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This reminds me of something I heard in a hardware forum, unlike the previous gen, this one had a lot of embedded custom tech.
Sony SSD is custom and it might cost a lot to produce a 1TB version.

Next time they could go with a more off the shelf solution, like a M.2 or something.

No mention of PS5 and no mention of PC either.
Its just Xbox on PC, which means PC Gamepass.

This means they'll probably push live service the right way this time. And we are already seeing signs of this with Marvel Tokon.

@Oram77 People crave novelty without even knowing what it means, that's why they complain about "sequels being the same as the first game" even though its the way this industry has been ever since its inception.

They tried to pivot the strategy and went back to what was already working, nothing new here. Playstation isn't a multimedia brand, its a hardware brand.

But it is a reminder that most front-facing business owned by Sony aren't making money, besides Playstation that is. Makes sense to try and consolidate their data on something they can rely on, like hardware sales, monthly active users and engagement time.

As long it has better story than SM2 I'm all in.

I wonder about that. Because Square had to make a deal with Sony in order to make this trilogy happen in the first place.

Unless the third game was always planned to be multiplat.

I feel like most people complain about the damage when talking about bosses. I don't mind the damage but I do mind when a move isn't telegraphed which is the case for most bosses.

PSN isn't showing anything to me yet.

@HallowMoonshadow Same, I got the message to confirm my presence but no code yet.

@BluWarfareHD
Switching to ARM or RISC-V is easier nowadays since translation layers are a thing now. And those chips are cheaper and more energy efficient when compared to x86.

If Apple can make their Macbook M-Series work with most productivity software I'm sure the gaming industry will find a way to make games work in both ARM and x86.

@MrPeanutbutterz
Ironically as it is, despite x86 being an "off the shelf" solution, the manufacturing costs of said chips have been increasing over the years since 2018, especially the SoC type that both Sony and MS use.

Honestly I think consoles could cut down prices by adopting either ARM or RISC-V as their CPU choice, GPU-wise they can continue with AMD since its cheaper than Nvidia.

"PS5 was earmarked as the main platform for Wilds [...]"

Funny how people can say the most BS lie without even thinking.
Wilds has a lot of performance problems, problems that you REFUSE to fix, people won't buy your game until its fixed.

It's easy Capcom, fix your stuff or take the L and leave.

@darylb24
There are some rumors going around that the game will release on PS Plus. Kinda makes sense since it is releasing on GamePass too.

"Will it change Playstation thinking?"

If anything it just validates their strategy of releasing first on PS5, and maybe on PC, and then for other platforms.

@get2sammyb
It will change how they approach the live service part, given that Hermen clearly isn't cut for this kind of thing.

But yeah, you're right about not changing the overall strategy.
All in all I think its quite ironic Sony not knowing how to capitalize on their huge IP porfolio despite being a company from a country that is known for doing exactly that.

@Neither_scene
What if I told you its a little bit of both?
A game made on UE5 without features like Lumen and Nanite should work fine, but most devs won't do that because using Lumen and Nanite saves them time and work, or because the studio lacks tech artists.

Lumen and Nanite aren't fit for games, not without a lot of tweaking, but for movies and animations they work fine.

I like Xilia but this is a pass from me due to censorship.

Not surprised, this is Sony Pictures we are talking about, as long as they breathe they will screw up.

Remember Morbius? Remember how Sony Pictures had to yank the movies from theathers because it was just that bad? Remember the amount of memes we made about the movie?

Well, what most people don't remember is some execs saw the memes and thought we liked the movie, so they spend a couple more millions to put the movie back on theathers, a move that made the movie flop even harder.

I swear, seems like the main requirement to be hired by Sony Pictures is to be rejected by WB for being too incompetent even by WB standards.

@11001100110zero
It is "opt in", for a while now some small devs have been complaining about basically being """forced""" to put their game on GamePass if they want to sell on Xbox, otherwise they just skip the platform because it isn't worth the hassle.

Eh, its a pass, while the gameplay looks fun the game doesn't look good.
If anyone wants an arcade racing game that has some fun elements, Split/Second is available on Steam, there's also a PS3 and X360 version but idk if its available everywhere.

@TruestoryYep A little bit of both.
RE Engine was made with closed area games in mind, it got patched to handle open area games, and it did fine. But open area games and open world games are two different things and require some technical considerations.

The opposite of RE Engine would be Decima, it was made for open world games and it got two titles that weren't open world, one was the debut title for the engine, Killzone Shadow Fall, the other was Until Dawn. KZ was a hit and the other a miss when it came to performance.

I'm starting to think even a DLC Expansion is off the table now.
It seems like they can't fix the performance nor they can implement some new monsters, so far we only got three new monsters.

Well, they put out ME Legenday Edition and Dead Space 2023 and while ME did well Dead Space didn't, it missed the sales target by a lot apparently.
So yeah, I can kinda guess why EA doesn't want to fund a new remaster/remake.

On the other hand, Bioware isn't doing anything now other than ME4, right? They should have the tools and people to do a DA Legenday Edition.

So, we learned today that people think Sony as company only has Playstation as a business and that people also can't read past the headline.

Nothing new, but live and learn I guess.

Is this really a surprise?
I mean, Sony has been pretty clear that when it comes to live service it will always be multiplat, albeit it seems that Xbox ports will arrive 18 months later than PC and PS5.

@Korgon idk about the cover, but the pillow itself is quite nice.
Keeps me comfy at night and helps me so my back isn't screwed.

In theory that handheld could work as long they keep the 720p native target.
I'm not sold however on the haptics, anything that could drain the battery should be kept away from a handheld.

From my humble perspective, unless its a live service game I don't think we'll be seeing anything first-party on Xbox, be it old or new.
It makes no sense, you will probably waste money and time developing a port that won't pay itself back.

Third party games published by Sony on the other hand? They might do it because usually developers build for multiple platforms and try to pitch the idea to those platform holders.

They literally bought two of the biggest publishers in the west, and 90% of their top sellers were games that have been around before Microsoft bought them. Better yet those games would have made into Top 10 even before Microsoft bought them.

I don't see that as a win nor something that they should be proud.

• Buys a lot of publishers
• Suddenly half of the best selling games in another platform are from your company
• Shocked Pikachu face

Between this and payment processors blocking people from buying things I feel we are under a coodinated attack on our freedom.

I would like to point out that Sony is the publisher for a lot of third party titles, most of them titles from their Hero Project and some offshots like Marvel Tokkon.

I don't expect to see Uncharted on Xbox or even Switch 2, but Tokkon, Stellar Blade, Lost Soul Aside, Helldivers 2, MLB and the others? Yeah, I can picture that.

Honestly I hope for KI and Rare Arcade to make it more than I'd like for MCC.

@Americansamurai1
Well, if this scenario comes to pass the only reason to keep a Xbox storefront would be to keep the current playerbase.

Any other excuse would make no sense at all.

Makes sense, you put your games where the player and the money are at. And on this gen you can definetly say both aren't on Xbox side.

Has Playstation reached the 3:1 ratio across all regions yet?

Detective Seeds.... See deez nuts! Gottem!

Now that the joke is out, they are probably prioritizing Pro to reach that 120Hz when PSSR/FSR is used. But any optimization they do to reach 60 natively can be ported back to base PS5.

I thought this was a weird decision, then I saw Square-Enix and it started to make sense.
No one knows how to screw up a re-release better than Square.

nah, doubt there is any money to be made from Xbox.

If there was, Microsoft wouldn't be porting their titles to other platforms and we wouldn't be having articles every odd month telling how much things don't sell on the green side of the console trifecta.

And since when opening an API/Protocol is expensive?

This is why SKG needs to succeed
Anyways, this game had the potential to be Helldivers 2 before Helldivers 2 was a thing, gameplay wise it was fine, but the plot and mechanics really pushed people away.

I think we probably crossed the 1M mark right now, site is way too slow but it was at 999.560 signatures some minutes ago.

Seems like a great opportunity to promote the PS5 Pro

Well, 2027/2028 are also years away.
Anyways, I don't expect much when it comes to graphics, we pretty much hit the wall.

Anwyays, now for my comment, its delightful to see this initiative thriving despite some developer/youtuber trying to kill it in its early stages.

This is a possible win for consumer rights

@Jrs1
There's one exclusive for UK too if you access the site.

Might be good, but he'll have to top Raul Julia, and brother he acted the hell out of SF2 for his kids.

"For I beheld satan as he fell from Heaven
LIKE LIGHTNING!"

The same people that complained about Hitler name being used are probably calling others nazi in the most happy go lucky way.

Go figure, I do not agree with this kind of censorship.

@CutchuSlow
A decent modern PC to play something like 2024/2025 titles would cost something between 3-5x the minimum monthly wage there.

Games on Steam are cheaper because, as far I understand, they use a loophole on their tax code that specify PC Software is exempt of some taxes and PC games are a type of PC Software. The same tax exemption doesn't apply to videogames, both software and hardware.
Also it appears they are subject of more taxes because, again as far I understand, the word "gaming" there is also related to gambling and gambling has some heavy laws over there.

The more I read the more it seems this is more of a problem that could be solved with clear laws than an economic one, not that the economy there is solid or reliable anyways.

@KundaliniRising333
My brother, they have been eating that loss for the last 3~5 years.
USD/BRL is hovering around the 5.60 but it can go as high as 6.20

Sony was operating with a 5.20 to 5.80 margin, which means PS5 games MSRP in Brazil were overall cheaper 15 to 20% cheaper than their counterpart on United States

Fun fact: you can still redeem games by keys because Sony still distributes keys to devs, devs could sell those keys if they wanted to.

@Sakai Honestly? I don't see the problem here, the same happens in a supermarket shelf. Ever picked a product from the top shelf? They paid to be featured there.