Stickleman

Covid, greed, infinite growth myth, various management no knowing their ass from their elbow.

Also extra greed

@dschons fair enough. I know like in 2021 I think Sony announced a partnership with Microsoft using Azure for most of their stuff incl PS now and any game streaming stuff but 🤷might changed tbf

@GeminiReign yeah no doubt they'll be shut off but chances are years from release when the player base is hardly there. Won't really make a difference in the long run.

As for the physical stuff 🤷 a few people still wants to own physical which I don't see the point in and haven't got a game on disc since early Xbox one ps4 because much prefer buying everything digital and using gamepass and PS now but each to their own on that

@WolfyTn that's a bad reason to miss out on AW2

I don't really see how a game needing to be online is much of a problem tbh. Especially these days

Funny considering Sony uses Azure (Microsoft) for all its cloud stuff and for PlayStation streaming ect ect

I mean what do you expect from square Enix

I'm Sure Sony will throw more bags of money at square and all will good

Sounds good to me. He always reminded me as (to reference southpark) someone who sniffs his own farts and calls it art

I bet those Disney licenses are crazy expensive as well..
All this investment during coivd because so many execs can't see beyond the money right in front of their face as has really come back to bite the normal people in the industry 🤦🤦🤦

Who'd have thought everyone would be back to work and doing their usal stuff after covid and not locked away playing games 🙄🙄

As harsh as it sounds though I imagine alot of companies are seriously looking at replacing as many people with AI as well so this jobs cuts are good excuses for that

@get2sammyb gamepass is an excellent loss leader and has forced Sony to switch their style up abit which is nice

@itsfoz I wouldn't have thought live services games are going anywhere tbh. There will be a few less but here to stay unfortunately

One of thing to remember though is talk about the community demands this and that and dosnt like whatever is those of us that actual care are a very small amount. Probably like 90% of PlayStation owners have no real interest in what the industry is doing, what Sony are doing, the costs, job losses and massive budgets 🤷 I means nothing to them.

So Sony could focus more on smaller games and smaller GAAS which I will annoy some the more intreasted groups but overall.... Won't really effect anything.

For example spiderman 2 sold so well I don't doubt in any part because of the films so alot of causals got the game as well

Excellent games. Still play 2 reasonable often with friends.
Cant wait for these

@TrickyDicky99 I wouldn't say no to remakes of the OG uncharted trilogy 👀

@Professor_Niggle without a doubt we will see more from Sony and live service stuff

Such a bad time to be in the game industry. After all the hype and growth it seems to be collapsing abit....

Gutted for the people losing their jobs regardless of if it was live service games or not (no proof either way). Especially trying to find a job in the industry going forwards

What a Shame. I really like their games as well. Especially the quarry but love the slightly jank of the dark pictures games

I never really got into FF7 tried it a couple times but...

Didn't enjoy the first part of the remake to much but I'd till finished once I just focused on the story missions and put the game on easy 😅. Definitely want to pick this up at sometime probably later In the year once I've got through like 4 other massive games on the go 🙄

Tbf I've not had any issue getting on at any point and playing with friends (never randoms) but glad they're getting on top of these issues finnaly. As player numbers drop off after a few weeks will definitely help level everything out server wise

I'm mean tbf isn't really that transparent with anything it does regarding PlayStation so 🤷 no big surprise but it would be nice

Sonys loving that PC money 😅. I don't really like vr but fair enough. If they can least it might give people more stuff to play

🤦🤦🤦 This article is a joke right? Gamepass is by far one if the best things to happen in gaming

I also love all the people in the comments who know the ins and outs of all the financials of Microsoft and Xbox 😅😅 it's absolutely ridiculous because GamEpAsS fAiL

Nice.
It's a great game

Tbf I've bven playing since the weekend with a couple friends (2 on ps5 1 on PC) and outside of having to wait go like 30 secs none of us have had any issues getting on and playing (I never play with randoms so comment on that side of things)

@carlos82 I think a massive release of a game like gta generally give the industry abit of a shot because it makes more people aware of gaming again for abit. I know ubisoft and coupe others are expecting a boost in sales. Same happened with gta 5

I'm looking forward to gta 6.
Still play gta 5 and gta online here and there so can't wait for a new map to explore

I'll get the pro and the Xbox refresh day one as well. Looking forward to the refresh. Already replaced my massive bulky ps5 with a slim 😅

I'd much rather titanfall 3

@TheFakulty you'd be surprised how well the steam deck runs stuff 🤷 also most if not all devs get games running on the series S just fine. Let alone add in cloud gaming

@TheFakulty wouldn't ever happen though. That would also be a real poor decision on sonys part to cut out the rather good series S 👀

First time I've heard about this. Being as its sonys money and they never even wanted cross play I doubt it will happen 😅

Also 23k is a tiny amount tbf but 🤷 fair play

I also love how this comment section is basically just pure Console war fany boy and burn the competition at the stake as if it was Nintendo and saga days 😂funny stuff as end of the day it's a tiny tiny amount of people that care about this stuff on either side

@Bentleyma it's because it's a popular thing to do as of late

I am and I've been enjoying it
Mainly in Co op but still all good solo

I've been part of the all digital future since like a year after the start of the xbox one and ps4 and even had a wedge of 360 and PS3
I'm more then Happy with all digital.

Also I enjoy alan wake 2 but definitely prefer playing as saga and her story then Mr wakes so far.

Some of it also feels that it's being weird just because remedy are being look at us, look how weird and quirky we are, arnt we different 😅

@AdamNovice I mean gamepass makes like 3 billion a year if not more along with even if it is losing money it's an excellent loss leader.
There's reason everyone has copied it and that's the main way to consume basically all media

@UltimateOtaku91 renting 🙄🙄🙄

@TheCollector316 the money gamepass is making I don't think Microsoft are taking much if any of a hit

All the people saying its the end of Xbox and they're leaving the hardware market, they're going pure 3rd party, gamepass is dead and all that 😂😂😂😂

@TheLotteryMan1 I mean gamepass hasn't failed in any way

@NinjaNicky because gamepass and except for a small handful it has all the same games as the ps5 along with millions of people invested in the eco system and that's where they're friends play.
Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision and a 4k disc player that works alot better than the ps5 is also a bonus 🤷

Just because you don't like a console dosnt mean it's the same for anyone else

Can you play any of it solo?

I will pick it up somepoint as looks good but I never talk to randoms online or play Co op with people I don't know and don't intend to start to so I'm stuck as I don't know anyone else with a PlayStation 😅

One day though...

@MattBoothDev it's PlayStation people desperately banging on about Xbox leaving the hardware market constantly

Don't bet on it

Love all the people desperate for Xbox to leave the market so Sony "wins" 😅

@Styledvinny79 unless that's the eco system they're involved in, where are the games are, friends and gamepass
So theres absolutely reasons to continue

I know some PlayStation people are desperate for Xbox to stop making consoles for whatever reason

Isn't likely to happen 🤷

@AhmadSumadi he's been excellent for it

Looking forward to both