Really wondering what percentage of PlayStation’s playerbase are huge k-pop fans? Must be insanely high for this announcement to make any kind of sense… right?
@graymamba same, I enjoyed the story but felt the vast majority of side content was unnecessary, generic, repetitive padding. Not a millions miles away from the Ubisoft open world formula. I hope this aspect has been vastly improved for the sequel, otherwise I’ll probably be content to wait for a sale before purchasing.
This is the great thing about owning a ps5 for exclusives - all exclusives made by in-house studios (or in this case a timed exclusive using an in-house engine) perform and look exceptional on the base system. No real need to upgrade to a pro unless you use your ps5 for third party as well as exclusives.
So, Sony makes record profits from record levels of in-game micro-transactions. Doesn’t make for great reading if you’re a consumer, if you’re a shareholder you just ride this bubble until it inevitably bursts.
@UltimateOtaku91 I’ve seen an awful lot of current Xbox owners saying it’s only a pc-like console with access to steam and other storefronts that would keep them from moving to PlayStation next generation. If Xbox release another traditional console they’re cooked. They need to do something different, as what they’re currently doing clearly isn’t working.
I’m not even sure the ps5 will still be available for sale by the time the Witcher 4 eventually ships. But I guess the install base will still be huge, especially if ps6 is a $700 machine
@Oram77 they have zero reason to. They’re coasting in terms of hardware sales, they’ve been able to reduce their first party output this generation without any negative impact to market share and their biggest competitor is bringing all their previously exclusive IP to the ps5. If the industry is unanimously increasing software pricing Sony sure as hell will follow suit.
Happy to wait and see how it sells before predicting anything. Maybe Microsoft are just capitalising on Sony’s marketing slogan - “PlayStation, for the payers” 😁
Gamepass means Microsoft can charge whatever they want to “own” their titles, I’ll never pay it and still get to play through their games for the cost of a month’s sub. Frustrating for those that don’t have those options though and still want to play Outer Worlds 2.
@Keyblade-Dan if you’re not into Japanese games like myself I thought this SOP was ‘good’ without being anything more. Lots of multi-platform titles on show. I’m not a fighting game player either, so that was quite a big miss at the end for me personally. Although I totally understand that if the genre is your jam a new marvel 2d fighter was a phenomenal ending.
Was really hoping for a bit more first party stuff as that’s the only reason I bought a ps5 - saros gameplay or something like the rumored 2d god of war would have been a big hit for me.
@AverageGamer my reference to aging was more in line with the idea that older people become much more set in their ways than younger people and are less likely to embrace change. In this case, I’m struggling to embrace this new-look bond over the bond I’ve grown up loving in the films I watched as a kid and adult.
@PegasusActual93 I understand that. But it also feels like the only thing this game has taken from the 007 films is the theme tune. I find that disappointing. But again, maybe that’s because I’m getting old.
He looked really young to me - maybe that means I’m just getting old. Reminded me more of Tom Holland. I’ve never really pictured bond as anything other than a 40-odd-year old man.
Maybe the gameplay carries the game, but my first impressions of a 26 year old bond feel nothing like the film franchise I grew up loving. I guess it’s to try and appeal to a different audience now that the bond franchise has kind of taken a bit of a hiatus.
The Indiana jones game leaned heavily into the films, I feel like this game is more of a reimagining of bond, maybe using the oringal books as source material rather than a doubling down on the cinematic representation of the character.
Prediction; more information on games that have already announced. Not much new, but hopefully some more details on housemarque’s saros and no more time spent on borderlands 4.
If cd projekt can actually fix the inherent and immersion breaking stutter issues plaguing ue5 the game should look amazing. If not, it’s really going to make it difficult to appreciate the graphical fidelity on display.
@Marquez if you’re not going to play ds2 until you’ve finished ds1, why buy 2 if you’ve not completed 1? They’re not going to sell out, unless you’re buying the collectors edition and it could be cheaper post launch. It certainly won’t be more expensive.
@kyleforrester87 it may have sold well, but it’s currently rated as ‘mixed’ in terms of user reviews on steam. There’s clearly a lot of people that have bought the game on PC and aren’t completely enamoured with the experience. Elden ring, by comparison, sits at a ‘very positive’ on steam.
It only sold 200k on PlayStation, I don’t think gamepass is the major reason why this hasn’t sold a ton of units. Forza absolutely smashed sales on PlayStation despite being available on gamepass for several years. Games can still be incredibly profitable and sell despite being on gamepass - expedition 33 sold huge numbers and launched on Gamepass.
Doom is a 15-20 hour single player game, with extremely limited replay value for $70. Most reviews touched on this and I think many people that were interested are waiting on sales before buying.
@Boxmonkey I’m saying that without gamepass doom wouldn’t have seen a penny from me at launch.
Also, doom is made by ID which are owned by Microsoft, the devs aren’t negotiating for their game to be on gamepass. All Microsoft studio games are on the service at launch.
Doom is a single player title that takes around 15-20 hours to complete. Even if you purchased the game, it’s unlikely to maintain your engagement beyond a month. Especially as there’s little to no replay value. I finished the game yesterday having played since Thursday and have no reason to return to it. The game isn’t a live service, massive rpg or multiplayer-centric title, it’s not expected to have engagement beyond a month.
I wouldn’t have spent $70 to own doom; the dark ages, but I ended up subscribing to gamepass to play the title. Crazy, right? Gamepass, in my case and probably many others, actually allowed Microsoft to capture more of the demand curve. That’s revenue that the game wouldn’t have generated had it not been available on gamepass.
@Coffeeglitch your original statement was it requires a 50 series card to run well, so yes that is false.
Digital foundry have done extensive testing with a 4060 and ryzen 3600 and have been able to get 60+fps at dlss quality 1440p no frame gen and using optimised graphics settings.
@Coffeeglitch that’s false. The game’s actually incredibly well optimised. I’m getting 100+ fps on my 4070ti super with everything maxed out at 1440p dlss quality. You don’t need a 50 series gpu to run this game well. I get over 200 fps if I turn on frame gen.
Digital foundry’s pc coverage for doom the dark ages talks about how well optimised the title is and shows how well it can run on an 8gb 4060 paired with a fairly old AMD cpu.
I don’t do live service titles anymore. The final shape and destiny 2 was the end of my live service journey and it felt like more of a relief than a satisfaction to see the 10-year destiny darkness saga come to a close.
Last time I switched on my ps5 was to finish ff16. Next time I switch it on will be for ghost of yotei. Keep making great single player games and I’ll keep engaged and spending money. Focus on trying to tie me up with live service and my PlayStation will remain off indefinitely.
@heavyartillery56 this would be a valid point if it weren’t for the fact that trump’s proposed tariffs are blanket tariffs rather than targeted as used by other countries.
And, no it won’t be better in the long term. All that will happen is that prices will have risen universally across the board for consumers because you’re no longer allowing market forces to operate properly. Labor costs amongst others are significantly higher in the US so if you’re forced to consume domestically produced just because foreign import prices are taxed heavily you’ll just be paying more.
Trump stated that Europeans refuse to buy American cars because of tariffs - that’s false. We don’t buy your cars because they’re excessively large and completely impractical for the majority of European roads. Also, our fuel costs are considerably higher than the US so they’re also significantly more costly to run than other cars.
We don’t buy your beef in the uk because the majority of it is pumped full of growth hormones and we don’t buy your chickens because you wash them in baths of chlorine after they’ve been killed.
The quality of your product is the issue in many cases, not the tariffs.
People saying that tariffs are a convenient excuse to raise prices clearly don’t understand economics.
If a “president” puts a blanket tariff of 30% on electronics imported from a country it makes that product 30% more expensive for consumers of the president’s country.
In order for the manufacturer of those electronics to continue selling in that president’s country to consumers and maintain their pre-tariff price point, they must sell their product at roughly 77% of their previous price point.
If said president’s country happens to account for a large proportion of total sales then it becomes important to try and avoid a significant price increase caused by tariffs in order to minimise the significant loss in sales.
To negate this cost or minimise it, prices can be increased in other non-tariff countries and the extra revenue then used to subsidise the losses incurred in said president’s country.
The company increases prices in other countries where tariffs do not exist by less than 30% in order to subsidise, spread and offset the cost of tariffs in said president’s country.
@Godot25 hundreds of millions into a new game is a drop in the ocean for the development of gta6. Hundreds of millions will probably just be the marketing budget for rockstar 😂
Everyone is rightly moving out the way - although nintendo might be one of the few publishers still free to independently dictate their own release schedule given that gta6 won’t be hitting switch 2.
The sales of ps5 are strong, but it does add evidence to the idea that the console space is close to saturation and no longer a growth market.
It is slightly surprising to me, however, that ps5 sales haven’t overtaken ps4 this generation given that Microsoft is performing so badly. Sony will definitely have absorbed more potential Xbox customers this generation than the last, which should have helped push sales beyond ps4.
Combined sales of series consoles and ps5 are down compared to sales of xbone and ps4 consoles. This either means this generation of high-end console gaming is in decline, or users have moved to other platforms - pc, switch, mobile. If the later, this explains why Xbox and PlayStation are targeting pc releases so hard and why both Sony and Microsoft are rumoured to have handheld systems in development alongside their next-gen conventional console hardware.
@lazarus11 you realise developers don’t just have static graphics and resolution settings for all the current gen consoles, right? Or did you think the pro resolution and graphics settings are the same for all series and ps5 consoles? 😉
Series s will target 30, it will looks considerably worse than the pro, but it’s not going to be 6fps if the pro is 30fps. They won’t be targeting 4k resolution and using the higher graphical settings of the ps5 pro. Sorry to burst your bubble, but that’s not how console optimisations work 😂
@lazarus11 crystal clear. I guess you’d also find it hilarious if your $700 pro couldn’t hit 60fps on GTA6? There’s probably a lot of series s owners with your sense of humor that would 😉
I’m not surprised it looks and runs so well on base ps5. It’s using the decima engine, the same in-house engine used by guerrilla games for the horizon games. Performance mode on base ps5 for forbidden west was outstanding - phenomenal image quality and frame stability. I wish this engine were used in more titles tbh.
I have a fairly decent pc - 32gb ram, 7800x3d and a 4070ti super, I’m not even sure that will be sufficient to run this game at 1440p60 with some form of dlss. Those thinking 60fps on console is within the scope of this game are failing to understand just how big a degradation of image quality and graphical fidelity it would require. Think potato mode. The game would look like absolute ass. Maybe you get a 40fps performance mode on pro, but that’s all I can see happening.
@lazarus11 weird thing to find funny. You have the money for a $700 pro console and you’d find it funny for the game to run at 12fps (essentially unplayable) for those that maybe could only afford a series s entry point into this current generation of gaming?
@Americansamurai1 going to be interesting if it can surpass GtaV launch numbers and revenue.
Probably not, if you look at install base numbers. GTAV launched in 2013 for Xbox 360 and ps3 which had combined sales numbers of 156 million units (80 million ps3 and 76 million Xbox 360). GTA6 will launch next year and at present its target install base ps5 and series consoles is about 108 million units (33 million series consoles and 75 million ps5).
I’m assuming GTA6 will set a new standard not only for quality but also pricing. If rockstar decide to launch it as a $100 title they could well exceed the launch revenue of GTAV. I don’t see series and ps5 consoles shifting another 50 million units by may next year to equal the install base of ps4 and xbox 360 in time for GTA6’s launch. Especially given tariffs and other economic factors.
@JustMyOpinion sub-headline could just read “ps5 pro the best place to play on console.” Again, it’s not that hard to be factually correct whilst also being concise.
@Lysterao also the extra costs involved with physical media - distribution and production (currently exacerbated by America’s instigation of one of the biggest trade wars in recent modern history).
Digital media is by far the most cost effective approach from a publisher/developer viewpoint and at present time looks to be exempt from any issues related to tariffs.
@PlatinumMikey That would result in Xbox being given a dominant market position and a monopoly on the high end console market. Higher prices and less innovation for consumers as a result of operating uncontested. The same will be true of Sony if Microsoft eventually leave the hardware space. Sony can charge whatever they want provided they don’t encroach on the pc market. Given the current extortionate cost and availability of gpu’s this seems pretty easy to avoid whilst still allowing significantly higher pricing and leaving software “risk” largely up to Microsoft and other third parties.
I’m an Xbox fan and I have no issue with this at all. Happy to have all the adverts made for PlayStation if it means I continue to get to play the game on pc for a tenner with gamepass. Can you update the story to better reflect this? 😉
@Nyne11 On topic, it’s sad that the rest of the world is probably going to be plunged into another recession due to higher pricing bought about from tariffs and trade wars. I’m assuming the 10% increase in base ps5 is an attempt to get ahead of the inevitable import cost issues the American market will be enduring and to absorb some of these costs in other markets.
Hopefully the rest of the world can enter into more free-trade agreements and American’s can enjoy spending considerably more money on their own domestically produced goods. I’d rather buy the goods my country has a competitive advantage in producing than be forced to consume those that they don’t.
Hopefully they at least try f2p if the premium paid model isn’t successful, rather than just cancelling like concord. I’m sure the later could have found a niche had they experimented with f2p rather than opting for the nuclear option of canning the entire project
For all those questioning this review score, please understand that all reviews are subjective. They’re not a science, they’re the personal experience of the reviewer. Not everybody enjoys the same thing and everybody experiences different frustrations.
I’ve read reviews from people who absolutely love the puzzle genre and enjoy rogue-likes - they’ve scored the game a perfect 10. If you don’t enjoy these things or the genre is one that you typically don’t gravitate towards it makes absolute sense that this game would review lower. 7/10 is still a great score, particularly given the frustrations that the reviewer experienced.
I’m looking forward to trying this on gamepass - I generally find puzzle games frustrating but I’m interested to check it out and see if I end up enjoying it. I value this review more than the perfect 10s as I feel my gaming preferences are better represented by it.
Comments 379
Re: Blackpink's Lisa Is the New Global Face of PlayStation
Really wondering what percentage of PlayStation’s playerbase are huge k-pop fans? Must be insanely high for this announcement to make any kind of sense… right?
Re: Ghost of Yotei's Pricey $250 PS5 Collector's Edition Is for the Hardcore Fans Only
@graymamba same, I enjoyed the story but felt the vast majority of side content was unnecessary, generic, repetitive padding. Not a millions miles away from the Ubisoft open world formula. I hope this aspect has been vastly improved for the sequel, otherwise I’ll probably be content to wait for a sale before purchasing.
Re: Tech Experts Call Death Stranding 2 'One of the Best Looking Games of This Generation'
This is the great thing about owning a ps5 for exclusives - all exclusives made by in-house studios (or in this case a timed exclusive using an in-house engine) perform and look exceptional on the base system. No real need to upgrade to a pro unless you use your ps5 for third party as well as exclusives.
Re: Fans Can't Believe PS5 Has Made More Profit Than All Previous PlayStations Combined
So, Sony makes record profits from record levels of in-game micro-transactions. Doesn’t make for great reading if you’re a consumer, if you’re a shareholder you just ride this bubble until it inevitably bursts.
Re: The Next Xbox Is a PC, So What Does That Mean for PS6?
@UltimateOtaku91 I’ve seen an awful lot of current Xbox owners saying it’s only a pc-like console with access to steam and other storefronts that would keep them from moving to PlayStation next generation. If Xbox release another traditional console they’re cooked. They need to do something different, as what they’re currently doing clearly isn’t working.
Re: The Witcher 4 Being Built for PS5 First and Foremost, Will Target 60fps
@JAMes-BroWWWn “PC Mass Disgrace crying”
Twelve years old? Do your parents know you’re using the internet unsupervised? 😉
Re: The Witcher 4 Being Built for PS5 First and Foremost, Will Target 60fps
I’m not even sure the ps5 will still be available for sale by the time the Witcher 4 eventually ships. But I guess the install base will still be huge, especially if ps6 is a $700 machine
Re: 'Good Luck with That' - The Outer Worlds 2 $80 Price Has Gone Down Horribly with PS5 Players
@Oram77 they have zero reason to. They’re coasting in terms of hardware sales, they’ve been able to reduce their first party output this generation without any negative impact to market share and their biggest competitor is bringing all their previously exclusive IP to the ps5. If the industry is unanimously increasing software pricing Sony sure as hell will follow suit.
Re: 'Good Luck with That' - The Outer Worlds 2 $80 Price Has Gone Down Horribly with PS5 Players
Happy to wait and see how it sells before predicting anything. Maybe Microsoft are just capitalising on Sony’s marketing slogan - “PlayStation, for the payers” 😁
Gamepass means Microsoft can charge whatever they want to “own” their titles, I’ll never pay it and still get to play through their games for the cost of a month’s sub. Frustrating for those that don’t have those options though and still want to play Outer Worlds 2.
Re: Reaction: Sony Finally Understands the Assignment with One of the Best State of Plays of the PS5 Era
@Keyblade-Dan if you’re not into Japanese games like myself I thought this SOP was ‘good’ without being anything more. Lots of multi-platform titles on show. I’m not a fighting game player either, so that was quite a big miss at the end for me personally. Although I totally understand that if the genre is your jam a new marvel 2d fighter was a phenomenal ending.
Was really hoping for a bit more first party stuff as that’s the only reason I bought a ps5 - saros gameplay or something like the rumored 2d god of war would have been a big hit for me.
Re: James Bond Is Just 26-Years-Old in 007 First Light's PS5 Gameplay Debut
@AverageGamer my reference to aging was more in line with the idea that older people become much more set in their ways than younger people and are less likely to embrace change. In this case, I’m struggling to embrace this new-look bond over the bond I’ve grown up loving in the films I watched as a kid and adult.
Re: James Bond Is Just 26-Years-Old in 007 First Light's PS5 Gameplay Debut
@PegasusActual93 I understand that. But it also feels like the only thing this game has taken from the 007 films is the theme tune. I find that disappointing. But again, maybe that’s because I’m getting old.
Re: James Bond Is Just 26-Years-Old in 007 First Light's PS5 Gameplay Debut
He looked really young to me - maybe that means I’m just getting old. Reminded me more of Tom Holland. I’ve never really pictured bond as anything other than a 40-odd-year old man.
Maybe the gameplay carries the game, but my first impressions of a 26 year old bond feel nothing like the film franchise I grew up loving. I guess it’s to try and appeal to a different audience now that the bond franchise has kind of taken a bit of a hiatus.
The Indiana jones game leaned heavily into the films, I feel like this game is more of a reimagining of bond, maybe using the oringal books as source material rather than a doubling down on the cinematic representation of the character.
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your PS5 Predictions for Summer Game Fest 2025?
Prediction; more information on games that have already announced. Not much new, but hopefully some more details on housemarque’s saros and no more time spent on borderlands 4.
Re: The Witcher 4 Gameplay Revealed, Running on PS5 at 60fps with Ray Tracing
If cd projekt can actually fix the inherent and immersion breaking stutter issues plaguing ue5 the game should look amazing. If not, it’s really going to make it difficult to appreciate the graphical fidelity on display.
Re: Rumour: State of Play Announcement Imminent, PS5 Fans Speculate
@rjejr Metroid prime 4:beyond?
Re: New PS5 Games for June and July 2025
@Marquez if you’re not going to play ds2 until you’ve finished ds1, why buy 2 if you’ve not completed 1? They’re not going to sell out, unless you’re buying the collectors edition and it could be cheaper post launch. It certainly won’t be more expensive.
Re: Elden Ring Nightreign's Massive Success Proves There's a Future for Online Souls
@kyleforrester87 it may have sold well, but it’s currently rated as ‘mixed’ in terms of user reviews on steam. There’s clearly a lot of people that have bought the game on PC and aren’t completely enamoured with the experience. Elden ring, by comparison, sits at a ‘very positive’ on steam.
Re: Poll: Do You Care About the Death of PlayStation Stars?
Replacement program? No chance.
PlayStation; for the payers 😉
Re: Analytics Firm Predicts Paltry Full-Price Sales for DOOM: The Dark Ages on PS5
It only sold 200k on PlayStation, I don’t think gamepass is the major reason why this hasn’t sold a ton of units. Forza absolutely smashed sales on PlayStation despite being available on gamepass for several years. Games can still be incredibly profitable and sell despite being on gamepass - expedition 33 sold huge numbers and launched on Gamepass.
Doom is a 15-20 hour single player game, with extremely limited replay value for $70. Most reviews touched on this and I think many people that were interested are waiting on sales before buying.
Re: DOOM: The Dark Ages Attracts 3 Million Players, Over 2 Million Estimated on Xbox
@Boxmonkey I’m saying that without gamepass doom wouldn’t have seen a penny from me at launch.
Also, doom is made by ID which are owned by Microsoft, the devs aren’t negotiating for their game to be on gamepass. All Microsoft studio games are on the service at launch.
Doom is a single player title that takes around 15-20 hours to complete. Even if you purchased the game, it’s unlikely to maintain your engagement beyond a month. Especially as there’s little to no replay value. I finished the game yesterday having played since Thursday and have no reason to return to it. The game isn’t a live service, massive rpg or multiplayer-centric title, it’s not expected to have engagement beyond a month.
Re: DOOM: The Dark Ages Attracts 3 Million Players, Over 2 Million Estimated on Xbox
I wouldn’t have spent $70 to own doom; the dark ages, but I ended up subscribing to gamepass to play the title. Crazy, right? Gamepass, in my case and probably many others, actually allowed Microsoft to capture more of the demand curve. That’s revenue that the game wouldn’t have generated had it not been available on gamepass.
Re: Inquiry Already Underway Over Lacklustre DOOM: The Dark Ages Opening
@Coffeeglitch your original statement was it requires a 50 series card to run well, so yes that is false.
Digital foundry have done extensive testing with a 4060 and ryzen 3600 and have been able to get 60+fps at dlss quality 1440p no frame gen and using optimised graphics settings.
Re: Inquiry Already Underway Over Lacklustre DOOM: The Dark Ages Opening
@Coffeeglitch that’s false. The game’s actually incredibly well optimised. I’m getting 100+ fps on my 4070ti super with everything maxed out at 1440p dlss quality. You don’t need a 50 series gpu to run this game well. I get over 200 fps if I turn on frame gen.
Digital foundry’s pc coverage for doom the dark ages talks about how well optimised the title is and shows how well it can run on an 8gb 4060 paired with a fairly old AMD cpu.
Re: Reminder: 22 PS Plus Games Expire on Tuesday, Replaced with One of Service's Worst Updates
Still waiting on Spider-Man 2…
Re: Sony to Focus on PS5 Engagement, First-Party Showing Greater Financial Discipline
I don’t do live service titles anymore. The final shape and destiny 2 was the end of my live service journey and it felt like more of a relief than a satisfaction to see the 10-year destiny darkness saga come to a close.
Last time I switched on my ps5 was to finish ff16. Next time I switch it on will be for ghost of yotei. Keep making great single player games and I’ll keep engaged and spending money. Focus on trying to tie me up with live service and my PlayStation will remain off indefinitely.
Re: Even More PS5 Price Increases Being Considered by Sony
Removed
Re: Even More PS5 Price Increases Being Considered by Sony
@heavyartillery56 I have an economics degree, I absolutely understand the impact of tariffs and also the impact of blanket tariffs.
“Because we hold all the cards” - yeah, ok Donald.
Re: Even More PS5 Price Increases Being Considered by Sony
@heavyartillery56 this would be a valid point if it weren’t for the fact that trump’s proposed tariffs are blanket tariffs rather than targeted as used by other countries.
And, no it won’t be better in the long term. All that will happen is that prices will have risen universally across the board for consumers because you’re no longer allowing market forces to operate properly. Labor costs amongst others are significantly higher in the US so if you’re forced to consume domestically produced just because foreign import prices are taxed heavily you’ll just be paying more.
Trump stated that Europeans refuse to buy American cars because of tariffs - that’s false. We don’t buy your cars because they’re excessively large and completely impractical for the majority of European roads. Also, our fuel costs are considerably higher than the US so they’re also significantly more costly to run than other cars.
We don’t buy your beef in the uk because the majority of it is pumped full of growth hormones and we don’t buy your chickens because you wash them in baths of chlorine after they’ve been killed.
The quality of your product is the issue in many cases, not the tariffs.
Re: Even More PS5 Price Increases Being Considered by Sony
People saying that tariffs are a convenient excuse to raise prices clearly don’t understand economics.
If a “president” puts a blanket tariff of 30% on electronics imported from a country it makes that product 30% more expensive for consumers of the president’s country.
In order for the manufacturer of those electronics to continue selling in that president’s country to consumers and maintain their pre-tariff price point, they must sell their product at roughly 77% of their previous price point.
If said president’s country happens to account for a large proportion of total sales then it becomes important to try and avoid a significant price increase caused by tariffs in order to minimise the significant loss in sales.
To negate this cost or minimise it, prices can be increased in other non-tariff countries and the extra revenue then used to subsidise the losses incurred in said president’s country.
The company increases prices in other countries where tariffs do not exist by less than 30% in order to subsidise, spread and offset the cost of tariffs in said president’s country.
Re: GTA 6's New Release Date Raises Concerns It Might Slip Again Beyond May 2026
@Godot25 hundreds of millions into a new game is a drop in the ocean for the development of gta6. Hundreds of millions will probably just be the marketing budget for rockstar 😂
Everyone is rightly moving out the way - although nintendo might be one of the few publishers still free to independently dictate their own release schedule given that gta6 won’t be hitting switch 2.
Re: PS5 Takes Another Giant Stride Towards 100 Million Units Milestone
The sales of ps5 are strong, but it does add evidence to the idea that the console space is close to saturation and no longer a growth market.
It is slightly surprising to me, however, that ps5 sales haven’t overtaken ps4 this generation given that Microsoft is performing so badly. Sony will definitely have absorbed more potential Xbox customers this generation than the last, which should have helped push sales beyond ps4.
Combined sales of series consoles and ps5 are down compared to sales of xbone and ps4 consoles. This either means this generation of high-end console gaming is in decline, or users have moved to other platforms - pc, switch, mobile. If the later, this explains why Xbox and PlayStation are targeting pc releases so hard and why both Sony and Microsoft are rumoured to have handheld systems in development alongside their next-gen conventional console hardware.
Re: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Struggles for Sales in Japan, Despite JRPG Inspirations
The majority of the cast are over 30, there’s no mechs and it isn’t set in a high school. Obviously the Japanese wouldn’t be interested 😉
Joking
Re: GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
@lazarus11 you realise developers don’t just have static graphics and resolution settings for all the current gen consoles, right? Or did you think the pro resolution and graphics settings are the same for all series and ps5 consoles? 😉
Series s will target 30, it will looks considerably worse than the pro, but it’s not going to be 6fps if the pro is 30fps. They won’t be targeting 4k resolution and using the higher graphical settings of the ps5 pro. Sorry to burst your bubble, but that’s not how console optimisations work 😂
Re: GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
@lazarus11 crystal clear. I guess you’d also find it hilarious if your $700 pro couldn’t hit 60fps on GTA6? There’s probably a lot of series s owners with your sense of humor that would 😉
Re: Round Up: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Previews Describe a Metal Gear Glow Up for Kojima Sequel
I’m not surprised it looks and runs so well on base ps5. It’s using the decima engine, the same in-house engine used by guerrilla games for the horizon games. Performance mode on base ps5 for forbidden west was outstanding - phenomenal image quality and frame stability. I wish this engine were used in more titles tbh.
Re: Rockstar Silences the Sceptics, Confirms GTA 6 Trailer Was a Mix of Gameplay and Cutscenes on Base PS5
I have a fairly decent pc - 32gb ram, 7800x3d and a 4070ti super, I’m not even sure that will be sufficient to run this game at 1440p60 with some form of dlss. Those thinking 60fps on console is within the scope of this game are failing to understand just how big a degradation of image quality and graphical fidelity it would require. Think potato mode. The game would look like absolute ass. Maybe you get a 40fps performance mode on pro, but that’s all I can see happening.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Clair Obscur: Expedition 33?
Score this game below a 5 and you’re trolling. To say that this game is anything less than average is a failure to be objective imo.
It’s a solid 9 for me and goty as of now.
Re: GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
@lazarus11 weird thing to find funny. You have the money for a $700 pro console and you’d find it funny for the game to run at 12fps (essentially unplayable) for those that maybe could only afford a series s entry point into this current generation of gaming?
Re: GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
@Americansamurai1 going to be interesting if it can surpass GtaV launch numbers and revenue.
Probably not, if you look at install base numbers. GTAV launched in 2013 for Xbox 360 and ps3 which had combined sales numbers of 156 million units (80 million ps3 and 76 million Xbox 360). GTA6 will launch next year and at present its target install base ps5 and series consoles is about 108 million units (33 million series consoles and 75 million ps5).
I’m assuming GTA6 will set a new standard not only for quality but also pricing. If rockstar decide to launch it as a $100 title they could well exceed the launch revenue of GTAV. I don’t see series and ps5 consoles shifting another 50 million units by may next year to equal the install base of ps4 and xbox 360 in time for GTA6’s launch. Especially given tariffs and other economic factors.
Going to be very interesting either way.
Re: GTA 6 Trailer 2 Is Finally Here, PS5 Graphics Are Jaw-Dropping
Anyone still thinking this game is going to be 60fps on consoles? 😉
Re: Xbox's Gears of War: Reloaded Will Play Best on PS5 Pro
@JustMyOpinion sub-headline could just read “ps5 pro the best place to play on console.” Again, it’s not that hard to be factually correct whilst also being concise.
Re: Xbox's Gears of War: Reloaded Will Play Best on PS5 Pro
@Lysterao also the extra costs involved with physical media - distribution and production (currently exacerbated by America’s instigation of one of the biggest trade wars in recent modern history).
Digital media is by far the most cost effective approach from a publisher/developer viewpoint and at present time looks to be exempt from any issues related to tariffs.
Re: LittleBigPlanet Erasure Continues as Sackboy Removed from PlayStation Productions Logo
@Balaam_ sounds like your friend has an unhealthy trophy addiction and needs to get help 😉
Trophies should be the icing on top of an already delicious cake. Not the reason to eat the cake.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Expedition 33 Debuts in Second Place, Almost All Sales for PS5 Version
@PlatinumMikey That would result in Xbox being given a dominant market position and a monopoly on the high end console market. Higher prices and less innovation for consumers as a result of operating uncontested. The same will be true of Sony if Microsoft eventually leave the hardware space. Sony can charge whatever they want provided they don’t encroach on the pc market. Given the current extortionate cost and availability of gpu’s this seems pretty easy to avoid whilst still allowing significantly higher pricing and leaving software “risk” largely up to Microsoft and other third parties.
Re: A PS5 Exclusive DOOM: The Dark Ages Trailer Isn't Sitting Well with Xbox Fans
I’m an Xbox fan and I have no issue with this at all. Happy to have all the adverts made for PlayStation if it means I continue to get to play the game on pc for a tenner with gamepass. Can you update the story to better reflect this? 😉
Re: PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass Are Not the Future of Gaming, Says US Analyst
@Frmknst wait, gamepass is free now?
Re: PS5 Price Increases Announced by Sony, Immediately Affects UK, Europe, and More
@Nyne11 On topic, it’s sad that the rest of the world is probably going to be plunged into another recession due to higher pricing bought about from tariffs and trade wars. I’m assuming the 10% increase in base ps5 is an attempt to get ahead of the inevitable import cost issues the American market will be enduring and to absorb some of these costs in other markets.
Hopefully the rest of the world can enter into more free-trade agreements and American’s can enjoy spending considerably more money on their own domestically produced goods. I’d rather buy the goods my country has a competitive advantage in producing than be forced to consume those that they don’t.
Re: Marathon a 'Premium', Paid for Game on PS5, But It's Not $70
Hopefully they at least try f2p if the premium paid model isn’t successful, rather than just cancelling like concord. I’m sure the later could have found a niche had they experimented with f2p rather than opting for the nuclear option of canning the entire project
Re: Mini Review: Blue Prince (PS5) - A Deceptively Deep Puzzler That Delights and Confounds
For all those questioning this review score, please understand that all reviews are subjective. They’re not a science, they’re the personal experience of the reviewer. Not everybody enjoys the same thing and everybody experiences different frustrations.
I’ve read reviews from people who absolutely love the puzzle genre and enjoy rogue-likes - they’ve scored the game a perfect 10. If you don’t enjoy these things or the genre is one that you typically don’t gravitate towards it makes absolute sense that this game would review lower. 7/10 is still a great score, particularly given the frustrations that the reviewer experienced.
I’m looking forward to trying this on gamepass - I generally find puzzle games frustrating but I’m interested to check it out and see if I end up enjoying it. I value this review more than the perfect 10s as I feel my gaming preferences are better represented by it.