I would just ask that Capcom doesn't just flood the market with all their IP. Stick to making these quality games, and pace them out appropriately.

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Build upon the systems of E33 but make a new turned based RPG. New characters, world, story, etc. Make it familiar, yet so very different.

Busy playing other games at the moment. I've played all the Halo campaigns before so I am in no rush. I will definitely check it out at some point. Halo CE is definitely my least favorite campaign of the Bungie Halo games, but it is a classic.

First, people losing their jobs is not something we all like to see happen. It's happening everywhere.

Well the reports and online conversations from the media are giving the impression of iD being cut to pieces and how will they ever recover and that they are one of the few studios that have been producing games. It's a travesty.

"HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO iD!?!"

Hugh coming out and saying that the team sizes are what they were them is just bringing this back to reality. Maybe the studio got bloated after the success of Doom 2016 and it wasn't necessary. I think the media can stir up more than what's probably going on, and yeah sure Hugh is doing some damage control for their brand. I bet most of these layoffs put these studios at the headcounts they were at pre pandemic. Middle management, duplicate roles, etcs. I'm sure a lot of the talent will get rehired elsewhere, or iD will like have some openings within the year.

Just waiting for RetroAchievements

After reading Asha's release, I wish my company made similar changes. Remove middle management. Empower team leaders and those direct contributors. Breakdown those barriers between those contributors and the leaders making the bigger strategic decisions and vice-versa.

Obviously I'm never happy for when people lose their jobs, but streamlining processes can lead to some better outcomes.

The reaction to this seems a bit overblown. Physical copies for the PS3 and Vita are still out there, and our existing digital libraries remain available for download. Sony's broader strategy is clearly about maintaining a single, unified digital ecosystem.

The PS3's notorious architecture was a bottleneck that Sony corrected starting with the PS4. Now that they're on a standardized architecture, the current PlayStation Store is seamlessly transitioning into its third generation. It makes zero sense for Sony to abandon this foundation; launching a new console without a massive, backward compatible library is a thing of the past.

The industry is adopting the PC/Steam model, where your digital library simply moves forward with your hardware. I haven't bought a physical PS5 game yet, and this announcement doesn't change my plan to stay fully digital.

@Pandalulz I kept trying to see if there was anything in the announcement with it being a console, non gatcha version of BE.

Isn't this what they did with Octopath 0? Just a mobile port?

Jaffe is allowed to have his opinions, just like everyone else.

I think the action looked good but the jumping did look a bit janky and I can see the forspoken comparisons.

When there were rumors of a "Non-GoW" God of War game I expected something more different, more creative than this. I'm somewhat disappointed.

@FullMetalWesker completely agree with all your points. I also do not fully agree that this is a souls-like. A game that is action driven and can be difficult at times is now given that label and can turn people away. I find it as a more challenging Zelda game, because let's be honest, Zelda games do not have the most difficult combat and action segments.

I went to OpenCritic and just did a search in a handfuls of other reviews for the mention of "souls" or "souls-like" and there's zero mention. I'm sorry for the reviewer here, but I think you need to recalibrate.

GMTK is one of the best gaming youtube channels out there. Plenty of top notch videos worth watching

Sounds like a good reminder to play 2-4 again. It's been a while.

Also, I wouldn't say the game has peaked yet. I can definitely see a new one come out and reset the bar. It can be done if ND is making it.

Sad to think some people won't play Astro Bot because there is a lack of story

@PuppetMaster I know it is....but I wouldn't call Saros "new IP". It's almost new-adjacent.

One of the best games of this generation. Certain aspects of it are delivered at a very high caliber, and some of things are left to be desired. Very memorable. Definitely a recommendation if you haven't played it yet. It would probably be in my top 30-40 games all time.

I've gifted it to a few friends on Steam who like retro style games and purchased PlayStation and Steam copies for myself. Stand Down!

Preorder the game on PC to play the beta on PS5? Am I reading that right?

Hopefully Ubisoft takes these remakes seriously like Capcom did RE, we could be onto something great.

Why would you be overseeing two studios, making two service games in the same genre, that plan to release within the same calendar year? Sounds like a mismanagement of time, funds, talent, etc. If Sony wanted to release an extraction shooter, maybe focus on delivering one great product? Why make two that would eat into each other? One will clearly beat the other? Do they understand how people play games? ....and by they I mean Herman.

Does it make too much sense to have all these studios making high quality games covering different genres and audiences. Giving everyone a reason to play on your platform.

Sounds like a bunch of things that could have been cleaned up during the QA process and play testing before release. They sold enough copies pre-launch, so I guess it didn't hurt their product releasing it in the state it was in.

I'll wait until Sunday to finish the platinum in the Jesus simulator

@AverageGamer yeah but then Sony is now paying someone else to maintain their infrastructure. Sure they would offload that expense onto us. Streaming would also not play as nice in the handheld market which they are trying to break into.

For the minority, streaming could be a great solution, but for Sony to maintain that infrastructure would be more expensive than to offload energy and upkeep costs of the hardware to people's homes and keep selling consoles. Just doesn't make sense

Kinda replying to a few people above. While I do prefer gaming on my big TV, with my huge sound system, on my comfy couch. I do find myself gaming on the go more than I'd think. I travel a bit and being able to not break from my PlayStation gaming in those moments is very enticing.

@SoulofBashar I feel you. I didn't sell my OLED switch but that screen is so much better than S2. Though docked you can't beat the performance of S2. I hate that Nintendo is gonna get me again and I'll likely sell my S2 for the OLED version when it eventually comes

I just don't understand why Square hasn't done what Capcom has done with RE. They're pumping out those remakes and they're fantastic.

They over did the FF7 remake when they could've scaled it back and done more games in their catalog. There's a lot there, and people are playing JRPGs

Housemarque, for me, is one those studios you just blindly buy their games. Always a great gameplay experience and worth the price of admission.

Saros is a day 1 like their last half dozen games.

My first extraction shooter. Picked it up knowing Bungie's pedigree of a good feeling FPS. I'm slowly getting the hang of it, but I do like it. Different mindset from Destiny and Halo but fun. Looking forward to partying up with some friends since I'm mostly playing it in solo.

Coming from someone who's only played AC 1 and the 2 trilogy, I've given the newer AC formula games a try and just could not get into them. They're just too big with too many distractions.

I'm definitely interested in playing this if it's finally fixed, and if they do the same to Syndicate and other older titles, I may find myself playing AC again. Mirage worth playing as an OG AC fan?

Now the question is, do I get it on PC and see how my 3090 performs or just play it safe with my PS5 Pro

@Afroducc they bulk up for development, make the push for release. Everyone got their bonus checks, then layoffs. The gaming circle of life.

Now I never thought how Sony was releasing games on PC hurt the PlayStation brand. The games always came out a year or so later. Most of the time the games were free on PS+ for subscribers on console, so there couldn't have been many people who were holding out and only buying on PC as PS owners. Now was the cost of porting worth the return, clearly not.

With the PS Handheld coming, would they want to scale back so their exclusives are only available on their portable and not SteamDeck and other PC handhelds? Maybe?

I'd be curious how much of those sales were from people who bought the game on both PS and PC. I'll admit, I picked up all the PS4 games that came to PC because it was such a upgrade and a great way to replay them, but now the gap isn't as big between PS5Pro and PC (or at least my rig)

Trying to look at this device through a "casual gamer" lense and I don't understand who would jump on this. I think more and more gamers are moving to PS5 and even if this is better than pro, when Sony releases the 6 it will likely be cheaper than this at launch and higher spec'd with a greater offering of games.

If Xbox is announcing this now maybe they're hoping to market it as the best console to play GTA6, but PS5 might still be a better investment in 2026 to play that.

I think we're all winners this month, and probably March as well. Another stacked month coming. I have a feeling 2026 might go down as one of the best years in gaming. It might be the best of this console generation.

"Cautiously optimistic" sums up everyones feelings about this game on console

What game will last longer? 4Loop or Online Horizon PS5 ?

Played it on Steam Deck. Highly recommend. Twin Stick shooter mixed with Link to the Past. It's a good time.

Finishing up my first ever playthrough of BotW. It finally stuck with me this time around. Still unsure what to play after though. Might play a smaller indie game or two before finally starting up yotei or keep chipping away at the backlog.

I've also been playing LeafGreen before bed which has been pretty comforting, even though I'm not the biggest Pokemon fan, but I do have some nostalgia for the first couple gens.

@Oram77 More like a Crimson Flag.....

I'll see myself out.

Do we know how this game is performing on consoles or has all of this gameplay footage been on PC?

Is it me or does Capcom need to stop showing things for this game. It really didn't need to be in this Showcase. How much more can they reveal?

@Shizzlebob19 New Castlevania and Megaman announced in the last 60 days

I thought it was a solid showcase. Kena sequel was a nice start before giving us updates on games we've been hearing about non-stop for the last 6 months (Capcom and Yotei Legends). DS2 PC release, whatever. Some underwhelming announcments. Control 2, while cool, skeptical about performance. People forget how Control 1 was a mess at launch. Almost unplayable. The steroid chicken game I don't understand what the gameplay experience is supposed to be. Is it like dynasty warriors? Galactic Racer looks better than GA reveal. Konami showcase was a big deal. More Castlevania games coming? Gameplay of the GoW trilogy would have really put this over the top. What kind of remake are we getting? They reworking it to be like 2018 GoW? Son of Sparta is not the 2D GoW I was expecting.

So Guerrilla was capable of releasing and supporting this but Naughty Dog couldn't support Factions? Which I would have been more excited to play.

If they were to make a second Avowed, wouldn't that eat into ES6? Fantasy-type 1st person RPG? Let them stick to sci-fi or what @trev666 said, hand them a big IP. Microsoft has a bunch of them now, and Obsidian can make a great game, and it will sell if they have more name recognition on the cover to reach a wider audience.

@1970sGamer Oh please let's hope so. As others commented above, only showing PC gameplay has me extremely nervous for a game marketed by it's visuals and scale. Having Cyberpunk PTSD over here.

There is zero percent chance this is a future PlayStation controller. Seems more like a prototype that they just wanted to patent

Did they not have any open betas for this game? Seems odd none of this came up during internal QA. Can't make a F2P in a vacuum. At the GAs they should have announced the game with an open Beta to start getting feedback. Sure it was still a pretty deflating announcement, but the game could be in a better place today.

@RBMango That's 62% of people that played the game, not of all PSN users

Bouncing between a couple things at the moment. Jedi Survivor on PS5 Pro, FFIX with the mogori mod on PC, and working on some retro achievements in the SNES Mega Man X trilogy.

Perfect weekend to get over a foot of snow. I'll be in gaming hibernation until Tuesday morning.