CielloArc

I get the slight feeling consumers will still get the shaft due to semantics on this one.

Also, hasn't this been the case since uhh, forever?
You technically don't own a VHS, DVD, CD, Blu-ray, you own the license for a copy.

Honestly I fail to see how that is bad in any shape or form, Sony has never managed to outsell a good Nintendo console for long. Managing to move the same amount of units as a $200 hardware despite being almost double the price is quite the feat.

Wanna see a tanked console? Xbox series all time sales is still less than Switch on a good month. The nintendo behemoth is capable of outselling the green team on a 10:1 basis constantly.

Well s***, wasn't expecting that

Eh, tbh I couldn't care less about how they changed models, what I want to see is more technical changes.

Spidey Remastered changed the material pipeline, went from specular based to metal based or something like that, can't remeber the GDC talk, and how the light affected those materials along with RT tech. The result was a better looking game overall.

Let Sucker Punch cook and then you say whatever is your piece.
Also, from what I've read Yotei is a spin-off not a sequel, you'll still get Jin back at some point on the unavoidable GoT2.

If I played my PS5 on a living room ngl, I would be tempted to buy a Pro ASAP.

But I play it on a janky a** monitor from 10 years ago.

@thefourfoldroot1
The patent itself is kinda generic and probably wouldn't hold out in court, but when you factor in that Palworld also uses a spherical object... then yeah, now Nintendo has a case because throwing a ball to capture a monster is often associated with a certain game.

TL;DR: Ubisoft had literally one job with Shadows and they botched it from the get go.

The good part is probably this one will go to $5 bin soon, maybe within a month or two.

I wonder if those people even KNOW GOG is a thing that exists just for cases like this where you don't want DRM or sign-ins, I own the entire Arkham series there and on Steam, the difference being WB account is not mandatory on GOG.

Also, gotta love how bipolar the PC crowd is, because when the Helldivers 2 fiasco happened they complained because nowhere it was stated that PSN account was mandatory, now it was stated time and time again and they still complain.

Sounds like a severe case of "Its only a problem when Sony does it".
Besides, if that is really a problem for some people why not wait for the GoG version then? You already waited 18 months for a port.

@themightyant
Most of Spidey price isn't even development cost but rather licensing.

Didn't someone also said that Jim's GaaS initiative wasn't his but Hulst's? If true then this guy needs to go.

I do not mind remasters, but they need to be from games at least two generations behind. I mean, they got Infamous, Resistance and Killzone which are IPs that could use some love.

Anyways, we all know those remasters are not only for a new crowd to enjoy those """old""" games, they also serve to gauge public reactions.

Both Horizon Forbidden West and TLOU Part 2 sold pretty damn well and are awesome games on the technical level, but they also had a moderate resistance from the general public due to some plot and character developments, resistance that wasn't there on their predecessors, and so releasing a remaster is a way to see where they f'ed up and where they can correct the course.

I'd say Ragnarok and Spidey 2 also suffer from the same problems as FW and TLOU2, but they can be fixed by pacing the plot better, and on Spidey case, please no more switching between characters, it detracts from the game.

I'd rather see an Infamous or Killzone Remake.
But still, I can see Sony pulling this out just to piss off Garvin.

Thank god, I was waiting for this QOL improvement.

Dunno, but I always felt like PocketPair was violating something with Palworld, I always thought it was copyright but it seems Nintendo has filled some patents.

The good part about this news is that this means they are probably testing/implementing new tech. It was the same with Spidey Remastered.

The not so good part is that they probably will gonna charge us.

Given that DD2 sales is considered a flop by Square's standards, yet it is celebrated at Capcom, I wonder what are the metrics they use for their expectations...

Good, people who were complaining about Sony not utilizing their IPs must understand that it costs money, a lot of money, to develop games.

The entire development cycle of something like MediEvil Remake costs the same as a year of God of War Ragnarok, yet it won't sell as much as that game.

Licensing some of your IPs for other studios is probably the future since it cuts the development costs by nearly 60%.

Why do I feel like FF16 probably has some spaghetti code...

@Slidebomb
Saying that Xbox is a windows machine for games is the same as saying that both Switch and PS5 are FreeBSD machines for games.

We both know that isn't true and that both systems are way too different.

"PCs are difficult to set up"
Mainly because Windows Update forcing things up yours every other week if you don't go to the register and disable some things.

Honestly, the day people throw everything Microsoft related in the garbage will be a better day for the world.

Sony said they wouldn't show anything new this year, yet people are still complaining...

Why do I feel there's more to this story?
Anyways, since all the technical staff pulled out they could probably start a new company, this time with less shenanigans involved.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner
I'll be honest, couldn't see **** captain.
For me its the same as seeing an OLED tv review by youtube, I can grasp what they are saying but for me to see any real difference I have to be there and test it myself.

All in all, I'm probably the target of PS5 Pro since my library is 100% digital, however I'll wait to see how it performs and maybe I'll get one once the next batch of first party titles arrive.

Wow, no Super 17?
I feel robbed because he was one of my mains during BT3 era.

@StylesT
Night and day usually means you have to get a personal experience with the subject in question ir order to make an educated decision whether or not that product is for you.

Kinda like OLED TVs, home theaters, cars and so on, online reviews are only a part of the whole equation.

Great, it means that if used the right way PSSR might allow for DLSS-like experience in consoles, which is great despite the sticker shock.

But then again, a card with the same feature set is around $700 too.

I'm no expert, but if the first place sold just 4,000 copies over Astro that means it was a weak week.

Overall hardware sales don't look that bad, Switch is the best selling console over that side and that will hardly shift, Playstation being second is just natural at this point.

That is only for native 4K, no current console can run native 4K@60, and honestly nor they should given the price.

But what if GTA is targeting upscaled 4K from a 1440p resolution? Its doable to get upscaled 4K60 if your input is a stable 1440p@60, at least on DLSS.

Cool and all, but you see, smartphone market has more than two competitors, prices are still hiking to the point most flagship models are around the $800 USD ballpark.

Its not the lack of competition, its the damn inflation making prices go up.

I play mostly in performance, unless performance is broken.
Case in point, BG3 and Spidey 2 at launch.

I owned a refurbished before and they work pretty fine.
Sure, it was a refurbished 3DS, but still.

At launch? Yes, it will sell roughly the same amount as PS4 Pro did, but the falloff after that will be greater without some price cuts.

Well, for me the highlight of that piece was the fact that they are using AMD tech that isn't available on the market yet.

@SuntannedDuck2
TBH we are in a flash ram shortage right now, prices of everything from SSDs/RAM/VRAM is going up to the point some GPU manufacturers are releasing cards with memory downgrades.

Case in point, 4070 Super with GDDR6 instead of the more expensive GDDR6X

Right now? Sure it is, we don't even have games that will take advantage of this new tech.

I'll do what I did with PS4 Pro and wait 2 years before buying one, by the time I get one there will be plenty of games to play anyways.

Technical showcase means no games, they'll probably show games at TGS.

Anyways, hope it is on the cheap side of things, like $650.

So, why should a third party random schmuck get any royalties when the devs working their asses off aren't getting any?

This is the absurd part to me.

Good, given the amount of Ape Escape content I saw in Astro Bot I expect a new Ape Escape dropping soon.

With that kind of mentality you can see why Days Gone was a flop. Even the PC release didn't change anything.

Sony has lots of IPs, but most of them aren't as profitable as a new IP. And most of them also need a total overhaul in order to catch up with the new IPs.

Also, Sony lacks the personel necessary to develop those IPs since most of them are IPs developed by second party studios back in the PS1/PS2 era

Remember Enotria? Remember how they said Microsoft support was lacking and that's why they need to delay the Xbox version?
Remember BG3?

Same old song.

Same was said about Concord and look where we are now.
Just cut your losses and cancel Fairgame$.

@kuu_nousee
Helldivers is a different case, and so it would be any other game or any other genre.
But Concord and Fairgame$ are cut from the same cloth, except that Fairgame$ trailer was disliked from start.

@AdamNovice
Live service push wasn't wrong, its the way they did that was wrong.

It is almost like the ones responsible to deliver reports forgot to do basic market research, figure out what genres were strong within the platform, which one could trend, who is the target demographic and so on.

If this was done properly, I doubt Sony would buy the studio or better, if this was done properly Concord would be a very different game.

Hope FairGame$ is next on the chopping block.

I always find funny that its people from the art department losing their marbles when it comes to AI, it won't hit them and if it hits it will be probably on things that affects the pipeline and not them directly.

Its more cost effective to apply AI when it comes to coding than it is when it comes to 3D modeling, sound, mocap and so on, since code is easier to automate and doesn't depend on things like "artistic style".

Nah consoles won't ever go away and PC won't take over either.

I had a 770Ti that could handle whatever I threw at it running at either High/Very High 1080p@60, then I upgraded to a 2060 back in 2020 that literally can't handle most of games released in 2023/2024 at Medium 1080p@30.

Release stupid games, win stupid prizes.