After playing Starfield at the time, I don’t think I would rebuy that for the PlayStations eventual release. I didn’t like the game at all in the end. So far, the only game I have bought into on PlayStation was Sea of Thieves. Horizon 5 is an awesome game for sure and I did like the look of Indiana Jones but I would really like to have the games completely on Disc, so I would definitely wait until sales before buying anything more from Microsoft.
It’s going to be a long time before everything calms down. And to think Microsoft argued that they were going to bring stability to the games industry with their gigantic purchases of Activision and Bethesda. They just thought they would gain complete control of the industry and all these layoffs and pulling of funds is because they failed. It’s a real shame that so many folk are losing their livelihoods because of a greedy corporate company that thought they could steamroll in and make us all play games how they wanted.
@Lup ?? I know that there are great games released on the service but with Obscure 33, that released on PlayStation and sold brilliantly well even without a day one release on PSN .I didn’t say Gamepass was good though. I personally don’t like it at all. I buy my games physically when possible and digitally only if I have to. And as far as the topic of discussion goes, I’d far rather pay for a Sony game on day of release that is going to probably be very good as opposed to seeing how many first party games release on Xbox GamePass that aren’t really all that great.
It always feels that first party games on Gamepass are shadows of the games they used to be by developers who are shadows of their former selves aswell. The quality of gamepass first party really isn’t as hot as people expect or argue, there is no incentive for the developers to pour their heart and souls into a game when it doesn’t even matter if it sells or not, so long as a few million people try it for 10 minutes…
Square Enix are delusional.. maybe people just don’t like their games as much as they used to, but 3 million is actually a brilliant amount considering it was just a PS5 game for so long..
Anyway, on topic it really is great to see Sega post such great sales figures. I have been a fan of Sega since the Master System and the pain of watching the incredible Dreamcast die so soon when it was leagues ahead of its time was terrible!! I hope their numbers keep steady and secure them for years to come!
I don’t know why they didn’t just make a massive single player universe and build a story like Halo. Bolt on multiplayer and away you go. This game is DOA if it ever materialises and Bungie are screwed. I just think the amount of money that has been wasted here should fall on Herman Hulst aswell. His (and Jim Ryan’s) chasing of the Live service dream goes against everything that I loved about the games Sony made, it’s just a complete mess!!
When a company goes to these kinds of lengths to secure something that they feel fits the game they want to build, you can only applaud them. They could have easily dropped interest and moved onto someone else and been done with it quicker, but this really isn’t the way Capcom works nowadays. The game looks brilliant and I expect will be brilliant! Can’t wait to play it when it’s ready to release!!
If they had made marathon a brilliant single player game with an awesome story, because Bungie used to be able to do good stories, and bolted on an online multiplayer experience as an additional extra, I would have been interested in the game. But in no way am I going to pick up a game based entirely on playing online like this. It’s probably doomed..
I didn’t like this game at all, really tried my best to get into it and put a good 30 hours into doing so, but it never hit like the first game did. I hope that all the fans of the game really enjoy the remaster (if and when it’s revealed) but this will be a pass from myself this time. I think the hype got the better of me with the original release of 2.
If these are simply Download Keys, I’ll 100% pass on owning any of these physically. There is simply no excuse to release these games without that actual game on the discs..
The Outer Worlds didn’t look anywhere near worthy of an £80 price tag. Microsoft are just trying to make their gamepass look all the more enticing by ramming the prices up to own games (well, with what’s on the discs, that’s not even a thing anyway). I hope Sony keep their games as they are, they probably won’t, but I’ll definitely say that I don’t feel short changed buying Sony first party titles over Microsoft’s ones.
I would like to see a few surprises on this show, things that we haven’t heard about or don’t expect. I don’t mind knowing about Gears, Fable, state of decay etc, but none of that is really interesting to me. Now Devil May Cry 6 on the other hand?? Oh yeah!! 😂
Im sad to find out that Capcom will probably never get to a Marvel Vs Capcom after this was announced, but Arc System make some of my most favourite fighting games, so if it isn’t Capcom, I am not too sad with Arc making this. Who knows, perhaps there is a future acquisition for Sony here?
I expect an unfortunate update about Fairgames to say that it’s very much on track. But I would love to see news on something Resident Evil Related, it would be good to see some Xbox related confirmations too and l would be extremely happy if there was a big showing at the end of the presentation of perhaps Wolverine or a glimpse of the game that Cory Barlog has been working on! That would make for a great show for me. But we will see..
Fantastic news! One of the worst things that came from Microsoft’s consolidation of the industry was the closure of Tango! They were one of my favourite developers and I hope that in time they are able to work on a horror title that will help replace the loss of The Evil Within!
I’d be very happy to see Injustice 3, but I suspect WB will make NetherRealms double down on micro transactions on a new title. The armour and equipment upgrades in the series will make it an easy implementation unfortunately..
Maybe Sony needs to have a long, hard look at Herman Hulsts employment benefits. He has come in and chased the live service dream, spent billions on acquisitions that have so far been nothing more than a headache to Sony. Bungie has been a real mess, firewalk a huge financial disaster and now Haven can’t even make a game that plays well after years of development. This guy really doesn’t have an eye for a game and he has cost Sony way too much to be sitting pretty in his corporate eye in the sky! Buck falls on him, he has to go!
My subscription to premium was up for renewal just last month, but I dropped myself down to the lowest tier. I just don’t think premium is worth it at all. One of the things Sony should have done was insist that every PS1 game that was released on the service should have a set of trophies as mandatory. The recent Capcom and Namco releases would have been brilliant to play through with the added incentive of receiving a platinum! As a trophy hunter, that would have been a plus that would have kept me interested big time. But that’s a small wish. The whole service loses was too many good games and never seems to replace them with like for like quality. It’s just a terrible service now. Amazingly, in the beginning I thought it was a great rival to Gamepass.
I thought that Bungie should have made a huge story based game out of Marathon, Bungie were good at that at one time of their existence and bolted on the PVP to keep players that want to play extraction past completion instead of making the whole experience about that, that would have been perfect. Also, as far as the artists graphics being used, I think it looks pretty cool as far as having similar aesthetics are concerned, Bungie should grovel with apology and then pay the artist to use their stuff. If it was good enough to include in the game then it’s good enough for them to pay for using it now.
Edit: I’ve just finished watching the Arc Raiders video over at YouTube as I hadn’t before. Looks fantastic. Marathon is in trouble for sure, that game just looked so much better..
I was going to buy the game, had it all pre ordered, but as soon as news broke that the physical edition was nothing more than a download key, I was out. Now I’ll get it when it’s cheap as chips, I don’t mind waiting years for that either and I’m sure that my decision isn’t exclusive to me.
The thing I worry about is that Sony DO get a hit, something as big as Fortnite. It’s the greed that will follow and they will literally keep going, turning all their studios into live service. They just wouldn’t stop at one game being a hit and they will chase more. I have zero interest in live service, I want single player games, and I worry about that being jeopardised, but I do understand the financial gains that come with success. It’s just a huge worry..
Herman Hulst needs to go, this guy has wasted hundreds of millions buying studios that are hopeless. No way can he waste this kind of money and be safe in employment..
Already have this ready to go!! Amazing games on this collection. Playing Powerstone again is going to be brilliant. I only had the Capcom Vs SNK games on the Japanese Dreamcast, so I am looking forward to finally finding out what the hell all those menu options meant!! 😂😂
Edit: missing home options?? Looks like I’ll have to get the info elsewhere., 😅
It’s amazing what a developer can do when then churn out games that people want!! Easily my most favourite developer!! Hopefully they may consider a Dino Crisis remake soon, I’m sure that will boost their finances even further!! 😆
Sony should really just stick to this and Destiny if they want to work with Live service games. Both are pretty successful and as long as great content keeps making its way to each of them then running risks of failing with other games (at least that is what seems to have happened with everything else planned) won’t be so worrisome and they can continue to grow the titles and not faff around throwing out other games that will in essence compete with themselves. Id far rather if Sony would concentrate most of their efforts on Single Player titles and have Destiny, Helldivers and Marathon to mop up the live service tears!
I had the physical edition ordered from Shopto, but after reading this, it’s a cancel and I’ll just download the game from the network. I was buying this physically simply because I wish to feel like I own my games, but this is not even close to being the case, so no point in taking up space on my shelves..
I’ll Probably buy this for collectable purposes but wow, this is a weak design. I thought the Last of us one was bad, but at least that had a bit of work to it. This should have been a see through red design with a kind of emblazoning of tentacles from the Red BB chamber that was shown early on with a Death stranding 2 Logo on the touchpad. Something cool. Black and orange. Feels like a big miss personally,,
It would be really cool if they were to implement an option to change the screen to look like how Murphy’s vision is from the film, the scan lines. I’d definitely use that option!!
I don’t know what makes a developer sell their souls to EA. The amount of amazing studios that they shut down or Gut to within an inch of its existence is unreal…
That live stream was way better than I was expecting after the 3rd game. I have gone from a ‘check it out sometime’ to a Day 1 purchase! Looked awesome actually! 😄
I think this is the game that is really going to show Microsoft this was the correct strategy going forward. This is going to make them a lot of money being released the same day everywhere and I am not surprised that Bethesda have taken the time to acknowledge the importance of the PlayStation to the franchise! We buy our games over here after all! 😆 This is a very strong franchise and a huge amount of PlayStation gamers will get this. I already have mine pre ordered.
I’ve owned all the consoles for year by the big 3 and although I have used Gamepass on a few occasions, usually subscribing for a matter of months in total just to cover when a game comes out that I would like to try , I find myself buying titles rather than sticking with subscription models. It’s the same for Playstation Plus. I have a huge physical collection and I would far rather add to that personally than watching games leave subscription services and possible not come back. I want to own my games and as long as physical media remains to be a thing, that is how I like to enjoy gaming. It also allows me to have content for instagram! 😄
If Bella Ramsay can beat up a 6ft 4 beast in the first episode, she is going to absolutely destroy Abby when they eventually fight! 😅 It’s gonna be a bloodbath. Nah, as casting goes, I definitely think they should have gone for someone with a lot more physical presence than Kaitlyn Dever. Not taking anything away from her acting capabilities, they are good for sure, but she doesn’t feel like a threat to anyone on a physical level so it’s going to be interesting to see how that is all handled later in the show.
When I originally played this, I found Deacon to be one of the most annoying characters ever. His ramblings just stressed me out. That’s when I started to hear comparisons to his voice to Kronk from ‘The Emperors New Groove’. It started to make the game sound hilarious to me and really helped me get through it as I didn’t take anything he said seriously anymore. I played it quite recently, but I don’t think I would return for a remaster. It’s a shame to see developers who have been up to their eyeballs in live service have to remaster a game this generation just to stay relevant. Bend should have been working on a sequel to this as that would have been a far better way to have spent their time over the last few years and would have definitely made money. This generation really has been a waste of talent. Like I say, I’ll pass this release, but I hope everyone who plays it enjoys themselves! If not, think of Kronk! 😅
Never liked the heat system anyway! 100% I would love a transition back to resemble Tekken 7, that would be awesome! All Tekken needs to do moving forward is keep the graphics looking amazing, introduce new moves at a thoughtful amount to each new game and don’t mess with the core mechanics as by 7, it was just about perfect!
I was talking with friends over the weekend and none of them are interested to play this either and one of them is a huge Destiny fan. I can’t help thinking that Bungie should have gone all in on a single player, story driven game and tried to make a new franchise akin to a Halo experience. They already have a live service game, keep doing what they do on that as they are basically going into competition with themselves. None of us even think the game looks bad, it’s just the burned out feeling seeing another live service game on its way. We would all have preferred a single player game with a multiplayer bolted on to the package.
I would love to see Q added to the roster, he was a cool character that would definitely benefit from updated mechanics! Wouldn’t mind also seeing Vega added, but 100% would have to be the charge version again. When that was changed in 5, that was criminal.
Talking of Rumours, but if the rumour about the Gear of War Collection not coming with multiplayer included is true then this is just another Microsoft game that myself and my usual gaming friends will be passing on. Don’t get me wrong, the campaign is good enough, but I was hoping to add to the thousands of hours that I played online with this game on the Xbox when this came to PlayStation. If it is just the campaign, it will be a pass.
As I have said before, I stopped playing Tekken a while back, but I’ll give the new moves that Jack 8 has received a go in training to see how it feels, just for curiosity sake though! 😅
I played this on series X when it released and I think I gave up around 15 hours into the game. I am a big fan of Fallout, but not so much Eldar Scrolls, but I had high hopes for Starfield, even though Todd Howard was doing his usual crowing about something he was involved in would be better than anything in the history of gaming, I guess he stated that it was “the most important RPG ever made…”. In the end I found it boring as hell, the loading screens were crazy and the music was annoying too. Microsoft expected this to sell Xbox consoles by the truckload, but with all the bad press and user feedback, this could easily be forgotten about. Microsoft should just concentrate on releasing all the titles they want multiplat day and date across all formats. That way they won’t have low sales later down the line due to bad press, which of course isn’t acceptable either. Maybe this will help them step up their game too, because people paying £60+ for games that are a bit crap won’t keep falling for that in comparison to people trying games on a subscription service for a couple of hours before moving on.
If these numbers were to make Microsoft rethink their strategy, what exactly will it do for them and where would they go? Go back to just releasing everything on gamepass and hardly increasing any numbers as PlayStation continues to dominate them? If all gamers want is COD, Fortnite, FIFA and Grand Theft Auto, then all these are available on PlayStation anyway, so no need to move over to Xbox for gaming purposes. The numbers were for older titles that don’t really have mass market appeal, except maybe Sea of Thieves. Doom is definitely going to sell really well, Indiana Jones will sell great too! Forza Horizons 5 will find a market, but again it’s an older title, so that might make a difference. If Microsoft had released a Gears of War Collection instead of Pentiment or The Master Chief Collection instead of Hi fi Rush, then there would not even be conversions about this because those games would have sold massively by comparisons and the Microsoft 3rd party trial would be deemed a huge success.
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Re: Street Fighter 6 Community Rocked by AI Art Controversy
@Shad361 err, but it is AI, so my statement is sound.
Re: Street Fighter 6 Community Rocked by AI Art Controversy
Ironically, the only one that used AI is a load of crap compared to the others! Just shows the talent in real artists..
Re: In Unsurprising News, Even More Xbox Ports Are Allegedly En Route to PS5
After playing Starfield at the time, I don’t think I would rebuy that for the PlayStations eventual release. I didn’t like the game at all in the end. So far, the only game I have bought into on PlayStation was Sea of Thieves. Horizon 5 is an awesome game for sure and I did like the look of Indiana Jones but I would really like to have the games completely on Disc, so I would definitely wait until sales before buying anything more from Microsoft.
Re: Cory Barlog Busy on Sony Santa Monica's 'Next Big Thing'
I will wait to see what Cory himself announces. At least then we will all see what it is and what is wasn’t.
Re: Romero Games Project Cancelled as Xbox Layoffs Continue to Cast Dark Shadow Over Industry
It’s going to be a long time before everything calms down. And to think Microsoft argued that they were going to bring stability to the games industry with their gigantic purchases of Activision and Bethesda. They just thought they would gain complete control of the industry and all these layoffs and pulling of funds is because they failed. It’s a real shame that so many folk are losing their livelihoods because of a greedy corporate company that thought they could steamroll in and make us all play games how they wanted.
Re: 'We're Not Looking to Put First-Party Games in PS Plus Day and Date': Sony Rejects Xbox Game Pass Model
@Lup yeah, your right! 🙏🏻
Re: 'We're Not Looking to Put First-Party Games in PS Plus Day and Date': Sony Rejects Xbox Game Pass Model
@Lup ?? I know that there are great games released on the service but with Obscure 33, that released on PlayStation and sold brilliantly well even without a day one release on PSN .I didn’t say Gamepass was good though. I personally don’t like it at all. I buy my games physically when possible and digitally only if I have to. And as far as the topic of discussion goes, I’d far rather pay for a Sony game on day of release that is going to probably be very good as opposed to seeing how many first party games release on Xbox GamePass that aren’t really all that great.
Re: 'We're Not Looking to Put First-Party Games in Day and Date': PS Plus Rejects Xbox Game Pass Model
It always feels that first party games on Gamepass are shadows of the games they used to be by developers who are shadows of their former selves aswell. The quality of gamepass first party really isn’t as hot as people expect or argue, there is no incentive for the developers to pour their heart and souls into a game when it doesn’t even matter if it sells or not, so long as a few million people try it for 10 minutes…
Re: SEGA's Accidentally Outed Sales Numbers Put a Lot into Context
Square Enix are delusional.. maybe people just don’t like their games as much as they used to, but 3 million is actually a brilliant amount considering it was just a PS5 game for so long..
Anyway, on topic it really is great to see Sega post such great sales figures. I have been a fan of Sega since the Master System and the pain of watching the incredible Dreamcast die so soon when it was leagues ahead of its time was terrible!! I hope their numbers keep steady and secure them for years to come!
Re: Resident Evil Requiem the Headliner of Next Capcom Spotlight Showcase
Can’t wait to see more of this game!!
Re: Bungie Delays Marathon Indefinitely, No New PS5, PC Release Date Given
I don’t know why they didn’t just make a massive single player universe and build a story like Halo. Bolt on multiplayer and away you go. This game is DOA if it ever materialises and Bungie are screwed. I just think the amount of money that has been wasted here should fall on Herman Hulst aswell. His (and Jim Ryan’s) chasing of the Live service dream goes against everything that I loved about the games Sony made, it’s just a complete mess!!
Re: It Took Capcom Two Years to Secure the Legendary Face of Onimusha's New Hero
When a company goes to these kinds of lengths to secure something that they feel fits the game they want to build, you can only applaud them. They could have easily dropped interest and moved onto someone else and been done with it quicker, but this really isn’t the way Capcom works nowadays. The game looks brilliant and I expect will be brilliant! Can’t wait to play it when it’s ready to release!!
Re: There's a Brutal Lack of Interest in Marathon from Hardcore PS5 Fans
If they had made marathon a brilliant single player game with an awesome story, because Bungie used to be able to do good stories, and bolted on an online multiplayer experience as an additional extra, I would have been interested in the game. But in no way am I going to pick up a game based entirely on playing online like this. It’s probably doomed..
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2's PS5 Version Could Be Announced Next Week
I didn’t like this game at all, really tried my best to get into it and put a good 30 hours into doing so, but it never hit like the first game did. I hope that all the fans of the game really enjoy the remaster (if and when it’s revealed) but this will be a pass from myself this time. I think the hype got the better of me with the original release of 2.
Re: Xbox's Next Round of PS5 Games Are Available to Pre-Order Physically
If these are simply Download Keys, I’ll 100% pass on owning any of these physically. There is simply no excuse to release these games without that actual game on the discs..
Re: 'Good Luck with That' - The Outer Worlds 2 $80 Price Has Gone Down Horribly with PS5 Players
The Outer Worlds didn’t look anywhere near worthy of an £80 price tag. Microsoft are just trying to make their gamepass look all the more enticing by ramming the prices up to own games (well, with what’s on the discs, that’s not even a thing anyway). I hope Sony keep their games as they are, they probably won’t, but I’ll definitely say that I don’t feel short changed buying Sony first party titles over Microsoft’s ones.
Re: Reminder: Look Out for PS5 Logos in Today's Xbox Showcase
I would like to see a few surprises on this show, things that we haven’t heard about or don’t expect. I don’t mind knowing about Gears, Fable, state of decay etc, but none of that is really interesting to me. Now Devil May Cry 6 on the other hand?? Oh yeah!! 😂
Re: PlayStation Gets Guilty Gear Dev to Make Insane Marvel Fighting Game for PS5
Im sad to find out that Capcom will probably never get to a Marvel Vs Capcom after this was announced, but Arc System make some of my most favourite fighting games, so if it isn’t Capcom, I am not too sad with Arc making this. Who knows, perhaps there is a future acquisition for Sony here?
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your PS5 Predictions for Summer Game Fest 2025?
I expect an unfortunate update about Fairgames to say that it’s very much on track. But I would love to see news on something Resident Evil Related, it would be good to see some Xbox related confirmations too and l would be extremely happy if there was a big showing at the end of the presentation of perhaps Wolverine or a glimpse of the game that Cory Barlog has been working on! That would make for a great show for me. But we will see..
Re: Hi-Fi Rush Studio Reopens, Hiring for New Action Game
Fantastic news! One of the worst things that came from Microsoft’s consolidation of the industry was the closure of Tango! They were one of my favourite developers and I hope that in time they are able to work on a horror title that will help replace the loss of The Evil Within!
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 Dev Finished with PS5 Fighter, Moving to Next Project
I’d be very happy to see Injustice 3, but I suspect WB will make NetherRealms double down on micro transactions on a new title. The armour and equipment upgrades in the series will make it an easy implementation unfortunately..
Re: PS5, PC Live Service Fairgames Is a 'Super Clunky' Cross Between Fortnite and The Division
Maybe Sony needs to have a long, hard look at Herman Hulsts employment benefits. He has come in and chased the live service dream, spent billions on acquisitions that have so far been nothing more than a headache to Sony. Bungie has been a real mess, firewalk a huge financial disaster and now Haven can’t even make a game that plays well after years of development. This guy really doesn’t have an eye for a game and he has cost Sony way too much to be sitting pretty in his corporate eye in the sky! Buck falls on him, he has to go!
Re: At Least Sony's New PS2 Classic Has a Platinum Trophy on PS5, PS4
My subscription to premium was up for renewal just last month, but I dropped myself down to the lowest tier. I just don’t think premium is worth it at all. One of the things Sony should have done was insist that every PS1 game that was released on the service should have a set of trophies as mandatory. The recent Capcom and Namco releases would have been brilliant to play through with the added incentive of receiving a platinum! As a trophy hunter, that would have been a plus that would have kept me interested big time. But that’s a small wish. The whole service loses was too many good games and never seems to replace them with like for like quality. It’s just a terrible service now. Amazingly, in the beginning I thought it was a great rival to Gamepass.
Re: Marathon Maker's Morale in Tatters as Art Director Forced to Admit Asset Theft in Ill-Conceived Livestream
I thought that Bungie should have made a huge story based game out of Marathon, Bungie were good at that at one time of their existence and bolted on the PVP to keep players that want to play extraction past completion instead of making the whole experience about that, that would have been perfect. Also, as far as the artists graphics being used, I think it looks pretty cool as far as having similar aesthetics are concerned, Bungie should grovel with apology and then pay the artist to use their stuff. If it was good enough to include in the game then it’s good enough for them to pay for using it now.
Edit: I’ve just finished watching the Arc Raiders video over at YouTube as I hadn’t before. Looks fantastic. Marathon is in trouble for sure, that game just looked so much better..
Re: Inquiry Already Underway Over Lacklustre DOOM: The Dark Ages Opening
I was going to buy the game, had it all pre ordered, but as soon as news broke that the physical edition was nothing more than a download key, I was out. Now I’ll get it when it’s cheap as chips, I don’t mind waiting years for that either and I’m sure that my decision isn’t exclusive to me.
Re: Like It or Loathe It, This Is Why Sony Won't Stop Trying to Make Live Service Games for PS5
The thing I worry about is that Sony DO get a hit, something as big as Fortnite. It’s the greed that will follow and they will literally keep going, turning all their studios into live service. They just wouldn’t stop at one game being a hit and they will chase more. I have zero interest in live service, I want single player games, and I worry about that being jeopardised, but I do understand the financial gains that come with success. It’s just a huge worry..
Re: Fairgames, One of Sony's Last Live-Service PS5 Games, Loses Studio Founder Amid Internal Worries
Herman Hulst needs to go, this guy has wasted hundreds of millions buying studios that are hopeless. No way can he waste this kind of money and be safe in employment..
Re: Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (PS4) - Deep Cuts and Cool Crossovers Make a Strong Combo
Already have this ready to go!! Amazing games on this collection. Playing Powerstone again is going to be brilliant. I only had the Capcom Vs SNK games on the Japanese Dreamcast, so I am looking forward to finally finding out what the hell all those menu options meant!! 😂😂
Edit: missing home options?? Looks like I’ll have to get the info elsewhere., 😅
Re: Helldivers 2 Continues to Be Sony's Most Successful Live Service by a Mile
@nomither6 Yep, great idea! I could definitely live with that! 😄
Re: Capcom Is Unstoppable, Confirms Eighth Consecutive Year of Record Financial Results
It’s amazing what a developer can do when then churn out games that people want!! Easily my most favourite developer!! Hopefully they may consider a Dino Crisis remake soon, I’m sure that will boost their finances even further!! 😆
Re: Helldivers 2 Continues to Be Sony's Most Successful Live Service by a Mile
Sony should really just stick to this and Destiny if they want to work with Live service games. Both are pretty successful and as long as great content keeps making its way to each of them then running risks of failing with other games (at least that is what seems to have happened with everything else planned) won’t be so worrisome and they can continue to grow the titles and not faff around throwing out other games that will in essence compete with themselves. Id far rather if Sony would concentrate most of their efforts on Single Player titles and have Destiny, Helldivers and Marathon to mop up the live service tears!
Re: PS5, Xbox on Speaking Terms in New Forza Horizon 5 Car Design
I love this design, definitely a worthy addition to the aesthetics options!
Re: PS5 Fans Furious As Microsoft Ships DOOM: The Dark Ages with Just 85MB on the Disc
I had the physical edition ordered from Shopto, but after reading this, it’s a cancel and I’ll just download the game from the network. I was buying this physically simply because I wish to feel like I own my games, but this is not even close to being the case, so no point in taking up space on my shelves..
Re: Sony Celebrates Death Stranding 2 with Limited Edition PS5 Controller
I’ll Probably buy this for collectable purposes but wow, this is a weak design. I thought the Last of us one was bad, but at least that had a bit of work to it. This should have been a see through red design with a kind of emblazoning of tentacles from the Red BB chamber that was shown early on with a Death stranding 2 Logo on the touchpad. Something cool. Black and orange. Feels like a big miss personally,,
Re: RoboCop: Rogue City's Expansion Gameplay Is All Action, and We Ain't Complaining
It would be really cool if they were to implement an option to change the screen to look like how Murphy’s vision is from the film, the scan lines. I’d definitely use that option!!
Re: Layoffs at Codemasters Confirmed as Developer Halts All Work on Rally Racing Games
I don’t know what makes a developer sell their souls to EA. The amount of amazing studios that they shut down or Gut to within an inch of its existence is unreal…
Re: State of Play Presents Borderlands 4 Deep Dive on PS5 Pro
That live stream was way better than I was expecting after the 3rd game. I have gone from a ‘check it out sometime’ to a Day 1 purchase! Looked awesome actually! 😄
Re: A PS5 Exclusive DOOM: The Dark Ages Trailer Isn't Sitting Well with Xbox Fans
I think this is the game that is really going to show Microsoft this was the correct strategy going forward. This is going to make them a lot of money being released the same day everywhere and I am not surprised that Bethesda have taken the time to acknowledge the importance of the PlayStation to the franchise! We buy our games over here after all! 😆 This is a very strong franchise and a huge amount of PlayStation gamers will get this. I already have mine pre ordered.
Re: PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass Are Not the Future of Gaming, Says US Analyst
I’ve owned all the consoles for year by the big 3 and although I have used Gamepass on a few occasions, usually subscribing for a matter of months in total just to cover when a game comes out that I would like to try , I find myself buying titles rather than sticking with subscription models. It’s the same for Playstation Plus. I have a huge physical collection and I would far rather add to that personally than watching games leave subscription services and possible not come back. I want to own my games and as long as physical media remains to be a thing, that is how I like to enjoy gaming. It also allows me to have content for instagram! 😄
Re: TV Show Review: The Last of Us (HBO) Season 2 Episode 2 - More Birdie Than Hole in One
If Bella Ramsay can beat up a 6ft 4 beast in the first episode, she is going to absolutely destroy Abby when they eventually fight! 😅 It’s gonna be a bloodbath. Nah, as casting goes, I definitely think they should have gone for someone with a lot more physical presence than Kaitlyn Dever. Not taking anything away from her acting capabilities, they are good for sure, but she doesn’t feel like a threat to anyone on a physical level so it’s going to be interesting to see how that is all handled later in the show.
Re: 'You'll See the Difference,' Says Bend Studio of Days Gone PS5's Improvements
When I originally played this, I found Deacon to be one of the most annoying characters ever. His ramblings just stressed me out. That’s when I started to hear comparisons to his voice to Kronk from ‘The Emperors New Groove’. It started to make the game sound hilarious to me and really helped me get through it as I didn’t take anything he said seriously anymore. I played it quite recently, but I don’t think I would return for a remaster. It’s a shame to see developers who have been up to their eyeballs in live service have to remaster a game this generation just to stay relevant. Bend should have been working on a sequel to this as that would have been a far better way to have spent their time over the last few years and would have definitely made money. This generation really has been a waste of talent. Like I say, I’ll pass this release, but I hope everyone who plays it enjoys themselves! If not, think of Kronk! 😅
Re: The State of Tekken Is So Bad That Players Are Hyping Up a Mod That Undoes Tekken 8
Never liked the heat system anyway! 100% I would love a transition back to resemble Tekken 7, that would be awesome! All Tekken needs to do moving forward is keep the graphics looking amazing, introduce new moves at a thoughtful amount to each new game and don’t mess with the core mechanics as by 7, it was just about perfect!
Re: PS5 Fans Give Bungie's Marathon the Cold Shoulder, 34% Say You'd Have to Pay Them to Play
I was talking with friends over the weekend and none of them are interested to play this either and one of them is a huge Destiny fan. I can’t help thinking that Bungie should have gone all in on a single player, story driven game and tried to make a new franchise akin to a Halo experience. They already have a live service game, keep doing what they do on that as they are basically going into competition with themselves. None of us even think the game looks bad, it’s just the burned out feeling seeing another live service game on its way. We would all have preferred a single player game with a multiplayer bolted on to the package.
Re: Netflix's Devil May Cry Has Been Such a Hit a Second Season Has Already Been Confirmed
Ride the wave of hype, Devil May Cry 6 please Capcom!!! 😄
Re: Here Comes a New Challenger! Street Fighter 6's Elena Revealed for PS5, PS4
I would love to see Q added to the roster, he was a cool character that would definitely benefit from updated mechanics! Wouldn’t mind also seeing Vega added, but 100% would have to be the charge version again. When that was changed in 5, that was criminal.
Re: Rumour: Gears of War Could Finally Be Revealed for PS5 at the Xbox Showcase
Talking of Rumours, but if the rumour about the Gear of War Collection not coming with multiplayer included is true then this is just another Microsoft game that myself and my usual gaming friends will be passing on. Don’t get me wrong, the campaign is good enough, but I was hoping to add to the thousands of hours that I played online with this game on the Xbox when this came to PlayStation. If it is just the campaign, it will be a pass.
Re: The Last of Us to Sponsor La Liga Side Athletic Club
Should have sponsored Southampton in the Premiership. That would have been very apt, Last in the League position and all that!! 😅
Re: Tekken 8 Season 2 Patch Notes Are Here, Insane Buffs Have Fans Asking If It's an April Fools' Joke
As I have said before, I stopped playing Tekken a while back, but I’ll give the new moves that Jack 8 has received a go in training to see how it feels, just for curiosity sake though! 😅
Re: Starfield Could Have Released on PS5 Already, Work Has Been Ongoing for a While
I played this on series X when it released and I think I gave up around 15 hours into the game. I am a big fan of Fallout, but not so much Eldar Scrolls, but I had high hopes for Starfield, even though Todd Howard was doing his usual crowing about something he was involved in would be better than anything in the history of gaming, I guess he stated that it was “the most important RPG ever made…”. In the end I found it boring as hell, the loading screens were crazy and the music was annoying too. Microsoft expected this to sell Xbox consoles by the truckload, but with all the bad press and user feedback, this could easily be forgotten about. Microsoft should just concentrate on releasing all the titles they want multiplat day and date across all formats. That way they won’t have low sales later down the line due to bad press, which of course isn’t acceptable either. Maybe this will help them step up their game too, because people paying £60+ for games that are a bit crap won’t keep falling for that in comparison to people trying games on a subscription service for a couple of hours before moving on.
Re: Analyst Firm Predicts Some Pretty Unimpressive Sales Numbers for Xbox Ports on PS5
If these numbers were to make Microsoft rethink their strategy, what exactly will it do for them and where would they go? Go back to just releasing everything on gamepass and hardly increasing any numbers as PlayStation continues to dominate them? If all gamers want is COD, Fortnite, FIFA and Grand Theft Auto, then all these are available on PlayStation anyway, so no need to move over to Xbox for gaming purposes. The numbers were for older titles that don’t really have mass market appeal, except maybe Sea of Thieves. Doom is definitely going to sell really well, Indiana Jones will sell great too! Forza Horizons 5 will find a market, but again it’s an older title, so that might make a difference. If Microsoft had released a Gears of War Collection instead of Pentiment or The Master Chief Collection instead of Hi fi Rush, then there would not even be conversions about this because those games would have sold massively by comparisons and the Microsoft 3rd party trial would be deemed a huge success.