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Re: Rumour: New DOOM Game Reveal at Xbox Showcase, Coming to PS5

Balosi

@__jamiie their responses to direct questions about these franchises has been very evasive. They talk about established audiences but wouldn't commit to any particular franchise being guaranteed to stay multiplat. It's pretty safe to assume they are making sure their options are open.

Re: Microsoft Commits to Next Call of Duty Game on Xbox Game Pass, New Report Says

Balosi

@rjejr I think early access originally came from steam. Programmers (primarily indie) would put their games out unfinished, so they could raise funds to support finishing it. Which is fair enough as long as everyone knows what they are getting into.
Microsoft early access is just them having their cake and eating it. Claiming day one gamepass, then putting it up for sale on day 'minus 7' or whatever.

Re: Gaming Subs Like PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass Aren't Growing At All

Balosi

I think the problem is the rotating nature of them. With ps+ basic, at least you get some feeling of ownership because they stay in your library indefinitely after you've claimed them. Even my old PS3 games that I claimed 10 years ago are still accessable.
The new model, you don't even know if the game is going to around long enough to even finish it. You feel like you are playing on some hidden time limit, which I don't think most people like.

Re: Roblox Boss Insists Payment Model Not Child Labour Exploitation, Says It's a 'Gift'

Balosi

@rjejr dreams isn't monetizesd it's just people making stuff for fun/display talent as far as I know. No idea how Fortnite/Minecraft works.
The basic idea is fine I think, an engine for aspiring programmers/creators to make some money and learn to program. But seems from my limited understanding of Roblox, claims of those people being taken advantage is muddying the concept somewhat.

Re: Poll: How Much Do You Care About 60fps on PS5?

Balosi

TVs appear to the recurring theme here and other frame rate debates, I personally am not that bothered, I appreciate a console has only so much power, something's got to go sometimes if you are making a game that is more ambitious in other areas, graphics, ai etc.
That said, Im using a fairly old TV that wasn't even that expensive in the first place.

Re: Looks Like Minecraft Will Get a Native PS5 Version Soon

Balosi

@Octane yeah the draw distance in Minecraft isn't that far actually. Well the landscape goes on for ages but the details vanish from not too far a distance. Even say being able to see your stuff fully from the top of a mountain would be a big improvement, at least for me.

Re: Grandia HD Collection (PS4) - Barebones Collection Bundles Worthy RPGs

Balosi

I thought both games were great back then. I liked their breezier atmosphere than most of the RPGs at the time. The grinding doesn't bother me as much as it seems to reviewers, but the 3dish graphics do take a bit of getting used to when trying to explore. I'd still recommend any jrpg fans to try them though, cool stories, likeable characters.

Re: Sony Allegedly Pausing PSVR2 Production Due to Surplus of Unsold Stock

Balosi

@SgtTruth resident evil 7's exclusivity ran out years ago, yet capcom never bothered to move the vr to pc. Honestly it suggests they'd have never made it vr at all if Sony hadn't funded it. I personally think that's an example of exclusivity being a force for good, a product being made that very likely never would have otherwise.

Re: First Persona 3 Reload DLC Out Now, Adds Songs from Persona 5 and 4

Balosi

I bought the original dlc, prob not bothering with this though, not planning on playing again anytime soon. Extra songs are quite cool when you are playing though. You can go to the settings and change the battle music to random, so you don't get the same song every single time. There seems to be a bug (?) where selecting random takes the actual original music out of the mix altogether though.