@Rabid_Gamer interestingly enough, chinese and korean devs are giving many western devs a run for their money in the AAA space and have received plenty of coverage from various sony events including the most recent state of play. i don't think anyone expected this before the ps5 gen began. Lost Soul Aside, Stellar Blade, Phantom Blade Zero, Black Myth: Wukong, Tides of Annhilation... also Lies of P... all developed by chinese/korean devs.
sony made numerous bad decisions this generation and the negativity online is generally worse because of it. that's how it goes... these aren't exactly optimisitc times we live in, so people are going to vent their frustrations, sometimes more fiercely than usual. been a playstation fan since 1995 and i can't say there is a single thing they have done right over the past 4 years, despite the better than expected sales of the ps5. the sales absolutely do not reflect the console on its own merits. they are getting away with it due to the ps5 being the winner by default and having beat xbox so badly with the ps4... a lack of comeptition doesn't make this "victory" satisfying as this is the worst console sony has ever released. of course, the AAA space on the whole is also in dissaray so the impact isn't entirely on sony alone.
fairly likely that ps6 will launch with no disc drive in the box and only offer an optional one (which will be severly supply limited intentionally). in addition, it is very likely that most AAA publishers will simply NOT release a physical version of their games anyways... physical releases will be tied to collector's editions aimed at the FOMO audiences with too much money at their disposal to even question their purchases. by the end of the ps6 gen, physical releases will likely be close to dead. its an economies of scale thing — it will get to a point where sony decides its not even worth the investment to keep the factories open to press the discs anymore). i can see a world where collector's editions eventually consist of empty game cases (wtih download codes inside, plus a few additional stickers for safe measure haha) to please those who are still in mourning. its a shame that the industry has gone in this direction, but better to accept it then to be in denial. plus, there is only so much shelf space available to those will moderate or smaller homes (most of us).
when you have lowered your expectations as much as i have over the years, you are able to walk away from these state of plays with a feeling that is "passable". there were some genuine surprises here such as tides of annihilation and shinobi gameplay (from the same devs as streets of rage 4, sign me up). onimusha 2 and lost souls aside gameplay looked quite good and elevated the show. these kinds of announcements are enough to make these shows watchable. anticipating new, sweeping 1st party IP from sony is a setup for disappointment so its best to move on from that way of thinking. sony only has a handful of single player games on the horizon... i count no more than 4 or 5 at most for the remainder of the ps5 gen. one or two releases per year if we are lucky... they will be saved for game awards and other prominant shows and not wasted on a state of play.
@TruestoryYep i hope you are right. i did find the environments to look incredibly barren and uninspired. the special "finishing" moves looked tacked on and out of place in this type of a game, as if they were stripped from viewtiful joe or street fighter alpha 2 or something
platinum games simply isn't platinum games any longer. ninja gaiden looks a bit lackluster to be hoenst and for good reason. a nier sequel looks more and more unlikely with each passing day... and even if it was in production, is that what we even want knowing that the usual talent wasn't involved? maybe s-e will keep that in-house if it ever sees the light of day.
how is the company in good health? they lost billions of dollars on unfulfilled GaaS projects that will destroy their upcoming earnings reports. once they disclose their losses, their stock will tank. i can see it dropping by up to 15% within the next few years.
@Dalamar a bit of a strange take. that's similar to asking why mario kart 8 sold over 70m copies. it's a great game, but it didn't do anything particularly "new". its been the same formula for 30 years now over at nintendo.
you could easily argue that the gta series provides the best open world, sandbox environment of any other series, period. they usually add one new mechanic that is the first of its kind, as well. in gta v, you could switch between 3 characters on the fly, in real time, regardless of where each character was on the map — can't say i have ever seen that in an open world game before or since. gta vi will bring something new to the table, i am sure of it. if nothing else, it will be the most amitious open world game ever made, so that counts for something, right?
why does cod sell as much as it does? or why does fortnite attract such a large audience? some things just take hold of the social conciousness at large. gta is one such franchise. some people get it. others don't. and that's fine. almost anything in this world that generates that level of hype will probably fail to live up to it, but that is for everyone to decide for themselves.
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare interesting writeup. thanks for sharing. according to your sources, it appears that the ps4 was at 90m units sold as of january 2019, which is about 5 years after the launch of the ps4 (launched in november of 2013).
ps5 currently sits at 65m units sold after 4 years on the market. unless the ps5 sells an additional 25m units before november of 2025, then the ps5 is absolutely NOT outpacing the ps4.
if gta VI releases this year, there is a good possibility that the ps5 will match the ps4 in sales as it will get a massive boost. without gta VI, i don't think the ps5 has a chance at selling an additional 25m units in less than 10 months from now. total lifetime sales should be interesting to see, but as we all know, sales aren't everything. even if ps5 outsells the ps4, that doesn't mean it was the better console. far from it.
@Oram77 hypothetically, it would destroy the creative arts as we know it. there would be a severe restriction in the number of professionals able to break into the creative fields as jobs would be so limited. in an industry that is already ultra competitive, it would be controlled by even fewer people, which in turn would restrict ideas and result in stagnation and homogeny. it would also significantly increase the output of trash and brain-rot creation and consumption since the majority if the AI generated media (with little to no human element applied) would result in a soulless and sterile product, without meaning or purpose. a plethora of it; much more than you can even imagine since it will be created so quickly and with so little consequence. if you think moderation is bad on psn or the eshop, you have seen nothing yet.
ultimately, we are talking about everyday, hard working people, being pushed into a corner and having a tougher time of it. this might affect me, you, our friends, colleagues, family members or anyone else in between. why wish for something that has the potential to disrupt the very things that define us as human? make no mistake, AI is designed to primarily benefit the corpos and their agendas like with most things in the capitalist world which are driven by money and greed. this is going to be a weaponization of thoughts, ideas and narratives. what happens in the gaming industry is only the tip of the iceberg.
they sure like to use the word "help" a lot, when describing their intentions of using AI. sure, at first AI will "help" ease the burden and lighten the load. but over time, AI will outright replace millions of jobs around the world. it will get to the point where a AAA game is developed by 12 people with the assistance of AI. so no, i do not support the use of AI in any capacity, because i can see what the end game is. don't give this tech an inch. you will be sorry. why people continue to embrace a monster that will be detrimental to their lives and well being is beyond me.
@wiiware oh, i see. i could never part with my old hardware. too many memories and too many games left to play on them! but, yes, ps1 games look amazing on the vita so that's not a bad way to go.
certainly a surprise, but why does this look like a budget game and not the big blockbuster that it deserved to be? environments look bland and barren. this doesn't seem like the type of game that should have been outsourced to platinum in my opinion and deserved the time and care of a proper AAA release. looks fine and all, but not mindblowing like some people are making it out to be. funny enough, at the moment, i'm looking forward to seeing more of ninja gaiden ragebound over this one.
bioware is being kept on life support for the moment so that EA doesn't have another PR disaster on its hands. its one of the last "good will" studios it has left. the latest DA is a financial disaster for EA without question and perhaps its not even EA's fault this time? a sales expectation of a paltry 3m should have been met which tells me that the market voted and this franchise has simply run its course. should EA go all in on sports games, bioware will likely become a support studio.
@Nakatomi_Uk yea, so long as said game gets re-introduced by sony and is available for purchase on psn for ps4/ps5, then it should be free for you to download again.
there are a number of capcom ps1 games that were only available via premium ps+ subscribtion for ps4/ps5 (could not be purchased seperately) and in those cases, the game will not be available to you on ps4/ps5. i think dino crisis is available, though... if you owned the ps3 version.
@wiiware yea, the carryover of ps1 classics from psp/vita/ps3 is still in effect for ps4/ps5 which is nice. i was surprised to see my 13 year old purchase of grandia available on ps4. but unfortunately, only a fraction of the ps classics library has made its way to ps4/ps5 and i don't expect that to change much.
that said, i recommend that you try ps1 games on ps3. especially if you have a modded ps3, it will run the entire ps1 library in .bin/.cue format with perfect emulation. the upscaling is sharp. no bells and whistles such as rewind or save states of course, but that's a small convenience to lose when you have the entire ps1 game library at your disposal. currently playing though lunar and couldn't be happier with the experience
this is absoultely pathetic. a 25 year old ps1 game is struggling to be emulated properly on current gen platforms. why is this happening??? why does a ps1 rom require patches in the first place? if you can't add ehancements to the game, then don't. FREE community driven ps1 emulators do a far better job than sony, and yet people are still crying for more ps1 classics on ps5, despite knowing that they will perform worse than the ps1 original or the myriads of emulation options available on their pc's or legacy ps hardware? what's the annual budget of the emulation team at sony? 100 bucks?
at this point, don't even bother. ps1 emulation was pitch perfect on the ps2, ps3, psp and vita and yet here we are in 2025 and they can't get ps1 games to run properly on significantly more powerful hardware. just wow.
as a big fan of celeste, this is sad news. this statement doesn't make sense, though:
"Due to the expectations placed on the developer's shoulders as a result of Celeste, the project became "exhausting" to work on."
you cannot run away from the success of celeste. no matter what you work on next, there will be high expectations. so to use that as a scape goat and then say that they will be working on smaller-scale projects does not solve the "celeste problem" going forward, be it 5 years from now or 15 years from now when their next game releases, under a new studio name or not. but hey, they are allowed to keep the real reason private, of course.
been with god of war franchise since day one and it wouldn't be a stretch to call it one of my all time favourites. after completing 6 of the 8 entries (still have not played ascension or ragnarok yet), i think it is time to retire the franchise. or at the very least, take a long hiatus (i'm thinking ps7), until they are able to reinvent it again. go ahead with the remasters and remakes if you must, sony, but i have no desire for those. on a side note, sometimes it is best to let a franchise rest until there is a team passionate and innovative enough to take it to the next level. barlog did exactly that with gow (2018) but it is now time to see santa monica flex its mind and create some new world's and characters. kratos will always be one of the great gaming characters as it stands but all good things do come to an end so that we can better appreciate what they left behind.
@ButterySmooth30FPS if you can convince pushsquare to make a poll on this very subjet, i can say with 99% certainty the results would be exactly what i just said. ps5 would come in dead last in the rankings. those who are educated on the subject, know why and i won't spend an hour explaining it to you. i doubt you were a ps gamer from the beginning (wouldn't know any better) so you aren't even qualified to answer the question in the first place, nor dispute it. kids these days.
$100+tax to be a beta tester for what is likely to be a rather buggy open world game (at least at launch like with most releases). no doubt rockstar will iron out the kinks after a few months, but if anyone truly believes the game won't have bugs and performance issues on day one, better lower your expectations while you still can. no, it won't be cyberpunk levels of bad... there is just too much riding on this to allow that to happen. hell, even sony would provide resourcses to rockstar in this scenario when you consider how paltry sony's releases will be this year... but let's face it, this is a game of enormous scope and even with 5000 developers working on it around the clock, a completely polished experience just isn't in the cards without substantial beta testing and user data after launch.
come on now. just because rockstar/take2 could get away with that asking price, doesn't mean any other publisher would have the same result. gta 6 is the most unique case in the entire gaming industry. i'd like to see anyone else try that and not see their unit sales impacted. give it a try, i dare you in all seriousness, i have not purchased a game at launch, at full asking price, in about 8 years and that's not going to change. i generally don't buy games beyond the $30CAD mark anymore. as such, the launch price is irrelevent to me.
is the dream finally over or are people going to continue to delude themselves over vr? it's dead. at least at sony it is. just because there are a handful of interesting vr experiences doesn't mean it is viable or has enough support amongst the gaming industry at large. time to move on. we could see vr rear its ugly head yet again in a decade or two, but it was premature to even attempt this technology in its current form, tech limitations and all. for once, xbox made the right call and didn't even flirt with the idea. well done, phil. dodged a bullet there.
@stu123 even if sony was so lucky to capture lightning in a bottle (better chance at winning the lottery) and carved out its own fortnite-like game, they wouldn't have a clue on how to create a road map and support it long term. the amount of resources and expense required to support such a game long term is staggering, and sony would inevitably drop the ball anyways... if not in the first year of release, by year 2 and surely by year 3. all these big companies chase after the big trands, but haven't got a clue on what it takes to support the monster that they create.
at this stage, i do not regret for a moment in not purchasing a ps5. the software library generally hasn't appealled to me and the few notable releases were cross gen on ps4 anyways so i'm good. glad i saved my cash and will likely put it towards a switch 2. having never owned a switch, there will be a plethora of great games available for me on day one. ps5 has been a joke and i will take a wait and see approach on the ps6.
make no mistake, the next 4 years of sony 1st party will be miserable. outside of the ghost of tsushima sequel and intergelactic (reveal didn't impress me), i wouldn't expect much other than santa monica's next game and perhaps 2-3 additional single player games, plus all the live service bullcrap they intend to put out there. this is not MY playstation or why i became a fan back in the 90s. they lost me completely.
but on the bright side, sony's massive failure this gen will make them do better out of obligation next time around. they have no other choice but to go back to what they do best and that will beneift playstation gamers everywhere. for now, playstation is going to just hang on by a thread until this cycle comes to an end. hopefully the next console is due in 3 years instead of 4, if not sooner.
people shouldn't be surprised by this news at all. when jim told us there were 20 live service games in development, he was basically telling us that he bet the farm on this endevour. learning of last of us online being cancelled should signal that everything or anything being cancelled is fair game. and so it was.
i'm glad herman is making these tough decisions because the alternative is far worse: releasing these terrible games with even more resources invested, having them flop and the community losing even more trust in playstation than they already have. might as well cut your losses here and now in knowing that all these service games were hot trash ideas to begin with.
now, get bluepoint on another remake already. i'll take legend of dragoon. as for bend, if they want to make a day's gone sequel, for the love of god, allow them to. you got any better ideas, sony?
@nomither6 data has been released that only 20% of gamers who start a game ever complete them. i assure you that gamespass will only make games more disposable and the completion rates will fall even further. gamespass ultimate is already very expensive at $276CAD here in canada. you could purchase a ton of great games for that amount (especially if you plan to buy older or used games) and play them on your own watch over a number of years without the artificial time constraints found on all the subscriptions services.
i don't get it. instead of paying a premium and begging sony to re-release these classic games, why not pick up a ps2/ps3/psp/vita etc and you know, play the games you want to play? there are many upscalers available these days that will allow you to play your ps2 games on a modern display as well. if you really want to play these games, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from doing so.
as time goes on and life becomes even more financially difficult for many people, gamespass subscribers will decline. as we have already seen on multiple ocassions, subscription plans just keep increasing in price. its become far too expensive to be a set it and forget it sort of deal. gaming was always meant to be a fun pastime, not the outrageous expense and sacrifice of time that it has become more recently. the value of the subscription is only as good as the time you put into it and it appears that "time" is also in very low supply these days with so many other entertainment outlets fighting for it.
no physical release huh? i'm currently playing lunar 1 at this very moment since it was in my backlog for years and the remaster announcement pushed me to finally play it. after 20 hours of gameplay: fun game and very charming, but it can be a grind fest at times (even with the re-tooled "unworking designs" balance mod). the sprites look great running on ps3 via 4k tv... i don't see how a remaster will improve the experience unless they made some QoL changes which i highly doubt (the menu UI needs an overhaul, especially when it comes to equipping and sharing items with the party). this remaster makes the games more acessible? yes, but it's not like my ps1/ps2/ps3 were ever innaccessible to begin with haha. if you are a retro gamer, remasters really don't have a lot to offer other than speeding up the combat which is a god send feature.
i'm glad kojima has been given the opportunity to create the game of his dreams. unfortunately for me, death stranding wasn't exactly my kind of game or what i want to see from him. hopefully kojima will return to the stealth genre one last time (has already been rumoured for his next game)... but if it doesn't work out that way, that is fine as well. he has given more than enough to the gaming industry.
you mean 120fps for the 1% of pc owners who have the hardware required to meet the specs? gotcha.
i find it truly strange how people refer to "pc gaming", as if that entire space is made up of gamers on cutting edge hardware, including the latest $2000 video cards and 4k displays. guess what, it's not what you think it is over there. 50%+ of steam users are still gaming at 1080p resolution with the comparable specs of a ps4.
the only thing this data tells me is that the majority of gamers are either:
A) lazy — would rather pay more for something (that is less valuable) because of convenience.
B) come from a pc-centric background where physical media was stripped away decades ago and that culture has seeped into the console space.
C) simply don't understand the repercussions their buying habits will have in the long term — a digital-only marketplace will only make gaming more expensive and more curated than ever.
as we know, there are certain publishers that simply do not drop their prices beyond a certain threshhold even for titles that are 5+ years old. nintendo, activison and fromsoftware titles come to mind among others (i.e. cheaptest price for elden ring digitally is $48CAD but i picked up a new physical copy at walmart for $30CAD). why be at the mercy of digital storefront pricing when you can hunt down a new or used physical copy elsewhere at 30-50% cheaper? then i can sell the game on the second hand market and use that cash to buy a different game if i so choose... or i can hold onto the game and see the value increase over time (in some cases) making it an unexpected investment with a profitable return. whatever the case, it is my choice what i decide to do with the games that i OWN physically. it's just insane that more people don't understand this simple concept or just don't care. to make matters worse, there are people championing a digital-only future, as if it bothers them that physical media even exists and some people prefer it.
this isn't just about games, though. most people don't seem to have a problem throwing away their rights and freedoms when it comes to everything in their lives.
it excplicitly states it's "not actual gameplay" guys so take a breather haha. no fighting game can flow like that and likely never will unless its an orchestrated fight and both players have practiced together for weeks to time the counters haha.
it will be a problem for sony once they realize a massive number of people are pirating their games on day one. as cost of living goes up and you remove the option to play games on physical media (via used game sales, more competitive pricing and lending out to friends etc), yes, sony will take a major hit financially. that is the reason why rockstar doesn't port its games to pc for YEARS after the console release. piracy. plain and simple.
sony is acting smug right now, even though they have nothing to be proud of. they won this console generation by doing nothing noteworthy other than beat up on its "competition" which was already bleeding at the nose and down for the count before this generation even began. this "victory" was not earned in any capacity. congratulations, you are the winner when you haven't had any real competition for the past 15 years as a result of xbox shooting itself in the foot time and time again. sony porting its games to PC on day one will be the biggest mistake it ever makes.
little by little, people are being conditioned to "accept" a digital future and throw away their physical games library. soon, the majority of gamers will be at the mercy of the publishers and they will realize that they made a grave mistake in adopting a format that they literally have no control over.
games will be getting de-listed on digital storefronts more often with no real way of obtaining them (other than through piracy). even worse, publishers will have less incentive in offering sales on digital-only software when there is no longer competition from the traditional retailers or second hand marketplaces. so, you are running into a situation where piracy will likely increase significantly in the coming years as many people lived and died by the used game market of physcal media and/or purchasing their games physically which often times is cheaper than the lowest price point offered by most digital storefronts.
on one hand, the publishers will be salivating and frothing at the mouth by the new found power they have at their disposal in price setting; on the other hand, they will face sales declines due to an increase in piracy and gamers simply not being in a financial position to pay up the inflated prices. at the end of the day, we are talking about petty entertainment here... and with the cost of living always, always, always going up, people are going to resort to life necessities over gaming when things get bad enough. this has the potential to completely disrupt the gaming industry in ways we have never seen, especially when you consider how vulenerable and unsustainable the AAA space has been for the past 10 years now. this means less AAA games, less risks, more mindless sequels, more nickel and diming, more publishers and developers being shut down...
when the ps6 launches, i'll likely not be in a rush to purchase one considering how poorly everything has gone this console generation. but, it is likely that sony will release a digital-only SKU of the ps6 with an "optional" disc drive to please the masses like they did with the ps5 pro. this will be yet another PR stunt, but i would definitely learn from the current situation and purchase the disc drive ASAP as it is likely to sell out and never come back again after that. just like physical gaming media. in case i ever pick up a ps6, i'll at least have the disc drive for backwards compatibility of ps4/ps5 games. as for ps6 games, it's likely that we will only be getting a fraction of the ps6 library released on disc.
genuinely shocked that gta6 didn't run away with it.
as for death stranding 2, if kojima chose not to radically change up the gameplay, i think it is destined to be a financial failure. it appears that there were many, many people who didn't jive with the first game (for good reason) and who otherwise were big kojima fans as a result of his work with the mgs franchise. those same people will absolutely NOT be taking a chance on death stranding 2 after feeling bummed by the first game. seeing as death stranding 1 only sold 5m copies, i expect the sequel to reach 3m at best (if the core mechanics of the game are the same). for a AAA game of this magnitude (not to mention all the hollywood actors he has lined up again), i don't see a world where that can possibly result in a net profit for sony or kojima productions. BUT, hopefully kojima has a trick up his sleeve and will subvert expectations with this one. as it stand, i personally have very low interest in it currently.
outside of a handful of games, 2025 doesn't look too eventful. but perhaps gta6 alone will be enough to keep the AAA industry afloat for another year.
instead of being irrational and review bombing for reasons that have nothing to do with the actual game content itself, simply seek "other" means of playing the game. you already purchased it, so downloading a "clone" copy (on a different build that might work) is technically not considered piracy. but of course, these individuals are likely not even interested in the game and were just looking for another excuse to be toxic online...
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Re: Reaction: The PS5 Discourse Around State of Plays Is Becoming Draining
@Rabid_Gamer interestingly enough, chinese and korean devs are giving many western devs a run for their money in the AAA space and have received plenty of coverage from various sony events including the most recent state of play. i don't think anyone expected this before the ps5 gen began. Lost Soul Aside, Stellar Blade, Phantom Blade Zero, Black Myth: Wukong, Tides of Annhilation... also Lies of P... all developed by chinese/korean devs.
Re: Reaction: The PS5 Discourse Around State of Plays Is Becoming Draining
sony made numerous bad decisions this generation and the negativity online is generally worse because of it. that's how it goes... these aren't exactly optimisitc times we live in, so people are going to vent their frustrations, sometimes more fiercely than usual. been a playstation fan since 1995 and i can't say there is a single thing they have done right over the past 4 years, despite the better than expected sales of the ps5. the sales absolutely do not reflect the console on its own merits. they are getting away with it due to the ps5 being the winner by default and having beat xbox so badly with the ps4... a lack of comeptition doesn't make this "victory" satisfying as this is the worst console sony has ever released. of course, the AAA space on the whole is also in dissaray so the impact isn't entirely on sony alone.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Sony 'Can't Get Away' with a PS6 That Has No Disc Drive
fairly likely that ps6 will launch with no disc drive in the box and only offer an optional one (which will be severly supply limited intentionally). in addition, it is very likely that most AAA publishers will simply NOT release a physical version of their games anyways... physical releases will be tied to collector's editions aimed at the FOMO audiences with too much money at their disposal to even question their purchases. by the end of the ps6 gen, physical releases will likely be close to dead. its an economies of scale thing — it will get to a point where sony decides its not even worth the investment to keep the factories open to press the discs anymore). i can see a world where collector's editions eventually consist of empty game cases (wtih download codes inside, plus a few additional stickers for safe measure haha) to please those who are still in mourning. its a shame that the industry has gone in this direction, but better to accept it then to be in denial. plus, there is only so much shelf space available to those will moderate or smaller homes (most of us).
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Sony's State of Play for February 2025?
when you have lowered your expectations as much as i have over the years, you are able to walk away from these state of plays with a feeling that is "passable". there were some genuine surprises here such as tides of annihilation and shinobi gameplay (from the same devs as streets of rage 4, sign me up). onimusha 2 and lost souls aside gameplay looked quite good and elevated the show. these kinds of announcements are enough to make these shows watchable. anticipating new, sweeping 1st party IP from sony is a setup for disappointment so its best to move on from that way of thinking. sony only has a handful of single player games on the horizon... i count no more than 4 or 5 at most for the remainder of the ps5 gen. one or two releases per year if we are lucky... they will be saved for game awards and other prominant shows and not wasted on a state of play.
Re: Crysis 4 Put on Ice as Crytek Announces Significant Layoffs
how are these relics still around? they spent more time putting out crypto coins than actual games.
Re: Rumour: Devil May Cry Remake Supposedly Outed by Vergil Voice Actor
maybe he was referring to the new DMC animated series for netflix???
definitely don't need a remake. focus on dino crisis and breath of fire series please.
Re: PlatinumGames Seemingly Spills More Top Bayonetta, Astral Chain Talent
@TruestoryYep i hope you are right. i did find the environments to look incredibly barren and uninspired. the special "finishing" moves looked tacked on and out of place in this type of a game, as if they were stripped from viewtiful joe or street fighter alpha 2 or something
Re: PlatinumGames Seemingly Spills More Top Bayonetta, Astral Chain Talent
@Steel76 it has a 6/7 written all over it, but maybe this will be an underdog story.
Re: PlatinumGames Seemingly Spills More Top Bayonetta, Astral Chain Talent
@arsmolinarc you beat me to it
Re: PlatinumGames Seemingly Spills More Top Bayonetta, Astral Chain Talent
platinum games simply isn't platinum games any longer. ninja gaiden looks a bit lackluster to be hoenst and for good reason. a nier sequel looks more and more unlikely with each passing day... and even if it was in production, is that what we even want knowing that the usual talent wasn't involved? maybe s-e will keep that in-house if it ever sees the light of day.
Re: Sony's Stocks Fly As Market Responds to New Corporate Hierarchy
how is the company in good health? they lost billions of dollars on unfulfilled GaaS projects that will destroy their upcoming earnings reports. once they disclose their losses, their stock will tank. i can see it dropping by up to 15% within the next few years.
Re: $100 for GTA 6 Is 'A Bridge Too Far' Even for Rockstar, Says Analyst
@Dalamar a bit of a strange take. that's similar to asking why mario kart 8 sold over 70m copies. it's a great game, but it didn't do anything particularly "new". its been the same formula for 30 years now over at nintendo.
you could easily argue that the gta series provides the best open world, sandbox environment of any other series, period. they usually add one new mechanic that is the first of its kind, as well. in gta v, you could switch between 3 characters on the fly, in real time, regardless of where each character was on the map — can't say i have ever seen that in an open world game before or since. gta vi will bring something new to the table, i am sure of it. if nothing else, it will be the most amitious open world game ever made, so that counts for something, right?
why does cod sell as much as it does? or why does fortnite attract such a large audience? some things just take hold of the social conciousness at large. gta is one such franchise. some people get it. others don't. and that's fine. almost anything in this world that generates that level of hype will probably fail to live up to it, but that is for everyone to decide for themselves.
Re: In the US, PS5 Is Selling Much Faster Than PS4 At a Higher Price
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare interesting writeup. thanks for sharing. according to your sources, it appears that the ps4 was at 90m units sold as of january 2019, which is about 5 years after the launch of the ps4 (launched in november of 2013).
ps5 currently sits at 65m units sold after 4 years on the market. unless the ps5 sells an additional 25m units before november of 2025, then the ps5 is absolutely NOT outpacing the ps4.
if gta VI releases this year, there is a good possibility that the ps5 will match the ps4 in sales as it will get a massive boost. without gta VI, i don't think the ps5 has a chance at selling an additional 25m units in less than 10 months from now. total lifetime sales should be interesting to see, but as we all know, sales aren't everything. even if ps5 outsells the ps4, that doesn't mean it was the better console. far from it.
Re: Capcom Seems Sold on Using AI to Help Out with Game Development
@Oram77 hypothetically, it would destroy the creative arts as we know it. there would be a severe restriction in the number of professionals able to break into the creative fields as jobs would be so limited. in an industry that is already ultra competitive, it would be controlled by even fewer people, which in turn would restrict ideas and result in stagnation and homogeny. it would also significantly increase the output of trash and brain-rot creation and consumption since the majority if the AI generated media (with little to no human element applied) would result in a soulless and sterile product, without meaning or purpose. a plethora of it; much more than you can even imagine since it will be created so quickly and with so little consequence. if you think moderation is bad on psn or the eshop, you have seen nothing yet.
ultimately, we are talking about everyday, hard working people, being pushed into a corner and having a tougher time of it. this might affect me, you, our friends, colleagues, family members or anyone else in between. why wish for something that has the potential to disrupt the very things that define us as human? make no mistake, AI is designed to primarily benefit the corpos and their agendas like with most things in the capitalist world which are driven by money and greed. this is going to be a weaponization of thoughts, ideas and narratives. what happens in the gaming industry is only the tip of the iceberg.
Re: Capcom Seems Sold on Using AI to Help Out with Game Development
they sure like to use the word "help" a lot, when describing their intentions of using AI. sure, at first AI will "help" ease the burden and lighten the load. but over time, AI will outright replace millions of jobs around the world. it will get to the point where a AAA game is developed by 12 people with the assistance of AI. so no, i do not support the use of AI in any capacity, because i can see what the end game is. don't give this tech an inch. you will be sorry. why people continue to embrace a monster that will be detrimental to their lives and well being is beyond me.
Re: The Legend of Dragoon Just Got an Unexpected Patch on PS5, PS4
@wiiware oh, i see. i could never part with my old hardware. too many memories and too many games left to play on them! but, yes, ps1 games look amazing on the vita so that's not a bad way to go.
Re: The Legend of Dragoon Just Got an Unexpected Patch on PS5, PS4
@Nakatomi_Uk nice, i need to check out G police sometime. i have it installed on my modded ps3!
Re: Ninja Gaiden 4 Announced, Slashes to PS5 This Year with PlatinumGames Co-Developing
certainly a surprise, but why does this look like a budget game and not the big blockbuster that it deserved to be? environments look bland and barren. this doesn't seem like the type of game that should have been outsourced to platinum in my opinion and deserved the time and care of a proper AAA release. looks fine and all, but not mindblowing like some people are making it out to be. funny enough, at the moment, i'm looking forward to seeing more of ninja gaiden ragebound over this one.
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Support Could Be Over Already as Patch 5 Drops on PS5
bioware is being kept on life support for the moment so that EA doesn't have another PR disaster on its hands. its one of the last "good will" studios it has left. the latest DA is a financial disaster for EA without question and perhaps its not even EA's fault this time? a sales expectation of a paltry 3m should have been met which tells me that the market voted and this franchise has simply run its course. should EA go all in on sports games, bioware will likely become a support studio.
Re: The Legend of Dragoon Just Got an Unexpected Patch on PS5, PS4
@Nakatomi_Uk yea, so long as said game gets re-introduced by sony and is available for purchase on psn for ps4/ps5, then it should be free for you to download again.
there are a number of capcom ps1 games that were only available via premium ps+ subscribtion for ps4/ps5 (could not be purchased seperately) and in those cases, the game will not be available to you on ps4/ps5. i think dino crisis is available, though... if you owned the ps3 version.
Re: The Legend of Dragoon Just Got an Unexpected Patch on PS5
@wiiware yea, the carryover of ps1 classics from psp/vita/ps3 is still in effect for ps4/ps5 which is nice. i was surprised to see my 13 year old purchase of grandia available on ps4. but unfortunately, only a fraction of the ps classics library has made its way to ps4/ps5 and i don't expect that to change much.
that said, i recommend that you try ps1 games on ps3. especially if you have a modded ps3, it will run the entire ps1 library in .bin/.cue format with perfect emulation. the upscaling is sharp. no bells and whistles such as rewind or save states of course, but that's a small convenience to lose when you have the entire ps1 game library at your disposal. currently playing though lunar and couldn't be happier with the experience
Re: The Legend of Dragoon Just Got an Unexpected Patch on PS5
this is absoultely pathetic. a 25 year old ps1 game is struggling to be emulated properly on current gen platforms. why is this happening??? why does a ps1 rom require patches in the first place? if you can't add ehancements to the game, then don't. FREE community driven ps1 emulators do a far better job than sony, and yet people are still crying for more ps1 classics on ps5, despite knowing that they will perform worse than the ps1 original or the myriads of emulation options available on their pc's or legacy ps hardware? what's the annual budget of the emulation team at sony? 100 bucks?
at this point, don't even bother. ps1 emulation was pitch perfect on the ps2, ps3, psp and vita and yet here we are in 2025 and they can't get ps1 games to run properly on significantly more powerful hardware. just wow.
Re: Celeste Developer Cancels New Game Earthblade
@GamingFan4Lyf yup. sounds about right.
Re: Celeste Developer Cancels New Game Earthblade
as a big fan of celeste, this is sad news. this statement doesn't make sense, though:
"Due to the expectations placed on the developer's shoulders as a result of Celeste, the project became "exhausting" to work on."
you cannot run away from the success of celeste. no matter what you work on next, there will be high expectations. so to use that as a scape goat and then say that they will be working on smaller-scale projects does not solve the "celeste problem" going forward, be it 5 years from now or 15 years from now when their next game releases, under a new studio name or not. but hey, they are allowed to keep the real reason private, of course.
money. greed. ego. strike again.
Re: Poll: How Would You Have Reacted to a Live Service God of War Announcement?
@Mr_B021 absolutely, right. oh, how wrong those people were. some continue to be wrong even after the fallout which boggles the mind.
Re: Poll: How Would You Have Reacted to a Live Service God of War Announcement?
been with god of war franchise since day one and it wouldn't be a stretch to call it one of my all time favourites. after completing 6 of the 8 entries (still have not played ascension or ragnarok yet), i think it is time to retire the franchise. or at the very least, take a long hiatus (i'm thinking ps7), until they are able to reinvent it again. go ahead with the remasters and remakes if you must, sony, but i have no desire for those. on a side note, sometimes it is best to let a franchise rest until there is a team passionate and innovative enough to take it to the next level. barlog did exactly that with gow (2018) but it is now time to see santa monica flex its mind and create some new world's and characters. kratos will always be one of the great gaming characters as it stands but all good things do come to an end so that we can better appreciate what they left behind.
Re: Horizon MMO May Have Survived NCSOFT's Cull After All
@ButterySmooth30FPS if you can convince pushsquare to make a poll on this very subjet, i can say with 99% certainty the results would be exactly what i just said. ps5 would come in dead last in the rankings. those who are educated on the subject, know why and i won't spend an hour explaining it to you. i doubt you were a ps gamer from the beginning (wouldn't know any better) so you aren't even qualified to answer the question in the first place, nor dispute it. kids these days.
Re: Horizon MMO May Have Survived NCSOFT's Cull After All
@ButterySmooth30FPS yes, it's been well earned. ps5 is the worst console sony has ever released.
Re: Would You Pay $100 for GTA 6?
$100+tax to be a beta tester for what is likely to be a rather buggy open world game (at least at launch like with most releases). no doubt rockstar will iron out the kinks after a few months, but if anyone truly believes the game won't have bugs and performance issues on day one, better lower your expectations while you still can. no, it won't be cyberpunk levels of bad... there is just too much riding on this to allow that to happen. hell, even sony would provide resourcses to rockstar in this scenario when you consider how paltry sony's releases will be this year... but let's face it, this is a game of enormous scope and even with 5000 developers working on it around the clock, a completely polished experience just isn't in the cards without substantial beta testing and user data after launch.
Re: Days Gone Dev Says It Still Plans to Create 'Cool Sh*t' for PS5 After Live Service Cancellation
yup, as a ps6 launch game. this gen is botched. not that it is bend's fault or anything.
Re: Would You Pay $100 for GTA 6?
come on now. just because rockstar/take2 could get away with that asking price, doesn't mean any other publisher would have the same result. gta 6 is the most unique case in the entire gaming industry. i'd like to see anyone else try that and not see their unit sales impacted. give it a try, i dare you in all seriousness, i have not purchased a game at launch, at full asking price, in about 8 years and that's not going to change. i generally don't buy games beyond the $30CAD mark anymore. as such, the launch price is irrelevent to me.
Re: Shuhei Yoshida on PSVR2: 'I'm Sorry'
is the dream finally over or are people going to continue to delude themselves over vr? it's dead. at least at sony it is. just because there are a handful of interesting vr experiences doesn't mean it is viable or has enough support amongst the gaming industry at large. time to move on. we could see vr rear its ugly head yet again in a decade or two, but it was premature to even attempt this technology in its current form, tech limitations and all. for once, xbox made the right call and didn't even flirt with the idea. well done, phil. dodged a bullet there.
Re: Reaction: Sony's Live Service Push Has Been a Disaster of Utterly Insane Proportions
@stu123 even if sony was so lucky to capture lightning in a bottle (better chance at winning the lottery) and carved out its own fortnite-like game, they wouldn't have a clue on how to create a road map and support it long term. the amount of resources and expense required to support such a game long term is staggering, and sony would inevitably drop the ball anyways... if not in the first year of release, by year 2 and surely by year 3. all these big companies chase after the big trands, but haven't got a clue on what it takes to support the monster that they create.
Re: Reaction: Sony's Live Service Push Has Been a Disaster of Utterly Insane Proportions
at this stage, i do not regret for a moment in not purchasing a ps5. the software library generally hasn't appealled to me and the few notable releases were cross gen on ps4 anyways so i'm good. glad i saved my cash and will likely put it towards a switch 2. having never owned a switch, there will be a plethora of great games available for me on day one. ps5 has been a joke and i will take a wait and see approach on the ps6.
make no mistake, the next 4 years of sony 1st party will be miserable. outside of the ghost of tsushima sequel and intergelactic (reveal didn't impress me), i wouldn't expect much other than santa monica's next game and perhaps 2-3 additional single player games, plus all the live service bullcrap they intend to put out there. this is not MY playstation or why i became a fan back in the 90s. they lost me completely.
but on the bright side, sony's massive failure this gen will make them do better out of obligation next time around. they have no other choice but to go back to what they do best and that will beneift playstation gamers everywhere. for now, playstation is going to just hang on by a thread until this cycle comes to an end. hopefully the next console is due in 3 years instead of 4, if not sooner.
Re: Sony Cancels Bluepoint, Bend Studio PS5 Games, One Being a Live-Service God of War Title
people shouldn't be surprised by this news at all. when jim told us there were 20 live service games in development, he was basically telling us that he bet the farm on this endevour. learning of last of us online being cancelled should signal that everything or anything being cancelled is fair game. and so it was.
i'm glad herman is making these tough decisions because the alternative is far worse: releasing these terrible games with even more resources invested, having them flop and the community losing even more trust in playstation than they already have. might as well cut your losses here and now in knowing that all these service games were hot trash ideas to begin with.
now, get bluepoint on another remake already. i'll take legend of dragoon. as for bend, if they want to make a day's gone sequel, for the love of god, allow them to. you got any better ideas, sony?
Re: Why Hasn't Sony Done Anything with Bloodborne? Shuhei Yoshida Has a Theory
weak response to such an old and exhausting topic. not much else to say about it.
Re: Video Game Industry 'Doesn't Want a Game Pass', Says Market Analyst
@nomither6 data has been released that only 20% of gamers who start a game ever complete them. i assure you that gamespass will only make games more disposable and the completion rates will fall even further. gamespass ultimate is already very expensive at $276CAD here in canada. you could purchase a ton of great games for that amount (especially if you plan to buy older or used games) and play them on your own watch over a number of years without the artificial time constraints found on all the subscriptions services.
Re: PlayStation Fans Want The Simpsons: Hit & Run, GTA, God of War Back on PS Plus Classics
i don't get it. instead of paying a premium and begging sony to re-release these classic games, why not pick up a ps2/ps3/psp/vita etc and you know, play the games you want to play? there are many upscalers available these days that will allow you to play your ps2 games on a modern display as well. if you really want to play these games, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from doing so.
Re: Video Game Industry 'Doesn't Want a Game Pass', Says Market Analyst
as time goes on and life becomes even more financially difficult for many people, gamespass subscribers will decline. as we have already seen on multiple ocassions, subscription plans just keep increasing in price. its become far too expensive to be a set it and forget it sort of deal. gaming was always meant to be a fun pastime, not the outrageous expense and sacrifice of time that it has become more recently. the value of the subscription is only as good as the time you put into it and it appears that "time" is also in very low supply these days with so many other entertainment outlets fighting for it.
Re: Lunar Remastered Collection Brings Two Classic RPGs to PS4 in April
@BlueLobster yes! but they are changing the dub with this one
Re: Lunar Remastered Collection Brings Two Classic RPGs to PS4 in April
no physical release huh? i'm currently playing lunar 1 at this very moment since it was in my backlog for years and the remaster announcement pushed me to finally play it. after 20 hours of gameplay: fun game and very charming, but it can be a grind fest at times (even with the re-tooled "unworking designs" balance mod). the sprites look great running on ps3 via 4k tv... i don't see how a remaster will improve the experience unless they made some QoL changes which i highly doubt (the menu UI needs an overhaul, especially when it comes to equipping and sharing items with the party). this remaster makes the games more acessible? yes, but it's not like my ps1/ps2/ps3 were ever innaccessible to begin with haha. if you are a retro gamer, remasters really don't have a lot to offer other than speeding up the combat which is a god send feature.
Re: Death Stranding 2 PS5 Enters Crunch Period, Hideo Kojima Questions How Much Longer He Can Do It For
i'm glad kojima has been given the opportunity to create the game of his dreams. unfortunately for me, death stranding wasn't exactly my kind of game or what i want to see from him. hopefully kojima will return to the stealth genre one last time (has already been rumoured for his next game)... but if it doesn't work out that way, that is fine as well. he has given more than enough to the gaming industry.
Re: PS5 Pro Bettered as Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Reveals PC Specs, Features
you mean 120fps for the 1% of pc owners who have the hardware required to meet the specs? gotcha.
i find it truly strange how people refer to "pc gaming", as if that entire space is made up of gamers on cutting edge hardware, including the latest $2000 video cards and 4k displays. guess what, it's not what you think it is over there. 50%+ of steam users are still gaming at 1080p resolution with the comparable specs of a ps4.
Re: The State of the UK's Physical Games Market Might Explain PS5 Pro's Lack of Disc Drive
the only thing this data tells me is that the majority of gamers are either:
A) lazy — would rather pay more for something (that is less valuable) because of convenience.
B) come from a pc-centric background where physical media was stripped away decades ago and that culture has seeped into the console space.
C) simply don't understand the repercussions their buying habits will have in the long term — a digital-only marketplace will only make gaming more expensive and more curated than ever.
as we know, there are certain publishers that simply do not drop their prices beyond a certain threshhold even for titles that are 5+ years old. nintendo, activison and fromsoftware titles come to mind among others (i.e. cheaptest price for elden ring digitally is $48CAD but i picked up a new physical copy at walmart for $30CAD). why be at the mercy of digital storefront pricing when you can hunt down a new or used physical copy elsewhere at 30-50% cheaper? then i can sell the game on the second hand market and use that cash to buy a different game if i so choose... or i can hold onto the game and see the value increase over time (in some cases) making it an unexpected investment with a profitable return. whatever the case, it is my choice what i decide to do with the games that i OWN physically. it's just insane that more people don't understand this simple concept or just don't care. to make matters worse, there are people championing a digital-only future, as if it bothers them that physical media even exists and some people prefer it.
this isn't just about games, though. most people don't seem to have a problem throwing away their rights and freedoms when it comes to everything in their lives.
Re: Your First Look at Virtua Fighter PS5 Will Drop Jaws
it excplicitly states it's "not actual gameplay" guys so take a breather haha. no fighting game can flow like that and likely never will unless its an orchestrated fight and both players have practiced together for weeks to time the counters haha.
Re: Talking Point: Is PlayStation Right in Saying PC Isn't a 'Major Risk' to Console Business?
it will be a problem for sony once they realize a massive number of people are pirating their games on day one. as cost of living goes up and you remove the option to play games on physical media (via used game sales, more competitive pricing and lending out to friends etc), yes, sony will take a major hit financially. that is the reason why rockstar doesn't port its games to pc for YEARS after the console release. piracy. plain and simple.
sony is acting smug right now, even though they have nothing to be proud of. they won this console generation by doing nothing noteworthy other than beat up on its "competition" which was already bleeding at the nose and down for the count before this generation even began. this "victory" was not earned in any capacity. congratulations, you are the winner when you haven't had any real competition for the past 15 years as a result of xbox shooting itself in the foot time and time again. sony porting its games to PC on day one will be the biggest mistake it ever makes.
Re: Unfortunately, PS5's Disc Drive Add-On Shortage Doesn't Seem to Be Getting Better
little by little, people are being conditioned to "accept" a digital future and throw away their physical games library. soon, the majority of gamers will be at the mercy of the publishers and they will realize that they made a grave mistake in adopting a format that they literally have no control over.
games will be getting de-listed on digital storefronts more often with no real way of obtaining them (other than through piracy). even worse, publishers will have less incentive in offering sales on digital-only software when there is no longer competition from the traditional retailers or second hand marketplaces. so, you are running into a situation where piracy will likely increase significantly in the coming years as many people lived and died by the used game market of physcal media and/or purchasing their games physically which often times is cheaper than the lowest price point offered by most digital storefronts.
on one hand, the publishers will be salivating and frothing at the mouth by the new found power they have at their disposal in price setting; on the other hand, they will face sales declines due to an increase in piracy and gamers simply not being in a financial position to pay up the inflated prices. at the end of the day, we are talking about petty entertainment here... and with the cost of living always, always, always going up, people are going to resort to life necessities over gaming when things get bad enough. this has the potential to completely disrupt the gaming industry in ways we have never seen, especially when you consider how vulenerable and unsustainable the AAA space has been for the past 10 years now. this means less AAA games, less risks, more mindless sequels, more nickel and diming, more publishers and developers being shut down...
when the ps6 launches, i'll likely not be in a rush to purchase one considering how poorly everything has gone this console generation. but, it is likely that sony will release a digital-only SKU of the ps6 with an "optional" disc drive to please the masses like they did with the ps5 pro. this will be yet another PR stunt, but i would definitely learn from the current situation and purchase the disc drive ASAP as it is likely to sell out and never come back again after that. just like physical gaming media. in case i ever pick up a ps6, i'll at least have the disc drive for backwards compatibility of ps4/ps5 games. as for ps6 games, it's likely that we will only be getting a fraction of the ps6 library released on disc.
Re: Game of the Year: Push Square Readers' 20 Most Anticipated PS5 Games of 2025
@ear_wig it probably shouldn't be seeing as a 2025 release would be wishful thinking.
Re: Game of the Year: Push Square Readers' 20 Most Anticipated PS5 Games of 2025
genuinely shocked that gta6 didn't run away with it.
as for death stranding 2, if kojima chose not to radically change up the gameplay, i think it is destined to be a financial failure. it appears that there were many, many people who didn't jive with the first game (for good reason) and who otherwise were big kojima fans as a result of his work with the mgs franchise. those same people will absolutely NOT be taking a chance on death stranding 2 after feeling bummed by the first game. seeing as death stranding 1 only sold 5m copies, i expect the sequel to reach 3m at best (if the core mechanics of the game are the same). for a AAA game of this magnitude (not to mention all the hollywood actors he has lined up again), i don't see a world where that can possibly result in a net profit for sony or kojima productions. BUT, hopefully kojima has a trick up his sleeve and will subvert expectations with this one. as it stand, i personally have very low interest in it currently.
outside of a handful of games, 2025 doesn't look too eventful. but perhaps gta6 alone will be enough to keep the AAA industry afloat for another year.
Re: Random: Assassin's Creed Origins Catching Strays as Ubisoft Review Bombing Gets Underway
instead of being irrational and review bombing for reasons that have nothing to do with the actual game content itself, simply seek "other" means of playing the game. you already purchased it, so downloading a "clone" copy (on a different build that might work) is technically not considered piracy. but of course, these individuals are likely not even interested in the game and were just looking for another excuse to be toxic online...