@twick87 but yet they gave Bungie billions and they can’t even produce their own art. This is what i don’t understand with Sony’s new leadership. They just make so many bad moves with online games it’s insane. They have spent at least around 4 billion dollars and have no online games they have internally made and control to save their cheeks. Something’s off, they normally don’t miss this hard.
@Art_Vandelay i agree. I am not a James Bond fan so maybe i am not the best to speak on that reveal but it didn’t look all that impressive to me. I mean it might find it audience and that would be good or the devs. But outside of Metal Gear that show just did very little for me. Sony put themselves years back on all the canceled games they were making. Only a few are far enough along to show at this point. I don’t play much 3rd party titles on PS, so that has me in an even bigger hole with the PS5. I was excited for some live service titles from them as Sony 1st party was turning into a one trick pony for me during PS4. But maybe they should go back to what they can make, cause Sony 1st party stinks at online games. Looking forward to tonight’s show and of course the Xbox showcase on Sunday. Cause that’s where i play most of my 3rd party titles.
@EfYI the same place the Sony VR games are in. the bottom of the sales charts or not made at all. Sony don’t support the thing internally worth a crap.That thing is not your best example. I know what you are saying and i am trying to work with you. But again VR on console is slightly more alive than Concord.
@lazarus11 there are still a lot of unknowns about that whole ordeal. I never cared for that title so i stayed out of it after a while. There is some questions i don’t think will be answered on that. But to your point. I don’t like to see any of the drama against the consoles. They are all good. People need choices, so i like that they Big 3 are here. I picked up the Switch 2 on the midnight launch and it will take up my time for a little while. But looking forward to tonight’s show and of course Sundays Xbox showcase.
@Art_Vandelay thats what i said i liked Metal Gear, it was cool to see the bosses highlighted in that. But again if that is a State of play for all the time records. PS fans have lowered the standard.
@Art_Vandelay very well said. I am asking questions now why was it such a great state of play? No one knows or answers. If this was a Xbox one show in years back it would be blasted for having no first party and it would be labeled as Xbox has no Games. Yet somehow cause i am the guy asking the hard questions i am taking the fall.
@Titntin that was a knock on Sony fans always blasting content shows from other platforms not having exclusives. When other platforms had a show like this it was followed up with Blank has no games. Now it’s this is a great show. So i asked where are the exclusives? Most of the answers i am seeing is now it don’t matter about 1st party titles in a show and it was great. I ain’t letting that slide. So does PS5 have no games? Or were those older shows for blank platforms good?
Me personally i thought the state of play was barely decent as Metal Gear was the only title for me. The show lacked that fun i expect from a show, like a one more thing and then something big at the end. It didn’t suck, but man how so many are forgetting their comments about how these shows must have exclusive content to be great. As for the Xbox show, it better be good cause as of late those are the only titles selling on PS. 2.2 million copies of Forza on PS5 making over 100 million dollars. At that rate i think the decision was profitable to say the least.
As for the do i think before I write, maybe my sarcasm didn’t come off clear enough for you to pick up on maybe this helped a little as i know you never been one to remember i keep receipts. Otherwise you are free to mind your own business so i don’t have to explain myself further for someone i barely like.
@ButterySmooth30FPS PS3-PS4 did me ok with it. But again this is just as much about the show as it is the people eating whatever is served to them now that they can’t do their narrative game. Again for 2 years now State of plays have been Xbox One events.
These state of plays are turning into Xbox One shows. Here’s a bunch of 3rd party titles cause we have nothing to show internally.The show was ok, but funny how so many are saying it was great when there wasn’t EXCLUSIVE content. Every game shown i can play on a PC, Xbox or PS5 and some even on Switch 2. This is why Sony fan’s take a bad wrap online. They brag about 1st party and say it’s the reason to own a PS and Sony shows none and it’s a great show? Again the games shown were pretty solid. Even metal Gear Solid. But it wasn’t a good PS show for what i buy a PS for.
TRASH!!!! I mean the games shown were ok. But this is Xbox one type of showcase. All 3rd party games with no 1st party. The games they cancelled has crippled their 1st party so bad. I am not even excited for these shows until PS6. Even PS YouTube channels that defend Sony to the ends of the earth are fed up. That shocked me to see, as they are realizing these boxes are all the same and there is very little stand out games being made for one platform any time soon. Dev’s are going to all devices and many are now starting to hit Steam day and date.
I can’t imagine it’s going to be very much, they have very few games in the pipeline now that they cancelled all those live service games. Maybe they signed another 2nd party game deal with someone. 1st party wise is going to be a drip feed until they build back from all those cancellations. I would love to see a new Ratchet and Clank game, it’s really the only game alongside Astro Bot that i even really like on PS5 so far. There is a second game in development from naughty Dog but i can’t imagine that is far along yet to be shown.
It’s not Cuphead hard but it’s hard. I played these back in the day. Not sure i will play it again. But happy to see it getting a while new audience to make cuss, scream and possibly break controllers.
@BAMozzy one thing i am liking about Doom Dark Ages is my favorite 1-2 guns aren’t always out of ammo like in the last Doom. I was constantly having to switch to guns i didn’t even like just cause they had ammo. Dark ages is just more fun in that regard for me. Just wanted to throw that in there cause it’s a small thing for many but made a big difference for me. 😀
@OldGamer999 well said my brother. Not to mention we got ex Sony leaders out here tweeting gamers shouldn’t complain. They are getting loads of entertainment time per dollar. I would pay $100 a game if i loved that IP and it launched perfect. No day 1 patch, no fixing it over 3-12 months. No penny pinching us with Micro transactions. But games got made worse from $60 to $70 and i don’t see that changing from $70 to $80. Meanwhile two games launched this month at $50 and are killing it sales wise.
Playing it on Gamepass, only got to chapter 4 yesterday, but it’s good, really good. The Shield is fun to use. I tried to find some of the hidden spots and items in chapter one, thought i did a decent job and i only did 40%, so the maps are bigger with more to find than i even thought. Fun times so far. I’d be lying tho if i didn’t admit i wish i was playing it on a 5080 PC.
@themightyant chips getting older and less powerful in time is just part of the console experience tho. We can’t open the case and upgrade like PC. So we get what we get. Tho the jump from the Jags cores to the Ryzen 2 was a nice upgrade. Same with the Ryzen 5, that should allow plenty of head room for a while. PS6 will smoke the PS5 as it should. Especially with FSR 4 heading out the CPU with frames. Look at GTA 6 and tell me that is not a next gen level leap over PS4! Now double if not triple the power of the PS5 with PS6 and we are seeing huge advancements. Personally as i get older somehow i am more draw to what Nintendo will do with Swtich 2 and years down the line Switch 3 then PS6 and PS7 just cause the extra power hasn’t translated to much fun for me this gen. I want gaming to be fun and semi relaxing, my Series X and PS5 haven’t done that for me. Maybe i am changing my gaming habits. But right now i really wanna chill back in a comfy chair with Switch 2.
@Rich33 excellent excellent points, i agree. The shrunk down chipsets would be a major hurdle. Also yes if PS5 Pro starts to take off in the back half of 2025, it gives it time to shine. However i do think PS6 comes in holiday 2027. It marks 7 years like PS4 and PS4 Pro. The rumored chipset being a Ryzen 5 is a huge upgrade from Ryzen 2 in PS5 and Series X. More advanced AI and of course a much more powerful GPU and that’s a upgrade that gamers will see and feel. As for PC, i couldn’t agree more as i sit here on my IPad Pro and Apple Magic Keyboard. I have been an Apple users since the iPod. Sure i am a government accountant, my work laptop is a PC. Don’t mean i like it, can’t wait to close it at 4PM and get back to my Mac, IPad Pro, IPhone etc etc, if i built a gaming PC which i have thought about, it would solely be a console and a expensive one at that for me. I wouldn’t use Windows for anything else. Now i have one wild card that you might not and that is i game on both Xbox and PS and Switch. So the idea of Xbox allowing OEMS to build Xbox’s next gen using Xbox Os. That could be a thing i look at. Say i want Razer to build me a $1000-$1200 dollar console that is PC power with console ease of use. I would look at that. Sure not many would, and they might even be pay as they are built meaning not on shelves. Can’t say more to that as all we have is rumors regarding that type of console/PC hybrid machines. But back to PS, i think the PS6 will of course be a powerful box, seen a video saying the SOC is aiming for 8K60 and 4K120. If so that will be a beast of a machine and costly. Might not need the Pro at launch. Time will tell and it won’t be to much longer as more and more leaks will happen. As for scalpers, yeah they ruin everything or at least everything they can. But your points and idea’s are spot on. You have great insight to the hobby. One thing is for sure as a 3 console owner i am still excited like a kid around new console launches. Hoping they all do something different yet good next go round. Competition and choices is good to have. Or at least they have been for me.
@Rich33 that does sound right don’t it. That would be a nice upgrade for sure. Course by then the Pro will be a year or so by itself before PS6 talks start to happen and drowns it out. What i wish would happen is at the start of a Generation the consoles would be offered in a Base and Pro model. Of course the Pro model would be expensive that early on. It would be like buying a mobile phone, you want the base or the Pro. It would give dev’s more time to scale their games and the users would be able to take advantage of the upgrades from the start. Won’t happen, and i understand why, but it would be cool to pay more and get more from the start.
@get2sammyb Correct, that is what i remember Mark saying as well, an updated PSSR but maybe i looked into it wrong but wasn’t the FSR 4 collaboration sounding more for PS6? He didn’t say, but it sounded like a future project for not only PS6 but other consoles. PSSR at the moment needs so love so i will watch closely as the Pro is barely enough of an upgrade in most games to call it Pro. Needs more consistency across titles.
@PlatinumMikey i never thought PS or Xbox needed a mascot either. I mean if they got one cause a game sold like crazy then sure, but they don’t need one, i agree. I like PS, it’s not my favorite cause i don’t love the controller it’s just ok to me. But i like the platform, owned them all, even the handhelds. I really like the PS5 a lot but the 1st party titles have largely been missing, last year felt dry for my gaming tastes, this year isn’t much better. But they tried to go live service and those cancellations really put their release schedule out of whack. It will get back to killer stuff soon, Ghost is right around the corner. As for Nintendo, i am not here to make someone a Nintendo fan or not. I own all 3 platforms but i realize not everyone wants to or needs too. But on Nintendo Life as of March 2025 here is a list of their first party sales and i will only list the top 10 cause you will get the picture of how well they are doing for themselves with their strategy.
1. Mario Kart 68.2 Million sold
2. Animal Crossing 47.82 million sold
3 Super Smash Bros 36.24 million sold
4. Zelda Breath of the wild 32.62 million sold
5. Super Mario Odyssey 29.28 million sold
6. Pokémon Violet 26.79 million sold
7. Pokémon Sword 26.6 million sold
8. Zelda tears of the kingdom 21.73 million sold
9. Super Mario Party 21.1 million sold
10. New Super Mario Bro 18.06 million sold
So why in the world would they change that strategy? No one in their right mind would. That is a 1st party juggernaut of cash. They ain’t changing for the sake of change with those sales.
As a bonus Splatoon 2 a newer IP 13.3 million sold. It’s insane!!
@PlatinumMikey everyone wants Mario games, Kids to adults. Nintendo have the widest appeal of gamers in the industry. Maybe outside of Fortnite. Yes kids and adults alike want Mario Kart. The series has been a system seller since Super Nes. They all sell well. I know what kids don’t want, mummy can i have that game that i walk around like a UPS man and deliver packages, said no kid ever. Thats what i know. That’s why i said Death Stranding is the most boring game for PS5. I wish we were getting another ratchet and clank this year or something else. Thank god i got Mario Kart and Doom coming up.
@PlatinumMikey bets aren’t facts, but i love your efforts to defend Sony games being outsold by Nintendo. Astro bot sold around 1.5 million and is now bundled, it will double its game sales or more. Which i mean is fine, i want more people to play that game, it’s awesome. But again Sony and Nintendo bundle games for a limited amount of time. Mario Kart world is a limited bundle. I wasn’t able to get one dang it, so i will buy it.
@PlatinumMikey Mario Kart was not bundled for years on end. Thats a reach. Wii Sports yeah and i wasn’t talking about Wii Sports.Wii sold a lot of hardware but not software. Switch sold a boat load of software.
@PlatinumMikey it’s not what people pay it’s how many sold. PS sells very good hardware numbers worldwide, those games packed in with PS5 hardware did great numbers for those games. In fact i got the digital PS5 with Horizon forbidden west for $399 sold the code to a friend for $40. Point is bundles help move the software numbers up when consoles are selling.
Wow that is the largest serving of crow to all the haters to eat maybe in the history of gaming. This game is NEXT LEVEL tech and when it comes to PC, holy crap the detail will be like nothing ever seen before. Please give me RDR 3 or whatever is next for that ip next gen. Better yet just remaster RDR 2 in this tech and I’ll give you $100 for it no questions.
@EfYI All good buddy. Yeah i just like having fun with all 3 of them while i can. They bring me Joy on day’s when little else can you know. Something we all appreciate differently yet the same. 😊
@Dodoo i have started and stopped the idea of building a PC like 10 times in my mind. I am not a PC guy, i use Mac. I have all 3 consoles so it’s not like i have a shortage of games to play. But it’s crazy how fast gamers are going to PC. Even in my friends circle almost 40% are or have switched to PC. They all seem to like it. So i am happy for them.
I think it’s funny how many are upset Rockstar didn’t show gameplay. Why would they? They have a year to continue to tweak performance, no reason to show that off now and have people picking it apart. They can drip feed trailers and be more than fine. Not like the game needs hype! Haha
@EfYI cause MS has a Next Gen Console and handheld in the works set to release in 2027. So of course they are still part of the hardware industry. Of course we all know we have a healthy PS for now and next gen. Nintendo ain’t going no where. I don’t do console war over plastic toys, i am a grown adult, i buy them to have fun. No to act tough online cause i play on one piece of plastic with a logo on it. They are toys, try and remember that. It’s not to serious, it’s all in fun. Say it with me F U N
@Dodoo oh you are for sure right, with these graphics and they will scale higher on the next gen platforms, plus online that will last until GTA 7, no doubt this one stays in the top 10.
The funny thing is PS and Xbox fanboys argue over which games are best and what platform is best, but the general public are all playing the same 5-6 games every month on whatever platform they like better. It has nothing to do with Halo or God of War for them. What scares me more is hardcore gamers that do care about those types of games are leaving console in general and going PC.
@Shad361 Cod sells more consoles than any of the recent PlayStation exclusives
Correct, like WAY more. It’s as if no one knows that exclusive games not named Nintendo don’t stay in the top 10 best sellers list for long and the games that sell consoles to the masses is COD, FIFA and Madden alongside Minecraft and Fortnite and GTA. Take those players away and PS sold around 20 million consoles and Xbox has sold around 4 million consoles.
@Dodoo you are not lying there. I think it will also to be honest. For a good amount of time nothing will have this type of hype, graphics and just control of the mainstream gamers mind, plus all the hardcore gamers that play the series. The only game that can sell next to it is COD and Minecraft and Fortnite, FIFA and Madden. There’s half the top 10 for the next 10 years haha
Not sure if it was true or not, but i seen a video a long while back that said Sony inked a half a million dollar deal with rockstar for marketing rights, but i never seen anything official. I am sure as we get closer to launch it will be told. These graphics are insane, people said they wanted to see next generation games before PS6 well here it is and it will not be matched by anyone. Very little teams have this type of talent and most importantly budget. With the guarantee that that money will come back 10 fold.
This game is going to sell and set new standards in games for years to come. Much like RDR2 on PS4 was a game i thought didn’t ever get touched in terms of tech until mid PS5 life. The same for this game. It will take other devs years to match this and this is on PS5, imagine what games are going to look like on PS6 when the tech further reaches more dev teams. 10/10
I am going to double dip this game on Series X and PS5 and Gears of War is my favorite IP in gaming and then Red Dead. I hope the mic on the controller plays the chainsaw on the lancer. That would be a nice touch, but i am a competitive gears player. Gears 5 i was top 5% in the world in wins, with a little over 2000 hours played. So there is no way i would use the triggers on Dual sense. Maybe in the campaign just to mess with it then turn it off. Can’t wait for some video gameplay of this. Shocked they didn’t have a little trailer for it.
@nomither6 can’t wait. This is my favorite IP in gaming, alongside Red Dead which Rockstar gives very little love to. But i will be double dipping this one on Series X and PS5. As much as i don’t care for Sony’s controller layout, i want to play it on there just to experience it cause it’s never been available before. I have been logging hours back into the PVP of Gears 5, which i have over 2,000 hour in.
@dskatter i agree sales mean more to a Single player game. It’s the only metric that matters to the devs to to my understanding. Now a live service game or free to play is a tad different. Engagement hours is what they are looking for cause they want you inside the game hoping to spend money on micro transactions. If you ain’t playing the game there is no way for them to make money. As to where a single player game once you bought and paid for it they don’t really care how much you play they got their bag already.
Never loved nor hated Little Big Planet. I played them and just thought ok they are good games. Not great, not Mario but fun enough. However Astro Bot was some of the most fun i had this generation so far. I beat it twice. Do speed runs and think it is a near 10 out of 10. Hope to see more Astro bot in the future. Can’t imagine how good they could make it on PS6 with a lot of ray tracing worlds.
I loved Borderlands 1 -2 on 360 with my friends. We did everything there was to do with them both. Tiny Tina was junk to me, BL3 was just ok, and i might catch some flak for saying this but to me BL4 looked like a PS4 game yesterday. A really good PS4 game but i think the Cel shading just isn’t making it look all that next gen to me. Again i am sure others will disagree with that take as some of it did look decent, but on average i felt like i was looking at a PS4 game for much of the video. I am torn on if i will play this.
@Oram77 i agree, it is surely a guess. But the CEO did say a while back their games were worth more in a round about ways. Throw in the new $79.99 price tags and it sure seems like it wouldn’t be a surprise now. Until we see it, it’s a guess, but it’s a solid guess. Hopefully i am wrong!
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@twick87 but yet they gave Bungie billions and they can’t even produce their own art. This is what i don’t understand with Sony’s new leadership. They just make so many bad moves with online games it’s insane. They have spent at least around 4 billion dollars and have no online games they have internally made and control to save their cheeks. Something’s off, they normally don’t miss this hard.
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@Art_Vandelay i agree. I am not a James Bond fan so maybe i am not the best to speak on that reveal but it didn’t look all that impressive to me. I mean it might find it audience and that would be good or the devs. But outside of Metal Gear that show just did very little for me. Sony put themselves years back on all the canceled games they were making. Only a few are far enough along to show at this point. I don’t play much 3rd party titles on PS, so that has me in an even bigger hole with the PS5. I was excited for some live service titles from them as Sony 1st party was turning into a one trick pony for me during PS4. But maybe they should go back to what they can make, cause Sony 1st party stinks at online games. Looking forward to tonight’s show and of course the Xbox showcase on Sunday. Cause that’s where i play most of my 3rd party titles.
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@EfYI the same place the Sony VR games are in. the bottom of the sales charts or not made at all. Sony don’t support the thing internally worth a crap.That thing is not your best example. I know what you are saying and i am trying to work with you. But again VR on console is slightly more alive than Concord.
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@lazarus11 there are still a lot of unknowns about that whole ordeal. I never cared for that title so i stayed out of it after a while. There is some questions i don’t think will be answered on that. But to your point. I don’t like to see any of the drama against the consoles. They are all good. People need choices, so i like that they Big 3 are here. I picked up the Switch 2 on the midnight launch and it will take up my time for a little while. But looking forward to tonight’s show and of course Sundays Xbox showcase.
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@Art_Vandelay thats what i said i liked Metal Gear, it was cool to see the bosses highlighted in that. But again if that is a State of play for all the time records. PS fans have lowered the standard.
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@Art_Vandelay very well said. I am asking questions now why was it such a great state of play? No one knows or answers. If this was a Xbox one show in years back it would be blasted for having no first party and it would be labeled as Xbox has no Games. Yet somehow cause i am the guy asking the hard questions i am taking the fall.
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@Titntin that was a knock on Sony fans always blasting content shows from other platforms not having exclusives. When other platforms had a show like this it was followed up with Blank has no games. Now it’s this is a great show. So i asked where are the exclusives? Most of the answers i am seeing is now it don’t matter about 1st party titles in a show and it was great. I ain’t letting that slide. So does PS5 have no games? Or were those older shows for blank platforms good?
Me personally i thought the state of play was barely decent as Metal Gear was the only title for me. The show lacked that fun i expect from a show, like a one more thing and then something big at the end. It didn’t suck, but man how so many are forgetting their comments about how these shows must have exclusive content to be great. As for the Xbox show, it better be good cause as of late those are the only titles selling on PS. 2.2 million copies of Forza on PS5 making over 100 million dollars. At that rate i think the decision was profitable to say the least.
As for the do i think before I write, maybe my sarcasm didn’t come off clear enough for you to pick up on maybe this helped a little as i know you never been one to remember i keep receipts. Otherwise you are free to mind your own business so i don’t have to explain myself further for someone i barely like.
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@ButterySmooth30FPS PS3-PS4 did me ok with it. But again this is just as much about the show as it is the people eating whatever is served to them now that they can’t do their narrative game. Again for 2 years now State of plays have been Xbox One events.
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@twitchtvpat they haven’t ignored that for 2 years now. It’s all they’ve had.
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These state of plays are turning into Xbox One shows. Here’s a bunch of 3rd party titles cause we have nothing to show internally.The show was ok, but funny how so many are saying it was great when there wasn’t EXCLUSIVE content. Every game shown i can play on a PC, Xbox or PS5 and some even on Switch 2. This is why Sony fan’s take a bad wrap online. They brag about 1st party and say it’s the reason to own a PS and Sony shows none and it’s a great show? Again the games shown were pretty solid. Even metal Gear Solid. But it wasn’t a good PS show for what i buy a PS for.
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TRASH!!!! I mean the games shown were ok. But this is Xbox one type of showcase. All 3rd party games with no 1st party. The games they cancelled has crippled their 1st party so bad. I am not even excited for these shows until PS6. Even PS YouTube channels that defend Sony to the ends of the earth are fed up. That shocked me to see, as they are realizing these boxes are all the same and there is very little stand out games being made for one platform any time soon. Dev’s are going to all devices and many are now starting to hit Steam day and date.
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I can’t imagine it’s going to be very much, they have very few games in the pipeline now that they cancelled all those live service games. Maybe they signed another 2nd party game deal with someone. 1st party wise is going to be a drip feed until they build back from all those cancellations. I would love to see a new Ratchet and Clank game, it’s really the only game alongside Astro Bot that i even really like on PS5 so far. There is a second game in development from naughty Dog but i can’t imagine that is far along yet to be shown.
Re: The Alien Hominid Series Is Set to Invade PS5, PS4 in June
It’s not Cuphead hard but it’s hard. I played these back in the day. Not sure i will play it again. But happy to see it getting a while new audience to make cuss, scream and possibly break controllers.
Re: DOOM: The Dark Ages Attracts Three Million Players, Dev's Biggest Launch in Its History
@BAMozzy one thing i am liking about Doom Dark Ages is my favorite 1-2 guns aren’t always out of ammo like in the last Doom. I was constantly having to switch to guns i didn’t even like just cause they had ammo. Dark ages is just more fun in that regard for me. Just wanted to throw that in there cause it’s a small thing for many but made a big difference for me. 😀
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@OldGamer999 well said my brother. Not to mention we got ex Sony leaders out here tweeting gamers shouldn’t complain. They are getting loads of entertainment time per dollar. I would pay $100 a game if i loved that IP and it launched perfect. No day 1 patch, no fixing it over 3-12 months. No penny pinching us with Micro transactions. But games got made worse from $60 to $70 and i don’t see that changing from $70 to $80. Meanwhile two games launched this month at $50 and are killing it sales wise.
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Please Please Please be true. I’ve asked nicely so many times Rockstar.
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Playing it on Gamepass, only got to chapter 4 yesterday, but it’s good, really good. The Shield is fun to use. I tried to find some of the hidden spots and items in chapter one, thought i did a decent job and i only did 40%, so the maps are bigger with more to find than i even thought. Fun times so far. I’d be lying tho if i didn’t admit i wish i was playing it on a 5080 PC.
Re: Rumour: New PS5 Pro Update Could Give Frame Rates and Resolutions a Massive Boost
@themightyant chips getting older and less powerful in time is just part of the console experience tho. We can’t open the case and upgrade like PC. So we get what we get. Tho the jump from the Jags cores to the Ryzen 2 was a nice upgrade. Same with the Ryzen 5, that should allow plenty of head room for a while. PS6 will smoke the PS5 as it should. Especially with FSR 4 heading out the CPU with frames. Look at GTA 6 and tell me that is not a next gen level leap over PS4! Now double if not triple the power of the PS5 with PS6 and we are seeing huge advancements. Personally as i get older somehow i am more draw to what Nintendo will do with Swtich 2 and years down the line Switch 3 then PS6 and PS7 just cause the extra power hasn’t translated to much fun for me this gen. I want gaming to be fun and semi relaxing, my Series X and PS5 haven’t done that for me. Maybe i am changing my gaming habits. But right now i really wanna chill back in a comfy chair with Switch 2.
Re: Rumour: New PS5 Pro Update Could Give Frame Rates and Resolutions a Massive Boost
@Rich33 excellent excellent points, i agree. The shrunk down chipsets would be a major hurdle. Also yes if PS5 Pro starts to take off in the back half of 2025, it gives it time to shine. However i do think PS6 comes in holiday 2027. It marks 7 years like PS4 and PS4 Pro. The rumored chipset being a Ryzen 5 is a huge upgrade from Ryzen 2 in PS5 and Series X. More advanced AI and of course a much more powerful GPU and that’s a upgrade that gamers will see and feel. As for PC, i couldn’t agree more as i sit here on my IPad Pro and Apple Magic Keyboard. I have been an Apple users since the iPod. Sure i am a government accountant, my work laptop is a PC. Don’t mean i like it, can’t wait to close it at 4PM and get back to my Mac, IPad Pro, IPhone etc etc, if i built a gaming PC which i have thought about, it would solely be a console and a expensive one at that for me. I wouldn’t use Windows for anything else. Now i have one wild card that you might not and that is i game on both Xbox and PS and Switch. So the idea of Xbox allowing OEMS to build Xbox’s next gen using Xbox Os. That could be a thing i look at. Say i want Razer to build me a $1000-$1200 dollar console that is PC power with console ease of use. I would look at that. Sure not many would, and they might even be pay as they are built meaning not on shelves. Can’t say more to that as all we have is rumors regarding that type of console/PC hybrid machines. But back to PS, i think the PS6 will of course be a powerful box, seen a video saying the SOC is aiming for 8K60 and 4K120. If so that will be a beast of a machine and costly. Might not need the Pro at launch. Time will tell and it won’t be to much longer as more and more leaks will happen. As for scalpers, yeah they ruin everything or at least everything they can. But your points and idea’s are spot on. You have great insight to the hobby. One thing is for sure as a 3 console owner i am still excited like a kid around new console launches. Hoping they all do something different yet good next go round. Competition and choices is good to have. Or at least they have been for me.
Re: Rumour: New PS5 Pro Update Could Give Frame Rates and Resolutions a Massive Boost
@Rich33 that does sound right don’t it. That would be a nice upgrade for sure. Course by then the Pro will be a year or so by itself before PS6 talks start to happen and drowns it out. What i wish would happen is at the start of a Generation the consoles would be offered in a Base and Pro model. Of course the Pro model would be expensive that early on. It would be like buying a mobile phone, you want the base or the Pro. It would give dev’s more time to scale their games and the users would be able to take advantage of the upgrades from the start. Won’t happen, and i understand why, but it would be cool to pay more and get more from the start.
Re: Rumour: New PS5 Pro Update Could Give Frame Rates and Resolutions a Massive Boost
@get2sammyb Correct, that is what i remember Mark saying as well, an updated PSSR but maybe i looked into it wrong but wasn’t the FSR 4 collaboration sounding more for PS6? He didn’t say, but it sounded like a future project for not only PS6 but other consoles. PSSR at the moment needs so love so i will watch closely as the Pro is barely enough of an upgrade in most games to call it Pro. Needs more consistency across titles.
Re: Gallery: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Screenshots Take Guerrilla's Decima Engine to New Horizons
@PlatinumMikey i never thought PS or Xbox needed a mascot either. I mean if they got one cause a game sold like crazy then sure, but they don’t need one, i agree. I like PS, it’s not my favorite cause i don’t love the controller it’s just ok to me. But i like the platform, owned them all, even the handhelds. I really like the PS5 a lot but the 1st party titles have largely been missing, last year felt dry for my gaming tastes, this year isn’t much better. But they tried to go live service and those cancellations really put their release schedule out of whack. It will get back to killer stuff soon, Ghost is right around the corner. As for Nintendo, i am not here to make someone a Nintendo fan or not. I own all 3 platforms but i realize not everyone wants to or needs too. But on Nintendo Life as of March 2025 here is a list of their first party sales and i will only list the top 10 cause you will get the picture of how well they are doing for themselves with their strategy.
1. Mario Kart 68.2 Million sold
2. Animal Crossing 47.82 million sold
3 Super Smash Bros 36.24 million sold
4. Zelda Breath of the wild 32.62 million sold
5. Super Mario Odyssey 29.28 million sold
6. Pokémon Violet 26.79 million sold
7. Pokémon Sword 26.6 million sold
8. Zelda tears of the kingdom 21.73 million sold
9. Super Mario Party 21.1 million sold
10. New Super Mario Bro 18.06 million sold
So why in the world would they change that strategy? No one in their right mind would. That is a 1st party juggernaut of cash. They ain’t changing for the sake of change with those sales.
As a bonus Splatoon 2 a newer IP 13.3 million sold. It’s insane!!
Re: Gallery: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Screenshots Take Guerrilla's Decima Engine to New Horizons
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Re: Gallery: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Screenshots Take Guerrilla's Decima Engine to New Horizons
@PlatinumMikey everyone wants Mario games, Kids to adults. Nintendo have the widest appeal of gamers in the industry. Maybe outside of Fortnite. Yes kids and adults alike want Mario Kart. The series has been a system seller since Super Nes. They all sell well. I know what kids don’t want, mummy can i have that game that i walk around like a UPS man and deliver packages, said no kid ever. Thats what i know. That’s why i said Death Stranding is the most boring game for PS5. I wish we were getting another ratchet and clank this year or something else. Thank god i got Mario Kart and Doom coming up.
Re: Gallery: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Screenshots Take Guerrilla's Decima Engine to New Horizons
@PlatinumMikey bets aren’t facts, but i love your efforts to defend Sony games being outsold by Nintendo. Astro bot sold around 1.5 million and is now bundled, it will double its game sales or more. Which i mean is fine, i want more people to play that game, it’s awesome. But again Sony and Nintendo bundle games for a limited amount of time. Mario Kart world is a limited bundle. I wasn’t able to get one dang it, so i will buy it.
Re: Gallery: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Screenshots Take Guerrilla's Decima Engine to New Horizons
@PlatinumMikey Mario Kart was not bundled for years on end. Thats a reach. Wii Sports yeah and i wasn’t talking about Wii Sports.Wii sold a lot of hardware but not software. Switch sold a boat load of software.
Re: Gallery: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Screenshots Take Guerrilla's Decima Engine to New Horizons
@PlatinumMikey it’s not what people pay it’s how many sold. PS sells very good hardware numbers worldwide, those games packed in with PS5 hardware did great numbers for those games. In fact i got the digital PS5 with Horizon forbidden west for $399 sold the code to a friend for $40. Point is bundles help move the software numbers up when consoles are selling.
Re: Gallery: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Screenshots Take Guerrilla's Decima Engine to New Horizons
@PlatinumMikey likely around the same as God of War or Horizon forbidden west and Spider-Man 2 bundles i would guess.
Re: Gallery: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Screenshots Take Guerrilla's Decima Engine to New Horizons
Mario kart at $200 dollar will outsell this game by 6,476%
Re: Rockstar Silences the Sceptics, Confirms GTA 6 Trailer Was a Mix of Gameplay and Cutscenes on Base PS5
Wow that is the largest serving of crow to all the haters to eat maybe in the history of gaming. This game is NEXT LEVEL tech and when it comes to PC, holy crap the detail will be like nothing ever seen before. Please give me RDR 3 or whatever is next for that ip next gen. Better yet just remaster RDR 2 in this tech and I’ll give you $100 for it no questions.
Re: GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
@EfYI All good buddy. Yeah i just like having fun with all 3 of them while i can. They bring me Joy on day’s when little else can you know. Something we all appreciate differently yet the same. 😊
Re: GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
@Dodoo i have started and stopped the idea of building a PC like 10 times in my mind. I am not a PC guy, i use Mac. I have all 3 consoles so it’s not like i have a shortage of games to play. But it’s crazy how fast gamers are going to PC. Even in my friends circle almost 40% are or have switched to PC. They all seem to like it. So i am happy for them.
I think it’s funny how many are upset Rockstar didn’t show gameplay. Why would they? They have a year to continue to tweak performance, no reason to show that off now and have people picking it apart. They can drip feed trailers and be more than fine. Not like the game needs hype! Haha
Re: GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
@EfYI cause MS has a Next Gen Console and handheld in the works set to release in 2027. So of course they are still part of the hardware industry. Of course we all know we have a healthy PS for now and next gen. Nintendo ain’t going no where. I don’t do console war over plastic toys, i am a grown adult, i buy them to have fun. No to act tough online cause i play on one piece of plastic with a logo on it. They are toys, try and remember that. It’s not to serious, it’s all in fun. Say it with me F U N
Re: GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
@Dodoo oh you are for sure right, with these graphics and they will scale higher on the next gen platforms, plus online that will last until GTA 7, no doubt this one stays in the top 10.
The funny thing is PS and Xbox fanboys argue over which games are best and what platform is best, but the general public are all playing the same 5-6 games every month on whatever platform they like better. It has nothing to do with Halo or God of War for them. What scares me more is hardcore gamers that do care about those types of games are leaving console in general and going PC.
Re: Xbox Buyout Won't Stop Sony Bundling PS5 with Call of Duty
@Shad361 Cod sells more consoles than any of the recent PlayStation exclusives
Correct, like WAY more. It’s as if no one knows that exclusive games not named Nintendo don’t stay in the top 10 best sellers list for long and the games that sell consoles to the masses is COD, FIFA and Madden alongside Minecraft and Fortnite and GTA. Take those players away and PS sold around 20 million consoles and Xbox has sold around 4 million consoles.
Re: GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
@Dodoo you are not lying there. I think it will also to be honest. For a good amount of time nothing will have this type of hype, graphics and just control of the mainstream gamers mind, plus all the hardcore gamers that play the series. The only game that can sell next to it is COD and Minecraft and Fortnite, FIFA and Madden. There’s half the top 10 for the next 10 years haha
Re: GTA 6's Trailer Was Captured on Standard PS5, Sony Likely Has Marketing Rights
Not sure if it was true or not, but i seen a video a long while back that said Sony inked a half a million dollar deal with rockstar for marketing rights, but i never seen anything official. I am sure as we get closer to launch it will be told. These graphics are insane, people said they wanted to see next generation games before PS6 well here it is and it will not be matched by anyone. Very little teams have this type of talent and most importantly budget. With the guarantee that that money will come back 10 fold.
Re: GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
This game is going to sell and set new standards in games for years to come. Much like RDR2 on PS4 was a game i thought didn’t ever get touched in terms of tech until mid PS5 life. The same for this game. It will take other devs years to match this and this is on PS5, imagine what games are going to look like on PS6 when the tech further reaches more dev teams. 10/10
Re: Xbox's Gears of War: Reloaded Will Play Best on PS5 Pro
I am going to double dip this game on Series X and PS5 and Gears of War is my favorite IP in gaming and then Red Dead. I hope the mic on the controller plays the chainsaw on the lancer. That would be a nice touch, but i am a competitive gears player. Gears 5 i was top 5% in the world in wins, with a little over 2000 hours played. So there is no way i would use the triggers on Dual sense. Maybe in the campaign just to mess with it then turn it off. Can’t wait for some video gameplay of this. Shocked they didn’t have a little trailer for it.
Re: Gears of War: Reloaded Remasters the Original Game This August, Confirmed for PS5
@nomither6 can’t wait. This is my favorite IP in gaming, alongside Red Dead which Rockstar gives very little love to. But i will be double dipping this one on Series X and PS5. As much as i don’t care for Sony’s controller layout, i want to play it on there just to experience it cause it’s never been available before. I have been logging hours back into the PVP of Gears 5, which i have over 2,000 hour in.
Re: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Tops 3 Million Sales in Three Months
@dskatter i agree sales mean more to a Single player game. It’s the only metric that matters to the devs to to my understanding. Now a live service game or free to play is a tad different. Engagement hours is what they are looking for cause they want you inside the game hoping to spend money on micro transactions. If you ain’t playing the game there is no way for them to make money. As to where a single player game once you bought and paid for it they don’t really care how much you play they got their bag already.
Re: LittleBigPlanet Erasure Continues as Sackboy Removed from PlayStation Productions Logo
Never loved nor hated Little Big Planet. I played them and just thought ok they are good games. Not great, not Mario but fun enough. However Astro Bot was some of the most fun i had this generation so far. I beat it twice. Do speed runs and think it is a near 10 out of 10. Hope to see more Astro bot in the future. Can’t imagine how good they could make it on PS6 with a lot of ray tracing worlds.
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on Borderlands 4?
I loved Borderlands 1 -2 on 360 with my friends. We did everything there was to do with them both. Tiny Tina was junk to me, BL3 was just ok, and i might catch some flak for saying this but to me BL4 looked like a PS4 game yesterday. A really good PS4 game but i think the Cel shading just isn’t making it look all that next gen to me. Again i am sure others will disagree with that take as some of it did look decent, but on average i felt like i was looking at a PS4 game for much of the video. I am torn on if i will play this.
Re: Xbox Now Selling PS5 Games for $80, Joins Switch 2 in Price Increase
@Oram77 i agree, it is surely a guess. But the CEO did say a while back their games were worth more in a round about ways. Throw in the new $79.99 price tags and it sure seems like it wouldn’t be a surprise now. Until we see it, it’s a guess, but it’s a solid guess. Hopefully i am wrong!