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Still going with Cyberpunk on ps5. Lvl 40, reflex and cool build with a bit of net running. Really enjoying the game and I am not usually a huge open world fanatic

76 is hugely improved since launch and deserved to be mentioned in the same breath asno man's sky and cyberpunk when it comes to a redemption arc.

I am not a big 76 player, or any multiplayer title really. But credit where credit is due, they have done a really good job fixing and improving the game and its turned into a pretty popular game

The end of is kotick is great news. Finally something we can all agree on regarding the merger, it's a Christmas miracle!

Well done Sony on an incredibly sucessful year selling consoles!

@Intr1n5ic Paul Tassi says its real, just like most outlets. Your theory sounds very far fetched to me.

@Intr1n5ic well it came from Insomniac so there must be a reason, but unfortunately we will more than likely never know

@Intr1n5ic I think you are probably better off asking Insomniac those questions or someone internal at Sony, not a casual observer on the Internet. Why is there Bluepoint concept art in there? I have no idea. How am I supposed to know? But it sure is interesting to read

@Intr1n5ic not a joke, it's real, part of the hack. As reported on by Eurogamer and many other outlets

This sounds so awesome and I was hoping it would be a bit like Ghost of Nioh, and it sounds like just that. Please dont dumb down the combat and make it casual leaning. All hail Team Ninja

The slide titled "leapfrog" is very interesting, it's basically an internal document with Sonys thought on ATVI.

Sad to see Ratchet and Clank lost money, I enjoyed that game with my son and got the Platinum. Happy to see another one is still planned as Marvel is not really my thing, and Insomniac seem to be the Marvel studio now.

Sad day for the devs, got to feel for them today.

Cyberpunk on ps5. 3rd time starting it as previously i could not get into it due to bugs and all the widely reported poor systems like the police.

Really enjoying it this time and could end up being one of top 20 all time games. Just alot of fun

@Titntin always happy to provide further information, even if you do not agree, and always happy to chat with you mate. Have an awesome day!

@Titntin I believe it is unprofessional, for the reasons I provided, and you do not. My bar for professionalism may be higher in this regard, and that's OK. So let's just agree to disagree on this one I guess

@Titntin because using a random users guesstimate based on last year's guesstimate is unprofessional to me. And if you link something in an article it is a source, that is the whole point of linking it, to show the reader where the information came from.

Inaccuracies are a pet hate of mine, maybe its my OCD, i dont know. This is not the first time or the last time I have done it. For example I corrected a sales article a few weeks ago with some information the author was not aware of and the article was amended.

Not sure where you got the hissy fit from or that I am dismayed. My original comment is clear and precise and in no way emotional lol. Maybe you woke up on the wrong side of the bed today mate?

@get2sammyb I checked the source for your estimate of sales and its just a random user on a random resetera thread that you cannot corroborate, unless I missed something?

Nov 2023:
PS5 ~978k
NSW ~267k
XBS ~54k

Based on rough 2022 estimates

They even admit its a complete guess based on a complete guess from last year lol. Talk about inaccurate.

Why would you include that in your article if you admit you cannot corroborate it? Does random guessing on a resetera thread really count as a news article source these days?

Just surprised you included that as it just seems a bit, unprofessional?

Become a solely live service games studio or continue to focus on single-player narrative games that have defined Naughty Dog’s heritage.

I hope certain people can finally stop saying that live services do not take away resources from single player games. Because you are hearing it straight from the horses mouth.

They can't be happy at all with the sales so far.

If they release a physical version I will buy it day one. But I am taking a stand and will not support Remedys digital only push, no matter how much I love their previous games. I'm voting with my wallet

@TheCollector316 the Nioh games are exceptional! Glad you enjoyed them aswell.

Ninja Gaiden is one of my all time favourite series also

This was my 3rd most played game across all platforms this year. I really liked it, but then again, I am a huge Team Ninja fan.

Most Played:

God of War Ragnarok
The Last of Us Part 2
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Uncharted 4
Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart

Not a fan of this news. The directs have just not been the same, nowhere near as good so far.

Me and the wife have so many good memories from watching E3 over the years, such a shame.

@ChrisDeku The article is discussing Novembers sales, which have been reported everywhere as good, that is what I was commenting on.

An increase of 231% month on month is hardly bad, its good to see all the consoles doing well at the moment

@Jay767 yes, the pushsquare article and the source article from gamesindustry both mention this

PS5 sales were up 149% month-on-month, and up 126% over last November.

In second place for the month was Xbox Series S and X, which saw a hefty 231% sales jump month-on-month, again due to Black Friday discounting. Compared with November 2022, Xbox sales are up 4%.

Good to see both next gen consoles doing well, and I am really looking forward to next Switch

@SlipperyFish BVH construction is done on the cpu, just one of many possible examples. An increase in CPU performance is very much needed for ray tracing improvements, just look at PC benchmarks as evidence of that

With the rumours indicating very little increase in cpu performance, just a minor clock boost, I really do not see the point in this or any other pro console. We have barely seen what the ps5 can do yet with cross gen games everywhere. The leaked specs are not a "4k/60fps" on everything machine

Last gen the increased gpu performance got you a 4k image for 4k tvs. We already have that with the base consoles. I will be waiting for next gen to upgrade

I don't think many people prior to the ceremony would have predicted Forza Motorsport winning more awards than Zelda and Spiderman 2 combined.

I'm not sure why these awards are so serious to some people. It's just a celebration of our favourite hobby

Ghost of Nioh, I mean Ronin, looks awesome! Was sad we did not see any more of Pragmata, so hyped for that game

If this sticks to team ninjas difficulty and depth like nioh, this is going to be awesome! Please dont go casual. Wo long was one of my favourite games this year, and this will more than likely be next year. Team Ninja are awesome

I like the movies but don't like ubisoft games so it's a pass from me

If freedom was a primary concern, why did you sell your independence?

I'm finding it very difficult to have any sympathy for Bungie

It's been discounted for several months now, so they are certainly trying everything to shift them. Best of luck to them

Looks really good but 2025 is a long wait

@PsBoxSwitchOwner I agree 100%, for example the Gt7 v Forza article on PX was horrendous the other week and I have said the same to them. They know exactly what they are doing, and always pretend to be oblivious in the comments sections, it's a really bad look.

It makes being multiplatform difficult as each side is as bad as eachother, and I feel I am constantly stuck in the middle of this sad little playground argument.

@Markatron84 100% this, Well said. They know exactly what they are doing with the way they frame the articles, and it has been mentioned countless times.

The comments sections need so much moderation because of the old saying; garbage in, garbage out

yet more baiting fanboy nonsense from push. I am not surprised. And you wonder why the comments sections are such a disaster, you reap what you sow. This place is becoming more and more toxic and its not a good look at all.

It's dissapointing, but not suprising at all, that so many are sticking up for the corporation and not the consumer. The usual fanboys are in the trenches defending their corporate overlords.

The reason its Sony is obvious; This has been on the cards since they stopped supplying game keys to 3rd parties, they created a monopoly for themselfs.

I thought everyone on here was dead against monopolies thr last 2 years, so why support this one?

@MrMagic i might not share your opinion completely, but I respect it.

@MrMagic When people purchase something on Xbox, they make 30% on everything (Not just games they made)

Losing the console would lose them a lot of money, and could possibly make them not profitable, which is the opposite of what you are saying

Just because they have sold less consoles than Sony, does not mean they cannot make a profit, hardware is usually sold at a loss for a start

(Edit: I see mightyant has already mentioned the exact same thing to you - sorry for double posting)

@MrMagic The ability for a game to sell consoles is completely separate to it being a big name or not. As I already mentioned, I regard both Returnal and Hellblade as big names due to their industry recognition, not because of their ability to sell consoles.

@MrMagic As their ecosystem encompasses all of it, it is bit of an irrelevant question.

@themightyant It is just picking statistics that suit your narrative (console sales) and leaving out anything that goes against it (The article you posted)

I agree with your post 100%, and you are correct it is PX aswell (You must remember the stupid GT v Forza article a few weeks ago)

They make being a multiplatform gamer difficult, as I am constantly having to search for the source of articles to get the correct, unfiltered version that is console war free

@themightyant Its not worth it mate, I have tried to explain this several times over the last few months and they still post articles like this fanning the fanboy flames. Its why a lot of the comments are so ill informed (see above) as they are constantly fed this lopsided narrative.

You need a Playstation to play God of War, you need a Nintendo to play Mario, you do not need an xbox to play Halo, but they still think consoles sales are the only metric of success.

The article you linked perfectly articulates this, but they don't seem to care.

@ChrisDeku when discussing smaller sale volume games I would class hellblade and returnal as big names due to the number of awards they won, the industry recognition.

To the best of my knowledge Helldivers did not win any awards at all, so I would say no, but some people may have a different opinion

@ChrisDeku well yeah they are both big names, returnal was great

@ChrisDeku i would class hellblade as a big name, the first one won several awards and was a commercial sucess

Best of luck for the future!

I just noticed Forspoken is £9.99 on amazon aswell

Also another couple that may be of interest to people is FF16 for £32, the MGS collection for £35, Gotham Knights for £15, Death Stranding directors cut £18, dmc5 £15 and many more are all on Amazon

This is why it was so obvious that the last few weeks were due to stock shortages, all you needed to do was look at the numbers. People were way off the mark calling push out on that.

@BaldBelper78 yes and no. Their console sales are obviously terrible when compared to Playsation and Nintendo.

But if you compare the series consoles to the Xbox One in Japan, they have already more than doubled the lifetime sales of the xbox one in 3 years, which is pretty impressive when you put it into perspective

@Kevw2006 i think we can both agree that their will be an xbox next gen, but after that who knows. I just think it makes more sense to make their own console until cloud makes the whole xbox/nintendo/ps conversation irrelevant, because it will be streamed to your screen without the need for hardware.

Could you imagine the cost and time implications to release ports of all their games on PlayStation and Nintendo, just to make an inferior 1st party only gamepass on those platforms. It would be absolutely astronomical, just to.provide an inferior product with less games. It's a point that alot of people dont seem to take into consideration in my opinion.

With Cloud, the cost to reach those same gamers is practically 0. It just makes more sense looking to the future

@Kevw2006

Microsoft went fully third party and released on PlayStation and Switch the increased sales and potential revenue through MTX would likely offset any losses from dropping out from the hardware side.

Are you sure? That does not sound accurate. Selling a few extra million copies of a game, would more than likely not offset the loss of 30% of every purchase on their store/hardware. Without that, Microsoft would only make money from their own games, and not everybody's games like they do now.

I just don't see them going 3rd party, dont forget the next xbox has already leaked from the FTC trial. If they had any thoughts of going 3rd party, why cancel Starfields PS version for example, which according to reports had years of dev time

I think it'ds much more likely they will release their own hardware until cloud is sufficient enough that they do not need hardware anymore. Why release gamepass on ps and Nintendo when they can stream it to your tv/phone and bypass the console

@Kevw2006 you are probably bang on with the whole value/dlc thing