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Given the choice most devs would probably want their game on as many platforms as possible, and bring their art to as many people as possible.

That said there is something about designing and building a game to get the most out of one system, optimising it for the specific hardware. Look at Breath of the Wild.

@get2SammyB I feel you are comparing apples to oranges somewhat here. It's not a fair balanced comparison. $1.2bn is Sony's share of THEIR first party games on PC, whereas $7bn is everyone's games.

A fairer comparison would be versus their own first party which was just 7.8% of all the games they sold last quarter. Yes PC would still be a small fraction of that, but it would be far better than comparing PC versus their whole business revenue.

Still I agree Sony still have decisions to make on if, when and how they come to PC. Personally I think exclusives still sell consoles and as they make most of their money on PSN through third party games they want people on PlayStation. But for Multiplayer games go day 1, but for single player maybe never release or at least a larger delay.

Many gifts seem forgotten by the time January comes. There's an AWFUL lot of plastic tat on sale, is this any worse? Kids like what they like.

@Lukeded yes you are right, got those two muddled. The point still stands their all worthwhile

I watched this the other day, fascinating interview on the difficulties of porting retro games. One of the most insightful I’ve seen. Well worth a watch.

This has looked great at every showing. Loved the vibe first, but now the action looks insane too. Hopefully they can pull it off, could be big.

Looks good. But knowing what I know now about the time sinks these are, all the dark patterns to keep you hooked, I’m not sure I’ll ever start a new Hoyoverse game again.

@Lukeded I think they all have their pros and cons. Dice is great voted for by Devs - tends ro leans towards indies; BAFTA you have to have played the games and they have a proper jury arguing it out - also swings indie; Golden Joysticks is fan mostly fan voted but a bit of a popularity contest, TGAs is the largest critic jury with over 100 publications snd channels. I think it’s good we have them all.

Really enjoyed F.I.S.T. (Stupid name aside) especially the world and setting, definitely up for more. A pleasant surprise.

@Lukeded I suspect it will be on many outlets and awards GOTY lists. But for The Game Awards specifically the final episodes hadn't released right before their voting cut-off. Reviewers won't have played the full game, making it hard to vote for. Alanah Pearce, who's also a VA in the game, made a great video about that. Timestamped. Though the whole video's worth a watch imo.

Very cool, but also not what I want.

@AhabSpampurse Bummed? That was from the other guy.

I've never seen Hellraiser, but that looks amazing. Still not sure it's my cup of tea (milky without major scares please) but... maybe.

I've been highly critical of the state of the game at launch - honestly THE buggiest experience I have had in years - but that has to be presented with the understanding of making a game while your country is a warzone. HUGE respect to the team for even getting to that state.

Regardless, as a consumer, I will keep waiting for the game to be in the best state possible before diving in again. I am glad I got to try it on Game Pass, else I might have felt bitter.

@Toot1st You didn't see all the hate for the recent Lara Croft animation... ok then. But back when those characters were created there wasn't the same vocal hatred you see now.

Regardless whether Aloy is subjectively a boring character or not doesn't justify the sort of hate that it gets. There are PLENTY of boring male protagonists but they don't get the same treatment, do they?

You are right. But there's a simple and valid reason for that. Most franchises don't sell 40 million after 2 mainline entries (and 2 minor spin-offs). It's similar treatment to Uncharted, The Last of Us, Spider-man. When other franchises start showing the same sales potential as these IP I am sure they will be treated the same.

Female protagonist, optionally gay/bi in game, outspoken lefty VA. Nah, no correlation... /s

That's not to say there aren't valid criticisms of the games, there are, but I see the same old hateful rhetoric far too often in amongst it all.

It's entirely fair to say you don't like the games, you do you, but I see far too many people attempt some mental gymnastics to suggest it's not a HUGE success. It's wild. Constant moving of the goalposts of what is and isn't a success being the obvious red flag.

That all said, as someone that likes the series, I HOPE Horizon 3 is the end of a Trilogy and then the talented folks at Guerilla move onto a new IP, at least for a while. By the time #3 releases they will have been working on Horizon for around 15-20 years, that's a long time as a creative, and working on something fresh and new should be more invigorating.

Not sure I need a constant reminder of how many hours i've put into Genshin tbh!

Affordable is always relative. I do think this will be more than a PS5, but cheaper than a Pro.

It's primarily aiming at the PC market where that price will undercut all other comparable options. You won't be able to build a PC with the same performance for the same price. That alone will make it worthwhile to some. Add on top convenience, with a console-like user interface, and an under the TV experience and it will find a niche.

That is a beautiful! I honestly thought the version they were showing initially was the premium hardcover version, but it's not, that's shown later. £32... hmmm. Might just bite!

@bluemage1989 You make fair points, and I can see it both ways. I just feel it shouldn't have released on PS4 if they weren't going to support it much more than a year.

@bluemage1989 And what about the people who have paid plenty for the game through MTX who are being cut off less than a year and a half from release? F2P doesn't necessarily mean free.

I agree it's less egregious for a F2P title, but feel they shouldn't have released on PS4 at all if they were going to announce it's cancellation within a year.

@REALAIS @bluemage1989 GOOD POINT. Doh!

On reflection: I do have less issue for a F2P game to do it that a premium title. But it's still not great is it?

Not a good look. While I can empathise with struggling to maintain games on older hardware - as well as being held back by it - but they should have considered this before releasing on PS4.

Question: Does the PS4 copy entitle you to a free upgrade to the PS5 version? That is the least they should do, though it won't help people who are still on PS4.

While it’s disappointing, this is the same every year and so not a surprise.

With the regulation changes in 2026 and cars looking and handling quite differently that seems like the year that needed a new game imo.

Most other years I wish they would just tweak it and add updated driver lineups / car liveries etc.

I used to buy games just because they were at a good price and engaged heavily in sales like this. But my backlog grew so big, and slightly oppressive, that I only buy if I am likely to play it in the next few months. The sales will come again, probably at lower prices.

Damn it, there's a few there I haven't gotten around to. But i've got other games i'd rather play. That's often the problem with these services.

I GENUINELY hope this creates a shake up in the COD formula, it's been pretty stale for a long time now.

@Kairuuu Indeed. Yes, 12 nominations is a new record. Though it can only win a maximum of 10 awards, as 3 are in the same category for best performance. This is the same number of categories / potential wins as TLOU2 (11 noms, 2 for best performance, 7 wins) and God of War: Ragnarok (11 noms, 2 for best performance, 6 wins). It will be interesting to see how it does against those games.

Personally as a huge E33 fan I can see it winning at least 7 of those categories easily.

@Enuo I think he gave up his place to E33 after it was snubbed at the Grammys

@orvisbean101 @get2sammyb TLOU2 I think with 7. Just checking.

Yes that's correct. God of War: Ragnarok 6, BG3 both had 6 wins

I can see E33 winning at least 7 of 10 noms EASILY. But I loved it.

Agreed. Who would you give it to? Nominations?

• Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles
• Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion
• Suikoden 1+2
• Tony Hawks 3+4
• Metal Gear Delta
• Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

I'm probably missing something obvious (EDIT: Mario Galaxy 2!) but honourable mentions: Xenoblade Chronicles X, DQ1+2 HD, Talos Principle. I haven't included Switch 2 Editions.

I put Expedition 33 as winning virtually every category + Jennifer English & Lorien Testard.

Hades 2, Silksong, Despelote, The Alters, DK Bananza, Split Fiction, GTA6 among the few to scrape an award.

Expedition 33 made me feel like I felt in the 90s when a new Final Fantasy arrived. From the first moment of booting it up and just sitting on the title screen listing to the music through to the end credits it was a special experience. Nothing quite came close, though Silksong was closest.

Won't know until I see the film, but in terms of looks they fit. Zelda and Impa especially, but Link is a better match than I thought from his headshots.

Artists at these companies need to have a say in how AI is deployed.

That's making the ASSUMPTION that this was a top down decision and not a creative led one. In my experience a lot of these sorts of decisions are made BY busy creatives who are trying to hit deadlines by cutting corners on relatively insignificant things (like Reward Cards and Icons)

Good for them. I'm not a fan of episodic gaming, but their method, 2 episodes a week for 4 weeks is much better than others we have seen in the past.

I can also see the benefits of being part of "the conversation" for a little longer as articles and coverage is increased with each release.

NateTheHate is far more reliable than many leakers who just seem like pot stirrers. I’d expect the announcement imminently.

While that is true, it's also true that first party only accounted for around 7.8% of units sold so that 2% is still likely a reasonable percentage of revenue when looked at per game.

Better than nothing. £10 off a PS Portal, or brings the 20th anniversary version to £199 the same as the base model.

Let's be honest the Steam Deck is brilliant, but it has sold circa 4 million units. By console standards that would be an utter flop. But it's not it's just a low volume device.

I expect Steam Machine to be similar, especially with those specs which look behind a PS5 (with PS6 likely launching within 2 years) and the price likely to be higher too.

@Ainu20 That's what I meant. Nomination only, last year he might have won. (Although I would have given it to Alec Newman for Still wakes the Deep)

Also completely agree for English / Maelle

That sounds atrocious.

EDIT: I wonder if behind the scenes they are focussing on one year on, one year off, for effort in CoD campaigns

@Oram77 I'm not saying Yotei shouldn't be in the list, was just agreeing with the other OP that "competition is tough this year".

Wukong never should have been nominated for GOTY imo, but that's OK we all like different things.

@Ainu20 Indiana Jones could have won several awards last year... this year not so much. Troy Baker for best VA maybe.

@ShadowRJ And that ain't the half of it, Split-Fiction, Blue Prince, KCD2, Seance of Blake Manor, Dispatch, Despolte, Sword of the Sea, and others all scored as much or higher than Yotei's 86.

@Oram77 GOTY E33 but not best RPG? That makes no sense.

This is only the first part of the story. The second part is how much support the Nintendo Switch & Switch 2 get from Japanese developers, there are many games that never come to PlayStation. They want to pull back those developers to their Platform, but they need more units sold.

While a lot of Japanese games never make it to our shores, some undoubtedly will, so I see this as a good thing as, if successful, we will get more Japanese games on PlayStation.

@Rich33 @cainhurst94 @Rich33 Sorry butting into this conversation. (not sorry )

I think Pro was marketed fine. It isn't really a device aimed at casuals who might be disappointed with it. Enthusiasts won't be looking at Sony marketing beats to decide if they want to buy it, they will be looking at Digital Foundry and other similar channels. Advertising it heavily would have been throwing money down the drain.

As for Astro and "no major IPs" context is crucial, but unfortunately people always take things out of context... especially gamers online and in forums trying to score points. The actual quote was

it wouldn't release "any new major existing franchise titles" like Spider-man 2 or God of War before April 2025

The context was this was in a fiscal report for INVESTORS who have a vested in interest in knowing if PlayStation had any major IP that might perhaps sell 5-10+ million units. It wasn't a marketing beat.

Bear in mind AstroBot was tiny before this, likely selling only a few hundred thousand units on PSVR, it wouldn't have been considered a major IP before. Moreover as good as it is, it hasn't sold 5-10 million units yet. They can't lie to investors and what they said was true, it isn't a slight on Astro Bot.

The trouble nowadays is things on investor calls and documents are now reported in the press, if it seems tone deaf it's likely because it wasn't intended for our ears, it was aimed at business.

Checkmate! 😁