@djlard Well considering Insomniac has been the most active first party publisher this generstion, bringing more games thsn any other, with secure release dates and never delayed a game.
Im pretty confident that it will release when they say it will.
Its been the media and fear mongers about the state of insomanic, all just rumours.
Their track record speaks for itself.
Strangest thing everyone pulling out false rumours regarding them considering every other first party has hardly been present for ps5. Also not once did Insomniac put any info out regarding a delay, it all came from them being silent.
So I have 0 doubts about wolverine, never have.
GTA on the otherhand, it went from fall 2025, to may 2026 and now another 6months added on till November.
Thats quite substantial delays, esp when its been exact dates. Im not confident
To be fair, Stray was a limited time run, at least now we can technically own it and it wont just leave.
Rally game why not, if I can play it.
For some reason my EA account is some how linked to an old email which I have no access to and is absolete, even though I've changed it multiple times and had 0 issues at the beginning of the gen when I made a fresh account. So ea sports games are now online always and I cannot access them.
And the battle simulator you know what, this is actually my highlight of this month a bit of mindless fun. Actually looking forward to it. Something different.
@RoomWithaMoose but what you are missing is your paying for it abyway because your paying for Gamepass.
So the reality is paying for online is already built in.
And I probably can see already that the data is showing anyone who is playing multiplayer on xbox probably has gamepass anyway.
So even with xbox not making it essential to pay for online on pc, the majoriry will be paying into gamepass and reality is most will not bother and just stay on steam anyway.
At least right now playstation offers 3 games at a low price each month and really I dont even play online games but I still pay out for extra.
And playstation games on steam dont really require its online section already.
You just have to look at the sales of ps5 to show that it hasn't stopped people buying.
It is also showing that most games are selling around the same as they have always sold.
So the data really isnt backing any of this up.
What I have seen from my own kids (I have 12) that it really depends on the person, but I have seen a big decline in attention spans and I truly believe that the instant everything right infront of you and the short form videos are causing people to become 10 second Tom's and can't hold their own attention.
What I mean by this is, take for example myself.
I grew up in the late 80s and 90s.
For the majority of my childhood we had basic TV. It consisted of 4 channels.
I had to know when and what time my shows were on to catch them. Every month id wait for my copy of playstation magazine so I could play the demos.
And id wait eagerly for the release of the next big game.
If I wanted to see a film id catch it in the cinema and if I didn't, it would be nearly a year before it came to vhs or even longer before it came to tv, channels even fought for the rights to have it exclusive tv debut.
0 internet until the late 90s so we all relied on monthly magazines and game stores to know when a game was coming.
I think we grew up in a time where patience, was the norm and not a thing we had to learn.
But into todays world.
Everything is already ready at hand, within seconds.
Have a question? Google instant answer.
Want to know about game 1000s of news articles and videos already ready.
Fancy a show, well no problem every episode, at any time, ready to go and can be watched in 1 or 2 sittings.
No child these days has any idea what patience is because they dont need to.
Want to see a film? Missed st the cinema? Well 9/10 times you can buy it or rent it at home the very next day, give it another week or 2 and no doubt amazon or Netflix will have it. Within a couple of weeks if not days.
YouTube? Tik tok?
Well if you dont like it, you can keep flicking through.
And tik tok has truly warped alot of people's minds due to the short clips and constant content.
All of this combined has created a generation of kids with short attention spans because of the sheer instant access to everything and anything within seconds.
So this really is a problem I could see happening in the future.
Games are selling the same, but are they actually being played the same?
Back in the 90s I got a game, whether it was good or not, we would still sit and play through it.
Today, its more likely that they will play for an hour get bored and move on. Which potentially effect sales once my generation, stop playing and buying games.
@SMJ I wouldn't call that a positive. Windows is inferior and does not play well with handhelds and let's be honest the steamdeck is not that far off and half the price.
Also at 1000 id expect at least an oled screen. Not a 1080p.
There are plenty of other handhelds out there, which offer nearly the same for cheaper.
Windows on it really doesnt do much for me.
Its like what would you rather have a ps5 pro, which can implement a 4k res, ray tracing, 60fps or more. And a big screen experience. For 480 here in the uk.
Or a handheld which can only put out 1080 and does not play every single xbox game, only the games in which are play anywhere. For 1000?
Its an absolutely ridiculous price point.
And people were actually moaning at the expensive price point of the ps5 pro.
I just love the o nothing matters from the people who are losing, within the hardware space.
Then she names all the games in which have basically been third party since their existence but microsoft decided to buy the entire publisher for themselves.
They also developed a Netflix style gaming platform which takes away sales from majority of games which go on that platform and more than likely hurts the developers financial spending.
If people dont want to believe thats up to them but the reality is exclusives do matter its the difference between me buying an xbox or a playstation.
If we entirely get rid of exclusive games then what exactly entice people to buy 1 over the other? There isnt and that would mean a drop in sales because it will just come down to what's on offer.
Whether sonys first party games are few and far between at this moment in time, the majority of us know, that the games will come.
Xbox even when they had exclusives, their exclusives have been pretty stale since the 360. We are still getting halo over and over again, we still get gears over and over again. Fable has dropped off. So what exactly have xbox been offering as a difference? Not really anything and that's why xbox has failed, because they've offered nothing new or of quality.
Instead they just bought established franchises and prayed that would help them.
It wasnt an internal effort, it wasnt baked at microsoft.
They basically just gave over their name to another company, slapped an xbox button on a other companies habdheld effort, made slight adjustments to its streamline windows game ui.
And made the price, double what a ps5 costs, for exactly what, im not entirely sure.
I have no doubts that there next console will cost alot.
Considering the handheld offering doesnt give much more than a steamdeck let alone if a steamdeck 2 comes out at hakf the price.
@DefShepherd great points. I dont think we've reached top level graphics yet. Take ghost of yotei looks amazing but you can still tell its a game.
Death stranding is a great example of enviroment.
But I feel the next move in graphics, will be collision tech and character realism.
I still feel we are a bit off on the characters and how they interact with the world.
Even death stranding 2, the characters look amazing but still slightly uncanny valley.
Also I agree frame rate needs to be standard 60fps and 0 dips below.
If youve ever seen path tracing which is the next Gen step, its unbelievable.
What we have now esp on ps5 and the pro we are getting ray tracing but its only on certain aspects of the game and not the entire game itself that would be next Gen.
When I talk about collision, that probably involves the pop in and the un natural ways in which a character navigates the world.
Or a better example would be in sports games. Wwe still has alot of collision problems and unrealistic animations in certain situations, or football still has its problems. That is where next gen needs to shine.
Its just so fustrating that playstation buy them and totally messed them up and its now been 5 yesrs since their last release. With no word and a cancelled project.
But the story was far superior in the first game. I dont mind it being this purely revenge story line, but it doesnt trump a samurai questioning who they are.
The climbing is pretty lackluster considering how much you do it, very ps4 era.
I know people have said about just finding things in the wild, but im finding myself, just buying the maps off the guy and putting them in and heading to it.
It's a nice way of getting information from random people you defeat, but within the first few encounters, id pretty much got every bit of info I needed and it was just repeating pretty quickly.
It would of been better if they gave slight info in the direction, not hes here on the map straight off the bat.
Combat is what makes it a 8.5 and its visuals.
Great game and is in somewheres better than the first but in other ways a little bit of a let down
I dont think so. .I think its more the fact that we've had very few games from first party for a good few years.
Just take a look at the games, we've had 2 game series focus on a father daughter/son partnership.
The problem is we've had nothing else from these studios.
Santa Monica really have only ever made God of war. .
Naughty Dog since the ps4 up till now which we are on the tail end of the console, weve only had really the last of us 4 times.
Yes we got an uncharted game.
I think aswel the provlem we have gotten is wverything has really become open world aswel and unless your packing in a load of activities and a very interactive world, then I feel as though people are getting bored.
We had the uncharted games and then at the end of ps3 we got last of us. The we got God Of War. Then at the end of ps4 we got another last of us, then we got another God of war and I between thay weve had remakes for both last of us games.
Everyone "no way, is putting your games on at launch for a small fee, profitable and isnt hurting sales of games"
Xbox "yes yes, profitable, this is the future"
Awhile later.
Xbox "due to the raising costs and not because the platform wasn't profitable we are having to double the price of our service and give you the same service. Thankyou, I hope we get way more subscriptions at the higher price"
Just makes me life, like games can be put onto a subscription type like Netflix when games costs double or triple a film or series costs to make and years development time compared to a film which normally is done within a year.
I maybe the only 1. But I just don't see the future being game streaming.
It would mean, we have server farms quadruple all over the world just for the processing power alone. Then the infrastructure for delivering the games be vastly improved.
Nvida have a streaming service and its quite shocking that sometimes your having to wait in queues just to play the game you've bought because a certain high spec pc isnt available because everyone is already on it and then your downgraded to another one.
They also introduced a cap on how many hours your allowed to play and that didnt go down well at all.
Is that really the future?
Queues just to play the latest game because everyone is trying to play it?
I really dont see this as the future. I still see us gaming on a console or a pc for the next 50 years.
Just the cost alone to build and maintain a server farm has to be alot more than producing a box which is in your home.
The problem is have with reviews like this and many of this nature.
Is its being reviewed by a grown adult who has matured with games so never really quite gets the appeal and will mark it down for things in which a child, who would play these games need to under platforming.
Kids love basic and easy to play gameplay and the samey aspect is a comfort for children because it feels as though they know it and it grows their confidence.
So its so hard to judge when a grown adult who understands and enjoys depth and more adult games, reviews a child's game.
My 4 year old absolutely loves knack 1 and 2 and has completed it maybe 20 times and isnt bored of it.
He's also completed astrobot and pac man re pac.
And yet even though astrobot is the better game and is very varied, he revisits pac man and knack a hell of a lot more than astro bot.
So just bare that in mind when reviewing these types of games. Its a different era and only the true start of 3d platforming.
It still baffles me apart from the few exceptions that we still dont have a true lord of the rings hope world game. We have the indepth lore of the world. We have the history written. We have the entire map already detailed We have each regions, clearly marked and who lives where.
An entire game is literally written for you, all someone has to do is create it so pretty much everything that a pre production team has to do is already done for them.
And yet here we are and what did we get?
Golum? Hahahaha
We have had some great linear games though and a pretty decent rts game out of it.
But still we need a hogwarts legacy quality game for this franchise
If it was a beloved franchise and was the second or third game, then maybe but for a game which no one truly knows if its any good, that price tag, is way to expensive to even consider.
@Bez87 @RoomWithaMoose what do you mean a new title?
Naughty Dog have revealed a new game HouseMarque have revealed a new game Insomniac have a revealed a new game Were just about to get Ghost Of Yōtei AstroBot was released just last last year. Horizon 2 only came out in 2022 with burning shores releasing in 2023. So the 3rd game prob looking more likely 2027 first look next year. God Of War ragnorak was 2022, Those games its only been 3 years since release. With a 4 to 5 year development cycle we are still a bit off. Sony Bend are always slow. Sony messed up blue point. And topic off weve just had death stranding 2.
Im not sure who else is out their for first party. 3 new ips is pretty good going for right now.
@Jacko11 but you have to remember and I think people forget this. Grubb isn't a leaker, thats not what he really does.
He doesnt really give predictions, he tells people what he has heard. Like most of the journalists do.
I think thats where the confusion comes from. He doesnt set out to be this leak, hes just talking on a podcast about what he has been told. He doesnt go after the scoop
@Zeke68 that's quite weak evidence to suggest you can't trust him. When hes said lots of things which have come true, way more than he has false.
Esp if the only one you can think of is bloodbourne 2, when there was many insiders saying the same thing which to me means it was true at some point but something didnt happen for it not to happen
I mean surely you can't start with 3 which is basically the beginning of big boss and not remake them in the time line sense.
It has to be mgs 1 next then mgs 2 and then mgs 4. From the main line games. Im not clued up on when the spin offs took place but 110% has to be in order of the time line.
Can't even play the dam game to see if it good or not.
Ea stupid 1 time forever account system for some reason has resorted back to a old email in which has been deactivated and does not even exist anymore.
And I've been locked out completely, for about a year now.
Stupid me for signing up years ago with old emails I guess, in what world is it that its harder to change a linked account with psn than changing my bank? Haha
@Ludacritz I mean isnt that just sonic in general? Let's be honest Sonic peeked with the originals and they've never really managed to capture that again. Yes they had some decent cartoon, but the actual games, just completely flopped and the ones which have done well are more throwback games to the originals.
Mario on the other hand seemed to keep going and worked well in other genres throughout the decades.
Sonic games still trying to replicate the magic of the first 3. Even its 3d games they are still more about collecting those rings fast. Putting it vaguely but Sonic just hasn't evolved
Haven't played it. Firdt perdon just isnt my cup of tea, esp when they have so much detailed climbing and cut scenes, id of loved for a 3rd person game.
But this dlc at that price just shows not much point.
I may aswel wait for the ultimate edition and then a sale.
Or just buy gamepass for a month when im bored. And then have xbox refund me the months subscription hahaha
@TrollOfWar But this is business, whether you like it or not their is a rivalry between these companies. There is always a winner and there is always a loser.
Sega vs Nintendo.
Nintendo vs playstation
Playstation vs Xbox.
Sega ended up losing became a third party publisher.
Nintendo did lose but they had already secured themselves financially way before that they could have a couple of failed attempts.
Xbox has lost and its in a desperate situation to make all their loses and purchases profitable. That is the reason why they are now releasing their firdt party on to playstation. Not because they believe their games should be played everywhere, its because xbox has failed as a console.
Now Playstation the reason why they probably will.never put their first party gsmes onto xbox is because 1 - its not really that cost effective because of the sheer lack of sales of xbox. Why waste resources with such a small pool of players.
2 - like you said yourself why would people move from an eco system? Its not about getting people to move, playstation are in the business of making money. You dont make money from already existing owners your always trying to entice new owners.
And what's the best way to entice people in buying your hardware, by offering people things they can't get anywhere else. A more easy plug in play system with games you can't play anywhere else.
This doesnt really include pc players because really if your gonna go pc you've already made your mind up really. And pc isnt that easy to set up properly.
If you start putting your exclusive games onto another system which is similar to your own, then this gives the consumer more choice of which system to buy.
Every system has to have a reason to buy.
My question to you is why did you buy a playstation?
@twitchtvpat where have you even got that information? What?!?!
I think your thinking of an entirely different game. Halo was always a game developed by bungie. Apple bought the rights for its exclusivity. But Microsoft wanted it so offered them alot of money
Halo was a Apple Mac exclusive, but Microsoft bought bungie for their upcoming Xbox Launch.
Gear of War was made by Epic but was published by microsoft and was always a microsoft exclusive, it was always a microsoft, a sort of 2nd party venture. What Microsoft did was buy the rest of the rights for the entire ip and not just part of it, then switched developers to keep working on it.
So reality is basically every game microsoft has ever brought into its banner was always made before taking them in.
Its why i never see Microsoft or xbox gaming department as creative because they really just hought success.
Unlike playstation where they entered partnerships and sort of recruited the studios, I see it as a interview process and then they bought them after they had passed.
I dont think you could tell me 1 game which has actually come from microsoft themselves without it already being a fully fledged game.
@OldGamer999 you really think thats why Nintendo does what it does?
Nintendo does what it does because they play it safe just incase.
You forget Nintendo tried to compete with Sony but they missed by a mile.
N64 only sold 32 million Gamecube only sold 21 to 24 million That was the death of Nintendo trying to compete with Sony on raw power.
They really had to come up with something different as they just wasn't up to it, to go head to head and they changed their approach.
The Wii sold amazingly but what they found was not many was actually continuing to play and game sales went down.
They totally missed what gamers wanted and went with the Wii U. 13m sold. A complete flop.
Sales of the 3ds were down but that was keeping them a float. So they needed something radical.
Then we got the switch a combined console. 3ds no more and only the switch.
They didnt really have much of a choice in their approach. So it really isnt just about gameplay.
It really was they just couldn't compete. You have to also remember that Nintendo is still fundamentally a toy company.
As much as I love the switch im still bummed out they didnt push the hardware up a notch. Just so they gave their developers more room to push the games.
It always seems they are always starting off having to do magic tricks for the games to run and look the way they do
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Re: Poll: How Would You Rate State of Play for November 2025?
Well doesn't matter how Playstation promotes it, we of course get thr comments of pointless, no need. Why.
Even though it was a state of play aimed at the Asian Market and not the western world.
Re: The Next Horizon Game Is an MMO for Mobile and PC, Prompting Fury from PS5 Fans
I mean the anger really is. Its a horizon game in which the main place to play is playstation but its only mobile and pc before playstation?
I just dont see the appeal. For anyone outside of this eco system.
Surely it should of been ps5 and pc for a game like this.
Esp for first adopters.
Re: After GTA 6 Delay, Wolverine PS5 Doubles Down on Fall 2026 Release Date
@djlard Well considering Insomniac has been the most active first party publisher this generstion, bringing more games thsn any other, with secure release dates and never delayed a game.
Im pretty confident that it will release when they say it will.
Its been the media and fear mongers about the state of insomanic, all just rumours.
Their track record speaks for itself.
Strangest thing everyone pulling out false rumours regarding them considering every other first party has hardly been present for ps5. Also not once did Insomniac put any info out regarding a delay, it all came from them being silent.
So I have 0 doubts about wolverine, never have.
GTA on the otherhand, it went from fall 2025, to may 2026 and now another 6months added on till November.
Thats quite substantial delays, esp when its been exact dates. Im not confident
Re: GTA London Will Remain a One-Off, as the Series Needs Guns and American Culture, Says Dan Houser
Sleeping Dogs.
That is all
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for November 2025?
To be fair,
Stray was a limited time run, at least now we can technically own it and it wont just leave.
Rally game why not, if I can play it.
For some reason my EA account is some how linked to an old email which I have no access to and is absolete, even though I've changed it multiple times and had 0 issues at the beginning of the gen when I made a fresh account. So ea sports games are now online always and I cannot access them.
And the battle simulator you know what, this is actually my highlight of this month a bit of mindless fun. Actually looking forward to it. Something different.
Re: Talking Point: If Xbox Drops the Cost, Would You Be Happy Still Paying for PS6 Multiplayer?
@RoomWithaMoose but what you are missing is your paying for it abyway because your paying for Gamepass.
So the reality is paying for online is already built in.
And I probably can see already that the data is showing anyone who is playing multiplayer on xbox probably has gamepass anyway.
So even with xbox not making it essential to pay for online on pc, the majoriry will be paying into gamepass and reality is most will not bother and just stay on steam anyway.
At least right now playstation offers 3 games at a low price each month and really I dont even play online games but I still pay out for extra.
And playstation games on steam dont really require its online section already.
Re: Talking Point: Is PS5 Really in Competition with TikTok?
No its not competition.
You just have to look at the sales of ps5 to show that it hasn't stopped people buying.
It is also showing that most games are selling around the same as they have always sold.
So the data really isnt backing any of this up.
What I have seen from my own kids (I have 12) that it really depends on the person, but I have seen a big decline in attention spans and I truly believe that the instant everything right infront of you and the short form videos are causing people to become 10 second Tom's and can't hold their own attention.
What I mean by this is, take for example myself.
I grew up in the late 80s and 90s.
For the majority of my childhood we had basic TV. It consisted of 4 channels.
I had to know when and what time my shows were on to catch them. Every month id wait for my copy of playstation magazine so I could play the demos.
And id wait eagerly for the release of the next big game.
If I wanted to see a film id catch it in the cinema and if I didn't, it would be nearly a year before it came to vhs or even longer before it came to tv, channels even fought for the rights to have it exclusive tv debut.
0 internet until the late 90s so we all relied on monthly magazines and game stores to know when a game was coming.
I think we grew up in a time where patience, was the norm and not a thing we had to learn.
But into todays world.
Everything is already ready at hand, within seconds.
Have a question? Google instant answer.
Want to know about game 1000s of news articles and videos already ready.
Fancy a show, well no problem every episode, at any time, ready to go and can be watched in 1 or 2 sittings.
No child these days has any idea what patience is because they dont need to.
Want to see a film? Missed st the cinema? Well 9/10 times you can buy it or rent it at home the very next day, give it another week or 2 and no doubt amazon or Netflix will have it. Within a couple of weeks if not days.
YouTube? Tik tok?
Well if you dont like it, you can keep flicking through.
And tik tok has truly warped alot of people's minds due to the short clips and constant content.
All of this combined has created a generation of kids with short attention spans because of the sheer instant access to everything and anything within seconds.
So this really is a problem I could see happening in the future.
Games are selling the same, but are they actually being played the same?
Back in the 90s I got a game, whether it was good or not, we would still sit and play through it.
Today, its more likely that they will play for an hour get bored and move on. Which potentially effect sales once my generation, stop playing and buying games.
Re: Millions Tune in for Halo PS5's Reveal on PlayStation's Social Media Accounts
@Balie3000 I dont think this will change anything.
This team has had multiple chances of bringing a top class game and reviving halo and have basically failed every time.
Unfortunately they just arent bungie of old.
Hinestly I just wish they'd move on to something new.
Halo is legendary and thats why the views and its sales will be very good.
But Halo ran its course years ago but microsoft/xbox arent creative enough to let them try something new.
Got to think Halo been going since the original Xbox.
You have to think since bungie created Halo.
I finished school, I've bought a house and I've had 5 kids. And loads of things in-between.
Re: Random: Fans Can't Believe Halo Is Coming to PS5 Before Killzone
I think people forget or maybe its nostalgia but Killzone just wasnt that much of a hit.
It had its cult following. It just wasnt a huge success.
Not many talk about the great first person shooters over the years and even mention the killzone franchise.
Halo on the other hand, everyone knows of mastercheif.
Honestly I couldnt even name any characters from the killzone franchise off the top of my head.
Re: PS6 Could Be Less Than Half the Price of Microsoft's 'Very Premium' Next-Gen Xbox
@SMJ I wouldn't call that a positive.
Windows is inferior and does not play well with handhelds and let's be honest the steamdeck is not that far off and half the price.
Also at 1000 id expect at least an oled screen. Not a 1080p.
There are plenty of other handhelds out there, which offer nearly the same for cheaper.
Windows on it really doesnt do much for me.
Its like what would you rather have a ps5 pro, which can implement a 4k res, ray tracing, 60fps or more. And a big screen experience. For 480 here in the uk.
Or a handheld which can only put out 1080 and does not play every single xbox game, only the games in which are play anywhere.
For 1000?
Its an absolutely ridiculous price point.
And people were actually moaning at the expensive price point of the ps5 pro.
Try make that make sense
Re: PS5 Pro Is Definitely Not the Best Place to Play The Outer Worlds 2 at Launch
Its just poor optimisation from the developers with the ps5 pro.
You can't have games like yotei running and looking amazing and then this running and looking poor.
I dont understand why they dont just release a ps5 version and then release a pro patch once they e figured it out.
Games are coming out with no pro support so its not like they didnt have a choice.
Re: Xbox Boss Believes Sony's Strategy of Console Exclusives Is 'Antiquated'
I just love the o nothing matters from the people who are losing, within the hardware space.
Then she names all the games in which have basically been third party since their existence but microsoft decided to buy the entire publisher for themselves.
They also developed a Netflix style gaming platform which takes away sales from majority of games which go on that platform and more than likely hurts the developers financial spending.
If people dont want to believe thats up to them but the reality is exclusives do matter its the difference between me buying an xbox or a playstation.
If we entirely get rid of exclusive games then what exactly entice people to buy 1 over the other? There isnt and that would mean a drop in sales because it will just come down to what's on offer.
Whether sonys first party games are few and far between at this moment in time, the majority of us know, that the games will come.
Xbox even when they had exclusives, their exclusives have been pretty stale since the 360. We are still getting halo over and over again, we still get gears over and over again. Fable has dropped off. So what exactly have xbox been offering as a difference? Not really anything and that's why xbox has failed, because they've offered nothing new or of quality.
Instead they just bought established franchises and prayed that would help them.
Re: PS6 Could Be Less Than Half the Price of Microsoft's 'Very Premium' Next-Gen Xbox
I woukdnt be surprised.
Judt look at their attempt at a handheld.
It wasnt an internal effort, it wasnt baked at microsoft.
They basically just gave over their name to another company, slapped an xbox button on a other companies habdheld effort, made slight adjustments to its streamline windows game ui.
And made the price, double what a ps5 costs, for exactly what, im not entirely sure.
I have no doubts that there next console will cost alot.
Considering the handheld offering doesnt give much more than a steamdeck let alone if a steamdeck 2 comes out at hakf the price.
Re: PS5 Controller's Removable Battery Seemingly Debunked for Now
If anyone is playing long enough that the battery runs out, I think its time to just put it down and do something else for a bit.
The battery lasts over 6 hours at least. Thats a long enough session for a break.
Also it doesnt take that long to recharge.
Re: Talking Point: PS6 In 2027 - How Do You Feel About Sony's Next-Gen Console?
@DefShepherd great points.
I dont think we've reached top level graphics yet.
Take ghost of yotei looks amazing but you can still tell its a game.
Death stranding is a great example of enviroment.
But I feel the next move in graphics, will be collision tech and character realism.
I still feel we are a bit off on the characters and how they interact with the world.
Even death stranding 2, the characters look amazing but still slightly uncanny valley.
Also I agree frame rate needs to be standard 60fps and 0 dips below.
If youve ever seen path tracing which is the next Gen step, its unbelievable.
What we have now esp on ps5 and the pro we are getting ray tracing but its only on certain aspects of the game and not the entire game itself that would be next Gen.
When I talk about collision, that probably involves the pop in and the un natural ways in which a character navigates the world.
Or a better example would be in sports games. Wwe still has alot of collision problems and unrealistic animations in certain situations, or football still has its problems.
That is where next gen needs to shine.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for October 2025?
@FinneasGH I mean October really isn't more than Halloween. Nothing going on this month.
So to have 2 great horror games avaiable and Alan wake 2. I mean what could be a better month
Re: Mini Review: As Dusk Falls (PS5) - Creative Character-Driven Drama
@Stevemalkpus its made it to extra
Re: Sony's Bluepoint Studio Recruiting for Third-Person Melee Action Game
Its just so fustrating that playstation buy them and totally messed them up and its now been 5 yesrs since their last release. With no word and a cancelled project.
I blame Jim
Re: Talking Point: PS6 In 2027 - How Do You Feel About Sony's Next-Gen Console?
I like how the poll says games over hardware.
Its like people are blind and haven't seen the absolute domination pf epic games for the passed few years.
Games will come regardless.
I want ps6 to be a power house. I want the next jump in graphics.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Ghost of Yotei?
I've gone with 9 but its a low 9. Maybe 8.5.
Yes it improves in some aspects of the first.
But the story was far superior in the first game. I dont mind it being this purely revenge story line, but it doesnt trump a samurai questioning who they are.
The climbing is pretty lackluster considering how much you do it, very ps4 era.
I know people have said about just finding things in the wild, but im finding myself, just buying the maps off the guy and putting them in and heading to it.
It's a nice way of getting information from random people you defeat, but within the first few encounters, id pretty much got every bit of info I needed and it was just repeating pretty quickly.
It would of been better if they gave slight info in the direction, not hes here on the map straight off the bat.
Combat is what makes it a 8.5 and its visuals.
Great game and is in somewheres better than the first but in other ways a little bit of a let down
Re: Talking Point: Are You Getting Sick of Sony's Supposedly 'Samey' Approach to Story Telling?
I dont think so.
.I think its more the fact that we've had very few games from first party for a good few years.
Just take a look at the games, we've had 2 game series focus on a father daughter/son partnership.
The problem is we've had nothing else from these studios.
Santa Monica really have only ever made God of war. .
Naughty Dog since the ps4 up till now which we are on the tail end of the console, weve only had really the last of us 4 times.
Yes we got an uncharted game.
I think aswel the provlem we have gotten is wverything has really become open world aswel and unless your packing in a load of activities and a very interactive world, then I feel as though people are getting bored.
We had the uncharted games and then at the end of ps3 we got last of us.
The we got God Of War. Then at the end of ps4 we got another last of us, then we got another God of war and I between thay weve had remakes for both last of us games.
Re: PS Plus Looks Better Than Ever After New Xbox Game Pass Price Rises
Everyone "no way, is putting your games on at launch for a small fee, profitable and isnt hurting sales of games"
Xbox "yes yes, profitable, this is the future"
Awhile later.
Xbox "due to the raising costs and not because the platform wasn't profitable we are having to double the price of our service and give you the same service. Thankyou, I hope we get way more subscriptions at the higher price"
Just makes me life, like games can be put onto a subscription type like Netflix when games costs double or triple a film or series costs to make and years development time compared to a film which normally is done within a year.
Its just not happening
Re: Sony Is a 'Terrible Company' That's 'Blowing It in the Games Business', Says Michael Pachter
I maybe the only 1. But I just don't see the future being game streaming.
It would mean, we have server farms quadruple all over the world just for the processing power alone. Then the infrastructure for delivering the games be vastly improved.
Nvida have a streaming service and its quite shocking that sometimes your having to wait in queues just to play the game you've bought because a certain high spec pc isnt available because everyone is already on it and then your downgraded to another one.
They also introduced a cap on how many hours your allowed to play and that didnt go down well at all.
Is that really the future?
Queues just to play the latest game because everyone is trying to play it?
I really dont see this as the future.
I still see us gaming on a console or a pc for the next 50 years.
Just the cost alone to build and maintain a server farm has to be alot more than producing a box which is in your home.
Re: Mini Review: Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac (PS5) - Fine Remake Won't Set the World on Fire
The problem is have with reviews like this and many of this nature.
Is its being reviewed by a grown adult who has matured with games so never really quite gets the appeal and will mark it down for things in which a child, who would play these games need to under platforming.
Kids love basic and easy to play gameplay and the samey aspect is a comfort for children because it feels as though they know it and it grows their confidence.
So its so hard to judge when a grown adult who understands and enjoys depth and more adult games, reviews a child's game.
My 4 year old absolutely loves knack 1 and 2 and has completed it maybe 20 times and isnt bored of it.
He's also completed astrobot and pac man re pac.
And yet even though astrobot is the better game and is very varied, he revisits pac man and knack a hell of a lot more than astro bot.
So just bare that in mind when reviewing these types of games. Its a different era and only the true start of 3d platforming.
We all had to start somewhere.
Re: Rumour: The Lord of the Rings Is Getting a Game to 'Compete with Hogwarts Legacy'
It still baffles me apart from the few exceptions that we still dont have a true lord of the rings hope world game.
We have the indepth lore of the world.
We have the history written.
We have the entire map already detailed
We have each regions, clearly marked and who lives where.
An entire game is literally written for you, all someone has to do is create it so pretty much everything that a pre production team has to do is already done for them.
And yet here we are and what did we get?
Golum? Hahahaha
We have had some great linear games though and a pretty decent rts game out of it.
But still we need a hogwarts legacy quality game for this franchise
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate State of Play for September 2025?
@SuntannedDuck2
Very fair points for someone who isnt interested in playstation games.
I think people have forgotten though, that at different times of year, they have to cater to different types of gamers.
This actual showing is linked to Tokyo game show. So many maybe more aimed at japanese gamers.
I mean the book style game seemed OK but for me those games arent for me.
Its like hollowknight, honestly I feel like thst gameplay is pretty bland and honestly dont understand the hype for it.
So what in your mind is games you are interested in?
Re: Good God, Crimson Desert's PS5 Collector's Edition Costs a Whopping $280
To expensive. For a brand new ip.
If it was a beloved franchise and was the second or third game, then maybe but for a game which no one truly knows if its any good, that price tag, is way to expensive to even consider.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate State of Play for September 2025?
@Bez87 @RoomWithaMoose what do you mean a new title?
Naughty Dog have revealed a new game
HouseMarque have revealed a new game
Insomniac have a revealed a new game
Were just about to get Ghost Of Yōtei
AstroBot was released just last last year.
Horizon 2 only came out in 2022 with burning shores releasing in 2023.
So the 3rd game prob looking more likely 2027 first look next year.
God Of War ragnorak was 2022,
Those games its only been 3 years since release. With a 4 to 5 year development cycle we are still a bit off.
Sony Bend are always slow.
Sony messed up blue point.
And topic off weve just had death stranding 2.
Im not sure who else is out their for first party.
3 new ips is pretty good going for right now.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate State of Play for September 2025?
Still can't believe that comments are still saying awful or its the worst.
Like what are you actually expecting? Its a serious question.
We got 2 first party game reveals. Some decent 3rd party showings, a decent announcement for ps plus.
I literally dont see what exactly people are expecting.
I really feel as though every single game Sony first party have has to be in a state of play for it to be any good.
That isnt reality.
It was a excellent show just for the fact we got to see housemarque new game and a pretty lengthy look at wolverine.
People saying speakers and a controller? They were 30 second ads the rest were games and nearly everyone had a date attached.
Top quality Showing.
You really can't be disappointed that we got only 2 first party games.
Re: PS5 Fans Anticipate Big State of Play Livestream This Week
@Jacko11 thats incorrect, its not even his podcast and most of thr stuff he says has been true.
Only 1 person has said 1 thing he didnt get was the bloodbourne 2 rumour.
He actually just slips it into conversation on the podcast. I wouldnt say thats all he tries to bait you with. They just talk. Like other podcasts.
Re: PS5 Fans Anticipate Big State of Play Livestream This Week
@Jacko11 but you have to remember and I think people forget this. Grubb isn't a leaker, thats not what he really does.
He doesnt really give predictions, he tells people what he has heard. Like most of the journalists do.
I think thats where the confusion comes from. He doesnt set out to be this leak, hes just talking on a podcast about what he has been told. He doesnt go after the scoop
Re: PS5 Fans Anticipate Big State of Play Livestream This Week
@Zeke68 that's quite weak evidence to suggest you can't trust him. When hes said lots of things which have come true, way more than he has false.
Esp if the only one you can think of is bloodbourne 2, when there was many insiders saying the same thing which to me means it was true at some point but something didnt happen for it not to happen
Re: Christopher Judge Hopeful the Actor Playing Kratos in God of War Show 'Loves the Big Guy' as Much as the Fans
Its going to have to be Jason momoa or Alan Ritchson.
The only 2 who have the height and body to pull off a more natural Kratos.
Judge would be a good fit for atmosphere and a authentic kratos but I dont think he's young ans fit enough to pull it off physically.
Either that or an unknown actor
Re: PS5 Fans Anticipate Big State of Play Livestream This Week
@Jacko11 when has grubb been wrong?
Everything ive heard from him has always ended up coming true.
Re: Konami Asks Which Metal Gear Solid Game You Want Remade Next
I mean surely you can't start with 3 which is basically the beginning of big boss and not remake them in the time line sense.
It has to be mgs 1 next then mgs 2 and then mgs 4. From the main line games. Im not clued up on when the spin offs took place but 110% has to be in order of the time line.
Re: Out Today: Skate Makes Its Big Return in Early Access on PS5, PS4, and It's Free to Play
Can't even play the dam game to see if it good or not.
Ea stupid 1 time forever account system for some reason has resorted back to a old email in which has been deactivated and does not even exist anymore.
And I've been locked out completely, for about a year now.
Stupid me for signing up years ago with old emails I guess, in what world is it that its harder to change a linked account with psn than changing my bank? Haha
Re: PS5 Firmware Update Out Tomorrow, Brings Power Saver Mode, DualSense Controller Pairing
Reading thr comments and my own opinions about this mode.
I don't understand why they are adding it but they haven't given out a reason for it at all.
People keep talking about it being a test bed for developers then why roll it out to us? They could just update their dev kits.
There has to be alot more to it than just a test.
Playstation just not being transparent.
Re: 'Genesis Does What Nintendon't': Sonic Racing Takes Shots at Mario Kart World
@Ludacritz I mean isnt that just sonic in general?
Let's be honest Sonic peeked with the originals and they've never really managed to capture that again.
Yes they had some decent cartoon, but the actual games, just completely flopped and the ones which have done well are more throwback games to the originals.
Mario on the other hand seemed to keep going and worked well in other genres throughout the decades.
Sonic games still trying to replicate the magic of the first 3. Even its 3d games they are still more about collecting those rings fast. Putting it vaguely but Sonic just hasn't evolved
Re: Mini Review: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants (PS5) - A Fun Yet Familiar Indy Outing
Haven't played it. Firdt perdon just isnt my cup of tea, esp when they have so much detailed climbing and cut scenes, id of loved for a 3rd person game.
But this dlc at that price just shows not much point.
I may aswel wait for the ultimate edition and then a sale.
Or just buy gamepass for a month when im bored. And then have xbox refund me the months subscription hahaha
Re: Could You Be Persuaded to Watch a Call of Duty Movie?
I mean what exactly makes call of duty good?
The gunplay is brilliant and fun. Thats why people play it.
So how is that going to be put into a movie.
The single player parts are OK but nothing really special.
Its the multiplayer aspect which is why it sells millions every single year
Re: State of Play Confirmed for 3rd September, Deep Dive on 007 First Light
@Toot1st they just did a deep dive into ghost the other week.
Also Ghost is going to sell. How much do you want them to show off?
Re: Sony's Troubled Live Service Game Fairgames Just Can't Catch a Break
Loving how the actual leads of this developer are jumping ship.
Being the director and not even getting the game out, why would you even hire them?
Also Jade Raymond must be the worst employee, thats 2 failed game studios shes managed to become top dog at and butcher them both.
I think she needs to reign it in ans just go back to doing a more simpler job, she just isnt cut out for being in charge.
Re: State of Play Confirmed for 3rd September, Deep Dive on 007 First Light
How can people be disappointed?
They dont set out when state of plays are and then decide what's in them.
Playstation has 0 to show right now, so why jot a 007 deep dive.
Im hyped for it and I know playstation will deliver thr games when they are ready.
0 disappointment needed
Re: Helldivers 2 Xbox Sales Estimates Predict a Helluva Start for Sony's Live Service
@TrollOfWar
But this is business, whether you like it or not their is a rivalry between these companies. There is always a winner and there is always a loser.
Sega vs Nintendo.
Nintendo vs playstation
Playstation vs Xbox.
Sega ended up losing became a third party publisher.
Nintendo did lose but they had already secured themselves financially way before that they could have a couple of failed attempts.
Xbox has lost and its in a desperate situation to make all their loses and purchases profitable. That is the reason why they are now releasing their firdt party on to playstation. Not because they believe their games should be played everywhere, its because xbox has failed as a console.
Now Playstation the reason why they probably will.never put their first party gsmes onto xbox is because
1 - its not really that cost effective because of the sheer lack of sales of xbox. Why waste resources with such a small pool of players.
2 - like you said yourself why would people move from an eco system?
Its not about getting people to move, playstation are in the business of making money. You dont make money from already existing owners your always trying to entice new owners.
And what's the best way to entice people in buying your hardware, by offering people things they can't get anywhere else. A more easy plug in play system with games you can't play anywhere else.
This doesnt really include pc players because really if your gonna go pc you've already made your mind up really. And pc isnt that easy to set up properly.
If you start putting your exclusive games onto another system which is similar to your own, then this gives the consumer more choice of which system to buy.
Every system has to have a reason to buy.
My question to you is why did you buy a playstation?
Re: Helldivers 2 Xbox Sales Estimates Predict a Helluva Start for Sony's Live Service
The reality is it really doesnt matter.
Why would playstation really bother with the dwindling numbers on xbox?
The difference is helldiverd 2 is a live service game, it needs numbers to keep it going.
Sony isnt going ti then put its firdt party line up on a console which isnt worth making games for.
Also people will say it doesnt matter.
But exclusives do matter for a system to succeed.
Whether first party has delivered or not, majority of people who own a playstation are their for 1st party because we know they will come.
If you remove the whole exclusive then no one really has much reasons to buy into 1 eco system than another, making console sales weaker.
Re: Gears of War Reckons It's Ended the Console War as Reloaded Tops 1 Million Players
@twitchtvpat where have you even got that information? What?!?!
I think your thinking of an entirely different game.
Halo was always a game developed by bungie.
Apple bought the rights for its exclusivity.
But Microsoft wanted it so offered them alot of money
It was an apple mac exclusive.
https://youtu.be/6eZ2yvWl9nQ?si=rpKbMOG9SfO3MEtb
We even have factual evidence right there.
That is a apple conference video revealing for the first time ever Halo.
Id love to know what game your actually thinking about.
So your definitely remembering something else.
Re: Gears of War Reckons It's Ended the Console War as Reloaded Tops 1 Million Players
@Lowdefal thats sort of incorrect.
Halo was a Apple Mac exclusive, but Microsoft bought bungie for their upcoming Xbox Launch.
Gear of War was made by Epic but was published by microsoft and was always a microsoft exclusive, it was always a microsoft, a sort of 2nd party venture.
What Microsoft did was buy the rest of the rights for the entire ip and not just part of it, then switched developers to keep working on it.
So reality is basically every game microsoft has ever brought into its banner was always made before taking them in.
Its why i never see Microsoft or xbox gaming department as creative because they really just hought success.
Unlike playstation where they entered partnerships and sort of recruited the studios, I see it as a interview process and then they bought them after they had passed.
I dont think you could tell me 1 game which has actually come from microsoft themselves without it already being a fully fledged game.
Re: Metal Gear Solid Delta Patch Promised, But No Mention of PS5 Performance Improvements
Yep this was my game to myself for my birthday, and with its price tagged being top end, I'm just going to not buy it and wait.
Im on a ps5 pro so im not bothering to pay out all that money and not get an optimal product.
Plenty of other games to play which are optimal.
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for September 2025 Announced
Great month I was actually looking at stardew Valley for pc, a few days ago. So i may aswel wait.
I've heard mgs isnt great on the pro so it maybe a gears of war purchase
Re: 'There's No Real Need for a PS6': Industry Veteran Weighs in on Next-Gen Debate
@OldGamer999 you really think thats why Nintendo does what it does?
Nintendo does what it does because they play it safe just incase.
You forget Nintendo tried to compete with Sony but they missed by a mile.
N64 only sold 32 million
Gamecube only sold 21 to 24 million
That was the death of Nintendo trying to compete with Sony on raw power.
They really had to come up with something different as they just wasn't up to it, to go head to head and they changed their approach.
The Wii sold amazingly but what they found was not many was actually continuing to play and game sales went down.
They totally missed what gamers wanted and went with the Wii U. 13m sold. A complete flop.
Sales of the 3ds were down but that was keeping them a float. So they needed something radical.
Then we got the switch a combined console. 3ds no more and only the switch.
They didnt really have much of a choice in their approach. So it really isnt just about gameplay.
It really was they just couldn't compete. You have to also remember that Nintendo is still fundamentally a toy company.
As much as I love the switch im still bummed out they didnt push the hardware up a notch. Just so they gave their developers more room to push the games.
It always seems they are always starting off having to do magic tricks for the games to run and look the way they do