MasterChiefWiggum

No info about the devs?

Nice! Will definitely check it out; looks and sounds fun! Man, Xbox are giving us all their toys, and Sony is giving them very little (other than Helldivers 2, which was a nice move). I know Sony doesn’t have to, so they won’t, but still.

@Fiendish-Beaver Rollerball (the original) is great! Got to see Norman Jewison’s personal 35 mm print at a screening many years ago and even got a chance to ask the editor a question at a Q&A afterwards!

A shame, because Sony needs competition in the marketplace (I don’t really consider Nintendo competitors, since they’re doing their own thing with different priorities and hardware).

Halo (still can’t believe we’re getting it!), GTA 6, and Wolverine are my tops. Waiting to hear more about some of the others on this list, which look promising.

NFS is a decent addition, from what I’ve heard. The rest don’t sound interesting to me, but Essential REALLY stepped up this year with their offerings (currently playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard which is fun, and looking forward to playing RoboCop at some point soon).

@get2sammyb Same! Been circling this one for awhile but never pulled the trigger. Will happily try it now!

Can only be a good thing. More time for this generation to finally get some momentum (especially from Sony first party studios), and if speculation of a VERY long cross gen period next time are true, it won’t have much of an impact. Also, the longer it’s delayed, the better, cheaper, and more powerful it could be. I say roll it out in 2030!

Exclusives are exciting to me because you know the dev can push the hardware hard (and optimally), as Layden says. And Sony have some great devs capable of making great games in general…as long as they’re not wasting time on some live service boondoggle.

@SteveJaye Sorry man. Merry Christmas from a fellow Canadian! Hope things are working for you now.

Coffee with whiskey at my side, will binge on Dragon Age: The Veilguard and be hitting the edibles later. Chicken wings thawing for dinner tonight. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Push Square-ers!

Still playing Remnant 2 Love the combat, exploring, and procedurally generated levels which make replays way more varied, but some of the bosses feel cheap and just kill the fun. Gonna start Dragon Age: The Veilguard in the next couple of days for playing during the break.

Love the mainline Borderlands games, and Tales is also great! Totally different, obviously, but a good story, well written and well acted characters, and definitely worth playing!

Remnant 2 is currently alternating between being really fun exploration and combat, and kicking my ass hard! Doing a second run through of the campaign, and will play all the DLC campaigns, but the difficulty spikes really deflate my fun and enthusiasm for this one. Will kill a couple of weeks with this and more Borderlands 4 before playing Dragon Age: Veilguard over the hols.

@Americansamurai1 I don’t think it’s quite that high. I feel like we would have seen articles about it if that was the case. I think PS2 sold that many units and it’s possibly the best selling console of all time (Switch may beat it, if it hasn’t already).

@LifeGirl Absolutely. And with the upcoming RAM price hikes and so on, it would be wise to wait until costs become a bit more reasonable and a greater technological leap will be possible. Plenty of untapped potential still in the PS5.

Good pedigree, sure, but this looks pretty dull.

Why not just make Titanfall 3?! People WANT that. This game looks both generic and like it’s trying to do too many things.

Looks like it could be fun! Will wait for reviews though.

Looks interesting, especially since it’s a single player game. But I don’t think it’s a roguelite at all. I certainly hope it isn’t anyway. There’s enough damn roguelites out there.

Played first on PS5, around two years after its disastrous release. Loved it. The first “open world” game since GTA 5 that I just wandered around, soaking in the atmosphere. A stunning sci fi city, and a great game!

@Nf157 I’m struggling to come up with anything….

@roe Yeah that was the other thing: light on interesting stats, and they're trying to sell me stuff on every damned page too. Tacky.

@Nf157 I was thinking the same thing. Not really a lot of interesting info to dig into. Felt the same way about Spotify this year (though they supposedly laid off a whole bunch of people who used to handle the year end wrap and got AI to do most of it).

@andykara2003 If you listen to and believe Digital Foundry as I do, then almost certainly not. My guess? Maybe a 40 fps mode, but the power delta between base and Pro is not enough to double the framerate (especially considering that the CPU is barely more powerful).

@Northern_munkey Same. My bundled controller sucks on battery life, and it has crazy stick drift. Newer controllers last a lot longer and haven’t drifted (yet).

Looks very cool! Will wait to see how the final product turns out. I will say the gameplay graphics seemed like a big step down from the cut scenes, but that’s not the worst thing in the world.

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.