommend

@get2sammyb it is! Too bad they robbed the artist initially

Preorder lol. I don't recommend anyone preorder games, but especially this one. 90%+ of games released nowadays are broken. Unless the devs polish their games the same way that Fromsoft and Nintendo do, I think it's worth it to wait. You may even get a discount by the time its playable. (Note: Nintendo polishes their games, but they charge too much for them. Say "no to $80 games)

Why would we need Bloodborne remastered when we can have The Last of Us 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn remastered....

@Old-Red use discord

Not nearly as glazed as TLoU2. Talk about overhyped

Edit: how could I possibly miss Astrobot? Seriously. You want to say E33 is more glazed than these two games? At least it was good

@DTfearTheBEARD the ps4 sounded like a jet engine because they used cheap thermal paste. You can disassemble the console and add a dallop of higher quality paste. That significantly reduces how hard the fans have to run. You could add a ssd while you're at it. But really, the ps5 is a nice upgrade with the backwards compatibility.

I only ever played on PC, so I can't give any input on how it performs on a playstation. They dropped Phantom Liberty the day I finished building my PC and it was 50% off. What luck!

@naruball I ain't your buddy, guy

@naruball way to make a backhanded and negative comment seem like you're such a positive person

Still DOA. They had zero intention of compensating the artist until the public outrage

It's not so cheap that it will sell like hotcakes. However, you won't have to pay for online multiplayer. That's a huge win. The PS5 is probably the best deal out there. The pro is a joke imo, but I have a pretty good computer, and the jump from OG to pro is negligible. Honestly, Sony hasn't put out any must have first party games all generation (imo) so there isn't any major pull other than name recognition for your average joe

They kind of killed any momentum they had by attempting to force a PSN on PC players. That eliminated a lot of good will that Sony had been building. Having a PSN for HD2 is somewhat understandable, but for GoW Ragnarok?...

Sony raising the cost of essential to $80 made me build a PC. Now I play free 2 play games with my console friends and multiplayer on PC. Most of my favorite games on ps5 are single player games anyway

@Shinnok789 I've never had any stuttering and run at a solid 60fps.

Honestly, the SSD is nice...but the other improvements were marginal. I kind of wish I had just replaced the thermal paste and put a SSD in my PS4 and saved some money

More profits but fewer games = ripping off you and me

Same price...sans batteries. Really filling their coffers this generation

I'm excited for the PC port

PS Plus is ripping everyone off. Just remember, if you play any free to play games you don't need PS Plus to play online

@SeaDaVie the art style is good because they literally copy/pasted it and didn't credit or pay the original artist. That's why I personally will never give them the time of day for this project.

Some of their early marketing certainly resembled HZD, but the gameplay looks more like Palworld. I think they make some good arguments as well. HZD, while engaging and fun, did borrow a lot of the design/mechanics from other games. I'm not really enthusiastic about the Big N and Sony trying to monopolize the gaming industry

@johnedwin I enjoy both. I've definitely been more of a pc gamer these days though. Lackluster first party games competing with 120fps at 1440p with mods is too nice

@johnedwin that depends on how nice of a pc you want. Either way, you'd definitely get more bang for your buck with a pc

@SeaDaVie honestly, it does suck, but I'm ok with it. This may finally break the cultist spell the orange one has on our country. Sometimes, you get exactly what you pay for

@get2sammyb any PC port is also a xbox port as soon as their new console drops. Doesn't matter "how well it sells". That's the new reality

@SuntannedDuck2 it literally won't matter how selective they are once xbox players have access to Steam. Once that happens any games ported by Sony will be available to Xbox owners

The new Xbox will have Steam... so anything that gets ported to PC will be available on xbox. That means God of War, Last of Us, Horizon Zero Dawn, Spider-Man, etc will ALL be available on xbox. Obviously, that includes any future titles that playstation decides to port. In my eyes, Sony is just preparing for that eventuality. They're not even ahead of the curve, they're just going with the flow.