@Fester Since it takes place after the second movie (a fact mentioned in the video and first sentence of paragraph 2), I would say Clarence is still long dead. 😉
@Powerplay94 What you call being quiet, I call an unreasonable amount of silence and secrecy resulting in almost no reason to get excited about much of what Sony may be working on internally. PS5 is 3 years old at this point. The ND leaks were welcomed.
@zupertramp Firstly, since when is "kneecapping" an elitist term? I think you've been online too long. Would you prefer downgrade?
Secondly, and this was addressed at Waveboy originally, for someone to throw away their perfectly good and functional PS5, for a new model that has LESS features, while overall spending MORE money? How on earth is advocating for the opposite elitist? I suggested to waveboy to save that money and keep the device they already have, that happens to have more features. And yet somehow, that's elitism..?
A true elitist consumes every new thing, even if it's downgraded just to be cool and current, while spending the most money. I advocated the complete opposite philosophy.
Mother of god... You missed the plot completely. 🤦♂️
@WaveBoy I'd keep the disc-based console and not kneecap one's self with the digital one, on top of spending additional money which could be spent on games.
@JSnow2 @Sanquine I'm just here to continue the Jim Ryan bashing and expressing hope that his replacement is not worse. Hulst was also awful. Sony is in dire need of a new and better vision for PlayStation.
@Oz_Momotaro Well, if it wasn't clear by now, media industries feed on nostalgia. To abandon one's entire legacy is how you lose your original fans, and your relevancy fades. Imagine if Mario, Zelda and Pokemon suddenly ended, Nintendo would be a world of trouble. You're unreasonable to say "Sony, throw all your old IPs away, only make new stuff every new generation". Completely unrealistic.
@Oz_Momotaro Reinventing some old IPs would inject some lifeblood into these states of play snoozefests. Look at Capcom, literally remaking their entire RE series, continuing Street Fighter, innovating with Monster Hunter, brought Mega Man back, continuing AA, and their profits, stock and popularity have skyrocketed in recent years.
Nintendo continuously reinvents Mario, with 64, Sunshine, Galaxy, Odyssey, NSMB, and now Wonder. They reinvented Zelda with OOT, WW, and BOTW. Both IPs are just as relevant today as they were back in the 80s, perhaps moreso (Mario film made 1B+)
Sony keeps a few old IPs around like God of War and Gran Turismo, but they're sitting on an enormous wealth of old IP that they just don't seem to want to use. The notion that there's millions of loyal PlayStation Gamers that have been gaming with them for over 20 years, to also say that 70 to 80% of those PS players have never played any of those old IPs, doesn't add up. Sony is having an identity crisis, and they seem clueless as to what to do about it. VR is and will remain a niche for quite some time, so they can't bet on that to be the huge breakthrough that they need. They had a good thing going with The Last of Us, until they decided to pour tons of resources into a stupid multiplayer game; MP is not what TLOU is about. Let's continue Uncharted with Drake's daughter, but they don't seem to be doing that.
Splinter Cell is dead. Metal Gear is dead. Perfect Dark is years away. This is the perfect time to bring back Syphon Filter; can't tell you how much I'm craving a big-Budget, decent third person stealth action game.
These are just a few ideas off the top of my head that would make PlayStation more exciting again. Ryan personified the abandonment of the company's roots, and while Sony is in the unique position of also being a hardware maker, we've seen time and time again what often happens to companies that completely abandon what made them successful in the first place.
I'm thrilled Ryan is leaving. Although this Hiroko is the "infinite growth obsession" dude, the worst element of capitalism, so that's not great...
Sony is losing touch with the fan base. There's nothing on the horizon that I get excited for when I think of PlayStation, at least from a 1st party perspective. These State of play showings are snoozefests. Sure, Spider-Man 2 will be fun, but it's hardly original. I want Sony to turn it around, make some more quirkier titles, revive some old IPS like Infamous or Warhawk or Syphon Filter, stuff like that.
@AhmadSumadi After Don Matrick took a steaming, big massive dump on Xbox gamers and the platform's legacy, Phil's oversight has been a complete 180. You can't deny the brand is in better (not perfect) shape overall compared to 8-9 years ago.
Ryan, and Sony in general, has shown little regard in recent years for PS's legacy, with Ryan doing nothing to remedy that. That's one big reason why he needed to go. The closure of Japan Studio and shift away from unique, quirkier titles are others.
@S1ayeR74 I remember how common demos used to be in the ps3/360 days. Seems like every other game was getting a demo each week. Now they're far more uncommon. 😔
@RedShirtRod And that's why so many users online, who don't know fk all about what they're talking about, cry and whine about how terrible GP and PS+ subs are; if it was losing colossal amounts of money, MS and Sony wouldn't be doing it. The business model is cleary making them both money. I'm not even defending the prominence of TV/gaming/music etc. subscription models, as I like owning my media, but it's not going away, and it clearly brings in big bucks.
Playing this with friends when it's on sale for $1 is the only redeeming factor here. So many games, far more worthy of a modern physical version, like The Simpsons Arcade Game for example, get passed over, yet this trash gets treated better, is such a reflection of our industry atm. 😔
Threats of violence are always wrong and must be followed up with law enforcement in every case, however Unity's management needs to go for this horrendously terrible, greedy recent decision.
I'll get Spiderman 2 later. RE4 DLC will be good, but need to play base game first. Otherwise, this had very little. The Nintendo Direct was much better; more games, both new and returning classics.
Wow... I just finished the original Red Faction yesterday, after having played the others over the years, plus Saints Row 3 and 4. That's terrible news, I always liked them. 😭
I can live without either, since I like owning my games, not renting them. Also, Xbox doesn't charge for backing one's saves onto the cloud, unlike Sony and Nintendo. Especially handy when going between two or more devices.
@lolwhatno I'm no stranger to criticizing Sony, esp. as of recent, but users like that person just descend gaming/insert topic here into a hateful, toxic mess that benefits no one. I too was the ultimate blind fanboy as a teenager, and I'm truly embarrassed by that when I reflect back.
Saudi money is blood money. Major shame on Embracer for even attempting this in the first place. As always, the regular workers get screwed. Corporations are not your friends.
@Impossibilium All very valid points. These days I just use Muskrat Central to follow gaming deals. My FB account is still open, but I never post anything and rarely check it after realizing that it's just a giant waste of time and I don't care about who went on vacation to wherever with their spouse, or where someone went for lunch. 🤦♂️
@Ravix The post was deleted but thank you, I appreciate it.
Someone has to stand up and point out the ridiculous behaviors and hypocracy of Musk, and those labeling everything "Marxism" when that stems purely from an economic political theory; it's just spreading more disinformation and nonsense.
Despite all the problems of Twitter's previous management, at least it was publicly traded, now it's literally just 1 billionaires tyrannical fantasy come true. It's even less Democratic than it was, but that irony is lost on certain people in this thread.
Who? Not a FF fan but I guarantee you Final Fantasy as a brand is far more famous than these people combined. Do stupid campaigns like this even convince one extra gamer to buy a copy, who isn't already aware of and foaming at the mouth for the next Final Fantasy? That's a terrible ROI, lol.
Oh look at that, Sony has acquired 22 game studios since the year 2000 alone. Totally fine when Sony buys out studios, yet MS doing it is the biggest crime ever.
"Organically grown". If you mean "Let's buy X studio today, develop a new I. P. with them for tomorrow", then duh, of course. The only other option is to continue an already established series with the acquired studio, like COD for example, and/or a successful studio with a popular track record, like Bethesda. OR SONY WITH INSOMNIAC, as another example. A close relationship for years, finally leading to a purchase in 2019. That's fine for Sony, but not MS? Nonsense. This is about money at the end of the day, not you and your favourite plastic box.
Essentially, "Sony good Xbox bad!!!". Such a hypocrite.
Meh, Sony can be salty about it. PlayStation should be just fine. I don't hear the Sony hardcore bemoan their exclusives, but a few exclusives outside the Sony sphere is apparently the greatest crime in human history to some. 🙄
@Casco A lot of people really don't understand semantics. You buy a physical object, you own the object itself, not the data within. That's quite clear. Everyone should move on.
I can take my Switch (or a Steamdeck) anywhere and play my entire library because it doesn't require WIfi. it will be laggy AF, or drain your data in minutes.
Lol, keep dreaming, corporate goons. 😂
You think Sony could earn 1 billion dollars on a God of War film, or open a popular theme park? Doubtful.
No doubt Nintendo and Sony are the top gaming brands, but corporate goons will always suck themselves off 24/7 and make up delusional BS.
@RonnieL Its all the exact same money at the end of the day, which is all these companies care about. They don't differentiate between who made what, who purchased whom, etc... Leave that for gamers and fanboys alike to scream at each other about online. You may be shocked to learn this, but Sony nor any other firm doesnt give an eff about you.
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Re: Ghost of Tsushima Movie Making Progress as Director Heaps Praise on the Game
Ghost of Tsushima is Sony's best IP since Last of Us. Really hope to see a sequel.
Re: Skipping RoboCop: Rogue City on PS5? You're Going to Need a New Plan
@Fester Since it takes place after the second movie (a fact mentioned in the video and first sentence of paragraph 2), I would say Clarence is still long dead. 😉
Re: Gallery: PlayStation Studios Boss Hermen Hulst's X Avatars Are Just the Best
@Powerplay94 What you call being quiet, I call an unreasonable amount of silence and secrecy resulting in almost no reason to get excited about much of what Sony may be working on internally. PS5 is 3 years old at this point. The ND leaks were welcomed.
Re: Ubisoft Exec Says Physical Sales Slowing, But They're Not Going Away
@zupertramp Firstly, since when is "kneecapping" an elitist term? I think you've been online too long. Would you prefer downgrade?
Secondly, and this was addressed at Waveboy originally, for someone to throw away their perfectly good and functional PS5, for a new model that has LESS features, while overall spending MORE money? How on earth is advocating for the opposite elitist? I suggested to waveboy to save that money and keep the device they already have, that happens to have more features. And yet somehow, that's elitism..?
A true elitist consumes every new thing, even if it's downgraded just to be cool and current, while spending the most money. I advocated the complete opposite philosophy.
Mother of god... You missed the plot completely. 🤦♂️
Re: Ubisoft Exec Says Physical Sales Slowing, But They're Not Going Away
@zupertramp Wow, you read elitism out of my harmless comment? Next time, engage with substance, not such nonsense.
Re: Ubisoft Exec Says Physical Sales Slowing, But They're Not Going Away
@WaveBoy I'd keep the disc-based console and not kneecap one's self with the digital one, on top of spending additional money which could be spent on games.
Re: The Last of Us 2 PS5 Remaster Seems to Be Real
@JSnow2 @Sanquine I'm just here to continue the Jim Ryan bashing and expressing hope that his replacement is not worse. Hulst was also awful. Sony is in dire need of a new and better vision for PlayStation.
Re: Who Is PlayStation's New CEO, Hiroki Totoki?
@Oz_Momotaro Well, if it wasn't clear by now, media industries feed on nostalgia. To abandon one's entire legacy is how you lose your original fans, and your relevancy fades. Imagine if Mario, Zelda and Pokemon suddenly ended, Nintendo would be a world of trouble. You're unreasonable to say "Sony, throw all your old IPs away, only make new stuff every new generation". Completely unrealistic.
Re: The Last of Us Multiplayer Game Is 'Basically on Ice' Right Now
Excellent. 👏 Never should have had resources wasted on this, when TLoU 3 and UC5 could be made instead, or even a different idea altogether.
This project should be cancelled outright. Shoehorning MP into games that don't benefit from it is ridiculous.
Re: Who Is PlayStation's New CEO, Hiroki Totoki?
@Oz_Momotaro Reinventing some old IPs would inject some lifeblood into these states of play snoozefests. Look at Capcom, literally remaking their entire RE series, continuing Street Fighter, innovating with Monster Hunter, brought Mega Man back, continuing AA, and their profits, stock and popularity have skyrocketed in recent years.
Nintendo continuously reinvents Mario, with 64, Sunshine, Galaxy, Odyssey, NSMB, and now Wonder. They reinvented Zelda with OOT, WW, and BOTW. Both IPs are just as relevant today as they were back in the 80s, perhaps moreso (Mario film made 1B+)
Sony keeps a few old IPs around like God of War and Gran Turismo, but they're sitting on an enormous wealth of old IP that they just don't seem to want to use. The notion that there's millions of loyal PlayStation Gamers that have been gaming with them for over 20 years, to also say that 70 to 80% of those PS players have never played any of those old IPs, doesn't add up. Sony is having an identity crisis, and they seem clueless as to what to do about it. VR is and will remain a niche for quite some time, so they can't bet on that to be the huge breakthrough that they need. They had a good thing going with The Last of Us, until they decided to pour tons of resources into a stupid multiplayer game; MP is not what TLOU is about. Let's continue Uncharted with Drake's daughter, but they don't seem to be doing that.
Splinter Cell is dead. Metal Gear is dead. Perfect Dark is years away. This is the perfect time to bring back Syphon Filter; can't tell you how much I'm craving a big-Budget, decent third person stealth action game.
These are just a few ideas off the top of my head that would make PlayStation more exciting again. Ryan personified the abandonment of the company's roots, and while Sony is in the unique position of also being a hardware maker, we've seen time and time again what often happens to companies that completely abandon what made them successful in the first place.
Re: Who Is PlayStation's New CEO, Hiroki Totoki?
I'm thrilled Ryan is leaving. Although this Hiroko is the "infinite growth obsession" dude, the worst element of capitalism, so that's not great...
Sony is losing touch with the fan base. There's nothing on the horizon that I get excited for when I think of PlayStation, at least from a 1st party perspective. These State of play showings are snoozefests. Sure, Spider-Man 2 will be fun, but it's hardly original. I want Sony to turn it around, make some more quirkier titles, revive some old IPS like Infamous or Warhawk or Syphon Filter, stuff like that.
Re: Jim Ryan Retires as PlayStation Boss in March 2024
@AhmadSumadi After Don Matrick took a steaming, big massive dump on Xbox gamers and the platform's legacy, Phil's oversight has been a complete 180. You can't deny the brand is in better (not perfect) shape overall compared to 8-9 years ago.
Ryan, and Sony in general, has shown little regard in recent years for PS's legacy, with Ryan doing nothing to remedy that. That's one big reason why he needed to go. The closure of Japan Studio and shift away from unique, quirkier titles are others.
Re: Jim Ryan Retires as PlayStation Boss in March 2024
Best PlayStation news all year! GTFO, Jim! You're awful! 👏🤣
Re: Xbox Documents Reveal Staggering Cost of Bringing Games to Game Pass, PS Plus
@S1ayeR74 I remember how common demos used to be in the ps3/360 days. Seems like every other game was getting a demo each week. Now they're far more uncommon. 😔
Re: Xbox Documents Reveal Staggering Cost of Bringing Games to Game Pass, PS Plus
@RedShirtRod And that's why so many users online, who don't know fk all about what they're talking about, cry and whine about how terrible GP and PS+ subs are; if it was losing colossal amounts of money, MS and Sony wouldn't be doing it. The business model is cleary making them both money. I'm not even defending the prominence of TV/gaming/music etc. subscription models, as I like owning my media, but it's not going away, and it clearly brings in big bucks.
Re: One of the Worst Games of All Time Is Coming to PS5, PS4, And You Won't Believe the Merch
Playing this with friends when it's on sale for $1 is the only redeeming factor here. So many games, far more worthy of a modern physical version, like The Simpsons Arcade Game for example, get passed over, yet this trash gets treated better, is such a reflection of our industry atm. 😔
Also, LRG is hot, flaming garbage. Eff them.
Re: Unity Closes Multiple Offices, Cancels Town Hall Following Death Threat
Threats of violence are always wrong and must be followed up with law enforcement in every case, however Unity's management needs to go for this horrendously terrible, greedy recent decision.
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced During Sony's State of Play Livestream for September 2023?
I'll get Spiderman 2 later. RE4 DLC will be good, but need to play base game first. Otherwise, this had very little. The Nintendo Direct was much better; more games, both new and returning classics.
Re: Is Sony Working on a New PS2 Emulator for PS5, PS4?
PS3 would be even better. 🫤
Re: Saints Row May Be Free on PS Plus Soon, But Its Developer Is No More
Wow... I just finished the original Red Faction yesterday, after having played the others over the years, plus Saints Row 3 and 4. That's terrible news, I always liked them. 😭
Re: PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass Spending Has Completely Plateaued in USA
I can live without either, since I like owning my games, not renting them. Also, Xbox doesn't charge for backing one's saves onto the cloud, unlike Sony and Nintendo. Especially handy when going between two or more devices.
Re: Poll: Did You Buy Armored Core 6?
Hell no. I still recall how awful AC4 was way back on PS3.
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on PlayStation Portal?
@lolwhatno I'm no stranger to criticizing Sony, esp. as of recent, but users like that person just descend gaming/insert topic here into a hateful, toxic mess that benefits no one. I too was the ultimate blind fanboy as a teenager, and I'm truly embarrassed by that when I reflect back.
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on PlayStation Portal?
@naruball I like both personally, hence why I had to mention the two devices. 😍
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on PlayStation Portal?
@naruball I was merely comparing the form factor. At least Steamdeck has some Sony titles.
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on PlayStation Portal?
For that money, buy a Switch or Steamdeck instead. Clueless Sony can't read the room. 🤦♂️
Re: Red Dead Redemption Runs at 4K, 30FPS on PS5
Oh Rockstar, another half-assed effort. Ultimately Xbox is the best place to play RDR, it seems.
Re: Embracer's Broken $2 Billion Verbal Agreement was Reportedly with Saudi-funded Savvy Games
Saudi money is blood money. Major shame on Embracer for even attempting this in the first place. As always, the regular workers get screwed. Corporations are not your friends.
Re: PlayStation and Other Gaming Titans Flock to Twitter Rival Threads
@Impossibilium All very valid points. These days I just use Muskrat Central to follow gaming deals. My FB account is still open, but I never post anything and rarely check it after realizing that it's just a giant waste of time and I don't care about who went on vacation to wherever with their spouse, or where someone went for lunch. 🤦♂️
Re: PlayStation and Other Gaming Titans Flock to Twitter Rival Threads
@Ravix The post was deleted but thank you, I appreciate it.
Someone has to stand up and point out the ridiculous behaviors and hypocracy of Musk, and those labeling everything "Marxism" when that stems purely from an economic political theory; it's just spreading more disinformation and nonsense.
Despite all the problems of Twitter's previous management, at least it was publicly traded, now it's literally just 1 billionaires tyrannical fantasy come true. It's even less Democratic than it was, but that irony is lost on certain people in this thread.
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Re: Sony Exhibiting at Tokyo Game Show 2023, But Only with Indies
Sony's lineup: so secret, even they don't know what the hell they're doing.
Re: Kit Your PS5 Out in LeBron James Designed Decals from 27th July
That's vomit-enducing. 🤮
Re: Sony Spends a Fortune Getting an Assortment of Sports Stars to Explain Final Fantasy 16
Who? Not a FF fan but I guarantee you Final Fantasy as a brand is far more famous than these people combined. Do stupid campaigns like this even convince one extra gamer to buy a copy, who isn't already aware of and foaming at the mouth for the next Final Fantasy? That's a terrible ROI, lol.
Re: "We've Lost the Console Wars," Says Trillion Dollar Underdog Xbox
@Jamesblob
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Sony
Oh look at that, Sony has acquired 22 game studios since the year 2000 alone. Totally fine when Sony buys out studios, yet MS doing it is the biggest crime ever.
"Organically grown". If you mean "Let's buy X studio today, develop a new I. P. with them for tomorrow", then duh, of course. The only other option is to continue an already established series with the acquired studio, like COD for example, and/or a successful studio with a popular track record, like Bethesda. OR SONY WITH INSOMNIAC, as another example. A close relationship for years, finally leading to a purchase in 2019. That's fine for Sony, but not MS? Nonsense. This is about money at the end of the day, not you and your favourite plastic box.
Essentially, "Sony good Xbox bad!!!". Such a hypocrite.
Re: "We've Lost the Console Wars," Says Trillion Dollar Underdog Xbox
Obligatory "nice". 😜
Meh, Sony can be salty about it. PlayStation should be just fine. I don't hear the Sony hardcore bemoan their exclusives, but a few exclusives outside the Sony sphere is apparently the greatest crime in human history to some. 🙄
Re: YouTuber Yong Yea Is the New English Voice of Kazuma Kiryu
Always play Yakuza in Japanese, people. 🧐
Yong as a YTer = meh, as are most of these long-winded vloggers.
Re: Preview: It's Virtually Impossible for Armored Core 6 to Fail
Absolutely zero personal interest in AC. 🤷♂️
Re: Prince of Persia's Devs Welcome All Reactions After Overwhelmingly Negative Response to PS5, PS4 Sidescroller
It was the garbage music and the ridiculous character design.
Change that, and Ubi will have a solid hit with this. We all want to see the Prince return.
Re: Shadows of the Damned, the Forgotten PS3 Shooter, Is Getting a Remaster
Largely forgettable? Pfft, says you, Sammy. 🤮 SotD was fantastic.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1 PS5 Pre-Orders Punched to the Top of PS Store
@Casco A lot of people really don't understand semantics. You buy a physical object, you own the object itself, not the data within. That's quite clear. Everyone should move on.
Re: Sonic Creator Yuji Naka Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
@Fight_Teza_Fight Don't knowingly commit crimes next time then. I'm happy to see white collar crime punished. That's what we need more of.
Re: Poll: Which PS5 Blockbuster Will You Be Playing in June?
None of them. 🤷♂️
Re: PS5 Remote Play Handheld Allegedly Has Just Four Hours of Battery Life
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Re: Sony Significantly Scales Back Development of The Last of Us Multiplayer for PS5, Says Report
Just give us a new TLoU or UC. Skip the multiplayer crap.
Re: PS5 Remote Play Handheld Allegedly Has Just Four Hours of Battery Life
Dead on arrival. Sony loves to copy Nintendo, and yet still they haven't got a clue. Stick with Switch and Steamdeck.
Re: Sony's Portable PS5 Streaming Handheld Launches Later This Year
I can take my Switch (or a Steamdeck) anywhere and play my entire library because it doesn't require WIfi. it will be laggy AF, or drain your data in minutes.
FFS, Sony hasn't got a clue...
Re: PlayStation Well Ahead of Nintendo, Xbox In Terms of Brand Momentum, Says Sony
Lol, keep dreaming, corporate goons. 😂
You think Sony could earn 1 billion dollars on a God of War film, or open a popular theme park? Doubtful.
No doubt Nintendo and Sony are the top gaming brands, but corporate goons will always suck themselves off 24/7 and make up delusional BS.
Re: Microsoft's $69 Billion Activision Deal Approved by the EU Commission
@RonnieL Its all the exact same money at the end of the day, which is all these companies care about. They don't differentiate between who made what, who purchased whom, etc... Leave that for gamers and fanboys alike to scream at each other about online. You may be shocked to learn this, but Sony nor any other firm doesnt give an eff about you.