They literally told investors in the latest quarterly earnings their current plan is not to sell many consoles but rather milk dry the existing user base.
It’s now official that at least Ninja Theory is shutting down, what a pathetic excuse of a company showcases a new game from a studio they’ll be shutting down 8 days later? Completely moronic.
@Jacko11 They’ve had a second, third, fourth, fifth, honestly countless chances and they’ve failed time and time again, the only reason they still exist is because of Microsoft’s subsidy, that’s done now as they’re forcing Xbox to stand on their own two feet hence why these brutal cuts, if even then it’s not profitable enough for Microsoft it’ll be the end.
Microsoft is done subsidizing Xbox, this is the last Hail Mary to make it profitable and the bloodbath is going to be insane, the biggest ever in the industry, there’s Compulsion, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, talks around Arkane and even ID Software.
This is all consequence for years of claiming the unsustainable (ahem Game Pass) was sustainable and if you want to have a good laugh go to Pure Xbox to read all those Game Pass evangelists now doing backflips to justify these decisions, from cheering for Microsoft to buy the entire industry to now say “it hurts but it has to be done” when talking about firing thousand of people MS spent billions to acquire, gtfo…
I’m actually very excited for this one, it’s been a long time since I played CE campaign, it’s looking visually amazing with notable PS5 Pro enhancements and gameplay looks classic Halo with Dualsense features.
Don’t really have any problem if this is ends up being the only Halo game to come to PlayStation as I like to own all consoles (as long as they keep existing) and not being tied to one brand or dealing with a PC, but I do want the best version of this remake on consoles and physically just for the novelty of it even if it’s just a key-disc.
This is a very big reason why they’re U-turning with some games (and higher up execs were ok with it), being multiplatform wasn’t working all that well, the sole success of this strategy has been Forza Horizon 5 but while it sold more than 5 million copies it also caused a big drop in Xbox console revenue as many users stop spending on console (my case) or completely abandoned the platform, sales from ports (mainly FH5) just wasn’t enough to cover up the losses from people abandoning their platform.
It’s a similar situation to Sony and PC ports, as ports just didn’t sell all that well and there only was one big success being Helldivers 2, at least Sony pulled out before they were becoming dependent on PC revenue, it might be too late for Xbox to do that as few sales is still better than no sales.
Sorry but every article that has “some PS5 fans” in the title turns out to be a clickbait of 2 random tweets making some claims that fit your narrative.
Laufey is a brand new announcement so it’s only logical to keep promoting it weeks after reveal, come September you think all the focus won’t be in Wolverine? It’s quite literally just a normal marketing cycle for Sony after every State of Play.
@Stocksy The game has some amazing aspects but the story is definitely not one of them, it’s there and sometimes makes sense sometimes it doesn’t, it’s honestly so disjointed it ends up being unintentionally funny, like in the first hours they just said “hey there’s this girl you can play with” without elaborating or telling you absolutely nothing about her, that keeps happening throughout the game lol
@Logonogo I ended up loving the Abyss tbh, at first it was a bit jarring since the game literally tells you nothing but it became second nature as there’s often more than one way to complete them and in some you can even “cheat” just like with the shrines on BOTW, TOTK or puzzles in Immortals Fenyx Rising making your own way out.
Why so many fans get on defensive mode when a saga that used to be only at PlayStation gets shown in some other event?
Suddenly there’s claims that the games aren’t as appealing anymore and apparently every franchise that does this like Final Fantasy, Persona, Kingdom Hearts or Stellar Blade are “double-crossing” or downright “betraying” Sony just over announcing a game elsewhere as it’s not even skipping PS, while also trying to downplay said platform in which was announced, petty childish behavior imo.
While I agree that Microsoft promises just can’t be trusted didn’t you post an article saying this was such an “tiring” topic? Lately there’s been more Xbox articles on Push Square than on Pure Xbox…
Lmao just read the comments gloating on the news about Sony scrapping PC ports already in development and compare them to this article’s, some even used Xbox no-exclusives as an example on why Sony was right to U-turn but today are saying Xbox is wrong to have exclusives 🤣🤣
@jly1987 That’s a whole other topic, there’s hypocrite fans on both Xbox and PS sides, I personally have always had the stance that exclusives are vital for any platform and been calling out the sheep Xbox fanboys who defended the multiplatform pivot until very recently, but I will also call out the hypocrisy on the PS5 fans side which is running rampant in these comments.
63% of PS5 fans apparently “don't care” about this and yet we’re closing on 100 comments in record time.
It’s so hilarious to read such hypocrisy and double standards with some of the arguments used here, many of the very same users who praised not porting PS5 games to PC now seem extremely “worried” about an Xbox game not selling as much because it ain’t launching on PS5? Lmfao absolute popcorn material…
I ultimately think the same than with Sony stopping PC releases, it’s a good thing as it’s clear now that every platform needs some exclusives to compete and we desperately need more competition in the console space, not a brand to have supremacy over the rest.
Sorry but it’s ridiculous to read the false superiority of some PS5 fans here, third-party publishers don’t owe Sony anything, they already pay their 30% cut for every game sold, times are simply different as most publishers nowadays don’t want to have any exclusivity deal because it’s been proven that games just sell considerably more in the long run when they’re available everywhere from day one, it’s not only a much bigger audience but word of mouth travels faster before the hype dies down.
Just look at Death Stranding 2 (my personal 2025 GOTY), PC launch came and went without any fuss whatsoever and even the day one PS5 launch didn’t set the world on fire either, while a new IP like Crimson Desert released everywhere from day one, it quickly went viral and sold more than 5 million copies, that’s the way forward.
@TheDarts Yeah because the new Tomb Raider games developed by Crystal Dynamics and produced by Amazon looks like a giant advert for online shopping right?
@get2sammyb I find it very disappointing how easy people pay more only for some skins in-game, basically screaming to be charged more for nothing and signaling it’s ok to charge $80 for games…
Oof it just hurts to read that cringey response, whoever is running the PR account clearly felt very salty about Domino’s joke, and also it’s embarrassing that they can’t seem to accept that some folks legitimately have that opinion, I don’t necessarily agree with it but I respect it, they must have known that the first ‘mainline God of War’ without its protagonist would spark some controversy…
On a side note the actual shady exclusivity deal is for Control Resonant as early-access is bizarrely exclusive for PS5, I really don’t get why Sony would even pay for such things, it’s just bad PR for both Sony and Remedy as it won’t result on a PC/Xbox player buying a $600 console just to play one game 48 hours earlier.
@Fiendish-Beaver The cube already appears in the promotional posters and even made a whole mocap and hired Jack Quaid to play it, it’s definitely not going anywhere and I do worry that it’s gonna be talking all-game long, I got very annoyed in Ragnarök whenever I wanted to explore some character just wouldn’t shut up saying I’m not following the story path.
2027 would be a reasonable date, but I certainly wouldn’t be calling a potential PS6 release next year “exciting stuff” unless you have +$1K burning in your hands, the PS5 Pro is just barely starting to show its potential…
People here are mixing things that have nothing to do with each other, Amazon will only handle the publishing (aka selling the game) while full creative control will remain at IOI, just look at the new Tomb Raider games, they both look amazing and while being published by Amazon they’re being fully developed by Crystal Dynamics and it shows, same thing with Amazon MGM, they produced my favorite movie of the year so far (Project Hail Mary) because they left full creative control to the people actually making the movie, comparing it to EA is nonsense.
These just don’t sell anymore, I still see the Ghost of Yotei Collector’s Edition sitting on shelves with 30% off and no one is buying it, same thing with every collector’s edition this generation and it’s easy to see why.
Games are already expensive and the very select public who are willing to spend that much place more value on a physical disc with the full game included rather than a plastic figure with a redeemable code for 3x the price.
@DennisReynolds Not a good comparison, we’re getting this instead of another Kratos game not in addition to, I’m not saying it’s a bad thing but we’re definitely not getting another game with Kratos for a long, long time, perhaps why they decided to start remaking the OG trilogy earlier this year.
So this was the reason Ragnarok felt so rushed with mystery boxes sprinkled throughout, the mask seems to be central for this narrative, and while gameplay looks amazing I find it hard to be overly excited for 2028 games…
Another big factor that isn’t mentioned is that the few games that have come out lately this gen are just not as good, like Horizon Zero Dawn is better than Forbidden West, Spider-Man is better than SM2, Tsushima is better than Yotei, God of War (2018) is better than Ragnarok, Returnal is better than Saros, and so on…
I’d say none of Sony games this gen have had the “wow” factor than games on PS4 or PS3 did because most of them are sequels, remakes or remasters and having played them all they are starting to feel formulaic and trying to follow Hollywood trends that feel shoehorned into the story.
@KillerIsD34D @stu123 Went through this realization with the 2023 price hike, $80 at minimum yearly for what Essential gives you is just too expensive, instead of paying $80+ yearly I spent less than that once and got all the games I really wanted while they were on sale, also been doing a manual saves backups every few months with a $15 USB-C drive instead of relying on cloud saves.
Remember when they scammed Sony to pay that much for their live-service “expertise”? Not having an actively engaging game for the foreseeable future doesn’t scream ‘expertise’ to me…
@tinCAT-zero Exactly this, they straight up told investors they’d do everything to milk dry the existing user base as being attractive for new users is no longer a priority.
@AdamNovice It all depends how it’s shown, if it’s just a trailer with launch date among other first-party announcements it’d be fine even if no one cares.
However, remember that infamous State of Play where half of it was about how great Concord was, if this and Horizon live-service take central stage for the State of Play it’d be a massive disappointment.
Literally just yesterday PS fans did the same thing, where’s that article trying to ridicule PS fans at Pure Xbox? Oh right, they don’t have a toxic behavior like you do.
You may tell yourselves you’re an objective site and joke about it but it only takes a visit to read Nintendo Life or Pure Xbox’ articles and you’ll quickly realize you’re by far the least objective out of the 3, perhaps even the least objective among ALL sites owned by IGN…
@twitchtvpat Lmaooooo and are you aware who has been the head of first-party studios since Jim Ryan’s took over as CEO and still remains even with Jim gone? Who personally green-lit and then cancelled a dozen games in the last few years? Who headed the acquisition of multiple studios that were later closed without one game ever released? In fact, are you aware of the one person who, also reported by Bloomberg, believed so much in Concord that convinced Sony to buy the whole studio, IP and every right to it?
Don’t know if you have selective memory or what but I’m of course talking about no other than good ol’ Hermen Hulst, to read some still trying to defend his poor job and terrible decision making is hilarious.
@Swandivetotheasphalt 90% of “rumors” nowadays are these baseless speculations only to have a weekend of engagement, frankly most gaming YouTubers nowadays are downright insufferable, always trying to either speculate claiming to have some “source” or ragebait the audience into some argument.
@DennisReynolds That’s because Palworld wasn’t officially labeled as an early-access title at release on PS5.
Phil isn’t even at Microsoft anymore, and it’s been years since they’ve had any timed exclusivity, again with every major Xbox franchise releasing on PS5 what’s the point of paywall an indie game?
It’s all to do with Sony and the game labeled as a preview, but believe whatever you want to believe.
@DennisReynolds Nah, it’d be ridiculous to pay for a timed exclusivity for an indie game in early-access when they’re releasing Halo, Forza and Gears of War on PS5.
It’s only skipping PS5 because of the early-access policy.
@Oram77 Even if they tried to promise fans exclusives are back, would anyone actually believe them with Halo now on PlayStation?
I remember not so long ago them promising Starfield was an Xbox exclusive, to make that promise again would look ridiculous.
Plus with Xbox having a shrinking user base (selling less consoles) it makes them more dependent on selling games elsewhere to make some profit, an unstoppable spiral of death for the platform I predicted ever since the 4 games were announced, there’s no going back.
Lmao with some of the unrealistic expectations, as if first-party studios hadn’t been decimated this generation, most, if not all their studios lost half the generation trying to make a live-service that flopped or was cancelled, it’s gonna take a long time for all those studios to get back to work on a single-player game and be ready to show it, I’d say well into the PS6 generation…
For the entire remainder of this generation from PS Studios I only expect Wolverine, Intergalactic and that Faye God of War spinoff, anything else would be a welcome surprise but I honestly don’t expect as much.
Lol I got both of those trophies by accident as I went back to that ledge and before the patch there were some rocks that allowed you to go back to the end of the third biome, trophies popped and boss fight started, now I feel guilty about getting those trophies that way.
This is very disappointing as it’s one of the best shooters in recent memory but I kinda expected it, imo they got themselves backed into a corner as they were aiming for the masses with Saros being considerably less hardcore than Returnal but everything they showed looked too similar to it, which is much cheaper nowadays, has been bundled with the console and it’s included on PS+ Extra, so most who gave Returnal a try and didn’t like just won’t even look at Saros even if it’s looking to address their complaints, and people who are getting interested in Saros would rather try Returnal which is much cheaper to play nowadays than spending $70.
Also, many Returnal fans (as myself) are agreeing that Returnal is still the better game of the two so it doesn’t bode well for word of mouth and long-term sales, and honestly makes me very scared about the future of Housemarque.
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Re: Sony May Mitigate Hardware Pricing Nightmare by Simply Selling Fewer PS5s
They literally told investors in the latest quarterly earnings their current plan is not to sell many consoles but rather milk dry the existing user base.
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Re: Hellblade Studio Hunting for Buyer, Days After Announcing New Game for PS5
@Oram77 Yeah feels like we should question if every game that isn’t launching this year will ever launch at all…
Re: Hellblade Studio Hunting for Buyer, Days After Announcing New Game for PS5
It’s now official that at least Ninja Theory is shutting down, what a pathetic excuse of a company showcases a new game from a studio they’ll be shutting down 8 days later? Completely moronic.
Re: Hellblade Studio Hunting for Buyer, Days After Announcing New Game for PS5
@Jacko11 They’ve had a second, third, fourth, fifth, honestly countless chances and they’ve failed time and time again, the only reason they still exist is because of Microsoft’s subsidy, that’s done now as they’re forcing Xbox to stand on their own two feet hence why these brutal cuts, if even then it’s not profitable enough for Microsoft it’ll be the end.
Re: Three Xbox Studios at Risk of Closure, in Talks to Become Independent
Microsoft is done subsidizing Xbox, this is the last Hail Mary to make it profitable and the bloodbath is going to be insane, the biggest ever in the industry, there’s Compulsion, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, talks around Arkane and even ID Software.
This is all consequence for years of claiming the unsustainable (ahem Game Pass) was sustainable and if you want to have a good laugh go to Pure Xbox to read all those Game Pass evangelists now doing backflips to justify these decisions, from cheering for Microsoft to buy the entire industry to now say “it hurts but it has to be done” when talking about firing thousand of people MS spent billions to acquire, gtfo…
Re: Halo PS5 Poised to Sell Extremely Well, Topping PS Store Charts Around the World
I’m actually very excited for this one, it’s been a long time since I played CE campaign, it’s looking visually amazing with notable PS5 Pro enhancements and gameplay looks classic Halo with Dualsense features.
Don’t really have any problem if this is ends up being the only Halo game to come to PlayStation as I like to own all consoles (as long as they keep existing) and not being tied to one brand or dealing with a PC, but I do want the best version of this remake on consoles and physically just for the novelty of it even if it’s just a key-disc.
Re: Even with PS5 Ports, Many of Xbox's Games Have Been Underperfoming
This is a very big reason why they’re U-turning with some games (and higher up execs were ok with it), being multiplatform wasn’t working all that well, the sole success of this strategy has been Forza Horizon 5 but while it sold more than 5 million copies it also caused a big drop in Xbox console revenue as many users stop spending on console (my case) or completely abandoned the platform, sales from ports (mainly FH5) just wasn’t enough to cover up the losses from people abandoning their platform.
It’s a similar situation to Sony and PC ports, as ports just didn’t sell all that well and there only was one big success being Helldivers 2, at least Sony pulled out before they were becoming dependent on PC revenue, it might be too late for Xbox to do that as few sales is still better than no sales.
Re: PS5 Fans Think Sony Is Pushing God of War Laufey Harder Than Wolverine
Sorry but every article that has “some PS5 fans” in the title turns out to be a clickbait of 2 random tweets making some claims that fit your narrative.
Laufey is a brand new announcement so it’s only logical to keep promoting it weeks after reveal, come September you think all the focus won’t be in Wolverine? It’s quite literally just a normal marketing cycle for Sony after every State of Play.
Re: Crimson Desert Hits Six Million Sales Milestone Inside Three Months
@Stocksy The game has some amazing aspects but the story is definitely not one of them, it’s there and sometimes makes sense sometimes it doesn’t, it’s honestly so disjointed it ends up being unintentionally funny, like in the first hours they just said “hey there’s this girl you can play with” without elaborating or telling you absolutely nothing about her, that keeps happening throughout the game lol
Re: Crimson Desert Hits Six Million Sales Milestone Inside Three Months
@Logonogo I ended up loving the Abyss tbh, at first it was a bit jarring since the game literally tells you nothing but it became second nature as there’s often more than one way to complete them and in some you can even “cheat” just like with the shrines on BOTW, TOTK or puzzles in Immortals Fenyx Rising making your own way out.
Re: Kingdom Hearts 4 Magically Returns in New PS5 Gameplay Trailer
Why so many fans get on defensive mode when a saga that used to be only at PlayStation gets shown in some other event?
Suddenly there’s claims that the games aren’t as appealing anymore and apparently every franchise that does this like Final Fantasy, Persona, Kingdom Hearts or Stellar Blade are “double-crossing” or downright “betraying” Sony just over announcing a game elsewhere as it’s not even skipping PS, while also trying to downplay said platform in which was announced, petty childish behavior imo.
Re: Reaction: Mealy-Mouthed Microsoft Takes Us Back to 2023 with Mixed Messaging on Xbox Exclusivity
While I agree that Microsoft promises just can’t be trusted didn’t you post an article saying this was such an “tiring” topic? Lately there’s been more Xbox articles on Push Square than on Pure Xbox…
Edit: Found it.
https://www.pushsquare.com/features/xbox-is-flip-flopping-on-ps5-again-and-its-truly-getting-tiring
Re: 'There's a Finished Version of Gears of War PS5 Sitting on a Drive': New Game E-Day Was Almost Done
Lmao just read the comments gloating on the news about Sony scrapping PC ports already in development and compare them to this article’s, some even used Xbox no-exclusives as an example on why Sony was right to U-turn but today are saying Xbox is wrong to have exclusives 🤣🤣
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/03/sony-apparently-pulls-the-plug-on-pc-ports-of-saros-ghost-of-yotei
Re: Rumour: Gears of War: E-Day Was Coming to PS5, Xbox Cancelled Port Very Recently
@jly1987 That’s a whole other topic, there’s hypocrite fans on both Xbox and PS sides, I personally have always had the stance that exclusives are vital for any platform and been calling out the sheep Xbox fanboys who defended the multiplatform pivot until very recently, but I will also call out the hypocrisy on the PS5 fans side which is running rampant in these comments.
Re: Rumour: Gears of War: E-Day Was Coming to PS5, Xbox Cancelled Port Very Recently
63% of PS5 fans apparently “don't care” about this and yet we’re closing on 100 comments in record time.
It’s so hilarious to read such hypocrisy and double standards with some of the arguments used here, many of the very same users who praised not porting PS5 games to PC now seem extremely “worried” about an Xbox game not selling as much because it ain’t launching on PS5? Lmfao absolute popcorn material…
I ultimately think the same than with Sony stopping PC releases, it’s a good thing as it’s clear now that every platform needs some exclusives to compete and we desperately need more competition in the console space, not a brand to have supremacy over the rest.
Re: Reaction: Some PS5 Fans Think SGF Showed Sony Losing Its Grip on Third-Parties
Sorry but it’s ridiculous to read the false superiority of some PS5 fans here, third-party publishers don’t owe Sony anything, they already pay their 30% cut for every game sold, times are simply different as most publishers nowadays don’t want to have any exclusivity deal because it’s been proven that games just sell considerably more in the long run when they’re available everywhere from day one, it’s not only a much bigger audience but word of mouth travels faster before the hype dies down.
Just look at Death Stranding 2 (my personal 2025 GOTY), PC launch came and went without any fuss whatsoever and even the day one PS5 launch didn’t set the world on fire either, while a new IP like Crimson Desert released everywhere from day one, it quickly went viral and sold more than 5 million copies, that’s the way forward.
Re: Mission Accomplished: PS5 Hit 007 First Light Sells Nearly 3 Million Copies in Its First Week
@TheDarts Yeah because the new Tomb Raider games developed by Crystal Dynamics and produced by Amazon looks like a giant advert for online shopping right?
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate Summer Game Fest 2026?
Easily the best Geoff summer event ever.
FF7 REVELATION!!
Re: Unlike Other Sony Exclusives, Wolverine PS5 Will Launch with New Game Plus Day One
I have the feeling this will be shorter than expected, perhaps closer to the length of SM: Miles Morales than Spider-Man 1/2.
Re: Wolverine PS5 Cuts Through the Crowd, Tops PS Store Pre-Order Charts
@get2sammyb I find it very disappointing how easy people pay more only for some skins in-game, basically screaming to be charged more for nothing and signaling it’s ok to charge $80 for games…
Re: PS5 vs Pepperoni Pizza: New God of War Sparks Tense Exchange Between Sony and Domino's
Oof it just hurts to read that cringey response, whoever is running the PR account clearly felt very salty about Domino’s joke, and also it’s embarrassing that they can’t seem to accept that some folks legitimately have that opinion, I don’t necessarily agree with it but I respect it, they must have known that the first ‘mainline God of War’ without its protagonist would spark some controversy…
Re: No Rest for the Wicked Comes to PS5 Before Xbox, But It's Not Some Shady Exclusivity Deal
On a side note the actual shady exclusivity deal is for Control Resonant as early-access is bizarrely exclusive for PS5, I really don’t get why Sony would even pay for such things, it’s just bad PR for both Sony and Remedy as it won’t result on a PC/Xbox player buying a $600 console just to play one game 48 hours earlier.
Re: God of War Laufey Is Much Closer to Releasing on PS5 Than You Think
@Fiendish-Beaver The cube already appears in the promotional posters and even made a whole mocap and hired Jack Quaid to play it, it’s definitely not going anywhere and I do worry that it’s gonna be talking all-game long, I got very annoyed in Ragnarök whenever I wanted to explore some character just wouldn’t shut up saying I’m not following the story path.
Re: God of War Laufey Is Much Closer to Releasing on PS5 Than You Think
2027 would be a reasonable date, but I certainly wouldn’t be calling a potential PS6 release next year “exciting stuff” unless you have +$1K burning in your hands, the PS5 Pro is just barely starting to show its potential…
Re: Amazon Is Stepping in to Publish Future James Bond Games After Smash Hit 007 First Light
People here are mixing things that have nothing to do with each other, Amazon will only handle the publishing (aka selling the game) while full creative control will remain at IOI, just look at the new Tomb Raider games, they both look amazing and while being published by Amazon they’re being fully developed by Crystal Dynamics and it shows, same thing with Amazon MGM, they produced my favorite movie of the year so far (Project Hail Mary) because they left full creative control to the people actually making the movie, comparing it to EA is nonsense.
Re: Rumour: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 Reveal Is a Lock for Summer Game Fest
Honestly FF7 Reunion sounds perfect but it was already taken for Crisis Core’s remaster.
Re: There's No Collector's Edition for Marvel's Wolverine PS5, and Fans Aren't Happy
These just don’t sell anymore, I still see the Ghost of Yotei Collector’s Edition sitting on shelves with 30% off and no one is buying it, same thing with every collector’s edition this generation and it’s easy to see why.
Games are already expensive and the very select public who are willing to spend that much place more value on a physical disc with the full game included rather than a plastic figure with a redeemable code for 3x the price.
Re: God of War Laufey Is the Next Main Entry in the Saga, 'Coming Soon' to PS5
@DennisReynolds Not a good comparison, we’re getting this instead of another Kratos game not in addition to, I’m not saying it’s a bad thing but we’re definitely not getting another game with Kratos for a long, long time, perhaps why they decided to start remaking the OG trilogy earlier this year.
Re: God of War Laufey Is the Next Main Entry in the Saga, 'Coming Soon' to PS5
So this was the reason Ragnarok felt so rushed with mystery boxes sprinkled throughout, the mask seems to be central for this narrative, and while gameplay looks amazing I find it hard to be overly excited for 2028 games…
Re: PS5 First-Party Sales Have Fallen Sharply, But It Doesn't Tell the Full Story
Another big factor that isn’t mentioned is that the few games that have come out lately this gen are just not as good, like Horizon Zero Dawn is better than Forbidden West, Spider-Man is better than SM2, Tsushima is better than Yotei, God of War (2018) is better than Ragnarok, Returnal is better than Saros, and so on…
I’d say none of Sony games this gen have had the “wow” factor than games on PS4 or PS3 did because most of them are sequels, remakes or remasters and having played them all they are starting to feel formulaic and trying to follow Hollywood trends that feel shoehorned into the story.
Re: Current PS Plus Subscribers Screwed Again by Days of Play Discounts
@KillerIsD34D @stu123 Went through this realization with the 2023 price hike, $80 at minimum yearly for what Essential gives you is just too expensive, instead of paying $80+ yearly I spent less than that once and got all the games I really wanted while they were on sale, also been doing a manual saves backups every few months with a $15 USB-C drive instead of relying on cloud saves.
Re: PS Plus Essential, Extra Games for June 2026 Announced
Why is it always the worse months just after a price increase?
Re: Destiny 2 Support Ending After 9 Years, Sony Dev Bungie to Focus on a 'New Beginning'
Remember when they scammed Sony to pay that much for their live-service “expertise”? Not having an actively engaging game for the foreseeable future doesn’t scream ‘expertise’ to me…
Re: PS Plus Price Increases Also Hit Extra, Premium Tiers - Here Are All the New Prices
@tinCAT-zero Exactly this, they straight up told investors they’d do everything to milk dry the existing user base as being attractive for new users is no longer a priority.
Re: Ahead of Humongous State of Play, Sony Trademarks New PS5 Game 'Break In'
@Questionable_Duck I’d say that’s good news, rather this be a new name for the live service BS we already knew of than yet another live service BS lol
Re: Ahead of Humongous State of Play, Sony Trademarks New PS5 Game 'Break In'
@AdamNovice It all depends how it’s shown, if it’s just a trailer with launch date among other first-party announcements it’d be fine even if no one cares.
However, remember that infamous State of Play where half of it was about how great Concord was, if this and Horizon live-service take central stage for the State of Play it’d be a massive disappointment.
Re: Ahead of Humongous State of Play, Sony Trademarks New PS5 Game 'Break In'
Please don’t be yet another live-service BS
Re: 'No Comment': Darksiders Publisher Refuses to Explain $10 PS5 Upgrade Charge That's Free on Xbox
“For the payers” 🤷🏻♂️
Re: Xbox Fans Flock to Online Suggestions Box to Tell Microsoft to Keep Games Off PS5
Literally just yesterday PS fans did the same thing, where’s that article trying to ridicule PS fans at Pure Xbox? Oh right, they don’t have a toxic behavior like you do.
You may tell yourselves you’re an objective site and joke about it but it only takes a visit to read Nintendo Life or Pure Xbox’ articles and you’ll quickly realize you’re by far the least objective out of the 3, perhaps even the least objective among ALL sites owned by IGN…
Re: Sony Reportedly Confirms Shift Back to PS5 Single Player Exclusive Games
@twitchtvpat Lmaooooo and are you aware who has been the head of first-party studios since Jim Ryan’s took over as CEO and still remains even with Jim gone? Who personally green-lit and then cancelled a dozen games in the last few years? Who headed the acquisition of multiple studios that were later closed without one game ever released? In fact, are you aware of the one person who, also reported by Bloomberg, believed so much in Concord that convinced Sony to buy the whole studio, IP and every right to it?
Don’t know if you have selective memory or what but I’m of course talking about no other than good ol’ Hermen Hulst, to read some still trying to defend his poor job and terrible decision making is hilarious.
Re: Sony Reportedly Confirms Shift Back to PS5 Single Player Exclusive Games
Good, now let’s not waste any more studios’ resources on flopped or cancelled live-service BS Hermen…
Re: Poll: Would You Buy an inFAMOUS Collection for PS5?
If only Sony had a studio specialized in remaking games the community love…
Re: New inFAMOUS PS5 Project Rumours Give Fans Fresh Hope
@Swandivetotheasphalt 90% of “rumors” nowadays are these baseless speculations only to have a weekend of engagement, frankly most gaming YouTubers nowadays are downright insufferable, always trying to either speculate claiming to have some “source” or ragebait the audience into some argument.
Re: Subnautica 2 Is the Biggest Game Around Right Now, But When Is It Coming to PS5?
@DennisReynolds That’s because Palworld wasn’t officially labeled as an early-access title at release on PS5.
Phil isn’t even at Microsoft anymore, and it’s been years since they’ve had any timed exclusivity, again with every major Xbox franchise releasing on PS5 what’s the point of paywall an indie game?
It’s all to do with Sony and the game labeled as a preview, but believe whatever you want to believe.
Re: Subnautica 2 Is the Biggest Game Around Right Now, But When Is It Coming to PS5?
@DennisReynolds Nah, it’d be ridiculous to pay for a timed exclusivity for an indie game in early-access when they’re releasing Halo, Forza and Gears of War on PS5.
It’s only skipping PS5 because of the early-access policy.
Re: Halo PS5 Spotted in Stores, And It's Making Everyone Feel Weird
@Oram77 Even if they tried to promise fans exclusives are back, would anyone actually believe them with Halo now on PlayStation?
I remember not so long ago them promising Starfield was an Xbox exclusive, to make that promise again would look ridiculous.
Plus with Xbox having a shrinking user base (selling less consoles) it makes them more dependent on selling games elsewhere to make some profit, an unstoppable spiral of death for the platform I predicted ever since the 4 games were announced, there’s no going back.
Re: What Do You Want from a May 2026 State of Play Showcase?
Lmao with some of the unrealistic expectations, as if first-party studios hadn’t been decimated this generation, most, if not all their studios lost half the generation trying to make a live-service that flopped or was cancelled, it’s gonna take a long time for all those studios to get back to work on a single-player game and be ready to show it, I’d say well into the PS6 generation…
For the entire remainder of this generation from PS Studios I only expect Wolverine, Intergalactic and that Faye God of War spinoff, anything else would be a welcome surprise but I honestly don’t expect as much.
Re: Saros Squashes Trophy Bugs and Other Nasty Issues in Latest PS5 Patch, Available Now
Lol I got both of those trophies by accident as I went back to that ledge and before the patch there were some rocks that allowed you to go back to the end of the third biome, trophies popped and boss fight started, now I feel guilty about getting those trophies that way.
Re: Saros PS5 Sales Estimates at 300k, Selling Slower Than Returnal on a Bigger Install Base
This is very disappointing as it’s one of the best shooters in recent memory but I kinda expected it, imo they got themselves backed into a corner as they were aiming for the masses with Saros being considerably less hardcore than Returnal but everything they showed looked too similar to it, which is much cheaper nowadays, has been bundled with the console and it’s included on PS+ Extra, so most who gave Returnal a try and didn’t like just won’t even look at Saros even if it’s looking to address their complaints, and people who are getting interested in Saros would rather try Returnal which is much cheaper to play nowadays than spending $70.
Also, many Returnal fans (as myself) are agreeing that Returnal is still the better game of the two so it doesn’t bode well for word of mouth and long-term sales, and honestly makes me very scared about the future of Housemarque.