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If only Concord had released on Xbox too 😅

A quality live service, like Helldivers, totally worth porting (or releasing day one everywhere) Everything else, maybe not so much. SiE's big IP single player titles have even struggled (relatively) on PC, haven't they? And Sony will still want first party exclusives to matter as the more prominent high end console on the market

@SMJ I think you have to take into account no one you replied to was actually talking about first party, but storefront sales, it was you that changed the narrative there, i believe. So: FC, CoD, Madden, NBA, GTA, that kind of stuff is what sells a tonne via PS Store, but not so much on Nintendo.

I'm not sure why you are debating who "wins" though. I was informed console wars are over. 😁

@TheArt yep haha. I loaded up an old save the other day just to test it out, but the pace is pretty fast in first person, and it doesn't really suit it the same way as third person for rockstar games. I was hoping it might feel a bit like KCD for immersion, but weirdly Rockstar games are more immersive in third person.

Enjoy KCD by the way. JCBP 🙌

I've been a lapsed gamer again. Embarrassed to think I even like gaming with how little I've played lately. Such poor form 😂

Unsure whether to crack on and try and get the Cyberpunk DLC finished before Ghost of Yotei arrives, or to pivot completely as I have an urge to try a First-Person RDR2 playthrough. But I believe it is a bit janky, as it was designed to be a third person experience, really. And who knows. Maybe there will one day be a PS5 patch...

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@kyleforrester87 😂 nailed it.

I couldn't decide whether they based it on Chuck Norris or Kenny Loggins

Settled for K-Logg

https://youtu.be/siwpn14IE7E?si=eZwcXjt29uFPWSst

(Please embed this, Pushsquare so we can jam out to some Solid Snake tunes 🙌)

Release the patch and let people review it? Literally no need to hold back the day one patch to avoid reviews

@LiamCroft I did say it "reads kind of like advertising" and then mentioned the reason why it reads that way, as the quote states something proven to be untrue. It is not an accusation. I'm just pointing out it might be a little awkwardly worded, now that there is evidence of this not being the case. "I found the frame rate to be smooth enough for my enjoyment" rather than stating there "is a smooth frame rate on PS5 Pro" one is opinion, but the way you have it worded reads more like a fact, and things stated like facts can be proven wrong. So, it is worth drawing attention to the fact that it does currently have issues on Pro, that aren't mentioned here, in case people take this as gospel and are then dissapointed.

I'm genuinely not trying to be confrontational, just mentioning it might be worth tweaking the wording.

@LiamCroft @Rich33 "Coupled with its mesmerising visuals is a smooth frame rate on PS5 Pro...."

Digital Foundry states otherwise with evidence of findings

They have PS5 Pro as having a worse resolution than PS5 quality mode (rather than at least matching it, as was Cerny's blueprint) And the frame rate is worse off/less stable than in PS5 performance mode

Also, the paragraph here reads kind of like advertising when there is examples out there of this not being the case. But i'll just put it down to reviewer not noticing it or it not having an effect on their enjoyment, which is fair enough, not everyone notices these things. But it is worth drawing people's attention to

Random American Price Elevation due to the elected Random American President, Is So Tough... for consumers.

but i suppose it is to be expected 🤔🤔

@ShogunRok "Highly recommend setting a few hours aside and just blasting through it on a big TV with the volume high"

This sounds perfect, the game we all need right now.

Bored of this whole 'people chat sh*t on social media and it becomes news on a website' era we live in. Wake me up when the people of MySpace have something to add to the debate 😴

Matrix x Cyberpunk x Deus Ex x CoD Zombies x...

...Mindseye 🤦‍♂️

Move it forward ~3 months or move it back ~3 months, but don't release it at the end of f***ing May 😅

But I think he already knows this isn't launching in May.

Let's hope they can get Max Payne out while Sam Lake still looks like Max Payne because it might be awkward at TGA/SGF if he rocks up with greying hair, a hearing aid, and stooped over a zimmer frame as he slowly shuffles out to chat to a hologram of Geoff Keighly

All we need to know is if it works on consoles as it feels like it is exactly as I thought and what we should maybe expect... a Mafia Game like Mafia 1 & 2. And maybe this is using quite a lot of the gameplay and assets or ideas from the Mafia 1 remake to keep costs down. But overall that might not actually be that bad a thing if the story is good, sure it might be clunky, repetitive gameplay, but it isn't usually a game where you notice that being much of an issue as it doesn't outstay its welcome due to the structure of: watch a cutscene, travel to a location to shoot, steal or bomb something, then shoot, steal or bomb something, watch a cutscene, escape from where you shot, stole or bombed something, cutscene.

But this time with stabbing and horses too!

Always a concern considering they could have pushed a day one patch out for reviews anyway, it's not like they are working on a patch right up until release day. So this makes you think it will either need a v1.3 build to get it right on consoles, or they just don't think a middling console review at the moment will help sell any more than the pre orders they've already generated.

I don't want to jump to conclusions, but i'm not buying it day one unless it definitely works.

First-person shooter rogue style.

She's AI isn't she? It's begun...

I got the email about the kind of skins you can get... the first theme is "Bat Company" and it has bats on it 🙄 I thought they weren't doing this kind of 🐂💩? Or, should I say, 🦇💩

Going to Cyber me some Punks at some point

@Eduard_Brenton eh, think I've heard that one

Good Luck. And, if anyone falls asleep, I hear airhorns are quite useful. Even just the threat of them can be enough to prevent that happening, but mostly because people will have left if you threatened them with airhorns. Maybe leave the airhorns out and just let people sleep 🤷‍♂️

so 60fps average means it has to be either locked 60fps or at some moments will be reaching above 60fps, right?

You can't average 60fps if at some points it drops lower and at some points it hits 60fps, as that would be a lower than 60fps average.

Let's get Digital Foundry on the case 😂

Jesus Christ Be Praised! Henry's come to see us with an unlocked framerate.

(I actually finished a playthrough on PS5 early this year, and it was not too bad, the game loads well before Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, dies, and the game actually plays a lot different with all that peace and prosperity still knocking about)

I'm here for Top Boy the game if that can be achieved.

I do hope they get some attention and maybe new investors so they have the time to do what is needed. Time is the important factor, clearly the passion is there. We obviously won't know the scope and scale of it and the quality of the script, but I like the setting and overall idea of it.

A helicopter crashes in the comments section

On the backlog you go, little puppet. When will I play with you? Probably never. But it is good addition to have access to... just in case.

Imagine if they had hired specialist project leads to lead specialist live service developers to make their live service games, and had their specialist single player leads at specialist single player studios making single player games the first time...
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@Alps_Stranger that is what I was thinking, but they want to delete the entire project from existence, so maybe it is showing they don't see it as a financial gains case, but a creative case based on protecting their studios and their IP, and if they get their wish, then it won't see light of day and will not cause them future finacial losses and marketing problems etc etc, whereas, if it is released, then it will cause a multitude of issues, from their perspective.

@zhoont late to the thread, but it is a really, really good patch. The RT unlocked is a bit jankier to my eye than the locked 30 was, even though it runs mostly over 60fps, but the unlocked performance mode is really, really nice and up there with KCD2's and TLoU's unlocked performance (bar the usual FSR upscaling fizziness that still exists) and so it is easy to recommend on Pro

My plan is to finish my old character on this patch. And hope they do do a PSSR specific update down the line for a fresh playthrough without FSR 🤞

Will today be a day to get back in to CyberPunk 2077? 🤔 And if it is, will I spend most of my time exploiting the photomode to make purposefully creepy, weird and grubby V photoshoots like this:

Chances are quite likely.

@Flaming_Kaiser not sure why i'm tagged in this. My comment is just predicting the Sony strategy towards porting to make the most easy money

I mean, it is almost free money to mobilise and port all of your older games, that are mostly just sat there gathering dust, on to the Switch 2 at this point. That should be the main focus initially. Then improving PC ports. And then maybe some live service on Xbox.

I will keep my eye on this to see if anything tempts me. BF used to be pretty nice.

I keep meaning to try the CoD campaigns, but the 24935gb downloads put me right off it.

@kmtrain83 😬 yeah, sorry about that. Sometimes I wish I didn't think of these things, myself 😂 but still, there are so many great games to play, so at least we have that, right?

Kids (or the wave new gamers of each generation that we all once were) used to play all kinds of middling to trash games because that is what was available. And fun was usually had, regardless of if it was a 4 or a 9. Now all the kids are playing free sh** in the form of two or 3 games instead. That is it.

Older gamers can't carry the industry (we all have ridiculous backlogs that only get longer) and it will only get worse. So, I guess we can actually blame Epic for this after all... for breaking gaming 🙃

There probably is a good discussion to be had about how sustainable gaming can be, because more games come out every year, and of course every year we get older, unfortunately, and if we are currently trying to play games from 5 or more years ago now, how can we ever make time for all the new games coming out that we might not have enough interest in to play right now.

When we were kids however, we would play anything if it was put in front of us, and that side of the market is definitely shrinking severely as it is weighted towards only spending money in one or two games forever and ever and a fortnite.

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In a bit of a summer gaming slump so just doing goals and things in FC25 until I get the urge to play something that is actually good 🙃

Breaking Bad but with Kratos and we get to see the origin of his big bald head 🤷‍♂️

Or maybe let's just wait and see what it is and then we won't have to make crazy guesses

Oh, get in the bin!

Come on, Fun Police, its barely even a misdemeanor

LG does not even have the NBA app (for shame) so the old PS5 saves the day for that, and the app on Google x Philips is pretty bad at times too, so it's Pro to the rescue. Occasionally I will use the Now app as it functions more consistently on ps5 than the tv apps do, and it has a better fast forward function which is vital for watching live golf on a delay! But half the time I won't bother tbh.

I highly recommend NBA games via PS5 though as it streams them so much better overall than any other version I've used. That is, when MS isnt making the whole league pass service crash at their end 👍

It's too warm to spend time playing console games and making the house even hotter in the day. Maybe watching the Scottish Open and pretending i'm there as it is about 10°c cooler up that way 🙃

By night, who knows? Is drinking copious amounts potentially a good idea? Yes it is, other Ravix, Yes it is.

Miike mode looks incredible! As does the game overall.

I love how much of a badass we seemingly get to be. Jin was very worrisome at times, but it seems like we really get to lean in to the Ghost mythology and character, and our image as someone to be feared. I hope we get to absolutely crucify some motherf****rs and, you know... occasionally feed the wolf 😁

My absolute main wish was always for more boss fights/duels, and it looks like we get that with contracts and encounters.

Let the hunt begin!

Full streaming for everything owned or in the catalogue to portable devices.

A set % discount to subscribers for all SIE published games whether new or already in other sales to promote your own products and reward your users.

Free cloud saves for people that don't subscribe because I bet that is annoying as hell.

Will the physical edition duck down and run right into me, initiating contact, to get fouls called? If so, I'll go digital

@BrockSmith at the moment we are on a similar path. KCD2 then Oblivion (I doubt I will ever finish that though as its a Bethesda game and I don't ever finish them 😂) but I do have Ghost Pre Ordered and my love of Swords and Swordplay might mean that I do indeed play that before Clair and Death Stranding 2. But my God, I just wanted to say... what a year for gaming! If these are the ganes we have to choose between then we are eating well 😁

@somnambulance I kind of get what you mean with that. I have some reservations in the back of my mind about whether they will go the Ubisoft AC Sequel route, or the Rockstar RDR2 style route. So either a new pretty basic character doing the same kind of game stuff, or a new character that you learn to care about for entirely different reasons than the first because of the journey we are about to go on. I do have faith they will nail atmosphere and story beats.

It looks a lot like Mafia to me. Like really a lot. Whole segments look very similar: sneak and stab your way to the mansion is very much like the maze level, going to get guns pre mission is the same, crouching, shooting, driving to objectives, cutscenes etc just it is in Sicilia.

And I was skipping through to not spoil anything for myself. But yes, very recognisable as being the 2kCzech style Mafia gameplay loop.

@Kraven great passionate summary. Death Stranding (1) was a great gaming experience for me, even though there were a few bottlenecks with janky combat and having to replay a couple of segments (damn you, Beach Bound Mads) because of the moments you can make (otter absailing, freeform dance moves using the balance mechanics in time to the 'end' credits music etc and the journey and spectacle itself being so unique) and I've been pondering whether to just buy 2 now, even though I don't think I will be able to get stuck in to it yet because of my current gaming dedication being on the very casual side of the hardcore/casual vendiagram.

But I think... I shall, based on people's reaction like this. I'm even tempted to get the CE, but logic kind of tells me that I don't really need a 15 inch Magellan Man in my life 🤷‍♂️😅 edit: oh no, the box has the otter on it in a new form 😭 'Buy Now' finger is lingering 😭

@Anya-chan because it's a mobile game and any realism or depth would break the game engine 🙈

It will go down as one of the year's most misleading build ups to a game release, I'd imagine. So there's that to look forward to on release day... 🙃 but as long as people know its a free to play game and not something to challenge a Ghost or Wukong experience then there can't be much to complain about (it may even be good for what it is) I just hope people don't get too excited for something different and then end up dissapointed becsuse at first glance it does look like a game that could be something much better.

For anyone interested you can search for gameplay on YouTube from the mobile/PC version that is already out.

I'm half wondering if there's something a little off about this title, some of the action in the gameplay trailers kind of skips the animations you'd expect moving from point a to point b. So a front flip becomes the start of a front flip, and then the landing, with nothing between.

And the story trailer didn't appear to offer much story? It was more of a dance production 🤷‍♂️

Ah, it is genuinely a free-to-play MMORPG with a "non-pay to win monetization blah blah etc" and it is already out in China on mobile and PC 🤦‍♂️

I think its a bit pricey for what it is, but that being said I have it on Pre-Order 😅 I really like the look of the mask, and the digital version is perfect for me anyway as I can play it without a disc drive.

I wanted to maybe find a traditionally made Japanese mask instead but haven't got a clue where to look for one, so this will do.

@Rangers420 It'd be remiss of me not to encourage you to get KCD2 right now

So, that said, it is clearly time for you to join the Legion of Henry's! Everyone's doing it, even random NPC's

I'm sure the 490 people that buy a Rog Xbox Ally will love this massive flex