Not surprised by this, something clearly happened during Rebirth by Sony that irked Square very badly. I personally thought Sony did a very poor job of marketing Rebirth and did not take it seriously, nor did they treat it like the massive, incredible, game that it is.
Sony treated Remake like one of their own, the marketing was everywhere, plastering "exclusive" everywhere and just really pulling out all the stops to make it massive. They did not do that for Rebirth, it was very strange.
Record profits, record layoffs. All of these poor wittle American corporations are making BANK and it's still not enough. The corporate cutthroats finally, sadly found out how truly valuable gaming was in 2020 and here we are. The western game dev part of the industry is cooked. Please, Nintendo, just stay true to your ways. For the GOAT Iwata.
One thing I think we're missing is exclusive software retention and don't get me wrong, it's far too late anyway, Sony took the Microsoft way when they should've went Nintendo's way. Spidey 2 sells 10 million, great, will sell more this year of course, but with 50+ million PS5s in the wind, it should be higher. The PC ports have zero guarantee of sales, as multiple have shown. So they opened up the kingdom, devalued their "exclusives" and didn't get the support needed from the PC side so now they're in a terrible limbo. Sony wanted Nintendo's cake and Microsoft's cookies, just not how it works. Look at Nintendo's Switch sales and 1st party 100% exclusive software sales, THAT is what Sony wants and will never have again. They chased Microsoft and should have chased Nintendo.
Bringing Twisted Metal back is a great idea, making it a live service that requires tons of resources is lunacy. All they had to do was make a AA mid budget game like the old ones or just remake the classics and it would have sold perfectly fine, but everything has to be this live service crap. This industry!
This really has me lit up, it's just so upsetting because we've seen it all play out in front of us. Did those 900 people let Insomniac make a $300 Million Spidey game, that still turned a profit & sold God knows how many consoles in just 2 months? Did those 900 people light $4 BILLION on fire by acquiring a rapidly declining Bungie? Did those 900 people acquire a bunch of support studios to make a bunch of PC ports that keep flopping? Did those 900 people not properly support a pipeline of exclusive games for PS5 and force them to pay for a bunch of "exclusives"? Did those 900 people have the biggest PS Studios go all in on GAAS and set them back YEARS of development after flip flopping when realizing no one wanted them? Sony had the blueprint of success right in front of them: PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 & Nintendo, but they insisted on chasing Microsoft's failures, so desperate to be one of the "American big boys". This is all on the backs of record profits & sales by the way. Sony's leadership has been playing Wolf of Wall Street and they let these 900 people take the fall.
Pathetic. So incredibly disappointing. A once great Japanese giant resorting to scummy, cutthroat American corporate tactics to appease the shareholders. Bonus points for having “retired” Jim Ryan throw himself under the bus. Only have so much power but I’ll do my part as this will cost them some pre orders with me. Can’t stand supporting companies that do this crap. The last outlaw Nintendo gets more of my support now.
Well deserved failure for Warner Bros. This would have been the fate of many PS Studios games, thankfully someone at Sony woke up before a disaster happened.
The live service market is cornered, unless a Cinderella hit like Helldivers happens (TBD on how long it lasts), nothing is breaking through anymore. It is absolutely amazing how none of these cutthroat, corporate "by the numbers & for the shareholders" fools can't put 2 & 2 together.
Phil Spencer makes me sick lmao. A decade+ of failure and his final plan is to beg PlayStation & Nintendo for exclusives. Unlimited resources, $100 BILLION in acquisitions, do your job and build your own exclusives to support your console eco-system. Absolute loser mentality his entire time as Xbox boss. Without exclusives, these consoles are useless, will not sell and Xbox has proved that 110%, no one will take Microsoft's bait on this.
People are rightfully roasting him but I truly hope Sony & Nintendo are never stupid enough to take the bait on this. Who benefits if there's no exclusives and it's just an arms race to make as much content as possible? Trillion dollar Microsoft who would gobble up the entire industry if the other two didn't have their consoles protecting them. Con man Spencer knows they can't compete, the next road is to try to kill to exclusives. What a loser
And the crowd goes mild. Won't commit to exclusives, won't commit to giving up, and already teasing their next gen consoles as their current failures rot. The Phil Spencer Experience!
Day and date will kill PlayStation just like it killed Xbox. The mystique of having your own console with true exclusives will always be the highest $$$ path but you gotta have some serious fortitude and it appears Sony is finally losing it. Shout out to Nintendo for not trying to fix what ain't broke. I don't know what Sony wants from us at this point, we've supported FIVE generations of consoles, all wildly successful, we buy the exclusives, we support everything and all we've gotten is fewer games and mounting threats that our outstanding support isn't enough!
Called it. Jim Ryan had the game pipeline a complete mess with that live service focus garbage. Helldivers is a nice Cinderella story but it changes nothing and we're about to feel the pain while Sony recovers and lets PS Studios get back on track. Still expecting some out of nowhere remasters + exclusives like Stellar Blade but the gap between Spidey 2 & whatever big exclusive blockbuster story game is next will be huge. Shame on Microsoft for giving up right as they were going to get a chance to strike. Congrats to Nintendo for a wide open window to push Switch past PS2 & launch new hardware.
A podcast!? This is gonna be an extremely carefully crafted message that confirms they're giving up and putting everything currently available/announced on Switch/PS5 but also a classic Phil Spencer spin zone where they also confirm they'll make more consoles with exclusives on a "case by base" basis. I predict an absolute disaster
The American Trillion dollar corporation with unlimited resources waves the white flag to the two Japanese Billion dollar corporations. "The problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They don't think of original ideas and they don't bring much culture in to their product." - Steve Jobs
Almost feels sad to see it finally be over for Xbox as a big 3 member but they did it to themselves lead by the con man Phil Spencer. Their next path will be as a Ubisoft/Activision hybrid. As for PlayStation & to a much lesser extent Nintendo, who have exclusively stuck to their guns, this is a great reminder what happens when you let your big franchises fall, overall quality dip and when you try to {and epically fail} act like exclusives don't matter.
It was good and we really still don't have anything from PlayStation 1st party, which is fascinating and still expected as they shift from the Ryan era. Sonic X Shadow Generations was pure hype, Stellar Blade looks awesome. Death Stranding 2 looks absolutely insane. FF7 Rebirth next week! Things are looking good even with the PlayStation Studios giants still hiding, gonna be a fun year!
Awful. At some point people will realize that Phil Spencer & his cronies are all just more cutthroat suits who only care about the bottom line. Congrats to everyone who cheered this to the finish line so they could get a bunch of old games on their stupid subscription service. Shout out to the "hope it goes through, so sick of the articles" people as well. Love this industry, but sometimes it really makes you question what you are supporting and its happening a lot lately.
Woo! Some of these comments! You almost forget how far people will reach to defend their favorite franchises/studios, even while being robbed in real time. The truth is: SEGA has been on a very bad path lately and its just kind of flying under the radar. EA, Ubisoft, etc get rightfully shamed, Sony got bullied out of the live service game, many more examples and Sega is just casually packing remasters with microtransactions & paywalling NG+ modes.
So basically, they want to trick people into a false sense of comfort with subscriptions like others have done. Guess I'll just have to get comfortable with not touching Ubisoft games until they're in the $10 PHYSICAL bin...6 months after release!
Can't wait to play it again! Will never forget that first play through, just a truly stunning game. I will never understand the hate, beyond the story stuff which is all opinions, this is a AAA single player, story driven exclusive that spares no expense, it's well worth a play simply for that.
Understand the thinking, but Sony continues to think they can just walk in these markets and say "we're here, bring us $$$!", same thing happened with PC, the first few had success due to the novelty of it but now they're dust in the wind. Mobile gamers are an entirely different breed, NINTENDO with MARIO couldn't breakthrough and have abandoned their mobile plans. As desperately as Sony has tried to get their gaming to not be so dependent on console, it just isn't that easy, especially after 30+ years of doing it.
Actions speak louder than words, so all I need is for them to keep acting as if the all out "live service" push train is being derailed, fairly confident in that one at this point. I'm expecting a very slow 2024 as they clean up the live service mess and get PS Studios back on track, so stuff like TLOU2 Remastered and maybe some high level remaster/ports from PS3, for example: would love a Ratchet & Clank collection with some under the hood work done for PS5 + full trophy support. Band aid us with that stuff, give PS Studios some time and then have a big Fall showcase with the giant AAA single player exclusives and presumably PS5 Pro.
FF7 Rebirth launch trailer! Their lineup post FF7R is pretty much blank, expecting a very slow year because of the live service mess cleanup happening but still hoping they can sneak some unexpected remakes, remasters or something like that.
She's great, perfect high level HBO casting, so very curious to see how they handle the TLOU2 story bits. Still feels like there's gonna be a different take or shuffling of timelines because you really need certain actors to stick around to maintain viewership
We're all so shocked. 8 YEARS of development is the best part. They could've cooked up 2 DC single player games in that time and instead this will flop and put them at risk of getting shut down.
The bubble has burst on live service as Sony has proven, but I gotta bad feeling it's gonna take a few more studios down
Slowly getting hyped for this, sounding more and more like the Cerny Magic™ will be all over this thing. And when you want to sell new hardware, you usually announce some massive exclusives with it!
"focus on single-player narrative games that have defined Naughty Dog’s heritage." The right choice was made. ND was making Factions 2, Jim Ryan & Bungie thought they were getting a Fortnite skin selling, FOMO & engagement baiting pyramid scheme. It's better this way sadly. The new people in charge at PlayStation should do exactly what the old people did: let Naughty Dog cook up TLOUIII or whatever they're making and stay out of the way.
@Darylb88 PC player base is the most unreliable group of consumers in all of media. Microsoft cut Disney a nice check to offset and will put all of their marketing power behind it. They just need to make sure the game is good and sales will be fine
It's fascinating that Xbox exclusivity is such a hotly debated topic on here, just shows that Phil Spencer and his cronies have run their mouths against them one too many times, and now will have to put 2x the work to justify the 180.
I have zero issue with exclusives, they're the biggest and best games we get, just hope "Team Green" will finally shut up about them and stop being hypocrites.
Sad to see it go, good times! E3 was a you just had to be there type thing, getting ready for "Christmas for gamers" week, watching all the press conferences, the megatons, seeing the companies battle it out & react in real time to what each other did, all the live coverage from classic G4, Spike TV, etc. So fun!
Shawn Layden sadly called it, the moment they opened it up it was done.
"You know it ain't funny if you gotta talk about your money!" It was hilarious AND truthful, the fact that they responded to it shows how much of a sore subject it is for them, and they pulled out numbers? Only Kratos can cause that softness with one joke. The simple solution to not getting roasted is...don't make a 3 hour campaign!
I'll still say buying Bungie was a reactionary error, but I'll give Jim Ryan credit for this one, I thought they completely shilled out and Bungie's incompetent, complacent and downright unappreciative leadership had them dead to rights. Sad its come to this already, but good to see this was built in.
That press release gave me more confidence. I know they can't wait to sell Shark Cards but they also know that none of that happens without a historically legendary single player story mode. All that combined with only having to worry about PS5 & Series, Rockstar WILL deliver!
Looks great, 2025 is a bit of a shock, really thought they'd be set for late 2024. Only thing that hurts my hype is they always release these giant games by the holiday season so we're basically still 2 years out!
GTA 6 hype train begins and Epic magically comes up with huge updates, new games, detailed communication, plus making sure this LEGO stuff is free. Competition is GOOD! We're about to enter a whole new era of multiplayer where everyone will be battling to keep their player bases happy with the GTA monster incoming!
Always nice (disgusting) to get a reminder that physical will always be the way to go. I tolerate streaming because of shows like Stranger Things, Hawkeye, etc but I'll never buy digital again.
Good. I'm sure they got laughed out of the room if they actually asked Nintendo & Sony if this was a possibility, but still it's better this way. Series X is getting heavily pushed with discounts, they just need to get their games right, man. Almost every big release since Xbox One has been a disaster in some way. Take all those unlimited resources and find a way to make some bangers. How they've let Halo & Gears decline so far is just mindboggling. They need to find some of that 360 magic or they will never compete again.
I'm down for all of the RE Remakes. Probably going against the grain especially with the people on here, but I must admit, Resident Evil 5 is one of my favorite games of all time! Looking forward to ensuring Complete. Global. Saturation!
Still not convinced Sony would let them do it unless Microsoft gets out of the console business, which would be bad because it means the "competition" is gone. Everyone can find the data, Xbox hasn't been close to Nintendo or Sony in a long, long time, but them getting wiped from the "big three" would not be good and with the way everyone besides Used Car Salesman Phil Spencer talks, it sounds like they're headed that way.
Exclusive games are king. Microsoft has done everything they could to make them irrelevant and it has completely failed besides their most devoted worshippers on "Twitter" while Sony & Nintendo mop up the trillion dollar corporation off the backs of incredible exclusives.
They haven't delivered a legitimate, complete, well done, AAA banger since 2011's Gears of War 3. Their games are mediocre. They have unlimited funds, fantastic marketing, but their games are just not that good. It's that simple!
They still will not commit to the bit of making massive games that overdeliver, everything is a broken live service or small scale game. They need to put their $$$ where their mouth is or they will never compete again.
I'm in as long as the price is reasonable. It is simply one of the best games I've ever played. I also think its hilarious that any mention of PC is a ghost town, the Jimbo Ryan era is officially OVER lol
Might be a fun squad game to grab at 80% off after it inevitably flops but this game and their rollout scream soulless corporate shlock that gamers are finally rejecting.
"We have FREE events! We have skins! Constantly evolving! More FREE content with your full price purchase!'
Great news. I have a feeling the next gaming resurgence now that single player games have recemented themselves as the king is going to be premium multiplayer with little to zero monetization.
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Re: 'More People Will Experience Our World': Final Fantasy 7 Remake Trilogy Sheds PS5 Exclusivity
Not surprised by this, something clearly happened during Rebirth by Sony that irked Square very badly. I personally thought Sony did a very poor job of marketing Rebirth and did not take it seriously, nor did they treat it like the massive, incredible, game that it is.
Sony treated Remake like one of their own, the marketing was everywhere, plastering "exclusive" everywhere and just really pulling out all the stops to make it massive. They did not do that for Rebirth, it was very strange.
Re: EA Cuts Roughly 700 Jobs in Another Round of Industry Layoffs
Record profits, record layoffs. All of these poor wittle American corporations are making BANK and it's still not enough. The corporate cutthroats finally, sadly found out how truly valuable gaming was in 2020 and here we are. The western game dev part of the industry is cooked.
Please, Nintendo, just stay true to your ways. For the GOAT Iwata.
Re: Reaction: The Problem with PlayStation Right Now
One thing I think we're missing is exclusive software retention and don't get me wrong, it's far too late anyway, Sony took the Microsoft way when they should've went Nintendo's way.
Spidey 2 sells 10 million, great, will sell more this year of course, but with 50+ million PS5s in the wind, it should be higher.
The PC ports have zero guarantee of sales, as multiple have shown. So they opened up the kingdom, devalued their "exclusives" and didn't get the support needed from the PC side so now they're in a terrible limbo. Sony wanted Nintendo's cake and Microsoft's cookies, just not how it works.
Look at Nintendo's Switch sales and 1st party 100% exclusive software sales, THAT is what Sony wants and will never have again. They chased Microsoft and should have chased Nintendo.
Re: Rumour: Live-Service Twisted Metal One of the Games Cancelled by Sony
Bringing Twisted Metal back is a great idea, making it a live service that requires tons of resources is lunacy.
All they had to do was make a AA mid budget game like the old ones or just remake the classics and it would have sold perfectly fine, but everything has to be this live service crap. This industry!
Re: 900 PlayStation Employees Laid Off, London Studio Closed
This really has me lit up, it's just so upsetting because we've seen it all play out in front of us.
Did those 900 people let Insomniac make a $300 Million Spidey game, that still turned a profit & sold God knows how many consoles in just 2 months?
Did those 900 people light $4 BILLION on fire by acquiring a rapidly declining Bungie?
Did those 900 people acquire a bunch of support studios to make a bunch of PC ports that keep flopping?
Did those 900 people not properly support a pipeline of exclusive games for PS5 and force them to pay for a bunch of "exclusives"?
Did those 900 people have the biggest PS Studios go all in on GAAS and set them back YEARS of development after flip flopping when realizing no one wanted them?
Sony had the blueprint of success right in front of them: PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 & Nintendo, but they insisted on chasing Microsoft's failures, so desperate to be one of the "American big boys".
This is all on the backs of record profits & sales by the way. Sony's leadership has been playing Wolf of Wall Street and they let these 900 people take the fall.
Re: 900 PlayStation Employees Laid Off, London Studio Closed
Pathetic. So incredibly disappointing. A once great Japanese giant resorting to scummy, cutthroat American corporate tactics to appease the shareholders. Bonus points for having “retired” Jim Ryan throw himself under the bus.
Only have so much power but I’ll do my part as this will cost them some pre orders with me. Can’t stand supporting companies that do this crap. The last outlaw Nintendo gets more of my support now.
Re: Poor Suicide Squad Sales Disappoint Publisher Warner Bros
Well deserved failure for Warner Bros. This would have been the fate of many PS Studios games, thankfully someone at Sony woke up before a disaster happened.
The live service market is cornered, unless a Cinderella hit like Helldivers happens (TBD on how long it lasts), nothing is breaking through anymore. It is absolutely amazing how none of these cutthroat, corporate "by the numbers & for the shareholders" fools can't put 2 & 2 together.
Re: There's a New Super Monkey Ball, But It's Exclusive to Nintendo Switch
Looking forward to Phil Spencer's petition
Re: Xbox Fans Petitioning for Helldivers 2 to Launch on Xbox
Phil Spencer makes me sick lmao. A decade+ of failure and his final plan is to beg PlayStation & Nintendo for exclusives.
Unlimited resources, $100 BILLION in acquisitions, do your job and build your own exclusives to support your console eco-system. Absolute loser mentality his entire time as Xbox boss.
Without exclusives, these consoles are useless, will not sell and Xbox has proved that 110%, no one will take Microsoft's bait on this.
Re: Microsoft Exec on Helldivers 2: I'm Not Sure Who It Helps By Not Being on Xbox
People are rightfully roasting him but I truly hope Sony & Nintendo are never stupid enough to take the bait on this. Who benefits if there's no exclusives and it's just an arms race to make as much content as possible? Trillion dollar Microsoft who would gobble up the entire industry if the other two didn't have their consoles protecting them.
Con man Spencer knows they can't compete, the next road is to try to kill to exclusives. What a loser
Re: Xbox Is Bringing Four Exclusives to PS5, But It Won't Say Which
And the crowd goes mild. Won't commit to exclusives, won't commit to giving up, and already teasing their next gen consoles as their current failures rot. The Phil Spencer Experience!
Re: Sony Plans to Improve Profit Margins with 'Aggressive' PC Release Strategy
Day and date will kill PlayStation just like it killed Xbox. The mystique of having your own console with true exclusives will always be the highest $$$ path but you gotta have some serious fortitude and it appears Sony is finally losing it.
Shout out to Nintendo for not trying to fix what ain't broke. I don't know what Sony wants from us at this point, we've supported FIVE generations of consoles, all wildly successful, we buy the exclusives, we support everything and all we've gotten is fewer games and mounting threats that our outstanding support isn't enough!
Re: Sony Predicts Slide in PS5 Sales with No Major Existing IPs Planned Before March 2025
Called it. Jim Ryan had the game pipeline a complete mess with that live service focus garbage. Helldivers is a nice Cinderella story but it changes nothing and we're about to feel the pain while Sony recovers and lets PS Studios get back on track. Still expecting some out of nowhere remasters + exclusives like Stellar Blade but the gap between Spidey 2 & whatever big exclusive blockbuster story game is next will be huge.
Shame on Microsoft for giving up right as they were going to get a chance to strike. Congrats to Nintendo for a wide open window to push Switch past PS2 & launch new hardware.
Re: Xbox's Multiplatform Plans to Be Revealed on Thursday
A podcast!? This is gonna be an extremely carefully crafted message that confirms they're giving up and putting everything currently available/announced on Switch/PS5 but also a classic Phil Spencer spin zone where they also confirm they'll make more consoles with exclusives on a "case by base" basis. I predict an absolute disaster
Re: Preview: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Feels Like a Strong Step Forward from Remake
That seals it. FF7 Rebirth is my most anticipated game of all time. This is going to be LEGENDARY!
Re: Xbox Set to Announce Multi-Platform Plans Next Week
The American Trillion dollar corporation with unlimited resources waves the white flag to the two Japanese Billion dollar corporations.
"The problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They don't think of original ideas and they don't bring much culture in to their product." - Steve Jobs
Re: Rumour: Xbox Console Exclusive Starfield Is Setting a Course for PS5
Almost feels sad to see it finally be over for Xbox as a big 3 member but they did it to themselves lead by the con man Phil Spencer. Their next path will be as a Ubisoft/Activision hybrid.
As for PlayStation & to a much lesser extent Nintendo, who have exclusively stuck to their guns, this is a great reminder what happens when you let your big franchises fall, overall quality dip and when you try to {and epically fail} act like exclusives don't matter.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate the Latest State of Play Showcase?
It was good and we really still don't have anything from PlayStation 1st party, which is fascinating and still expected as they shift from the Ryan era.
Sonic X Shadow Generations was pure hype, Stellar Blade looks awesome. Death Stranding 2 looks absolutely insane. FF7 Rebirth next week!
Things are looking good even with the PlayStation Studios giants still hiding, gonna be a fun year!
Re: Microsoft, Activision Cut 1,900 Jobs in More Video Game Layoffs
Awful. At some point people will realize that Phil Spencer & his cronies are all just more cutthroat suits who only care about the bottom line. Congrats to everyone who cheered this to the finish line so they could get a bunch of old games on their stupid subscription service. Shout out to the "hope it goes through, so sick of the articles" people as well.
Love this industry, but sometimes it really makes you question what you are supporting and its happening a lot lately.
Re: Of Course Full Price Remake Persona 3 Reload Has a Full Spread of Day One DLC
Woo! Some of these comments! You almost forget how far people will reach to defend their favorite franchises/studios, even while being robbed in real time. The truth is: SEGA has been on a very bad path lately and its just kind of flying under the radar.
EA, Ubisoft, etc get rightfully shamed, Sony got bullied out of the live service game, many more examples and Sega is just casually packing remasters with microtransactions & paywalling NG+ modes.
Re: Tekken 8 Launch Trailer Is Here to Max Out Your Hype
Trying hard to resist because of the inevitable Super Complete Deluxe Heihachi Gon Edition but wow, it really does look fantastic!
Re: Hogwarts Legacy Breaks 14-Year Call of Duty, Rockstar Streak to Become USA's Best-Selling Game of 2023
Great news! Good to see Spidey 2, Zelda TOTK & Jedi Survivor in there as well. Long live single player!
Re: You Should Get 'Comfortable' with Not Owning Your Games, Suggests Ubisoft Exec
So basically, they want to trick people into a false sense of comfort with subscriptions like others have done. Guess I'll just have to get comfortable with not touching Ubisoft games until they're in the $10 PHYSICAL bin...6 months after release!
Re: The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered (PS5) - A Near Perfect Package for New and Returning Fans
Can't wait to play it again! Will never forget that first play through, just a truly stunning game.
I will never understand the hate, beyond the story stuff which is all opinions, this is a AAA single player, story driven exclusive that spares no expense, it's well worth a play simply for that.
Re: The Last of Us Season 2 Casting Continues with Isabela Merced Set to Play Dina
This might be their best casting yet! Perfect!
Re: Here's Why Sony Is Making Big Moves in the Mobile Games Sector
Understand the thinking, but Sony continues to think they can just walk in these markets and say "we're here, bring us $$$!", same thing happened with PC, the first few had success due to the novelty of it but now they're dust in the wind.
Mobile gamers are an entirely different breed, NINTENDO with MARIO couldn't breakthrough and have abandoned their mobile plans.
As desperately as Sony has tried to get their gaming to not be so dependent on console, it just isn't that easy, especially after 30+ years of doing it.
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Want from Sony and PlayStation in 2024?
Actions speak louder than words, so all I need is for them to keep acting as if the all out "live service" push train is being derailed, fairly confident in that one at this point.
I'm expecting a very slow 2024 as they clean up the live service mess and get PS Studios back on track, so stuff like TLOU2 Remastered and maybe some high level remaster/ports from PS3, for example: would love a Ratchet & Clank collection with some under the hood work done for PS5 + full trophy support.
Band aid us with that stuff, give PS Studios some time and then have a big Fall showcase with the giant AAA single player exclusives and presumably PS5 Pro.
Re: Sounds Like Sony's Next State of Play Livestream Isn't Far Away
FF7 Rebirth launch trailer! Their lineup post FF7R is pretty much blank, expecting a very slow year because of the live service mess cleanup happening but still hoping they can sneak some unexpected remakes, remasters or something like that.
Re: Kaitlyn Dever Will Play Abby in HBO's The Last of Us Season 2
She's great, perfect high level HBO casting, so very curious to see how they handle the TLOU2 story bits. Still feels like there's gonna be a different take or shuffling of timelines because you really need certain actors to stick around to maintain viewership
Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Previews Are Far from Positive
We're all so shocked. 8 YEARS of development is the best part. They could've cooked up 2 DC single player games in that time and instead this will flop and put them at risk of getting shut down.
The bubble has burst on live service as Sony has proven, but I gotta bad feeling it's gonna take a few more studios down
Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro Targeting September 2024, Will Have Proprietary Upscaling Tech
Slowly getting hyped for this, sounding more and more like the Cerny Magic™ will be all over this thing.
And when you want to sell new hardware, you usually announce some massive exclusives with it!
Re: The Last of Us Multiplayer Project Is Officially Cancelled
"focus on single-player narrative games that have defined Naughty Dog’s heritage."
The right choice was made. ND was making Factions 2, Jim Ryan & Bungie thought they were getting a Fortnite skin selling, FOMO & engagement baiting pyramid scheme. It's better this way sadly.
The new people in charge at PlayStation should do exactly what the old people did: let Naughty Dog cook up TLOUIII or whatever they're making and stay out of the way.
Re: Disney Doesn't Think It Was 'Overly Exclusionary' to Cut Planned PS5 Version of Indiana Jones
@Darylb88 PC player base is the most unreliable group of consumers in all of media. Microsoft cut Disney a nice check to offset and will put all of their marketing power behind it. They just need to make sure the game is good and sales will be fine
Re: Disney Doesn't Think It Was 'Overly Exclusionary' to Cut Planned PS5 Version of Indiana Jones
It's fascinating that Xbox exclusivity is such a hotly debated topic on here, just shows that Phil Spencer and his cronies have run their mouths against them one too many times, and now will have to put 2x the work to justify the 180.
I have zero issue with exclusives, they're the biggest and best games we get, just hope "Team Green" will finally shut up about them and stop being hypocrites.
Re: E3 Is Officially Dead
Sad to see it go, good times! E3 was a you just had to be there type thing, getting ready for "Christmas for gamers" week, watching all the press conferences, the megatons, seeing the companies battle it out & react in real time to what each other did, all the live coverage from classic G4, Spike TV, etc. So fun!
Shawn Layden sadly called it, the moment they opened it up it was done.
Re: Kratos Voice Actor Underfire for Roasting New Call of Duty Campaign
"You know it ain't funny if you gotta talk about your money!"
It was hilarious AND truthful, the fact that they responded to it shows how much of a sore subject it is for them, and they pulled out numbers? Only Kratos can cause that softness with one joke.
The simple solution to not getting roasted is...don't make a 3 hour campaign!
Re: Lead Bungie Staff Fear 'Total Sony Takeover' After Layoffs, Delays
I'll still say buying Bungie was a reactionary error, but I'll give Jim Ryan credit for this one, I thought they completely shilled out and Bungie's incompetent, complacent and downright unappreciative leadership had them dead to rights. Sad its come to this already, but good to see this was built in.
Re: GTA 6 Skips Last-Gen PS4 Version for PS5, Xbox Series X|S
That press release gave me more confidence. I know they can't wait to sell Shark Cards but they also know that none of that happens without a historically legendary single player story mode. All that combined with only having to worry about PS5 & Series, Rockstar WILL deliver!
Re: GTA 6 Trailer Out Now, 2025 Release Window Revealed
Looks great, 2025 is a bit of a shock, really thought they'd be set for late 2024. Only thing that hurts my hype is they always release these giant games by the holiday season so we're basically still 2 years out!
Re: Amazingly, 1,200 Skins Will Get Free LEGO Makeovers in Fortnite
GTA 6 hype train begins and Epic magically comes up with huge updates, new games, detailed communication, plus making sure this LEGO stuff is free. Competition is GOOD!
We're about to enter a whole new era of multiplayer where everyone will be battling to keep their player bases happy with the GTA monster incoming!
Re: PlayStation Users Set to Lose Hundreds of TV Shows They Paid For
Always nice (disgusting) to get a reminder that physical will always be the way to go. I tolerate streaming because of shows like Stranger Things, Hawkeye, etc but I'll never buy digital again.
Re: Just One Day Later, Microsoft Has 'No Plans to Bring Game Pass' to PS5, PS4
Good. I'm sure they got laughed out of the room if they actually asked Nintendo & Sony if this was a possibility, but still it's better this way.
Series X is getting heavily pushed with discounts, they just need to get their games right, man. Almost every big release since Xbox One has been a disaster in some way. Take all those unlimited resources and find a way to make some bangers. How they've let Halo & Gears decline so far is just mindboggling. They need to find some of that 360 magic or they will never compete again.
Re: More Resident Evil Remakes Are on the Way, Capcom Confirms
I'm down for all of the RE Remakes. Probably going against the grain especially with the people on here, but I must admit, Resident Evil 5 is one of my favorite games of all time! Looking forward to ensuring Complete. Global. Saturation!
Re: Microsoft Still Wants to Put Xbox Game Pass on PS5, PS4
Still not convinced Sony would let them do it unless Microsoft gets out of the console business, which would be bad because it means the "competition" is gone.
Everyone can find the data, Xbox hasn't been close to Nintendo or Sony in a long, long time, but them getting wiped from the "big three" would not be good and with the way everyone besides Used Car Salesman Phil Spencer talks, it sounds like they're headed that way.
Re: Don't Fret, Physical Fans, The Last of Us 2 Remastered's WLF Edition Contains a Disc
Thank god! Dare I say Sony's decisions since a certain someone's "retirement" was announced have actually been positive? Endure and survive!
Re: It's Utter Domination for PS5 in Europe as Xbox Continues to Lose Significant Ground
Exclusive games are king. Microsoft has done everything they could to make them irrelevant and it has completely failed besides their most devoted worshippers on "Twitter" while Sony & Nintendo mop up the trillion dollar corporation off the backs of incredible exclusives.
They haven't delivered a legitimate, complete, well done, AAA banger since 2011's Gears of War 3. Their games are mediocre. They have unlimited funds, fantastic marketing, but their games are just not that good. It's that simple!
They still will not commit to the bit of making massive games that overdeliver, everything is a broken live service or small scale game. They need to put their $$$ where their mouth is or they will never compete again.
Re: The Last of Us 2 PS5 Remaster Leaks, Has a Brand New Survival Mode, Cut Levels
I'm in as long as the price is reasonable. It is simply one of the best games I've ever played.
I also think its hilarious that any mention of PC is a ghost town, the Jimbo Ryan era is officially OVER lol
Re: Poll: What Will Win Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2023?
Tears of the Kingdom. It was just too dang good. That's a top 10 all time game for me.
Re: Free Villains, Weapons, Events Set for Suicide Squad PS5 After Launch
Might be a fun squad game to grab at 80% off after it inevitably flops but this game and their rollout scream soulless corporate shlock that gamers are finally rejecting.
"We have FREE events! We have skins! Constantly evolving! More FREE content with your full price purchase!'
Re: Remedy Ditches Free-to-Play Model for Upcoming Multiplayer Game
Great news. I have a feeling the next gaming resurgence now that single player games have recemented themselves as the king is going to be premium multiplayer with little to zero monetization.