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@thefourfoldroot1 Wait so a DualShock 4 on a Japanese PS4 works like a Nintendo controller? That is terrifying to my PS muscle memory.

Sony's rollout of PS+ tiers was certainly confusing and poorly handled. Even though the bottom tier was as good as the old PS+, people seemed to feel as if they were downgraded to the "bad" tier and were not happy at having to pay more to get to the middle tier.

@dschons Interesting point - I appreciate the way Phil Spencer communicates to players, I like Gears/Halo/Forza/etc. and I think Game Pass is great, but I still don't own an Xbox.

I still have Satoru Iwata's Mii on my 3DS though, and I remember his Nintendo Direct presentations.

@theMEGAniggle Kevin Butler was Director of Rumor Confirmation. Or maybe VP, Blu-ray Superiority. Or possibly VP of Enough is Enough.

@theMEGAniggle PS3 had Kevin Butler. 🙃

@Mad001 Same, my launch model PS3 is a prized possession - and I had to get it repaired twice by Sony! I doubt it's possible now. But PS3 + PS5 is a good combo for 5 generations of PS games.

@gaston Haha, FF14 is probably my most played PS5 game, but MMOs tend to do that... It's also an excellent game.

Does anyone know if Sony gets a cut from FF14 subscription fees or cash shop purchases? My assumption was no, but I don't actually know for sure.

@nomither6 Awesome games. Modnation Racers is underrated and deserves a sequel. I miss Sony's Play/Create/Share thing. I still think Dreams is amazing and look forward to whatever Media Molecule is working on next.

(I also miss the handheld JRPG gold mine on PSP/Vita, but that ship seems to have sailed to Switch.)

PS4 was a triumph and PS5 is a great system that unfortunately suffered from lengthy availability issues while Switch was hitting its stride.

But we're in an amazing RPG season now with Diablo 4, Final Fantasy 16, and Baldur's Gate 3.

@BlaizeV Astrobot is great. As much as I like PS5, I (along with returning PlayStation boss Kevin Butler) agree that focusing on fun is important (especially after 3 years of global dreariness).

@sentiententity Brawlhalla seems like a nice Smash lite, and full cross-play is good as well. Hmm, now I want to try Shovel Knight Showdown and Rivals of Aether.

How many Smash-like games is Shovel Knight in anyway?

Lack of PS5 supply + adding more expensive tiers to PS Plus probably didn't help.

Poor Kevin Butler.

Well that was fast - looks like Hulu discontinued PS Vita service today. It's no longer available in the PSN store.
I guess everything's going to stop working, like it has on the Wii.
Netflix and Crunchyroll are still on the PSN store though.

@Gamer4Lyfe Hahaha. The Switch really is an improved successor in many ways, but I'll take the Vita for Final Fantasy 8 (as well as 1-10) FF Tactics, Persona 2/3P/4 Golden, more great PSP games like FF7 Crisis Core/MGS Peace Walker/Locoroco/Patapon, Gravity Rush, Uncharted, Tearaway, LittleBigPlanet, Super Stardust Delta, and that beautiful high-contrast OLED screen. The PS TV sips power, runs off a USB socket in your TV, and plays tons of PS1/PSP/Vita games from PSN as well as Vita cartridges.

I'll take the Switch for cheap high-capacity SD cards, Nintendo games, tabletop/portable multiplayer, 1080p on TVs, new games, and hopefully a hospitable home for the quirky indie and/or Japan developers who used to make games for the Vita. ;_;

I like the PS Vita a lot - it was kind of the Switch before the Switch, in terms of high-quality mobile gaming and hybrid capability via the PS TV. It's also a backward-compatibility monster (supporting PS1 and PSP games) and grew into a terrific niche system for indie games, JRPGs, and even visual novels like Steins;Gate. I think it's worth buying a Vita just to play Persona 2/3/4 and Final Fantasy 8 on a handheld!! It also did video streaming via Netflix/Hulu/Crunchyroll. I wish the PS TV wasn't limited to 720p, and that all PS Vita games were officially supported. I would greatly prefer a PS Classic with PS TV functionality (maybe upgraded with CRT emulation for PS1 games and 1080p for video streaming) rather than what Sony actually delivered!!

Sadly (and like the PSP before it) the PS Vita suffered from expensive, proprietary memory cards and general abandonment by Sony. For now, it seems that Sony is happy to cede the hybrid/high quality handheld gaming console space to Nintendo, but since the Switch has shown that hybrid gaming can be a thing, maybe Sony will try it somehow with the PS5, hopefully with more success than PS Move had following the Wii (though Dreams might finally be a killer app for PS Move.)