@EVIL-C thanks for the negativity and the implication that a trusted business partner of mine sucks at his job. Kinda renders the rest of your take as irrelevant (to me, at least).
@get2sammyb I had dinner last night with an executive from Sony (who interestingly had a year at Microsoft sandwiched between his 2 stints at Sony) and he explained there is zero buzz within Sony about Xbox and the potential cross-platform strategy. I can see why now!
Makes perfect sense. Most households here in Japan only have one TV which is either in the living or dining room. You might get a small TV in a bedroom but it's rare and for those in small apartments (one room) this might be a better experience than playing on a small TV.
I'm sure there's a few cases of parents not understanding the product but they're not the ones preordering them, I'm sure.
Totoki is a pure finance guy and will likely appoint someone in his mould.
People I know who've worked with him say he's very data-driven and he's a very effective decision-maker (not always a strong trait of Japanese business). Let's see.
I've been living in Japan for the most part since 2001 and like a lot of places, Kabukicho has been cleaned up a lot. Still, you can have a lot of fun there and if you want to see the real Kabukicho, it gets a lot more interesting after the trains stop running for the night.
"We’ve known for quite some time that Sony, in its current guise, doesn’t care much for its core consumers"
This is inflammatory, speculative, click-baitery and pretty much baseless - wrapped in a bow for people who love to overreact. I guess pretty much on point for the gaming-entitled sect you've been fostering around recently. Though let's not go into the mixed signals - Sony can't do no wrong (sales figures, exclusives) - Sony sucks (pretty much everything else) - but hey, that's what passes/parses for journalism these days.
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Re: Layoffs Hit Gearbox Staff Hours After Embracer Sale
@Duck_Farmer I'm sure she must really appreciate your snarkiness as she loses her job.
Re: Jeff Minter Takes Centre Stage in Digital Eclipse's Next PS5, PS4 Interactive Documentary
Looks amazingly awesome. And very well-deserved.
Re: Ultra-Rare GBA Side-Scroller Ninja Five-O Will Be Resurrected for PS5, PS4
Oh, I was playing this the other day after checking out some other ninja related titles. Seemed alright.
Re: Google Engineers Hack PS Portal to Run Emulated PSP Games
@mazzel but I can't play my entire Steam library on my Steamdeck. There are plenty of games that are not compatible or at best, compromised.
Re: Xbox Is Bringing Four Exclusives to PS5, But It Won't Say Which
@EVIL-C thanks for the negativity and the implication that a trusted business partner of mine sucks at his job. Kinda renders the rest of your take as irrelevant (to me, at least).
Re: Xbox Is Bringing Four Exclusives to PS5, But It Won't Say Which
@get2sammyb I had dinner last night with an executive from Sony (who interestingly had a year at Microsoft sandwiched between his 2 stints at Sony) and he explained there is zero buzz within Sony about Xbox and the potential cross-platform strategy. I can see why now!
Re: Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (PS5) - Storytelling Great Has Gameplay to Match
@Resurrected-X460 I remember it! One of my favorites of the PS3 era.
Re: Microsoft Has Apparently Been Stocking Up on PS5 Devkits as Xbox Pivots
If you can't beat 'em...
Re: Could Sony, Hideo Kojima's Physint Be the First Announced PS6 Game?
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Re: Shuhei Yoshida Eyes 'Pokemon with Guns' Phenomena Palworld for PS5
@KundaliniRising333 here comes Mr. Fun Pants!
Re: WWE 2K24 Celebrates 40 Years of WrestleMania, Out for PS5, PS4 on 8th March
PS4.... I think we need to finish it's story.
Re: New Star GP Blends Retro Style, Arcade Driving, and Sim Elements in Unique F1 Racer
Ohhh. Looks tight like a tiger.
Re: Days Gone Dev on New PS5 Exclusive: We're Cooking
So... They're making a cooking game?
Re: New Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, and More On the Way in Huge SEGA Announcement
F YEAH! Now that's an announcement!
Re: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story Is Digital Eclipse's Next Interactive Documentary
Holy cow! And sheep! And llama! That's an amazing lineup. Gameplay overload! Time to trip out!
Re: The Brilliant Atari 50 Adds 12 More Games in Free Holiday Update, Available Now
Liberal application of the word classic
Re: PlayStation Has Helped Plant Over Half a Million Trees in the Last Year
@AnVold and what did YOU do?
Re: Life is Strange Crosses Hella Impressive 20 Million Player Mark
You don't remember Remember Me?
Re: PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for November 2023 Available Now on PS5, PS4
No recommendation for Klonoa? Sheesh!
Re: Forget Kong, GameMill's The Walking Dead: Destinies Could Be Amongst 2023's Worst
First zombie game to be made by zombies?
Re: The Last of Us 2 PS5 Remaster Leaks, Has a Brand New Survival Mode, Cut Levels
"Cut levels" is a bit clickbaity, no?
Surely lost levels, as in the report itself, would be better.
Re: 14 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Coming Next Week
Was not feeling it (except perhaps for Teardown) until I saw Klonoa Reverie Series! Nice!
Re: PS5 Arcade Racer Resistor Looks Like an Absolute Blast in This New Gameplay Trailer
Finding it hard to resist?
Re: Skipping RoboCop: Rogue City on PS5? You're Going to Need a New Plan
Your move creep.
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Really Does Load Ridiculously Quickly on PS5
@LifeGirl who's bragging? IGN and Push Square are reporting.
Re: Artistic PS5 Indie INDIKA Is Unlike Anything You've Seen Before
Likes alright innit
Re: Backflip to Reload in 'Motorvania' Laika: Aged Through Blood, Coming Soon to PS5, PS4
@Smiffy01 actually I thought it seemed reminiscent of the flash games from the 00s.
Re: Demand for PlayStation Portal Sky High in Japan, Pre-Orders Reportedly Sold Out
Makes perfect sense. Most households here in Japan only have one TV which is either in the living or dining room. You might get a small TV in a bedroom but it's rare and for those in small apartments (one room) this might be a better experience than playing on a small TV.
I'm sure there's a few cases of parents not understanding the product but they're not the ones preordering them, I'm sure.
Re: Who Is PlayStation's New CEO, Hiroki Totoki?
Totoki is a pure finance guy and will likely appoint someone in his mould.
People I know who've worked with him say he's very data-driven and he's a very effective decision-maker (not always a strong trait of Japanese business). Let's see.
Re: Feature: I Visited Yakuza's Real-Life Kamurocho, And Somehow Avoided an Ass Stomping
I've been living in Japan for the most part since 2001 and like a lot of places, Kabukicho has been cleaned up a lot. Still, you can have a lot of fun there and if you want to see the real Kabukicho, it gets a lot more interesting after the trains stop running for the night.
Re: Jim Ryan Retires as PlayStation Boss in March 2024
Well, Totoki is a pure finance guy so don't expect risk taking and creativity.
Re: Review: Velocity Ultra (PlayStation Vita)
How many other 9/10 games on this site have only 2 comments (now 3), both of which are basically negative?
Re: Contra: Operation Galuga PS5, PS4 Reimagines an Arcade Classic
Mmmmm.... might be alright.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Incredible PS5 Gameplay Trailer Gives 29th February Release Date
Looks amazing. I wonder where in the story it goes up to? Looks like it advances things quite far.
Re: PS5, PS4 Owners Are Understandably Irate with PS Plus Price Hike
"We’ve known for quite some time that Sony, in its current guise, doesn’t care much for its core consumers"
This is inflammatory, speculative, click-baitery and pretty much baseless - wrapped in a bow for people who love to overreact. I guess pretty much on point for the gaming-entitled sect you've been fostering around recently. Though let's not go into the mixed signals - Sony can't do no wrong (sales figures, exclusives) - Sony sucks (pretty much everything else) - but hey, that's what passes/parses for journalism these days.
Re: Mini Review: Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons (PS5) - A Roguelite Answer to Repetitive Beat-'Em-Ups
replaya-Billy-ty... Well done!
Re: Random: PlayStation Pasta Proves It's Fine to Play with Your Food
@Fizza well done. Very well done.
Re: The Making of Karateka Is the First in a Series of Playable PS5, PS4 Documentaries
That's an amazing idea and would love to see this be the norm for retro releases. Can't wait for this.
Re: Total Final Fantasy Franchise Sales at 180 Million
@Cordyceps do you have the record for having comments removed? You must be near the top of the leaderboard at least.
Re: Microsoft Planned to Conquer Japan with Square Enix Buyout, Eye-Opening Documents Reveal
@rjejr yeah, that's not a thing at all. Has been happening for years.
Re: Sony Spends a Fortune Getting an Assortment of Sports Stars to Explain Final Fantasy 16
A lot of miserable commentators on here. Gaming is just not for the nerds, y'know.
Re: Sony to Sell Charity Pack in MLB The Show 23 to Help Build New Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
@get2sammyb I feel the use of the word flogging is a bit inappropriate.
Re: Psychological Oil Rig Horror Still Wakes the Deep Plunges PS5 Next Year
Now that's what I'm talking about.
Re: Highly Stylised Racing RPG Resistor Looks Like a PS5 Winner
@ManifoldCuriosity first carPG right here: Racing Lagoon https://g.co/kgs/MidLv8
Re: Promising Indie Game Cocoon Will Launch on PS5, PS4
No relation to the 80s movie then?
Re: Mini Review: Nock (PSVR2) - Intensely Addictive Bow-and-Arrow Football
Reminds me of Trailblazer on the C64 (and then much later on the PS1)
Re: From the Maker of GRIS comes Neva, a Gorgeous, Solemn Adventure Game on PS5
Clearly the developers are fans of Princess Mononoke.
Re: Flashback 2 Will Fade to Black in November 2023 on PS5, PS4
@BusyOlf on the Speccy eh? Think you might be flashing back to a different Flashback.
Re: EA Sports PGA Tour (PS5) - Truly Stunning Sim Plays a Very Pretty Round of Virtual Golf
It's still no Leaderboard Golf...
Re: Spiritual Strider Sequel Cannon Dancer Osman Strikes PS5, PS4 Next Week
This. Is. Awesome!