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Sad to say but AI isn’t going anywhere. Honestly though if it’s only used for this kind of profile art then that’s probably the best thing we can hope for. If you’re going to use it at least keep it for something minor and not anything in the game itself.

And yet he does not provide a number to go with that statement.

Am I the only one who thought Wolverine only looked ok. I mean it looks like it will be good but nothing to get too excited for. Need to see more of it.

Is anyone expecting much from this. State of Plays have never been that good.

@SuntannedDuck2 but if this is meant to be a Switch competitor then it misses the point. The Switch needs the dock because the handheld is the console. The dock is how you can play it on the TV. If this handheld is meant to be a companion to the PS6 then the dock is completely pointless. You already have the console to play on the TV, you don’t need it for the handheld.

Wait, if the handheld is meant to be a companion to the main PS6 unit then why would it need a dock? The dock is the PS6.

@PuppetMaster I agree but that’s because this series has historically not sold particularly well. I had heard this Guilty Gear was the one to break it into the mainstream and I’m not sure if I fully agree with that.

It sounds more impressive if you ignore the full context. Earning an extra million players in two years isn’t great. It shows how stagnant its growth has been.

@themightyant oh no I agree with you there. I don’t like cinematic games much but there’s room for all kinds of games. If you are criticise TLOU2, and there are things in it to criticise legitimately without needing to resort to hyperbole and bigotry, you should criticise it based on how the game is, not just the kind of game it is.

@themightyant not disagreeing with everything but I need to push back against point 3. While there are people who simply want games to be arcade style fun, I do not think they are against games being art. Nor do I think people like Druckman, Kojima and Blow elevated the medium to “art”.

Videogames have always been art. From Pong to Astro Bot it’s always been art. The idea that it became art to me shows a complete lack of respect for the medium. Yes games got more emotional over time, but that doesn’t mean they suddenly became art. Art is simply an act of creative expression, and videogames, even in the early days, have always been that.

Looks like Season 2 didn’t go as planned. Wonder if season 3 will actually happen now.

Yikes. That’s not a good look.

@SeaDaVie well therein lies the problem, you can’t really use statistical measurements to gauge the consensus on opinions. There are ways of doing so, like Rotten Tomatoes for movies, but they can never give you the full picture since the vast majority of audiences don’t engage with that kind of thing to begin with.

But really I don’t know why you’re arguing against this when the critical reviews of DS were mixed and even the people who liked the game said it wasn’t for everyone. Apparently Kojima reworked large parts of DS2 because play testers liked it too much. Meaning the games are designed to be divisive. I don’t know if that’s true but it would make sense given the response.

@SeaDaVie i remember the discourse when the game came out, and it was indeed very mixed. Just browsing this comment section is enough to infer that. Also, Steam Reviews aren’t 100% reliable either since those can be subject to things like review bombing. I don’t think that’s what happened to Death Stranding, my point is that using stuff like Steam Reviews to gauge a general consensus without looking at other sources will not give you an accurate picture.

@SeaDaVie dude I remember when it first came out. The reception was incredibly mixed. On Metacritic it has a 7.4 which is considered mixed so there you go. The steam release is also the Directors cut not the og.

You know the first game was divisive right? It’s not that uncommon for sequels to those to sell less than their predecessors. In fact, it’s not that uncommon for sequels to do worse in general.

This is the most defensive article I’ve ever read, and I don’t understand why? If it does well it does well and if it doesn’t it doesn’t. If you bought it and liked it that should be all that matters. It doing well doesn’t affect you at all.

Curious to see how this does with players. Will it be as divisive as the first game? Considering Kojima redid parts because people liked it too much it’s possible but we’ll have to wait and see.

I think that says more about how bad the PlayStation brand has been at turning a profit than it does the success of PS5

It’s dead. No way it’s getting released now, Sony can’t afford another Concord.

That is impressive, in a vacuum. But when compared to other presentations it’s actually really bad. I mean the last Nintendo Indie World presentation got that many views and those are of much lower profile. This isn’t evidence of them getting better it’s evidence of how much of a failure they’ve been.

It was an alright show but it felt like it was carried by the final couple reveals.

I think this is the definition of an ok presentation that ended great. The final reveals were amazing, minus the Ghost of Yotei tease that was lame, but everything up to that point was only just alright.

If this season goes where we all know it’s going, that audience increase could prove to be a curse in disguise.

I wonder what the reaction to this season will be like considering what it’s adapting. Livorno it or hate it Part 2 had some major structural issues and thematic or that aren’t easy to fix.

After the Netflix show is anyone upset this thing is dead.

This isn’t much of a victory.

I mean it’s not like there’s much competition for it. Not many other new big games are out there atm which is probably why they delayed it. Plus, say what you want about it, the AC formula is one a lot of people like.

@RoomWithaMoose eh, bit of column a bit of column b

Not surprised AC Shadows isn’t doing too great in Japan with all the controversy surrounding it.

@GymratAmarillo but then why bother with the Switch at all? Wouldn’t it make more sense to go all in on their own handheld thing. Then again these were probably greenlit before the portal came out so I’m probably overthinking this. Still it is weird Sony would do this when the could use more diversity in their exclusives, or just having more exclusives in general.

@GymratAmarillo but then why would Sony not capitalise on that. You’d think after seeing the success Nintendo hadwith the Switch they would try something similar. I know they had that weird portal thing, but that felt like a half measure.

This basically confirms we’re never getting a dedicated Sony handheld ever again. Much more profitable to just make games for Switch instead.

Why is the main villain a white rabbit from Wonderland? Even for this series that’s dumb.

@Ilyn Tbf I don’t think GTA is a good example of that since most who play it just ***** around in the open world. It’s probably better to compare DS to games more akin to it. But I get what you’re saying it’s not a perfect metric for judging these things.

@BeenGamingSince_83 well we do know it’s confirmed to have sold 5 million units. It reached 19 million players but that could be due to a bunch of different factors. Regardless the official trophy list shows less than half the people who played it finished it. So while the first was a financial success it didn’t resonate with everyone who played it. The jury is out on whether the sequel will be able to bring copy the success of the first.

@UltimateOtaku91 I’m well aware, I did some research after and found out that’s what he meant. I also did a bit more research to see if the game truly was as popular and here’s something I found. On the games trophy list, it says that around 42% of players finished chapter 14, the final chapter of the game. Meaning that less than half of the player base actually bothered to finish it. Not complete it, finish it. For reference, God of War Ragnaroks trophy for finishing it has a completion rate of 70%, which is more in line with what I expect.

That’s not good. Now that only accounts for the PS version. Steam might be a different story I’m not sure, but I can’t imagine the percentage is all that different. For the record I don’t care if people are excited for this. If they are, good I hope it lives up to their hype. All I’m saying is I don’t think the wider gaming audience is as receptive to it as you think. And I think Kojima knows this, hence the obvious nostalgia bait with legally distinct Solid Snake.

@dskatter I never said no one else liked it. I said people either loved it or hated it. The game has its fans, I don’t dispute that, but i don’t think it has many fans outside of Kojimas established fanbase. Metal Gear had a wide appeal Death Stranding doesn’t because Death Stranding is a very weird, very different kind of game. IIRC even Kojima’s team weren’t fully convinced of the project when they were making it, that’s how different the game is.

@Max_the_German it’s kojima, that’s why

@PegasusActual93 yeah, about that, I don’t believe that number for a second. Check it, in March of 2022 the games sales were around 5 million units. Impressive yes but still 5 million overall. And yet in 2024 the game was said to have sold 19 million units. So in only 2 years it sold an extra 14 million units? Even factoring in the PC port that’s a little ridiculous. Especially for a game that hasn’t had a large cultural footprint. If the game is that popular then where are the memes for it. Metal Gear Rising didn’t sell nearly that well and look how many memes spawned.

Obviously memes aren’t an indicator for success, but my point is I haven’t really seen people talk about the game much since its release. I have to press x to doubt on that 19 million. I’m not saying it couldn’t happen, but for a game whose critical reception was very mixed, I don’t see how it was possible. For the record I haven’t played the game, wasn’t too interested in it, I’m just going by what I was able to gather online. People seemed to love or hate it, so that’s why I called it divisive.

At this point I think the only people interested in this are hardcore Kojima fans. The first Death Stranding was divisive and didn’t seem to appeal to people outside of his core fanbase. Maybe the sequel is better but I don’t know how interested people will be in jumping into this a second time.

I completely forgot that Wonder Woman game was coming out.

Not surprising, people need something to play on PS5.

@Ultimapunch it’s not really the exclusives people are buying the PS5 for at this point. If you look at the games that are actually selling on the system it’s mostly multi platform titles and more specifically sports titles like FIFA. Tbh the people buying consoles are casual gamers who go to PS5 because they had a PS4 last generation and it’s an eco system they’re familiar with. Many of the hardcore crowd are switching to PC.

I guess you don’t really need exclusive to sell consoles

I won’t say it was bad but I have to ask, can we finally admit that Soulslikes are a problem?

Why are these always on so late. I mean it probably won’t be worth it but I’d still like to watch.

The game awards, like the Oscars, Emmy’s, Grammy’s and every other awards show in existence, is just a way for the industry to pat itself on the back. Why would the average gamer care about them. If you enjoyed the game that’s all that matters. Who cares if it won an award. If it wasn’t for the ads I don’t think anyone would care about it.