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@PuppetMaster She doesn't even look remotely African, she literally looks like a generic anime waifu Dead or Alive character but with slightly darker skin

@dskatter The PS6's disc drive will probably be sold separately, like with the PS5 Pro. I don't think there will be any model of the PS6 with a built-in disc drive. That said, there's a pretty good chance that the next Xbox doesn't have any disc drive whatsoever, given how Microsoft hates physical media.

@UltimateOtaku91 Thing is, I don't think the PS6 is going to be particularly cheap, either. It'll be less expensive than the next Xbox, for sure, but I imagine it will cost at least $700 at launch, without a disc drive. There's no way Sony is going to sell a console that's considerably more powerful than the PS5 Pro at an affordable price point.

If the next Xbox is a glorified PC with several storefronts on it, then Microsoft probably won't expect it to sell that well and they therefore probably won't subsidize it. That means its price will probably be similar to that of the ROG Xbox Ally X, so around $900-$1000.

Due to their egregiously expensive prices, I think the PS6 and the next Xbox will be the worst-selling home consoles in Sony and Microsoft's history. A lot of people will just stick to last-gen consoles, and some will still be on PS4 and Xbox One.

@RBMango I see, thanks for the explanation

@RBMango I don't even see how this would be a middle finger to Xbox? What would PlayStation be trying to say, in that case? "Hahaha we have a deal with AMD and Xbox doesn't (even though they actually do)?"

What's interesting is that Giant Squid recently confirmed on Twitter that they're working on a Switch port of Sword of the Sea. So even if Sony does acquire the IP/studio, they're still gonna bring it to other platforms eventually. Presumably after the one-year exclusivity deal expires.

I honestly think it looks great, I'd buy it if I needed a new PS5 controller.

Bruh I can't believe they have a Forspoken section on the site. Imagine buying a Forspoken Denim Jacket for $110, or a mediocre Forspoken Water Bottle for $30. They would have been lucky to sell even one of those each lol

Also, if they're gonna shut down the store, you would think they would give everything deep discounts, like 60-80% off, but I guess not.

@Oram77 Sadly, there aren't really any actual statistics from trustworthy sources that definitively prove that Xbox gamers do or do not buy games. But I'm just basing my assumption off of reasoning.

Yes, we've seen reports that have said that Game Pass cannibalizes sales of games in the service (which makes sense, of course; why would you buy a game that you finished through Game Pass?). But I couldn't find any report that says Game Pass has caused Xbox gamers to stop buying games entirely, or that it drastically reduced buying rates for games on the platform as a whole.

Here's my take on the matter: if Xbox gamers really bought no games because of Game Pass, then why has there been no decline in third-party support since the introduction of the service? On the contrary, there are so many franchises and game developers, who were never on Xbox in the past, that are now coming to Xbox.

In my opinion, it would make no sense for third-party support to improve considerably on the platform if no one was buying games. I do actually think the "Xbox gamers don't buy games" thing is something that was largely exaggerated by Twitter trolls.

@Oram77 That's the thing, contrary to what you think, most Xbox gamers never stopped buying games in the first place. Not every game was on Game Pass to begin with.

@Oram77 It seems most late ports of AAA games sell just fine on Xbox, since I don't see publishers moving on from the platform.

Also the "Xbox gamers wait for everything to come to Game Pass" argument doesn't hold as much water now, since many Xbox gamers have canceled their Game Pass subscriptions. Or, at the very least, downgraded from Ultimate.

@Propaperpusher To claim that "Xbox gamers don't buy games," even though third-party support on the platform has dramatically improved since the introduction of Game Pass, is laughable, to say the least. There is no definitive evidence that proves that no one buys games on Xbox, or that the Xbox ports for most third-party games don't sell well enough to turn a profit. Saying that this is a fact is disingenuous.

But it isn't surprising that you would make a statement like this, seeing as you are in the console war trenches.

@UnlimitedSevens I agree with what you said in the last paragraph, but to be fair, Jez outright denied that hardware plans are up in the air in his article.

While I get where you're coming from, the two rumors do contradict each other. Jez is saying that Microsoft's hardware plans have not changed at all at the moment, and that they aren't even debating whether to release next-gen hardware or not. He also claims that Microsoft, for the time being, has no plans to stop distributing hardware to certain retailers.

SneakerSO, on the other hand, is saying that Microsoft is currently debating whether or not to release a next-gen console, and that they plan to distribute Xbox consoles to less and less retailers in the future.

@Oram77 I see what you're saying. It would be great if Sony were to keep the costs low, even if Xbox left the hardware business.

Although it may not seem like it, I think Sony is actually trying their best not to raise PS5 prices. They keep doing console revisions with cheaper internal parts, and they released that new PS5 with less internal storage, but they've still had to raise the PS5's prices consistently in order to keep the hardware business sustainable.

That, to me, suggests that the chances of the PS6 being affordable are pretty slim. Honestly, unless something changes, these ridiculous console prices will probably kill the traditional console industry as we know it. If the PS6 becomes the worst selling PlayStation home console, due to its presumably high price tag, the days of "console generations" will probably be numbered.

@SamMR Problem is, the overwhelming majority of Game Pass subscribers are on consoles, not PC and cloud. And Game Pass isn't growing on PC as fast as Microsoft would like it to. So, if they do cut consoles entirely, they would probably be saying goodbye to at least 60% of Game Pass users.

@Oram77 Personally, I don't think there's any way that the PS6 will be affordable, at least not in the usual sense. It will most likely be cheaper than the next Xbox, but given the state of the world right now, I can't feasibly see Sony selling a PS6 that's considerably more powerful than a PS5 Pro for less than $700.

If it does actually provide a generational leap in power, the PS6 will probably be $750 or $800 at launch, and there's a good chance that it will receive price increases later in the gen.

The only way Sony could sell the PS6 for $500-600 is if they are willing to lose hundreds of dollars on each console sold.

@get2sammyb Are you going to update the article with Jez's report? He says that, contrary to what SneakerSO said, Xbox hardware plans are not even "up in the air, and remain firmly Xbox's path forward. Xbox Series X|S hardware production has not ceased, and new stock will go out to retailers at its usual cadence." But plans can change.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/no-xboxs-next-gen-console-hardware-plans-arent-cancelled

Lina Khan was right, the ABK deal had terrible ramifications on Xbox, but she did a pretty bad job at trying to prove her point in court. She and the rest of the FTC spent most of their time arguing about how unfair the ABK deal was to PlayStation (it wasn't), not consumers.

Like many of the commenters on Push Square, Khan largely based her argument around how terrible it would be for Microsoft to make ABK games exclusive to Xbox (even though Xbox has a fraction of the exclusives that PlayStation does) and how Xbox would become a monopoly in the console market, rather than how damaging the price increases, layoffs, etc. would be to Xbox consumers.

Turns out people's biggest fear from the ABK deal didn't even happen. Instead, the exact opposite occurred.

Ironically the ppl who said Game Pass was killing developers because they made no money off their games should actually be thrilled about this news. If you thought playing a $60-70 Xbox first-party game for $15 was unsustainable, no worries, you can now pay $30 for the exact same thing and save less money than ever before!

@Dogbreath This is the first time I've heard that a platform can be dead or alive in two different ways. IMO, you're making this seem a lot more complicated than it actually is.

There is no such thing as something being a dead platform in one way, but not a dead platform in another way. Either it's a dead platform or a not-dead one lol.

I think you're confusing the weaknesses of a platform and its lower install base with the viability of the platform as a whole. Saying a platform is dead, all because it's not the lead platform for a timed exclusive release, is hyperbole at best, in my opinion.

The fact of the matter is, third-party support is currently better on Xbox than it has been in over a decade. If Sony is porting some of their old games to Xbox "just to milk a few final bucks out of them," then why didn't they do this during the 360 gen, when Xbox had a larger install base? If Xbox is on its last legs, wouldn't it make more sense for Sony to not support the platform at all and just let it die, so that they can convert the existing Xbox owners into PlayStation users?

Lastly, I don't think Forza Horizon 6, a new installment in a series that's done incredibly well on Xbox and PC alone for 2 decades, is going to be harmed much by releasing on PS5 a few months later. FH5 and Indiana Jones have proved that games will still sell well on PlayStation, even if they're late ports. Ironically, a day-one game like Doom: The Dark Ages seems to have sold worse on PS5 than either of those two titles. By doing a slightly staggered release with a highly-anticipated title like FH6, MS can get people to double-dip on both PS5 and Xbox/PC.

@get2sammyb Yeah, that sounds about right. A shame they didn't give it better visuals, though.

I don't understand. They say it's a remake, but it looks almost exactly the same as the original game?

@Dogbreath If they can shift a few hundred thousand copies of an old game on Xbox, then that means Xbox isn't a dead platform. Simple as that.

If Xbox was dead, there would be no incentive for Sony to bring Helldivers 2 or any other game to Xbox whatsoever. No ifs, ands, or buts. Did you see Sony and Nintendo porting their games to the Dreamcast before Sega pulled the plug on it?

You can spin it as much as you'd like, by saying "well at least Sony isn't bringing their games to Xbox day-one!", but expect to see more first-party PlayStation titles on the "dead" platform known as Xbox in the future.

Also worth noting that more and more third-party developers, like Square Enix, are opting to release their games on Xbox day-one, rather than release it years later. Third-party support shouldn't be improving on a dead platform.

It's doing so well that they decided to make it multiplatform.

@EfYI Sure, whatever you say.

@Dogbreath If it's so dead, then why is Sony releasing games on it?

@UltimateOtaku91 Seriously, this show was really disappointing third-party wise

Cool, but where is the 2D God of War game? Are they saving that for a Game Awards announcement?

Honestly, this was an awful State of Play, in my opinion. Easily the worst they've done in a while. Aside from Wolverine and Saros, there was almost nothing I was interested in. Usually these State of Plays have some exciting third-party reveals, but here? They were practically non-existent.

The fact that Sony wasted time on FF Tactics, a game that's coming out in a few days, and showed us an update for GT7, as well as some speakers, proves that they were really just padding this State of Play out.

Dynasty Warriors 3 Remastered and Deus Ex Remastered were neat announcements, but most of the other games they showed, even if they looked good, were things we've seen a million times already. Like Crimson Desert and Battlefield 6.

Microsoft is supporting PSVR2 more than Sony is somehow, that's wild. I didn't think they would ever put a game on PSVR2.

@Slayer25c No one plays Nioh for the story, so I don't think that matters lol.

@Weez They didn't say never, they just said it won't come anytime soon. Either way, if they aren't tied down by any exclusivity deals, it's a dumb decision on Koei Tecmo's part. Not to mention these games would also sell very well on Switch 2.

@Slayer25c It's not like you need to play Nioh 1 to understand what's going on in Nioh 2, or something. They're not story-heavy games.

And skipping the first few installments of a series on Xbox hasn't stopped companies like Capcom and Bandai Namco from putting Monster Hunter Stories 3 and Digimon Story: Time Stranger on Xbox, respectively.

Maybe Sony does have a timed exclusivity deal for Nioh 3, but they haven't really advertised it or something. Who knows.

@Weez It's weird that Nioh 3 isn't coming to Xbox, considering that Sony hasn't said anything about an exclusivity deal for the game. Since Sony isn't publishing it, there is no good reason for this game to be PS exclusive.

If skipping Xbox is a decision that Koei Tecmo made of its own volition (and not because of any exclusivity deals), then it's even more baffling that they think Fatal Frame 2 remake will sell on Xbox, but not Nioh 3.

@ShogunRok Did they confirm that there's no upgrade path for Kiwami 1 and 2?

@Ichiban More like just ports, not remakes.

What's crazy is that the Red Light Raid multiplayer mode won't be available at launch on PS5, Xbox, and PC, even though it was featured in the Switch 2 version months ago. You have to wait extra to play it on those platforms.

If there's one thing you have to give Ubisoft credit for, it's that they at least don't abandon most of their games immediately, even if they don't perform so well at launch (aside from XDefiant lol). Avatar underperformed commercially, according to them, but they're still supporting it to this day.

@Lukasamba Considering Kojima Productions just entered full production on OD this July, it will probably be a decade by the time Physint comes out lol

@Dodoo Konami did actually open up a new internal studio in Osaka back in 2023, so it seems they are aiming to rebuild their in-house teams.

Maybe in the future, Konami will make a new Silent Hill game themselves instead of outsourcing it, just like they used to.

https://www.gamesradar.com/konami-opens-new-studio-to-continue-sustainable-growth-in-the-next-50-years/

@Oram77 It already has, though? I don't know about you, but Death Stranding 2 has great gameplay imo. And there are countless games that looked cutting-edge for their time and also had great gameplay. Case in point, something like DMC 5 or RDR2.

Good graphics and good gameplay are not mutually exclusive. I can understand preferring one over the other, but I don't see why cutting-edge graphics shouldn't be a plus.

@johncalmc The Yakuza stuff will be shown off later today, there's an RGG Summit like 12 hours from now.

If you actually got the rewards for free after getting a platinum for Ghost of Yotei or something, this would be awesome. But the fact that you actually have to pay for everything means that this is a scam.

Honestly, I really didn't like The Last Guardian, like at all. I played the game a few years ago and I found it so frustrating. One the one hand, this game has the most realistic animal AI I've ever seen (even though Trico isn't a real animal), but on the other hand, getting Trico to do what you want was such a pain. The game's story wasn't that interesting, either IMO.

I played Shadow of the Colossus after finishing The Last Guardian, and I found that to be a lot more entertaining.

@themightyant It's kinda weird that there's no voice acting in the trailer, it seems like this is still very early in production.

@Jammer This is (or was) supposed to be the Xbox exclusive game, it's not clear if it will launch first on Xbox anymore.

@get2sammyb I don't think Kojima ever said that OD is meant to be a smaller project lol. The game is literally being made with an "Avengers-level" group of directors, so I think it's safe to safe both it and Physint are of a similar scope.

@RoomWithaMoose Agreed. If you want to hear good English dubs in video games, look no further than the recent Persona titles. Sure, some people may still prefer the original Japanese voice acting, but it's hard to say that the English dubs in games like Persona 5 are bad or mediocre.

@Rich33 Not really. If one aspect of the game is bad, that doesn't mean the entire game is awful. To use my prior example, most people would still think that Clair Obscur is an amazing game, even if it ran poorly.

I'm personally more tolerant of performance issues than others, so maybe that factors into my opinion, but the only way I would give a game a 6 or lower solely due to performance issues, is if it was literally unplayable. And I mean, LITERALLY. Like, the game can't boot or anything, or if it constantly crashes. A good example of that would be something like the launch version of Cyberpunk 2077. Most games, even ones with performance issues like Borderlands 4, don't launch in as nearly as bad a state as that one.

If everyone was as critical as you when it comes to performance woes, then there would be a lot of legitimately good games that have abysmal ratings on Metacritic, all because of some technical problems that they suffered at launch. And, to make matters worse, most outlets wouldn't change their reviews even if the games were improved. So it would be harder than usual to sort through good and bad games.