@KoopaTheGamer This right here! Marketing is so easy to do now a days. All the developer has to do is make a video of actually playing the game while talking to other people involved in the game making, post it, let media outlets like....Oh I don't know....Push Square know about it, and it advertises itself. Or even, hear me out....Continually invite media to play your game, and it literally markets itself.
Marketing can be done by the developers at no cost to them. It is just about getting the product out there, and keep getting it out there. A perfect example is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Sandfall did a great job of keeping media, and gamers, informed, at little to no cost for marketing.
I am Gen X
We are the entertainment generation.
I have seen corporate greed first soak into music, then movies, and now video games.
People that grew up in my generation seen this coming a mile away as soon as gaming surpassed music and movies, for in profit entertainment.
We seen the music industry fall prey to corporate greed, then movies, and now video games.
Not to say that there are not a lot of great independent art out there, it is just the nature of the greedy beast!
People talk about it as if it surprising..It is not surprising at all, when you have seen it happen before.
@nessisonett What do you mean, says nothing??? (SPOILER!!!!) Ellie went on a unrelenting mission for revenge for Joel, and it cost her the one thing that Joel passed down to her....Which was how to play guitar, which she loved and enjoyed.
When Abby bit off two fingers from Ellie's fretting hand, Ellie lost Joel all over again. Abby did not take that from Ellie, Ellie took it from herself.
The game is about how revenge can take more from you, than what you will get from performing it.
I was looking forward to this remake, and then I was looking forward to it, and then I was looking forward to it, and then I was looking forward to it again...I don't know how I am supposed to feel now.
@Shepherd_Tallon I want a Switch 2 as well. I am just waiting on a special edition console, and I am REALLY hoping that there will be a Metroid Prime 4 console.
OUCH!
I did not see a lot of promise in this game as it is just a cheaper looking version of games such as GOW, Vanquish, and Deus Ex.
I was really hoping for the best for it, but some upstarts just have loftier goals, than they do discipline.
I'm good. I only sign up for PS Plus when I need to play online for a month or two. I just signed back up for Monster Hunter Wilds, so when I am done with that, I will just unsub.
@Flaming_Kaiser The ending was perfect. Ellie went on a path of revenge and it cost her dearly. The ending shows that. It cost her her relationship with her spouse and adopted child, and cost her the one thing that Joel taught her and that she could have passed on to her child. How to play guitar. Losing 2 fingers on her fretting hand was just like losing Joel all over again. That is what I took from the ending.
The PS5 is nothing but a machine for chartering remasters and remakes to!!!!! Screw originality!
When gamers come back to look at history and gaming's declining fall, it will start with the PS5/Xbox S
Female Protagonist!
That is all that needs to be said to get the larger male game population pissed off about a game franchise going multi-entertainment.
It pisses very insecure men off when a female becomes a very large protagonist in ANY form of entertainment!
I really hope they take their fighting games to a new level. I LOVED!!!! Samurai Showdown. IMO, it is still one of the best fighting games ever! LONG LIVE HANZO!
I got a PSVR2 and I have been playing Horizon: Call Of The Mountain.
The game is really freaking awesome. I Love it!
It is an amazing reason VR should be experienced, rather than advertised!.
@AverageGamer
Fillion and Dewayne Johnson are about the same age, and Bautista is older than both of them....You mean those two are not action stars???
Conditioning coaches are amazing now, especially when dealing with actors.
People act like 50 is old now, and I do not understand why. I am exactly 50 years old and still skateboard and MTB.
Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen are 56 and 58 respectively, and what do they still do.....Shred and rip, and that is WAY harder than any actor in any choreographed, constantly practiced, fight scene.
@nessisonett I think the product placement is supposed to be part of the ridiculousness. Again, a dystopian, already, future where corporations have complete control of government..... Why is her target being targeted, why is the product placement so relevant....Hmmmmm
At this point, everything is up in the air. It also bothers me that the article did not mention, any time at all,....Beyond Good And Evil 2....That being said.
Top game developers seem to have lost their way because they have forgotten, or have been pressured to forget, by shareholders.....Fun Comes First.
I have not heard any woes from Nintendo. Look at the sales charts, in any country...Nintendo games are always on top. What truly cracks me up, is before the Switch came out gamers were saying Nintendo is dying, they should just focus on games!
Guess what, that is all Nintendo has ever done, and that mentality has moved the Switch to staggering sales numbers!
I own more games for my Switch, than any other current console. Why?!?!? Because Nintendo games are FUN and I do not get nickled and dimed for content!
Gaming is not dying, just certain developers, and it is all because of their greed.
I honestly, and truly, do not know how. I am 50, and this generation has been the worst PS generation in my lifetime.
I rarely play my PS5, and honestly regret buying it. I have maybe 20 games for my PS5 while I have over 120 for my Switch.
SInce I have always played P.C. games and own a Switch, and planning on buying a Switch 2, I do not thing I will ever buy another PS console. I love Playstation! But this current gen has left a very bad taste in my mouth.....The amount of remasters is just so damn ridiculous, PS PLUS rising in cost and having different tiers, and lack of new gaming content with new, or old I.P.'s, which in turn, I do not see that get any better, just really makes any interest I have in my current, or next PS console, go down to ZERO.
Sony will really have to pull a rabbit out of their a$$ to get me to buy a PS6!
China of new, should learn from China of old, and learn to create/invent again, instead of copying other peoples work. That is all China does now.......They only copy, already existing products, from other countries.
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Re: Now It's Being Sued, Blatant Horizon Rip-Off Removes Copycat Artwork
@themightyant
I would not give them ten cent for it.
Re: Poll: What Was Your PS5 Game of the Month for July 2025?
I have not played a single one of these games.
Re: PS1's Mortal Kombat Trilogy Joins PS5, PS4 Legacy Kollection, Killer Physical Editions Announced
I wish they would have added Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub Zero
Re: Sony Sues Tencent Over 'Shameless' Horizon Copycat Coming to PS5
150K in damages....WTF!!!!!
It should be way more!
Re: 'Increasingly Selective Consumers' to Blame for Underperformance of Blades of Fire
@naruball I was in advertising for 6 years....But, okay.
Re: 'Increasingly Selective Consumers' to Blame for Underperformance of Blades of Fire
@KoopaTheGamer
This right here!
Marketing is so easy to do now a days. All the developer has to do is make a video of actually playing the game while talking to other people involved in the game making, post it, let media outlets like....Oh I don't know....Push Square know about it, and it advertises itself. Or even, hear me out....Continually invite media to play your game, and it literally markets itself.
Marketing can be done by the developers at no cost to them. It is just about getting the product out there, and keep getting it out there.
A perfect example is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Sandfall did a great job of keeping media, and gamers, informed, at little to no cost for marketing.
Re: Poll: 5 Years Later, What Do You Think of Ghost of Tsushima?
@Oram77
How is that even debatable???@?@?@??@
That is like asking is Crash Bandicoot better than The Last Of Us........
No competition!
Re: Shadow Labyrinth (PS5) - Pac-Man Meets Metroid in Strange Offshoot That Almost Works
I still pre-bought the secret edition.
I hope to have some fun out of it.
One persons six is another persons 8 or 9.....We will see.
Re: What the Hell Has Happened to Call of Duty?
I am Gen X
We are the entertainment generation.
I have seen corporate greed first soak into music, then movies, and now video games.
People that grew up in my generation seen this coming a mile away as soon as gaming surpassed music and movies, for in profit entertainment.
We seen the music industry fall prey to corporate greed, then movies, and now video games.
Not to say that there are not a lot of great independent art out there, it is just the nature of the greedy beast!
People talk about it as if it surprising..It is not surprising at all, when you have seen it happen before.
Re: Poll: How Do You Feel About The Last of Us Part 2, 5 Years Later?
@nessisonett What do you mean, says nothing???
(SPOILER!!!!) Ellie went on a unrelenting mission for revenge for Joel, and it cost her the one thing that Joel passed down to her....Which was how to play guitar, which she loved and enjoyed.
When Abby bit off two fingers from Ellie's fretting hand, Ellie lost Joel all over again.
Abby did not take that from Ellie, Ellie took it from herself.
The game is about how revenge can take more from you, than what you will get from performing it.
Re: Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake Deep in Development by 'Team That Truly Cares'
I was looking forward to this remake, and then I was looking forward to it, and then I was looking forward to it, and then I was looking forward to it again...I don't know how I am supposed to feel now.
Re: Sounds Like Switch 2 May Have Obliterated PS5's Launch Record in France
@Shepherd_Tallon
I want a Switch 2 as well. I am just waiting on a special edition console, and I am REALLY hoping that there will be a Metroid Prime 4 console.
Re: Hands On: MindsEye Is a Boring Mess
OUCH!
I did not see a lot of promise in this game as it is just a cheaper looking version of games such as GOW, Vanquish, and Deus Ex.
I was really hoping for the best for it, but some upstarts just have loftier goals, than they do discipline.
Re: Just Like the Game, The Last of Us 2's TV Adaptation Is Getting Review Bombed
@AhmadSumadi
Agree 1000%
These people are so insecure in themselves that when they see a strong "FEMALE" lead it infuriates them to no end.
It would be laughable if it was not so infuriatingly realistic!
Re: These 14+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out This Week (21st-27th April)
Man! I pre-ordered the Lumiere Edtion Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and I cannot wait to get my hands on it!
The story premise and game play both have me intrigued.
Re: Bungie's New PS5 Shooter Marathon Grabs September Release Date
Bungie is making a FPS, I love their diversity...........
Re: You Too Can Wear Joel's Jacket from The Last of Us Season 2
Carhartt is much better, and cheaper.
https://www.carhartt.com/product/103828-BRN5XLREG/mens-blanket-lined-detroit-jacket---relaxed-fit---duck---1-warm-rating
Me and my son have this one
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/carhartt-mens-quilt-flannel-lined-sandstone-active-jacket-104050-1485146?gStoreCode=553&gQT=1
I get what the article is getting at, but again, if you want to capture the "Look" the button up Carhartt will work for the "Look"
https://www.carhartt.com/product/105419/rugged-flex-relaxed-fit-canvas-fleece-lined-shirt-jac
Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Romance Misinformation Hits New Low on Social Media
OMG! The Right Wing Whiny Snow Flakes are being Whiny Snowflakes....What a Surprise!!!!! /s
Re: 'Don't Bet' on The Last of Us 3, Warns Neil Druckmann
@themightyant
TY
Re: The Order: 1886 Honoured in Today's New Astro Bot PS5 Level
@BossBE Same! I loved the game!
Re: The Last of Us Gets Its Own Limited Edition DualSense PS5 Controller
I ended up buying the 30th Anniversary controller shells off E-bay for $22 a piece, and they look amazing!
Re: Be the First to Try New PS5 Games and Features with Sony's Beta Program
I'm good. I only sign up for PS Plus when I need to play online for a month or two.
I just signed back up for Monster Hunter Wilds, so when I am done with that, I will just unsub.
Re: Rumour: Far Cry Multiplayer Shooter Has Been 'Rebooted' as Ubisoft Turmoil Continues
MAN! Ubisoft just can't seem to right the ship.
I guess I will say it, since no one at Ubisoft will
ICEBERG! DEAD AHEAD!
Re: 'Don't Bet' on The Last of Us 3, Warns Neil Druckmann
@Flaming_Kaiser The ending was perfect. Ellie went on a path of revenge and it cost her dearly. The ending shows that.
It cost her her relationship with her spouse and adopted child, and cost her the one thing that Joel taught her and that she could have passed on to her child. How to play guitar.
Losing 2 fingers on her fretting hand was just like losing Joel all over again. That is what I took from the ending.
Re: Rumour: Gears of War Collection Will Be Revealed for PS5 This Summer
No physical copy....NTY!
Re: Warner Bros. Games Closes Multiple Studios, Wonder Woman Cancelled
Monolith Productions gone when their Shadow Games were some of the most top tier games ever!
I loved both Shadow games, and got platinum in both!
This is what happens when incompetent corporations take over something that they have no damn idea about!
Re: God of War Remasters Could Be Coming to PS5 as Series Celebrates 20th Anniversary
MORE REMASTERS OR REMAKES!!!! AWESOME!!!!!
The PS5 is nothing but a machine for chartering remasters and remakes to!!!!! Screw originality!
When gamers come back to look at history and gaming's declining fall, it will start with the PS5/Xbox S
Re: Poll: Would You Buy a PS5 Mouse Accessory?
If I want to use a mouse/keyboard.....Guess what! I will use my PC!
Re: Unknown 9 Labelled a 'Failure' as Dev Cancels Project, Moves to 'Existing Bandai Namco IP'
WOW!
This gaming generation is the WORST!
Re: Horizon Hatred Simmers Once More As Sony Announces Movie Adaptation
Female Protagonist!
That is all that needs to be said to get the larger male game population pissed off about a game franchise going multi-entertainment.
It pisses very insecure men off when a female becomes a very large protagonist in ANY form of entertainment!
Re: 34 Under the Radar PS5 Games to Watch Out for in 2025
It's sad that there is not a single PSVR2 game on the list.
I just recently got a PSVR2 and I am loving it.
Re: Unsurprisingly, GTA 6 Projected to Make a Staggering Amount of Money
Teens will be the money makers.
As a 50 Y/O, I could care less.
Re: SNK's New KOF Studio Will Revolutionise the Legacy of Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, More
I really hope they take their fighting games to a new level. I LOVED!!!! Samurai Showdown.
IMO, it is still one of the best fighting games ever! LONG LIVE HANZO!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 561
I got a PSVR2 and I have been playing Horizon: Call Of The Mountain.
The game is really freaking awesome. I Love it!
It is an amazing reason VR should be experienced, rather than advertised!.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Director Pleads for Modder Restraint on PC
They cannot stop Rule 34.
In fact, asking modder's to hold back, is just going to have the Streisand Effect
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Fans Swing at Swen Vincke Speech, Review Bomb Baldur's Gate 3
@RBMango
I was going to get Black Myth, now I could care less.
Re: Random: PS5, PS4 Shovelware Isn't Even Trying to Hide Its Plagiarism Anymore
Well, you got to hand it to Shovelware for living up to their name.
Re: Sony Pictures Seemingly Done with Terrible Spider-Man Spin-Off Flicks
@AverageGamer
Fillion and Dewayne Johnson are about the same age, and Bautista is older than both of them....You mean those two are not action stars???
Conditioning coaches are amazing now, especially when dealing with actors.
People act like 50 is old now, and I do not understand why. I am exactly 50 years old and still skateboard and MTB.
Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen are 56 and 58 respectively, and what do they still do.....Shred and rip, and that is WAY harder than any actor in any choreographed, constantly practiced, fight scene.
Re: Naughty Dog's New PS5 Game Is Finally Announced, Sci-Fi Action Title Intergalactic
@nessisonett
I think the product placement is supposed to be part of the ridiculousness.
Again, a dystopian, already, future where corporations have complete control of government.....
Why is her target being targeted, why is the product placement so relevant....Hmmmmm
Re: Sony Pictures Seemingly Done with Terrible Spider-Man Spin-Off Flicks
@AverageGamer I do not agree.....Indiana Jones ring a bell....How old is Harrison Ford?
Re: Sony Pictures Seemingly Done with Terrible Spider-Man Spin-Off Flicks
@Balaam_
This is the Uncharted I wanted to see, and every other Uncharted fan....Nathan Fillion....as Nathan Drake!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5CZQpqF_74&t=5s&ab_channel=AllanUngar
And then Stephen FREAKING Lang as Sully.....COME ON!!!!!! THAT ROLE IS PERFECTLY CAST!
Stephen Lang is an Icon, and was the best written character in "Into The Badland's", and Was AMAZING!, repeat AMAZING! in Tombstone as Ike Clanton
Re: Pac-Man Has a Secret, to Be Revealed at The Game Awards
Him and "Mrs Pacman" was a lie!!!!!
Re: Stop-Motion Action Figure Fighting Game Knock Off Looks Awesome, Coming to PS5
@Bagwag82 I loved Clay Fighter on the 64.
As soon as I seen stop-motion in the title I automatically thought of Clay Fighter.
Re: Rumour: Kadokawa Employees Eager for Sony Buyout and Change in Management
"The people around me are thrilled at the prospect of an acquisition by Sony."
Until the layoffs start... : ^ (
Re: Marvel Rivals Guide: The Ultimate Beginner's Resource
I am enjoying it.
I have always played tank or healer in other games of similar caliber, but I am loving Punisher!
Re: Rumour: Ubisoft Turmoil Continues as Shareholders Consider Buyout
At this point, everything is up in the air. It also bothers me that the article did not mention, any time at all,....Beyond Good And Evil 2....That being said.
Top game developers seem to have lost their way because they have forgotten, or have been pressured to forget, by shareholders.....Fun Comes First.
I have not heard any woes from Nintendo. Look at the sales charts, in any country...Nintendo games are always on top. What truly cracks me up, is before the Switch came out gamers were saying Nintendo is dying, they should just focus on games!
Guess what, that is all Nintendo has ever done, and that mentality has moved the Switch to staggering sales numbers!
I own more games for my Switch, than any other current console. Why?!?!? Because Nintendo games are FUN and I do not get nickled and dimed for content!
Gaming is not dying, just certain developers, and it is all because of their greed.
Re: Best PS1 Games
Ape Escape, Driver, and Spyro are WAY TO LOW!
Re: PS5 Sales Still Trending 8% Ahead of the PS4 in USA
I honestly, and truly, do not know how.
I am 50, and this generation has been the worst PS generation in my lifetime.
I rarely play my PS5, and honestly regret buying it. I have maybe 20 games for my PS5 while I have over 120 for my Switch.
SInce I have always played P.C. games and own a Switch, and planning on buying a Switch 2, I do not thing I will ever buy another PS console. I love Playstation! But this current gen has left a very bad taste in my mouth.....The amount of remasters is just so damn ridiculous, PS PLUS rising in cost and having different tiers, and lack of new gaming content with new, or old I.P.'s, which in turn, I do not see that get any better, just really makes any interest I have in my current, or next PS console, go down to ZERO.
Sony will really have to pull a rabbit out of their a$$ to get me to buy a PS6!
Re: This Horizon Rip-Off Has to Be One of the Most Blatant Copycat Games Ever
China of new, should learn from China of old, and learn to create/invent again, instead of copying other peoples work.
That is all China does now.......They only copy, already existing products, from other countries.
Re: Naughty Dog Casts Troy Baker to Star in Untitled Next PS5 Game
@breakneck
Who does not like them?!?!?!
I honestly thought they were beloved for how talented they are.