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Mystic Ryan put up a comparison video on YT yesterday, interestingly the "enhancement" features which allow rewind and multiple save states is off by default on PS4. And when he turned it on the game felt more "choppy". He reckons this is why Sony stopped releasing PS2 games because the PS4 had trouble running the emulator.

@Littlebigmatador I suspect it will. Sony's own games usually have trophies.

A shame but the Astro games were designed around the hardware in mind. I think the VR audience would find it a easier pill to swallow if Rescue Mission was ported over.

Seen and heard enough now where I don't want to know anymore now. September can't come soon enough.

Daxter and Ghosthunter? wow I haven't played them for near 20 years.

@NEStalgia Your theory (and others) is certainly a sound one and makes the most sense, especially when I got the impression that Phil wanted all of Bethesda's games to be exclusive originally. You seemed to be more clued up about how Satya Nadella runs things then I do so I trust your word.
As for Phil Spencer, if he really doesn't a final say on what Xbox does now, would he be better just walking away from the job then been a glorified mouthpiece to his bosses?

Better get into the habit Sammy lad, nearly everything will be coming over in time.

Considering that Ghost of Tsushima allowed you to play as both samurai and ninja rather fluidly, it just seems a bit of of a step back for AC basically making you commit to one play style on each mission.

Glad the Spider-Verse is back. Lando's suit looks cool too.

@Andee This is something I'm glad Sony has done, they could have easily locked these games to premium like Nintendo has done, least here we can own the games we want.

I hope they bring the Maximo games over.

I wonder if there's some complexity with integrating the emulation onto consoles. It's all well and good saying on PC it can do "4k 60fps" but PC can brute force that. On console it not only has to run at least at it's base performances but it also has to have the console's features such as trophies, quick resume, take screenshots, remote play and share play. All that could add unknown complexities to the conversion.

@breakneck That's alright, I can then ask him why he's struggled to make a decent game this century. Lol

@HonestHick You can say the same for the "PC master race" crowd

This comes from a man who wouldn't shut up about wanting Japanese games and developers, he finally gets one then shuts it down.

One thing I'm glad Sony don't do compared to Nintendo is locking these games behind a subscription (apart from the PS3 games).

@itsfoz Even so there didn't seem to be anything that's going to shift the needle or change the perception of the air of negativity surrounding Xbox.

@itsfoz Don't know about that, most of their games lack release dates.

@yazzika Thank you...that was the joke.

Helldivers is barely 4 months old and it's already getting copycats.

@Beerheadgamer82 Wow you described my experience with it, word for word.

During Sony's business meeting over a week ago they actually broke down how they categorise their games.
There are in one of three groups.

"Tentpole: Existing hit franchises/new IPs with high ambitions.

Transformational: Primarily live service with ongoing content.
Differentiate through IP, theme or gameplay.

Experimental: Showcase innovation, reach new audiences, target new genres.
High potential games, with discipline on scope and budget."

Lego Horizon fits the "experimental" group since it's reaching new audiences, plus it has high sales potential while presumably been a lower budget game.

@get2sammyb it's interesting to see where each of Sony's games fit with that outlook.

Man what a masterpiece John Carpenter's The Thing was. Such a wonderful balance of suspense, effects and acting.
The dvd commentary between Carpenter and Kurt Russell was worth listening too as well...very informative but also it was like two mates watching a film.

@Korgon Yeah I would have liked 5 or 6 but with how the fighters are added into the single player mode it probably takes more work. Hopefully content comes along that gets you excited.

It was a decent show, for me far too many look at these shows wanting only AAA games and when they don't get it they pine for the E3 days which wouldn't fix the issue. In fact it would make things worse.
It would cost publishers a lot more money and it adds to the Devs workload since they would need to do a "E3 demo." The Last of Us Part 2 documentary showed just how stressful it was to do that, just because of the expectation that "they had to show something."

Meanwhile Sea of Thieves added 195 trophies on top of the base 59, no excuses.

The lighting looks stunning, wonder if there using ray tracing? Was surreal seeing the Lego version of the Tallneck when I have the real on one on my desk lol.

How long will it be before people start questioning why Nintendo isn't sharing now lol

@JB_Whiting Abe's Odyssey and Overboard were my go to demo games.

@Tintin I was glad that Skill Up recognised what the game was going for and who's made by...I.E. the former Destiny PVP team.

@QiaraIris Well every PC game from Sony going forward will require a PSN account so people will just have to get used to it, if they want Sony's games.

@Topov81 Thanks for telling me about The Game Collection, just put in my preorder.

@QBGaming12 I always believe in giving games a chance regardless of genre, artstyle, price etc.

Arrowhead also said that they are lengthening the time between war bonds releasing cos they want to give people more time to finish the previous ones.

All of it, just give me all of it Sony and I will pay.

@get2sammyb Think that's an alien concept to many on here.

@NEStalgia Worked for Overwatch. It's cutscenes never had anything to do with the game.

People will nitpick anything to do with Sony these days.

@Americansamurai1 We don't know what state Factions was in to begin with, plus Naughty Dog wouldn't have handed it off to a 3rd party. They either had to fully commit to it at the expense of their single player games or drop it.

Hopefully with this price point we'll get a Helldivers 2 like business model where it doesn't feel ridiculously grindy or full of FOMO.
Hopefully the beta impresses, they will do well to reach out to Destiny's player base who feel like it's PVP mode was left to die.

I'm still thinking that the Lego Horizon game might be a mobile title, Sony do have a mobile studio after all.

No I don't remember Tomba but I do remember Tombi.

Imagine if we could bottle this game's charm.

@UltimateOtaku91 I so hope Astro is a GOTY contender. Out of all of Sony's IP's, this is the one I want to see succeed.

@UltimateOtaku91 It's some just want to be outraged all the time.

Sony's entire lineup this year is:
Helldivers 2
Rise of the Ronin
MLB The Show 24
Stellar Blade
Concord
Astro Bot
and Until Dawn Remake.
That's not a bad lineup considering there isn't a huge IP launch this year.

Concord and Astro for me.

@Orpheus79V Yeah I'm never a fan of them doing that.

Well here's the acid test...do people love Astro enough to want to buy it. The trophy completion rate on Playroom was quite low despite it been an easy game and free.

Seriously though the Astro games are chill, imaginative platformers with buckets of charm, I really hope that it's his coming out party.

Well we were trying to tell you that it'll just be Concord, Until Dawn and Astro.

Sony will have PS5 Pro to sell soon, so anything there saving for 2025 will around then.

This basically is Destiny's neglected PVP mode.
Of course everyone is writing it off already...have you lot not learned from Helldivers?

Glad there sticking to the current plan of tentpole titles been PlayStation first.

@LordVile When Sony added Horizon Forbidden West to Plus it tanked sales of the game. I think Sony will wait a lot longer now to put their games on Plus.