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They'd need to sell it in stores to make it sell in my opinion. Having it only purchasable through Steam only (and I don't know if they sell Valve hardware on Amazon or any other e-commerce site) will hinder sales numbers and relevance.

And I don't mind more competition. Since Microsoft has nearly bowed out of the console space, this would give both Sony and Nintendo much needed pushback (paying for online multiplayer and cloud saves, a few other things, discounts on games, maybe mods) to try add more value and appeal to their audiences (again, if this does end up being a serious competitor against them).

Still find it weird that they went out the way to put real life people onto already established characters, you end up with situations like these...

Same with Rikiya and the old guy (and Hamazaki). Like I genuinely didn't know those two were the same characters from the original.

I really can't see any benefit to using this on a home console.

But I do agree on this being useful for a handheld, similar to PSP and PS Vita with their standby (or sleep) modes. I remember keeping these things in sleep for weeks and months only to lose a percentage or two of battery, it's insane.

It's only time till we actually see it.

Finally, a game Al Gore would approve of!

But in all seriousness, it's crazy how little they've invested in the VR2 since launch even with price drop and PC support, you'd think it would be doing great. Might as well be another PS Vita situation at this point.

I would rather buy any classic game (that's listed on the store anyway) than pay for premium currently. Like 1 or 2 games every month is slow and I don't see the other benefits I don't really use (I don't use cloud other than PS Stars, don't use Share Play, don't use the Sony streaming service).

I went back to standard only because of the cloud storage between PS3/PSV/4/5, that's it.

I would agree that scope creep is a serious issue, especially for a bunch of the devs working at PlayStation. We've had multiple games within a single generation before!

Guitar Hero has been dead for over a decade! Only now they bring it back like this...

There's the case of eventual disc rot and finding space to put all of those games as well.

They should make Kadokawa operate independently like Bungie and Aniplex, and the other mobile studios they own. The less interference the better.

I don't know. Nintendo seems to be doing really well with the Switch, Sony still doing well with the PS5. It's really only Microsoft who are struggling with hardware sales.

The only real issue I might agree with Layden on is software. Like he said in earlier interviews, you need games that can sell the system, yes can have blockbusters, but needing a balance from Indies and AA too, not betting all on live-service and AAA 100M+ projects that could make or break a company or studio.

Also less priority on hardware would be a better solution as well, as we've now reached diminishing returns with the PS5 Pro, you can only go so far.

If we can't get these permanently, can we be able to get themes and color changes again?

Don't know why they would limit this when they already did all this work. My only other gripe also is I wish these were dynamic and not a PNG and didn't take a third of the screen, a bit pushed up more. But these are nice!

Can we also get custom music with themes as well?

@NathanUC I think around 12PM (in your time zone) you should see something, PS Plus games also refresh around that time every month.

@GoatFace04 I also think locking certain stuff behind amiibos is also kind of scummy as well, there's only so many of each being made, and I don't know if the codes are even reusable, right?

Guess we'll see what the 3rd has in store tomorrow, if anything.

Agree with everyone else here, this should not be a limited time thing for people to have different use of these themes, and also the use of custom sounds (or even different UI music) on the home screen.

Unless they add it in the next update, surely they will, it's otherwise a waste of development time to implement this in just only for a few days or few weeks at most...

@MrMagic my bad, still, would've been great to see that pitch and IP go forward with a new installment.

Still can't fathom how they axed Twisted Metal and Factions, yet going all in for this game? I don't know whether to laugh or be sad about it.

And could've made many, many more smaller games with that budget alone!

@Americansamurai1 @nessisonett we definitely need Shuhei back

Six studios have closed under him. Not the best look while also chasing trends.

Crazy how he's still there, and no one is questioning this problem. Not to mention still dealing with the other live-service projects and the mess that is current Bungie.

Kinda hated it when they changed the art style from the original to 0, and still used the sprites from the original, it really threw me off.

This is going to be Sony Rewards all over again at this point.

Used to be good, but they restricted the points to only some purchases with some products. Remember when you could get points for trophies? Although some people abused it too much, to be fair.

@Judal27 Same with Resident Evil: Director's Cut on PS3. You can't get it for free on PS5 if you own it on PS3/Vita, (to my knowledge, might be wrong) it's also only through Premium as well.

Capcom is being weird about this. At least Sony, Namco and some others can at least let you buy the games separately through the store (or honor past purchases through legacy storefronts).

Hopefully Siren has a platinum included this time.

@wiiware One of the reasons I kept my 360 is because of Lost Odyssey.

Is PSN down for anyone else right now? Can't access most of anything.

Nice. Never got it for PS3, so this is welcome.

@Nowings I think it's because Sony (SonyMusic, Aniplex) themselves are in talks of providing Pocketpair a multimedia deal (merchandise, anime, etc).

To think we could've gotten Twisted Metal and Factions 2 over this. Not to mention funding if studios like London and Pixelopus weren't shut down.

@Gunnerzaurus Agree. There is a space for smaller games and experiences, otherwise we'll end up back here again! Astro proved that.

@Gunnerzaurus Well I think they would either have to look at other sources of revenue (live service, micro transactions, paid DLC, ads on the home screen, remasters, mobile games) to keep funding these huge projects, or change their approach to only making smaller games with sometimes a release of said bigger title, which studios don't have the manpower to do.

We're also seeing them just give out licenses of dormant IPs to other companies who also want a multiplatform release by getting a cut from it (Freedom Wars with Bandai, WipeOut with Sega if that ends up being true).

This strategy of "Only on PlayStation" would not be sustainable long term now with how much of these AAA games are being sold, and how much it cost being developed (100+ million dollars).

@-Sigma- Let's not forget that this is from the same man who greenlit multiple Horizon spin-offs, and a remaster of the first game.

I'm sorry, but this just sounds so extremely unnecessary. Same with any game made past 2018. It looks good enough, and plays fine, doesn't need a remastering.

So I guess the launch model wont be getting these. Shame.

@PuppetMaster I still find it so weird that he said that. And then not long after Astro Bot dropped with those VIP bots, that pretty much made his point redundant.

I think he was trying to say that they don't have much "new" IP (not just PlayStation, but Sony as a whole).
But they have more IP then Xbox and Nintendo combined, I believe, so why not use stuff you already have? (For example, this game!)

Unrelated, but I did not expect Freedom Wars, of all games from the PS Vita, to get announced a remaster today.

This was unexpected.

@Weez If IGN doesn't want to review the game, then they aren't either, since they are partnered with them.

Try and piece together why that is lol

That is insane... I really enjoyed Stray through Extra.

I just saw this morning that Xbox also just laid off 650 employees.

Hopefully this game will have a longer lifespan with sales over time, especially Christmas or potentially even a console bundle later on.

The fact that the game isn't on a portable device, weak currency, and only on a further price hiked home console also doesn't help in that market.

No, Concord is now the most pointless boxed PS5 game ever.

Definitely need competition, it'll only get worse otherwise.Xbox has great games as well, used to own a 360/Kinect bundle, used to play Gears and Halo, JSRF, came bundled with Peggle 2. Still have it for Lost Odyssey and other games.

I'll be quite shocked if it sells past 10+ million.

It isn't that extreme of a difference...

@dreadpirateflappy I feel anything with PlatinumGames is pretty good most of the time (Babylon's Fall is the extremely rare exception).

I really want MadWorld ported to PS someday.

Would've liked to see them mention a handheld in development or something.

Most developers haven't even taken advantage of the base PS5.

Getting PS3 price reveal flashbacks with this one...

@UltimateOtaku91 That would be crazy if they announced plans for one in development (I know there's rumours, but any direct confirmation from Sony would be great).

@UltimateOtaku91 Definitely agree there. They've done that in the past, someone can easily bring back those kinds of games, smallish budget, and let other AAA studios still work on their own projects.