sounds like you both have an agenda and a microsoft bias to get so offended by the xbox slander taking place all over the internet. well, you are in the wrong place then because this is a playstation centric website. i have no problem with the nintendo or xbox websites and their bias against sony, so neither should you when the tables are turned because that is just how fan sites operate. freedom of speech and team pride and all that...
heck, there are countless scenarios where i don't agree with the praise and glazing of many sony topics on this very website. as a long time playstation fan, i feel that sony has dropped the ball and failed with the ps5, as has the AAA industry at large. ps5 is sony's worst console in history by a fairly wide margin, which was an unpopular opnion to have in these parts. funny enough, people are coming around on the disappointment of the ps5 and values are now changing in favour of my "unpopular" sentiments.
feel free to state your opinions on here, but don't expect the articles to appeal to your threshold of what should or shouldn't be said about xbox. the last thing we need is arbitrary curation of opinions. all the television news outlets wear their bias on their sleeves, as do newspaper companies and influencers on youtube and ourselves as individuals. what you are asking for is impossible. fair point on speculation and rumours — people are often quick to jump the gun on information leaked by sketchy sources... but in the case of jason schreier, he is usually credible and unless microsoft clarrifies or corrects, this news is going to stick.
@awp69 facts are facts. no matter how you analyze them there is nothing good to report about xbox these days. are news outlets not supposed to report on the news? this is nothing new with xbox. i predicted 10 years ago that xbox division was not profitable and they would exit the hardware space after another console cycle or two. seems like we are nearly there now. microsoft's attempt to monopolize and purchase every publisher in sight was bad for the gaming industry at large and this article is merely pointing that out.
when it all falls apart at xbox, sony will hopefully show some interest in either purchasing some of their studios or IP. they better do a very thorough evaluation first, though, if they don't want another bungie on their hands!
EA has been dead for a very long time. there is no heartbeat or spirit at that company. now with the recent acqisition, it is only downhill from here on out. hopefully they will go bankrupt in a few years and we won't need to hear their name come up in the news anymore.
it's a trash device, limited by the technology running it, and people will completely forget about it once sony's new deck gets released. they will see just how poor the performance was compared to a native handheld.
ps5 will begin to stall after gta 6 releases and after the last holdouts finally purchase a ps5 specifically for that one game (heck, gta 6 alone could contribute to upwards of 10m ps5's sold). under normal circumstances, i believe the ps5 would have a difficult time surpassing the ps4... but since people will be even more reluctant to purchase a ps6 due to its low desireability and presumably higher asking price, this will allow the ps5 to have an even longer lifespan than the ps4 and could enable it to exceed 120m units. all this despite the ps5 being sony's "worst" console to date. the irony of it all.
how many games fully took advantage of the dualsense features so far? how many of those games are not from sony? eh, only a handful of games with that feature set does not move the needle. it has become a gimmick more than anything... unless you get mainstream adoption from developers which you never will.
the timing of this news story is curious since it sounds like a direct response to yoshida claiming that ps6 needs to bring something new to the table and graphics are simply not enough anymore.
sounds like yoshida is also tired of the AAA industry's approach to gaming. that says a lot. this industry is so complacent and has stagnated for close to 10 years now. the saving grace of the ps4 era was all the new IP that sony was putting out. but the ps5? there has been nothing of note as far as new, engaging IP or innovation in game design or mechanics outside of a few rare examples.
sony is going to have a hard time with the ps6, in terms of its vision, marketing campaign and engaging its audience. if they don't stop the graphics arms race and find a new angle, hardware sales will decline hard and fast.
@Discol76 if you think that was me trashing the game, you completely misread what i wrote. i even stated below that i enjoy flawed and "medicore" games from suda 51... of course you can still have an enjoyable experience. the main problem here is that you are trying to tell people what is and isn't "medicore" and that is impossible since we all have our own metric and methods of evaluation. instead of getting offended and posting a hasty response, try to actually understand the intent of the post first.
@awp69 metacritic is usually inflated by about 1-1.5 points on average. deducting 1 from the overall score usually works for me to get a more realistic expecation of a game. i define medicore as a 6-7 so ninja gaiden is in that ballpark. i'll probably still play it, just like i still play suda 51 games knowing that they will be lacking in some ways. there is still a lot of enjoyment to be had in such gaming experiences. so no, it's not trash. trash is something that has no merit and shouldn't be played under any circumstances.
when this game was announced last year, my first impressions of it was that it looked like a budget ninja gaiden game and it wasn't getting the treatment it deserved. turns out that was the case and to make matters worse, all the talent at platinum games has since been drained out of the studio. all these factors likely contributed to this title being on the more medicore side side of things. serviceable, but mediocre. better than ninja gaiden 3 at least!
@AdamantiumPriest i assume you meant to bring the zapping system back? it was removed in the resident evil 2 remake.
resident evil 2 remake was really annoying in how the choices made in one scenario did not impact the second scenario. i.e. doors unlocked, enemies killed, etc in scenario A had no bearing on scenario B, even if scenario B's timeline was after scenario A's etc. it's such a big oversight that it ruins the experience and sense of immersion in the world.
@darkswabber i have my doubts about the spinoffs receiving the same remake treatment. as a business exercise, i don't think they would be viable projects for capcom.
@PuppetMaster that's a very sad future indeed, completely void of creativity and innovation. i will say that the resident evil spinoffs do not command the same interest, nor sales, so it's unlikely they will get remade with the same treatment. perhaps some of them will receive barebones remasters, though.
can't help but feel that capcom is going to crash once it exhausts all its resident evil remake projects. the same will apply to s-e and every other publisher that has been coasting on the remake train the past 5-10 years. might be a good time to be more forward thinking and invest in new IP that has a shot at being successful. i acknowledge pragmata but it probably isn't going to light the world on fire... and no, capcom will not begin remaking the onimusha games next because they only garner a fraction of the sales and fanbase of the resident evil franchise (9m vs 170m lifetime sales) , hence why they only did shoddy remasters of the first two entries thus far. dino crisis? possibly, but again, they were never big sellers relative to resident evil and might not financially justify the remake treatment for capcom. also, the fact that there are only 2 games worth a damn doesn't help matters much (nobody speaks of dino crisis 3). breath of fire? not mainstream enough and has been long forgotten by capcom. one can hope that the franchise can get at least one modern AAA production to see where it stands.
so essentially, after capcom remakes resident evil 0, X, 5, 6 and possibly 1 remake, what's next? sure, we're likely talking 10 years into the future here, but alas... resident evil 6 remake will essentially be a completely different game if they take all its criticism to heart
oh god! using that neatease money well i see. i assume this game was a stipulation and part of their contractual agreement in getting acquired. it looks like the most generic AI slop imaginable. clearly quantic dream really did not want to make this trash. looking forward to star wars: eclipes, though, if it ever gets released
if they are still recruiting talent for the project, it sounds like this will be an early ps6 era (crossgen) game that is 3+ years away. likely a remake of sorts. i hope they will eventually remake syphon filter some day and pave the way for a brand new entry in the series.
i don't think even the most hardcore ps fans would have noticed this news. some games just are not intended for the western console space and that is fine. absolutely no reason to get worked up over this awful excuse of a game.
@GloriosaDaisy well context is everything with this topic. if sony began losing customers and its market share shrunk (and in turn total revenue decreased), they would need to find a way to bring people back. true console exclusivity would be a viable strategy in that case. you better believe pc ports would be the first thing to go if say, sony sold 25-50% less ps6 units as compared to the ps5.
the ps5 primarily consisted of cross gen games, which were safe sequels and could also be found on pc. very few new or notable IP came out of sony over the past 5 years. the ps6 needs to replicate what the ps4 did and that includes a myriad of new IP to get excited about. the only words that come to mind when describing the ps5 is: BORING and DISAPPOINTING.
even then, it is going to be a tough sell knowing that all those games will make their way to pc anyways. so how does sony make the ps6 more enticing to users? i honestly don't know other than cutting back on the pc ports or at the very least, delaying the pc ports by 3 years or so but that seems unlikely. sony should also consider subsidizing the hardware and taking a $150 loss on each console sold initially (like it did with the ps3) so that they can get the pricing back down to realistic levels. a console purchase shouldn't be a huge financial burden that put people out for months. get the ps6 down to $400USD and everybody wins. it only needs to be 3X more powerful than the ps5 to be successfull and not 10X.
clearly, most console gamers don't care about the graphics arms race any longer. the ps5 pro is a failure. the switch and switch 2 will sell well regardless of their performance because there is a great, exclusive software library there. get with it sony.
@Coversnail rest assured, the "royal" edition will happen. the space between psersona 5 and persona 5: royal was about 3 years so there is still plenty of time for atlus to screw over its fans
most certainly a DLC. hopefully they will allow people to upgrade from the base game this time and not force a full-priced golden edition on people yet again.
@AdamNovice absolutely. there is a time and place for the bombastic hollywood-inspired soundtracks, but i agree that those tracks usually end up being background music moreso than something you might listen to independent of the game. personally, i am interested in the more purposeful "melodic" music found in say the classic final fantasy games etc. i once went to a final fantasy concert called "dear friends — music from final fantasy" and it was fantastic!
@FX102A i agree with you there. much of sony's music catalogue is not memorable and doesn't warrant its own concert series. capcom, s-e and even konami could pull it off, but sony? videogames live, which i believe is on hiatus now, included tracks from many of the game franchises you mentioned.
way too expensive. two tickets in the nosebleed section costs $250 at my local venue. when i saw videogames live pre-covid, it was only $50 a seat by comparison. that was a great show and included classic tracks that are FAR more memorable than anything sony has released. sony's soundtracks are fine but there are very few standout tracks that will stand the test of time. they are mainly made up of generic movie-like numbers that lack identity.
why cut out their ps4 userbase if they don't have to? with so many lightweight indi games getting released, there is no reason why the ps4 can't be an indi machine for another 10 years. essentially, sony will lose revenue by winding down so it doesn't even make business sense for them to cut off support prematurely. if sony believes this move will force people to migrate over to the ps5 they are sadly mistaken as most users will jump to pc instead. i am dreading the day they pull the ps store from the ps4, but let's hope that is 10 years away.
it's a miracle bioware made it this far to be honest. they will likely be shuttered in the near future with some employees being shuffled off to support studios or work on sports games. EA will instead focus on publishing games of other genres from 3rd parties rather than developing them internally. EA was already on this path for a while but should be doing far more to diversify its portfolio. what a dismal company.
if it wasn't for the boost in hardware sales, as a direct result of covid, the ps5 would have sold 20m fewer units and would be $100+ cheaper than it is now. simple as that really. big companies can play this game because fortune has been in their favour, but it won't last. expect ps6 to sell 30% less units than the ps5 did after 5 years on the market if they keep escalating prices in an arbitary manner like this.
when you have companies such as bitmap books putting out exquisite products, such as the 652 page "guide to japanese role playing games" for $67CAD/$48USD, it is difficult not to cringe at the asking price of this playstation book. sony is exclusively targeting the wealthy collector here and dismissing its real fans. what else is new?
first we got that resident evil clone and now this (the latter is far more excessive though). i don't know if its going to be smooth sailing for these publishers involved. capcom and s-e are likely taking notes as we speak and may shut down these projects. sony is doing all it can to sue tencent for the horizon clone as well (with the assumption it never sees the light of day).
i get it. people are frustrated that parasite eve has been left in a dark corner to rot away. s-e shows no respect to such a great IP. outside of xenogears and vagrant story, parasite eve is at the top of the list for a modern remake. but there is a fine line as to what defines a spiritual successor or inspired work as opposed to a blatant copy. these latest games from china show a complete disregard for international law or respect for the original rights holders. they are playing with fire here.
keep in mind china was in a 15 year hibernation where the government banned console sales in the country. as of 2015 that ban was relieved. do publishers in china really want to get on sony's bad side just as they begin to establish themselves in the AAA gaming space? seems like very bad timing. if anything, i could potentially see these latest clones being sold exclusively in parts of asia but banned from sale in north america, europe and japan among other regions.
does it really matter what EA spirals into after this acqisition? they have long been a lost cause and won't be missed if they disappear tomorrow. casual fans will just bounce to the next fifa and madden franchise in that event. they are not loyal to EA, they are loyal to the sport. potential censorship with the saudi interference? with the types of games EA makes, i don't think there would be much room for censorship haha. all of its notable IP of yesterday has already been forgotten or ruined so not much value there either.
@nomither6 yup, to be honest, any console prior to the ps5 is a good candidate for "best" sony console. each brought something unique to the table for its time. a lot of it will depend on the genres you prefer the most and your age i suppose. for example, the ps1 and ps2 still hold up as the best eras for jrpgs (along with the snes) in my opinion which might give more weight than say the ps3 which was lacking in that specific genre. in either case, be it the ps1, ps2 or ps3, there was something for everyone and the value was off the charts for their time. we could in theory spend the rest of our lives gaming on those machines and still not have enough time to see it all haha. there is no wrong choice but yes, ps3 is special for being the first sony hd console and people were constantly being blown away by the progress on the graphics side of things in particular. it was also a formative period in game design and creativity (perhaps not as influential as the ps1 and ps2) that would pave the way to many modern standards.
i think many people miss the element of "surprise" that used to be present in the gaming industry. with less risk taking, originality and an emphasis on "safe bets", it almost feels like people are going through the motions rather than being engaged in meaningful ways these days. generally speaking regarding the AAA side of things anyway. i won't even get into the financial side of things because we all know things are not good on that front.
of all the developers that have shuttered over the years, it is quite a feat that genki is still around. i mean, they were a b-tier studio and until recently, hadn't put out a game in 15 years. i'm curious as to how they have kep the lights on all this time. their background is more interesting than their games. that said, more arcade racing games are always welcome and i have heard good things about this new entry in the series.
@ilyn i agree, the ps2 is the golden era of gaming. an absolute treasure trove of new IPs and games from every genre imaginable were developed during that era. it's completely unmatched by any console since in terms of output. the ps1 is also in the running with its own share of fantastic IPs originating on the console. even the ps3, with it's slow start and growing pains that came with hd gaming, managed to impress by the mid-end of it's cycle and offered a ton of value to gamers. you could still find "weird", "quirky" and unconventional gaming experiences throughout the ps3 era which helped it to stand out. the ps4 was great, but in some ways felt like a more "polished" ps3 — sony peaked with its 1st party output making it memorable nontheless. the hd era of gaming reached its potential on the ps4.
if sony's most "successful" console can also be sony's worst console at the same time, that is very concerning.
i don't think sony's "success" is representative of the AAA industry at large, nor how people feel about the gaming landscape these days. this has been a very boring and dismal 5 years for sony's 1st party output but i suppose they are doing well with their ps+ subsciption numbers and revenue generation via microtransactions.
looks pretty good... but i'm confused about who he is actually killing in this trailer. it appears that all his victims are cyborgs of some kind... which comes across as a bit forced. i suppose that alows insomniac to get away with more gore and dismemberments... otherwise they would be facing some trouble from the ESRB.
didn't watch it. judging by the bullet points, this looked like another uneventful turd of a show. of course, this is the AAA industry at large and not just a sony problem...
town building mechanics? well, that's contributing 30 hours of superfluous content right there alone. hopefully it won't be a mandatory requirement to finish the game.
@TheDudeElDuderino i dunno. gt was in a bad place when gt5 and gt6 got released. they felt archaic in their design and even reused car models from the ps2 (remember the premium and non premium cars?). it was a bit of a mess during that era but they got it together with gt sport thankfully.
@somnambulance they didn't remake the sprites. they have been haphazardly upscaled and have a smeared look to them on modern TVs. Looks to be the same situation with the character portraits. certainly not a 10/10 because of this.
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Re: PS6 Could Be the Only Next-Gen Console Charging for Online Multiplayer
huh? doesn't that go without saying considering the next xbox will essentially be a pc? this is not news. it is common sense.
Re: Halo Confirmed for PS5, Remake of First Game Out in 2026
the halo franchise is dead and buried. after they put out these remakes, that will be the end of the line huh?
Re: This Is Why Xbox Is Bringing All of Its Games to PS5 Now
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sounds like you both have an agenda and a microsoft bias to get so offended by the xbox slander taking place all over the internet. well, you are in the wrong place then because this is a playstation centric website. i have no problem with the nintendo or xbox websites and their bias against sony, so neither should you when the tables are turned because that is just how fan sites operate. freedom of speech and team pride and all that...
heck, there are countless scenarios where i don't agree with the praise and glazing of many sony topics on this very website. as a long time playstation fan, i feel that sony has dropped the ball and failed with the ps5, as has the AAA industry at large. ps5 is sony's worst console in history by a fairly wide margin, which was an unpopular opnion to have in these parts. funny enough, people are coming around on the disappointment of the ps5 and values are now changing in favour of my "unpopular" sentiments.
feel free to state your opinions on here, but don't expect the articles to appeal to your threshold of what should or shouldn't be said about xbox. the last thing we need is arbitrary curation of opinions. all the television news outlets wear their bias on their sleeves, as do newspaper companies and influencers on youtube and ourselves as individuals. what you are asking for is impossible. fair point on speculation and rumours — people are often quick to jump the gun on information leaked by sketchy sources... but in the case of jason schreier, he is usually credible and unless microsoft clarrifies or corrects, this news is going to stick.
Re: This Is Why Xbox Is Bringing All of Its Games to PS5 Now
@awp69 facts are facts. no matter how you analyze them there is nothing good to report about xbox these days. are news outlets not supposed to report on the news? this is nothing new with xbox. i predicted 10 years ago that xbox division was not profitable and they would exit the hardware space after another console cycle or two. seems like we are nearly there now. microsoft's attempt to monopolize and purchase every publisher in sight was bad for the gaming industry at large and this article is merely pointing that out.
Re: This Is Why Xbox Is Bringing All of Its Games to PS5 Now
when it all falls apart at xbox, sony will hopefully show some interest in either purchasing some of their studios or IP. they better do a very thorough evaluation first, though, if they don't want another bungie on their hands!
Re: New EA Partnership Will 'Reimagine How Games Are Made' with AI
EA has been dead for a very long time. there is no heartbeat or spirit at that company. now with the recent acqisition, it is only downhill from here on out. hopefully they will go bankrupt in a few years and we won't need to hear their name come up in the news anymore.
Re: PS Portal Still a Huge Success as Sony Reportedly Preps PS6 Handheld
it's a trash device, limited by the technology running it, and people will completely forget about it once sony's new deck gets released. they will see just how poor the performance was compared to a native handheld.
Re: PS5 Surpasses Lifetime PS3 Sales in the US
ps5 will begin to stall after gta 6 releases and after the last holdouts finally purchase a ps5 specifically for that one game (heck, gta 6 alone could contribute to upwards of 10m ps5's sold). under normal circumstances, i believe the ps5 would have a difficult time surpassing the ps4... but since people will be even more reluctant to purchase a ps6 due to its low desireability and presumably higher asking price, this will allow the ps5 to have an even longer lifespan than the ps4 and could enable it to exceed 120m units. all this despite the ps5 being sony's "worst" console to date. the irony of it all.
Re: Now Devs Are Politely Asking Their PS4 Players to Upgrade to PS5
oh, let's not start this conversation again. i will just say that they would literally have to give me a ps5 for FREE for me to actually use one
ps4 is a beast and has never let me down!
Re: PS5 Has Been 'Special' Thanks to SSD, DualSense Features Rather Than Visuals
how many games fully took advantage of the dualsense features so far? how many of those games are not from sony? eh, only a handful of games with that feature set does not move the needle. it has become a gimmick more than anything... unless you get mainstream adoption from developers which you never will.
the timing of this news story is curious since it sounds like a direct response to yoshida claiming that ps6 needs to bring something new to the table and graphics are simply not enough anymore.
Re: 'Even I Can't Tell the Difference': Shuhei Yoshida Thinks PS6 Needs Something Other Than Just More Power
sounds like yoshida is also tired of the AAA industry's approach to gaming. that says a lot. this industry is so complacent and has stagnated for close to 10 years now. the saving grace of the ps4 era was all the new IP that sony was putting out. but the ps5? there has been nothing of note as far as new, engaging IP or innovation in game design or mechanics outside of a few rare examples.
sony is going to have a hard time with the ps6, in terms of its vision, marketing campaign and engaging its audience. if they don't stop the graphics arms race and find a new angle, hardware sales will decline hard and fast.
Re: Ninja Gaiden 4 (PS5) - A Bloodthirsty Action Game Ripped Straight from the PS3 Era
@Discol76 if you think that was me trashing the game, you completely misread what i wrote. i even stated below that i enjoy flawed and "medicore" games from suda 51... of course you can still have an enjoyable experience. the main problem here is that you are trying to tell people what is and isn't "medicore" and that is impossible since we all have our own metric and methods of evaluation. instead of getting offended and posting a hasty response, try to actually understand the intent of the post first.
Re: Ninja Gaiden 4 (PS5) - A Bloodthirsty Action Game Ripped Straight from the PS3 Era
@awp69 metacritic is usually inflated by about 1-1.5 points on average. deducting 1 from the overall score usually works for me to get a more realistic expecation of a game. i define medicore as a 6-7 so ninja gaiden is in that ballpark. i'll probably still play it, just like i still play suda 51 games knowing that they will be lacking in some ways. there is still a lot of enjoyment to be had in such gaming experiences. so no, it's not trash. trash is something that has no merit and shouldn't be played under any circumstances.
Re: Ninja Gaiden 4 (PS5) - A Bloodthirsty Action Game Ripped Straight from the PS3 Era
when this game was announced last year, my first impressions of it was that it looked like a budget ninja gaiden game and it wasn't getting the treatment it deserved. turns out that was the case and to make matters worse, all the talent at platinum games has since been drained out of the studio. all these factors likely contributed to this title being on the more medicore side side of things. serviceable, but mediocre. better than ninja gaiden 3 at least!
Re: Resident Evil 0 PS5 Remake Rumours Persist, Could Still Be Years Away
@AdamantiumPriest
i assume you meant to bring the zapping system back? it was removed in the resident evil 2 remake.
resident evil 2 remake was really annoying in how the choices made in one scenario did not impact the second scenario. i.e. doors unlocked, enemies killed, etc in scenario A had no bearing on scenario B, even if scenario B's timeline was after scenario A's etc. it's such a big oversight that it ruins the experience and sense of immersion in the world.
Re: Resident Evil 0 PS5 Remake Rumours Persist, Could Still Be Years Away
@darkswabber i have my doubts about the spinoffs receiving the same remake treatment. as a business exercise, i don't think they would be viable projects for capcom.
Re: Resident Evil 0 PS5 Remake Rumours Persist, Could Still Be Years Away
@PuppetMaster that's a very sad future indeed, completely void of creativity and innovation. i will say that the resident evil spinoffs do not command the same interest, nor sales, so it's unlikely they will get remade with the same treatment. perhaps some of them will receive barebones remasters, though.
Re: Resident Evil 0 PS5 Remake Rumours Persist, Could Still Be Years Away
can't help but feel that capcom is going to crash once it exhausts all its resident evil remake projects. the same will apply to s-e and every other publisher that has been coasting on the remake train the past 5-10 years. might be a good time to be more forward thinking and invest in new IP that has a shot at being successful. i acknowledge pragmata but it probably isn't going to light the world on fire... and no, capcom will not begin remaking the onimusha games next because they only garner a fraction of the sales and fanbase of the resident evil franchise (9m vs 170m lifetime sales) , hence why they only did shoddy remasters of the first two entries thus far. dino crisis? possibly, but again, they were never big sellers relative to resident evil and might not financially justify the remake treatment for capcom. also, the fact that there are only 2 games worth a damn doesn't help matters much (nobody speaks of dino crisis 3). breath of fire? not mainstream enough and has been long forgotten by capcom. one can hope that the franchise can get at least one modern AAA production to see where it stands.
so essentially, after capcom remakes resident evil 0, X, 5, 6 and possibly 1 remake, what's next? sure, we're likely talking 10 years into the future here, but alas... resident evil 6 remake will essentially be a completely different game if they take all its criticism to heart
Re: Heavy Rain Dev Announces Competitive Multiplayer Game Spellcasters Chronicles
oh god! using that neatease money well i see. i assume this game was a stipulation and part of their contractual agreement in getting acquired. it looks like the most generic AI slop imaginable. clearly quantic dream really did not want to make this trash. looking forward to star wars: eclipes, though, if it ever gets released
Re: Sony's Bluepoint Studio Recruiting for Third-Person Melee Action Game
if they are still recruiting talent for the project, it sounds like this will be an early ps6 era (crossgen) game that is 3+ years away. likely a remake of sorts. i hope they will eventually remake syphon filter some day and pave the way for a brand new entry in the series.
Re: Backlash Begins as New Dissidia Final Fantasy Game Is Revealed for Mobile
i don't think even the most hardcore ps fans would have noticed this news. some games just are not intended for the western console space and that is fine. absolutely no reason to get worked up over this awful excuse of a game.
Re: PS6 Release Date Touted for 2027, Cheaper But Less Powerful Than Next Xbox
@GloriosaDaisy well context is everything with this topic. if sony began losing customers and its market share shrunk (and in turn total revenue decreased), they would need to find a way to bring people back. true console exclusivity would be a viable strategy in that case. you better believe pc ports would be the first thing to go if say, sony sold 25-50% less ps6 units as compared to the ps5.
Re: PS6 Release Date Touted for 2027, Cheaper But Less Powerful Than Next Xbox
the ps5 primarily consisted of cross gen games, which were safe sequels and could also be found on pc. very few new or notable IP came out of sony over the past 5 years. the ps6 needs to replicate what the ps4 did and that includes a myriad of new IP to get excited about. the only words that come to mind when describing the ps5 is: BORING and DISAPPOINTING.
even then, it is going to be a tough sell knowing that all those games will make their way to pc anyways. so how does sony make the ps6 more enticing to users? i honestly don't know other than cutting back on the pc ports or at the very least, delaying the pc ports by 3 years or so but that seems unlikely. sony should also consider subsidizing the hardware and taking a $150 loss on each console sold initially (like it did with the ps3) so that they can get the pricing back down to realistic levels. a console purchase shouldn't be a huge financial burden that put people out for months. get the ps6 down to $400USD and everybody wins. it only needs to be 3X more powerful than the ps5 to be successfull and not 10X.
clearly, most console gamers don't care about the graphics arms race any longer. the ps5 pro is a failure. the switch and switch 2 will sell well regardless of their performance because there is a great, exclusive software library there. get with it sony.
Re: The Metaphor: ReFantazio Anniversary Event Was Just Atlus Trying to Sell a New Digital Edition
@Coversnail rest assured, the "royal" edition will happen. the space between psersona 5 and persona 5: royal was about 3 years so there is still plenty of time for atlus to screw over its fans
Re: Metaphor: ReFantazio One-Year Anniversary Event Announced, 'Special Message' Teased
most certainly a DLC. hopefully they will allow people to upgrade from the base game this time and not force a full-priced golden edition on people yet again.
Re: Loads of PlayStation Concert Dates Cancelled Amid Rumours of Low Ticket Sales
@AdamNovice absolutely. there is a time and place for the bombastic hollywood-inspired soundtracks, but i agree that those tracks usually end up being background music moreso than something you might listen to independent of the game. personally, i am interested in the more purposeful "melodic" music found in say the classic final fantasy games etc. i once went to a final fantasy concert called "dear friends — music from final fantasy" and it was fantastic!
Re: Loads of PlayStation Concert Dates Cancelled Amid Rumours of Low Ticket Sales
@FX102A i agree with you there. much of sony's music catalogue is not memorable and doesn't warrant its own concert series. capcom, s-e and even konami could pull it off, but sony? videogames live, which i believe is on hiatus now, included tracks from many of the game franchises you mentioned.
Re: Loads of PlayStation Concert Dates Cancelled Amid Rumours of Low Ticket Sales
way too expensive. two tickets in the nosebleed section costs $250 at my local venue. when i saw videogames live pre-covid, it was only $50 a seat by comparison. that was a great show and included classic tracks that are FAR more memorable than anything sony has released. sony's soundtracks are fine but there are very few standout tracks that will stand the test of time. they are mainly made up of generic movie-like numbers that lack identity.
Re: Sounds Like Sony May Finally Be Starting to Wind Down PS4 Support
why cut out their ps4 userbase if they don't have to? with so many lightweight indi games getting released, there is no reason why the ps4 can't be an indi machine for another 10 years. essentially, sony will lose revenue by winding down so it doesn't even make business sense for them to cut off support prematurely. if sony believes this move will force people to migrate over to the ps5 they are sadly mistaken as most users will jump to pc instead. i am dreading the day they pull the ps store from the ps4, but let's hope that is 10 years away.
Re: Silent Hill 2's Overdue PS5 Pro Fixes Now in Konami's Hands
put your faith in konami and you will be met with nothing but disappointment. every time.
Re: Rumour: Mass Effect, Dragon Age Studio BioWare Braced for Layoffs After EA's Buyout Agreement
it's a miracle bioware made it this far to be honest. they will likely be shuttered in the near future with some employees being shuffled off to support studios or work on sports games. EA will instead focus on publishing games of other genres from 3rd parties rather than developing them internally. EA was already on this path for a while but should be doing far more to diversify its portfolio. what a dismal company.
Re: Official PlayStation Art Book to Mark 30 Years of Gaming History
@Rob_230 a bitmap books/sony collaboration would be awesome!
thanks for the book suggestion. it looks neat!
Re: New PS5 Slim Is Cheaper in Every Way Except the Retail Price, New Teardown Video Reveals
if it wasn't for the boost in hardware sales, as a direct result of covid, the ps5 would have sold 20m fewer units and would be $100+ cheaper than it is now. simple as that really. big companies can play this game because fortune has been in their favour, but it won't last. expect ps6 to sell 30% less units than the ps5 did after 5 years on the market if they keep escalating prices in an arbitary manner like this.
Re: Official PlayStation Art Book to Mark 30 Years of Gaming History
when you have companies such as bitmap books putting out exquisite products, such as the 652 page "guide to japanese role playing games" for $67CAD/$48USD, it is difficult not to cringe at the asking price of this playstation book. sony is exclusively targeting the wealthy collector here and dismissing its real fans. what else is new?
Re: Square Enix Ain't Going to Revisit Parasite Eve on PS5, But This Chinese Dev Sure as Hell Is
first we got that resident evil clone and now this (the latter is far more excessive though). i don't know if its going to be smooth sailing for these publishers involved. capcom and s-e are likely taking notes as we speak and may shut down these projects. sony is doing all it can to sue tencent for the horizon clone as well (with the assumption it never sees the light of day).
i get it. people are frustrated that parasite eve has been left in a dark corner to rot away. s-e shows no respect to such a great IP. outside of xenogears and vagrant story, parasite eve is at the top of the list for a modern remake. but there is a fine line as to what defines a spiritual successor or inspired work as opposed to a blatant copy. these latest games from china show a complete disregard for international law or respect for the original rights holders. they are playing with fire here.
keep in mind china was in a 15 year hibernation where the government banned console sales in the country. as of 2015 that ban was relieved. do publishers in china really want to get on sony's bad side just as they begin to establish themselves in the AAA gaming space? seems like very bad timing. if anything, i could potentially see these latest clones being sold exclusively in parts of asia but banned from sale in north america, europe and japan among other regions.
Re: Publisher EA Poised to Go Private as 'Advanced Talks' of $50 Billion Buyout Emerge
does it really matter what EA spirals into after this acqisition? they have long been a lost cause and won't be missed if they disappear tomorrow. casual fans will just bounce to the next fifa and madden franchise in that event. they are not loyal to EA, they are loyal to the sport. potential censorship with the saudi interference? with the types of games EA makes, i don't think there would be much room for censorship haha. all of its notable IP of yesterday has already been forgotten or ruined so not much value there either.
Re: This Exciting PS5 Single Player Game Is Not Resident Evil, But It Sure Looks Like It
ooof. that's going to lose somone a LOT of money! i'm curious to know what the capcom producers feel about this
Re: Gungrave G.O.R.E. Is Getting a Full PS5 Remake Just 3 Years After Its Original Release
eh, i'd call it more of a director's cut to be honest.
Re: PS5 Is the Most Successful Console in PlayStation History, States Sony
@nomither6 yup, to be honest, any console prior to the ps5 is a good candidate for "best" sony console. each brought something unique to the table for its time. a lot of it will depend on the genres you prefer the most and your age i suppose. for example, the ps1 and ps2 still hold up as the best eras for jrpgs (along with the snes) in my opinion which might give more weight than say the ps3 which was lacking in that specific genre. in either case, be it the ps1, ps2 or ps3, there was something for everyone and the value was off the charts for their time. we could in theory spend the rest of our lives gaming on those machines and still not have enough time to see it all haha. there is no wrong choice but yes, ps3 is special for being the first sony hd console and people were constantly being blown away by the progress on the graphics side of things in particular. it was also a formative period in game design and creativity (perhaps not as influential as the ps1 and ps2) that would pave the way to many modern standards.
i think many people miss the element of "surprise" that used to be present in the gaming industry. with less risk taking, originality and an emphasis on "safe bets", it almost feels like people are going through the motions rather than being engaged in meaningful ways these days. generally speaking regarding the AAA side of things anyway. i won't even get into the financial side of things because we all know things are not good on that front.
Re: Tokyo Xtreme Racer Makes Its Long-Awaited Return to PlayStation
of all the developers that have shuttered over the years, it is quite a feat that genki is still around. i mean, they were a b-tier studio and until recently, hadn't put out a game in 15 years. i'm curious as to how they have kep the lights on all this time. their background is more interesting than their games. that said, more arcade racing games are always welcome and i have heard good things about this new entry in the series.
Re: First Wolverine PS5 Gameplay Is Incredibly Gory, Set for Fall 2026
@kcarnes9051 i see. good to know.
Re: PS5 Is the Most Successful Console in PlayStation History, States Sony
@ilyn i agree, the ps2 is the golden era of gaming. an absolute treasure trove of new IPs and games from every genre imaginable were developed during that era. it's completely unmatched by any console since in terms of output. the ps1 is also in the running with its own share of fantastic IPs originating on the console. even the ps3, with it's slow start and growing pains that came with hd gaming, managed to impress by the mid-end of it's cycle and offered a ton of value to gamers. you could still find "weird", "quirky" and unconventional gaming experiences throughout the ps3 era which helped it to stand out. the ps4 was great, but in some ways felt like a more "polished" ps3 — sony peaked with its 1st party output making it memorable nontheless. the hd era of gaming reached its potential on the ps4.
as for the ps5...
Re: PS5 Is the Most Successful Console in PlayStation History, States Sony
if sony's most "successful" console can also be sony's worst console at the same time, that is very concerning.
i don't think sony's "success" is representative of the AAA industry at large, nor how people feel about the gaming landscape these days. this has been a very boring and dismal 5 years for sony's 1st party output but i suppose they are doing well with their ps+ subsciption numbers and revenue generation via microtransactions.
yay.
Re: Sony Celebrates 20 Years of God of War with New PS5 Controller
@-Sigma- starting with the design of the ps5, it's all been wrong in so many ways this gen
Re: First Wolverine PS5 Gameplay Is Incredibly Gory, Set for Fall 2026
looks pretty good... but i'm confused about who he is actually killing in this trailer. it appears that all his victims are cyborgs of some kind... which comes across as a bit forced. i suppose that alows insomniac to get away with more gore and dismemberments... otherwise they would be facing some trouble from the ESRB.
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced in Sony's State of Play Livestream for September 2025?
didn't watch it. judging by the bullet points, this looked like another uneventful turd of a show. of course, this is the AAA industry at large and not just a sony problem...
Re: Classic Cyberpunk RPG Deus Ex Is Being Remastered on PS5 in February 2026
the original was great, but this looks like a minimal effort, hack job of a port (barely a remaster) from aspyr. easy skip.
Re: Octopath Traveler 0 Has You Covered for 100 Hours of JRPG Action
town building mechanics? well, that's contributing 30 hours of superfluous content right there alone. hopefully it won't be a mandatory requirement to finish the game.
Re: Gran Turismo 7's Latest Update Adds Yet More Cars and Events on PS5, PS4
@TheDudeElDuderino i dunno. gt was in a bad place when gt5 and gt6 got released. they felt archaic in their design and even reused car models from the ps2 (remember the premium and non premium cars?). it was a bit of a mess during that era but they got it together with gt sport thankfully.
Re: Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (PS5) - Still the Benchmark for Turn-Based Tactics
@somnambulance they didn't remake the sprites. they have been haphazardly upscaled and have a smeared look to them on modern TVs. Looks to be the same situation with the character portraits. certainly not a 10/10 because of this.