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Re: PS5 May Soon Be Unchallenged by Xbox in Some Regions

Pusher2021

@MrPeanutbutterz "2K is a publisher not a platform holder" is shifting the goalposts.

We were talking about MS & Sony platforms so the only one who was moving goalposts was you mentioning 2K trying to prove a point. If you don't see the difference between a publisher or a platform holder hiking prices, I can't help you.

I came with facts (objectively) and experience (mine and others). I ended one service because I owned most games I wanted to play/liked.

I'm not only talking about me but about the overall consensus about Remakes/Remasters from last gen and the lack of first party titles this year on PS. But sure try to argue about that 🙄

And what are you even on about/or trying to argue about? Oh, that question was rhetoric!

Re: PS5 May Soon Be Unchallenged by Xbox in Some Regions

Pusher2021

@MrPeanutbutterz "What alternative timeline is this? 2K had 80 bucks games first. Sony's subs cost less than Microsoft's (and Premium gives you significantly more content for that lower price). Sony have more first party games this gen than Microsoft (Microsoft had a grand total of zero for the Series X at launch). And I'd much rather play remasters of GoT or Death Stranding than listen to Microsoft say "it'll be out year next year!" for the tenth year in a row." END

-No alternative timeline. Digital PS store had €80 long before MS and they even waited for longer to do the same. 2K is a publisher, not a platform holder.

-PSPlus had an + 35% increase! And I do disagree on the Premium content compared to GPU, at least until the end of the year (probably due to owning a large first party collection on PS).

-Not talking about this gen, talking about this year where little amount of first party titles came out (worse couple of SOP's) and the console still sold like candy.

-And if you like to play the same game over and over again with an unnecessary upgrade, more power to you. I don't mind some but that should be a side note to a lot more new IP's!

PSPlus has become better for customers because of Game Pass, you do realize that?

Competition forces better products. Maybe you like to sight of MS failing, I for one, don't have one bit of "Schadenfreude" for any of the gaming companies (since I own every one of them since the eighties = bought for good games). The failing of Concord (probably biggest failure in gaming history) will have consequences for devs and gamers on PS.

And MS not knowing what path to follow lately isn't very encouraging either.

Re: PS5 May Soon Be Unchallenged by Xbox in Some Regions

Pusher2021

PS and Ninty are the game darlings of the world. And Sony can even afford of bringing a very low amount of first party titles and people still buy the console, even a PS5 Pro where people can play most of Remake/Remasters on. They were the first ones with the 70$/€80 base game price and making their subs a lot more expensive ...

MS Xbox could never afford to do that and when they do, they get a lot of slack, as they should but PS shouldn't get a free pass either. Since the day & date with PC they left the core console space but people like to compare console sales.

With the older PS generations the console had a DVD and Blu-Ray player so they got a big advantage on that but, today as brand they seem to be unbeatable with a head on competition.

For every gamers sake, I hope MS does something special next gen because, if not, we are going to need bigger wallets!

MS needs to do a "Ninty" ...

Re: Classic PS4 Racer DriveClub Is Now a Decade Old

Pusher2021

Loved these devs but this game had a lot of launch problems (+AI) and lacked content imo. It looked (and looks) incredible (dynamic weather system) and had so much potential! But with the GT series it probably never stood a chance on the PS platform.

Glad to see people wanting the Motorstorm franchise back and hopefully there is some credibility on the PS5 Remaster rumors (potentially developed by Lucid Games, known for titles like Destruction AllStars).

Re: PS5 Firmware Update Annoys with Unwanted Deluge of Ads, News Feed

Pusher2021

Ads are some of my biggest gripes of annoyance on a daily basis. It acts like a stalker. On desktop, laptop, smartphone, letterbox, television, ... (and not even counting spam + glad there is Brave to name one).

It stopped me -personally- from watching certain channels on TV because at the end of the day I got Ads with some pieces of a Movie in between. And we can't "forward" the recording anymore in a lot of cases either!

If something is free in its use, I can understand that ads are needed. I don't like it, but I understand. When you have paid for the whole deal, ads should not be there.

Now (and before) on PS5 (and Xbox too) you get ads to buy a game even if you already own it. At least "up your Ads game" a little bit.

For now it has a news cycle but not a recent one so that doesn't make any sense either. Reason people complaining is because they already know where it could be going.

If you need to put ads in, at least do some effort so consumers can tailor it in somehow, without being intrusive.
The main thing that needs to catch your eye, is the game you are playing or want to play not a disturbing ad.

Ads are pure gold for companies and they will try to push it as hard as they can, even so hard, it tries to convince you to buy their "premium tier" because you get annoyed.

Ads are so intrusive, when going to far, people start trying "other" ways to get that content. I don't think people mind when they played TLOU and got some news/trailer of a TV show that's coming based on their playlist.

Golden rule is, apply some but don't exaggerate ...

It's all early days so I'm sure there will be several updates to make it more "enjoyable/smarter/let it make sense" for the consumer.

In this case it's not complaining really (be glad they do because one day you could benefit from it), it's drawing a line in the sand of what not to do in case they forgot what the consumer does dislike while enjoying their hobby.

Re: Eve's Body Physics Get a Boost in Surprise Stellar Blade PS5 Patch

Pusher2021

@TheShallowWorld "This immature and unnatural obsession with the sexual anatomy of the female body isn’t “harmless fun” .. there’s a psychopath on trial in France whose crimes were discovered ..."

Tbf, the discourse is still about some videogame. Unless you are categorizing people who play violent games (GTA, Mortal Kombat, ...) under the same heading?

Most people know the difference between videogames and real life. The ones that don't, well, those people have trouble watching the every day news too.

If playing a videogame, and it's changing your moral compass, you have a problem, and you should seek another hobby imho!

At the end of the day, there are more limits in videogames than in TV shows or movies.

The game is good overall, so it's "some part" of the game and not the only reason why people play it.

Re: PS5 Pro Will Supposedly Fix Rise of the Ronin's Shoddy Frame Rate

Pusher2021

@Titntin After seeing some of the first impressions of the Pro I must admit the differences are bigger than initially thought (but to expensive for me to justify).

Of course, it's only the first dev (Koei Tecmo) that mentions a buff in frame rate but IIRC there were some games -on the end of the cycle- on the OG PS4 that struggled (accompanied by huge noises) in comparison to the PS4 Pro while the base PS4 should've been the target.

Re: Assassin's Creed Shadows Delayed on PS5 Until 14th February

Pusher2021

They have a lot of games in development and looking forward to play two of them if they manage to release them and that's a Remake of Prince of Persia and Splinter Cell.

I do like their recent PoP game and AC Mirage was enjoyable too. Actually love the shorter experiences myself.

Very interested in what the "various circumstances" mean for real!

Re: What Time Is PlayStation's State of Play?

Pusher2021

Keeping expectations in check!

There will be time though when several first party titles (even new IP's we haven't seen yet) will release. I hope to see it sooner than later (Naughty Dog, Housemarque, Media Molecule, Santa Monica Studio, SuckerPunch Studios, Insomoniac Games, ...)

  • More Lego Horizon and a bite of Astro Bot DLC?
  • News around GOT2 pretty soon now, no?

Re: Rumour: PS6 Could Span a Console and Handheld Device

Pusher2021

Wait & see... The Gaming market will have changed a lot by then. And Sony needs to change in supporting their add-on devices more with good first party titles. The PSVita deserved a lot more imho!

First I would like to see if Nintendo is copying the Switch path in 2025 or if it's going to feature something new/extra/innovative.

Re: Reaction: Why There Are So Many Unnecessary PS5 Remasters for Games That Don't Need Them

Pusher2021

If the game is older and was a good game at his OG release date, I completely understand an Remake (prefer them over Remaster since non of the mechanics gets changes in the latter).

-For instance TLOU Part 1 would've been great with all the TLOU Part 2 mechanics (don't know if they were implementable or not). Especially after it already had a remaster.

And that's what people dislike, if the game had already a remaster and devs keep repeating that process on the newer machine, time after time. Worst example is GTA5.
It can be a two edged sword of course, people who never played it before or people that are eagerly waiting for the next iteration of that game.

Another point that could change my mind is the price. I had no problem buying the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection for €10 since I owned both OG titles.

The Horizon Zero Dawn (edit) one, I don't understand at all and find it unnecessary myself. But, somehow there must be an easy possible profit or it's so easy to port that it takes not much effort. Or is there a free upgrade path for PS5 owners?

If a complete Motorstorm or Resistance collection would be remade, I would be in, no doubt about that!

That's why it would be very interesting to know what the budget of a Remake and/or Remaster is and at the end, what the profits are. So I could see the perspective on why they do it.

I do think it's about money, boosting the brand (getting people interested in spin-offs --> TV shows or movies or even older games of that series).

Even though, you get to choose buying it or not, it isn't a good look because at the end of the day, we all want the best edition of that game, but not in paying full price for the same game, time and time again. Do it in such a way, people don't have the feeling it's about greed or trying to fool you with PR speak why you should buy the new one.

Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Astro Bot?

Pusher2021

9/10 and a worth day one title.

The save bug was unfortunate. The only personally thing I had trouble with was the controller, especially the horizontal placed thumb-sticks. After a few hours of use I always got cramps in the left thumb, a reason why I prefer the Xbox controller where I don't have that problem. The use of the left thumb in this game is brutal (= the cross, triangle, circle, cross & square levels since you need to finish it in 1 go) but the gameplay overall is top notch and has many magical moments.

Re: Poll: Would You Buy PS5 Pro If It Was Cheaper?

Pusher2021

The stand + DD = €150 here. The more I see the price the more I think scalpers have a lot to do with it. Sony want to collect that money instead of losing it attitude (a point I'll give them).

Beside sales in about 6-12 months, I also want to see who will make Pro features of their game. Certainly not MS, so I expect First Party and some Third Party. Overall, it will not be worth it imho. I don't expect overall 60 FPS magic in games that didn't have it. Bloodborne without the mod is still 30 FPS on PS5?

Re: Talking Point: Is PS5 Pro Way Too Expensive?

Pusher2021

Way to expensive! No disk drive & even more surprised, not even a stand? It's not only a case of people being able to afford it but PS adopting those typical Apple antics and get away with that! A fool and his money are easily parted.

But ... if it could have officially emulated Sony PS3 games, I think, people would have been a lot more interested.

Re: PS5 Pro Announced, Costs $700 and Out in November

Pusher2021

If you don't own a PS5 then maybe, until I saw the price without a even a disc drive. The impression of this Cerny talk was not very positive, especially towards the many PS5 owners. Almost like, your PS5 can't do the "big three", you need to upgrade.

I always go for performance mode and I expect the "big three" to be on that machine, especially with the 8K on the box.

Now, get out of your bubble, go make some SP games, and forget about this silliness!!

Edit:

$700 = €634,89
€800 = $881,98

Re: Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown Review (PS5) - Flawless Driving Stalled by Technical Issues and a Lacking Hong Kong

Pusher2021

I saw this coming but wanted to keep some hope for the full release as this is my fave genre and it had some different features. Loved the first TDU but this genre has a fierce competition, current day! They said the final version wasn't close to the final release but the technical problems haven't disappeared all of a sudden. With time these could be resolved but will it be enough to convince gamers?

Re: PS5, PC Shooter Concord Dead on Arrival, Is Being Taken Offline This Week as Dev 'Explores Options'

Pusher2021

That's crazy for a AAA new IP (2 weeks must be a sad record). A lot of people will probably lose their job and like I said before, I truly feel for them. I'm not a fan of GAAS but this is something you wouldn't wish on your colleague devs (dislike them or not) on whatever platform.

When Halo Infinite wasn't doing so great a lot of people laughed at MS. With Concord, the situation is even worse, and people with a sense of schadenfreude will turn up again, which is sad & cruel!

The person(s) responsible for giving this the green light will probably stay unscathed and won't have a worry in the world. Many gamers can see the market for these are over saturated! (still leadership made this expensive gamble)

This is a financial disaster and the dev will probably never recover. Tough decisions are going to be made.

Letting it bleed out on PS+ or trying to remake characters and universe and keep the good gameplay? Is the latter even an option? I mean, lessons will need to be learned but this is such a fiasco for a dev that isn't even bad overall imo.

Edit: and Bungie isn't doing very well with future Marathon either, according to Jason Schreier!

Re: Astro's Playroom: All Special Bots Locations

Pusher2021

The creativity is God Tier. After getting the bots I almost forgot to get the remaining PS5 artifacts and going into the mission room where other bots are hard at work, accompanied with a visible countdown when release is due!

4 days ...

Re: Players Complain of Lengthy PS5 Matchmaking Times As Concord Numbers Dwindle

Pusher2021

Despite knowing how most players feel about this "DOA" game, I do feel concerned about the devs at this point. These are not bad devs, it is not Gollom standard by any means!

At this point, is it even possible to turn that players amount around?

Sony even knew how the game was going in a certain way, but didn't step in to put it on PS+ for instance. They lose the money either way but now there is so much negativity around this title, people won't forget about it soon! This could've been minimal damage!

Re: Mark Cerny's Feedback on PS5's Astro Bot: 'Now This Is a Game'

Pusher2021

This game is going to be epic and it's not even my favorite genre. From what I've seen and heard, I almost know this game is going to rate not lower than 9 or 10 out of 10! This game will hold its price for a long time too I bet. With how this game will be packed full of little details I would say it warrants a day 1 purchase.