I do the monthly games, starting one of that months essential and extra games each nets you 100 points per month, it's essentially £5 free credit per year for doing that and takes a couple of minutes per month. No reason not to do it.
Would these lay offs have been prevented if suicide squad was a monster hit? Not convinced that's the case.
the game was in development for a decade, the game finally comes out, regardless of its reception and sales, a lot of those people suddenly had little to nothing to do and no company wants to pay people they don't currently need. it could be years before they need somebody with their skillset again with how long games now take to make so it just makes sense to lay them off. It's not nice but people need to get used to it, people working in games can expect to have a job until the game they're working on is complete, afterwards, if you're not going to be needed on another project instantly, expect to be looking for another company that does. It's not an unheard of practice it's just new-ish to games as they adapt to much bigger projects and bigger budgets.
@Contimaloris Makes no sense, you're contradicting yourself. Xbox are seemingly going down the 'play our games anywhere on anything' route which you have to imagine they envisage Xbox/gamepass to just be this Netflix style interface that's available basically anywhere with almost instant access so why would that lead people to PC which is a different direction to that?
PC will never be more convenient than console, Xbox are trying to find something even more convenient than a console.
There is a very minor overlap from a vocal minority that might have a decision to make, it just so happens that those people are generally also the most hardcore audience that youll gind commenting on artciles like this to make it feel like a much bigger issue than it is.
they're basically different markets, in the same way Nintendo switch and Playstation aren't really competing with one another.
Inevitable that suicide squad would turn up here or on extra at some point, best get it out of the way I suppose. I'll probably play it but can't feel anything more than underwhelmed by it given it's best known for being a disaster. Nfs, meh, sure I'll take it. Stanley parable, heard nothing but good things.
No headline grabbers I'll be rushing to download but all 3 I'll likely try. Just feel a bit like it's 3 ps+ extra filler titles rather than essential big hitters. Solid if unspectacular month.
They should be using the dormant IP they have a lot more, its the obvious answer to filling up release schedules now that games take signficantly longer to make. You simply can't have naughty dog or insomniac doing a new jak & daxter or a new resistance though, they've outgrown those games. They are Playstations flagship studios, they have to be doing the next massive mainstream game not a somewhat niche title that won't attract the same audience.
They either expand the sizes of those studios so they can do multiple games at once which can get risky or they think about who else can do it, be that a smaller in house studio, somebody from the outside licensing it or a new studio entirely.
There's so many little jokes just hidden everywhere throughout the game. I like that they dont push every single joke in your face, some of the very best gags in the entire game can be completely missed even after numerous playthroughs.
As somebody strictly on the outside looking in having never so much as downloaded one of these types of games nevermind played it, what sets them apart from one another? They all look like exactly the same game to my uneducated eye.
Not really. You can buy a Playstation or Xbox and not need to purchase any games. You've got gamepass and ps+ that give access to literally hundreds of games without buying any. Majority of consoles bought for Christmas will be for kids, vast majority of those kids will be most interested in playing games that are free to play, again no game purchase neccesary for that. A switch gives you none of those options, if you buy a switch, you have to buy games too otherwise it's useless.
Now, I wouldn't wager against the switch being the best selling console this Christmas. It likely is, but your suggestion that this list indicates that is well wide of the mark.
I genuinely have zero clue what this is, I'd never even heard of it before this news. it's confirmation I'm verging on being past it which should be a depressing realisation but (purely going off the name and the picture) if this is what I'm avoiding by being too old, bring it on.
Bungie acquisition continues to be a noose around Sonys neck. Whoever was responsible for due diligence on that purchase is surely put of a job by now.
I like him. Comes across as a thoroughly decent, likeable guy that loves games as much as anyone. Enjoy seeing him on the Playstation access channel. Pleasing to see him lean more into one of his passions as a career.
Mouse P.I looks incredible. Sad to see it get so few votes.
Ghost of yotei we know will be of the highest calibre.
I'ce no doubt whatsoever it will be the biggest thing in gaming probably ever but i can't get remotely excited by gta 6. Not played gta5 since ps3, I've no interest in the online aspect of it, it's the single player story I'd be in for but I can't help but think gaming has moved on a lot since gta 5, I know we had red dead 2 but I didn't enjoy that, felt like a chore to get through and I'm not entirely sure Rockstar will have kept up with the industry. Given how long they've been working on gta 6, I expect they'll be a lot of dated features in the game by release and they'll understandably be concentrating on the online side of the game as that's where the money printing machine is.
Nowadays, for me sales are just indicators for potential near future ps+ essential/extra titles. No sense in buying anything anymore, they have a tendency to put things on sale just before bringing them to ps+ and there's a good chance the game you want will eventually come to the service in some form and if it doesn't, there's plenty of others that do to play instead.
Jesus christ. Can you imagine knowing somebody that would actually do this? The second hand embarrassment from even being aware of somebody doing this would be crippling. I cannot even fathom being the person actually doing it. What an incredibly sad existence.
@themightyant game awards was in the early hours of the 13th, significant number of people wouldn't even have been aware of its win before the cut off date for this list nevermind been able to purchase it off the back of its win. There was literally just a few hours available. If it's to see a boost from winning GOTY, it will be seen in the coming weeks.
@AhmadSumadi Do we? You willing to pay for it? Because the price would double at least and probably triple to even get smaller regular day 1 releases. I'm guessing you're one that also complains about the price aren't you? You got a day 1 release on essential last month, did you play that?
Why does this even need saying? Of course they aren't going to be privy to those discussions. Would you expect the manager at your local nationwide supermarket to be clued in on a potential sale of the entire business?
Fairplay for trying something different, there's the makings of an interesting idea there for sure and they seem to be going about it the right way In not trying to monetise every aspect of it but doesn't sound too appealing to me right now. Not completely out just yet purely because it's fromsoft but will need convincing and expecting to skip this.
Felt like they'd announce its release to ps+ extra along with this new update. Give the game a full second lease of life whilst it's still relatively hot rather than waiting until its on its last legs to give it that booster shot. Sony missed a trick for a true second wind here.
A strong reveal. Interesting premise and it's naughty dog who don't miss. No reason to have any doubts this will be anything other than outstanding.
It's been in production for 4 years already and Sony have dialed back on the announcing a game thats half a decade away habit so i'd say there's a fair chance we might even see its release next year. Fully expect a proper state of play gameplay reveal early next year.
I'm just about whelmed with that. Sonic and forspoken were two i had down on the I'll play it when it inevitably comes to ps+ list.
they're just not exciting headline grabbers, both seem to be fairly mundane run of the mill filler titles that are actually the headliners for the month. Fist is one I've also had my eye on so happy with that. Phogs actually looks okay and I might even do coffee talk as palette cleansers between bigger games.
Jurassic world evolution is fantastic and probably the best game of the month but it was on essential not long ago so fairly pointless for most.
Plenty for me to play overall just nothing I'd be in a rush to play
I swerved this in the end as I heard there was bugged trophies and the game was too simple. Still intend on playing it eventually but want to wait until the platinum isn't prone to bugging out. by the sounds of it, a required second playthrough for trophies would be very tedious so I want to be able to get it done in one playthrough.
Not denying what he says but it's a bit rich coming from the guy in charge of something that's a blatant rip off of overwatch in a marvel skin. There's probably less uniqueness in marvel rivals than concord.
Yeah I'll tune in. I'm interested purely for the announcements, its basically replaced E3 at this point. The awards themselves, I can take or leave. It's vaguely interesting to see who wins what but the drawn out process of it, I really don't care for, I'd just as happily see a list of the winners and we can shorten the whole thing by an hour or so. The rest of the fluff like the musical stuff, I don't care about either, likewise for random celebrity appearances. The ads and sponsors get too much hate, it's got to be financed somehow, if they do that by throwing a bunch of add at me for me to ignore every chance they get then so be it.
His games aren't for me, nothing to do with the quality or anything just having somebody to play through an entire game in co-op with is just beyond me but I respect how hes found his niche and stuck at it producing better and better titles everytime which has also seen better and more lucrative success each time too.
Would be quite easy for him to ditch the co-op only niche genre in favour of chasing a trend that could appeal to a bigger audience and make a lot more money but he's sticking to what he knows and what he's become something of a master of and that's rare nowadays.
I wont play his next game but I'm sure many others will and I hope it is a smash hit to reward his commitment.
Actually enjoyed outriders, had some solid foundations that a sequel could build on. Shame we'll never see it.
@LavenderShroud
There's no impending crash, there's never been so much money to be made from the industry, the problem is an increasingly small number of companies are making the majority of the money and everybody else is chasing the same thing and taking huge risks in pursuit of it to the point where its ride or die for most and inevitably most will die.
You've got your cash cow games continuously making a fortune like fortnite, gta, Fifa etc that are not going anywhere. The majority of gamers play one or several of them and either don't want, can't afford or don't have the time for anything else. That removes a huge portion of the potential audience for anything else and what's left after those gamers are removed is a much smaller pool of potential customers and far too many games vying for their limit attention.
It's upto these companies that don't have a money printing behemoth to sustain them, to be more efficient and have better long term plans. It's on them to make something new and/or original to generate interest and not just churn out clones of something that already exists. Its on them to manage budgets better. perhaps starting smaller with realistic achievable sales to survive and look to build slower instead of looking for the instant mega success. There's companies out there that have shown it can be done but greed and the desire to go after the next big thing tends to be the reason for failure.
Quite a misleading title. "Game related videos" isn't strictly people playing games. That's going to include gaming podcasts, gaming news, trailers, guides, trophy help etc.
I spend literally zero time watching people play games, I've no interest in it whatsoever, however I do spend a significant time on the other stuff mentioned above that may actually qualify me as one of these people that are "more interested in watching than actually playing" despite the fact that couldn't be fuether from the truth.
There's lots of times where people simply can't game but they can have gaming related content on. They might be travelling and cannot game but they can listen to a podcast, or doing something else whilst listening, I regularly even have podcasts on whilst I'm actually playing, I will watch news roundups whilst I'm cooking/eating.
Live service games has to be the worst idea in the industry at this point. It should be a sackable offence to even pitch it.
Too many of them, the big ones are going nowhere which eat up most of thr audience and there's very little audience for anything new long term. Unless you've got something incredibly unique and a fully fledged out post release schedule ready to go, you all but guarantee a hefty loss and an early shutdown.
Objectively, there's no way this is a crap month regardless of whether you're interested in the games. the quality of the games is good enough.
My gripe is twofold with it takes two. Firstly it's a 2 player only game. Finding somebody to play with and commit to playing the entire thing together and all that entails with regards to scheduling doesn't fit my gaming habits and is the single reason I'll never even download it. Second gripe is a minor one in comparison but the extra/essential double dipping really ***** on extra/premium subscribers.
I'm excited to play aliens, looks really good, temtem seems fine just not sure I'll ever get round to playing it, it's a big commitment and fairly low down the backlog pecking order.
They're iconic titles and can understand why they're chosen but it's quite underwhelming really when they ps3 versions are already available, or at least they were. Much prefer games that haven't been available since the ps3 days over just another version of games that have been available on all console gens.
Saying nothing about the quality of the game but it takes two is an awful choice to bring to essential. Theres a huge number of people who either dont want to play with somebody else or isnt able to get somebody else to play with for whom a 2 players required game is absolutely useless. And that's before the increasingly common complaint of it having already been available on extra. Just a really poor choice.
I'm very happy with aliens dark descent, these are the type of games we usually get for extra that go under the radar and I love discovering so thats enough for me.
Temtem, probably won't bother with it myself, but no complaints with that.
Yeah we've definitely not got the whole story here. You don't just let a man of his experience just leave, especially when he wants to remain in the industry. He's extremely well liked and respected across the entire industry there has to be a major reason for his departure.
Interested and willing to buy are two vastly different things.
I'd have an interest in it, I loved my vita but there's no way I'd actually purchase it.
Your price range in the poll is way off reality. The price would be astronomical, you're looking at basically turning the wardrobe sized ps5 into a handheld, that's not impossible to do but it is going to be very expensive to do. you'd be looking at ps5 pro prices as a bare minimum and possibly even a fair bit more
DLC should simply have it's own category, given a large portion of games do dlc, its surprising it doesnt already exist.
The only time dlc should be valid for GOTY is if it's a standalone dlc, anything requiring base game shouldn't be valid for goty and would fall under dlc.
Remasters shouldn't be valid either, they're generally only graphical upgrades with minimal quality of life improvements, remakes are fine to be included.
Love resistance, would love a proper return but this isn't it. Needed at least a trophy patch for fall of man and the servers reopening to get the attention it deserves.
Some heavy hitters and whether youre interested in them completely make or break this month.
For me they make it as I had both dying light 2 and LAD Ishin on the "inevitable extra game" list. So that's enough for me, killer frequency also has my interest.
However, they've hit pretty much all the bad service practices this month too that will rightly piss a lot of people off with Repeated games,(gta v) games added that were previous essential offers, (overcooked/chivalry 2) dlc for free games (sims 4) and mobile games (hungry shark world) all making up the numbers.
Stop bringing back GTA 5 for 3 months at a time! I refuse to believe there's any value left in paying what is likely a very high price for 3 months of gta 5 at a time and every time they do it, the quality of the rest of the games that month are severely impacted as we clearly see where the budget for the month went.
And finally, happy to see resistance being acknowledged, it should have been on the service a long time ago but they shouldn't be adding a game without bringing back the servers too. Resistance 2 servers have been shut for a decade, the platinum is unobtainable, it's essentially an incomplete game. Considering its their game, they could easily bring back the servers with this addition even if it's for a finite period but that doesn't appear to be the case as they'll surely have mentioned it if they were planning on doing so.
Not even thought about overwatch for well over half a decade now after being all in on it when it first launched and putting hundreds of hours into it over years.
I think that i genuinely might actually consider re-downloading this specifically for this though. Can't imagine I'll stick around long term if i do but a few nights of nostalgia even solo for what was probably the last online competitive game I bothered with and without any cost is very tempting.
I hope everybody refuses to buy from them even if they discount it slightly. Buy from shops or direct from Sony and leave the vultures sitting on expensive stock they cannot shift. This is the only way to defeat scalpers.
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Re: Poll: Do You Use PS Stars?
I do the monthly games, starting one of that months essential and extra games each nets you 100 points per month, it's essentially £5 free credit per year for doing that and takes a couple of minutes per month. No reason not to do it.
Re: Suicide Squad Dev Rocksteady Suffers More Layoffs as PS5 Game Hits PS Plus
Would these lay offs have been prevented if suicide squad was a monster hit? Not convinced that's the case.
the game was in development for a decade, the game finally comes out, regardless of its reception and sales, a lot of those people suddenly had little to nothing to do and no company wants to pay people they don't currently need. it could be years before they need somebody with their skillset again with how long games now take to make so it just makes sense to lay them off. It's not nice but people need to get used to it, people working in games can expect to have a job until the game they're working on is complete, afterwards, if you're not going to be needed on another project instantly, expect to be looking for another company that does. It's not an unheard of practice it's just new-ish to games as they adapt to much bigger projects and bigger budgets.
Re: Talking Point: Is PlayStation Right in Saying PC Isn't a 'Major Risk' to Console Business?
@Contimaloris
Makes no sense, you're contradicting yourself. Xbox are seemingly going down the 'play our games anywhere on anything' route which you have to imagine they envisage Xbox/gamepass to just be this Netflix style interface that's available basically anywhere with almost instant access so why would that lead people to PC which is a different direction to that?
PC will never be more convenient than console, Xbox are trying to find something even more convenient than a console.
Re: Talking Point: Is PlayStation Right in Saying PC Isn't a 'Major Risk' to Console Business?
There is a very minor overlap from a vocal minority that might have a decision to make, it just so happens that those people are generally also the most hardcore audience that youll gind commenting on artciles like this to make it feel like a much bigger issue than it is.
they're basically different markets, in the same way Nintendo switch and Playstation aren't really competing with one another.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Old Favourites Elden Ring, GTA 5, Cyberpunk Raid Top 10 in 2024's Final Week
Who knows somebody who has actually bought GTA V within the last 12 months?
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for January 2025 Announced
Inevitable that suicide squad would turn up here or on extra at some point, best get it out of the way I suppose. I'll probably play it but can't feel anything more than underwhelmed by it given it's best known for being a disaster. Nfs, meh, sure I'll take it. Stanley parable, heard nothing but good things.
No headline grabbers I'll be rushing to download but all 3 I'll likely try. Just feel a bit like it's 3 ps+ extra filler titles rather than essential big hitters. Solid if unspectacular month.
Re: Sony Promises It Hasn't Abandoned the Famous Franchises from Its Past
They should be using the dormant IP they have a lot more, its the obvious answer to filling up release schedules now that games take signficantly longer to make. You simply can't have naughty dog or insomniac doing a new jak & daxter or a new resistance though, they've outgrown those games. They are Playstations flagship studios, they have to be doing the next massive mainstream game not a somewhat niche title that won't attract the same audience.
They either expand the sizes of those studios so they can do multiple games at once which can get risky or they think about who else can do it, be that a smaller in house studio, somebody from the outside licensing it or a new studio entirely.
Re: Opinion: Thank Goodness You're Here! Is Easily 2024's Funniest Game
There's so many little jokes just hidden everywhere throughout the game. I like that they dont push every single joke in your face, some of the very best gags in the entire game can be completely missed even after numerous playthroughs.
Re: Wuthering Waves Is Releasing on PS5 At the Perfect Moment
@Pushsquarian
Characters and presentation look indistinguishable to me.
Re: Game of the Year: Best PS5 Indie Game of 2024
Great to see thank goodness you're here get some thoroughly deserved recognition.
Re: Wuthering Waves Is Releasing on PS5 At the Perfect Moment
As somebody strictly on the outside looking in having never so much as downloaded one of these types of games nevermind played it, what sets them apart from one another? They all look like exactly the same game to my uneducated eye.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Astro Bot PS5 Cracks the Top 10 Right Before Christmas
@UltimateOtaku91
Not really. You can buy a Playstation or Xbox and not need to purchase any games. You've got gamepass and ps+ that give access to literally hundreds of games without buying any. Majority of consoles bought for Christmas will be for kids, vast majority of those kids will be most interested in playing games that are free to play, again no game purchase neccesary for that. A switch gives you none of those options, if you buy a switch, you have to buy games too otherwise it's useless.
Now, I wouldn't wager against the switch being the best selling console this Christmas. It likely is, but your suggestion that this list indicates that is well wide of the mark.
Re: A Portent of the End Times, Skibidi Toilet Has Come to Fortnite PS5, PS4
I genuinely have zero clue what this is, I'd never even heard of it before this news. it's confirmation I'm verging on being past it which should be a depressing realisation but (purely going off the name and the picture) if this is what I'm avoiding by being too old, bring it on.
Re: Helldivers 2 Devs Met with Instant Killzone Crossover Pricing Backlash
Here's a radical idea, don't see the value in purely cosmetic themed dlc added to a game? Don't buy it and continue as normal. All problems solved.
If it impacts the game for others, there's an argument to be had, if it doesn't, there isn't.
Re: Former Bungie Director Chris Barrett Suing Sony for Over $200 Million
Bungie acquisition continues to be a noose around Sonys neck. Whoever was responsible for due diligence on that purchase is surely put of a job by now.
Re: Watch Your Back, Troy, Ben Starr's Back in Another Leading Role
I like him. Comes across as a thoroughly decent, likeable guy that loves games as much as anyone. Enjoy seeing him on the Playstation access channel. Pleasing to see him lean more into one of his passions as a career.
Re: Poll: What Are Your Most Anticipated PS5 Games of 2025?
Mouse P.I looks incredible. Sad to see it get so few votes.
Ghost of yotei we know will be of the highest calibre.
I'ce no doubt whatsoever it will be the biggest thing in gaming probably ever but i can't get remotely excited by gta 6. Not played gta5 since ps3, I've no interest in the online aspect of it, it's the single player story I'd be in for but I can't help but think gaming has moved on a lot since gta 5, I know we had red dead 2 but I didn't enjoy that, felt like a chore to get through and I'm not entirely sure Rockstar will have kept up with the industry. Given how long they've been working on gta 6, I expect they'll be a lot of dated features in the game by release and they'll understandably be concentrating on the online side of the game as that's where the money printing machine is.
Re: CD Projekt Red Confirms Ciri Recast for The Witcher 4 on PS5
@lazarus11 Sunday, bloody Sunday.
Re: PS Plus Members Get Early Access to Select PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's January Sale
Nowadays, for me sales are just indicators for potential near future ps+ essential/extra titles. No sense in buying anything anymore, they have a tendency to put things on sale just before bringing them to ps+ and there's a good chance the game you want will eventually come to the service in some form and if it doesn't, there's plenty of others that do to play instead.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Fans Swing at Swen Vincke Speech, Review Bomb Baldur's Gate 3
Jesus christ. Can you imagine knowing somebody that would actually do this? The second hand embarrassment from even being aware of somebody doing this would be crippling. I cannot even fathom being the person actually doing it. What an incredibly sad existence.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Black Myth: Wukong Breaks into a Predictable Top 10 as Christmas Looms
@themightyant game awards was in the early hours of the 13th, significant number of people wouldn't even have been aware of its win before the cut off date for this list nevermind been able to purchase it off the back of its win. There was literally just a few hours available. If it's to see a boost from winning GOTY, it will be seen in the coming weeks.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for December 2024?
@AhmadSumadi fair enough. you were very convincing if that's the case.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for December 2024?
Yeah I'm happy with it. I'll play forspoken, sonic, FIST and phogs. Might do coffee talk too for the quick plats as palette cleansers.
Not an exciting lineup by any stretch but enough there for a solid month
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for December 2024?
@AhmadSumadi
Do we? You willing to pay for it? Because the price would double at least and probably triple to even get smaller regular day 1 releases. I'm guessing you're one that also complains about the price aren't you? You got a day 1 release on essential last month, did you play that?
Re: Elden Ring Dev Doesn't Currently Know What's Happening with Sony Acquisition
Why does this even need saying? Of course they aren't going to be privy to those discussions. Would you expect the manager at your local nationwide supermarket to be clued in on a potential sale of the entire business?
Re: Elden Ring: Nightreign Explained in Huge IGN Report
Fairplay for trying something different, there's the makings of an interesting idea there for sure and they seem to be going about it the right way In not trying to monetise every aspect of it but doesn't sound too appealing to me right now. Not completely out just yet purely because it's fromsoft but will need convincing and expecting to skip this.
Re: Helldivers 2's Much-Anticipated Illuminate Faction Are Already Here
Felt like they'd announce its release to ps+ extra along with this new update. Give the game a full second lease of life whilst it's still relatively hot rather than waiting until its on its last legs to give it that booster shot. Sony missed a trick for a true second wind here.
Re: Intergalactic PS5 Is Naughty Dog's Wildest, Most Creative Story Yet
A strong reveal. Interesting premise and it's naughty dog who don't miss. No reason to have any doubts this will be anything other than outstanding.
It's been in production for 4 years already and Sony have dialed back on the announcing a game thats half a decade away habit so i'd say there's a fair chance we might even see its release next year. Fully expect a proper state of play gameplay reveal early next year.
Re: 12 New PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Arrive Next Week
I'm just about whelmed with that. Sonic and forspoken were two i had down on the I'll play it when it inevitably comes to ps+ list.
they're just not exciting headline grabbers, both seem to be fairly mundane run of the mill filler titles that are actually the headliners for the month. Fist is one I've also had my eye on so happy with that. Phogs actually looks okay and I might even do coffee talk as palette cleansers between bigger games.
Jurassic world evolution is fantastic and probably the best game of the month but it was on essential not long ago so fairly pointless for most.
Plenty for me to play overall just nothing I'd be in a rush to play
Re: The Plucky Squire's Heavy-Handed Tutorials Reduced in New Streamlined Mode
I swerved this in the end as I heard there was bugged trophies and the game was too simple. Still intend on playing it eventually but want to wait until the platinum isn't prone to bugging out. by the sounds of it, a required second playthrough for trophies would be very tedious so I want to be able to get it done in one playthrough.
Re: Concord 'Didn't Bring Unique Value' to Players, Says Marvel Rivals Director
Not denying what he says but it's a bit rich coming from the guy in charge of something that's a blatant rip off of overwatch in a marvel skin. There's probably less uniqueness in marvel rivals than concord.
Re: Poll: Will You Be Watching The Game Awards 2024?
Yeah I'll tune in. I'm interested purely for the announcements, its basically replaced E3 at this point. The awards themselves, I can take or leave. It's vaguely interesting to see who wins what but the drawn out process of it, I really don't care for, I'd just as happily see a list of the winners and we can shorten the whole thing by an hour or so. The rest of the fluff like the musical stuff, I don't care about either, likewise for random celebrity appearances. The ads and sponsors get too much hate, it's got to be financed somehow, if they do that by throwing a bunch of add at me for me to ignore every chance they get then so be it.
Re: It Takes Two Dev Confirms Next Game to Be Revealed at The Game Awards
His games aren't for me, nothing to do with the quality or anything just having somebody to play through an entire game in co-op with is just beyond me but I respect how hes found his niche and stuck at it producing better and better titles everytime which has also seen better and more lucrative success each time too.
Would be quite easy for him to ditch the co-op only niche genre in favour of chasing a trend that could appeal to a bigger audience and make a lot more money but he's sticking to what he knows and what he's become something of a master of and that's rare nowadays.
I wont play his next game but I'm sure many others will and I hope it is a smash hit to reward his commitment.
Re: Outriders Dev People Can Fly Cancels Multiple Projects, Laying Off 120 Staff
Actually enjoyed outriders, had some solid foundations that a sequel could build on. Shame we'll never see it.
@LavenderShroud
There's no impending crash, there's never been so much money to be made from the industry, the problem is an increasingly small number of companies are making the majority of the money and everybody else is chasing the same thing and taking huge risks in pursuit of it to the point where its ride or die for most and inevitably most will die.
You've got your cash cow games continuously making a fortune like fortnite, gta, Fifa etc that are not going anywhere. The majority of gamers play one or several of them and either don't want, can't afford or don't have the time for anything else. That removes a huge portion of the potential audience for anything else and what's left after those gamers are removed is a much smaller pool of potential customers and far too many games vying for their limit attention.
It's upto these companies that don't have a money printing behemoth to sustain them, to be more efficient and have better long term plans. It's on them to make something new and/or original to generate interest and not just churn out clones of something that already exists. Its on them to manage budgets better. perhaps starting smaller with realistic achievable sales to survive and look to build slower instead of looking for the instant mega success. There's companies out there that have shown it can be done but greed and the desire to go after the next big thing tends to be the reason for failure.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring DLC in The Game Awards' Fan Vote Final
And this is exactly why you shouldn't trust the "public'
Re: My First Gran Turismo Available This Friday for Free on PS5, PS4
The games title was right infront of you, surely it had to be
Gran Turismo: Test Drive
Re: Gamers Are Reportedly More Interested in Watching Games Than Actually Playing Them
Quite a misleading title. "Game related videos" isn't strictly people playing games. That's going to include gaming podcasts, gaming news, trailers, guides, trophy help etc.
I spend literally zero time watching people play games, I've no interest in it whatsoever, however I do spend a significant time on the other stuff mentioned above that may actually qualify me as one of these people that are "more interested in watching than actually playing" despite the fact that couldn't be fuether from the truth.
There's lots of times where people simply can't game but they can have gaming related content on. They might be travelling and cannot game but they can listen to a podcast, or doing something else whilst listening, I regularly even have podcasts on whilst I'm actually playing, I will watch news roundups whilst I'm cooking/eating.
Re: Ubisoft FPS XDefiant Shutting Down, Not Accepting New Players
To the surprise of absolutely nobody...
Live service games has to be the worst idea in the industry at this point. It should be a sackable offence to even pitch it.
Too many of them, the big ones are going nowhere which eat up most of thr audience and there's very little audience for anything new long term. Unless you've got something incredibly unique and a fully fledged out post release schedule ready to go, you all but guarantee a hefty loss and an early shutdown.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for December 2024?
Objectively, there's no way this is a crap month regardless of whether you're interested in the games. the quality of the games is good enough.
My gripe is twofold with it takes two. Firstly it's a 2 player only game. Finding somebody to play with and commit to playing the entire thing together and all that entails with regards to scheduling doesn't fit my gaming habits and is the single reason I'll never even download it. Second gripe is a minor one in comparison but the extra/essential double dipping really ***** on extra/premium subscribers.
I'm excited to play aliens, looks really good, temtem seems fine just not sure I'll ever get round to playing it, it's a big commitment and fairly low down the backlog pecking order.
Re: More PS Plus Extra, Premium News to Come for December as 30th Anniversary Approaches
They're iconic titles and can understand why they're chosen but it's quite underwhelming really when they ps3 versions are already available, or at least they were. Much prefer games that haven't been available since the ps3 days over just another version of games that have been available on all console gens.
Give me the getaway games
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for December 2024 Announced
Saying nothing about the quality of the game but it takes two is an awful choice to bring to essential. Theres a huge number of people who either dont want to play with somebody else or isnt able to get somebody else to play with for whom a 2 players required game is absolutely useless. And that's before the increasingly common complaint of it having already been available on extra. Just a really poor choice.
I'm very happy with aliens dark descent, these are the type of games we usually get for extra that go under the radar and I love discovering so thats enough for me.
Temtem, probably won't bother with it myself, but no complaints with that.
Re: PlayStation Exec Shuhei Yoshida Will Leave the Company in January
@PuppetMaster
Thats all well and fine except he doesn't want to chill and relax. He's immediately expressed a desire to get back into the exact same line of work.
Re: PlayStation Exec Shuhei Yoshida Will Leave the Company in January
Yeah we've definitely not got the whole story here. You don't just let a man of his experience just leave, especially when he wants to remain in the industry. He's extremely well liked and respected across the entire industry there has to be a major reason for his departure.
Re: 74% of PS5 Fans Would Be Interested in a Handheld
Interested and willing to buy are two vastly different things.
I'd have an interest in it, I loved my vita but there's no way I'd actually purchase it.
Your price range in the poll is way off reality. The price would be astronomical, you're looking at basically turning the wardrobe sized ps5 into a handheld, that's not impossible to do but it is going to be very expensive to do. you'd be looking at ps5 pro prices as a bare minimum and possibly even a fair bit more
Re: Poll: Rate Your Favourite PS1 Games
Ignoring the obvious ones. Shout out to bugs bunny lost in time and sheep dog 'n' wolf
Re: The Game Awards Confirms DLC, Remasters Can Win Game of the Year Days Prior to Nominations Reveal
DLC should simply have it's own category, given a large portion of games do dlc, its surprising it doesnt already exist.
The only time dlc should be valid for GOTY is if it's a standalone dlc, anything requiring base game shouldn't be valid for goty and would fall under dlc.
Remasters shouldn't be valid either, they're generally only graphical upgrades with minimal quality of life improvements, remakes are fine to be included.
Re: Resistance's Release on PS Plus Premium Proves There's Still a Fanbase for the FPS
Love resistance, would love a proper return but this isn't it. Needed at least a trophy patch for fall of man and the servers reopening to get the attention it deserves.
Re: 17 Games Land on PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Week
Some heavy hitters and whether youre interested in them completely make or break this month.
For me they make it as I had both dying light 2 and LAD Ishin on the "inevitable extra game" list. So that's enough for me, killer frequency also has my interest.
However, they've hit pretty much all the bad service practices this month too that will rightly piss a lot of people off with
Repeated games,(gta v) games added that were previous essential offers, (overcooked/chivalry 2) dlc for free games (sims 4) and mobile games (hungry shark world) all making up the numbers.
Stop bringing back GTA 5 for 3 months at a time! I refuse to believe there's any value left in paying what is likely a very high price for 3 months of gta 5 at a time and every time they do it, the quality of the rest of the games that month are severely impacted as we clearly see where the budget for the month went.
And finally, happy to see resistance being acknowledged, it should have been on the service a long time ago but they shouldn't be adding a game without bringing back the servers too. Resistance 2 servers have been shut for a decade, the platinum is unobtainable, it's essentially an incomplete game. Considering its their game, they could easily bring back the servers with this addition even if it's for a finite period but that doesn't appear to be the case as they'll surely have mentioned it if they were planning on doing so.
Re: Blizzard Hits Nostalgia Button, Overwatch: Classic Launches on PS5
Not even thought about overwatch for well over half a decade now after being all in on it when it first launched and putting hundreds of hours into it over years.
I think that i genuinely might actually consider re-downloading this specifically for this though. Can't imagine I'll stick around long term if i do but a few nights of nostalgia even solo for what was probably the last online competitive game I bothered with and without any cost is very tempting.
Re: PS5 Pro Pre-Orders Are Stronger Than PS4 Pro, But Scalpers Are Losing Money
"Scalpers arr losing money"
This pleases me far more than it should.
I hope everybody refuses to buy from them even if they discount it slightly. Buy from shops or direct from Sony and leave the vultures sitting on expensive stock they cannot shift. This is the only way to defeat scalpers.