@Bluemoon2008 I think Sony will be reasonable with their sales expectations. So I doubt they expect 5-10 million copies in the 1st month considering they already said they have 10 year plan for the game. They already predict sales will be a slow burner.
Today fighting games is actually more accessible and has more contents compare in the past. Easy example:
SF II: World Warrior on SNES was launch at $60 and only have 8 characters in the base roster and 2 modes (Arcade and Versus). There's no training mode, no online match, no unlockable for different costumes / colors, no unlocked stage, no unlocked BGM, artworks, etc. You can't even pick the same character as your opponent. Very barebone for $60.
Compare it with SF VI was $60 at launch and it has 18 characters in the base roster, a beefy single player World Tour mode, Battle Hub where you can played plenty of classic Capcom arcade games (Final Fight, Ghost 'N Goblins, classic SF II etc), watch live tournaments, as well superb online match, and Fighting Ground that includes Arcade, Versus, Training, Tutorials, Combo Trials, Ranked match, Lobby, Gallery, etc. You can also unlocked new stage, alternate costumes and colors, artworks, BGM, and announcer without spending a single cent. For $60, the base game offer thousands of hours of contents. Heck, balance update is always FREE unlike in the past where you must buy a new game.
Season pass DLC is usually $20 or less if you wait for a discount. If you don't want to buy season pass then you have the option to buy per character which is cheaper.
You're also free to wait for "Complete edition" or "GotY edition" that includes every DLC and updates. But when that edition release, people already preparing for a new game.
@Ludacritz Unfair comparison. Capcom and Nintendo are two GIANT companies with thousands of employee and multiple divisions. It's normal for them to pumped out plenty of IP's. Compare to Santa Monica which is purely a gaming devs with only 200 employees and GoW as their bread and butter IP.
Sure Santa Monica can make a new IP since they did Kinetica before GoW. But after GoW revival in 2018, right now the best route for them is to focus and keeps the momentum high for the series rather than divide their resources for a new IP.
@RoomWithaMoose "People can desire a balance of supporting established franchises while exploring new IP, and Sony can simultaneously fail at both."
There's also an option to keep going on with established franchise and refresh it like it's a new IP.
But like i said, making a new IP alone is a Herculean task. You need full resources and commitment to support and established it or it will end up as a massive failure. In the same time you also needs to keep your established franchise at high quality or the fans will complaint and stop buying.
That's why devs, especially the ones who has limited resources, needs to choose carefully if they should keep going on with established IP or move on to a new one.
For ND, it's pretty clear they don't have enough resources to juggle between established franchise and a new IP. They can't juggle between Uncharted, TloU, and a new IP like Intergalactic. Hence why there's no new Uncharted for 8-9 years and looks like TloU is also in a semi-dormant state because they focus on Intergalactic.
@MetalGear_Yoshi I never see any Sony higher ups who says they dissapointed with Uncharted sales. Early games while not sold a ton but they had efficient budget for AAA scale and turned profit.
And so far Uncharted series already sold more than 50 million copies with a big portion dominate by Uncharted 4 (18.6 million copies) and Nathan Drake Collection (10 million copies).
This is what Highguard devs should do; hold multiple beta test and take players feedback before release the game. But eh, i guess it's too late for them
Anyway. I trust ArcSys understood their job. This isn't their first rodeo so i expect a polished and fun game at launch.
@nolifebr "I grew up playing fighting games that were complete at launch, with you having to progress to unlock new characters"
I remember people mocked Robert Pattinson Batman when the 1st image shown with him in the suit. They cried Batman looks skinny etc. But after the trailer and movie came out, people changed their mind lol.
Anyway. The usual negative reaction from the senile old man who became a grifter and hold a grudge against Sony 🙄
Sure Amazon could used a better picture for Kratos and Areus. But the show is in early production and it could be better in motion + after some sfx.
It's funny how some people keeps demanding Sony / ND to make a new IP. But now they want ND to go back to Uncharted while also complaining "too many Horizon" and "too many GoW" lol. Did these people just realize now that making a new IP with selling power as good as Uncharted, GoW, or Horizon is a Herculean task and publisher / devs should try as hard as they can to keep the IP fresh before completely done and moves on to a new one?
Anyway. At this point Uncharted is pretty much done and in dormant state, unless ND decided the series deserves a revisit / revival.
@Th3solution Yeah we got plenty of games with samurai, ninja, and feudal Japan but not many that focus on Japanese myth let alone play as a deity. On top of my head, Okami is the most recognizeable one since we played as Amaterasu and the setting is far before feudal Japan. Outside that, there's Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines.
And GoW with Japan myth could attract Japanese gamers and boost the series popularity in Japan. Although Santa Monica need to do it really well without disrespecting the culture.
@Th3solution iirc in GoW 2018 or Ragnarok there's a stone / mural painting that showed Ancient Japan with a torii gate and kanji. And in the game said Tyr has been travelled to Japan.
It would be cool if they make a new GoW game with Japan myth but still in the same universe.
@CheesyOatcake At this point, either some people like it or not, they need to accept the fact that GoW is Santa Monica bread and butter, just like how GT for Polyphony or MLB for San Diego.
There's no reason for Santa Monica to moved on from GoW after they worked really hard and successfully revived the franchise with The Norse saga. Now the franchise is in 2nd peak popularity with Norse saga alone sold almost 40 million copies and boost the franchise as Sony 2nd best selling IP after GT. So it's normal for them to keep the momentum going and fans demands as long as they can.
And sure, a new IP would be nice but creating a new one that will sell well and popular enough to become a franchise is a herculean task and comes with big risk too. We've seen many new IP come and go without getting a fair chance to shine.
So it's not wrong for Santa Monica to keep working on a long running franchise like GoW but with a new idea / different approach that makes it feel like a new IP. Example with Nintendo who already did it for decades with their long running IP's like Zelda, Metroid, DK etc.
Average 40K-70K for Steam alone are quite a lot and that's higher compare to SF 6 open beta test for Steam which was around 32K.
But low or high beta test numbers doesn't mean the game will be automaticly d.o.a or a huge success. SF 6 managed to sell 2 million copies in the first month despite open beta players only got 32K players on Steam. So Marathon could sell well but we'll see.
@TrollOfWar Maybe i'm not making my question clear. What i asked was the proof of "a large percentage of PC gamers also own consoles including PS5" like Gemini53 claim. Your first link only said growth for PC and console players, not how many of PC players also own consoles or a PS5.
As for your 2nd link, that 30-40% revenue was mostly from Helldivers 2 which wasn't by 1st party studio. But we're talking about Sony 1st party studio revenue from PC which is only 2%, not PS studios business as a whole or their collab with 3rd party studios like Stellar Blade, Helldivers 2 etc.
So...i think you're not debunking anything here buddy. If there's really 800-900 million PC gamers around the world like that survey claim and Sony still decided to scalled down their 1st party release for PC then the allegation about the majority of PCMR gang doesn't like nor buy Sony 1st party games & PS console is pretty much true 😃
@Gemini53 "It's a common misconception that ALL PC gamers own monster rigs. Even so not all those with a powerful rig "hate consoles". Again, only a very small minority."
I think you speak only for yourself here, not the rest of PCMR gangs.
"There are literally millions of people who are gaming on PC, more than PlayStation, Xbox and Switch combined and a large percentage of them also own consoles - including PS5"
Oh really? Where did you got this stats? Did you surveyed millions after millions of PC owners?
And if there's hundreds of millions of PC gamers more than PS, Xbox, and Nintendo combined then Sony should earned more than 2% revenue from PC release and scale up their PC strategy right? The math doesn't add up here with your claim and more of a hard proof that the majority of PC gamers didn't buy consoles.
"The narrative you hold is, I'm afraid to say, pretty much of your own creation based on a handful of poor experiences with a minority group"
You can't blame me for my experiences when PCMR gangs are the ones who build their own negative image just like that. You should talk to them if they can tone down their hate on consoles and stop acting as if they're super elite than console only owners, not here insulting me and acting as if there's only a few bad apples 🤷♂️
"Assuming you don't own a gaming PC yourself and only a PS5 it's ironically you that is missing out, not the brunt of PC gamers."
Years ago i used to owned a gaming PC, a decent one, along with my consoles. But i've experienced many headaches with gaming PC and decided to go full console. I learnt my lesson and no i'm not missing out anything 🤷♂️
But the question is would they buy a gaming machine that is weaker than their expensives gaming rig?
I mean, i've seen with my own eyes where plenty of PCMR said they hate PS and how they don't want to create a PSN account or shop on PS store for whatever reasons. So i have a big doubt that they will gladly spend $500 for a PS5 just to play Sony games like God of War, Wolverine, or Intergalactic.
I think PCMR will be okay if they didn't get Ghost of Yotei, Wolverine, Saros, Intergalactic, Astro Bot, GT 7, GoW Trilogy remake, Demon's Souls remake, Bloodborne, and more Sony 1st party single player games. I mean, they have indies, emulator, modding, piracy, and flexing how big and powerful they rig is to keep them busy for years 😃
Finished: Vagrant Story (Vita) Finally done with my 2nd playthrough. After more than two decade, my stand for this game still not change. I'm confidently say this is one of the best RPG in gaming history, one of the best game that Square ever made, and it rightfully deserves a 10/10. There will be no RPG that looks, plays, and sounds like this anymore. Salute to Yasumi Matsuno, Akihiko Yoshida, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Hiroshi Minagawa, and the rest of the team for created a masterpiece 🙇♂️🫡
Playing:
Suikoden I (Vita) I have this game along with Suikoden II and III on my backlog for years. It's time to finish it.
It's so weird to see some commenters in here goes nuclear in anger and screaming "shill" or "toxic positivity" just because they see people being positive and praise the game artstyle / graphic. The entitlement level for "everyone needs to be negative just because i don't like this game" is off the chart.
I'm not even buying this game since extraction genre isn't my thing. But i still can appreciate the interesting premise and sci-fi-neon-kinda retro artstyle. And yes, the collectors edition also looks cool which i'm not gonna buy it. But i guess i'm a shill for saying that lol
@Yor-sama "Now we 100% say that Miyazaki is one of the big causes for bluepoint closing"
? Miyazaki isn't the one who leads and mismanaged PS studio and Bluepoint.
@LogicStrikesAgain Maybe Bluepoint pitch looks uninspired. But that's normal since they're a small studio and it was the 1st time they work as a subsidiary under a big company like Sony.
The obligation to managed and inspired Bluepoint with better pitches that utilized Bluepoint expertise is still rest on Sony or in this case Hermen hands as PS studio CEO. But we all knew that Hermen wants all live service nuggets just like Jimbo did.
"A long-lost colony ship named the Marathon has sent out a distress signal for the first time in over 100 years, and the megacorps are scrambling to salvage what they can of their investment. That’s where you come in. You’re a runner, an uploaded consciousness in a synthetic shell, tasked with retrieving salvage and trying to piece together what happened to the Marathon and its colonies on Tau Ceti IV."
This is an interesting premise and i'm baffled with Bungie didn't bother to even make a story campaign that can be finish in 5-8 hours. If people feel invested with the story and lore, i think they don't mind to play some multiplayer PvP with their friends or randos.
I'll take this news, the Bloodborne remake part, with a grain of salt.
I mean, Miyazaki said people should ask Sony for Bloodborne remake but now they're the one who blocked the project? It just...doesn't make sense. Unless there's a hidden bad blood between Sony and From Soft, especially after Deracine flop and the way Shuhei said about the original Demon's Souls.
In the end, Hermen is still the clown for mismanaged Bluepoint and blocked their pitches. Say Bloodborne remake is off the table because From Soft said no. But he could greenlight other projects for Bluepoints:
ICO remake which i thought they would follow up after SotC remake
Legend of Dragoon remake
Tsushima spin-off which i think it's a cool idea and could satisfy people who wants more Jin adventure
Or multiple remasters for Resistance, Killzone, Syphon Filter, Heavenly Sword, Wild Arms, Socom, or anything from Sony dormant IP's that never received remaster / remake. I doubt remaster cost as much as a remake.
Heck. Why not ask Bluepoint to do Uncharted spin-off? People still asking for a new Uncharted and a spin-off with Sully or Chloe could sell well.
@SoulsBourne128 It's been 5 years since Demon's Souls remake came out and over a decade since Bloodborne came out. So it's safe to say there's very very little chance for both games to have an official PC release.
But when comes to PC, i'm sure some hacker will / already find a way to hack & emulate both games.
@themaladroit Is PC market really growing when i've read multiple articles about more and more people stop buying PC and laptop after RAM and SSD price rising through the roof?
With Steam machine & the next Xbox as direct competitors for PS6 and how PC mustard race keeps review bombing and pirating Sony games, this is a very solid decision for Sony to make 1st party games especially single player ones as full exclusives again.
@themightyant Yes i know you didn't say it's a bad game. And i get it people expect more and if they dissapointed then well maybe next time Sony could hire devs who have better experiences to do a 2D GoW game.
@NeuralDeclan Good for you if you had fun and believe it deserves a 6/10. But your personal review doesn't carry more weight compare to others who gave higher scores.
And i believe the game isn't the only thing to celebrate the series anniversary. I mean, they also announced the trilogy remake, already released free Dark Odyssey DLC for Ragnarok, a retrospective book, and other stuff.
Lmao at all the "It's false marketing! The title is Sons of Sparta! See?! With an S! His brother also in front cover! Give me a refund Sonyyyy! Waaaaaaaaa!!!!" outrage 🤣
I can't imagine the outrage from those people if they live in the 90's when they see Akuma in the front cover for Super SF II Turbo but his character portrait doesn't show up in character select screen without cheat code 🤣. Heck, you can't fight him in arcade mode unless you played without a single continues and grab multiple perfect ko's until the last stage. They must be really mad at Capcom 🤣
@nomither6 You're so naive to think GT on Switch means Sony will get Mario Kart when Sony received nothing from Nintendo after released Lego Horizon and multiple MLB's for Switch.
Yeah it looks nice. But a CE price at 270 bones that doesn't come with physical copy + steelbook? That's a tough pill to swallowed, unless you got it free from the publisher.
It still weird though that Sony stop including physical copy for their CE. Feels as if Sony pushed collectors to buy two editions, standard + CE, if they want a physical copy which is a very scummy practice...
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Re: Marvel Tokon Making Refinements Based on Player Feedback in the Run Up to Launch
@Bluemoon2008 I think Sony will be reasonable with their sales expectations. So I doubt they expect 5-10 million copies in the 1st month considering they already said they have 10 year plan for the game. They already predict sales will be a slow burner.
Re: Marvel Tokon Making Refinements Based on Player Feedback in the Run Up to Launch
@nolifebr You should read @MrPeanutbutterz reply.
Today fighting games is actually more accessible and has more contents compare in the past. Easy example:
SF II: World Warrior on SNES was launch at $60 and only have 8 characters in the base roster and 2 modes (Arcade and Versus). There's no training mode, no online match, no unlockable for different costumes / colors, no unlocked stage, no unlocked BGM, artworks, etc. You can't even pick the same character as your opponent. Very barebone for $60.
Compare it with SF VI was $60 at launch and it has 18 characters in the base roster, a beefy single player World Tour mode, Battle Hub where you can played plenty of classic Capcom arcade games (Final Fight, Ghost 'N Goblins, classic SF II etc), watch live tournaments, as well superb online match, and Fighting Ground that includes Arcade, Versus, Training, Tutorials, Combo Trials, Ranked match, Lobby, Gallery, etc. You can also unlocked new stage, alternate costumes and colors, artworks, BGM, and announcer without spending a single cent. For $60, the base game offer thousands of hours of contents. Heck, balance update is always FREE unlike in the past where you must buy a new game.
Season pass DLC is usually $20 or less if you wait for a discount. If you don't want to buy season pass then you have the option to buy per character which is cheaper.
You're also free to wait for "Complete edition" or "GotY edition" that includes every DLC and updates. But when that edition release, people already preparing for a new game.
It's your choice...
Re: More God of War PS5 Details Leak, Out in 2027 with New Protagonist
@Ludacritz Unfair comparison. Capcom and Nintendo are two GIANT companies with thousands of employee and multiple divisions. It's normal for them to pumped out plenty of IP's. Compare to Santa Monica which is purely a gaming devs with only 200 employees and GoW as their bread and butter IP.
Sure Santa Monica can make a new IP since they did Kinetica before GoW. But after GoW revival in 2018, right now the best route for them is to focus and keeps the momentum high for the series rather than divide their resources for a new IP.
Re: Opinion: If Sony's Doubling Down on Its Most Popular Franchises, Where's Uncharted?
@RoomWithaMoose "People can desire a balance of supporting established franchises while exploring new IP, and Sony can simultaneously fail at both."
There's also an option to keep going on with established franchise and refresh it like it's a new IP.
But like i said, making a new IP alone is a Herculean task. You need full resources and commitment to support and established it or it will end up as a massive failure. In the same time you also needs to keep your established franchise at high quality or the fans will complaint and stop buying.
That's why devs, especially the ones who has limited resources, needs to choose carefully if they should keep going on with established IP or move on to a new one.
For ND, it's pretty clear they don't have enough resources to juggle between established franchise and a new IP. They can't juggle between Uncharted, TloU, and a new IP like Intergalactic. Hence why there's no new Uncharted for 8-9 years and looks like TloU is also in a semi-dormant state because they focus on Intergalactic.
Re: Opinion: If Sony's Doubling Down on Its Most Popular Franchises, Where's Uncharted?
@MetalGear_Yoshi I never see any Sony higher ups who says they dissapointed with Uncharted sales. Early games while not sold a ton but they had efficient budget for AAA scale and turned profit.
And so far Uncharted series already sold more than 50 million copies with a big portion dominate by Uncharted 4 (18.6 million copies) and Nathan Drake Collection (10 million copies).
Re: Marvel Tokon Making Refinements Based on Player Feedback in the Run Up to Launch
This is what Highguard devs should do; hold multiple beta test and take players feedback before release the game. But eh, i guess it's too late for them
Anyway. I trust ArcSys understood their job. This isn't their first rodeo so i expect a polished and fun game at launch.
@nolifebr "I grew up playing fighting games that were complete at launch, with you having to progress to unlock new characters"
Which games are you talking about here?
Re: 'What the F*ck Is This?': God of War Creator Hates First TV Show Image
I remember people mocked Robert Pattinson Batman when the 1st image shown with him in the suit. They cried Batman looks skinny etc. But after the trailer and movie came out, people changed their mind lol.
Anyway. The usual negative reaction from the senile old man who became a grifter and hold a grudge against Sony 🙄
Sure Amazon could used a better picture for Kratos and Areus. But the show is in early production and it could be better in motion + after some sfx.
Re: Opinion: If Sony's Doubling Down on Its Most Popular Franchises, Where's Uncharted?
@Areus Looking at some comments on GoW thread, we can add "too many GoW" and "Santa Monica creatively bankrupt" complaint to the "too many" list lol.
@ButterySmooth30FPS ikr lol.
Re: Opinion: If Sony's Doubling Down on Its Most Popular Franchises, Where's Uncharted?
Uncharted has:
It's funny how some people keeps demanding Sony / ND to make a new IP. But now they want ND to go back to Uncharted while also complaining "too many Horizon" and "too many GoW" lol. Did these people just realize now that making a new IP with selling power as good as Uncharted, GoW, or Horizon is a Herculean task and publisher / devs should try as hard as they can to keep the IP fresh before completely done and moves on to a new one?
Anyway. At this point Uncharted is pretty much done and in dormant state, unless ND decided the series deserves a revisit / revival.
Re: Stellar Blade Dev May Cut Sony's Support and Self-Publish the Sequel
@Lavishturtle @Messiahbolical Sony didn't censored any Stellar Blade outfit.
Re: Stellar Blade Dev May Cut Sony's Support and Self-Publish the Sequel
Hey good for them 🍻
Re: Shocking: PlayStation Studios Are Hiring for New Games
I'm just glad they didn't get shutdown by Hermen the clown...for now.
Re: More God of War PS5 Details Leak, Out in 2027 with New Protagonist
@cainhurst94 I'm 100% open for a new idea; new combat and new setting like Egypt or even Japan myth where both was teased in the game.
Although, if this rumor is true, i'm not sure why Cory choose a prequel with Faye as the protag.
Re: More God of War PS5 Details Leak, Out in 2027 with New Protagonist
I expect an Egypt setting which already teased multiple times in the game and with GoW: Fallen God, a comic mini-series that is canon.
But we'll see...
Re: Resident Evil Requiem's Physical UK Launch 'Much Bigger' Than Village, 4 Remake
Didn't know UK gamers really loves MK 🤔
And Requiem doing better than RE4R and Village is a massive achievement. Congrats to Capcom and RE team 🍻
Re: Rumour: God of War Dev Working on 'A New Franchise Within the God of War Universe'
@Th3solution Yeah we got plenty of games with samurai, ninja, and feudal Japan but not many that focus on Japanese myth let alone play as a deity. On top of my head, Okami is the most recognizeable one since we played as Amaterasu and the setting is far before feudal Japan. Outside that, there's Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines.
And GoW with Japan myth could attract Japanese gamers and boost the series popularity in Japan. Although Santa Monica need to do it really well without disrespecting the culture.
Re: Rumour: God of War Dev Working on 'A New Franchise Within the God of War Universe'
@Th3solution iirc in GoW 2018 or Ragnarok there's a stone / mural painting that showed Ancient Japan with a torii gate and kanji. And in the game said Tyr has been travelled to Japan.
It would be cool if they make a new GoW game with Japan myth but still in the same universe.
Re: Rumour: God of War Dev Working on 'A New Franchise Within the God of War Universe'
@CheesyOatcake At this point, either some people like it or not, they need to accept the fact that GoW is Santa Monica bread and butter, just like how GT for Polyphony or MLB for San Diego.
There's no reason for Santa Monica to moved on from GoW after they worked really hard and successfully revived the franchise with The Norse saga. Now the franchise is in 2nd peak popularity with Norse saga alone sold almost 40 million copies and boost the franchise as Sony 2nd best selling IP after GT. So it's normal for them to keep the momentum going and fans demands as long as they can.
And sure, a new IP would be nice but creating a new one that will sell well and popular enough to become a franchise is a herculean task and comes with big risk too. We've seen many new IP come and go without getting a fair chance to shine.
So it's not wrong for Santa Monica to keep working on a long running franchise like GoW but with a new idea / different approach that makes it feel like a new IP. Example with Nintendo who already did it for decades with their long running IP's like Zelda, Metroid, DK etc.
Re: Going Platinum #14: Concrete Genie
I really enjoyed this game. Sadly the majority of PS owners doesn't care about it.
Re: Rumour: God of War Dev Working on 'A New Franchise Within the God of War Universe'
It could be a new protag from Egypt myth. But i still wish Cory work on a new Castlevania.
Re: Hands On: Marathon Is Dense, Demanding, and Drop Dead Gorgeous
@Sanquine Thanks for the info 🍻
Average 40K-70K for Steam alone are quite a lot and that's higher compare to SF 6 open beta test for Steam which was around 32K.
But low or high beta test numbers doesn't mean the game will be automaticly d.o.a or a huge success. SF 6 managed to sell 2 million copies in the first month despite open beta players only got 32K players on Steam. So Marathon could sell well but we'll see.
Re: Hands On: Marathon Is Dense, Demanding, and Drop Dead Gorgeous
@Nnfyrbsnss There's numbers that shows PS5, Xbox, and PC combine?
Re: He-Man's Retro PS5 Brawler Looks Like a Lost Capcom Classic
@djlard Yeah i can't find them on PS Asia store. I'll wait for physical release which hopefully not handle by LRG.
Re: Sony Quietly Decided to Scale Back PC Ports Last Year, Insider Claims
@TrollOfWar Maybe i'm not making my question clear. What i asked was the proof of "a large percentage of PC gamers also own consoles including PS5" like Gemini53 claim. Your first link only said growth for PC and console players, not how many of PC players also own consoles or a PS5.
As for your 2nd link, that 30-40% revenue was mostly from Helldivers 2 which wasn't by 1st party studio. But we're talking about Sony 1st party studio revenue from PC which is only 2%, not PS studios business as a whole or their collab with 3rd party studios like Stellar Blade, Helldivers 2 etc.
So...i think you're not debunking anything here buddy. If there's really 800-900 million PC gamers around the world like that survey claim and Sony still decided to scalled down their 1st party release for PC then the allegation about the majority of PCMR gang doesn't like nor buy Sony 1st party games & PS console is pretty much true 😃
Re: Sony Quietly Decided to Scale Back PC Ports Last Year, Insider Claims
@Gemini53 "It's a common misconception that ALL PC gamers own monster rigs. Even so not all those with a powerful rig "hate consoles". Again, only a very small minority."
I think you speak only for yourself here, not the rest of PCMR gangs.
"There are literally millions of people who are gaming on PC, more than PlayStation, Xbox and Switch combined and a large percentage of them also own consoles - including PS5"
Oh really? Where did you got this stats? Did you surveyed millions after millions of PC owners?
And if there's hundreds of millions of PC gamers more than PS, Xbox, and Nintendo combined then Sony should earned more than 2% revenue from PC release and scale up their PC strategy right? The math doesn't add up here with your claim and more of a hard proof that the majority of PC gamers didn't buy consoles.
"The narrative you hold is, I'm afraid to say, pretty much of your own creation based on a handful of poor experiences with a minority group"
You can't blame me for my experiences when PCMR gangs are the ones who build their own negative image just like that. You should talk to them if they can tone down their hate on consoles and stop acting as if they're super elite than console only owners, not here insulting me and acting as if there's only a few bad apples 🤷♂️
"Assuming you don't own a gaming PC yourself and only a PS5 it's ironically you that is missing out, not the brunt of PC gamers."
Years ago i used to owned a gaming PC, a decent one, along with my consoles. But i've experienced many headaches with gaming PC and decided to go full console. I learnt my lesson and no i'm not missing out anything 🤷♂️
"Choice is king, my friend"
Again. Who said there's no choice? 🤷♂️
Re: He-Man's Retro PS5 Brawler Looks Like a Lost Capcom Classic
Looking good although the upcoming live act movie looks kinda so-so...
Re: Sony Quietly Decided to Scale Back PC Ports Last Year, Insider Claims
@themaladroit Thank you sir 🍻
@Foxhound Great news indeed 🍻
Re: Sony Quietly Decided to Scale Back PC Ports Last Year, Insider Claims
@Gemini53 I never say they can't buy a PS5 🤷♂️
But the question is would they buy a gaming machine that is weaker than their expensives gaming rig?
I mean, i've seen with my own eyes where plenty of PCMR said they hate PS and how they don't want to create a PSN account or shop on PS store for whatever reasons. So i have a big doubt that they will gladly spend $500 for a PS5 just to play Sony games like God of War, Wolverine, or Intergalactic.
Re: Spider-Man's Iconic Advanced Suit Looks Excellent in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
@The_Wailing_Doom Didn't know they have alt costume in DBFZ and GG Xrd.
But yeah pretty much Sony money (and XDevs help) is the main reason why ArcSy can make alt costumes from the get go.
Re: Sony Quietly Decided to Scale Back PC Ports Last Year, Insider Claims
I think PCMR will be okay if they didn't get Ghost of Yotei, Wolverine, Saros, Intergalactic, Astro Bot, GT 7, GoW Trilogy remake, Demon's Souls remake, Bloodborne, and more Sony 1st party single player games. I mean, they have indies, emulator, modding, piracy, and flexing how big and powerful they rig is to keep them busy for years 😃
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 622
Finished:
Vagrant Story (Vita)
Finally done with my 2nd playthrough. After more than two decade, my stand for this game still not change. I'm confidently say this is one of the best RPG in gaming history, one of the best game that Square ever made, and it rightfully deserves a 10/10. There will be no RPG that looks, plays, and sounds like this anymore. Salute to Yasumi Matsuno, Akihiko Yoshida, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Hiroshi Minagawa, and the rest of the team for created a masterpiece 🙇♂️🫡
Playing:
I have this game along with Suikoden II and III on my backlog for years. It's time to finish it.
I hope everyone have a good weekend. Cheers 🍻
Re: Hands On: Marathon Is Dense, Demanding, and Drop Dead Gorgeous
It's so weird to see some commenters in here goes nuclear in anger and screaming "shill" or "toxic positivity" just because they see people being positive and praise the game artstyle / graphic. The entitlement level for "everyone needs to be negative just because i don't like this game" is off the chart.
I'm not even buying this game since extraction genre isn't my thing. But i still can appreciate the interesting premise and sci-fi-neon-kinda retro artstyle. And yes, the collectors edition also looks cool which i'm not gonna buy it. But i guess i'm a shill for saying that lol
Re: Shuttered Dev Bluepoint Wanted to Remake Bloodborne, FromSoftware Blocked It
@Yor-sama "Now we 100% say that Miyazaki is one of the big causes for bluepoint closing"
? Miyazaki isn't the one who leads and mismanaged PS studio and Bluepoint.
@LogicStrikesAgain Maybe Bluepoint pitch looks uninspired. But that's normal since they're a small studio and it was the 1st time they work as a subsidiary under a big company like Sony.
The obligation to managed and inspired Bluepoint with better pitches that utilized Bluepoint expertise is still rest on Sony or in this case Hermen hands as PS studio CEO. But we all knew that Hermen wants all live service nuggets just like Jimbo did.
Re: Spider-Man's Iconic Advanced Suit Looks Excellent in Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls
@8thDoctor Yeah i think this is the 1st time that ArcSys game have alt costumes. Maybe because Sony gave them more budget and XDevs also helped?
Re: Hands On: Marathon Is Dense, Demanding, and Drop Dead Gorgeous
"A long-lost colony ship named the Marathon has sent out a distress signal for the first time in over 100 years, and the megacorps are scrambling to salvage what they can of their investment. That’s where you come in. You’re a runner, an uploaded consciousness in a synthetic shell, tasked with retrieving salvage and trying to piece together what happened to the Marathon and its colonies on Tau Ceti IV."
This is an interesting premise and i'm baffled with Bungie didn't bother to even make a story campaign that can be finish in 5-8 hours. If people feel invested with the story and lore, i think they don't mind to play some multiplayer PvP with their friends or randos.
Re: Here's Your First Look at the God of War TV Show
It looks...okay but could be better in motion and after they add some sfx.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Resident Evil Requiem?
The only RE that i bought on day 1 was RE 2 remake. So i'm waiting for a sale or the usual Gold Edition that comes with every DLC and updates.
Re: Shuttered Dev Bluepoint Wanted to Remake Bloodborne, FromSoftware Blocked It
I'll take this news, the Bloodborne remake part, with a grain of salt.
I mean, Miyazaki said people should ask Sony for Bloodborne remake but now they're the one who blocked the project? It just...doesn't make sense. Unless there's a hidden bad blood between Sony and From Soft, especially after Deracine flop and the way Shuhei said about the original Demon's Souls.
In the end, Hermen is still the clown for mismanaged Bluepoint and blocked their pitches. Say Bloodborne remake is off the table because From Soft said no. But he could greenlight other projects for Bluepoints:
Re: Rumour: Sony Backtracking on PC Strategy, Shifting Towards PS5 Exclusivity Again
@themaladroit I used to have a PC gaming and it was a big headache.
Re: Rumour: Sony Backtracking on PC Strategy, Shifting Towards PS5 Exclusivity Again
@SoulsBourne128 It's been 5 years since Demon's Souls remake came out and over a decade since Bloodborne came out. So it's safe to say there's very very little chance for both games to have an official PC release.
But when comes to PC, i'm sure some hacker will / already find a way to hack & emulate both games.
Re: Rumour: Sony Backtracking on PC Strategy, Shifting Towards PS5 Exclusivity Again
@themaladroit Is PC market really growing when i've read multiple articles about more and more people stop buying PC and laptop after RAM and SSD price rising through the roof?
Re: Rumour: Sony Backtracking on PC Strategy, Shifting Towards PS5 Exclusivity Again
With Steam machine & the next Xbox as direct competitors for PS6 and how PC mustard race keeps review bombing and pirating Sony games, this is a very solid decision for Sony to make 1st party games especially single player ones as full exclusives again.
Re: Project Windless Dev Explains the Game's Giant Rooster-Man Protagonist
Imagine playing as a giant cock...i mean rooster 😁
Re: Turns Out You Can Access God of War: Sons of Sparta's Locked-Off Co-Op Mode Early
@themightyant Yes i know you didn't say it's a bad game. And i get it people expect more and if they dissapointed then well maybe next time Sony could hire devs who have better experiences to do a 2D GoW game.
Re: Turns Out You Can Access God of War: Sons of Sparta's Locked-Off Co-Op Mode Early
@NeuralDeclan Good for you if you had fun and believe it deserves a 6/10. But your personal review doesn't carry more weight compare to others who gave higher scores.
And i believe the game isn't the only thing to celebrate the series anniversary. I mean, they also announced the trilogy remake, already released free Dark Odyssey DLC for Ragnarok, a retrospective book, and other stuff.
Re: Turns Out You Can Access God of War: Sons of Sparta's Locked-Off Co-Op Mode Early
@themightyant Plenty of good games with metacritic score similar to Sons of Sparta. But sadly people rely too much on metacritic.
Re: Turns Out You Can Access God of War: Sons of Sparta's Locked-Off Co-Op Mode Early
Lmao at all the "It's false marketing! The title is Sons of Sparta! See?! With an S! His brother also in front cover! Give me a refund Sonyyyy! Waaaaaaaaa!!!!" outrage 🤣
I can't imagine the outrage from those people if they live in the 90's when they see Akuma in the front cover for Super SF II Turbo but his character portrait doesn't show up in character select screen without cheat code 🤣. Heck, you can't fight him in arcade mode unless you played without a single continues and grab multiple perfect ko's until the last stage. They must be really mad at Capcom 🤣
Re: For Some Reason, Sony Apparently Got Gran Turismo 7 Running on Switch 2
@UltimateOtaku91 Either a research for PS6 handheld or Jeff Grub nonsense.
Re: For Some Reason, Sony Apparently Got Gran Turismo 7 Running on Switch 2
@nomither6 You're so naive to think GT on Switch means Sony will get Mario Kart when Sony received nothing from Nintendo after released Lego Horizon and multiple MLB's for Switch.
Re: Marathon Collector's Edition Might Be the Best We've Ever Seen
Yeah it looks nice. But a CE price at 270 bones that doesn't come with physical copy + steelbook? That's a tough pill to swallowed, unless you got it free from the publisher.
It still weird though that Sony stop including physical copy for their CE. Feels as if Sony pushed collectors to buy two editions, standard + CE, if they want a physical copy which is a very scummy practice...