@Oram77 And articles from trusted games websites like this. You chose to miss that part out for some reason.

Where do you get your games industry news from?

@GamingGod I'm basing my opinion on the translation in this article.

@GamingGod But the article suggests something new for the industry, not Sony. And you know that.

@Oram77 I've been assuming it will be a Switch style device because every article on this site (and others) suggest that it will be. It's also been talked about by well known leakers in the industry.

I don't work for Sony so that's where I tend to get my information from. You?

@GamingGod The comments imply that Sony will be having a hybrid system next generation. Yet are also implying that this is something new.

@crossbit I don't think this idea of a PlayStation handheld is the saviour for Sony in Japan that people think it will be. The PS Vita (one of my favourite systems ever) had its lifetime sales in Japan beaten by Switch 2 within 8 months.

Also, handhelds have always been king in Japan. This isn't something new since the DS and PSP. The Game Boy started it all.

@Oram77 I thought my point was fairly clear. Sony are acting like they're creating something new when they obviously aren't.

“utilising technologies that can be used in various forms and locations to develop new game console experiences”.

So.....like a Nintendo Switch then?

I'm genuinely starting to think that we may never see PS6 and Helix launch.

They had the perfect opportunity to revive interest in the series by removing any paid elements and allowing all the unlockables through gameplay. I dare say they could have even got away with charging £40 if they did this.

What they have done is such a poor effort.

XBOX are terrible! How dare they release games that don't have have the entire game included on disc!

Rockstar: Hold my pint.

@nomither6 You need to play Atari Karts my friend.

The only thing keeping me interested in this is Jordan Peele's involvement.

Kojima bores the arse off me a lot of the time with his games and I hate the ridiculous, god-like hype he receives from so many gamers.

For all those people here screaming "Microsoft!"

They have no control over Sony making this part of PS+.

I still hate that cloud saves are locked behind a subscription.

"One of the reasons why some people think Rockstar should go beyond the current $70 standard is to actually help out other developers."

First of all, who are these people?

Secondly, since when have Rockstar been some altruistic Messiah of the games industry waiting to help other devs?

They have milked their loyal fan base across 3 different generations to make billions with little effort and inflate their sales numbers through sneaky practices.

@nomither6 We're still talking about Wii U. What an amazing system.

@nomither6 I disagree. The Wii U GamePad was a revolutionary moment in gaming. It gave us asynchronous gaming. It gave us gameplay away from the TV. It gave us games that will never be as good or even playable without Wii U.

Wii U has, absolutely, the best version of Virtual Console. I have hundreds of games downloaded to my account.

There are so many games made for Wii U that have become multimillion sellers on Switch.

Wii U failed in sales. But never in quality. Wii U is one of the best Nintendo systems ever made.

@AI-Generation Nintendo didn't do great during the Wii U era despite having an incredible first party line up.

I'll wait for my PS3 upgrade.

@naruball Actually, forget the blackjack.

@Oram77 There's a difference between having multiplayer modes and being a live service game. If E-Day was multiplayer/live service only then yes, it absolutely should.

I still think that any and every live service game should be available on as many places as technically possible from the start to give them the best possible chance at surviving.

I'd like more games to focus on smaller, more detailed environments rather than just making them big for the sake of it.

I used to have an external HDD to store all of my games and would then just transfer them across to my PS5 when I wanted to play a particular game.

But this seems like an easier option to have all of them installed so I'll probably buy 2 of the 8tb (just in case one fails).

The entire team that made Luna Abyss has shuttered. 😢

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/less-than-a-month-after-launch-the-entire-luna-abyss-team-has-been-laid-off

@Balaam_ Like The Last of Us Part 1 on PS5 which required a heavy download to experience the whole game? Or Helldivers which also requires a huge download on PS5?

Every game is going to slowly disappear from your ownership until the day you die. Whether it's disc rot or servers going down so you can't play them.

I would strongly argue that people will be more likely to be able to play your favourite game digitally in 100 years than the disc you love.

Smaller selling or...

Another deleted comment. Sigh.

This has the Trojan horse effect of forcing people over 16 to prove so, giving the government even more access to legal adults data. Disgusting.

What the hell is going on in the games industry? 😢

The recent trailer of this looked absolutely stunning.

I'd love to see Motorstorm return. One of my favourite racing games of the last few years was Cruis'n Blast on the Switch.

As soon as I read the headline I knew who had written the article.

@get2sammyb That's not really cool.

The main problem I have with XBOX is the complete lack of marketing. Game Pass is an incredible deal for consumers yet unless you're a huge video game fan and keep up with what's happening in the industry, you won't know it even exists.

And none of their first party titles received any kind of marketing push here in the UK.

A developer tries something different and then still have people complaining. Ridiculous.

@Swandivetotheasphalt What a condescending comment.

@rjejr I was 18 years in January. Happy anniversary!

That sucks about your kid though. Sorry to hear that. ☹️

@Northern_munkey Mine has gone! 😂

@rjejr You'll have your comments deleted in a heartbeat. 😉

But all jokes aside, I hate this. I hate seeing people in the industry I love the most, lose their jobs.

@MidnightDragonDX That's an awful way to comment on actual people losing their jobs. ☹️

@get2sammyb I really hope are wishing everyone who has been laid off well.

Here's a fact that anyone can find out if they have a phone or a laptop. PlayStation have closed 8 studios and XBOX have closed 5 studios.

@11001100110zero I agree completely. I use Game Pass as a try before I buy service.

If I like a game that I've played on Game Pass I will absolutely buy it.

There are many, many games that I never would have bought without Game Pass. But I also know the big AAA and AA games will be bought by me regardless of whether they're on Game Pass or not.

Most of my PlayStation games are physical.

Most of my XBOX games I've probably double dipped and have digital and physical.

Anyone who cares to check will see that I have over 1,000 games for various XBOX consoles. And probably close to 800 games for various PlayStation consoles.

I'll leave Nintendo, SEGA and ATARI out of this for now.

I'll be happy to share any details to stop nonsense.

@MrStark XBOX hardware sales may be through the floor (although have increased massively since the PS5 price hikes). But XBOX software sales and Game Pass make billions of profit every year.

To say that XBOX is unprofitable is completely false.