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Ok let's get this straight, you guys did absolutely nothing to document all the movement Bungie did since last Thursday to start hyping the game but once there are something similar to "bad news" (that btw are only a response to something that started thanks to the xbox store and their dumb way of working) you guys write news?

No wonder this site is filled with detractors and not actual fans lol.

Why are you calling the FS Fortnite the spiritual successor of Bloodborne? Just because the one who wins gets the blood chicken dinner? At this point the only goal of these kind of posts are to piss of people LOL.

If we are talking only about third party support. To this day Wukong doesn't have a release date on xbox because of the series S and we are talking about a "last year game". The more the time passes the less or worst the ports will be. Not like Nintendo cares tbh.

@Lowdefal money is always the motivation brother. That was what I tried to say.

They don't want to use money to explore the business that those franchises could develop because they predict those games won't sell millions and that doesn't fit their business model yet, they are still accepting the fact that games like Astro (more than 1 million less than a best seller) are needed.

I don't think it's a favor either, just business as you said. If the games hit Bandai gets the initial success and then sony can cash later or Bandai can make new games for sony, either way both can make good money from this.

With the info available you can make an estimation of a little more than 50,000 units sold for Freedom Wars remastered. Patapon looks promising, Everybody's Golf not so much. Only time will tell.

"The thing about all of these games is that Sony’s never actually going to do anything with any of them ever again. Japan Studio is closed and the company’s moved on." This is 50% true.

Let's say for some miracle Patapon sells millions of copies. What exactly would stop sony from making Patapon 4? This isn't Insomniac giving the rights of publishing Sunset Overdrive to MS until there are 3 main games.
Right now Death Stranding 2 is in the top of charts in Japan which means while japanese people aren't that interested in ps games anymore the games they are actually interested in are going to sell doesn't matter if they are owned by sony or not. (DS isn't owned by sony, i know)

Sony doesn't have the motivation to explore the japanese market by themselves so they are letting Bandai try and make all the money they can but if anything hits big time there is no logic behind to say they won't cash in that success. On the side of Bandai it's not like they are going to waste money either, this is a business after all, Patapon 1 and 2 were already remastered by sony if they don't sell is unlikely we see Patapon 3 ported in the future.

BTW the gravity rush to pc by Sony were going to happens yes or yes IF the movie actually comes out. The same strategy as Until Dawn and keeping the release of TLOU2 until the release of the second season.

@SMJ maybe because the age of specialized games for portable devices is over? LOL.

The point of devices these days is to play all your catalogue there, not to play Uncharted 3 in your ps3 and Golden Abyss in your VITA.

@omno were was the people interested in the "unique" ones when they were ported to PS4? Patapon didn't sell to the point the only reason we knew there would be a Patapon 2 remaster was the logo on a mural in a convention.

@Americansamurai1 this is the take. This is why this move is cool.

@RBMango everyone but ApeScape. The Apes never looked better than in Astro Bot, Team Asobi feels like it's ready to make ApeScape legendary again.

@Jireland92 a half measure that is actually being successful and shows that people like options.

Personally I think the best answer to why they haven't yet is because they didn't know how people were going to react to a portable device other than the Switch, now they know thanks to Valve, Lenovo, MSI, and the Portal.

@Jireland92 quite the conclusion when these days portable consoles are about giving to option to play your fav games everywhere and not about dedicated experiences lol.

It's confirmed for PS5 and PC, the same with Patapon, come on guys the clickbait isn't needed if you can wait 5 minutes.

Patapon and Everybody can golf so officially Sony has a partnership with Bandai to push Japan Studios IPs.

For all the people who constantly talk about of lack of effort to push old IPs .... Are you not entertained?

Yeah that guy and his passive aggressive opinions can say whatever they want lol.

I'm a simple man, I have been a Housemarque fan for almost 15 years and next year the world will give them the place they deserve (after neglecting Returnal just because of Selene). This wasn't a wasted generations for me, a lot good games and now we are living the soft rebuilding PlayStation deserved after the Ryan age.

I trust ND, when this game is ready I'll be there.

@tameshiyaku given the point of this is "We want to get back to the PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 era, when the games were not so big, the budgets not sky high, the team manageable, and all the developers were passionate and creative and with experience,"

And this generation we got games like Miles Morales, Returnal, Helldivers 2, Astro Bot and LEGO Horizon that weren't extremely big or expensive, 3 of them last year with rumors taking weight for a smaller GOW game for this year. I would say they agree too lol.

@awp69 it's not petty if it means protecting your business.

Some people have the idea that "Software is king" well it doesn't matter how much Sony software can sell on xbox it doesn't compare with the amount of money they will lose if the console stops selling and they lose their ecosystem because the games are available in their primary competitor. It's not only about the hardware sales, is the share in services and games that aren't theirs, they don't own COD to carry their business ... lol.

At this point this is just "toxic" af LOL. Most people who are obsessed with Bloodborne don't even like PlayStation but they sure demand like they were promised a port for PS5 and they just bought one to play it lol. Let's be honest they most likely will pirate the game if it ever hits pc to show Sony "a lesson", that's the reality.

anon already said it, they are going to use Bloodborne when they need Bloodborne. That simple.

According To VGC Assassin's Creed Shadows Sales Spilt:

• Console: 73% (we all know what console lol)
• PC: 27%

I mean, Steam charts are always half the story and not always an accurate half because those numbers are estimations. I don't really care about AC but this is cool to see. Contrary to what the internet wants to tell you, PS is still a HUGE part of the industry.

They can keep the simulator and the crazy lady lol, let's port something actually interesting.

Yeah it's time to retire the concept of making "news" from comments that come from that sh*thole called X, some users are perfect reflections of the owner.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla was FREE. Anyone who call themselves "fans" and dare to talk trash after that content don't deserve an opinion nor deserve to play Santa Monica games.

Yep the comment section didn't disappoint. A lot of people choose to keep living under the idea that the Asian market is so much better and creative when most people over there either want to play hollow experiences wrapped in anime women with large breasts or gachas on their phone and the developers offer accordingly.

But hey what matters is the illusion that out there a place where they could belong exists right?

The options based in what I would like:
1.- Resistance
2.- SOCOM
3.- Killzone
4.- MAG
The options based in what I think could happen:
1.- SOCOM
2.- MAG
3.- Killzone
4.- Resistance

PSN: 4.5 of 5, 885 reviews.
Steam: 50%, 10 reviews. Most negative reviews are the same complain about the PSN.

This is why Steam reviews are a complete joke. Steam tells you in the store page that you need a PSN id to play, people literally just buy stuff to complain about it. I will never get it LOL.

This one is funny and ironic. These days it feels like the masses only give games a chance if their favorite streamers say so, like a cult. This game was made under the supervision of one of the biggest shooters streamers out there "Shroud" and was also under his wing since launch, if we are going to compare it with Concord well ... Concord never had the luxury of being in the good eyes of any big streamer LOL.

It looks like being a big streamer doesn't necessarily mean they know what makes a game good.

@themightyant you know what is funny about the good ol "Valve doesn't need Sony, Sony needs Valve" argument often used to imply superiority?

That in 2022 Valve literally changed the way content drops in DOTA 2 through the year because the prize pool for The International was going too high and they gave away 38 million for the players in 2021. Why a company that makes billions every year (net income no revenue) cared so much about giving away 38 million when people literally buy stuff to contribute money for the TI players?
Because there is no such thing as "inconsequential" money for big companies LOL. Helldivers alone made around 100 million for Valve in 2024, when one of your sellers makes that kind of money for you if that seller wants to talk you listen, doesn't matter if you are the god and savior of the industry in the internet eyes, money is money.

@themightyant

actually if you read the Destiny 2 Steam Guide, in the SteamDeck section says "Players who attempt to launch Destiny 2 on the Steam Deck through SteamOS or Proton will be unable to enter the game and will be returned to their game library after a short time. Players who are not accessing Destiny 2 through Windows and attempt to bypass the SteamOS/Proton incompatibility will be met with a game ban". This is important for the following reasons:
1.- This isn't just a "we apologize but the anticheat doesn't work on Linux based OS", Bungie intentionally decided for Destiny 2 to not run on SteamOS so technically they are opting to block the game in specific hardware.
2.- Bungie is threatening to ban you if you bypass the incompatibility so it isn't as dirty as it sounds or against the rules if Sony decides to do something similar.
3.-Connected with #2 Bungie as a publisher doesn't have any problem with Valve for their decision.

Obviously the scenario of this news is different because the xbox OS is basically Windows but there is already a precedent.

Now as a developer myself I think this is way more simple than how it sounds. Valve has to have some kind of indication assigned to know from where Steam is being used, making an internal difference for pc, steamdeck, rog, etc. This matters because data is very important for big companies. For xbox to have a native Steam app they have to work with Valve so Valve will also assign an indicator to the app on xbox. The only thing Valve needs to do is indicate that certain games can't be accessed from the Xbox's Steam app using the assigned indicator, that's it. This is business so obviously Valve is not going to do it just because they are the good guys, there has to be a negotiation but it shouldn't be hard and if they don't want to do it themselves then they can give that indicator to Sony so they block it from their software and as I said in the first part of my comment is not dirty or against the rules because it already is happening and Valve allows it lol.

This is pretty much the same conversation than when it was launched the streaming service to play steam games on xbox using the browser.

What end up happening? All PS Studios games were blocked with the exception of Death Stranding for obvious reasons.
What is going to happen now? Sony most likely will talk to Valve so they block their games to be played on xbox even if xbox and the handheld has the Steam native app. That's all.

@Czar_Khastik platinum or I don't answer.

I had the opportunity to work with people from India and damn they are good for software development.

If China is almost ready to start a constant stream of games that look good India also has that potential. It's going to take some time (China Hero games have been releasing since 2018 but Lost Soul Aside is the first big one to release from the project) but they'll get there.

This REALLY has a GOW feeling to it. The combat, the bodies proportions for the camera, the art direction of some enemies, the rage, the axe ... looks cool. Mercury's Castlevania Lords of Shadow was fun and their Metroids have been also good so this should be a good game.

GOW, Returnal, TLOU, Ratchet, Helldivers, Horizon, Spider Man, doesn't matter what people think about PS games, devs are always looking for cool concepts/features to get inspired and work in their games, they can see true value and the generation of PS Studios games that started with the PS4 is leaving its mark.

@Nepp67 it IS a party game, the developer has described it like that lol and the point of party games is basically what you just described + when you want to play with your friends.

It's all about what business they are looking for. If they understand the difference between the management of a party game and a competitive online game, they are going to be fine ... if people give it a chance or course. These days some people are too obsessed with the idea that every online game is bad and that if it doesn't have 1 trillion concurrent players on steam is a flop lol and it's not like that, Pummel Party one of the most successful party games out there doesn't have those concurrent players numbers but it has sold good numbers because they understand their business.

The game is fun, the pass is a good deal, what else can they do to try and compete?

Hopefully people give it a chance.

Not for nothing this is (unofficially) the most successful GT of all time.

And this is the kind of involvement from the chinese playerbase that I expect behind Lost Soul Aside and Phantom Blade Zero.

The PlayStation business in China is booming.

@Lysterao if i have to bet I would say doom has the biggest chance because is a new game but it's true that Forza is the biggest game they have ported to ps5 yet so that could also mean something.
If they announce a collection of Gears I would also think it has a big chance because as far as I understand there isn't a collection of gears for pc so it would also be "new".
I say that is a shame for Halo because the MC collection has been out there for 10 years or so on xbox and pc so de chances are very small outside companies like LR.

@Zuljaras I'm guessing that's a no, shame. Would be cool to have a Halo box with the ps5 logo on it when the time comes.

@Zuljaras have any of the xbox games ported to PS5 had a regular physical version? (not the Limited Run scams)

@Northern_munkey maybe I missed the point you had in your head but what you wrote can be easily interpreted as victims should just ignore abuse against them and keep working.
You also ended with a little "this doesn't affect us gamers". Well I'm not so sure I'm a gamer because I do care about the people who make the games I like. This is the aftermath of the situation.

That also answers your second mention.

@Northern_munkey the option was to report him so he was fired for inappropriate behavior in the working place and it happened. You expected for the victims to just keep quiet about it? lol.

@Ultimapunch you don't hear it because Japanese people live in a society that is designed to not talk about it. It's pretty simple.

Was I exited about his? No but I understand this is a 7 million copies game and even if 5 of those 7 million paid $30 instead of $60 the opportunity of getting the definitive edition of a game you were interested in (because yes, sales reflect interest) for $10 is a good deal.

Remember the good old when MS used to pay so companies like SEGA wouldn't post anything about if the games would release on PS or not for 24hrs and some times even more?

It feels like it was just 3 months ago ... the nostalgia.

Excellent decision, it was about time. Sony pays for these games, it makes all the sense in the world for them to be the publishers on pc and keep making money from it.
In the last 4 months they have reveled being the publisher of 3 games on pc, it took them long enough to realize that should always be part of the negotiations.

@Lup wait, are there people saying this game is woke?

The disc drive attachment gives the user to opportunity to save money if they aren't interested in physical media (a % we know increases every year) and at the same time it also saves the necessity for having two models, important in the production process of the console so that is probably what is going to happen next generation. One model and whoever is interested in discs has to pay a little more for the attachment.
However as you can already see in the supper nice comments of this site the option of users saving money won't be seen with good eyes, it's always about the "why it's wrong" and never about the logistic behind the moves.

FINALLY! It was a shame that a great game like SF6 had such a sh*tty decision of making money out of collaborations people where buying to never actually use because everything was limited to the avatars.
The Anya's dress was funny but nothing else made sense after, I'm guessing they had to listen because of the only reason big companies listen, people actually stopped buying.

Ok crazy idea here. How about people who actually give a damn about PS games ... have a PS to play those games? lol.

The kind of games PS makes right now are the result of 10 years of knowing what PS fans like and not everyone is or will be a PS fan. It's pretty simple. Those games are pretty niche in a world where most people want an anime character with curves, a scary game with moppets or an rpg over hyped by content creators. To each their own.

BTW if this site is going to use Helldivers as an example of success on pc you guys should say the main reason of that success. It's a good online shooter. There is a reason why COD sells 20 million minimum even if it's bad, there is a reason why Fortnite will never die. People like to shoot stuff, it's part of our society.

@Oram77 actually buying their games is enough bone for them LOL.

What was the tweet from that guy about?

Remember when Maximilian was in the middle of one of his "I know everything about the industry" attacks and he said fighting games (this is a party game but still) should be f2p? And then he took this game initial hype to backup that idea? LOL.

Is KI on xbox crossplayeable with pc? Because that would be the first xbox game that I would actually be interested in if it has crossplay. I don't want an almost dead online game just to play it with 5 more people lol.

Returnal from Temu released earlier this month, now this is Returnal from AmiAmi. "Returnalike" is a thing now LOL.

Housemarque and Returnal are very underrated.