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Most services seem off and on, app’s been solidly down for me since yesterday. I think whatever is happening is still ongoing. I’m going to keep my distance until it’s been totally cleared up. The lack of communication is really messed up.

Just seeing this, appears to still be down for me in Canada

I liked the first one more than I thought I would. I’m sure they’ll find some way to mess up the sequel if it happens, though. These big AAA publishers are like a bunch of dying elephants thrashing about. Instead of learning from their failures, they’re doubling down on what’s caused the wound in the first place.

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare lol would love to see your earlier drafts if this is where you landed on that one

@HotGoomba that’s definitely not what he’s referring to

@Reform what about the cover art is a red flag?

They’re not really the kind of games most PC players are into, they’re still very much console games.

What’s there to work on, other than finding a way to profit off of them haha. I can see the internal memo now, “People are enjoying something for free, fix it QUICK!”

PS5 Pro MAYBE. Dragon’s Dogma 2 PS5 Pro performance mode can more or less squeak out 60fps with some corner cutting but I would imagine GTA6 will be a LOT more CPU intensive than that game, afaik that’s the bottle neck. I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Nice, I’ve been wanting to try both high on life and pac man world

Paul Heyman’s spot with Drew McIntyre last night with the cover reveal was pretty good haha, Heyman’s so much fun to watch.

AAA gaming continues to buckle under the weight of its own expectations. A collapse is imminent.

Excited to try GoWR, those games aren’t quite my thing, but they’re close and the first one did a pretty good job at winning me over by the end of it. Playing them on a sub is a perfect match for me.

Damn the dollars lost on this live service push must be absolutely staggering, amazing the C-suite all still have jobs, frankly.

I see no signs of a switch in their business model. Nintendo is still a toy company, and that’s super alright with me. They exist together but separate. Personally, I’m pumped.

It actually kind of turns me off of playing it tbh, one of the things that’s got me sick of open world games and massive RPGs lately is the amount of filler content. There’s no way all of this is impactful to the experience. Give me smaller, tighter games that are well-crafted head to toe. I want an emphasis on solid mechanics, not how big your map is or how many words you recorded for it.

It’s prettttty fun with a group of friends, I would recommend to anyone that liked Gang Beasts or Human: Fall Flat

Bit of a stroke of luck, though.. innit? If Blizzard didn’t absolutely bumble Overwatch/Overwatch 2 over the last couple years, would it have been as popular? With games taking 5-10 years to make these days, it’s almost impossible to do that kind of market analysis to make the right game for the right moment. There is a very plausible timeline where this game releases and fizzles out due to OW2 being more popular at the time of release. Live service is still an absolute crap shoot.

How do I become an analyst? Seems like easy money. Do I just start spouting whatever comes to my head and the money starts coming in?

Returnal is still such a stand out for me for the PS5 generation, and my first platinum ever. It’s such interesting storytelling if you 100% it.

That’s an eye-watering number, golly. How sustainable is this current trajectory of AAA development? How many billion dollar budget games can remain profitable?

LOL people actually use the ignore button on here?

That’s certainly one way to ensure a digital-only future. This kind of rug pull is 1000% intentional IMHO and totally in-line and on-brand for PS5-era Sony’s late stage capitalistic money grubbing.

I would be stoked to see a Helldivers spinoff in a different genre, perhaps an XCOM-like game with a cool war strategy meta game.

It’s actually so embarrassing to call myself a gamer these days, wtf happened to you lot?

The upside is that these certain online circles will probably never contribute to the gene pool

These comments! BIG YIKES.

I love it, I wish we would see more smaller games from big studios in between their bigger titles

Oof, this discussion. All social media is a damn cancer.

I’ma try all of these

I’ve shipped enough dead code in my career to know these things can be less than nothing

I’m such a junkie for these games that I preordered against my better judgement. Hope it doesn’t suck!

What an absolute joke this entire gen has been. Sony needs competition or this is what we end up with.

You had one job!

I’m glad they’re still trying original things, hope this doesn’t deter them too much.

This could end up being absolutely massive

Oh, won’t someone please think of the scalpers?!

I really hope it’s all just a matter of final polish but I dunno, after the state of DD2 at launch, I’m worried. Whenever a AAA company garners too much unchecked consumer praise (ie. all the CAPGOD fandom), they inevitably squander it and start coasting on their success (looking at you, SONY).

This is up there with landfills full of ET cartridges

My hopes aren’t high for console performance after the state Dragon’s Dogma 2 launched in.

I am very interested in seeing how this turns out. I’m a big tabletop gamer and this looks like it might be great.

There is pretty strong evidence that some of the Palworld assets are directly modified Pokémon assets, that’s a step beyond just copying some mechanics and art style in my opinion. It should be interesting to see how it all plays out. I think Nintendo only brought this case out once it was pretty damn solid.

Naw. This gen has been a HUGE disappointment, and performance had nothing to do with it.

This comment section wasn’t quite the dumpster fire I was expecting. Is the world healing?

Race car levels of performance? Give me a break…

Those other 5 better be absolute bangers.

Concord f2p rerelease date to close the show /s

Wasn’t there meant to be a series of animated lore videos that released periodically? That’s likely what contributed to such an enormous production budget. Either way, what a disaster. Out of touch doesn’t even begin to describe PS5 era Sony IMHO. That’s what not having a competitor does to a company.

I wish Xbox was putting up more of a fight, Sony would have to try harder. They've gotten away with some bs this generation they never would have if there was more competition.

lol 60fps GTA6, maybe when it releases on PS7 ultra deluxe definitive edition in 13 years time. This is the same reason Dragon’s Dogma 2 likely won’t be THAT much better on PS5 Pro, it’s a CPU throttling issue.