Max_the_German

RE Requiem is a real 10/10 for me, and I‘m pretty hesitant with this verdict. AAA at its finest. Wouldn’t be surprised if sales numbers would exceed 30m copies, an absolut evergreen!

I‘ve never really played a MH game. I‘ve heard that MH Rise has arguably the best gameplay, but only with the DLC.

Is this PS Plus version a good entry point for getting into MH?

That scary game

@get2sammyb PlayStation is so strong as a platform in the moment, people buy PS5s without PS5 exclusives. No wonder SIE closes studios to reduce the payroll.

This must be really frustrating for the SIE publishing department:

Sony‘s great games like Spidey and God of War find only limited resonance, while Microsoft games like Forza Horizon are a huge success on PlayStation.

I understand why FromSoft isn’t interested in a Bloodborne Remake from Bluepoint. I‘m playing Demon‘s Souls 2020, and it doesn’t look like a FromSoft game, while the original definitely does (based on a lot of footage I‘ve seen).

A Bloodborne Remaster would be a much better idea, but this option is likely gone forever.

Let’s hope that one day, there’s a massive PS5 security breach, and we can play Bloodborne with the 60 fps patch from Lance Mcdonald!

From what I’ve seen in videos, the art style may look terrific. But I think that after playing for a long time, it could become stress for the eyes.

Last year at GamesCom Fan Zone:

This rumour gives us relief, but I‘m a bit scared of it.

Sony hoped for good PC sales to co-finance the development of the big, identity-shaping titles with absurd budgets.

Without this perspective (which should be the case for a few years now, seeing the poor PC sales), Hulst (or his successor) will hesitate to give his OK for development even more.

@themightyant No, there are many games out there, but most games just not interesting or good enough for me.

I started RE Requiem just 30 min ago, and it is great. But I don’t need an PS5 for it, it looks good and runs well on my Switch 2.

My original message is about Sony trying out so many things and getting distracted a bit by it. And if Sony focuses, it is neither on cinematic single-player games and especially nor on VR, but live service. It’s about the compass what once made PlayStation (and in particular PS4) so great, and I‘m interested whether you also got the feeling that the compass is lost or not.

@LogicStrikesAgain And still, nine games on this list are very similar sequels, one game a remake.

Returnal, Astro Bot, Wolverine, Intergalatic. That is the list with completely new experiences from PS Studios, and with Astro Bot, I’m generous.

This Eurogamer article from November reflects my feelings about the PS5 very well:
https://www.eurogamer.net/five-years-from-launch-the-ps5-is-a-roaring-success-so-why-doesnt-it-feel-like-it

Sony puts its toes in many waters: VR, live service, PC games, mobile games, games on other consoles, streaming and streaming devices, headphones, luxury controllers, the list goes on.

But where the f*ck are the great cinematic single-player games, for which people chose PS4 over Xbox?

Has Sony Interactive Entertainment lost its compass? And if so, when did it start? When In 2021 when JAPAN Studio was closed? Or in 2016 when Japan-based SCE was transformed into California-based SIE?

GT7 is the most successful live service game of a PS Studio. Popularity of GT7 im Japan is high I assume. Japan is Nintendoland nowadays. Sony has already brought Hermen’s baby, the Horizon IP, to Switch. And why should Nintendo hesitate to give Polyphony a devkit? Nintendo can only benefit from it, making the Switch platform more interesting and earning money with game sales.

GT7 on Switch 2 makes perfectly sense to me.

@AaronBayne

Being only a little disappointed that no disc is included, but not too surprised. The sad testament of years of bad business practices from Sony, and many people just swallowed it.

Hey Mika, people are still pi**ed. Could you please make a short video with actual gameplay, nothing spectacular, just enough to post something? People already love Saros, and this will help distracting them, the Wolverine release date release wasn’t enough. Thank you! Best, Hermen

This trailer shows captivating gameplay and is exactly the way Embark made Arc Raiders such a success.

Finally I‘m hyped!

@sonicmeerkat

Wolverine T-rated? You made my day.

@AhmadSumadi

„They did remakes and you all hate remakes.“

This isn’t true. Many here would love to see remasters of games like Ico, The Last Guardian and Bloodborne for PS5.

What they don’t like („hate“) are remasters of games that already run great and look fine on PS5 like The Last of Us Part 2, Horizon Zero Dawn, Days Gone. Remakes that distract the original developers from making new games like The Last of Us Part 1, Until Dawn.

Bluepoint was perfect for making remasters and remakes, so the original developers could focus on new games. Too sad that both Bluepoint and Sony didn’t see this as the best way forward for this team.

The purchasing button also shows the regular price crossed out.

This new extra information is an indication that we could see permanent price reductions in future, as it’s the case with FF7 Rebirth:

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/02/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-permanently-cheaper-on-ps5-from-next-week

@EfYI

I bought PSVR2 day-one, and Sony didn’t even port Astro Bot Rescue Mission or paid/supported Capcom to port RE7 and Bandai Namco to port Ace Combat 7.

Sony did everything to make the PSVR2 a „must-own“.

These games are cheap for Sony. And so feels the whole Essential service quality.

@get2sammyb

"We will celebrate our roots with a renewed commitment to Xbox starting with console which has shaped who we are"

After years of „This is an Xbox“, I am not sure that she’s talking about a closed system.

I don’t see a contradiction between „renewed commitment to console“ and publishing on PlayStation. Because PlayStation is a console, isn’t it?

I understand this renewed commitment to console as „We will not only make PC games, but will release on consoles as well“. The obvious goal is to make Xbox something like Steam, one of the most important market places for PC games. Both companies, Microsoft and Valve, will offer console-like PC hardware, like Xbox Rogue Ally, Steam Deck, Steam Machine.
The differences: Microsoft will have many studios and a great output of games as a publisher. And Microsoft will publish priced games on consoles.

@LogicStrikesAgain Yes, all electronic devices are affected by RAM prices. But the African population rises, the wealth there is increasing, and people will buy PCs for their homes.

Maybe you would be surprised to find out on Steam what the typical PC specification of Steam users is. It is not high-end!

@Oram77 No, I avoid X to preserve my sanity.

I think that Phil Spencer will be remembered as the person who made Microsoft the biggest games publisher in the world and started the process to make Xbox a PC brand, similar to Steam.

What’s clear to me is that there are 8 billion people on earth, and consoles business isn’t growing, while PC is. We will see what the future brings.

@Oram77 AI is not the impression I got when reading this paragraph. Business models are about how to make money, not about how the product is made. „New ways to play“ sounds awful like „live service with permanent monetisation“ to me.

But I have no doubts that Microsoft will use AI to accelerate the development process. AI slop though? Who wants to pay for slop?

@Oram77

Quote from the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Asha Sharma:

„We are witnessing the reinvention of play. To meet the moment, we will invent new business models and new ways to play by leaning into what we already have: iconic teams, characters, and worlds that people love.“

Sounds a lot like „Live service game, based on God of War, developed by Bluepoint“ but for Xbox IPs and studios.

I thought that Studio Santa Monica wanted to make a Norse trilogy?!

Sony could give Bloodborne Remastered (a remake isn’t needed) to Virtuos, buy them and close them five years later.

I‘m waiting for the announcement of a third Horizon live service game. Hermen seems to love his IP.

Demon‘s Souls from 2020 was also the last hurrah of Japan Studio.

Something at Sony Interactive Entertainment died with the release of the PlayStation 5.

@KilloWertz

If it were that easy to manufacture RAM with competitive costs, more companies would do it. But this requires years of experience and enough orders feom the market.

Imagine that a new manufacturing site is built for a billion dollars, and suddenly the AI bubble bursts. This one billion dollars would be a bad investment!

@Oram77

Sony could ask Microsoft to make an PS6 exclusive for launch…

I thought that AI data centres use classical hard disk drives like any other data centre, due to the lower prices per Byte.

So these are bad news (not the only ones today).

My financial tip: When you hear „China attacking Taiwan“ in the news, run to the next electronics shop and buy all iPhones your credit card allows. You could sell them a few months later for a multitude of their original price!

@TrollOfWar

You mean, user AdamNovice is now angry on Sony, but will buy the next Horizon game Digital Premium Edition day 1 with a smile? Hermen thanks a lot.

@Gbarsotini

Naughty Dog was also forced to make a live service game, which was then cancelled by Bungie. It’s not ND‘s fault!

„If there's any kind of positive to take from this, it at least sounds like Sony is trying to relocate Bluepoint employees to other PlayStation teams.“

Sounds like a safe Haven to me.

That‘s also bad news for Austin as a location for video game development.

Retro Studios made the tragically bad Metroid Prime 4; Nintendo is likely investigating what to do with this expensive studio.

Sony could „inspire“ Nintendo…

Sony‘s playing fair game$ with its best studios.

Hermen, step down.

"Bluepoint Games is an incredibly talented team and their technical expertise has delivered exceptional experiences for the PlayStation community. We thank them for their passion, creativity and craftmanship."

Ar*eholes

What a waste of talent and passion. We were all happy when Sony acquired Bluepoint, and now this crap.

That sounds genuinely unbelievable to me.

@drakenpwn

It has a 60 fps mode. It is not rock solid, but good enough for most of us:

https://www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/avowed-ps5-pro-features-are-thin-on-the-ground-but-the-port-is-solid

@1970sGamer

Rich people are not crazy but eccentric.

Seriously, have you read about a post from Elon Musk some two weeks ago, where he says in a sad voice that money doesn’t make happy? He seems to be a poor guy, without love in his life. I wouldn’t change with him.

Todd Howard, what a weird guy

RPG is often such a hollow term these days. When Guerilla Games called Horizon: Zero Dawn an RPG, I knew that everyone can call there games RPGs as well, as long as there are quests and some kind of system to level up different stats.

@PuppetMaster

Sony and Nintendo compete: for time, attention and money of the customers.

If RE9 were releasing not day 1 on Switch 2, or if that version were too heavily compromised for my taste, I‘d have bought the PS5 version, and Sony would‘ve earned 20 euros or so. But I bought it for Switch 2 (as part of the RE Generations Pack), and Nintendo got these 20 euros.

Phil Spencer said that YouTube, Netflix, Tiktok and Instagram are the biggest competitors for the video games business, and I find this thought at least interesting. In such a world, Nintendo and Sony are the toughest competitor possible.

@PuppetMaster Because even worse than an Arrogant Nintendo is no real competition for Sony at all. People are used to pay higher prices for games on PSN than on Steam and accept it. An Arrogant Sony, without real console competition, could rise its revenue share from 30 to 35 or 40%, and games released on PSN would get even more expensive. Having another platform holder as a corrective to prevent such excesses is good.

@PuppetMaster I said there is the danger of Arrogant Sony and the existence of Arrogant Nintendo. I can’t see why this should be no admitting that Arrogant Nintendo exists.