OldGamer999

Just read some PC reviews all seemed good
However all mentioned performance issues that should not be expected in a big AAA game.

Not my words the reviewers.

It’s simple no buy from me, shall wait for the reviews.
However to me it’s so slack that some companies do this. Probably to do with the big day one patch, to improve things before console reviews get posted.
So the review will be of the patched version of the game.

@Frmknst
Yay 🎉, we all gonna love it.

I’m all digital have been since the PS4 era so all good for me.

I think my Pro and Sony A95L 65” and Sony Dolby Atmos systems are gonna love this.

And of course myself.

Guess we will have to see how it all goes over a longer period of time.
What suits some companies and their direction will not suit others.

The problem is whilst these businesses are learning be it Microsoft or Sony as they have a lot to learn the last couple of years, it is gamers that suffer and pay the price.

Xbox Game pass ultimate still the best value in gaming overall.
Bring on the power PCs or even a series x.

Sony have so been mugging us off this whole generation.
Nothing compare to the PS4 era and even the start of the PS5 era.
Pay more less big AAA campaign Sony studio games.

So I think Sony are making more money with the PS5 console than the PS4 console but have sold less PS5 consoles worldwide.
I think that was from a Sony financial quarterly report.
WE ARE GETTING MUGGED OFF AGAIN BY SONY.

I bet there are thousand’s of IPs around the world that are owned and locked away.
Not just gaming, but music and movies etc.

It’s the business side for ya.

Oh well another third party for all consoles and PC, State of Play.

Sony has no real console war since last and this generation, unless you include Switch or Switch 2. Which I do as it’s a console and if didn’t exist people would have to buy PS5 or Pro.

Sony has been its own enemy since after the PS4 days and first 2 years of the PS5.
Let’s hope Ghost of Yotei gets them really back in form in house studio wise and back on 2 big AAA per year.

@Vaako007
People what people, you mean companies that want to make more money out of us.

Pixels, Nintendo says hello, with millions of less pixels.

An amazing game when first released on the Xbox360 creating a definitive moment for the Xbox’s greatest console the xbox360, along with other amazing games.
Never to be repeated by Xbox in that same way, such a shame.

7 seems about the right score for a game that his hidden behind old gameplay structure and old AI enemies and unreal 3 engine updated of course.

No let’s get on with the new gears e day and move forward.
This generation slowly becoming the remaster generation.

@Dragon83
Yep to average casual and younger gamer they don’t really look at all the 1080p to 4K stuff modern TV wise.
But the gaming industry just the TV industry push things forward, mainly for sales of new tech. But I think as with the TV industry it is now showing diminishing returns and slowly losing its attraction nowadays.

Well we are getting to a point of diminishing returns cost over visuals.
Also adding extra development time for a big AAA game.
This is one reason Nintendo keeps it low to medium in the power stakes. It enables less cost and development time with AAA games and more focus on gameplay and innovation.

The PS5 and Series X really have not shined this generation over the top games of the PS4 Pro and Xbox one x generation.

These analysts do state some of the obvious after the event 🤣
As for me all I know is Sony are not giving me the big AAA exclusives campaign wise from their own studios that they own out right, they did in the PS4 days and the start of the PS5 days and should have just kept the ball rolling.

Then there is Xbox that have taken a totally different route and never got the series x to shine to its full potential.

Nintendo seem to be the only ones on a stable AAA in house studio game line, but time will tell with switch 2.

Been a very different and hard generation for me with PS5 and series x. Definitely not as good as the PS4 and Xbox one era.

No gameplay really no interest.
Shall continue to play true AAA 90 plus games.
We definitely need more new ones by the way.

@Flaming_Kaiser
I normally read the views watch gameplay and summarise myself.
But we all know the difference between a Mafia Old Country 75 meta to a Last of us 2 or DKB 90 plus.
They show quality and gameplay of the highest standards.

@Flaming_Kaiser
I normally read the views and summarise myself.
But we all know the difference between a Mafia Old Country 75 meta to a Last of us 2 or DKB 90 plus.
They show quality and gameplay of the highest standards.

Increase prices make more money
Make less big AAA games make more money
It is so simple.

Don’t get me wrong Sony all the big guns are doing the same ish.

Seems to be an average game sitting at 75 on meta.
Just what I thought it would be, won’t be buying this game. When I can play true AAA games that sit at 90 plus.

Seems to be an average game sitting at 75 on meta.
Just what I thought it would be, won’t be buying this game. When I can play true AAA games that sit at 90 plus.

@TrollOfWar
Yeah I guess it’s worth it to them then.

Shoot me down with a barrel load of monkeys if this does anywhere near the numbers FH5 did on PS5.

It would have taken sometime to port this to PS5 and Pro, but might get some return on investment.

I would not have bothered if I was Microsoft and picked another game that would sell more.

I’m glad Nintendo seem sort of content as they are doing their thing.
Always smile playing MKW and DKB.
and next up MP4.

Let the two bigger boys enjoy this sharing and caring and try to reap the cash more.

To be honest I’ve got over it all now and really don’t care what Sony and Microsoft do to make their money and stay in business in terms of games on other consoles etc.
Let it happen
Be happy
And enjoy gaming.

@naruball
But let’s not forget I said the older games like the both I mentioned are PS4 games.
Also the switch 2, will be average version compared to the might of the PS5 and Pro.

Actually they could make more money putting their top AAA games on switch 2 than messing around making their own hand held type device.

As these companies always say it’s hard to make a profit out of the hardware.
So don’t make the hand held hardware.
Just make a fortune selling your best games on the switch 2.

I don’t think Sony would hurt their own console eco system pushing some older games to Switch 2.
I mean say like Horizon forbidden west or zero dawn, uncharted 4 etc.

To me it actually seems a waste of money not to port these to Switch 2.

Sony could become the best third party supplier of top quality AAA games to the switch 2 and maybe even rival Nintendos own quality games, get an amazing name for its self with the Nintendo gamers and boom.

Watch the millions of Yen roll in.

True or not.
Isn’t it a great idea that Sony engineers would help them to achieve 60fps on the Pro and maybe even with PSSR if it’s being used.

This is what we want to encourage and happen.

@IOI
Absolutely, but I’m surprised to this day, but maybe copy right stops it or just studio pride, that more of TOTK or BOTW has not been copied into a new open world games.
Especially the capabilities in TOTK.

Maybe it’s my age but AC shadows which I like still feels rinse and repeat to me and so does Ghost 2. I like both so that’s ok, but gaming does seem very much the same for the last 5 years are so.

@IOI
I have to give TOTK my open world top game
I think it was Links capabilities that gave you options to do things in many different ways.

Yes there was some quiet bland moments and strange exploration, but overall the capabilities and most things you did where meaningful and helped your character or development that puts it top open world game for me.

If you loved the ghost like me you are gonna love ghost 2.
More big better really.

The problem with open world games they must be hard to make different. Like AC shadows some love it some hate it.
You have to give some story and some direction, the best I think you can do is make the open world interesting and give lots of things to do.
But make everything you collect or task have some really good reward going towards you character and game progression in some way but also meaningful.

@Fiendish-Beaver
Yep they really have got themselves in a conundrum this generation more than any other.
Not sure how anyone stops a subscription than stop selling it and let it run out with existing members or take a hit in full refunds.

I don’t think I’ve seen a game console and subscription service so miss managed and even some studios, ever.

@Fiendish-Beaver
Well will soon know when gamepass as we know it stops. As they will stop new subscriptions first and let the remaining die off.

I really wish either Sony or Xbox were going Nvidia for their next generation console.

Even just for something different technology wise.

@LogicStrikesAgain
Would have been something a bit of a difference between the graphics chasing companies.
Especially in the upscaling area etc.

Same every generation AMD with Sony and Xbox making the most powerful consoles.

Wish one of them had gone with Nvidia.

We had this before on the PS4 or PS4 Pro during map selection I think it was horizon game.
Then it got patched and stopped doing it.

@Grumblevolcano
Also taking out politics and production cost.

It’s even more simplistic. They will charge us physical or digital as mush as corporate greed allows them to make the most money as long as we buy. Yes we are the great gaming customers that pay, because we are passionate and love our hobby.

@Grumblevolcano
Taking out any politics.
I just go by the cost of the materials and the products.
So surely cost wise if you are not making a disc and a case for the disc then your product should be cheaper digitally.
Then you have the cut to the retailer which is not there.
So the digital product should be cheaper.

So going just on the above a digital game on release should be cheaper than physical.

That is simple production cost economics.

@Grumblevolcano
I see Nintendo made a move there but most big AAA games are £70 so the £66.99 physical is not that bad and the £58.99 digital a little bonus.
Not saying it’s great but seems better.

I have not got how these companies get away with selling digital games on release day as or more expensive than the disc version.

Firstly less production costs, no disc or case.
Secondly, no percentage to a shop for the sale.

To me it’s the biggest piss take these companies have done over the years.

Then again if we buy them at that price digitally, they will sell them at that price.
But it’s still terrible corporate greed and customer piss taking.

This is what happens when you have a special game engine from Sony and development focused on one Console, from coders and engineers that know what they are doing.

That is why I never want the death of consoles and exclusives.

This is how Nintendo and Sony get to make those special games, one console development
That end up in the 90s plus and critically acclaimed.

@Splat
Who would in their right mind, right of this ND game. It will amazing and one company that is up their with Nintendos own best team.

@darylb24
Totally agree.

@HonestHick
I’m very glad it looks like we are keeping all three in some form.
It’s great for competition if nothing else.
They all actually need each other to perform at their individual best whatever path they take.

And each of them have better generations than each other within different generations and individually.

Like for me the PS4 generation was a lot better than the PS5 generation currently, let’s see what Sony does for the remaining PS5 generation.

The WII for me just about pips the switch generation, switch went on for to long and with some big game gaps from Nintendo AAA in house.

And of course the xbox360 generation was the best Xbox generation for me.

So will be interesting to see next generation and what Sony and Xbox bring and of course by then if Nintendo get it right the switch 2 should be in full on mode.

@Oram77
The first two years of PS5 was great even though they went back in we believe in generations and they where made for PS4 as well, but that was fine by me, great single player Sony studios AAA campaign games.

But since then it’s been slow and the time wasted and money lost running the GAAS game.

As for Xbox, I don’t care if Sony have sold more than them.
It’s not about Xbox or even Nintendo. It’s about Sony getting back to doing the PS4 era thing.

Sony will be ok and so will Xbox and Nintendo with what they do.

For me after recent Sony things and now Bungie with Marathon, need to forget about the competition if we are allowed to call it that as Sony think they have none 🤣
And looked inwards and improve their in house game development and get Sony back to the PS4 days AAA campaign games wise from their OWN studios and become the Sony I so enjoyed in the PS4 era and not this boring slow unexciting Sony corporate thing they have become.

Yay another Sony studio mess up.
How comes even xbox can get their act together after a terrible start.

Don’t worry Nintendo will just sell another 150 million plus consoles with switch 2.
Sorry I forget Nintendo are not competition for PlayStation.

Can Sony come out with any more rubbish this year. Or just buy some third party timed exclusives to cover their incompetence.

Don’t worry Xbox studios have some games for you.