naruball

Usually, whenever there is magic involved, I'm immediately interested, but this actually looks pretty bad to me.

@Waluigi451 I'm not very familiar with the plot in the books, but if it's close to impossible to catch it, it makes sense that it'd work like that. For a video game, though, it wouldn't work that well, of course.

@dskatter I mean, several horrible politicians are also more successful than we will ever be. It doesn't mean they're not... hacks.

Overall, I think she's brilliant, but has lost it in her obsession over a single matter.

@get2sammyb the only explanation I can think of is that you spent too much time around contrarians. They were by far the most popular.

@Americansamurai1 I think ps+ GP and the like really hurt sales of indie games. Everyone expects to get them for free so they fail to sell well. Obviously there are some exceptions, but overall, I think it's a real problem and I recall several developers mentioning that.

Alright, just bought it. It was fun as a mobile game. Hope I enjoy it on the ps portal or on the big screen.

@Americansamurai1 really hope it's not. These games won't be successful unless we buy them.

I don't think he was divisive at all. Just one of the most popular rangers ever.

Tommy losing his powers as Green Ranger "scarred" me for life. Since then, I no longer believe a character is safe, not even the main ones.

@Mostik yeah, that one was really heartbreaking.

As for the TLoU (@riceNpea), I haven't played it yet, but I'll take everyone's word for it.

The Amazon exec doesn't know what he's talking about. There is some superb acting in video games.

My all time favourite is E. Page in "Beyond: Two souls". It was so incredible, it left a lasting impression on me. It also somehow managed to make it my favourite game of all time (with Ni no Kuni and Journey close behind)

I don't understand why Sony didn't give it for free on ps+

It would at least have had a fighting chance. Pre-order numbers must have been pretty bad.

@Northern_munkey I thought it was for all things Kratos

@NEStalgia That was very informative. Thanks a ton!

@GreatAuk I don't think it's a matter of being smart. They just have stronger franchises that they can milk to death. MS can't make Halo 258 and still sell tens of millions. Sony can't release a remaster of Kratos Kart and rule the charts for years.

Nintendo gets away with plenty of things that the rest of the companies could never.

@NEStalgia "(won't happen, who'd buy a worse box to play a game on sooner when they could play it better later?)"

Wasn't there a study that most PCs aren't better than consoles? As in, sure, there is a minority that will buy the best specs but the average PC gamer can't afford that.

@NEStalgia I mean, doesn't xbox sell close to nothing in Japan? I just don't see Sony considering it a competitor at all.

@NEStalgia I don't know. Even if that's the case to an extent, the fact that they're not selling well (software or hardware) and still decide to increase the price is very telling imo.

Which throws the whole "competition is good" argument out of the window. Nintendo is responsible for the vast majority of sales in Japan, yet Sony still increased the price.

In other words, even if MS were doing better worldwide and thus Sony had more competition, it wouldn't change prices much at all.

@Frmknst actual interesting according to whom exactly?

@Tecinthebrain I see. Thanks for the clarification. I still think that they're 2 difference audiences. Most playstation fans simply aren't willing to spend as much money as those who go for high end PCs and steam decks. Price has always been an issue with hardware (psvita, PSVR1, PSVR2, etc).

@somnambulance My point is that the ps portal showed it can be successful without having exclusive games. Same with steamdeck. No one realistically expects Sony to support a new handheld with exclusive games. Not even Nintendo can do that any more, hence the switch.

@Netret0120

"Black Myth Wukong breaks records and sells millions of copies. Single Player.

Concord breaks records for all the wrong reasons and is dead on arrival. Live service.

Take the hint Sony."

Helldivers II breaks records and sells millions of copies. Live Service.

Oh wait. That's not how confirmation bias/cherry picking works.

@TheMightyImp2 is that why it's constantly out of stock? People purchasing and returning theirs?

@sanderson72 online enthusiasm =/= sales (unfortunately)

@Tecinthebrain true, but a portable and affordable ps5 is completely unrealistic.

@anon_pel222 and done what exactly? Deliver an underpowered hybrid that can't run most 3rd party or any ambitious 1st party games? Nintendo may be able to get away with that, but Sony with experiences like God of War and The Last of Us surely wouldn't.

@somnambulance @sakai @somnambulance a new handheld doesn't require exclusive games. The ps portal has already proven that.

@nomither6 what political reasons are there that "most people" are glad it's failed?

@Gunnerzaurus exactly...

@matekomlosi to be honest, I haven't noticed much promotion from Sony, but I could be wrong. I mean, the way they tend to promote their games hardly ever works (e.g. there were a ton of posts about Dreams before and after release, yet the game didn't sell well at all).

You're right about the number of players. It's way below Sony's expectations, but I believe that most people (unlike you and some others) didn't give it a chance (because it didn't appeal to them but also) because of the negativity surrounding it.

The same thing happened with the psvita, PSVR1 +2 and several other games. Any product that faces that much negativity is unlikely to change the mind of anyone on the fence. The exact opposite has happened with HellDivers 2, Hogwarts Legacy, etc.

@matekomlosi if you think about it, it's a chicken or the egg situation. Are people reacting this way because of the number of articles published about it or is the number of articles posted about it a reflection of the traffic that any mention of it attracts? I think it's the latter.
Just like ps+, video game sites like pushsquare post multiple articles on the very same topic (ps+ games for x month revealed, how do you feel about this month's ps+ games?) because there is so much engagement.

There is clearly a hate bandwagon at play here, just like there was with Suicide Squad and The Avengers. Few games attract that much hate.

@Art_Vandelay absolutely hilarious as always.

@ashipaw confirmation bias at its finest. Well done!

@matekomlosi if they simply didn't care, it wouldn't receive so many comments. Plenty of games have been ignored. This isn't one of them.

@Tecinthebrain I don't think it will affect its numbers at all. Had it come out the week before Black Myth, it would have done the same, i.e. not very good.

@Thumper they're all over the internet. You may have missed them, especially if you happen to agree with them

@Art_Vandelay that haters gonna hate?

But, yes I agree with your main point. Though keep in mind that, WB, after the smash hit Hogwarts Legacy and the bomb that Suicide Squad was, stated that they need to add add multiplayer to the next HL.

@Traygor had they not cancelled Factions 2, their next single player game would have taken even longer.

@ashipaw and according to the far right "go woke, go broke" apart from all the times that they don't.

@PuppetMaster ah, yes. The DEI journalists. The well known and completely real threat to the industry.

This is by far favourite genre (fast action games without guns that are difficult, but not souls difficult), so it's amazing to see it do so well. Hopefully it'll keep flourishing and start enticing companies to invest less in multiplayer games.

@Jayslow you don't need the 200 DLC packs to get a complete game with Sims nor will this game have the content of those 200 DLC packs.

@Shwing I feel the same way about Nintendo. It's why I stopped buying their hardware and games. Expensive hardware for the specs and highly priced first party games that almost never get significant price cuts.

I prefer Sony, though they've made a few disappointing decisions lately.

@RadioHedgeFund I've exchanged stars for several £20 wallet funds, so both.

Whoever made such a terrible decision deserves to be fired. Hopefully there will be enough backlash that they'll be forced to reverse this.

@BiosNova and 12 others (so far) here alone apparently.