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@Americansamurai1 - As someone who works at a company that’s embracing AI, AI isn’t going to be a job killer soon. It’s not as implemented as companies want us to believe. Most recent layoffs just use AI as an excuse so they can get rid of the high salaries from the pandemic and hire people back at lower salaries.

@CielloArc COVID definitely exposed weaknesses in global supply chains, but most acute bottlenecks (chips, shipping delays, port backups) have largely normalized. Today’s pressures are more about tariffs, geopolitical instability, and energy costs than factories shutting down from COVID.

@CielloArc - Eh, the vast majority of issues from COVID has been resolved now. 2023 and 2024 everyone was basically caught up and back to normal. What we’re seeing now are supply chain issues from AI and the war in Iran.

@Sketti - I doubt he’s doing 40 full play thoughs as a gamer would. He’s still doing work, so I would be very surprised if he’s not using any of the dev or testing tools to speed up the play throughs when necessary.

Keep in mind, he’s likely playing this game in their dev/qa environment so he probably has tools/features that allow him to jump around the game quicker than a normal play through. Whether that’s just enabling cheats or actually jumping to different parts of the game.

@Oram77 There are similarities to FFX, but Expedition 33 had more strategy to when/how to execute moves and limited you in which spells and attacks you can use. The only thing similar to FFX was seeing who’s turn was next.

@IntrepidWombat - Probably 2027, I wouldn’t be surprised if we got it holiday 2026. They had most of the assets done from Rebirth and they were doing development as Rebirth released.

The author of this article completely missed the point of how much of an impact playing games on the original (recreated) hardware has on nostalgia. It’s not the same playing these games on PS5, unless perhaps if you use Neo Geo controllers on the PS5.

@johnedwin - I’m playing the Switch 2 version now, outside of Diana’s hair not rendered perfectly, it looks great and runs perfectly. I could have got the PS5 version, but when I played the Switch 2 Demo it was a significant difference.

@TheEnygma - Hey! I’m an American and I didn’t elect him! It was those “other” Americans! Or “Mericans” as we call them.😆

@ThatOtherNewGuy - Yearly? The same people complaining about the price of PS5 are not buying a new phone yearly. If they are they’re trading in their phone, or have some sort of contract to get a yearly upgrade. Most people are keeping phones 2-5 years these days, as phones don’t have significant annual updates like they did 15+ years ago.

@carlos82 - A crash seems pretty sensational, but I can definitely see the PS6 sales struggling bigly if they chose to release in 2027. They may need to consider waiting until RAM production can catch up to AI demand or the AI bubble to deflate a bit.

Maybe deeper discounts are offered to people who haven’t purchased anything for awhile? Or maybe vice versa?

@carlos82 - There really isn’t any noticeable latency from my experience.

@Gedrick - Honestly, it’s probably a good way to get someone who hasn’t played a sports game from that franchise to try out the most recent version for cheap. If that person likes 2K25 they may end up buying 2K26.

@UltimateOtaku91 - Lollers “things are going to get worse for Nintendo.” You act like the Switch 2 had a Wii U level of decline in sales. If Nintendo produces great games, the console will sell itself… unless it goes up some obnoxious amount in price.

@Rich33 - Why would anything be set in stone if there is a delay? That gives them more time to reevaluate what tech would be available around their delayed target date. If we’re talking 2028 as a target release, then sure the specs are probably solidified by now or will be soon. But if they’re expecting 2029 or 2030, I would hope they’d have some alternatives so they’re not releasing underwhelming hardware.

@Rich33 - Just because it gets delayed to 2028 or beyond doesn’t mean that the specs won’t be barely above the PS5 Pro. It’s plausible to consider that they take into account that the extra time in release means they can provide a more powerful console.

@Porco - I agree with you. I think Nintendo did it the right way, they went 8 years before releasing new hardware. They pushed the Switch until the hardware sales started to trail off before finally releasing new hardware. People were begging for the past 5 years for a pro model or a hard refresh. Sony needs to do something similar, hold out until PS5 sales start declining and people are begging for new hardware.

@ButterySmooth30FPS - No, this would be a “why do I need a 2026 Honda Civic, when my 2020 Honda Civic works fine” conversation.

@Haruki_NLI - Did you forget that outside of a couple PS5 exclusives, the PS4 was still supported for the first year or two of this gen? This will more than likely be a dual release if the PS6 even releases in 2027, but with the increasing difficulty for companies to secure components to build hardware the PS6 could be pushed back another year or two.

I own it on PS2, I haven’t played it. I bought it many years ago for cheap. I should see what the fuss is all about. 😆

@Grumps859 - No more padding than the original FF7.

@Nepp67 - Yeah the early part of the game isn’t too exciting and it does take some time getting used to the battle system.

But once you get more into the gambit system it gets more fun with customization if the characters.

@Nepp67 - How far into FF12 are you? It took me a bit to get into it when I first played it back in 2006-07. It was a radical departure from the series turn based formula at the time. When I played it again in 2020 I loved it, it was a nice hybrid of the old ATB system and action based.

@Stepan - Ah, I didn’t see the person you were responding to about playing existing discs. I don’t know, it really depends on what the disc drive can read. If it can read cd’s, DVD’s and BluRay maybe there is hope we’ll be able to play existing games. I share your doubt it’ll happen, unless it’s an easy feature to implement.

Letting people play their existing games would take away from subscription revenue for PS Plus to play those old games off their service.

@Stepan - Current rumors are that the PS6 probably won’t ship with a disc drive, but one will be available if people wish to continue with physical media.

@PegasusActual93 - Honestly, I don’t understand the frustration. There is a lot of great content out there and lot of great games that get remastered frequently.

@PegasusActual93 - Because there is obviously a demand for them. Hell, even I bought a couple of the old Sega CD re-releases for Switch. Why don’t these old FMV games deserve to be rediscovered? They’re a part of gaming history, also nobody is forcing you or anyone to purchase them.

@PegasusActual93 - it’s nostalgia. Yeah, these games are awful, but experiencing them again or even for the first time can take you back to that carefree wonder of that era.

As someone who gets limited playtime, sometimes I just want to cruise through a game to get through the story than repeat boss fights over and over because I suck at the game. Not saying this was the case for me with FF7R, but with Horizon I did tweak the difficulty settings to get through those games quicker.

@Gamer83 - I think adding Switch 2 as one of the platforms will help increase sales, however, it’ll be interesting to see how much that cuts into PS5 sales since many gamers own both. I don’t know that Xbox will add much either way.

@DennisReynolds - I’m more optimistic for a late 2026 release. I recall reading something in the past year that the voice actors have started recording dialogue for Part 3. When you also factor in that the most of the graphical assets have been already created from the first two installments part 3 shouldn’t take as long to develop as the first two.

@Rich33 - Personally I have enjoyed the FF7R games so far. Rebirth in my opinion was fantastic. Sure it had a lot of open world padding, but the original had that to an extent as well. My biggest complaint with Rebirth was how long they dragged out the final dungeon.

@Porco - Now that we’re almost a month out from launch, I have seen people preferring to play on Switch 2 over the Steamdeck.

I can’t stand old school turn based combat anymore, like in FF1-9, it’s too slow for my liking. But I would love if Square took the series back to the faster paced command driven systems like FFX or FFXIII, or even take the counter system from Expedition 33.

If they don’t want to go fully turn based again, the FF7R series is a good hybrid between command driven and action based.

@Porco - At least wait for reviews before proclaiming it’ll be the worst way to play the game. Geesh. 😆

@Porco - I think you miss the nuance that it’s impressive because it’s a handheld, not a dedicated console. Even if the Switch is producing output comparable to a PS4/PS4 Pro that’s sufficient for 1st party games and good enough to get plenty of ports. I will always own a Nintendo console and a PlayStation console, so I don’t mind if Switch 2 is under powered.

I can’t really do old school turn based combat anymore. I grew out of enjoying it in the years between Bravely Default and Bravely Default 2, it just feels slow. With that said, I loved FFX and FFXIII’s implementation of its turn based system, it was fast paced and fun.

I hope the next mainline FF game takes a hybrid approach like the FF7R games.

Honestly, I can see the PS6 being the last gen that has the ability to have a built in disc drive before Sony attempts to only offer a disc drive attachment. I don’t think physical media will go away permanently until the majority of the markets they sell in have high speed broadband.