Max_the_German

@itsfoz I disagree that gaming is expensive. These full-price game typically have a play time of 30 hours and more. I see 2 quids per hour as not expensive. Of course, if you are a gaming junkie who spends 100 hours or more per month, it CAN be expensive, but doesn’t have to, it depends on the games you’re playing. Being an addict is in many cases not cheap (Netflix binging etc. aside).

Next game:

The Quintessential Quintuplets: Barely Legal

@Mikey856 And the minority is always wrong.

@Mikey856 What I want is a combination, AI will alter the basic stories. And you will probably need MORE people to realise this in a meaningful way.

@Flaming_Kaiser Right! When photography started, it was only black and white, while paintings were in color and therefore much more precise.

If it doesn’t have a PSVR2 mode, I go on rampage.

@Mikey856 What? I want it to be realised by AI. Doing it by hand is too much work, and AI can react on previous decisions in a way that can’t be covered by answers written by men.

@twitchtvpat I haven’t seen it, but this is not what I want. I don’t need to talk to a random NPC in Skyrim, I don’t care for them. I want a dynamic main story! A bit like those myriads of story options in BG3, but more individual and natural, based on prior decisions.

I get it. The most beloved games of the last couple of years were those which allowed individual experiences: Everybody told their own story of what happened while playing Breath of the Wild or Elden Ring. In contrast, all players experienced the same while playing TLoU or Uncharted.

Bringing these kinds of experiences together - freedom and vocal story telling - with AI would be great!

I think the rumored PlayStation Showcase will take place today.

I still think going to mobile gaming is a bad decision for PS. I understand that as a gaming company, you don’t want to be dependent on only one platform. That’s the reason for the PSP, the Vita and all former Nintendo handhelds. And that’s the reason why Nintendo started making mobile games when they switched from 2-platform-model (console + handheld) to a single-platform-model with the Switch, to unify „big game“ development. Even the risk-averse Nintendo ditched the mobile gaming, in favour of films and amusement parks.

Nowadays, Sony established a second platform with the PC, which allows the aforementioned unified „big game“ development and lowers the risk for the company.

So Sony, please stay focused with your big titles, and forget about mobile gaming!

@Ainu20 I‘m still baffled by his d******* move to 1) celebrating his retirement with his former employees and then 2) five (!) days later closing the studio from remote California, probably with a „hard, heartbreaking decisions made“ BS email.

How can you be so emotionally corrupted?

I‘m not playing for my pleasure. I‘m playing for the trophies. 🏆

They have to, otherwise the whole idea of GP is dead. But they should get rid of monthly subscriptions and force people to yearly subscriptions instead.

Sorry, but nobody HAS to upgrade.

Many will for GTA 6, but if you are an average console gamer, than your PS4 still delivers you a good experience (60 fps at good resolutions with acceptable loading times) with FC, CoD, Minecraft, Roblox and many more.

@Styledvinny79 Okay, that’s interesting, because it looks phenomenal to me. Please tell us more: Is the gameplay repetitive or not precise enough?

@get2sammyb That‘s why I don’t get Sony‘s strategy: The market for life service games is limited, and these players have only a limited amount of time. If Sony publishs 9 LSGs, then these will cannibalise each other, like Helldivers 2 did with The Finales. Meanwhile Fortnite players will stick to their stuff, as players of World of Warcraft, Counter Strike etc. did and do.

Actually, I‘m not unhappy with this situation. Imagine PS5 highly successful (with much higher sales numbers than we really see) while Xbox suffering the way it does, resulting in a new Sony Arrogance of an unseen level.

Competition is good, in the console space we need MORE of that!

When reading the article’s title, it took me several seconds to understand that the game’s title is Stumble Guys. Please PushSquare: You want to keep general capitalisation, so please take more care on understandable titles.

Dear Sony, if „richer experiences“ mean Live Service BS: No thanks

Stellar Blade finished on 13, after 2 in the previous week.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/05/uk-charts-sea-of-stars-physicals-dawn-as-endless-ocean-luminous-takes-a-dive

@rjejr Right, I also see Totoki as the new real PS boss, Hulst is not for much more responsible than before. This actually means that PS will loose a lot of its independence, the main decisions will be made in Tokio, not California.

The new combo 4k + 60 fps seems to be the preparation for the PS5 Pro and successors to me.

So DD1 PS5 Remaster incoming?

@Ainu20 I think that devs are not interested in doing tedious things, as everybody of us (okay, except those who like to have their daily grind in random online games). In my team are several working students, creating the draft documents, and the professionals improve them. I am glad these students exist, but I feel also sorry for them, doing this stuff. I‘d rather would use a good AI for creating these documents, and the students would spend more time on more creative work. I believe that these thoughts are not far away from what this EA guy is saying.

Interesting that you see a causal relationship between GP and the closure of these studios. I can’t see that. Please explain it further!

In the end, good taste always prevails.

I can finally replace Fifa 22 (via PS+) with FC 24 (via PS+). But, will I perceive a difference?

Congratulations to Microsoft, seriously. Now let’s see whether Sony has the balls to bring Helldivers 2 to Xbox Series (rhetorical question).

Finally! Towers to climb to unlock a map with dozens of icons, generic quest givers, and hundreds of things to gather and craft stuff with. Can’t wait for 60 hours of bloated „entertainment“.

Burning flags in the fanblock when their team played badly is not representative for all fans of the team.

@amatmulisha They say that the opponent AI is braindead, which‘d kill fun and immersion for me. I’m still on the fence with it. It’s not the money of course, bit I don’t want to waste it for some „solid“ entertainment, if I can spend my precious time with great as well.

I like mine. To love it, software updates are needed to eliminate frame drops (or massively reduce them) and reduce latency. The compression artifacts can be severe, but I can tolerate them.

EDIT: And one thing totally baffles me: When using the Portal or any Remote Play streaming, you often can’t choose „Headphones“ and never „3D headphones“, and I see no technical reason for it. Sony could easily change that!

I heard good and bad things about Metro Exodus, but never played a Metro game. A story-heavy FPS in narrow corridors in an unusual scenario seems to be my cup of tea.

Is this game with its latest patches and with Russian voice-overs a good or a very good experience?

@Savage_Joe And your assumptions are optimistic: The average price should be lower than what you mentioned AND includes taxes (at least in Europe). I‘m keen to see what part 3 is going to look like! If SE hadn’t announced a trilogy, it would probably not be realised at all.

Many devs and publishers seem to have lost their compass in regards of moral and taste. There’s no other explanation for me for this „show nipples, hide nipples, show nipples, …“ back and forth.
Dear devs and publishers, make early and clear decisions and stick to them, instead of reacting on the loudest voices on social media!

@Cutmastavictory And this game doesn’t take itself too serious, and it take risks. These and its moderate price are the opposite of what people see as characteristics for a AAA game these days. The Sony guys in Tokio should already have made their own conclusions on this.

@Yorozayu And everything below 5m copies sold is just not enough to justify its enormous AAA production costs. But people wouldn’t buy a FF7R with only 12 hours of playtime and without expensive cutscenes. I think that’s a real problem for SE.

Tunic is great. You can focus on the main game, or you spend much more effort into the the side stuff which is almost hidden to the average gamer. At least try it!

Most people here and many out there will have it digitally anyway due to Play at Home. You remember 2021? FFP2, social distancing etc.

Bethesda is lying to not losing their face, but I‘m fine with that. Next time, please make these updates available to everyone from the start.
EDIT: The app doesn’t show the PS5 version yet.

At least they don’t pretend to did this „inadvertently“.

Bethesda is repeating the BS move from Square Enix with FF7R back then, with all the same problems. At the end, they allowed the PS5 update also for those who got the game via PS Plus. Bethesda could just allow the PS5 update for all owners of Fallout 4 and avoid negative press.

„Despite Hype, …“ Which hype do you mean? Videos of Tifa‘s bikini?

@Daft_Klebenflw Yes, maybe. And solid exclusives, multiplats, … are just not good enough for me. I invest only a small fraction of my time in gaming. And in that time I want to play fantastic games.

@NEStalgia Comparing PSVR2 and Wii U is unfair. The Wii U had a fantastic first-party lineup.

Who would blame them? Sony took care that PSVR2 is the Xbox Series X in the VR space, a potent platform with poor first-party support. While the Quest is the leading VR platform, like PS5 is for console gaming.

I must vomit, I‘m sorry.

Perfect game for Christmas holidays 2024. Then it’s patched and costs half the original price.
My hopes for 60 fps are quite low though.

Hellblade 2 (an Xbox exclusive, nevertheless) is an upcoming 30-fps-only game. Bad signs for the future.