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Re: Poll: Are You Playing the Stellar Blade Demo?

Max_the_German

@Icey664 Okay, a bit more practice could help. For the text size: I‘m playing on PS Portal (extra lag makes it some kind of „hard mode“) and increased the text and HUD size to max. But this doesn’t include the text size for loot, „press R2 to open“, these stuff. Obviously, devs and testers sit in front of computer displays.

Re: Celebrate Jim Ryan's Legacy with Iconic Digital Bobblehead

Max_the_German

That‘s this guy who celebrated his retirement at London Studio, and five days later he send them to a kind of „retirement“ as well, as one of his last major decisions.

Why should you celebrate someone with this attitude?

For me, it’s not about the decision, but about the style. Big Jimbo has the backbone of a worm.

Re: Days Gone Dev Bend Studio Staffing Up for 'AAA Live Service' Game

Max_the_German

@get2sammyb And for the failed games, many studios will suffer, by losing their best staff or getting closed entirely just months after the fail. Imaging going to a casino with 5000 quids, for which you worked a few months. And while others put here 100, there 100 over the course of an evening, you enter the room, go straight to the roulette table, and put all your jetons on red or on black. As a dev, I would try to change my employer.

Re: PS5 Pro's Rumoured Spectral Super Resolution Tech Could Be Transformative

Max_the_German

@BrettAwesome The advantages of the PS4 Pro were quite minor, the rather basic upscaling technology Checkerboard Rendering plus more GPU cores and higher clocks for both GPU and CPU. Here we talk about an advanced technology similar to DLSS. I would be surprised if it wouldn’t also bring its own frame generation solution, which boosts from 30 fps to a (somewhat artifical looking) 60 fps. And then 30 fps on base model for many games is a given.

Re: Sony Allegedly Pausing PSVR2 Production Due to Surplus of Unsold Stock

Max_the_German

@NeonPizza Here the same. RE8 and Moss Collection were both great, and I’m still waiting with RE4 (never played the remake) because I‘m afraid that there is no good supply following in the next couple of months. GT7 is great, too, but unfortunately not very „progress-driven“.
Sony, where is Astrobot Remaster? Where are VR remasters for Knack 1+2 and Sackboy?

Re: Sony Polls Players on Favourite Games That Aren't Bloodborne

Max_the_German

Every patient reader can easily see that only „newer“ games are included, the oldest being Uncharted 4 from 2016, while Bloodborne is from 2015.

BUT in this logic, they would have better taken Lost Legacy as the latest entry, which wouldn’t have any chance.

Horizon Zero Dawn and GoW are the only ones of these 16 games without native PS5 version, right? GoW is a contender for the win, so why not swapping HZD (which has a shiny successor) with Bloodborne?

Re: PS Plus Essential Games for March 2024 Announced

Max_the_German

@TwoDents So Sony actually teaches us: Don’t buy a AA game on our store, because you could regret it when it arrives „for free“ as a monthly PS Plus game. I find that sad for the devs and publishers of these games.

Why should I buy e.g. Robo Cop? If it comes with PS Plus, I made the right decision. If I wait and it doesn’t, then I can buy it for a much lower price. In any case, not buying these games on release is always the best decision. And Sony supports it.

Re: Reaction: The Problem with PlayStation Right Now

Max_the_German

If you don’t want reduce quality, reduce quantity. The Last of Us was 18 hours of gameplay, Part 2 was 30, which certainly affected production costs and time. Who would argue that Part 1 is the inferior game because of that, or that it doesn’t deserve full price?

Re: A Bloodborne Remake on PS6 Might Have More 'Value', Creator Suggests

Max_the_German

A free PS5 60 fps patch would be great, but I think that people would also spend full price for a native PS5 version (Bloodborne Remasted) with some minor tweaks (60 fps mode and 60+ fps VRR mode, DualSense support, very quick loading).
Why a Bloudborne Remake for for PS6, if they could also make a Bloodborne 2 instead? Is asking for new games really inappropriate these days?

Re: Sony Shares Drop Sharply After Prediction PS5 Growth Has Peaked

Max_the_German

@Suppressed A PS5 Pro will like be 1) very expensive or 2) heavily subsidized by Sony or 3) both. In the past, game margins were immense enough to justify hardware subsidies. But these days?

My prediction from what I‘ve seen in the last couple of days: Sony will skip the Pro and instead bring the PS6 much earlier, maybe 2026.

Re: Reaction: Xbox Is Bringing Some Great Games to PS5, But Rumours Will Remain Rampant About What's Next

Max_the_German

In fact, Microsoft just reiterated what they said in the past: They decide on a game-to-game basis, they remain to be a console platform holder, and Game Pass will stick to Xbox console and PC.

The message of this video was: Development costs are so high that there will be more multi-platform games, and they will stay Xbox-console- and PC-exclusive for min 1 year. That‘s not far away of what we already see and can expect from Sony!