koffing

Missing: maybe I would just play them on another platform like my Steam Deck where many of them already work.

@colonelkilgore I think that’s fair. Polls like this are often just a gut reaction. They’re going to show extreme feelings, not measured takes.

I bet a lot of people are still upset by the price hike. Others don’t want Sony pursuing live service games or anything multiplayer and are going to ding Sony just for giving them a multiplayer game. Etc etc.

Sometimes I think gaming is like spaghetti sauce https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_choice_happiness_and_spaghetti_sauce — someone might do well to offer different subs based on types of games. I would want jrpgs and indies almost exclusively. /shrug

I like the concept of physical but I hate how licensing makes them worse to use because the disc has to be in and the noise from disc spinning. My PS5 is loud enough.

For Switch we do physical if at all possible.

The article text does not explain the title or subtitle. What tech?

Now that is a name I have not heard in a long time.

That’s awesome that the company supports their fans and customers this way. I hope this inspires other publishers.

Golden makes me the happiest, 5 original fits the narrative the best.

Aside: I ❤️ 5 Royal and it’s my fav way to play but the extra semester imo detracts from a perfect P5 ending.

@ChrisDeku the past always seems shinier. This was an amazing year in gaming!

I wish gaming news sites did the work for us.

Did more 2023 games review score higher on average than previous years? (Were the games just better across a similar # of titles?)

Did we see significantly more games that also were quality games this year? (Eg was it a boom year?)

Was it the best year for certain platforms? (Eg maybe this was the best Nintendo year since 2017)

If we compare the top games between years which year would win?

My instinct is that yes absolutely 2023 was a banger. Best ever tho? Err… you specify the criteria for that and we can discuss.

I totally get people who own these games not being happy about this month but I don’t know what you would expect to be better. If every month was like this I would expect most people would be happy.

Best month in a long time. Family wants to play Nobody Saves the World. And I want Plague Tale!

I’m excited! I still want P6 though.

This was the best month in a while for me.

Favorites this year:

Jan: Fallen Order
Feb: OlliOlli World
Apr: Sackboy
Jun: Jurassic World Evolution 2
Jul: Alan Wake Remastered
Jul: Endling
Aug: Death’s Door
Dec: Powerwash Simulator

I’m hoping Sony had another surprise in store for later this month but not holding my breath.

I can imagine using something like chatgpt (eg llama2) or ai voice synthesis to change some of the interaction models.

1. You say your name to the computer at start and then all characters could use it in-game.
2. Minor characters could use llama2 to generate non-repeating dialogue with voice synthesis and allow for more dynamic responses with players. That said, I’m not convinced this is desirable for main characters.

I am excited by Powerwash and interested in Sable. I can see a lot of people who don’t want games like this. Even more so for end of the year this seems like a weaker selection. People are going to hope for a AAA title or something similar.

That said, if every month was like this I would be delighted.

Potential Advantages of adding a successful mobile strategy:

• increased revenue
• larger customer base
• diversified portfolio to deal with changing consumer demands
• new types of gaming experiences not dependent on your own hardware releases. Some developers may prefer to work on these projects so perhaps better recruiting and retention.

Advantages of NOT pursuing mobile:

• increased focus on satisfying existing customer base
• focus on core studio products and brands including maximizing value of Playstation hardware.

If by do I want mobile you mean do I want to play games on-the-go hell yes. BUT if by do I want mobile games you mean do I want a zero-cost-of entry but ultimately hundreds of dollars game that has no ending, no. No I don’t want that. I play games with endings so I can have my closure and move on to the next game.

Just make UE5 make sense and integrate well. It doesn’t have to have all the features. Make the controls snappy and responsive. 40fps+ please.

I’m glad at least some of the commenters are willing to explore other possibilities than censorship such as it was a bug fix or an internal QA update.

My cheap opinion is that this might just be pure capitalism at work. I bet a lot of people would be less interested, grossed out, or embarrassed to play around friends/family with v1. Might want to consider they just made the change to make more money.

I want more P5 just not spinoffs. Put them in college and make it a turn based jrpg with continuity and social links and I’m there.

BG3 came out after ToTK so it has the advantage. I need to finish ToTK and play BG3. What a fantastic year for gaming!

I’m not getting a Portal in 2023-2024 but if Sony can get PS5 cloud streaming on it then it could become a lower cost portable PS5.

Right now Switch 2.0 and the Steam Deck have my interest/money.

Anime Persona yes, live action no interest.

I think Atlus could do better with anime distribution but you’ll never get a live action that can match the style of Persona. As Scott McCloud says: “WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PHOTO OR REALISTIC DRAWING OF A FACE-- YOU SEE IT AS THE FACE OF ANOTHER. BUT WHEN YOU ENTER THE WORLD OF THE CARTOON-- YOU SEE YOURSELF.”

People like Persona because they become Joker.

I don’t think Twitter is a stable business partner to warrant integrations. If I were Sony I would focus on integrations with larger, more relevant, more stable social networks and sharing platforms.

@Nepp67 that’s my SO’s opinion too.

Metaphor is the next Atlus release I am excited about. I’m watching P3R but playing Trails games cause they make and release new JRPGs almost every year.

I voted love BUT with caveats:

1. With Sony, Atlus, and others going multiplat I feel like my PS5 is less needed than I did when I got it at launch.

2. My new Steam Deck has really taken some value from my PS5 as well. It can’t do ultra high quality AAA visuals but it still can run most games at a lower price to buy and with a better digital ownership model including free cloud saves.

3. The direction of live service/multiplayer, higher prices, and fewer weird titles causes me concerns.

Edit: 4. This is my first PlayStation and I experienced many PS4 games on my Ps5. I imagine I would rate it lower if I had already played them.

This is a great hardware platform for them to build towards full cloud gaming. I hope they will keep pushing this new platform (just like I hope to see more PSVR2).

I love so much that they continue to regularly push out these titles. I wish more devs would take note. I don’t need massive improvements in graphics, quest logs, and world size in every game.

@Atlus Persona 6 anytime? It’s been a while.

Weird choices for awards. I haven’t play BG3 yet. It’s probably stellar. That said, it was a stellar year for gamers. Maybe the best ever. I would expect more slots for all the other excellent games.

I don’t see how you make a platform locked live service game.

Fortnite, Genshin, all those mobile games I can’t name— the reason these titles make bank is (1) they run on everything so they have a huge potential audience and (2) that audience can constantly engage and spend money.

I just don’t see how Sony gains that level of success especially from their customer base — which based on Spiderman’s success wants epic AAA single player titles.

Overall I think most people will be happy or happier with the new version especially if they don’t have the original PS5.

Pros:

• Significantly smaller
• More storage
• Digital only consoles have an upgrade path

Cons:

• New feet aren’t as nice as original base
• Consumer cost went up as Sony cost went down
• Two different plastics shiny and matte

@Dirk_Diggler i find it amazing they raised the price and didn’t work to ensure the selection immediately after the price raise was enticing. Really bad messaging.

Donuts

Another disappointing month from my perspective.

Favorites over the past few years include:

Quirky/weird/fun:
Bugsnax
Sackboy
Heavenly Bodies
Toem
Tony Hawk
Overcooked
Maquette
Concrete Genie
Olli Olli World
Yakuza Like a Dragon

Single player Action:
Plague Tale
Control
Superhot
Jedi Fallen Order
Little Nightmares
Mass Effect Remastered
Death’s Door
Endling
Minecraft Dungeons
Alan Wake
Shadow of Tomb Raider

Sony can I have more of THIS?

If it was $50 for both plus all DLC and PH3 did it then… maybe.

For now I am using my Steam Deck for most new 3rd party games. I would make exceptions for particularly excellent releases, graphically intense games, or games many family members want to play (couch coop etc).

Trails is all for me.

@elfoam yeah maybe. I’m more concerned about streaming and always connected than downloaded vs physical but I don’t see a way to stop the market

From my perspective on PS the digital experience is better. I don’t have to listen to the disk drive or get up to switch games. I am concerned about preservation though.

Downloaded, but not playing yet. So busy with other games that have endings.

Nothing against gachas esp how Genshin approached it.

@Fyz306903 excellent question on power consumption and I want to know that too. MS has done a good job reducing the XSX power consumption over time. A smaller, cooler model that uses less electricity would be more compelling.

Can we confirm it’s memory expandable? I feel pretty confident it’s there but didn’t see that in the specs.

I am thrilled bc I want the opposite. I want more small weird single player games. I don’t have anything against live service, I just won’t play them.

Cool though when I rebuy them (I have Cold Steel 1-4 for PS4 ) it will be for Steam Deck.

Feels so early 2000s.

DS runs on a Steam Deck so not sure this is impressive.

@Max_the_German sure, but being able to run Ue5 does not mean it’s as performant as Ps5 anymore than being able to run Witcher 3 meant Switch had the same performance as Ps4. That’s the crucial context all the gaming sites left out. Moores Law just doesn’t work like that. A 2022 computer isn’t going to be as fast as a 2020 computer with 1/20th the electricity.

There are people who are desperate to believe that their game/system of choice is going to demonstrably the best choice in every category. And that’s a fools errand. And we should build a gaming community that celebrates games for different reasons.

I am so glad the board gaming community doesn’t demand the best packaging and design and rules and everything else they go toxic on social media.

These Spiderman 2 screenies are awesome.

@Beerheadgamer82 yep! some of the press reported it was running Matrix UE5 demo and people extrapolated from that. It’s frustrating bc the gaming press has little-to-no incentive to inform people.

@Beerheadgamer82 Switch 2 will be somewhere around the power of a Steam Deck, nowhere near PS5 or XSX — so don’t let gaming sites mislead you. It’s simply power — a 10 watt computer can’t beat a 200 watt computer. Yet.

HDR will matter on the inevitable OLED mode and it would be a win for a lot of people with nice tvs.

@Beerheadgamer82 HDR is something I have really missed on Switch.

Yay! I played part of the demo and plan on buying it once I have finished some of my backlog.

Nope. I have ToCS 1-4 on my PS5 but I am switching new Trails purchases (Reverie, Kuro no Kiseki) to the Steam PH3 releases on my Steam Deck. My new PS5 purchases will primarily be for first party games, couch multiplayer, Ps+ offerings and Trails games are pretty ideal for portable mode.

I got a Steam Deck and with Playstation games moving to PC after one year and most of the Atlus/Falcom stuff going PC and/or multiplatform makes me less interested in the Playstation ecosystem. That said, I reup’d my Ps+ before the price hike and we’ll see how it goes. Over the past year I think I did quite well with PS+ (even with this terrible month) and I will hope for that to continue.

🔥 Breaking: Consumers don’t like paying more. 🔥