RBMango

Last week, when googling Summer Games Fest, I saw an inaccessible part of the SGF website labeled PlayStation Showcase. A few hours later, it was gone.

Something is definitely brewing on the backend.

I'm sure it's true because Xbox would be stupid to backtrack on their explicit Game Pass day one commitment with the game they mainly fought so hard to get ABK for.

I can't wait to see the results from this. If anything will get Xbox to its lofty goal of 100 million Game Pass subs, it's Call of Duty.

Yeah, I'm not against this. However, I don't want it to be designed like The Skywalker Saga since I found that game tedious. I hope it's the rumored PlayStation game that Sumo Sheffield has worked on for years because I really liked their work on Sackboy.

I was really hoping for a new Banjo-Kazooie from this team...

@get2sammyb Forza Horizon with Dualsense haptic feedback and adaptive triggers would be amazing.

It's been wild to witness what ingesting ABK has done to Xbox's fundamental existence as a console brand.

I'll wait for Ghost of Tsushima 2, thanks.

@Kidfunkadelic83 If I could give your comment multiple likes, I would.

"Phoebe Waller-Bridge"

Aaaaaaand I'm out.

I have serious doubts Concord will be the enormous success Helldivers 2 is, but I'm curious to see what it looks like and how it does.

I'm cautiously optimistic. If there’s one positive I can say right off the bat, it’s that I’m glad Hulst is in there as the CEO of the software side of PlayStation because he’s not a bean-counter nor a marketer. He has an extensive history in game development and understands the industry from that POV. Now that he’s away from Jim Ryan’s influence, I’m curious to see what he brings to PlayStation during his co-regime.

I'm confident this is just a new Horizon LEGO set. However, I think a full-on Horizon LEGO game would be pretty cool. I can imagine people scoffing at it, but at least it would be different from Sony's usual offerings, even if it's just visually.

I hope Jetpack Interactive is working on the port again. Their GoW 2018 PC port was amazing.

@get2sammyb It's ridiculous how sensitive and volatile some of the elements of the Helldivers II community have become. I loved going onto the subreddit for the memes and fun when it first launched. Now I can't stand it and avoid it at all costs.

Tango: "How about we make a sequel to our recent beloved game that blew past your internal expectations and measurements?"

Xbox: "How about we shut down your studio instead?"

I'll remain extremely pessimistic about the quality of this showcase until proven otherwise. I refuse to get excited about it this time around.

"Congratulations on making your best game ever last year, Tango. Good luck finding new jobs!"

I'm still upset they gave me hope for a second that Cloud saved Aerith.

How do you make the famous death in video game history impactful a second time around? You give me hope that it can be changed and then take it away. I thought they handled that just fine for the most part.

Mentioning Jim Ryan feels like a cliche at this point, but the semi-implosion of his live service initiative definitely has not helped things this generation either. There has been so much wasted time, money, and opportunities on things that will never see the light of day.

I would love to see Rare Replay come to PS5 and PC. Banjo and Conker on PlayStation would be surreal.

Even if I don't play Xbox's games very often, I always look forward to these events. In particular, I thought last year's Xbox presentation was exponentially better than PlayStation's showcase that year.

Chances are this will be better than PlayStation's potential showcase this year too. Prove me wrong!

Unfortunately, I'm much more negative regarding how XVI will influence future mainline titles. I'm not an FF purist by any standards, but I'd be much more on board with future entries copying the combat from the Remake trilogy instead of the "Devil May Cry but much more shallow" combat of XVI and focusing on team synergy and strategy instead of Clive soloing the vast majority of the fights. XVI has its major strengths, but I don't think gameplay depth, combat, quest design, and pacing are among them.

Ironically, playing Rebirth solidified what I strongly disliked about XVI.

And this folks exemplifies why many young and talented creators don't want to join the video game industry.

My top 3 so far are:

1. LAD: Infinite Wealth
2. Helldivers II
3. FF7 Rebirth

I echo the opinion that Helldivers II is a vastly superior game to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. Considering how odd and brimming with personality it is, I'd say it's the most anti-PlayStation game they've released this gen since Returnal. It feels like a breath of fresh air.

Quick! Someone tell him Bloodborne on PS5 and PC will make a lot of money!

@BookhouseBoy He probably cashed that Konami check immediately after sending that tweet.

I always had a good feeling about Helldivers II, but to see it do this well this soon is crazy.

Gross

Yes, Push Square, that's all I've got.

We lost a legend =(

Dropping this for him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qQBzLSPDHM

To this very day, I consider Ghost of Tsushima the most beautiful game ever made. I normally don't buy the PlayStation PC ports, but I'm very tempted to pick this up.

I hope the energy shield backpack isn't just useless against chargers now.

This game is so good that it pulled me away from my beloved Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and might impact my progress in FF7 Rebirth. I never expected this to happen.

Expect another dry PlayStation Showcase this year, folks!

I wonder if the canceled projects include some second-party stuff, such as the rumored Sumo Digital or People Can Fly games.

puts on the clown makeup while hoping for Bloodborne 2

It was one of my favorite games from last year and the best Xbox exclusive in over a decade IMO. I'm glad more people will check it out now.

These are two of my all-time favorite and most-played games. I'm ecstatic about this bundle. They must have read my mind, because I've been thinking about Battlefront recently because of how much Helldivers II reminds me of it.

I LOVE the aesthetic of this. Everything about its visuals evokes the feeling of a hand-crafted little village set.

Their diety Phil Spencer has written a new gospel that says exclusives don't help anyone, so now this will be the new message from his cult of personality.

@DennisReynolds Agreed. They should have just given every player 50 medals or something and be done with it. Save the XP boost weekends for when you finally have your server issues fully ironed out.

If they drop a non-VR Astro game that even comes close to how good Astro's Playroom was, I'm there on day one. I still think Playroom is the best PlayStation game released this generation, so I've been eagerly waiting to see what Team Asobi do next.

So they're starting with Xbox's two most interesting exclusives this generation. That's more than fine with me.

@get2sammyb I didn't think it would flop per se, but I assumed it would have a modest launch; not 100,000k concurrent players on one platform in less than 48 hours.

I put more time into it last night and have been having a lot of fun. What makes me curious is if these current numbers (which are great, don't get me wrong) fall in line with what the higher-ups at PlayStation and Arrowhead anticipated. I've also seen a lot of people playing with the helmet exclusive to the deluxe edition, so I wonder how much revenue they've already gotten from it.

Regardless, Arrowhead should feel proud of what they've accomplished, and I bet they've shot up on the list of acquisitions PlayStation is considering.

The original Halo and Gears of War trilogies were Xbox at their peak, no doubt.

I've been playing it with friends throughout the day, and I can confidently say this is the best multiplayer game PlayStation has published in over a generation. I'm very happy for Arrowhead's success.

Any CEO who uses the idiotic "AAAA" term unironically should be publicly shamed like in Game of Thrones.

Square Enix is notorious for showing too much of their games before launch, so I will not be watching this. I won't be playing the demo either since the 29th is only a few weeks away.

I never go for the platinum in multiplayer games. However, some of these trophies are amusing.