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@Titntin that makes sense, i have heard a few PC’s fan noise and it is very loud, one guy told me it’s cause he is over clocking and i wouldn’t do that. I understand the work comparison. That to makes a lot of sense. I’ve been in finance for most of my life, so you guessed it, Windows. Hence why my personal life is all Apple and has been for close to 21 years now. I have watched a lot on driver updates and it seems console like in someways. There is a lot of info out there on settings and what not so that does help. I will still get a next gen Xbox and PS6 for under the tv. I love console way to much to quit it cold turkey. But there is a lot of advantages to PC. But you are like me in the sense you own all the consoles so you aren’t missing out on much.

@nomither6 what do i tell my bank when i ask for a new debt card cause my PSN account has been hijacked for the second time?

I hope they kill off the yellow D-Pad, i find it ugly. But i would like a simple term of just PlayStation Store, Playstation Online.

Yes Ma’am my Playstation online account has gotten data breached again, can you send a new debt card in the mail. Don’t worry the men from Japan bowed to me in form of apologizing.
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@LogicStrikesAgain it’s for sure not the whole user base. Most of the people on here are good gamers that i fully get along with. Then there is those few that just can;t help but order that dirty bird for dinner. It’s not you that’s for sure, i see you on here a lot and you have good takes on the industry as a whole.

@LogicStrikesAgain Thinking that people aren’t buying a game is because they “hate” another box

This is your good point and i fully agree if it was just said as such and not blast the GAME until it’s on said box and then act like being called out is someone’s else negativity. No one wants to eat crow and i and many others like to serve it.

But for the record i am happy when any game sells well on all platforms or just one platform cause that means they get to continue making games. It’s all good things that SF is now on 3 platforms and the crow don’t taste to bad after the first few bites.

@nomither6 So it really is true that it’s not the games people hate, just the plastic box that it’s on.

Careful when i say things like this the meanies come out and attack me for liking both Xbox and PS. But you knew this would sell well, i did. I am disappointed you didn’t throw in a fatty controller comment with it tho HAHHA I come here expecting that of you these days. Makes me laugh all the time. 😆

@Titntin man that is some good results. I have a friend that likes to collect old VHS and DVD’s on the cheap. You know second hand shops and what not. I wonder if he knows about that or even cares. Pretty cool tho. I’ve never seen it with my own eyes before.

PC gaming just not your thing huh? I fear that could be me as well even tho at some point i am going to build one. I love my Series X and PS5 and i must say i am really loving Switch 2 also, i play it more than I thought i would. So really i don’t have a lot of reason to jump into PC. But i do like some of the benefits from PC gaming but a little hesitant towards some of the bad things about it as well. I am a hardcore Apple users so troubleshooting Windows is not something i have hands on time with. My Mac’s and iPad Pro’s go years on end without needing much to any troubleshooting. They just work for me. I used to run Diablo and World of Warcraft on a MacBook Pro and they actually ran decent in terms of stability, obviously not high end spec wise. But still very solid. Once next gen Xbox and PS get here i might be to tied into those to care about PC much, hard to tell.

I never liked the yellow D Pad branding so i would be happy to see it go. As for the naming, not sure they will go to crazy, we could be just looking at PlayStation Store & PlayStation Online. Simple but very clean and easy to understand and market. Just please kill of the Yellow D Pad.

I enjoyed my time with South of Midnight on GP. Avowed on GP i thought was better than some suggested. But i have no interest in playing with pots, gotta pass on that one.

@themightyant @Northern_munkey I’ve seen more talk around consoles aren’t growing which is true but they aren’t dead by any means. Consoles are very much alive and doing big dollars for devs. However it’s easy to cherry pick and this site does it professionally cause a lot of games and Capcom made a statement on this sell better on PC than consoles. So this is more of a hey look RE sold better on consoles and failing to mention the other 6-8 games that PC sold better. Video game culture is a constant one uping someone. It’s sleazy and rarely even the whole picture of the full truth. That said PC and Console are alive and well. You make a great game and support many platforms you will make money.

@Titntin i couldn’t agree with you more. It is fine to use AI but this seems to be what most gamers were asking not to happen. Nvida was made by the gamers until AI money started rolling in and now i think they are to far gone from caring what gamers what on their PC’s. Speaking of PC you could sell that GPU i would think, PC gaming is red hot and cheaper parts are bought right away where i am. Basically here it’s post it online and you get 3-4 people wanting to buy it in a matter of mins. Not telling you to sell anything you don’t want to of course. Haha but i know what you mean PC gaming is not for everyone and i fear that for myself. But i would like to try it some at some point and again if i don’t like it much i will sell it and just stick to PS, Xbox and Switch. That is plenty to keep me busy. Question how well does AI upscale say an older VHS? I never seen that in person. Would you say close to DVD quality?

@Titntin AI is already in PSSR and PSSR 2. Almost every gaming device now has AI. The wild thing is to use this on PC you need not one but two 5090’s. That is insane expensive. Not sure anyone likes it that much, while most hate it. I am slowly moving to PC and while do a 5080 build at some point but no way would i buy two 5090’s just for AI upscaling.

I’d love black plates for a PS5 Pro from Sony. That would match my Switch 2 and Series x and make it look much better.. maybe before the end of 26 we will get them.

@gaston yeah i played a few matches cause well i love Bungie and wanted to try it i heavily agree with you that the graphics and sound is really good. Of course i like the gunplay cause Bungie is some of the best at that. So you are right on that for sure. To be expected from Bungie honestly. I just don’t care for the gameplay of this genre. Much how i felt about Hades i love so much of the game but not that style of genre.

I don’t even build legos. But i need this. I will leave it unopened as a collectors item. I loved my PS1. Still my favorite PS console.

@Northern_munkey i get what you are saying. Maybe you didn’t know i liked Bungie as much as i do. I mean they aren’t in my top 5 but they are in my top 10. I don’t trust what Sony will do with them when not if this game flops. I wasn’t even going to comment but a buddy of mine made fun of the site saying they gave Concord a good score. Hahaha they really did.

@Ambassador_Kong yeah Paul i have read some of his stuff. He knows what he is talking about. Hopefully Sony is good with Bungie and let’s Bungie do whatever it wants next and not told to make something they don’t want.

@gaston i do care about Bungie yes. I find them to make games i like to play. Just not this genre with Marathon.

@Northern_munkey as much as i love Diablo 4. Some of the knocks it get’s is fair. Sure i love the gameplay and lore of Diablo but they made many mistakes with it and been changing it over and over trying to get it right by the players. I can’t refute that. Didn’t change my play time with it but i too saw those issues. But you know how some people on here take complaints. They act like you kicked their dog when in fact, i just stated my piece on a developer that i like their games and want to play normally but marathon don’t do it for me. Had someone not you of course had to throw in Xbox this and Xbox that and i can see through your comments BS, i would have left it alone. But they have to make it something it ain’t. I just think this set’s Bungie back if it falls off fast and it’s looking like it will. Now what’s next from them? That i don’t know and it kind of sucks. I like Bungie. I want them to do well.

@Northern_munkey I jumped on to say it’s not doing well and Bungie made a mistake. I like Bungie a lot and never wanted this game. But once i got attacked for saying it’s not doing well. Well you know i double and triple down on people attacking a logical statement. I wasn’t flaming the game nor the PS5. But i am sad to see Bungie didn’t go in a different direction cause this game never reallly had a chance at success. Not to mention most people on this site have been dogging the game, but when i say something i get called out. That’s Push Square for me these day’s.

@Ambassador_Kong that don’t surprise me at all. But thanks for the info if that leak is correct. PS players don’t buy these types of shooting games. The causals that buy a PS to play shooters play COD and Fortnite not this. So who does that leave to buy this? Same can be said for Hell Divers 2. PC carried that game. So i kind of guessed but just thought that for marathon the PC numbers would tell the tale. Here to think others on here said i was wrong and a fanboy just for calling out what appeared to be common sense to me. Thanks for the info buddy.

@Kiltedhaggis i don’t mind banter here and there of course. That keeps it fun. But there is no reason to throw the kind of shade people do over it. There are things i like and dislike about both. With MS games making thier way to PS, i almost thought about selling my Xbox and just being a two console setup. But man that PS controller being my main stick for shooters and other games is just a no for me. Kills my left thumb in like 30 mins. Crazy to think some people actually only like a brand for something so small. For as much as i like PS i have disliked their controllers since PS1-PS5 and yet they get my money every generation and will again for PS6. But i won’t main the console. HECK NO!!

All that to say Marathon is mid. It’s not a bad game and not going to last longer than 6 months. But hey isn’t that what you die hard PS only fans want us to say. God knows if Sony ain’t working on a Sad dad single player game this site goes bananas. I’d a thought you’d be happy to see another live service game drown slowly.

@Kiltedhaggis there’s no one on here with a brain wave higher than a medium size dog that don’t know i mostly play on consoles with off set sticks. But i also love me some God of War and Racthet and clank. I never pretended to be some Sony warrior that’s why it’s “easy to see” what i say. I like enough of their games to buy a PS every console generation. Really that simple. I don’t care for much of what they done with PS5. It’s not been as fun for me as PS3. Again it’s that simple. There’s nothing to see i just said it straight to you.

@Kiltedhaggis i didn’t see a point. This is a 3rd party shooter that i could play on my PS5 or Series X and don’t want to. I am not inclined to say something nice about every game MS and Sony make.

@Kiltedhaggis @Northern_munkey

88K is highest peak on steam. That was my point, not awful but that’s not sustainable and that number is going down. MR hagg i am sure you have something more clever to input into these numbers other than someone likes Xbox….. and PS…….. and Switch. Take a click and read for yourself.

https://steamdb.info/app/3065800/charts/

@Northern_munkey well don’t do that. How else will call me out on here 🙄 i kid i kid. i mean i personally like the art style of the game. i also love bungie’s shootings mechanics. but the genre isn’t for me. that said i just don’t think many new live service games stand a chance these days and truthfully if it lasts 6 months to a year with a player base that is actually a win. most close down quick like. i am just happy you seem to be having fun with it. sorry gotta run i think i have to defend which plastic box i like again to another reader.

@Kiltedhaggis this game is on Xbox and i don’t care for it. People call me all kinds of things cause if you don’t worship one AMD plastic box with a different store front over the other they take it stupid serious and act out without sense. When you don’t have smart things to refute a point you call being names and saying NOTHING. Which is close to what you did. This game was BLASTED on here as not being wanted and made fun of for stealing art. It’s good now?

@Northern_munkey not my best brother? HAHA

I just don’t see it finding a big enough player base that stays with it over time to really make most of its money back. Last i seen on Steam the numbers were low to average and had a sharp 3 day dip. I didn’t spin it off the top of my head. Console numbers would need to be strong and stay strong and i haven’t seen any numbers on that yet. Thoughts? Now i know you like the game so i ain’t trying to poo poo on your fun.

@nomither6 You guys gave Concord a good score by the way 🤣

HAHAHAHA they did give Concord a decent score. Marathon’s player numbers aren’t that high and in 3 days they were falling fast, not sure this one last 6 months but it might be able to hang on for a bit. Not sure it will be profitable but time will tell.

Sony is about to cut a lot of jobs when the TCL TV deal takes place i would assume. Haven’t had a Sony TV in a long while. But it’s still weird to know that TCL will own 51%. But that does off load a lot of over head in a market Sony is dead last in in sales.

Been 100% digital for 10 years or longer now. But i like physical being around for those that like it. The only physical owners that get on my nerves are the ones on here saying how well it’s doing and arguing with me that it’s still a big market. Sony showed in their reports that over 80% was digital sales. That’s not saying there isn’t still money being made on physical but it’s shrinking by the year. Soon many stores will barely carry it outside of Nintendo.

I see a lot of people on here saying physical is cheaper and that for the most part is true until, someone steals your physical games, house fire, kid breaks the disc, you lose it. My physical collection is just there and with Portal it is there for all games not the one in your disc drive, which buy the way can and will at some point break and be a cost to replace. So yes you are ahead in most cases with physical but it’s not as if digital doesn’t have its benefits as well.

@Kumatz i would lose my mind for a Resistance game on PS5. Be it remakes or new. I would even buy a Pro for it if it had improvements. That and Motorstorm were my big hitters on PS3. PS4 and PS5 first titles mostly bore me. Those i would jump all over. But Motorstorm has no way of coming back sadly. Resistance i think they see as even less return on investment than Killzone and we see where that is now as well. .

I mean Sony did say they had hoped if they put a game on PC that the PC gamers would play it and want to play the sequel on a PS5 and buy a PS5. So maybe the numbers are showing that ain’t happening and there is no need to support that player base over their own. Of course with live service it makes all the sense to put it on PC, otherwise HD2 would have been mid in sales on just PS5. But on PC it was huge.

To all the haters that say Ray tracing isn’t needed or it don’t do that much, we don’t need next gen consoles with better ray tracing it don’t add much. Graphics have peaked. I give you RE on PS5 Pro. Those ray tracing details are some of the best I’ve seen on console. Play Cyberpunk on a high end PC with full ray tracing and tell me it’s not next gen looking? I’ll buy you a beer and a pair of glasses. Your vision needs refocused.

I give Capcom a lot of praise and i can’t wait for next gen consoles with much improved ray tracing. It’s a game changer.

To think they have that type of talent and yet needed to steal art for the game. I don’t think this game is as DOA as it was, but not sure it last a full calendar year with a strong player count.

Just to much Marvel, I am burned out as I’ve never been a big Marvel fan. Tho Wolverine is one of the cooler characters so maybe, but I won’t be there day one.

Is this Sony’s nice way to say love me again after Bluepoint closure?

@spikes91 I want them to land on their feet with jobs soon. They live in my City and it ain’t cheap here. In a perfect world they would go to NIntendo. But I know the Big N ain’t going to spend the money. Likely don’t even have a need for them. So that only leaves MS. Sony and MS both are in massive mistake world letting go of studios. Really sucks.

Phil wasn’t fired, he said in 2025 the end was near and he would be working closely with his successor. The same way everyone assumed Jim Ryan was fired. Which likely he wasn’t fired but maybe asked to step aside and allow someone else in the role. Jim and Phil both had little years left so why not exit the company,

Silent? Come on Sony take your roasting like MS does which is put someone on camera talking that we don’t even know and let them take the whippings. HAHA i kid i kid, no really MS did that. When they raised the price of GP.

What a month for Sony, they gave 51% of their TV business to TCL and now closing a studio. It ain’t easy in today’s world when you don’t own an operating system or your Nintendo.

@nomither6 yes Sir, lived in Dallas a long time, moved to Austin with my girlfriend at the time, got a State job doing accounting and just stayed here. No i haven’t ran into them since a little before thanksgiving and i didn’t hear anything about it. Nor what they were working on as they aren’t allowed to talk about that stuff. Even beers don’t make them talk HAHA

Yeah Bluepoint, EA, Arkane, Retro Studios are all in Austin TX just to name a few. I knew a girl that applied to Retro Studios and didn’t get the job HAHA

@SuntannedDuck2 yeah well said and valid points. Speaking of Switch, i was a so so fan of the first. I had most of their first party titles, Mario, Zelda etc. but i am loving the Switch 2. It’s a big enough improvement to build and power etc etc. that i play it so much more than the Switch 1. Donkey Kong Banaza is one of my favorite games in the last 10 years. PS5 much like the PS4 is just not getting the play time out of me like the PS1-PS3 did. The GOW Trilogy remake has my attention for sure. Losing Bluepoint didn’t win me over for sure.

@SuntannedDuck2 that is an excellent way to describe it. Sony focused on single player games so hard in the PS4 genre that some forget they tried this before and had little here and there success tacked on to single player games. But i am sorry asking Bluepoint games to do a God of War live service game!!! How does that game or idea even work? Sony bought BP in 2021 and Demon Souls came out in 2020. So they didn’t even get a game out owning BP. That just seems to not only fall back on Herman and gang but more evidence to my contest push that Sony couldn’t pin the tail on a Donkey of a good multiplayer only game. It’s just not what they are built to do internally, next up friend is fairgames. No way they get their game over the bubble. Sony needs to hope Bungie starts teaching them online gaming soon. Cause otherwise that was another buyout that will not grow fruit. Well said tho, and i buy all 3 consoles cause to me they each do something i like and don’t and i do not play PS for online games. From the controller to the first party, it’s just a no.

@UltimateOtaku91 if 10 years is true, it will push a lot of casuals to cloud gaming. It will be the cheaper way to play FIFA and a few matches of Madden. This would benefit MS and Nvida the quickest. Local hardware power might be to high of cost for casuals if 10 years of parts will be 400X mark up. Crazy times

@nomither6 this makes what MS did with High Fi Rush studio look decent, but but but those console sales bro!!

Not much good when the games they make have razor thin profit margins and they continue the cash cow online game hunt. I’d love for MS or Nintendo to buy them. But i am sure they aren’t allowed and many will just leave to other job openings. Sad to hear i knew a few of these guys. The studio is in my hometown, along with some others. This is the second closure in my city.

@get2sammyb hits me hard. I grew up in Texas, i moved to Austin in 2009 to current and meet a few of the dev’s from there. They never told me much about games they were working on or anything but they did tell me they were happy to be acquired by a larger company for security and now this. Sony get’s praised way to hard for being popular and moving console units when truth is this generation for them has shown they are creatively bankrupt and chasing cash cow’s in an online market they have even been good at. Sony has never had a studio with a big online game. The “halo” killer days with Killzone was a joke and they basically quit trying a few of those titles, the first of which was shown off with GCI and lied about as gameplay for a while. Bluepoint games deserves better and i plan to drive over to the studio this weekend and see if they are moving stuff out. sad times.

This is where i really get a good amount of my money’s worth out of Gamepass. They have great indie support as MS funds a lot of indie games with GP and i can try them before i buy them and i have played some gems i otherwise wouldn’t have. I mostly use my PS5 for exclusives only. Switch 2 can be a nice place for indies as well. As long as they are getting supported and have thier place in the space it’s all good.

No light gun no buy for me, same with house of the dead but man I used to love these games in the arcade. So much fun with a pocket fun of tokens to continue. Now if Nintendo brought back Duck Hunt with a gun, I would eat my iPad Pro out of excitement.

@REALAIS once again you are so right, I agree. I have to finish all the seasons just because. Loot filter is something they added based on fan’s feedback so that is good, cause they are listening as for how much they can add or adjust it in the future, I to am not sure. I want to say they said more to come on that at a later time. I could be wrong. For sure I think the end game will be an improvement and something they can build from. As for the skill tree changes, I mean I am super excited for it cause there is a whole new meta and ways to build builds that were never before possible. Hey maybe my Druid builds won’t stink in the beginning now HAHA. Again I just thought it was a big showing for the anniversary and they ain’t done yet. I can tell you are a super fan of the series such as myself. I have a Series X, PS5 and Switch 2. I bought it for Xbox and PS just to play it on both if and when I want too. I love games that the saves are across platforms.