I prefer visuals over higher frame rates. Nothing worse than watching all the shadows becomes blocky and objects in the distance disappear for a few extra frames. Especially not for a game like GTA.

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@PuppetMaster It's disingenuous to make out as if Dan Houser is the only reason Rockstar has had their success. It sidelines the thousands of people that have worked on previous Rockstar games who are carrying over into this one. People do the same with Hideo Kojima and Metal Gear. Overlooking the incredible team that had so many of the same staff members up until 5.

I also don't have to justify anything about The Definitive Trilogy as I never bought it because I thought it looked bad judging by the trailers, and behold, it was. Rockstar wasn't even the developer of that. It's a blemish on their reputation definitely. But when none of the talent behind the doors touched it, I'm not sure what I need to be worried about.

And I understand what we've seen isn't a gameplay demo, but it even says in the trailer "was captured entirely in-game from a PlayStation 5, comprised of equal parts gameplay and cutscenes." We're far from the seventh generation days of cutscenes being pre-rendered and the gameplay being a choppy sub twenty fps mess.

We can argue about if the game will be a 9 or a 10 or even an 8 in the reviews, sure, these are realities. I'm not sure how it could turn out to be some sort of 4 or a 5 given what the trailer actually shows.

I was going to get a digital copy for myself and a physical copy for my wife so we could play it at the same time. But now I'll just get two digital copies instead. It sucks since Rockstar wins bigger by me doing this, but I really have no interest in supporting this no disc and dataless disc craziness that has somehow become pretty standard for physical games.

@PuppetMaster It's not like this is some new studio with a new IP. It is Rockstar Games. They are one of the like 5 prestigious studios who always knock it out of the park.

If a new Martin Scorsese film is coming out, I don't need to touch my chin with my finger and say 'hmmm, I'll wait for the reviews to see if it's any good or not.'

People always rag on about the times they've been burnt by a game, but I think it's nearly always evident in the trailers and pre-release footage if a game will be good. Other times I have no sympathy for people. A new Ubisoft or EA game launched completely broken and wasn't very good anyway when it was fixed 3 months later? Allow me to pull out the worlds smallest violin for you.

I've never been burnt once in my 12 years of buying games at full price. I think part of being a fan, the fun of being a fan, is showing up when it counts. If you can't allow yourself that I think you're just robbing yourself of life.

I'm not really sure where the whole 100+ thing came from that wasn't just analysts getting excited in their pants about the idea of GTA 6 breaking the ceiling for how expensive a game can be. Was there ever any evidence besides that? It's been one big echo chamber.

It will more than likely just cost $70 like everything else. Maybe $80 since this is going to be a mammoth of a game. I expect Take-Two doesn't want to make the game incredibly expensive since the true money will come in from GTA online. I don't think outpricing the market will the give the game the legs they obviously want.

But @Futureshark it just works.

@Sunraku I too am bored of the 'from the people who helped make franchise x and franchise y' deliver a trailer that doesn't look half as interesting as franchise x or y they worked on.

Well @LogicStrikesAgain I would say logic strikes again with that statement.

@Dalamar It would definitely affect me, but I can't pretend like the amount of western games I play hasn't halved from say the PS3 days.

@wildcat_kickz I have wondered before the feasibility of picking up a game studio and saying 'we're moving to a different state'. I wonder how much talent you would lose. If you offered help to move peoples lives I'm sure in the long run it must be worth it.

On the flip side I wonder how much talent they are losing by just being in these expensive areas. With each year seeming like a coin toss if you will be part of the annual lay offs, how many veteran developers, the people with experience you need, who have children and ties to their homes outside of these cities, are seriously willing to move to somewhere like LA so they can be a part of the ever shrinking big boys club.

@BoredOfEverything Fellow Australian here. The AUD prices are truly something else. Often being $5 - 20 more expensive than American counterparts when adjusted for the exchange rate.

I'm better off than most when it comes to money, but cost of living has even made me double check my gaming budget and say 'do I really need to buy this game?'. 4 or 5 games I've decided against this next year that I otherwise would have bought on a different year.

I feel bad for these developers. Terrible. But when the money isn't there from the customer, I don't know what's suppose to happen to them.

It feels like RE Requiem is my GOTY on all platforms so far by a country mile. I just have a lot of deep love for it.

Pragmata was really great followed closely by 007 for me. For the rest of the year I'm looking forward to Starfox, Wolverine, Silent Hill and Ocarina of Time. I expect GTA 6 will ultimately become my GOTY though. If RDR2's quality is to go by, it will be no competition for me.

Even Ueda wanted a remake for ICO.

Bluepoint would have done so well with that game. I'm depressed we won't have it now.

That picture of Geoff in the thumbnail will never get old.

@Icey664 I feel quite confident it will be a third person game. I imagine this is probably just some prologue part where you play a little bit in first person, then it opens up into third person for the rest of the game.

If you believe Dusk Golem, we are entering the thick of an absolute tidal wave of Resident Evil games these next few years.

I don't have to watch the trailer to decide if I'll buy this game.

The production value seems pretty high. That was the most striking thing to me about this trailer. I'm not really sold by the story or characters so far, but I will keep an eye out for this one. It could grow to be something really great.

They should just reveal it at Summer Games Fest. I think that is the perfect spot to put something like that out there.

If they can reveal Intergalactic at The Game Awards then it's doable.

@nessisonett That would be a great idea. Those God of War HD Collections for the PS3 would be terrific on PC. It's not like people aren't playing those games by PS2 emulation anyway. Might as well grab that piece of the market.

@nessisonett that would have been the dream. It feels strange with only the PS4 Uncharted's being on PC.

Even if they remake the first 3, the PS4 generation will now just stand alone on PC.

I would prefer if these games came to PC down the line too. It's undoubtedly the smarter move going exclusive, but I think my voice as the customer should have some merit.

Even if these games came like 5 years later. Or only games of previous generations. I really liked the PC ports.

Jeez, poor Colin. Poor all of us really. All it takes is someone with a strong enough vendetta to really ruin your day with the potential you never get your account back.

@Smackosynthesis yes

I would like to see the return of Uncharted or The Last of Us. Obviously this won't happen soon since ND are finishing up with Intergalactic.

Call me generic, but I miss the 'normal guy with gun in hand fighting regular humans that Uncharted and The Last of Us offered. There's is a lot of Sci-Fi and Fantasy stuff in PlayStation now. It's cool, but I much prefer the grounded down to earth stuff ND used to provide the other PS Studios don't delve too deeply into.

@Ken_Kaniff you aren't wrong with your point. Patience is key and the only thing that will get you closer to the game. But getting hyped online is a far stretch to bombarding the front offices of a game studio I say.

@Grackler it's true. Many young people don't just go to a Youtube channel anymore because it's entertaining, in the same way you might change the channel on the TV to your favorite program. They tune in to keep up to date with the individual. Parasocial is very much the correct word you used to describe it.

It's sad that you see so many people on social media talk about why they didn't buy a game because [insert example here] said it's bad, than talking about how the multitude of opinions they learnt from from such and such was how they formed their decision.

@TheArt Personally I have hated Assassin's Creed the ever since they went down the RPG route. So to see it go back to an action game with a focus on parkour is all I need to know to hit buy.

@Jackthelad93 I think of it like a bill that needs to be paid. Sure, the bill says I have 30 days to pay and I could wait until the last moment. Or I could just rip off the band aid now and not have to worry about it later.

I know any potential Uncharted game would still be years away, but I would rather be living in the era of rumors drifting through the winds like now, than the decade of radio silence we've had to endure.

Yes. Give me more Saudi funded projects based on an 80 year old British IP. This is exactly what I had in mind for the future of video games.

@DETfaninATL When you write RE4 (PS3 Version) is there something special about that version of the game or is it just the version you've played? I'm not familiar with the PS3 version of it.

I don't despise it like some. There's lots of things about it individually that are great, it just doesn't all blend together very well.

I would definitely love to see a remake-reimagining of it. RE9 does spell out the best kind of potential for a redo with the swapping characters. I would hate if there was just this permeant blotch in RE lore that most people don't like or never see because the game is what it is. Potentially in a decade we could see 6 redone ? Time will tell.

No hate. But can the 0.7% of you who voted RE6 please write in the comments and explain why, when lined up along everything else, literally every single RE game, that was your pick.

5 - 3 + 8 /10

What a game.

Ah sweet, man-made horrors beyond my comprehension

@cragis0001 I'm sure that number includes things like multiplayer titles, games like Destiny 2. Those would be the real money makers and Sony said they would continue to port the multiplayer experiences to other platforms.

I mean, hey, I want to be wrong. I ultimately sit on the fence about this from a logical standpoint. But the article does state the PC ports are only 1.5% of total revenue. 1.5% isn't nothing, but at what cost does it come with? Long term brand damage is the answer. Or at least how it's perceived. That's typically never good for anyone, including investors.

It's not a decision I'm happy about, but it is the one that makes sense.

@LogicStrikesAgain The logic is there (no pun intended) I just don't think the money is. How much could Sony seriously make from their own launcher that would justify the costs of PC development? It's a catch-22 each way you slice it.

Sony just has to pick their poison, drink it and smile, I suppose.

I'm just grateful I got Uncharted and both The Last of Us games on PC. They look terrific and play great at such high frame rates on ultrawide monitors.

I will feel my eye twitch in the future though when new Uncharted and The Last of Us games happen and I can't play them on PC though.