TheDudeElDuderino

@Zeke68 c'mon man, that's atrocious. is anyone buying the Pro actually in Sweden. Just order it from some other EU country with normal prices.

@themightyant YES. "more VRAM (for better textures) and faster storage for faster loads, so it should comfortably outperform PS4 in most cases."

Funny how non-nintendo exclusive gaming sites consistently ignore that PS4 has no business comparing itself to Switch 2.
Just the storage and vram would be enough to outperform PS4 let alone more modern architecture. People are funny.

No, I will still not buy one (although I 'v been putting off playing TotK until next switch). Will wait for the oled version... if sales of this one actually take off... I have a bad feeling about it... times are not kind to it (economy outlook is in the dumpster, by and large, throughout the world)

they got my full support when they revealed their last IP, I preordered and went top tier... and all was good. Prime gameplay mechanics. Then they decided it was cool to remove access to content I paid for because they wanted me to buy their next expansion.
That is where our paths parted.
Haven't given them a dime nor time since then. They can do whatever, make water speak, don't care. Bungie does not exist in my universe.

@Pat_trick no, bro, we don't remember. because it didn't happen.
What did happen is that they removed a bunch of features originally present, found new efficiencies in the production and were able to produce a cheaper (and lesser version of) PS3, I understand that the end result is similar and that they were inclined due to poorer than expected sales but it wasn't like they just woke up one day and reduced the price of the OG PS3 in its first year.

My problem with the source material is not the decision they made with Joel, it was rather how they decided to turn Ellie's character into pure plot device with no logical motivations based on the character that was portrayed up to those points. I found the writing of the sequel to have been subpar compared to the original - it was more akin to a fan fiction product than a sequel by those involved with the original - and this is where I always bring up the point that the sequel lacked the other half of the magic of the first game: Bruce Straley. In my mind, Neil is just not that good without him.
I did not care enough for the show to watch it.

they are anyway losing money or breaking even on these boxes... they are going for ubi deal with Sony.. gamepass everywhere

well, I guess I am the outlier. I downgraded to essentials and only because I need it for Helldivers, otherwise I would have cancelled completely.
On the other hand, still enjoying my game pass ultimate - better value for money.

@Crimson_Ridley dude you have dated yourself so precisely there. This some IT story from mid '90s? These days, Bill is a new IT hire who got a bunch of SOPs thrown in his lap to get him through the weekend. He did nothing wrong though. The actual issue was that the unit responsible for certificates renewal was down to one guy who had a pre-approved vacation and the rest of the team fell sick. They missed to renew the certs.
Don't you worry though, Bill is getting fired.

miffed? they must be new to Sony. C'mon now.

@NoCode23 well GTA5 printing money was for sure not bad, but don't forget that 2020-2021 covid delays harmed the whole industry, so yeah, there are other realistic reasons.

@PorkChopExpress dude, that would be far out. I love when they do that, although, at this moment in gaming history, they are probably the only ones left that could save all those promotional funds, use it elsewhere, and still sell the same.

@breakneck Thank you for linking to that gofundme. Disco is an incredible unique creation, the best novel I have played and the most beautiful game I have read.
I dove too much into history of its making and it is nothing short of spectacular and once in a universe.
Glad to see that gofundme reached its goal.
Cheers!

@ApostateMage this is the way! if the world is great, and stories and lore engaging, it will take however long it takes.

years (+some random characters for this page's algo to let me comment)

@Deadlyblack that's right. we are yet to see weapons, armor and vehicle customizations.
HD2 will be a totally different game in a year than it was on release.

@thebizniznizbiz PS5 standard is more than capable to run RDR2 @60 - XB1X (last gen's most powerful console) is running it at 30 at native 4K - PS5 stomps over XB1X
rockstar just doesn't want to waste any resources while they are fully focused on GTA6.

we know it's his homework. we know it will run at 30fps (if that). No one (statistically significant) cares.
We will buy it again on PS6 and there it will run @60fps. Just take it easy.

@nessisonett honestly, Eliot can play both parts (no spoilers).

Th original review was bad. The game was top tier.

@nocdaes there is no "try". either "do" or "don't", and Sony, by all accounts, certainly "did not" with PSVR2 - not in the way what we consider it is when you put your full weight behind a product.

@Korgon right on the money! Both with your decision to go with Q3 and nailing that the lack of backwards compatibility severely affected PSVR2 sales.
I am one of those who invested fully in PSVR. I had (still have) two PSVR units. Loved them to bits, bought %$#load of games for it.
On the news that PSVR2 will not be backwards compatible I checked out. Bought zero PSVR2.

@LunarFlame17 I platinumed [sic] the 2018 but by the time Ragnarok came out, I felt tired of its gameplay. I like the story and characters and everything they did with Norse mythology but I just could not be bothered to play it. Gave it a try at a friend's to see if it was me or the game or if I am imagining things. Turns out it was me. I did not gel well with that gameplay any longer. Felt repetitive, already seen, forced to do meaningless upgrades once again for no narrative reason, so yeah - thank you YouTube full game (gameplay where it had narrative elements plus all the cinematics) content creators.

all the dudes & dudettes who have disposable income are being very undude & undudette when they say they would not slam that 100 and go at it.
It's GTA. What waiting? Do you think there will be another release in your lifetime? No waiting. Only playing as soon as we can.

Stanley is where it's at. The rest can go and s... ok, ok, the year just started, take it easy ffs.

don't care. splashed all my super creds on the thing as soon as it appeared and then bought a bit more in the super credits in the store because a game which manages to keep me playing for 10 months and still feels fun... yeah, I want to send some money their way rather than buying some templated copy paste over the shoulder good story driven but cr%* gameplay sony game.

Bro... everyone knows the theory and definitions. I am saying these two worked intertwined on this project no matter ehat their positions in the company were called.

@PuppetMaster that's a lot of words to show you know little about how they co-created the last of us.
Watch this till the end
https://youtu.be/bdiQZ1Y6XHs

@get2sammyb of course, Sammy, pushsquare editor, who did only what an editor does at pushsquare and nothing else at pushsquare.
Those are their official posts for that thing, but those two worked together on that and in no interview from 12 years ago did they separate "oh no neil is the writer, I am just directing the day to day operations". They co-created it.

@PuppetMaster nah, child. They can write whatever they want now. I remember the interviews before tlou was anything but a concept. It was an absolute work of a duo. Druckman didn't do squat on his own. He didn't have that pull back then.

@get2sammyb this is in fact misleading. Druckman only co-created The Last Of Us. This is why it was so good. There was someone to set him straight. His name is Bruce Straley.

The Last Of Us 2 just the first of the remasters. That was the joke of the decade and thus the best.

@ApostateMage preem, choom, preem. The game still crashes hard occasionally and I discovered it has to do with the number of autosaves I alow it to create. If I take the time to prune out the numbers, from time to time, by going to load and delete the old autosaves and quicksaves the game stays stable.

CP 2077 still hard crashes on PS5. Even dragging the whole ps5 OS with it on a rare occasion.
Pro tip: periodically, go to "load game" and delete a bunch of old autosave, quicksave and manualsave files. This will mitigate the issue significantly.

@Nei XV is the best VII they created so far.

@Bez87 and I think you never played Helldivers. Otherwise you would know what a feature full Helldivers2 would be. It is an early access in all qualities than officially categorizing it as such. But that's just Sony.

remember people, HD2 is an EA game, Early Access.
It is not feature full and we are all testing.
As we progress through the story, new game mechanics are being introduced, old ones ironed out. This cycle of galactic war and its story will see us feature full at the end - maybe xmas 2026?
Sony will be able to make a call then weather they want to publish the game for the next (NVidia based) XBOX. Once the game is feature full and out of EA. At full price, not $40.

@BiosNova you mean, liberate them? We liberate terminids from their non-democratic existence and we spill oil of the freedom hating automatons.

Shorter games, more interactive and reactive worlds (think Zelda BOTW + half life 2 + Bad Company 2).
Replayability that draws from different story paths and ends.
Make it 5 hours long and super alive with a good effect of player's choices and there you go. It won't cost less to make tho.

@Lup no, no, no. Needs a remaster of that remake. THEN it will be alright.

@GeeForce nah dude. It's Sony. If anything, we can rest assured that they'll artificially restrict Pro from being able to achieve its full potential just so that the regular install base is not estranged.
Save your money for PC or PS6.

@Totheteeth because HD2 is in early access. They don't want to say it but it is. The game is far away from being feature complete and the price point they chose works in favour of that theory.
We are missing weapons and armor customization, vehicles, and vehicles customization and the game is still in heavy development with base mechanics having been tweaked and retweaked since it came out.
I suspect that by the time the galactic war sees its first conclusion and the community completes the story, talks between Sony and MS would have completed and HD2 will be released for xb. It will be Sony's Minecraft.
So, if ever, HD2 will be ready for xb by the time the story resets. So, not before 2026.

@TheDudeElDuderino @NEStalgia @themightyant @gingerfrog @StrickenBiged @Batesy125s some great replies and use cases. Thanks for taking the time to react.

@SuntannedDuck2 duuude, you seriously need to work on redacting your own messages. I have read them both this time, but dude, I COULD HAVE HAD another family and got new set of kids through college for the time it took me to read your brain dump. Edit. Edit. Cut, cut, cut more, till only the essence is there. Still, like with others, thanks for your point of view.

Stay cool everyone. 😎

To this date I don't understand who the target audience for this is. Is it the dudes and dudettes who found WiiU handheld feature compelling (free up the living room TV for others in the family and play your games with some lag). Not putting WiiU down, it's the most innovative and still back compatible console we got since ps2, destroyed by Nintendo's marketing.

Disgusting? Filthy? Dudes, you could only wish to achieve the superiority of a spider. Puny, and for real, dirty humans!

I've been waiting for this since it was announced. Glad they are taking the extra time. Day1 purchase for me.

@koverby sometimes, there's a man... I won't say a hero, 'cause what's a hero, but, sometimes there's a man, and I'm talking about the koverby here, sometimes there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place, he fits right in there. And that's the koverby.

@Medic_alert you forget who was the dev darling and who was the pariah during the xb360/ps3 era. Xb had the devs eating from the palm of its hand... yet, just before the dawn of ps4, Sony changed its tune and became something different, correcting its course and preparing the way of the busines for ps4. Same thing is happening now with XB. They are not doing this as a measure for this gen. It's the next one, which MS will start one year earlier than Sony.

@rjejr c'mon R, you've been here long enough that you know xb series consoles, although far behind ps5 sales, can't be considered, by any stretch of the imagination, small install base.
Attach rate tho, yeah, something to talk about.

XB is entering Yoshida PS4 Sony phase. Humility brings prosperity. The next XB, based on AMD cpu and Nvidia GPU is going to slay.

no. still consider it useless (given how great ps5 is and how underutilized it is). If they have no other way but to brute force performance in (instead of creating properly specialized for ps5 hardware games) then be it... not for me tho, I learned my lessons with PS4 Pro and PS VR. not gonna get me this time around Sony. No, dude.