Once again, poorly handheld by Sony. Common PlayStation L.

Make a second gen PSVR, but then:
-Not being backwards compatible with PSVR1 games
-No upgrade paths for PSVR2 versions from 1
-No PC compatibility for the longest time and by then, people already moved on
-Less games than PSVR1
-Just like PS5, poor first party support

Sony on a roll of Ls.

You can clearly tell Sony is out of touch and only catering to shareholders. Absolute bad show.

Genuinely the worst show of the year so far. Should've been an email.

I have a suggestion for a better name for the article:
"Sony's Decision to End Physical Discs is Getting Indies Caught in the Crossfire"

@Shrek_Realista I hope the PS6 is the next Wii U

Nah, Sony has to learn what they're doing is anticonsumer, monopolistic, and straight up a middle finger to longtime fans.

I knew Sony has always been a garbage company, but the bar has been so low that it became a tripping hazard.

Bungie being a worse fail than Concord needs to be studied and be used as an example of what not to do when trying to chase a trend that died in 2021.

@twitchtvpat
I'm sorry that I'm heavily disappointed on the PS5 and didn't turn out as great as I hoped at the beginning of the generation. If you enjoy it, power to you.

Sony legit doing anything but making games.

Sony officially shut down more studios than games released.

My goodness, the PS5 gen has to be the worst era ever. A huge downgrade from PS4.

Ignoring the success of Astro Bot while doubling down on another Concord.

Get that man away from PlayStation. He's the sole reason why the PS5 era has been beyond mediocre.

Yawn. I'll wait until actual gameplay is shown.

The game had bad writing. I was hoping if the show would at least improve it, but no. Just as terrible.

Adding a color filter suddenly make it impressive?

Standards really have gotten lower, huh?

Lmao, Sony didn't learn a thing from Concord. 😂

Again, grasping straws here. 💀😂

Literally grasping straws here. 💀😂

Maybe don't announce a game way too early. 💀

The fact that it might come out after 2027 is a massive joke. By the time it releases, we'll be getting the PS6. 😭

This is also why long development times is bad and Sony's refusal to make AA games in between big releases hurts them. Maybe PS5 would've been worth playing while waiting for the big AAA exclusives.

It was boring. The only interesting things were Split Fiction, and I guess Sonic Racing CrossWorld. (But that's a whole separate topic)

Also, why did they end with a new IP with no gameplay and instead a CG trailer of a generic guy with a gun looking at an enemy? That's not exciting at all and mind as well not include it in the show.

Overall, it was poor. But that's already expected for most State of Play presentations. 5/10

I really don't want this acquisition to happen. It's bad news for everyone.

PS5 Pro isn't that "pro" after all. 💀

Hope that $700 was worth it. 😂

If Sony acquires it, we're cooked as both gaming and anime fans.

They got Naughty Dog first, and now sadly Guerrilla joins the list of once goated studios that are now mid.

It is pretty wild how PlayStation is adopting what Microsoft wanted to do with the launch of the Xbox One.

But also tbf, it's what the industry is sadly heading to.

@Pepsiman_100
Those games didn't rely on high end specs and did what was more important: fun gameplay.

If anything, indies and most AA games are thriving more than ever over AAA and even "AAAA" games.

Completely agreed with Layden. The chase for high end tech is driving costs way too high and is disrupting creativity. PS5 Pro is proof of that.

@cali_kush70
Well said. Sony's arrogance from PS2 to PS3 is back and it's even worse than ever. I truly hope the PS5 Pro serves as a wake up call for Sony and start being pro consumer again.

@JokerBoy322
Completely agreed. I'm not having much faith in PS6 already.

@JokerBoy322
Exactly! PS4 was criticized for using a Jaguar CPU, which was already old when the PS4 and Xbone released. So PS4 Pro was definitely a welcome upgrade, was noticable and wasn't too expensive at all for what it offered. Especially amazing that it dropped the price of the base model.

@JokerBoy322
Nah, PS4 Pro did offered legitimate advantages by at least improving performance on many games. Plus the price was extremely respectable for $100 more from base PS4.

PS5 Pro truly doesn't offer anything new aside from extra details on games that still won't be 4K. Now that's a waste of money.

This is exactly why the PS5 Pro is a waste of resources and fundamentally a useless upgrade.

PS5 games already look good. There's no need to add extra details that is pretty insignificant to gameplay.

Be smart and either don't upgrade if you already have a PS5, or just get the base model if you're planning to upgrade from last gen.

PS5 Pro is truly a waste of everything.

I expected worse and as usual the third parties carried the presentation. Ghost sequel is a nice surprise though. Cought me off guard.

Slightly above mid.

Can't wait to play a PS6 remaster of a PS5 game that was a PS4 remaster that was a sequel to a PS3 games from a PS2 game!

The PS5 Pro is really the most useless and unnecessary refresh to ever release in current history.

The base PS5 is still good enough for what it supposed to be doing, playing games. But even that is more questionable now that Sony is making more consoles than games.

The PS5 has yet to be used to its full advantage since all we keep getting are PS4 remasters and remakes.

It's also comedy gold how they're already talking about 8K when there's no viable 8K displays in the market at all. If the base PS5 couldn't even do proper 4K, what makes the Pro being able to do 8K? You really can't make this up.

Not to mention the lack of a disc drive is extremely concerning and clear that Sony is prioritizing digital. Especially since you cannot buy digital games outside of the PS Store where you can get games at a discount. Nintendo and Microsoft allows their digital games to be sold outside of the eShop and Xbox Store respectively. Why can't Sony? Because they want to monopolize the market at much as possible.

Overall, Sony has been very disappointing, anti-consumer, greedy, and arrogant. I truly hate this era of PlayStation.

PS5 was already the PS4 Pro 2.

So the PS5 Pro is really the PS4 Pro 3. 😂

Another PlayStation L

Pffffff! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Anyway, no.

@TooManyBrownies Exactly. If the game was released in 2017-2018, might've had a fair chance. But it's eight years too late.

@get2sammyb
You said, "Come back and post this comment when Switch has sold 100 million units."

Now that it may likely outsell the PS2, are you gonna be moving goal posts?

It's really upsetting that Factions and Great Web got cancelled in favor such mediocrity and generic hero shooter that feels outdated.

Typical PlayStation L.

I forgor this service existed. 💀

@get2sammyb
Switch is closer to reaching PS2. What's gonna happen now?

PlayStation Stars is an absolute mess.

Even My Nintendo doesn't go that bad, and we all know Nintendo's online services aren't exactly the best. 💀

@nomither6
It just feels like Sony has been more anti-everything these days, they make Apple look like angels.

Reading the comments, it's extremely concerning how people are defending Sony's anti-consumer and anti- competitive practices.

It's a victory not letting corporate greed take over.

It's just frustrating that Sony is legit holding back many third party developers because of their lack of first party exclusives.

SquareEnix and Atlus are perfect examples. So far many SE Games has been locked to PS4/5 and look where that's heading, a loss of over 200 million dollars.

In contrast with Atlus, now that they're free from PlayStation exclusivity and is bringing their games to many platforms as possible, the results speak for itself.

SquareEnix shouldn't be punished for Sony's lackluster generation.