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@Jammer the worst paid devs there make 90-100k dollars a year, the best paid up to 200k (google it). Wether you consider that good or bad is up to you. But, it's a 400 person studio (insomniac is 450 for comparison). We can ballpark these studios cost 40-50m a year to keep open.
In the same 6 years since TLOU2, insomniac will have released released 4 new games and a remaster. Naughty dog released 2 remasters.
I hope you understand why they aren't in the best of positions atm. Missing milestones in the new project at this time would make sony very nervous, if they aren't already.

They should remake zero, but include the important parts of Sky 3rd in a playable prologue.
I think they got a nice thing going here and it's good to keep focus and pace and skip what isn't on the same level.
Just make zero an even better entry by including what's needed from 3rd.

So... we should rewatch it in 10 years? Ok i'll keep a note of it.

In all seriousness, i dislike it. This is content that should be in the games, not in a TV show.

Sounds like he had the right idea.
The japanese home market has been shrinking for a long time. I believe Sky 1st also released on switch consoles and it made little difference.

I know some people will be upset with me saying this, but this studio hasn't put out a new game in 5 years, and it will likely be another 2 or 3 before it does.
We know there was mismanagement, but it's time they start putting out again and being this far behind one year after the announcement is worrying.
I am not surprised that Sony put them under fire. I am sure everyone there is very well paid and the studio is now at risk of closure if they don't pick up.
So, i am afraid this may be required to save the studio at this time. They need to start hitting those milestones.

I couldn't care less about it having trophies. Happy that it's here.

I am thinking they will announce the new version of starfield as well.

I don't understand why he left sega just to make more yakuza games, but ok.

@Sbee Yes, i forgot to mention that the other choice is that they recanonise the whole thing.
With the remake coming soonTM i guess they can change the lore.

@PerpetualBoredom What do you gain from such a post? I plan my purchases in advance. Am i not allowed to be upset?

This... raises a lot of questions.
In the old republic... when?

This is not KOTOR 3 like some miscreants were in delusion of to the rest of their days. That story had been told.
So, this is either a side story during SWTOR, that is still ongoing, or takes place after? That is the big question. A galaxy on the brink of rebirth presumes that it's after or in parallel with the current arc.

With that said, the cynic in me knows that this is a pitch trailer more than anything and they are looking for funding. I don't want to get excited before i know this will be real.
The remake should still be coming. I was surprised we didn't get news. The remake should release way before this does. I am thinking 2027 release with unveil next year.

Jesus, they are really spending that BG3 money. This campaign must've cost 2 million dollars overall and they don't even have gameplay to show.

Looks interesting. I'm in.

It pisses me off that they hid him all this time. Why play stupid games like this? Well... now i had already decided not to get it at launch and the hype is gone. Too bad. Play stupid games, gain stupid prizes. I'll get it on sale later on.

I hope the smudge textures will be gone. I won't hold my breath until i test it though.

Couldn't care less about some investments company not getting the biggest ROI possible on their shares.
Oh no! Anyways...

We can only hope netflix is willing to sell them afterwards, cause they have little interest in gaming. They will end up being shut down otherwise. Netflix gave up on AAA title development. All they do are cheap mobile games.

I was expecting new sometime next year. I believe it's been in development for about 3 years now, 4 next year. Which is about time for it to come out.

Edit: i've seen enough evidence from still shots now that show mistakes i'd expect from AI.
I changed my mind. There is AI being used here.

Well... the only problem is it doesn't look like carmageddon.
Carmageddon is an open world game.
This looks more like twisted metal with tracks.

That is simply not true. The game didn't change at all from beta to release. The low res textures and bad performance were still there as they still are to this day.

It's pretty depressing that the devs are listening to the vocal "souls" crowd more.

I have little hope for the next TU reading what i just did. I will see what sort of improvements arrive, but i am not optimistic.
It is almost certain i will be skipping on the expansion without drastic improvements. Bring on the next rise. I have had enough of this half baked game.

I think the Action RPG part is a bit odd. It's not how i would describe titles in the series, perhaps with the exception of Blood Omen. So, maybe it was a remake/remaster of that?
I really don't think this was a soul reaver remake.

If chrono cross returned, yes, chrono trigger will return as well.

But, a remake could be!

Quite the viral campaign this ended up being. Smart stuff. The actual reveal will be disappointing though, i'm sure. But, it got the attention now.

Umm no, it had a problem of live service. It means everything else except those sequels didn't get greenlit.

God i hate that. No, the silent protagonist does not become the player. I am clearly not the character in the screen nor do i live in that world. It just makes that mute character look very weird cause the other characters need to speak for it.
With that said FFX took some steps back as well. The size of the world felt much smaller with the loss of the traversible world map.

I really wish the silent protagonist trope would go away. It's a huge bummer that hurts the storytelling.

Well... yeah. It's much smarter to make it DLC.
Though personally, i do like getting physical releases with all of the content.

Ultimately, consoles made the mistake of pushing online communities to the PC due to the online play barrier they put up.
As such, it's unsurprising that multiplayer live service games like helldivers 2 gain more traction on pc than single-player games.
So, yeah, after the novelty wears out, i am not surprised PC gamers lose interest.
Online pay walling was a greedy shot in the foot with real consequences. They got money in one hand and let it escape in the other.

I am afraid that with the way social media is and how negativity drives engagement, this is the way forward to prevent an uncontested negative narrative from being formed.
I am in support of it. I have seen several good games fall prey to the disinformation in the last year and i do believe that it is the best for companies that will often be under fire and unfair scrutiny such as big RPG developers like Bethesda and Bioware, which are often dragged into social wars.

I bought the oblivion remaster day 1. If i had read all the negativity beforehand, i probably wouldn't and would have missed a perfectly good game that i loved. I do care about performance, but people nowadays tend to exaggerate in order to again, drive that engagement. I simply reached a point where i don't trust social media anymore.
Having a plurality of opinions out there from day one does allow more opinions to be heard and not be smothered by parroting and disinformation.

Yes, waiting for that Starfield port. It's the only thing that marginally interests me.

Well... the fact that they decided to say something is well... something?
But, "team"? I don't think there is a team any more. The series creator left after release. The staff likely were put working on MH wilds and/or got reassigned to the new Kamiya team.
I doubt there is an actual DD team left. They will be working on Okami atm and probably the next DMC after.

I would be very surprised if they were working on anything for this game, even this series atm. This one will be in cold ice until the next DMC comes out. Even then... i don't know if they have someone that will champion it. I don't see Kamiya picking it up.
But, given these sales, the higher ups might try and get a new project going in the future.

Seriously?! They are taking the piss.

A smart decision.

The steam deck sold 4m in 4 years. In console terms that is a bomb. I don't expect this to be much different.

@BearsEatBeets They still have over 200 people. I don't know exactly with all the lay-offs. They were 273 in 2022.
I also have found out that they hired at least one person this year. Hopefully she is not part of these lay-offs, as she is the best chance at a new legacy of kain game.

@Cerny Yes.

I rate it... a nothing burger.
Though it's cool to see tokyo extreme racer back.

Yeah, it's a bit overpriced. I will wait for a sale.

This one might be up my alley. I hope for exciting announcements.

Putting "infite" on your game title is becoming a meme.

I'm a bit disappointed to see such a negativity farming article, but it's just the internet these days.
What did you want? For them to show pre-alpha stuff so you can say how rough it looks? Bioware just released a game. Mass effect is only now starting full development.

Btw as i see the usual silly comment, DA the veilguard is a great game. Don't listen to the negative nancy's.

Well... given GTA6, it's dangerous to give a new release window. You need to avoid that.

I expect actually. The Xbox will be a PC and the switch 2 won't be able to run some of their games currently in development, so it's very likely playstation will get console exclusives of these, but a release on PC as well. 🤷‍♂️

It would be ideal if obsidian was working on a new fallout.
If we have to wait for bethesda it's gonna take a long time.

I do not believe this is legal in europe so i don't expect it to be on here, but something was off yesterday with the sales.
I had the discount price on ps4 but not on ps5, where it was still showing normal pricing. So, i think they broke something.

GTA3 was all about italian mafia culture. But, yeah... whatever. I haven't been interested since.

I mean... just cause few people are left doesn't mean they won't do it.
I would personally like a new mad max though.
The last just cause was released in 2018. It's mad if they saw that much turnover in 6 years.

Wasn't MGSV open world? Certainly it does...
But, it's not like everything needs to be an open world game.

E33 just doesn't appeal to me at all. There sure is a lot of buzz over it, but i really don't like the art style and way the game looks.
Also, not crazy about the idea of dodging in a turn based game.