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Brutal market these days. Though it sounded like this game just didn’t have that much to do when playing it. Shame that the OG Burnout devs on this one are out of work again.

Outrageous. Greed wins again.

@get2sammyb That IS crazy! But then again, I guess there are long lulls when he doesn’t really have much to do. Fully guessing. Still…HIRE THIS GUY!!

There's taking on fan suggestions about game mechanics and so on, and then there's losing your identity by just doing everything the way they want. At that point, you might as well pack it in. Glad they're sticking to their guns.

Cerny was the breath of fresh air Sony needed to break them out of the run of convoluted, fussy hardware. I hope he stays with them for a long time.

Love the quizzes! Feels like it’s been a long time since we had one. 12/15 on this one. Not bad!

Oh look, the turkey arrived in time for Christmas. A pretty underwhelming month to end the year. Neon White looks OK, I guess.

This is going to take a long time, because the majority of the devs are working on Marathon.

The hardware itself is great, as is to be expected from Sony. The software, especially the first party lineup, has been good, but nowhere near as good as last gen (and especially the PS360 gen).

Hugely overrated. Was hoping for a sort of second coming of Gears, but instead got a ***** Soulslike where the shooting gets pushed aside for impossible-to-time-with-all-the-visual-clutter parries. Had a few moments of fun with it, but overall…massive disappointment. Props to the devs for supporting it so well, though.

Same as it has been for the last few years. Lame and greedy.

Of course they won’t abandon PS5…they’re owned by Sony! What a silly headline.

I find it a bit baffling that the majority of these “it happens on…” ads don’t directly reference Sony’s games. Yes, I know about the Astrobot one which is good, but the reptile tail coming out of the wall? What game is that? If someone were to ask that question, I could only guess badly or shrug. Why not leverage Sony’s iconic IP?

Actually looks pretty interesting! Will keep an eye on this one.

Gotta be GTA6. If Sony are smart, they’ll sew up the marketing rights and make it seem like PS5 is the only place to play the game (until the PC release of course). Even smarter: a wee price drop for PS5 when the game comes out, or a reasonably priced bundle.

Seemed pretty pointless. Nothing of interest that I could see. Didn’t need a whole SOP for what was shown.

Ah, the old Bethesda greed! Will pass on this insultingly priced crap.

@Balaam_ I’m just too old for twitch shooters now. And it just gets old fast. I’d rather have a beautiful world to go exploring in and computer controlled chumps to slay.

Good call. Thanks for the heads up!

No way it’s to signify PS4/PS5 cross buy. They’ve been doing that for five years now and have very clear logos that make it obvious that you’re getting both versions. Hopefully this is for PlayStation/PC, as others have pointed out.

Great month for me! Looking forward to Stray and EA WRC 24. People whining about “having Stray before” on PS Extra need to remember lots of people don’t have Extra…and now it’s available to all subscribers AND for keeps!

Great interview. The game looks amazing!

That's a shame. Love the Just Cause games and would love to see another one.

Stray and EA WRC 24 are both games that I’ve wanted to play, and almost bought, so great month for me! The third one looks like crap, though.

Highly doubt that anyone is “happy” paying for online gaming. But I’ve been doing it since the 360 era, so I’m used to it. And the “free” games and cloud saves are nice value (though Microsoft offers the latter for free, as far as I know). I highly doubt Sony will make it free; too much money to be made and too much of a hassle. Also, Sony are showing their arrogance this gen and know they’ve got a lot of us by the short and curlies. They’ll just tout the “great value” of PS Plus and continue to charge for it (and increase prices of course). Having said that, the “free” games this year have been a noticeable step up in quality. But why not also give away some older PlayStation exclusives as well (like Returnal, Demon’s Souls, etc.)?

@Ken_Kaniff Yeah, I’d actually rather have that than 2 or 3 (with split screen Firefight, please!)

FINALLY! A game that uses the power of the PS5!

Great month for me. Looking forward to Stray and EA WRC.

If Microsoft hadn’t been so greedy and gone on a massive shopping spree, they wouldn’t be doing this. They’re doing it because they HAVE to do it. Still, it’s a good outcome for PlayStation gamers, so hooray!

Would way rather have SC2, but this (depending on the price) ain’t bad!

Looks great! Don’t care about lack of PvP as I don’t really play that anymore. Two niggles: they missed a trick by not making it FOUR player splitscreen (though I know people don’t actually get together to game as often as they did), and…the price. Not announced yet, but if they get greedy and charge full price for this, I’ll wait until it’s on sale. If they’re smart and price it at $40 ($50 max), I’m there day one.

My excitement is muted a bit by the fact that they’re not putting the Master Chief Collection on PS5. That’s all I really need. But hey, there’s more money to be made by releasing them separately, so that’s what Microsoft is gonna do.

If I still had my old job, which involved WFH and a lot of "hurry up and wait", I would totally buy a portal. Alas...right now I just don't have the need.

@Skippermonkey I feel like all of the first party stuff really knows how to use that SSD for lightning quick load times.

@Warldorf I really wanted to like it and on paper it checked so many boxes but…yeah. Fell far short. Glad I’m not alone!

Found this massively overrated TBH. Too many enemies swarming (while cool from a technical standpoint) make it impossible to time parries, and there’s just too much of a reliance on melee in general. Then again, loads of people loved it, but it wasn’t the “Gears-a-like” I was hoping for.

I don’t mind them modernizing the game with sprint and ADS at all. What I do mind is that the feel and the flow of the game and the controls overall will likely be altered, and there’s something really special about the way that first game plays.

@AndyKazama Same. They’ll look just fine on PS5 and the MCC would sell like hotcakes, but Microsoft are being greedy and will likely sell the games piecemeal to fleece gamers.

Not original thoughts, but 2027 is way too soon for next gen. This gen has barely started proper, the hardware advantages are likely to be less pronounced than previous gens (diminishing returns indeed), and devs are still struggling to make games in a timely fashion. Ah well…cross gen for next gen will be even longer than this gen (if the experts at Digital Foundry are correct), so I’ll likely stick with PS5 for at least five more years.

Nah. Military shooters (especially PVP) just make my eyes glaze over now. Too busy playing Borderlands 4 anyway!

Take your time, fellas. I don’t think many people (if any) are in a big rush to get to the next gen, considering how slow and underwhelming this one has been. I think we’re going to (finally) really start seeing the PS5 strut its stuff as it’s a mature platform now and hopefully there’ll be less hindrance from cross gen to PS4.

@get2sammyb I don’t get it either. As you say, nice for the hardcore players as they can relax and have a chill match. Meanwhile noobs and older players like myself will just get stomped and not want to bother anymore. I feel like Halo did skill based matchmaking really well, where matches were often intense but you weren’t just getting wrecked by no-lifers. Another reason to skip Call of Duty (again) this year.

Bungie have made some great games, but most of those devs are gone. I still think that the studio is very talented, but they need to stick a fork in D2 and start working on something else (that isn’t Marathon, which is not going to be a hit). Get them off the GAAS treadmill and get them making something like Halo, with a solo/coop campaign and a suite of multiplayer modes.

Borderlands 4 has been so much fun! The shooting feels better, the open world is full of things to do and collect, the loot is more interesting with the combination of different weapon parts, and the vault hunters are the best ones yet. My game of the month (and possibly year)!

Love this! Kudos, Sucker Punch!

I’d rather they just patch it to run at 60 fps and maybe bump the framerate a bit. But who am I kidding? Rockstar want you to pay.

@Fiendish-Beaver Agree with your first point, but I still think Microsoft will see it worthwhile to release one more console because they don’t want to be seen as totally abandoning their fans and letting the brand die, but, more importantly, as I mentioned, they’ll lose even more Game Pass subscribers if they don’t have a current gen console.

I think Microsoft is definitely going to release one more generation of consoles. They need to keep selling Game Pass, and keep people using it. A lot of people don’t want to switch to PC for gaming, and Microsoft would lose many of those people to Sony. And I agree that PS6 has to be a good machine because Sony are competing with social media and smartphones for entertainment dollars (which makes me gag, but that’s not important). Also think that, no matter what PS5 to PS6 cross gen will be longer than PS4 to PS5 due to less of a leap in power, increasing costs, and the fact that this generation has suffered from few compelling games that necessitate the upgrade to PS5 (though GTA 6 next year will likely cause a huge uptick in PS5 sales).

PS4 will still be around for a long time. Cross gen releases continue (though they are dwindling), many “forever” games are still on PS4 and run well, and, most importantly, current gen consoles are just too expensive for the relatively small graphical improvements they offer (in my opinion, the SSD is the REAL game changer this generation). I also agree with Digital Foundry that cross gen between PS5 and PS6 will likely be even longer. And I’m OK with that. PS6 is also not going to offer the kind of graphical leap we saw back with PS1 to PS2 to PS3.

“A good story well told” is all I’m asking for. Really, as long as the gameplay is good (and it’s great in Sony games), that’s what I’m here for. Revenge and grief are major drivers in many plots, so it’s not surprising to see them come up often in Sony games. Hell, we need more games this generation from Sony, period. THAT’s what people should be complaining about!