OmegaStriver

Sony and Microsoft are going to be absolutely shocked when console sales start to tank and the next gen’s do as well in comparison to previous gen’s.

They are going to price customers out of the market.

@Jedihillis That is. They are definitely a bright spot in gaming this year.

I just got through playing bionic Bay on my steam deck and that was a fantastic Indie title. If you like 2-D environmental puzzle platformers I highly recommend it and it’s definitely worth playing on console.

I was able to play Pragmata one month followed by 007. Both are great games.

I can’t imagine how much profit they will make cutting out manufacturing and distribution.

It sure as hell won’t benefit customers though.

A huge perk of going to PC is free online.

I haven’t followed the story very closely, but I went back and saw some articles that stated that the 20% reduction in the Xbox division does not include the four or five Studios that are being sold off.

If you actually included that as part of the Xbox division, which it was, this is a pretty big loss in Xbox manpower.

In feels like we rarely ever get good news.

It sucks. It’s kind of depressing.

@Member_the_game Oh, there is definitely one more thing that immediately comes to my mind that they could do to take this lower. It wouldn’t surprise me if they removed the family function that way every single user on a single system has to own a game to play it.

It will have as much effect as Rockstar’s silence toward GTA6.

People get angry, I’m not happy about it either , but there isn’t much we can do at this point. Especially, when physical sales are around 12%.

Just throwing it out there, I recently bought Pragmata and 007 physically.

I just recently bought Pragmata and 007 on disc…. This sucks.

I am going to be pissed if this game gets canceled because I planned on buying it day one.

Well, they may as well release it because it’s not gonna get any cheaper going forward.

If I can get one next year, I can see myself buying one or two.

AI could be used for good but as we’ve seen from many companies, it’s not.

So, $80 for somewhere between 85-95% of the singleplayer experience.

Or

$100 for the true singleplayer experience.

I still can’t believe the studios they shut down in blue point immediately comes to mind.

If online was free, I would drop it in a heartbeat.

@UK_ i’ve thought the exact same thing.

It would not surprise me at all if they delayed it in September until May of next year.

Unless you have money issues and you just wanna spend the money right now because you’re afraid you won’t have it later, I don’t really see a reason to pre-order anymore with Games being digital.

Well, there have been times when I’ve pre-bought a game a day or two before it released because of the crap you get with it, but I don’t ever pre-order a game months in advance anymore. I did a lot back in the day when you had to physically order it from a store.

I really enjoyed Saros. It was an improvement over Returnal in every way.

Due to the free week of Marathon, my kid and I have been playing it and it’s meh in comparison to Destiny. Months ago when I played its beta I said it was pretty underwhelming compared to Arc Raiders and to this day it still is.

We played Marathon and Arc Raiders yesterday just for comparison and Arc was still the better overall experience. If you prefer a traditional Apex/COD PVP experience, Marathon is better, but everything else is better and more enjoyable for me with Arc.

I’ve said it on Twitter numerous times and I’ll add it here.

Back in 2022, I bought a Series X to go with my PS5 because I wanted to play the exclusives and GamePass was enticing.

Early 2026, I’ve played and beaten every single Xbox title that interests me and GP is no longer enticing. Also, Xbox is well into porting many games to PS.

I don’t need two consoles that play the same games, so I sold my Xbox back in March.

Now, they are changing their message once again.

Regardless, as it stands, Xbox will only have gears and clockwork that I haven’t played that I’m interested in locked to their console. I plan to buy Fable, Senua, State of Decay 3 for my PS5.

I’m not buying back into Xbox anytime soon. It would take them close to a decade to build up a library that gives me reason to go back. I would have easily bought gears and clockwork day one, but if they don’t want my money, that’s fine.

If they would’ve kept exclusives from the get-go, I would’ve never sold my Xbox.

@AhmadSumadi My buddy and I played it and it was a decent time. Theres just not much to say.

It falls into that category of games that’s a solid 6.5 to 7 that’s kinda forgettable, though I had a decent time with it.

Well, I bought a Series X in 2022 to go with my PS5 because at that time GamePass was a good deal and they had exclusives.

By this past February, GP was more expensive, and exclusives didn’t really exist for Xbox anymore and I sold it because I had decided that I’ll play whatever Xbox games interest me on my PS5, and GP was nice but not a need for me. So, I sold my Xbox.

Now, regardless of whatever Microsoft wants to do, if they want my money, they better keep releasing to PS because I will NOT buy another Xbox anytime soon.

It wouldn’t surprise me, if like Ragnaroc where you get to play as 2 different characters, you get to play as a fully kitted Kratos at times as well.

If not, I don’t care.

I’m there day one regardless. I want to experience Faye’s journey.

In regard to the question, are we happy with the output? I voted no. I’m definitely not the main focus as a customer.

I wanted an Uncharted reboot or spinoff. That series is bigger than Nathan Drake.

I wanted either a reboot or sequel to Resistance.

I wanted Evolution to still exist and for there to be a new Motorstorm in the spirit of Pacific rift with all the offerings that come with a PS five.

I wanted either a sequel, or reboot of Infamous. I feel like there’s more stories to tell with that universe.

I wanted Days Gone 2.

I wanted a new Twisted Metal in the spirit of two or black.

I also wanted them to utilize some of the secondary Studios to achieve this but they’ve closed many of them down.

The PS5 generation is probably my least favorite PlayStation generation. It’s not bad though, just underwhelming compared to the other others.

The crappier discounts has been annoying as hell.

I don’t want their subscription service and i’ll just skip out on games.

They could give me a good discount and make a little bit of money off of me or they can keep it where it’s at and have nothing.

There’s been numerous games that I haven’t bought because I don’t think they’re worth what they’re asking for.

Though this statement definitely applies more toward games as a whole and not just PlayStation first party titles. There was someone that represented a 3rd party studio that talked about how they wanted their game to go on a steeper sale, but PlayStation wouldn’t allow it.

Just throwing it out there, I don’t mind paying full price for certain games. I paid full price for Saros, Pragmata, and 007.

Great.

I used to look through the store every single week, but after it started being filled with junk, I quit.

@BecauseBecause

I just watched the trailer for this and it’s not for me.

I’m not a big Point and Click fan, but Blazing Dragons is easily my favorite.

I enjoy multiplayer games but I don’t take many of them seriously and enjoy those that offer more to do than just shooting enemies.

I like that Fortnite has a wide variety of tasks available along with trying to win.

I feel the similar about Arc Raiders, but less so. When I play it, my focus is on my missions, collecting needed items, killing arcs and then, finally, engaging other players based on the situation.

I tried Marathon, and it was a fine game, but it didn’t grab me.

The competitive side of multiplayer shooters don’t do it for me like they use too. I’ve been playing them for decades and I don’t get the adrenaline rush from most of them like I use to. I can jump into COD, go 17-2 in TDM, and it does very little for me, and the experience Marathon offered wasn’t as appealing as Fortnite or Arc Raiders for me. Destiny and the Division were more appealing as well.

Very good month.

My kid and I loved Grounded when we played it on Xbox. The world was a joy to explore.

I have really enjoyed Saros and it’s an all around improvement to Returnal.

@tselliot I’ve witnessed across various sites and apps a lot of people coming at it with bigotry without ever even mentioning gameplay.

It’s likely due to that the Internet is made up of a lot of people that have different levels of bigotry and also bots programmed to do that as well.

It gets very tiring to see.

I get really tired these people cry about women and people of color and non-heterosexual people being represented in games and other forms of media.

Their whining and crying while acting tough is really old at this point.

I’m not even defending the game and I don’t know if I’ll ever play it. If I do play it, it’ll probably be when it’s dirt cheap or I get it Free on one of the subscription services.

I’m ready for it.

@AtlasLivesAgain What are the chapter packs then?

Well, I really enjoyed the base game. I’m just waiting on the expansion packs to go on a good sale.

Im interested but I definitely wanna wait for it to be on sale because I’ve already experienced this game years ago.

Factions along with Uncharted 2 are my favorite all time multiplayer games.

Unless I’m misremembering, I believe that one of the lead guys over that project recently stated they were one day away from revealing it to everybody, and then it got canceled.

It really shocked me to hear back then that Sony gave bungee the authority to strongly influence other games multiplayer when at that time I thought destiny two was pretty mediocre and to this day I think it’s just an OK game.

Hell for as new marathon is, I rarely even see it mentioned online anymore.

Well, I previously bought multiple PS5s and Series X’s to cover my family when GamePass was more affordable and they had exclusives. With the direction they took, I recently sold our Series X’s and bought another PS5 and regardless of what they do, I’m not buying back in.

If they want my money, they will have to continue releasing on PS consoles.

So, you spend an insane amount of money over 7 years for a project, it’s likely a year-ish away from release, decide to change course, and flush all of that down the drain?

It’s mind boggling to me how that is allowed to happen, but we’ve heard of Warner Brothers, completing entire movies, shoving them in the vault and then just writing them off as a failure.

It really makes me wonder if Sony gets some sort of huge tax breaks for doing something like this?

Well, I’m glad I’ve waited to play this.

Well, maybe these companies will try to reel it in regarding GaaS and return to the tried and true.

Ghost of Yotei Pro Ray Tracing mode now gets near 100FPS.

Star Wars Outlaws gets a big visual improvement.

Killing Floor 3 gets a visual improvement.

That’s all I’ve tested so far.

Off topic but I was already pleased with my Pro by being able to basically the the quality mode at 60fps for some games but the recent PSSR2 update is great. I’m running an LG C4 OLED tv.

Star Wars Outlaws and Killing Floor 3 get big visual improvements.

Ghost of Yotei’s Pro Ray Tracing mode now runs up into the 90s for frames. It’s so pretty.

RE requiem looked great.

I haven’t noticed anything in toxic commando that stands out to me.

That’s all I’ve tested so far.

@Fluberuper With Spider-Man it’s a pretty noticeable difference, considering you can see buildings reflecting other buildings and cars and people and objects and Spider-Man as well.

I hope this game delivers.

That was my GotY last year.

Ehh, i’m very stubborn and I think that it’s BS.

I’m very patient as well and if the games don’t get to a price that I like, I’ll just never buy them.

There was a game on PS3 called 1001 spikes I believe and I had a price that I wanted to pay for it and it never got to that point so I never played it.

The idea doesn’t hype me up but I’m fine with it, and most likely, I would be there day one just based on I’m a fan of their previous work.

@Archaeokaiser I’ve put six or so hours into it at this point. I’m just not a fan. I played it with a few friends and my kids and nobody’s excited for it.

I know some people don’t like it being compared to Arc Raiders but I feel like it kind of fits the timing in which we’re in. AR it’s just more exciting for me, You’ve got the elements of PVP and a decent variety of robots in AR, while in marathon. It’s just a few variations of soldiers and a exploding spider I believe.

If I had friends that really wanted me to get it, I probably would because I’m not too concerned about $40, but I don’t see that happening and for multiplayer I guess that upcoming John Carpenter game is the next one on my radar.