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Re: After a Rocky Launch, the Entire Team Behind PS5 Racer Wreckreation Might Be Laid Off

Shaw_Brothers

Catch 22 here, game isn’t complete enough for people to buy it, not enough people buying means it doesn’t get the updates. Shame, I had this one on my want list but the price put me off. If it was under a tenner I think I (along with a lot of people) would have supported and they might have floated, then offering dlc to get profit would have been a better model.

Now because of this news, I won’t be buying and that doesn’t help the problem either!

Re: PS5 Outsold by an Unexpected Rival in the Run Up to Black Friday

Shaw_Brothers

@nessisonett it’s two fold - it’s not what they do with that data today, it’s what it will be used for tomorrow; and it’s worse if the data leaves a border into another countries domain. For me it’s my data that I’m choosing to not freely give over to companies (and I block this sort of thing as much as I can). I see it as if I’m giving them data which to them means they can try and market me things or push product I don’t want, neither of which are to benefit me. The cross border thing - if I was about to go to war and I wanted to know the intricate movements of people either for warfare style purposes or to work out best how to assimilate a culture, then there is no best way other than to completely profile someone’s exact movements, speech patterns, sexual habits etc as that can help take over a culture.

In any case, please read up on what data is actually captured by these sort of devices and try to think what it’s used for. “I don’t care” or “I have nothing to hide” is just plain ignorant - giving companies that sort of information for free is the worst travesty that the majority of the population are unaware!

Re: PS5 Outsold by an Unexpected Rival in the Run Up to Black Friday

Shaw_Brothers

So I read this as a Chinese product being brilliantly marketed and sold in the US market, so there is a chance it will do the same here in the UK perhaps before march next year.

Currently it has limited game support however so that’s the thing holding it back, they just need to add a light gun accessory and a few more games and it would rock.

People during lockdown would have cried out for this so it feels like they missed the boat there. I’m also curious about the patent situation with this as Microsoft have a certain method for this type of camera or if this is itoy like then Sony have the rest. Feels like it could be jumped on for cease and desist at any moment.

One final aspect - as every new product loves to sell our data, would you trust a Chinese brand with a microphone and camera pointing squarely at you 24/7? Very 1984 in real life!

Re: Tekken Boss 'Interested' in Capcom's Street Fighter Paywall, Says Fighting Games Miss Out on Tournament Money

Shaw_Brothers

Shame none of these directions for fighting games seems to benefit the genuine fans. DLC was the first stage, worst case the end state will be pay to play per fight or subscription. I miss unlocking things and complete games like the old days! Think that’s gone out the window now and left to indie developers.

Can anyone recommend a good recent fighter with lots to unlock, perhaps even in 2D?

Re: Ghost of Yotei Huge Patch 1.1 Out Now on PS5, Adds New Game+, Armour, and Much More

Shaw_Brothers

Ray tracing with VRR? That’s a total game changer and I’m glad I’ve not finished the game, it looks amazing! 40fps but at 120hz it looks damn smooth and I’m happy with that. Will give ng+ a go at some point but no rush. If only they can make ghost of tsushima look this good then I could replay that for a forth time. Would rather do that then yotei sadly as it’s just not enough more to make it feel like a total fresh game.

Re: 'PS Portal Users Are More Engaged Than Non-Users': Sony's Hit Handheld Outperforms All Other Remote Play Methods

Shaw_Brothers

@Arybella check this out: https://chiaki4deck.com/

Turns your steam deck into a PlayStation portal!

As for the post - so a device for specifically using as a remote play device becomes the most popular way to play remote play? At a one to one relationship, I think that’s pretty obvious, I don’t see portal owners not using remote play as the won’t be using the device!

So that means for everyone other player who own the console they don’t remote play as much? That’s obvious as well as most people who own the console only would choose to play on the tv.

I’m definitely in a minority as I remote play on my MacBook/steam deck, but that’s because I have a person cave at the end of the garden and means I use my mesh to play the games over. I doubt these numbers would be included in this count!

Re: Poll: Is Ghost of Yotei Better Than Ghost of Tsushima?

Shaw_Brothers

For some reason Yōtei hasn’t left me with the same openness feeling that the original ghost did. The very first entrance scene are boundaries where as ghost of Tsushima was only bounded by the sea, which felt more realistic. The story is much for muchness but granted i haven’t beat it completely yet. Tbh I’m not sure why but the first game felt more open and more distinct zones with total character vs yotei which only has about 10 zones. Feels more like yotei is an add on to Tsushima, with extra graphics details. Reminds me of the old command and conquer style update packs which introduced better graphics and extra missions.

The fighting is overall better in yotei but I’m still not keen on some of the weapons.

Re: Now Xbox Owns Call of Duty, Sony's Investing Its Marketing Budget into Battlefield 6 Instead

Shaw_Brothers

It would be really ironic if the Microsoft Activision deal actually did help everyone else except for Microsoft. So far, that’s what it looks like! Expect more lay offs in the new year and them to also close more studios. The buyouts were never about more games on gamepass, they were about disruption of the games industry and monopolising game production. Which quite frankly has only bolstered Sonys strategy and position, except for live service games. As long as they don’t take the bait from Saudi fire sale investment such as EA (soon they will be cancelling things themselves and laying off lots of people), then Sony should be good. Meanwhile Nintendo just carries on selling like they normally do!

Re: Poll: What Are Your First Impressions of Ghost of Yotei on PS5?

Shaw_Brothers

Should have given the option for both languages, I’ve had it on English, then Japanese and back to English again as I’ve been playing.

First impression I got quite emotional as I loved ghost so much that it was lovely to return but with miles better graphics. As I got into it, it’s more gritty and dark already. I’ve had a couple of bugs such as when I summon my horse it just run off forever every time (had to steal someone else’s horse then I could summon again), had a moment where I went through 4 fights in a row by accident and a few npc issues, but otherwise all good. Waiting for the updates to fix before I really get down into the game.

Re: Ghost of Yotei: How to Remove Black Bars

Shaw_Brothers

Very handy this guide, gave the game a hour of play last night and I wanted to turn this off instantly. I like the idea but it feels like it “closes up the world” rather than it being open world while playing. Feel it should almost go the other way around - go open when your exploring, black bars for close combat etc. Hopefully they add the option to remove anyway but this will help for now, thanks!

Re: Ghost of Yotei's Very Reasonable Dev Budget on Par with Predecessor

Shaw_Brothers

@Dan12836666 oh god I can’t wait for this game either. I don’t care about the reviews personally as I’ve already preordered however I suspect they will be saying things like “cautious sequel that delivers a game of beauty and brutality”. I think it will be a lot of the previous game but hopefully they have refined the gameplay loop such as the on the road battles etc. I’m looking forward to some temple hunts again as they always so relaxing, although the snow one I died however many times to get there!

Re: 'Aw, Nah! This Ain't Happenin'!': SEGA on Potential PS5 Sonic Adventure Remasters

Shaw_Brothers

I’m not asking for a remaster or a remake, I just want a legal way to play these games without having to resort to emulation. Emulation also has the added temptation bonus of upscaling and gives better framerates. I would love for some of these games to be released by the GameCube emulator on my switch 2, that would be the best of both worlds IMO. But I guess it’s more profitable to just make crap new sonic games 3x a year than it is to license and restore the old games, profit will drive what sega do and not what people want

Re: Hot Shots Golf Fans Fume at Use of Generative AI in PS5 Revival

Shaw_Brothers

They better go speak to the people at Ubisoft then - in ac shadows - I swear most of the map was generated by AI as if you go off the paths at all and try to cut across, you get attacked by weird foliage and almost game breaking stutters and blocks that mean you either get stuck or you have to turn round. Doesn’t seem very human made to me!

Re: DualSense PS5 Controllers Will Soon Be Able to Pair with Multiple Devices At Once

Shaw_Brothers

Thank f for that! I’ve got controllers all over the place, mainly for different consoles etc, but I have 4 ps5 controllers, 2 for ps5 and 2 for my steam deck. But it would be lovely to use one of my pads for Apple TV, one for iPad, maybe one for my shield etc. at the very least, I hope I would be able to drop one of my pad sets.

I hope Nintendo do the same type of thing as I have joy cons now paired with my switch 2 which I would prefer to have assigned with both

Re: Rockstar Quietly Increases Prices of Red Dead Redemption Games on PS4

Shaw_Brothers

@Vaako007 yes but in theory the more digital units sold over a shorter period of time the cheaper it is to provide each unit, therefore it’s actually inverse economics there. Also it’s not like each game demands one server, the same server will house 1000s of games, which shift around autonomously depending on demand, so it’s even less than that!

Re: Returnal Dev Commits to 'Premium' PS5 Experiences as Sony Continues Live Service Push

Shaw_Brothers

Pretty sure the writing is on the wall for Sony with this one, so far most / all live service games have been a flop and have not made any money but there has been one or two that made loads of money that have caused them to chase this dragon. Can’t tell what it is mind but that’s the only reason I can seem them gamble millions of pounds on mostly flops. Eventually once they sack the exec that had this idea in the first place and go back to solid games like they have otherwise been doing, they will make the most money and people will be happyish. The games industry is still in a bit of a bubble phase and there is still things to burst, but hopefully what’s left is actually decent quality games.

It’s my hope that with the switch 2 it’s a bit of a resurgence of that ideal, release six or more bangers a year, ie games I actually want to play and then I will pay a premium for those experiences and not gatcha or fight passes or in game crap that simply has no value at all

Re: PS5's New Virtua Fighter Grabs a Reveal Event This Weekend

Shaw_Brothers

In the words of ru Paul - let’s hope sega don’t f this one up! As a tekken 8 fan until this season, I’ve learnt my lesson about pre ordering fighting games so I’ll wait until the release. But this fighter does have every indication and chances of being one of the best fighters ever made, if they make the game like the previous glimpse we saw. We can find out tomorrow!

Re: Diablo 4's Berserk Crossover DLC Costs an Insane $150

Shaw_Brothers

Nope. I actually won D4 in an O2 give away and i think I played it for about an hour. I loved D3 to bits and have played many hours, also played on switch. I might get the switch version again to play on the switch 2 just for giggles. No way I’m paying silly money for cosmetics which are absolutely worthless once purchased. May as well spend £150 on the lottery at least I know I’m throwing money away with the odd chance of a return.

I was thinking about this the other day - what a shame they don’t share content like this between games so you can keep your game version exclusive DLC and use it in all other blizzard games and future versions. That at least with give this DLC BS some value. But instead, when the game dies, so does any money spent on DLC. Spend your money elsewhere and hopefully games companies stop this madness! waits for GTA6 to be £200 on release

Re: Poll: Are You Playing Forza Horizon 5 on PS5?

Shaw_Brothers

Not sure why but I’ve played the game on series x, series s and now ps5 and for some unknown reason it plays smoother in my head. But there is absolutely no basis for this, as both series x and ps5 are locked 60fps with no frame drops on both. Both maybe it’s the vrr - I’m not sure