Got it day 1 to support the devs, although, yeah it should just have been a polished Burnout instead of all this try too hard to be something else. Played it for an hour, then got bored of long straight roads and weird feeling drifting mechanics... such a waste... they were going in the right direction with Dangerous driving...
@Nakatomi_Uk "Every game now will be full of MTs and LBs They will be pushing for IPs to become live service to bring in money" soooo.... business as usual, you mean ?! ^_^
@Markatron84 More than the content, the format of the answer is very suspicious... the vocabulary sounds really like publisher wording, not something I would expect from a politician.. My guess is that a lot of lobbying has taken place....
Next delay: we now have received the missing items and assembled the physical editions, but have realized we will need boxes to send those over and are thus delaying the game release... We might delay it further when we realize we need stamps, and possibly again when we realize we have to drive to the post office ^_^
@Robamuffin and how can you focus on taking down others if you need to have an eye on the map at all time to know where you actually need to go... close circuit is what this series is about, Paradise is not a Burnout game... it's a sell out ^_^
@Msw7089 in revenge you would still crash if you bumped into the butt of a car, by the time takedown came in, you could pretty much plow through anything... which I found made the series lose some of its intensity
@Kidfunkadelic83 as a fan of the series since Burnout 1, it's weird to realize that what most of OG fans considered as the worst of them (Paradise) is considered an amazing game by others. I think BP catered to a different audience, unfortunately much bigger audience, and so the original ethos of the series doesn't mean anything anymore. As much as 3 is definitely the GOAT, you can see how they diluted the core concept more and more as they iterated, to capture more people. I miss the stress of the uncertainty of Burnout 1, coming across a crossroads, and not being sure if you'll be able to get through or if some car will just come out and get in the middle of your path... to me those unpredictability driven crashes, is what burnout was all about.. drive like crazy, and then crash in splendid fashion ^_^
@Rich33 you know you can buy replacement batteries on amazon and it takes like 2min to replace them.. lots of guides online, very easy to do... I think it's like 10€ for a battery.. I bought like 4 at once to get cheaper prices ^_^
They've fooled us with Witcher 3 (huge downgrade), they fooled us again with Cyberpunk (huge downgrade and riddle with bugs).... wait until some actual gameplay footage is released... I'm a huge fan of CDP, but careful we shall remain ^_^
I literally bought two copies for ~30€ each a week ago... and a quick check on ebay US shows similar prices... there are always people putting super high prices on everything, doesn't mean it sells at those prices...
@themightyant fair enough, but to me it still boils down to the same point, he mentions things that are not consistent in their product. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with my PS stuff and have no reason to complain, and generally agree with you. But I have to admit that SIE tends to lean on the ***** in their marketing campaign. And i thought that you calling out someone for saying so was maybe a bit unfair.. I mean we are talking about PlayStation marketing here... they do tend to exagerate quite a bit (and/or use a tech guy talking about LT vision to let people infer this is what they will get) ^_^
@twitchy_emu92 I actually had to answer that question professionally, and yes it did impact, but no not to the extend where it would have significantly change the success story.
@themightyant same can be said for you... you are usually sensible and reasonable ^_^ I understand what you say, but i think it is easy to throw the blame at others. It is their console, their eco system. Anyone can throw some wild marketing claim around and then blame third party, supplier and the whole world for not delivering. But hey you're the one who made the claim about a product that you are selling.
"My veggie burger contains meat because my patty provider cannot get the "no meat" right", "the car can't be charged cause nobody is providing you electric charging service", "my sweet lemon suger free lemon juice is not sweet cause no provider can get me sweet lemon"... Deflecting blame on others for one of your product is just not responsible and accountable, not something you would expect from a strong brand. I mean if you can't ensure there is a viable logistic chain behind your product benefits you don't make wild claims about it... or even better you don't sell a product on benefits where delivery on promise is out of your control ^_^
@LowDefAl It's just so much pain when you have little time, and then you lose hours because something as simple as this doesn't work ^_^ with three boys playing on the same console, I couldn't rely on PS+ for the game saves (I'm not going to pay for 4 subscriptions ^_^). And my kids were not willing to jeopardize their amazing Fortnite videos (sarcasm), so had no choice then relying on the USB method to transfer videos (~20GB) and saves (~60GB). I'm glad now because that 200Gb of "Other" storage I had on the launch PS5 has not carried over to Pro with this method. Anyway, enjoy the weekend with your shiny new toy !
@nomither6 I do have numbers on that actually, and while it is true a lot do own PS/XB + Switch, "virtually every switch owners" is a huge overstatement ^^ And also there is actually a good number of people that will choose a switch or a PS... us hardcore gamers on pushsquare who buy everything are not representative of your average gamer ^^
@LiamCroft be careful when you compare shipments and actual sales. Generally the difference between shipments and sales is marginal (you ship as you sell, so in any given year those are similar). But at launch (PS5 Pro), you will ship much more than you sell cause you need to build stocks and your pipeline. This usually accounts for about 20% of yearly sales. It probably doesn't fundamentally change the picture (especially since I'm not sure if you are indeed using sales for PS4 or if it is also shipment), but if PS5 is shipment and PS4 is sales, it means PS5 is likely slightly behind. Cheers
@Rich33 yeah, same here, launch PS5, hundreds of games (moved by SSD but meaning tons of saves and videos on the internal memory). My old PS5 also had 200GB of that weird "other Storage" (after I transferred all games to SSD, and basically left no game on the internal SSD), so me thinks the launch PS5 drive is probably super corrupt ^_^
@Voltan was pulling my hair out because of that data transfer not working (which I actually remember having the same problem when I moved to PS4 pro). People online say if you have too many games, video, saves, it can fail... I just tried to transfer about 80Gb of save data, all games were on separate SSD, but that data transfer would not work.... had to back up / restore with USB...
@Orochilocka not in mine so far... to be confirmed... but something I payed attention to as I m very sensitive to any noise, and so far found it is quieter than my launch PS5.
@Shepherd_Tallon Oh, my god, so sorry for you °_° got mine yesterday and then had to spend about 5hours (!!!) to figure out a way to transfer from PS5 to Pro (just save data as i have a 4tb SSD so just put all my games on that and physically transfer.. a breeze) Transfer data tried multiple times with ethernet cable with no luck => ~2h (you have to wait like 30 min before it tells you it failed) Finding a solution online (the only solution for my case - multiple non PS+ user on the console) 30 min backing up PS5 on USB: 2h restoring on Pro: 30 min Barely played, yesterday, but what I tried I liked a lot ^^ can't wait for close of business today ^^ hope you get yours soon !
@Mikey856 every two consoles right, but wait GameCube (loved it, but not very succesful) followed N64 (not succesful)... and SNES followed NES both huge successes... So the serie is actually (1= win, 0 = lose):
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 ...
(NES - SNES - N64 - GC - Wii - Wii U - Switch)
There are multiple answers, but for me the logical next one would be a win to start over the cycle
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
@LowDefAl It's not just about tech, actually it's not about tech anymore (Series X being more powerful and all). It is about capturing gamers, and believe me if PS lose their coveted hardcore high spending audiences to Xbox, because they launch a shiny new XB 360, PS will have to react, whether or not they had plan on a longer gen to recoup their investment. I'm all in belief that this will be a short generation and have lots of insider info that suggests so. But of course, who know, everything can change in a lot of direction, it could be 2029 for all we know ^_^ The trump card being Switch 2, this is the most unknown variable I believe.
@jerrylongbones all fair points, but don't underestimate the XB360 trauma ^^ everything you describe is basically saying Sony should be complacent. Last time they did that Xbox bite them in the ass (Xbox was barely registering as a competitor, and almost won the generation by launching 360 cheap and early, while everyone was thinking PS2 is so strong, PlayStation can wait to launch PS3). At the end of the day, there are many things that can make this go one way or the other, but the launch window considered goes from 2026 to 2028 ^^ I think everyone expecting 2028 basically means: Xbox just dies slowly without reaction, or they patiently wait for next gen while losing huge amount of money in the meantime. (they have already announced they will launch a meaningful next gen and AI could allow them to do this much earlier than later). It also means that in the very likely event that Xbox does launch early, PlayStation will just sit and watch like they did in the past, forcing them to completely revamp they market approach with PS4.... I think they've learnt their lesson.
@jerrylongbones trying to remain intentionally vague, but there are many things that can impact decision to launch a new model. Like you say, previous generation lengths, for sure, but let's not forget competition (when should Xbox launch, and how much advantage will PS tolerate), sales of current device (if you currently sell well, why create a new model, if you're not....) and tech availability. I'm actually thinking this could be a short generation despite tech availability; PS5 Pro AI approach is kind of paving the way for it...
@Ooccoo_Jr Not saying this will or won't happen, you could be right. But saying for sure this is not the way they are currently thinking about the PS5 Pro. Of course they could change their mind, but everybody knows very well in the industry there are certain price points you cannot cross for mainstream appeal devices (something PS5 Pro is not). When Toyota launches an expensive sports car, they don't think it means they can increase the price of their price of entry model. different audiences different strategies. What will most likely set the price of PS6 most likely is price of Switch 2 and XBNext.
@breakneck oooh, AC6 is next in my backlog, but was hoping for a Pro patch... no news on that front unfortunately... wish you a great playthrough, it looks awesome ^_^
@Juvenlast somebody mentionned in the comments that they went through the user reviews on metacritic, and that some people used foul language and should be ignored for that reason, which I find acceptable, compared to just labelling people mentioning buzzwords as dumb. I think the word would go much better if "morale elite" (on both sides) came down from their high horse and listen to content of a message rather than its form. This self declared righteousness on all sides, is what is driving us to radicalization, political debates that are reduced to name calling each other, wars, depression, sadness and grey rainy days ^_^ There is truth to the need to represent minorities and respect them, and there is truth in respecting the integrity of creative views.
@Carck and why do other opinions have to be "doubtful of the author's ability to make critical assessments"... that's a low blow not worthy of someone who think they have the morale high ground... I do realize the irony in what I'm saying but at least I don't go around calling people dumb ^_^
"Many of the game's recent 0 out of 10, barely legible user reviews consistently feature buzzwords like "woke," "psyop," and "censorship", which makes us doubtful of the author's ability to make critical assessments."
personal attacks in whichever direction in an argument by whomever think they have the morale high ground is never constructive.
I have no sides in this quarrel, but answering "you're dumb" to an argument is no more constructive than using buzzwords.
You don't just compare sale at face value and derive impact of one of the potential sales influencers, discarding all other drivers in the process. The main thing being MWIII had a 56 Metacritic and BO6 has an 82... I've been doing software sales forecasting for the last 15 years... on average all other things being equal you will sell twice as much with 80 Meta vs 50... (I'm willing to argue COD might be less sensitive to reviews, but it is not completely immune). Suddenly the picture isn't so rosy anymore... I'm not saying things are good or bad for PS, just illustrating how shortsighted this shallow year on year analysis is.
@McBurn I have my reasons to be confident... but again I think the ball is in MSFT court and PS will not leave Xbox a one year first to market advantage ^_^ which is from a business sense the main reason they shouldn't have launched Pro, but short term revenue is a priority for the moment... I mean it is for the entire industry... it might come back and bite them in the ass if Xbox launches early...
@McBurn PS6 is definitely not 4 years away ^_^ more like 2, and will highly depend on when Xbox launch its new console, which, given how poorly it's currently going for them, will likely be sooner rather than later.
@Bentleyma That's exactly what I thought at first, then realize, 60FPS fidelity mode that is promised by Pro only addresses 75% or market. 25% of gamers are OK with 30FPS, and so for those people it makes sense to use the power of PS5 Pro to get even better graphics @ 30 FPS.... and then we can have a PS5 Pro Pro, that does PS5 Pro Fidelity mode at 60 FPS ^_^
@naruball Yeah Order in Decline was average to me, but I think it's only because 13 voices was soooo good ^_^ Anyway, they deserve their retirement after such a long and prolific career ^_^
@naruball oh, absolutely, not condoning, just trying to understand ^_^ I though Sum41 veering into metal territory was nice; which one are you referring to?
@naruball bah, they probably just are very engaged people with too much time on their hands ^_^ Not sure, we can judge anyone here, but surely it is sad to see how quickly things can slide nowadays...
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Re: After a Rocky Launch, the Entire Team Behind PS5 Racer Wreckreation Might Be Laid Off
Got it day 1 to support the devs, although, yeah it should just have been a polished Burnout instead of all this try too hard to be something else. Played it for an hour, then got bored of long straight roads and weird feeling drifting mechanics... such a waste... they were going in the right direction with Dangerous driving...
Re: Sounds Like Saudi Arabia Will Own Almost All of EA After Buyout
@Nakatomi_Uk "Every game now will be full of MTs and LBs
They will be pushing for IPs to become live service to bring in money"
soooo.... business as usual, you mean ?! ^_^
Re: The UK Government Shoots Down 'Stop Killing Games' Campaign in Official Debate
@Markatron84 More than the content, the format of the answer is very suspicious... the vocabulary sounds really like publisher wording, not something I would expect from a politician.. My guess is that a lot of lobbying has taken place....
Re: Physical Edition at Fault Again for the Second Terminator 2D Delay
Next delay: we now have received the missing items and assembled the physical editions, but have realized we will need boxes to send those over and are thus delaying the game release...
We might delay it further when we realize we need stamps, and possibly again when we realize we have to drive to the post office ^_^
Re: Review in Progress: Wreckreation (PS5) - Single Player Feels Like Budget Burnout Paradise
@Robamuffin and how can you focus on taking down others if you need to have an eye on the map at all time to know where you actually need to go... close circuit is what this series is about, Paradise is not a Burnout game... it's a sell out ^_^
Re: Review in Progress: Wreckreation (PS5) - Single Player Feels Like Budget Burnout Paradise
@Msw7089 in revenge you would still crash if you bumped into the butt of a car, by the time takedown came in, you could pretty much plow through anything... which I found made the series lose some of its intensity
Re: Review in Progress: Wreckreation (PS5) - Single Player Feels Like Budget Burnout Paradise
@Kidfunkadelic83 as a fan of the series since Burnout 1, it's weird to realize that what most of OG fans considered as the worst of them (Paradise) is considered an amazing game by others. I think BP catered to a different audience, unfortunately much bigger audience, and so the original ethos of the series doesn't mean anything anymore.
As much as 3 is definitely the GOAT, you can see how they diluted the core concept more and more as they iterated, to capture more people. I miss the stress of the uncertainty of Burnout 1, coming across a crossroads, and not being sure if you'll be able to get through or if some car will just come out and get in the middle of your path... to me those unpredictability driven crashes, is what burnout was all about.. drive like crazy, and then crash in splendid fashion ^_^
Re: Rumour: New PS5 DualSense Controller Will Feature a Removable Battery
@Rich33 fair enough... ^_^
Google AI says it should be covered, but I will check my contract to be sure !
Re: Rumour: New PS5 DualSense Controller Will Feature a Removable Battery
@Rich33 you know you can buy replacement batteries on amazon and it takes like 2min to replace them.. lots of guides online, very easy to do... I think it's like 10€ for a battery.. I bought like 4 at once to get cheaper prices ^_^
Re: Brazilian Gamers Infuriated by Sudden PS5 Price Hikes
@LogicStrikesAgain yes, it does!
Re: Brazilian Gamers Infuriated by Sudden PS5 Price Hikes
@LogicStrikesAgain PS3... that's already what the cost was on PS1,... even on NES, well at least in EU...
Re: The Witcher 4 Gameplay Revealed, Running on PS5 at 60fps with Ray Tracing
They've fooled us with Witcher 3 (huge downgrade), they fooled us again with Cyberpunk (huge downgrade and riddle with bugs).... wait until some actual gameplay footage is released... I'm a huge fan of CDP, but careful we shall remain ^_^
Re: Marathon Maker Thinks Players Are Too Toxic for Proximity Chat in New PS5 Game
just instead of having the actual chat, replace it with some generic voice over... is the point hearing opponents tactics, or just their positions?
Re: PS5 Mega-Flop Concord Is Reaching Absurdly High Prices on eBay
I literally bought two copies for ~30€ each a week ago... and a quick check on ebay US shows similar prices... there are always people putting super high prices on everything, doesn't mean it sells at those prices...
Re: Sony Cancels Bluepoint, Bend Studio PS5 Games, One Being a Live-Service God of War Title
So many years of such excellent developers going to waste...
Re: Mark Cerny Basically Confirms PS6 Partnership with AMD in PS5 Pro Tech Deep Dive Video
@themightyant fair enough, but to me it still boils down to the same point, he mentions things that are not consistent in their product. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with my PS stuff and have no reason to complain, and generally agree with you. But I have to admit that SIE tends to lean on the ***** in their marketing campaign. And i thought that you calling out someone for saying so was maybe a bit unfair.. I mean we are talking about PlayStation marketing here... they do tend to exagerate quite a bit (and/or use a tech guy talking about LT vision to let people infer this is what they will get) ^_^
Re: Nov 2024 USA Sales: PS2's Sales Toppled by Switch As College Football 25 Becomes the Best-Selling Sports Game Ever
@twitchy_emu92 I actually had to answer that question professionally, and yes it did impact, but no not to the extend where it would have significantly change the success story.
Re: Mark Cerny Basically Confirms PS6 Partnership with AMD in PS5 Pro Tech Deep Dive Video
@themightyant same can be said for you... you are usually sensible and reasonable ^_^ I understand what you say, but i think it is easy to throw the blame at others. It is their console, their eco system. Anyone can throw some wild marketing claim around and then blame third party, supplier and the whole world for not delivering. But hey you're the one who made the claim about a product that you are selling.
"My veggie burger contains meat because my patty provider cannot get the "no meat" right", "the car can't be charged cause nobody is providing you electric charging service", "my sweet lemon suger free lemon juice is not sweet cause no provider can get me sweet lemon"...
Deflecting blame on others for one of your product is just not responsible and accountable, not something you would expect from a strong brand. I mean if you can't ensure there is a viable logistic chain behind your product benefits you don't make wild claims about it... or even better you don't sell a product on benefits where delivery on promise is out of your control ^_^
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a PS5 Pro?
@LowDefAl It's just so much pain when you have little time, and then you lose hours because something as simple as this doesn't work ^_^
with three boys playing on the same console, I couldn't rely on PS+ for the game saves (I'm not going to pay for 4 subscriptions ^_^). And my kids were not willing to jeopardize their amazing Fortnite videos (sarcasm), so had no choice then relying on the USB method to transfer videos (~20GB) and saves (~60GB). I'm glad now because that 200Gb of "Other" storage I had on the launch PS5 has not carried over to Pro with this method.
Anyway, enjoy the weekend with your shiny new toy !
Re: Sony Ships 65.5 Million PS5 Consoles, in Line with PS4
@nomither6 I do have numbers on that actually, and while it is true a lot do own PS/XB + Switch, "virtually every switch owners" is a huge overstatement ^^ And also there is actually a good number of people that will choose a switch or a PS... us hardcore gamers on pushsquare who buy everything are not representative of your average gamer ^^
Re: Sony Ships 65.5 Million PS5 Consoles, in Line with PS4
@themightyant it probably contributed, but 9MM seems like a lot compared to the sales number for those PC games.
Re: Sony Ships 65.5 Million PS5 Consoles, in Line with PS4
@LiamCroft be careful when you compare shipments and actual sales. Generally the difference between shipments and sales is marginal (you ship as you sell, so in any given year those are similar). But at launch (PS5 Pro), you will ship much more than you sell cause you need to build stocks and your pipeline. This usually accounts for about 20% of yearly sales. It probably doesn't fundamentally change the picture (especially since I'm not sure if you are indeed using sales for PS4 or if it is also shipment), but if PS5 is shipment and PS4 is sales, it means PS5 is likely slightly behind. Cheers
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a PS5 Pro?
@Rich33 yeah, same here, launch PS5, hundreds of games (moved by SSD but meaning tons of saves and videos on the internal memory). My old PS5 also had 200GB of that weird "other Storage" (after I transferred all games to SSD, and basically left no game on the internal SSD), so me thinks the launch PS5 drive is probably super corrupt ^_^
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a PS5 Pro?
@Orochilocka just had the chance to try Forbidden West, but I'll try more this weekend... you're getting me worried ^_^
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a PS5 Pro?
@Rich33 those comment on that article saved me yesterday ^_^ thanks for that !
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a PS5 Pro?
@evan23 yes, both USB drive and internal SSD, just swap them over, connect to PSN and voilà ! did it yesterday
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a PS5 Pro?
@Voltan was pulling my hair out because of that data transfer not working (which I actually remember having the same problem when I moved to PS4 pro). People online say if you have too many games, video, saves, it can fail... I just tried to transfer about 80Gb of save data, all games were on separate SSD, but that data transfer would not work.... had to back up / restore with USB...
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a PS5 Pro?
@Orochilocka not in mine so far... to be confirmed... but something I payed attention to as I m very sensitive to any noise, and so far found it is quieter than my launch PS5.
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a PS5 Pro?
@Shepherd_Tallon it'll be here soon ! and you'll enjoy it twice as much with all the anticipation ! cheers ^_^
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a PS5 Pro?
@HappyGamerGirl Is No Man's Sky worth revisiting for the update? I've been mildly satisfied with it all those years back on PS4....
Re: Poll: Did You Buy a PS5 Pro?
@Shepherd_Tallon Oh, my god, so sorry for you °_° got mine yesterday and then had to spend about 5hours (!!!) to figure out a way to transfer from PS5 to Pro (just save data as i have a 4tb SSD so just put all my games on that and physically transfer.. a breeze)
Transfer data tried multiple times with ethernet cable with no luck => ~2h (you have to wait like 30 min before it tells you it failed)
Finding a solution online (the only solution for my case - multiple non PS+ user on the console) 30 min
backing up PS5 on USB: 2h
restoring on Pro: 30 min
Barely played, yesterday, but what I tried I liked a lot ^^ can't wait for close of business today ^^ hope you get yours soon !
Re: Round Up: PS5 Pro Reviews Love New Tech and Its Glimpse of PS6 Potential
@jerrylongbones fair enough ^_^ we'll know for sure in a few years, and in the meantime, hope everyone enjoys their PS5 Pro !
Re: Round Up: PS5 Pro Reviews Love New Tech and Its Glimpse of PS6 Potential
@Mikey856 every two consoles right, but wait GameCube (loved it, but not very succesful) followed N64 (not succesful)... and SNES followed NES both huge successes... So the serie is actually (1= win, 0 = lose):
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 ...
(NES - SNES - N64 - GC - Wii - Wii U - Switch)
There are multiple answers, but for me the logical next one would be a win to start over the cycle
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
Re: Round Up: PS5 Pro Reviews Love New Tech and Its Glimpse of PS6 Potential
@LowDefAl It's not just about tech, actually it's not about tech anymore (Series X being more powerful and all). It is about capturing gamers, and believe me if PS lose their coveted hardcore high spending audiences to Xbox, because they launch a shiny new XB 360, PS will have to react, whether or not they had plan on a longer gen to recoup their investment. I'm all in belief that this will be a short generation and have lots of insider info that suggests so. But of course, who know, everything can change in a lot of direction, it could be 2029 for all we know ^_^ The trump card being Switch 2, this is the most unknown variable I believe.
Re: Round Up: PS5 Pro Reviews Love New Tech and Its Glimpse of PS6 Potential
@jerrylongbones all fair points, but don't underestimate the XB360 trauma ^^ everything you describe is basically saying Sony should be complacent. Last time they did that Xbox bite them in the ass (Xbox was barely registering as a competitor, and almost won the generation by launching 360 cheap and early, while everyone was thinking PS2 is so strong, PlayStation can wait to launch PS3). At the end of the day, there are many things that can make this go one way or the other, but the launch window considered goes from 2026 to 2028 ^^ I think everyone expecting 2028 basically means: Xbox just dies slowly without reaction, or they patiently wait for next gen while losing huge amount of money in the meantime. (they have already announced they will launch a meaningful next gen and AI could allow them to do this much earlier than later). It also means that in the very likely event that Xbox does launch early, PlayStation will just sit and watch like they did in the past, forcing them to completely revamp they market approach with PS4.... I think they've learnt their lesson.
Re: Round Up: PS5 Pro Reviews Love New Tech and Its Glimpse of PS6 Potential
@jerrylongbones trying to remain intentionally vague, but there are many things that can impact decision to launch a new model. Like you say, previous generation lengths, for sure, but let's not forget competition (when should Xbox launch, and how much advantage will PS tolerate), sales of current device (if you currently sell well, why create a new model, if you're not....) and tech availability. I'm actually thinking this could be a short generation despite tech availability; PS5 Pro AI approach is kind of paving the way for it...
Re: Round Up: PS5 Pro Reviews Love New Tech and Its Glimpse of PS6 Potential
@Ooccoo_Jr Not saying this will or won't happen, you could be right. But saying for sure this is not the way they are currently thinking about the PS5 Pro. Of course they could change their mind, but everybody knows very well in the industry there are certain price points you cannot cross for mainstream appeal devices (something PS5 Pro is not).
When Toyota launches an expensive sports car, they don't think it means they can increase the price of their price of entry model. different audiences different strategies. What will most likely set the price of PS6 most likely is price of Switch 2 and XBNext.
Re: Metacritic Responds to Ongoing Dragon Age: The Veilguard Review Bombing Campaign
@breakneck oooh, AC6 is next in my backlog, but was hoping for a Pro patch... no news on that front unfortunately... wish you a great playthrough, it looks awesome ^_^
Re: Metacritic Responds to Ongoing Dragon Age: The Veilguard Review Bombing Campaign
@Juvenlast somebody mentionned in the comments that they went through the user reviews on metacritic, and that some people used foul language and should be ignored for that reason, which I find acceptable, compared to just labelling people mentioning buzzwords as dumb.
I think the word would go much better if "morale elite" (on both sides) came down from their high horse and listen to content of a message rather than its form. This self declared righteousness on all sides, is what is driving us to radicalization, political debates that are reduced to name calling each other, wars, depression, sadness and grey rainy days ^_^ There is truth to the need to represent minorities and respect them, and there is truth in respecting the integrity of creative views.
Re: Metacritic Responds to Ongoing Dragon Age: The Veilguard Review Bombing Campaign
@Carck and why do other opinions have to be "doubtful of the author's ability to make critical assessments"... that's a low blow not worthy of someone who think they have the morale high ground... I do realize the irony in what I'm saying but at least I don't go around calling people dumb ^_^
Re: Metacritic Responds to Ongoing Dragon Age: The Veilguard Review Bombing Campaign
"Many of the game's recent 0 out of 10, barely legible user reviews consistently feature buzzwords like "woke," "psyop," and "censorship", which makes us doubtful of the author's ability to make critical assessments."
personal attacks in whichever direction in an argument by whomever think they have the morale high ground is never constructive.
I have no sides in this quarrel, but answering "you're dumb" to an argument is no more constructive than using buzzwords.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty Remains Steady on PS5, PS4 Despite Black Ops 6's Xbox Game Pass Inclusion
@get2sammyb Sorry did not mean to offend you, just that these numbers are absolutely inconclusive as they stand ^_^
Re: UK Sales Charts: Call of Duty Remains Steady on PS5, PS4 Despite Black Ops 6's Xbox Game Pass Inclusion
You don't just compare sale at face value and derive impact of one of the potential sales influencers, discarding all other drivers in the process. The main thing being MWIII had a 56 Metacritic and BO6 has an 82... I've been doing software sales forecasting for the last 15 years... on average all other things being equal you will sell twice as much with 80 Meta vs 50... (I'm willing to argue COD might be less sensitive to reviews, but it is not completely immune). Suddenly the picture isn't so rosy anymore... I'm not saying things are good or bad for PS, just illustrating how shortsighted this shallow year on year analysis is.
Re: PS5 Pro Makes Quality, Performance Modes in Dragon Age: The Veilguard Better Than Ever
@Andy22385 it sounds as crazy to you as it is to me.... but I guess time will tell....
Re: PS5 Pro Makes Quality, Performance Modes in Dragon Age: The Veilguard Better Than Ever
@McBurn I have my reasons to be confident... but again I think the ball is in MSFT court and PS will not leave Xbox a one year first to market advantage ^_^ which is from a business sense the main reason they shouldn't have launched Pro, but short term revenue is a priority for the moment... I mean it is for the entire industry... it might come back and bite them in the ass if Xbox launches early...
Re: PS5 Pro Makes Quality, Performance Modes in Dragon Age: The Veilguard Better Than Ever
@McBurn PS6 is definitely not 4 years away ^_^ more like 2, and will highly depend on when Xbox launch its new console, which, given how poorly it's currently going for them, will likely be sooner rather than later.
Re: PS5 Pro Makes Quality, Performance Modes in Dragon Age: The Veilguard Better Than Ever
@Bentleyma That's exactly what I thought at first, then realize, 60FPS fidelity mode that is promised by Pro only addresses 75% or market. 25% of gamers are OK with 30FPS, and so for those people it makes sense to use the power of PS5 Pro to get even better graphics @ 30 FPS.... and then we can have a PS5 Pro Pro, that does PS5 Pro Fidelity mode at 60 FPS ^_^
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Hasn't Removed Yasuke, But Dev Focused on Historical Accuracy
@naruball Yeah Order in Decline was average to me, but I think it's only because 13 voices was soooo good ^_^
Anyway, they deserve their retirement after such a long and prolific career ^_^
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Hasn't Removed Yasuke, But Dev Focused on Historical Accuracy
@naruball oh, absolutely, not condoning, just trying to understand ^_^ I though Sum41 veering into metal territory was nice; which one are you referring to?
Re: Insider Report Adds Context to Assassin's Creed Shadows' Big Delay
@naruball bah, they probably just are very engaged people with too much time on their hands ^_^ Not sure, we can judge anyone here, but surely it is sad to see how quickly things can slide nowadays...