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@-wc- Because Crash Bandicoot is owned by Microsoft now.

Funny that none of the studios that made Uncharted or God of War could keep up with the PS5. Did they sacrifice the smaller studios to keep alive the larger studios?

I played Ghost Babel on Motorola MPx220 (Windows Mobile) via emulator. Now to replay at 4K!

Classic case of 'representation' vs 'presentation'. Horizon Zero Dawn vs Stellar Blade. Realism vs Beauty Filter. Crunch vs AI Slop?

Basically, all stores want to be a Costco?

They are not keeping studios for the personnel but for their IP, which will be fed into the AI furnace.

All that stuff seem like just cosmetics and not something important like a story DLC. So just putting those items within an in-game store or mission is just their way to realistically give you access to them. Would you be happier if your character starts with those items in their inventory like a reborn isekai character?

I guess get angry if missing those items blocks you from a Platinum trophy, but I doubt this will happen. Of course, if you have ADHD and must collect ALL items in the game, then it's just a $20 fix.

@Bingoboyop So in Japan, if they can't sell the ps5 due to the lack of games despite the lower cost, why would the same people buy a ps6 handheld that will naturally have less games? Just because it's new? I doubt the price will be cheap, but perhaps sony axed all those studios to subsidize the hardware.

And what about the games? Non-sony studios will make multi-platform versions that will also be on switch. Sony studios may make some games but they are so few of them now and some of them haven't released a new game since the ps4 because they take a long time to create a game. You can argue that people will buy the ps6 handheld version because it may looks better than the switch version due to FOMO, but the same FOMO may make then question buying the ps6 handheld itself since games on it look worse than the full ps6 console. With the switch, FOMO is less of an issue since they can usually get better graphics by just docking the system at home.

Another challenge is that historically, the portable consoles market is usually in favor of one vendor because people can only practically carry one portable console at a time and with the market so saturated with the switch...

@Bingoboyop If sony can't solve the problem of lacking exclusive games to attract more buyers, then that same problem will follow them with the ps6/portable.

I would if more of these are available as full physical versions.

The point of exclusives is to sell more consoles, but with this economy and raised console prices, console sales will be weak. So exclusives at this point will only serve to make your current base a little happier but not so much for xbox's bank account. So instead of layoffs, maybe focus on selling as many copies of each game on all platforms. Even time-exclusives are leaving money on the table as customers are less excited about a game long after it's initial release (see Sony PC releases).

Good thing I waited for the complete physical edition.

Ready to steal and break some hearts with the Space Smoulder, but I'll need to grind a few more "levels" before my body is ready for any intimacy with a Space Octopus.

I'm guessing these token xbox exclusive games were chosen because their production cost is low enough to keep the team paid despite giving up the PS5 market.

Final fantasy 7 aeRith

Content: 100% Wolverine.
Comments: 99% about other games.

So most likely the state of play will be 100% wolverine.

Gravity Rush movie trailer...

FF7/3 trailer that cuts off just as Cloud and Aerith are about to kiss. <squeal>

They should bundle a free copy of Marathon...

Don't think any of these games are for the PS4.

If Rebirth takes about 50 hours to beat the main story and if Part 3 is similar, then he played it for 2000 hours? I haven't platinum Rebirth but after sinking 160 hours to get to the end, I'm burned out! Twist: there are 40 endings, where EVERY romance path is explored and fleshed out fully! "You're the one for me Buster Sword! You always got my back."

Most likely MS will make a future day-one deal for a popular game and increase the subscription price shortly before release date.

If this were a Sony game, the patch notes would be: "improved software performance and stability"

I'm surprised the analyst didn't suggest that we'll just have a personal AI Avatar (in one datacenter) play the game (streamed from another datacenter) and twitch stream the session to us (on the toilet). Subscriptions galore!

So where did the replacement art come from? Did they have an artist to create them, bought stock or royalty free images, or still use AI art but made sure to check that it looks non-AI?

In hindsight, good thing I got a 4TB NVME shortly after getting the pro.

@Number09 I've seen what Capcom does with their "Gold" editions.

What does "Age Age" mean? I feel like the FBI is going to barge in at any moment.

@TrollOfWar I can imagine the PS5 Pro costing $1000 NOW if Sony didn't already hoard the components for it.

Would even $1000 be too optimistic for Helix? If Sony didn't already hoard ram for the PS5, I can imagine the PS5 Pro costing $1000 if Sony had to pay for ram at current prices. Maybe a Helix Series-S for $1000 and a Helix Series-X for $1500. Even SSD storage is crazy expensive now but I guess they could just use cloud storage and have the local storage be a cache.

They should change the system setting to something like:

PSSR Level:

• Latest
• Original
• Disabled

This way, we can completely disable PSSR is we want to. This also will give reviewers lots of options to compare.

The led lighting seemed underwhelming compared to the dramatic the music transition. Should have turned off the room lights before showing that feature.

As soothing as Cerny's voice is, PSSR 2.0 needs more than Mr. Rogers doing a tech-talk to sell it. It needs a system-selling game attached to it. Imagine them demoing GTA6 running at 60fps due to PSSR 2.0.

Have we heard anything from anyone in Bluepoint? Maybe the silence is due to the studio being already drained of talent after the MMO cancelation or due to some internal issue.

My son has some Roblox gaming running 24x7 on his PC but is using some macro app to farm stuff I guess. So perhaps some of the reported hours may be somewhat inflated.

So no remaster of ICO then?

The mention of rolling heads made me think of the opening of Gravity Rush, which Bluepoint remastered, where we see the apple rolling through the street.

ME: "Can we get <Nier: Automata 2>?"
MOM: "We have <Nier: Automata 2> at home."
AT HOME: <Nier Reincarnation>

It just doesn't seem like a good time for new hardware. Component cost is super high so either the console will be very expensive or it'll be watered-down. Maybe AI will make it stand out, but we're still waiting for AI-powered PSSR to prove itself on the PS5 Pro.

And what about the games? With studios taking so long to make games for the PS5, will PS6 games simply be a pivot of unfinished PS5 games with some PS6 frosting slapped on? Didn't we get that with the PS5-port of PS4 games?

That Rain 98 screenshot reminds me of the art from this artist: https://www.instagram.com/t_oo_r_oo/p/DJ82NnTpfgD/?hl=en

I don't know who decided to make the pro plates incompatible but we need to get that person.

Is this a game made with RPG Maker? Seems like they don't even have the budget to create left/right-facing sprites for the characters.

So Microsoft has stopped funding the game but is still publishing it? So how will it be funded going-forward? Seems like they'll run on the fumes of whatever funding they currently have in hand and somehow salvage the current game state into something they can push out the door. It all sounds like the last gasps of a team working on their last game. Moral must be high over there.

@Zeke68 It just means John Romero may be out of touch on what is "new".

Will there be a four-player co-op mode ala Octodad?

If the success of the PS4 was the result of basically giving developers what they asked for, could the same be said of the PS5? I think Cerny mentioned that he designed the PS5 for 30fps but was surprised when the market gravitated towards 60fps.

According to the steam page, no voice acting. Sadge.

Can my heart take another season of falling in love with a new cast of characters but only to watch most of them get slaughtered in the end?

Would be funny if the Switch 2 has frame generation hardware and makes it the only available console to play GTA6 at 60fps.

I would have expected them to release a ton of DLC like they did for The Witcher, but I guess they want to move on?