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Re: Square Enix's New AAA Games Are Being Trounced by Final Fantasy 14

PuppetMaster

This year SE has released pretty high quality RPG that received positive receptions like VII Rebirth, Romancing Saga 2 remake, and Visions of Mana.

But the way SE report their financial results feels like they doesn't have anything that prints money beside FF XIV. It's just weird.

Maybe DQ 3 remake will give them that big profits that they want?

Re: Game Size Not as Important as It Used to Be, Says Yakuza Creator

PuppetMaster

Currently, i'm avoiding RPG or open world and prefer playing side scrolling games, twin stick shooter, action hack & slash, beat em up, or fighting games where i can boot up and play the game for an hour or two.

I don't hate RPG or open world games though. In fact, some of my favs games are RPG's like Vagrant Story, FF 7, Xenogears, Yakuza, or Wild Arms.

But i've been playing tons of games for 30+ years and i feel i've played enough of RPG where right now i don't want to spend 4-8 hours /day sitting in a chair to read a lot of dialogues after dialogues, scrolling down the menu, and manage armor/weapons/items.

Re: Hands On: PS5 Pro Injects More Magic into Hogwarts Legacy

PuppetMaster

For you @PsBoxSwitchOwner and anyone who complaining and got angry about PS5 Pro articles, i seriously reccomend logging off from the internet & social media for like a week long.

You guys made a big fuss over gaming articles that you don't care but informative for other people is a clear sign that you spent too much time on the internet & social media and it affected negatively on your emotion / mental health.

Re: PlayStation Has Swiftly Solved Its Profitability Problem

PuppetMaster

@Karosso75 "It feels like every game has to be a open world RPG this days"

Nah. There's tons of new non-open world RPG games to play. Like these games for example:

  • Kunitsu Gami
  • Shadow of the Ninja Reborn
  • Space Marine 2
  • Astro Bot
  • Helldivers 2
  • Prince of the Persia: Lost Crown
  • Slitterhead
  • Metal Slug Tactics
  • Tekken 8
  • Slave Zero X
  • Kill Knight
  • Silent Hill 2 remake
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind

From those games, we got:

  • A hybrid of tower defense + hack & slash + strategy
  • 2D side scrolling action-platforming
  • Linear 3rd person shooter
  • 3D platformer
  • Co-op PvE 3rd person shooter
  • Metroidvania
  • Action adventure / horror game
  • Turn based tactics
  • 3D fighting game
  • 2D hack & slash games
  • Arcade top down twin stick shooter
  • Survival horror
  • 2D Beat em Up

Re: LEGO Horizon Adventures Is Getting a Surprisingly Huge Marketing Push

PuppetMaster

@Majin_Deicide Possibly the same reason with MLB. Sony doesn't own Lego so Lego asked Sony to release this game for Switch in exchange for using their property. But Sony probably negotiate for no Xbox version.

@KundaliniRising333 I'm baffled with people like you who still misunderstood games for all age with games specifically created for kids. Plenty of adults bought and play Lego for decades, not just kids.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 554

PuppetMaster

I'm only playing SF 6 all day.

I put Manon and Cammy to Master rank but i go back to my boy Ed because his gameplay fits perfectly with my playing style. But man, trying to reach 1600 MR is difficult. I even got down to 1300-1400 MR although i managed to get back to 1500 MR again. It feels like my skills reach a roadblock 😔

Re: Astro Bot Sells 1.5 Million PS5 Copies Inside Nine Weeks

PuppetMaster

@RoomWithaMoose It does matter. I take Nintendo words who put Echoes as a mainline Zelda game over an opinion from some stranger in the internet. Not sure either why are you acting as if Zelda games before BotW / Tears are not important lol.

Public perception clearly showed Echoes is an important Zelda game, especially with Zelda herself became main playable character for the 1st time in the mainline game.

Re: Sony Promises It'll Launch Major PS5 Single Player Games Every Year Moving Forwards

PuppetMaster

@twitchtvpat Yes. Housemarque, Bluepoint, and Bend Studio are working on a new IP.

ND and Santa Monica also working on a new IP beside TloU 3 and new GOW which they already confirmed from some interview or job listings. My guess is they probably save TloU 3 and new GOW for PS6 or cross gen release.

And yeah, i think we can count Wolverine as a new IP for Insomniac because this is the 1st time they're working on the IP.

Also. There's plenty of new IP from China, India, and Middle East-North Africa Hero Projects.

Re: Sony Promises It'll Launch Major PS5 Single Player Games Every Year Moving Forwards

PuppetMaster

@KundaliniRising333 GOW, TLOU, Spiderboy, Uncharted, and Horizon are Sony staples franchise along with Ghost of, Ratchet, GT, and MLB. It's like Nintendo with Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Fire Emblem, and Pokemon or Xbox with Halo, Gears, and Forza.

You're free to say you're tired of them. But a new sequel from those franchise is guaranteed to come out and millions of PS fans will buy it.

Example like GOW. The 2018 reboot (23 mill) + Ragnarok (15 million) sales combine is 38 million copies, much higher than GOW titles on PS2, PS3, and PSP combine.

Sony are dumb af if they abandon their money printing machines just because some people in the internet had enough of the franchise.

And i'm sure they're working on multiple new IP's. But the biggest question is the quality. This gen we already seen new IP's like Destruction AllStars and Concord failed miserably. But there's also a success like Returnal. So we will see if Fairgame$, Matter, and whatever unannounce new IP can sell well or not...

Re: Astro Bot Sells 1.5 Million PS5 Copies Inside Nine Weeks

PuppetMaster

@RoomWithaMoose Echoes of the Wisdom isn't a spin-off like Hyrule Warriors or Link's Crossbow Training but it's officially count as a mainline Zelda game, just like BotW / Tears of the Kingdom. And it has the big gimmick that Princess Zelda herself finally became the main playable character in a mainline game.

So your comparison doesn't makes any sense here. Zelda is a massively popular franchise with big fanbase while Astro Bot is a very niche series that started as a VR game (or a tech demo if you want to include The Playroom) who just got the 2nd full fledge game. This is like you comparing Okami or Vagrant Story sales with GTA / FF / RE / Pokemon and then called it's not a success.

And FYI the first Zelda game sold 6.5 million copies on NES alone. I wish Astro Bot has Zelda popularity but maybe in the future.

Re: Astro Bot Sells 1.5 Million PS5 Copies Inside Nine Weeks

PuppetMaster

@RBRTMNZ Many AA games has 60 bucks price. Octopath Traveler for example, it's an AA game and SE gave 60 bucks price tag. For AAA, 70 bucks is the normal standard price right now.

And the marketing doesn't look like an AAA blockbuster game considering Sony:

  • doesn't rent a big billboard to showed the game
  • doesn't showed the trailer at many theaters unlike what they did with Uncharted 4 or God of War
  • doesn't hired any Holywood A-list celebrities to promo the game

The biggest ads Sony did was showed the trailer at EVO for 3 days, showed at TGS, and has an offline launch event at some Asian countries.

If the numbers are dissapointing, Sony wouldn't showed or even announced it.

@Gamer83 No it's not a failure and Sony never expect a small budget game can sell 10+ million copies in less than two months.

Re: Astro Bot Sells 1.5 Million PS5 Copies Inside Nine Weeks

PuppetMaster

@RoomWithaMoose "In about the same timeframe, The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom sold more than 2.3 million. Sooo..."

Ah yes. Let's compare it with Zelda, a very popular and 37 years long running franchise with 20+ games and sold 150 million copies ww. That makes sense.

@RBRTMNZ Outlaws is an AAA game with Ubisoft spent the bigget marketing budget in their history for the game. On the other hand Astro Bot is an AA game. So yes, only sold 1 million copies is a failure for Outlaws.

Re: Astro Bot Sells 1.5 Million PS5 Copies Inside Nine Weeks

PuppetMaster

@Shad361 "These are average numbers at best. Especially for a 94 meta game,that everyone on the internet said they “wanted more of”, yet only like 1 in 60 PS5 owners bought the game.et only like 1 in 60 PS5 owners bought the game"

So by your own logic, Spiderman 2 sold 11 millions copies is 'average at best' since only 11 millions of 65 million PS5 owners who bought the game? Gosh, you need to touch some grass 🤦‍♂️

"Any half decent game with a name can sell a million copies"

I don't know what are these 'half decent game with a name' that you're talking about and why you're comparing them with Astro Bot.

But clearly many decent-good games can't sell a million copies. Example from Sony own games:

  • Puppeteer
  • Tearaway
  • Jeanne D'Arc
  • Gravity Rush
  • Freedom Wars
  • Soul Sacrifice
  • Forbidden Siren
  • Patapon

So yes Astro Bot is sold well no matter how many spins you're doing right now.

Re: Sony Comments on Concord Disaster, Says Game Should Have Been Tested Earlier

PuppetMaster

@thedevilsjester I really doubt that Sony are okay to lost multiple $400+ million as well put their first party studios in the chopping block from messing around with live service games.

Sure Sony made profits right now and one of the biggest factor is thanks to their single player games that help people to spend their money on PS brand.

But if Sony didn't answer the fans request and keeps losing hundreds of millions over and over and over from crappy live service games, not just PS brand will looks bad in consumers / PS fans eyes but Sony will lost shareholders too which is probably one the biggest nightmare for Sony.

Re: Sony Comments on Concord Disaster, Says Game Should Have Been Tested Earlier

PuppetMaster

> Astro Bot

  • Sold 1.5 million copies in 9 weeks since release
  • 94% at metacritic
  • GotY candidate
  • Tons of people loves it
  • It's an AA game with 3 years devs cycle & 60 people.
    VS
    > Concord
  • Sold 25K copies
  • 62% at metacritic
  • Got shutdown in just two weeks
  • Most people doesn't want it
  • Hundreds of million down the drain
  • An astronomical failure and a big stain for SIE / PS records

Totoki, you already got the recipe for success so don't repeat another Concord.

Re: Hypnotic PS5 Pro Boot Screen, Background Worth the Upgrade

PuppetMaster

@WizzNL "Im not the only 1 complaining or getting tired about all these articles"

You and some people are 'getting tired' for clicking a news thread and complaining about a plastic box that you don't have any interest? Lol you Gen Z are really sad.

"Do you really need an article about the package being the same as the PS5 Slim?"

I don't need it but i'm sure somebody wants to know about it. If you don't need it then don't click it. It's not that hard.

Re: Astro Bot Sells 1.5 Million PS5 Copies Inside Nine Weeks

PuppetMaster

Good news and congrats to Team Asobi / Sony 👏🍻

@Gamer83 For an unknown IP that started as a VR game, the fact this 2nd game can sold 1.5 million copies in 9 weeks since release + 94% at Metacritic is definitely not sucks nor a massive failure.

Not to mention this game doesn't have AAA budget. So big chance Astro Bot already break even + make profits for Sony.

Re: Hypnotic PS5 Pro Boot Screen, Background Worth the Upgrade

PuppetMaster

@WizzNL Right now i see news about

  • Multiversus underperform
  • Amazon Mass Effect tv show
  • Sega delisted classic games
  • Black Ops 6
  • MGS 3 Eva VA
  • GTA 6
  • Take Two 2 sold Private Division
  • Take Two CEO comment about Borderland movie flop
  • Dontnod devs strike in Paris
  • Metacritic respons for DA: Veilguard review bombing
  • Astro Bot new level
  • Astro Bot sold 1.5 million copies
  • Astro Bot guide
  • PS5 sold 65.5 million units
  • Sega revive Virtua Fighter

All these non-PS5Pro news are in the first page. So, if you claim "there's not much to click" then i'm questioning if your eyes are working properly or you're too lazy to scroll down and just wants to complaint about PS5Pro.

Re: MultiVersus Underperforms, Another $100 Million Blow for Warner Bros.

PuppetMaster

Cmiiw outside Smash and Brawlhalla, i think there's not much success for platform fighters.

This game, Nickelodeon All Star Brawl, Brawlout, and PSABR doesn't do well. But i heard Rivals of Aether did well so...maybe it's just a matter of gameplay, contents, and the moneytization? With WB, i bet they locked a lot of stuff behind expensive paywall.

I personally never like platform fighter so i don't care if they didn't do well.

Re: Gran Turismo 7 Clocks Native 4K/120fps on PS5 Pro Via Game Boost, Pre-Enhanced Patch

PuppetMaster

@TrickyDicky99 "Returnal and Demon's Souls were not made by Sony owned studios at the time of release, Sony bought them after"

Both games was made by Sony owned studios.

Japan Studio was heavily involved in Demon's Souls remake development and i believe XDevs also helped Housemarque with Returnal development.

So yes, it's safe to say both games are made by Sony owned studios despite at that time Housemarque and Bluepoint aren't yet owned by Sony.

Re: Assassin's Creed Boss Says Series Is Inherently Diverse, Just Like History

PuppetMaster

I'm personally don't care much about "diversity". It's not i'm against black skin as a protagonist. Some of my favs characters are black like Barret Wallace (FF VII), CJ (GTA San Andreas), Rider (Furi), Adam Hunter (Streets of Rage), and Dudley (SF III/IV).

So it's really weird to see Ubisoft CEO or some companies talked about "diversity" as if video games never have black representation or not diverse enough. It's like they live in other dimension or something :/

But if there's no solid reason why the protagonist must be a black person outside just for the sake of diversity then why bother?

I'm sure a lot of people care more about a character have good design and background story / personality as well good writing that makes them likeable, memorable, or they can relate over what skin color the character has.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 553

PuppetMaster

Playing SF 6 and watching CPT Super Premier Japan. I finally got Manon to Master rank, which is my 6th character who reach Master rank. Ngl, i didn't like grapplers since SF 2 but in SF 6 i had a lot of fun playing them.

I'm also replaying some retro games like Super Contra and Contra 3: Alien Wars.

Have a good weekend guys 🍻

Re: PS5 Pro Packaging Flaunts Its Disc-Free Nature

PuppetMaster

Kinda sad to see that disc-free logo considering Sony history as one of the biggest pioneer of physical media like Betamax, CD, DVD, UMD, and Blu-ray.

Now Sony try to go fully digital which i can't really blame them since gamers is the one who decided their way is to go fully digital. sigh...