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@Sakai keep in mind that it is only in one area of the game. The rest of the game doesn't see those issues.

Honestly it looks pretty good to me after watching the video.

A locked 60fps isn't super important in a turn-based game. I would play it in quality mode at a mostly locked 30 fps with no tearing and better visuals personally. Seems like the only area it falls below that is in the city in act 3 where it was expected to be a problem.

@Vega37 GPU includes PC gaming and a better cloud service.

I don't think that comparison is very relevant. That being said, I think the biggest problem is at the bottom where essential is now $20 higher than Microsoft.

I am glad I converted all plus and still have almost 9 years left.

This seems like a pretty steep increase to me. Especially for essential. It is 33-35% at all tiers. Extra and premium are being brought in-line with the GP price increases so I can kind of understand those.

It seems like people who don't care about online will drop essential altogether.

If you happen to have a need for the limited ways this can be used, the next concern is performance.

Historically, Remote Play has not been very good even on a local network. If that is the same system being used with the portal, I think people are going to be disappointed unless their expectations are suitably low.

I definitely wouldn't recommend pre-ordering this until there is solid information on real world performance.

The price seems reasonable given it is a first party product. Certainly cheaper than I expected.

However, it has a pretty limited market I think.

• You need to have a PS5
• You have to be a person who wants to game on a mobile device while at home
• It needs to be in a situation where the heat and noise from the PS5 will not be an issue

I can see some use cases:

• Someone who wants to play games while still engaging with others(I couldn't do this)
• A situation where there is contention for the TV but not the PS5
• Gaming in a different room. i.e. Playing some games in bed
• A need to play without disturbing someone else

That being said, since I don't have any of those needs, I will probably pass.

I find it hard to believe that Ubisoft would offer microtransactions......oh wait.

Seriously, anyone who thought this game wouldn't have some form of microtransactions hasn't been paying attention or was enjoying a lovely dream.

A straight PS4 port of an X360 game from 2010 in 2023 for $49.

Not a remaster, not a remake. A straight port.

That would be a hard no.

@haoie It did sell well actually.

As for the performance, don't forget one of the big reasons for the low internal resolutions on the PS5/XSX was due to the fact that it had baked in RT. Hopefully they will make it at least playable.

On the PS4, that obviously won't be there so that should help with getting it to run on the lesser hardware. It also probably be a fixed 30fps.

@get2sammyb A name brand quality tablet with an OLED screen costs about $200 by itself. When you attach a Sony controller to it plus add in some Sony tax you can easily be at $300 or more.

@get2sammyb

I was originally thinking $199.99, but maybe they could do it for $149.99.

I think that is highly unlikely. I would be be shocked if they list this thing for less than the $249-$349 range.

@Total_Weirdo

The CMA will be a bit more human now at the negotiation table 😂😂😂

Hahahahaha. Yeah, their negotiating position just got a lot weaker.

I think the biggest change is that it will put Sony and Microsoft on a more even footing in the console space. If that is good or bad will depend on perspective.

The days of all the good exclusives being on PS are probably over but this is hardly the first time in the history of consoles where that has been the case.

Personally, I don't think this will result in any drastic changes. My hope is it will force Sony into a spot where it feels pressured to start making more consumer-friendly decisions to compete.

@Wheatly

What is my previously held belief that I am confirming with my reading of the available data?

I think the idea is that you went in believing that "they seem to want to only discount the really expensive versions of games while the normal version remains full price."

If you verified this by checking some games and seeing this to be the case, that could be confirmation bias depending on the method used.

To be clear, I am not claiming that is what happened in this case because I have no idea how you verified it. I do think that confirmation bias is possible in this situation though.

@Ashina Yes, I wasn't a fan when it initially launched but coming back to it later after some of the bug fixing and on stronger hardware, I thought it was a great game.

@DualWielding Unity still holds up much better than Black Flag. The assets are much higher quality and they did so many amazing things with it. Honestly, the overshot the hardware at the time and it needs a current-gen console to run it well. It is pretty amazing on a PC at 1440p/4k.

If this ever sees the light of day, I will be thrilled.

@number1024

but what Microsoft has done, games that were planned for multi play release and then they lock that away...yeah, that's just morally wrong.

You and a few others have stated this but I don't really follow this logic.

If a company uses money to buy exclusivity it makes no practical difference when they do so. Ultimately, it is all the same. The difference is purely an emotional one.

@number1024 I don't really understand this line of thinking.

Both companies pay for both timed and permanent exclusives.

Both companies buy studios to gain exclusivity.

Both companies have their own self interests in mind when doing these things.

Other people have stated this above multiple times but neither of these companies are angels acting on behalf of the community.

Speaking logically, exclusivity is bad. It is anti-consumer behavior no matter how you look at it. People are splitting hairs based on the mechanism to achieve it but it all comes down to the same thing. Without exclusives, all that would matter is who could put together the most compelling hardware solution at the best cost. It would also create competition between the stores. All things that benefit consumers.

Thinking emotionally, I like the idea of exclusives. It makes the platform and the hardware matter and makes the market a more interesting place. It also brings back fond memories of the days when a much greater percentage of the games were exclusive. Of course, as with most emotional arguments, it is logically flawed.

@Ristar24 Yeah. I wonder how much that contributed to Sony's dominance in the last generation. It wasn't the only factor but it definitely didn't help XB.

@UltimateOtaku91 While that is probably true, Sony does the same thing on a regular basis.

@NotSoCryptic

How many console gamers consider a Nintendo switch relevant to them when they can't get cod.

Umm.....millions of them?

@Cutmastavictory Unfortunately, one of the flaws with this platform is I don't know which of my comments you are responding to.

If you are referring to the original one at the top, it was a joke.

If you are referring to the one about competition, I think it is better for the exclusives to be spread more evenly between the big 3 competitors than to be heavily focused on just two of them as has recently been the case.

@PCPS4XB It makes literally no difference to me, as I said above my original statement was intended to be a joke and the conversation got carried away from there.

@thefourfoldroot1 FWIW, my original comment was intended to be a joke about my XB collecting dust not spark a huge debate.

@thefourfoldroot1 I suppose one reason would be that after years of being locked out of great games they would finally have some decent exclusives coming their way.

Personally, I am a multi-platform gamer so I have no stake in the console wars but even as someone who is console agnostic, it is clear that Sony in recent years has been killing Microsoft on the exclusives front. Things were bound to equalize eventually.

We are now moving towards a situation where all 3 major platforms have numerous exclusives and I think that actually helps competition overall.

@Kevw2006 I think MS would allow PS Plus on their store if Sony allowed GP on theirs.

That being said, I have lost the thread of this conversation so I am not sure that is even relevant to the discussion.

@number1024 I suppose that those who only have one platform are happy or sad based on which platform they have.

PS has had a wealth of great platform exclusives that XB owners have been locked out of so it works both ways.

Sounds good to me. Since PS typically gets all the exclusives I am interested in, my XBOX mostly collects dust.

Some decent XBOX exclusives would make my investment worthwhile.

@get2sammyb You can turn CC on and get English subtitles.

It was quite awesome but I don't think that ad would fly in many other parts of the world.

Nothing super exciting for me this month. That being said, I still have titles from previous months to go through.

There is plenty of good content on PS Plus for me. I am enjoying the service overall.

I can't stop myself from buying the deluxe edition of games anyway so it makes no difference to me.

On the other hand, I am getting better at waiting until games drop in price before I buy them. My backlog is so absurd that waiting won't really hurt me much even though I am really looking forward to this one. Who knows, maybe I will change my mind between now and the time it comes out.

This was the worse one I have seen so far this year. Completely underwhelming.

I don't really care either way but my first reaction when watching it was that someone made a game and then decided to make it a "Prince of Persia" game after the fact.

The art style and the fact that you aren't even playing the prince but rescuing him make it feel not like a Prince of Persia game.

I don't really understand why people care so much what music is used in the trailer.

I think pre-ordering is less common now in general.

Between frequent delays and games releasing broken I have more or less stopped pre-ordering games.

There is nothing for me this month. That being said, I don't think it is a bad selection per se. Just nothing I am personally interested in.

I don't understand why we would expect more than that on a device like this.

Personally, I would much rather have the device have less battery life than be heavier.

It seems like this one is worse than the other problematic games releasing recently.

Even if they fix the bugs, I am not sure that would actually make it worth playing. It seems to be a bad game at a fundamental level.

The sad part is that it will probably still sell based purely on the IP.

Yes! Finally some proprietary earbuds using non-standard technology.

Oh...wait...

I wonder how much of the premium volume comes from people who converted essential for a fixed price?

I subscribed to premium because it cost me less than 50 cents per month over extra.

If I was subscribing on month by month basis I would never choose premium.

@ED_209 My point was not that co-op implies live service.

I am glad they are focused on the single player experience and separately I am hoping they don't make it a pseudo live service game as some other single player games have done.

Thank you Insomniac.

I will be happy as long as it isn't a live service game.

The comments above are fairly interesting.

Which service is better for an individual seems to depend on a mix of factors which include:

• How important access to newly released games is
• What types of games you play(Different genres are better represented on each platform)
• How much time you spend playing games
• How frequently you also buy games

The first two seem to be the biggest drivers.

I am currently still paying almost nothing(less than $4/mo) for game pass and honestly even at that price it isn't worth it to me.

On the other hand, from reading the comments, I can see how it would be completely worth it to others based on the types of games they play and the way they like to consume them.

@Tharsman

I understand (well not really, but accept)_that PS will never launch their games day one, but would like at least a commitment for their games to all enter the service after a year, and stay there. Spider-Man leaving was not encouraging.

Yes, I agree with this entirely.

Even if they can, they shouldn't remove 1st party content.

As a side note, how did you indent that quote in your earlier response.

For me, PS Plus is orders of magnitude better.

I have had game pass for over 2 years. I can barely ever find anything I want to play there. When my sub expires, I won't be renewing.

With PS plus, I have a backlog of interesting games available to me.

There are a few reasons for the difference in my case.

• I tend to enjoy single player narrative-driven games. There are very few of these on game pass.
• I have limited time available to play games so quality is way more important than quantity.
• I am not desperate to play games on day 1. I always carry a backlog so I am never short of games to play.
• If there is a game that I have been desperately waiting for that I must play day 1 I would probably rather buy it anyway.

That being said, there are still things I would like to see Sony improve on. The biggest ones are:

• Don't remove 1st party content from the service
• Add some value to the wasteland that is Premium

I get that Sony has contracts with publishers to keep games on the service for a fixed time and when that time ends the games need to leave the service.

What is their excuse for removing Sony published games from the service?

Looks like a pretty reasonable lineup. I already own sackboy and nothing else really exciting for me but seems satisfactory.

I think there is a market for a PS5 Pro but it will not be for everyone.

I think it will not be about resolution, it will be about support for more ray-tracing. As ray-tracing becomes increasingly baked into future titles as is likely to happen with ray-traced lightning, there will be people who are willing to pay for better performance/visuals.

Nothing here for me either.

Hopefully next month is better.

I think that both Unity and Syndicate are completely underrated as they exist today.

The launch challenges with these games were totally unacceptable(Especially Unity) but these days both are great experiences.