It's been a good console but I feel the games haven't reached the crazy heights that we had for previous gens. Being backward compatible with the PS4 is one of it's biggest strengths.
The content in the warbond is cool but I haven't touched the game in a long while due to how shoddy the game's performance has gotten, and the fact that Arrowhead does nothing to mitigate the inflated file size on PC.
@Northern_munkey The games that have good ports are praised on Steam.
Ghost of Tsushima's port was even nominated for two awards for the Steam Awards last year and Steam just featured a Playstation sale banner on the front of the store page and used Tsushima as a game advertising the Steam Deck. I just have a hard time swallowing the pill of Sony backtracking on pc ports. It's still sales and additional revenue for the them and the devs, and since they won't do day on day for new releases, it still gives people an extra incentive to buy the consoles and invest into Sony's ecosystem. The brand is too strong and the convenience of a console won't be undermined by having their games available on a later date on pc.
Apologies for going on a tangent, I usually don't but it's something on my mind about this whole thing.
Honestly, people on PC want the ports to be good ports. If the port is terribly optimized, people won't buy it until it gets fixed/on sale. When games like Spidey 2 and Last of Us were ported to PC, the ports were pretty rough on release and that hurts sales.
Yet when Stellar Blade released on PC, that port was fantastic and the game sold well.
It is good that they are working on it. But I'm glad the article highlights RPCS3, they've been doing a lot to improve the emulator over the last few years.
I have a feeling we're going to see Expedition 33 sweep a lot of categories this year. I only played a little bit of it last spring/summer, but I need to keep playing.
For my GotY, it has to be Silksong. The game was so good and I loved the entire 70 hours I put into it.
I haven't played Death Stranding 2 yet since I'm waiting for a PC release, I want to play Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, I liked Bananza but I kinda fell away from it without finishing it, haven't played Hades 2.
Jez Corden isn't exactly a reliable source for rumors so I have a hard time believing this. They're already expanding to mobile with the recent Horizon and Ratchet games, I don't see why they would pull back from their PC ports.
They also put out a job application for a senior multiplatform engineer not too long ago, to expand their reach to other platforms.
I finished Enotria last night, it's a fun souls-like, not the worst I've played but not the best.
Now I'm debating what to play next. I want to play Expedition 33, but I want to start Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, but I also want to try Middle Earth Shadows of War cause I played the first game years and years ago. But I also want to try Tunic.
The thing that bothers me is Activision is a billion dollar company, owned by a billion dollar parent company and Call of Duty is a billion dollar franchise.
Why the hell can't you pay real artists to draw and design the art, instead of resorting to free generative ai tools.
I'm excited for it. Valve supports open source software and it's running their OS which is similar to Linux. You'll be able to squeeze a lot of performance out of this, more then people realize. Thing is, Valve views it as a pc, not just a console, so it already has that advantage.
Massive congrats to the PCSX2 team. I remember the emulator struggling to play a lot of games like 10 years ago, and after trying some stuff on it recently, I was really surprised by how good it is.
I'm really hoping this means a possibility of console exclusives releasing on PS5 and PC simultaneously. I'm waiting for the PC ports of Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2.
Like I've said many times in the past few years, the games releasing on something like PC only helps Sony's profits, not hinder it. There will always be a market for consoles for people that just want a plug-n-play experience. Console won't just magically poof out of existence.
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Re: Lies of P Dev 'Will Not Disappoint' with Upcoming Games, Says Director
Lies of P is hands down the best soulslike game not made by From Soft. I loved my time with it, and I have confidence their next game will be great.
Re: We Now Know the First Game Confirmed for The Game Awards 2025
I legit forgot about this game lol. But hey, here's to hoping the trailer is great.
Re: Sony Poised to Publish PS5 Hit Death Stranding 2 on PC
Let's gooooo, I've been waiting for the PC release to finally play this.
Re: Poll: Five Years of PS5 - How Would You Rate Sony's Console?
It's been a good console but I feel the games haven't reached the crazy heights that we had for previous gens. Being backward compatible with the PS4 is one of it's biggest strengths.
That and I do love the look of it.
Re: New Weapons, Stratagems Take Helldivers 2 to the Jungle in Latest Premium Warbond
The content in the warbond is cool but I haven't touched the game in a long while due to how shoddy the game's performance has gotten, and the fact that Arrowhead does nothing to mitigate the inflated file size on PC.
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Patch 1.1.6 Out Now on PS5, But the Cool Attack on Titan Armour Is Paid DLC
@DennisReynolds That reminded me that you could get Altair's outfit in MGS4.
Re: You Could Be Playing the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time PS5 Remake in a Few Weeks
Wait, it was announced back in 2021? Holy hell, it feels like it was announced in like 2023.
Well, here's to hoping it's good cause I do love the original Sands of Time.
Re: Mini Review: Morsels (PS5) - This Gross Little Roguelike Is Tastier Than It Looks
I do like the art style for this game, it feels very "gross '90s" and I'm okay with that.
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Confirms Free Attack on Titan Crossover Quest for a Limited Time
Super random crossover but it's disappointing the cool looking equipment is locked behind the DLC.
Re: Stellar Blade Is Sony's Most Successful Single-Player PC Game to Date, Says Shift Up
Selling over 1 million copies in 3 days is no easy feat, so good on Shift Up.
The game is genuinely fun to play though.
On another note, the port being really well polished helped too.
Re: Sony Estimated to Have Made $1.5 Billion from Steam, But the Novelty Is Wearing Off
@Northern_munkey The games that have good ports are praised on Steam.
Ghost of Tsushima's port was even nominated for two awards for the Steam Awards last year and Steam just featured a Playstation sale banner on the front of the store page and used Tsushima as a game advertising the Steam Deck. I just have a hard time swallowing the pill of Sony backtracking on pc ports. It's still sales and additional revenue for the them and the devs, and since they won't do day on day for new releases, it still gives people an extra incentive to buy the consoles and invest into Sony's ecosystem. The brand is too strong and the convenience of a console won't be undermined by having their games available on a later date on pc.
Apologies for going on a tangent, I usually don't but it's something on my mind about this whole thing.
Re: Sony Estimated to Have Made $1.5 Billion from Steam, But the Novelty Is Wearing Off
Honestly, people on PC want the ports to be good ports. If the port is terribly optimized, people won't buy it until it gets fixed/on sale. When games like Spidey 2 and Last of Us were ported to PC, the ports were pretty rough on release and that hurts sales.
Yet when Stellar Blade released on PC, that port was fantastic and the game sold well.
Re: Valve Won't Subsidise Steam Machine, Expected to Be Pricier Than More Powerful PS5
I plan on getting one cause I can use it for other things that aren't exclusive to gaming, since I have my PC for that.
Re: Quick Thinking from Sony Should Shield PS5 from RAM Shortages for Now
I'm so glad I built my pc last year before all of this stuff happened. Able to get my parts for a decent price.
Re: 'We Believe It's Feasible': Emulation Studio Working on PS3 Support for Modern Consoles
It is good that they are working on it. But I'm glad the article highlights RPCS3, they've been doing a lot to improve the emulator over the last few years.
Re: Celebrate Bloodborne's 10th Birthday Properly with New Vinyl Sets
The art on the vinyls looks really good, gotta admit.
Re: Hellraiser PS5's Gameplay Trailer Is So Grisly We Can't Embed It Here
Looks like they're ticking a lot of the right boxes based on the trailer. Curious to see more of the game in the future.
Re: A Technical Mess without It, STALKER 2's Day 1 PS5 Patch Is Critical
I've been waiting on picking this up on pc due to letting the devs iron out more of the technical issues.
Re: As If Playing Elden Ring Isn't Punishing Enough, a Book All About Its Lore Is Coming Soon
I've listened to a few of his videos before so it's really cool he's writing a lore book about it.
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (PS5) - The Most Absurd Game in Series History
Really weird that they force online co-op for the campaign.
Re: Don't Expect a Resident Evil Requiem Demo, Capcom Has 'No Plans'
I could see a surprise demo drop during the Game Awards after a new trailer.
Re: Xbox Partner Preview Officially Confirmed for 20th November, Includes 'Brand New Reveals'
Really curious to see what will be shown off.
Re: Talking Point: The Game Awards 2025 Nominations Announced: Who Are Your Winners?
I have a feeling we're going to see Expedition 33 sweep a lot of categories this year. I only played a little bit of it last spring/summer, but I need to keep playing.
For my GotY, it has to be Silksong. The game was so good and I loved the entire 70 hours I put into it.
I haven't played Death Stranding 2 yet since I'm waiting for a PC release, I want to play Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, I liked Bananza but I kinda fell away from it without finishing it, haven't played Hades 2.
Re: SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide (PS5) - A Decent Platformer, But Not Quite Ship Shape
I thought Cosmic Shake was a fun time and this sounds like it's more of the same, which is fine by me.
Re: 'Very Vague' Rumour Claims Sony May Scale Back PC Ports of PS5 Games
Jez Corden isn't exactly a reliable source for rumors so I have a hard time believing this. They're already expanding to mobile with the recent Horizon and Ratchet games, I don't see why they would pull back from their PC ports.
They also put out a job application for a senior multiplatform engineer not too long ago, to expand their reach to other platforms.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 607
I finished Enotria last night, it's a fun souls-like, not the worst I've played but not the best.
Now I'm debating what to play next. I want to play Expedition 33, but I want to start Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, but I also want to try Middle Earth Shadows of War cause I played the first game years and years ago. But I also want to try Tunic.
Way too many choices lol.
Re: Sony Trying to Silence Concord Revival Project After Fans Brought PS5, PC Disaster Back
Why not let people play on private servers, the game is already dead anyways.
Besides, if Sony doesn't like the game being brought back out into the limelight, maybe make better decisions.
Re: Embarrassing AI Art Plagues Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Launch
The thing that bothers me is Activision is a billion dollar company, owned by a billion dollar parent company and Call of Duty is a billion dollar franchise.
Why the hell can't you pay real artists to draw and design the art, instead of resorting to free generative ai tools.
Re: Poll: Does the Steam Machine Pose a Threat to PS5?
I'm excited for it. Valve supports open source software and it's running their OS which is similar to Linux. You'll be able to squeeze a lot of performance out of this, more then people realize. Thing is, Valve views it as a pc, not just a console, so it already has that advantage.
Re: An Oversized Blade Is the Answer to All Your Problems in PS5, PS4 Metroidvania Gigasword
@LikelySatan Same, it's such a fun little gem of a game that's unfortunately stuck on the PS3.
Re: An Oversized Blade Is the Answer to All Your Problems in PS5, PS4 Metroidvania Gigasword
But is the sword as big as the sword in 3D Dot Game Heroes?
That's the real question.
Re: Promising PS5 RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker Looks Way More Polished in Huge Gameplay Demo
The game definitely has a lot of really cool mechanics. Need to keep an eyeball on this.
Re: The Brilliant Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Has Now Sold Over 4 Million Copies
I really want to buy this and play it.
Congrats to the devs on the milestone.
Re: The Next Horizon Game Is an MMO by NCSOFT for PC, Mobile
An MMO Horizon game sounds interesting. I'm curious to see how they do this.
Watched some of the trailer and I think it looks fun.
Re: PS5 Is the Second Fastest Selling PlayStation Ever in the US, Despite Price Hikes and Production Issues
I still love the design of the console. It's so different and kinda outlandish but that makes me love it even more.
Granted I built a new PC last year and used an all white tower, so there may be bias on my own taste for electronics, but who knows lol.
Re: New Ratchet & Clank Game Announced, But Not for the Platform You Want
If this wasn't on mobile, I would give it a try. Just good to see Ratchet games still alive after Rift Apart.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate State of Play for November 2025?
This felt more like the Indie Directs that Nintendo does; a smaller bitesized showcase that usually won't feature massive crazy reveals.
With that in mind, I thought it was good for what it is.
Re: Elden Ring Nightreign DLC Revealed as The Forsaken Hollows, Out 4th December
The two new characters sound fun and I'm super hyped to see my man Artorias return.
Also Shadow of the Erdtree content is coming as well. Can't wait.
Re: ARC Raiders Is a Confirmed Live Service Hit as Sales Top 4 Million, Player Count Rockets
I'm not much for extraction shooters but this game definitely has my attention. Looks fun from all the streams I've watched over the last week or so.
Re: Silent Hill 2 Puts Incredible Survival Horror on More Platforms This Month
SH2 Remake is such a fantastic game, Xbox peeps are in for a treat.
Re: Fallout 4 Anniversary Edition Upgrade Costs a Whopping $40 / £36, Out Now on PS5
Oof that's quite the asking price for an upgrade.
Re: FromSoftware Still Has Major Elden Ring Nightreign DLC to Release, Out by April 2026
I love Nightreign, I actually love it way more then I expected, so I'm curious to see the dlc.
Re: State of Play Announced for 11th November, Focus on Japanese PS5 Games
Didn't expect a Japan focused state of play. Color me intrigued.
Re: Poll: Is Ghost of Yotei Better Than Ghost of Tsushima?
I feel like Yotei has the advantage in the gameplay department but I still think Tsushima has a better story overall.
But man, it's tough to say which is better cause they're both fantastic games.
Re: GTA 6 Delayed Again, Pushed Back to November 2026
Gotta delay the game to try and cover up how scummy their workplace environment is.
Re: Protests at GTA Developer After Sacked Staff Deny Leaking Confidential Info
Rockstar has a history of severe crunch so them union busting and using "leaking info" as an excuse would not surprise me one bit.
Re: Open Source PS2 Emulator Now Plays Almost Entire Console's Library
Massive congrats to the PCSX2 team. I remember the emulator struggling to play a lot of games like 10 years ago, and after trying some stuff on it recently, I was really surprised by how good it is.
Re: Rumour: Crash Team Racing Could Be Making a Comeback, If This Strange Leak Is to Be Believed
I'm genuinely hoping we get a new CTR. I still hold out hope that they put Nitro Fueled on PC and release a ps5 patch for it.
Re: Pay $150 for a Ghost of Yotei Jacket in Sony's 'Rewards' Scheme Update
I have a feeling this isn't going to last long cause locking merch behind trophies is just going to hurt sales for the item in the end, obviously.
Re: Leaked Cross-Buy Icon on PS5 Hints at Mysterious Pro-Consumer Move from Sony
I'm really hoping this means a possibility of console exclusives releasing on PS5 and PC simultaneously. I'm waiting for the PC ports of Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2.
Like I've said many times in the past few years, the games releasing on something like PC only helps Sony's profits, not hinder it. There will always be a market for consoles for people that just want a plug-n-play experience. Console won't just magically poof out of existence.