I don't know the full metrics behind the game but in such a crowded and jaded market one would've thought it launching as free to play on pc, ps5 and Xbox would've been the way to go. And purely get revenue from cosmetics and paid expansions
@jrt87 "Ubisoft on the other hand claimed that they were aware of the long term anticipation of an AC in a Japanese setting and thus wanted to ensure a 'respectful representation of feudal Japan'."
It's AC, there will evil be ancient aliens, advanced technology or a mythical beast in it. It's not a documentary
Sony probably leaked this to try and stop the crying when it's done. It's like people never learn that state of play is not where big announcements happen. It's just a quick update
They're Not going to drop anything major and new at a state of play so don't get overly excited expecting Bloodborne, resistance 4, getaway remake or whatever other fantasy games you're hoping for
That sounds like sensational nonsense sorry. Because it is/was a big story some troll has put it out there that's it's Sonys most expensive game ever .
Let's look at some quick facts, firewalk has a headcount of 179 people at it's peak, insomniac 450, santa Monica 250, ND 450, polyphony 300 etc etc
Also sony did not own or pay for development of this game until several years after development.
There's more but I can't be bothered cause it's likely sensationalism and it's more likely including the cost to BUY THE STUDIO
Right people clutching their pearls in the comments.
Go buy a outdated 3090 without the rest of the bits and see how much that is second hand .
You want 4k ray tracing and good fps. This is price .
Too rich for my blood, but for people who want 3080 ti like performance without wanting a pc rig and the price to go with .
Looking at £500 just for the rtx 3080 alone -and that's second hand .
4k ray tracing at hight frames is an expensive thing
Yep wouldn't expect this to sell more than a couple mill worldwide at best. And this is why Sony and Microsoft don't bother if it hasn't got a gun or a racing car.
People that don't play Nintendo just want . A refreshing can of mountain dew, Doritos, sports and violence
Still 59.99 on Amazon so either it's not really applicable to most retailers or it hasn't happened.
Either way buy one now then if you think you'll need it.
There are some low IQ people on the Internet though suggesting a sudden price increase is because of Concord. My favorite I've read today is they're launching PS5 pro to appease shareholders because of Concords failure. As if they just quickly put together a console a few weeks after Concord failed to profit. The Internet , Bastion of zero intelligence
This wasn't about gaming, I can't believe these quotes have been twisted about gaming. When it's obvious PlayStation has a treasure chest .
It was directed at TV and more precisely movies. As sonys biggest property is spiderman which isn't their own . He wants a greater range of original powerful IP at the media studios.
Along the likes of star wars, wizarding world, fast and furious, Jurassic park, MCU etc etc.
Not an easy task.
He's right, I have an Xbox and it is kinda dead. Microsoft are slowly changing tactic to just be the biggest games publisher. No one buys games on the console as they've trained people to use GP. So why would you bother releasing a new game on its tj y user base
It's funny though, why can Nintendo get away with it and other publishers can't. And please don't say there games are better, they're just more overrated
Don't remember this kinda energy for nioh
Don't recall assassin's creed being to historically accurate with it's ancient alien technology and mythical monsters.
But a black man in feudal Japan who I don't need to play as....to far Ubisoft to far
Yep Sony AND Nintendo proven right now not copying that model.
Gamespass isn't successful, nor is Xbox the console.
This is just gonna quicken the death.
But Xbox the brand will be fine when it's fully multiplatform in a couple years
Brilliant at remaking/ resurrecting old Sony IP. Think that could've been their niche. Sony have a rich old library The getaway, heavenly sword, Jak and Daxter, wipeout, krazy Ivan , arc the lad, colony wars, g police, wild arms, siren, resistance, extermination, etc etc just a treasure trove
The majority of pc only gamers have no interest in FF.
The majority of Xbox only owners have no interest in paying big money for FF. They wouldn't be Xbox only players if they had an affinity for that ip. Square are kidding themselves, they need to look at their insane budgets for these FF games that started with 13 and 13 versus (15) The series isn't that popular anymore to sustain God of war style budgets
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Re: Resistance's Release on PS Plus Premium Proves There's Still a Fanbase for the FPS
@Medic_alert
Right people always say things like bring back killzone, or wipeout as if there's a massive market for it
Why are Sony doubling down on horizon? Because just 2 horizon games have sold close to 40 million copies .
Resistance 3 didn't even manage a million
Re: Sony Shuts PS Studio Neon Koi without Ever Releasing a Game
Never heard of them.
Unfortunate news for kob losses but a wise decision as they were only gonna lose money trying to make mobile games
Re: PS5, PC Flop Concord Never Returning, Studio Closed Down
I don't know the full metrics behind the game but in such a crowded and jaded market one would've thought it launching as free to play on pc, ps5 and Xbox would've been the way to go. And purely get revenue from cosmetics and paid expansions
Re: Cash Rewards Still Unavailable for Millions in PS5, PS4 Rewards Scheme PS Stars
It's not available for me on my app right now.
Not gonna lose sleep over it though
Re: Random: Killzone Superfans Want to License the IP from Sony
@playstation1995
If you're sick of horizon don't buy it simple. The rest of us will enjoy it however
Re: Until Dawn Is One of Sony's Worst Performing PC Ports to Date
@naruball
Why? Who is it hurting? They bought nixes to exclusively deal with pc porting old games so it's not taking resources from playstation studios
Re: Epic Games Boss Says Firm Now 'Financially Sound', Following the Firing of Over 800 Staff
I suppose having Fortnite on your CV should help them get another role in the industry quite a lot hopefully
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Hasn't Removed Yasuke, But Dev Focused on Historical Accuracy
THERE IS NO HISTORICAL ACCURACY IN AC GAMES!
why is everyone so suddenly brain dead , treating the series like it's the encyclopedia Britannica
Re: PlayStation Network Outage Has Now Been Resolved
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Re: Sony's Live Service Push 'No Joke', A Lot of People Working on Horizon Online
Need more info, there's online games that I'd never touch like concord or the more popular apex
Then there's online games that I will look at like red dead online, fallout 76 and monster hunter
Re: Ubisoft Backs Out of Tokyo Game Show at Eleventh Hour, Cancels Livestream
@jrt87
"Ubisoft on the other hand claimed that they were aware of the long term anticipation of an AC in a Japanese setting and thus wanted to ensure a 'respectful representation of feudal Japan'."
It's AC, there will evil be ancient aliens, advanced technology or a mythical beast in it. It's not a documentary
Re: Ubisoft Backs Out of Tokyo Game Show at Eleventh Hour, Cancels Livestream
Think I'll support and purchase assassins creed purely because the outrage over a black person in a fictional fantasy story is quite disturbing
Re: Sony Appears to Leak Many Games from State of Play
Sony probably leaked this to try and stop the crying when it's done. It's like people
never learn that state of play is not where big announcements happen. It's just a quick update
Re: What Time Is PlayStation's State of Play?
They're Not going to drop anything major and new at a state of play so don't get overly excited expecting Bloodborne, resistance 4, getaway remake or whatever other fantasy games you're hoping for
Re: God of War Ragnarok PC Review Bombed Over PSN Requirement
No more single player exclusives on pc, problem solved.
Re: Days Gone PS5 Remaster Rumours Start to Snowball
Depends, they could probably triple the amount of tweakers on-screen which would be interesting
Re: Rumour: Concord Cost $400 Million, Sony Believed It Was the 'Future of PlayStation'
That sounds like sensational nonsense sorry. Because it is/was a big story some troll has put it out there that's it's Sonys most expensive game ever .
Let's look at some quick facts, firewalk has a headcount of 179 people at it's peak, insomniac 450, santa Monica 250, ND 450, polyphony 300 etc etc
Also sony did not own or pay for development of this game until several years after development.
There's more but I can't be bothered cause it's likely sensationalism and it's more likely including the cost to BUY THE STUDIO
Re: PS5's Building Insurmountable Lead Over Rival, Outselling Xbox Almost 3:1
Yep Xbox is dead competition
Re: PS5 Exclusives Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Failed to Meet Expectations
Releasing it on PC and Xbox really not going to add anything. FF is PlayStation and Nintendo.
So I can see them porting them all to switch 2
But ultimately it's not the PS1/2 era anymore, these single player FF games will not be as big as they were
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn's PS5, PC Remaster Is Very Much the Real Deal
Remaster or remake, one is a full price game, the other probably a 5 to 10 pound upgrade.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for September 2024?
Squire is exactly the kinda thing I want released on plus.
I know the mountain dew and Doritos crowd would rather something Triple A
Re: State of Play Rumoured for This Month As Sony Looks Set to Skip PS Showcase in 2024
@Gaia093
Concord reveal I think, fair games , marathon, final shape, phantom blade and Spider-Man gameplay were the big titles
Re: PS5 Pro Reveal Is Already Sony's Most Disliked Console Announcement
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Re: PS5 Pro Announced, Costs $700 and Out in November
@CrashBandicoat
Right people clutching their pearls in the comments.
Go buy a outdated 3090 without the rest of the bits and see how much that is second hand .
You want 4k ray tracing and good fps. This is price .
Re: PS5 Pro Announced, Costs $700 and Out in November
Too rich for my blood, but for people who want 3080 ti like performance without wanting a pc rig and the price to go with .
Looking at £500 just for the rtx 3080 alone -and that's second hand .
4k ray tracing at hight frames is an expensive thing
Re: Astro Bot PS5 Sales 'Aren't Huge' in UK, But There's Still Hope
Yep wouldn't expect this to sell more than a couple mill worldwide at best.
And this is why Sony and Microsoft don't bother if it hasn't got a gun or a racing car.
People that don't play Nintendo just want . A refreshing can of mountain dew, Doritos, sports and violence
Re: Sony Increases PS5 Controller Prices in US, Europe, and More
@Corc11
Got to be satire or I fear for your intelligence level
Re: Sony Increases PS5 Controller Prices in US, Europe, and More
Still 59.99 on Amazon so either it's not really applicable to most retailers or it hasn't happened.
Either way buy one now then if you think you'll need it.
There are some low IQ people on the Internet though suggesting a sudden price increase is because of Concord. My favorite I've read today is they're launching PS5 pro to appease shareholders because of Concords failure. As if they just quickly put together a console a few weeks after Concord failed to profit. The Internet , Bastion of zero intelligence
Re: PS5 Pro Showcase Set for Tomorrow, Hosted by Mark Cerny
A 9 minute technical presentation.
But expect people to still get upset when it ends without showing bloodborne 2, the order 1887, resistance trilogy remake and the getaway
Re: Sony Execs Seem to Think the Company Doesn't Have Enough Original IP
This wasn't about gaming, I can't believe these quotes have been twisted about gaming. When it's obvious PlayStation has a treasure chest .
It was directed at TV and more precisely movies. As sonys biggest property is spiderman which isn't their own . He wants a greater range of original powerful IP at the media studios.
Along the likes of star wars, wizarding world, fast and furious, Jurassic park, MCU etc etc.
Not an easy task.
Re: PS Plus Extra's September Cull Has 4 More Great PS5, PS4 Games Added to It, 16 in Total
If you want a game you should buy it, never rely on these type of services . That mindset is a partial reason for the slow death of the Xbox console
Re: Retro Homage Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind Will Make a Late Play for Game of the Year
Be difficult to be superior to beats of power
Re: PS5 Sales Reach 60 Million Milestone, Now at 61.7 Million Consoles Sold
Should imagine sales will blow up again with GTA 6
Re: Phantom Blade Zero Dev Denies 'Nobody Needs Xbox' Quote as Outrage Over PS5 Exclusivity Brews
He's right, I have an Xbox and it is kinda dead.
Microsoft are slowly changing tactic to just be the biggest games publisher. No one buys games on the console as they've trained people to use GP. So why would you bother releasing a new game on its tj y user base
Re: The Last of Us Season 2 TV Teaser Trailer Revealed
People going overboard about Joel. It's not going to be that shocking in a post game of thrones world
Doesn't even get close to red wedding level
Re: Sony Boss Hermen Hulst Allegedly Taking Control of Bungie as Ex-Employees Call for Current CEO to Leave
Sony will have to come in and completely drain the swamp. Downsized further no doubt as the headcount is massive and become another ps studio
Re: Scorching Hot PS Store Summer Sale Gets More PS5, PS4 Deals
@WolfyTn
It's funny though, why can Nintendo get away with it and other publishers can't. And please don't say there games are better, they're just more overrated
Re: Marvel Rivals' Closed Beta Is Putting Concord's Player Numbers into Perspective
@TrickyDicky99
Killing off your competition and being the market leader is a disaster?
Anyway if that worked as u say Xbox would be godly this gen instead of useless
Re: Ubisoft Responds to Assassin's Creed Shadows Criticism, Apologises to Japanese Players
Don't remember this kinda energy for nioh
Don't recall assassin's creed being to historically accurate with it's ancient alien technology and mythical monsters.
But a black man in feudal Japan who I don't need to play as....to far Ubisoft to far
Re: Amazon's Excellent Fallout TV Adaptation Up for 16 Emmy Awards
Decent show but massively overrated though I felt
Re: Talking Point: Was Sony Right to Resist Adding PS5 Exclusives to PS Plus Day One?
Yep Sony AND Nintendo proven right now not copying that model.
Gamespass isn't successful, nor is Xbox the console.
This is just gonna quicken the death.
But Xbox the brand will be fine when it's fully multiplatform in a couple years
Re: Netflix's Horizon Zero Dawn TV Show Reportedly on Ice
Good, show runner was bad, and Netflix hmmm I just don't think they'd do it justice.
Better to try and get this done with HBO, or Amazon.
Re: PlayStation Studios' Bluepoint Games Still Working on Its Mysterious 'Original Title'
Brilliant at remaking/ resurrecting old Sony IP. Think that could've been their niche. Sony have a rich old library
The getaway, heavenly sword, Jak and Daxter, wipeout, krazy Ivan , arc the lad, colony wars, g police, wild arms, siren, resistance, extermination, etc etc just a treasure trove
Re: Final Fantasy 9 Remake Is Almost Certainly Real as Another Database Leak Appears
After 7r, 16 and 7rebirth in short order, I'm kinda tired of final fantasy now.
Re: Reaction: You Said You Were Sick of PS5's Sad Dad Sims, So You Better Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
@AllStarGamer
Good thing no?
All Xbox games come to the most popular platform. Everyone's happy
Re: That Bad Ass Power Rangers Beat-'Em-Up Is Probably Morphin' to PS5, PS4
The best power rangers game by far is beats of power
Re: Rumour: LEGO Horizon Adventures Is a PS5, PC Game from Day One, Reveal at Summer Game Fest Tomorrow
@BusyOlf
Mario x Rabbids not being available on anything else but a Nintendo console must be super pathetic then?
Re: Reaction: PS5 Livestreams Are No Longer Speaking to the Fans Who Built the Brand
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Re: Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Fail to Meet Expectations on PS5
The majority of pc only gamers have no interest in FF.
The majority of Xbox only owners have no interest in paying big money for FF. They wouldn't be Xbox only players if they had an affinity for that ip.
Square are kidding themselves, they need to look at their insane budgets for these FF games that started with 13 and 13 versus (15)
The series isn't that popular anymore to sustain God of war style budgets
Re: PS5 Sales Reach 59.3 Million as Sony Falls Just Short of Fiscal Year Forecast
@dark_knightmare2
Didn't see anything, in comparison Ragnarok or Spider-Man which was everywhere, buses, tv, cinema etc
Quick Google search shows no UK tv ads or cinema spots for SB, certainly no billboards I've seen either
But if they did fair enough