@Buckster666 a King will take the high road and vote with his wallet, I'm not sure I would call a King someone who go out of their way to harm those who don't bend to their will... that sounds more like "I'm not getting what I want, so I throw a tantrum" aka Karen ^_^
@Fiendish-Beaver It really depends on what Xbox will do, if they launch early they will force PS hand. they wont let Xbox on the market for a year alone, they learned their lesson from X360 ^_^
@Blofse I can't speak for all three console manufacturers, but generally they actually don't start straight after launch of previous gen. They tend to take 3-4 years from early design to launch and tend to start "mid gen". Reason I've been told is that, you can't really predict chip 8 years in advance, and you can't really predict market either... so need to be a balance...
hahaha, I happen to be one of those "analyst/consultant" actually working for manufacturers in this industry to predict sales of future hardware.
You directly know the difference between people who actually do this for a living and people who would like to, but really don't.
Confidentiality of your clients is paramount and by just releasing their "estimates" in the press just says a lot about how deeply engaged they are in sales analytics and forecasting.
Second, to do this work properly, you need tons of assumptions on the product, the market response, the marketing investment and so on, which they cannot have access to if they don't work with the manufacturer. And without those any "estimate" is just some crude/basic triangulation.
Also, if the method is really to just reapply the same proportion of Pro/base from previous to this gen, this is not forecasting this is throwing darts... I mean even when not working with the manufacturers and missing tons of inputs, come on, you can do better in terms of statistical regression ^^
but hey, who knows, even a broken watch tell the right time twice a day ^^
@Jamesblob not taking any sides here, as it is a complicated topic, but to be fair, the impact on you is maintaining games at an acceptable quality level, while dropping costs and thus risk. Games are expensive to make and have uncertain success. Not saying AI is the solution, nor that everybody should be fired to make room for AI; but on the other hand, there's no free lunch, someone has to pay the cost of making games, or cost have to go down.
@WhiteRabbit wait, you're happy the censored got censored? so you like censoring? so you should be unhappy the censored got censored?! or happy because censoring censoring is still censoring?! I think you created a paradox ^_^
@LowDefAl every other year, this topic on which of physical or digital has the lower ecological implications comes back... and each time, based on various numbers available online and lots of argument, it is clearly not as black and white as some think...
@trev666 "everyone" is a confusing word, there are many different cohorts of buyers with different needs. People on this website are mostly engaged hardcore gamers leaning more towards physical. That accounts for a small portion of PS5 Sales. The vast majority who happen to prefer lower HW prices and digital convenience account for the vast majority ^_^
@S1ayeR74 I'd be surprised if Nintendo was announcing Switch 2 just ahead of holiday period. Knowing it won't launch in FY24, they will likely announce in Jan/Feb. But who knows ^_^
@Mustoe a I'm more of a console gamer, although my roots go back to computers (not PC. Before that... ) and I do appreciate sitting on a couch with a controller ^^ but to your point you can do that with a PC as well... to each their own ^^ Hope you enjoy the DLC!
@Mustoe I was also taken back by this comment... gamer using old stereotypes to aggress other gamers... amazing... I have three kids, I play sports every week, see friends, take care of my household chores and am CEO of a small company.. I still got time to "melt into a gaming chair" and platinum the hell out of Elden Ring and all other From games before that... can I play hours at a time, hell no, but can I commit to find time to finish a game I like, for sure !
@thefourfoldroot1 you know you can order a replacement spring online for like €5, and the replacement takes 2minutes... I've already replaced 3. It's very easy; lots of online walkthrough available
@Kidfunkadelic83 it's been some time so not 100% sure anymore, but I believe 2, and 3.a were the most important. But then 3.b. and 3.c were just a few more hours, so by that time, you can just platinum the game ^_^ I think each addt'l playthrough has less and less chapters...
@Kidfunkadelic83 each addt'l playthrough gets shorter than the previous. I think 2nd playthrough is like 50% of first, and 3rd like 20%... But yeah, too many games, too little time ^_^
@Kidfunkadelic83 please do yourself a favor and go through the multiple other endings... ^^ First ending makes Nier a great game, but story wise it becomes fantastic with alternative endings/perspective ^^
@Shepherd_Tallon So you finally got your Portal? ^_^ happy for you that you like it! We tend to use it to play online multiplayer locally with my kids (Xbox and PS5 connected to one TV); one one the Xbox the other one on Portal and the third one on PC... ^_^
@Sakai You know you can replace the spring yourself for like less than 5€. It's inconvenient but at least its simple, no need to buy a new controller ^_^
@Porco ha no worries, I understand your fear... I knew you'd be a reasonable person given your profile pic ^_^
and it's funny you mentionned consumer research... i'm not going to expand too much on this topic, but one could be surprised at how quickly the market and gamer needs are changing. this Pushsquare site audience is super not representative of the entire market, and I can assure you there is a huge streaming market looming. We won't have a choice eventually, so I understand your fears, but on the positive side, the tech is actually far more reliable than one would think. I encourage you to try it out if you have the opportunity ^_^
Cheers, and thanks for engaging in civil discussion !
@thefourfoldroot1 it s amazing that a LED screen can feel so OLED... I've been using OLED screen for PC, mobile and TV of course for quite a while, and still cant believe the image quality of the Portal LED screen...
@Th3solution I bought it purely for research purpose, and it s been using daily since then... great device if you have a strong local wifi network. Hope you can find one soon
@Porco man... why so emotional on this topic ^_^ "the portal is a failed experiment purely based on how inconsistently it performs in various use cases, good internet or not. a native handheld would have been infinitely better for sony and gamers alike." 1. have you even tried it out? As far as I am concerned (playing games for more than 30 years, owning all consoles, playing competitively... I mean as hardcore as it gets), the performance of the Portal is definitely great, and filling a gap. Is it for everyone, no (not for you clearly ^_^), but that doesn't mean one should get angry. 2. do you realize how much money Sony lost last time they tried launching a proper handheld? IF they were consider reentering that space, they would do it very cautiously
@Porco to be clear, I am in the same camp as you, not super looking forward to cloud future, but it is inevitable at this stage. And to be fair not half as bad as internet makes it sound. I was convinced lag would be unbearable, but it is actually not noticeable in most of cases I tried (Portal, GamePass streaming)... I have become a fan of testing things in streaming in gamepass and downloading what I like on PS5 ^_^
@Porco to be fair, your tone is as subjective as what you point out with press "it is premature to believe this device is destined to be anything but a failure so let's not kid ourselves." You are making your own conclusions without anything to back it up other than your personal views and needs. I agree the way this news is delivered is a bit weird, but yes outselling PS demand forecast is a sign of relative success for that platform, for what it is. Of course it's not going to beat the top 3 main consoles, and of course, it's ridiculous to laude the 4th place (out of 4... ^_^), but calling out a failure is a bit much at this stage
@nessisonett Definitely true, although once, they opened the door to the public it became so much more difficult to try anything. Queues were already super long before, they just became completely unmanageable after... Beyond the obvious better control on your comms and narrative outside of a tradeshow like E3, it's the cost that was one of the major factors in leaving for many publishers and manufacturers. We're talking about more than AAA game marketing budget which was spiraling out of control with everyone trying to outdo everyone... but yeah... E3 will be sorely missed... that's for sure...
@Shepherd_Tallon As much as I'm part of the survival horror crowd, I thought RE7 was too much for me... maybe the VR, maybe getting older... ever since the E3 Kitchen VR experience, that game never sat well with me... I thought 8 was great though ^_^
@BearsEatBeets ^_^ I remember discussing with some Capcom marketing person (being intentionally vague) just before they launched 6, telling me they had fixed the issue of dual audience (action vs survival) by making 6 both... the baffled look on my face did not impress them... and to be fair as much as it destroyed the Franchise, 6 was one of the best selling one... It's like you need survival to attract hardcore audience which will entice mainstream, but you need action to please mainstream...
@Bionic-Spencer Has everyone forgotten the huge backlash when RE5 released? ^^ this is going to be even worse in today's world... A white dude cruising Africa killing black people... media is gonna berserk on that ^^ Not sure Capcom wants that story back on the headlines. I agree on the continuity, but it might be safer to be very careful with 5 ^_^
@somnambulance I don't know the financials for SF6 specifically, but at 2,5MM units (last number published), 50$ average price (once you take promo into account), -30% retailer cut on digital sales and 50% on physical, we're talking about $60-90MM net... Given their global marketing level for the game, I'd assume something like $10 to 20MM marketing, there's like maybe $50-70MM left to Capcom, you take 20% overhead off and it leaves $40-60MM... that's not an enormous budget for a AAA, definitely high enough for a Fighter, but not one with the scope of SF6.... Also, just saw Capcom was targeting 10MM units... ^_^ We hardcore players hang around with each other, and have the perceptions our loved games have huge reach, but most of them just don't appeal to less engaged audiences.. especially the daunting fighting genre, which has huge barrier to entry...
@riceNpea fair enough ^_^ hope you' ll reread your post and agree it wasn't necessarily clear that you were talking about people validating and then complaining. I read it as just bad practice from business companies. Again fair enough if I misunderstood you ! Cheers
@zekepliskin ah, don't take it like that, I'm not trying to troll you, just trying to say I see your point about 3DTV and all, but I'm talking about something else, where the need for Portal is more of an essential need in my household situation, versus something like a 3DTV which is more of a nice to have. I did not mean the 6 seater car comparison to be dismissive, but more to show in our case it is not a gadget, it's addressing a core need that will subsist over time. That being said, maybe you're right and we'll get tired of it. I just don't see it happening ^^ Have a great weekend ! sorry if I offended you ^^
@Shepherd_Tallon I mean most reviews are on point, there is some light compression artefacting, some light stutter once in a while, and quite a lot of issues (lag, resolution and so on) if you don't have an absolute pristine 4 bar wifi connection (we had to install a wifi router in the living room). But if set up is proper, enjoyment is proper... the screen is a killer (and I only buy OLED / do video editing in HDR)
@zekepliskin sure enough ^_^ I can totally understand people not seeing a use for this device, or labelling it as short lived novelty. But unless I lose my children, or suddenly invest in 3 more TVs, the portal will continue being used in my place for some time. You're like someone saying 6 seater cars are just novelty to a family of 6 ^_^
@somnambulance I m really gonna sound like a Capcom employee, so last comment here ^_^ one of the reason Fighting games had a huge drought in the early 2000 was consumer fatigue with the genre. When the genre rose from the dead thanks to eSports, it never got back to the level of mainstream appeal it had in the 90s. Making a great fighting game profitable nowadays is actually quite hard. Cosmetics DLC allows to stretch revenue without reducing audience size... nor forcing anybody to plunge beyond the base game price
@riceNpea it's no different than cream and and sugar in coffee. you always have got it for free, but then Starbucks figured some people where willing to pay a lot for more elaborate options, and other impulse buying bonus... Now if you don't want the fanciness (I certainly don't give a crap about cosmetics dlc), you don't need to pay for it... You can't blame a business to try to find ways to increase their revenue stream, they are commercial enterprises.
@Ooccoo_Jr or another way to think about it, is that without those other people that like to pay for those add ons, price of base game might have been higher. As long as it is cosmetics/irrelevant like this, it's fair game, and helps keep base game pricing contained. Once they start removing chunks of the game or game/gameplay impacting feature to sell them as DLC that's a whole other story... so fair enough Capcom, I guess... ?
@zekepliskin hehe, you can try to dismiss my feedback, fair enough, but the way it is currently being used and my family set up, it will clearly be used for a long time, even past the Switch 2. I mean when you have 4 hardcore players in a household and one TV, even 3 Switch doesn't solve the TV problem ^_^
@Beetlebum91 I remember Mortal Kombat 2 being close to a 100€ on SNES back in the nineties... you surely weren't buying a game more often, than every couple of months... ^_^
to go on on the Portal: it s a fantastic device for what it aims at. It's being used far more than I thought; many hours every day by multiple family members in my household ^^
Really depends on whether you are the targeted audience for this. It definitely has little use for someone who doesn't fight for the TV, nor like to play in various places in the house, nor just sometimes want a more restrained experience vs. the full on blown up 200 inches TV ^^
@DonaldMcRonald it's funny cause some of us posting here, actually are part of the industry and know exciting confidential information, and are dying to share but can't because of NDAs. So every now and then they drop hints, and can obviously not divulge their sources, but then get called on the "trust me bro" ^^ I guess it still satisfies the the urge to share great info, and even possibly without too much repercussions given these are not believed ^^
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Re: God of War Ragnarok PC Review Bombed Over PSN Requirement
@Buckster666 a King will take the high road and vote with his wallet, I'm not sure I would call a King someone who go out of their way to harm those who don't bend to their will... that sounds more like "I'm not getting what I want, so I throw a tantrum" aka Karen ^_^
Re: PS6 Is Already Deep in Development, Backwards Compatibility of High Importance
@Fiendish-Beaver It really depends on what Xbox will do, if they launch early they will force PS hand. they wont let Xbox on the market for a year alone, they learned their lesson from X360 ^_^
Re: PS6 Is Already Deep in Development, Backwards Compatibility of High Importance
@Fiendish-Beaver I think Xbox will release in 2026 and PS will be a year behind. ^_^
Re: PS6 Is Already Deep in Development, Backwards Compatibility of High Importance
@Blofse I can't speak for all three console manufacturers, but generally they actually don't start straight after launch of previous gen. They tend to take 3-4 years from early design to launch and tend to start "mid gen". Reason I've been told is that, you can't really predict chip 8 years in advance, and you can't really predict market either... so need to be a balance...
Re: Despite Price Point, Analyst Firm Expects PS5 Pro to Sell Like PS4 Pro
hahaha, I happen to be one of those "analyst/consultant" actually working for manufacturers in this industry to predict sales of future hardware.
You directly know the difference between people who actually do this for a living and people who would like to, but really don't.
Confidentiality of your clients is paramount and by just releasing their "estimates" in the press just says a lot about how deeply engaged they are in sales analytics and forecasting.
Second, to do this work properly, you need tons of assumptions on the product, the market response, the marketing investment and so on, which they cannot have access to if they don't work with the manufacturer. And without those any "estimate" is just some crude/basic triangulation.
Also, if the method is really to just reapply the same proportion of Pro/base from previous to this gen, this is not forecasting this is throwing darts... I mean even when not working with the manufacturers and missing tons of inputs, come on, you can do better in terms of statistical regression ^^
but hey, who knows, even a broken watch tell the right time twice a day ^^
Re: PS5 Pro Announced, Costs $700 and Out in November
@Sergo Unfortunately it is, once you had the European 21% VAT...
Re: Jennifer Hale Says AI Is Coming for All of Us
@Jamesblob not taking any sides here, as it is a complicated topic, but to be fair, the impact on you is maintaining games at an acceptable quality level, while dropping costs and thus risk. Games are expensive to make and have uncertain success. Not saying AI is the solution, nor that everybody should be fired to make room for AI; but on the other hand, there's no free lunch, someone has to pay the cost of making games, or cost have to go down.
Re: Jennifer Hale Says AI Is Coming for All of Us
@WhiteRabbit wait, you're happy the censored got censored? so you like censoring? so you should be unhappy the censored got censored?! or happy because censoring censoring is still censoring?! I think you created a paradox ^_^
Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro Design Seemingly Leaked
@S1ayeR74 Fair enough ^_^ bad memory on my part, I thought Switch was announced in Jan and released a couple months later
Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro Design Seemingly Leaked
@LowDefAl every other year, this topic on which of physical or digital has the lower ecological implications comes back... and each time, based on various numbers available online and lots of argument, it is clearly not as black and white as some think...
Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro Design Seemingly Leaked
@trev666 "everyone" is a confusing word, there are many different cohorts of buyers with different needs. People on this website are mostly engaged hardcore gamers leaning more towards physical. That accounts for a small portion of PS5 Sales. The vast majority who happen to prefer lower HW prices and digital convenience account for the vast majority ^_^
Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro Design Seemingly Leaked
@S1ayeR74 I'd be surprised if Nintendo was announcing Switch 2 just ahead of holiday period. Knowing it won't launch in FY24, they will likely announce in Jan/Feb. But who knows ^_^
Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro Was Allegedly Being Talked About Openly at Gamescom
@GigaGaia I know you wont believe me, but trust me it's coming ^_^
Re: Sony to Short-Change PS Stars Members with PS Plus Renewals Starting Next Year
@Glotny Thank you, you made me check my account and realize I also have €20 worth of points ^_^
Re: Deals: PS5 Price Cuts Continue with Savings on Consoles, Games, and Accessories (Europe)
@Gaia093 yeah still no promo outside of UK a day later... and most usual uk stores wont ship it international...
Re: FromSoftware Boss Puts Elden Ring Difficulty Discourse to Bed, Once and For All
@Mustoe a I'm more of a console gamer, although my roots go back to computers (not PC. Before that... ) and I do appreciate sitting on a couch with a controller ^^ but to your point you can do that with a PC as well... to each their own ^^
Hope you enjoy the DLC!
Re: FromSoftware Boss Puts Elden Ring Difficulty Discourse to Bed, Once and For All
@Mustoe I was also taken back by this comment... gamer using old stereotypes to aggress other gamers... amazing...
I have three kids, I play sports every week, see friends, take care of my household chores and am CEO of a small company.. I still got time to "melt into a gaming chair" and platinum the hell out of Elden Ring and all other From games before that... can I play hours at a time, hell no, but can I commit to find time to finish a game I like, for sure !
Re: Sony Wants Non-PS5 Owners to Use Its Accessories
@thefourfoldroot1 you know you can order a replacement spring online for like €5, and the replacement takes 2minutes...
I've already replaced 3. It's very easy; lots of online walkthrough available
Re: Stellar Blade Is a Better Game Than NieR: Automata, Yoko Taro Reckons
@Kidfunkadelic83 it's been some time so not 100% sure anymore, but I believe 2, and 3.a were the most important. But then 3.b. and 3.c were just a few more hours, so by that time, you can just platinum the game ^_^
I think each addt'l playthrough has less and less chapters...
Re: Stellar Blade Is a Better Game Than NieR: Automata, Yoko Taro Reckons
@Kidfunkadelic83 each addt'l playthrough gets shorter than the previous. I think 2nd playthrough is like 50% of first, and 3rd like 20%...
But yeah, too many games, too little time ^_^
Re: Stellar Blade Is a Better Game Than NieR: Automata, Yoko Taro Reckons
@Kidfunkadelic83 please do yourself a favor and go through the multiple other endings... ^^ First ending makes Nier a great game, but story wise it becomes fantastic with alternative endings/perspective ^^
Re: Rumour: A New PlayStation Handheld Console Reportedly in the Works
@Shepherd_Tallon So you finally got your Portal? ^_^ happy for you that you like it!
We tend to use it to play online multiplayer locally with my kids (Xbox and PS5 connected to one TV); one one the Xbox the other one on Portal and the third one on PC... ^_^
Re: Sony's Third-Party Chief Explains How PlayStation Makes PS5 the Best Place to Play
@Sakai You know you can replace the spring yourself for like less than 5€. It's inconvenient but at least its simple, no need to buy a new controller ^_^
Re: PS Portal Was the USA's Fourth Best-Selling System in November
@Porco ha no worries, I understand your fear... I knew you'd be a reasonable person given your profile pic ^_^
and it's funny you mentionned consumer research... i'm not going to expand too much on this topic, but one could be surprised at how quickly the market and gamer needs are changing. this Pushsquare site audience is super not representative of the entire market, and I can assure you there is a huge streaming market looming.
We won't have a choice eventually, so I understand your fears, but on the positive side, the tech is actually far more reliable than one would think. I encourage you to try it out if you have the opportunity ^_^
Cheers, and thanks for engaging in civil discussion !
Re: PS Portal Was the USA's Fourth Best-Selling System in November
@thefourfoldroot1 it s amazing that a LED screen can feel so OLED... I've been using OLED screen for PC, mobile and TV of course for quite a while, and still cant believe the image quality of the Portal LED screen...
Re: PS Portal Was the USA's Fourth Best-Selling System in November
@Th3solution I bought it purely for research purpose, and it s been using daily since then... great device if you have a strong local wifi network. Hope you can find one soon
Re: PS Portal Was the USA's Fourth Best-Selling System in November
@Porco man... why so emotional on this topic ^_^
"the portal is a failed experiment purely based on how inconsistently it performs in various use cases, good internet or not. a native handheld would have been infinitely better for sony and gamers alike."
1. have you even tried it out? As far as I am concerned (playing games for more than 30 years, owning all consoles, playing competitively... I mean as hardcore as it gets), the performance of the Portal is definitely great, and filling a gap. Is it for everyone, no (not for you clearly ^_^), but that doesn't mean one should get angry.
2. do you realize how much money Sony lost last time they tried launching a proper handheld? IF they were consider reentering that space, they would do it very cautiously
Re: PS Portal Was the USA's Fourth Best-Selling System in November
@Shepherd_Tallon I believe very strongly that you are right ^_^
Re: PS Portal Was the USA's Fourth Best-Selling System in November
@Porco to be clear, I am in the same camp as you, not super looking forward to cloud future, but it is inevitable at this stage. And to be fair not half as bad as internet makes it sound. I was convinced lag would be unbearable, but it is actually not noticeable in most of cases I tried (Portal, GamePass streaming)... I have become a fan of testing things in streaming in gamepass and downloading what I like on PS5 ^_^
Re: PS Portal Was the USA's Fourth Best-Selling System in November
@Porco to be fair, your tone is as subjective as what you point out with press "it is premature to believe this device is destined to be anything but a failure so let's not kid ourselves."
You are making your own conclusions without anything to back it up other than your personal views and needs.
I agree the way this news is delivered is a bit weird, but yes outselling PS demand forecast is a sign of relative success for that platform, for what it is. Of course it's not going to beat the top 3 main consoles, and of course, it's ridiculous to laude the 4th place (out of 4... ^_^), but calling out a failure is a bit much at this stage
Re: E3 Is Officially Dead
@nessisonett Definitely true, although once, they opened the door to the public it became so much more difficult to try anything. Queues were already super long before, they just became completely unmanageable after...
Beyond the obvious better control on your comms and narrative outside of a tradeshow like E3, it's the cost that was one of the major factors in leaving for many publishers and manufacturers. We're talking about more than AAA game marketing budget which was spiraling out of control with everyone trying to outdo everyone...
but yeah... E3 will be sorely missed... that's for sure...
Re: SEGA Bringing 'New Era, New Energy' to The Game Awards
They have a lot of things in the works, and many things still to announce... looks like they are ready to start showing stuff ^_^
Re: More Resident Evil Remakes Are on the Way, Capcom Confirms
@Shepherd_Tallon As much as I'm part of the survival horror crowd, I thought RE7 was too much for me... maybe the VR, maybe getting older... ever since the E3 Kitchen VR experience, that game never sat well with me... I thought 8 was great though ^_^
Re: More Resident Evil Remakes Are on the Way, Capcom Confirms
@GamingFan4Lyf PlayStation only picked up once it started stealing all them major games from Dreamcast... ^_^
Re: More Resident Evil Remakes Are on the Way, Capcom Confirms
@BearsEatBeets ^_^ I remember discussing with some Capcom marketing person (being intentionally vague) just before they launched 6, telling me they had fixed the issue of dual audience (action vs survival) by making 6 both... the baffled look on my face did not impress them... and to be fair as much as it destroyed the Franchise, 6 was one of the best selling one... It's like you need survival to attract hardcore audience which will entice mainstream, but you need action to please mainstream...
Re: More Resident Evil Remakes Are on the Way, Capcom Confirms
@GamingFan4Lyf can't agree more with you... what heresy this quote is ! ^_^
Re: More Resident Evil Remakes Are on the Way, Capcom Confirms
@Bionic-Spencer Has everyone forgotten the huge backlash when RE5 released? ^^ this is going to be even worse in today's world... A white dude cruising Africa killing black people... media is gonna berserk on that ^^ Not sure Capcom wants that story back on the headlines. I agree on the continuity, but it might be safer to be very careful with 5 ^_^
Re: Street Fighter 6's Awesome New Outfits Are Out Now, But Fans Are Fuming at the Prices
@somnambulance I don't know the financials for SF6 specifically, but at 2,5MM units (last number published), 50$ average price (once you take promo into account), -30% retailer cut on digital sales and 50% on physical, we're talking about $60-90MM net... Given their global marketing level for the game, I'd assume something like $10 to 20MM marketing, there's like maybe $50-70MM left to Capcom, you take 20% overhead off and it leaves $40-60MM... that's not an enormous budget for a AAA, definitely high enough for a Fighter, but not one with the scope of SF6.... Also, just saw Capcom was targeting 10MM units... ^_^ We hardcore players hang around with each other, and have the perceptions our loved games have huge reach, but most of them just don't appeal to less engaged audiences.. especially the daunting fighting genre, which has huge barrier to entry...
Re: Street Fighter 6's Awesome New Outfits Are Out Now, But Fans Are Fuming at the Prices
@McBurn yep that ship has sailed a long time ago ^_^
Re: Street Fighter 6's Awesome New Outfits Are Out Now, But Fans Are Fuming at the Prices
@riceNpea fair enough ^_^ hope you' ll reread your post and agree it wasn't necessarily clear that you were talking about people validating and then complaining. I read it as just bad practice from business companies. Again fair enough if I misunderstood you ! Cheers
Re: First PS5 Pulse Earbuds Review Notes Worrying Design and Fit Issues
@zekepliskin ah, don't take it like that, I'm not trying to troll you, just trying to say I see your point about 3DTV and all, but I'm talking about something else, where the need for Portal is more of an essential need in my household situation, versus something like a 3DTV which is more of a nice to have.
I did not mean the 6 seater car comparison to be dismissive, but more to show in our case it is not a gadget, it's addressing a core need that will subsist over time. That being said, maybe you're right and we'll get tired of it. I just don't see it happening ^^ Have a great weekend ! sorry if I offended you ^^
Re: First PS5 Pulse Earbuds Review Notes Worrying Design and Fit Issues
@Shepherd_Tallon I mean most reviews are on point, there is some light compression artefacting, some light stutter once in a while, and quite a lot of issues (lag, resolution and so on) if you don't have an absolute pristine 4 bar wifi connection (we had to install a wifi router in the living room). But if set up is proper, enjoyment is proper... the screen is a killer (and I only buy OLED / do video editing in HDR)
Re: First PS5 Pulse Earbuds Review Notes Worrying Design and Fit Issues
@zekepliskin sure enough ^_^
I can totally understand people not seeing a use for this device, or labelling it as short lived novelty. But unless I lose my children, or suddenly invest in 3 more TVs, the portal will continue being used in my place for some time.
You're like someone saying 6 seater cars are just novelty to a family of 6 ^_^
Re: Street Fighter 6's Awesome New Outfits Are Out Now, But Fans Are Fuming at the Prices
@somnambulance I m really gonna sound like a Capcom employee, so last comment here ^_^
one of the reason Fighting games had a huge drought in the early 2000 was consumer fatigue with the genre. When the genre rose from the dead thanks to eSports, it never got back to the level of mainstream appeal it had in the 90s. Making a great fighting game profitable nowadays is actually quite hard. Cosmetics DLC allows to stretch revenue without reducing audience size... nor forcing anybody to plunge beyond the base game price
Re: Street Fighter 6's Awesome New Outfits Are Out Now, But Fans Are Fuming at the Prices
@riceNpea it's no different than cream and and sugar in coffee. you always have got it for free, but then Starbucks figured some people where willing to pay a lot for more elaborate options, and other impulse buying bonus... Now if you don't want the fanciness (I certainly don't give a crap about cosmetics dlc), you don't need to pay for it...
You can't blame a business to try to find ways to increase their revenue stream, they are commercial enterprises.
Re: Street Fighter 6's Awesome New Outfits Are Out Now, But Fans Are Fuming at the Prices
@Ooccoo_Jr or another way to think about it, is that without those other people that like to pay for those add ons, price of base game might have been higher. As long as it is cosmetics/irrelevant like this, it's fair game, and helps keep base game pricing contained.
Once they start removing chunks of the game or game/gameplay impacting feature to sell them as DLC that's a whole other story... so fair enough Capcom, I guess... ?
Re: First PS5 Pulse Earbuds Review Notes Worrying Design and Fit Issues
@zekepliskin hehe, you can try to dismiss my feedback, fair enough, but the way it is currently being used and my family set up, it will clearly be used for a long time, even past the Switch 2. I mean when you have 4 hardcore players in a household and one TV, even 3 Switch doesn't solve the TV problem ^_^
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Ushers In New Age of $70 Capcom Games
@Beetlebum91 I remember Mortal Kombat 2 being close to a 100€ on SNES back in the nineties... you surely weren't buying a game more often, than every couple of months... ^_^
Re: First PS5 Pulse Earbuds Review Notes Worrying Design and Fit Issues
to go on on the Portal: it s a fantastic device for what it aims at. It's being used far more than I thought; many hours every day by multiple family members in my household ^^
Really depends on whether you are the targeted audience for this. It definitely has little use for someone who doesn't fight for the TV, nor like to play in various places in the house, nor just sometimes want a more restrained experience vs. the full on blown up 200 inches TV ^^
Re: Stellar Blade PS5 Dev Shift Up Allegedly Signs on As Sony Second-Party
@DonaldMcRonald it's funny cause some of us posting here, actually are part of the industry and know exciting confidential information, and are dying to share but can't because of NDAs. So every now and then they drop hints, and can obviously not divulge their sources, but then get called on the "trust me bro" ^^ I guess it still satisfies the the urge to share great info, and even possibly without too much repercussions given these are not believed ^^