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This is a joke. After taxes, this thing is going to be around $850. You could buy 4 Nintendo Switch Lites for the same price. This is the most tone-deaf price point I could have ever imagined.

Hahaha!! $700 without a disc drive? That's the best joke I've heard all year.

I'm almost positive this box is going to be $700 after adding a disc drive and taxes. I can't wait to get a non-discernably, slightly smoother frame rate for the cost of 3 Nintendo Switch Lites. Especially when it's hard enough to afford rent in today's world.

I'm just in awe how Sony went from the PS4 generation, one of the best gens and first-party exclusive libraries I have ever seen, to this. The console wars don't matter, but they were in first, and it wasn't even close. Nintendo was face-down in the dirt with the WiiU and Microsoft fumbled the switch from Xbox 360 to the next gen. Look where we are now. Nintendo dusted themselves off, took the bar, and effing sprinted with it, creating possibly the greatest console with the most successful game libraries of all-time. Microsoft continues to fumble, but has a half-decent upcoming release schedule. And Sony? Just, how? They are directionless. Almost every single PS5 game has been either a re-release or sequel riding on the PS4 generation's coattails of originality and creativity. For myself, the PS5 generation has been the most uninspiring and disappointing generation I've experienced. What's the point of ever getting a PS5 Pro or a PS6 if this is what we can expect from Sony?

I'm in the camp of "I love Star Wars, but I am completely burned out on the franchise."

This would basically be the nail in the coffin for me when it comes to EVER buying a game again at full price. I already only pay full price for a game maybe once or twice a year.

Holy crap, Sony cannot catch a break this year. If it weren't for Astro Bot and Helldivers 2, I'd have thought they'd be sunk after this year.

Stars couldn't hold a candle to Nintendo's Gold Coin system, and then Sony decided to make Stars even worse... that sure was a choice alright...

This is a $20 game on the PS Store. Absolutely not. Sony needs to pull their heads out of their butts.

The Actual Roadmap: Sony throws the whole game and the team that made it in the garbage in 6 months when this flops.

I'm willing to bet they won't.

I do not understand why "Not a long game" is a con. I would take a 2-4 hour platformer over some bloated, open-world 40-70 hours game like H:ZD or AC any day.

Starring Tiger Woods

Remember when Sony was at the top of their absolute freaking game during the PS4 generation? That was fun while it lasted.

Sony is an absolute mess right now.

But where are the games? I'm having a hard time not feeling buyer's remorse for my PS5, let alone this dumb, overpriced headset. I have zero desire to get this thing.

@PegasusActual93 This is simply not true. In interviews, the director explained how they were able to keep the cost of the movie so low.

• They did everything in house with their team of 35 VFX artist. Studios tend to spend through the nose to outsource their VFX so they get results faster or redone.
• Their studio did VERY scrappy preproduction. Rather than using CGI for preproduction, they literally had a Godzilla action figure on a blue screen to stage all of their shots. They cut as many corners as they could to save on cost during production.
• They kept the VFX to a minimum and only had Godzilla on screen when he needed to be. Everything else was character-driven storytelling or they used practical effects.
• They didn't redo hardly any of the VFX shots. Studios waste tens of millions of dollars because they make whole VFX scenes that get cut or redone due to poor planning in the preproduction stages.

Source:

• https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-visual-effects-for-godzilla-minus-one-cost-between-a-quarter-and-a-third-of-its-less-than-15m-budget.814347/
• I work in the visual arts.

Hey, Godzilla Minus One had a budget of only $15 million. A small budget doesn't mean low quality.

You know the outlook instead great when they have to cut the price of the console, and Nintendo never once cut the price of their console after 7 years.

I know many generations have had a price cut on consoles midway through the generation, but games (not a price cut) are what what sells consoles.

Oh haaaaaaaaail yes. 😎

Tracer, but she's blue, a healer, and slow. 🎉

My GOTY so far is Persona 5: Royal, because that is literally the only game I have used it for this year.

@donv2135 A few reason. I like to stay informed, for one, but I also care about the gaming community, especially the Sony community. I used to be subscribed, but I felt it wasn't worth my money once Sony raised the price, and even before them, too. It's nice letting people know the grass is greener once you stop paying for it.

Months like this remind me how grateful I am that I canceled my PS+ subscription.

Zelda and Astro Bot

Right... but it's $60...

I wholeheartedly agree with the top 3... but, like, a fourth of Nintendo's direct is now above this list for me. Haha!

Those who think the only good thing to come out of the Summer Game Fest was Xbox's show clearly didn't watch the Day of the Dev presentation. There are some solid indies headed our way, like Petal Runner, Phoenix Springs, Screenbound, and Neva.

Chasing shiny new graphics has got to be one of the most uninteresting aspect in gaming to me now. I could not care less how many hair strands I can see on the main character or how many rays can be traced. It's a stupid waste of time and resources, and it only makes game development longer and more expensive.

Great games stand the test of time because they great games, not because they look real. Great art direction and great game design will ALWAYS trump photorealism. I would take the visuals of Persona 5: Royal, Hi-Fi Rush, and Hollow Knight over God of War: Ragnarok and Horizon: Forbidden West 10 out of 10 times, without question. In 10 years, photorealistic games look old and outdated, but games with superb art direction and design will forever stand the test of time.

$10 says the PS5 Pro will say 8K on the box.

@mctaboo Oh! Dude, that's awesome! I sorry for my misunderstanding. I'm with you there. All I ever play now are indies. They're carrying the game industry right now.

@mctaboo Dude, seriously? If you think only 5 good games have come out in the past 3 years then you need to seriously branch out more. Indie games are better than they have ever been before with creativity shooting out of their butts. If you think gaming sucks right now then you are BARELY even trying to find good games.

The best way to watch the Summer Game Fest is with a 1-2 hour delay. Then you can watch or skip any trailers you do or don't care about. I did this last year and it was a pretty enjoyable experience.

Ha! The demo is a PS4 demo, not a PS5 demo. Definitely going to try this out, but I just think it's hilarious that we're 4 years into this generation and it still feels like the generation hasn't started yet. Love playing games on my PS4 Pro Pro.

I could not care less about any of these games except for Astro Bot. That game looks incredible.

It's amazing how Sony went from a game publisher to a game distributor this generation.

Not to burst Sony's bubble, but the Switch 2 is coming.

Sounds like the Sony equivalent of saying this will be a "AAAA" game.

YEEEEEEEES!! This is what I've wanted Sony to do, but I gave up on that dream since they said they only wanted to create "blockbuster" video games. Some of my favorite stories and experiences I have ever experienced in video games weren't photorealistic. Celeste, Persona 5, Nier: Automata, Journey, and The Legend of Zelda are some of my favorite games, but none of them had or even needed the budget Sony blockbuster games have. Hopefully, this also means shorter development times.

So, I went and read the comments on the game trailer, and, boy-howdy, there are A LOT of pissed off Japanese people. The main complaint from Japanese people is that they feel Ubisoft is tackling cultural appropriation with more cultural appropriation. The art, clothing, customs, etiquette, and architecture are apparently waaaaaaay off the mark in terms of having any historical accuracy.

It seems gone are the days of in-game Notre Dame being so accurate that they can use it to repair the real Notre Dame.

I have no desire to play any AC games, including this one, but I did just read up on Yasuke. He sound like pretty intriguing person, so kudos to Ubisoft for wanting to tell a story about him. We don't really know much about him historically, so his story has already become a mythological in nature, which I think would align him perfectly for this role in a fictional video game. I think this was a smart move on Ubisoft's part, because it they told the story of some anonymous Japanese samurai then it probably wouldn't stand out as much from Ghost of Tsushima, which people are going to inevitably draw comparisons to this new AC game.

The only way this could have ever been true is if it was a remake instead of a whole new game because that's all Sony knows how to do anymore.

It's great! Now I never have to buy a Playstation console ever again! I bought a PS4 and PS5 for console exclusives games. That's not a thing anymore, so I'll just stick to PC and Nintendo from here on.

If you go to OpenCritic, you'll see that this 8/10 is one of the lowest reviews for this game. Most everyone else is giving it a 9/10 or 10/10.

@Deoxyr1bose The Steam reviews will recover. Over time, Steam marks reviews that are considered "off-topic," and they ultimately don't affect the overall Steam review score. Since Sony rolled this back, those reviews will dissipate.

It makes me sad that the PC community had to go to these lengths for Sony to notice, but that means there are now 170 countries that were about to be barred from being able to play HD2 that can now keep playing. That, in my opinion, is a massive win. Gamers in third-world countries should be allowed to play. It brings the whole gaming community together across all nation lines.

This has to be one of the the most bat-s*** crazy moves I've seen from Sony. This was easily their most successful game in years, and they're choosing to tear the game out of the hands of people that already gave them money to play it. This move is going to go from people boycotting the game to outright boycotting Sony and their games. Stunts like this reassure my decision to buy my games exclusively through Steam and the Nintendo eShop, and not even think about buying the PS5 Pro or the PS6.

@Stevey_Mac Dude, you don't get it. There are only 73 countries that allow you to access PSN. Everyone else, even if you already bought the game, will be barred from playing Helldivers 2 without a PSN account.

I would say this isn't a big deal, except that this move is going to bar anyone living in countries that can't access PSN from being able to play the game, even if they already purchased it.

Looking at the Steam review scores taking an absolute nose-dive off a cliff, I can't believe how badly Sony just s*** the bed with this move. Easily their most successful game in years, and they still managed to screw it up.

I think the kicker here is that if you're patient then you have no need for a PlayStation whatsoever. Everything will come to PC, both Sony first-party and third-party. Sony has decided to just not show up this generation. When they do, it's a sequel or a remake. At this rate, there is no chance that I will be picking up a PS6.