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Full fledged emulation on PS and Nintendo consoles, as in you pop your old game in the disc drive and play, is impossible due to many factors.

I'd settle for individual games if they ever manage to solve the problems.

@S1ayeR74
You do know that software isn't listed to shareholders as profit until they really turn to profit right? No matter if its God of War or Concord, they are all listed as loss and usually remains like that for a couple of years after release.

@johnedwin
They could, but they would lose money on other stuff if they did that.
It would render Sony Music Japan basically incapable of working in the anime industry, which is a huge chunk of their revenue and profit.

Makes sense from a technical standpoint.
They want Kadokawa because its a trove of IPs, however if they buy Kadokawa they might have to give up their spot in most production committees around Japan.

It wasn't just on PS5
Also it seems they'll revert the change because it wasn't intentional and it broke something else.

Honestly I'm not interested in this game at all, everything around it screams "generic modern sci-fi with retro aesthetic"

I can see why people would attack this game, but honestly I'd rather forget this thing exists

Another way to read that statement is:
"We got our a** handed on a silver plate by a 2014 tablet and can't find any way to be competitive on this market anymore, we simply give up, we'll just release games everywhere to make money and tell people that supported our brand that any device they play our games can be called an Xbox"

Yes, I'll be packing some Doritos and Monster to watch it.

@__jamiie
Sony does not own a monopoly because the anime industry in Japan is basically composed of joint ventures.
A committee is responsible for making an anime and members of said committee can't do more than one task.

If Sony buys Kadokawa means that they could act as either the IP holder, music producer, distributor in Japan or distributor overseas, but they have to chose one of those.

The AI boogeeyman strikes again.
Its just a promo piece that will be used once and never again, AI exists exactly for that, otherwise they would need to spend around 50k just for that piece to be ready.

Ain't Ybarra the mole Microsoft planted to make ActBlizz acquisition easier?

Anyways, there is a thing called archetype, dunno if Mike ever heard of it, most characters are based on one and it just happens both Widows are the same archetype, femme fatale
Also, if we are talking about femme fatale spies with a sniper rifle, Sniper Wolf from MGS predates both.

@PuppetMaster
Sunsetting a live service game + Square Enix.
A pair made in heaven.

Square's problem over the last two decades can be boiled down to bad decision making and horrible management.

You know who said the same thing? Microsoft
You know who is also on the way out of hardware manufacturing? Microsoft.

Consoles will never cease to exist, they are way too convenient.

As much as I want it to stay, I also know there might be a cost involved in it.
In this case, I will guess it will add on QA cost since now every firmware/OS update you'll have to QA this part too to see if it isn't broken.

Sony likes money so the news aint even surprising

Also, just PC, mobile and PS5?

@get2sammyb How about Pull Seoul then? And don't call him Shirley

@Loamy
Most works in Japan are run by production commitees since the mid-80s
Also, its not a written rule but usually if a company handles the distribution inside Japan they let other company handle the international release.

Case in point, Aniplex does not handle most of international releases from the shows they are part, one example is My Hero Academia where Aniplex is part of the production committee but Toho handles the international distribution.

@Loamy
Monopoly is almost impossible, production and licensing are managed by a committee not by a single company.

Honestly? I hope it goes through.
Sony Music Entertainment Japan has been a solid branch so far and I don't think they can mismanage Kadokawa's IPs.

@themightyant
PS titles run on Steam Deck quite well so I guess it wouldn't be that hard to make a good native version that runs on a 900p screen.

But I wonder what niche a portable console would fill for Sony right now.

huffs some Bloodbornium cope
Bloodborne Remaster announcement coming

Sony has yet to understand that people overall don't like Horizon as much as they like, say, God of War.

Lego God of War would sell numbers just for the novelty.
If we are talking about Sony IPs compatible with Lego, then it would be better to make a Astro Bot like game, one that pays homage to multiple franchises instead of just one.

Layoffs happening mostly on one part of the globe that went on a hiring spree during the pandemic.

Rebirth's platinum isn't difficult, it is time consuming and that is worse than being difficult.

As if anyone would believe Ubisoft after they outright refused to fix stealth in Outlaws opting to remove it from some of the missions instead.

So, let me get this straight, you're telling me the same people who did Division, Avatar and other games with stealth elements can't fix stealth in this game and decided to remove it as a requirement for certain quests?

Game industry needs a Razzie awards.

DNA for me and DNA for U.
Dad jokes aside, I ain't surprised to see AMD powering both devices, but I might say I think Nvidia might be a better pick for a handheld

@PuppetMaster
Or it could be not related to games at all

People often forget that Sony owns Aniplex, which helps in anime production, and that Kadokawa is the main client of Aniplex.
Getting FromSoftware is just a bonus, the money is at Kadokawa's anime portfolio.

AA games are pretty much dead.
Dev costs aren't exactly cheaper than AAA and you lack the marketing budget.

The industry kinda put itself in this corner.

This just means Sony's argument and strategy was right

The fact that they chose to do this on a day Phil was running his mouth trying to do basic PR to remind people Xbox kinda still exists does bring a smile on my face.

December 3rd also happens to fall in a Tuesday which usually is Sony's favorite day for a State of Play.

@mrmartinrohr
Keyword here being could.
It isn't a PS Studio title nor it is made by one, this is the first title of a studio that has been doing basically support work for other games.
I wouldn't expect them to receive a Pro devkit in order to develop those features, too much risk involved for a title that isn't worth the trouble.

Why do I get the feeling this was more of a political ban than anything else?
Auto-pops do not generate a ban, I know that because I poped a couple of games when I first got my PS5, and if they found nothing was amiss then why remove the guy from the partnership program?

@Athrum
I mean, YoY hardware sales keeps dropping, GP subscriptions have stalled and the only revenue they have comes from Actvision IPs.

Things aren't good for Xbox division and they are relying on MS shareholders goodwill to stay afloat.

"I know they were trying to do their best, and they were a talented group of artists [...]"

He's joking right? Please tell me he's joking.

As much as I dislike social media, to the point last account I got was a facebook one back in 2014, gotta say that this whole wave of bans is more political than anything.

They don't care about children at all, they care about people realizing there are more political views than what the government allows you to have.

Don't you mean everything is thunderjawsome?

Stellar Blade would be one very good reason to buy PS5 Pro tbh

Also, @get2sammyb any chances of seeing anything PS5 Pro + Space Marines 2 today? Kinda wanna see how it performs.

I think trademark of some titles probably expired and since you can't remove the titles individually you need to take down the entire compilation.

They sold it to me, I was using a wig and fake mustache.

Releasing this game on a platform that hates this type of game and has been very vocal specially about Death Stranding does not sound like a good move, but let's see how it pays off.

Heard this one before when Origins released, I did not like Layla story, not one bit.

@Korgon
What is the first thing that comes in your mind when I say there will be an Assassin's Creed in, let's say, China, who do you expect to be the main character? What is the setting, time period and so on? Sure as hell it ain't George Washington with a steel chair fighting a cabal of space lizards in the 24th century with Shenzhen, China as the main hub map.

People had expectations when it came to an Assassin's Creed situated in medieval Japan, the bar wasn't high and doing the bare minimum would guarantee sales, Ubisoft just chose to ignore that and the rest is history as they say.

Also Naoe is so much of a main character she is barely featured or mentioned on promotional materials.

@Korgon
I mean, expectations were betrayed, you can't expect people to use reason when that happens.

And you definetly can't expect people to use reason when Ubisoft keeps fighting against the consumer instead of going full PR mode like:
"Okay, we knew what you were expecting and we know we screwed this up not only from a development standpoint but from a marketing standpoint as well. We'll try to make and deliver a new AC game in Japan that will live up to your expectations in the near future but please at least try to give this game a chance and try to give us a chance to fix this"

@AzamisRightEye
Sure, that's why they haven't delayed the game, stopped the pre-orders and refunded the season pass, right?

Face it champ, the backlash was huge.
And the bar for an AC in Japan wasn't even that high, in fact it was a literal cake recipe and Ubisoft still manage to screw up somehow.

You know what isn't inherently diverse in the gaming industry Ubisoft? Money income since it all comes from making games people expect you to make.

Shadows just isn't that, no matter how much you try to butter up that isn't the game players were expecting nor it is the game players want to play. You either scrap that game and go back to the drawing board or you release it and watch it flop, pre-orders were way bellow expectations already.

Uh, why does this news deserve a headline at all?

Monster Hunter Wilds beta is almost hitting the 500k milestone on Steam and I haven't seen any news about it.
Almost 500k concurrent people on a single platform, and its only the beta test.

"Show don't tell" is fine as long you have something to show.
Which hasn't been the case in a while now

Nah, it will get buried by Yakuza + MonHun combo.

The only way I can see this working is by reworking the entire game, because no amount of polish will save something the public already sees as a turd, can't pull a CP2077/NMS with this one.