@dschons A miracle! Games with 3D controllers like Moss got ported, I can confirm, I played them. And Astro Bot Rescue Mission uses standard controls, even simpler.

A port (yes, I remain to call it that) is totally feasible with an appropriate effort.

@dschons What? Why not? The systems for 3D detections differ, yes. But why should it me more complex than bringing a game from an x86 Windows platform with dedicated graphics to an ARM FreeBSD platform with shared memory?

Sony could task Flat2VR Studios with porting Astro Bot Rescue Mission to PSVR2.

And because of the positive press this would generate (and Sony needs positive news), Sony could use its PR budget for that AND earn some money from sales!

Cyberpunk 2077 released in 2020. Does that mean that Neo Berlin 2087 should release in 2030?

@Czar_Khastik Download codes on paper are so lame. Sony could instead put the expansion on the disc.

Not the game code, the download code.

@kyleforrester87

PS Blog says „Ghost of Yōtei: Echoes of Sekigahara is our new narrative expansion“

not

„Ghost of Yōtei: Echoes of Sekigahara is our new narrative downloadable content“

@revansgc If that is true: What the heck is Sony doing here?

Other publishers often avoid the process of re-certification of their discs at Sony, because this process takes some time. So they keep the discs unchanged (one nice counterexemaple seems to be Elden Ring SotE edition in Japan, which some people claim has a patched version on the disc).

But for SIE as both the publisher AND platform holder, there is no excuse. Even a two-disc solution would be totally appropriate for such a high-profile release.

THIS is what physical games are made for:

The complete version of a game, with many bugfixes (just checked the patch notes) and improved game balance

You can play this disc without internet connection, now or in 20 years, and you will always have a super-polished experience!

@Damo

Review score 9/10, same as Metroid Prime 4 on Nintendo Life.

When will fanboying for first-party games on Hookshot Media finally come to an end?

@tabris95 This is a competitive fighting game. This is not your daily Ubi or China or Eurojank were you can play for many weeks with severe compromises until the problems get patched out. It must work from the release till the last competitive players stop playing (which can be decades later, over LAN).

Unstable framerates and stuttering are just not acceptable in this case.

„Also, most instances you have to register online to play anyhow.“

What a cynic. If discs are inconvenient because you need an internet connection anyway to register online for a single-player game, „make internet downloads mandatory“ is NOT the most obvious answer.

Man, I know that I won’t love a game when it greets me with

• a 500 pages long EULA I have to accept,
• several long texts explaining that this game shows fiction and is made by a diverse team of happy shining people from all around the globe of all genders, races, religions, favourite breakfasts, …, and
• a publisher-specific login

„discs just – and note I said discs – don't really make sense for the consumer“

GTA6 on regular Switch 2 cartridge confirmed!

„We cautiously decided to bring even more ads to out customers. And we are convinced that it will not harm our core business in the slightest.“

@tclarke90 Don’t be so rude. I could swear that the article originally was like „Now you can apply PSSR 2 on games with PSSR 1 support“. Stephen edited the article after my comment without mentioning it.

Didn’t this feature exist before? I understand the patch notes differently: „PSSR 2 upgrade“ is now the default setting.

Please correct mr if I‘m wrong!

@ChuckRage77 You’re right. I also prefer physical media which don’t require installations or downloads. Great that you appreciate that, too!

I choose the easiest, least controversial answer: Hyrule from Breath of the Wild.

Exploring the world gives you the magic sense of wonder you probably encountered as a child playing your first games. Expertly crafted without any doubt.

This world is the reason why this game is frequently regarded as the best video game of all times by reputable journalists and game developers.

I will always be baffled how important these digital accolades for many players are.

I vividly remember the first time I defeated Ornstein and Smough. I remember it because of the fight itself, presented by the game, with epic music and an unhealthy heart rate. Not because of a system-wide implemented messaging system. But maybe some players need the praise of others for their motivation.

Ubi will be remembered as the publisher with the best „PS5 upgrades for PS4 games“ portfolio.

GTA5 came in sixth, selling more than double the numbers than Halo.

GTA6 could become a success…

The company of Jared Kushner will own 1.1%.

The company of John Kushner wanted to own 20% of FIFA Forward Enterprise, the failed attempt of Gianni Infantino to privatise the FIFA World Cup.

I don’t like these combined actions of Mohammed bin Salman and Donald Trump

Moon is a huge Desert.

General advice: Play Signalis!

Big Walk looks like a lot of fun. But I won‘t play it, due to the lack of interested friends and the need for organising. So I will limit my engagement to watching the upcoming video from videogamedunkey.

And again, the five-course burger menu AC wins. Gourmets prefer other meals.

@get2sammyb „but the irony is I think it supports it better than any other manufacturer in the present.“

This statement was and is very debatable. While PS5 discs may more often include full games than Xbox discs (which is only partially usefull in a world of heavy bugfixing in the weeks after release), an Xbox Series X accepts discs of ALL generations (not all discs, tbf).

Early PS3 models accepted PS1, PS2 and PS3 discs. But PS5? Only PS4 and PS5! This may still be a very high number, but Xbox backcompat is still unmatched. Even PS fans can agree.

@get2sammyb There are more than enough poor or mediocre months. But this month is genuinely good. I don’t get this negativity either.

„We will cautiously stop all disc production and cautiously keep forbidding other disc manufacturers to print PS5 discs. And we will cautiously not change our mind.“

@Swandivetotheasphalt I think the primary driver won’t be PS Plus, but digital sales in general and GTA6 in particular.

I‘m actually surprised that the number of physical sales was 18% of all physical sales. And I assume that many digital sales are heavily discounted or smaller (and therefore cheaper) games.

That means: The revenue generated by physical games should be significantly higher than 18% of the total revenue of game sales (in-game currencies, DLCs etc. excluded).

With the arrival of the digital-only GTA6, this will change though.

@SintasSays I know these atrocities. But let’s see whether the roles and conflicts of the Kuomintang and the Communists are depicted in a nuanced way.

And by the way: The fact that a massacre is part of a game which is about the fight of two armies wouldn’t be needed. But the devs want to fuel negative sentiments.

The hostilities in Europe could be ended after WWII, but those in Asia are still well and alive. This game will probably be full of nationalism, and the Japanese will be depicted as pure *****, while the Chinese will look like honourable heroes. I expect a total lack of nuance.

It’s like Sony were forbidding tap water,

and PushSquare would ask for 24/7 opening hours for supermarkets so we can buy water bottles at every time.

Instead of hundreds of games, I‘d rather had only twenty, but all of the quality of Half-Life: Alyx and Astro Bot Rescue Mission. Without Capcom, I’d have regretted my purchase!

I wouldn’t be surprised to see the announcement of a new PS5 Slim Slim:

• Smaller formfactor
• Digital-only without the option for disc drives
• Only 512 GB SSD without an upgrade slot

The „budget PS5“ for the next 5 years, or, to put it more simply: the „2DS of PlayStation“

Edit: Ofc „without the option for disc drives“

@Juanalf The main difference between PC gaming from Sony and Capcom is:

You can get RE Requiem day and date on all platforms.

Where Sony tried this model (e.g. Helldivers 2), it worked!

@ShogunRok The real „Brutal Reality Check“ is that for Capcom, PC accounts for roughly the double revenue than PlayStation.

And Sony decided to leave the market for PC games.

Are these numbers for the number of sales or the revenue? I think it’s the latter.

Either way, 6.7% of the total sales becomes 20.4% of all consoles sales. Assuming that a huge chunk of the sales for consoles are digital, discounted older games, the physical share for the new games is not looking bad. Maybe a third?

Edit: @PazuzuOvBabel You were five minutes earlier than me, and we both had the same thoughts about these numbers. But our findings wouldn’t make up a sensationalist title for an article.

I‘m a bit afraid that after so many years without a major new release, ND could be a bit out of practice, and Intergalatic wouldn’t be on the same level as their three great PS4 titles.

The cancellation of the Live Service game could have damaged the motivation in the team; years of great work for nothing.

What a nice selection!

Maybe Sony wanted to react to the bad reactions regarding the stop of physical games (still horrible) and threw all the bangers of the next months together.

@yohn777 Remember Our Promise!

I‘m rather interested in the Power Saver Mode. Not to use it un my PS5, but as an indication of how PS5 games would run on the rumoured PS handheld.

More specifically: Will it run games like Spidey 2 with 30 or 60 fps?

I’m a snob and unwilling to play on 30 fps any more. And with almost all games on PS5 and Nintendo games on Switch 2 targeting 60 fps, I think I‘m not alone.

An 800 euros PS handheld for predominantly 30 fps gaming would be very hard to swallow.

There is the category „United Kingdom“, and I live in a country in the category „Rest of EMEA and Asia“.

I really hope that Count Binface wins.

@BecauseBecause So I hope that I didn’t hurt you too much with my stupidity. There are so many publishers for books, would be great to see more, affordable publishers for video games on physical media.

@GamingGod The pictures of your collection will make Sony mad!!!

@dschons I hoped that it was clear that „these small indie games“ should reference to really small ones, and I used the big ones as an example. But you would be surprised that niche titles get a physical versions as well, just check the websites of Limited Run Games, iam8bit, Strictly Limited... It’s more of a boutique thing for affluent gamers I must admit.

@BecauseBecause Okay, I forgot about these small indie games. BUT even these devs have the opportunity to release physically. It’s not the cheapest option, but I bought the physical version of Animal Well, my copy of Silksong should arrive in October, and I‘m still waiting for the physical version of Mina the Hollower be announced. All for Switch, btw.

Totally helpless show.

What really helps:
1) Remove all your banking accounts and credit cards from PS Store
2) Cancel the automatic subscription extension for PS Plus
3) STOP BUYING DIGITAL GAMES AND OTHER DIGITAL CRAP FOR YOUR PLAYSTATION

Great that Sony knows what’s good for me. Only cynics would call that patronising!

@ButteredCrumpet Okay, I can imagine how a brute force backcompat solution for PS5 software without Power Saver mode could look like. With almost every PS5 game supporting 60 fps, cutting the framerate by half on a system level might not feel great latency-wise. But combined with an automatic resolution decrease of 50% on both axes, it should result in an effective and reliable fallback solution in handheld mode for games without adaption, and it fits well to the rumoured specs for CPU, RAM and GPU, compared to base PS5.