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People saying this is training people to upskirt must also believe that call of duty trains mass shooters.

Twitter strikes again. Or is it Bluesky now?

Also I keep noticing people bringing up Japan? This game was made in China. Talk about complete ignorance of the subject.

@Jimmer-jammer
Yeah here you go. I got this tablet from some guy named 4 Chan.

@CupidStunt
So now you're assuming anyone who didn't enjoy the narrative is just too stupid to "get" it?

I managed to get through BL3 but couldn't do the same with the Tiny Tina game. Maybe if I played through it on mute.

@CupidStunt
TLOU2 was released just a few years after what many consider to be a gaming masterpiece so of course it was going to sell monumentality by name alone. Again, we will see if ND's name and pedigree will help push this new IP but I and many others were turned off by their last attempt. While we may have purchased TLOU2 on good faith, ND has lost this faith and will have to earn it back with the next game. There likely won't be as many blind pre-orders and people buying it JUST because its a Naughty Dog game. For the record I'm not even saying this game is destined to fail just yet, I'm merely saying that it's already tripping a few red flags right from its first trailer alone. Obviously its impossible to fully condemn a game before it is out and I'm not one of those people just saying "woke lol" with no context. I've just seen this enough times to notice a pattern and am drawing attention to it.

@LogicStrikesAgain
Not just their loss but PlayStation's loss as well. They're a business afterall and if they keep pushing out Concord level disasters then you'll suddenly see them flip stances very quick. These "tasteless masses" decide what publishers do, the image they want to put out there and for the past few years "woke" was what was considered to be desired by, as you again put them, the "tasteless masses." Sony will always cater to the most common denominator, whatever they think will make them more money. They aren't preaching diversity because they believe in the cause, they're doing it because that's where they thought the world was heading, where all the money was. If there's no money in it though? Dump it in the trash and chase the next thing as far as they are concerned.

@LogicStrikesAgain
Money talks I guess. Whenever this game releases we'll see if ND made the right decision and that the people complaining are just the vocal minority. Let's hope it's not another Concord. Then again people were just tired of hero shooters....oh wait, Marvel Rivals is breaking player records...well. Money talks in the end.

@LogicStrikesAgain
In my opinion it's great when it is included and not made a focal point (BG3) instead of using the game as a tool to lecture gamers (Veilguard). There will always be the true minority that literally only wants straight bald white dudes in gaming but the majority of people just want a fun game that doesn't feel like its trying to force something on them. People just wanna look cute/cool/hot and slay dragons or whatever.

Probably in the minority who thought TLAU2's story wound up being crap so I'm not just going to give them a pass for their next game. I also think the character design is atrocious but that can be ignored as well as long as the gameplay and story are good. Luckily TLOU2 at least had decent gameplay so I'll hold out hope for that even if I have to skip cutscenes.

@EfYI
Indeed. A lot of these same people would preach inclusion and respect towards everyone in other articles but are ironically behaving very bigoted and racist towards an entire country here.

I might play through the Sly games. A bit of comfort food for the holidays.

China and South Korea will become the new leaders of the Game Industry in a few years time. Happy gaming everyone.

@Oram77
I didn't know this was a simulator game. Really looking forward to flying Porsche space ships next year! There's a place for advertisements, I'm not saying I hate any and all ads or branding. That was never my point. I see a lot of "they're trying to ground you" being thrown around...well you inadvertently pointed out that in Farming Sim those tractors exist in real life
That equipment is real. You can go out and admire one of those tractors. Porsche doesn't have flying ships. There's no purpose to using Porsche instead of some made up brand and no point to having the camera hang on that one shot for so long. It doesn't "sell the illusion" any more or less.

You can choose to care about what I say or not, this is the internet afterall. I just hope you get the game you're expecting and not the one I'm anticipating.

@Oram77
We haven't seen anything yet. Just a cutscene. The focus just seemed to be on the product placement because that's what they showed us first. No gameplay yet...but we do know Porsche and Adidas are here!

@DonJorginho
Is this an Akira or Blade runner game? No? Ok then. It's Cyberpunk, there's more than enough of these styles of games out now. If this setting still feels fresh to you then kudos but to me its just another thing they nailed on their checklist.

Sorry but Naughty Dog's new game looks like corporate slop packed to the gills with branding and advertisements. Ookami 2 and Onimusha were absolutely wild announcements though.

@DonkeyFantasy
Personally I don't understand this mentality but some people just want to watch the world burn I guess.

Rimworld was my most played game this year. Still bummed we haven't gotten Biotech...

I guess the people that said "Oh my God I want to be a walking trash can in a game!" Or "I want to be discount Hulk!" were a tad bit less than the 10 million Marvel Rivals got.

I really want to be excited about games again. I'll still keep my expectations in check but come on, why does it feel like barely anyone is making anything nowadays?

To be fair his team does seem to release nothing but quality so his announcement is worth keeping an eye on.

I'm expecting the game to go on the PlayStation sub in the coming months before being shut down a bit later. I wouldn't buy it even for $5.

Make sure that man never works in the industry again.

The big Corpos preach diversity and equality while treating their employees like subhumans.

I unironically think that if a Chinese studio took control of Ubisoft properties they'd be able to make most of them huge successes...but also F2P Gacha hells.

10% awards
90% ads and trailers

@Flaming_Kaiser
I doubt we'll ever see a return to that due to the sheer amount of money AAA games take to get made. If you want diverse and unique games you can always check out indies.

@pyrrhic_victory
Because China and Korea has unlocked the secret to making money. Anime open world and attractive characters. While the west and even Japan are worrying about the modern audience, China and Korea continue to make whatever they feel like and seem to be incredibly successful doing it.

I hope the people that mercilessly stomped newbies like me are happy that they continuously scared away any new players. Congratulations, you're the best players...of a dead game.

@dskatter
I don't know if that was the plan because players are being refunded for anything they spent on the game, even virtual currency.

If you told me Ubisoft would turn into this back when they were releasing Splinter Cell, Far Cry 3 or Assassin's Creed 2 I wouldn't have believed you. What a damn shame when a publisher gets too hungry for money.

Wait did the PS1 really come out in 94?

Best we avoid the "cozy" moniker for above reasons.

Hear that Microsoft? Unchain rare and let them work on Banjo Kazooie again. Oh and Naughty Dog, it's time for another Jak & Daxter.

Gorgeous and predatory or ugly and predatory. The two types of poisons out there.

I did so poorly that I got embarrassed and didn't finish the quiz. 🫡

All thanks to their Nikke Collab, surely!

I'll give it a try until I remember that I don't like multiplayer games.

Chinese game? Good luck sueing then.

@LogicStrikesAgain
From experience with Microsoft buying out Activision, you can get by any restrictions or regulations if you throw enough money at it. Even if there is a penalty or fine, it is usually chump change compared to what you stand to gain from the acquisition. Sony owns Funimation and then later bought out Crunchyroll and now it wants Kadokawa? It's plain to see that Sony wants the absolute lion's share of the pie here. You might still trust in regulators doing their jobs but from recent events in the industry I've pretty much lost faith.

Sony wants to strengthen their monopoly on the anime industry, I see. I just don't understand how things like this can be legal.

Hopefully this marks a new initiative for Sony. Kind of like how Sega is working on new entries for its classics, I'd love to see PlayStation do the same with all their dormant franchises. Astro Bot's critical and commercial success should be a wake up call that we want more than just gritty realistic action games.

If he's leaving Sony but still staying in the industry could it mean that he hasn't been satisfied with the way things are going at PlayStation in recent years?

As long as they don't censor anything "For Modern Audiences". Puff puffs for everyone.

This game does representation and diversity right. These things are just a facet of a character, not their entire personality like other games make the mistake of doing. They don't beat you over the head with lectures and lessons either. The characters are what they are and that's it. Deal with it or don't. Play and engage with it however you want, the world is effectively your sandbox.

Whoever keeps greenlighting this stuff but says no to a new Sly Cooper should be fired and then put in jail.

@Lup
From me limited googling, it seems that Tekken Yoshimitsu is the descendant of Soul Calibur Yoshimitsu. That being said, Yoshimitsu is a title, not an actual name so even among other soul Calibur games its not the same Yoshimitsu.

If you didn't download yet, that Dave the Diver Godzilla Collab is now lost to the ether.

Sony scours your comments on the internet and if they are you say anything negative they don't give you a discount.