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Re: Soapbox: Astro Bot PS5 Is Not a Graveyard, It's a Joyful Demonstration of Sony's Unique Ability to Reinvent Itself

Cikajovazmaj

Completely agree with you, and I felt the same way when I read TheGamer article. Absolutely misses the point.
Just having the pool of over 150 characters to use is amazing. But you don't get that pool unless you are willing to constantly reinvent yourself. And that is hard, that is risky. And I hope Sony goes back to being that company that is willing to take the "innovation" risk (as lately they have been playing it safe) imagining new IPs and ideas.

Re: Black Myth: Wukong's Xbox Delay Isn't Due to Platform Limitations, Says Microsoft

Cikajovazmaj

@Ilyn I completely agree with your theory. I would only add this is what MS has been doing for a while. Behind the scenes, MS has been lending resources through ATG among others, to release games on Xbox without delays. All that is to "hide" the fact platform is not No. 1. priority to smaller teams, and it is harder to develop for 2 SKUs (all of which are logic 101 conclusions being thrown money at to obscure).

Re: Rumour: Xbox to Announce a 'Big' Game Coming to PS5 at Gamescom

Cikajovazmaj

Hopefully not Starfield. IMHO that game has been a failure and people are just hanging onto the dream of "big Bethesda RPGs" still being alive. However, reality is the game is outdated, clunky, and boring.
I'm genuinely worried releasing on PS5 this late after public opinion settled might result in a sales debacle (which is not what I want for MS multiplat releases, ideally they release all games to PS5).

Re: Even as a LEGO Game, Horizon Adventures' PS5 Visuals Are Off the Charts

Cikajovazmaj

@get2sammyb bit of a late reply on my end, I'm Croatian. I'm sure they will update local shops soon, I just don't want to preorder before it's "clear".
Unfortunately, had previous experience where "fine print" was read and side-by-side offer listing was examined for some extra content, so I'm just going "better safe then sorry" route these days.
Edit: One of the popular shops actually updated their page to include preorder bonus today, so that settles that

Re: Sony's New PS5, PC Shooter Concord Confirmed as a $40 Game

Cikajovazmaj

I don't believe this gets saved by a $40 price.. It really depends on what gets released, but trailer/presentation looked subpar and in comparison to Helldivers 2 of all things it looks significantly less fun. Admittedly, Helldivers also looked "meh" in trailers, however delivered big time on release.

Re: PS Plus Extra, Premium Lose 12 Games In June, Including GTA 5

Cikajovazmaj

Honestly, not sure why they bothered.. most of the people who wanted GTA5 already owned it. Seems like a last ditch effort on Rockstar end to try to upsell Online to few other folks before GTA6.
Out of the list, The Talos Principle is the only one I would care to finish before removal, if you have not done so yet.

Re: A Lot of PS4 Owners Have Yet to Upgrade to PS5

Cikajovazmaj

Honestly, I don't understand the "generation never started" arguments.. over the last generation graphics have evolved far enough that further x2 jumps will never feel as groundbreaking as during PS1/2 era. If anything PC owners should be very familiar with this (basically last 4 years of GPUs are iterative and in total don't represent a shocking visual bump unless you are on DF team).
It might be time to stop thinking about traditional generations and start thinking about continuous experience provided by ongoing ecosystem.
And Sony probably doesn't mind as those 50% still using PS4 are:

  • still spending money on Sony games
  • still paying for PS Plus to play their live service game of choice
  • will eventually upgrade to PS5 Pro as they are not leaving their library behind

EDIT: I understand my first line might read a bit wrong. Comment is targeted at people who dispute reasoning to upgrade "as generation has never started" when in fact it has, I just think future generations will be shorter, less groundbreaking, and not mandatory upgrades. Waiting on a world-shattering release event that is not going to happen as the nature of the generation is changing.

Re: Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, More Closed in Brutal Bethesda Restructure

Cikajovazmaj

I see your true colors...

Not saying I told you so, but I told you so. MS is a cut throat company built on shady tactics and suspect competition elimination. It was only matter of time before they gut my favorite hobby, which they arguably already did as I blame aggressive early GP pricing pressure for the current state of console gaming. Nintendo is the only company immune for now (because they found their own unique approach and market).

Re: $70 Games Are Just a Phase, Believes Saber Interactive CEO

Cikajovazmaj

I would expect many more devs going for the $40 price after Helldivers 2 success. So much so, actually, that I'm slightly afraid that sweet spot between indie and AAAA is going to get over-saturated. It was typically reserved for fun but not great gems, as if devs knew their gameplay is fire but they don't have production values to warrant $70 pricing. I don't want that to disappear

Re: New PlayStation CEO Hiroki Totoki Starts Temporary Role Today

Cikajovazmaj

@Shrek_Realista by understanding that to maintain diverse portfolio you have to have a healthy business that can afford taking risks/eating up unforseen loses.
If having 80% of new releases be GaaS (which I don't care about at all) means other 20% be stuff like GoW, Horizon, GT7, upcoming Stellar Blade, etc.. I'm OK with that.
Better than having zero games of that level, which as a disappointed Series owner I can attest to.