So much for
"Dead game"
"A service that doesn't increase concurrent users with time is a failure"
"People don't trust sony, that's why they quit playing it"
lol
Helldivers is a pure PVE game, it's completely normal for people to get tired after two months of playing it a lot and it's completely healthy to give it a rest and come back whenever there is a big update, to then repeat the cycle.
Sony and AH were expecting to sell 1 million, they have sold 15 so far. Helldivers 1 had 4 years of support after release so it's safe to say Helldivers 2 is going to have a similar support. As a long time fan of Helldivers I'm happy that this IP is now a PlayStation juggernaut.
BTW while it's true that you can't track PSN activity as a whole sites like PSN Profiles can show you a small sample of the ecosystem behavior and yes, since the update the number of people playing the game has increased, the same is happening with Astro.
@PuppetMaster @Voltan it's 15 million. In one of the many awards shows of this month Helldivers won Game of the Year and the people who accepted the award said the game has reached 15 million players. The game isn't free on ps5 nor pc so, 15 million copies sold so far.
They are employees, they don't need to know and this is what I meant when I said most people who have the change to talk to FS devs don't have any taste. They are making a focused multiplayer in the ER world, that is very interesting in many ways and these guys ask about Sony instead ... lol. If it happens at all I wouldn't expect updates until next year. The actually interesting part from this post is the name of the director. If this game is not that good, people are only going to group it with Dark Souls 2.
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare just think about this dude. What if the remaster is Bloodborne? What if the remake is Sly?
People would be crazy about it right? But still would be just a remaster/remake. Work is work. The year started with 2 projects and ended with 7 minus 1 that was concord so basically 6 lol.
The only reason why people would make that work less is because they don't like the games and yet they sell ... a lot. TLOU2 remastered was in the top 10 of most sold games the first half of the year.
The best example is Horizon. It may be a remaster but if you haven't played the game in a while is like playing a brand new game, Nixxes put a lot of work in it way beyond of what you would expect from a remaster. They said it's the first of many, all the ps4 juggernauts already have a ps5 ver. I don't know what is next but knowing Nixxes is making it I'm sure exited, there's a lot of PS4 games that didn't sell crazy numbers and deserve a second chance, Bloodborne is one but I don't expect it before the ps6. If they remaster Infamous, any of them, that's a W to me.
@TruestoryYep i firmly believe that if Phantom Blade Zero has the success necessary and people have in mind that it is an action game (like NG and DMC) and not a "soulslike" it will put weight in the idea of people open for more 3d Ninja Gaiden.
Now this game will be another way to put weight in that idea.
Devs from República Dominicana btw so this game will have MenaRD two times Capcom Cup champion and his friends backing it up at least in the beginning, some of them already played an invitational beta tournament last month. If these guys can release a good product it will get a fair chance from the community.
@KundaliniRising333 of course you don't, before release you were talking about how Helldivers 2 was a "generic game" and it became not only one of the most important IPs in Sony history but also one of the most important games of the year. As a long time Helldivers fan that game alone makes me satisfied LOL.
I also wish you a good day 😁.
All of them Sony IPs, all of them made under the PS Studios administration and more than "timed exclusives". That without counting Destiny the Final Shape that is an expansion not a full game, all of that in a year they told you from the beginning was going to be quiet lol.
And once again it doesn't really matter if you like the games or not, it's still a product that took time and work.
@KundaliniRising333 if you like the games or not or what you think about them doesn't really matter. Before 2024 started there was only 2 first party game confirmed for 2024, the year ended with 6, that's the point.
Last year they did a similar thing and it was the first confirmation that Stellar Blade was going to release on 2024 when a lot of people were saying it wouldn't and it was also the confirmation that Concord was going to release on 2024 LOL.
So basically now we know Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding are 2025 games guaranteed. This was a strong year for Sony, Helldivers 2 became one of the most important Sony IPs and with The last of us remaster dominated the first half of the year, the final shape is the best Destiny 2 expansion, Horizon remaster is not only the ultimate Horizon ver. is also the jump for Nixxes from pc porting team to dev team, looks like many didn't like LEGO Horizon but I had a great time with it and of course Astro Bot came out of nowhere and stole everyone hearts. All of that in a quiet year.
Can't blame them. Doesn't matter if the game is good or bad it's the only thing the masses will care about when it releases. Developers shouldn't compromise the peak of their release window just because of a name.
@GuttyYZ Drunkman (Druckmann) said he is ready to talk about their new game they have been working on for the last 4 years but it's up to Sony when they let him talk. The gen has 2 years left, there is a liiiiiittle chance.
Epic is basically Riot at this point (the Tencent blood is strong).
Take a concept people like -> Change it a little/make it more accessible -> Put your makeup all over it -> Expose it to your huge ecosystem -> Make money.
There's no problem when it's competition among big companies but it's f* up when they can ruin the business of a smaller company copying their work . Like how Epic tried to steal Among Us concept (eventually working with the dev after people backlash) or Riot making TFT in less than a year when DOTA autochess a game mode made by fans exploded in popularity and the devs decided to make their own game instead of working for Valve. People don't give a damn about the Auto Chess made by the creators of the genre but they sure know what TFT is.
It's still surprising that Tencent hasn't released a Helldivers copy yet. Maybe it's development times taking longer, maybe they know you need the right concept and is not as easy as putting an anime girl shooting hordes of enemies, maybe Tencent is in too many businesses with Sony so they don't want to F with them or maybe they just know the limit of a pure co-op PVE games vs PVP games, not the best bet when talking f2p the game needs to be really special to hit. Still a lot of opportunities ahead, 6 siege didn't get their chinese ripoff until 5 years after release LOL.
@LavenderShroud for the same reason people watch sports, movies and play videogames, because is part of our humanity to be fascinated with what we can't do in real life.
The fact that you can't do it doesn't mean that YOU can't or shouldn't enjoy stuff. You can play football with your friends and have the best time of your life. The fact that you will never play in the world cup can't take that from you.
If we learned something about Wukong selling out the ps5 in China aka the homeland of pc and mobile gaming is that those days left for consoles are actually quite the number of years and who knows maybe the world ends firts.
Saw these news on another site before bed and I absolutely love how even users that I know are PS haters said it was a copy of Horizon. Love it or hate it Horizon already left a mark in videogame history as your go to animal robots franchise.
This makes sense for Sony because the "monopoly" of Anime in the west is ending. Just this season 3 of the 5 most popular animes can be watched outside Crunchy (the only one "exclusives" being Blue Lock and ReZero) and from those 3 one isn't even on Crunchy (Bleach being exclusive to Disney owned services).
Netflix, Disney and Warner are already putting a lot of money not only to produce but to distribute anime. The "monopoly" was never a monopoly it was just an opportunity with no competition. Now that competition exists and the best interest for Sony should be to get their own anime to keep their platform relevant.
Sony is helping KT grow and worked as the perfect platform for SU to gain massive attention before going public and make huge money tor the owner. Yes Nikke was already making a lot of money but the regular player didn't know what Nikke was before Stellar Blade, now they know and probably even play it.
That should be the story about third party exclusives for this year, not Square Enix struggling economically because of their own mistakes lol.
@carlos82 you think so? Actually it feels like anyone can make controllers for PS5 these days.
If you are talking specifically about old sticks support I get it but the components to make PS5 sticks are out there for anyone to buy. All the small companies new releases are fully compatible with PS5 (if they aren't oriented only to pc to reduce costs because it's old tech).
At first it felt like the possibilities were limited to fighting games because Sony gives different kind of permissions to controller makers but after the announcement of the SWORL by JunkFood, a mod controller fully compatible with PS5 made to play more than fighting games the possibilities are more open than ever.
@Major_Player it's impractical to have issues with one of the companies that is giving capital to keep your studio alive when there is no abuse.
There is no major mystery, everything it's about money. Either Nixxes is working in a full remaster now that they made the jump from porting team to developer team starting with Horizon "as the first of many" or Sony isn't interested in paying for a patch.
That simple patch represents time and money. Doesn't matter if you are asian or from the west you won't do it for free, when developers say "We want" they mean "We want to get paid to do it" specially when you are working in something else already.
Sorry Clive your mom (SE) broke up with Sony so he isn't daddy anymore and doesn't need to care about what you want.
No but for real. I know people "want" this (the day it happens it won't sell as much as people think because that's the nature of humans) but I can't help but find this situations of very poor taste.
It's like when pc mags have the chance to talk with Miyazaki and instead of talking about his current and future work or about what it's inside FromSoft minds when developing they prefer to ask "WheRe iS BlOoDbOrNe foR PC". If Japanese people weren't designed to be nice he would have said "F*ck off" already.
Once this game is out everyone will forget about the NetEase money laundering report and by the time Destiny Rising is out everything will be a distant memory lol.
Now the question is if SE is going to pay Sony to end the contract and release this games in other platforms on day 1 or they are focusing in releasing this as soon as possible so they can officially end the relationship and with their games on pc and xbox understand the reality of people not buying millions of FF copies on PC because they are more into turn based rpgs these days.
I have never been that into SE so I understand I'm part of the minority but I want PS to end this toxic relationship and invest in KT all the way lol.
Release: 875,343 concurrent players
Last week: 104,134
Today: 71,408
Unless the PS5 playerbase is playing in crazy numbers (and yes obviously there is a chance) the director is talking with a specific metric in mind that isn't sharing with us lol.
Baldur's Gate 3 is an amazing game in every aspect but the intention of this tweet kind of feels like when people talk about Larian as the epitome of an independent studio that doesn't need any big company when Tencent owns 30%. There is no need to play pretend when the game and the work of the devs is legendary enough.
Hopefully those who are interested in this game and can play it right now actually pay for it.
The devs asked directly for people to buy it if possible (after the first xbox showcase of the game coming to gp, that was funny) and they are from Ukraine so ... yeah.
@MrGawain it was 10 years ago when The Last of Us, the west buying the ps4 and COD saved the whole company japanese divisions included. Give them a break lol.
(It's crazy to thing 11 years ago was 2013 and 5 years ago was the beginning of covid. All feels so recent)
@Mikey856 this is true, Blue Point is their sleeper studio, they have the PS5 technology down like no other studio in the industry (probably). That's why their game is the one I'm waiting the most.
Because of anime. The president of Sony said it, they are doing great but they need their own anime content. Their investments in Kimetsu no Yaiba have been a gold mine and they have a couple of great original anime (also investment) but neither of the 3 is theirs.
They need anime for Crunchy now that Disney, MAX and Netflix are all in too.
Everything started when that talented group of artists decided to make some of the most ugly game characters 100% on purpose lol. If they weren't able to see that, there is a huge problem there.
And the episode is probably going to be the most popular one. Concord is one if not the biggest failure in PlayStation history so of course everyone interested will watch that episode even if it's only to trash Sony either because how bad it is or because how good.
I'm about to pay full price for a 7hr long (+platinum time obviously lol) game in LEGO Horizon Adventures and I'm going to love every second of it so thank you for the validation Mr. Nagoshi LOL.
Helldivers has been under fire since people realiced PlayStation owns the IP and ... they just can't stop buying it lol. That means that what people say doesn't matter, they are going to buy anyway if the game is good.
@somnambulance it's funny how you wrote that because it made me remember a comment from this site saying that Persona 3 would be the game that makes the most money from February 2024, the reason was because the low costs of making it vs sales, obviously the user was writing that thinking about FF7R2.
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Re: Sony's Giga Hit Helldivers 2 Blows Up on PS5, PC All Over Again
So much for
"Dead game"
"A service that doesn't increase concurrent users with time is a failure"
"People don't trust sony, that's why they quit playing it"
lol
Helldivers is a pure PVE game, it's completely normal for people to get tired after two months of playing it a lot and it's completely healthy to give it a rest and come back whenever there is a big update, to then repeat the cycle.
Sony and AH were expecting to sell 1 million, they have sold 15 so far. Helldivers 1 had 4 years of support after release so it's safe to say Helldivers 2 is going to have a similar support. As a long time fan of Helldivers I'm happy that this IP is now a PlayStation juggernaut.
BTW while it's true that you can't track PSN activity as a whole sites like PSN Profiles can show you a small sample of the ecosystem behavior and yes, since the update the number of people playing the game has increased, the same is happening with Astro.
Re: Sony's Giga Hit Helldivers 2 Blows Up on PS5, PC All Over Again
@PuppetMaster @Voltan it's 15 million. In one of the many awards shows of this month Helldivers won Game of the Year and the people who accepted the award said the game has reached 15 million players. The game isn't free on ps5 nor pc so, 15 million copies sold so far.
Re: Elden Ring: Nightreign Will Not Have Crossplay
@Loamy LOL you got me there
Re: Elden Ring Dev Doesn't Currently Know What's Happening with Sony Acquisition
They are employees, they don't need to know and this is what I meant when I said most people who have the change to talk to FS devs don't have any taste. They are making a focused multiplayer in the ER world, that is very interesting in many ways and these guys ask about Sony instead ... lol.
If it happens at all I wouldn't expect updates until next year. The actually interesting part from this post is the name of the director. If this game is not that good, people are only going to group it with Dark Souls 2.
Re: Sony Highlights Biggest PS5 Games for 2025 in New Trailer
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare just think about this dude. What if the remaster is Bloodborne? What if the remake is Sly?
People would be crazy about it right? But still would be just a remaster/remake. Work is work. The year started with 2 projects and ended with 7 minus 1 that was concord so basically 6 lol.
The only reason why people would make that work less is because they don't like the games and yet they sell ... a lot. TLOU2 remastered was in the top 10 of most sold games the first half of the year.
The best example is Horizon. It may be a remaster but if you haven't played the game in a while is like playing a brand new game, Nixxes put a lot of work in it way beyond of what you would expect from a remaster. They said it's the first of many, all the ps4 juggernauts already have a ps5 ver. I don't know what is next but knowing Nixxes is making it I'm sure exited, there's a lot of PS4 games that didn't sell crazy numbers and deserve a second chance, Bloodborne is one but I don't expect it before the ps6. If they remaster Infamous, any of them, that's a W to me.
Re: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Takes Series Back to 2D Action Roots on PS5, PS4
@TruestoryYep i firmly believe that if Phantom Blade Zero has the success necessary and people have in mind that it is an action game (like NG and DMC) and not a "soulslike" it will put weight in the idea of people open for more 3d Ninja Gaiden.
Now this game will be another way to put weight in that idea.
Re: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Takes Series Back to 2D Action Roots on PS5, PS4
I was so excited for that trailer. KT still remembers Ninja Gaiden is alive.
This show was really good.
Re: Elden Ring: Nightreign Announced, a Co-Op Game for PS5, PS4
The boys at FromSoft love money as much as any company does lol.
That doesn't take anything from the fact that they are great. It's just funny that many people just realized.
Re: Naughty Dog's New PS5 Game Is Finally Announced, Sci-Fi Action Title Intergalactic
Love it. Uncharted is the reason why I'm a PS fan so I trust them blindly.
Re: Stop-Motion Action Figure Fighting Game Knock Off Looks Awesome, Coming to PS5
Devs from República Dominicana btw so this game will have MenaRD two times Capcom Cup champion and his friends backing it up at least in the beginning, some of them already played an invitational beta tournament last month. If these guys can release a good product it will get a fair chance from the community.
Re: Sony Highlights Biggest PS5 Games for 2025 in New Trailer
@KundaliniRising333 of course you don't, before release you were talking about how Helldivers 2 was a "generic game" and it became not only one of the most important IPs in Sony history but also one of the most important games of the year. As a long time Helldivers fan that game alone makes me satisfied LOL.
I also wish you a good day 😁.
Re: Sony Highlights Biggest PS5 Games for 2025 in New Trailer
@KundaliniRising333
All of them Sony IPs, all of them made under the PS Studios administration and more than "timed exclusives". That without counting Destiny the Final Shape that is an expansion not a full game, all of that in a year they told you from the beginning was going to be quiet lol.
And once again it doesn't really matter if you like the games or not, it's still a product that took time and work.
Re: Sony Highlights Biggest PS5 Games for 2025 in New Trailer
@KundaliniRising333 if you like the games or not or what you think about them doesn't really matter. Before 2024 started there was only 2 first party game confirmed for 2024, the year ended with 6, that's the point.
Re: Sony Highlights Biggest PS5 Games for 2025 in New Trailer
@KundaliniRising333 dude did you know that Astro Bot was going to release in 2024 BEFORE 2024? lol
Re: Sony Highlights Biggest PS5 Games for 2025 in New Trailer
@NathanKang almost all of them if you have the money.
Re: Sony Highlights Biggest PS5 Games for 2025 in New Trailer
Last year they did a similar thing and it was the first confirmation that Stellar Blade was going to release on 2024 when a lot of people were saying it wouldn't and it was also the confirmation that Concord was going to release on 2024 LOL.
So basically now we know Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding are 2025 games guaranteed. This was a strong year for Sony, Helldivers 2 became one of the most important Sony IPs and with The last of us remaster dominated the first half of the year, the final shape is the best Destiny 2 expansion, Horizon remaster is not only the ultimate Horizon ver. is also the jump for Nixxes from pc porting team to dev team, looks like many didn't like LEGO Horizon but I had a great time with it and of course Astro Bot came out of nowhere and stole everyone hearts. All of that in a quiet year.
Re: Former God of War Art Director Returns to PS Studios, Now at Naughty Dog
@twitchtvpat even better, that makes the chance of the game releasing for ps5 even bigger
Re: Developers Not Nailing Down Release Dates Due to GTA 6 Launch Window
Can't blame them. Doesn't matter if the game is good or bad it's the only thing the masses will care about when it releases.
Developers shouldn't compromise the peak of their release window just because of a name.
Re: Former God of War Art Director Returns to PS Studios, Now at Naughty Dog
@GuttyYZ Drunkman (Druckmann) said he is ready to talk about their new game they have been working on for the last 4 years but it's up to Sony when they let him talk. The gen has 2 years left, there is a liiiiiittle chance.
Re: Former God of War Art Director Returns to PS Studios, Now at Naughty Dog
He is fantastic with fantasy and armors and stuff ... maybe this is a little weight in the "new game is fantasy" vs "new game is scifi".
Re: Fortnite Goes Ballistic, Full Tactical 5v5 FPS Mode Inbound
Epic is basically Riot at this point (the Tencent blood is strong).
Take a concept people like -> Change it a little/make it more accessible -> Put your makeup all over it -> Expose it to your huge ecosystem -> Make money.
There's no problem when it's competition among big companies but it's f* up when they can ruin the business of a smaller company copying their work . Like how Epic tried to steal Among Us concept (eventually working with the dev after people backlash) or Riot making TFT in less than a year when DOTA autochess a game mode made by fans exploded in popularity and the devs decided to make their own game instead of working for Valve. People don't give a damn about the Auto Chess made by the creators of the genre but they sure know what TFT is.
It's still surprising that Tencent hasn't released a Helldivers copy yet. Maybe it's development times taking longer, maybe they know you need the right concept and is not as easy as putting an anime girl shooting hordes of enemies, maybe Tencent is in too many businesses with Sony so they don't want to F with them or maybe they just know the limit of a pure co-op PVE games vs PVP games, not the best bet when talking f2p the game needs to be really special to hit. Still a lot of opportunities ahead, 6 siege didn't get their chinese ripoff until 5 years after release LOL.
Re: Round Up: Indiana Jones Reviews Are Live, Mostly Very Strong
@breakneck id and doublefine are cool but i have never connected with their work.
Re: Round Up: Indiana Jones Reviews Are Live, Mostly Very Strong
Not an Indiana Jones fan and it looks a little too slow for my MachineGames-work taste but it's great news for them.
From all the half industry MS has bought the studios I actually care about are MachineGames, inXile and Obsidian.
Re: Sony's Really Pushing PlayStation Tournaments, First-Ever Live Event Announced
" if only to get their games some additional reach". Sony makes these events to give the ps5 reach, everyone wins lol.
Re: Sony's Really Pushing PlayStation Tournaments, First-Ever Live Event Announced
@LavenderShroud for the same reason people watch sports, movies and play videogames, because is part of our humanity to be fascinated with what we can't do in real life.
The fact that you can't do it doesn't mean that YOU can't or shouldn't enjoy stuff. You can play football with your friends and have the best time of your life. The fact that you will never play in the world cup can't take that from you.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Thinks the Days of Consoles Are Numbered
This guy talks about the same every 4 months LOL.
If we learned something about Wukong selling out the ps5 in China aka the homeland of pc and mobile gaming is that those days left for consoles are actually quite the number of years and who knows maybe the world ends firts.
Re: This Horizon Rip-Off Has to Be One of the Most Blatant Copycat Games Ever
Horizon from Temu.
Saw these news on another site before bed and I absolutely love how even users that I know are PS haters said it was a copy of Horizon. Love it or hate it Horizon already left a mark in videogame history as your go to animal robots franchise.
Re: Kadokawa Wants Sony's Full Commitment with Buyout of Entire Company
This makes sense for Sony because the "monopoly" of Anime in the west is ending. Just this season 3 of the 5 most popular animes can be watched outside Crunchy (the only one "exclusives" being Blue Lock and ReZero) and from those 3 one isn't even on Crunchy (Bleach being exclusive to Disney owned services).
Netflix, Disney and Warner are already putting a lot of money not only to produce but to distribute anime. The "monopoly" was never a monopoly it was just an opportunity with no competition. Now that competition exists and the best interest for Sony should be to get their own anime to keep their platform relevant.
Re: A Helldivers 2 Special Edition DualSense PS5 Controller Is Reportedly on the Way
If they can make it Astro-pretty I'm so so in.
Re: Amid Turbulent Times for the Games Industry, Koei Tecmo Is Doubling Down on Consoles Like PS5
Sony is helping KT grow and worked as the perfect platform for SU to gain massive attention before going public and make huge money tor the owner. Yes Nikke was already making a lot of money but the regular player didn't know what Nikke was before Stellar Blade, now they know and probably even play it.
That should be the story about third party exclusives for this year, not Square Enix struggling economically because of their own mistakes lol.
Re: Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown Fighting Back with Big PS4 Balance Update
@carlos82 you think so? Actually it feels like anyone can make controllers for PS5 these days.
If you are talking specifically about old sticks support I get it but the components to make PS5 sticks are out there for anyone to buy. All the small companies new releases are fully compatible with PS5 (if they aren't oriented only to pc to reduce costs because it's old tech).
At first it felt like the possibilities were limited to fighting games because Sony gives different kind of permissions to controller makers but after the announcement of the SWORL by JunkFood, a mod controller fully compatible with PS5 made to play more than fighting games the possibilities are more open than ever.
Re: Random: Even Clive from Final Fantasy 16 Is Begging for Bloodborne at 60fps
@Major_Player it's impractical to have issues with one of the companies that is giving capital to keep your studio alive when there is no abuse.
There is no major mystery, everything it's about money. Either Nixxes is working in a full remaster now that they made the jump from porting team to developer team starting with Horizon "as the first of many" or Sony isn't interested in paying for a patch.
That simple patch represents time and money. Doesn't matter if you are asian or from the west you won't do it for free, when developers say "We want" they mean "We want to get paid to do it" specially when you are working in something else already.
Re: Random: Even Clive from Final Fantasy 16 Is Begging for Bloodborne at 60fps
Sorry Clive your mom (SE) broke up with Sony so he isn't daddy anymore and doesn't need to care about what you want.
No but for real. I know people "want" this (the day it happens it won't sell as much as people think because that's the nature of humans) but I can't help but find this situations of very poor taste.
It's like when pc mags have the chance to talk with Miyazaki and instead of talking about his current and future work or about what it's inside FromSoft minds when developing they prefer to ask "WheRe iS BlOoDbOrNe foR PC". If Japanese people weren't designed to be nice he would have said "F*ck off" already.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Declared Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024
The only thing I cared about this event was that Helldivers 2 won 4 categories (matching most Ws with ff) and Astro won 2.
This is fan voted so for a quiet year PS ips still hitting hard.
Re: Hawkeye Joins Massive Marvel Rivals PS5 Launch Roster
Once this game is out everyone will forget about the NetEase money laundering report and by the time Destiny Rising is out everything will be a distant memory lol.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Not Getting DLC, Part 3 the Full Focus
Now the question is if SE is going to pay Sony to end the contract and release this games in other platforms on day 1 or they are focusing in releasing this as soon as possible so they can officially end the relationship and with their games on pc and xbox understand the reality of people not buying millions of FF copies on PC because they are more into turn based rpgs these days.
I have never been that into SE so I understand I'm part of the minority but I want PS to end this toxic relationship and invest in KT all the way lol.
Re: Peerless RPG Baldur's Gate 3 Has More Players Now Than at Launch
This site loves steam numbers right?
Release: 875,343 concurrent players
Last week: 104,134
Today: 71,408
Unless the PS5 playerbase is playing in crazy numbers (and yes obviously there is a chance) the director is talking with a specific metric in mind that isn't sharing with us lol.
Baldur's Gate 3 is an amazing game in every aspect but the intention of this tweet kind of feels like when people talk about Larian as the epitome of an independent studio that doesn't need any big company when Tencent owns 30%. There is no need to play pretend when the game and the work of the devs is legendary enough.
Re: Hands On: PS Plus Cloud Streaming Is a Game Changer for PS Portal
The Portal was already a great option and now is the cheapest way to play ps5 games ... if you live in a country that supports cloud gaming.
My country doesn't have it so I will keep using my portal de OG way LOL.
Re: STALKER 2's Technical Troubles Likely Fixed by the Time It Comes to PS5
Hopefully those who are interested in this game and can play it right now actually pay for it.
The devs asked directly for people to buy it if possible (after the first xbox showcase of the game coming to gp, that was funny) and they are from Ukraine so ... yeah.
Re: Feature: Why Would Sony Want to Buy Kadokawa?
@Mikey856 yup original IP and in the world of reports and rumors BluePoint is one of the few studios that weren't/aren't working in a service.
Re: Feature: Why Would Sony Want to Buy Kadokawa?
@MrGawain it was 10 years ago when The Last of Us, the west buying the ps4 and COD saved the whole company japanese divisions included. Give them a break lol.
(It's crazy to thing 11 years ago was 2013 and 5 years ago was the beginning of covid. All feels so recent)
Re: Feature: Why Would Sony Want to Buy Kadokawa?
@Mikey856 this is true, Blue Point is their sleeper studio, they have the PS5 technology down like no other studio in the industry (probably). That's why their game is the one I'm waiting the most.
Re: Feature: Why Would Sony Want to Buy Kadokawa?
Because of anime. The president of Sony said it, they are doing great but they need their own anime content. Their investments in Kimetsu no Yaiba have been a gold mine and they have a couple of great original anime (also investment) but neither of the 3 is theirs.
They need anime for Crunchy now that Disney, MAX and Netflix are all in too.
Re: Veteran Trophy Hunter Hakoom Quits PlayStation Over Alleged Account Suspension Storm
There are other trophy hunters who will replace him in battle lol.
Re: Secret Level Creator Comments on Concord's Awkward Anthology Inclusion
Everything started when that talented group of artists decided to make some of the most ugly game characters 100% on purpose lol. If they weren't able to see that, there is a huge problem there.
And the episode is probably going to be the most popular one. Concord is one if not the biggest failure in PlayStation history so of course everyone interested will watch that episode even if it's only to trash Sony either because how bad it is or because how good.
Re: Game Size Not as Important as It Used to Be, Says Yakuza Creator
I'm about to pay full price for a 7hr long (+platinum time obviously lol) game in LEGO Horizon Adventures and I'm going to love every second of it so thank you for the validation Mr. Nagoshi LOL.
Re: Macaulay Culkin Confirmed for Season 2 of Amazon's Fallout Show
Hopefully a good amount of scenes. He is funny.
Re: Sony Boss Says It's 'Learned a Lot' from PC Player Pushback
Of course they are!
Helldivers has been under fire since people realiced PlayStation owns the IP and ... they just can't stop buying it lol.
That means that what people say doesn't matter, they are going to buy anyway if the game is good.
Re: SEGA Is Bringing Back Its Iconic Virtua Fighter Franchise for PS5
We sure need more 3d fighting games. This is really cool.
Re: SEGA Is Bringing Back Its Iconic Virtua Fighter Franchise for PS5
@somnambulance it's funny how you wrote that because it made me remember a comment from this site saying that Persona 3 would be the game that makes the most money from February 2024, the reason was because the low costs of making it vs sales, obviously the user was writing that thinking about FF7R2.
And then Helldivers 2 happened ... lol