KippDynamite

If you own an nft of something you don't even own the copyright - you just own something that was dreamed up called an nft. There is no value. It's effectively a collectible of nothing. But it's verified by the Blockchain to be the nft for that particular thing. That's it. You'd be mad to buy one - unless you're trying to launder money or hide assets for purposes of tax evasion.

@PhhhCough
Ha! I actually don't know anyone who plays those games, but you make a decent point nonetheless. But are people spending money on the same game over that long a period of time? Like, an individual spending money on destiny each month? I guess I just play way too many games to commit that much to one game.

@Nepp67 @DonJorginho
So there are known individuals who've spent money on Dying Light 1 every few months for the past 5 years? Fair play if they have, but I've never known anyone who plays games this way.

I expect nothing.

Every time a gaming platform holder focuses on "new" business models instead of quality games they've ended up going out of business. This goes back decades.

At the end of the day people want good games, and you can't fund good games if you give them away for free. There's a reason Microsoft has never, ever released the income made by GamePass.

Honestly, who the hell is going to play Dying Light 2 for 5 years? Do people really return to these games ten times over 5 years and spend money each time?

Pretty big claim (and news) if Cory is correct in his claim that developers themselves are the reason PlayStation exclusives are coming to PC. I still think it's a bad business decision overall because it removes the main incentive to buy their main product, but it certainly paints people like Jim Ryan in a much different light than some in the community would have you believe - rather than a clueless exec, he'd be an exec who listens to developers much more than average.

If you are visiting parts of the internet where people are genuinely upset about things like this you may reconsider what you spend your time reading.

The are over 110,000,000 PS4s in the wild. Manufacturing a million more is basically nothing.

Obviously it depends on what the game is and how engaging it is. I could spend triple the time playing Horizon Zero Dawn or Returnal because the core gameplay is so good. I thought Red Dead Redemption 2 was way too long because I found the gameplay rather dull and automatic.

I would say there's a 0% chance that 500 hours of Dying Light will be engaging gameplay. At least 450 of those hours will be pointless hunting for items and other chore activities.

They got "best practices," "synergy," and "revenue streams" all in that little press release!

Robot MBAs and marketing people must be thrilled!

Cross gen? When will it release? Are we going to have cross gen games two years from now? Because that would be a shame.

But will they ever release a sequel to 3D Dot Game Heroes?

I read most of the stuff in Horizon because I thought it was interesting. Usually skip the drivel in most games.

That's too bad. Ken has some great ideas but he's only made 2 games in the last 15 years, with the most recent being 9 years ago. Hopefully this situation can be fixed so we can experience some creative games from that team again.

@mariomaster96 @Ichiban @GorosBat
Perhaps you'd be interested in the 10 minute gameplay video they released a few months ago?

You're the best writer on the site, John.

Amazing trailer. Games are allowed to be goofy!

I've been playing Darkest Dungeon on it lately. Great game. Beautiful OLED. Still love my launch-day Vita!

@tselliot
No.

The combat is the main draw for many people. A huge variety of genuinely different machines that all fight differently and have different weaknesses - you don't just go for headshots. And the machines have armour with other parts underneath. There really is nothing else like it.

@Old-Red
Horizon Zero Dawn came out before Breath of the Wild.

Botw is great at certain things, but Horizon has way better combat, in my opinion.

Psygnosis was the very first Sony 1st Party development team.

I don't know how big an issue this ever was, honestly. Insiders like David Jaffe seemed to say that they are amazing to work with and treat everyone pretty well.

My recollection of the complaints from one dev was that Sony wanted trailers on their blog to show PlayStation button prompts rather than the buttons of rival systems. The Horror!

They also complained that they had to write their own blurb explaining their own game if they wanted it featured on the PlayStation blog. Such dismissiveness!

Yes, I did notice the thing that was in the center of the screen and was the climactic conclusion of the trailer.

I'm confused why people are impressed with the graphics of a CGI trailer. This is not in-game graphics.

Sony will reveal psvr2 toward the start of next year. Most of their unannounced games will feature it in some way, however small. I don't expect them to say much until after Horizon 2 is out. Maybe they'll even wait until after GT7.

No haptic feedback or adaptive triggers? So it's a PS5 controller without the features?

Actually if you buy an NFT you don't actually buy the digital good, the copyright of it, the ability to reproduce it, or anything else. You own the NFT, which is something made up and only has value because a person buys it. You can't do anything with it other than sell it to someone else.

Honestly it's only a matter of time before they're regulated away. The only reason for a non-insane person to buy one is to launder money, dodge taxes, or for some other illegal reason.

Hard to take this seriously when a game that HASN'T EVEN RELEASED YET is in a commanding lead while games like Returnal get the snub.

It just damages the credibility of the award show.

Solid choice.

Geoff's great at foreplay but his overall performance often leaves his partners disappointed.

I think it's an odd and curated narrative to say Sony is playing catch up. They've consistently sold more consoles, games, and subscriptions than Xbox for almost a decade.

Giving away all of your products - which can cost hundreds of millions each - is not a sustainable business model. To this day Microsoft has yet to make a profit with it's Xbox brand.

Gamepass is their latest attempt, and I don't think it's a coincidence that they've never released information about how much money it makes.

Couldn't really care less, to be honest. I like playing good video games, so if those are still being made I'll be happy.

Companies make an "Expanded Universe" when each individual component isn't good enough to work on it's own.

It's also designed to induce Fear Of Missing Out but I suspect people care more about the fate of Iron Man in Avengers than they do about the tank in Apex Legends. I doubt this will work on these fairly generic video game franchises.

Though I suppose Smash Bros. proves me wrong.

This seems to be following the eternal trend of getting creative with business models when they've run out of creativity for game design.

I would've thought Marvin Gaye, Kim Weston, and Sony would be more interested in that phrase than Take Two Interactive.

You know what they say - "Life is all about the destination, not the journey."

If wait, that's backwards. Just like offering only endgame content misses the point of a progression-based video game.

@HotGoomba
I disliked your comment. This website doesn't show you dislikes either but I just wanted to let you know.

It's the Bioshock Vita game, surely!

My brother got a PlayStation for the first time recently. I've been trying to convince him for many years, but the Wii left such a bad taste in his mouth he left gaming.

But he has a PS5 now and we talk (via the controller) quite frequently now! I play my game and pin his to the side of my screen, and we spend the evening talking and playing, just like when we were kids.

Shout out to The Forest. The AI is among the best in the business and makes combat (the actual survival) fun and engaging.

It's also not randomly generated - the game takes place on a carefully curated island with hidden caves and items, and it's just more cohesive than most survival games.

I paid $10 for about 20 hours of an excellent expansion to Horizon: Zero Dawn.

Alternatively I guess I could have bought an emote in Avengers?

If it helps you Brits feel better my healthcare insurance costs $15,000 per year, and I still have to pay the first $3,000 of expenses each year. So it could be worse. . .

I'm okay paying money for good games that are feature complete and not rife with microtransactions.

This looks like it could actually be pretty decent. It's all up to the gameplay.

My hidden gem is so obscure it wasn't even nominated for The Game Awards - a special little formerly indie game called Returnal. You may not have heard of it but it's stellar.

@Kidfried
I'm sure his editor will fix the issue . . .

And why would big creators want fans to have direct access to them? Fans are dreadful!

Why spend a fortune on your blog when websites such as this one get the news out for free?

Returnal, obvs.

Returnal is my Game of the Year, no matter what some shadowy cabal says.

@munstre
Actually I'm pretty sure Sony has owned Spiderman for many years.