I think a lot of "physical only people" will have a unpleasant surprise coming when the next PS Portable is launched. Guess what, you won't be able to stick a disc inside the portable. But that toxic petroleum based plastic in your shelves looks might good doesn't it.
Nice to know. I'll stay away from Sony branded TV's in the future. It's a weird move though. Selling of the TV business is one thing. Selling their brand name to a chinese budget shop is another thing. It might cause irreversable damage to the Sony brand as a whole. Very strange. Though times at Sony HQ?
@TheArt Major difference between Bloodborne and KCD2. KCD2 is just a walking and talking simulator. It's the most overhyped RPG I've ever wasted money on.
At this point they might as well save GTA6 for the next-generation PS6 and Xbox consoles. I'm not buying it on PS5 specifically for that reason, I'd rather get it patched up and in a better state on the PS6 1-2 years down the road (from the launch time).
Too bad. Indy is a much better and more interesting game for most people than Wolfenstein is. Was hoping for a Indy successor. Not gonna bother with another Wolfenstein.
Well that's disappointing. Come on Sony, get your act together and focus on making new games instead of this BS. This generation has been really poor regarding 1st party games.
@nomither6 How does Nintendo's catalogue target kids? I would say the opposite. Actual adults, and not teenagers and adolescents who pretend to be adults, enjoy the playfullness of Nintendo's titles. Do you seriously think adults only want the dark grim and cinematic nature of most PS titles? No... These games are mostly played by "kids" who think that is what adults do.
Take a look at the sales numbers. A "adult" PS game is sold at 5-10m numbers. A Nintendo "kids game" is sold at 40-80M numbers. Do you think that there are SO much more kids playing games? No... Most likely the opposite. As you mature, you realise that life is full of serious stuff already, so why fill it with even more serious/dark/grim/disaster crap that the PS platform is targeting. The playful and hopeful feeling of Nintendo titles attract actual adults equally much, if not more, than all those "adult titles" on PS.
There's a reason why Nintendo's titles sell like hot-cakes. Success for Nintendo is not 5 million or 10 million titles sold... It's 20+ million sold. The software sales say everything.
Sony's sales numbers are very, very, very underwhelming by comparison. Why is that, if it is the platform that adults choose and prefer (with more money to spend)?
In Nintendo's world, the Ghost of -series is a total sales failure, as an example.
@GamingGod thats mostly what kids say. That Nintendo is for kids and PS5 is for adults. I'm 47. And my switch 2 is primarily used docked with my OLED. Again, your assumptions is entirely wrong.
@GamingGod you're wrong. I have a PS5 Pro and a Switch 2. They both compete equally for my time and money. Actually I have the Nintendo subscription, but have cancelled PS+ Essential because it's simply far too expensive. 80 bucks for Sony, 20 bucks for Nintendo, for online play and cloud saves. I don't want or need old monthly games I've already bought or have no interest in playing. If I had to choose one to keep, I'd keep the Switch 2.
I have bought a lot more games on the Nintendo in the last 6 months than on the PS5. Many of the games are available on both, but the flexibility of the switch 2 for games like Silksong, Hollow Knight, Dragons Quest 1-3 remakes, Hades 2, Vampire Survivors, and many more. These types of games play equally well on the switch 2.
So tell me how they don't compete and are in different markets?
Mostly everything will be delayed and see a signifcant increase in cost. There is RAM in our phones, our TV's, consoles, laptops, desktops, amplifiers, cars, appliances, wifi routers, VR headsets, tablets, guitar amplifiers, smart watches, photo cameras, cinema cameras, security systems, alarms, and a whole lot more.
64GB (2x32) kits of DDR5-6400 cost $300 in september. Now the same kits cost $1500 where I live.
People think this only affects homebuilt PC's, but it will literallt affect EVERYTHING, including macbooks, laptops, phones, everything. Happy days.
I'm pretty sure we'll see significant price increases on the PS5 and PS5 Pro in the next 2-3 months. According to Samsung (the worlds biggest manufacturer of RAM) they expect this demand and supply issue will continue into 2028-2029 when new factories come online. Which means prices will stay high until then.
Probably just another dark cinematic game in true Druckman style. No thanks. The reviewers might like it, but I'm fed up with all this dark overly serious type of cinematic games that Sony keeps focusing on. Where are the fun games? The positive games? The shorter games that doesn't require an entire evening scheduled to "stay in the story"? This studio has lost it's touch.
@djlard spot on! I can only do a game like BG3 once a year. Maybe! Even 40 hour games is a drag. Some games have introductions of like 5-10 hours which are horrible. Shorter games is where it's at. And it works so well with the Switch 1/2 instant sleep/resume.
Starting a new game on my PS5 is like... Ok, do I have all the evening for this? Cause it'll take minimum 2 hours to just learn the basics... Ugh.
@Boxmonkey No, it's not. As someone who has worked with the LLM's and technology behind GenAI, the technology is just getting a foot in the door now. In the next 5-10 years, you will probably see how big of a change and impact it will make, and I'm sad to say not in a good way for most employed people in tech or "office work". Anything that can be done on a computer AI will be able to do far more efficiently. Work that requires physical labour is protected.
My work and role (working with infrastructure and AI implementations) will probably be eaten up by AI in the next years too, and I'm currently scrambling to find out alternative work, because I can see what's coming, and I also can see what upper management wants... They want AI. And they don't care for the workforce.
After 5 hours in this game I deleted it. The hype is real on this one. The beginning is messy and unclear. I have no idea about the people in my party. Or why we are going on an expedition. The gameplay is not fun. The story isn't really there. But it has great music.
No idea how this game could win as much. Several of mt friends feel the same and also didn't enjoy the game. Must be an internet hype phenomenon.
Persona 5 Royal and Baldurs Gate 3 are my all-time favorite games which are also turn based. E33 doesn't even come close to touching them.
This is really bad for the TV, movie and gaming industry. All future games will probably be mobile only based on Netflix Gaming, and pay-to-play, microtransactions, and subscriptions will be a part of everything. Cinemas will be hit as well, since Netflix will focus on making all content primarily for streaming.
Not good. Anyone thinking this is a good deal has no idea.
Personally I was hoping for some good Batman sequels in the future, as well as the Hogwarts Legacy sequel.
Not so sure I will see any of those on PlayStation now. Netflix will probably push everything into the Netflix Gaming model, which I refuse to use. I will also never subscribe to Netflix again, it's a nasty company that has brought politics into entertainment. No thanks.
@Exerion76 same here. Can't stand these inflated play times full of filler content. 15-25 hour games with a solid story and varied content is ok. I have a life outside gaming, so anything that takes 80-150hrs just feel like a drag no matter how good it might be. Including BG3 which took me 150 hours to complete, and never ever again.
This is actually one of the few games I do want a remake of. We got MGS remake, and I wish for a few more remakes in the MGS series also, but I absolutely loved Splinter Cell, especially the first one, and I'd love a proper remake.
@LogicStrikesAgain Release it finished and complete on day one. That's all. It clearly wasn't. Not a problem for me, since it's a copy-paste of the first one, which I did play and found to be one of the most repetitive and boring games I've ever played. So I will never buy this sequel. But people that pre-order or play on day one should get the best experience, not the people buying it at %50 discount a year or two later.
It was clearly not finished and properly optimized at launch, otherwise this patch would not have to exist. Why on earth are you sheep encouraging and accepting this BS from studios?
I'd love a patch for this game that made it less dweeby and cliche in some of the dialogue options and voice acting. It just sounds so lame, it's just trying too hard to be cool, and it's a huge embarrasing turnoff.
I feel sorry for all the players that played the game on release. Personally I always wait aroun 6 months before I play a new title, just to be sure that things are patched up and optimized properly. It shouldn't be necessariy.
Sucker Punch should have released the game with this patch baked in. Can developers please start making things right BEFORE they ship?
Sounds good. Destiny 2 never clicked for me. But I loved Destiny 1. Hopefully they can actually try to make a decent and coherent story. D2 was just so disconnected, confusing, and all over the place, it just never grabbed me.
@windxtravelerx I don't want to see it flop. But it seems like just another mediocre live service attempt with color characters and skins to appeal to the Fortnite crowd. Not my cup of tea. And not what most Bungie fans were asking for or hoping for either. And the last playtest was garbage, so... I'm expecting this will fail. Maybe not as miseraly as Concord, but not far from it.
I'd much rather have shadow drops than all these delays and disappointments and hype articles on games that are years away... I'm sure websites like this disagrees with me, but I don't care. I hate reading fiction based rumors and garbage news.
There is a hidden cost to these ports that nobody talks about. The cost is the value of the PlayStation ecosystem. Me and many people I personally know don't consider the PlayStation a necessary purchase any more, the games will come to PC some day in a patched and fixed state anyway, so it's just better to wait than to buy a PlayStation console. Most people have patience to wait to play a game. I never ever play games day 1 because I know it takes 6-12 months for a game to be fully patched, fixed and optimized anyway.
This attitude from very very many people is a huge direct cost to the PlayStation brand and value of the PlayStation console business as a whole. I don't subscribe to PSN any more, and I plan on selling my PlayStation once I've finished a few more games from my backlog. I know very many people share the same thought.
Compare that to the Switch 2, which I won't sell for anything. Why? Because I know the next Zelda game will be there and only there, I love replaying BotW and ToTK - especially at 4K60 now. I love replaying Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2. The console itself is worth holding on to because it is the ONLY place my favorite games exist. Can't say the same for PlayStation any more, I can play many of my favorite PS games on a Steam Deck and Steam Machine in the future, and that's a better solution for me as a customer. I don't need the PS console any more, thanks for Sony's effort in putting their games on PC. Talk about shooting themselves in the foot.
And the only storefront I will use is Steam. Not interested in any of the other stores, even though I have a huge collection of games on Epic Store that I got for free over the years, I just have zero interest in using anything but Steam personally. Sony can release a launcher, but no thanks, I won't buy the games there.
To everyone saying Microsoft should have seen this coming. Microsoft is and always will be a software company (its kinda in the name even!). It has never been a hardware company. The company is founded on software for office and productivity, that is where 95% of Microsoft's revenues comes from. The Xbox was just a tiny little spec of dust on the balance sheet.
I wonder how this will affect a future PS6 release. I'm sure Sony and Nintendo has solid contracts in place that ensures them a fixed price for a very long time / for the duration of the hardware generation they are in. But the PS5 is at the end of it's generation soon, so...
At this point Intergalactic and GTA6 should just be PS6 launch titles. And I mean that seriously. I don't want a "remaster" with PS6 upgrades for a upgrade fee one year after release, that would be disgusting.
@Gedrick You can upgrade the RAM (It uses standard SO-DIMM sticks) and SSD (it uses a standard NVME interface that fits all normal sizes). But the CPU/GPU (APU) and VRAM can't be upgraded.
@Mythologue Exactly. My favorite thing to do on Steam Deck is emulation. Playing SSX Tricky, the original game, is fantastic for me. It was my favorite game on PS2. With the Steam Machine I could emulate anything, and have it properly on my TV with a proper controller. That is a huge WIN. And I can play moderns like Baldurs Gate 3 and other games. Maybe not at the best settings, but good enough, and have access to run everything I want via emulation without having to pay ANY MONTHLY FEES. WIN!
@add286 It's not a strange comparison at all. Because PSN is REQUIRED for online play and cloud saves, something which is 100% free on Steam and PC. So yes, if you want to play online, which many people do, then the comparison is 100% valid.
Over the lifetime of a console generation, the fact is, that PSN subscription to be able to play online costs MORE than what the console cost to purchase for BASIC functionality like playing online and cloud saves.
@Shinnok789 Yeah thanks to the AI bubble RAM prices has skyrocketed for everyone, and that'll affect everyone in the future. If the price of RAM stabilize at its current or even higher level, then it's gonna make ALL devices noticeably more expensive in the future.
@Toot1st Depends what you play. I don't personally care for Sony's "movie like" cinematic games. Good graphics doesn't make an interesting game. For me personally TLOU, Horizon and Ghost of Tsushima/Yotei are very repetitive and uninteresting/boring games. I'd much rather play an older game like Dishonored 1/2 at 4K60 than these new boring games. And the Steam Machine will have no problems doing that. I can't even buy a decent version of Dishonored on PlayStation, it's still stuck at a sub 1080p 30fps version because I cannot go into the settings and simply increase the resolution or framerate myself, something I can do on every Steam device easily without having to wait and pay for a "performance patch" that might not never come (Bloodborne).
By the way, you also have to factor in the cost of PSN. Let's say you buy a new console for an entire generation, which let's say lasts 7 years. Sony's cheapest subscription with a yearly price is $80 yearly for cloud saves and online play. Over a generation (7 years) you would have paid $560 to be able to play online and have your saves synced... Which is more than what you paid for the console!
The Steam Machine offers free online play and free cloud saves. So you save $560 over the course of a generation. On top of that games are overall cheaper on Steam.
Power isn't everything. The freedom of the Steam Machine + Steam Deck combination is a breath of fresh air in the current market, where all these consoles are walled gardens that limits you in where and how you can play your games. I don't need to buy remasters or remakes just to get 30>60fps on a Steam Machine or Steam Deck. I can just go in and change the settings. So that is even more money saved. Software support is significantly better on Steam because you can change these settings yourself. Upgrade the hardware? No problemo, just go into the settings and increase the fidelity and fps, you don't have to wait for slow developers to make a "performance patch" that costs you $10 on top the wait time. Want to mod your game? You have the freedom to do so in any way you want, without the ecosystem owner telling you what mods you can and cannot install due to their policies.
People keep saying that the system is weaker than a PS5. It's not. The GPU is. The CPU is much stronger. The amount of memory combined is much stronger. It will have FSR4, which is much better than FSR and PSSR on the PS5 Pro. For example, the PS5 can't do 60fps in many cases because of the CPU - not the GPU. Even the PS5 Pro is stuck on the ancient Zen2 CPU architecture.
That's what you get when you keep making the same slop year after year... It was bound to happen, especially when Microsoft Gaming entered the picture. Take a look at Microsoft's history in entertainment and media software and devices. There's a lot of products and services in that graveyard. Microsoft's approach to consumer and entertainment is productivity, which will never ever work. And they never ever learn, and keep making the same mistakes over and over again. I bet that in 5-10 years Microsoft Gaming will be VERY different than what it is today. And not in a good way.
@nomither6 Nah, I'm just saying its much better to pay $20 yearly than $80 yearly (PSN). Are you seriously defending Sony's insane greed of requiring you to pay $80 yearly to play online and have cloud saves?!
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Re: Rumour: GTA 6 Might Not Launch Physically at First to Avoid Leaks
@Berry48 A company doesn't do exactly what you want? oh no... cry me a river.
Re: Rumour: GTA 6 Might Not Launch Physically at First to Avoid Leaks
I think a lot of "physical only people" will have a unpleasant surprise coming when the next PS Portable is launched. Guess what, you won't be able to stick a disc inside the portable. But that toxic petroleum based plastic in your shelves looks might good doesn't it.
Re: Rumoured Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas Remasters Not Expected to Be Out Any Time Soon
Please do a proper REMAKE of New Vegas. It deserves it. Not just a remaster.
Re: The End of an Era: Sony Spins Off Iconic Television Business
Nice to know. I'll stay away from Sony branded TV's in the future. It's a weird move though. Selling of the TV business is one thing. Selling their brand name to a chinese budget shop is another thing. It might cause irreversable damage to the Sony brand as a whole. Very strange. Though times at Sony HQ?
Re: Bloodborne Mentioned: Director Calls it a 'Special Game' and the 'Strongest Reflection' of Himself
@TheArt Major difference between Bloodborne and KCD2.
KCD2 is just a walking and talking simulator. It's the most overhyped RPG I've ever wasted money on.
Re: Talking Point: Did ANTHEM Deserve the Hate?
I wouldn't know. I stay away from ***** games.
Re: Sony May Be 'Planning Its Entire Calendar' Around GTA 6, Says Jason Schreier
At this point they might as well save GTA6 for the next-generation PS6 and Xbox consoles. I'm not buying it on PS5 specifically for that reason, I'd rather get it patched up and in a better state on the PS6 1-2 years down the road (from the launch time).
Re: Rumour: Indiana Jones Dev to KO More Nazis in Wolfenstein 3 on PS5
Too bad. Indy is a much better and more interesting game for most people than Wolfenstein is. Was hoping for a Indy successor. Not gonna bother with another Wolfenstein.
Re: Sony Patents AI Assistant That Can Help You Beat Games, or Just Beat Them For You
Well that's disappointing. Come on Sony, get your act together and focus on making new games instead of this BS. This generation has been really poor regarding 1st party games.
Re: Xbox Sales Hit New Low in UK, Barely Competes with PS5 at This Point
@GamingGod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_Switch_video_games
Re: Xbox Sales Hit New Low in UK, Barely Competes with PS5 at This Point
@nomither6 How does Nintendo's catalogue target kids? I would say the opposite. Actual adults, and not teenagers and adolescents who pretend to be adults, enjoy the playfullness of Nintendo's titles. Do you seriously think adults only want the dark grim and cinematic nature of most PS titles? No... These games are mostly played by "kids" who think that is what adults do.
Take a look at the sales numbers. A "adult" PS game is sold at 5-10m numbers. A Nintendo "kids game" is sold at 40-80M numbers. Do you think that there are SO much more kids playing games? No... Most likely the opposite. As you mature, you realise that life is full of serious stuff already, so why fill it with even more serious/dark/grim/disaster crap that the PS platform is targeting. The playful and hopeful feeling of Nintendo titles attract actual adults equally much, if not more, than all those "adult titles" on PS.
There's a reason why Nintendo's titles sell like hot-cakes. Success for Nintendo is not 5 million or 10 million titles sold... It's 20+ million sold. The software sales say everything.
Sony's sales numbers are very, very, very underwhelming by comparison. Why is that, if it is the platform that adults choose and prefer (with more money to spend)?
In Nintendo's world, the Ghost of -series is a total sales failure, as an example.
Re: Xbox Sales Hit New Low in UK, Barely Competes with PS5 at This Point
@GamingGod thats mostly what kids say. That Nintendo is for kids and PS5 is for adults. I'm 47. And my switch 2 is primarily used docked with my OLED. Again, your assumptions is entirely wrong.
Re: Xbox Sales Hit New Low in UK, Barely Competes with PS5 at This Point
@GamingGod you're wrong. I have a PS5 Pro and a Switch 2. They both compete equally for my time and money. Actually I have the Nintendo subscription, but have cancelled PS+ Essential because it's simply far too expensive. 80 bucks for Sony, 20 bucks for Nintendo, for online play and cloud saves. I don't want or need old monthly games I've already bought or have no interest in playing. If I had to choose one to keep, I'd keep the Switch 2.
I have bought a lot more games on the Nintendo in the last 6 months than on the PS5. Many of the games are available on both, but the flexibility of the switch 2 for games like Silksong, Hollow Knight, Dragons Quest 1-3 remakes, Hades 2, Vampire Survivors, and many more. These types of games play equally well on the switch 2.
So tell me how they don't compete and are in different markets?
Re: Microsoft CEO Really Wants You to Stop Calling Generative AI 'Slop'
This guy is crazy. I sincerely wish him the worst. He has no morals or ethics.
Re: Rumour: PS6 Could Be Delayed Due to RAM Price Chaos
Mostly everything will be delayed and see a signifcant increase in cost. There is RAM in our phones, our TV's, consoles, laptops, desktops, amplifiers, cars, appliances, wifi routers, VR headsets, tablets, guitar amplifiers, smart watches, photo cameras, cinema cameras, security systems, alarms, and a whole lot more.
64GB (2x32) kits of DDR5-6400 cost $300 in september. Now the same kits cost $1500 where I live.
People think this only affects homebuilt PC's, but it will literallt affect EVERYTHING, including macbooks, laptops, phones, everything. Happy days.
I'm pretty sure we'll see significant price increases on the PS5 and PS5 Pro in the next 2-3 months. According to Samsung (the worlds biggest manufacturer of RAM) they expect this demand and supply issue will continue into 2028-2029 when new factories come online. Which means prices will stay high until then.
Re: Naughty Dog Forces Crunch to Get PS5 Exclusive Intergalactic 'Back on Track' for Mid 2027 Release
Probably just another dark cinematic game in true Druckman style. No thanks. The reviewers might like it, but I'm fed up with all this dark overly serious type of cinematic games that Sony keeps focusing on. Where are the fun games? The positive games? The shorter games that doesn't require an entire evening scheduled to "stay in the story"? This studio has lost it's touch.
Re: Japan's New Language Locked PS5 Hasn't Made a Massive Difference to the Format's Domestic Fortunes
@djlard spot on! I can only do a game like BG3 once a year. Maybe! Even 40 hour games is a drag. Some games have introductions of like 5-10 hours which are horrible. Shorter games is where it's at. And it works so well with the Switch 1/2 instant sleep/resume.
Starting a new game on my PS5 is like... Ok, do I have all the evening for this? Cause it'll take minimum 2 hours to just learn the basics... Ugh.
Re: Talking Point: With Expedition 33 Winning Best Indie Game, What Does 'Indie' Mean to You?
It's not an indie game. It's not as good as the hype says either. It didn't deserve all those awards.
Re: Divinity Dev's Comments on Generative AI Trigger a Total Social Media Sh*tstorm
@Boxmonkey Did you see me complaining? Your time and energy is just as much wasted as mine. Congrats!
Re: Divinity Dev's Comments on Generative AI Trigger a Total Social Media Sh*tstorm
@Boxmonkey No, it's not. As someone who has worked with the LLM's and technology behind GenAI, the technology is just getting a foot in the door now. In the next 5-10 years, you will probably see how big of a change and impact it will make, and I'm sad to say not in a good way for most employed people in tech or "office work". Anything that can be done on a computer AI will be able to do far more efficiently. Work that requires physical labour is protected.
My work and role (working with infrastructure and AI implementations) will probably be eaten up by AI in the next years too, and I'm currently scrambling to find out alternative work, because I can see what's coming, and I also can see what upper management wants... They want AI. And they don't care for the workforce.
Re: 'These Claims Are Not Accurate': Activision Denies Complete Call of Duty Rethink After Sluggish Black Ops 7 Sales
Whenever Microsoft Corp gets involved - this happens...
Re: Expedition 33 Breaks the Game Awards Record for Most Gongs in a Single Show
After 5 hours in this game I deleted it. The hype is real on this one. The beginning is messy and unclear. I have no idea about the people in my party. Or why we are going on an expedition. The gameplay is not fun. The story isn't really there. But it has great music.
No idea how this game could win as much. Several of mt friends feel the same and also didn't enjoy the game. Must be an internet hype phenomenon.
Persona 5 Royal and Baldurs Gate 3 are my all-time favorite games which are also turn based. E33 doesn't even come close to touching them.
Re: Hogwarts Legacy, Mortal Kombat Publisher Warner Bros Bought for $82 Billion by Netflix
This is really bad for the TV, movie and gaming industry. All future games will probably be mobile only based on Netflix Gaming, and pay-to-play, microtransactions, and subscriptions will be a part of everything. Cinemas will be hit as well, since Netflix will focus on making all content primarily for streaming.
Not good. Anyone thinking this is a good deal has no idea.
Personally I was hoping for some good Batman sequels in the future, as well as the Hogwarts Legacy sequel.
Not so sure I will see any of those on PlayStation now. Netflix will probably push everything into the Netflix Gaming model, which I refuse to use. I will also never subscribe to Netflix again, it's a nasty company that has brought politics into entertainment. No thanks.
Re: Octopath Traveler 0 (PS5) - Perfectly Fine JRPG Action
@Exerion76 same here. Can't stand these inflated play times full of filler content. 15-25 hour games with a solid story and varied content is ok. I have a life outside gaming, so anything that takes 80-150hrs just feel like a drag no matter how good it might be. Including BG3 which took me 150 hours to complete, and never ever again.
Re: Splinter Cell Remake Gets Its Original Game Director Back
This is actually one of the few games I do want a remake of. We got MGS remake, and I wish for a few more remakes in the MGS series also, but I absolutely loved Splinter Cell, especially the first one, and I'd love a proper remake.
Re: Ghost of Yotei Gets 'Incredible' PS5 Pro Frame Rate Boost Thanks to New Patch
@LogicStrikesAgain Release it finished and complete on day one. That's all. It clearly wasn't. Not a problem for me, since it's a copy-paste of the first one, which I did play and found to be one of the most repetitive and boring games I've ever played. So I will never buy this sequel. But people that pre-order or play on day one should get the best experience, not the people buying it at %50 discount a year or two later.
Re: Ghost of Yotei Gets 'Incredible' PS5 Pro Frame Rate Boost Thanks to New Patch
It was clearly not finished and properly optimized at launch, otherwise this patch would not have to exist. Why on earth are you sheep encouraging and accepting this BS from studios?
LAUNCH IT DONE, OR DONT.
Re: Rumour: Cyberpunk 2077 News Teased for 5th Anniversary
I'd love a patch for this game that made it less dweeby and cliche in some of the dialogue options and voice acting. It just sounds so lame, it's just trying too hard to be cool, and it's a huge embarrasing turnoff.
Re: Ghost of Yotei Gets 'Incredible' PS5 Pro Frame Rate Boost Thanks to New Patch
I feel sorry for all the players that played the game on release. Personally I always wait aroun 6 months before I play a new title, just to be sure that things are patched up and optimized properly.
It shouldn't be necessariy.
Sucker Punch should have released the game with this patch baked in. Can developers please start making things right BEFORE they ship?
Re: Destiny 3 Allegedly in 'Extremely Early Development', Could Be a Tentpole Title for PS6
Sounds good. Destiny 2 never clicked for me. But I loved Destiny 1. Hopefully they can actually try to make a decent and coherent story. D2 was just so disconnected, confusing, and all over the place, it just never grabbed me.
Re: The Much Maligned PS5 Shooter Marathon Returns for Another Playtest in December
@windxtravelerx I don't want to see it flop. But it seems like just another mediocre live service attempt with color characters and skins to appeal to the Fortnite crowd. Not my cup of tea. And not what most Bungie fans were asking for or hoping for either. And the last playtest was garbage, so... I'm expecting this will fail. Maybe not as miseraly as Concord, but not far from it.
Re: The Much Maligned PS5 Shooter Marathon Returns for Another Playtest in December
Looking forward to see this game flop.
Re: Are Shadow Drops the Future? Bethesda's Betting on Them After Oblivion Remastered Success
I'd much rather have shadow drops than all these delays and disappointments and hype articles on games that are years away... I'm sure websites like this disagrees with me, but I don't care. I hate reading fiction based rumors and garbage news.
Re: Sony Estimated to Have Made $1.5 Billion from Steam, But the Novelty Is Wearing Off
There is a hidden cost to these ports that nobody talks about. The cost is the value of the PlayStation ecosystem. Me and many people I personally know don't consider the PlayStation a necessary purchase any more, the games will come to PC some day in a patched and fixed state anyway, so it's just better to wait than to buy a PlayStation console. Most people have patience to wait to play a game. I never ever play games day 1 because I know it takes 6-12 months for a game to be fully patched, fixed and optimized anyway.
This attitude from very very many people is a huge direct cost to the PlayStation brand and value of the PlayStation console business as a whole. I don't subscribe to PSN any more, and I plan on selling my PlayStation once I've finished a few more games from my backlog. I know very many people share the same thought.
Compare that to the Switch 2, which I won't sell for anything. Why? Because I know the next Zelda game will be there and only there, I love replaying BotW and ToTK - especially at 4K60 now. I love replaying Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2. The console itself is worth holding on to because it is the ONLY place my favorite games exist. Can't say the same for PlayStation any more, I can play many of my favorite PS games on a Steam Deck and Steam Machine in the future, and that's a better solution for me as a customer. I don't need the PS console any more, thanks for Sony's effort in putting their games on PC. Talk about shooting themselves in the foot.
And the only storefront I will use is Steam. Not interested in any of the other stores, even though I have a huge collection of games on Epic Store that I got for free over the years, I just have zero interest in using anything but Steam personally. Sony can release a launcher, but no thanks, I won't buy the games there.
Re: Quick Thinking from Sony Should Shield PS5 from RAM Shortages for Now
To everyone saying Microsoft should have seen this coming. Microsoft is and always will be a software company (its kinda in the name even!). It has never been a hardware company. The company is founded on software for office and productivity, that is where 95% of Microsoft's revenues comes from. The Xbox was just a tiny little spec of dust on the balance sheet.
I wonder how this will affect a future PS6 release. I'm sure Sony and Nintendo has solid contracts in place that ensures them a fixed price for a very long time / for the duration of the hardware generation they are in. But the PS5 is at the end of it's generation soon, so...
Re: Don't Expect Intergalactic PS5 to Launch Until at Least 2027
At this point Intergalactic and GTA6 should just be PS6 launch titles. And I mean that seriously. I don't want a "remaster" with PS6 upgrades for a upgrade fee one year after release, that would be disgusting.
Re: 'Terrible' Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 European Sales Are a Devastating 63% Below Battlefield 6
Everything that Microsoft touches rots. Although CODs death is long overdue.
Re: Valve's Steam Machine May Not Be As Affordable As a PS5
@Gedrick You can upgrade the RAM (It uses standard SO-DIMM sticks) and SSD (it uses a standard NVME interface that fits all normal sizes). But the CPU/GPU (APU) and VRAM can't be upgraded.
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@add286 Thats fine, then they cannot play online, a restriction imposed by Sony by having the $80/yearly paywall.
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@Mythologue Exactly. My favorite thing to do on Steam Deck is emulation. Playing SSX Tricky, the original game, is fantastic for me. It was my favorite game on PS2. With the Steam Machine I could emulate anything, and have it properly on my TV with a proper controller. That is a huge WIN. And I can play moderns like Baldurs Gate 3 and other games. Maybe not at the best settings, but good enough, and have access to run everything I want via emulation without having to pay ANY MONTHLY FEES. WIN!
Re: Valve's Steam Machine May Not Be As Affordable As a PS5
@add286 It's not a strange comparison at all. Because PSN is REQUIRED for online play and cloud saves, something which is 100% free on Steam and PC. So yes, if you want to play online, which many people do, then the comparison is 100% valid.
Over the lifetime of a console generation, the fact is, that PSN subscription to be able to play online costs MORE than what the console cost to purchase for BASIC functionality like playing online and cloud saves.
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 (PS5) - The Most Absurd Game in Series History
It's time for COD to rest in peace.
Re: Valve's Steam Machine May Not Be As Affordable As a PS5
@Shinnok789 Yeah thanks to the AI bubble RAM prices has skyrocketed for everyone, and that'll affect everyone in the future. If the price of RAM stabilize at its current or even higher level, then it's gonna make ALL devices noticeably more expensive in the future.
Re: Valve's Steam Machine May Not Be As Affordable As a PS5
@Toot1st Depends what you play. I don't personally care for Sony's "movie like" cinematic games. Good graphics doesn't make an interesting game. For me personally TLOU, Horizon and Ghost of Tsushima/Yotei are very repetitive and uninteresting/boring games. I'd much rather play an older game like Dishonored 1/2 at 4K60 than these new boring games. And the Steam Machine will have no problems doing that. I can't even buy a decent version of Dishonored on PlayStation, it's still stuck at a sub 1080p 30fps version because I cannot go into the settings and simply increase the resolution or framerate myself, something I can do on every Steam device easily without having to wait and pay for a "performance patch" that might not never come (Bloodborne).
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By the way, you also have to factor in the cost of PSN. Let's say you buy a new console for an entire generation, which let's say lasts 7 years. Sony's cheapest subscription with a yearly price is $80 yearly for cloud saves and online play. Over a generation (7 years) you would have paid $560 to be able to play online and have your saves synced... Which is more than what you paid for the console!
The Steam Machine offers free online play and free cloud saves. So you save $560 over the course of a generation. On top of that games are overall cheaper on Steam.
Power isn't everything. The freedom of the Steam Machine + Steam Deck combination is a breath of fresh air in the current market, where all these consoles are walled gardens that limits you in where and how you can play your games. I don't need to buy remasters or remakes just to get 30>60fps on a Steam Machine or Steam Deck. I can just go in and change the settings. So that is even more money saved. Software support is significantly better on Steam because you can change these settings yourself. Upgrade the hardware? No problemo, just go into the settings and increase the fidelity and fps, you don't have to wait for slow developers to make a "performance patch" that costs you $10 on top the wait time. Want to mod your game? You have the freedom to do so in any way you want, without the ecosystem owner telling you what mods you can and cannot install due to their policies.
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People keep saying that the system is weaker than a PS5. It's not. The GPU is. The CPU is much stronger. The amount of memory combined is much stronger. It will have FSR4, which is much better than FSR and PSSR on the PS5 Pro. For example, the PS5 can't do 60fps in many cases because of the CPU - not the GPU. Even the PS5 Pro is stuck on the ancient Zen2 CPU architecture.
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 UK Sales Plummet 61% Compared to Black Ops 6
That's what you get when you keep making the same slop year after year... It was bound to happen, especially when Microsoft Gaming entered the picture. Take a look at Microsoft's history in entertainment and media software and devices. There's a lot of products and services in that graveyard. Microsoft's approach to consumer and entertainment is productivity, which will never ever work. And they never ever learn, and keep making the same mistakes over and over again. I bet that in 5-10 years Microsoft Gaming will be VERY different than what it is today. And not in a good way.
Re: PlayStation CEO Pushed Through Cut-Price PS5 in Japan After Seeing System Slump Against Switch 2
@nomither6 Nah, I'm just saying its much better to pay $20 yearly than $80 yearly (PSN). Are you seriously defending Sony's insane greed of requiring you to pay $80 yearly to play online and have cloud saves?!