There's a vast array of fields where AI is clearly a bad idea and a handful of fields where it's genuinely useful, like medicine and— well I'm sure there's got to be something else—but this is the rare use case that falls into the gray area in between for me. I'm not a computer expert: I could believe that this could find bugs quickly and accurately. On the other hand, AI may be able to find and recognize situations in which a character gets stuck to a wall or a game just fully crashes, but can it recognize the new bugs without thinking that's what the game's supposed to do?
In any case, I remain concerned about the power consumption and hope that employees are kept on to either continue their work or look over the AI's shoulder if implemented.
Bought my PS5 at the beginning of the year in anticipation of this. I'm surprised it took this long and actually started to think Sony had just figured out a price that would withstand the tariffs, but I'm not at all thrown to find I was wrong.
I've been waiting on the Switch 2 because I figured it already had tariffs worked into its mid-year release price and I'm trying to save money, but maybe I should grab it sooner rather than later.
Welp, I can't say that I don't completely understand and empathize with everyone's complaints about it only being available to new subscribers and it not being a good value anyway, but I'm less than a month into my PS5 and am not entirely sure which of the many acclaimed hits are actually for me, so looks like I'm signing up (I'm curious whether I'll think it's worth keeping at full price a year from now).
This was my first State of Play, so I'm keeping in mind that I'm unfamiliar with the format and likely not picking up details that others are. I'd probably be really interested in some of the games shown, except I have no idea which ones because so few of them showed any gameplay (and unfortunately those that did just don't appeal to me, but at least I could tell with those). And it didn't help that there wasn't a lot of variety: mostly visually realistic people in apocalyptic settings.
I'm not writing any of this to whine, because I understand not everything needs to be made for me and my tastes, but it's hard to be interested when everything looks like the same game that I know almost nothing about.
If I may ask anyone more familiar with these, this was my first State of Play, I just recently got a PS5, and the PS2 was the only other Sony machine I had before that: do they usually show more gameplay in these, or do they normally lean into cutscenes and other graphical showpieces like this? Because I genuinely had no idea what to think for most of the games here: I saw a lot of near-photorealistic people in apocalyptic settings, and for all I know I'd love every single one of them or alternatively find them thoroughly unengaging, but I couldn't tell how they would play or even whether they were RPGs or shooters or beat em ups, so I have no idea what to think. Roughly what fraction of the big ones are from established series and so most of the viewers wouldn't need them explained (I of course recognized some of them, like MGS, Onimusha, etc.)?
I will say though that I am curious about Blue Prince.
I'm a physical devotee, and even I think that's a jerk move. Sure, comment on it, but something like, "Hey, come on in and get a game you'd like to play while the network's down," or "Come see why other players have stuck with physical games." Whatever the cause of the outage, you have to know that the multinational corporation will fix it as quickly as possible and won't let it become a common occurrence, so maybe "Not so smart now, are ya?" isn't a wise choice in trying to expand your customer base.
Okay, my blood briefly ran cold because I misread the headline as more than 1,400 games had been "discontinued."
I'm an editor, and honestly I'm really good at it, but moments like this help to remind me that reading as an editor and reading as a reader are two very different mental processes.
I doubt my experience will shed light on the overall trend, but for what it's worth, I bought a PS5 a couple weeks ago for two reasons: I needed to replace my old Blu-ray player, and I decided it'd be easier and possibly cheaper (when factoring in the savings of not buying a separate Blu-ray player) than upgrading my gaming PC since most of the games I want there are also on PlayStation 5 or 4.
EDIT: I found the announcement, and it seems they've edited it to say that it's for Southeast Asia only.
Original comment:
Is this a Europe-only thing, or is there a link to these prices? I only got a Playstation 5 last week, my first since the PS2, so I've never had a PS Plus account, but I can't find the discount in the US.
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Re: Square Enix Wants 70% of Its QA and Debugging Work Done by Gen AI
There's a vast array of fields where AI is clearly a bad idea and a handful of fields where it's genuinely useful, like medicine and— well I'm sure there's got to be something else—but this is the rare use case that falls into the gray area in between for me. I'm not a computer expert: I could believe that this could find bugs quickly and accurately. On the other hand, AI may be able to find and recognize situations in which a character gets stuck to a wall or a game just fully crashes, but can it recognize the new bugs without thinking that's what the game's supposed to do?
In any case, I remain concerned about the power consumption and hope that employees are kept on to either continue their work or look over the AI's shoulder if implemented.
Re: PS5 Price Increases Confirmed for USA, Effective 21st August
Bought my PS5 at the beginning of the year in anticipation of this. I'm surprised it took this long and actually started to think Sony had just figured out a price that would withstand the tariffs, but I'm not at all thrown to find I was wrong.
I've been waiting on the Switch 2 because I figured it already had tariffs worked into its mid-year release price and I'm trying to save money, but maybe I should grab it sooner rather than later.
Re: Sony Puts PS Plus Extra, Premium on Sale in the USA
Welp, I can't say that I don't completely understand and empathize with everyone's complaints about it only being available to new subscribers and it not being a good value anyway, but I'm less than a month into my PS5 and am not entirely sure which of the many acclaimed hits are actually for me, so looks like I'm signing up (I'm curious whether I'll think it's worth keeping at full price a year from now).
Re: Reaction: The PS5 Discourse Around State of Plays Is Becoming Draining
This was my first State of Play, so I'm keeping in mind that I'm unfamiliar with the format and likely not picking up details that others are. I'd probably be really interested in some of the games shown, except I have no idea which ones because so few of them showed any gameplay (and unfortunately those that did just don't appeal to me, but at least I could tell with those). And it didn't help that there wasn't a lot of variety: mostly visually realistic people in apocalyptic settings.
I'm not writing any of this to whine, because I understand not everything needs to be made for me and my tastes, but it's hard to be interested when everything looks like the same game that I know almost nothing about.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Sony's State of Play for February 2025?
If I may ask anyone more familiar with these, this was my first State of Play, I just recently got a PS5, and the PS2 was the only other Sony machine I had before that: do they usually show more gameplay in these, or do they normally lean into cutscenes and other graphical showpieces like this? Because I genuinely had no idea what to think for most of the games here: I saw a lot of near-photorealistic people in apocalyptic settings, and for all I know I'd love every single one of them or alternatively find them thoroughly unengaging, but I couldn't tell how they would play or even whether they were RPGs or shooters or beat em ups, so I have no idea what to think. Roughly what fraction of the big ones are from established series and so most of the viewers wouldn't need them explained (I of course recognized some of them, like MGS, Onimusha, etc.)?
I will say though that I am curious about Blue Prince.
Re: Embattled US Retailer Trolls Customers for Picking Digital During PSN Outage on PS5, PS4
I'm a physical devotee, and even I think that's a jerk move. Sure, comment on it, but something like, "Hey, come on in and get a game you'd like to play while the network's down," or "Come see why other players have stuck with physical games." Whatever the cause of the outage, you have to know that the multinational corporation will fix it as quickly as possible and won't let it become a common occurrence, so maybe "Not so smart now, are ya?" isn't a wise choice in trying to expand your customer base.
Re: More Than 1,400 Top Rated PS5, PS4 Games Discounted Now
Okay, my blood briefly ran cold because I misread the headline as more than 1,400 games had been "discontinued."
I'm an editor, and honestly I'm really good at it, but moments like this help to remind me that reading as an editor and reading as a reader are two very different mental processes.
Re: In the US, PS5 Is Selling Much Faster Than PS4 At a Higher Price
I doubt my experience will shed light on the overall trend, but for what it's worth, I bought a PS5 a couple weeks ago for two reasons: I needed to replace my old Blu-ray player, and I decided it'd be easier and possibly cheaper (when factoring in the savings of not buying a separate Blu-ray player) than upgrading my gaming PC since most of the games I want there are also on PlayStation 5 or 4.
Re: PS Plus Subscriptions on Sale, Up to 35% Off
EDIT: I found the announcement, and it seems they've edited it to say that it's for Southeast Asia only.
Original comment:
Is this a Europe-only thing, or is there a link to these prices? I only got a Playstation 5 last week, my first since the PS2, so I've never had a PS Plus account, but I can't find the discount in the US.