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@Boomers-r-us The Concord failure alone should have got him fired. It was the biggest game failure of all time. It literally shut down a studio they recently bought.

It's not about being "mad". It is about Herman Hulst taking accountability like Jim Ryan did for is many mistakes heading up the game studios at SIE. It is time for him to step aside before more damage is done.

The single-player and even the live service offerings will continue to be mismanaged and decline in quality until he goes. He should have been fired after Concord tbh (not demoted from co-CEO).

Shame to see Clint Hocking go, he did some good work at Ubisoft, and I would have liked to see what his version of Hexe looked like. It will now change and might be worse off for it.

Shame there is no single player campaign to try, not that would really gain a whole new crowd of interested potential players on top of the existing ones.

@Oram77 I guess I would see Intergalactic as a much "bigger game" and higher budget game than Saros.

Saros is a nice-to-have game, whereas a game from a tentpole studio like Naughty Dog or Insomniac feels like a must-have at this moment (system sellers).

Nothing against Saros at all, but Wolverine and Intergalactic will cost more to make and probably sell more due to a higher mass market appeal

@Oram77 Probably thinking of budget-wise like Insomniac, Naughty Dog level.

@OldGamer999 I feel the same - I am waiting for Wolverine and what's next in 2027 (not interested in Saros).

The game looks okay to me, and with all the games coming out these days that are good or above, okay doesn't really cut it anymore for myself.

@graymamba it's on Game Pass, so no additional cost, which of course means you'll be a bit more lenient than if you paid full price for it.

The game doesn't sound great from what a number of my friends (who brought & played) have told me (I'm not really a GoW fan anyway), but as long as you enjoy it, then that's all that matters.

As someone who owns a rather expensive PS5 Pro, I would like to see a higher-budget GoW to try out, though. This game does look like it could run on my cheap Android phone.

It looks cool, but the lack of difficulty settings is off-putting for me tbh. Might just play Monster Hunter Stories 3 instead.

I wonder if it will come to PS+? It's coming to Game Pass.

I have enjoyed this on PS5 and Xbox. It will be great when DS2 hits PC and Xbox.

@Veritas7Ax I would not expect to hear anything until the Xbox June showcase regarding updates or a release date/window.

Some depressingly cynical comments on here.

Honestly, when the replacement is an upgraded and improved version of the original game, I don't see why I would ever want to play the original, which is objectively worse (less content, an older game engine, worse performance, and no English dub). The new game is also available physically alongside the old game, which has been out for many years now.

I think Forza Horizon 6 will be back here in the top 10 list at the end of this year or next year.

I have played all the games I wanted to from this list, but there are some very solid additions here for players who hold out. PS Plus is definitely better for more casual players who don't buy any games (outside of sports/shooters/ live service) day one.

I have only really used PS+ for cloud saves (which should be free like Xbox) and for cloud streaming when I had a PS portal.

Just get a Switch lol

Ngl these are some of the most creative designs yet compared to the first couple of years into the gen.

Green my be my favourite but the red and blue look good too and I would honestly be happy with any of the sets.

I do think Blue will sell out first given PS fans might not want Xbox or Nintendo adjacent colours on their precious router box haha.

We are at the point now where what we have has more room for developers to improve performance and upscaling techniques. If you want better performance, you can just grab a PC now rather than waiting until 2027/8. The big thing was getting the SSD and a minimum of 16GB of RAM in the mainline systems, and we have those now.

I am looking forward to seeing more about P4R at the Xbox Summer Showcase.

This article should come with a trigger warning, lol.

I am looking forward to DecaPolice.

@crossbit I didn't know about it at all. Where was the coverage about it seven months ago?

For a game about artists, this is amusingly ironic lol.

I don't have an issue with AI being used as an aid to human creation, but honestly, large corporations aren't going to stop there, are they? Will we only be bothered by AI when us or a loved one loses their job and income because AI replaced them?

The "that will never happen" usually happens eventually.

2026 with GTA 6 with give November console sales a big uplift over almost any sales year, but the real test for Sony with be years 2-3 for the PS6. The PS5, even with those GTA 6 sales, is expected to sell short of the 120 million PS4s, and Xbox is expected to fall way short of the 60 million Xbox Ones sold.

This is indicative of the general shrinking of the console market, and this can be expected to continue into the next generation with Xbox seeing the figures and moving over to PC.

The PS6 will sell less than the PS5, and if there is a PS7, it will sell less than the PS6. The Switch 2 will also probably sell less than the OG Switch. Let's enjoy console gaming while it is here.

Also, did I accidentally stumble onto Twitter? I thought this was a gaming website, not a politics forum.

Japan has been ahead of the curve in many ways for decades, and consumer habits around gaming are showing what the Western gaming industry can expect in the next 2-5 years:

• More PC & Cloud gaming
• More mobile gaming and handhelds
• Nintendo is overtaking Sony in the console space and taking the reduced share
• Microsoft is expected to fully move into the PC market within the next 18 months, and Sony will likely follow thereafter, as the PS6 will not have sold as well as expected.

Don't let Herman turn that IP into a live service game lol

Honestly, when it comes to Japanese games, I tend to get them on Switch 2 now. The PS4 gen of "only on PlayStation" for JRPGS seems long gone now.

The only game on PS5 I will aim to get is Wolverine.

The saving grace for PS5 as a console is GTA 6. If it were coming to PC or Switch 2 day one the PS5 sales would be in even bigger trouble.

If Herman Hulst's management is anything to go by, I can't be too surprised that ND is running into issues.

With console prices increasing, hardware costs increasing and spending power reducing, this comes as no surprise.

The home console market is also shrinking, and this will continue as we move into the next decade and push towards portable, cloud and PC gaming.

Without Europe, SIE would be in big trouble as Nintendo are far more competitive in Asia and the Americas and will take the reduced share with a hybrid option.

@Ainu20 I would not call it even a role-playing game, and a JRPG is a role game made in Japan. I agree that the turn-based combat inspired Sandfall, as this is something seen a lot in Japanese games.

I think some people get confused between turn-based combat and JRPGs. A JRPG can be an action role-playing game, a turn-based role-playing game, or any other kind of role-playing game made by Japanese developers. Most Japanese devs don't even like the term JRPG and just call it an RPG, as we would for Western RPGS.

I'll pass, if you'll pardon the pun.

I would place E33 as an AA game due to:

Large amounts of Funding from 3rd parties (French government grant, Kepler Interactive and Microsoft)

Lead devs who are experienced in AAA games (Ubisoft)

Having a small - medium-sized publisher (Kepler Interactive)

A budget of over $1 million (estimated $10 million) and not self/crowdfunded

A team of over 20 staff (32 plus dog core staff and 300+ external devs)

Having Industry-leading and Hollywood Voice actors (Jen English, Ben Starr, Charlie Cox)

Also, KCD2 is an objectively better RPG because it actually has RPG mechanics. E33 is a turn-based action adventure with gameplay and design elements inspired by Japanese developers with a very French twist. I find it hilarious when I see people call it a JRPG because it has turn-based action combat lol.

@Enuo sadly, there will be no liberation from the blizzard of news all over the internet when this game approaches lol. You might need to log off for a while!

My most anticipated games are:

1. GTA 6 (many people's most anticipated game ever)
2. 007 First Light
3. Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
4. Wolverine
5. Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
6. The Blood of Dawnwalker
7. Pragmata
8. Bus Bound/Road Kings
9. Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined
10. Control Resonant

I am still on the fence about Crimson Desert, depending on the difficulty options. I am interested in DecaPolice, but I am not sure it will even make 2026, knowing Level 5's terrible track record with meeting deadlines.

Other games not on PS5 day 1that I am looking forward to are:
Fable
Forza Horizon 6
Clockwork Revolution
Fire Emblem Fortunes Weave

GTA 6 will quite rightly sweep all the awards and attention next year if it launches in November. The few months before and after will be a total blizzard for GTA 6 news and hype.

I feel sorry for those who don't like GTA games because it will be constant on here and all over gaming sites and social media.

I want to try out the demo, but it is on my radar

@Dan12836666 Forza 6 will be coming out a bit after the Xbox release, but the others may be the same date - just depends on how generous Sony is with the dev kits.

This one looks great!

Mine were:

(1) KCD 2 (Xbox)
(2) Rune Factory Guardians of Azuma (NS2)
(3) DK Bananza (NS2)
(4) The Outer Worlds 2 (PS5)
(5) Avowed (Xbox)

PS5 Only were:
(4)The Outer Worlds 2
(6) Ghost of Yotei
(7) RoadCraft

This looks like a game I could enjoy on PS+

This is one on my radar to keep an eye on.

@Reyzore Yeah, I played it and KCD2. My personal rating is 8.5 out of 10. I liked the art style, and the turn-based action combat was cool. It's not an indie game, though, and it's not an RPG, more a turn-based action adventure game as I mentioned. My playtime was 30 hours too, so it wasn't a short game.

We all know KCD 2 was robbed for Best RPG and it should not have won Best Indie either, with funding from Kelper, Microsoft, the French government and over 400 staff (including Ubisoft staff and industry standard voice actors) working on the game in total.

E33 is a good game, but it is a turn-based action adventure where you make one choice in the whole game, and nothing else affects the linear world.

If E33 is the best game you have ever played, it's time to play more games because it is an 8 or 9 out of 10 at the very most.

This was probably one of the worst endings to a TGA or SGF I can think of, or any big gaming show in the last 15 years. It was a particular slap in the face for those who stuck around until the end in Europe at 4/5 am.

The demo is something I would like to check out when it drops on PS5/Switch 2.

it turns out I was totally okay missing this SEGA announcement.

It was okay, but the ending was pretty poor.

April is looking emptier, so a good call to move it away from the likes of First Light, Crimson Desert and Monster Hunter.

Hopefully, he plays a small role in the game.