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The problem is that once you reach a millionaire budget, other indies can’t compete. Even if we were to consider this as an indie, we then need to split indies by budget I guess.

I was expecting this to try out both PS5 and Switch 2 versions. They were indeed so consistent with demos for years, come on Capcom!

Nintendo says hello.

P.S: I wrote too soon, the article later on mentions Nintendo. Still, Switch 2 is next-current generation in the same sense PS6 Portable will be.

Just to add to the discussions, it’s important to realize AI is very different from artists learning by replicating other artists, writing fanfic, drawing similar or whatever. AI is not human, it requires a pool of data to run algorithms against. This pool of data is the questionable part - the same way we, mere mortals, can’t have access and use copyrighted data to create stuff, big corps like OpenAI can’t either AND their algorithms learned somehow about copyrighted material. See the problem?

It’s not about producing content, it’s about the fact it illegally learned how to do so.

If they keep this strategy it feels like we’ll see a reset in the industry in a few years with veterans leaving to create their own studios.

I wonder if we’ll ever see new Tomb Raider games.

Not gonna lie, until Sony brings back PlayStation Studios with what they do best I’ll skip PS6. If they continue with their current plan of multiplatform releases, I might stick to Switch 2 and invest on PC for higher fidelity experiences (even Mac is getting some great looking games these days).

Well, better experienced is very subjective. I’m looking forward to RE9 demos releasing in both platforms so I can try them out and see which one I prefer. If Switch 2’s visuals and performance are good enough, that might be the best experience for me.

Well, Xbox players are not widely known as the audience that loves RPGs, so there is that challenge too.

Final Fantasy needs to figure out what it wants to be. Capcom did a fantastic job understanding Resident Evil identity with 7, then publishing perfect RE games ever since, Square Enix should do their homework. While I personally like 15 and others prefer 16, the fact is that Final Fantasy is all over the place since FFX.

These graphics are absolutely insane! I thought it was live-action at first, but then the odd game-like animation kicked in. It might be the very first game I see as only possible in PS5.

2027 at least. They'll likely release FF7 Rebirth for Switch 2 in 2026 and then do a complete multi-platform release in 2027 for part 3.

The problem is that people will pay $100 for GTA 6. They will pay $80 for Zelda and Mario. Publishers know that they have titles that people will complain yet buy anyway. Meanwhile, they can release smaller titles with current price to sort of justify the $80 price as an added value. There is no escape here.

And for Nintendo fans, it’s even worse since Nintendo never ever cut the price of their games. You can bet that Switch 1 games will increase their price in the future.

If you spend bazillions of money and years of work developing a game that plays exactly like 100s of other games, that’s on you, not “single player games being dead”.

It's very interesting, but also hard (and probably expensive) to include in actual games. So much tuning and testing to cover the flexibility of talking to characters in your own words, but not much value to players (compared to the current state) in most games I can think of.

I have a hard time understanding how Sony handles its IPs. If Nintendo did the same, it would be out of business - I mean, Mario has saved Peach and defeated Bowser, Link defeated Ganon and Ganondorf, Donkey Kong saved its island, Kirby planet is at peace and Nook's latest enterprise was successful.

Last of Us and Uncharted, to name a few from Naughty Dog, are great games for more reasons than just their story.

They have a better case for pricing Forza as full price than Nintendo with Donkey Kong Country Returns and that still sold well.

@rjejr Interesting points. There is definitely less day 1 excitement for AA titles but the good ones still sell quite well on Nintendo over time. Perhaps the way sales are measured should change for the small scale games.

Personally, I love a good smaller scale game since I don’t have much time to play anymore. But yeah, the average PS player is more interested in sports and their favorite live service game or the big AAA games with state-of-the-art graphics.

It sort of confirmed my perception that PlayStation might not be for me anymore. Every game looks and plays the same. It’s not surprising that companies are seeking their own big live service game, they forgot how to make games. I’ve playing Nintendo a lot more just because I can have fun, look at different art styles in the games and enjoy multiple genres (plus it really helps that most games are not story-heavy, so I can resume after a few days without feeling lost).

For those still enjoying the ultra realistic open-world story-driven action RPG games it was probably a very good State of Play though.

I don’t care much about PS5 release for this, but they really should release for Mac and possibly Switch 2 (the supposed mouse controller would be a good fit).

Love both devs of the game, can’t wait for this!

Sounds like another great AC. It doesn’t seem to be a genre-defining game, though, which Ubisoft could use right now.

Resident Evil is one of my all-time favorite gaming series. I even preorder RE releases. But Capcom really should pretend RE6 doesn’t exist…

It’s like this: you’ve got genre-defining games, great games, good games, bad games, awful games and then RE6. To put things into perspective, Capcom almost ceased to exist after this game (see RE7 production videos).

They could instead make Code Veronica the new RE5 and improve the original RE5 as RE6.

@Ken_Kaniff PS6 sales will definitely not be anywhere near PS5 in launch period if they can’t figure out how to improve the end of the generation. And since this will be hard given how many studios were wasted I’d say they basically threw the excellent PS4 momentum in the trash.

If you’re talking about technology, Nintendo stopped chasing cutting-edge graphics and processing power a long time ago. But if you’re talking entertainment market, then yes, of course Nintendo will compete with PS5.

We all have a limited time to play games after all.

As for games, I’ve been playing more and more on Switch compared to PS5 since Switch games are so fun and diverse. Switch 2 only needs to get new Resident Evil, Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts games for me to ignore PS going forward. My opinion is probably not what most people think though, so PS should be fine.

If PlayStation started releasing their games for Mac M-Series, then yes, I would skip PS6 in favor of my Mac. I already spend a lot of money on it, might as well use it for games.

As long as they stick to Windows and console, though, I don't have much of a choice.

That said, not sure when I'll get a PS6 once it inevitably releases. This gen didn't hook me the same way as PS4 did.

It doesn’t work as an awards show since there are too many and they’re thrown around as if they meant nothing. It doesn’t work as a game announcement event since it doesn’t have much to announce.

Overall it’s also not very entertaining… I miss E3 presentations, at least they were properly put together and very entertaining to watch.

Not working for me yet in Brazil, although the landing page is already there, just no login or stats to be found.

To be honest, I'm mostly looking forward to Nintendo's stats this year, played a lot more on Switch than PS5.

Yes, sure. People will stop buying new iPhone, Galaxy, Macbook, Dell as well since the technology leap is less impactful… That’s absurd in so many levels. Of course the content matters the most as always, but hardware will continue be important as long as gaming relies on local machines.

This guy is a living legend. I hope PlayStation doesn't drop indies when he leaves.

Playing it right now and it looks great. Hands, hair and lights are easy enhancements to spot. The original already looked amazing though, so there are lots of times where it doesn’t really feel like an improvement because of poor nostalgia memory making us remember things differently than they were.

That said, performance mode is SO much better than resolution mode that perhaps the problem is that most improvements were on resolution mode.

On the downside, character animations still feel a bit uncanny, moving their heads all the time while talking (missed opportunity, maybe they’ll fix this on Horizon Remaster Remaster on PS6).

Hope this all leads to a brand new Tomb Raider that gets 9-10/10 from reviewers in the near future.

@Mikey856 Can’t really compare 97 to 2024, though. There is only so much room for games that require almost exclusive dedication, unless it’s something completely original players won’t leave their game of choice for this. And let’s face it - current Sony is not exactly innovative.

Please don’t, Sony. We don’t want Guerrilla to close or have major layoffs once yet another live service no one asked for flops…

The subtitle for this article should be in the Top 10 of 2024. 😁

Zero expectations, but open for positive surprises.

My answer would be I’m not interesting in PS6, period. The hybrid Switch form is excellent in paper, but they need to bring in great games at a good pace yet. PS4 made me really excited about the future with PS5 so much that I pre-ordered PS5. Not sure about PS6 yet…

The weirdest is that PS5 is backwards compatible! We don’t need any remaster of a game that works flawlessly already, just put the money in sequels and new IPs.

Plus I agree with the general public perception, PS5 feels like PS4 Pro++. Still waiting for PS5 Breath of the Wild moment that feels like my PS5 purchase has been justified.

P.S: Where is Uncharted, Sony? Games are not movies, keep your IPs alive please.

The problem IMO is that FF as a series is facing an identity crisis for many years now. Resident Evil recovered once Capcom did their homework on what defines a Resident Evil game. Hopefully FF can find its feet again.

FF16 is a good game, but not a good FF. FF7 Remake is again a good game, but it is somewhere between a Kingdom Hearts and a FF, which didn’t help it given how loved the original is.

In a world without 3D Mario, I would give it a 10. But since a lot of its ideas actually come from 3D Mario games I gave it a 9. Great game! Asobi is quickly becoming a very important team to PlayStation.

Someone gotta remind Sony that PlayStation is a videogame, not a premium work device. Only Apple can pull artificial high prices and not get a backslash due to how they cultivated the brand.

The PS1 games were amazing, and Prisoner of Azkaban on PS2 was also great, but the quality went down so fast after that. I also really liked the GBC games and Prisoner of Azkaban in GBA.

Hogwarts Legacy is a good game and excellent revival of a good Harry Potter game, but it lacks the magic of those past games. They used to be action/adventure + puzzles, and Hogwarts Legacy is more open-world with Hogwarts decorations. It's a good game, just not as special as those ones.

Never used it, as far as I can remember. I did use Nintendo gold coins, though, which got me excellent discounts already. PlayStation needs to up their game, these services are less and less interesting if you don't play online games.

There are games I love, games I enjoy, games I don't like much, and then there is FF13. I've been playing videogames since 1999 and FF13 is the only game I ever returned to the store for something else due to how awful it was.

I can't quite define what killed it for me, but it simply was no fun at all. The fact that it was named Final Fantasy which adds expectations didn't help.

Switch has been my primary console for a while now. PS5 has been mostly used to play PS4 games so far, unfortunately. PS4 was the most amazing PlayStation console ever in terms of games and hardware. Now PS5 is the best hardware, but average on games (which seems to be reflected in the partial results of the poll).

@rusty82 The thing is there is huge potential for a live service Hogwarts simulator/RPG. I honestly imagine it since I read the books as a kid how amazing it would be to have an online game where your character is a student that goes through the actual years of training with seasonal events/exams/classes and missions. Once they graduate, they could still keep going with ministry jobs. Endless gameplay, really, and could be fun and unique if done right.

But no, let's try to copy Fortnite like everyone else and pretend it will sell bazillions because Fortnite does while knowing that players won't even bother to leave their favorite game for a copy.

Team Asobi created something really extraordinary with Astro. They should be a case study for PlayStation on how to create an IP the right way - every PS5 player I know is excited for Astro Bot.

I wonder if this is another case of AI misuse, such as "Hey AI, summarize this interview with a marketing writing style".

Well, given Square Enix business strategy lately, I'd expect news on DQ to come after KH4 releases.

They're likely betting on huge increase of subs given that it is a system seller after all. But my negative side right now sees this as the start of the end of Activision, due to how unsustainable the approach is.

I guess if we're halfway then the real challenge is going to be how to migrate players to PS6 if there are so many still on PS4.

I had PS2, 3, 4 and now 5. I was one of the early adopters who purchased PS5 on pre-sale. Even so, I firmly believe that out of all gens, PS5 is the one with the least value for money. I use it a lot to play my favorite PS4 games more so than to play new games (that in general just feel like a PS4 game with better looks).