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It's sad that the franchise has kind of become the Star Wars of video games. Who likes it is dumb and who doesn't is a hater.

And reading some reviews, it looks like this is going the Sony/PlayStation side as well with some almost saying it's a crime for Sony to charge what they want for this game and that's clear that Sony only cares about money now.

As much as I love the franchise (1 and Part 2 are some of my favorite games), Naughty Dog needs to leave the IP for other media for a while after Factions release (which for sure will generate a whole new discussion) and focus on new things.

But there's no denying that it's funny that this only happens with video games. It would be interesting to see people complaining that they should pay less when a movie is re-released in theaters or when it goes from one format to another (DVD to Bluray, for example)

Sony must be run by Chino Moreno at this point, because no other company in the market is this tone deaf.

@Beerheadgamer82 - The second one is rumored the be in third person

It's the DIRT 5 crossplay (only for faster matchmaking) or the GRID Legends cross-play (people can actually create parties and custom races with friends)?

@Relygon - It seems that 1440p with VRR is not supported by HDMI. Sony would need to implement full AMD FreeSync support on the OS to enable that.

(hence there's no monitor with 1440p without FreeSync or gSync in the market)

The PlayStation software engineering team must consist of a maximum of 2 or 3 people. It's the only explanation for features taking so long to add. Apart from the fact that Sony consoles only have 2 major firmware updates per year.

He probably works on/for YouTube, as others already mentioned.

Looks like a Battle Royale is in (and they would be quite dumb to not include that since it fits the setting).

Seems fair, it's the same timeframe as NSO

The fact that Greg Miller (pretty much) never does that is interesting. He always comments on other people's rumors, but it's very rare for him to claim he's heard anything himself.

Anyway, I think Capcom would be a much better buy, but you can't deny that Final Fantasy is huge for the PlayStation brand

We're living in crazy times where things good end consumers is something to be suspicious of because it can generate more work for those who make the games.

I think we need to start asking car manufacturers to stop making safety belts and ABS, it is a lot of work for those who are on the assembly line.

No Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring and Gran Turismo 7? Trash month!

I really don't know how themes would work since each game takes the whole screen with their own "backgrounds"

I really think it's time for massive changes at Polyphony. Since GT5 (some would argue that's since GT4) the company has gone downhill.

As much as the core/gameplay of the games are good, this is not enough to have a good game these days. Polyphony took 5 years to make GT7 and the game still came out with little content when compared to PS1 and PS2 games. It's time for Sony to bring someone who wants to make a game, not just random software that has cars.

These "stability" updates probably always add something in the background, but Sony doesn't enable them until a later date.

The screenshot upload to PS App probably came in one of those without any alarm.

By the way, what people really expected from this since Sony already stated that Day 1 First pARTY releases on a service isn't a thing to them.

Sony shouldn't make any changes to their services. Anything they do that doesn't match Game Pass will be treated as a failure by everyone.

PD confirmed that it will be added to GT7 in a future update.

It doesn't seems to be a bad update, but when people need to wait six months for a new firmware update, they expect a lot more.

Sony needs to up their game in this regard. Updates should arrive every two to three months max.
I don't know if the the firmware team has five people or something like that, but more resources need to be spent on this.

Is full cross-play confirmed? They said that Dirt 5 also had it but it was not even possible to invite friends from other platforms in that game. It only served to fill random lobbies faster.

This is the initial support, it seems. On the Discord blog:

"We’re excited to continue our partnership with PlayStation and explore how we can collectively create great shared experiences for your friends and communities."

This as pretty much expected, no? Factions will be one. Twisted Metal too. I bet the game from Jade Raymond will be as well.

At least so far looks like Sony isn't moving their "traditional" studios to do that (besides Naughty Dog, but even they already confirmed that multiple projects are in the works)

Damn, so many disrespect for Sony's biggest IP.

An football game with a good Pro Clubs Mode (11x11) with cross-play would be more enough for me.

Looks like Sony rolled back. I guess it might arrive in a official form this week still.

Didn't Sony renewed their COD contract back in 2020 when the new generation arrived? I'm pretty sure that Modern Warfare 2019 was the last game of that 2015- contract. But Warzone, Cold War and Vanguard still had marketing from Sony.

I don't care much about older/retro games. More big third party/indie releases would the thing that adds value to me.

Games like The Pathless, Kena, Sifu, Stray and so on releasing Day One in a service would be really, really nice.

I'm really looking forward to it because of cross-play. It's horrible to use the voice-chat that some games provide, and there are few.

Just better third parties and indies than what they have been adding to Plus would already be enough for me. Microsoft has been killing with third party releases straight to Game Pass, Sony needs to run after those deals as well.

That price is actually kinda low for a high spec racing wheel these days. Fanatec's official F1 wheel costs almost €2K (for the wheel alone).

Isn't this rumored to be Free To Play?

Well, job listings on Lucid's website mentions that they're working in a new game for a "world-leading platform holder".

Here's some elements of the game (that now we know it's TM)

• Open World
• Multiplayer (PVE and PVP, with narrative elements)
• RPG systems (and RPG economy).

It's probably related with the contract Polyphony has with FIA. GT Sport required an awalys online connection because it was Polyphony's only way to see if qualifying times users made for championships (which are officially approved by FIA) were not modified in any way.

They could make two different modes for GT7, one offline and one online, but I think a lot of people would complain that playing online doesn't add XP and money for the offline one, and vice versa.

Isn't Oct. 5th the day that PS Plus games will be added?

Definitely more/better games and more features. Unlimited cloud save and cloud space for videos and screenshots would also be welcome.

Andy Robinson from VGC also said that he heard some rumors about a new Twisted Metal

@Mepics - So far yes. They said that some new modes are planned to be sold as DLCs. So people can buy only the modes they are interested in.

Both Operation Tango and Virtua Fighter would release in the service, by the way.

Another user said on that thread that it will be a game on a new genre/style for the series... So an musou or souls-like game.

Looks like there's a lot of features, such as the possibility to turn off HDR on games/apps that don't support it.

This would likely result in termination of the contract if we were seeing the Sony of the PS1 and PS2 era.

Even though the contract was made directly with MLB, it is a bad joke how amateurish Sony PR is. To the point of the entire industry already being sure who treats their consumers well, and who does not.

@Oscarjpc - Yes, I know that there are still those who buy PS3 games, but realistically speaking, it must be less than 10% of PS4 and PS5 owners. Sony must have these numbers, and are taking those actions based on that.

What pisses me off the most is that Sony has not yet made any effort to bring these games to the PS5.

It's a shame, but I doubt that it will affect the general public, even more that the games will still be downloadable. I doubt that most PS4 and PS5 owners have purchased several PS3 games in recent years.

Just to remember that Mediatonic is part of Tonic Game Group, a group with more than 250 employees (aiming to have more than 400 in the coming years). Epic bought the whole Tonic Game Group, and not just the Fallguys studio.

Sony just need to stop to announce games so early. That God Of War reveal in 2020 was extremely unnecessary if they already knew that wouldn't show any more of the game in the next 6 to 8 months.

I would like to have more news, but I think that saving everything for a big stream around the E3 season (June/July) is a good strategy.

I just hope that Sony actually delivers when whatever they decide to do an event. Their silence builds up hype.

It wasn't just PSN that went off the air for a few minutes... Steam, XBL, Origin and etc. also went down for some people.

I think they're already working on another game, alongside GOW Ragnarok. One of their directors confirmed that the team is expanding:

https://twitter.com/theshroffage/status/1351632953198084099

I mean, that was pretty much certain since all PS4 saves work on PS5 via BC and God Of War already had an uncapped frame rate option on PS4 Pro.

The new party system is a disaster. Who the hell think that was a good idea?