@RZ-Atom I'm apparently part of the target audience cause I always click on these 🤷 Xbox is basically a third party publisher now so anything related to them will affect us here in some way.
Instead of Sony having that studio remake/remaster something that's useful and needed like the original infamous games they remake something that plays perfectly fine on PS5 and imo looks inferior to the original!
I give it a near 0% chance Microsoft does exclusives again! Them locking games behind a $1'000+ console would guarantee they never make a profit ever again, add in them allowing other stores and yeah exclusives are never coming back.
@GamerDad76 "This Steam numbers trend is getting boring. "Ye but Steam says.." I dont give a fudge sorry"
It may be boring and you may see it as a trend but is as accurate as we'll get when seeing a games health. We were able to see in real time many games slowly dying with an announcement of the game shutting down following close by.
If PC only gamers aren't happy with this decision they can thank Microsoft and their next Xbox. Can you imagine seeing videos of the new Xbox playing TLOU, Ragnarok, Wolverine, Intergalactic! They had no choice but to end support (not even including Sony making little money from the PC ports).
I'm very selfish, I want the next PlayStation to be ready when the next Xbox is ready. Why would you give your trillion dollar competition a 1-3 years head start? Yes Microsoft is far behind but it only takes a fluke for something to go viral and catch on in the mainstream.
@Sanquine "Why do you even care about the review score? Even if Push gave it a 9 you would do any mental gymnastics to say it’s dog *****."
I'm rooting for the game to succeed because this is Sony's dedicated live service studio (so that's their whole job) and even I think this is nonsense. So every live service game can't be reviewed at launch? Why is Bungie asking for money now if the full experience isn't ready?
Maybe all game companies should use this strategy moving foward, pinky promise that the game will get bigger and better later so sales aren't affected by possibly low or mid reviews... Well played Bungie 🫡
While I admit I'm rooting for the failure of Fairgames and many other live service games Marathon is one I actually hope does well.
Sony already spent billions (massively overspent) on this studio and were brought in specifically for Live service multiplayer games so I don't see a reason to root against the thing they are good at 🤷
I would love to interview the guy and ask how far and wide the conspiracy goes. So Rockstar paid everyone in the internet, including everyone on this site to call the game trash even though we secretly loved it according to him? 😑
It was a great business decision to keep single player games exclusives (like before) and anything live service goes everywhere. Is so good that I refuse to believe Hulst was even in the building when the decision was made 😁
I think the upcoming Steam and Xbox consoles is the main reason why they are scaling back, it would be a disaster if Microsoft announces "Wolverine and TLOU 3 now playable on your new Xbox Series YZ!".
@OthmaneAD "Well done concord 2, now welcome marathon (concord 3) and horizon gathering (concord 4)"
While Marathon and Horizon will not set the world on fire I don't think they will be the historic flops that can match Concord. Fairgame$ is the only one that will absolutely earn the title of Concord 2 ✌️
I'll take absolutely any protagonist in the GOW universe new or old that's NOT Atreus! Playing as a sentiant Leviathan Axe would probably be preferable.
@cragis0001 "So far 80% of titles to be published by Playstation in 2026 are heading to PC"
Those games were already made for PC so no point in canceling them now, you will probably start to see the effect with Wolverine and beyond.
"Even though Playstation themselves said porting to PC is like printing money"
Is going to print less money when the Steam console and the next Xbox are able to play Playstation exclusives, Sony has no choice if they plan to stay in the console market!
So Bluepoint had no problem just being the "remake and remasters studio" but Sony didn't want to? again Sony loves remakes and remasters and had a studio that specialize in that field yet saw no worth in them? Is almost like Hulst doesn't know what he's doing 🤯
@nomither6 "I hope it happens so PS can get mario kart"
Lol nintendo doesn't share! Playstation could put every one of their exclusives from PS1 to PS5 on the Switch 2 and Nintendo would just yawn and sue Sony for making them yawn 😅
Most definitely, I don't see how someone can say otherwise. Announce it on a random tuesday there's no way this was how they planned to announce the release day!
This may be yet another black eye for Live service games but we have to remember that Fairgame$ is on it's way to turn the industry upside down and change how we view video games moving foward 🙏
I think Playstation should take inspiration from this and do their own shake up, when someone on top makes crappy mistakes he should be held accountable.
You have to believe Hulst knows what he's doing, he had to close Bluepoint to ensure Fairgame$ survives! You know the game Jade Raymond was so proud of she left the games industry all together, surely that means it will be a massive hit 💪
@Ashkorsair "They havent done anything lately. Their greatest claim to fame were remasters."
Yes that's their greatest claim and they were the best at it! Sony had a studio who's specialty was remaking games and guess which company likes remaking games?
Also they haven't done anything lately because jackass Hulst had the remake kings making live service slop 😒
Absolutely not! just like both versions have a different voice actor for Kratos they should both play differently, they should be treated as two separate versions of GOW in the same universe.
In 2026 a game on PS5 Pro running at 720p and not even 60 fps is beyond the pale, absolutely no one should buy this till they basically fully finish making the game. Even if everything else is 10/10 😒
@Burnish1619 "They'll either remove them or gender-swap one of the girls at the very least. It's Sony"
That would make it more authentic! In those times everyone was sleeping with everyone at all times anywhere 😅 almost every Greek emperor had many male and females to sleep with. It was one of the freakiest time periods in human history 😁
Yes day one to all three if they are released separately or together! I'm also happy they got the original Kratos voice back, he captured rage filled Kratos perfectly. They can leave Christopher Judge just for the newer games!
Also for the first time I hope this isn't a 1:1 remake, I hope they add more stuff and change things around so it feels fresh even for people that played the original games hundreds of time 🙌
I didn't buy it because I'm waiting for all the dlc characters to be bundled with the game! Sonic All stars & Transformed I bought on day one because I knew I was buying complete games 🤷
@nessisonett Could have been any number of people"
No realistically it was either Judge or Shohei. Who's a better hitter than Judge right now? Who's a overall more complete player that Shohei? I would have put both of them on the cover and watch as sales skyrocket!
Fantastic game I got the platinum for both PS3 & PS4 versions with only the PS3 one being an 100% platinum. I was never able to get 7 players to go to the stadium for the remaster so mine is stuck forever at 99% 😮💨
@iNightfarer "Go play Silent Hill 1, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, Silent Hill 4: The Room, and Silent Hill 2 Remake, and then play this abomination"
I have and all most of those games are great and so is F! Also those games you listed are main entries and F is a spin off by a different studio, you should have had different expectations as it looks like you though it was Silent Hill 5 you were booting up 🤷
The battery life has a easy solution. I bought three 8880mwh batteries on Amazon for $7 each and a 3000mwh for the Dual Sense edge. The 3 Dual sense now last me about 45 hours each and the Edge about 9. It takes about 5 minutes to change each controller, the only real problem is strick drift ☹️
Unfortunately this was the best case scenario, it would have been worse had one of the other bidders won. I was still hoping that Sony would come in for the save, a Batman game overseen by them would have been sick!
Had to build a whole PC specially to play all the PS3 games I love! Though You better believe if they get them running on PS5 with trophy support I will buy all of them!
It is odd Ghost of Yotei isn't nominated for goty but let's be honest it wasn't going to win anyway 🤷 E33 is this year's Baldur's Gate 3 so I expect it to win everything it's nominated for!
I was already planning to ignore the thing, you don't have to keep convincing me that's the correct decision! This is honestly really genius marketing if you don't think about it 😅
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Re: Xbox Targets 2027 for Project Helix Dev Kits, Calling Rumoured PS6 Release Into Question
@RZ-Atom I'm apparently part of the target audience cause I always click on these 🤷 Xbox is basically a third party publisher now so anything related to them will affect us here in some way.
Re: Fortnite, the Biggest Game in the World, Wants You to Help Pay Its Bills
"To pay the bills"
Like they are a struggling indie studio just trying to survive in this cold world 😢
Re: The Until Dawn PS5 Remake Studio Is Officially Gone for Good
Instead of Sony having that studio remake/remaster something that's useful and needed like the original infamous games they remake something that plays perfectly fine on PS5 and imo looks inferior to the original!
Re: 'Exclusives Are Absolutely Not Happening': Xbox Helix Will Share Library with PS6
I give it a near 0% chance Microsoft does exclusives again! Them locking games behind a $1'000+ console would guarantee they never make a profit ever again, add in them allowing other stores and yeah exclusives are never coming back.
Re: 'We're Discussing Ways to Improve': Marathon Dev Tweaking Monetisation and Difficulty as FPS Fails to Blow Up
@GamerDad76 "This Steam numbers trend is getting boring. "Ye but Steam says.." I dont give a fudge sorry"
It may be boring and you may see it as a trend but is as accurate as we'll get when seeing a games health. We were able to see in real time many games slowly dying with an announcement of the game shutting down following close by.
Re: 'Sony Finally Understands': Over 70% of PS5 Fans Agree with Decision to Scrap PC Ports
If PC only gamers aren't happy with this decision they can thank Microsoft and their next Xbox. Can you imagine seeing videos of the new Xbox playing TLOU, Ragnarok, Wolverine, Intergalactic! They had no choice but to end support (not even including Sony making little money from the PC ports).
Re: Opinion: I Wonder if Xbox Helix Will Force Sony to Break Its PS6 Silence
I'm very selfish, I want the next PlayStation to be ready when the next Xbox is ready. Why would you give your trillion dollar competition a 1-3 years head start? Yes Microsoft is far behind but it only takes a fluke for something to go viral and catch on in the mainstream.
Re: Site News: Where's Our Marathon PS5 Review?
@Sanquine "Why do you even care about the review score? Even if Push gave it a 9 you would do any mental gymnastics to say it’s dog *****."
I'm rooting for the game to succeed because this is Sony's dedicated live service studio (so that's their whole job) and even I think this is nonsense. So every live service game can't be reviewed at launch? Why is Bungie asking for money now if the full experience isn't ready?
Re: Site News: Where's Our Marathon PS5 Review?
Maybe all game companies should use this strategy moving foward, pinky promise that the game will get bigger and better later so sales aren't affected by possibly low or mid reviews... Well played Bungie 🫡
Re: Out Today: Marathon's PS5 Launch Puts Sony's $3B Live Service Gamble to the Test
While I admit I'm rooting for the failure of Fairgames and many other live service games Marathon is one I actually hope does well.
Sony already spent billions (massively overspent) on this studio and were brought in specifically for Live service multiplayer games so I don't see a reason to root against the thing they are good at 🤷
Re: MindsEye Studio Laying Off More Staff as It Doubles Down on Conspiracy Theory
I would love to interview the guy and ask how far and wide the conspiracy goes. So Rockstar paid everyone in the internet, including everyone on this site to call the game trash even though we secretly loved it according to him? 😑
Re: Sony Apparently Pulls the Plug on PC Ports of Saros, Ghost of Yotei
It was a great business decision to keep single player games exclusives (like before) and anything live service goes everywhere. Is so good that I refuse to believe Hulst was even in the building when the decision was made 😁
Re: There's Some inFAMOUS: Second Son in Control Resonant, Says Remedy
I'll take anything with the infamous name attached to it. It can be remasters, remakes, sequels, prequels give us something with this IP Sony!!
Re: Sony Returns to PlayStation Exclusivity and Stops Single Player PC Ports, New Report Says
I think the upcoming Steam and Xbox consoles is the main reason why they are scaling back, it would be a disaster if Microsoft announces "Wolverine and TLOU 3 now playable on your new Xbox Series YZ!".
Re: Highguard Permanently Shuts Down on 12th March
@OthmaneAD "Well done concord 2, now welcome marathon (concord 3) and horizon gathering (concord 4)"
While Marathon and Horizon will not set the world on fire I don't think they will be the historic flops that can match Concord. Fairgame$ is the only one that will absolutely earn the title of Concord 2 ✌️
Re: Rumour: God of War Dev Working on 'A New Franchise Within the God of War Universe'
I'll take absolutely any protagonist in the GOW universe new or old that's NOT Atreus! Playing as a sentiant Leviathan Axe would probably be preferable.
Re: Here's Your First Look at the God of War TV Show
Is the bald cap supposed to be that obvious? That's all I see! from all the thousands of actors they picked the one that can't cut his hair 😑
Re: Sony Quietly Decided to Scale Back PC Ports Last Year, Insider Claims
@cragis0001 "So far 80% of titles to be published by Playstation in 2026 are heading to PC"
Those games were already made for PC so no point in canceling them now, you will probably start to see the effect with Wolverine and beyond.
"Even though Playstation themselves said porting to PC is like printing money"
Is going to print less money when the Steam console and the next Xbox are able to play Playstation exclusives, Sony has no choice if they plan to stay in the console market!
Re: Shuttered Dev Bluepoint Wanted to Remake Bloodborne, FromSoftware Blocked It
So Bluepoint had no problem just being the "remake and remasters studio" but Sony didn't want to? again Sony loves remakes and remasters and had a studio that specialize in that field yet saw no worth in them? Is almost like Hulst doesn't know what he's doing 🤯
Re: For Some Reason, Sony Apparently Got Gran Turismo 7 Running on Switch 2
@nomither6 "I hope it happens so PS can get mario kart"
Lol nintendo doesn't share! Playstation could put every one of their exclusives from PS1 to PS5 on the Switch 2 and Nintendo would just yawn and sue Sony for making them yawn 😅
Re: Marvel's Wolverine PS5 Release Date Announced
@Jacko11 "A distraction from Bluepoint maybe?"
Most definitely, I don't see how someone can say otherwise. Announce it on a random tuesday there's no way this was how they planned to announce the release day!
Re: Yet Another Live Service Game Bites the Dust, But PS5 Players Get a Full Refund
This may be yet another black eye for Live service games but we have to remember that Fairgame$ is on it's way to turn the industry upside down and change how we view video games moving foward 🙏
Re: Phil Spencer Stepping Down, Sarah Bond Leaving Microsoft in Huge Xbox Shake-Up
I think Playstation should take inspiration from this and do their own shake up, when someone on top makes crappy mistakes he should be held accountable.
Re: Sony's Left Bloodborne Fans More Frustrated Than Ever Following Bluepoint Shutdown
You have to believe Hulst knows what he's doing, he had to close Bluepoint to ensure Fairgame$ survives! You know the game Jade Raymond was so proud of she left the games industry all together, surely that means it will be a massive hit 💪
Re: Opinion: Sony's Disgraceful Bluepoint Closure Should Concern Every PS Studios Fan
@Ashkorsair "They havent done anything lately. Their greatest claim to fame were remasters."
Yes that's their greatest claim and they were the best at it! Sony had a studio who's specialty was remaking games and guess which company likes remaking games?
Also they haven't done anything lately because jackass Hulst had the remake kings making live service slop 😒
Re: 'I'm Confident in the Direction We're Headed': Under-Fire PlayStation Boss Tries to Explain Baffling Bluepoint Closure
Hermen Hulst needs to resign immediately!! This is actually disgusting and an embarrassment of epic proportions 😒
You bought the best remake studio in the world and had them make live service garbage? 🙄
Re: Dead or Alive 6: Last Round Is Sounding More and More Like a Rough Deal
So it doesn't include all the dlc costumes? plus is missing two characters so what's the point in this?
Re: Poll: Should God of War Trilogy Remake Adopt the Gameplay Style of Ragnarok?
Absolutely not! just like both versions have a different voice actor for Kratos they should both play differently, they should be treated as two separate versions of GOW in the same universe.
Re: High on Life 2 (PS5) - Slick Skateboarding and Shooting Suffocated by Poor Performance
In 2026 a game on PS5 Pro running at 720p and not even 60 fps is beyond the pale, absolutely no one should buy this till they basically fully finish making the game. Even if everything else is 10/10 😒
Re: Fans Are Already Debating Whether God of War's PS5 Trilogy Will Cut the Series' Sex Minigames
@Burnish1619 "They'll either remove them or gender-swap one of the girls at the very least. It's Sony"
That would make it more authentic! In those times everyone was sleeping with everyone at all times anywhere 😅 almost every Greek emperor had many male and females to sleep with. It was one of the freakiest time periods in human history 😁
Re: Fans Are Already Debating Whether God of War's PS5 Trilogy Will Cut the Series' Sex Minigames
I don't care either way, I'd be more upset if they change the original camera and removed jumping!
Re: God of War Trilogy Remake Announced for PS5
Yes day one to all three if they are released separately or together! I'm also happy they got the original Kratos voice back, he captured rage filled Kratos perfectly. They can leave Christopher Judge just for the newer games!
Also for the first time I hope this isn't a 1:1 remake, I hope they add more stuff and change things around so it feels fresh even for people that played the original games hundreds of time 🙌
Re: PS5's Goriest Game Hellraiser: Revival Gets Intimate in New Trailer
Looks very promising, could be the best horror game based on an old horror IP since Alien Isolation!
Re: Super Bomberman Collection Available Now on PS5, Includes 7 Classic Games
Hope it sells well enough that we get the N64 games! Bomberman 64, Second Attack and Bomberman Hero are goated.
Re: MLB The Show 26 Pitches Lots of New Features and First PS5 Gameplay Footage
There was once a time where the Show was the best looking sports game on the market, clearly those times are way in the past!
Ever since it went multiplatform it seems the time they spent innovating is being used to port and optimize the game for all the platforms.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Initial Sales Didn't Meet SEGA's Expectations
@shoeses "Didn't Transformed literally have Day One DLC in a pre-order bonus of Metal Sonic & a Track?"
I got the day one edition disc at regular price and it came with the download code for Metal Sonic, so many people didn't even have to pay for it.
Compare that to the $30 season pass of crossworlds, it's safe to assume there will be more seasons.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Initial Sales Didn't Meet SEGA's Expectations
I didn't buy it because I'm waiting for all the dlc characters to be bundled with the game! Sonic All stars & Transformed I bought on day one because I knew I was buying complete games 🤷
Re: MLB The Show 26 PS5 Release Date, Cover Star Officially Revealed
@nessisonett Could have been any number of people"
No realistically it was either Judge or Shohei. Who's a better hitter than Judge right now? Who's a overall more complete player that Shohei? I would have put both of them on the cover and watch as sales skyrocket!
Re: Going Platinum #7: Burnout Paradise Remastered
Fantastic game I got the platinum for both PS3 & PS4 versions with only the PS3 one being an 100% platinum. I was never able to get 7 players to go to the stadium for the remaster so mine is stuck forever at 99% 😮💨
Re: Silent Hill Producer Aims to Release One New Game Per Year
@iNightfarer "Go play Silent Hill 1, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, Silent Hill 4: The Room, and Silent Hill 2 Remake, and then play this abomination"
I have and all most of those games are great and so is F! Also those games you listed are main entries and F is a spin off by a different studio, you should have had different expectations as it looks like you though it was Silent Hill 5 you were booting up 🤷
Re: Disappointment as PS2 All-Timer SoulCalibur 3 Launches on PS5, PS4 without Trophies
I'll still buy it as it's fantastic title! I hope someday they can port SC4 too
Re: New PS5 Controllers Said to Be Optimised for Better Battery Life
The battery life has a easy solution. I bought three 8880mwh batteries on Amazon for $7 each and a 3000mwh for the Dual Sense edge. The 3 Dual sense now last me about 45 hours each and the Edge about 9. It takes about 5 minutes to change each controller, the only real problem is strick drift ☹️
Re: Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat Publisher Warner Bros Bought for $82 Billion by Netflix
Unfortunately this was the best case scenario, it would have been worse had one of the other bidders won. I was still hoping that Sony would come in for the save, a Batman game overseen by them would have been sick!
Re: We'll Soon See Whether Heavy Rain Dev's Live Service Multiplayer Gamble Pays Off
I have loved every one of their games so it was about time they made something that looks like complete sewer garbage to me 👍
Re: 'We Believe It's Feasible': Emulation Studio Working on PS3 Support for Modern Consoles
Had to build a whole PC specially to play all the PS3 games I love! Though You better believe if they get them running on PS5 with trophy support I will buy all of them!
Re: Tales of Berseria Remastered Set for PS5, $40 Game Out on 27th February
I already played it on my PS5 and it played/looked great! This is an obvious cash grab, also why are they skipping Xillia 2?
Re: PS5 Sony Games Bag 19 Nominations at The Game Awards 2025
It is odd Ghost of Yotei isn't nominated for goty but let's be honest it wasn't going to win anyway 🤷 E33 is this year's Baldur's Gate 3 so I expect it to win everything it's nominated for!
Re: 'Very Vague' Rumour Claims Sony May Scale Back PC Ports of PS5 Games
Better late than never I guess as soon people will be able to play most PS5 exclusives on Valve's probably cheaper console, it's a horrible look.
Re: 'We'd Love to Do It': Sounds Like NCSOFT Wants Horizon Steel Frontiers on PS5 as Much as You
So Sony is doing this to get us to beg for a live service game? That's well played actually, is too bad said game is AI slop 🤷
Re: Horizon MMO Uses AI 'Extensively' in Development, Says NCSOFT
I was already planning to ignore the thing, you don't have to keep convincing me that's the correct decision! This is honestly really genius marketing if you don't think about it 😅