@Americansamurai1 Destin is a closet fanboy for sure he was full on pretending not to care but the slightest hint of Sony going third party and he beats it to death with a new video daily
@commentlife he's a complete Muppet and was coming at it all wrong because he's a developer and if you look into him a little more he wants to always be the smartest guy in the room.
So when people piked holes in his arguments he doubled down instead of just admitting he was wrong
The last few months have mostly sucked so I don't know what they're on about.
They constatrmlt fail the premium subscription tier by failing to give us variety ij their classics they have a tendency to stick to getting g 1 to 3 entries of the same franchise instead of spacing them out and getting a few different things at the same time
@ppitchfork scarface was so underrated I recall there was a PC version which is now considered abandon were so it's free to download and a toaster could run it
@Frmknst development cycles can take a decade I have plenty of time for old games when I don't consume most games coming out because the content doesn't appeal to me. I got over lowering my expectations and playing games because they were there not because they were something I wanted to try
I still play modern games but to be honest ive spent more time playing Sega mega drive and N64 over ps5 games in the last year
I just wrapped up 7, infinite wealth, man who erased his name and have started the original on my ps2.
I started with and adored 7 and I got massive earthbound vibes from it so I'm hooked on the franchise now
I love the games but they take a long time to get through I feel like I'm still catching up.
I know it's sacralige to lots of fans but I also prefer English dubs I'm not interested in playing the game in Japanese and reading everything that doesn't appeal to me and I really like ichibans english voice acting.
I feel like the games are becoming more mainstream in a way since infinite wealth which can only be a good thing to get more people's playing.
@Rhaoulos in my experience there's often a problem with a large portion of execs who like this believe they can do whatever they want because they have all the power for 8 plus hours a day it really goes to their heads.
This is clearly gross and straight up misconduct but how was it allowed to go on for so long victim 3 in this example but how many in total. I bet if any of these victims were to push back they would be fired or demoted.
Personally I got out of the rat race long ago nice been consulting for years now and the further away I get from office power dynamics the more I can see how abusive they are
We live in a world where the NES is still getting more support than the Wii U.
In actually very keen for this one for my nes but shipping costs and these limited run games getting them into Australia is stupid expensive might be a case of buying it for switch instead and using my everdrive
Here's the fundamental difference between gaming and streaming videos.
A game can take 6 to 100 hours to finish so the time investment is more than the 2 hours of a b grade movie while you smash a pizza on a Friday night.
Watching tv and movies is often not just solo entertainment but can be a shared thing games can be to but far less than movies and TV.
If I'm investing 50 hours into a game I don't want to risk losing access half way though and that 50 hour game might only cost 20 bucks by the time it hits a streaming platform so I could have brought it and enjoyed it fully without feeling rushed like I do on gamepass.
I prefer to buy my games outright or play them as a monthly game in PS plus that has no time limit unlike premium
Not having VR support seems like a huge mistake here.
It shouldn't be mandatory but it's should be treated almost like a light gun was way back and optional add on that enhanced the game
These games do not play good with traditional controller support they are to boring allow me to at least turn the duelsense on its side and use gyro aiming to simulate some semblance of a gun otherwise what's the point
Yeah I play in english kasugas English voice acting is way to good not to.
Remember when Metallica had a resurgence after master of puppets was in stranger things which lead to teenagers wearing Metallica t shirts which caused a massive problem with gatekeeping aholes hating people who just started listening to them to put it as polite as I can be that's what some of these comments come off as.
I'm not some purist that scoffs at others who play games or watch movies redubbed in their language if you do you just sound like your gate keeping the franchise instead of encouraging it's growth.
Play it however you like but it support it and in turn the franchise will grow talk down to those playing it like you don't like you're just hurting the thing you like long term
In my region Australia physical media can be around 40% cheaper for a day 1 game. So I can go to JB hi Fi or Amazon and pay 70 or 80 for a brand new day one copy of something like horizon forbidden west or pay 125 on PSN.
The choice becomes far simpler when I can pay 45 dollars less for a new game on a disc
Personally I'm very excited as I'm actually just about to finished a playthrough of like a dragon Yakuza so I'm interested to play another game in the series even if it's a completely different game I can't believe how much I enjoyed Yakuza after years of overlooking it.
Dying light 2 might be a fun way to spend a evening although I'm zombie fatigued tbh and the original never bit me.
Also synapse is an amazing VR game whoever has a headset but has not picked this up yet is in for a real treat.
Legacy of kain games will be great to experience before the remaster
I'm obviously a little disappointed my region won't get the resistance games given that I'm in Australia where cloud streaming is not an option despite having gigabit connections Sony never bothered to build the infrastructure here. At least I still have my PS3 and a copy of resistance is $2 at CeX so I'll live.
I played it I loved it but I really struggle to return to these games when I know what will happen I know you can manipulate it to an extent but It is t enough for me so I wouldn't pay for it again despite loving the original
Not for me but this is a good month for the dad gamers out there that need something to keep the kids busy with Lego and five nights which from my understanding seems to be like baby's first resident evil.
Absolutely they overpaid however they should of also realised what they got a studio responsible for two of gaming biggest ips halo and destiny.
Instead of treating them as a live service studio that could lead your other studios they should of made sure they had single player shooters with live service elements
If the state of the industry today is anything to go by I personally won't be buying a console day 1 again despite being and early adopter for multiple consoles.
I still struggle to see the value of the ps5 overall outside of a few showcases it's felt lackluster all up.
Hopefully we will get some gen 9 feeling games in the consoles back half Because everything right now feels mostly PS4 level with a better frame rate.
If you're game can be doenported to such are you really maximising the Ps5 as it stands
Absolutely it no longer speaks to me but maybe it's not meant to.
Its been 30 odd years since I abandoned my Sega mega drive, 3sx and mega cd for a ps1 and since there I've been there for everything Sony has done including the PSP, vita, VR 1 and 2.
But this is the first generation in 30 years that I feel abandoning PlayStation my investment in psVR2 isn't being respected by Sony and the games we see coming are all the same online hero looter shooter cash cows that I don't want.
This is the first generation since the NES that I've found myself playing more Nintendo via the switch than PlayStation or on my ps5.
Every other gen I might dabble in a side console if it interests me like a Wii or switch but 90 percent of my playtime was in Sony's sandbox.
I just feel aged out of the console with most of the games targeting teens but not in a edgy way more in a hey everyone's special we should hold hands and play co op games together now buy these fluro gun skins please kind of way.
I feel like Sony needs to remember the old-school fans who are still there and I know many may not be there anymore but I feel the majority are I know a lot of gamers who played PS 30 years ago still buy their systems so we are not gone yet but this keeps up we might be as the common sentiment is one of meh and this isn't that exciting afterall
They are hedging their bets on an apparent super game so who knows what will happen there either they will be making GTA online money or be worse off again.
I actually hope if they ever sell its Nintendo that buys them that would feel fitting in my view
I'm debating dropping it after w 40 percent hike in my region I can't justify it anymore and I was too tired I've still got it stacked for 2 years but I see myself dropping it or exclusively buying 12 months subs when they are 30 percent off like during black friday sales
Last gen Xbox stumbled outbid the gate and lost big time the switch was a neat little side piece of a console but I don't know anyone who isn't a child playing it as a main system
PlayStation capitalised on a weak industry with the PS4 and a lot of that hype has continued.
I hope we see the gaas push due and they give me a better answer as to wgi I brought my psvr2 but there's no doubt that PS will take this generation out.
However there's more competition with Microsoft and their infinite pockets buying Bethesda personally sucked as a long time fan of id software and fallout if they keep buying the industry I can see Xbox coming back. Probably the first time since the 360 that Sony may have to actively work harder then the competitor which is where we've always seen the best of Sony.
@Fishnpeas Completely agree long time PS player who has also owned every system including handheld and VR this generation has felt uninspired and boring.
Innovation and creativity has been replaced by copy and paste trend chasing and the push to online gaas titles has been extremely disheartening for me personally. The amount of monetisation I see nowadays makes me sick some of my all time favourite franchises have been ruined as a result like GTA.
Also given games can take five years plus to produce it feels like we have longer dry spells and I'm buying games that I historically wouldn't just because it's something to play also games are taking less risks overall making a lot of stuff feel dull.
I've actually found myself spending far more time playing retro games from the nes, SNES and PS2 era when to me gaming was more fun and exciting.
I feel like I've aged out of mainstream gaming given my only real highlight of the last year was probably re8 in VR and Mario wonder I did buy Spiderman 2 and completed it but i enjoyed it but it's very much repetitive to me.
It's great Sony found success with the ps5 but I long for the excitement that PlayStation used to give me.
I loved my psvr but it's weak controls mainly the use of the move controller was always a sore spot. Controls never felt fluid while playing with move controller I've tried games like Skyrim, walking dead saints and sinners and fracked each time I thumb my way through some opening segments get frustrated at the controls and either switch to the duelshock or put the game to the side.
it feels unnatural to play a game that isn't a driving game with a duelshock. That improved with the underutilized aim controller which still had terrible tracking and drift however the lack of adoption meant I didn't really get much use our of it besides a few really Great games and one not so very good release by sucker punch.
Basically all I want are good controllers I'd be over the moon if Sony just dropped a psvr move controller with a left analogue stick to let me walk I hate holding the left controller at a angle I want to steer to and pressing move to go forward.
My wishlist for psvr2 is simple get the controls right and I'm all in optionally I'd like backwards compatibility and a chance to play the games I've brought over the years with real controls but they may not happen without developer intervention but bigger publishers may go back to offer it Bethesda in Skyrim as a example
@MKD88 I struggled hard with that godfather trophy. Grab a sparrow with a machine gun you'll have one if you did the hidden package fly over to big empty area where you have that taxi fight and grab some rubber bands leave your chopper firing at a truck for a few hours come back and you'll have that last trophy.
Given the components are being manufactured in China by all accounts and the recent outbreak of the caronavirus I can see the price being pushed up due to supply shortages.
Sony will sell the console at a loss they do this every generation bar the ps4 as the component costs were fairly reasonable from the jump given the mobile CPU I assume.
I think we will see a price around $650 to $700 AUD this time compared to the $550 we got when the ps4 launched.
If the rumours are true about complete backwards compatibility though I'm sure we are going to see mass amounts of ps4 and pro units flood the second hand market meaning anyone thinking of trading in and up may want to consider selling over the next few months to maximize return but be without a console for a while.
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Re: Even More Cult SEGA CD Games Are Somehow Making Their Way to PS5, PS4
Come on snatcher or road avenger
Re: Meltdowns on Social Media As Sony Markets Its Upcoming Xbox Port
@Americansamurai1 Destin is a closet fanboy for sure he was full on pretending not to care but the slightest hint of Sony going third party and he beats it to death with a new video daily
Re: Stop Killing Games Campaign Surpasses One Million Signatures, But There Are Issues
@commentlife he's a complete Muppet and was coming at it all wrong because he's a developer and if you look into him a little more he wants to always be the smartest guy in the room.
So when people piked holes in his arguments he doubled down instead of just admitting he was wrong
Re: Stop Killing Games Campaign Surpasses One Million Signatures, But There Are Issues
@AhmadSumadi they have to care when the petition gets addressed by eu legislation.
Why do you think iPhone adopted usb c
Re: Stop Killing Games Campaign Surpasses One Million Signatures, But There Are Issues
This is huge its not just a victory for preservation but a middle finger to the imbecile thor and I couldn't be happier
Re: PlayStation Thinks Its PS Plus Games Are 'Improving' Every Year
The last few months have mostly sucked so I don't know what they're on about.
They constatrmlt fail the premium subscription tier by failing to give us variety ij their classics they have a tendency to stick to getting g 1 to 3 entries of the same franchise instead of spacing them out and getting a few different things at the same time
Re: Poll: How Do You Feel About The Last of Us Part 2, 5 Years Later?
I just thought it was to daamn long
Re: Xbox Is Stepping Up Its Backwards Compatibility Efforts Again, to the Envy of PS5 Fans
@ppitchfork scarface was so underrated I recall there was a PC version which is now considered abandon were so it's free to download and a toaster could run it
Re: Xbox Is Stepping Up Its Backwards Compatibility Efforts Again, to the Envy of PS5 Fans
@Frmknst development cycles can take a decade I have plenty of time for old games when I don't consume most games coming out because the content doesn't appeal to me. I got over lowering my expectations and playing games because they were there not because they were something I wanted to try
I still play modern games but to be honest ive spent more time playing Sega mega drive and N64 over ps5 games in the last year
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii?
I just wrapped up 7, infinite wealth, man who erased his name and have started the original on my ps2.
I started with and adored 7 and I got massive earthbound vibes from it so I'm hooked on the franchise now
I love the games but they take a long time to get through I feel like I'm still catching up.
I know it's sacralige to lots of fans but I also prefer English dubs I'm not interested in playing the game in Japanese and reading everything that doesn't appeal to me and I really like ichibans english voice acting.
I feel like the games are becoming more mainstream in a way since infinite wealth which can only be a good thing to get more people's playing.
Re: Terminator 2D: No Fate Looks Like a Modern Day Mega Drive Game for PS5, PS4
Day 1 hell day -1 this is incredible let me wishlist it already PlayStation
Reminds me so much of the terminator game I had on the mega cd
Re: Sony Hits Back Hard at Bungie Lead's $200 Million Lawsuit
@Rhaoulos in my experience there's often a problem with a large portion of execs who like this believe they can do whatever they want because they have all the power for 8 plus hours a day it really goes to their heads.
This is clearly gross and straight up misconduct but how was it allowed to go on for so long victim 3 in this example but how many in total. I bet if any of these victims were to push back they would be fired or demoted.
Personally I got out of the rat race long ago nice been consulting for years now and the further away I get from office power dynamics the more I can see how abusive they are
Re: The Angry Video Game Nerd Goes 8-Bit in New Action Platformer for PS5, PS4
We live in a world where the NES is still getting more support than the Wii U.
In actually very keen for this one for my nes but shipping costs and these limited run games getting them into Australia is stupid expensive might be a case of buying it for switch instead and using my everdrive
Re: Video Game Industry 'Doesn't Want a Game Pass', Says Market Analyst
Here's the fundamental difference between gaming and streaming videos.
A game can take 6 to 100 hours to finish so the time investment is more than the 2 hours of a b grade movie while you smash a pizza on a Friday night.
Watching tv and movies is often not just solo entertainment but can be a shared thing games can be to but far less than movies and TV.
If I'm investing 50 hours into a game I don't want to risk losing access half way though and that 50 hour game might only cost 20 bucks by the time it hits a streaming platform so I could have brought it and enjoyed it fully without feeling rushed like I do on gamepass.
I prefer to buy my games outright or play them as a monthly game in PS plus that has no time limit unlike premium
Re: The House of the Dead 2 Remake Lives! Launches This Spring 2025
Not having VR support seems like a huge mistake here.
It shouldn't be mandatory but it's should be treated almost like a light gun was way back and optional add on that enhanced the game
These games do not play good with traditional controller support they are to boring allow me to at least turn the duelsense on its side and use gyro aiming to simulate some semblance of a gun otherwise what's the point
Re: Even in a Wacky Nautical Spin-Off, Yakuza Just Feels Wrong in English
Yeah I play in english kasugas English voice acting is way to good not to.
Remember when Metallica had a resurgence after master of puppets was in stranger things which lead to teenagers wearing Metallica t shirts which caused a massive problem with gatekeeping aholes hating people who just started listening to them to put it as polite as I can be that's what some of these comments come off as.
I'm not some purist that scoffs at others who play games or watch movies redubbed in their language if you do you just sound like your gate keeping the franchise instead of encouraging it's growth.
Play it however you like but it support it and in turn the franchise will grow talk down to those playing it like you don't like you're just hurting the thing you like long term
Re: Physical Media Just Can't Catch a Break Right Now
In my region Australia physical media can be around 40% cheaper for a day 1 game. So I can go to JB hi Fi or Amazon and pay 70 or 80 for a brand new day one copy of something like horizon forbidden west or pay 125 on PSN.
The choice becomes far simpler when I can pay 45 dollars less for a new game on a disc
Re: Australia's Planned Social Media Ban Won't Include PSN After All
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare bingo don't tell him what we call our new Zealand mates the sheep f....
Re: 13 PS5, PS4 Games Set to Leave PS Plus Extra, Premium Next Month
Ahh man I was really enjoying judgement about half way in now
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for November 2024?
Personally I'm very excited as I'm actually just about to finished a playthrough of like a dragon Yakuza so I'm interested to play another game in the series even if it's a completely different game I can't believe how much I enjoyed Yakuza after years of overlooking it.
Dying light 2 might be a fun way to spend a evening although I'm zombie fatigued tbh and the original never bit me.
Also synapse is an amazing VR game whoever has a headset but has not picked this up yet is in for a real treat.
Legacy of kain games will be great to experience before the remaster
I'm obviously a little disappointed my region won't get the resistance games given that I'm in Australia where cloud streaming is not an option despite having gigabit connections Sony never bothered to build the infrastructure here. At least I still have my PS3 and a copy of resistance is $2 at CeX so I'll live.
Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Harry Potter Game?
It has to be the philosopher's stone on PS1 as a kid that game charmed me as an adult it make me laugh at how janky it is either way it's still great
Re: Until Dawn PS5 Is Priced at $60 / £60
I played it I loved it but I really struggle to return to these games when I know what will happen I know you can manipulate it to an extent but It is t enough for me so I wouldn't pay for it again despite loving the original
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Concord?
Id rather strap a virtual boy to my face for a huge headache than the headache of buying concord to have it shut down 3 months
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for August 2024?
Not for me but this is a good month for the dad gamers out there that need something to keep the kids busy with Lego and five nights which from my understanding seems to be like baby's first resident evil.
Re: Bungie Accused of Overselling Itself to Sony, Promising Success It Couldn't Deliver
Absolutely they overpaid however they should of also realised what they got a studio responsible for two of gaming biggest ips halo and destiny.
Instead of treating them as a live service studio that could lead your other studios they should of made sure they had single player shooters with live service elements
Imagine a bungie lead killzone
Re: PS5 Hardware Architect Says It May Take Less Time to Build a Console Than a Game Now
If the state of the industry today is anything to go by I personally won't be buying a console day 1 again despite being and early adopter for multiple consoles.
I still struggle to see the value of the ps5 overall outside of a few showcases it's felt lackluster all up.
Hopefully we will get some gen 9 feeling games in the consoles back half Because everything right now feels mostly PS4 level with a better frame rate.
If you're game can be doenported to such are you really maximising the Ps5 as it stands
Re: Many, Many More Major Xbox Games Are Being Plotted for PS5
I'd buy halo on PlayStation based on the novelty of it alone even if it was a full price game
Re: Reaction: PS5 Livestreams Are No Longer Speaking to the Fans Who Built the Brand
Absolutely it no longer speaks to me but maybe it's not meant to.
Its been 30 odd years since I abandoned my Sega mega drive, 3sx and mega cd for a ps1 and since there I've been there for everything Sony has done including the PSP, vita, VR 1 and 2.
But this is the first generation in 30 years that I feel abandoning PlayStation my investment in psVR2 isn't being respected by Sony and the games we see coming are all the same online hero looter shooter cash cows that I don't want.
This is the first generation since the NES that I've found myself playing more Nintendo via the switch than PlayStation or on my ps5.
Every other gen I might dabble in a side console if it interests me like a Wii or switch but 90 percent of my playtime was in Sony's sandbox.
I just feel aged out of the console with most of the games targeting teens but not in a edgy way more in a hey everyone's special we should hold hands and play co op games together now buy these fluro gun skins please kind of way.
I feel like Sony needs to remember the old-school fans who are still there and I know many may not be there anymore but I feel the majority are I know a lot of gamers who played PS 30 years ago still buy their systems so we are not gone yet but this keeps up we might be as the common sentiment is one of meh and this isn't that exciting afterall
Re: SEGA Isn't Surprised That Companies Want to Acquire It
They are hedging their bets on an apparent super game so who knows what will happen there either they will be making GTA online money or be worse off again.
I actually hope if they ever sell its Nintendo that buys them that would feel fitting in my view
Re: Sony Has Stopped Updating PS Plus' Subscriber Numbers
I'm debating dropping it after w 40 percent hike in my region I can't justify it anymore and I was too tired I've still got it stacked for 2 years but I see myself dropping it or exclusively buying 12 months subs when they are 30 percent off like during black friday sales
Re: PS5's Install Base Closes on 50 Million As Sony Gets Increasingly Aggressive
Last gen Xbox stumbled outbid the gate and lost big time the switch was a neat little side piece of a console but I don't know anyone who isn't a child playing it as a main system
PlayStation capitalised on a weak industry with the PS4 and a lot of that hype has continued.
I hope we see the gaas push due and they give me a better answer as to wgi I brought my psvr2 but there's no doubt that PS will take this generation out.
However there's more competition with Microsoft and their infinite pockets buying Bethesda personally sucked as a long time fan of id software and fallout if they keep buying the industry I can see Xbox coming back.
Probably the first time since the 360 that Sony may have to actively work harder then the competitor which is where we've always seen the best of Sony.
Re: PS5's Install Base Closes on 50 Million As Sony Gets Increasingly Aggressive
@Fishnpeas
Completely agree long time PS player who has also owned every system including handheld and VR this generation has felt uninspired and boring.
Innovation and creativity has been replaced by copy and paste trend chasing and the push to online gaas titles has been extremely disheartening for me personally. The amount of monetisation I see nowadays makes me sick some of my all time favourite franchises have been ruined as a result like GTA.
Also given games can take five years plus to produce it feels like we have longer dry spells and I'm buying games that I historically wouldn't just because it's something to play also games are taking less risks overall making a lot of stuff feel dull.
I've actually found myself spending far more time playing retro games from the nes, SNES and PS2 era when to me gaming was more fun and exciting.
I feel like I've aged out of mainstream gaming given my only real highlight of the last year was probably re8 in VR and Mario wonder I did buy Spiderman 2 and completed it but i enjoyed it but it's very much repetitive to me.
It's great Sony found success with the ps5 but I long for the excitement that PlayStation used to give me.
Re: Forspoken Gets an 18 Rating in Europe, Suggests Release Date Will Stick
I look forward to playing it in a year or so when it "fails to meet square's expectations" as literally everything does in their eyes.
Re: Soapbox: PS5's Next-Gen PSVR Headset Is Going to Drop Jaws in 2022
I'm extremely excited.
I loved my psvr but it's weak controls mainly the use of the move controller was always a sore spot. Controls never felt fluid while playing with move controller I've tried games like Skyrim, walking dead saints and sinners and fracked each time I thumb my way through some opening segments get frustrated at the controls and either switch to the duelshock or put the game to the side.
it feels unnatural to play a game that isn't a driving game with a duelshock. That improved with the underutilized aim controller which still had terrible tracking and drift however the lack of adoption meant I didn't really get much use our of it besides a few really Great games and one not so very good release by sucker punch.
Basically all I want are good controllers I'd be over the moon if Sony just dropped a psvr move controller with a left analogue stick to let me walk I hate holding the left controller at a angle I want to steer to and pressing move to go forward.
My wishlist for psvr2 is simple get the controls right and I'm all in optionally I'd like backwards compatibility and a chance to play the games I've brought over the years with real controls but they may not happen without developer intervention but bigger publishers may go back to offer it Bethesda in Skyrim as a example
Re: Fans Lament GTA Trilogy PS5, PS4 Secrecy
@MKD88 I struggled hard with that godfather trophy.
Grab a sparrow with a machine gun you'll have one if you did the hidden package fly over to big empty area where you have that taxi fight and grab some rubber bands leave your chopper firing at a truck for a few hours come back and you'll have that last trophy.
Re: Rumour: PS5 Price Could Be High as Sony Struggles with Expensive Parts
Given the components are being manufactured in China by all accounts and the recent outbreak of the caronavirus I can see the price being pushed up due to supply shortages.
Sony will sell the console at a loss they do this every generation bar the ps4 as the component costs were fairly reasonable from the jump given the mobile CPU I assume.
I think we will see a price around $650 to $700 AUD this time compared to the $550 we got when the ps4 launched.
If the rumours are true about complete backwards compatibility though I'm sure we are going to see mass amounts of ps4 and pro units flood the second hand market meaning anyone thinking of trading in and up may want to consider selling over the next few months to maximize return but be without a console for a while.