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Wow! As someone who will rate Disco Elysium as a masterpiece of art and gaming I was waiting for this article - but I only knew of the two earlier announcements. I am sad that the team disintegrated into so many factions - we needed them to flip the finger to ZA/UM's evil overlord (seriously, ***** that guy) and band together to create something. But okay - I would trust everyone to create something good. Except for the eternal douchenozzle owning ZA/UM.

Longdue games - sounds like a small team. I would be interested in a more combat-focused roleplaying game, so this is cool news. But WHAT is psychogeography?

XXX Nightshift - Dark Math Games: sounds like a rough version of a DE game with a female narrator. I like the hint that this is adult material, and I think the final product could be amazing if they tweak the sound of the narration to the heights of DE.

Summer eternal - didn't know about this one, but I like the style and panache of their manifesto. Not much more to go on - but the writing seem to be covered in this endeavor. I think the first one was very inspiring to the staff and every attempt at game making is now different as a result - their line about corporations seem unfair if all these game studios are small indie operations? Are any backed by collosal companies?

Finally, we have the Kurvitz/Rostov alliance which admittedly I know nothing about. I don't know if they could create a universe and city quite like Revachol, but I am VERY interested and they have my faith.

In fact, they all do - they all have Cool ingredients, and I guess many of the same instincts. I mean, how often do we get a triple announcement on the same day about spiritual successors. How crazy it would be if all were bangers and of very high quality.

@xxk7xx

Some good points about the positives of an XBOX console. Xbox is also getting remote play streamed from the user's own console, finally catching up with SONY.

If I didn't have my library on Playstation and if VR was available on XBOX I might have surfed the same wave as many others getting game pass virtually for free on a cheap entry point with Series S.

Microsoft have basically bankrolled their customers' gaming for years, and yet their market share is too small. That, I think, is why their declineis inevitable and also why it is smart to pivot into the publisher role.

I would play if I could play online. Maybe a nice and juicy black friday discount is in order

@Jey887

While I agree 100 per cent with you, is it really so hard to make a good game without violence, without gender or sex of any kind, without politics, without animals, and, of course, without complicated game mechanics and story? Like.. Pong 2. When's it coming!?

Shut the hell up, Sammy and write this article! https://www.psu.com/news/concord-free-to-play-rumours-surface-as-firewalk-updates-pc-game-files/

We need two hundred comments pre-installed too!

(Just kidding)

Roblox, Fortnite and those psychopathic gacha games from China are gaming's black sheep. To promote them is to follow the ways of the Sith.

Fear of missing out is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to paying for gambling boxes.

Relax guys, the remake of this new remake is going to address all of that. In the meantime go ahead and buy this current iteration, play your little game and shuuut up. Sincerely, capitalism.

It is so nice of them to include this option. It wouldn't have been too much to ask for people to repurchase their non-digital games, after all.

Honestly, it is a steal at that price, and aesthetically you could argue that it completes the 'look'.

Plus there's like a complementary box with it with limitless potential for application.

@Rich33

Kudos to your eye health!

You have me convinced - it is a big problem, makes sense you prioritize it. I am lucky to be less discerning in this particular regard🙃

@Rich33

Maybe all you need are glasses and 10 minutes break every hour.

Some experts will tell you that the human eye can see between 30 and 60 frames per second. Some maintain that it’s not really possible for the human eye to perceive more than 60 frames per second. Therefore, I find it puzzling that so many are maintaining that they can't enjoy less than 60. I struggle to find it credible. However, another source (how-to-geek) will tell you that some people will tell you they feel a difference.

I started playing games before Playstation even existed - we didn't get sick or complain at all. No one did. But maybe it has to do with transitioning to 3D. I remember a game dev saying that making the screen look right when the player was running was extremely important in not creating nausea.

Awesome - I have only played the very first part of this game. I like the terror-inducing story and will return to it. I always forget my VR backlog and these days I hardly play. I spend time reading news though.

@Rich33

I consider not being able to withstand little hiccups in a game to be such a privileged 1st world problem that I always laugh when the inevitable complaints are filed in the comments.

"30 frames per second? I would rather die!"
"Chugging framerates? Uuuuuuuuunplayable!"

I am not telling you to change, just know how funny it is to someone with entirely other (gaming) problems.

@reek So when Neil is quoted for saying they didn't want to become the TLOU-studio, you don't think he had a say?🤔

@KundaliniRising333

That.... is low key an expert recommendation. I will have to look into that.

It is an impressive, collective feat by the gaming community at large that I know that Doki Doki Lit Club is a great game, but I have NO idea what it is about AT ALL.

The constant hints are obscure enough for me to be at a complete loss - so I want to play it.

Now, Dead Space is a classic I've been told so many times. So this might just be the first time in a year I have any interest to sign up. I will wait until the last day of availability so I can get two months' (if I only buy a month) worth of games for a duration of 30 days. I haven't figured out if Black Friday is in this sweet spot, but if it is I might end up subbing for a year if SONY offers me a discount.

These videos point to the obvious point that the PS5s switch is solved by the Pro. It is a kind of clever conditioning thought out from the start.

I feel quite happy to see such an old game that has existed side by side with us old gamers be restored in such a great fashion.

I never got far the first time around - but I remember how effectively the opening beats set the atmosphere. To have a modern rendition to pick up at my leisure is like having gamer currency in the bank. Maybe next year I'll pick it up if they discount it - I am cynical, it will be updated, patched and reduced in price in due time.

The problem with SONY isn't that Nixxes are earning their pay by updating/porting games.

Firewalk, Haven, Bend and Naughty Dog are the black sheep of the family. Neil D ruined Naughty Dog for me, SONY ruined Bend for me and Haven and Firewalk seem like total dead weights bordering a scam like that guy with vapour ware that Pushsquare loved to gossip about.

How much longer are they going to waste hundreds of millions paying them for zero returns? Even if SONY rightly shuts the studios down, they usually give every employee something similar to a golden parachute with extended healthcare and the US made sure that their health care is the most expensive in the world.

I would have to sell my current PS5 if I wanted to 'afford' the new Pro.

I kinda want to, now that it even promises small improvements for PSVR2, my PS4 and 5 backlog. Also, after reading a user in here's breakdown of the potential upsides of my use case I think it will improve my experiences overall but only incrementally. So.... I will definitely wait for first adoptee reactions. Might even wait for the first discount of the system! When did PS4 Pro first get discounted!?

This is a potential misstep from Xbox.

They have plenty of devs who used to publish on Playstation, after all, who can explain in great technical detail the differences in development from one platform to the other.

@Major_Player

Wrong again😂

They're happy with 90 per cent PS5 and 10 per cent Pro.

Who is teaching you this stuff??? .... your mom? 😂

It seems the grownups were talking at Square Enix.

@Major_Player

You'd be a fool to assume that the techies at SONY doesn't work in advance on a new console. They don't go up a mountain on Sunday and carry down a shipment of PS6s for launch the day after.

So, if there are continuous work being done on future generations there's also rumourmongering brought about by the homeless and jobless caste called journos, influenzas and the chronically online.

Notice that PlayStation ISN'T talking about the PS6.

They went all in on live service as a giant '***** you' to their core customers, basically saying 'yeah, we want easy money 🤑'

Then they butchered studios and decimated work forces whilst funding entirely new studios putting all the eggs in a single basket. Haven and Firewalk should have never been.

The one golden egg they have, they took out of the basket and smashed it to placate the basket case and lead man of Naughty Dog (imagine if Amy Hennig had assumed the leadership role!).

It is just impressive mismanagement - and let's not forget about the ballooning cost of paying all those employees the exorbitant pay cheques that come with first party studio prestige.

@Ravix
That's comedy gold😂

@Ravix
😂
They should port him to a game as a villain.

@Rich33

You're my new captain. Thank you so much for taking the time, it was instructive and good advice👍

Most of us hardly buy games anymore.

I think the last I bought was BG3 and I paid in full. I haven't bothered to finish a playthrough yet, and part of the reason is that patches and content are flowing in.

I like Star Wars, but I am tired of the same old gameplay - I have read that shooting on scooters doesn't feel good, and stealth is too rudimentary. This is probably the main reason why many abstain. And personally I have even tried Jedi Survivor.

@Al3 q
I will your argument out. Consoles are not more expensive.

I just looked up a graphics card which PC gamers treat like 'their' console:

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4090 AORUS WaterForce Xtreme - 24GB GDDR6X RAM

The cost? 2600 USD. You need a lot more components to finish that console - maybe another 1000 USD.

Anyways, the funny thing is that I have no real idea if the upgrade would be noticeable on my TV.

It is a TCL 55' 780 QLED with only 60 Hz and no VRR. That is my biggest question along with how long for PS6? Unless I get help figuring out these things, I will just be perfectly happy with the PS5.

I have entered a competition to buy the PS5 Pro 30th Ann. Edition, though. But that is because that thing is going to be incredibly valuable if they never make more.

I don't think I can in my country yet.

Thanks for asking

I have no idea if TGS is big in Japan. But it HAS to increase their exposure - fans, gamers, journalists, influencers and the like might get excited by Playstation's return to TGS or (re)discover the brand.

I am saying that the next count of sold hardware might be directly affected by this event or the coverage of it, or any derivative of such a spectacle of a show.

But this is someone from the outside looking in.

Finally, someone will love me. The owner of the handlotion factory.

For how long are we going to fund Jade Raymond and Haven Studios employees' lifestyles without a shred of evidence that they are actually producing something worthwhile? If they had made anything close to the quality Newsk and company made in Concord, they'd be shouting it from the roof tops.

The moment Sony revokes anything is the moment we split ways for good. I will consider it theft and dishonorly conduct.

Actually, PS5 moved 8757 units.

And it is per month. And it is calm before the holiday season storm. And who the ***** wants all those switches!? I'm sure every Japanese person has three switches, one lite and two Oleds by now. Let them wallow in children's games.

I replay a lot. I dont know exactly if and when I'd upgrade, but it'll be after playing through Forbidden West (I think because I had the game spoiled vaguely, I am not so keen).

I do think this is great for those who got it for free. Many will almost want to honor that in some sense. It is a win for Sony for sure.

@LuXifer

I am performing a civil hiring of you. Let's worry about litigation another day, start working on the title asap!

Right, is he though? oI think you overestimate whatever the first dude wrote. He was feeling (keyword) at the time tired of a "girlboss narrative" (whatever that is, sounds reductive). You could argue he firmly and always will believe that? I am just saying that this emotive SoMe-text is not necessarily something to take special note of.

Yeah, I think the idea is great. It's a real competitor with AC Shadows. So, a little economic disadvantage for both, but maybe also the competition will benefit in this attention economy.

Off-topic: I'm so tired with the overreaction on random opinions that pop up here and there often from never-heard before SoMe-users. Overtly calling people with problematic opinions names is part of a calling out culture, and the etiquette could improve.

I voted excellent (disclaimer: I was tired and battled falling asleep).

• Astro as a service is great, because so many feel this title is exceptional
• Ghost of Yotei - excellent hype-material and doesn't exclude GOT2 for later use
• Horizon Lego looks like a comedic hit with enough in its bones to pass off as a solid kids' game too
• Update on PS5 Pro will be good for those interested, as well as the peaks into PSVR2 games
• A banger addition to PS PLUS will be good for those subscribed. TLOU is just peak PlayStation in many ways

You can't expect much more from this format.

I am blinking twice - overnight some people in the comments along with the usual suspects online has engineered a hatred for AC Shadows? Must have been one hell of a drug you took before bed.

Ahh! here's a blast from the past...

Since I stopped using a lot of money on games the industry has just been spitting out old friends in new coats of paint.

Many are remasters of games I never tried. It is good to see a classic and have the option to play it on a much grander scale, but if I didn't really buy into it back then, will I now?

What I want to see are new game design and mechanics. I am getting the contrary old design and mechanics with new coats of paint.

@QiaraIris

Don't forget anime dress-up games and games as a gotcha.

I am always looking forward to a PlayStation-showing however ambitious the format.

But I don't expect fireworks 🎇 🎆

Imagine a Days Gone 2 reveal. Everyone would lose their socks.

Mainly I am watching Game Of Thrones again. Great series, this time Sansa doesn't irk me, but the little brat Arya still does and Jon Snow seems more obnoxious than at first viewing. But on second viewing I just skip parts which really helps.

I am supposed to be playing FF 7 part I with good graphics. The better graphics on the PS5 version has been enticing.

I don't feel compelled to play much though. If only Days Gone 2 had released (around this time) or a Disco Elysium 2, but incompetent forces ruined both studios and badmouthed the creatives behind.

If this is all true then Hermen Hulst is deeply and frighteningly incompetent. In some ways, I still feel like this has to come under the jurisdiction of Jim Ryan. As the company's too CEO, he should have known better than to greenlight this.

The most expensive game in PlayStation history!? Based on what merits!? Why do you need 200 people if you outsource work!?

Somebody needs to bring down the axe on this lollapalooza of paychecks - Money for nothing, chicks for free-studio. They need to be fired and never, ever rehired. I am so happy I stopped funding this crazy, crazy company. PIVOT and start making games for me again and I will start voting for them with my wallet starting with SM2 and GoW:R.

So, John Garvin's Deacon St John will save a tilting Bend?

I thought they were cooking? Didn't know they did it with Garvin's scraps and leftovers.

I don't really buy this story if it actually is pretty and running at 60 on PS5. I might even try it for a third time. Could it just be a PS5 Pro update?

It is very cool and tempting, but I am not easily swayed if I have my ticket to entry (a PS5).

Of course, I could order one, sell it for higher price, buy PS5 Pro and trade in the shiny PS5 and probably make a profit. Is this it? Am I becoming one of the baddies?

This confirms my reaction to the wave of remasters was correct:

Teaching new staff is part of the reason for these releases. This is combined with the need for revenue in between these excruciatingly long development times for new games. It is an easy marriage and one that is defined by how far the gaming industry has come, leveraging their legacies in tending to current needs.

I would wish that most of Sony studios' have their firm grip on the development of fresh titles arranged broadly in the spectrum of public interest. Having them floundering and releasing all possible existing IP will potentially lead to unprecedented death spirals if the revenue stalls.

This is the kind of announcement you save for the big shows.

This is great - I still need to pick up this title (along with SM2 and GOW:R). That it is a hattrick of good fun to be had I have in store for me.