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@Vaako007 It gets more boring when you realize this is Spiderman formula copy pasted with new setting. SM2 was already boring because of that. Which is surprising because Rocksteady managed to deliver all their Batmans so fresh and interesting.

Blood of Dawnwalker for sure.
Something fresh finally.

All others can wait for a discount.

Turned off my subscription last month.
Now I only see that was a smart move.

Anyone believing this is a glitch or fake news must be very trusting in corporation that already made it required to validate online your new disc drive for PS5 online.
And it took their communication department pretty long to prepare a statement to confront the news.

I think they did it on purpose trying to see how gamers will react. And they stepped back (for now) because of that reaction.

@AdamNovice Not so much, take into account that none of these games is really a system seller. Mostly sequels. The sales of hardware went up mainly because Sony plans to rise prices.

So now we observe mainly scalpers building their stocks to make money soon.

They’re milking this IP hard, even without Kratos… but as a spin off this will rather not be a huge success.

@Yor-sama some value was lost: money, time, talented people. Studio was created not so long ago and working on an AAA game for Sony. Obviously games are not created in one year. But check the names of people in this studio. Pretty solid names.

So in fact it is not Concord 2.0, but only Concord 1.5.

Wondering how long until Sony closes Bungie. The cost was huge and profit is small. They cannot afford that.

@Kraven well, not really. According to new reports, Marathon sells poorly. Especially on consoles. If not PC sales, it would be already cancelled.

I suppose I change my bet from 6-12 months to 3 months until they turn servers off.

Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings and a little bit of SC Chaos Theory. Plus some good movies, A Cure for Wellness right now, highly recommend.

@Oram77 the problem is, Sony does not want to wait several years for Marathon to establish anything. They wanted to sell millions and start monetizing now. We already see it did not happen and will not happen for at least year or more.

That means, they will change it into free to play by the end of the year. Just wait for it. That is the only way for the game to get more players.

Yeah, sure. The real summary of all that are sales results. And according to these, it obviously did better than Concord, but far far from expectations Sony had. They need a true live service gem that involves millions of players and leads to constant incomes. What it delivered, is around 250k copies on Steam and approx less than 1m on PS5+Xbox together.

That would be great result for an indie game.
It’s a terrible result for a live service that is supposed to provide constant income long term.

Anyone believing it will suddenly grow to 5 or 10m copies sold must be crazy It will sell more due to some rebates and sales, but it will take at least 6-12 months. Sony needed it to sell several millions to start generating income and with some add ons and dlcs to do so for couple years.

It will not. And we can already see that.

@UltimateOtaku91 “ offering discounts at different rates to different people” is charging more depending which person of these people you are

Well. Who can afford the price will definitely buy it to own the most powerful box under TV. Everyone talks about price, forgetting it is supposed to be even 40% more powerful than PS6. THAT will have impact how games run for sure. Higher performance, higher resolution, better ray tracing, and higher.. price. Everything that is better bigger or faster usually costs more.

That’s why V8 under the hood costs more than V6 or R4.

Honestly, why one should care? It’s 1/2 exclusive games a year. There are hundreds of games on PC that sell better.

Planescape Torment and War of the Ring board game

@Areus Uncharted had good writing, characters, dialogs and story. Horizon series on the other side.. nice huge colorful open world and stupid story, cringe dialogs, boring characters and writing and game pace is .. ridiculously boring.

That’s the case why ppl want Uncharted

First, this may somehow force Sony to release PS6 latest in 2028, and not 2029 or so. They cannot let competitor to take lead in new generation at the beginning. New generation is somehow a kind of new opening, if people will buy MS box they may not pay for Sony box.

Second, Sony remembers what happened when X360 released before PS3. Better or not, more expensive or not. It will be much more powerful and if they wait 1-2 years with PS6 release, people who want newer and more powerful box will already have one.

Let’s wait. A year or so isn’t too long it will pass fast.

@BearsEatBeets No they didn’t. They were probably paid for some PSSR 2.0 advertising and doing a comparison to convince some ppl to go and buy it.

Just notice how suddenly after next generation is postponed articles and comparison pop up showing how great the Pro is Marketing all the way.

@Northern_munkey Man you just said you prefer Marathon game style over ARC. That one statement is enough to be sure you would condemn Marathon if it wasn’t Sony product. That is the only reason some guys defend it.

Tried the demo.
Played 1h.
No.. it won’t sell well.
It’s strange, the style is too much cartoon, it’s damn boring. I played ARC. They are not even close to ARC. Sorry but no.

No. It doesn’t.
Decided to rather invest in ARC, which look more adult and less cartoon.

It’s pretty obvious she needs to learn.
I have seen some CEO changes, and there is always a phase 6-12 months where former leader is introducing new CEO to company, strategies, products and people, helping to start.

Suddenly it’s a bad thing..?
The bad thing is she’s going for interviews unprepared. Nothing else.

Why not Jeremy Davies..?!

@UltimateOtaku91 and Insomniac games, Guerilla games, Naughty Dog games, Housemarque games, Sicker Punch games and so on..

Where is creativity, where is passion?
I am tired of replaying same formula in similar open world, with similar assets, similar gameplay mechanics..
Aren’t you tired of this?

@cainhurst94 I’m a video game fan, not Nintendo only fan. And don’t have profile on Nintendo Life

I am just saying, that it is clear when you look at Insomniac games, that they are reusing same formula, same assets, same models, even same control settings in their games. It’s like playing DLCs.

@Carnage Returnal is an example of new IP that is and will be milked for two or three more sequels.

That’s right. Every single one cheater of these 20 guys willing to buy it.

Nah, thanks but no Maybe when they release it on smartphones. It looks like it can run on a 5 year old android.

@Carnage Wait. Did you just say Sony is not milking their IPs like competition?

Did you see their first party exclusives list from PS5? They are all damn sequels. Every single one.

@UltimateOtaku91 How they release it so fast? Seriously? Reusing same formula every single time, they also seem to reuse models and gameplay mechanics. Even controls are same every time.

It’s no surprise.

Concord, Highguard, this.. and Marathon next ?

Meanwhile, when Sony closed the best remake studio they had and went silent in social media, their PlayStation Germany profile is asking on socials what game remaster / remake players want next?

@UltimateOtaku91 Some of the staff means few employees. Sony fired all the rest. These guys are quite talented so obviously some other companies will hire them. But criticism is because Jaffe said MS should do it.

For some, this is like a signal to start arguments.

@Rich33 We actually know nothing official. But leaks suggest it will have Steam/Epic etc support. I don’t care how they earn on it - I care if I am able to turn on Xbox PC and choose where to buy, play their games plus PC games and additionally Sony games. All in one.

How they make it work? It’s their problem. Not mine. I am not investing in their stocks. I want the box that runs everything.

@Vladspartan I own them all, PS5 XSX Switch and some others like 3DS which I actually play more often than the stationary ones. I don’t have a PC since few years anymore hence I am interested in MS hybrid console only if it supports PC games. If yes, I am going to buy it.

@Godot25 the problem with Sony I have is that are literally milking the same IPs and the same formula over and over again since PS4 generation with minimal innovation.
I am just bored with another Horizon, another GOW and another Spiderman-esque like Wolverine.

@Rich33 if their next console is PC in a box, why does it mean Xbox is dead? Because it runs console Xbox games? Or because it also runs PC games? Or maybe because it runs all Sony PC released games..?

@PuppetMaster Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Doom, Wolfenstein, COD and many others are now Xbox.
It would be rather painful move if they made these exclusive to their own ecosystem. Many fans own other consoles like PS or Nintendo and they would loose a chance to play these.

You may not care, but check these games sales numbers on PS4/5 and Nintendo consoles. Many care about these.

@Godot25 I can only see now that Sony is basically driving their development on 3-4 IPs.

How long it will take for people to get bored with Horizon, Marvel or Ghost of? They are literally milking same and same ideas and solutions. This is already noticeable that their sequels sell worse than previous games. They lack originality and some revolution.

At the same time they murder studios that shown they are capable of delivering quality products. These guys could remake Bloodborne. Or GOW games.

@Kiltedhaggis Didn’t buy it. Had chance to play around 30 minutes. Which convinced me not to buy it and not being interested in further gameplay.

This game is just trash. Sorry.

@Godot25 first you say that Sony won console war, then you say MS is still there releasing new console. These things, the leadership can change. Sony once was a leader in TVs and audio. Samsung was cheap alternative to Apple. And Germans did reliable cars

What if competition releases the hybrid console PC and that becomes a success? What if Nintendo releases more powerful box one day?
At the moment we can see Sony doesn’t need competition to basically murder own studios. Cost cutting. Guess how long they need to increase console and game prices? To increase profit?

Decisions like this, made one month before fiscal year end, when the next years budget is prepared… is not really linked to any disappointing development or failure, but rather management decision to find quick cost cuts and savings.

If this was related to any development fails, we would hear some leaks here and there.
This was dropped suddenly, so decision was done on the top management and was shared just now.

That is suspicious.
If they look for savings… what stops them from increasing prices..?

He is as**ole, but this time he’s right.
It is rubbish.

Elder Scrolls Morrowind.
For the first time ever.

Nothing really special. Again.

I’m literally shocked about some hype some guys are getting about that game. It’s kind of generic side scroller, pretty bland. Would be fine if it was free to play Plus add on but paid game like that?
Really nothing special.

No thanks I’ll play on PC with all possible enhancements.

@Stragen8 Honestly, Remake sold well enough but Rebirth sold much worse even with marketing from Sony. This should have been one game. Not a trilogy.

@charliecarrot .. mainly not because main character is woman but because of what she represents. The actress. Woke actress.