A remake should launch with the PS6 just like Demons Souls. Let the series rest a bit longer and in 3 or 4 years generate massive hype over the new console.
Sony should really give it a PS+ free launch or something. To get people to move from their current fleshed out hero shooters to a new unproven one, is hard enough, not to mention it also costs $$$
We are moving more and more towards a Stadia like platform. The world isn't there yet, but it's going that way.
With the size of games and the fact that many (big sellers) are online only now, it makes sense to have an online client where we log into a server and stream. No downloads, no waiting, etc.
I'm a hold out for physical media (still waiting on my BG3 copy) but I can see where we're headed. But I don't think hardware platforms with completely go away. It'll just look different.
Playing Elden Ring solo is really boring to me after playing most of the game coop. Its a lot more fun yelling to each other 'woah look what I found!' and conquering things together. When playing alone, my excitement of discovery just isn't the same when I don't have my buddy to share it with.
I miss all the people that showed up at Sony E3. Shawn, Jack, Andrew, Shu, and the other dude in the 'how to share games with friends video' from PS4 announcement.
Remember the Kevin Butler ads? Those were fantastic!
These days Sony is faceless and bland. I don't understand current marketing trends at all, clearly they're doing something right. It's just boring.
Way overblown. Part of the first mission was leaked plus some of the weapons, which Bungie themself have been spoiling by giving content creators early access and YT thumbnails are full of spoilers as a result.
Bethesda was delivering great stuff back during the PS3, but really suffered from poor decisions or poor growth choices (acquiring a bunch of studios and publishing) during PS4 era.
They really fell behind in the RPG scene and need a total refresh to their approach. They were my favorite developer during PS3 and it's sad to see.
Crazy to think that it'll likely be close to 20 years between Elder Scrolls games.
Never played the first one, but love the second. I'm about 30 hours in and have barely left the starting regions.
The game is fantastic, and I've never felt the need for the micro transactions. It's been blown out of proportion by people who haven't played the game.
Running from town to town isn't even that bad. You can skip the monster encounters and get places relatively quickly. Or....spend the equivalent in gold of a goblin kill to take an Ox cart....
Immortals was destined for this service before it was even launched. Hence why myself and likely many others judging by the comments never bought it. Sucks the studio suffered due to that, but that's the industry we've been trained to work with.
I hope the recent successes of doing things differently pays off in other areas.
I love wacky side gadgets and while the Portal isn't for me, I'm glad to see stuff like it.
I hope Helldiver's success leads to investment in other AA games that aren't chasing the newest trend. Good word of mouth, fun gameplay, and non intrusive micro transactions have shown to really pay off.
Although I'm sure Sony will be dropping some marketing collaborations in there in no time.
I still don't even know of any decent games that have come out of Embracer. They really banked on having a barrage of successful AA titles but failed to really launch anything.
They just added the hoverboards and there's no ornament for that. Everyone has immediately stopped using sparrows because hoverboards are better in every way, so big oops on that.
Sony needs to let studios release some indie or smaller AA type games as side projects. Similar to what Xbox studios seem to be doing. They may not light the world on fire, but at least it keeps releases going and brings variety. I haven't been excited for a Sony game, or bought one on release since TLOU2
I loved how off the wall the game was. When the credits rolled and it started a totally different game I was so shocked.
I doubt a sequel will capture the same magic since I went in at launch totally blind to what kind of games he makes, but I'd still love to revisit a non-gacha game from the creative mind of Yoko Taro
Hopefully they've got a good slate of content ready/can push forward to keep the momentum going.
Hiring and reacting to success will take months to implement and grow, which by that time, people will have moved into the next thing.
I'd be shocked if Sony replicated this with the two games mentioned in this post.
This game came at an unusual time, and managed to get a ton of positive press, releasing next to another live service games that got tons of negative press (Suicide Squad) and is rather unique in its presentation and style.
Honestly I think Suicide Squad really helped this game by making it look like a saint in terms of live service/monetization in comparison.
Price and the fact that it has 'coming to PS+ in a year or two' written all over it didn't help.
Thats why I didn't buy it and I'm sure many others! We've been trained to wait to purchase games because they'll be dirt cheap or on a subscription service soon enough! Unless it's an established IP or we don't want spoilers.
Plus we have waaaaay to many games freely available for the little time we have that it's hard to justify
I appreciate him saying what we all fear, and I agree with him!
Although the movie industry seems to be more creative within the subscriptions vs the movie theaters where it's sequels and nostalgia remakes constantly.
Day 1 buy from me. Can't wait for updated controls.
I have the games on just about every device, PS3 Classics, PS1, PC, Android - but can never get very far before being frustrated at the controls so maybe I'll finally finish them!
I wonder how many new fans the games are picking up along the way.
I've been a gamer since PS2 era but never got into FF. While the combat change is aimed at gamers like myself, I couldn't get past the 10 hour mark in FF15, forced myself thru 7 remake, and couldn't stand the demo of 16, even tho I thought I'd love it, it just didn't feel as slick as other hack and slash games.
I can't help but wonder if they need to shake the franchise up more if they want sales to get higher - or maybe scale back expectations for the games and focus on what the fans want versus chasing what may attract new gamers.
I'm all for this push. Build new smartphone focused studios! This will have very little impact on PS5 titles, but could help bolster Sonys checkbook to continue to push amazing creative single player games instead of chasing live service crap.
Also I cant believe Monopoly Go is on there. It's not even a game. Push a button and watch a piece go around a board randomly while you buy more spins. Awful awful game.
That's awesome! GR is a really fun franchise that would make a really neat series or anime. Its a shame the franchise will likely never see another game in the current landscape of big budgets and huge sales projections
I didn't even know you could get mods on PS for Bethesda games. Shows how far behind I am. Played Bethesda games to death on PS3 and dabbled with Skyrim VR
I think Sony has shown they can manage studios very well.
They really should dissolve the higher ups at Bungie, reducing costs and clearly bad decision making over the last 10 years, and let the talented developers do their job like other Sony first party studios.
The first game really didn't click with me (I did finish it). But based on these comments, I'm glad to see there's an audience and Sony is investing in something different than a traditional 3rd person adventure game or GaaS!
I'm not a GTA fan, but somehow this just shot to the top of my gaming wish list. I want to be on of those 'Florida Mans'
Although it's crazy how GTA doesn't even need to parody the real world today...that crap happens every day...America has morphed into the joke of itself.
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Re: A New Day, a New Bloodborne PS5 Rumour
A remake should launch with the PS6 just like Demons Souls. Let the series rest a bit longer and in 3 or 4 years generate massive hype over the new console.
Re: Standalone Spin-Off Dying Light: The Beast Stars Kyle Crane on PS5
Roger Craig Smith in the first game always made me feel I was playing some first person sequel to RE5 in a good way! I may have to pick this up!
Re: Round Up: Concord PS5 Previews Seem Torn on Sony's New Shooter
Sony should really give it a PS+ free launch or something. To get people to move from their current fleshed out hero shooters to a new unproven one, is hard enough, not to mention it also costs $$$
Re: PlayStation Likely to Go All-Digital By PS7, Analyst Predicts
We are moving more and more towards a Stadia like platform. The world isn't there yet, but it's going that way.
With the size of games and the fact that many (big sellers) are online only now, it makes sense to have an online client where we log into a server and stream. No downloads, no waiting, etc.
I'm a hold out for physical media (still waiting on my BG3 copy) but I can see where we're headed. But I don't think hardware platforms with completely go away. It'll just look different.
Re: Elden Ring Director May Consider 'Beginning to End, Total Co-Op' for Future FromSoftware Games
Yes. This is my preferred way to play.
Playing Elden Ring solo is really boring to me after playing most of the game coop. Its a lot more fun yelling to each other 'woah look what I found!' and conquering things together. When playing alone, my excitement of discovery just isn't the same when I don't have my buddy to share it with.
Re: Ex-PS5 Exec Shawn Layden Isn't Holding Back His Feelings on Xbox
I miss all the people that showed up at Sony E3. Shawn, Jack, Andrew, Shu, and the other dude in the 'how to share games with friends video' from PS4 announcement.
Remember the Kevin Butler ads? Those were fantastic!
These days Sony is faceless and bland. I don't understand current marketing trends at all, clearly they're doing something right. It's just boring.
Re: PS5, PC Shooter Concord Appears to Be a $40 Game
I like that Sony is hitting a lower price point for their live service games.
But this game still looks pretty bad.
Re: Bungie Responds After Destiny 2's The Final Shape Was 'Accidentally Pushed Live on PS5'
Way overblown. Part of the first mission was leaked plus some of the weapons, which Bungie themself have been spoiling by giving content creators early access and YT thumbnails are full of spoilers as a result.
Re: Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Earns Physical Edition, Out in September
Guess I'm buying this twice
Re: Tipsy Microsoft Exec Once Attempted to Steal LittleBigPlanet from Sony
Id love to see them get back to the basic, arcadey, handcrafted worlds of LBP1 and Tearaway. LBP1 had so much charm and fantastic music!
Re: Baldur's Gate 3 PS5 Deluxe Edition Delayed in North America, as Other Regions Ship This Week
Saw this come through this morning, been waiting months, what's another few weeks?
Re: Alan Wake 2 Yet to Recoup Dev, Marketing Expenses as Tencent Raises Stake
Like many others. Waiting for physical release or big discount if I'm buying digital only.
Still waiting for my BG3 copy to arrive in the mail.
Re: The Elder Scrolls, Fallout Dev Wants to Shorten Time Between Games
Bethesda was delivering great stuff back during the PS3, but really suffered from poor decisions or poor growth choices (acquiring a bunch of studios and publishing) during PS4 era.
They really fell behind in the RPG scene and need a total refresh to their approach. They were my favorite developer during PS3 and it's sad to see.
Crazy to think that it'll likely be close to 20 years between Elder Scrolls games.
Re: Alien: Rogue Incursion Confirmed for PSVR2, Out This Year
@djlard that game was fantastic. Id love some more AvP
Also as a huge alien fan, I'm way too much of a chicken for this.
Re: A New Rayman Game Is Coming This Year, But Not in the Way Everyone Wants
I'll probably get this lol
Meanwhile. RELEASE RAYMAN 3 HD ON PS5!
Re: Another Capcom Success as Dragon's Dogma 2 Sells 2.5 Million Copies
Never played the first one, but love the second. I'm about 30 hours in and have barely left the starting regions.
The game is fantastic, and I've never felt the need for the micro transactions. It's been blown out of proportion by people who haven't played the game.
Running from town to town isn't even that bad. You can skip the monster encounters and get places relatively quickly. Or....spend the equivalent in gold of a goblin kill to take an Ox cart....
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for April 2024 Announced
Immortals was destined for this service before it was even launched. Hence why myself and likely many others judging by the comments never bought it. Sucks the studio suffered due to that, but that's the industry we've been trained to work with.
Re: The Elder Scrolls Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Gives a Small Update on TES 6
I love hearing that people share my love of Oblivion. For years it seemed that people felt it was the weakest of the 3 console TES games.
Still one of my favorite games ever.
Re: PS Portal Is Proving Everyone's Predictions Wrong
I hope the recent successes of doing things differently pays off in other areas.
I love wacky side gadgets and while the Portal isn't for me, I'm glad to see stuff like it.
I hope Helldiver's success leads to investment in other AA games that aren't chasing the newest trend. Good word of mouth, fun gameplay, and non intrusive micro transactions have shown to really pay off.
Although I'm sure Sony will be dropping some marketing collaborations in there in no time.
Re: Saber Interactive Will Split from Embracer Group in Complicated But Amicable Divestment
I still don't even know of any decent games that have come out of Embracer. They really banked on having a barrage of successful AA titles but failed to really launch anything.
Re: Fancy Ghostbusters Items Up Next in Destiny 2
They just added the hoverboards and there's no ornament for that. Everyone has immediately stopped using sparrows because hoverboards are better in every way, so big oops on that.
Re: Significant Discounts Suggest Ubisoft's PS5 Pirate Game Skull and Bones Is Already Struggling
It's a game that seems to scream F2P based on what I've seen. (Maybe due to bad marketing)
It should have at least been a budget title similarly to Helldiver's if it wanted to make a splash
Re: Poll: Are You Still Playing Helldivers 2?
Havent bought it yet, but I'm excited to play it once I do!!
Re: Unannounced Games from PlayStation Studios Have Been Cancelled
Sony needs to let studios release some indie or smaller AA type games as side projects. Similar to what Xbox studios seem to be doing. They may not light the world on fire, but at least it keeps releases going and brings variety. I haven't been excited for a Sony game, or bought one on release since TLOU2
Re: Yoko Taro Puts Square Enix President on Blast, Potentially Teases NieR 3
I loved how off the wall the game was. When the credits rolled and it started a totally different game I was so shocked.
I doubt a sequel will capture the same magic since I went in at launch totally blind to what kind of games he makes, but I'd still love to revisit a non-gacha game from the creative mind of Yoko Taro
Re: Xbox Games Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves, Pentiment, Grounded All Confirmed for PS5, PS4
Way to save this great big special announcement for the Studios to say there Phil. Lol.
Everything that dude says is nonsense.
Re: Borderlands Film Shares First Look at Its Live-Action Cast
I love Kevin Hart in everything I've seen him in. But as Roland??? It's been a while, but I don't remember Roland being comic relief.
He would have been a better annoying claptrap voice.
I can see JLC doing a great job as Tannis though.
Still my expectations are EXTREMELY low for this. I don't expect Jack Black and Kevin Hart to save whatever plot this movie cooks up.
Re: New Terminator Game, GreedFall 2 Headline Nacon Connect Showcase
SUPER pumped for Greedfall 2. Turned out to be one of my favorite PS4 games.
Re: Helldivers 2 on PS5, PC Is One of the Biggest Games on the Planet Right Now
Hopefully they've got a good slate of content ready/can push forward to keep the momentum going.
Hiring and reacting to success will take months to implement and grow, which by that time, people will have moved into the next thing.
I'd be shocked if Sony replicated this with the two games mentioned in this post.
This game came at an unusual time, and managed to get a ton of positive press, releasing next to another live service games that got tons of negative press (Suicide Squad) and is rather unique in its presentation and style.
Honestly I think Suicide Squad really helped this game by making it look like a saint in terms of live service/monetization in comparison.
Re: Xbox Is Bringing Four Exclusives to PS5, But It Won't Say Which
What a bunch of emergency PR crap.
Let's be honest. If a game doesn't hit it's ROI, it'll be multiplatform in a year or two.
They can't keep taking losses on games where theres a console with a 55 million instal base of potential sales.
Re: Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Starring Lara Croft (PS5) - The New Standard for PS1 Re-Releases
I'm really excited to get my hands on this!
Re: Immortals of Aveum Cost $125 Million, Branded a 'Truly Awful Idea'
Price and the fact that it has 'coming to PS+ in a year or two' written all over it didn't help.
Thats why I didn't buy it and I'm sure many others! We've been trained to wait to purchase games because they'll be dirt cheap or on a subscription service soon enough! Unless it's an established IP or we don't want spoilers.
Plus we have waaaaay to many games freely available for the little time we have that it's hard to justify
Re: Poll: Which Xbox Franchises Would You Buy on PS5?
My top answers are games that have historically been releasing on PS. Amazing how much of this list is recently 'exclusivized' franchises.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Helldivers 2?
Waiting for a sale! I'm expecting 20$ off in about a months time, and I can wait!
Re: Disney Secures $1.5 Billion Stake in Epic Games, Plans 'Entertainment Universe' in Fortnite
I'm such an old fart. This brings me no joy and further disillusions me on the direction gaming has gone over the last 10 years.
Re: Live-Service Content in Helldivers 2 Likened to D&D, Will React to PS5, PC Players
I wish this wasn't an exclusive game
Unfortunately I play with a mix of PC and Xbox users so it's hard to convince a gaming group to playing besides titles on all 3 platforms.
Re: Baldur's Gate 3 on PS Plus Is Probably Never Going to Happen
I appreciate him saying what we all fear, and I agree with him!
Although the movie industry seems to be more creative within the subscriptions vs the movie theaters where it's sequels and nostalgia remakes constantly.
Re: Big List of Tomb Raider Remastered PS5, PS4 Upgrades Revealed
Day 1 buy from me. Can't wait for updated controls.
I have the games on just about every device, PS3 Classics, PS1, PC, Android - but can never get very far before being frustrated at the controls so maybe I'll finally finish them!
Re: Naoki Yoshida Thinks New Blood Is Needed to Direct Final Fantasy 17
I wonder how many new fans the games are picking up along the way.
I've been a gamer since PS2 era but never got into FF. While the combat change is aimed at gamers like myself, I couldn't get past the 10 hour mark in FF15, forced myself thru 7 remake, and couldn't stand the demo of 16, even tho I thought I'd love it, it just didn't feel as slick as other hack and slash games.
I can't help but wonder if they need to shake the franchise up more if they want sales to get higher - or maybe scale back expectations for the games and focus on what the fans want versus chasing what may attract new gamers.
Re: Here's Why Sony Is Making Big Moves in the Mobile Games Sector
I'm all for this push. Build new smartphone focused studios! This will have very little impact on PS5 titles, but could help bolster Sonys checkbook to continue to push amazing creative single player games instead of chasing live service crap.
Also I cant believe Monopoly Go is on there. It's not even a game. Push a button and watch a piece go around a board randomly while you buy more spins. Awful awful game.
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Want from Sony and PlayStation in 2024?
Hoping Sonys upcoming games can kick off this gen! Spider man, GoW etc all are just iterations of what was awesome during PS4.
Let's get some new PS5 defining experiences!
Re: Kaitlyn Dever Will Play Abby in HBO's The Last of Us Season 2
I hope they can find a way to make Bella Ramsay look older than 13. While skeptical of the choice, I thought she did a good job.
Re: Gravity Rush's Movie Adaptation Makes a Surprise Cameo at CES 2024
That's awesome! GR is a really fun franchise that would make a really neat series or anime. Its a shame the franchise will likely never see another game in the current landscape of big budgets and huge sales projections
Re: PlayStation's Head of Third Party Deals and Acquisitions Gives Insight into How It All Works
I wish Sony would push more partnerships to embrace haptic feedback. It's so underutilized in a lot of games.
Heck Sonys own Bungie doesn't even have it implemented!
Re: Site News: We Need You to Fill Out Our Reader Survey
Survey exposed how few games I bought this year. Probably my lightest year ever. But I do play a lot of PS+ or backlog games.
Re: Bethesda Rolls the Dice on Paid Mods in Skyrim Again
I didn't even know you could get mods on PS for Bethesda games. Shows how far behind I am. Played Bethesda games to death on PS3 and dabbled with Skyrim VR
Re: Feature: Predict The Game Awards 2023 with Our 20 Question Quiz
I love these quizzes! Doesn't feel like a year ago that we had the last one!
I'd be surprised if we got a drop of info on anything Sony related during the show.
Re: Lead Bungie Staff Fear 'Total Sony Takeover' After Layoffs, Delays
I think Sony has shown they can manage studios very well.
They really should dissolve the higher ups at Bungie, reducing costs and clearly bad decision making over the last 10 years, and let the talented developers do their job like other Sony first party studios.
Re: PS Studios Bigwig Pops Up at Kojima Productions Ahead of Rumoured Death Stranding 2 Re-Reveal
The first game really didn't click with me (I did finish it). But based on these comments, I'm glad to see there's an audience and Sony is investing in something different than a traditional 3rd person adventure game or GaaS!
Re: GTA 6 Trailer Out Now, 2025 Release Window Revealed
I'm not a GTA fan, but somehow this just shot to the top of my gaming wish list. I want to be on of those 'Florida Mans'
Although it's crazy how GTA doesn't even need to parody the real world today...that crap happens every day...America has morphed into the joke of itself.