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Re: Soapbox: I No Longer Think Subscriptions Like PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass Are the Future of Gaming

Callmegil

I don't disagree in many aspects, but I can't say it hasn't been convenient. Xbox Game Pass is tied to my phone contract, not every game I want to play is there, but the selection is good enough to keep me from buying games. Games are 60 now for 1 game. If I want to play 12 games, that's 720. Sure, I could wait for a sale or buy used, or I could just not pay extra since I have a subscription. In today's economy, I buy 1 game, maximum 2 a year.

The only issue is see with subscriptions is the sustainable cost for the developers. It's a bargain for me, but a trash deal for them. Everything else is subjective, just like ROI (Return on Investment). If I don't see value in spending 720 quid a year, chances are I'm not doing it, especially if it's a game I play once and never again.

I believe there is a future for it, but there's a long way to go.

Re: Game of the Year: #1 - God of War Ragnarok

Callmegil

Is it possible to be higher than 1, or is it just a default option for all games? If it's the former, is there another game you have higher than #1, like #0 — according to Bleach, in the Arrancar arc, the number 0 is the highest of them all.

Re: Soapbox: How Yakuza Proves Bigger Open Worlds Aren't Always Better

Callmegil

This is what I've been saying since 2017! Games like Breath of the Wild may be pretty but have nothing going on. You can walk for 1 hour and nothing pops up. GTA V for comparison, walk for 1 hour and you'll see cops chasing NPCs, Security Vans, people trying to rob you, people robbing others and more — that gives the world depth and character.

Shadow of the Colossus had open world with an empty design, but it was made at a time where memory was expensive. Nowadays, Devs make games in "post-apocalyptic" worlds so they don't have to give depth to it. If that's what we're supporting then our standards in general has gone lower than low.

Re: PS5 Won't Play PS3, PS2, or PS1 Games

Callmegil

Cerny: The way we achieve backwards compatibility is by using the previous chip on our new chipset — we're only using PS4's chip

People on the Internet: I sure hope they have PS3/2/1 backwards compatibility!

It's funny how a company can tell people something and they expect the complete opposite.

Re: There's Been a Big Scandal About Whether PS5 Can Run Games in 4K

Callmegil

Another thing about Dusk Golem, I read the entire Twitter thread and there's a comment he made saying: "I know this may be hard to hear, but it's what's going to happen" — like he's actually developing a game for it. Then to defend his whole rumour he says: "for time and time again, we've been hearing that Sony would wait for Microsoft to show their price first to under cut them and look they haven't announced a price yet" — how dense can this man be? Sony themselves said what their strategy was BEFORE the official PS5 reveal.

Man's full of it.