Nobody knows how good this game really will be. People talk more about the graphics than the gameplay. Excitement looks different.

@Leinad7 No, Minecraft is one of these games which could reach Asha’s infamous “one billion players every day”. You can’t reach them with PC and Xbox consoles only. And if you add mobile, the most important platform for this goal by far, then why would you avoid Switch and PlayStation? It’s like Netflix would avoid bringing its app to Amazon hardware, totally bonkers.

Minecraft is in my opinion the only potential contender to become the third “metaverse game” besides Fortnite and Roblox, a real multi-billion dollar game Hulst and Miyamoto dream of.

Making Minecraft Xbox-exclusive would be madness, and Microsoft knows it.

Would be interesting to read what kinds of AI tools will be integrated and how they will affect the workflow. AI assisted Q+A could be very effective, because it would repeat the most stupid task over and over again.

@Balaam_ There was no reason in the world to release now. CD Projekt could have chosen a release in December or even January, with all the bugfixes and optimisations, but still long prior to the new expansion. It’s a remaster most people won’t pay a penny for!

CDPR. CDPR never changes.

This rumour, whether right or wrong, will have an effect on the sales numbers on consoles. Sony and Microsoft won’t be happy about it!

Imagine a PS5 with a similar form factor and colour like a PS4 Slim, without a bulge that lets the disc drive look like a lump.

Metro Exodus is almost for free now.

@TheDudeElDuderino Arrowhead, the studio behind Helldivers 2, is part of PS Studios, like Santa Monica, Guerrilla and Naughty Dog?

Hermen probably didn’t expect that GT7 will be PS Studios’ most successful Live Service game.

@DennisReynolds The problem is that the minimum subscription duration is just a month. Make it 12 months, and many problems are solved.

Btw, this game got very good reviews. It will be an evergreen and a title to get people into Xbox and Game Pass.

Microsoft should consider a complete three-disc release, seriously, as a premium product for 100 dollars. Such boutique editions are important to shape a brand (and make some extra money).

Outer Wilds

Still enjoying it a lot. Sonething I’ve never seen before, perfectly executed, a true classic.

@Krazybone You think I talk about audio lag for a streaming device without knowing about (additional) Bluetooth lag?!

The reason for the audio lag is a big audio buffer which Sony chose. It’s particularly longer than the video buffer. Because if the connection drops video signals, there are only small artefacts on screen. Dropped audio signals result in ugly noises, so Sony must take care to avoid all of them, for which a big buffer helps.

Sony could introduce a second mode for stable connections with smaller buffers, which would reduce latency for both video AND audio.

The PS Plus cloud streaming settings disappeared. The horrible audio lag remains unchanged.

The sales numbers for audio CDs are stabilising, especially because of K-Pop. Young people learn the benefits of a tangible product in a cloudy world, which is not the ability to share or resell, but emotional connection.

I hope that Sony learns this again. Microsoft sees an unexpected opportunity to differentiate Xbox in the next generation!

I hope for a modded version of Astro Bot Rescue Mission which will work with my PSVR2 (and yes, I know, that would be a lot work to do, but Claude is a hardworking guy).

They should bring this to Switch. The right stick of my first pair of Joycons had horrible drift.

So basically a non-story

Now, the free standard version of Cod WWII appeared in my app, alongside the Gold Edition and the Digital Deluxe Edition which were there from the start.

Weird, but finally I could claim it. My digital library will shrink to a fraction when my PS Plus subscription expires in December. Nice to have an entry more to test on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

@kitfitso No, not working. I can only access the store in Germany, which doesn’t list the standard edition, while trying to claim it from the UK store returns an error message.

No big issue, I have enough games to play, even when my PS Plus expires in December (and I won’t renew it, not any more).

@get2sammyb COD WWII isn’t for free for me.

Never been so quick in claiming a game in the PS Store!

That means many people can enjoy Bloodborne, RDR2 and other PS4 games in 60 fps. If the publishers don’t bring the patches, the community will!

@asdfghjklz Look at the guy in this video, then you know.

Bend Studio could finally make Discs Gone 2.

Why hasn’t anyone told me about Mr Toilet before? I wouldn’t have started playing a new game now, this game deserves all my focus.

@GirlVersusGame Lost in translation, probably. What I meant:
1) All this “hard stuff” may be impressive for young boys, but more mature gamers will hardly be impressed by this sensationalism, at least I am.
2) The “good boyfriend” thing seems to be a gameplay mechanic. Hold the hand of Lucia etc. when the game says, basically QTEs. I thought we got finally rid of them.

This game looks so clunky and slow to me, talkative like a JRPG of the worst kind. But maybe it’s the trailers, where they avoided running, fast driving, skipping dialogues etc. to look more “cinematic”.

So basically, the perfect game for 14yo boys, who are easy to impress. At least they learn to be good boyfriends!

I’m surprised that we haven’t seen a die-shrink from 7 nm to 6 nm or smaller. Could both reduce manufacturing costs and heat, therefore a smaller and cheaper heatsink could be used. Sony will probably sell base PS5 units until the end of the decade as the budget machine.

@nessisonett I thought the same thing, but QSSR seem to work on the former firmware version as well. QSSR is probably not tied to the firmware, but a feature of the SDK, and it is delivered with the binaries.

Now, don’t stop selling physical games on discs, and Sony is back in our hearts!

This is impressive. Sony uses FP16, because PS5 has no INT8 support (and therefore can’t run FSR4). And everyone said that an ML upscaler based on FP16 would be prohibitively expensive. Hats off.

And now watch what the latest iteration of Unreal Engine 5 delivers, with Hardware Lumen, Megalights, and all that at 60 fps.

This generation has just started!

There are also both Revelations titles left for remakes. The remake team has more than enough work for the foreseeable future.

@Quintumply Why do you give persons like “Geralt of Goonia” a stage at all? Just to push out another article on an emotional topic? You knew that everyone here will complain about this story, it’s just one more of these same stupid little internet wars.

PushSquare is better than that.

If the rumours are true and the next games after Intergalactic will be TLoU 3 and Uncharted 5 (?), then there seems to be not enough confidence in Intergalactic to make Intergalactic 2 for the foreseeable future.

I am not regretting my cancellation of PS Plus, taking effect in December… yet.

@Czar_Khastik What is the “exclusive” bonus for preordering it? A digital shirt with a big L, showing your PS buddies that you are “PlayStation fan for Life”?

Funny that in this chart, it is tanked only forth in Iceland. “Laufey” is an Icelandic word (or more precisely: a Old Norse name still in use in Iceland).

None of these pictures gives me the feeling of “I want to be there and do things”.

Today, I started a new playthrough of The Witcher III (who hasn’t). Despite knowing it, I still get magically drawn into this world.

I think it’s the “realism” of GTA 6 that turns me off.

Wouldn’t be surprised if Sony would push its release to the release of PS6, as a cross-gen title, as Nintendo did with Breath of the Wild. But UNFORTUNATELY, that’s too late for a disc release.

@asdfghjklz The sales numbers for both PS5 and PS5 Pro have never been very high in Japan. Low supply in America are no “proof” for high demand in Japan.

@get2sammyb I actually thought the same, and suppöy and demand must meet. But I’d like to see some evidence that demand is really as high as claimed. Do you know some statements from analysts, retailers or Sony itself regarding this?

@get2sammyb „While sales of the PS5 haven’t been particularly impressive in Japan recently, the PS5 Pro is in high demand“

Latest weekly sales numbers from Japan
PS5: 7,628 units
PS5 Pro: 219 units

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/09/japanese-charts-fire-emblem-fortunes-weave-shifts-over-120000-physical-copies

This is such a “trying to please everyone” move. The right decision would be to remove these trails to secrets completely, without an option.

If the developers have an artistic vision, they should follow it radically. Hideo Kojima may be a weird guy making controversial games; same with Masahiro Sakurai, Hideki Kamiya, Hidetaka Miyazaki. But the consequence in their games make them interesting and classics.

I mentioned also the lack of Sony’s support for PSVR2. It’s hard now for me to trust Sony.

Interesting to read that GTA 6 will be so successful in these GotY events. I have only seen trailers so far, and I can’t say whether it will be a lot of fun or not. There are indications for both (combat looks fun, being an attentive boyfriend not so much).

@get2sammyb Is the standard PS4 version also eligible to be converted to Remastered?

@AhmadSumadi You know that “battery life” means something different here, right? Here, it’s about to slow down the ageing of the battery, which results in a loss of capacity and increased probability of a battery failure. When the maximum state of charge of a battery is limited to e.g. 80%, the destructive chemical processes within the cell, which are the highest for high SoC values, are slowed down, therefore the calendrical ageing is significantly reduced. That’s especially important for devices like the Portal, for which very high SoC values are very likely (Portal turned off, fully recharged and then unused for several weeks or months).

@get2sammyb „It doesn’t sound like a particularly great deal for Sony, regardless of how influential Kojima is.”

And now the deal is even worse for Sony, because Sony doesn’t see anything for the money it already spent.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is probably paying less than Sony would have to pay for the remaining development, and it will be marketed first and foremost as an Xbox title.

The root cause of this mess is a PlayStation top management which was (and still is) making questionable decisions.

How could they get into the mess they are in now? A totally unforced downfall.