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@Liamsufc1 i have no doubt it’s a lot of work and it’s why myself and many others are happy to rebuy it. But i am not sure this gen we see it. But then again next gen would make it even better. It’s awesome on PC. I have it on Xbox and it’s better than the PS4 copy by a touch. But to your point, yes it’s going to come at a cost for the work involved. Only makes sense tho.

Don’t get me wrong, i want it so bad. Favorite game of all time. But i just don’t see Rockstar doing it. There has been so much chatter around it and yet Rockstar is quiet as can be. I’d be happy to buy it again with all the bells and whistles turned up. I am going to pretend like it’s never going to happen so if it does i am so much more excited and shocked.

This site only comments on when games aren’t fully on disc. But Pure Xbox reported this game is fully on disc for Xbox, so i see no reason it wouldn’t be for PS5 as well. Does nothing for me as i am 100% digital but for those that like that kind of thing. Maybe that will help you buy it!!! enjoy!!

@Northern_munkey nothing wrong with that. I wish i had a fishing rod in hand more than a controller these days for sure and don’t forget to get a golf club in yours buddy. 😀

@LogicStrikesAgain appreciate that buddy, i really do. Cause i do enjoy talking games and want to see the big 3 do well. I don’t want to see any of them go under. I am trying to keep my Xbox friends in check now on the HD2 to Xbox, that does not mean Sony is looking to bring more games over. But we all know Xbox has a smaller install base. But nearly 35 to 40 million by the end of the gen, if Sony can get 10-15% of that install base to buy and play it’s live service games, to me that is good money for Sony and no reason not to. Now on the MS side bring games to PS, well we have seen how that has gone so far and it seems to be making really good money. Even a game like Sea of Thieves which was somewhat largely criticized by PS players sold 1.5 million copies. Of course Forza and elder scrolls much higher. So this so money that can keep people employed and working on future games. I don’t see that as a bad thing. Most of the teams that lost employees yesterday were teams really struggling. Still sucks tho. Again i am sorry for the attitude and of course looking forward to talking more in the future. 😀

@LogicStrikesAgain i would like to also say to you i am sorry for getting on you yesterday about my post. It;s not my intention to argue or fight over a hobby that i love and brings me and millions of others entertainment. But i do hope you see how it’s a bit two faced to have said people say they wish a brand would no longer exist and then when that said brand is failing and people lose their jobs they are upset. It can’t be both ways and wishing options and competition out of any industry has never benefited that industry short or long term. It shrinks it and allows for higher prices and less innovation. We all know that. But i am sorry for being so harsh.

@LogicStrikesAgain i agree, Sony’s business strategy for PS is having exclusives. Much like NIntendo does. If Sony don’t have those they do have something Xbox don’t and that is the name PlayStation which in many countries is the default name for video games. So they would still sell well in many parts of the world on name alone. But i do think the exclusive strategy they have works to a small degree. Maybe say 15-25 million sales? I made that number up so agree or disagree but you get the point. I myself buy a PS console for the exclusives. PS hasn’t been my main 3rd party console since the PS2. Why? I simply don’t love using their controllers and the thumb stick layouts. It’s a small thing sure, but i buy all 3 for their pro’s and con’s and the PS consoles have very little con’s for me, other than the controllers, PS3 controller was TRASH. PS4 controller was decent but a little to small, and the PS5 is a little to big and they refuse to go to off set sticks like 90% of the industries controllers. So would i buy a PS6 or PS7 if i could i play their games on NIntendo or Xbox? I don’t know but it’s safe to say i would if they had exclusive content i wanted to play. I agree with you HD2 coming to Xbox and future live service games does not mean God of War is going to Switch and Xbox. But in this industry you just never know, cause they all want money and god of war on more devices would make more money. For now i don’t see it happening but if there comes a day in future when cloud is more popular than console, all 3 will have to start making their IP’s more popular in more places than just their own.

@Northern_munkey HAHHAA what’s up my buddy? Did you check out the new season in Diablo 4, it’s actually really fun. Remember tho if you play it on off set thumb sticks your a fanboy, also if you play it on inline thumb sticks your a fanboy. Haha

@DennisReynolds not at all, i agree. I just think it’s cool both are coming on that day. Heck i might take that day off work and just play and enjoy them.

@nomither6 i just mean for Sony since their business model is around exclsuvie content. Then keep the God of War’s and Spider-Man’s but bring over all their live service games day and date. Even don’t spend money on timed exclusives cause 3rd party teams are showing they make more money on PC. So when Sony does have a killer exclusive to market it will feel big and important. Maybe i am off on that take. But that’s what i would like to see.

@wildcat_kickz I really don't understand why people are complaining here. PlayStation isn't going anywhere. PlayStation owners aren't going to start buying Xboxes just because some games are being ported. It's such an ill-conceived argument.

I’ve been saying this for over a year now and i still don’t have more than 10 people agree with me, cause they are more invested in their plastic AMD box wars. They would rather talk badly about people playing and buying games than play games. I have all 3 consoles, i get called a Xbox fanboy cause i say i like the controller layout better than PS. In the end i support all 3 and enjoy when others have the options to buy and play where they want. This move won’t hurt PS at all, in fact it will make them more money and thats a great thing.

@nomither6 yeah i would love to see some of the older Sony titles come back. Those are the ones i enjoyed most. I am not a big Spider-Man fan. Yes they are well made games, i just don’t enjoy playing them that much. Now give me Sly and Motorstorm reboot and i would be all over it. I think Sony’s live service push will of course be games that will go to Xbox and other platforms as they should, as for single player games with online PVP, you rarely see anyone doing those these days. Gears of War is my favorite IP in gaming cause it has that. But i want to see less exclusives and the ones they do have matter more. At the moment i haven’t even turned on my Series X or PS5 since getting the Switch 2 at launch. Nintendo Exclusives are the only ones i really get excited about much these days.

Comes out on the same day as Gears of War reloaded. Looks like i am double dipping that day. I’ll buy Gears on PS5 and HD2 on Xbox and own them both on both machines. Good to see the walls coming down a little bit. Now Sony is clearly not bringing Spider-Man and other titles over. But they won’t need to if the next Xbox runs Steam and other store fronts. Xbox will put its games on PS5 and PS6 and we can all get along and play games on whatever device we want without all the fuss and bickering. One big happy gamer family hahaha

@TruestoryYep you hit nail on the head with that comment. Be careful i make comments like that all the time, and i get attacked for pointing out the obvious. I own all 3 but it is not like it used to be. Yes i still need a Switch 2 for Nintendo games but my Series X and PS5 are more similar than any gen before it. Xbox started that and now PS in typical Sony fashion is following MS’s lead after some of dust has settled. They been doing that since the PS3/360 gen.

I’m just here for the comments and laughs of the goal post moving. But i will leave you with someting to think on, if Sony releases more and more live service games in the future and they come to all platforms. How much of a difference will the libraries look from PS and XBox in the future? Handful of titles here and there would be my guess.

@LogicStrikesAgain and if you don’t know that 40% of the posts on this site is Death to Xbox or Sony needs to only make single player games and not multiplayer. Then i will Venmo you $500 cash American for some glasses. Cause you ain’t seeing right.

@LogicStrikesAgain you talk in circles, i say what i see. You are saying things like assumptions generalizations. When i am simply saying i am calling out those that don’t even know the meaning of those words. Again you can defend them cause you’ve done that better than seeing my point. Which is sad but trivial . As for those that want to see any of the big 3 go down aren’t just beyond ignorant to me and i do my best on here and the other sites to “talk” with them. Cause we need all 3. But Sony fans across a lot of my social media outlets have a way to be sore winners. You learn early in life in sports to be a humble winner. Respect your opponents. Cause victory is hard and a privilege. You aren’t that person which i have said before. I respect most of your takes. Not this one. Cause you have been uphill from the start. If i was a fanboy or make fanboys comments you’d know it. Cause there is things about all 3 i could cut into. I tend to look past those as i already purchased those products and look past to enjoy them. This is AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN for those talking out both sides their mouths and they don’t even see it. Wish for failure and get failure results. Don’t cry about job loses and wish a brand to fail. You latch onto my comments cause they trigger you in some way. This thread has over 100 comments and it was MINE that you thought to uphill Half as* comment on? Thats cool. But be consistent with my posts in future. Cause i will never call a person a gamer that wishes bad on a brand bringing us entertainment and hard hard work in doing so. If you want to say you don’t like the way i talk, walk on son. But don’t disrespect the message. Makes you need to think before you reply.

@LogicStrikesAgain i love many people on this site. There is always good and bad takes. My role is to call out the lack of common sense and total BS that seems to slide and become the norm. Not sure what my post on this topic is fanboying. If anything calling out the fanboys that wanted one of the big 3 to fail and they are to an extent only to then say how awful it is that people lost their jobs. You don’t see the BS in that? You choose to ignore my point and to a lesser extent defend them.seems odd cause you strike me as industry knowledgeable and respectful. Yore not calling me a fanboy with any merit cause my PS5 and Series X hasn’t been turned on since i got a launch Switch 2. I freaking love the switch 2 right now. It’s not perfect but it’s close in the way of what i wanted it to be. I don’t ignore anyone, if anything i read it all and that makes my takes that much easier and pronounced. But you knew that, and choose a topic in which you can’t defend and throw others lack of common sense on me. Which again i am surprised at, cause you seem more balanced than that. But let’s keep cheering on those that want industry pieces to fail and then gaslight them when people lose jobs and they cry. Does that make more sense? Would i be a touch more “popular” with that direction?

@LogicStrikesAgain when someone say’s they want Xbox to fold or go out of business well this is a part of that move and they are here whining now. Well it can’t be both ways is my point. Again you haven’t denied seeing people say those things here and on other sites so i would assume you will meet me there with my assessment. Calling someone a fanboy with all 3 consoles that spends $1000’s a year on this hobby across 3 platforms could be called an assumption, yes?

@LogicStrikesAgain think before you speak, cause i am also on Pure right now trying to remind people that many of those layoffs were from teams that announced games in 2018- 2022 and still have nothing going right. That will lose you a job in the entertainment business. Also, do people not say they want Xbox out of the industry on this site? Honest question, did i make that up? Do you skip past it? Or does someone telling the truth and not following status quo upset you? Cause nothing i said is made up. So i will make sure to tag you in the Xbox should quit, throw in towel, they won’t make new hardware etc etc posts and then i will ask well if that happens does that person have a job anymore? Microsoft is a poorly ran company that thinks size and money helps fix problems, there is a reason Apple runs circles around them as a company, and Sony does in gaming. But they do have things i like and i think the more in the business is for the better. But if you are on MY post to defend the people wishing failure only to then say how awful it is they don’t have jobs. You might want to reconsider whom to speak with. Cause i support this industry as much as possible and rip into people speaking out both sides of their mouths for a reason. No one ELSE WILL!

@get2sammyb I’m upset to see anyone in any job field lose their livelihood. But the thing is there is a lot of talking out of both sides of the mouth on this topic on here. Many many people on here want Xbox to fold, both in hardware and even more. I read it daily. They don’t want to hear that Sony needs competition, even tho since 360 MS has been little competition outside of North America. So what do the readers on this site think will happen to those that work at Xbox if they get their wish and Xbox is no longer. They would get job losses in numbers that makes today look like nothing. I own all 3 consoles and anytime i speak highly of XBox on here i am met with harsh comments so i know how badly many would love to see them fold only to comment on this topic and say how awful it is to lose jobs, so which one is it? Sony has cut a lot of jobs as well just seems smaller cause they don’t own 40 studios. But i don’t want Sony to go out of business nor do i want to see the Concord team all fired. Thats what the messages should read. I thought Phil said it very well. Plus MS as a company is offering money, support and job aid to those that are cut, does any other platform holder do that?

Gears of War and Metal Gear for me. Can’t wait, finally some games i am really into. This back half of 25 and then 2026 is going to really kick butt for PS5. When we get closer to GTA 6 and Sony markets the heck out of GTA 6 on PS5 and PS5 Pro, it’s going to feel like this generations biggest impact yet. Looking forward to it !

@Ravix I'm sure the 490 people that buy a Rog Xbox Ally will love this massive flex

It’s more of an appetizer for when the next gen Xbox comes out and does this as well. It won’t hurt PS, but it will benefit people that don’t want to buy a PS and still be able to play those games. I myself will still buy all 3 consoles. So it don’t do much for me. But others will enjoy this PC in a console form.

@ThatPSGamer Hay at least now Xbox has games worth playing - mic drop -

Only you should pick back up the mic and mention that Xbox games top the pre order and sold charts on PS5. So it seems good game get played no matter who made them. Crazy idea right!!

@Kanji-Tatsumi pretty much until the next gen Xbox comes out and does the same thing. But for the time being yes.

@SMJ Yeah the irony of some people that are the biggest fanboy with names that are anti gamer are the ones saying the most about someone else liking a brand. Or in my case liking all 3 brands. School either failed him or he failed himself cause that is next level wasting you life and free time.

I agree to an extent that not everything has to be 60fps or more. But it is nice to have of course like you said. Shooters in 30fps is a no go for me. But most other games it’s fine until the tech comes around to improve it. Take my favorite single player game ever in Red Dead 2, it’s 30 and i have 100’s of hours in it. Do i come on here and beg for 60? Yes haha but at the time it came out there was no way the PS4 and Xbox One was running that higher than 30 now we have consoles that came and of course i want it. So your point is very well made and i agree, but the internet clings to buzzwords and material points and runs wild with it like the latest trend until something new is more popular to complain about.

@SMJ seems we are Xbox fanboys today. I don’t know about you but i like my Series X. Wouldn’t want that to be my only console. But hey when someone speaks on here and uses a console war flame bait name they are the ones spitting truth right? Never mind your profile pic shows you own and play them all. But for real tho, i do think MS teams should have tried to optimize better for launch on some of their titles, but it’s a timing thing more than the PS5 or Series X not being able to run most games at 60fps. That was my point before being rudely interrupted by someone that likely don’t even pay his own internet bill.

@Reeneman the Series X is getting the same 60fps patch as well. It’s called small dev team and they didn’t take the time to optimize for 60fps at launch. Now they had the time to optimize the game for PS5 and Series X. No need to console war when both consoles can run the same games near identical.

@kmtrain83 the ability to play to all games on all store fronts is about all we know so far. I am not sure it’s suppose to be this huge change from what we have as much as others are saying. It’s just Xbox and PC blending together for MS to compete against Steam. The PS5 is a PC, it’s just locked down, the Series X is a PC and it’s just locked down. This will take off the chains and let the player shop and do things with it in ways more like a PC would be my guess. Time will tell cause i am sure we will be hearing more and more about PS6 and the next Xbox in the coming months and year ahead. 😀

@OldGamer999 at the very least at least Gamers can stop saying Xbox is leaving the hardware game. Even tho MS has said 20 plus times they aren’t. Which is good, i really love all 3. I know not everyone wants all 3. But i enjoy them all as they are all doing things a bit different. A PC that is a console with plug and play and a controller Ui is honestly something we all should be saying is pretty cool. I mean WOW is on ‘Console” now along with other PC indies and exclusive's. Sony’s PS6 will be awesome and have some of that Sony charm to it and the Switch 2 is off to a hot start and has all their big games still to come.

@cainhurst94 to your point, I’ll admit it is a little big. Haven’t taken it anywhere yet. I work from home. So I don’t need it there. When i travel i would pack it in a carry case. But mainly been laying in bed playing it and really enjoying it. But when i first played it i was like man this is a little bigger than i thought it be. But so far i am loving it. Can’t wait to see more games come to it.

@Juanalf oh i agree with that. It should sit at number 2. I’d be surprised if not. Steam Deck isn't sold in stores. It’s not marketed or anything so it won’t blow up in sales. Hard to tell what the numbers will look like on this next one from Sony but it will be nice to see the direction Sony takes it. But again NIntendo is just king at handhelds. I am loving my Switch 2. Which i play 70% of the time in handheld mode. Maybe even 80%.

@Enuo did the Switch ruin handheld gaming or did everyone trying to copy the switch’s success ruin handheld gaming? Cause in my opinion the Switch is the best thing Nintendo could have done. We are getting games that look good on a tv and play great on a handheld. Now everyone wants to make a handheld. Which i am not sure many of them will see a big audience. Nintendo has destroyed every handheld that ever came out. Cause their games are meant to be played on them. I don’t want to play Gears of War on a handheld. No more than I’d want to play Spider-man on a handheld. Control wise would be awful. But Mario Kart works perfect on any screen. I blame the NIntendo copy cat’s trying to see some of that money Nintendo pocketed.

I loved the first two games. But it has gone downhill fast from there for me. I liked what i saw of BL4. The price is fine if i really like the game. Just not sure yet.

Gears of war is leading the pre order charts i read this morning. I am also excited for Metal Gear Solid. It’s been a long long time since i played a Metal Gear game.

This and Gears of War in the same year alongside Mario Kart is the best year in gaming for me ever. All 3 of those games are in my top 5 IP’s all time. So i am very excited. I hope the PS5 Pro get’s ray tracing and better textures.

@Nem i mean if Sony went to a cart like switch 2 with most of the game on the cart i may be interested in that again. But i just don’t see them doing it. As many 3rd parties are being lame with the Switch 2 and only putting the license on it. But that could be cool if they did that. I like your idea, just not sure we see it. Hope we do tho.

@Rich33 i mean you make a lot of good points on that. They really didn’t do a great job of showing it and that was my take away as well. But you are right i didn’t even know it was 2TB. Which is a selling point and of course reflected in the price. I do want a Pro tho. I have a Base PS5 of course and a Series X. Got a friend at Best Buy and he hooked me up with a Switch 2 Mario Kart bundle at the midnight launch. So i am covered. But i should sell my PS5 and use it to get the Pro. I actually like the hardware i have a 55 inch Oled with 144HZ and VRR so i could take advantage of Pro. Plus i think it’s safe to say GTA 6 and the rumored Red Dead 2 upgrade will shine best on Pro. Heck i would even get Gears of war reloaded on there to see if it does much. I bet metal Gear Solid snake eater will look killer on the pro. I beat Ratchet and Clank 3 times cause it was the best looking game i ever seen at the time. But on Pro i would beat it one more time. So it’s not like i woudln’t get some good use from it. 😀

@Nem we are seeing MS open it’s platform to more stores and i think in time others will follow in a 90 plus % digital world or maybe there will be laws in place as to how to monitor it so it doesn’t become anti-consumer. Not sure how that works out in the end, but as someone that goes to Best Buy and shops a decent amount. They have next to no physical media in the games aisle anymore. Sad to see really, even GameStop has announced they are focusing less on games and moving to cards and grading and selling cards. So physical media is in a weird spot. Nothing comes with physical media drives anymore but video games. Vehicles and PC’s don’t even offer it anymore. Meaning less and less companies and parts for the physical drives even exist. Plus the games don’t run from the disk anymore and of course as games get bigger the format won’t keep up in size. So knowing all this, i give it maybe one more gen for Sony with pyshical media being lightly offered. But again i feel sorry for those that like it. I gave up physical media at the start of the PS4. So i ripped that bandaid off a long time ago. Good luck out there collecting!

@Nem PS5 Pro is to expensive that’s why it’s not selling more on top of that it’s a niche device. Most people are happy with the base unit. Look to Sony’s sales figures and it shows that digital is crushing physical media sales. Sure that stinks for those that like physical media but it’s only going to continue to shrink to a less than 5% marketshare and stores and devs won’t see it as profitable business sense. Sadly but this is the case.

I think the PS6 is going to be crazy powerful. I mean the graphics they can get to now on PS5 and PS5 Pro is amazing. But PS6 will take a huge leap in tech in both the CPU and GPU with the base model launching with FSR 4 upscaling tech. Exciting stuff. Sony seems to be taking a huge interest in co developing with AMD and that should make it even more efficient in the PS6. Throw in the fact that Sony has fumbled the ball first party wise with so many games cancelled that the PS6 is likely to have a huge amount of titles that are beginning work now. I would like to see them make the Ui a little better but it works as is and please Sony for the love of common sense don’t make the console need a stand to lay flat.

@Rich33 agreed, i still want to grab a PS5 Pro but Sony didn’t exactly pitch it well. Then on some games the devs aren’t really pushing the pro all that much. Other games i find to look really good on Pro. Assassin Creed Shadows which isn’t a game i care to play but wow did that ever look way better on Pro. Almost night and day difference to be honest. I am waiting for a few games i really want to come out and see if the pro is running them much better, if so i am getting one also. Glad to hear you like yours.

@Rich33 cause poorly made games don’t get played or paid. That’s why you would make good games, cause games aren’t exclusive to GP. They come to all platforms as 90 plus percent of games today do. People attacked GP from the word go and now they are the ones paying full price to play them and they are good, i call it the Rare and Sea of Thieves effect. Rare was dead, MS killed them etc etc, and then it came to PS5 and 1.5 million in a short time bought it full price not a try it on subscription. I ain’t trying to say subscription is for everyone or anyone at that matter but it’s a method of payment and not measure of quality of software engineering. Sony fan’s have eaten more crow lately than they are used to. I’d think until they dominate software again the fan’s would flame down a little. I mean concord is still on this gen’s $40 dollar asking price. Maybe understanding outside of Hardware sales Sony has been stale this gen and not offering the best pricing for it.

@Rich33 to your point is Clair 33, Doom, Forza Horizon 5, Elders scrolls Oblivion, Ninja Gaiden, etc etc etc bad games? Cause those are most of the top sellers right now on the PS5 and they are all in Gamepass!!! I mean this notion that GP will have lesser quality games has been debunked years ago. I own the PS5 and the Series X, only one of them i pay a subscription too. Speaking of not the best of games tho, look at Sony’s premium tier. It’s not the best. I could make the case it’s not even worth the money but that’s subjective. It’s not worth my money. Oh and Gears of War coming to PS, Steam and yep you guessed it GP. No way we can have a serious talk with saying GP will not have top tier games.

Switch 2 is off to a hot start everywhere. I seen they sold 3 million consoles in 24 hours. All stores are out of stock and it’s the biggest launch sales of a console in history. I would say that’s a solid start. I got mine and am loving it. Really like the new direction they took with Mario Kart World.

I was surprised more of the show hasn’t leaked yet. Can’t wait to watch it. Should be some great surprises. I didn’t see this game coming. So it’s off to a great start.