@NEStalgia I do wonder if PC gamers would be more receptive of Sony's games if Sony stopped injecting its "will" into games - or if games were released "Day and Date" when the game still actually has hype.
For Ghost of Tsushima, the PSN requirement is only if you want to play multiplayer (which makes sense) or if you want to use PlayStation Overlay - where as God of War Ragnarok is 100% required no matter what.
Sony should have stuck with optional (at worst) PSN account login.
PC gamers couldn't care any less about Trophies (there are already Steam Achievements). Nor do they care about Sony's shareholders in meeting PSN number improvements.
It will be interesting to see how well LEGO Horizon does across the platforms (for some reason I feel like Switch will be the best-selling platform, though).
So it's all good when a protagonist is a woman as long as she's hot and gets hot outfits (Stellar Blade). But it's "girlboss narrative" if the woman isn't a supermodel and covered up.
I hate the internet.
I don't even care that the protagonist is a woman. Another game from Sucker Punch that is checking all the Kurosawa boxes yet again is all I need!
@NEStalgia I think Sony is waiting for Season 2 of The Last of Us before it releases TLOU2 on PC - killing 2 marketing birds with 1 stone.
Sony will go wherever the shareholders want it to go. If the PC push has been lining pockets, then I suspect the time between PlayStation and PC releases will decrease.
I know I very much want to play Ghost of Yotei...just not sure where I will end up getting it. FOMO could win this round.
@Chupa_loyzer The reports have seemed to indicate that getting the Remastered version will cost $10 for PC as well. But should the Remastered version suddenly pop up in my Steam library, I wouldn't complain! š
It'll be interesting to see how that is received on that side of things. PC gamers are certainly willing to fight Sony a lot more than the console owners - especially when the game is only 4 years old on that platform (as opposed to 7 years old on PlayStation).
@Matej But Sony also just lost $400 million on Concord. It may want to do PC releases earlier just to help collect more money.
Like I said, time will tell.
Sony could still stick with the unofficial "2 year" rule it has for first-party releases before porting to PC. And that's okay.
I think I can hold out.
My goal of getting a PC was to get out of the console arena all together. Plus, there were plenty of other titles announced during this State of Play that will definitely release on PC that can fill the gap. Plus, I there will be Microsoft releases and other non-announced games to keep my mind occupied.
I'm on the fence, really - mostly because I really don't want to support this practice to the point where we continue to see Sony churning out Remasters of PS4 games that can still be played on current hardware. At least dig a little deeper for games that truly are "lost to time".
It is a nice upgrade, though, I'll give them that - and goes to show just how much of an upgrade Forbidden West was compared to the original game.
That being said, I got the game originally as a Christmas gift. I claimed the digital version when Sony was handing it out for free (because, why not?) and I got the PC version within the past week or so for like...$11 or something. So, shelling out another $10 (when I personally have invested so little out of my own pocket) to have the best possible version of the game is somewhat tempting.
So far, it's about a 2 year wait between a PS5 release and a PC release - but that was before Sony started to be more committed to PC.
LEGO Horizon will be day and date PC
Helldivers 2 was Day and Date for PC
Concord - for what it's worth - was Day and Date for PC
Until Dawn Remaster (Remake?) will be day and date for PC
The Last of Us Part 1 was day and date for PC
Now, I certainly don't expect Ghost of Yotei to be day and date for PC, but it could be a shorter gap between the PS5 and PC release - especially with how well Ghost of Tsushima was received on PC.
Standouts for me:
Lunar Collection Remastered was out of nowhere and very welcome (since I don't own either one).
Hell is Us looked kind of cool
Ghost of Yotei looks amazing - so glad it isn't a "Ghost of Tsushima 2" and it looks to be telling another story. I felt like Tsushima ended perfectly and would have been annoyed if Sucker Punch did more there.
Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered looked better than I thought it would! Only reason I would pick them up is because I don't own either game at the moment.
Alan Wake 2 - Lake House DLC Trailer using PS5 Pro footage (supposed to release in October...soo...this makes sense)
Astro Bot - Content Update using PS5 Pro footage (not exactly sure how this game could look any better, though)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard - New information using PS5 Pro footage
Dynasty Warriors: Origins - New information using PS5 Pro footage
Fantasian Neo Dimension - New information using PS5 Pro footage
Fear the Spotlight - WTF is that?!
Hell is Us - Again..WTF is that?
Horizon Zero Dawn - Remastered (Yawn) using PS5 Pro footage
LEGO Horizon Adventures - New information using PS5 Pro footage
Metro Awakening - Is that a VR title?
Monster Hunter Wilds - New information using PS5 Pro footage
Sonic X Shadow Generations - Okay that trailer was already released on PS YouTube. Perhaps more new information?
Stellar Blade - Content Update and PC announcement?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Nothing to see here as information already dropped.
The Last of Us: Part 1 - Yeah, I got nothing on this one...Pro enhancement? PS+ addition? Last of Us: Part 1 Remastered - because...why not?!
First off - I think requiring another login for a single-player only game is dumb. Nothing wrong with providing the option for those that want it, but not mandatory.
But secondly, if Sony is trying to expand its market, why limit the countries this game can be sold to by having the PSN log-in at all?!
Look, I know it's been said that Sony is putting games on PC to entice people to buy PlayStations to play sequels. However the reality of it is, a PC gamer isn't going to suddenly limit themself to a console and take away all the freedom that comes from being on an open platform. The PC gamer will just wait for the game to drop on Steam (and pay the PS4 price or lower rather than the inflated PS5 price).
It just seems like a missed opportunity on Sony's part to not allow its games to expand to regions outside its normal operations through the PC platform.
Say what you want about Nintendo, but you never ever have to sign up for a Nintendo Account on your Switch to play single-player games. You can simply create a profile on the system and be done with it if you so choose (you are limited in some things like eShop access, but it's still ultimately your choice).
@J_e_f_f__D I'm not a "Master Race" person. Game where you want.
While I certainly appreciate the power of PC, I am more in the PC realm (after a 12 year hiatus in favor of consoles, might I add) because I am seeing things in the console space I don't like.
Microsoft is tearing its console business apart and we are already seeing Sony licking its chops and rubbing its hands together while it looks at its consumers to bleed dry.
The sad part is, when people are actually trying to raise up red flags they get nothing but eye rolls and snotty comments.
Guess what, I am still supporting PlayStation by buying Sony games. But I am doing so in a place where Sony can actually be put into check rather than letting the company walk all over me!
P.S. I have a PlayStation 5 in my living room that I play almost daily (well, until I finish Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, that is)
@KundaliniRising333 People should really look toward the PC crowd.
You know what price the PC market pays for Sony games to get the same quality (and more) of the PS5 version? PS4 prices. That "PS5 Tax" doesn't exist there and those people don't even subsidize Sony with PS+, a hardware sale, AND Sony has to give storefronts a cut of the sale.
So was the $70 really necessary at all?!
I will bet that PSN log-ins for single-player games will eventually become option on PC too with enough rallying support.
@NEStalgia Agreed. The reason PS5 sales are the way they are is basically...habit. I know that will ruffle feathers, but it's true. The people here are a minority of a minority.
It has nothing to do with PlayStation 5 being particularly special - Fortnite, Madden, FIFA (excuse me FC), etc. etc. don't require a PlayStation.
In fact, the Series X has a much better feature set, better handling of cross-generation migration, and Microsoft had much better pro-consumer practices this generation and it still didn't take off.
It's just that PlayStation - much to Sony's credit - is synonymous with gaming in the way Nintendo was synonymous with gaming back in the 80's and early 90's (well in the US...I believe SEGA was more popular in UK).
I have no idea what will knock Sony off its high horse, but for everyone's sake, I hope something does so Sony starts trying again. Astro Bot was the best first-party game Sony has release in a while - and this is coming from someone who has played all the major first-party games for PS5. I want more of stuff like that. That isn't to say the other games were bad, they were just...safe.
@KundaliniRising333 "Eventually all of this Sony price gouging and remasterake double dipping will bite them in the [expletive]."
Honestly, I hope so, too - for the consumer's sake (not because I want PlayStation to fail).
Sadly, I feel like people will continue to support it because...PlayStation...and just complain about it in the comments section as if they had no control over the situation.
The PS4/PC version is enough in my eyes; but if this means the game gets a new lease on life that could lead to an actual sequel...then I am all for it.
It was built on UE4...so perhaps it could get upgraded to UE5?
@tobsesta99 PC players aren't getting PS3s and PS4s for the original God of War trilogy or any other PlayStation exclusive (that doesn't have a PC port).
Cost of buying studio + development costs post-acquisition + advertising + making animated features + disc manufacturing.
Then you take into account having to pull all those unsold manufactured discs as well as refunds.
I mean, when it was found that Spider-Man Remastered cost...what...$150 million (or was that The Last of Us Part 1?), it probably shouldn't surprise anyone at this point what a whole new game costs Sony to develop.
Even still, Sony...uhm...ponies up a lot of money for its games. It's no secret why Sony keeps upping prices on things, is moving closer and closer to Day 1 PC releases and the Pro is costing so much without a stand and disc drive.
I know it's really cool to see all the impressive things Sony does for advertising its titles (like painting whole subway cars), but I think Sony is starting to see that it's really hurting ROI.
I just think it's dumb that PS4 games are getting "Remasters" on PS5.
I get that the original still exists and the remaster is optional, but at what point does "principle" set in? I feel like there is a much better way to train your junior developers than to remaster a game that doesn't need it.
Look at Nintendo. Splatoon was born from junior developers cutting their teeth in game development. I believe ARMS was as well. While ARMS never took off like Nintendo wanted it to, it still had its day and I am sure still made some profit.
Heck, Astro Bot is the perfect "training ground" for new developers. Do more like that!
@B_Lindz I mean, most people treat the Switch like a secondary machine. It's less competition and more of a companion console. I would guess that most people have a PlayStation and/or Xbox as well as a Switch.
Sure, it competes for TV time, but I don't think it directly take away a sale as people will gladly buy The Legend of Zelda AND Horizon - even if one of those games is bought a few months later than the other.
Xbox is seen more as the direct competition because a vast majority of people will pick one or the other.
Y'all better start buying some Series X consoles if you want Bloodborne to get a native PS5 version. Why should Sony bring out the big guns when it doesn't have to?!
Heck, I look for Sony to remaster every PS4 game it made/published EXCEPT Bloodborne unless it starts getting some serious heat to do so.
Must be pretty boring sitting up in that ivory tower!
Nice that it gets a perceived visual quality boost thanks to PSSR. I am playing the game in Quality Mode - the 30fps doesn't bother me one bit - so I am not too fussed about the overall image quality (I just hate the lighting model as it feels like a downgrade from the first game).
I also think this really helps to ground expectations for the PS5 Pro. So far what has been shown off is games running in their Performance Modes but boosted to a more convincing 4K image thanks to PSSR.
This isn't going to be a thing where Quality Mode at 30fps (which generally run with higher visual settings and resolution) will suddenly run at 60fps on the Pro.
There may be some rare cases (like if a developer chose to have a 30/40fps but has there was already overhead to run at like 50fps if unlocked), but I think the overwhelming amount of patches are going to rely on using PSSR to get Performance Modes up to "4K".
New games being developed will probably provide better results on the Pro, but I foresee a majority of current game patches being relatively "low effort" patches.
Other than one visual bug I found, this game was flawless! I already got the Platinum and switched back to my playthrough of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
@twitchtvpat @LogicStrikesAgain I think it would be a tough sell with PS5 and Series X still on the market for the same price and significantly more capable.
I think Nintendo is going more for that Series S price point market. $299 is still very achievable - given that the Switch is based on...what...2012 hardware. I seriously doubt the Switch 2 will be based on "latest and greatest", either.
A Switch 2 will be more powerful simply by virtue of the passage of time and how CPUs have become more efficient and can do more at even the cheaper end than the current Switch.
Plus, RAM is cheaper per GB than before.
I could see Nintendo (and Nvidia) shooting for the same native resolution as the current Switch for GPU power just with some Tensor cores for DLSS capabilities to push a 4K image so it looks cleaner on a TV than the previous model - again, just by virtue of chips being more efficient, it will be an "automatic" upgrade over current technology.
Plus, the biggest complaint with the Switch from third-party developers wasn't the GPU, it was the 3.5 GB of usable RAM for games and the weak CPU.
I think $499 is just a hard sell given that Nintendo markets to a broader audience. $399 at the absolute "worst price". Maybe $349?!
@ChrisDeku "Nintendo releases their $500 Switch 2 thatās barely able to play PS4 levels of fidelity"
And, yet, release games that have more creativity and charm than Sony (barring Astro Bot - which is the best thing Sony has put out in years) and Microsoft put together despite not being a graphical powerhouse.
Though I doubt it will be $500. It will probably still be in the $300 sweet spot as it doesn't even need to be that much more powerful than a Switch with (presumably) Nvidia AI technology handling most of work. More RAM and a better CPU is about all it needs. Nintendo would have a hard time with a $500 price point (I know I wouldn't pay it).
Personally, I don't care anymore.
Microsoft can continue tearing its console gaming division apart and become the next SEGA and Sony can continue to bend its customers over a barrel (and get defended for it because it's PlayStation) - I have moved on to an open ecosystem where I am not bound by the shackles of...whatever those companies decide to do with their player bases.
@Fiendish-Beaver With Microsoft spending to become the biggest publisher in the world and making significant bank on that investment by having a multi-platform approach, Microsoft can afford to subsidize consoles.
With Sony spending its way to being the only console on the market and having to turn to PC to help with getting an ROI, Sony will be putting the price on the backs of consumers instead because it can't afford to subsidize.
But as long as Sony continues to have the great exclusives, who cares if it will cost $900 for the console, right?!
@GADG3Tx87 So WTF are consoles made of Unicorn Dust and Adamantium heatsinks?
You can buy one of them and have it last forever without ever cracking the case and I am pretty sure they aren't using anything special that can't be bought for a PC - in fact, I am sure a console has cheaper components to keep costs down.
@NEStalgia I am not on the fence anymore. I pulled the trigger about a month ago! I missed this world!
I am very tempted to sell my Xbox Series X as I really don't need it anymore except to some of the games I don't have on PC (yet, but plan to at some point in the future).
The PS5 I will keep just because there are still games there that aren't on PC (and may not be guaranteed to get PC releases) - but if/when FF7 Rebirth, Astro Bot, Demon's Souls, Spider-Man 2, and Stellar Blade ever come to PC, I will get rid of the PS5 too as those are the only games I have that don't have PC equivalents.
I can always emulate the Xbox and PlayStation games I own that don't have official PC releases and never will (e.g. Resistance, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Uncharted 1 - 3, etc.).
I have 6TB of space to work with between 2 internal M.2 drives (1 2TB Western Digital Blue 6GB/s read that came with the PC and is the primary system drive and 1 2TB Samsung 990 Pro 7.4GB/s Read that I got for $150 and have almost filled up with games) and 1 2TB External HDD that I used to have hooked up to my Series X that I use for Emulators and applicable games as well as set as my default Windows Downloads location (to help save on Write operations on my M.2 drives).
@NEStalgia @B0udoir I had a Diamond Monster 3D accelerator (Voodoo 1). I remember there was a cable that had a male and female VGA adapter. One screwed into the onboard video output and the other connected to the monitor. I remember playing the original Unreal for the first time and wondering how the graphics in that game were even possible!
Plug and Play was still young then - and sometimes didn't work as expected, requiring manual intervention.
I remember, in college, I upgraded from 8MB of RAM to a whopping 32MB of RAM. I was hot stuff!
I also remember being the only person to be able to play GLQuake when everyone else had to rely on software rendering. I could see rockets coming at me from a mile away due to the light corona that were added - made people so mad during out dorm Deathmatch nights.
I still relive those glory days of DOS using DOSBox as well as using the official Roland SoundCanvas VA virtual synthesizer, FalcoSoft Midi Player to host SCVA (I also use MUNT for MT-32 and CM-32L emulation), LoopMidi to act as a virtual Midi Port, and CoolSoft Midi mapper to ensure that all Midi files played in Windows are routed to the FalcoSoft Midi player using LoopMidi rather than using the built-in Windows GS Synth.
And if anyone who reads what I wrote is scratching their heads at the complexity of it all will now understand that everything I do is actually even less complicated than it used to be with requiring an actual Roland SC-55 unit, cables to connect to the external Midi device, cables to connect back to your computers Audio In port so that the music comes out of your PC speakers along with the game audio, and then going into setup executables for every game to ensure Music and Audio devices are pointing to the correct place.
Heck, I remember you had to setup how many simultaneous sounds you would like to have as some sound cards could only handle a few sounds at a time. DOOM had a max of 8 possible sounds at once.
Plus, there was a huge difference between using General Midi, Soundblaster, Gravis Ultrasound, MT-32, and even AWE32 music! Redbook - or CD audio - wasn't around for a while and that was only 16-bit 44Khz Stereo. It was years before digital 24-bit 48Khz multichannel audio came around for games!
It's great that DOOM 1 & 2 on Steam still has the original WAD files because sometimes its fun playing them through DOSBox (though I will say that the Enhanced Music for E1M1 of DOOM in the latest release is amazing). The best part is that it still requires going into the Setup to change some settings - thankfully they added the option to do so. With the previous DOOM on Steam, you had to find the DOOM setup.exe online to change settings (or edit the cfg file if you had the menu option numbers memorized).
I mean, sure there are Source Ports like GZDoom that require no extra setup, but that just goes to show how much easier gaming has changed today.
@K-Wud It would be amazing if Microsoft made a Windows for Gaming and made it available for all PCs - imagine cutting out significant amounts of overhead with a barebones version of Windows that only runs games/game storefronts
Having taken a 12 year hiatus from PC in favor of consoles and then returning to PC, I can honestly say PC gaming has never been easier!
Heck plenty of games have an Auto-Detect Setting. Nvidia has settings profiles for games, too.
If you just simply want to play the game, you almost never have to go into the Settings menus if you don't want to and still have at least console quality settings.
I got God of War for PC recently for like $10. Out of the box in its Original Graphical Preset (which match the PS4 settings), it looks fine and runs at like 140fps @1440p. If you had no care about using Ultra settings (which runs at around 90 - 120 fps @1440p), then all you have to do is push start and go.
People always say, "Well you can't build a PC for $700 to match PS5" - which is true. But a PS5 also doesn't support games prior to PS4 where as PC can cover games over the last...what...50 years?! Granted, sometimes you have to get community patches for really old games (Max Payne has a music bug that is easily fixed with a quick download), but most of those are a Google Search away (or heck, even the Steam Discussion board for the game will have answers with Links) and come with instructions and sometimes even have Installers to guide you through the process!
So, no...you can't get a PC that matches a PS5 for $700, but you can spend $1500 - $2000 for a PS5, PS4, PS3, PS2, PS1, Series X, X360, OG Xbox, Switch, Wii U, Wii, Gamcecube, N64, SNES, NES, Dreamcast, Sega CD, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Atari, Arcade Machine, Turbo Grafx 16, etc., etc. all wrapped into one - and will probably still outclass the next consoles.
@ChrisDeku Iām lucky enough that I live in a state that has a few Amazon distro centers - heck, one is about 30 minutes from my hometown. I have the same kind of options from Amazon.
It just seemed like, according to the article and comments, getting physical in the mail was spotty in UK and it sounded like there was only a single option.
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Re: Random: Scientific Study Proves PowerWash Simulator Puts You in a Better Mood
Such a zen game.
Ridiculous plot, but it's very satisfying.
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn PS4's Price Doubles After PS5 Remaster Announcement
I wonder how long it will be before new physical copies will increase in price.
Looks like Sony found a great way to go back on the PlayStation Hits discounts for future Remaster releases. š
Re: All Eyes on Aloy (Again), as Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered Comparison Does the Rounds
Definitely doesn't have that "I spent way too long in the sun without sunscreen" look like she had in Forbidden West.
Re: Ghost of Yotei Is the Ghost of Tsushima Sequel We Needed, Slashing to PS5 in 2025
@NEStalgia I do wonder if PC gamers would be more receptive of Sony's games if Sony stopped injecting its "will" into games - or if games were released "Day and Date" when the game still actually has hype.
For Ghost of Tsushima, the PSN requirement is only if you want to play multiplayer (which makes sense) or if you want to use PlayStation Overlay - where as God of War Ragnarok is 100% required no matter what.
Sony should have stuck with optional (at worst) PSN account login.
PC gamers couldn't care any less about Trophies (there are already Steam Achievements). Nor do they care about Sony's shareholders in meeting PSN number improvements.
It will be interesting to see how well LEGO Horizon does across the platforms (for some reason I feel like Switch will be the best-selling platform, though).
Until Dawn should also be one to watch, too.
Re: PS5's Ghost of Yotei Triggers Social Media, Ex-Sony Exec Says 'If You Don't Like It, Don't Buy It'
So it's all good when a protagonist is a woman as long as she's hot and gets hot outfits (Stellar Blade). But it's "girlboss narrative" if the woman isn't a supermodel and covered up.
I hate the internet.
I don't even care that the protagonist is a woman. Another game from Sucker Punch that is checking all the Kurosawa boxes yet again is all I need!
Re: Ghost of Yotei Is the Ghost of Tsushima Sequel We Needed, Slashing to PS5 in 2025
@NEStalgia I think Sony is waiting for Season 2 of The Last of Us before it releases TLOU2 on PC - killing 2 marketing birds with 1 stone.
Sony will go wherever the shareholders want it to go. If the PC push has been lining pockets, then I suspect the time between PlayStation and PC releases will decrease.
I know I very much want to play Ghost of Yotei...just not sure where I will end up getting it. FOMO could win this round.
Re: Your Horizon Zero Dawn PS4 Progress Will Transition to PS5 Remaster
@Chupa_loyzer The reports have seemed to indicate that getting the Remastered version will cost $10 for PC as well. But should the Remastered version suddenly pop up in my Steam library, I wouldn't complain! š
It'll be interesting to see how that is received on that side of things. PC gamers are certainly willing to fight Sony a lot more than the console owners - especially when the game is only 4 years old on that platform (as opposed to 7 years old on PlayStation).
Re: Your Horizon Zero Dawn PS4 Progress Will Transition to PS5 Remaster
@Chupa_loyzer Which is where I would get the upgrade if I decide to get it.
Re: Ghost of Yotei Is the Ghost of Tsushima Sequel We Needed, Slashing to PS5 in 2025
@Chupa_loyzer Even if it was "only" $100 million, it's a total loss that Sony is going to try to get back...somehow!
Re: Gran Turismo 7 Will Experiment with 8K, 60fps on PS5 Pro
Neat..I guess. For the 10 people in the world who have 8K TVs, this will be wonderful.
Though, this is probably more for the people who have 8K monitors - which, while still expensive - are much more reasonable in price.
Though, if someone is spending that kind of money on a computer monitor, they aren't exactly a console gamer.
Re: Ghost of Yotei Is the Ghost of Tsushima Sequel We Needed, Slashing to PS5 in 2025
@Matej But Sony also just lost $400 million on Concord. It may want to do PC releases earlier just to help collect more money.
Like I said, time will tell.
Sony could still stick with the unofficial "2 year" rule it has for first-party releases before porting to PC. And that's okay.
I think I can hold out.
My goal of getting a PC was to get out of the console arena all together. Plus, there were plenty of other titles announced during this State of Play that will definitely release on PC that can fill the gap. Plus, I there will be Microsoft releases and other non-announced games to keep my mind occupied.
Re: Your Horizon Zero Dawn PS4 Progress Will Transition to PS5 Remaster
I'm on the fence, really - mostly because I really don't want to support this practice to the point where we continue to see Sony churning out Remasters of PS4 games that can still be played on current hardware. At least dig a little deeper for games that truly are "lost to time".
It is a nice upgrade, though, I'll give them that - and goes to show just how much of an upgrade Forbidden West was compared to the original game.
That being said, I got the game originally as a Christmas gift. I claimed the digital version when Sony was handing it out for free (because, why not?) and I got the PC version within the past week or so for like...$11 or something. So, shelling out another $10 (when I personally have invested so little out of my own pocket) to have the best possible version of the game is somewhat tempting.
Re: Ghost of Yotei Is the Ghost of Tsushima Sequel We Needed, Slashing to PS5 in 2025
@NEStalgia Time will tell.
So far, it's about a 2 year wait between a PS5 release and a PC release - but that was before Sony started to be more committed to PC.
LEGO Horizon will be day and date PC
Helldivers 2 was Day and Date for PC
Concord - for what it's worth - was Day and Date for PC
Until Dawn Remaster (Remake?) will be day and date for PC
The Last of Us Part 1 was day and date for PC
Now, I certainly don't expect Ghost of Yotei to be day and date for PC, but it could be a shorter gap between the PS5 and PC release - especially with how well Ghost of Tsushima was received on PC.
Re: PS5 Pro Flexes Its Muscle in Montage Trailer
"Now you're playing with power"
How dare you?!
Re: Lunar Remastered Collection Revives Two Classic 90s JRPGs on PS5, PS4 in Spring 2025
@Ralizah Ah. I didn't realize. Okay, well then I am glad they used the PS1 version, too!
Re: Lunar Remastered Collection Revives Two Classic 90s JRPGs on PS5, PS4 in Spring 2025
I wonder why the PSP version wasn't used instead of the PS1 version.
I feel like the artwork would have scaled better.
Oh well, I am still very much looking forward to this!
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered PS5 Is Official, Out 31st October with $10 PS4 to PS5 Upgrade
Meh, I will probably not upgrade this on my Steam library.
Then again...I only paid $11 for the PC version...so never say never.
Re: Ghost of Yotei Is the Ghost of Tsushima Sequel We Needed, Slashing to PS5 in 2025
I absolutely adored Ghost of Tsushima, so I am really looking forward to this.
I may TRY to hold off to see if there is a PC version, though, but...it's going to painful given how much I loved Ghost of Tsushima.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Sony's State of Play for September 2024?
Standouts for me:
Lunar Collection Remastered was out of nowhere and very welcome (since I don't own either one).
Hell is Us looked kind of cool
Ghost of Yotei looks amazing - so glad it isn't a "Ghost of Tsushima 2" and it looks to be telling another story. I felt like Tsushima ended perfectly and would have been annoyed if Sucker Punch did more there.
Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered looked better than I thought it would! Only reason I would pick them up is because I don't own either game at the moment.
Re: Sony Appears to Leak Many Games from State of Play
@OldGamer999 Heck, I don't know.
I wouldn't even know where to look. I looked at my transaction history and the earliest date I have is 7/29/2008. So probably sometime in that year.
Re: Sony Appears to Leak Many Games from State of Play
My predictions:
Alan Wake 2 - Lake House DLC Trailer using PS5 Pro footage (supposed to release in October...soo...this makes sense)
Astro Bot - Content Update using PS5 Pro footage (not exactly sure how this game could look any better, though)
Dragon Age: The Veilguard - New information using PS5 Pro footage
Dynasty Warriors: Origins - New information using PS5 Pro footage
Fantasian Neo Dimension - New information using PS5 Pro footage
Fear the Spotlight - WTF is that?!
Hell is Us - Again..WTF is that?
Horizon Zero Dawn - Remastered (Yawn) using PS5 Pro footage
LEGO Horizon Adventures - New information using PS5 Pro footage
Metro Awakening - Is that a VR title?
Monster Hunter Wilds - New information using PS5 Pro footage
Sonic X Shadow Generations - Okay that trailer was already released on PS YouTube. Perhaps more new information?
Stellar Blade - Content Update and PC announcement?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Nothing to see here as information already dropped.
The Last of Us: Part 1 - Yeah, I got nothing on this one...Pro enhancement? PS+ addition? Last of Us: Part 1 Remastered - because...why not?!
Re: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered Leaks for PS5, PS4
I mean, something is definitely going on with at least Soul Reaver 1 as it was pulled from sale on PC.
There used to be a "Notify" button for the GOG listing (as it was for an update from the publisher) then the game entry was pulled all together.
Curiously it's the only title in the series that you can't buy at the moment.
Re: God of War Ragnarok PC Mod Removes PSN Login Requirement
First off - I think requiring another login for a single-player only game is dumb. Nothing wrong with providing the option for those that want it, but not mandatory.
But secondly, if Sony is trying to expand its market, why limit the countries this game can be sold to by having the PSN log-in at all?!
Look, I know it's been said that Sony is putting games on PC to entice people to buy PlayStations to play sequels. However the reality of it is, a PC gamer isn't going to suddenly limit themself to a console and take away all the freedom that comes from being on an open platform. The PC gamer will just wait for the game to drop on Steam (and pay the PS4 price or lower rather than the inflated PS5 price).
It just seems like a missed opportunity on Sony's part to not allow its games to expand to regions outside its normal operations through the PC platform.
Say what you want about Nintendo, but you never ever have to sign up for a Nintendo Account on your Switch to play single-player games. You can simply create a profile on the system and be done with it if you so choose (you are limited in some things like eShop access, but it's still ultimately your choice).
Re: How To Pre-Order PlayStation 30th Anniversary Collection
Good luck to everyone trying to get one! I hope you are able to succeed!
Re: State of Play Confirmed for Tomorrow, 20+ PS5, PSVR2 Games Included
Terrible time for me to watch live as I have a household to help keep together. I'll get caught up on the news after I settle down for the evening.
While I am not expecting any bombshells to be dropped, I do hope what is show is something that interests me.
Re: 30th Anniversary PS5 Slim, DualSense Prices Leaked
@J_e_f_f__D I'm not a "Master Race" person. Game where you want.
While I certainly appreciate the power of PC, I am more in the PC realm (after a 12 year hiatus in favor of consoles, might I add) because I am seeing things in the console space I don't like.
Microsoft is tearing its console business apart and we are already seeing Sony licking its chops and rubbing its hands together while it looks at its consumers to bleed dry.
The sad part is, when people are actually trying to raise up red flags they get nothing but eye rolls and snotty comments.
Guess what, I am still supporting PlayStation by buying Sony games. But I am doing so in a place where Sony can actually be put into check rather than letting the company walk all over me!
P.S. I have a PlayStation 5 in my living room that I play almost daily (well, until I finish Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, that is)
Re: 30th Anniversary PS5 Slim, DualSense Prices Leaked
@KundaliniRising333 People should really look toward the PC crowd.
You know what price the PC market pays for Sony games to get the same quality (and more) of the PS5 version? PS4 prices. That "PS5 Tax" doesn't exist there and those people don't even subsidize Sony with PS+, a hardware sale, AND Sony has to give storefronts a cut of the sale.
So was the $70 really necessary at all?!
I will bet that PSN log-ins for single-player games will eventually become option on PC too with enough rallying support.
@NEStalgia Agreed. The reason PS5 sales are the way they are is basically...habit. I know that will ruffle feathers, but it's true. The people here are a minority of a minority.
It has nothing to do with PlayStation 5 being particularly special - Fortnite, Madden, FIFA (excuse me FC), etc. etc. don't require a PlayStation.
In fact, the Series X has a much better feature set, better handling of cross-generation migration, and Microsoft had much better pro-consumer practices this generation and it still didn't take off.
It's just that PlayStation - much to Sony's credit - is synonymous with gaming in the way Nintendo was synonymous with gaming back in the 80's and early 90's (well in the US...I believe SEGA was more popular in UK).
I have no idea what will knock Sony off its high horse, but for everyone's sake, I hope something does so Sony starts trying again. Astro Bot was the best first-party game Sony has release in a while - and this is coming from someone who has played all the major first-party games for PS5. I want more of stuff like that. That isn't to say the other games were bad, they were just...safe.
Re: 30th Anniversary PS5 Slim, DualSense Prices Leaked
@KundaliniRising333 "Eventually all of this Sony price gouging and remasterake double dipping will bite them in the [expletive]."
Honestly, I hope so, too - for the consumer's sake (not because I want PlayStation to fail).
Sadly, I feel like people will continue to support it because...PlayStation...and just complain about it in the comments section as if they had no control over the situation.
Re: Days Gone PS5 Remaster Rumours Start to Snowball
The PS4/PC version is enough in my eyes; but if this means the game gets a new lease on life that could lead to an actual sequel...then I am all for it.
It was built on UE4...so perhaps it could get upgraded to UE5?
Re: The Novelty of PlayStation's PC Ports Does Appear to Be Dampening
@tobsesta99 PC players aren't getting PS3s and PS4s for the original God of War trilogy or any other PlayStation exclusive (that doesn't have a PC port).
That's what emulation is for. š
Re: Rumour: Concord Cost $400 Million, Sony Believed It Was the 'Future of PlayStation'
Cost of buying studio + development costs post-acquisition + advertising + making animated features + disc manufacturing.
Then you take into account having to pull all those unsold manufactured discs as well as refunds.
I mean, when it was found that Spider-Man Remastered cost...what...$150 million (or was that The Last of Us Part 1?), it probably shouldn't surprise anyone at this point what a whole new game costs Sony to develop.
Even still, Sony...uhm...ponies up a lot of money for its games. It's no secret why Sony keeps upping prices on things, is moving closer and closer to Day 1 PC releases and the Pro is costing so much without a stand and disc drive.
I know it's really cool to see all the impressive things Sony does for advertising its titles (like painting whole subway cars), but I think Sony is starting to see that it's really hurting ROI.
Re: Reaction: Why There Are So Many Unnecessary PS5 Remasters for Games That Don't Need Them
I just think it's dumb that PS4 games are getting "Remasters" on PS5.
I get that the original still exists and the remaster is optional, but at what point does "principle" set in? I feel like there is a much better way to train your junior developers than to remaster a game that doesn't need it.
Look at Nintendo. Splatoon was born from junior developers cutting their teeth in game development. I believe ARMS was as well. While ARMS never took off like Nintendo wanted it to, it still had its day and I am sure still made some profit.
Heck, Astro Bot is the perfect "training ground" for new developers. Do more like that!
Re: Sony Priming 'Even Less Exciting' PS5 Remaster for State of Play
@B_Lindz I mean, most people treat the Switch like a secondary machine. It's less competition and more of a companion console. I would guess that most people have a PlayStation and/or Xbox as well as a Switch.
Sure, it competes for TV time, but I don't think it directly take away a sale as people will gladly buy The Legend of Zelda AND Horizon - even if one of those games is bought a few months later than the other.
Xbox is seen more as the direct competition because a vast majority of people will pick one or the other.
Re: Sony Priming 'Even Less Exciting' PS5 Remaster for State of Play
Y'all better start buying some Series X consoles if you want Bloodborne to get a native PS5 version. Why should Sony bring out the big guns when it doesn't have to?!
Heck, I look for Sony to remaster every PS4 game it made/published EXCEPT Bloodborne unless it starts getting some serious heat to do so.
Must be pretty boring sitting up in that ivory tower!
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Huge PS5 Pro Enhancements Are a 'Vast Improvement'
Nice that it gets a perceived visual quality boost thanks to PSSR. I am playing the game in Quality Mode - the 30fps doesn't bother me one bit - so I am not too fussed about the overall image quality (I just hate the lighting model as it feels like a downgrade from the first game).
I also think this really helps to ground expectations for the PS5 Pro. So far what has been shown off is games running in their Performance Modes but boosted to a more convincing 4K image thanks to PSSR.
This isn't going to be a thing where Quality Mode at 30fps (which generally run with higher visual settings and resolution) will suddenly run at 60fps on the Pro.
There may be some rare cases (like if a developer chose to have a 30/40fps but has there was already overhead to run at like 50fps if unlocked), but I think the overwhelming amount of patches are going to rely on using PSSR to get Performance Modes up to "4K".
New games being developed will probably provide better results on the Pro, but I foresee a majority of current game patches being relatively "low effort" patches.
Re: Astro Bot Update 1.004 Is Available Now on PS5, and Nobody Knows What It Does
Other than one visual bug I found, this game was flawless! I already got the Platinum and switched back to my playthrough of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
Re: Blizzard Reportedly Made $150 Million in Diablo 4 Microtransactions
@REALAIS It took me a few careful reads of your post to realize you weren't talking about Half-Life 2. š
Re: PS5 Pro Shows Real Promise in First Expert Analysis
@get2sammyb How dare you report on something PlayStation related?!
Maybe you should just change the sites name to "PushButtons" and just make articles about completely random stuff that annoys people!
Re: PS6 Is Already Deep in Development, Backwards Compatibility of High Importance
@twitchtvpat @LogicStrikesAgain I think it would be a tough sell with PS5 and Series X still on the market for the same price and significantly more capable.
I think Nintendo is going more for that Series S price point market. $299 is still very achievable - given that the Switch is based on...what...2012 hardware. I seriously doubt the Switch 2 will be based on "latest and greatest", either.
A Switch 2 will be more powerful simply by virtue of the passage of time and how CPUs have become more efficient and can do more at even the cheaper end than the current Switch.
Plus, RAM is cheaper per GB than before.
I could see Nintendo (and Nvidia) shooting for the same native resolution as the current Switch for GPU power just with some Tensor cores for DLSS capabilities to push a 4K image so it looks cleaner on a TV than the previous model - again, just by virtue of chips being more efficient, it will be an "automatic" upgrade over current technology.
Plus, the biggest complaint with the Switch from third-party developers wasn't the GPU, it was the 3.5 GB of usable RAM for games and the weak CPU.
I think $499 is just a hard sell given that Nintendo markets to a broader audience. $399 at the absolute "worst price". Maybe $349?!
Re: PS6 Is Already Deep in Development, Backwards Compatibility of High Importance
@ChrisDeku "Nintendo releases their $500 Switch 2 thatās barely able to play PS4 levels of fidelity"
And, yet, release games that have more creativity and charm than Sony (barring Astro Bot - which is the best thing Sony has put out in years) and Microsoft put together despite not being a graphical powerhouse.
Though I doubt it will be $500. It will probably still be in the $300 sweet spot as it doesn't even need to be that much more powerful than a Switch with (presumably) Nvidia AI technology handling most of work. More RAM and a better CPU is about all it needs. Nintendo would have a hard time with a $500 price point (I know I wouldn't pay it).
Personally, I don't care anymore.
Microsoft can continue tearing its console gaming division apart and become the next SEGA and Sony can continue to bend its customers over a barrel (and get defended for it because it's PlayStation) - I have moved on to an open ecosystem where I am not bound by the shackles of...whatever those companies decide to do with their player bases.
Re: PS6 Is Already Deep in Development, Backwards Compatibility of High Importance
@Fiendish-Beaver With Microsoft spending to become the biggest publisher in the world and making significant bank on that investment by having a multi-platform approach, Microsoft can afford to subsidize consoles.
With Sony spending its way to being the only console on the market and having to turn to PC to help with getting an ROI, Sony will be putting the price on the backs of consumers instead because it can't afford to subsidize.
But as long as Sony continues to have the great exclusives, who cares if it will cost $900 for the console, right?!
Re: Sony Boss Says 'PCs Are Difficult to Set Up', Firm Will Focus on PS5
@NEStalgia My pre-build (which was made by CyberPowerPC but bought from Best Buy) has an AIO connected to the CPU.
No idea what brand as it has the CyberPowerPC logo - though it looks similar to a Corsair AIO.
Re: Sony Boss Says 'PCs Are Difficult to Set Up', Firm Will Focus on PS5
@GADG3Tx87 So the real moral of the story is to not use liquid metal and switch to Air Cooling.
Got it! š
Re: Sony Boss Says 'PCs Are Difficult to Set Up', Firm Will Focus on PS5
@GADG3Tx87 So WTF are consoles made of Unicorn Dust and Adamantium heatsinks?
You can buy one of them and have it last forever without ever cracking the case and I am pretty sure they aren't using anything special that can't be bought for a PC - in fact, I am sure a console has cheaper components to keep costs down.
Re: Sony Boss Says 'PCs Are Difficult to Set Up', Firm Will Focus on PS5
@NEStalgia I am not on the fence anymore. I pulled the trigger about a month ago! I missed this world!
I am very tempted to sell my Xbox Series X as I really don't need it anymore except to some of the games I don't have on PC (yet, but plan to at some point in the future).
The PS5 I will keep just because there are still games there that aren't on PC (and may not be guaranteed to get PC releases) - but if/when FF7 Rebirth, Astro Bot, Demon's Souls, Spider-Man 2, and Stellar Blade ever come to PC, I will get rid of the PS5 too as those are the only games I have that don't have PC equivalents.
I can always emulate the Xbox and PlayStation games I own that don't have official PC releases and never will (e.g. Resistance, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Uncharted 1 - 3, etc.).
I have 6TB of space to work with between 2 internal M.2 drives (1 2TB Western Digital Blue 6GB/s read that came with the PC and is the primary system drive and 1 2TB Samsung 990 Pro 7.4GB/s Read that I got for $150 and have almost filled up with games) and 1 2TB External HDD that I used to have hooked up to my Series X that I use for Emulators and applicable games as well as set as my default Windows Downloads location (to help save on Write operations on my M.2 drives).
Re: Sony Boss Says 'PCs Are Difficult to Set Up', Firm Will Focus on PS5
@NEStalgia @B0udoir I had a Diamond Monster 3D accelerator (Voodoo 1). I remember there was a cable that had a male and female VGA adapter. One screwed into the onboard video output and the other connected to the monitor. I remember playing the original Unreal for the first time and wondering how the graphics in that game were even possible!
Plug and Play was still young then - and sometimes didn't work as expected, requiring manual intervention.
I remember, in college, I upgraded from 8MB of RAM to a whopping 32MB of RAM. I was hot stuff!
I also remember being the only person to be able to play GLQuake when everyone else had to rely on software rendering. I could see rockets coming at me from a mile away due to the light corona that were added - made people so mad during out dorm Deathmatch nights.
I still relive those glory days of DOS using DOSBox as well as using the official Roland SoundCanvas VA virtual synthesizer, FalcoSoft Midi Player to host SCVA (I also use MUNT for MT-32 and CM-32L emulation), LoopMidi to act as a virtual Midi Port, and CoolSoft Midi mapper to ensure that all Midi files played in Windows are routed to the FalcoSoft Midi player using LoopMidi rather than using the built-in Windows GS Synth.
And if anyone who reads what I wrote is scratching their heads at the complexity of it all will now understand that everything I do is actually even less complicated than it used to be with requiring an actual Roland SC-55 unit, cables to connect to the external Midi device, cables to connect back to your computers Audio In port so that the music comes out of your PC speakers along with the game audio, and then going into setup executables for every game to ensure Music and Audio devices are pointing to the correct place.
Heck, I remember you had to setup how many simultaneous sounds you would like to have as some sound cards could only handle a few sounds at a time. DOOM had a max of 8 possible sounds at once.
Plus, there was a huge difference between using General Midi, Soundblaster, Gravis Ultrasound, MT-32, and even AWE32 music! Redbook - or CD audio - wasn't around for a while and that was only 16-bit 44Khz Stereo. It was years before digital 24-bit 48Khz multichannel audio came around for games!
It's great that DOOM 1 & 2 on Steam still has the original WAD files because sometimes its fun playing them through DOSBox (though I will say that the Enhanced Music for E1M1 of DOOM in the latest release is amazing). The best part is that it still requires going into the Setup to change some settings - thankfully they added the option to do so. With the previous DOOM on Steam, you had to find the DOOM setup.exe online to change settings (or edit the cfg file if you had the menu option numbers memorized).
I mean, sure there are Source Ports like GZDoom that require no extra setup, but that just goes to show how much easier gaming has changed today.
But I think I have officially aged myself.
Re: Sony Boss Says 'PCs Are Difficult to Set Up', Firm Will Focus on PS5
@K-Wud It would be amazing if Microsoft made a Windows for Gaming and made it available for all PCs - imagine cutting out significant amounts of overhead with a barebones version of Windows that only runs games/game storefronts
Re: Sony Boss Says 'PCs Are Difficult to Set Up', Firm Will Focus on PS5
"PCs are difficult to set up"
Having taken a 12 year hiatus from PC in favor of consoles and then returning to PC, I can honestly say PC gaming has never been easier!
Heck plenty of games have an Auto-Detect Setting. Nvidia has settings profiles for games, too.
If you just simply want to play the game, you almost never have to go into the Settings menus if you don't want to and still have at least console quality settings.
I got God of War for PC recently for like $10. Out of the box in its Original Graphical Preset (which match the PS4 settings), it looks fine and runs at like 140fps @1440p. If you had no care about using Ultra settings (which runs at around 90 - 120 fps @1440p), then all you have to do is push start and go.
People always say, "Well you can't build a PC for $700 to match PS5" - which is true. But a PS5 also doesn't support games prior to PS4 where as PC can cover games over the last...what...50 years?! Granted, sometimes you have to get community patches for really old games (Max Payne has a music bug that is easily fixed with a quick download), but most of those are a Google Search away (or heck, even the Steam Discussion board for the game will have answers with Links) and come with instructions and sometimes even have Installers to guide you through the process!
So, no...you can't get a PC that matches a PS5 for $700, but you can spend $1500 - $2000 for a PS5, PS4, PS3, PS2, PS1, Series X, X360, OG Xbox, Switch, Wii U, Wii, Gamcecube, N64, SNES, NES, Dreamcast, Sega CD, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Atari, Arcade Machine, Turbo Grafx 16, etc., etc. all wrapped into one - and will probably still outclass the next consoles.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Astro Bot?
Hands down a 10!
Re: Astro Bot PS5 Sales Trending Ahead of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart in the UK
@ChrisDeku Iām lucky enough that I live in a state that has a few Amazon distro centers - heck, one is about 30 minutes from my hometown. I have the same kind of options from Amazon.
It just seemed like, according to the article and comments, getting physical in the mail was spotty in UK and it sounded like there was only a single option.