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AI defense squad be like "stop having standards, just consume product and get excited for next product!"

Wow it seems like this was a very weak year for RPG's outside of Expedition 33.

Surprised Peanuts is still a big deal, I feel like Schulz was the heart and soul of that and when he died that was basically it.

PS Blog, exactly who I look to for unbiased awards.

They say it's more popular yet I can't seem to find anyone who actually likes it.

Seems like a number of these categories are a joke. Like content creator of the year going to some popular pop culture youtuber who hardly covers games anymore? Best TV show? E-sports? Games for impact and game changer?

Whatever, at least they gave the main award to a game that deserves it for once.

Failing-up I see.

@bluemage1989 From what I've seen cloud is necessary in Flight Sim 24, it's how they kept the file size down so significantly compared to 2020. The previous 2020 Flight Sim basically let you download most of the data you needed, certainly enough to enjoy playing it offline or with slow internet speed, it only really used data streaming for enhancing detail.

I always thought Flight Sim 2020 was the far better game but it takes up a lot more space, mostly because it is actually playable offline. This one is basically entirely reliant upon streaming.

As the AAA industry keeps consolidating and declining I only look to AA more for what I used to enjoy from AAA.

So happy I got a PS5 Pro, it's definitely my plan for the rest of this decade as I wait for next gen and better computer hardware. Not even planning on getting a PS6 or Next Xbox, planning on getting a nice gaming PC whenever the PS5 Pro is finally outdated.

Who cares these awards are just a big business AAA industry insider controlled event, big industry figures patting themselves on the back and rewarding their own cliquishness.

@Gravity_Bear Yeah true I think Sony might as well just capitalize on this ram demand and build their own, they do have the expertise and ability to do that after all.

Wow that looked terrible, like some free mobile phone game ripoff.

@StitchJones Yeah I agree new AAA game development has slowed down to such a crawl I don't even bother anticipating games until they are almost out. I think AAA has been in this big massive budget massive production era and it's become unsustainable, they're just spending too much time and money on these games and it makes it so they only go with the safest bets and don't do anything more niche.

I like my Dualsense Edge but the battery life has been terrible.

Pretty weak month if this is the best on offer.

Wow, the market is that weak right now huh? I guess this is what happens when there is little else in the way of big releases people want.

@StitchJones I miss the days when Playstation had some proper first party variety. Ever since the late PS3 era it's been a sea of cinematic action games and walking simulators.

Yikes I was hoping they would survive this rough launch, I actually had an interest in buying this one but the early issues made me put this in my "wait for a sale" category.

I was never a fan of this one and I love rally racers and racing games in general. I think Rush Rally 3 is the better game by far when it comes to this unofficial indie rally racer direction. I guess it's got that PS1 look if you're into that, seems to be it's main gimmick, but I would rather just play actual PS1 games.

He's right. The series is beloved for the way it is, change that and it won't be as appealing anymore.

Royal should have been an update or DLC expansion/overhaul. I mean Street Fighter 4 managed to do this back in the 360 era, I remember only needing to download a DLC to turn my Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition into Ultra Street Fighter 4.

What they did with Persona 5 is the type of thing they had to do in the PS2 era, back before we had DLC and the ability to update games. It makes absolutely no sense to continue doing things that way.

I don't think they'll be so happy when their studio inevitably gets shut down and they lose their jobs.

If this is Sony's strongest franchise it's no wonder I am ready to leave Playstation behind next gen.

This feature feels pretty pointless when my home menu is essentially a recently played list.

@LordAinsley Yeah not sure what the bar for success is for these shows but it seems to be pretty low.

Could never understand why some people put so much time and effort into something they don't own only to be surprised when the ownership doesn't like someone else taking possession of it.

This is definitely one of those online open world games where the online feels very forced and unnecessary but they force it anyways just to make it a total live services game. By making it live services it also feels just so soulless and passionless. I would so much rather just have an offline experience with real pros and some actual progression like the first 3 titles.

In this it's like you never feel like you're making any actual progression because all the missions and goals just rotate and refresh all the time, so you just wind up doing the same things over and over again. Seems obvious how the whole game seems to revolve around grinding away for virtual funny money to spend on loot boxes and cosmetics. Thing is after getting some basic decent gear for my skater, it feels like I no longer have anything to play towards unless I still want to play skater dress-up.

Looking forward to finally being able to do qualifying and standing starts. Love GT but that back of the pack rolling start catch up to the leader thing they have always done always felt like the most dated and limiting factor to it as far as serious racing sims go.

24 hour endurance sounds crazy, I know the formula for these endurance races in the past was to put some hours in, pause and take a break, repeat until finished. Still, doubt I will ever have the dedication for that, that's for the truly hardcore sim fans.

@jvecc Yeah never really saw the appeal of gaming like that. It works for PC gaming, like when playing the sort of games that I play with a mouse and keyboard, but for everything else I greatly prefer gaming on a TV with a controller. Even some genres like FPS that work great with a KB mouse I prefer on console simply because it's so much more relaxed to play them on a big screen sitting back in a couch/chair with a controller.

Been following this game on PC and playing it on my Steam Deck, so happy to see this franchise making a return, eagerly awaiting this release!

Oh yeah rush into releasing new consoles so I can wait 5 years all over again for them to finally get a decent variety of games that actually take advantage of them!

@SodaPop6548 Today's gaming industry is like "you can't have good things!"

Mandatory paid subscription for basic online and backup features needs to end. If they want to charge me for monthly games, fine, but don't make me have a sub just to do anything online.

@Sanquine SSX is something this industry has been sorely missing.

@ProfessorNiggle Plenty of people didn't think it was pointless. The world doesn't need to revolve around you.

@ProfessorNiggle Whatever dude, just leave me out of your antisocial issues please.

@ProfessorNiggle Bruh, you have written more in this comments section than I have lol.

Definitely buying it on my PS5 Pro because it's the most powerful game console right now. Funny how a Playstation will be the best way to play a Halo game. Microsoft really screwed up Xbox.

@Amnesiac I never use AI for answering questions, and the only times I tested it out, it gave me completely wrong answers with confidence.

AI is simply the current hot topic for big tech investment right now. It gets all the big money people who know very little about technology buying into things, but eventually people are going to realize it's limitations.

@ProfessorNiggle You got ratio'd pretty hard here. The world doesn't need to revolve around you. Get over yourself.

@ProfessorNiggle Two small paragraphs are an essay to you? How did you get through school?

This seems like one of the most pointless features imaginable. I could see the benefit for this sort of thing on a handheld, lower power would mean better battery life which can be very important, but on a home console, I didn't buy a PS5 Pro to limit the power it uses just to save a miniscule amount of money on my power bill.

If that was really such a big deal to me I would probably just use a different device, like sticking to a Switch 2 in dock mode. Home consoles are already very power efficient compared to gaming PC's, and in a world where we have massive bitcoin farms and AI sucking down more power than most cities, I can't feel guilty about how much power my game console uses.

I am genuinely excited for Tekken 3 on my PS5, buying it as I don't have Platinum.

Looks like a mobile phone game.

The problem with the SR reboot was simple, they simply played it too safe and got too politically correct with a franchise that used to proudly be as edgy and over the top as possible. It's like they went with some over the top action still, but the humor was always what made it work and that was sorely absent in this reboot. Like someone desperately trying to make jokes that just never land and make everyone roll their eyes.

I am really to call it quits with home consoles after this generation. My next gen plan is building a gaming PC and saying goodbye to these console ecosystems and their online subscription requirements. This is coming far too soon, games that will actually take advantage of any benefits will take far too long to release, and I have far too much backlog as it is.