ProfessorNiggle

Top 20 for the first time ever. Love me some R&C

Looking forward to their live service conversion of PaRappa the Rapper

@nomither6 PS need to make a move back to free online. PS3s only edge in the early days was the free online component of PS+. I like the extra games and streaming but if I wasn't forced to pay for that just to play online I really wouldn't.

Not saying it's bad value but it is like going to a shop with the intention of getting carrots, but to get said carrots, you have to pay for parking, then an access fee to the shop which gives you free granola that you didn't care about, but damn the granola tastes good, oh and I can now order the granola from my house? Oh wait, there's also ice cream and pizza. Now I'm getting fat and lazy. All because I wanted carrots. See what you've done, Sony.

Didn't everyone already know this years ago? Isn't this why we have the Pro. I literally saw articles like this in 2021 about how the PS5 is not going to run GTA VI at 60fps

@Coffeeglitch agreed! I think a sale of some of their IP would benefit the community massively as Guillemot bros have fumbled decision making time and time again.

This proposed move to see Tencent take over is such a bad move for me as it will see them still acting as CEO, and we can expect more grind sesh games that are designed to sell you the idea of brilliance before beating it over your head repeatedly with poor game design, a feeling of incompleteness and no real substance.

@Coffeeglitch will be interesting to see what happens. And tbf you have a point regarding it maybe not doing as well as they'd want. Valhalla was also released in the height of COVID and alongside the PS5/XSX so inevitably more sales. Let's see what happens in March

@ThorsHammer well Concord was greenlit and hyped to heaven when Hulst was PlayStation Studios lead so will be interesting to see if anything actually changes. At the very least his top focus should be getting first party back to the top and he is more sackable if he makes mistakes.

@Coffeeglitch that is some weird reasoning but perfectly encapsulates the culture of Ubisoft. They add not because of what it can bring to the game but simply because why not. That's why after having fun for the first 20 hours of their games, you realise you haven't even touched the title screen yet and have another 60 to go, and it's full of the same things over and over again. I really wish that was an over exaggeration.

Yasuke gameplay could've been something to look forward to but realistically, it's going to make the game an annoyance of navigating menus to switch characters over and over again. It's like they chose the most surface level and basic way of putting him in the game.

That being said, it'll be their golden ticket. Of course it'll be a hit. It's Assassin's Creed and it's in Japan and I have to give it to them it looks better than I was expecting, not great, but decent. If Valhalla managed to get them a couple billion, I feel like this will do more as it simply looks like a better game. But then again I remember Xbox's conference in 2020 when they showed off Valhalla and they fooled me then.

@Coffeeglitch honestly very baffling decision. Like it just shows that Ubisoft are so against having a female protagonist and they really just shoe horned Yasuke in there so they could have dual protagonists, seeing as he can’t even participate in some of the most basic mechanics any AC games have

@Coffeeglitch yeah I saw that in the SkillUp video. I thought they’d do something like Jacob and Evie Fry where Jacob is just slower, but to make Yasuke not even able to climb everything climbable just makes me think why make him a main character? Like he could’ve just been used in certain missions and just make the gameplay revolve around Naoe.

Now after giving players the illusion of choice once again, after players have chosen their preferred character to go around with, and presuming it’s Yasuke, they now have to switch characters every time they want to explore?? What terrible game design.

@NorrinRadd are you okay? It being different is no issue. It being worse is the issue.

Has anyone seen the footage? I recommend watching Ropotopolous' video about his 5 hours with the game. From people expecting for parkour to be better than Mirage, it apparently is worse. It is more in line with Odyssey's parkour - bar the backflips and flashy animation. I am so disappointed in this regard but thankfully the game is looking polished and fun at the very least.

@twitchtvpat they are! The technology behind them are really exciting. Such a shame we only see basically 1-2 games every 8 years from the likes of SSM, ND, Guerrilla. Wish they could just give us Miles Morales sized AND priced games.

Just need to keep the studios doing what they do best. As evident by Rocksteady and this endless cancellations of projects years into developments, you should not get single player studios to suddenly pivot to sinking hundreds of millions of dollars into massive Live Service projects.

It barely works for established Live Service studios. This level of mismanagement is utterly baffling and feels like gambling at this point. That is EIGHT projects that have been cancelled, that's the difference between PS Studios looking stacked vs what they do now, looking weak. Also, why are so many of the games almost the same concept but just different coat of paint? Don't they want to diversify their portfolio?

Herman Hulst has to be changed sorry. His management and over push of certain games is literally killing the PlayStation brand and losing rapport with fans and supporters. He should go.

@twitchtvpat HZD remaster and TLOU Part I are basically remakes more than anything. Many aspects were remade from the ground up/with tech from the sequels for whatever reason, who knows, but to call it an upgrade is selling it short.

And really and truly they were made for the PC, so that answers my question

It makes sense because there's FairGame$, Horizon MMO, Marathon, Ghosts of Yotei, something from Insomniac probably (update on Wolverine?), doubt we'll see Heretic until later in the year, then you got SSM, Bend, Bluepoint, there's a lot that could be shown. But also, high probability that there'll be no showcase or none of the above being shown in what could be another above average state of play.

I like the twist, I like the concept, I hate how it looks. It's like with Sony pushing the camera industry forward and being a leader in animation, why do their movies look so plain and lacking cinematography wise (let's not even get on the topic of the horrendous writing in most of their movies).

@Jrs1 Bloodreborne is underrated 😂

It won't be as powerful as even PS4 Pro but with DLSS & a 1080p Portable screen, it doesn't need to. With the dock there could be some resolution issues but with high image clarity honestly technology is at a point where they are not losing out on anything by not being as powerful as PS5.

@Jrs1 yeah exactly, but then again Elden Ring had big appeal, think similar could work with Bloodbourne but that high fantasy setting really helped Elden Ring. Not sure the moody and dark of Bloodbourne would appeal to as many

@djlard GTA VI alone may give PS5 a big big edge against Switch 2

@Intr1n5ic @JAMes-BroWWWn well it doesn't mean that there is no game. It just means they are getting someone in with a knack for creating a distinct style and they'll co-ordinate the rest of the game to match the style. There might have been concepts that evolved, there might be a different game in development, my estimation is that they want to focus on combat for the next project, something PlatinumGames are known for, so they are bringing this guy in to do that.

Yes, it only starts being risky when they treat PC like a PlayStation. Don't do that, Sony.

Couple upgrades with many downgrades. That being said, who thinks Sony will finally adopt hall effect controllers for PS6? I think if they don't it will be indicative of them continuing to attempt many other cost cutting, customer punching-in-the-face practices for the next gen, as they have with this one.

These guys are the reason why I have a playlist called "I want you to eat me, maren. bones and all" saved in my spotify and I'm not ashamed of it. Also, that challengers soundtrack gets the body moving

@DiggleDog very concerning tbh. 2015 feels like a year ago

@dardel might be shelling out $2k - $2.5k for the new GPus

@dskatter getting my popcorn ready for when it gets posted.

It is obviously a possibility, I'm sure they have it working, the question is if they can get it to work reliably and we'll 100% of the time. If they just started working on it now I wouldn't expect it to arrive until the last year of PS5 or first year of PS6

Cross gen is here to stay

@premko1 I see what you mean now. And especially with that PS Link technology they’ve been pushing, if it wasn’t half baked that should’ve allowed you to do that. Maybe it comes with the next gen PS Portal

Isn't it funny how Rockstar get praised for realism in graphics, adding "acne scars" but other western developers get hammered when they add "peach fuzz" to their female character models. Can we have that conversation?

@premko1 you mean local play?

@Nepp67 in the past I think so but with their recent releases (which is two in the last 11 years, not counting re-releases), simply no. They are cryptic with some GTA Online updates because they know their community will eat it up but other than that, they just drop when they are ready to.

ND new project

Doesn’t sound like Ancel can take responsibility for his sometimes wavering management. It was not a surprise that the game became a mess after missing many deadlines and trying to be over ambitious

I don't want it to have exclusive games. That is what gutted the Vita. Developers don't have time to be spending years on a game only for 30 people to play it. This makes their efforts at a handheld exclusive absolutely half baked and rare. Most exclusive games on Vita were like this, and there are a handful of games that were truly great.

This might be the best RPG of all time if they give it time in the oven. Many quests interlocking with each other and a dynamic world with actually meaningful choices and interesting in-depth characters and narratives going on. Can't wait!

@lui709 I reckon £249 should be the price point and if it can play online streaming, remote play with PS4, PS5 & PS6, 480p-720p upscaled to 1080p for local games then it'll be better than a Switch.

But obviously it won't do that because if it did then PS6 would have serious competition from its sibling

Well apparently it is a PS6 companion device not PS5. I'm curious to see how it handles local play. PSSR heavily involved perhaps

@DennisReynolds he even punched an old man in the face at a pub because the guy refused to take a shot with him. Complete wrongen of a human, thinks he's allowed to do anything to anyone as he sees fit.

@AhmadSumadi This site has become less and less real/level/objective and is very hyper critical. It is a big echo chamber where there is no in-between.

Things are either the end of the world and hyper negative or extremely positive and head in the clouds. Though, as of late, everything has just been negative.

Would love for Sony to get a good grasp on limiting these rumours because I feel like it kills any excitement when you know what will be revealed. You stop thinking about the upcoming shows and your mind is already on what will come after.

This is dopeeeee

I have played the game. If anyone has any questions, shoot!

They frequently mess up what’s good for a lot of players by not testing the features and tweaks they make. I and a group of others stopped playing until they fixed that stupid DSS that kept killing us. Not really a good strategy imo.

We just have to hope AMD can make a chip that doesn't overheat in a smaller system.

Also Sony need to NOT make any proprietary hardware for this system. This is why the Vita failed. Flash memory should be soldered on the chip, starting at 256GB, the system should have USB C, AUX port, remote play again, ability to act as a second controller to PS6, PS Portal form factor, at least 5 hour battery life, heavy focus on PSSR doing majority of the work to bring massively scaled down PS6 games to handheld, an adequate amount of NPUs and TPUs for machine learning and other tasks.

Funny thing is that all mobile phones from 2024 and onwards will tick some of these criteria. Hopefully cost of parts will be lower as a result and Sony can focus on not robbing their customers.

@djlard well 4, 5 & 6 all going to be on AMD architecture, all AMD CPUs and GPUs so that's a guarantee.

If PSVR2 started at around this price point, maybe the perception of it could've been a lot more productive