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A lot of snide/sarcastic comments but it was only last year where PS5 Pro owners had to genuinely worry if the games Pro optimisation would in fact make it look/perform worse than base PS5.

The fact that we are no longer getting those negative stories from DF is only a positive. Even as a base PS5 owner it bodes well for the PS6.

I think we are seeing a certain level of jealousy for those who got it when it was more reasonable and are now seeing the benefits visibly.

So this is a UK mandated law right? Insane and scary to imagine more countries slowly implementing something similar.

@Mintie The Green Knight was incredible! Dev Patel right?

@Oram77 Alex Garland can be hit or miss for me but I'm mostly unsure of how an Elden Ring movie works unless it's during the main events prior to the game.

@TrollOfWar Also this os probably one the most consistently busy years I've seen between Indie and AAA releases. Hope they have their expectations in check

How's the loot in this one? I quite liked Nioh 1, but I found Nioh 2 very busy and had too much low tier loot. Is sorting easier?

I think I will wait for a sale on this one. Something about the art feels very bland like Vanquish. Got Mouse PI (Noir and Mickey Mouse looks hell yeah) and Saros (it's Housemarque) instead for my shooters. It is always good to see a new IP do well though and it's a smart use of dynamic pricing from Capcom (I do wonder how much it cost with the delayed dev time and pretty big marketing push)

@TrollOfWar the only reason COD is multiplatform is because of those trials.

I'd also say delaying that acquisition financially hurt their competitor as the economic environment changed drastically in that two year period (Jerome Powells interest rates). It also bought PlayStation enough time to sort out the shortages. Xbox was doing pretty well those first two years.

@Areus as i said in my comment we really don't know enough about Hulsts tenure. For example Yoshida greenlit Concord and Helldivers 2, Jim Ryan greenlit Astro Bot. Saros will probably be the first true Hulst era game. Marathon from Bungie was already in development and from the period where they were independent from PS Studios.

Controversial opinion but all these problems started under Yoshida and Layden's tenure. The shutdown or mismanagement (Japan Studios, Liverpool) of the more experimental studios, the higher budget AAAs with longer dev times etc. Live Service is the only aspect where they maybe should've actually invested in early on rather than during covid when the industry already hit the peak.

Ryan definitely went about it incorrectly and bet on the wrong horses (though i will give him credit for aorting out the PS5 stock issues and ABK)

Another thing which I do find fascinating is how little we actually hear or read about Hulst or Ryan meddling or intefereing in game dev.

@RyPal you mispelled Dispatch

@BoomShakAllaker the PS5 is still a damn good console but the Pro especially with the new PSSR update does make games look significantly better. Especially your Alan Wake 2s and Crimson Deserts

@Altaria_97 it's a deal that hasn't worked out well for Sega. They had to write down the Rovio acquisition recently

@Oram77 I feel it's the british actors who are getting over exposure right now. Actors Jennifer English and Ben Starr are in so many games now.

I also think specifically regarding Troy Baker and Nolan North.. They can do accents and have far more range than most.

@Enuo I blame Jim Ryan!

@Dalamar For me the gameplay was much better but the story and depiction of the greek mythology really didn't work for me. I already was more negative towards Hades depiction of the Gods but Hades 2 makes a lot of them worse.

@Northern_munkey I hated it Baldur's Gate 3, I hated it in Crimson Desert and I hate it in this. Maybe COMPLETE your story before you leave EARLY ACCESS

@LiamCroft That's an insane length for a Boomer Shooter type game. I feel they should tap out at 6-8 hours with the focus being on replay ability or challenges.

@Oram77 it's my second favorite PS5 era exclusive after Returnal. Astro amd Ragnarok tied for third.

The combat is underrated.

@AdamNovice Also it's a SIX year old console. Whoever wanted it... especially in the last two years where we have all known the economic realities coming would've got it.

I'm sorry but how are we accepting this line of questioning? It is embarrassing. If Ubisoft, EA or Sony did this.. the same ***** would be flaming them for not waiting. Even CDPR rightly got screwed for the launch of CP2077.

Pearl Abyss clearly released it earlier for the end of quarter bump and should be derided for launching a game so sloppily.

I have said it for a long time but the absolute lack of push back/criticism East Asian devs get for shoddy releases is shocking.

@Oram77 because it's essentially a bribe to be more positive. I always hated the concept. At least back in the 360 era the most people would get is a collectors edition figure or some such but now these kits become expensive.

but then again I think most review sites/tubers should do the ACG style of if you get a review code, still buy the game and just gift it to a winner or something. You cannot authentically give an opinion of a piece of media without actually spending money on it. It changes the whole scenario in my opinion.

As one of the few people who actually liked Spider-Man 2's plot a lot, I'm excited for the third one. I just hope they have more time to flesh out some narrative beats because 2 did suffer from a rushed ending and it genuinely seems like it's been a problem for most games this gen.

It's interesting that despite Capcom being so consistent they've almost never hit the 90s on Meta or OC outside of the remakes. Consistently in the great but never in the Best. Maybe that's the cost of the release schedule but their games always have that one issue that holds them back.

@Oram77 Be in accounts at todays date and it's 300 days of crunch with the shortage of certified accountants.

I don't like the practice but it's the way the world works. You want that raise, you want that promotion... prove you deserve it. Be better, smarter or work harder than the rest.

Weird enough I played through the first two Metro games after hearing so much about the atmosphere, tone and mood etc and I was extremely underwhelmed. Doesn't help that it's a bore in regards to story when compared to the books depth. Absolutely didn't like it. I saw a playthrough of Exodus since again it was praised to high heaven and once again the story just didn't work for me.

Not surprising. It's a massive shift in genres, gameplay and... well everything really for Playground games. Doesn't help that reception for the most part has been leaning towards caution especially with the humor and character designs. There has also been a lack of combat gameplay and what has been shown looks pretty jank and could be spruced up more.

Xbox's new management has to get Fable right. FH6 isn't too difficult as it's a formula Playground has already perfected and they've gone for the Japan which automatically increases critical and commercial success with the gamer/otaku crowd.

If you can select those tags in the filter option and if they add the ability to sort by rating, it could really improve discoverability.

Really do live in crazy times. What will be even crazier is if they have cloud streaming at launch for the Portal. Playing this on a comfortable handheld rather than the annoyingly un-ergonomic Swich 2 will be nice.

What I do find most fascinating is how certain devs overlook or delay releases on Xbox or Playstation. For example none of the Level-5 games are headed to Xbox but, Square Enix released Bravely Default on Xbox but not the Playstation. I wonder how they decide?

@CWill97 the surprise for me would be a Media Molecule tease. It's been about 3 years since Dreams. They could have something coomed up to show.

It is also interesting that KiwiTalkz on Youtube is talking about a bunch of big Naughty Dog interviews coming next week. There is definitely a lot happening out of Sony in the next few weeks. Now to see if it's the good stuff or not.

Not been spoken about much but I'm really digging the score. It sounds so different from Returnals more ominous and tense music and also gives Saros a more arcadey sound with the industrial techno sounds.

It doesn't make sense and the whole thing screams of experiment that will be dropped within a year but this is the same population and voter base that hated the PS5 Pro and PS Portal which ended up doing pretty well.

@themaladroit Also DS2 got leaked a day before launch and was available on torrent sites. Between the theft and lackluster sales it just makes sense to prioritise the console.

@Pat_trick Yet Uncharted 4 is the best one in Narrative and Game play.

@dskatter that's a great deal and the old console will also get used. A Win-Win!

@Shepherd_Tallon It's difficult to know the facts because we do not know how Sony procures the parts and what advantages they get from economies of scale. All we do know is the AI companies are paying huge premiums and buying ram and storage at unprecedented amounts. The pressure is being felt on the consumer and general electronics market.

The other major problem is with the recent geopolitical issue, Oil prices have shot up beyond covid levels. For example Iran hit a Qatari oil field. That unit will take 5 years to come back into production. These pressures are hitting the global economy all at once.

@PlayNation5 I was expecting the price increase in the next three months but this was far earlier than I anticipated. You were smart to bite the bullet now.

@Voltan Sam Altman is only one part of the problem. The disruption of Oil has made logistics a mess. The increase in cost for air freight is insanity, not to mention the absolute ***** disruption to currency and forex!

@Foxhound yup. Thankfully i already have the Portal and two base PS5s but I feel for anyone who was waiting for GTA6 to buy the console. I expect Nintendo to raise prices as well in the next 2-3 months.

@Oram77 That's fair PB0 looks really promising! I'll probably play that while my brother plays Wolverine.

@Oram77 Lego Batman scores well but wins best Family Game IMO.
007 I'm 50-50 on if it's a goty contender. Just a feeling based on the set pieces.
Phantom Blade 0 depends on if it's a boss rush or something more. Story may also hold it back.

@bossuche9 They seem confident so far in the game. I believe Saros costs the same as AW2 which is 50-70 million euros with marketing. Saros also seems to have a much smaller marketing budget since SoP marketing is free for Sony games and the rest of the marketing is basically Youtube videos.

I feel this is an Astro Bot situation where if it reaches 1.5-2 million in the first quarter and scores in the above 87-88 it'll be a success in Sony's eyes.

I'm surprised PushSquare does not get invited to many/most Sony events. Considering that you're a pretty popular dedicated PS site et al. Then again even EG didn't seem to get invited.

Regarding Saros? I'm not surprised it's glowing. I believe had Returnal had less bugs and Suspend Cycle at launch it would score in low 90's.

As a person who thinks RGG have fallen off hard Stranger than Heaven looks very promising

Scary how much this war that no one expected or wanted ***** everyone.

Just yesterday i had to get a shipment released from customs and the price of the transport jumped 3.5x because of the gas costs.

On one hand it is good that Playstation is cancelling games that don't show promise early on but OTOH some games come together really well later.

At the end of the day investment in American Gaming is dangerous with the ridiculous overheads. If Sony is funding projects smaller parts Europe or Asia are the correct direction for them.

Keep the existing American Studios and if they're good build them up internally to do multiple games like Insomniac.

I'm hoping the tone is more dark like the original Yakuza or Judgement and not the "power of friendship" nonsense of the new ones. Zero was the last mainline Yakuza to nail the tone.

@Exerion76 E33 was zealously defended by idiots same for Arc (who now have egg on their face as real VAs now work on it). Both deserved more vitriol.

@Max_the_German It is odd because they've previewed the game so much I'd assume they knew about these issues.