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@oOShodanOo I don't think it matters to them if enough people have fast enough internet.

I'm really loving my psportal, but at the same time I wish I could play games natively. There are times where I've been playing a game for 45 minutes straight, the connection is lost and my progress is completely gone (as there is no save option). Yeah. Pretty annoying. If they make a good handheld, I'll buy it in a heartbeat.

@aj21009 I get it in that particular case. We're talking about a huge company with tons of projects (DC). But what else does Deus Ex Dev have? Would a tax write off help when they're forced to have massive layoffs?

@Oram77 even if it doesn't break even, by not finishing and releasing it, they most certainly will be hundreds of millions in the red.

I really don't understand this logic. You spend hundreds of millions on a game, it's almost complete and then you decide to cancel it.

Why? How? What?!

Added to the wishlist. The only option I get on ps app is "announced".

Well, technically I did try it for like 5 seconds, so I guess I was one of those millions of players.

@Divergent95 definitely won't. Thanks!

@Divergent95 wasn't aware of that. How utterly disappointing. At least I know not to invest in the next one.

Wow! It keeps getting better. Two of the best games (for me) they've added so far. Usually I'm somewhat interested in only one of them. Amazing news.

So in a few years, when I eventually buy it, it'll be much cheaper and work as intended, right?

@gigiard I think the difference is that Babylon's Fall wasn't well received by gamers and critics alike, unlike Marathon.

@Northern_munkey yup. Some people really get upset when the world doesn't revolve around them. I'm not interested in shooters or mulitplayer games in general, but I have so many other options, that to demand that every game released is to my liking is simply insane.

@McDosy America is cool until it isn't.

@Hylian-Likely like when he "decided to SHUTTER the world's largest provider of lifesaving humanitarian aid"? https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/issues/making-foreign-aid-work/human-impact-of-usaid-cuts/

@rjejr yup. As opposed to Jeff Bezos' ex wife, who keeps donating tens of millions (so, she's the exception that proves the rule). All of these people could very well help humanity, but choose to hurt it even further instead.

This is a prime example of why lay-offs are a pretty big deal that some people tend to dismiss so easily because they don't like the game associated with it.

@Northern_munkey the furthest thing!

@Northern_munkey oh, man. I remember some of your posts where you mentioned that you were planning on buying a PSVR2 mainly for GT7 and now you finally did it! Glad to hear it's living up to your expectations. Every time I play a game you recommended (I've enjoyed all of them so far), I feel incredibly grateful.

@Brigurugi indeed. Why should people be paid for their work anyway?

Good news, though to be honest, as a huge fan I would have bought it no matter what. If it leads to a proper action/action RPG, even better.

If I could trade it in my ps5, I totally would (mostly for PSVR2 games), but I don't think there was such an option in my country.

@tangyzesty people beg to differ. It was much better received than the first one and sold well.

@LogicStrikesAgain but remember how much they were subsidising ps3 back in the day? They were losing a ton of money on each console sold, the company kept shrinking, people were talking about bankruptcy and now we keep hearing about record profits.

I think they have a different strategy than they used to. It’s closer to Nintendo’s, i.e. sell everything at a profit no matter what.

Remember, they used to say that out of the 10 games they make, only 6 are profitable but they make enough money to cover the cost of the rest. Now if a game doesn’t deliver the numbers they want, they close the studio down.

I think it’s a substantially different Sony. And if you leave out the losses from all the GaaS they made, their profits would be even higher. So they could definitely shoulder the costs. The problem is the investors who have radically changed how PlayStation operates.

@themightyant that actually makes a lot of sense.

@amatmulisha I blame all the people who voted for him as well as everyone who said the other side is just as bad, so I won't vote for either.

@Sakai ps5 sells close to nothing in Japan, so if we're subsidizing, it ain't much.

@LogicStrikesAgain Sony is in a different kind of business. When a company sells ram, they only make a profit from that sale. When Sony sells a console, they make a fortune from games, DLC, MTX, subscriptions, etc.

R.I.P., Playstation. You had a good run

Are they actively trying to kill their brand?

@brakeman90 I used it just to do skelly's last challenge and immediately regretted it for making it way too easy. But I never went back

Finally! It's gonna be a day 1 for sure.

@PuppetMaster excellent point. They cry for smaller games until they're actually released.

@LifeGirl yet games that cost that much sell millions of copies in a single week. I don't buy games at such prices either, but publishers don't care about us, as long millions of people buy their games day 1 at any price. The whole video game crash is something I've been hearing for a decade now (if not more) and hasn't happened. The reason we hear about closures more and more is that we have way too many games coming out and only so many can get people's attention.

@species how many people buy a console for Slay the Spire as opposed to Spider-man or God of War? This is why Sony spends so much money on first party games. First and foremost, they need to move consoles, so that their consoles can attract most gamers who mainly play third party games and spend a ton on DLC and MTX.

@Kelrics90 "How has that worked out for Concord, Highgaurd, Dustborn, Saint's Row Reboot, Suicide Squad, etc? Critically acclaimed, no, shilled by Game journalists, but didn't sell well.

Pretty safe to say woke ideology isn't welcomed by a majority of gamers."

Dear God. They clear don't teach reading comprehension any more, do they?

Also, I love how when a game flops, it's because it's woke (as if most games actually succeed). Do you honestly believe that if they weren't "woke" they'd sell well? Be honest for just a second.

@species Slay the Spire 2 is the exception that proves the rule. Most indie games don't perform anywhere near as well.

@Leetware1 "I get it’s bluesky and as such already untrustworthy"

Hilarious.

@twitchtvpat not necessarily. We can’t assume they always make the right decisions. Nor that they were wrong in this particular case.

@Yor-sama slop be slopping with its slopping slop slop slop.

@KundaliniRising333 no matter how much you fight it, someone else will do it. Even it's banned in Europe but not in China, we all know people will use the one available.

I was willing to give Sony the benefit of the doubt, but no more. Leadership has clearly made one too many terrible decisions. Someone else need to take over already.

@KonstantTrouble yeah, man. The only logical conclusions. Nothing else.

@Yomv7t this is such a complex matter that all I'm gonna say is it's best discussed somewhere else.

@Globo true, true. I think a Telltale/Until Dawn kind of game would be a great choice.

@Globo you do not have to cook meth. The heart of the show was Walter and how he navigated all these tough positions he found himself in. How he won people over, deceived them, used whatever thing he could find to his advantage.

People here seem to have very limited imagination. There are so many ways you can make a great video game out of literally anything.

@gigiard but isn't grammar checked by proofreaders? So, jobs would still being replaced by AI. I think the whole thing is incredibly nuanced. On the one hand, I totally get it. On the other, I feel bad for the people being affected.

@Yousef- very well said. Also, I say that as someone who has complete job security (since I have tenure). But I can't ignore the impact it has on some people's lives.

@nomither6 indeed. And much worse.