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@trev666 Really? Going to have to try this one out!

Although they do make the case for GamePass as a great value you can only really see by Holiday 2022, maybe further. I do agree that Sony will have to come up with something. Obviously PS Now needs to be strengthened, maybe work with Epic for co-development of a new Playstation Home-like service that serves as a Ready Player One-like multimedia lobby, etc. I don't think they invested $250 mill. on them for nothing.

That said, the games I expected MS to show didn't wow me. I expected gameplay from Starfield but that release date was tough. Halo is Halo, and I lost interest after the original one. Forza had a good showing. No Fable. No Perfect Dark. No Everwild (I think... the Rare title). No Hellblade 2.
Redfall saved it imo(even if it was only CGI), but I'm biased for Arkane. Psychonauts 2 looked great but that one is still coming to PS4, I just hope they don't hold it back with a 30 fps framerate.

Quick stream reviews: ubisoft sucked, gearbox sucked, square sucked, good showing by MS, Prime Matter/Koch media had a better showing than the first three. E3 is not making a good case for itself as of Day 2. Maybe Nintendo can still save the day? or probably Bandai-Namco if they show more of Elden Ring, the game that is winning the summer for me so far.

@feral1975 Well, Final Fantasy Origin is trying something new with the cringe-worthy comic relief dialogue in a soulsgame. It's like Square said "lets you the FF games that our fans don't want."

@Omnistalgic Yeah! That has to be a thing. It´s like the most no-brainer PS5 remaster they could do. The only thing that would hold them back would be From´s busy schedule, depending on how many teams they have internally. Miyazaki said a few years ago, way before Elden Ring was even announced, that he was interested in making a new Armored Core game, the first series he worked on when he arrived at From.

This one was the one saving grace in Ubisoft's stream.

Far Cry reached its peak with the third entry that polished what they'd done for Far Cry 2. All games after were just derivative reskins of the same systems plus the played-out ubi open world structure.

@MidnightDragonDX Me neither and I was still disappointed. It was that bad.

Absolutely nothing to see here.

Smart strategy as you can't compete with MS' infinite budget, and might be more attractive for developers looking to remain independant but can leverage risk and get all the perks that come with the PS pipeline.
Not that MS' strategy is wrong but they don't have such a good track record with the devs they acquired. For example, Lionhead had many other interesting concepts but it was turned into a one-trick pony studio exclusively working on Fable and then it was just disbanded. Another one is Rare, whose output under MS has been underwhelming, at least compared to their N64 glory days.
I hope this is not still the case as I'm looking forward to whatever Harvey Smith and Arkane Austin are working on.

@Omnistalgic That game you want is probably going to be Bloodborne 2 as I don't think Sony would want to leave one of its biggest new IPs dormant for this gen, not when MS has the acquisitions checkbook out.

Good for them I guess. Always looked like a Silent Hill wannabe that took a wrong turn on boring street so I won't be trying it out.

Good month! Always good to see Sega dusting off its classics and Squadrons looks interesting, I'm not a fan of Star Wars but Squadrons looks kinda fun.

I can see a new Jet Set Radio working as a sort of Fortnite-esque shared world. SEGA has one of the best back-catalogues in the industry and it's about time they started exploiting it a little bit more.

@eltomo Seaman VR would be proper insane.

@AdamNovice Uncharted would be great for VR if done properly.

Dishonored 2 is easily one of the best game of the past generation. Too bad it will, in all probability, not come to a Sony system ever again.

Very interested to see what's DICE's response to the recent COD resurgence.

Still think this game should be retconned into a PS all-stars car combat game.

Twisted Metal Black was amazing back on PS2. Bring it back, Sony!

Really? I thought the gunplay was quite good actually, way better than Uncharted 4. Very sassy for Microsoft, considering they still haven't released a decent anything this generation. Still hoping they don't ruin the new Perfect Dark.

So, Tokyo Game Show then? As far as rumours go I hope a new Silent Hill is a reality but I'd take remakes of the first two games any day. A new 3D Castlevania would be nice, I was thinking with it following Dark Souls structure a little but Bloodborne already is the best Castlevania soulslike around. Maybe throw a little Monster Hunter magic in and have players defending a village against vampires, werewolves, etc.

"Day one" just adds unnecessary stress to both developers and customers. It's not like many people can afford to get all the gamees they want on day one.

Damn, is COD WWII: Vanguard such a disaster?

I'd rather have an HD/Remaster of Marvel vs Capcom 2.

@Axelay71 I hope the Sony moneybags already made their way to FromSoft. MUST. HAVE. BLOODBORNE 2.

@Juanalf Sony just doesn't have the infrastructure or budget to compete with MS so they have to be pretty strategic about which products and features they pursue. If Sony had failed as bad as MS did with the Xbone launch it would have bankrupted the entire company, but MS just dusted itself off and started working towards redeeming themselves like it was nothing.
Although I hope more PS classic games, both console and portable, make it over to PS Now to make it a more viable competitor to GamePass.

I remember PS Home also had hover racer game and I think there's no better way for Sony to bring back WipeOut.

Yeah because a limited user base was the problem...

As fun as it may be, hackers and the massive chunk of hard drive space it eats are big turn offs for me.

Hey Bandai Namco, where's that OTHER game? We're all hollowing over here, man!

Also bounced off after about an hour. They should just rework this into a Twisted Metal-like with Playstation mascots.

By the time VR becomes mainstream Sony will have years of experience under its belt and Microsoft will again try to buy its way to the top.

Maybe use the cloud to give more power to the console instead of a mid-cycle update? Nah that's too pro-consumer.

@LordSteev shareholders?

@2cents I'm part of that same percentage. CDPR would have to really turn it around for me to even think about trying it.

@playstation1995 THIS. Let Bluepoint try creating their own IP and give Housemarque the budget to BRING BACK ARCADE. FromSoft would be nice but they are probably doing pretty good on their own, although a sizeable cash injection to start development on an Armored Core follow up would be nice.

@DrClayman They should rework Destruction All Stars into a PS mascot deathmatch brawler-type game. I haven't touched that game since day one.

E3 and FGS are going to be packed with announcements come summer.

@nessisonett That would be great! Basically WW2 on steroids.

@Ithinkyousuck And Hades was in early access for a long time, giving it the opportunity to improve and polish continually. That early access polish is what made it the best narrative roguelike around.

Here's hoping for Spiderman Remastered.

Vita about to become The PS history preservation machine. Need to get my hands on one again.

@__jamiie I only ever played the psx one. How did Twin Snakes differ from the original? I know it had some extra cutscenes and some of MGS 2 gameplay mechanics.

@dskatter I've come to understand that Hideo Kojima needs a hardline publisher like Konami that can effectively corral him or else he wanders off and makes something like Death Stranding. Not surprised if rumors about him running to MS to fund his next game after Sony passed on it turn out to be true.

Looking good. How about a Drakengard remake next.

@GamingFan4Lyf Yeah the hype hurt the game in the end but it was of their own making. Up until a week before release they were feeding the hype machine 24/7 with newswire updates. I don't feel bad at all for CDPR, they brought this on themselves by selling a half-baked product in the first place but do hope they can turn it around for the people that already made the investment.

@TVRFLY If I was a betting man I wouldn't bet on this.

@wiiware This was the first thing that came to my mind after first reading the news.

Playstation Home revival incoming?