I usually have that problem, staring at the tv not knowing what to play. I've just found out that I don't want to play games anymore. Incredible as it may seem... I don't even want to start playing Hitman 2. Only TLOU2 can bring back the gamer in me...
I can only think of something really bad with the game itself that needs to be addressed. But how it came up so close to the release date, and even after going public with the release date.
I remeber thinking while playing HZD on launch day, "my dear god... and HZD2 on PS5 will be even better..." . My wishlist includes more complex and larger machines, more oportunities to tear apart machine parts (like the T800 on T1, when it keeps hunting without legs)... then raytracing could be all the difference in lighting, and sound ray tracing could make AI aware of the sorroundings ... I think , as we all think I guess, HZD2 will be a masterpiece.
I'm most happy with the rumored hardware specs (cpu, gpu, sdd, etc), and specifically the ray tracing acceleration. Can't wait for Naughty Dog, Guerrilla, Sony Santa Monica, and other genius studios to deliver their magic...
I've just read the wired article. The most important part for me, and I think it's important enough to have it's own bullet on the list above, it's the confirmation of GPU hardware accelerated Ray tracing.
As amazing as this looks for a PS4 Pro game, I hope ND can turn this into a PS5 masterpiece only with a couple of config settings. This one seems like a real candidate for some kind of ray tracing, but anyway we don't even know what kind of hardware support PS5 will have, nor if ND can do something about it with their engine.
I don't play any games since God of War. I was thinking of selling my Pro now and then getting a PS5... But I NEED to play this one on launch. On a side note, how it happened I don't enjoy gaming anymore? I only foresee playing Tlou2 , hzd2 , gow2 and whatever Uncharted game comes along.
@Imagremlin yes, the one first launched in the arcades? I loved that one. But then... All crap I think. I remember one for PC, and FPS around 1993... Then another on PS2..
Does anyone need to see anything from TLOU2 ? I can think 99% of gamers may or will buy this game day one no matter what. No gameplay? no screenshots? no nothing? It's ok for me, I can't imagine it being a bad game coming from ND.
I just can't get how NFS went from a nice arcade racer to all these weird incarnations... I loved NFS1 with it's point to point racing, with incoming traffic, why we can't get some kind of NFS1 reboot ? Or a StreetRod reboot ? ; )
Of course it is. Light is the only reason we can "see". Because of historical limitations or constraints in faithful lighting reproduction in real-time (say hardware raw power or whatever), other factors were pushed as "more important than lighting"... Now if some kind of real-time ray tracing can be done, I'll take it hands down before any other "feature" like 8k or 120fps... All considering that what can be done today with real time ray tracing is a little bit hacked but anyway impressive vs baked lighting.
@Dange my take is that azure is globally available and can't really be compared to gakai in terms of power/ scalability because it's on another galaxy.
It's correct, not terrific. Something about the combat feels strange. Still can be fun if controls are intuitive (letting the combat flow naturally, say). Then, lightsaber hitting multiple times on a spider without any visible damage doesn't look fine. I had a good time with Force Unleashed , and haven't played a StarWars game since , so I might have this...
@Knuckles-Fajita you haven't seen what a PS4 is capable of until you play HZD. ; )
And God do I dream about HZD2 on PS5... Literally since I started playing HZD day one.
Interestingly, I've started to dislike how much "guns" are around us. Kids play with guns, games have guns, you must kill people... I used to enjoy all that also, but... Yesterday I watched a video of Sniper Elite VR, and it has this kill cam that shows how the bullet goes through your target's head... not very confortable for me. I think I'm just getting older.
I don't have interest on PS Now, but certainly PS Plus needs to be improved... I don't know, maybe giving access to more games/all games for 48 hours each, so you can play/test them before buying or just not buy them if you beat them.
I don't mind paying 500, 600 or 700 if the machine has not only "top" hardware, but smart/custom design to allow devs to do wonders with it during the lifespan of the console. I think hardware custom design (which a PC of course cannot have) is key for a console, like having those smart "tricks" that every dev would love to have without spending too much budget from every frame (like ray traycing for example). PS4 had a bit of those, like the unified ram, some custom GPU commands and stuff...
Obviously, Sunset Riders HD remix collectors edition at just $59.99... it doesn't includes anything but just the original ROM and an eye catching upscale to 340x220.
Decent... Nothing more. The worst this g about this game is not having lightsaber dismemberment, bodies cut in two , environment interaction like Sparks, deformation, etc. Isn't that the best of using a lightsaber??
@Gumbopudding well, for sure the least impressive was the jump to PS4. But I remember seeing Winning Eleven 5 (the first for ps2) and I was amazed. As you pointed out PS4 and Xbox one are almost PCs, but with fixed hardware and a somewhat not so bloated OS eating resources, that's why we can get games like Horizon zero Dawn on such a "crappy" hardware. I guess the fact of "learning" how to max out a new architecture will be always present. Ps2 was a very custom hardware (hard to program but flexible and powerful, remember it had 32mb system ram), so as ps3 and even x360 (easier to work than ps3)... And then here we are with almost PCs. Funny thinking about the first Xbox, I remember when it was announced, something along a Celeron 700mhz CPU paired with ~GeForce 3 graphics... Nothing groundbreaking, in fact any PC gamer at that time would run away from a celeron CPU. But PS4 was to my eyes more or less the same as the original Xbox... unimpressive hardware specs, but with the hope of developers extracting every bit of performance from it. I do like to read game development post mortems, there you can learn many tricks they use for that. Anyway, a console is not a PC, even if they share a lot in common. PS4 gpu has a couple of custom mods that allows to shield more performance than a comparable desktop part, the whole system has an unified memory architecture (something PCs can't dream of, right?), and Xbox one had that embedded sram that didn't worked out but those "little" things are what can make a console last many years and still allow devs to squeeze a little more performance as time goes by. For example, I had a couple of chats with the engine developer at sucker punch (at that time the game was infamous second son) and he said the GPU compute power of the PS4 was barely used because it was so new etc, and they already had a lot of clever ideas on how to use the hardware... I guess ghost of tsushima will squeeze almost everything PS4 has to offer. But then if they release a ps5 version of ghost of tsushima, it will look nicer but "nothing else". Other improvements are not for free. I think you can get for free things like better resolution and frame rate, even texturing ... but it will still be a PS4 game. Improvements on gameplay that a new generation of hardware brings will not be available until say, HZD2 (with luck). I'm hoping the PS5 architecture to have a couple of smart design hacks to allow things really not possible on "standard comparable" hardware (say a powerful PC). Oh, I just remembered the Ray tracing stuff... That would be a real generational leap for fidelity, but you know that is so taxing that the first question is "how on earth raytracing is possible on a 500 dollars box with CPU, ram, storage, graphics, etc... Could it really do decent RT ??" Ok. Lengthy post : P.
This is the usual comment we get before a new generation arrives. Every single time... Then launch games are not sooo incredible. The last time I was amazed was with the jump from PS1 (or PC for that matter, even with 3d accelerators) to PS2. Gran Turismo on PS2 was something else. Then you have an Uncharted 4 or Horizon, but not launch titles.
I'm hoping Microsoft unveils their next gen machine, because we already know something about PS5 and MS will need to show some strength there... more or less how they have done with Scorpio. And knowing how MS will build their machine can give more clues on PS5. Then hoping to see some good games, also.
@get2sammyb the thing is... There's no , how to say... Way to spot if something has been created with dreams or with a "propietary engine". The sounds and graphics of this creation can be easily mistaken as an EA game. I remember the early days of dreams, graphics were a bit cartoonish ... But now we have seen many different creations and it's mind bending. As you pointed, the best is yet to come... And somewhat obviously because none of the creations are "games" yet. I think Dreams is some kind of "accelerator" for game developers... you still need the talent and the ideas and everything required to create a fun game, but having this massive framework and the social aspect is awesome to start being productive from the start, and then some.
What the f€#@ !??? Sorry, but stuff like this ... What's the limit for Dreams creations? My first star wars game was XWing on PC... Seeing this made over a "game creator"... Amazing.
@Kidfunkadelic83 if you can try RE7 in VR... that's on another levelI. It's so creepy I don't have the guts to play it (and I've bought it). But being able to lean through a door, etc, is... fantastic.
@Kidfunkadelic83 ; ) Oh yes !! GT Sport on VR is amazing, also DriveclubVR and specially DirtRally VR (insane). Being inside the cockpit is something else. But please try also non VR racing games such as ProjectCars in theater mode (big screen)... there's no way back to a TV display.
I'm an early adopter of PSVR and I really like it. My hopes or desires for PSVR2 are improvements in resolution, controls/room tracking and wireless support. But having to choose, resolution is number 1. If the resolution is high enough, you can watch a movie or play any game in "theater mode" which is AWESOME but given the low resolution it's nearly useless. For example I used to play non-VR racing games with a G29 racing wheel and PSVR theater mode ... and it's literally mindblowing, and that's not even VR !!! is just so inmmersive because you only see "the screen" and plus headphones... oh god... but I'had to stop because corners can't be seen from far because of the low resolution. Also, I guess having the PS5 more raw power will mean way better graphics for PSVR games, no resolution improvement, but higher fidelity/lighting/whatever... So I'm keeping my PSVR tight.
Ps5 day one hands downs. BC has made that option a no brainier. A couple of months before ps5 availability, I'll sell my nearly immaculate PS4Pro and start saving for 5. Here in my country prices are ridiculously high... Expecting USD1000+ for the new bad boy...
@Dellybelly I used to love playing golf games on my PC back in the 90s, I think it was Links or Microsoft Golf... can't remember. So in your opinion this is a playable game, like... no control issues etc ? Thanks for the feedback!
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Re: Xbox's New 'Surprise Me' Button Would Be a Great Addition to PS4
@ApostateMage I loved New Vegas so... Maybe next month!
Re: Xbox's New 'Surprise Me' Button Would Be a Great Addition to PS4
@BarefootBowser thanks for your comment mate.
Re: Xbox's New 'Surprise Me' Button Would Be a Great Addition to PS4
I usually have that problem, staring at the tv not knowing what to play. I've just found out that I don't want to play games anymore. Incredible as it may seem... I don't even want to start playing Hitman 2. Only TLOU2 can bring back the gamer in me...
Re: Development Is 'Well Underway' on the Next Hitman Game
Raytraced silver ballers. Drooling right now.
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us 2 Delayed to Spring 2020
I can only think of something really bad with the game itself that needs to be addressed. But how it came up so close to the release date, and even after going public with the release date.
Re: Feature: How We Think Horizon: Zero Dawn 2 Will Champion PS5's Biggest New Features
I remeber thinking while playing HZD on launch day, "my dear god... and HZD2 on PS5 will be even better..." . My wishlist includes more complex and larger machines, more oportunities to tear apart machine parts (like the T800 on T1, when it keeps hunting without legs)... then raytracing could be all the difference in lighting, and sound ray tracing could make AI aware of the sorroundings ... I think , as we all think I guess, HZD2 will be a masterpiece.
Re: Poll: What Are Your Thoughts on the PS5, Now That More Details Have Been Revealed?
@Ichiyama of course, backwards compatibility is one of the key features.
Re: Poll: What Are Your Thoughts on the PS5, Now That More Details Have Been Revealed?
I'm most happy with the rumored hardware specs (cpu, gpu, sdd, etc), and specifically the ray tracing acceleration. Can't wait for Naughty Dog, Guerrilla, Sony Santa Monica, and other genius studios to deliver their magic...
Re: Round Up: All New PS5 Details from Sony - Official Name, Release Window, Controller, UI, and More
I've just read the wired article. The most important part for me, and I think it's important enough to have it's own bullet on the list above, it's the confirmation of GPU hardware accelerated Ray tracing.
Re: The Last of Us 2 Looks Stunning in New Set of Screenshots
As amazing as this looks for a PS4 Pro game, I hope ND can turn this into a PS5 masterpiece only with a couple of config settings. This one seems like a real candidate for some kind of ray tracing, but anyway we don't even know what kind of hardware support PS5 will have, nor if ND can do something about it with their engine.
Re: Naughty Dog Is Releasing Daily Teasers for The Last of Us 2's State of Play Appearance
I don't play any games since God of War. I was thinking of selling my Pro now and then getting a PS5... But I NEED to play this one on launch. On a side note, how it happened I don't enjoy gaming anymore? I only foresee playing Tlou2 , hzd2 , gow2 and whatever Uncharted game comes along.
Re: Terminator: Resistance Brings the War Against the Machines to PS4
@Imagremlin yes, the one first launched in the arcades? I loved that one. But then... All crap I think. I remember one for PC, and FPS around 1993... Then another on PS2..
Re: Terminator: Resistance Brings the War Against the Machines to PS4
Why on earth can't we have a good Terminator game? This one doesn't look too good...
Re: The Last of Us 2 Won't Be Playable or Shown Publicly at Madrid Games Week, Sony Confirms
Does anyone need to see anything from TLOU2 ? I can think 99% of gamers may or will buy this game day one no matter what. No gameplay? no screenshots? no nothing? It's ok for me, I can't imagine it being a bad game coming from ND.
Re: Square Enix Showcases PS5's Possibilities with Tech Demo
@deepspace5d that's exactly what I was thinking... Just wait for ND to do their job.
Re: Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Feels the Force of PS4
@JayDub Kotor and we're done.
Re: Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Feels the Force of PS4
Oh God. Proper lightsaber action.
Re: Feature: DriveClub Is Delisted Tomorrow - Let's Talk About One of PS4's Best Racers
Amazing game... As long as I can play it offline, I'm mostly fine. Althought challenges were fun.
Re: Control's Launch Trailer Is Explosive, Mysterious, and Stylish
AMAZING !! and... that male voice, sounds a lot like our old friend, Max Payne.
Re: Need for Speed Heat Is Official, Coming to PS4 on 8th November
I just can't get how NFS went from a nice arcade racer to all these weird incarnations... I loved NFS1 with it's point to point racing, with incoming traffic, why we can't get some kind of NFS1 reboot ? Or a StreetRod reboot ? ; )
Re: Lighting Is the Key to Next-Gen Graphics, Says Detroit: Become Human Director
Of course it is. Light is the only reason we can "see". Because of historical limitations or constraints in faithful lighting reproduction in real-time (say hardware raw power or whatever), other factors were pushed as "more important than lighting"... Now if some kind of real-time ray tracing can be done, I'll take it hands down before any other "feature" like 8k or 120fps... All considering that what can be done today with real time ray tracing is a little bit hacked but anyway impressive vs baked lighting.
Re: Microsoft CEO: Cloud Partnership Is 'All Driven by Sony'
@Dange my take is that azure is globally available and can't really be compared to gakai in terms of power/ scalability because it's on another galaxy.
Re: Gran Turismo PS5 Is Already in Development
Full VR support is what I want...
Re: Alan Wake Could Come to PS4 Following Publisher Rights Purchase
I think Alan Wake was the only Xbox exclusive I've enjoyed. The soundtrack was awesome, and altogether was like playing a movie.
Re: Full Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Gameplay Demo Shows Off Brand New Footage
It's correct, not terrific. Something about the combat feels strange. Still can be fun if controls are intuitive (letting the combat flow naturally, say). Then, lightsaber hitting multiple times on a spider without any visible damage doesn't look fine. I had a good time with Force Unleashed , and haven't played a StarWars game since , so I might have this...
Re: Some Fans Think Remedy and PlayStation May Be Partnering
Seems like a partnership of some sort. I would love a sequel to Alan Wake (loved it on my unfaithful times on xbox360) or some new IP.
Re: Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition, Nioh, and More Join the PlayStation Hits Line-Up
@Knuckles-Fajita you haven't seen what a PS4 is capable of until you play HZD. ; )
And God do I dream about HZD2 on PS5... Literally since I started playing HZD day one.
Re: No Man's Sky Community Thank Hello Games by Hiring a Billboard Outside the Studio's Office
@invictus4000 same here. Bought it last week.
Re: E3 2019: Cyberpunk 2077 Can Be Completed Without Killing Anyone
Interestingly, I've started to dislike how much "guns" are around us. Kids play with guns, games have guns, you must kill people... I used to enjoy all that also, but... Yesterday I watched a video of Sniper Elite VR, and it has this kill cam that shows how the bullet goes through your target's head... not very confortable for me. I think I'm just getting older.
Re: Talking Point: Should Sony Introduce a Game Pass Subscription of Its Own?
I don't have interest on PS Now, but certainly PS Plus needs to be improved... I don't know, maybe giving access to more games/all games for 48 hours each, so you can play/test them before buying or just not buy them if you beat them.
Re: E3 2019: Sniper Elite VR Scopes Out a Brand New, Fully-Fledged Campaign for PSVR
Haven't played any Sniper Elite games before, but I might get this one and an Aim controller also... I think it's about time ; )
Re: E3 2019: PS5 Will Cost $800, Jokes Analyst Michael Pachter in Wild Prediction
I don't mind paying 500, 600 or 700 if the machine has not only "top" hardware, but smart/custom design to allow devs to do wonders with it during the lifespan of the console. I think hardware custom design (which a PC of course cannot have) is key for a console, like having those smart "tricks" that every dev would love to have without spending too much budget from every frame (like ray traycing for example). PS4 had a bit of those, like the unified ram, some custom GPU commands and stuff...
Re: E3 2019: Konami Is Making a 'Special Announcement' on Tuesday
Obviously, Sunset Riders HD remix collectors edition at just $59.99... it doesn't includes anything but just the original ROM and an eye catching upscale to 340x220.
Re: E3 2019: EA Reveals Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Gameplay with Lengthy Demo
Decent... Nothing more. The worst this g about this game is not having lightsaber dismemberment, bodies cut in two , environment interaction like Sparks, deformation, etc. Isn't that the best of using a lightsaber??
Re: Sony: We're At the Beginning of the PS5 Unveil Process
They should schedule a monthly announcement per "PS5 relevant feature" ; ) , starting now... say "June reveal: PS5 has 24GB RAM DDR7..." : P
Re: PS5's Processing Power Is Incredible, Says Yakuza Director
@Gumbopudding well, for sure the least impressive was the jump to PS4. But I remember seeing Winning Eleven 5 (the first for ps2) and I was amazed. As you pointed out PS4 and Xbox one are almost PCs, but with fixed hardware and a somewhat not so bloated OS eating resources, that's why we can get games like Horizon zero Dawn on such a "crappy" hardware. I guess the fact of "learning" how to max out a new architecture will be always present. Ps2 was a very custom hardware (hard to program but flexible and powerful, remember it had 32mb system ram), so as ps3 and even x360 (easier to work than ps3)... And then here we are with almost PCs. Funny thinking about the first Xbox, I remember when it was announced, something along a Celeron 700mhz CPU paired with ~GeForce 3 graphics... Nothing groundbreaking, in fact any PC gamer at that time would run away from a celeron CPU. But PS4 was to my eyes more or less the same as the original Xbox... unimpressive hardware specs, but with the hope of developers extracting every bit of performance from it. I do like to read game development post mortems, there you can learn many tricks they use for that. Anyway, a console is not a PC, even if they share a lot in common. PS4 gpu has a couple of custom mods that allows to shield more performance than a comparable desktop part, the whole system has an unified memory architecture (something PCs can't dream of, right?), and Xbox one had that embedded sram that didn't worked out but those "little" things are what can make a console last many years and still allow devs to squeeze a little more performance as time goes by. For example, I had a couple of chats with the engine developer at sucker punch (at that time the game was infamous second son) and he said the GPU compute power of the PS4 was barely used because it was so new etc, and they already had a lot of clever ideas on how to use the hardware... I guess ghost of tsushima will squeeze almost everything PS4 has to offer. But then if they release a ps5 version of ghost of tsushima, it will look nicer but "nothing else". Other improvements are not for free. I think you can get for free things like better resolution and frame rate, even texturing ... but it will still be a PS4 game. Improvements on gameplay that a new generation of hardware brings will not be available until say, HZD2 (with luck). I'm hoping the PS5 architecture to have a couple of smart design hacks to allow things really not possible on "standard comparable" hardware (say a powerful PC). Oh, I just remembered the Ray tracing stuff... That would be a real generational leap for fidelity, but you know that is so taxing that the first question is "how on earth raytracing is possible on a 500 dollars box with CPU, ram, storage, graphics, etc... Could it really do decent RT ??"
Ok. Lengthy post : P.
Re: PS5's Processing Power Is Incredible, Says Yakuza Director
This is the usual comment we get before a new generation arrives. Every single time... Then launch games are not sooo incredible. The last time I was amazed was with the jump from PS1 (or PC for that matter, even with 3d accelerators) to PS2. Gran Turismo on PS2 was something else. Then you have an Uncharted 4 or Horizon, but not launch titles.
Re: Poll: Are You Hyped for E3 2019 Yet?
I'm hoping Microsoft unveils their next gen machine, because we already know something about PS5 and MS will need to show some strength there... more or less how they have done with Scorpio. And knowing how MS will build their machine can give more clues on PS5. Then hoping to see some good games, also.
Re: Star Wars X-Wing Level in Dreams Rivals EA's Efforts
@get2sammyb the thing is... There's no , how to say... Way to spot if something has been created with dreams or with a "propietary engine". The sounds and graphics of this creation can be easily mistaken as an EA game. I remember the early days of dreams, graphics were a bit cartoonish ... But now we have seen many different creations and it's mind bending. As you pointed, the best is yet to come... And somewhat obviously because none of the creations are "games" yet. I think Dreams is some kind of "accelerator" for game developers... you still need the talent and the ideas and everything required to create a fun game, but having this massive framework and the social aspect is awesome to start being productive from the start, and then some.
Re: Star Wars X-Wing Level in Dreams Rivals EA's Efforts
What the f€#@ !??? Sorry, but stuff like this ... What's the limit for Dreams creations? My first star wars game was XWing on PC... Seeing this made over a "game creator"... Amazing.
Re: Sony: The Future Is Bright for PSVR, And We Won't Stop with PS4
@Kidfunkadelic83 if you can try RE7 in VR... that's on another levelI. It's so creepy I don't have the guts to play it (and I've bought it). But being able to lean through a door, etc, is... fantastic.
Re: Sony: The Future Is Bright for PSVR, And We Won't Stop with PS4
@Kidfunkadelic83 ; ) Oh yes !! GT Sport on VR is amazing, also DriveclubVR and specially DirtRally VR (insane). Being inside the cockpit is something else. But please try also non VR racing games such as ProjectCars in theater mode (big screen)... there's no way back to a TV display.
Re: Sony: The Future Is Bright for PSVR, And We Won't Stop with PS4
I'm an early adopter of PSVR and I really like it. My hopes or desires for PSVR2 are improvements in resolution, controls/room tracking and wireless support. But having to choose, resolution is number 1. If the resolution is high enough, you can watch a movie or play any game in "theater mode" which is AWESOME but given the low resolution it's nearly useless. For example I used to play non-VR racing games with a G29 racing wheel and PSVR theater mode ... and it's literally mindblowing, and that's not even VR !!! is just so inmmersive because you only see "the screen" and plus headphones... oh god... but I'had to stop because corners can't be seen from far because of the low resolution.
Also, I guess having the PS5 more raw power will mean way better graphics for PSVR games, no resolution improvement, but higher fidelity/lighting/whatever... So I'm keeping my PSVR tight.
Re: The Sinking City Gets Another Intriguing Gameplay Trailer
Seems like an action-adventure game ? I'm all in. Love the setting and ambient. Performance seems a bit shaky in the video.
Re: PS4 Will Stay Relevant for at Least the Next Three Years, Says Sony
Ps5 day one hands downs. BC has made that option a no brainier. A couple of months before ps5 availability, I'll sell my nearly immaculate PS4Pro and start saving for 5. Here in my country prices are ridiculously high... Expecting USD1000+ for the new bad boy...
Re: Hands On: Everybody's Golf VR May Be the Hardest Hot Shots Yet
@Dellybelly I used to love playing golf games on my PC back in the 90s, I think it was Links or Microsoft Golf... can't remember. So in your opinion this is a playable game, like... no control issues etc ? Thanks for the feedback!
Re: VR Is Getting Its Very Own Press Conference at E3 2019
Fallout New Vegas VR? 🙄
Re: Shooting for The Last of Us: Part 2 Is All Wrapped Up
If it's Nov 2019 or March 2020, I really don't care. The most important thing is to deliver the one best games ever, again.
Re: PS5's Price Will Be 'Appealing to Gamers', Says Cerny
@Neolit that's it. End of the conversation. Then we will be ready for those ray-traced metal dinos from HZD2 !
Re: PS5's Price Will Be 'Appealing to Gamers', Says Cerny
Having BC resolved, I can sell my PS4 and pay WHATEVER Sony wants ; )