Max_the_German

I would even prefer if games would only include an original dub, to reduce the localisation costs. But then it should be very authentic, e.g. A Plague Tale in 15th century Provence dialect. And subtitles should be readable, i.e. much larger than they are today in most games.

Yes, the competition for core games is tough, they are expensive to make, and core gamers are demanding.

And the worst thing: There is no save formula for success! The closest kind for that is the „Ubi formula“, and even that doesn’t always work.

No, I think you need teams of very talented people and the patience to finance them for many years, plus the absence of commands like „create the next entry of this or that IP“ and „play it save“. Probably the opposite of what Lars Wingefors is willing to do.

Imagine this show would only consist of the top 30-45 min. People would consider it a good or even great show. But it is plagued by mediocre filling stuff. And Geoff earns quite a pile of cash with this filler stuff. Too sad!

This game with an archaeologist looks promising.

@PaperAlien You description fits to this (btw great) review by Eurogamer:

https://www.eurogamer.net/black-myth-wukong-review

@get2sammyb And we will probably see some announcements in that direction at Gamescom. At the moment, Xbox is not the worst publisher of PS5 games.

Why is nobody talking about Judas? Probably one of the most impactful upcoming games.

@KundaliniRising333 They did an analysis, and they guess it is FSR2 upscaling (more specifically FSR3.1 upscaling, and not TSR due to performance) PLUS FSR3 frame generation from 30 to 60 fps!!

I don’t want to imagine playing a fast Soulslike with basically 30 fps and extra lag due to frame generation, and with bad picture quality.

Here my theory:

Maybe there is Until Dawn 2 in the making. And this remake served as an entry point for the devs to create the engine, the aesthetics and the mechanics, after so many years. UD2 would be a full-price title, so UDR should also be (unlike Metroid Prime Remastered).

Plausible in your eyes?

@Intr1n5ic Agreed, but a price is principly independent of the production costs. It is what people are willing to pay for it. So even if it would be only a remaster, Sony could demand 60 quids, and there would be people willing to pay.

Where is the problem? Nobody is forced to buy it, and the original is still available at a dirt cheap price.

There are enough people out there who have much more money than time for gaming, and this game is great for them.

@NotTelevision My free time is more valuable to me than a 5er. There are too many great games out there to waste your time (and money) with mediocre or bad ones.

CAUTION! Quality alert

That‘s the studio‘s founder: https://www.xing.com/profile/Ivan_Mirkovikj2

This is a game he was working on as a director: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt11410466/

And here are the critics for this game:
Metacritic: https://www.metacritic.com/game/past-cure/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4
PushSquare: https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps4/past_cure

@Jaz007 Both 1st and 3rd person:

https://www.elysiumgamestudio.com/presskit

They should shift the Gamescom to the old June E3 time slot to become more relevant.

But this is probably easier said than done, because there are other, well established trade fairs in this venue which protect their traditional time slots.

@BamBamBaklava89 Your assessment is harsh and fair.

@NotTelevision „Honestly the dialogue isn’t much worse than Death Stranding.“

Is that meant as a praise for this game?

That‘s the new AA standard these days. People here often complain about 70 USD price tags, iterations of the same IPs over and over again, super safe gameplay mechanics, and long development times. And here comes a game which uses UE5 to its fullest to hide its limited budget, and people start complaining about its janky look.

Remember, there is no free lunch!

At this pace, Flat2VR Studios will announce PSVR2 ports of Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Half Life: Alyx later this day.

The problem with this show is its length: the longer, the more Geoff money. A 45 min show with short mixed gameplay+story trailers of newly announced games would be great. But, no chance!

With some graphic cards (Nvidia 2000 series, more recent AMD cards) with USB-C port, you don‘t need the adapter:

https://youtu.be/hHFp_yoHqC0?si=GQ-TaZWvhX0BIVza

@Troubbble The internet connection doesn’t matter if you play in the same LAN. It’s more important to have a 5 GHz Wifi connection which is not heavily used by other tasks, and its channel should not be used by other Wifis nearby. Your PS5 should be connected via Ethernet. Video lag is noticeable, but a minor issue in my opinion. Major issues in comparison are 1) audio lag (sound lags noticeably behind video) and 2) frequently dropped frames: 60 fps often feels more like 45 fps. And I have an optimal setup: a dedicated Wifi router exclusively for PS Portal, with an exclusive Wifi channel, 802.11ac-only forced (not needed, but nice to have), PS5 wired, less than 5 m Wifi distance. And STILL many dropped frames.

My conclusion: As long as these issues are not significantly reduced by future software updates, if you don’t need the Portal, don’t by it.

It is so hypocritical that one of the things in the world that can be the most beautiful, positively emotional and life-affirming is removed, but „gore, violence, or other amusing scenes“ (i.e. life-negating) is acceptable.

I know there is a lot of sexism. However, in what kind of society do we live?

„None of them, to be honest“

@get2sammyb 2.4m PS5 consoles sold in Q1, after a significant price cut compared to the original price. 2.1m Switch consoles sold in Q1, for almost the original price, dominated by the most expensive OLED model. Sony earns a lot with PSN sales of third parties, but this is dangered if the gaming market shifts towards PC gaming. And the bread-and-butter business still seems to be PSN sales for PS4s.

The big question for me is: When most new releases (especially FC, Madden, CoD, GTA6) will not target PS4 anymore, will PS4 users upgrade to PS5? Or will they move to PC (= SteamDeck) or Xbox Series S?

@ryancraddock Please discuss at Hookshot how to handle release dates for fake early access titles like Outlaws. Because you can also argue that Outlaws gets released on 27th and gets its first (very Ubi-like) price reduction three days later. I wouldn’t even be surprised if the first patch arrives on 27th, claimed to be „pre-release“, while in fact a day-one patch.
Great to have independent journalism with Hookshot!

@NomNom That‘s the right question now!

1) Fortunately for Totoki, they can blame Big Jimbo for it, while he must have approved the deal. So under normal circumstances, Totoki had to go.

2) SIE will shrink Bungie even more to reduce the very high ongoing HR costs. They will keep making Destiny as before, and maybe their advice for other studios regarding Live Service Games will be lessened. Bungie will be a studio like every other PS Studio.

3) The main question: Will SIE keep the focus on first-party Live Service, or will they move back to their successful business model of the PS4 era? Naughty Dog already moved back, and the success of both Concord and Fairgame$ will settle the future for SIE‘s strategy. Helldivers 2 proved that a third-party model is a valid alternative.

So why not biting the bullet (or swallowing the toad, as we say in German), making Bungie independent again and paying just for single projects?

„wrote on X (also Twitter)“ This joke can’t get old, can it?

The last „genre defining“ game was Death Stranding, and it invented the Strandslike, with dozens of other Strandslike game since then - not.

Ergo, „genre defining“ is a hollow phrase.

@Dange Thanks!

@dschons „Two PS Studios games in development“

Do you have a quotable source for this claim? Or is your uncle working at SIE?

@KillerBoy I expect a 82 Metacritics score and a significant price drop to 40 quids on Black Friday, when the main issues are patched out.

But if it doesn’t provide 60 fps most of the time, I won’t get it even at that price.

@Boxmonkey Looks more like the final stock clearance to me. A last hurrah, and with no more systems easily available to purchase, there’s no pressure on SIE to publish new PSVR2 games any more. The end for all PlayStation VR efforts.

@Nepp67 The Edge is just too much in many aspects, while providing bad battery life. Perfect design is if you can’t remove anything without damaging the core functionality. That minimalistic approach is what makes the standard DualSense so great (mediocre battery life aside).

I‘d argue that the standard DualSense will remain a prime example for great controller design for many years to come!

@playstation1995 Team Cosmic Red!

@PuppetMaster This is so obvious, SIE doesn’t need me. There are probably DOZENS of SIE people analyzing the Chinese market for years, and of course this affects the games.

PS Studios probably splits its games BEFORE development in two (or more) categories: those which can include liberal political statements, and thosr which must be apolitical.

Btw, these unpolitical games are the ones for Sony to be successful in China. And I wonder why they don’t focus on them (like Nintendo).

Games with lesbian and transgender people fighting in a post-apocalyptic world, stealing from billionaires or loud yelling „Democracy!“ are not easy to bring to the Chinese market, mildly speaking.

It won‘t limit to PS5 GotY, it‘s a strong contender for overall GotY. Just pure joy, you would 100% it even without Trophies.

@NEStalgia Exactly!

Teo is such a unique type of man, never seen in other action games.

@Batesy125s I am tired of them, too. But I like a set of action and an enviroment which allow me totally different approaches. It doesn’t have to be an immersive sim, but a bit of Breath of the Wild in this regard would be nice.

@Styledvinny79 I don’t want something for free from Sony, just Astro Bot Rescue Mission Remastered full price.

@Anke This pregnancy test works differently: not pregnant, redhead, greenhead

It still looks like a game were the player does what the game tells them to do. And following becomes increasingly popular these days.
I prefer games which let me think tactically and act freely.

When this game will go offline, at least one thing will keep reminding us: an ugly controller the guests have to use for FC couch coop.

That‘s a bit like when the relationship with your partner was not great in the last couple of months, and now they have a new, separate flat in another town for their new job. So, what happens next…

@TheFakulty In my understanding it is doing the exact super sampling you described. And in still images or with slow movement you can see the absence of aliasing in cases of high base resolutions.

No, I think that the issues with the PS5 implementation of Remote Play are different: disturbing compression artifacts when fast movement, high latency, no 60 Hz output (only 59.94 Hz, which PS Portal is not natively capable of), dripping frames regularly, verified by Digital Foundry with cable ethernet (!) connection to a high-end PC (!) with a best-in-class Remote Play software.

Sony would have to implement a software-based Remote Play encoding, running on the system-reserved CPU cores. Feasible? Unclear.

@TheFakulty In my understanding there is a big misconception, PS5 already generates a native 1080p stream (and is not capable of generating something higher). This seems to be a myth made by some YouTubers with limited technical knowledge.

I miss 3D Audio for my PS Portal. For the PS5, PS Portal is just „Remote Play“.

Are there technical limitations (like audio compression) which prohibit 3D Audio for Remote Play? And if not, could Sony implement a mechanism to allow it specifically for the Portal?