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These exclusivity deals need to go…bring back the days where everyone had a licensed sports game and let the best one each year win.

@Ernimus_Prime plenty I am sure!

It’s incredible what they can do, but I’m on console. Base PS5. I’ve already given up max performance for the ease a console offers and cheaper point of entry than with a PC.

Not bragging by any means but my set up is an 8 year old OLED that is still looking superb and I have Atmos surround sound from a fairly hefty AV receiver to really give games and movies that immersive feeling.

Might be just be, but immersive sound and smooth frame rates are my kink

Whatever happened with FarCry 3, 4, and 5 was awesome! Great map, lots of fun, then New Dawn came and it was the same thing. FC 6 was massive and repetitive and I stopped playing. Ubisoft needs a reboot.
I didn’t check out the first two.

Good for them! All hope is lost on Beyond Good and Evil 2

@Ken_Kaniff I went back into the PS ecosystem with the PS4 Pro and I regretted getting a PS5 two years after launch because all the games I wanted to play were still coming out on the PS4 (and still are).

30 frames is nice, but 60 is where it’s at. Certain games it would be nice to have it all, but I can live w pop in for far distances is that’s my trade off of not upgraded to a pro

@kevinm360 been saying this since day one. People gonna get lazy, we’re gonna get AI developed textures, industry is gonna downsize before it gets better. This is the beginning.

So glad we’re being fed PS3 era games for the second half of the PS5’s life.

Super excited to be left in the dust with performance promised on the current gen system only to have it behind another $800 paywall (PS5 Pro + Disc Drive).

@WiccanMagick75 I’ve said the same thing. Instead of games humming along at 4k/60fps we get high res PS4 remakes, few games that can max out specs, and now a console bump that would leave all PS5 owners in the dark as the new console will likely be the only home for these high res showcases we’ve been promised

We all now have a hunk of a machine promising 4k/60FPS and now no developer will push for that as they now have a “Pro” version. Essentially locking us all into an empty promise from Sony.

My favorite thing about the Pro is that it will no longer challenge developers to make PS5 games play to its own advertised specs.

@mariomaster96 right? We hardly got to see if anyone could push the PS5 to advertised specs and likely won’t now as they won’t have to…artificially restricting development.

He’s the reason why I won’t play “his” game

Thought the person was Joan of Arc

Got of War, streamed it from the PS+ service. Got stuck same place at the launch of this game in 2004…in the water level with the moving walls.

I’ll just pick up the second on and move on.

I wish I never did. No reason to have!

How does Ubisoft feel about this?

@Cutmastavictory so many short and sweet indie games skirt this assumption of hours of gameplay. Rise was great too!

I was late to the party for PS4 after skipping the PS3 and my god, the Uncharted games are some of my favorite on PlayStation. At 12-20 hours each, incredible level design, lots of laughs, challenges, I’d pay $70 for a new one in a heart beat. Bioshock was another series albeit a tad longer each, but totally engulfed me.

Assassins Creed Valhalla had a great story but so much fluff I’m so turned off by the series now, one of my favorites, that I’ll wait for Mirage to drop to $20.

He’s not wrong, but the market won’t bare it. DLC and Season Passes are the consumers choice to pay more/play more.

What we need is politicians (I know right?) to pass a law that if a game is not able to be sourced from from a marketplace then emulation regardless of ownership, is legal for that software title.

It will either open the door to emulation or force companies hands to do something about it for our benefit.

Given Disney’s stock price at the moment I’m sure the Isner is pulling some strings at the House of Mouse

@ShadowofSparta you’re not. It’s the same Bethesda RPG but in space. It’s a great looking game, but I lost interest and deleted it within 10 hours of playtime. It’s a massive time sink with an IV drip of reward in my opinion.

The planets are cool but there’s so much you can do it’s overwhelming and I lost interest very quickly.

Yeah no…developer a studio, no live action games, then maybe?

They will pump and dump games so fast just look at the Star Wars hotel! Although I’m sure that write off is attractive, they still lost a grip of cash on it

@XboxTheBestBox you see more of this with Xbox because of the system architecture is similar or built upon over the generations. PS3 was stupid to code on and took a lot of time to master, so rebuilding the engines to perform they way we expect and this being Konami, this is par for the course.

I wish parental mode kept all micro transactions from even popping up on the screen

Still playable on Xbox, so...ah....Thats a "No" from me Dawg.

After the bloat with AC Valhalla and the disappointment of playing Watch Dogs Legion all the way through and now this with UbiSoft...I think I am going to sit them out for a while and just gobble up games at $14.99 or less from them moving forward.

Far Cry, AC, Clancy games, all used to rock. Now we get a $70 bloated fetch quest game with maybe 12-20 hours of story arc.

Very disappointed with their decision on canceling Immortals' sequel if this is the case.

@GymratAmarillo are you a US citizen? Cause you’d have my vote

I dropped this DLC like a bad habit after attempting the SnapMaw recon mission no less than 28 times. No lie.

Hope they don’t get conjunctivitis with all that brown stuff so close to their eyes.

So sick of hearing this stuff. It’s a great system, so is the Series X, so are blazing fast PCs (if built right).

@UltimateOtaku91 that or there was a “bug” delaying performance mode on the consoles.

Most likely a “bug” though.

@thefourfoldroot1 fair point. Asking for help in exchange for some exclusivity isn’t a bad thing especially if it helps the game and the studio more knowledge. Especially if it’s on an engine that can be easily ported to other systems.

@Loamy I 100% agree. However I can’t put GT7 down now that I have the PS5. The adaptive triggers do rock while playing Ragnarok and GT7. Yes, the graphics are smoother. The draw distance and motion are noticeable from the PS4 Pro counterparts.

Ray tracing is nice on games that offer it. It’s super rad on GT7.

It’s the little things that make it worth it for me.

Is it the jump from 360/PS3 to PS4/X1 we got? Not quite but I’m happy with my decision to upgrade, albeit was only in January 2023.

@R1spam and they played great on my PS4 Pro and friends said they were happy with performance on their launch PS4’s

I just upgraded to a PS5. It’s nice but I don’t notice much difference other than:
-loading times are shorter
-an additional performance mode
-a constant reminder to pay $30 to upgrade Ghosts and Spider-Man

How about we get 2-3 years of games pushing the limits before we raise the ceiling?

Instead we’re getting 2-3 of polished last gen games with developers under crunch and no time to max out the console as is.

@jrt87 yeah I am dreading this going into the Game Plus, but I did manage to find all of the Ravens without looking it up online this time around

@itsfoz I dreaded it them as well, but they did do a great part in creating the tension and the story.

Antitrust and Monopoly laws are designed to protect the consumer, not competitors in the marketplace.

After Valhalla I’m done with Ubisoft. Watch Dogs Legions was *****. Valhalla was good but so much fluff and filler I gave up after I finished the main quest. Riders Republic was a good try, I’d like to see more creativity like that. Mario Vs…it’s was sale for half price constantly after three weeks at launch.

I dunno, they need some major revamping. It’s not the industry, it’s Ubisoft

@kyleforrester87 played it on Series X, great game! I also turned blur off. I found it beneficial on last gen systems though.

Annnnnd here’s my reason to upgrade from a PS4 Pro

@Green-Bandit campaign or online? I’m not in to shooters online, that’s why I’m asking, but I do like a great campaign. I’ll grab them from time to time if they are less than 10 bucks for a digital sale. Splatoon is my exception, I do enjoy playing that online.

@thefourfoldroot1 10 years is a lot longer than it should be, but it’s long to get the deal done and pass regulators. We COULD see two Nintendo hardware releases in that time.

I don’t see an issue of having older games on the PS+ service w their campaigns and only supporting online multiplayer on the current release and the year prior to free up server space. If that is an issue with online support, then why are they putting out yearly releases? Maybe have 3-5 years worth of online support on GamePass as an exclusive but no more of that times release BS with DLC or different modes. That needs to end. That hurts the community as a whole but it has padded Sony’s pockets…which is likely what they want to maintain going forward.

Nintendo has some technical hurdles to overcome but looking at the Steam Deck, they can absolutely put out a Switch successor that could support and pool into CoD cross-play.

Meh, I couldn’t get into Frozen Wilds. Forbidden West wasn’t as great as the first, but it’s the story arc of the trilogy so that’s to be expected. Still a GotY contender from me, but I don’t need back story.

They mentioned The Clone Wars once in Star Wars and they have an entire series about it.

We don’t need this, just finish the trilogy.

Over on Nintendolife a comment suggests they lost the source code for the GameCube build and only has the PS2 build that was in 30fps.

Not sure of the complexity how the engine and build to get it to 60fps would be, but seems like a quick and easy remaster to cash in on.

I can’t wait for a smaller AC game…they are just too big and too much filler. Still fun and good stories, but too freaking much!

I agree w Microsoft saying that consumers would have better access

Simple…

Get ride of whiney hiney in charge
Make games backwards compatible
Stop with the remakes of 3 year old games

Ugh, just finish the trilogy!

@itsfoz I’m with ya. I enjoyed 5 and New Dawn as a spin off, but there was no compelling reason to play this. Story was weak