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@ShogunRok

Yeah, it sure did, thanks. I'm sure the devs can properly balance this game in a few patches' time. After all, which game today doesn't change for the better in time.

@MrPeanutbutterz

But did the formular ever change, though? The newer gokart games are cut from the same cookie cloth?

Also, another example is Super Smash Bros on Switch. I played that against some teenagers, and it is a deceptively simple button smasher where you can sometimes recover by jumple jumping when beating off the ledge.

My point is: I rate Nintendo high, but not as high as PlayStation and don't get the appeal that it has for many, many adult gamers.

Xbox Series X is by all accounts a good machine. I'm looking forward to seeing the PoliticallyCorrectBox specs and capability. If it is the best "console" for some years that'll genuinely excite and energize loyal fans of Xbox.

An excellent read!

I thought I had gained immunity from temptation from a Monster Hunter game due to its almost impenetrable menu systems and game play systems.

I'll wish list this because of this review, thanks!

I have a question: Is it a matter of (a lack) of strategic insight that makes you say you are sidelined? Or difficulty. Or a mix of both? Like, if a match is won or lost because you didn't focus on the enemies brought to their knees by companions... Or is it just boring because no matter what you do you win?

@LowDefAl

It is probably a lack of cogent arguments.

@Max_the_German

I really don't think Sony would buy Bungie if they could look in the crystal ball.

People talk about the 3 billion sale, but there's also the bonus they paid to keep people in their jobs, and of course their huge salaries.

I wonder how big the studio is nowadays since Marathon seems like a small game that could have been made by 30 people.

@Max_the_German

It is a great misfortune for Marathon that Arc Raiders became such a big success. It's eating Marathon's launch money🤪

I recently just tried watching 5 minutes of Arc Raiders on YouTube and was bored to sleep.

Playing Marathon in beta felt good, but also hardcore and mysterious.

@MrPeanutbutterz

I did try some of the games Nintendo offers one way or the other. Mostly when I was a kid - some gaming night clubs have the original Mario car game as a party game which is fun once in a blue moon still. But still - it is so very simple that it is nostalgia* that carries the experience for me. Compare that to PSVR 2 GT7!

• and ample amounts of alcohol

@GregamanX
I forgot I had to finish Burning Shores!

Great choice of free time usage!

@MrPeanutbutterz
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/12/talking_point_nintendos_focus_on_younger_players_is_a_positive_not_a_negative

It's for kids in my opinion. The mechanics are accessible, no?

The same thing happened to the KOTOR-remake. They got new publishers but it didn't exactly bring the cow to market.

They could maybe just ask for less. 44 additional million dollars is a princely sum.

On one hand, I don't want studios to die out and people lose their jobs, but on the other hand it would seem that developers are asking for exorbitant pay checks making development of games balloon in time and budget.

Personally, I certainly don't need more Yakuza games. At one point, it felt like a new one came out each week!

I am playing Spider-Man 2
I arrived at the Amusement Park trying rides waiting for it to go bad somehow.

Playing some Lake House dlc for Alan Wake 2.

Also, on PC, I will play the amazing demo of Heroes of Might and Magic. It is back, baby! My first match is in a very large map playing as Temple.

Keeping BG:3 and KCD2 as my premier backlog. I do that to games I really love to try and savour these games. My dark secret is that one of my absolute favorite games of all time, Metal Gear Solid ended with me NOT finishing the fight against Metal Gear Rex due to my young self feeling such a level of awe and revelation. (I know it boggles the mind😂)

You are making up the demand of the nextbox - no data suggests gamers are clamoring for it.

Sony's PlayStation won the console war and made M$ a publishing vassal owing its allegiance and fealty to PlayStation.

Playstation's true enemy is Nintendo now. As such, their new hardware and handheld should come to market at an opportune moment for this war to be fought and won.

Nintendo games are very simple cookie cutter stuff, and the Nintendo gamers are made to enjoy that form of simplicity, but I think PlayStation can compete, but it'll take better hardware and better games too.

I do agree that the next consoles are like smartphones. The improvements are incremental, and people will keep buying their brand at their convenience.

She cried about her idea taken elsewhere was taken from her. Good thing she did, it earned her a paycheck and a listing in the credits. Well done👍

Originality is about hiding your sources well.

@DarianStarfrog

Are you? About what?

I don't like the sound of that.

As a consumer, I feel the current prices on games make me disinterested in pulling the trigger on purchasing many games, even when substantially discounted. Suspicion on pricing will only make me even more entrenched in my consuming ways.

I've slept on physical media this entire generation, because the price of entry for a digital-only console was slightly lower. There's hardly any places left in my country where you can buy physical media, let alone trade in.

My heart goes out to all the haters that are going through tough times at the moment.

Some mental notes (pun intended)

• The simplicity of Project Helix is nice, and it is recognisable but new
• Will it 'retain' XBOX DNA? Marketing-wise that gives a lot of possibilities, but what will it actually mean?
• What storefronts will it support? With SteamMachine coming out maybe the picture gets muddled if it plays your steam library.
• Aesthetics and portability, specs, AI-software and all that haven't been teased at all yet?
• The little video of the logo have already got some talking about whether or not it is AI-fabrication. I hope not.
• console exclusives are Co Pilot and Teams

Yeah, it's a little funny. They have screens, headsets, controllers and speakers. You could have your Playstation/PC setup and almost exclusively use Sony products. If they made online play much cheaper, they could out-PC PCs.

There's still a handful playstation titles available on PC storefronts to entice or inform PC gamers on the kind of experiences coming out of first party studios, but I thought the push were going to be more aggressive. It must be the piracy and the fact that pulling users to Playstation is worth more than selling a relatively large number of games on PC.

Great news for ... Sony themselves!

A shame that the body of PC players are so "terrible" as to not "deserve" a port.

Horrible marketing for the game - his credibility plummets when he angrily asks to left alone. Who "cooks" a game in the last two weeks? I lost interest in the game when I found out it wasn't an RPG. If the game gets rave reviews - all of this hardly matters though.

The last developer who said that got his game cancelled and his studio is de facto shut down, namely Bend Studios. He also badmouthed the original creators whom are the sole reason he has any job to begin with. He is/was community manager at Bend or something.

If you can't level up they're right to try and persuade news outlets to stop calling it an RPG. Too many will be expecting rich skill trees and so on. The damage has been done, but I like that the PR team isn't covering it up.

Faye wasn't that compelling in the dream-like sequences, although they created some air of mystery shrouding her. For context, I just didn't enjoy the dream sequences.

The environmental storytelling concerning one area of the game where Kratos find out (spoiler) more about her are better at teasing/describing her appeal and why it May be a Devil Cry-game

Not my kind of month.
I voted 'disappointed' and 'none', but that's okay.

I have Marathon and Spider-Man 2, so I have NO complaints.

@sea_change

That would be a rare occurrence.

Because there's so many xbox and PC-guys commenting in Playstation communities, I started paying attention to the console wars and there wasn't many games where Series X had better graphics than Playstation.

@GalacticBreakdown

'Burnt Peanut' is the world's most watched streamer? Jesus. Reminds me of my younger days playing Destiny with 'Handicap Toilet'.

I wonder how old the median stream-watcher is and how much money they spend on games... I would probably be shocked, because I am guessing the average streamee is 11, their budget also 11 and the average streamer 22. 😂

@CielloArc

Thank you for this piece of context - I was convinced it had to be FromSoft blocking it, but didn't remember or read reports that stated the exact opposite.

This is so obvious. Like, I knew this years before this article confirmed it. Yet, I've never seen Bloodborne fans call out FromSoft for this. They've called out Sony and said they're waiting for this or that.

I really dislike Soulslikes, so I don't care either way. But I am fascinated to see where the saga about it goes from here.

There's room for so much improvement. Nothing has been optimal about the support of PSVR 2.

Every stone of criticism has been turned before, but at the end of the day a million people have happily enjoyed this alternative to flat screen gaming and you can make a good top 10 or even 20 of available games for the system. If you want this kind of experience, it is a good enough platform even if it isn't added to.

Can we be real for a moment?

Whoever the f.. Peanut is, he isn't commanding a legion of people who pay for games to play. They're literally watching him play instead of playing themselves.

If the game is going to be a success then it'll be the players who like it. Streamers can go stream themselves.

A Wolverine game seems made for me. Nostalgia for all the hours spent reading comics. I remember an X-Men magazine without him was always a let down😂

It is going to be fun brandishing the claws in-game myself.

I am experiencing JOOI which is the opposite of FOMO. The Joy of Opting-In.
I don't expect to actually notice any difference right away, but am interested in what they say.

No!

Shuts door

Rolls down curtains

That is pretty cool!

I wonder what they rest of the team is up to? Mayhaps a longer DLC locked to another character?!

I wonder how many of the commenters have tried PSVR2 or played any of the many games on offer?

My experience is that VR offers a transformative experience that I wouldn't be without. But, it is more demanding than a normal flatscreen-experience.

@ozkrmz

Hah! I do believe you have a very large library (of physical) media. No need to illustrate the point any further👍And of course, I have, in the past, downloaded movies, music and series. Not clean in the slightest - but that isn't a requirement to cry bloody murder.

Still, at the end of the day my point is that people should support studios' games if they can, sooner rather than later these days.

As to your impressive collection of mostly older gens? I've gone digital some while ago, long enough to have gotten rid of any rag-tag physical media. Oh... I actually do have Until Dawn and Fallout 4 on PS4 discs as the entirety of my physical collection. Call it even?🤪

Not a great pick in my opinion.

I can't and won't get in to a flat screen golf experience.

I was pretty bummed out by Undisputed, but got some hours out of the title anyways. It was lacking in several departments but the real blow to morale came in my first online match. Apparently the opponent can just backtrack and have parades up and be impenetrable whereas I was knocked out by an uppercut that was half a meter from connecting. Hilarious slow-mo clip, but infuriating and moments after that match I uninstalled and won't be coming back.

@ozkrmz

"Hateful and a disgrace"...

I see my reputation precedes me🤕🤦

Jokes aside...

Like I said: Ample anecdotal evidence and factual sales numbers tell me clearly that the market for pirated games on PC is too irresistible for the majority of the player base. One of the main reasons people give for adopting a more expensive PC is that you get the games 'for free'.

So, it isn't hate speech to address the rampant pirating on PC. But it IS presumptuous to judge you specifically - which rhetorically isn't the point I am trying to get across. However, you did boast about your lack of paying for games+consoles if you recall.

Also, if I was looking for pirated materials I wouldn't check your official store fronts. I'd be looking on your C:/.

@ozkrmz

And how many games have you stolen for your fully fledged PC?

I talked to an affluent PC gamer this weekend. Like everyone else on that platform, he was proud to say how many games he stole.

It starts with the truth and ends with a lie: "If the game is good, I'll buy it". Only think is the sales numbers don't lie. You steal and leave it at that.

I will definitely jump into Marathon for the server slam!

I hope I like their focus on multiplayer, seeing as I am most of the time a single player. If so, I'll buy it and support the devs that way.

People are hypocritically gunning for other devs on this, and quite frankly: We will all remember your hypocritical betrayal. I'll hold the idiots accountable. Just as bombings and threats ought to be handled.

I guess it is okay to say 'slop' again, Nadella?

They should focus on selling PS5 pros. And consumers should look to it. The machine is good enough to compete with 1000+ dollar-machines.

@Chidoro

It is I, Gemini!

I just thought they made an elegant announcement, but at the end of the day I don't trust them further than I can throw them. Their track record speaks for itself.

Hermen Hulst was also promoted (and demoted) organically, but that bumbling fool has been a catastrophe.

Ryan McCaffrey has a good article on it, whilst we let the story develop on site.

I think this shake up has been communicated very elegantly. It comes off as an amicable, co-opted piece and it is an organic line of succession within the company and their pledge is everything a gamer would like to hear. They speak plainly about what they want to avoid and it reflects well on them and are in alignment with the departing execs' pledges.

I'm in... hook , line and sinker.

This is just further evidence of the absolute ineptitude of Hermen Hulst.

I am disgusted to see him allow this own goal marketing. I am not surprised that he didn't stop to think about congesting the flow of information to at least try and alleviate the bombardment of the other activities on their channels.

Jim Ryan and therefore Her men Hilst 'believed in' organic growth leading in to this generation, but inexplicably chose to try and brute-force inorganic creation of monetizable live service games.

The inexplicable part is a little 'plicable' when game journalists remind us where the most growth and the largest part of their revenue is found - in online services in general.

The fact is that not every PlayStation out there buys new games, and the lack of game sales is further exacerbated by SONY putting their marquis titles on PS Plus services which in my opinion is way to generous - I should have bought GOW: Ragnarok and I might still yet, but it seems as if games has to be an early success in order to sustain the devs' job security.

In the end, it is a management problem and I agree with the opinion piece, but this reminds me to put my money where my mouth is.

@Fartingale

I think Hermen Hulst has cemented his legacy as an idiotic and incompetent manager of Sony 1st party studios.

He has NO successes, only failures. Yes, some developers has done well despite of this snake, but far to many has gone the way of the dodo or has been floundering this generation.

That stupid incompetent idiot!

Just reading the first line: "His Town hall Meeting" every idiot exec are doing 'Town Halls' these days.

That statement is lies and excuses, the real issue is that he is an exceptionally incompetent idiot who could be entrusted with driving even a well-oiled business into the ground.