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@LifeGirl some people will always find something negative to say.

@lindos just 50%? Why not 99%? If you're gonna make assumptions based on zero evidence, might as well go all the way.

The ps portal is a success no matter how much some people wish otherwise.

@LifeGirl as long as you realize that it works both ways

@Svark thanks, papa.

@Anthony_Daniels for one thing, the brand, another would be sales of ps games. Plenty of people state they'd rather get the PC version whenever it comes out. And considering how many people pirate games, they may end up losing money instead of making more.

Also, keep in mind that several ports were made in-house, thus taking sources away from new games.

The sooner Sony's PC bubble bursts, the better.

@thefourfoldroot1 I strongly agree though based on previous discussions, it seems that opinion is divided. Damned if they do, damned if they don't, it seems. Also, it's worth keeping in mind that games launch with serious technically issues that affect the score they receive, even if they're soon afterwards fixed. So, there is no ideal solution here.

If memory serves, Sammy gave the remaster of the excellent Heavy Rain a low score as well, so I'm getting the impression he's a bit harsh on older games.

Will get it at some point, possibly when the frame rate is fixed.

Take that, Ninty!

Are you kidding me?! I think I just died and went to heaven.

Quite the mystery...

@jrt87 hahaha. Ok, so you get that reviews are for people who haven't actually played the game, right? No one can judge the game and see if they, personally, like it than each individual playing it themselves.

@StrickenBiged thanks for this. People are so quick to pass judgement that a misleading title is all it takes to fool them.

@jrt87 yes, seeing videos pointing out what's wrong with something gives you a much better sense of a game than actually playing it.

Makes sense.

@Buckster666 same thing happened to Larian studios. Last year they went woke with Baldur's Gate 3 and, as we all know they went broke. Right?

@Porco "anyone remember the afro samurai anime/games from 15 years ago? well, nobody seemed to have a problem with that franchise."

Do you think that if Afro Samurai came out in 2024 people wouldn't have a problem with it?

@AhmadSumadi sorry to hear that. Hopefully one day we'll move on from this mindset.

@HamKnight "All of the context surrounding Ubi’s decision to include Yasuke as a main character points to disingenuous intent."

By "all", you mean the Black Lives Matter movement? That's the entire context? Zero other contributing factors?

How about the percentage of black people who live in France? How about the black employees that work for Ubisoft? Were they being cynical, too?

That's the problem with bias. You see all the points that fit your narrative and ignore all the other possible contributing factors. When I first started reading your reply, I thought "that's actually a good point. At that moment it wasn't clear if focusing on black characters would increase sales; I didn't think about that. HamKnight could actually be right about that". But then you had to make several assertions that undermined your point.

A shame. A real shame.

@ButterySmooth30FPS wasn't that a while ago, though? When black characters were just that, black characters, as opposed to "DEI hires"? Same for women, LGBT characters, etc. I firmly believe that, had the movie Alien just come out, it'd have been attacked by a certain crowd.

@IamJT the worst part is that many, if not most, people are happy to believe a claim as long as it confirms their bias. If it doesn't, they're all skeptical.

@HamKnight yes, but you can't be cynical and do something that won't be beneficial to you. There is no guarantee that such a move would lead to more profit. On the contrary, only a few games that have chosen such a direction have been successful.

"There are already others here who have pointed out the Samurai character was swapped out after events of 2020. This directly speaks to my original point."

And what source did these others provide to support their claim? If I make the opposite claim, will you accept it or reject it because you don't like it?

@Kalime78 Order in Decline was a huge disappointment to me, whereas every previous album was ace. Thankfully, Heaven :x: Hell was a good middle ground and unsurprisingly "Landmines" was one of their biggest hits ever.

@Paramahansa yup. Same with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Excellent game that was criticized to death when it was revealed.

@HamKnight if it's just cynical "bandwagon-jumping" shouldn't they be making gaas games instead? They have nothing to gain from this.

@carlos82 yeah, I get it. It can be quite frustrating.

@Kalime78 there are so many games to play, so many movies/TV series to watch, so many activities to do, etc, nowadays, that there is no excuse even for people with too much time on their hands to get that upset over a game. When my favourite band released an album which was very different from the rest of their albums (went from pop punk to heavy metal), I listened to it once and (even though I bought it) never again. There was no need to be furious. There were more artists to enjoy.

@carlos82 you mean in order to download a game you feel like playing at the moment?

@Yousef- yup. That's my guess, too.

@REALAIS yup. Which also means that the ps portal currently doesn't work.

@LavenderShroud I'm convinced that their anger stems from the limited control they have over their unhappy lives. No one who is content with their life experiences such anger over trivial things like video games.

@jedinite gotta love confirmation bias.

@Shadcai some people really feel/act like the world revolves -or should revolve- around them.

I'm only checking it out because of its brilliant title. It seems to be drawing on Sartre's "L'enfer, c'est les autres" ("Hell is other people").

I think the message in The Walking Dead was similar.

@1UP-HUSKY imagine having a €1000 phone

@NEStalgia "meanwhile plenty of that accomplished guys are proven to have had no idea what they were doing"

I have to somewhat disagree. Internet people will point out all the mistakes these higher ups make as if they have some crystal balls. Most armchair experts didn't expect things like Minecraft or Genshin Impact to be that successful before they launched. Had they failed, they would have been acting all smug saying "they shouldn't have green-lit this! What were they thinking?". I mean, they don't know if Factions 2 was any good, yet are convinced that it was a mistake to cancel it.

@UltimateOtaku91 excellent point.

@nessisonett wow. I had no idea. I've never seen it.

In general, I disagree with statements that lack nuance. For example "love is love". Is it if it's not between consenting adults? Is it when when one can manipulate the other? Same with "censorship" and the like.

@Jayslow my thoughts exactly. 36 is... nothing to write home about, especially if in reality it's lower than that.

@Lup "Videogames are art, and as such, they should be able to show whatever they want to show"

including underage characters' private parts? It's art, after all.

Woohoo, 4/10 again!

@Nem while Sony is making more revenue than ever, apparently their profits are exceedingly low. Which is why they're not spending money on games that aren't a sure thing (other than gaas, which has the potential to be a gold mine - or a financial bomb). So, as a gamer who loved their AA games, this is bad news.

@RadioHedgeFund "If Sony convince the market that £700 should be the going rate for the Playstation 6 then we're in trouble"

Ι don't think it will be that expensive. They know they need casual gamers for free to play games and MTX. They won't lose them just so that they can deliver cutting edge technology. They may push for the digital only version, though, to reduce costs.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the success of a product relies heavily on how it's being perceived. I bought a ps portal after having no intention to (I'm having blast, btw). I'm considering a PS5pro mainly for VR games. We're influenced by others more than most of us care to admit.

They get what they deserve.

Astro Bot, on the other hand deserved all the love, but alas.

@JustMyOpinion you may wanna let others judge whether your point stands or not (I've made that mistake myself). It's like saying "according to me, I'm right". Well, of course you'd think so.

The reason your point doesn't stand is that it still does not address the primary purpose of virtue signaling. "Victoria's Secret's" CEO refused to be inclusive and their sales tanked. Their CEO was fired and then they started hiring people from all sizes, among other things. They changed their image and the virtue signaling worked.

But what do video game companies have to gain from virtue signalling?

It's actually very interesting what's happening.

Remember when Infamous 1+2 came out? Remember when Second Son came out and then First Light?

How many people complained about wokeness or DEI for switching from male characters to a female? How many complained that the female character was forced upon them?

@Chupa_loyzer and people can express their opinion on the expressed opinion, even if the person who can expressed it doesn't like it and doesn't see the irony.

@LifeGirl again. You bring up one example and think you can generalize based on it. And the premise is false.

1. We don't know if it cost that much.
2. No matter how much it cost, you're saying it failed solely because of "virtue signaling" ignoring all the other factors, including the fact that so many other gaas games have failed without anything "woke" about them. It's called confirmation bias.

Lastly, you accuse developers of virtue signaling without taking into consideration that several of them could be doing it as expression of themselves and not for others.

@Chupa_loyzer who are these superiors?