@Anti-Matter That’s blatently untrue. Whilst the majority of mobile titles are terrible cash grabs the same does actually apply to console and PC titles.
But just as the AAA games rise to the top on console and PC, mobile is also choc full of quality gaming experiences, from well adjusted ports of titles like Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea to timeless originals like Tiny Wings, Rolando, SpellTower, Trism, Part Time UFO, Pokémon Go and Horizon Chase.
This is a no brainer for Sony who have a swathe of PSP titles easily suited to mobile play. If Square Enix can make the premium model work with JRPGs there is no reason we can’t have $10 ports of Locoroco or Patapon.
Unfortunately it probably won’t end this well and we will end up with some sort of hack job that always requires an internet connection.
Day 1 PS+ releases for Sony’s big single player titles only serves to lower the profits they will bring in and they don’t actually add anything to the service. For Sony’s bottom line and the perceived value of prestige gaming they should stay off the service for at least a year.
What Microsoft has done is design its first party games around the service paradigm. Titles like Sea of Thieves and Forza Horizon 5 are built around the idea of long-term player engagement rather than a short-term with the idea of seasons and constant updates, something a lot of Sony players would balk at.
Of course the outlier here is Nintendo who not only releases a steady stream of single player titles but also manages to make them evergreen with constant promotion years after initial release 😂
@AverageGamer The Xbox 360 had an excellent library of 1st party exclusives that ticked all the boxes. I used to use my 360 for everything. It replaced my cable box as well as my other games consoles. Kinect was a lot more fun that many ever realised and great fun with the kids.
The Xbox One went in the complete opposite direction: they killed all the really interesting multimedia functions due to a minority backlash, shuttered most of their studios, canned loads of great looking exclusives and then created Gamepass because they really had nothing left to lose.
That worked out in the end but the Xbox One compared to the PS4’s phenomenal library is night and day, and I say this as someone who games mostly on an Xbox One these last 7 years!
Sony would be better off leveraging its franchises and making sure it has a console that still ticks all the boxes when it comes to family titles. The PS5 did this well with titles like Sackboy right off the bat.
The biggest selling console of the current market? The Nintendo Switch. Call of Duty titles for the Switch? Zero.
Gamers buy it for Nintendo franchises and families buy them for couch multiplayer titles and games they can trust their kids to play. The lack of family titles has always been a gaping hole in Microsoft’s library. Sony have the big franchises and the family titles.
I wouldn’t mind seeing Aloy have to visit what is left of Hawaii to help solve some problems in a Quen colony. Their homelands are, we assume on the other side of the Pacific and whilst this could be Polynesia they refer to their homeland as ‘The Delta’ (as in river) and if you look at the world map occasionally summoned by Gaia, Florida is missing and clearly underwater implying that during the Clawback, the sea levels still rose. Polynesia would be destroyed by this.
Elden Ring has the plaudits but it has little by way of accessibility; you're either good or bad, there is no halfway and no options to tone it all down.
Horizon by comparison has made great strides in accessibility. You can turn off all the handholding options and go full-on hunter challenge or turn them all on and play it as an action game and enjoy the story.
(I tend to switch on Story difficulty if caged into a boss fight. I find the open hunting options combat utterly enthralling and to take it away for an fight of attrition isn't much fun)
Sony could use this to relaunch a new version of PS Home. Instead of creating an Avatar, they could release a line of code devs can inject into their games to allow their character models to be exported to the Home world allowing gamers to play as their choice of skin.
Rather than some IAP the only requirement for skin unlocks would be owning the requisite game eg you want to play as your in-game Aloy just buy HFW.
@PhhhCough There will be a lot of people out there who have never even heard of Game Pass so this whole thing is new to them. It does get quite confusing with the different tiers.
You’d think a team of vets who all contributed to previous Wipeout games would remember that it is a game best played with the tap-tap-tap adjustment of a d-pad. What sort of masochist plays it with analog controls?!?
The only Wipeout with decent analog controls was Wipeout 64, in part due to the N64 controller.
If Sony keeps doing what it does best it will be fine. The Xbox showcase was a constant 7/10 the whole way through: nice looking games but nothing earth-shattering.
Sony is the one making blockbuster narrative titles. Microsoft's games are designed to keep people paying for Gamepass and whilst devoid of IAP mechanics, they still work by way of seasons and services.
Sony should seek to compete in this area but not at the expense of the very reasons the PS4 sold so well.
Let's be honest: for the majority of gamers it was the press conferences that brought the most excitement, not the show floor writeups.
Starting with the State of Play last Thursday we will have had that, WWDC, Summer Games Fest, GW Skulls, The Xbox event, Netflix games event and the most recent Fortnite event. On top of that it is likely Nintendo will drop a Direct in the next week.
I'd call that a pretty packed week for announcements and trailers.
So Sony plans on releasing 10 games that are all as grindy, unkind to newcomers, has spongy bosses, have 10 different currencies for random quest givers and just chop off bits of the story for a laugh as Destiny?
@wiiware They either need to fully embrace the idea of a Star Wars Metroid or, if the title is anything to go by build a Star Wars Breath of the Wild set completely on one non-desert planet.
@BartoxTharglod This could be any number of outputs. The backlash to WipEout Rush has probably put the brakes on that business model.
Mobile could mean Gamepass-style streaming of full titles but it could also mean Sony adopting the Square Enix business model of premium mobile versions of existing games. I'm not sure how many copies of FF SE sell at £18 a pop but it doesn't seem to stop them bringing new titles like Legend of Mana out for the same price. I'd expect FFX before the end of the year.
Sony could just dump some old PSP titles like Locoroco on mobile for free with a £10 IAP for the full game and probably make some decent cash.
Remove the sports licences though and what is EA worth? These games are of consistent quality but are never really the best the genres have to offer. Have EA ever made a FIFA anywhere near as good as SWOS or ISS Pro Evolution?
A large part might be EA's back catalog that goes back decades. Wouldn't mind an HD updated Strike anthology.
I think the sub will be useful for people wanting to catch up on missed titles and will save them some serious money. The appeal of classic PS3 titles is limited somewhat by the potential lack of servers for games like Motorstorm Apocalypse.
I'm just glad Sony are bringing legacy PSP and PS1 purchases back for PSN users. This is a long-since needed move in the face of Microsoft's backwards compatible library which has let users use old disks from day 1, even expired licences like Lego LOTR and War for Cybertron.
Long version: The E3 organisers need to rethink the whole idea and a strong one is taking it all online permanently. The actual event was always something to look forward to and to see it go from a defined time of the year is frankly like cancelling christmas because people have a birthday.
The ESA should rent a swathe of stadia server space from Google and get all the games that would normally have show floor demos hosted on there. Gamers could then pay a fee, say $20 for a 4-day ticket to play as much as they wanted via a browser once the major conferences were over.
Cut out the press jolly and go straight to the community. Because the games are stored server-side there would be no data mining of suprises and whilst companies could host their own games, doing so only advertises to the converted.
If you look at the big 1st party titles on Gamepass like Sea of Thieves, Forza Horizon and Halo Infinite, they all might have a single player component (and are all great games) but they are clearly designed with service-level engagement at their core, if nothing else but to continue Gamepass subs.
Compare this to Sony and its massive single player titles and their design specs would change to suit the ongoing sub rather than the day one sale.
@sanderson72 What Microsoft have is scale. The Xbox One supports game streaming of all next-gen only titles so with a good enough internet connection and game pass you don’t even need a new console or can at least plug the gap.
They will release some sort of Chromecast type bundled with a controller for maybe £99 including a few months of game pass ultimate for people who just want to stream. This will massively expand their user base and device install.
What Sony should do instead of trying to beat Microsoft at their own game is what Sony does best: concentrate on making compelling hardware and quality software you can’t get anywhere else. They also need to rediscover that ‘weird’ magic that gave birth to the likes of Locoroco and Gravity Rush. There is room on the market for strange, artsy titles and they add to the brand.
RR2 but not RR1 implies Sony have just ported over every existing PSN title that was available for those consoles. The original launch title was never made available digitally but the sequel was.
I would therefore assume that every PS1 title currently available to buy digitally for the PS3 will make it in.
Horizon fell down because of Elden Ring and it’s pretty steep price. Once Sony put it in a few sales it will start to approach the numbers of its predecessor.
I could see them buying Square Enix. FFXIV is massive and l fits in with Sony’s service plans. XVI is already a PS5 exclusive. Sony can keep releasing games like Tomb Raider on other platforms but keep all the JRPGs for themselves.
It’s the ‘game freak have the Pokémon models’ all over again.
PS3 emulation might be theoretically possible on the PS5 but that Cell architecture is a *****. Maybe the boffins at Sony already tried and decided against it? They got PS2 emulation running which is just as difficult.
Honestly streaming isn’t a big deal. You already have your PS hooked up to the internet and PS3 games require significantly less bandwidth than 4 or 5 titles.
@Snake_V5 Its the rear touch panel and all that gubbins.
Realistically the Vita didn't have any big exclusives that weren't available on PS3 or a sequel to some other franchise. WipEout 2048 is playable within Omega Collection and AC Liberation is available on PS4. That leaves, what Golden Abyss?
The first time I saw WipEout Pure running on that screen my jaw hit the floor. The post-game support via the DLC system (something entirely new for console games at that point) was outstanding, particularly the Omega pack we got in the UK as an apology for the late launch.
Make it so that every users’ PS1-3 digital back catalog is playable over streaming at no additional cost to Essential users. It’s not $10 to play games you already own but rather to rent a server to play them from.
Honestly though: is an online multiplayer version of a fictional sport with a deus ex machina built into it so that the main character can be the hero despite spending the entire match chasing a flying egg really going to be any fun?
The only way it would be any good is if there was a Sensible World of Quidditch.
@Stocksy And because you can use any car for any event you only ever use 2-3 anyway. I did the whole 4th game in a Mini Cooper. Every other car was wasted on me.
Whilst I can accuse Forza Horizon of having just as many F2P mechanics as GT7 at the very least I can put the disk in my Xbox and play without having any internet connection at all.
@SoulChimera I wish more games used the golden trail from Fable 2. That never even had a map! You could just tell it where to lead you and it didnt matter if you wandered off because you could always just follow the trail back.
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Re: Sony Establishes PS Studios Mobile Division as Smartphone Push Intensifies
@Anti-Matter That’s blatently untrue. Whilst the majority of mobile titles are terrible cash grabs the same does actually apply to console and PC titles.
But just as the AAA games rise to the top on console and PC, mobile is also choc full of quality gaming experiences, from well adjusted ports of titles like Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea to timeless originals like Tiny Wings, Rolando, SpellTower, Trism, Part Time UFO, Pokémon Go and Horizon Chase.
Re: Sony Establishes PS Studios Mobile Division as Smartphone Push Intensifies
This is a no brainer for Sony who have a swathe of PSP titles easily suited to mobile play. If Square Enix can make the premium model work with JRPGs there is no reason we can’t have $10 ports of Locoroco or Patapon.
Unfortunately it probably won’t end this well and we will end up with some sort of hack job that always requires an internet connection.
Re: New PS5 Model Reportedly Lighter Than Ever
Any chance they can reduce the chassis size so I can actually fit one under my TV?
Re: Sony Sued £5 Billion for 'Ripping Off' PS5, PS4 Players
If Sony lowered their cut they should pass the increase in profit onto developers, not lower prices for gamers.
Re: Microsoft Accuses Sony of Paying to Block Games from Xbox Game Pass
Day 1 PS+ releases for Sony’s big single player titles only serves to lower the profits they will bring in and they don’t actually add anything to the service. For Sony’s bottom line and the perceived value of prestige gaming they should stay off the service for at least a year.
What Microsoft has done is design its first party games around the service paradigm. Titles like Sea of Thieves and Forza Horizon 5 are built around the idea of long-term player engagement rather than a short-term with the idea of seasons and constant updates, something a lot of Sony players would balk at.
Of course the outlier here is Nintendo who not only releases a steady stream of single player titles but also manages to make them evergreen with constant promotion years after initial release 😂
Re: Would You Pay $45 for an Overwatch 2 Character Skin? Blizzard's Curious to Know
These are virtual items though and therefore only as ‘rare’ as the amount of times the devs decide to list them for sale.
Re: Sony Sounds Shook by Xbox's Activision Buyout, Says Call of Duty Has No Rival
@AverageGamer The Xbox 360 had an excellent library of 1st party exclusives that ticked all the boxes. I used to use my 360 for everything. It replaced my cable box as well as my other games consoles. Kinect was a lot more fun that many ever realised and great fun with the kids.
The Xbox One went in the complete opposite direction: they killed all the really interesting multimedia functions due to a minority backlash, shuttered most of their studios, canned loads of great looking exclusives and then created Gamepass because they really had nothing left to lose.
That worked out in the end but the Xbox One compared to the PS4’s phenomenal library is night and day, and I say this as someone who games mostly on an Xbox One these last 7 years!
Re: Sony Sounds Shook by Xbox's Activision Buyout, Says Call of Duty Has No Rival
Sony would be better off leveraging its franchises and making sure it has a console that still ticks all the boxes when it comes to family titles. The PS5 did this well with titles like Sackboy right off the bat.
The biggest selling console of the current market? The Nintendo Switch. Call of Duty titles for the Switch? Zero.
Gamers buy it for Nintendo franchises and families buy them for couch multiplayer titles and games they can trust their kids to play. The lack of family titles has always been a gaping hole in Microsoft’s library. Sony have the big franchises and the family titles.
Re: Social Media Sleuthing Has Fans Pining for Horizon Forbidden West DLC
I wouldn’t mind seeing Aloy have to visit what is left of Hawaii to help solve some problems in a Quen colony. Their homelands are, we assume on the other side of the Pacific and whilst this could be Polynesia they refer to their homeland as ‘The Delta’ (as in river) and if you look at the world map occasionally summoned by Gaia, Florida is missing and clearly underwater implying that during the Clawback, the sea levels still rose. Polynesia would be destroyed by this.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Has Its First GOTY Award Already
Elden Ring has the plaudits but it has little by way of accessibility; you're either good or bad, there is no halfway and no options to tone it all down.
Horizon by comparison has made great strides in accessibility. You can turn off all the handholding options and go full-on hunter challenge or turn them all on and play it as an action game and enjoy the story.
(I tend to switch on Story difficulty if caged into a boss fight. I find the open hunting options combat utterly enthralling and to take it away for an fight of attrition isn't much fun)
Re: Sony Announces PlayStation Stars, a Free Loyalty Scheme for PS5, PS4 Fans
Sony could use this to relaunch a new version of PS Home. Instead of creating an Avatar, they could release a line of code devs can inject into their games to allow their character models to be exported to the Home world allowing gamers to play as their choice of skin.
Rather than some IAP the only requirement for skin unlocks would be owning the requisite game eg you want to play as your in-game Aloy just buy HFW.
Re: Worlds Will Collide in the SMITE x Nickelodeon Crossover Event on 12th July
I really think Nickelodeon overestimates how much fondness people have for its 'franchises'.
Re: PSA: PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Removed from the Service Aren't Yours to Keep
@PhhhCough There will be a lot of people out there who have never even heard of Game Pass so this whole thing is new to them. It does get quite confusing with the different tiers.
Re: Mini Review: Redout 2 (PS5) - Eye-Meltingly Fast Racer Can Be Finicky to a Fault
You’d think a team of vets who all contributed to previous Wipeout games would remember that it is a game best played with the tap-tap-tap adjustment of a d-pad. What sort of masochist plays it with analog controls?!?
The only Wipeout with decent analog controls was Wipeout 64, in part due to the N64 controller.
Re: Reaction: PS Plus’ Revamp Is Hours Away, But Sony Still Has a Game Pass Problem
If Sony keeps doing what it does best it will be fine. The Xbox showcase was a constant 7/10 the whole way through: nice looking games but nothing earth-shattering.
Sony is the one making blockbuster narrative titles. Microsoft's games are designed to keep people paying for Gamepass and whilst devoid of IAP mechanics, they still work by way of seasons and services.
Sony should seek to compete in this area but not at the expense of the very reasons the PS4 sold so well.
Re: Soapbox: I Really Miss E3
Let's be honest: for the majority of gamers it was the press conferences that brought the most excitement, not the show floor writeups.
Starting with the State of Play last Thursday we will have had that, WWDC, Summer Games Fest, GW Skulls, The Xbox event, Netflix games event and the most recent Fortnite event. On top of that it is likely Nintendo will drop a Direct in the next week.
I'd call that a pretty packed week for announcements and trailers.
Re: Sony and Bungie Will Create a Live Service Centre of Excellence Once Acquisition Closes
So Sony plans on releasing 10 games that are all as grindy, unkind to newcomers, has spongy bosses, have 10 different currencies for random quest givers and just chop off bits of the story for a laugh as Destiny?
Re: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Revealed for PS5, Out Next Year
@wiiware They either need to fully embrace the idea of a Star Wars Metroid or, if the title is anything to go by build a Star Wars Breath of the Wild set completely on one non-desert planet.
Re: Around 20% of Sony's Output Could Be Mobile by 2025
@BartoxTharglod This could be any number of outputs. The backlash to WipEout Rush has probably put the brakes on that business model.
Mobile could mean Gamepass-style streaming of full titles but it could also mean Sony adopting the Square Enix business model of premium mobile versions of existing games. I'm not sure how many copies of FF SE sell at £18 a pop but it doesn't seem to stop them bringing new titles like Legend of Mana out for the same price. I'd expect FFX before the end of the year.
Sony could just dump some old PSP titles like Locoroco on mobile for free with a £10 IAP for the full game and probably make some decent cash.
Re: Sony Confirms Horizon, God of War, and Gran Turismo TV Shows in Development
Ashly Burch is brilliant in Mythic Quest and already does the voice of Aloy; why not cast her as well?
Kratos? Alexander Dreymon from The Last Kingdom would be a great fit.
Re: Juggernaut Publisher EA Planning to Sell or Merge
Remove the sports licences though and what is EA worth? These games are of consistent quality but are never really the best the genres have to offer. Have EA ever made a FIFA anywhere near as good as SWOS or ISS Pro Evolution?
A large part might be EA's back catalog that goes back decades. Wouldn't mind an HD updated Strike anthology.
Re: Reaction: Sony's Positive PS Plus Reboot Proves the Value of Catalogues
I think the sub will be useful for people wanting to catch up on missed titles and will save them some serious money. The appeal of classic PS3 titles is limited somewhat by the potential lack of servers for games like Motorstorm Apocalypse.
I'm just glad Sony are bringing legacy PSP and PS1 purchases back for PSN users. This is a long-since needed move in the face of Microsoft's backwards compatible library which has let users use old disks from day 1, even expired licences like Lego LOTR and War for Cybertron.
Re: Talking Point: Does Sony Need a Big Summer Showcase?
TL;DR: Yes.
Long version: The E3 organisers need to rethink the whole idea and a strong one is taking it all online permanently. The actual event was always something to look forward to and to see it go from a defined time of the year is frankly like cancelling christmas because people have a birthday.
The ESA should rent a swathe of stadia server space from Google and get all the games that would normally have show floor demos hosted on there. Gamers could then pay a fee, say $20 for a 4-day ticket to play as much as they wanted via a browser once the major conferences were over.
Cut out the press jolly and go straight to the community. Because the games are stored server-side there would be no data mining of suprises and whilst companies could host their own games, doing so only advertises to the converted.
Re: PS5, PS4 Exclusives Will 'Deteriorate' if Launched on PS Plus, Says Sony CFO
Some fans might disagree but he's right.
If you look at the big 1st party titles on Gamepass like Sea of Thieves, Forza Horizon and Halo Infinite, they all might have a single player component (and are all great games) but they are clearly designed with service-level engagement at their core, if nothing else but to continue Gamepass subs.
Compare this to Sony and its massive single player titles and their design specs would change to suit the ongoing sub rather than the day one sale.
Re: Feature: What's Next for PS5, PS4?
@sanderson72 What Microsoft have is scale. The Xbox One supports game streaming of all next-gen only titles so with a good enough internet connection and game pass you don’t even need a new console or can at least plug the gap.
They will release some sort of Chromecast type bundled with a controller for maybe £99 including a few months of game pass ultimate for people who just want to stream. This will massively expand their user base and device install.
What Sony should do instead of trying to beat Microsoft at their own game is what Sony does best: concentrate on making compelling hardware and quality software you can’t get anywhere else. They also need to rediscover that ‘weird’ magic that gave birth to the likes of Locoroco and Gravity Rush. There is room on the market for strange, artsy titles and they add to the brand.
Re: Feature: What's Next for PS5, PS4?
As my son suggested, Sony missed a beat in not renaming PS+ ‘Station Pass’.
Re: Hands On: Sifu's New Difficulty Settings are a Superb Addition
The easy mode sounds wonderful as the player still needs to learn how to play the game.
I always cite Viewtiful Joe as a terrible example of difficulty modes where the main mode I found too hard but the kids mode almost patronising.
Re: Rumour: PS Plus Premium's PS1, PS2, PSP Games Have Started to Leak
RR2 but not RR1 implies Sony have just ported over every existing PSN title that was available for those consoles. The original launch title was never made available digitally but the sequel was.
I would therefore assume that every PS1 title currently available to buy digitally for the PS3 will make it in.
Re: Microsoft Bigwig Implies PS5 Is Losing Marketshare to Xbox
Microsoft have a console hat costs less than $250 and is readily available from most retailers.
I am sure Sony's engineers are beavering away on their own 'Playstation 5 S' model as we speak.
Re: Ubisoft Shuts Down Online Servers for Dozens of Old Games
@Apfelschteiner Or let us run our own servers from our consoles.
Re: Poll: What Do You Expect from Retro PlayStation Games on PS5, PS4?
I just want to be able to play the games!
Re: Poll: Do Remakes of Old Games Get You Excited?
I think it depends on how hard the original is to access. A Crash remake? Try a little harder. Skies of Arcadia? Shut up and take my money.
Re: PS Store Sales Charts: Gran Turismo 7 Laps Elden Ring in Europe as Horizon Falls Off a Cliff
Horizon fell down because of Elden Ring and it’s pretty steep price. Once Sony put it in a few sales it will start to approach the numbers of its predecessor.
Re: Mini Review: Moss: Book II (PSVR) – A Sweet and Wondrous VR Reunion with Mouse Heroine Quill
Slightly annoyed this isn’t an IT worker simulator.
Re: Talking Point: What PS1, PS2, and PSP Games Do You Want on PS Plus Premium?
Wipeout 1-3.
That’s it.
Sony need to pull out their chequebook and get those music tracks relicenced.
Re: Rumour Mill Points to 'Really Big' Sony Acquisition, But It's Just Speculation
I could see them buying Square Enix. FFXIV is massive and l fits in with Sony’s service plans. XVI is already a PS5 exclusive. Sony can keep releasing games like Tomb Raider on other platforms but keep all the JRPGs for themselves.
Re: E3 2022 Has Been Completely Cancelled
So many negative tweets. What E3 gave us was a definitive few days on the calendar when we knew for definite something exciting would be announced.
As it currently stands a Nintendo Direct etc can pop up with only a days notice. I liked having that week in May/June with all the press conferences.
Re: Sony's Cloud Streamed PS3 Games Are Causing a Storm on Social Media
It’s the ‘game freak have the Pokémon models’ all over again.
PS3 emulation might be theoretically possible on the PS5 but that Cell architecture is a *****. Maybe the boffins at Sony already tried and decided against it? They got PS2 emulation running which is just as difficult.
Honestly streaming isn’t a big deal. You already have your PS hooked up to the internet and PS3 games require significantly less bandwidth than 4 or 5 titles.
Re: Everybody's Golf Falls Victim to Sony Online Server Cuts
It’s worth mentioning that Clap Hanz Golf on Apple Arcade is AMAZING.
Re: PS Plus Premium Brings PS1, PS2, PS3, and PSP Games to PS5, PS4
It would be fantastic if Sony have pulled their finger out for music licencing and brought WipEout 2097/Wip3out/Rollcage Stage 2 back from the grave
Re: PS Vita the Only Console Snubbed in Sony's New PS Plus Premium Subscription
@Snake_V5 Its the rear touch panel and all that gubbins.
Realistically the Vita didn't have any big exclusives that weren't available on PS3 or a sequel to some other franchise. WipEout 2048 is playable within Omega Collection and AC Liberation is available on PS4. That leaves, what Golden Abyss?
Re: PS5's DualSense Dubbed the Best Controller of All Time in Public Vote
I could agree with the result if it didn't beat out the Dualshock 2 in the final,and that beat the Xbox One Elite controller in the previous round!
Your top 5 for most gamers is probably:
1. DualSense
2. Xbox 360 Controller
3. Wavebird
4. SNES Pad
5. Wii Remote
Re: Poll: We Want You to Rate Your Favourite PSP Games
The first time I saw WipEout Pure running on that screen my jaw hit the floor. The post-game support via the DLC system (something entirely new for console games at that point) was outstanding, particularly the Omega pack we got in the UK as an apology for the late launch.
Greatest racing game of all time.
Re: Xbox Game Pass Inspired PS Plus Reboot Reveal Rumoured with Splashy Lineup of Games
What Sony should do:
Make it so that every users’ PS1-3 digital back catalog is playable over streaming at no additional cost to Essential users. It’s not $10 to play games you already own but rather to rent a server to play them from.
Re: NFL Inks Deal for First-Person PSVR Football Game
Wait 10 minutes…..
Play for a bit
Wait 10 minutes……
Play for a bit.
Sounds fun.
Re: Is the Dream of Online Competitive Quidditch Over for Hogwarts Legacy on PS5, PS4?
Honestly though: is an online multiplayer version of a fictional sport with a deus ex machina built into it so that the main character can be the hero despite spending the entire match chasing a flying egg really going to be any fun?
The only way it would be any good is if there was a Sensible World of Quidditch.
Re: Gran Turismo 7 PS5, PS4 User Score the Lowest in PlayStation Exclusive History
The solutions are obvious: make it playable offline, give out better rewards for races and make the IAP less obvious.
Re: Gran Turismo 7 PS5, PS4 Offline and Unplayable for Over 24 Hours
@Stocksy And because you can use any car for any event you only ever use 2-3 anyway. I did the whole 4th game in a Mini Cooper. Every other car was wasted on me.
Re: Gran Turismo 7 PS5, PS4 Has Been Offline All Day
Whilst I can accuse Forza Horizon of having just as many F2P mechanics as GT7 at the very least I can put the disk in my Xbox and play without having any internet connection at all.
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Patch 1.08 Is Out Now, Here Are the Patch Notes
@SoulChimera I wish more games used the golden trail from Fable 2. That never even had a map! You could just tell it where to lead you and it didnt matter if you wandered off because you could always just follow the trail back.