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Re: After GTA 6 Delay, Wolverine PS5 Doubles Down on Fall 2026 Release Date

Leinad7

@PuppetMaster what the other guy meant is we can already see Wolverine will be Spiderman 2 reskin. At least looking at the gameplay and ideas used it looks like Spiderman without web swinging and that is not a good thing. Insomniac became a studio focused on developing nearly identical type of games. How long until it gets boring?
GTA6 really looks like revolution now.

Re: Sony Cracks Down on Fake PS5 Gear, Sues eBay Seller for $2 Million

Leinad7

@tselliot Man, Sony would kneel to take $1m and you say they don’t need that $2m? What Sony was doing in recent few years seems like they are every focused to take any money from us, from others here and even go to court to get more.
I am not biased, they are corporation focused on maximizing profit. We can see that in game pricing going up, Plus pricing going up, console prices going up too

Re: Don't Expect Any PS5 Exclusives from Square Enix in the Future

Leinad7

@Cvantez personally speaking, I don’t care how much power Switch 2 has, just like did not care with Switch 1, 3DS and their other consoles.
I like Nintendo games, they are something else after playing this huge open world action adventure games. When I want to just relax I take 3DS or Switch, not PS5 or XSX.

Re: Poll: Is Ghost of Yotei Better Than Ghost of Tsushima?

Leinad7

@Medic_alert
That’s the story - Jin was a samurai with a code and all that, the story is not only about the war but mainly about the change that happened to Jin and in Jin.
Atsu? I feel like Sony has some fetish on revenge stories: TLOU2, Ragnarok, now Yōtei.

Re: Poll: Is Ghost of Yotei Better Than Ghost of Tsushima?

Leinad7

I liked GoT more, liked Jin much more than Atsu, the overall open world, the combat, the gameplay feels very similar and very little evolution. I often had impression this pretty lazy sequel than any huge evolution or revolution.

Overall, this setting and genre, I am fine with Tsushima and Yōtei and hope they will focus on something else now, and not on some kind of 3rd part. I get that the easies they can do is another sequel and start milking this IP like all other IP Sony own, but I have enough of Samurais, katanas and Japan for few years.
Want something new and fresh.

Re: Don't Expect Any PS5 Exclusives from Square Enix in the Future

Leinad7

@Rich33
They are releasing one specific build so optimization for that XPC should be similar to what optimization for a specific console is.
After years from dropping PC I am really considering getting that one as long as they deliver what promised (Steam, Epic, GOG etc) plus free online. Of course depending on the price

From last few consoles generations I only see the increase in power is lower and lower while the quality and optimization .. even worse. Not going to buy anything say one this time, will wait to see the games and their condition.

Re: Talking Point: If Xbox Drops the Cost, Would You Be Happy Still Paying for PS6 Multiplayer?

Leinad7

For now we only hear leaks, rumors and some expectations. Truth is, I don't know yet.

This generation I own all of them: PS5, XSX, Switch and only passed on PC few years ago.
If MS delivers on their promises like Steam, Epic, GOG and other shops availability on their console as well as PC games running and free multiplayer... I can see myself buying their Box assuming the max price to be around $1500.
If it happens I would just pass on PS6, and just keep the Switch.

Even though I don't have a PC for few years, I often buy games at Steam or others to my library there so finally would have some equipment to run it. Also waiting a year or so for Sony to release their games on a Steam isn't a problem. Can wait. PC games are just cheaper to buy as well.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 604

Leinad7

PS5: The Witcher 3, my second play, finished it 10 years ago, waited and decided to play again. Surprised how many things changed with updates, new quests, gears, and how many things I actually missed playing first time. Love it.

PS5: Broken Sword Remaster, I have huge sentiment to both 1 & 2, next to Witcher and Skyrim this is my comfort zone

3DS: Professor Layton and Curious Village, to challenge my brain and actually relax.

Re: This Is Why Xbox Is Bringing All of Its Games to PS5 Now

Leinad7

@HRdepartment „ company that’s setting unrealistic number expectations and to achieve those numbers it comes at a great cost I know wasn’t considered when they set those numbers”

Oh believe me they considered that great cost when they set these expectations. I work in financial planning and analysis where we prepare a ground for these kinds of plans and from the very beginning it is always required to estimate how to reach the target with different scenarios including the painful ones.

Re: This Is Why Xbox Is Bringing All of Its Games to PS5 Now

Leinad7

Well, the profit margin expectations they have are rather impossible to reach, no matter if that is Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo. I would say targeting at 20% would be difficult but manageable, but 30% no way.
Anyway, all this does not change a thing, they still plan to release next-gen both stationary and handheld. And if the rumors about stationary being more open equipment like a kind of Xbox branded PC with access to both MS Store and Steam.. that is something I am going tu buy. Of course depending on the price tag assuming it will be more expensive but they must be also realistic. Cannot be too expensive.

But I can imagine one stationary instead of having PS6, Xbox and a PC, why not have one that runs them all. Quite tempting.

Re: Aug 2025 USA Sales: Massive Month for Single Player Games, PS5 Can't Catch Switch 2

Leinad7

As for the first part, I just said almost the same using different words.
As for the second part, I believe people took hard lesson jumping into new generation PS5 and then waiting months and years for exclusive games, they won’t repeat same error and knowing these new AAA titles need many years to develop we can be almost sure there will be a lot of waiting in next gen as well. So why not keep PS5 and wait for several games to release before moving to next gen? That is what I will do this time.
Btw, I think we are unsure of handheld Xbox but the stationary one is already in production, they plan to release it somewhere around a year earlier before PS6 release.

Re: Sony's Acquisition of Bungie Continues to Be Questioned as Destiny 2 Falls Off a Cliff

Leinad7

@SeaDaVie
The problem is Destiny 2 can make money for now but won’t last forever. And their new works seem to rather be a failure. We can discuss but maybe let’s not pretend Marathon will earn..

Bungie once was a studio with great talents and IPs, but now they have no valuable IPs anymore and their greatest talents left the company long before the acquisition. At some point in upcoming 3-4 years I suspect Sony will just close Bungie.

Re: Aug 2025 USA Sales: Massive Month for Single Player Games, PS5 Can't Catch Switch 2

Leinad7

@SBBuds not really, Nintendo has incredibly huge and loyal fanbase. Switch one proved that and Switch 2 repeats the process. In these days where Sony and MS release games that are lazy open world adventure games third person view the game library on Nintendo is really diverse and enjoyable.

Notice one thing PS5 great sales come from the fact PS4 sold great and people had their libraries of games they wanted to keep playing. It wasn’t the great list of PS5 exclusives that sold the console because that list was and still is poor compared to PS3/PS4 generation.
Same for Xbox Series sales, the very same.
At the same time Switch 1 was a completely new console that apart from some virtual console games required players to build their game library from the beginning. On a console hardware weaker from all competitors. Yet, it outsold all of them.
You can say Nintendo games are colorful, simpler etc but they are easy to enjoy and start playing. Switch 2 will just repeat the success, while I can bet PS6 and new Xbox sales will be worse than current generation.

Re: People Don't Buy Anywhere Near As Many Games As You Think

Leinad7

Well, having several consoles I did buy some games, others I played through subscriptions like PS+ or GamePass as well. My problem is, a game must have really interesting story, good mechanics, and perfect length, not to mention minimum of grinding and doing repetitive stuff because developer was too lazy to design something new from time to time.

Which means, I rarely finish games. If I finish any of games, I must really like it and find it interesting to reach the end. On one hand played The Witcher 3 three times, both Plague Tale games, or new Tomb Raider trilogy, or Elden Ring.. and many more. On the other hand I deleted both Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West after 30-40 hrs, deleted Spiderman 2 after maybe 12 hrs, never finished AC Odyssey or Valhalla, or even the great Ghost ot Tsushima (which felt like Ubisoft style game unfortunately).

That is why I do a pros/cons analysis before buying any game to justify the cost and check if I want to play and finish that game or I am only bored and need something different for couple hours to get bored again with it. Being able to afford these games doesn’t justify throwing away cash for something in many cases I won’t like and won’t finish.