As a 10 plus year digital only gamer i am happy physical media is still there for those that want it. Even tho that number shrinks year to year. I still am happy to see it around for who wants it. Options are good. I was never one to want to subtract from the industry. The whole certain gamers that want Xbox gone, many of which forget some of them were the same that wanted Nintendo to go 3rd party and now have and love the Switch. Many forget how large the voice online was calling for Nintendo to leave hardware. At least home console hardware, not so sure about handheld. Options are good for all gamers and the industry needs as many makers in the hardware and physical media markets as player choice is great for all.
If i could move the left thumb stick up and the D pad down i would not only buy the PS6 of course but it would be my main console over Xbox for shooters. I doubt we see this as Sony will play it safe with PS6 to reach mass numbers. But i would support it.
@PuppetMaster as i was saying to you before. Life support just got shorten by the largest game launch maybe in the history of video games will be digital. This will not help physical media in the eyes of the younger group of console players. Once the 40 year old’s are out of gaming physical is D E A D. Now i did tell you i don’t want that nor think it’s good even tho i don’t but them i think they should. Think you got another 3-4 post in you trying to convince me physical still last and ever becomes even 20% of PS software sales again? It’s at 18% of last Sony report and that’s without the launch of GTA 6.
@nomither6 as a die hard Blizzard fan i remember hearing Bobby K made a lot of decisions on what Blizzard could and couldn’t make. And i think it heavily impacted OW2. In the worst ways as you stated. When they got bought into the MS deal, Phil talked about letting Blizzard cook again and said something to the tune of with no obligations to monetize or determine gameplay ideas. If true i believe Blizzard can still put out games players get lost into for hours if not years or in WOW’s case 2 decades. They remain a top 3 team of mine all time. I can’t wait to see what’s cooking.
@themightyant i have stated on here for a few years now i hope physical media sticks around for those that like it. But physical media buyers give this holier than now speech to people like me showing the numbers. Sony shows their earrings reports and it’s 82-18 for digital. Even if we want to say but some of that is other forms of content like MTX or DLC, the fact is Physical is shrinking to the point PS6 is rumored to launch digital with only a attachement sold for those that want the disc drive. That speaks to Sony seeing the numbers. They wouldn’t do that just cause. The 82-18 is for Sony only, throw in PC, Xbox and other forms of gaming and kids growing up don’t collect discs. That number will only fade more and more when 40 year olds don’t game into the future. Again i don’t want physical to go away, it does me no good to see an option go away, yes i buy digital and have since it came to consoles. But i am not whats best for me is whats best for everyone. I am looking at the numbers and stores carrying less and less copies cause they don’t sell like they used to. When GTA 6 comes out will there be some lines for physical copies? I would think so. But we will never see lines around stores month in and month out like we did in the PS3 and 360 era. We just don’t see that no more unless it’s Nintendo, Nintendo still has a decent physical attach rate. Sony, MS and PC do not is all i am saying. I ain’t making it up, Sony and others share this data and if we want to say that data is incorrect to move players to digital i have no intentions to entertain that battle.
@PuppetMaster again Sony, Capcom, etc etc saying 82% of it’s software sold is digital and you think physical isn’t dying more and more each generation, you do you bro. But when that 18% goes down to around 10-12% and barely any stores have a space for it, don’t say you didn’t see it coming, admit you didn’t want to see it coming.
@PuppetMaster Physical movies going away as fast as they did never made sense to me. The whole movie is on the disc. It looks and sounds better too. Tho i know the average user don’t care about that or have the gear to appreciate it. But when the stores stopped carrying movies I thought that to be strange. Then Blu-ray players kept losing support of companies making them. So inventory and brand option was limited.
Music wise digital streams and Subscription services are great. Tons of music at the click of a button, no losing discs, trying to find them or change them in your car if your car even has a cd player in it these days. Been on Apple Music since it launched and it’s been wonderful. The hipster kids love the come back of vinyl and thats neat i am glad it’s there for them. But it’s a niche market. Still fun tho.
Games are moving more and more digital. Again Sony shows the numbers and you say but DLC, or indies or MTX well thats just the point, thats the flexibility of digital delivery and why it’s popular and makes money. You wouldn’t drive in your car to a store for a piece of plastic to change your characters custom. So digital is the way for these things and the games sell a lot. Look to PC, thats loads of digital sales. It’s hard to buy a PC or Mac with a disk drive, they don’t come with one and haven’t in years. So yes physical is on life support when it no longer makes sense to carry them in stores and more and more people download the numbers won’t support it in years to come time. For now as i said i am happy it’s there for those that like it. Many still do. But to think it’s not on its way out is a little silly to think. The reports and devices made show digital is where the companies and consumers are at in large numbers.
I understand your love and passion for physical and for gamers like yourself i hope it sticks around for a while. But it’s never making a comeback nor is it the mainstream way gamers buy games now and it hasn’t been for a while. Don’t shoot the messenger as they say these are just the facts in dollars and cents.
@PuppetMaster i don’t disagree GameStop sucks never liked them. But my local stores. Walmart, Best Buy Target etc have done sized a lot of its physical media. Not gone or anything, just smaller and less titles when new releases come out. Again the number are provided. Sony themselves say closer to 80% digital. Now sure they would lie about that. I am glad physical isn’t dead for those that like it still. But it’s not for me and the ones were hardly anything is on it and it’s more a download with the license on disk isn’t going to win me back. Throw in the PS Portal, it works way way way better with a digital library. Again glad it’s still there for those that like it, but i think we both know it’s on life support.
@themightyant the issue with the consoles selling with drives is a lot of players are getting it cause they have PS4 discs. But as we see in the numbers digital sales continue to grow as physical continues to shrink. Go into any retail shop and you see less and less physical media it’s in games section outside of Nintendo. Physical isn’t dead it’s just not growing and in the end less and less space is given to it. Even GameStop now is more T shirts and stuff animals than physical media as the sales don’t sustain the stores over head.
@UltimateOtaku91 PC gamers see Sony as a publisher on their platform as well. So with more games being brought to more places, it’s a moot point of what platform do i need and more what do i want. I could build a PC right now and play almost everything on PS5 and Xbox. And with the growth of steam we are seeing more and more players go to the box that plays everything and less to the box that plays exclusives. Sony has to bundle it’s games inside hardware, go to PC and rely on sales to barely make much profit on it’s titles and they are telling you out loud they are looking at more ways to expand. Which i am all for as they have some great titles that other players that don’t want a PS can enjoy. Xbox is killing it as a publisher and other devs are taking notice of that. So while 40 year old’s fanboy online not saying you are doing that, the devs are looking for ways to get their games in more players hands on all devices.
I used to love Sony TV’s. I still kind of do. But for gaming they are slower than LG C series. Have 2 less HDMI 2.1 ports due to the motherboard Sony uses. Cost more and are more focused on Cinema than gaming. So i just stopped buying them back in the early PS4 days. My LG oled’s for PS5 and Series X and Switch 2 have been amazing. Have no reason to regret my change.
@GamingGod the AI patent. I guess so people that aren’t good at games can still “play” and have help. Seems lame, i am not a AI fan so i kind of want it out of my consoles. But that’s not going to happen. I think Sony will be less pushy with it than MS since MS own’s copilot. But Sony will have features on PS6 as well. Thankfully Nintendo will be the least. You say you don’t like the Switch but i am loving Switch 2 so far. Playing Red Dead on it now and at 60fps and 1440P it’s a nice experience. I have nothing to complain about, outside of Nintendo charging $80 for Mario Kart. I got it for $50 with the console and played around 25 hours of it and it’s great fun but it’s not $80. I am not even sure the hardest of hardcore Mario Kart fan’s would say it’s $80 good, but then again Fanboys will go hard for their color plastic box of choice. So who know’s!
@GamingGod a dad should know what his kids are playing so even tho you don’t play it. Yes i would have thought you’d know that. However Sony is using the Nintendo PlayStation design controller since PS1 and when the analog stick became a thing there was no room for it other than the bottom. Hence the first dual shock. They stuck to that layout and build their controller chassis’s around that. It works and i can use it. But it’s not my preferred. Not sure Sony patent it cause other controllers use it as well. But Sony did recently patent AI playing your game for you. I seen that.
@GamingGod i bought and returned one. It was expensive but not very well made. I am still in search of a good Xbox/Switch layout pad for PS5. You forgot to mention Switch on the layout. 😀
@SMJ I’ve owned every PS since PS1 and never liked any of their controllers. But Dual sense is not it for me. I was at a friends house playing Borderlands 4 on PS5 and my thumbs were touching and running it one another. Even he agreed that off set sticks are more comfy but he got a PS5 cause his other friends did. I am hoping PS6 does someting for me that no PS ever has and that’s make a controller i don’t want to put down after 30-45 mins. Not holding my breathe. However i am looking forward to seeing what PSSR 2.0 does. Some info is leaking on that and it looks to be good and yes i don’t care what marvel games are coming to any platform i am just not very interested. I want to see them do something new and have to use some creativity.
@SMJ good to hear from you my friend. Wishing you and your loved ones a great 2026. You know the 2026 that this site has article's on Fable and Forza Horizon 6. I guess i would too if Marathon is the next “big” title on the way. Wolverine should be decent but good lord could we chill with Marvel Marvel Marvel Marvel from that studio. Hard for me to get interested even tho i am sure it will be a solid game even tho the controller will make my left thumb sore after 30 mins. HAHA
The funny thing is Sony as a company is almost dead last in TV sales, middle of the pack in headphone sales and jumped out of a ton of markets over a decade ago due to low sales. The PS is the only thing the company can brag on these days and the fans sure do that for them. Normally by mocking whomever isn’t selling well at the time, Wii-u or now Xbox.
But since i like Xbox i want to share MS’s last hope in Japan, with the next Xbox being a Console/PC and MS making a high end one with other OEM’s making their’s rumored to be in the affordable to insane priced ones. What if Samsung or other popular brand in Japan makes a Xbox branded PC and that takes off a little more for them. Japan is growing in PC and is for sure handheld haven. Hey Japanese players here’s a Samsung or whoever branded Xbox PC that runs all your PC titles AND PS titles from steam. Not saying it’s a slam dunk, but i think it would have the chance to move a few more sales than just an Xbox. I’ve been on here saying for a while, PC, handheld and cloud is the future, when’s that future well i don’t know but if RAM prices stay 300% marked up and climbing, there is a big push to cloud and other forms cause owning raw compute power will simply be to much for a lot of players and kids. I own all 3 but after this gen Sony has to do something to earn my money cause i never liked their controllers and their games are on Steam where i can use a controller i like and sad dad sims are getting a little stale and they couldn’t make, buy or pin the tail on a donkey of a live service game.
Sucks Sly Cooper isn’t a thing anymore. Sadly for me more and more of what i liked about PS1-PS3 is dead and gone. PS4-PS5 hasn’t moved me much. Sure i own them and play them a little bit when something comes along i want to try. But so much of my time with PS is behind me. Sly was among one of my favorites. Happy we still got Ratchet and Clank, i love that series. Still my favorite PS5 title. Beat it 3 times.
@nomither6 i agree. I think MS will for sure stick to a PC like box moving forward until there is enough data centers around to get the casual market on cloud gaming in the future. That is the long term end game for them, cause Sony won’t have the amount of running server blades in data centers around the world to keep up. Whether that plan for MS works or not is a wait and see. But that is their long term plan of owning more marketshare. With all the ram going to data centers now, the start of the end for cheap consoles has arrived.
@nomither6 i know it’s possible i just didn’t list it cause it’s not from Nintendo themselves. I mean you can play Nintendo games on a Series S also. But i wanted to mainly list what was legal HAHA. 😊
I want to agree, however the big move to PC is what? It plays everything… well outside of NIntendo. So while yes exclusives if they are big titles that move big numbers, sure. But when Sony started bringing its games more to PC. I heard new PC players say they got a PC cause it can play all titles. Not just some games. So I am a little torn. I ain’t saying Sony and MS don’t have big IP’s but outside of Fortnite or GTA going exclusive, nothing sells more than Nintendo exclusives. If Mario went multi platform it would hurt their hardware sales badly i would think. If God of War went to Xbox, Xbox would still be in 3rd. It wouldn’t hurt Sony all that much.
@Lysterao yeah you are right about that. I too thought it was D4 when it started. There was some good showings there this year. I was fairly impressed with this show overall.
@dapinionated A day off?n Hell i could take 2.5 years off with this effort. Don’t let me see you reply to this games review when it get’s a 6 and meta of barely above 5. Nah you only jump on posts to forget and jump off. Cause even you don’t shill hard enough to truly back this when it fails.
@LogicStrikesAgain Easy to do do when i own al 3 consoles and spent $4k on a sound system, even more on a couch and a TV in our understairs living room. My money worth i can call out a trash co-op rouge game with poor graphics and gamepaly. Seems fair to me. Likely i even give this one a whirl before you. Funny how many out here sticking up for ass looking games yet always asking for Sony to get back to its single player games. Take me a month of sundays to post all of everyone’s Sony please stop the live service push. But i digress.
No one does CGI trailers like Blizzard. Can’t wait to jump back in. Over 1200 hours in D4, whats another 300? Can’t wait. Glad the Paladin rumor was true.
@nomither6 you ain’t wrong. I ain’t sure Xbox nor PS6 have anything for me to be excited for other than the power. PS is a closed box with online games that are junk, Xbox shoots its toes off at a rate not even a 4 trillion dollar company can replace. I like my Switch 2 for the most part but that’s only for Nintendo only games for me. But i knew when i capped on a Sony online game that the defenders would come out even tho likely they are the ones that hate that Sony isn’t focusing on what they are good at.
@AdamNovice when you start off with you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Seems like fair game eh?
Maybe read his comment more closely huh? Maybe? Is making a point telling someone they don’t know what their saying when i said those facts of arrow head and Sony in the first comment. You ain’t hitting the booze are ya? Come on now!! Sober up people.
@Oram77 MLB the show, really? You win the biggest Sony fanboy award i ever seen. I mean i like me both those games but those are not online multiplayer games that do anything outside of sell MTX. Most people play GT7 offline. Look i get it, you don’t think MS and PC run the live service game. But Sony needs to make Spiser-man 4-5-6 and not Concord, and this junk. No one wants it. I love all games and consoles. But Sony is junk at doing live service games and picking them out. Foam stars anyone?
@Oram77 Sony bought the rights to the IP of a game that did little it’s first go round and Arrow Head got it right the second time around and 70% of it’s sales were on PC. PS5 players dibble dabbled in it. PC carried it. Which is fine, so I’ll be nice and say you got that one, now name 2 more!!! I’ll wait. They canceled more than they released and what they released they canceled. Let me say that again in cause you missed it, they canceled more than they released and what they released they canceled.
That looks awful, i used to say Nintendo was the worse online console brand from games to network. But dang is Sony close. If not for Xbox and Xbox 360 i am not even sure PS would be much ahead of Nintendo in network. Sony as much as i want you to do online games, maybe you should listen to your more hardcore fans and do single player games only. You couldn’t pick a diamond off the pavement of what a good online game looks like.
Played it on GamePass, the combat is lacking some, tho fun enough. But the story and world and graphics are a great package. I gave it a 8/10 just for the lure and attention to detail in the world and soundtrack. Likely i am off a point so if a 7/10 sounds good to you, give it a try.
The game is built on PS3 and Xbox 360, without remastering it from the ground up, how much better can it get than this? The story the characters and world is still better than most current games 2 gens later. Sure I am a crazy hardcore RDR fan, it’s my favorite single player IP of all time. But from a tech perspective How much more can they do here? Same with RDR2 is going to be an under the hood uplift. Not a remaster. I am sure the upgrade to RDR2 will seem more to the eye cause it’s a newer game and on PC it looks dang near real. But RDR1, that’s the limit of that game.
@nomither6 yeah still not in love with the 50 series GPU’s. So i am waiting for next gen and going to give that a look. I never gamed on PC before, but i have learned a lot this year on them and still wouldn’t mind building one in the future. I have a bigger collection of Xbox games so i am for sure taking a look at their next offering before a PC build. PS6 is for a few Sony games here and there and if i can play some or most of them on the next Xbox or PC i wouldn’t really need a PS6. However this steam box is doing nothing for me. That controller looks awful and the power is not there.
I have zero interest in it. Give me the PS6 and next Xbox any day. I have libraries on those platforms and not steam. Plus i want power. This device is weak with 8GB of VRAM. I have a high end Oled tv i game on so i want high res. I don’t even find the Dual sense to be a comfy controller there is no way i would like that thing. It looks as bad as all the other Steam controllers if not worse. I am out. PS6 and next Xbox day one for me.
Even despite having less content per year and having a large chunk of them on PC. It’s as if going to PC doesn’t take away from the console player base. Who knew? I like Sony’s direction of having more games playable outside of the console box and now steaming direct to a handheld with no console needed. I think this will help them and not hurt them long term. They are really good at moving consoles, but that can only make so much, now go get some of that other money.
Fingers crossed it hit’s soon on PS5 and Series Consoles. Nate the hate leaked it as still a thing and it’s real just not sure when it’s releasing. It makes sense to come in 2025 as this would be the first year Rockstar hasn’t put out a game. The Rumor mill keeps going on this one. The moment it’s confirmed i will be so happy as it’s my favorite video game ever made. Please make it happen soon Rockstar!
My guess would be with the next Xbox being able to load battle net and of course use Mouse and Keyboard. If you wanted to play WOW on “console” that would be the way forward. The game wouldn’t be a quick port to console. It would take a lot to the control scheme alone. Sure it would get some excitement for a few months and then the players would likely drop off. Thats a lot of work for something that will just be there for them next gen.
I haven’t played it in ages. So when i get the next Xbox i will likely give it a go that way just to experience it again. 😊
I’m good with it. This is what we ask for all the time. Delay the games until they are READY to launch. Not cause a CEO wants his bonus and the game is still not fully baked. So stop whining. This is what we ask of devs.
@nomither6 Very very rarely and never in a insecure or bashing type of way. At least from what I’ve seen over the years. In fairness i go there a little less than here most weeks. Unless some thing is coming out soon for the switch then i go a lot.
No one will buy these, Nike outsells Reebok. I have learned on here that only the best selling products are good. Second, third and fourth selling products are junk and should go out of business. Should have went with Nike Sony, should have went with Nike. (Sarcasm)
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Re: No, GTA 6 PS5 Physical Copies Won't Be Delayed
As a 10 plus year digital only gamer i am happy physical media is still there for those that want it. Even tho that number shrinks year to year. I still am happy to see it around for who wants it. Options are good. I was never one to want to subtract from the industry. The whole certain gamers that want Xbox gone, many of which forget some of them were the same that wanted Nintendo to go 3rd party and now have and love the Switch. Many forget how large the voice online was calling for Nintendo to leave hardware. At least home console hardware, not so sure about handheld. Options are good for all gamers and the industry needs as many makers in the hardware and physical media markets as player choice is great for all.
Re: New PlayStation Patent Could Let You Put Controller Buttons Where You Want
If i could move the left thumb stick up and the D pad down i would not only buy the PS6 of course but it would be my main console over Xbox for shooters. I doubt we see this as Sony will play it safe with PS6 to reach mass numbers. But i would support it.
Re: Rumour: GTA 6 Might Not Launch Physically at First to Avoid Leaks
@PuppetMaster as i was saying to you before. Life support just got shorten by the largest game launch maybe in the history of video games will be digital. This will not help physical media in the eyes of the younger group of console players. Once the 40 year old’s are out of gaming physical is D E A D. Now i did tell you i don’t want that nor think it’s good even tho i don’t but them i think they should. Think you got another 3-4 post in you trying to convince me physical still last and ever becomes even 20% of PS software sales again? It’s at 18% of last Sony report and that’s without the launch of GTA 6.
Re: Blizzard Teases 'The Next Chapter' with Dedicated Diablo, Overwatch Showcases
@nomither6 as a die hard Blizzard fan i remember hearing Bobby K made a lot of decisions on what Blizzard could and couldn’t make. And i think it heavily impacted OW2. In the worst ways as you stated. When they got bought into the MS deal, Phil talked about letting Blizzard cook again and said something to the tune of with no obligations to monetize or determine gameplay ideas. If true i believe Blizzard can still put out games players get lost into for hours if not years or in WOW’s case 2 decades. They remain a top 3 team of mine all time. I can’t wait to see what’s cooking.
Re: Despite Its Price, PS5 Pro Enjoyed a Very Respectable 2025 in USA
@themightyant i have stated on here for a few years now i hope physical media sticks around for those that like it. But physical media buyers give this holier than now speech to people like me showing the numbers. Sony shows their earrings reports and it’s 82-18 for digital. Even if we want to say but some of that is other forms of content like MTX or DLC, the fact is Physical is shrinking to the point PS6 is rumored to launch digital with only a attachement sold for those that want the disc drive. That speaks to Sony seeing the numbers. They wouldn’t do that just cause. The 82-18 is for Sony only, throw in PC, Xbox and other forms of gaming and kids growing up don’t collect discs. That number will only fade more and more when 40 year olds don’t game into the future. Again i don’t want physical to go away, it does me no good to see an option go away, yes i buy digital and have since it came to consoles. But i am not whats best for me is whats best for everyone. I am looking at the numbers and stores carrying less and less copies cause they don’t sell like they used to. When GTA 6 comes out will there be some lines for physical copies? I would think so. But we will never see lines around stores month in and month out like we did in the PS3 and 360 era. We just don’t see that no more unless it’s Nintendo, Nintendo still has a decent physical attach rate. Sony, MS and PC do not is all i am saying. I ain’t making it up, Sony and others share this data and if we want to say that data is incorrect to move players to digital i have no intentions to entertain that battle.
Re: Despite Its Price, PS5 Pro Enjoyed a Very Respectable 2025 in USA
@PuppetMaster again Sony, Capcom, etc etc saying 82% of it’s software sold is digital and you think physical isn’t dying more and more each generation, you do you bro. But when that 18% goes down to around 10-12% and barely any stores have a space for it, don’t say you didn’t see it coming, admit you didn’t want to see it coming.
Re: Despite Its Price, PS5 Pro Enjoyed a Very Respectable 2025 in USA
@PuppetMaster Physical movies going away as fast as they did never made sense to me. The whole movie is on the disc. It looks and sounds better too. Tho i know the average user don’t care about that or have the gear to appreciate it. But when the stores stopped carrying movies I thought that to be strange. Then Blu-ray players kept losing support of companies making them. So inventory and brand option was limited.
Music wise digital streams and Subscription services are great. Tons of music at the click of a button, no losing discs, trying to find them or change them in your car if your car even has a cd player in it these days. Been on Apple Music since it launched and it’s been wonderful. The hipster kids love the come back of vinyl and thats neat i am glad it’s there for them. But it’s a niche market. Still fun tho.
Games are moving more and more digital. Again Sony shows the numbers and you say but DLC, or indies or MTX well thats just the point, thats the flexibility of digital delivery and why it’s popular and makes money. You wouldn’t drive in your car to a store for a piece of plastic to change your characters custom. So digital is the way for these things and the games sell a lot. Look to PC, thats loads of digital sales. It’s hard to buy a PC or Mac with a disk drive, they don’t come with one and haven’t in years. So yes physical is on life support when it no longer makes sense to carry them in stores and more and more people download the numbers won’t support it in years to come time. For now as i said i am happy it’s there for those that like it. Many still do. But to think it’s not on its way out is a little silly to think. The reports and devices made show digital is where the companies and consumers are at in large numbers.
I understand your love and passion for physical and for gamers like yourself i hope it sticks around for a while. But it’s never making a comeback nor is it the mainstream way gamers buy games now and it hasn’t been for a while. Don’t shoot the messenger as they say these are just the facts in dollars and cents.
Re: Despite Its Price, PS5 Pro Enjoyed a Very Respectable 2025 in USA
@PuppetMaster i don’t disagree GameStop sucks never liked them. But my local stores. Walmart, Best Buy Target etc have done sized a lot of its physical media. Not gone or anything, just smaller and less titles when new releases come out. Again the number are provided. Sony themselves say closer to 80% digital. Now sure they would lie about that. I am glad physical isn’t dead for those that like it still. But it’s not for me and the ones were hardly anything is on it and it’s more a download with the license on disk isn’t going to win me back. Throw in the PS Portal, it works way way way better with a digital library. Again glad it’s still there for those that like it, but i think we both know it’s on life support.
Re: Despite Its Price, PS5 Pro Enjoyed a Very Respectable 2025 in USA
@themightyant the issue with the consoles selling with drives is a lot of players are getting it cause they have PS4 discs. But as we see in the numbers digital sales continue to grow as physical continues to shrink. Go into any retail shop and you see less and less physical media it’s in games section outside of Nintendo. Physical isn’t dead it’s just not growing and in the end less and less space is given to it. Even GameStop now is more T shirts and stuff animals than physical media as the sales don’t sustain the stores over head.
Re: Dec 2025 USA Sales: Industry Rebounds from One of the Worst Months on Record
@UltimateOtaku91 PC gamers see Sony as a publisher on their platform as well. So with more games being brought to more places, it’s a moot point of what platform do i need and more what do i want. I could build a PC right now and play almost everything on PS5 and Xbox. And with the growth of steam we are seeing more and more players go to the box that plays everything and less to the box that plays exclusives. Sony has to bundle it’s games inside hardware, go to PC and rely on sales to barely make much profit on it’s titles and they are telling you out loud they are looking at more ways to expand. Which i am all for as they have some great titles that other players that don’t want a PS can enjoy. Xbox is killing it as a publisher and other devs are taking notice of that. So while 40 year old’s fanboy online not saying you are doing that, the devs are looking for ways to get their games in more players hands on all devices.
Re: The End of an Era: Sony Spins Off Iconic Television Business
I used to love Sony TV’s. I still kind of do. But for gaming they are slower than LG C series. Have 2 less HDMI 2.1 ports due to the motherboard Sony uses. Cost more and are more focused on Cinema than gaming. So i just stopped buying them back in the early PS4 days. My LG oled’s for PS5 and Series X and Switch 2 have been amazing. Have no reason to regret my change.
Re: Japanese PS5 Sales Continue to Improve Following Launch of Cheaper Model
@GamingGod the AI patent. I guess so people that aren’t good at games can still “play” and have help. Seems lame, i am not a AI fan so i kind of want it out of my consoles. But that’s not going to happen. I think Sony will be less pushy with it than MS since MS own’s copilot. But Sony will have features on PS6 as well. Thankfully Nintendo will be the least. You say you don’t like the Switch but i am loving Switch 2 so far. Playing Red Dead on it now and at 60fps and 1440P it’s a nice experience. I have nothing to complain about, outside of Nintendo charging $80 for Mario Kart. I got it for $50 with the console and played around 25 hours of it and it’s great fun but it’s not $80. I am not even sure the hardest of hardcore Mario Kart fan’s would say it’s $80 good, but then again Fanboys will go hard for their color plastic box of choice. So who know’s!
Re: Japanese PS5 Sales Continue to Improve Following Launch of Cheaper Model
@GamingGod a dad should know what his kids are playing so even tho you don’t play it. Yes i would have thought you’d know that. However Sony is using the Nintendo PlayStation design controller since PS1 and when the analog stick became a thing there was no room for it other than the bottom. Hence the first dual shock. They stuck to that layout and build their controller chassis’s around that. It works and i can use it. But it’s not my preferred. Not sure Sony patent it cause other controllers use it as well. But Sony did recently patent AI playing your game for you. I seen that.
Re: Japanese PS5 Sales Continue to Improve Following Launch of Cheaper Model
@GamingGod i bought and returned one. It was expensive but not very well made. I am still in search of a good Xbox/Switch layout pad for PS5. You forgot to mention Switch on the layout. 😀
Re: Japanese PS5 Sales Continue to Improve Following Launch of Cheaper Model
@SMJ I’ve owned every PS since PS1 and never liked any of their controllers. But Dual sense is not it for me. I was at a friends house playing Borderlands 4 on PS5 and my thumbs were touching and running it one another. Even he agreed that off set sticks are more comfy but he got a PS5 cause his other friends did. I am hoping PS6 does someting for me that no PS ever has and that’s make a controller i don’t want to put down after 30-45 mins. Not holding my breathe. However i am looking forward to seeing what PSSR 2.0 does. Some info is leaking on that and it looks to be good and yes i don’t care what marvel games are coming to any platform i am just not very interested. I want to see them do something new and have to use some creativity.
Re: Japanese PS5 Sales Continue to Improve Following Launch of Cheaper Model
@SMJ good to hear from you my friend. Wishing you and your loved ones a great 2026. You know the 2026 that this site has article's on Fable and Forza Horizon 6. I guess i would too if Marathon is the next “big” title on the way. Wolverine should be decent but good lord could we chill with Marvel Marvel Marvel Marvel from that studio. Hard for me to get interested even tho i am sure it will be a solid game even tho the controller will make my left thumb sore after 30 mins. HAHA
Re: Japanese PS5 Sales Continue to Improve Following Launch of Cheaper Model
@Max_the_German @SMJ
The funny thing is Sony as a company is almost dead last in TV sales, middle of the pack in headphone sales and jumped out of a ton of markets over a decade ago due to low sales. The PS is the only thing the company can brag on these days and the fans sure do that for them. Normally by mocking whomever isn’t selling well at the time, Wii-u or now Xbox.
But since i like Xbox i want to share MS’s last hope in Japan, with the next Xbox being a Console/PC and MS making a high end one with other OEM’s making their’s rumored to be in the affordable to insane priced ones. What if Samsung or other popular brand in Japan makes a Xbox branded PC and that takes off a little more for them. Japan is growing in PC and is for sure handheld haven. Hey Japanese players here’s a Samsung or whoever branded Xbox PC that runs all your PC titles AND PS titles from steam. Not saying it’s a slam dunk, but i think it would have the chance to move a few more sales than just an Xbox. I’ve been on here saying for a while, PC, handheld and cloud is the future, when’s that future well i don’t know but if RAM prices stay 300% marked up and climbing, there is a big push to cloud and other forms cause owning raw compute power will simply be to much for a lot of players and kids. I own all 3 but after this gen Sony has to do something to earn my money cause i never liked their controllers and their games are on Steam where i can use a controller i like and sad dad sims are getting a little stale and they couldn’t make, buy or pin the tail on a donkey of a live service game.
Re: PS3's Sly Cooper Team Shut in Oculus Layoffs, Two Other Devs Closed
Sucks Sly Cooper isn’t a thing anymore. Sadly for me more and more of what i liked about PS1-PS3 is dead and gone. PS4-PS5 hasn’t moved me much. Sure i own them and play them a little bit when something comes along i want to try. But so much of my time with PS is behind me. Sly was among one of my favorites. Happy we still got Ratchet and Clank, i love that series. Still my favorite PS5 title. Beat it 3 times.
Re: Fable Is 'Understood' to Be Coming to PS5, Says New Report
This should sell good on PS5, unless it’s not Sad Dad sim enough.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Believes Exclusives Make Consoles 'Sing'
@nomither6 i agree. I think MS will for sure stick to a PC like box moving forward until there is enough data centers around to get the casual market on cloud gaming in the future. That is the long term end game for them, cause Sony won’t have the amount of running server blades in data centers around the world to keep up. Whether that plan for MS works or not is a wait and see. But that is their long term plan of owning more marketshare. With all the ram going to data centers now, the start of the end for cheap consoles has arrived.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Believes Exclusives Make Consoles 'Sing'
@nomither6 i know it’s possible i just didn’t list it cause it’s not from Nintendo themselves. I mean you can play Nintendo games on a Series S also. But i wanted to mainly list what was legal HAHA. 😊
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Believes Exclusives Make Consoles 'Sing'
I want to agree, however the big move to PC is what? It plays everything… well outside of NIntendo. So while yes exclusives if they are big titles that move big numbers, sure. But when Sony started bringing its games more to PC. I heard new PC players say they got a PC cause it can play all titles. Not just some games. So I am a little torn. I ain’t saying Sony and MS don’t have big IP’s but outside of Fortnite or GTA going exclusive, nothing sells more than Nintendo exclusives. If Mario went multi platform it would hurt their hardware sales badly i would think. If God of War went to Xbox, Xbox would still be in 3rd. It wouldn’t hurt Sony all that much.
Re: Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred Loots April Release Date, New Paladin Class Playable Tonight
@Lysterao yeah you are right about that. I too thought it was D4 when it started. There was some good showings there this year. I was fairly impressed with this show overall.
Re: Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
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@dapinionated A day off?n Hell i could take 2.5 years off with this effort. Don’t let me see you reply to this games review when it get’s a 6 and meta of barely above 5. Nah you only jump on posts to forget and jump off. Cause even you don’t shill hard enough to truly back this when it fails.
Re: Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
@Slayer25c i just want good games from Sony for PS5. You think this looks good, i am happy for you, someone has to support this effort.
Re: Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
@LogicStrikesAgain Easy to do do when i own al 3 consoles and spent $4k on a sound system, even more on a couch and a TV in our understairs living room. My money worth i can call out a trash co-op rouge game with poor graphics and gamepaly. Seems fair to me. Likely i even give this one a whirl before you. Funny how many out here sticking up for ass looking games yet always asking for Sony to get back to its single player games. Take me a month of sundays to post all of everyone’s Sony please stop the live service push. But i digress.
Re: Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
@AdamNovice I’ll make sure you do. Only fair! But i normally enjoy your takes.
Re: Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred Loots April Release Date, New Paladin Class Playable Tonight
No one does CGI trailers like Blizzard. Can’t wait to jump back in. Over 1200 hours in D4, whats another 300? Can’t wait. Glad the Paladin rumor was true.
Re: Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
@AdamNovice don’t we all judge games on videos before they come out. Am i alone here? Have you not done that ? Be honest.
Re: Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
@nomither6 you ain’t wrong. I ain’t sure Xbox nor PS6 have anything for me to be excited for other than the power. PS is a closed box with online games that are junk, Xbox shoots its toes off at a rate not even a 4 trillion dollar company can replace. I like my Switch 2 for the most part but that’s only for Nintendo only games for me. But i knew when i capped on a Sony online game that the defenders would come out even tho likely they are the ones that hate that Sony isn’t focusing on what they are good at.
Re: Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
@AdamNovice when you start off with you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. Seems like fair game eh?
Maybe read his comment more closely huh? Maybe? Is making a point telling someone they don’t know what their saying when i said those facts of arrow head and Sony in the first comment. You ain’t hitting the booze are ya? Come on now!! Sober up people.
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@Oram77 MLB the show, really? You win the biggest Sony fanboy award i ever seen. I mean i like me both those games but those are not online multiplayer games that do anything outside of sell MTX. Most people play GT7 offline. Look i get it, you don’t think MS and PC run the live service game. But Sony needs to make Spiser-man 4-5-6 and not Concord, and this junk. No one wants it. I love all games and consoles. But Sony is junk at doing live service games and picking them out. Foam stars anyone?
Re: Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
@Oram77 Sony bought the rights to the IP of a game that did little it’s first go round and Arrow Head got it right the second time around and 70% of it’s sales were on PC. PS5 players dibble dabbled in it. PC carried it. Which is fine, so I’ll be nice and say you got that one, now name 2 more!!! I’ll wait. They canceled more than they released and what they released they canceled. Let me say that again in cause you missed it, they canceled more than they released and what they released they canceled.
Re: Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
@Oram77 my point is just make those, they are good. Their online efforts have been TRASH!!! This game has D- written all over it.
Re: Sony Announces 4Loop, the Next Co-Op Game from the Creator of Left 4 Dead
That looks awful, i used to say Nintendo was the worse online console brand from games to network. But dang is Sony close. If not for Xbox and Xbox 360 i am not even sure PS would be much ahead of Nintendo in network. Sony as much as i want you to do online games, maybe you should listen to your more hardcore fans and do single player games only. You couldn’t pick a diamond off the pavement of what a good online game looks like.
Re: Xbox Game South of Midnight Comes to PS5 Next Year
Played it on GamePass, the combat is lacking some, tho fun enough. But the story and world and graphics are a great package. I gave it a 8/10 just for the lure and attention to detail in the world and soundtrack. Likely i am off a point so if a 7/10 sounds good to you, give it a try.
Re: PlayStation to Publish New PS5, PC Co-Op Game from Left 4 Dead Creator
Left 4 Dead with my friends on 360 was a blast. I miss playing that series. I will keep my eye on this project, as i hope it will be something good.
Re: Red Dead Redemption PS5 Another Subpar Re-Release from Rockstar
The game is built on PS3 and Xbox 360, without remastering it from the ground up, how much better can it get than this? The story the characters and world is still better than most current games 2 gens later. Sure I am a crazy hardcore RDR fan, it’s my favorite single player IP of all time. But from a tech perspective
How much more can they do here? Same with RDR2 is going to be an under the hood uplift. Not a remaster. I am sure the upgrade to RDR2 will seem more to the eye cause it’s a newer game and on PC it looks dang near real. But RDR1, that’s the limit of that game.
Re: Poll: Does the Steam Machine Pose a Threat to PS5?
@nomither6 yeah still not in love with the 50 series GPU’s. So i am waiting for next gen and going to give that a look. I never gamed on PC before, but i have learned a lot this year on them and still wouldn’t mind building one in the future. I have a bigger collection of Xbox games so i am for sure taking a look at their next offering before a PC build. PS6 is for a few Sony games here and there and if i can play some or most of them on the next Xbox or PC i wouldn’t really need a PS6. However this steam box is doing nothing for me. That controller looks awful and the power is not there.
Re: Poll: Does the Steam Machine Pose a Threat to PS5?
I have zero interest in it. Give me the PS6 and next Xbox any day. I have libraries on those platforms and not steam. Plus i want power. This device is weak with 8GB of VRAM. I have a high end Oled tv i game on so i want high res. I don’t even find the Dual sense to be a comfy controller there is no way i would like that thing. It looks as bad as all the other Steam controllers if not worse. I am out. PS6 and next Xbox day one for me.
Re: Red Dead Redemption 1 on Its Way to PS5, New Age Rating Suggests
Make it a combo please. I would get the double pack day one!
Re: PS5 Is the Second Fastest Selling PlayStation Ever in the US, Despite Price Hikes and Production Issues
Even despite having less content per year and having a large chunk of them on PC. It’s as if going to PC doesn’t take away from the console player base. Who knew? I like Sony’s direction of having more games playable outside of the console box and now steaming direct to a handheld with no console needed. I think this will help them and not hurt them long term. They are really good at moving consoles, but that can only make so much, now go get some of that other money.
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Now the Fourth Best Selling Game Ever, Still Chained to PS4 at 30FPS
Fingers crossed it hit’s soon on PS5 and Series Consoles. Nate the hate leaked it as still a thing and it’s real just not sure when it’s releasing. It makes sense to come in 2025 as this would be the first year Rockstar hasn’t put out a game. The Rumor mill keeps going on this one. The moment it’s confirmed i will be so happy as it’s my favorite video game ever made. Please make it happen soon Rockstar!
Re: Blizzard Once Again Shuts Down World of Warcraft Console Talk
@nessisonett @Oram77 @Zuljaras @DennisReynolds
My guess would be with the next Xbox being able to load battle net and of course use Mouse and Keyboard. If you wanted to play WOW on “console” that would be the way forward. The game wouldn’t be a quick port to console. It would take a lot to the control scheme alone. Sure it would get some excitement for a few months and then the players would likely drop off. Thats a lot of work for something that will just be there for them next gen.
I haven’t played it in ages. So when i get the next Xbox i will likely give it a go that way just to experience it again. 😊
Re: GTA 6 Delayed Again, Pushed Back to November 2026
I’m good with it. This is what we ask for all the time. Delay the games until they are READY to launch. Not cause a CEO wants his bonus and the game is still not fully baked. So stop whining. This is what we ask of devs.
In the meantime please give us RDR2 remastered.
Re: Leaked Cross-Buy Icon on PS5 Hints at Mysterious Pro-Consumer Move from Sony
@TrollOfWar Is PlayStation going multiplatform?
PS is multi platform and has been for a while now.
Re: Nintendo's New Playtime Tracker Has the Granular Gameplay Activity Data We Want from PS5
@nomither6 Very very rarely and never in a insecure or bashing type of way. At least from what I’ve seen over the years. In fairness i go there a little less than here most weeks. Unless some thing is coming out soon for the switch then i go a lot.
Re: Reebok's PS1 Sneakers Are So Good They'll Boot Up Your Nostalgia
No one will buy these, Nike outsells Reebok. I have learned on here that only the best selling products are good. Second, third and fourth selling products are junk and should go out of business. Should have went with Nike Sony, should have went with Nike. (Sarcasm)