It was meh. I understand their line of thought as a marketing person. They want to advertise titles that would have not gotten any attention otherwise. It kinda worked, I have ReadySet Heroes is the back of my mind for no reason now lol. They wouldn't advertise a major titles before the release of Days Gone. Not even Nintendo does that.
It could be better, sure, I won't disagree. But you have to understand with a platform like this, they can push lot more on different titles.
I find it a classic solution, if you want to play those MEGA AAA titles, but the PS4 or Xbox is already being used. Most of them are not on the Switch—what to do? Wait is not an option.
Stadia might fix that issue. Yes, I know GeForce Now is more than a viable solution already, but in my case, I have to move it from my home theater setup. Chromecast Ultra is a better portable device.
@BarFooToo They also called Double Fine Productions their friends. I'm sure it's just a respectful way to address to other companies. When Reggie released his retirement statement, Shawn Layden said "from your friends at Playstation". Yesterday when Google was talking about Stadia, they showed a Pac-Man inspired Style filter and followed along with the lines "This is from an old friend" [supposedly Namco or Atari].
I wonder if PlayStation has any plans to change their core values and become more willing to cooperate, other than just necessary.
It sounds to me game companies don't have rivalry now. Microsoft is changing their services to be fully multiplaform (as Phil said he want Xbox Live in both Switch AND PS4, I kid you not) and streaming. Nintendo is focused in bringing classics exclusives whilst having a major appeal to the general market. What is Playstation doing? They said more couch co-op and less AAA titles per year—that doesn't sound like a plan to me.
Google will be directly competing with Microsoft (again, MS doesn't catch a break lol), Steam is competing with Epic Games. Nintendo is chilling and I don't know what Playstation is doing.
Retailers say it's coming this year. Apparently, Animal Crossing has a placeholder date and the guy from GameStop said it can come sooner. So, there's no real reason not to believe it won't come this year.
Is it not a "No-Brainer" that the lack of over-sexualized characters makes the game maturer? You have games like GTA where they exploit sex, an indication that said game is for a maturer audience.
Then you have sexual innuendo, where tits and ass are the highlight, but mainly to attract weak minded audience, people who still a child at heart (not trying to offend anyone, it's just true). This doesn't make a game mature, gore violence does, graphic sexual scene does, not the showcase of sideboob and skin.
This way SIE Developers don't have to work on a demo where they could use that time to finish their game, which is why we had no PSX. Sony is being smart, let this clown run his mouth.
People forget that Developers are not waiters. They are not here to serve every request you have. They will not tolerate your child attitude either. This type of behaviour is what strives Developers away from communities and the reason why certain companies choose to remain silent until they have to share stuff.
I don't understand the "cinematic story is tiresome" argument. If the story is not cinematic, you have a linear Super Mario game. PlayStation has a great variety of games that do not approach the cinematic formula, the issue is that people don't buy those games and that sends a message to PlayStation that we, as consumers, are more interested in heavy storytelling.
Seriously, how many have bought Gravity Rush (both), The Last Guardian or Shadow of Colossus in comparison to Horizon, God of War or Uncharted 4?
@AdamNovice The only way they can achieve a hybrid experience is by having a 5G compatible system and let people stream it on the move. 5G makes this an easy possible solution, letting you access your games from a phone AND Smart TVs (since Sony has a line-up of Smart TVs it's only a selling point).
I made plans for this system, I called it: Playstation of Things (do no steal).
I would use it but to apply what my man above said! PS Now anywhere. It's possible with 5G, not only that but they could expand it to Smart TVs (Sony Bravia) and smartphones (EDIT: The idea is that you don't have to carry the main unit, only the controller and the Internet will do the rest).
They way they could handle it is if you have an account registered to a PS5, you can stream your games (both physical and digital—sinxe every game is registered to your account and every game has a digital copy, the application only has to know you own it, so you can stream it) to the aforementioned devices. The screen on Dualshock 5 will serve as a remote cast, allowing you to connect to a device and use that Controller to play. It's a simple idea, but with the right tools, it's a hell of a feature.
This game kind of will not be as well received as it would if it was released on PS4 last year. Fortnite is too strong and apparently Blackout is top Battle Royale banter.
I feel bad for them, they've reinvented the model and are not the ones leading that market. It's even more sad that they have to use their competitor's engine.
@premko1 it's about having common sense. Anyone would come to the same conclusion if they just thought about it from more than 2 seconds, you know? But I digress.
I probably said the exact same thing more times than I can count to Xbox fanboys and Nintendo fans (given they don't understand s***). Doesn't matter if Shawn Layden confirms what I say, because to them, Shawn Layden is no one.
Example: here on PushSquare, we concluded that they would enable crossplay based on the response from Shawn. But everyone outside this community didn't either read it or understood what he said and they actually believe Playstation took this decision from one day to another, when it actually took 4 months to execute the changes.
Skrillex is great! He's a fantastic musician and there's not a single track he's made that can be considered trash. I have my full trust on him and you should too.
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Re: Talking Point: What Did You Think of Sony's State of Play Livestream?
It was meh. I understand their line of thought as a marketing person. They want to advertise titles that would have not gotten any attention otherwise. It kinda worked, I have ReadySet Heroes is the back of my mind for no reason now lol. They wouldn't advertise a major titles before the release of Days Gone. Not even Nintendo does that.
It could be better, sure, I won't disagree. But you have to understand with a platform like this, they can push lot more on different titles.
Re: Sony Reveals State of Play, a Series of Live Broadcasts Covering PS4 Announcements
Not a fan of the name 🙁 They should have called it Pulse, like the original one (for nostalgia purposes of course)
https://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/12/05/introducing-pulse-presented-by-playstation-network/
Re: Ex-PlayStation Executive: Google Stadia Starts Inevitable Shift Away from Consoles
I find it a classic solution, if you want to play those MEGA AAA titles, but the PS4 or Xbox is already being used. Most of them are not on the Switch—what to do? Wait is not an option.
Stadia might fix that issue. Yes, I know GeForce Now is more than a viable solution already, but in my case, I have to move it from my home theater setup. Chromecast Ultra is a better portable device.
Re: Animated Arcade Game Cuphead Skipping PS4
@BarFooToo They also called Double Fine Productions their friends. I'm sure it's just a respectful way to address to other companies. When Reggie released his retirement statement, Shawn Layden said "from your friends at Playstation". Yesterday when Google was talking about Stadia, they showed a Pac-Man inspired Style filter and followed along with the lines "This is from an old friend" [supposedly Namco or Atari].
Sounds like it's a formal way of speaking.
Re: Animated Arcade Game Cuphead Skipping PS4
I wonder if PlayStation has any plans to change their core values and become more willing to cooperate, other than just necessary.
It sounds to me game companies don't have rivalry now. Microsoft is changing their services to be fully multiplaform (as Phil said he want Xbox Live in both Switch AND PS4, I kid you not) and streaming.
Nintendo is focused in bringing classics exclusives whilst having a major appeal to the general market.
What is Playstation doing? They said more couch co-op and less AAA titles per year—that doesn't sound like a plan to me.
Google will be directly competing with Microsoft (again, MS doesn't catch a break lol), Steam is competing with Epic Games. Nintendo is chilling and I don't know what Playstation is doing.
Re: Animated Arcade Game Cuphead Skipping PS4
@NintenGuy Right? You see more venomous comments in Nintendo Life, but they have no morals there, so it's expected.
Re: Sony: Nintendo's Doing Wonderful Things with the Switch
Ohh, I was thinking it would cover the whole article, not just that particular quote.
Re: PlayStation Europe Veteran Jim Ryan Is the New President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment
This comment section is both trust and distrust.
Balanced, as all things should be.
Re: Kingdom Hearts Director Threatens to Reconsider Worldwide Release Dates After Kingdom Hearts III Leaks
@manu0 Digital Foundry seems to have a different judgement.
Re: Kingdom Hearts 3 Is the Fastest Selling Entry in the Series with 5 Million Units Shipped
I really want to know what the split looks like.
Re: PSN Alone Generated More Revenue Than the Entirety of Nintendo in 2018
This honestly made me wet ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) You won't see GameXplain report these. In fact, no YouTuber will cause none of them know how to research.
Re: PS4 Was the World's Best-Selling Console in 2018
Incoming "Only US and Japan numbers matters" comments.
Re: The Last of Us: Part II Coming 'Very Soon' According to Composer
Retailers say it's coming this year. Apparently, Animal Crossing has a placeholder date and the guy from GameStop said it can come sooner. So, there's no real reason not to believe it won't come this year.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Resident Evil 2 Sells Best on PS4 by a Mile
pretends to be shocked
Re: Dead or Alive 6 Can't Shed Hyper-Sexualisation Or Fans Will Leave
Is it not a "No-Brainer" that the lack of over-sexualized characters makes the game maturer? You have games like GTA where they exploit sex, an indication that said game is for a maturer audience.
Then you have sexual innuendo, where tits and ass are the highlight, but mainly to attract weak minded audience, people who still a child at heart (not trying to offend anyone, it's just true). This doesn't make a game mature, gore violence does, graphic sexual scene does, not the showcase of sideboob and skin.
Re: Kingdom Hearts Director Threatens to Reconsider Worldwide Release Dates After Kingdom Hearts III Leaks
Remember Nomura, all the leaks were on Xbox One.
Re: PS4 Exclusives Lead the Charge in DICE Awards 2019 Nominations
@Knuckles-Fajita Last year, they nominated every Nintendo game released and awarded all of them. No bias here whatsoever.
Re: Catherine: Full Body Site Confirms PS4 Exclusivity in the West, No Vita Version
@Lando_ It is releasing on the Vita, in Japanese. The site says PS4, so that it as a timed exclusive.
Re: Sony Acquires Audio Engineering Firm Behind Multiformat Middleware Wwise
Native TrueHD on all games? It's not a true 3D audio if it's not Atmos.
Re: Detroit Developer Quantic Dream Teases Great News Soon
I bet it's about Microsoft buying them.
Re: Sony Made a Bad Decision to Skip E3 2019, Says Pachter
This way SIE Developers don't have to work on a demo where they could use that time to finish their game, which is why we had no PSX. Sony is being smart, let this clown run his mouth.
Re: Bloodborne and Dark Souls Developer From Software has Two Unannounced Projects in the Works
It's Blood Souls and Darkborne
Re: Days Gone Multiplayer Was Pitched, But Sony Said No
We already have a lot of Online Zombie games, I don't think we need another. If Saber wanted to make a multiplayer, a new IP would be acceptable too.
Re: Granblue Fantasy Versus Is a New PS4 Fighting Game from Arc System Works
Granblue Fantasy Re:Link is shaping up to be a great game, Sony needs to buy the franchise, quick!
Re: Spider-Man PS4 Dev Pushes Back Against Fan Criticisms Regarding DLC
People forget that Developers are not waiters. They are not here to serve every request you have. They will not tolerate your child attitude either. This type of behaviour is what strives Developers away from communities and the reason why certain companies choose to remain silent until they have to share stuff.
You act like a willie*, you get willie treatment.
*willie = male's genitalia.
Re: Sony: Our Players Demand Single Player Games
I don't understand the "cinematic story is tiresome" argument. If the story is not cinematic, you have a linear Super Mario game. PlayStation has a great variety of games that do not approach the cinematic formula, the issue is that people don't buy those games and that sends a message to PlayStation that we, as consumers, are more interested in heavy storytelling.
Seriously, how many have bought Gravity Rush (both), The Last Guardian or Shadow of Colossus in comparison to Horizon, God of War or Uncharted 4?
Re: Final Fantasy XV Director Hajime Tabata Reveals New Game Studio
JP Games? What happened? "Japan Studios" was taken?
Re: Bethesda Apologises for Fallout 76 Collector's Edition Bag by Giving Buyers Microtransaction Money
Deep sigh I am not surprised! Bethesda showing their true colours, what a shock.
Re: Sony Patented a Cartridge and Everyone Went Mental Over It
@AdamNovice The only way they can achieve a hybrid experience is by having a 5G compatible system and let people stream it on the move. 5G makes this an easy possible solution, letting you access your games from a phone AND Smart TVs (since Sony has a line-up of Smart TVs it's only a selling point).
I made plans for this system, I called it: Playstation of Things (do no steal).
Re: Sony Patented a Cartridge and Everyone Went Mental Over It
That doesn't look like a console or something you'd play games on. If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say that's a modular M.2 or just an SSD.
Re: 'More Than 10' New Games to Be Announced at The Game Awards 2018
@PS_Nation A man can hope right? Red Dead 2 is REALLY good, but God of War and Spider-Man were top of the line in my opinion this year.
Re: 'More Than 10' New Games to Be Announced at The Game Awards 2018
Meh, I just want to know if God of War or Spider-Man won, I could care less about the whole show.
Re: Supermassive Has Unannounced PlayStation Exclusives in the Pipeline
Sony, buy them! And Insomniac!
Re: The Monster Hunter Movie Looks Exactly Like the Monster Hunter You Know and Love
I can't believe Pokémon looks closer to its original source than Monster Hunter. Hollywood makes Monsters for a living, this should be marble cake.
Re: Sony May Be Planning a PlayStation Controller with a Screen
I would use it but to apply what my man above said! PS Now anywhere. It's possible with 5G, not only that but they could expand it to Smart TVs (Sony Bravia) and smartphones (EDIT: The idea is that you don't have to carry the main unit, only the controller and the Internet will do the rest).
They way they could handle it is if you have an account registered to a PS5, you can stream your games (both physical and digital—sinxe every game is registered to your account and every game has a digital copy, the application only has to know you own it, so you can stream it) to the aforementioned devices. The screen on Dualshock 5 will serve as a remote cast, allowing you to connect to a device and use that Controller to play. It's a simple idea, but with the right tools, it's a hell of a feature.
Re: The Scope of Death Stranding Is Huge, Says Troy Baker
So, Kojima is a visual thinker. Interesting, I didn't know the game industry had people with this kind of attribute and that actually explored it.
Re: Rumour: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Set to Storm PS4 Next Month
This game kind of will not be as well received as it would if it was released on PS4 last year. Fortnite is too strong and apparently Blackout is top Battle Royale banter.
I feel bad for them, they've reinvented the model and are not the ones leading that market. It's even more sad that they have to use their competitor's engine.
Re: Sony Offering Killer PS4 and Spider-Man Bundle for Black Friday
What I need is a Sony Bravia 4K HDR at 199 in Black Friday
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Bug Potentially Removing Key Characters from Camp
Now that you mention it, I haven't seen a Jack in camp. But as long as best girl is in there, I could care less.
Re: Fans Are Fuming with Sony's Red Dead Redemption 2 Commercial
Every game advertised for PS4 says "Play in 4K HDR". Not just Red Dead. Gamers need to calm down.
Re: Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist - More of the Same
So like, how many people got the Deluxe Edition? Because with that, it just feels like it was never cut out of the game.
Re: Warhawk Fans Are Furious with Sony for Shutting Servers
I was upset when they shut down the Gravity Rush 2 servers after a year, but if it gotta go, it gotta go, you know what I'm saying?
Re: Poll: If PSN Name Changes Are Really Happening, Will You Change Yours?
Why does the poll contradicts itself?
Re: PSN Name Changes Coming Soon to PS4, According to Some Developers
When Shawn Layden says something will happen, it'll happen.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Will Be Distributed by Warner Bros in North America
Random question: Had CyGames ever made games for the PS4 before? If so, who published them?
Re: No, Enabling Cross-Play Isn't as Easy as People Like to Think, Says PlayStation Boss
@premko1 it's about having common sense. Anyone would come to the same conclusion if they just thought about it from more than 2 seconds, you know? But I digress.
Re: No, Enabling Cross-Play Isn't as Easy as People Like to Think, Says PlayStation Boss
I probably said the exact same thing more times than I can count to Xbox fanboys and Nintendo fans (given they don't understand s***). Doesn't matter if Shawn Layden confirms what I say, because to them, Shawn Layden is no one.
Example: here on PushSquare, we concluded that they would enable crossplay based on the response from Shawn. But everyone outside this community didn't either read it or understood what he said and they actually believe Playstation took this decision from one day to another, when it actually took 4 months to execute the changes.
Please mind the language - Quintumply
Re: Poll: Do You Care About Cross-Play Now That It's Available on PS4?
At least people can shut up about it. That's good enough.
Re: So, Er, Skrillex Is Composing Kingdom Hearts III's Theme Song
Skrillex is great! He's a fantastic musician and there's not a single track he's made that can be considered trash. I have my full trust on him and you should too.
Re: Guide: All PS4 Games With Cross-Console Play Compatibility
Can we just sit back and appreciate that the best place to play, just got better?