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Re: Japan Hit with Yet Another PS5 Price Increase

UltimateOtaku91

Usually the console price goes down after 3-4 years if previous gens are anything to go by, yet this gen console prices are going up, subscription prices are going up, last gen is being supported longer and lay offs galore. Probably the worst gen so far in my opinion.

Re: Rumour: Sony Paying Close Attention to Handheld Market After PS Portal's Shock Success

UltimateOtaku91

Reality is no one wants to create dedicated handheld games, so the only benefit of a new handheld would for it to only play games that are already on the consoles but natively. But like the steam deck it would struggle to run certain games properly unless ran at the lowest settings, but problem is playstation doesn't allow the editing of those settings. So developers would have to create another version to run on the Sony handheld which most wouldnt want to do. So if Sony do create a new handheld to play games natively then the amount of playable games would be very limited.

Re: Things Are Getting Worse for Floundering PS5, PC FPS Concord

UltimateOtaku91

Seems like there's nothing Sony can do to save this game now, they can't make it free to play as they would have to refund all buyers plus there's no MTX for them to make money off even if it was free to play.

Theres also no point in putting it into Playstation plus as without MTX there's no real benefit of having a player boost.

Only real option is to abandon any future updates and not spend any more resources on the game, just leave the servers up for 12 months (or more) for those that have bought the game.

But hopefully this doesn't mean the closure of firewalk as obviously they have talent, maybe use them as a studio that helps on other playstation projects or allow them to get working on their next game and give them another chance.

Re: Rumour: PS5 Pro Was Allegedly Being Talked About Openly at Gamescom

UltimateOtaku91

I don't see it being revealed at TGS, maybe at Sony's next Showcase which hopefully won't be far away. I can definitely see them showing GTA 6 gameplay running on the PRO as a demo.

If the PRO is quite smaller than the original then I may get one, although I may need one anyway as my PS5 is having some issues lately where every now and then I turn it off and it won't turn back on unless I unplug it first, so yeah maybe time for an upgrade.

Re: Atlus Really Doesn't Want You to Know Metaphor: ReFantazio Is Coming to PS5

UltimateOtaku91

@Decimateh-xblz Don't get me wrong I know there's some players on xbox who buy games but primarily people own an xbox for gamepass or rely on gamepass for their games. I've seen so much gamepass version begging online and so people saying "il wait til it's on gamepass" for certain games.

And then there's the fact JRPG's don't do as well on Xbox and don't get much coverage on gaming sites, for example the latest Neptunia game releasing xbox hardly got any coverage, if not for Gematsu even I wouldn't have known about it. If Xbox want to get serious about JRPG's then they need to get all of them onto their system like the Trails games and Atelier games and maybe get some exclusives like they did with Blue Dragon and Eternal Sonata.

Re: Atlus Really Doesn't Want You to Know Metaphor: ReFantazio Is Coming to PS5

UltimateOtaku91

@Malaise I think Microsoft thought this deal would bring in the Japanese players but with game news coverage easily found online people knew straight away the game was also coming to PS5, also all retailers listed the game for PS5 so it's kind of pointless. Even more so when you consider the game isn't even on gamepass and Xbox doesn't have any exclusive content to their version, so there's absolutely no incentive to get an Xbox for this game

These types of deals are pointless these days, the only deals worth the money are time exclusivity or exclusive content like Playstation did with Hogwarts Legacy and Marvel's Avengers.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 543

UltimateOtaku91

On PS5 i will be Continuing with Trails Through Daybreak and the brilliant The cult of the Lamb, how I didn't play this game before is beyond me, very addictive. I will also be playing a few matches of Concord in between single player sessions and I may even re download The Hunt Showdown.

On Switch I'm going to finally start the Splatoon 3 story mode, and I've just bought Maglam Lord in a sale so I will be giving that a try this weekend.

Re: PS5, PC FPS Concord's Poor Player Numbers Have Predictably Gone Viral

UltimateOtaku91

@Artois2 Yeah these people need to understand that live service games are more popular than single players games, you might get the odd single player game that sells gangbusters like Elden Ring, Hogwarts Legacy, Wukong or Spider-Man etc but the majority of gamers are playing online games.

Look at steams top 50 chart and count the number of single player games, over two thirds are online games.

Live Service is the biggest market in gaming across consoles, PC and mobile so why should Sony be expected to not join in? They do realise more money for Sony means more games and content for us PlayStation gamers.

Re: PS5, PC FPS Concord's Poor Player Numbers Have Predictably Gone Viral

UltimateOtaku91

The game isn't a bad game, the graphics are great, gameplay is great with great controls and mechanics, the vignettes are quite enjoyable and the characters aren't as bad as people are making them out to be.

I think the games main problem was not going free to play, it's a risk for people to pay £35 for a brand new IP for a game that's in an overcrowded genre of "Hero Shooter", especially when the other Hero Shooters are based on popular IP's already and have quite a die hard fan base who won't budge.

Free to Play with MTX is the way forward for Sony's live service games.

Re: PS5, PC FPS Concord's Poor Player Numbers Have Predictably Gone Viral

UltimateOtaku91

@PSfan4Life22 Do a lot of people actually want those games though? If Resistance and Killzone are so popular and in demand then why were their sales so poor compared to other Playstation games? Why did Killzone Shadowfall flop so bad? And for Socom the entire series only sold 4 million copies...

It reminds me of the Japan studio closure where everyone all of a sudden loved their games and were disappointed in Sony for closing them down, yet looking at the sales figures for their games it paints a different story.

Re: Poll: Are You Playing Concord?

UltimateOtaku91

@FatalBubbles Haha as soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it as an avatar, although when Astro Bot launches in sure there's going to be tonnes of Astro themed Playstation characters to choose from. Perosnally if there's a Cloud, Tifa or Aloy then I might change it.

Re: Poll: Are You Playing Concord?

UltimateOtaku91

@PuppetMaster My comment wasn't aimed at people like you who genuinely don't like the game for genuine reasons. But on this site particularly and on X (Twitter) the pitchforks were out the minute Sony announced the game and that it was a live service title. That was before any gameplay or characters we're shown, the game didn't stand a chance from the get go.

Re: Poll: Are You Playing Concord?

UltimateOtaku91

The game currently has a "very positive" review average on steam with 84% being good reviews, so it's obvious the majority playing the game are enjoying it and hopefully via that rating and word of mouth the player count will rise over the next few days (on steam atleast).

Re: Poll: Are You Playing Concord?

UltimateOtaku91

@AdamNovice Its just another excuse to hate on the game, infact most people already decided to hate on the game before any gameplay or characters were revealed. And then there's certain people who just hate anything related to Playstation so their comments automatically become invalid.

Re: Poll: Are You Playing Concord?

UltimateOtaku91

I've put two hours into it today and enjoyed my time with it, no issues with waiting times so far. As I've said before if I can get 50 hours out of this game then that's money we'll spent for me.

I can definitely see the game getting added to Playstation Plus within 6 months but boosted player numbers that way does nothing for revenue as there's no MTX. I think free to play with MTX is the way this game should have gone.

Re: Sony's TGS 2024 Plans Include Monster Hunter, Death Stranding, and a Real Life Astro Bot Gacha Machine

UltimateOtaku91

Smart move getting Monster Hunter Wilds at their booth, this game is going to shift a tonne of PS5 consoles in Japan.

I'm also hoping for a release date which fingers crossed is for January/February. Also does anyone know if this MH will have cross play?

If Lego Horizon doesn't get a release by the time TGS ends then it's a safe bet it's not releasing this year, unless it's a shadow drop at Sony's next Showcase.

Re: Reaction: It's Time for Xbox to Tell Us Which Games It's Bringing to PS5, and Which Games It Isn't

UltimateOtaku91

I think any live service and any big budget games will be coming to playstation. It's only a matter of time before Starfield comes over.

Also from Bethesda Indiana Jones, new Doom and Hi Fi Rush have made it over so id say any Bethesda game going forward has a big chance of it coming to playstation, if you like Bethesda games then there's no need to switch consoles for them.