@LordSteev...... I would like to know if anyone can help me. Is there something wrong with first gen PS4 Pro? I mean how can there be people playing CP2077 on the base Ps4. MY PS4 Pro overheats when playing Pes 2020. Is there something wrong that I don't know off with these first gen batch PS4 Pro? I bought this thing mid year 2018, surely it should not be overheating within 2years of its 7year life cycle.
@frabbit...... If TW3 and TLOUII were to release at the same time then you would be crying yourself to sleep everday. TLOU2 would wipe the floor with TW3 every time.
If TW3 released in 2019 it would not seem and feel ground breaking, if TLOU2 released in 2015 it would be regarded as even more mind blowing and jaw dropping than it is now.
So just be glad that TW3 released in 2015 otherwise CDPR would still be a relatively lesser know TIER3/Tier 2 A to AA developer.
@Sam-Bridges......... I must say out of the Uncharted series I have never been so moved by a polygon or virtual character as I am moved by the black lady character in Uncharted 4, I think here name is Nadine. That is one well crafted character. Graphically she is out of this would I would even go out and say she is the best rendered female character in gaming ever and I mean here everything the facial movements, the body movement, the voice capture and delivery, the emotion portrayal and the personality.
She kept busting Nates balls to the point I like it so bad, by the time I finished the game I wish Nate could ride of in the sunset with her.
Elena is great but Nadine is just pure Boss.
She deserves a stand alone game all by herself.......
@leucocyte... You are correct.... Uncharted to Naughty Dog is like Final Fantasy to Square Soft/Enix or Resident Evil to Capcom, they are the only onesnwho can mess it up and they are the only one who can make it right, theses games feel weird and soul less when done by other studios except the mother studio.
@Hyperluminal.... Please take the sand out of your v******, and stop to breath a little and you will realize you contradict yourself.
You said according to your own unproven pixel/resolution calculations that the difference is 44%(subjective and unproven to be correct) which is just speculation on your part, and this difference according to you is significant yet you then state that it's not noticeable unless you magnifyingly zooming like Digital Foundry and it's still not noticeable unless you do a frame by Fram analysis and also have an analyzer which I doubt anyone playing the gaming will be having or doing.
Then you go on a troll "Victim Fit" when @getsammy pointed you out that if anyone were to walk into a room with two guys each playing the game separately on the Ps5 and xboxsx, by only looking at the TV's you would think they were playing co-op the same game running on the same system or one one system. You would only notice one player having the dual sense and the other having the Xbox controller to notice that they are each playing on PS5 and Xboxsx.
@JustPlainLoco..... Your theory is debunked by the fact that Guerilla made games that did not meet commercial or critical expectations for over 10 years ...hence kill one franchise is dead... Yet Sony has not canned them and supported them until they found their groove with Horizon Zero Dawn.
How many of MEDIA molecules games have real commercial hits, yet Sony is pumping money into them till this day........
If your theory had any once of truth then we would not even have Days Gone......
@TheArt... Absolutely on point my guy. Some devs just know their craft and some yah... don't know what to say, too focused on hardware having to do the leg work for them.
I mean the ps1 had some unforgettable gaming experiences and devs had about 2mb to work with and still made it happen
@Jimmer-jammer.... MR JJ..... You deserve a beer. Your entire post is the exact, correct and proper review of the game.
The game is teaming with potential its insane. Your can feel the Decima Engine is well crafted and still has miles to be stretched. Interesting to see how they add to the depth of the world.
The backstory is the best of the last gen, i.e HZD has the best reason why you are doing what you are doing in the game, just that the forward story is told clunky as you said. The backstory is so good I actually want it to be a playable part of the game to see how we got the Dino bots in the first place.
The Dino bots are the starts of show, I bill them as the best enemies to be in combat with the entire generation.
Anyone who wants know what HZD is about should read your post. Best description of the game I have seen on the net.
@Jimmer-jammer... Dude..... Your deserve a beer. Your entire post is the exact, correct and proper review of the game.
The game is teaming with potential its insane. Your can feel the Decima Engine is well crafted and still has miles to be stretched. Interesting to see how they add to the depth of the world.
The backstory is the best of the last gen, i.e H ZD has the
@SweetSummerShunv..... Your use of Insomniac as an example to prove your point completely invalidates your point.
So Insomianic just dropped Miles Morales and will be dropping Rift Aprt soon, so how did they manage to be working on two games at once, do you honestly think Sony would not give Guerilla the same support as Insomianic, trust me, one team was working on HZD PC, one team working on Ps4 H FW and another team working on H FW Ps5.
What this means is that the HZD PC team will now join the two teams working on the 2 versions of H FW for finalizing the game for launch.
I mean it took Bluepoint 2 years to get Demos Souls ready for Ps5 launch from 2018's release of S. O. t. C
@wiiware..... You just stated a contradiction.....
So people are not buy PS systems cause they want for the PS exclusives to be on PC but then when those that do drop on pc drop, they the people who were waiting for them to be on pc don't buy them
@Ah-Void... So are you collecting trophies for yourself or for others.....
If this was eSports, your argument would make sense, however this is an offline single player non competitive game, the game is essentially played in a parody spirit similar to Untitled Goose Game but with guns and humans to kill instead of just annoying them, so in a game like this a device like this which is essentially a device to just mess around with is good to have in the game, those who want the "I did it the hard way " trophies can form their own online tournaments and marvel at their leader board achievements, while the rest of us use the ICA E phone to see if we can be named the world's quickest assassins, not the most merticulars....
If I was an assassin, I would want to have a reputation of getting the job done super quick, and the ICA E Phone allow me to live out that dream, now that fantasy has been taken away.
Again, this is I. O. bending over to the "If its does not play like Bloodmoney, then it's not Hitman " Bloodmoney fanboys and this has resulted in them losing creative control of their own, hence 47 has goen from being AAA blockbuster to AA niche game.... Which is why they ditching this spy/assasin Mr 47 for Mr not shaken but stirred 007 so they can regain their creative control, nobody is going to tell them how 007 should play and because 007 is much more famous than 47, the casuals more will drown out the vocal blood money fanboys.
@naruball.... Don't worry Ragnarok is coming........... PS5 is just giving the industry to catch it breath for a minute........ Sony has just closed PS4 with a bang [TLOU II + GOT].
They are gonna also bomb drop Peter Parker on everyone....
@2cents..... Can u please donate it to me....... Too broke to get one even if it was available............. Sony made a knock out of a machine.......... It's dank
@Boon520..... With all custom plate makers suddenly popping up everywhere, You can bet when Sony releases the official PS5 plates they will let every other faceplate look cheap. So everybody should hold off on buying, I sense this is gonna be Playstation's longest generation. There is still the PS5 PRO to come also.
@LiterallyDoNotCare... Yep 100 % correct. The background story of Horizon Zero Dawn is the most underrated thing about the game. I actually wanted to play the background story on how the world descended and how the mech dinos were. It is actually so brilliant I had thought they would do a dlc for it. I would even watch a Horizon Zero Dwan Movie that focus on the world before it went under, it is a beautiful and well crafted story. It is essentially and advance tech version of World War 3 or what World War 3 could play out like.
I am glad I was not the only one who loved it.
Also, there is a conundrum withe game play of Horizon, as the entire game combat is based on the melee and arrow combat which is very ingaging and immersive and very unique to Horizon. But at the end off the game, the game briefly opens up combat via you now being able to fire guns or fun based weapons instead of the arrow/melee. I made for a potential exciting multi-player mode it wish Gorilla would explore.
@nessisonett... In hindsight, can we still look the "side-quests" of the Witcher 3 as proper side quests in the traditional sense, the thing is it kind of hard to keep calling them side quests when the actual meat of the game is packed in them with the supposed main mission/story line of the game is bare bones.
Literally you will struggle and may likely not proceed and will definitely not see half of the game if you only focus on the Main narrative/plotstory and don't do the side quests, the main plot becomes a breeze when you do side quests and over half of the game content is packed in these side quests.
Compared to what you would call classic side quest where you can proceed with the main story with the side quests being largely neglible, i. e. optional.
@nessisonett... You say it as if there is or has ever been any game with a story that could rival Hollywood, books or even a comic book. All games are ultimately simple tales that would be on SyFy with a 10p budget and a largely Canadian cast. If we're to watch all games as movie's with the stories already written, then as an industry it would fall flet as they would be atrocious. The only reason we even bother with games is their interactivity. Horizon's isn't bad because of pacing, it's bad because once Gorilla nailed the basics of the mech dinos they almost complete put a lot of work into polishing them they are so good. The story was then went to after but by then they would not have time to craft an engaging and immersive tale. The background story is great though.....
@Ralizah.... Agreed.... Leaving TLOU 2 alone a bit, I do agree the stars of the show for Horizon are the mech dinosaurs............ They are so good they make the not up to par story forgivable. The story did start well but kind of fell off and became kind of secondary to the mech dinos. The other thing that's is kinda under-rated about the story is actually the background story of how the mech dinos came to be. I actually wanted background part of the story to be playable/played out in the game.
@evan23......... I would recommend to STAY CLEAR OF ANY USED Ps4 for absolute serious risk of wasting money on a system that will overheat, rather wait for Sony to drop the price which they will do in the next 18-24 months or save your money for the Ps5.
@get2sammyb.... Wow this looks so everagr and generic..... Surely this games does not review higher than 6 for graphics.
Sammy guys must be fair, all other devs who released games similar to the previous game got points of the reviewe score for not doing something new.
This looks like Tha same crap as Hitman 2. So if this is the case then this is a DLC and must be reviewed as such. Aside from graphics it still plays so plastic, I mean the play through I have just seen, the a.i. is still a joke. The game is still confused as to what it wants to DO, I mean the pathetic story opportunity are still there.
In terms of a franchise or game it has not move forward from 2016, to the point I think that IO lied, Hitman was supposed to be 1 game consisting of 1, 2 and 3. They just cut it up and released it in piece as three separate game.
Playing both 1 and 2 feels like unfinished games cause they r unfishined games.
I think it's the major reason for 007. It seems IO also felt that the series has stagnated. And this shows cause this is the last Hitman game we will probably see..
@Voltan............. Dude I am broke its no joke, as soon as I have cash the first two game ls I will get is TLOU 2 and MK12 Ultimate.
The game is nothing but pure unadulterated porn beat-em-up. All the beat em ups were a disappointment this generation with Tekken's small roster( NO Lei Wulong is a crime, I want to do drunken master fighting ) and other fighters locked behind paywall, SD being a mess, and Injustice not releasing the potential of the DC Universe licence.
The only beat-em-up that was great is DragonBall Fighterz.
I have not played MK since on the Sega Genesis, but from what I have seen from MK11 gameplay it's just pure fun, I am loving that character who gets his hands overheated(don't know his name), he looks beastly and very aggressive and I like that you can't block or parry him when he overheats his hands.
But its the Hollywood mash up i am liking the most, can't wait to play as Rambo or Robo-Cop
P. S.: Somone needs to urgently do a Robo Cop game or a well crafted Rambo game. Maybe Naughty Dog can try Rambo as their new IP.
If Sony puts MK11 Ultimate on Ps+ I would subscribe to the service in a heartbeat.
SF5, Injustice 1&2, Soul caliber and Tekken 7 were disappointments this past generation, because these game were chasing MTX, Loot boxes and paywalls.
How can Namco release a Tekken without the drunken master Lei Wulong, it'd a crime...
@wiiware....... I understand the cost involved but as a physical first gamer, I also want those games on a physical Ps4 disc, the console only has to install it onto the hard disc.
Man I really need Jackie Chan Stuntmaster, Rollcage stage 2 and the getaway on the Ps5........
@IonMagus..... Wait wooah.... By Ps2 Classic on Ps4 do you mean a Ps4 disc loaded with Ps2 games? Cause I have not seen such in my local store..........
@RPE83..... You sir are are higher intelligence of gaming, you are the higher being of gaming, higher than us console peasants and definitely higher than the PC Master Race.
Great Post. Games are now complex and dynamic and multi-faceted in how they tell stories and build their worlds and allow us to play. And I am liking it very much.
It would be a breath of fresh air if all people(who have been hurt by Joel kicking the bucket) admit that they just wanted to play as Joel instead of lambasting the story unreasonably.
It's like me with Uncharted, I have not beef with other characters but I don't touch an Uncharted game unless Drake is in the driver's seat, I don't hate The Lost Legacy and absolutely love the lady who was kicking Nate's in Uncharted 4, but I only but the Uncharted with Drakes at the helm.
Just like I like Gran Torismo when it's offline.......... Stuff Gran Torismo Sport Polyphony....
@carlos82.... Thank you sir, I am not sure which Part1 a lot of people who like to praise it when bashing part 2 were playing.
From my play through of Part1, 2 things were clear: 1. The game needed and was getting a Part2. 2. Either Joel or Ellie is going to die in Part 2.
These are thoughts and feelings I got when Joel killed the people who were trying to use Ellie for the cure. It clearly dawned on me that this was not a typically Bruce Willis or Jason Statumm adventure of little bruises here and but bad boy hero saves the day kind of adventure or the I do what I like and the world can't touch me adventure.
As to how people thought either Joel or Ellie would survive Part 2 after the ending of part 1 really is the puzzling part for me.
@NEStalgia....... I think game play has moved from being the core of what you would define a video game is being.
Perfect examples being: Journey, Flower, Nintendo ring fit, Summertime Saga, Fire Watch, Detroit Become Human, Heavy Rain, Kentucky Route Zero, Gone Home, All the Music Games such as your Guitar Heroes, Singstar and such, VR and AR.
So games have long past being about mashing butting for the highest score.
So TLOU 2 is well in its right firm to be Knighted king of games for 2020.
Naughty Dogs you sons of Guns they actually did it.
The setting or world of TLOU would in theory have some people in denial and fighting the situation and some embracing the situation happening in the world of TLOU.
They have actually gone transfered the emotions that people living in such a world as TLOU to gamers resulting in the divisiveness around as if people who played the games were actually in the gaming world, people who liked Joel are still pissed about the events while others are indefferrent and have accepted the events that have happened as if people were actually in the world of TLOU.
Emotions are still raging 7 to 8 months after the game released.
Amazing achievement by Naughty Dog then.
So the article is correct IN saying that TLOU II is WHY WE PLAY GAMES.
It's an okay game but for me Doom has to do a lot more that sinner graphics for a game that still looks and play like an 93/94 16bit game. If it keeps the same formula I doubt the franchise will be able to compete with modern games and the reason Doom is even being talked about is because it released in a quiet period being help by the delays last. If it's so good it must try and release at the same time as COD, i bet I would crash and burn major and if the game keeps the same formula then the next release will be final game in the franchise............. If you want evidence look at Hitman, a once great AAA title now on its last legs barely surving as A or AA title, same reason IO is now moving to James Bond, it's such a shame that 47 is gonna Die a forgettable gaming death because the game stagnated and pandered to the Blood Money Fanboys.
@Col_McCafferty & @Platstion1995....... GOW is mostly a corridor walker with a deep Norse Mythology backdrop that is mostly dead and uninterested but pretty and dull, combat is crap until you get to the Chains of Chaos, they forced integration of Atreus into combat rendering Kratos a weak God making all the weakly designed enemies bizarrely overpowered and rendering combat hit sponge excercise(i.e. KRATOS is used to killing God's and great beast, all the enemies in GOW 2028 are below Kratos, yet because Atreus has to be forced to be used in combat, hence Kratos' combat is nerfed), puzzles and side quests are practically useless and are more filler content, characters are not well realized or developed resulting in all of them being forgettable, The only great or good things about GOW are: The world Serpent, The relationship dynamic through the story of Kratos and Atrues is amazing, so as is Atrues knowledge of Norse Mythology, The Valkarys and finally the big one being Atreus' true identity........ And Atrues' identity is the reason GOW has gone from 2nd or 3rd tier Sony first party IP or franchise to being part of the tier 1 games Ala TLOU, Uncharted, Spiderman, Horizon, GT, etc.
I think GOW(2018) is a bit overrated as a game for what it delivers and the praise it has been given, nothing ground breaking happened with the game, they only tapped on the famous Norse Mythology( same reason AC Valhalla is hot property compared to AC Odyssey when issentially they are the same game, maybe Odyssey should have tapped on the Hercules popularity instead of the Spartans and Athenians), and then linked the new characters story to an absolutely popularity /famous Norse Mythology character...............
I got pissed after finishing GOW cause I felt the entire story could have been told in one room or one area instead of being force to go to places that made no sense for absolutely no reason other than to push the story forward.
So while GOW is a good game I felt the effort of 2018 other than having high res textures and completely milking Atreus identity twist, the game did not bring much to the table for all the noise everybody is making about it.
The sad part about gaming is that GOW and Got are the reason games have been focusing on nothing but graphics for the last 15 years, which means more mindless shooting and porn sexy graphics, why must EA Canada innovate or take risks when beautiful graphics sells the game effortlessly, you would actually be stupid as a dev to try to do something new to FIFA instead of graphics, cause people buy game for shiny graphics and mindless shooting, it's same reason Doom 2020 is the same Doom released in 93/94 only with shinier graphics.
@TheUltimateTruth101........ Studio Santa Monica just acquired the former Rockstar engine/ level programmers/designers....... .... So wrong there ridiculous amounts of talent at Sony 1st party. And also if Cyberpunk 2077 represents the talent of the industry then I am fine with Sony's apparent talentless studios as I don't remember them releasing broken unfishined games or I have never seen them claiming a ps2 or ps3 game is a Ps5 game like 343 industries have been saying that embarrassment of a halo reach is a next gen Xbox Sx game and if that is what you mean by talented then MS first party is very talented but I'd stick with the talentless Gorilla who are about to release the gorgeous es Horizon Forbidden West on the majestic Decima engine..... They sure to lack talent don't they............. Stupid fool
@TheUltimateTruth101....... You do realize that Bethesda games are not system sellers.
Actually the following games are systems selles: FIFA, COD, Gta,(a crap load off kids around the world and millions of casuals buy these games like bread each year and they buy the Playstation specifically to play them, why the f*** would Sony spend exclusive deal money with R* on a Ps3 game, cause it sells by the bucket loads and sell a shell load of Playstations and you can bet Sony has they fingers on the upcoming GTA 6) and also Fornite, Rocket League, Apex Legends).
A large majority of Bethesda games sold well on Ps4 with the rest of the sales being PC. MS buying Bethesda does not make the Xbox any attractive, cause the 3080 is $650 and the XBSX is $500 which means the logical option to play the next Bethesda games if they are not coming to PlayStation is on PC at their best performance.
Plus whatever happens Playstation has Spiderman and have that IP alone is enough to warrant shelling out $50p on a Ps5
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@GamerDad66...... Don't worry or panic about PSVR future. It's not banned but not supported or de-actived on the Ps5 because the PSVR 2 is coming.
So it makes no sense to integrate the PSVR on PS5 cause it would derail the PSVR plans and possible attach rates.
Remember Sony entered last in the VR market and they were testing the waters but ended up dominating the market, they are the current VR leaders as the PSVR outsold all VR headsets on the market.
Also PSVR is the reason that Sony decided to discontinue Playstation Handheld concole and hence exit the handheld market, so instead of keeping on chasing Nintendo who have now become specialists in handheld /mobile console and are market leaders, it was better to drop the PSP/Vita and go after the market were you have entered last but have beaten everyone from Google, Nvidia, Facebook and a bunch of other VR sets makers.
I don't currently own a PSVR but I plan on getting a PSVR2 when Sony releases it.
They will never let a device that is a market leader in its market die like that. PSVR is going to mainstream VR gaming.
@John McCormick... Nice refreshing take on games. We tend to take games way too seriously. Also curious as what are some of the games you have played you have found to be rubbish.
And yeah well all do these things to spite! Spite! Spite!
@Ridwaano......... So true..... If there is one technology I wish never made it to consoles it is the internet..................
The moment consoles had internet access games were doomed and we have been on a steady decline on games quality.
1984-1993 : Games were about creativity to stand out you had to bring something different to the table
1994 - 2007 : Golden Age / Pinnacle of creativity gaming. Creativity was in overdrive in this Era, there was so much emphasis in being different that devs were scare if their game even slighty looked like another as they would be called copy-cats and look like they don't know what they were doing.
In this Era it's like every game released wanted to out-do every game released before it.
2008 - Current : Games changed from being and interactive entertainment medium to being cash cows. Since around 2006 2008 Games have changed paradigm and they now are about money.
Granted gaming is a business and money has to be made from the money invested but games before 2009 were to a large extent focused on the creative output, game from around 2008-2009 have become about nothing but money to the point that now you have gaming mechanics in games that have nothing to do with the game or game play but are specifically there to driver micro transactions, loot boxes etc....
@naruball....... I think you care about these niche games, but a large number of gamers see them exactly as Sony does, good if they are there but nothing to worry about if they are not there, the quality of is not high but okay. We want them to be at least at the Level of Ori.
If there is one game that I envy Microsoft for out of their entire Library is the Ori. I don't like Ms and would never buy an Xbox but if there is games that can make me buy an Xbox is the Ori series of games, that's the only good about having an Xbox.
Nintendo I would only buy for Pokeman but the quality of the Pokeman games has not reached or surpasses the N64 Pokeman game or the Gameboy Pokeman games.
So the Sony Japan games need to get to Ori level of quality or N64/Gameboy POKEMAN level of QUALITY.
@NEStalgia...... Everyone is of course entitled to their opinions...... But I find it hard to believe that you bought a console to exclusively play Gravity Rush. These are games are not system sellers and they are not on Nintendos quality level, they are library diversifying games, just to make the PS library have variety and diversity and Sony knows this.
The argument that these games don't sell because of no marketing is also not try, the games don't sell because they have an indies experimental nature and they are not inteded to be sellers because they are not, if they were good they would be selling numbers closer to Nintendo games even the Japan market does not buy them, it's the same reason Sony does not lose sleep over them whether they sell or not.
They are not even at the level of Ori, if they were at least at the level of Ori they would get more attention and sell more.
Mine Craft, PuBG, Fortnite., Apex Legends all didn't have marketing and word of mouth and word of mouth made them viral get played by millions, if these games were any good, word of mouth alone would sell them by the truck loads.
And don't pretend the reason anyone would buy a PlayStation beside the fact that Sony are an awesome platform holder and innovate, but the reason to own a Playstation is Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, Bend, Sucker Punch, Insomniac
@ShogunRok..... That is the fairest take on the whole situation and kind of at least gives us room to give CDPR the benefit of the doubt that it just got too big too quickly in terms of ambition, scope and vision.
I think it's kind of a situation that Metal Gear found itself in when moving from 16bit into 32bit on the ps1. MGS was shuck a shock in terms of realizing the potential of what a game can be as a medium that as soon as the sequal was unnoticed with the upcoming ps2 the expectations for the game went through the roof that even the games' scope kind of ran away from Kojima particularly with the showing of the opening level, which is why I think Kojima went with narrative twist of Raiden....... I maybe too ambitious and maybe put too much respect to Kojima but in think the original scope of Sons of liberty was a game along the beat of the opening level including both Snake Eater and Patriots but was just too big and hence the Riaden plot twist and the other chapert got released via Snake Eater and Patriots, only differemce being that Sons of liberty was playable and Cyberpunk2077 has been released way too early to even be in a stable playable and presentable state, but that my take on it as I think you are spot on in that the complete scope of the is a game not releasing before 2022.
P.S.: With power of the next gen systems I am really interested to see if HELLO GAMES gives No Man SKY another shot via a sequal, the game just needs a new strong narrive director and the dev teams deserves to show us their initial version with the new power of the next gen systems, the grinding in the game just needs a strongly tied narrive and story to it and it could be majestic.
Ubi also need to give Watch Dogs another try(probably the last), there is a very good series to be had with the franchise if they can get a good game play and narrive director.
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Re: The Last of Us 2 Surpasses The Witcher 3 as the Most Awarded Game in History
@LordSteev...... I would like to know if anyone can help me. Is there something wrong with first gen PS4 Pro? I mean how can there be people playing CP2077 on the base Ps4. MY PS4 Pro overheats when playing Pes 2020. Is there something wrong that I don't know off with these first gen batch PS4 Pro? I bought this thing mid year 2018, surely it should not be overheating within 2years of its 7year life cycle.
Re: The Last of Us 2 Surpasses The Witcher 3 as the Most Awarded Game in History
@frabbit...... If TW3 and TLOUII were to release at the same time then you would be crying yourself to sleep everday. TLOU2 would wipe the floor with TW3 every time.
If TW3 released in 2019 it would not seem and feel ground breaking, if TLOU2 released in 2015 it would be regarded as even more mind blowing and jaw dropping than it is now.
So just be glad that TW3 released in 2015 otherwise CDPR would still be a relatively lesser know TIER3/Tier 2 A to AA developer.
Re: The Last of Us 2 Surpasses The Witcher 3 as the Most Awarded Game in History
@mariomaster96.... You also pointed out how Salty you are..... Now we know
Re: Naughty Dog 'Making Something Very Cool' as Hiring Spree Advertised
@Sam-Bridges......... I must say out of the Uncharted series I have never been so moved by a polygon or virtual character as I am moved by the black lady character in Uncharted 4, I think here name is Nadine. That is one well crafted character. Graphically she is out of this would I would even go out and say she is the best rendered female character in gaming ever and I mean here everything the facial movements, the body movement, the voice capture and delivery, the emotion portrayal and the personality.
She kept busting Nates balls to the point I like it so bad, by the time I finished the game I wish Nate could ride of in the sunset with her.
Elena is great but Nadine is just pure Boss.
She deserves a stand alone game all by herself.......
Re: Naughty Dog 'Making Something Very Cool' as Hiring Spree Advertised
@leucocyte... You are correct.... Uncharted to Naughty Dog is like Final Fantasy to Square Soft/Enix or Resident Evil to Capcom, they are the only onesnwho can mess it up and they are the only one who can make it right, theses games feel weird and soul less when done by other studios except the mother studio.
Re: The Evolution of Agent 47's Face Makes for Nightmare Fuel
@Flaming_Kaiser.. ABSOLUTELY LOVE ABSOLUTION
Re: The Evolution of Agent 47's Face Makes for Nightmare Fuel
@nessisonett.. Manhunt and GTA are about as MAKE BELIEF as Doom don't fool yourself.
Re: Hitman 3 PS5 Marginally Outperformed by Xbox Series X
@Hyperluminal.... Please take the sand out of your v******, and stop to breath a little and you will realize you contradict yourself.
You said according to your own unproven pixel/resolution calculations that the difference is 44%(subjective and unproven to be correct) which is just speculation on your part, and this difference according to you is significant yet you then state that it's not noticeable unless you magnifyingly zooming like Digital Foundry and it's still not noticeable unless you do a frame by Fram analysis and also have an analyzer which I doubt anyone playing the gaming will be having or doing.
Then you go on a troll "Victim Fit" when @getsammy pointed you out that if anyone were to walk into a room with two guys each playing the game separately on the Ps5 and xboxsx, by only looking at the TV's you would think they were playing co-op the same game running on the same system or one one system. You would only notice one player having the dual sense and the other having the Xbox controller to notice that they are each playing on PS5 and Xboxsx.
Re: God of War Ragnarok Dev Already Hiring for Next Game
@JustPlainLoco..... Your theory is debunked by the fact that Guerilla made games that did not meet commercial or critical expectations for over 10 years ...hence kill one franchise is dead... Yet Sony has not canned them and supported them until they found their groove with Horizon Zero Dawn.
How many of MEDIA molecules games have real commercial hits, yet Sony is pumping money into them till this day........
If your theory had any once of truth then we would not even have Days Gone......
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Production Efforts Boosted as PC Patches Wind Down
@TheArt... Absolutely on point my guy. Some devs just know their craft and some yah... don't know what to say, too focused on hardware having to do the leg work for them.
I mean the ps1 had some unforgettable gaming experiences and devs had about 2mb to work with and still made it happen
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Production Efforts Boosted as PC Patches Wind Down
@Jimmer-jammer.... MR JJ..... You deserve a beer. Your entire post is the exact, correct and proper review of the game.
The game is teaming with potential its insane. Your can feel the Decima Engine is well crafted and still has miles to be stretched. Interesting to see how they add to the depth of the world.
The backstory is the best of the last gen, i.e HZD has the best reason why you are doing what you are doing in the game, just that the forward story is told clunky as you said. The backstory is so good I actually want it to be a playable part of the game to see how we got the Dino bots in the first place.
The Dino bots are the starts of show, I bill them as the best enemies to be in combat with the entire generation.
Anyone who wants know what HZD is about should read your post. Best description of the game I have seen on the net.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Production Efforts Boosted as PC Patches Wind Down
@Jimmer-jammer... Dude..... Your deserve a beer. Your entire post is the exact, correct and proper review of the game.
The game is teaming with potential its insane. Your can feel the Decima Engine is well crafted and still has miles to be stretched. Interesting to see how they add to the depth of the world.
The backstory is the best of the last gen, i.e H ZD has the
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Production Efforts Boosted as PC Patches Wind Down
@SweetSummerShunv..... Your use of Insomniac as an example to prove your point completely invalidates your point.
So Insomianic just dropped Miles Morales and will be dropping Rift Aprt soon, so how did they manage to be working on two games at once, do you honestly think Sony would not give Guerilla the same support as Insomianic, trust me, one team was working on HZD PC, one team working on Ps4 H FW and another team working on H FW Ps5.
What this means is that the HZD PC team will now join the two teams working on the 2 versions of H FW for finalizing the game for launch.
I mean it took Bluepoint 2 years to get Demos Souls ready for Ps5 launch from 2018's release of S. O. t. C
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Production Efforts Boosted as PC Patches Wind Down
@wiiware..... You just stated a contradiction.....
So people are not buy PS systems cause they want for the PS exclusives to be on PC but then when those that do drop on pc drop, they the people who were waiting for them to be on pc don't buy them
Your statement is contradicting itself...
Re: PS5 Stock Demand Overwhelms Another Online Retailer
Mean while X Box S s and X box X are sitting collecting dust....
Re: Hitman 3 (PS5) - The Ultimate Stealth Sandbox
@get2sammyb...... Must you re-download both games again(h1&h2) even if you own the physical disc's to get the Hitman 3 graphical enhancements.
Re: Hitman 3 Retires the ICA Electrocution Phone
@Ah-Void... So are you collecting trophies for yourself or for others.....
If this was eSports, your argument would make sense, however this is an offline single player non competitive game, the game is essentially played in a parody spirit similar to Untitled Goose Game but with guns and humans to kill instead of just annoying them, so in a game like this a device like this which is essentially a device to just mess around with is good to have in the game, those who want the "I did it the hard way " trophies can form their own online tournaments and marvel at their leader board achievements, while the rest of us use the ICA E phone to see if we can be named the world's quickest assassins, not the most merticulars....
If I was an assassin, I would want to have a reputation of getting the job done super quick, and the ICA E Phone allow me to live out that dream, now that fantasy has been taken away.
Again, this is I. O. bending over to the "If its does not play like Bloodmoney, then it's not Hitman " Bloodmoney fanboys and this has resulted in them losing creative control of their own, hence 47 has goen from being AAA blockbuster to AA niche game.... Which is why they ditching this spy/assasin Mr 47 for Mr not shaken but stirred 007 so they can regain their creative control, nobody is going to tell them how 007 should play and because 007 is much more famous than 47, the casuals more will drown out the vocal blood money fanboys.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Grand Theft Auto V Is the Week's Best-Selling Physical PlayStation Game
@naruball.... Don't worry Ragnarok is coming........... PS5 is just giving the industry to catch it breath for a minute........ Sony has just closed PS4 with a bang [TLOU II + GOT].
They are gonna also bomb drop Peter Parker on everyone....
The Time closes near.........
You Must Prepare Yourself......
RAGNAROK IS COMING..........
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 (PS4) - The Single Biggest Disappointment of the PS4 Generation
@zekepliskin..... I thought it was a widely known position in the game industry..........
Re: Lots of PS5 Games Given Release Windows, Including Solar Ash, Kena, and Stray
@2cents..... Can u please donate it to me....... Too broke to get one even if it was available............. Sony made a knock out of a machine.......... It's dank
Re: Returnal Gets Brand New PS5 Gameplay Trailer, Details on Combat
@Octane... If I may ask, What's truly special about God Of War?
Re: PS2-Style PS5 Consoles Withdrawn From Sale After Company Receives 'Credible Threats'
@Boon520..... With all custom plate makers suddenly popping up everywhere, You can bet when Sony releases the official PS5 plates they will let every other faceplate look cheap. So everybody should hold off on buying, I sense this is gonna be Playstation's longest generation. There is still the PS5 PRO to come also.
Re: Feature: The 10 Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Games of 2021, As Voted By You
@LiterallyDoNotCare...
Yep 100 % correct. The background story of Horizon Zero Dawn is the most underrated thing about the game. I actually wanted to play the background story on how the world descended and how the mech dinos were. It is actually so brilliant I had thought they would do a dlc for it. I would even watch a Horizon Zero Dwan Movie that focus on the world before it went under, it is a beautiful and well crafted story. It is essentially and advance tech version of World War 3 or what World War 3 could play out like.
I am glad I was not the only one who loved it.
Also, there is a conundrum withe game play of Horizon, as the entire game combat is based on the melee and arrow combat which is very ingaging and immersive and very unique to Horizon. But at the end off the game, the game briefly opens up combat via you now being able to fire guns or fun based weapons instead of the arrow/melee. I made for a potential exciting multi-player mode it wish Gorilla would explore.
Re: Feature: The 10 Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Games of 2021, As Voted By You
@Wazeddie22... Kena Bridge of Spririts is 2021 GOTY contender..........
Re: Feature: The 10 Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Games of 2021, As Voted By You
@Wazeddie22...Retunal and Little Devil Inside are sleeper hits of 2021.....
You heard it first hear..........
Re: Feature: The 10 Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Games of 2021, As Voted By You
@nessisonett... In hindsight, can we still look the "side-quests" of the Witcher 3 as proper side quests in the traditional sense, the thing is it kind of hard to keep calling them side quests when the actual meat of the game is packed in them with the supposed main mission/story line of the game is bare bones.
Literally you will struggle and may likely not proceed and will definitely not see half of the game if you only focus on the Main narrative/plotstory and don't do the side quests, the main plot becomes a breeze when you do side quests and over half of the game content is packed in these side quests.
Compared to what you would call classic side quest where you can proceed with the main story with the side quests being largely neglible, i. e. optional.
Re: Feature: The 10 Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Games of 2021, As Voted By You
@nessisonett... You say it as if there is or has ever been any game with a story that could rival Hollywood, books or even a comic book. All games are ultimately simple tales that would be on SyFy with a 10p budget and a largely Canadian cast. If we're to watch all games as movie's with the stories already written, then as an industry it would fall flet as they would be atrocious. The only reason we even bother with games is their interactivity.
Horizon's isn't bad because of pacing, it's bad because once Gorilla nailed the basics of the mech dinos they almost complete put a lot of work into polishing them they are so good. The story was then went to after but by then they would not have time to craft an engaging and immersive tale. The background story is great though.....
Re: Feature: The 10 Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Games of 2021, As Voted By You
@Ralizah.... Agreed.... Leaving TLOU 2 alone a bit, I do agree the stars of the show for Horizon are the mech dinosaurs............ They are so good they make the not up to par story forgivable. The story did start well but kind of fell off and became kind of secondary to the mech dinos. The other thing that's is kinda under-rated about the story is actually the background story of how the mech dinos came to be. I actually wanted background part of the story to be playable/played out in the game.
Re: Is It Worth Buying a PS4 in 2021?
@evan23......... I would recommend to STAY CLEAR OF ANY USED Ps4 for absolute serious risk of wasting money on a system that will overheat, rather wait for Sony to drop the price which they will do in the next 18-24 months or save your money for the Ps5.
Re: Hitman 3 Heads to Asia in Brand New Level Reveal
@get2sammyb
Looks absolutely delicious...
Re: Hitman 3 Heads to Asia in Brand New Level Reveal
@get2sammyb.... Wow this looks so everagr and generic.....
Surely this games does not review higher than 6 for graphics.
Sammy guys must be fair, all other devs who released games similar to the previous game got points of the reviewe score for not doing something new.
This looks like Tha same crap as Hitman 2. So if this is the case then this is a DLC and must be reviewed as such. Aside from graphics it still plays so plastic, I mean the play through I have just seen, the a.i. is still a joke. The game is still confused as to what it wants to DO, I mean the pathetic story opportunity are still there.
In terms of a franchise or game it has not move forward from 2016, to the point I think that IO lied, Hitman was supposed to be 1 game consisting of 1, 2 and 3. They just cut it up and released it in piece as three separate game.
Playing both 1 and 2 feels like unfinished games cause they r unfishined games.
I think it's the major reason for 007. It seems IO also felt that the series has stagnated. And this shows cause this is the last Hitman game we will probably see..
Re: PS Store January Sale Refresh Adds Even More PS5, PS4 Deals
@Voltan............. Dude I am broke its no joke, as soon as I have cash the first two game ls I will get is TLOU 2 and MK12 Ultimate.
The game is nothing but pure unadulterated porn beat-em-up. All the beat em ups were a disappointment this generation with Tekken's small roster( NO Lei Wulong is a crime, I want to do drunken master fighting ) and other fighters locked behind paywall, SD being a mess, and Injustice not releasing the potential of the DC Universe licence.
The only beat-em-up that was great is DragonBall Fighterz.
I have not played MK since on the Sega Genesis, but from what I have seen from MK11 gameplay it's just pure fun, I am loving that character who gets his hands overheated(don't know his name), he looks beastly and very aggressive and I like that you can't block or parry him when he overheats his hands.
But its the Hollywood mash up i am liking the most, can't wait to play as Rambo or Robo-Cop
P. S.: Somone needs to urgently do a Robo Cop game or a well crafted Rambo game. Maybe Naughty Dog can try Rambo as their new IP.
If Sony puts MK11 Ultimate on Ps+ I would subscribe to the service in a heartbeat.
SF5, Injustice 1&2, Soul caliber and Tekken 7 were disappointments this past generation, because these game were chasing MTX, Loot boxes and paywalls.
How can Namco release a Tekken without the drunken master Lei Wulong, it'd a crime...
Re: Random: Long Lost PS1 Game Magic Castle Resurfaces After 20 Years, Available Now
@wiiware....... I understand the cost involved but as a physical first gamer, I also want those games on a physical Ps4 disc, the console only has to install it onto the hard disc.
Man I really need Jackie Chan Stuntmaster, Rollcage stage 2 and the getaway on the Ps5........
Re: Random: Long Lost PS1 Game Magic Castle Resurfaces After 20 Years, Available Now
@IonMagus..... Wait wooah.... By Ps2 Classic on Ps4 do you mean a Ps4 disc loaded with Ps2 games? Cause I have not seen such in my local store..........
Re: Game of the Year: #1 - The Last of Us: Part II
@RPE83..... You sir are are higher intelligence of gaming, you are the higher being of gaming, higher than us console peasants and definitely higher than the PC Master Race.
Great Post. Games are now complex and dynamic and multi-faceted in how they tell stories and build their worlds and allow us to play. And I am liking it very much.
It would be a breath of fresh air if all people(who have been hurt by Joel kicking the bucket) admit that they just wanted to play as Joel instead of lambasting the story unreasonably.
It's like me with Uncharted, I have not beef with other characters but I don't touch an Uncharted game unless Drake is in the driver's seat, I don't hate The Lost Legacy and absolutely love the lady who was kicking Nate's in Uncharted 4, but I only but the Uncharted with Drakes at the helm.
Just like I like Gran Torismo when it's offline.......... Stuff Gran Torismo Sport Polyphony....
Re: Game of the Year: #1 - The Last of Us: Part II
@carlos82.... Thank you sir, I am not sure which Part1 a lot of people who like to praise it when bashing part 2 were playing.
From my play through of Part1, 2 things were clear:
1. The game needed and was getting a Part2.
2. Either Joel or Ellie is going to die in Part 2.
These are thoughts and feelings I got when Joel killed the people who were trying to use Ellie for the cure. It clearly dawned on me that this was not a typically Bruce Willis or Jason Statumm adventure of little bruises here and but bad boy hero saves the day kind of adventure or the I do what I like and the world can't touch me adventure.
As to how people thought either Joel or Ellie would survive Part 2 after the ending of part 1 really is the puzzling part for me.
Re: Game of the Year: #1 - The Last of Us: Part II
@NEStalgia....... I think game play has moved from being the core of what you would define a video game is being.
Perfect examples being: Journey, Flower, Nintendo ring fit, Summertime Saga, Fire Watch, Detroit Become Human, Heavy Rain, Kentucky Route Zero, Gone Home, All the Music Games such as your Guitar Heroes, Singstar and such, VR and AR.
So games have long past being about mashing butting for the highest score.
So TLOU 2 is well in its right firm to be Knighted king of games for 2020.
Naughty Dogs you sons of Guns they actually did it.
The setting or world of TLOU would in theory have some people in denial and fighting the situation and some embracing the situation happening in the world of TLOU.
They have actually gone transfered the emotions that people living in such a world as TLOU to gamers resulting in the divisiveness around as if people who played the games were actually in the gaming world, people who liked Joel are still pissed about the events while others are indefferrent and have accepted the events that have happened as if people were actually in the world of TLOU.
Emotions are still raging 7 to 8 months after the game released.
Amazing achievement by Naughty Dog then.
So the article is correct IN saying that TLOU II is WHY WE PLAY GAMES.
Re: Game of the Year: #1 - The Last of Us: Part II
Can Somebody make Jackie Chan Stunt Master Remake or Remaster
OH
And can anybody do Roll Cage Stage 2 REMAKE OR REMASTER.
A REMASTER OR Remake of THE GETWAY IP is just a pipe dream at this stage
Re: Game of the Year: #1 - The Last of Us: Part II
It's an okay game but for me Doom has to do a lot more that sinner graphics for a game that still looks and play like an 93/94 16bit game. If it keeps the same formula I doubt the franchise will be able to compete with modern games and the reason Doom is even being talked about is because it released in a quiet period being help by the delays last. If it's so good it must try and release at the same time as COD, i bet I would crash and burn major and if the game keeps the same formula then the next release will be final game in the franchise............. If you want evidence look at Hitman, a once great AAA title now on its last legs barely surving as A or AA title, same reason IO is now moving to James Bond, it's such a shame that 47 is gonna Die a forgettable gaming death because the game stagnated and pandered to the Blood Money Fanboys.
Re: Game of the Year: #1 - The Last of Us: Part II
@Col_McCafferty & @Platstion1995....... GOW is mostly a corridor walker with a deep Norse Mythology backdrop that is mostly dead and uninterested but pretty and dull, combat is crap until you get to the Chains of Chaos, they forced integration of Atreus into combat rendering Kratos a weak God making all the weakly designed enemies bizarrely overpowered and rendering combat hit sponge excercise(i.e. KRATOS is used to killing God's and great beast, all the enemies in GOW 2028 are below Kratos, yet because Atreus has to be forced to be used in combat, hence Kratos' combat is nerfed), puzzles and side quests are practically useless and are more filler content, characters are not well realized or developed resulting in all of them being forgettable, The only great or good things about GOW are: The world Serpent, The relationship dynamic through the story of Kratos and Atrues is amazing, so as is Atrues knowledge of Norse Mythology, The Valkarys and finally the big one being Atreus' true identity........ And Atrues' identity is the reason GOW has gone from 2nd or 3rd tier Sony first party IP or franchise to being part of the tier 1 games Ala TLOU, Uncharted, Spiderman, Horizon, GT, etc.
I think GOW(2018) is a bit overrated as a game for what it delivers and the praise it has been given, nothing ground breaking happened with the game, they only tapped on the famous Norse Mythology( same reason AC Valhalla is hot property compared to AC Odyssey when issentially they are the same game, maybe Odyssey should have tapped on the Hercules popularity instead of the Spartans and Athenians), and then linked the new characters story to an absolutely popularity /famous Norse Mythology character...............
I got pissed after finishing GOW cause I felt the entire story could have been told in one room or one area instead of being force to go to places that made no sense for absolutely no reason other than to push the story forward.
So while GOW is a good game I felt the effort of 2018 other than having high res textures and completely milking Atreus identity twist, the game did not bring much to the table for all the noise everybody is making about it.
The sad part about gaming is that GOW and Got are the reason games have been focusing on nothing but graphics for the last 15 years, which means more mindless shooting and porn sexy graphics, why must EA Canada innovate or take risks when beautiful graphics sells the game effortlessly, you would actually be stupid as a dev to try to do something new to FIFA instead of graphics, cause people buy game for shiny graphics and mindless shooting, it's same reason Doom 2020 is the same Doom released in 93/94 only with shinier graphics.
Re: Feature: 12 PS5, PS4 Predictions for 2021
@TheUltimateTruth101........ Studio Santa Monica just acquired the former Rockstar engine/ level programmers/designers.......
.... So wrong there ridiculous amounts of talent at Sony 1st party. And also if Cyberpunk 2077 represents the talent of the industry then I am fine with Sony's apparent talentless studios as I don't remember them releasing broken unfishined games or I have never seen them claiming a ps2 or ps3 game is a Ps5 game like 343 industries have been saying that embarrassment of a halo reach is a next gen Xbox Sx game and if that is what you mean by talented then MS first party is very talented but I'd stick with the talentless Gorilla who are about to release the gorgeous es Horizon Forbidden West on the majestic Decima engine..... They sure to lack talent don't they............. Stupid fool
Re: Feature: 12 PS5, PS4 Predictions for 2021
@TheUltimateTruth101....... You do realize that Bethesda games are not system sellers.
Actually the following games are systems selles: FIFA, COD, Gta,(a crap load off kids around the world and millions of casuals buy these games like bread each year and they buy the Playstation specifically to play them, why the f*** would Sony spend exclusive deal money with R* on a Ps3 game, cause it sells by the bucket loads and sell a shell load of Playstations and you can bet Sony has they fingers on the upcoming GTA 6) and also Fornite, Rocket League, Apex Legends).
A large majority of Bethesda games sold well on Ps4 with the rest of the sales being PC. MS buying Bethesda does not make the Xbox any attractive, cause the 3080 is $650 and the XBSX is $500 which means the logical option to play the next Bethesda games if they are not coming to PlayStation is on PC at their best performance.
Plus whatever happens Playstation has Spiderman and have that IP alone is enough to warrant shelling out $50p on a Ps5
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 (PS4) - The Single Biggest Disappointment of the PS4 Generation
@zekepliskin.... Please see below Narrative Director Position description from Crystal Dynamics......
https://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://crystald.com/careers/getJob/o5zK4fwc&ved=2ahUKEwiK8O_F3frtAhVJQMAKHYqfBY4QFjAKegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw1jhWDwpe4A97LjSn1-8z0I
Narrativ Director
Redwood City, CA, United States
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Description
Crystal Dynamics, a part of the Square-Enix family, is constantly on the hunt for top-tier gaming talent worldwide. We pride ourselves on attracting and developing the best talent available to concept, create, and contribute to the most exciting projects in gaming today. 20+ years of history creating fun and exciting titles for the world to enjoy as well as our studio’s 1000+ years of combined game industry experience provides a rich tapestry of tested and new ideas to draw from and has established us as one of the best studios in the world to work for.
Position Summary
The Narrative Director will be tasked with the direction of the game’s cinematic and gameplay experiences. They are expert in collaborating across design and narrative disciplines to make memorable, emotional, and cinematic experiences. The Narrative Director will work in partnership with the Game Director and Art Director, to create the narrative tone of the project. They will work cross-discipline with other writers, designers, and artists to develop a high-quality narrative AAA gameplay experience.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Take responsibility of the game narrative and shepherd its implementation across the entire development process;
Ensure the consistency of the game’s narrative voice and execution on creative vision throughout production, from initial concept and foundational development, character development, important narrative milestones, through to final polish.
Collaborate with the Game Director to understand the game direction and effectively convey it through the game narrative;
Design and write the overall game narrative, in collaboration with a team of writers;
Create an emotional gameplay experience that remains consistent to the game’s creative vision.
Collaborate with and lead other game writers and narrative designers to design, develop, and implement narrative gameplay elements.
Work with the game design team to develop gameplay features that will support and convey the story;
Understand the flow of the narrative and adjust gameplay elements accordingly.
Manage a team of internal and contract game writers;
Write and edit across all levels of the project, including concept pitches, style guides, cinematic scripts, in-game dialogue, and public facing copy;
Other duties as assigned
Position Requirements
Crystal Dynamics is an EOE and M/F/D/V employer.
Re: Feature: 12 PS5, PS4 Predictions for 2021
@GamerDad66...... Don't worry or panic about PSVR future. It's not banned but not supported or de-actived on the Ps5 because the PSVR 2 is coming.
So it makes no sense to integrate the PSVR on PS5 cause it would derail the PSVR plans and possible attach rates.
Remember Sony entered last in the VR market and they were testing the waters but ended up dominating the market, they are the current VR leaders as the PSVR outsold all VR headsets on the market.
Also PSVR is the reason that Sony decided to discontinue Playstation Handheld concole and hence exit the handheld market, so instead of keeping on chasing Nintendo who have now become specialists in handheld /mobile console and are market leaders, it was better to drop the PSP/Vita and go after the market were you have entered last but have beaten everyone from Google, Nvidia, Facebook and a bunch of other VR sets makers.
I don't currently own a PSVR but I plan on getting a PSVR2 when Sony releases it.
They will never let a device that is a market leader in its market die like that.
PSVR is going to mainstream VR gaming.
Re: Game of the Year: John's Top 5 PS5, PS4 Games of 2020
@John McCormick... Nice refreshing take on games. We tend to take games way too seriously. Also curious as what are some of the games you have played you have found to be rubbish.
And yeah well all do these things to spite! Spite! Spite!
Re: Sony Stresses Japan Is of Utmost Importance After Report Claims Company's Interest Has Drifted
@Ridwaano......... So true..... If there is one technology I wish never made it to consoles it is the internet..................
The moment consoles had internet access games were doomed and we have been on a steady decline on games quality.
1984-1993 : Games were about creativity to stand out you had to bring something different to the table
1994 - 2007 : Golden Age / Pinnacle of creativity gaming. Creativity was in overdrive in this Era, there was so much emphasis in being different that devs were scare if their game even slighty looked like another as they would be called copy-cats and look like they don't know what they were doing.
In this Era it's like every game released wanted to out-do every game released before it.
2008 - Current : Games changed from being and interactive entertainment medium to being cash cows. Since around 2006 2008 Games have changed paradigm and they now are about money.
Granted gaming is a business and money has to be made from the money invested but games before 2009 were to a large extent focused on the creative output, game from around 2008-2009 have become about nothing but money to the point that now you have gaming mechanics in games that have nothing to do with the game or game play but are specifically there to driver micro transactions, loot boxes etc....
Re: Bloodborne, Demon's Souls PS5 Producer Leaves Sony Japan Studio
@naruball....... I think you care about these niche games, but a large number of gamers see them exactly as Sony does, good if they are there but nothing to worry about if they are not there, the quality of is not high but okay. We want them to be at least at the Level of Ori.
If there is one game that I envy Microsoft for out of their entire Library is the Ori. I don't like Ms and would never buy an Xbox but if there is games that can make me buy an Xbox is the Ori series of games, that's the only good about having an Xbox.
Nintendo I would only buy for Pokeman but the quality of the Pokeman games has not reached or surpasses the N64 Pokeman game or the Gameboy Pokeman games.
So the Sony Japan games need to get to Ori level of quality or N64/Gameboy POKEMAN level of QUALITY.
Re: Bloodborne, Demon's Souls PS5 Producer Leaves Sony Japan Studio
@NEStalgia...... Everyone is of course entitled to their opinions...... But I find it hard to believe that you bought a console to exclusively play Gravity Rush. These are games are not system sellers and they are not on Nintendos quality level, they are library diversifying games, just to make the PS library have variety and diversity and Sony knows this.
The argument that these games don't sell because of no marketing is also not try, the games don't sell because they have an indies experimental nature and they are not inteded to be sellers because they are not, if they were good they would be selling numbers closer to Nintendo games even the Japan market does not buy them, it's the same reason Sony does not lose sleep over them whether they sell or not.
They are not even at the level of Ori, if they were at least at the level of Ori they would get more attention and sell more.
Mine Craft, PuBG, Fortnite., Apex Legends all didn't have marketing and word of mouth and word of mouth made them viral get played by millions, if these games were any good, word of mouth alone would sell them by the truck loads.
And don't pretend the reason anyone would buy a PlayStation beside the fact that Sony are an awesome platform holder and innovate, but the reason to own a Playstation is Naughty Dog, Santa Monica, Bend, Sucker Punch, Insomniac
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Sales Top 13 Million Despite Refunds
@AJDarkstar.... You are a filucking troll and CDPR apologists and spin doctor and fonboy... G. T. F. O. O. H ........ Weasel.......
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 (PS4) - The Single Biggest Disappointment of the PS4 Generation
@ShogunRok..... That is the fairest take on the whole situation and kind of at least gives us room to give CDPR the benefit of the doubt that it just got too big too quickly in terms of ambition, scope and vision.
I think it's kind of a situation that Metal Gear found itself in when moving from 16bit into 32bit on the ps1. MGS was shuck a shock in terms of realizing the potential of what a game can be as a medium that as soon as the sequal was unnoticed with the upcoming ps2 the expectations for the game went through the roof that even the games' scope kind of ran away from Kojima particularly with the showing of the opening level, which is why I think Kojima went with narrative twist of Raiden....... I maybe too ambitious and maybe put too much respect to Kojima but in think the original scope of Sons of liberty was a game along the beat of the opening level including both Snake Eater and Patriots but was just too big and hence the Riaden plot twist and the other chapert got released via Snake Eater and Patriots, only differemce being that Sons of liberty was playable and Cyberpunk2077 has been released way too early to even be in a stable playable and presentable state, but that my take on it as I think you are spot on in that the complete scope of the is a game not releasing before 2022.
P.S.: With power of the next gen systems I am really interested to see if HELLO GAMES gives No Man SKY another shot via a sequal, the game just needs a new strong narrive director and the dev teams deserves to show us their initial version with the new power of the next gen systems, the grinding in the game just needs a strongly tied narrive and story to it and it could be majestic.
Ubi also need to give Watch Dogs another try(probably the last), there is a very good series to be had with the franchise if they can get a good game play and narrive director.