Playstation Got What They Deserved.

[@BellularNews]

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[@Kelvryn]

sorry "We need to talk about" titles annoy me so I'm not watching this video...lol its a pet peeve. again sorry!

[@TempoLOOKING]

@@BellularNews hello shill

[@TempoLOOKING]

​@Kelvryn no he is a DEI plant. Take joy in his failure

[@ZurigaSungama]

@@TempoLOOKING What?

[@michaelplatt1959]

The biggest issue is the idea that games not only cost more than ever but that they have to. Sony and other publishers have painted themselves into an insanely expensive corner when the reality is games don’t need to cost anywhere near that much to be hugely successful.

[@andrewramirez9727]

but its nice to have the spectacle when it comes from time to time. I feel like their cinematic tones matches their sony pictures segment. it does well when they mean to do so.

[@douglaswalker7707]

i mean, the actual players are to blame as well, when the around the era of the ps3 and xbox 360 their became a HUGE obsession with graphics and just insane detail, and it went on for years and still is a huge obsession, comapnies see this and assume thats what players want, well to get that kind of shit in todays world it takes years and loads of money to get those amazing graphics players are so obsessed with

[@KonaSuba]

This console cycle has been an absolute embarrassment from these AAA studios and companies

[@zid9611]

100% if a Gen is just 20 exclusives. That will be remastered next gen. The consoles are dead at this point for hardcore gamers. And casual will follow a gen later.

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

Iwata was right, when he predicted that chasing power would lead to diminishing returns, and fewer games because it's more work per game. That is why the switch still has a games library, and is alone in that.

[@Rietto]

@@shadeblackwolf1508 I still laugh at how people mocked him for saying 'The NES is just a box people buy to play Mario' like it was the dumbest take ever, when it's 100% true that if there aren't good games people want to play for it, they don't give a crap how fancy your box is.

[@krspaceT1]

​@shadeblackwolf1508 and practically all of Nintendo's franchises on it have exploded in sales and quite often praise too. Not always praise but we live in a world where Pikmin outdoes Sony’s big new toy (Concord). Imagine telling people that a new Sony IP got slaughtered in profit by Pikmin?

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

@@krspaceT1 and princess Peach's showtime

[@kaleiohulee6693]

Once consoles went internet I stopped paying attention to them. They used to be plug n play convenience, buy the game, play the game, and get consistent performance. They've just become really niche PCs, which would be fine at a lower price point but they've been steadily losing the value proposition.

[@alexanderjohnson6178]

1603 was actually the end of the Sengoku era and the beginning of the Edo period, the end of the big wars was in 1600 with the battle of sekigahara, so they actually skipped all the super crazy stuff and went straight to the end.

[@liquidsnake23]

@@alexanderjohnson6178 yea, this was when Tokugawa became shogunate. And the beginning what you mentioned the edo period which was mostly a 200 year lock out of foreign affairs. But he did get the Ainu part right and could be showing how they starting to show them being oppressed by the southern forces. I’m actually interested they did a great job with Tsushima giving fictional liberties.

[@Remilation]

So sick of sony. They have always been soo anti consumer that i will never support them.

[@thisguy4505]

@@Remilation Sony was good through PS4. I rode with them the whole way, from PS1 onward.. Particularly PS2 and PS4 were outstanding. But PS5?? I cannot bring myself to pick one up. Steam Deck came along and stole my heart away.. Don't know if I'll ever be back..

[@Remilation]

@@thisguy4505 sonys downfall started woth the ps3. Its was a tank it was not a good system overall. By tje time the ps4 hit and they had a good system they started becoming the underhanded pos we see today. The ps2 was the gplden era of sony of you ask me. Everything since has been so sub par I could no longer bring myself to buy. Xbox has had its ups and downs too dont get me wrong but microsoft i think can see the writing on the wall and it preparing for a shiift in the console gaming and sony is not.

[@lazyvoid7107]

​@@RemilationBait

[@phayroent9742]

You know the studio that sold Concord to Sony had to have a good laugh after Concord failed so badly. They are rolling in Sony's money while Sony almost literally got nothing.

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

They're not laughing. They're scared shitless Sony will sue for fraud.

[@dundercontrol]

Sounds like Sony should be hiring people like them as they understand business. Sony, not so much anymore

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

Sony got something in that purchase. A black eye.

[@scarlett8782]

you know what's so funny? I actually heard that they were shitting themselves because they sold Sony on concord. they were the intermediary between Sony and firewalk - they made the introduction. so now it looks to everyone watching like they scammed Sony, and will likely suffer big time as a result, since matching their smaller studios with bigger buyers is basically their bread and butter money maker in the industry

[@zomgbrattodilolrenzor6081]

Concord could've been salvaged if they had a single player or co-op missions like Left 4 Dead that is around 20+ hours. They could've done a co-op heist story mission like shown on the game trailer. But nah.....they had to try to Overwatch when they're not even Overwatch "hot".

[@thisguy4505]

Steam Deck is where the excitement is at, today. It is a truly transformative console, with customer good will as priority #1. I was a PlayStation ride-or-die, from PS1 through PS4, and it was a fun ride!! But, when PS5 showed up, I kept waiting and waiting for a good reason to buy one, and the best it had was backwards compatibility with PS4 🤷🏻‍♂️. Then Valve showed the Steam Deck preview and I immediately realized that it was the dream console that I had been waiting for, but never granted, my entire life. Today, I'm gaming more than I have in over a decade, across more eras and genres than ever, with more variety and choice than ever. All on my Steam Deck.. which even plays my massive PlayStation backlog 🙌🏻 I couldn't be happier, and I don't know if I'll ever come back to the console space.

[@Joe-ti7qd]

Agree. Steam deck is awesome

[@Skarwind]

It's awesome but definitely chugging with a lot of newer stuff. It's definitely amazing for the old backlog though.

[@charge416]

I bought a ps2 with all cables, 2 controllers including one original and one wireless, 2 memory cards, and 4 games all for $100. Lots of worry-free and FOMO-free, Live service-free fun so far. I recommend others do the same :)

[@PelicanPirate]

@@charge416 This sounds like an awesome idea!

[@snagathesender1406]

Yeah I dug out my ps3 a while back, some utterly belters and disgusting that they never continued those ips

[@cfitz9823]

Retro gaming is great, there’s a lot of terrific classic games that are easy to track down on the cheap.

[@snagathesender1406]

@@cfitz9823 I have about 200 physical ps3 and nearly double that on ps4 ps2 is about 19 and 3 ps one

[@disabledcable685]

Or you could just download an emulator.

[@TheNightquaker]

The PlayStation PR situation is insane

[@MrKnaives]

Not as insane as Ubisoft... the company is on fire.

[@aliasv6964]

Lunar Remastered was announced. For us fans. All single thousand of us. Though I still have working PS1 copies.

[@TrackMediaOnly]

Really it is a re-remaster as the PS1 one was pretty much a remaster and this is a remaster off the complete version. I still miss some of the combat from the Sega CD game. I have the PS1 one too, but sadly I had borrowed the Sega CD one from a friend back then. I have the Sega Saturn second game, but I hated that one. The save system was godawful and I didn't like the story as much.

[@aliasv6964]

@@TrackMediaOnly Part of me loves the old 90's anime jank vibe the PS1 versions brought forth from Working Designs. I'm sure it all nostalgia, but it hit different than the PSP or CD to me. Again pure nostalgia, but I secretly hope this is just a test and perhaps they may revist The IP if it does well. I was not kind to the DS game follow up.

[@LispyJesus]

The console war is now consoles vs pc. Not Sony v xbox

[@Yinzermakesvids]

Sure sure. Keep telling yourself that

[@kingaxolotl262]

its playstation and xbox vs pc the switch is just chilling with the mobile gamers

[@user-bb2st4jl3u]

PC always wins. Argument over.

[@zid9611]

You mean pc vs Nintendo. After all Ms games will be on PC day. And Sony game will be after 2-4 year. With full dlc and updates. Nintendo is the only one that will stay exclusive and need the hardware for it

[@Masterpain33]

Pc always inserting themselves in 😂

[@billygrant9147]

I think it's foolish to gauge Sony's future by past success. For starters the leadership that made the decision for the amazing PS4 gen isn't there anymore. They've also invested more into live service than single player games (60-40%). You can say a little over half isn't world ending but what was it before? I don't remember Sony releasing any notable live service games for PS4 so the games Sony is known for could have had their funding reduced by half. Follow that up with the CFO demanding layoffs to make the budget tighter. And competitors like MS poaching their talent. One has to ask, can they still produce or are they just hiding behind the brand that others built? Next year is going to be their prove it year. And it doesn't matter how many reviewer glaze their games like how they did Concord. Will their console owners by these games? And honestly IDK.

[@krspaceT1]

Given Sony is barely acknowledging it's past, that's a fair point

[@heavenlysenju9948]

Most valid opinion here. I liked Sony because of their support of single-player games and their support for their homegrown studios. Those are the things they're killing. Tis a shame

[@billygrant9147]

@@krspaceT1 I still can't believe their CFO said they have a lack of IPs.

[@krspaceT1]

@@billygrant9147 Often these take a single champion to keep going. Family Detective Club got a new gang after 30 years because someone poked the Metroid guy a lot. Whose there to poke for Sly Cooper? Honestly I'm sure Ratchet and Clank are only as regular as they are because an Insomniac person insists on it hard. Like how Fire Emblem Kirby and Xenoblade are consistent for their sales over on Nintendo

[@billygrant9147]

@@krspaceT1 I here you but it also depends on what management would greenlight. The Shaun era management seemed more willing to approve smaller projects. Jim Ryan closed or reassigned a lot of those smaller studios that make stuff like astro bot. And frankly what can you say to them. Astrobot isn't selling that well. They need to figure out what the disconnect is between them and the consumer. It took one bad press conference and a dumb statement from the head of Xbox to kill the Xbox one before it even launched. That brand name isn't going to keep buying Sony passes for being tone deaf

[@suimeingwong2043]

I play on PC and I am comfortable not playing Sony games.

[@GraveUypo]

i tried some, i didn't like any of them. not my cup of tea. wait, i actually did like ratchet & clank. but that was it.

[@Joe-ti7qd]

​@@GraveUyporatchet and clank was the last time I used my ps5. I think it's in a box in my garage. I need to sell that paperweight.

[@bastiancole3565]

Xbox lost during the last generation, Nintendo is always in a game of it's own, and Playstation is losing to PC and by extension Microsoft. Console wars seemed to just be a massive waste of time, as the big two consoles both suck once and for all.

[@cubbian]

Playstation? You mean the Last of Us company?

[@krspaceT1]

It also has Horizon and God of War and Spider-man. Though pity it doesn't have anything else...even it's executives lament it

[@boris8489]

Meh, Sony. Nothing but remaster's, while they keep trying to push PSN.

[@Joe-ti7qd]

Trueeeee it's ALL they do. Cash grab after cash grab. They should just make pc games at this point and let consoles die.

[@Danceofmasks]

I'm not about to pay $500 + $199 concord tax for a new console.

[@ravenRedwake]

The various gaming studios need to get a grip on their finances. They spend too much and take too long chasing that mystical “triple a” branding when they should be shooting for AA or B rated games that cost significantly less. It’s like nobody has learned from THQs mistakes. Some adults with “fuck you” levels of clout need to be in control and be read in on their projects. This remake everything crap whumps.

[@kosmosXcannon]

Yeah for corporations not sure why they are going for the more expensive route.

[@ravenRedwake]

@@kosmosXcannon I think it’s normal fear of losing out, but it’s magnified because they just lean into existing IPs until they’re just desiccated husks. Chasing “live service” games when there’s been arguably one that was slightly successful is a bad move. They disregard the fundamentals and try to spend their way to success and end up with unpolished not fun games with weirdo narratives.

[@pierbelizaire1495]

if Valve makes a docking station that upgrades steam deck performance to console level, the war will be won.

[@railerswim]

They can’t, not enough bandwidth to make a difference via that USB port. But they could with a new model.

[@Xport9]

@@railerswim They could, but from what I can remember, they stated that they aren't going to design new ones in a long while. It'd be essentially Valve Time(TM), with Half-life 3.

[@jintsuubest9331]

​@@Xport9 Afaik, there is no 2 in the name, so we good. The day they release steam deck 2, we know there will never be a 3.

[@dave24-73]

Unless the remastered game is bundled with the latest console, I really don’t see the point, I for example aren’t going to buy a game I’ve already completed for slightly better visuals.

[@ryanmorley2504]

I'm glad the PC doesn't need a bunch of apologists and KZbin channels putting out PR for them. Sony sure has a lot of that going on despite how anti consumer they have been and continue to be.

[@MrKnaives]

I mean Nvidia, Intel and AMD has been through a ringer. PC might not have that type of drama, but PC parts does.

[@krspaceT1]

Eh, PC channels prop up their rigs more than Nintendo channels hype up 1st party games IMO

[@joshstephens413]

@@krspaceT1 Funny how PCs do it just for fun and consoles do it because they will die if they don't. PCs are truly the master race.

[@CrispBaker]

Hulst is cooked, this is all lowkey his fault and he's likely already out the door

[@MrKnaives]

Bring Sho back!

[@triplebog]

Every time Sony does bad I celebrate. Because every time they do bad I know the "break glass in case of emergency" box that contains the Bloodborne remaster

[@GuatemalanJedi]

I got much less annoyed about the Horizon remaster when I saw that upgrading to the new version would only cost 10 dollars. The fact that we’re not being made to pay to rebuy the upgrade is laudable. I didn’t need a remaster, but if I ever go back to replay it, I might pay 10$ for the upgrade.

[@TrackMediaOnly]

I can understand that. For me I just don't need it in my life. Played the game, liked the game, and it is good enough.

[@Gamefreak2998]

So the ps5 and X generation were completely dead, nintendo thrived, PC did the usual

[@mrthewhite2620]

@Gamefreak2998 ps5 was a huge success for Sony. It's only the last year or so they've had some massive failures with some serious missteps.

[@zid9611]

​@@mrthewhite2620what you been smoking. Been waiting for new exclusive games since day one. So far it Spider-Man 2. Which is fine. 😒 Just not my cup of tea. And PS4 cross gen stuff. Nothing id is call with buying a PS5 for. It's just everyone sees there nothing is coming to justice the PS5 existing. It's just a PS4.5

[@Dededvine]

@@mrthewhite2620Honestly ps5 sales have been mediocre compared to switch sales, so I’d say they haven’t done too well.

[@urazz7739]

@@zid9611 It's pretty much not worth keeping games on console exclusive in terms of selling the most copies for games. That means console makers are going to have to do something with the consoles themselves to make them worthwhile and they'll have to sell the consoles at a level to at least break even now instead of selling them at a loss. They might do some limited exclusivity but it's not really worth the money to do permanent exclusivity deals.

[@urazz7739]

@@mrthewhite2620 Not really, especially with Concord being a massive flop. Both Xbox was more profitable than Playstation but their reputation took a bigger hit this console cycle. Playstation is looking better than Xbox right now in terms of consoles, but they are pretty much minimizing their profit and are struggling to get a good game into the live service game market and have bungled their only success, Helldivers 2.

[@cyborgsariel7806]

Much like Gamepass, they've likely hit peak market saturation. Line no go up anymore...

[@jpsuper]

I was really happy when I heard Until Dawn got a remaster (and for PC too). The game then was 50$£€ I believe. When I heard the price point of 70£$ and 80€!!! I was less stoked, esoecially when you compare with ALL other fantastic Super Massive Games titles we‘ve had in the past. Will I get it most probably, but will I pick it up day 1 most likely NOT. PlayStation turning into greedy Ubi and EA.

[@psychoreactive]

People are upset about the PS5 pro being 700... but I'm looking to spend that for a video card alone...

[@scruffynerfherder33]

@psychoreactive atleast that video card will increase your graphics substantially more than the ps5 pro will.

[@NihongoWakannai]

@@scruffynerfherder33 yeah, monster hunter wilds is gonna run 30FPS on PS5 with frame generation... The console is lacking

[@thebigksmoosey]

Only $700?! I'm kidding. Graphics cards are ridiculously expensive.

[@godly5541]

@@NihongoWakannaithats ridiculous

[@dundercontrol]

​@@scruffynerfherder33That graphics card might also hold it's value just as well, if not better than the Ps5

[@pandoranbias1622]

You wanna know why Playstation suffered? They hired American devs. Never make that mistake.

[@Xport9]

Their real mistake, is moving their PlayStation HQ to California.

[@undertoner385]

they are so, so lost

[@roys.1889]

Regarding Ghosts of Yotei, I feel like y'all are sleeping on a potential Ainu vs Matsunae war that could be going on in this title. You still get your samurai warfare stuff but you also get to see how the clans and the shogunate were going to oppress the Ainu. Context: The game is set in Hokkaido in the early days of the Edo period. (1603) The Ainu and Mainland Japan had only limited interactions before this time period and the Shogunate was planning to expand into their territory. The Shogunate, specifically represented the Matsunae clan will be taking the role of the Mongols in the first game (powerful, foreign invaders) while the native Ainu will probably be taking the role of Japan. (the hopelessly outmatched locals who must use subterfuge and asymmetric warfare to win) This is all purely speculative on my end, but it lines up research-wise. Dash, M. (2013, June 20). The octogenarian who took on the shoguns. Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved from Smithsonian Walker, B. L. (2001). The conquest of Ainu lands: Ecology and culture in Japanese expansion, 1590-1800. University of California Press.

[@NONOOBZ4EVR]

I wish to return to the PS3/360 days. Hell, even PCs back then were robust and reliable, and all three had their advantages.

[@krspaceT1]

One would think that Steam, Switch, and PS would be enough to keep them sharp and competition generating good from all three of them. But for some reason neither Steam or Switch seem to count to Sony

[@Joe-ti7qd]

Now pc does everything but better. Couch gaming? Pc Mobile gaming? Steam deck Graphics? Pc Library? Pc

[@mariokarter13]

Sony has massive success, then their ego catches back up with them and they have catastrophic failure. Every other gen. Like clockwork.

[@mugin11223344]

USA is F up the gaming industry🤬

[@KAllen-wj6eb]

Facts

[@TrackMediaOnly]

Certain portions and to be fair it isn't the only one. A lot of other places had these same problems on their own. US gaming just isn't helping matters any and they are certainly trying to infect the Japanese market.

[@Joe-ti7qd]

China taking over now.

[@railerswim]

You’re delusional if you think people are going to be buying PS6’s at the same rate as PS5’s. This console generation doesn’t feel like it has really started. Take the I still have a PS4 trend right now and amplify it for the PS6’s first half of its lifecycle.

[@GraveUypo]

my friend called the ps5 pro a ps4 pro emulator device. and that's the most accurate description i've ever seen so far

[@hawkshot867]

Man.... I'm so glad I have a PC.

[@BFTBGSFTST]

I miss Little Big Planet. They need to bring them all to PC

[@krspaceT1]

Honestly I wonder if they lost the codes for their old stuff. That happens more often than they should. Even Kingdom Hearts

[@Steve-xh3by]

I've been gaming since the late 1970's and I VASTLY prefer the games Microsoft has on offer. They own my favorite studios - Obsidian, Bethesda, Activision/Blizzard, InXile, etc. GamePass for PC is the best deal out there IMO.

[@GameUnCrafter]

I have to agree. I'd never buy skyrim special addition, bards tale remastered, halo infinite, that one space game, etc on their own, but being able to play them as much as i want is fantastic.

[@Joe-ti7qd]

Yeah. Sony is more for kiddies for sure. All my zoomer employees play ps5. When they see my 4090 in action their jaws drop though

[@Ritho26]

I'm sorry.. but if you think FAIRGAME$ is gonna do anything but full on flop.. I dunno what to tell ya.

[@pedroeubg]

Eyy ghost of yotei seems awesome

[@nc630]

looked like a dlc for tsushima

[@Vicious_Delicious]

it's just the current market for video games. it will change. it will take about 10 years. the way i see it going is games are going to take about 10-15 years for a block buster at this point. the market might have to crash again like it did in the 80's but eventually innovative gameplay will make a comeback one way or another.

[@SteamDeckLive]

I’m so confused as to how the game that nobody wants has sold over 16 millions copies and the Bloodbprne has only sold 7 over the same amount of time. Could people just be full of shit 🤔. How after elder ring, this game hasn’t gotten more copies sold? It’s weird how that happens.

[@voidcenturyD]

I made a legitimate effort to get a PS5 at launch. Fed up with the scalpers, I got a PC together and haven't looked back since.

[@joshnizzle]

The state of play was good and far better than last years. I think they’ve realized the idiotic turn into live service was dumb. Horizon forbidden west has sold nearly 9 million copies in a short couple years. And is an amazing game. Horizon remake is only going to be 9.99 and personally it’s worth that even if I don’t think it was needed it looks better. There’s a reason they haven’t done a bloodborne remaster it’s only sold 8 million copies since release years and years ago. They remake zero dawn because it’s sold 24 million copies. If people wanted a bloodborne remake (I’d love one) go buy the game and not just play it on ps plus. I bought myself. Sony will do what makes them money and that’s why they think horizons a safer bet with all those sales. Plus the new ghosts game looks great. And Sony will probably be saving a few things to announce the rest of the year. I’ve been let down by Sony recently but it seems like they might have learned their lesson. At least I hope. Anyone with a brain knows that there are games coming. The live service crap and the pandemic caused a large hole in releases. But more are coming. Guerilla will have another game before long and Sony Santa Monica will be coming out with something before too long too.

[@krspaceT1]

Bloodborne does also come from s niche genre, but yeah, fair bit to say there yes. Honestly it would probably not be going as badly if they didn't treat the remaster as a big thing. Like Nintendo ported up a ton of Wii U Games but those were never really shown off as the biggest hits of a Direct. It's a matter of presentation I feel, and I swear most Direct Alikes fail at that

[@ClumsyDrow]

Yeah I'm not paying the Concord tax

[@Tyrany42]

Having been an Xbox fan since my teens, I am firmly in the apathy camp. I just don’t care anymore. I don’t care about PlayStation either. I have a good PC, so I won’t have to pay for overpriced console upgrades or overpriced multiplayer access. I’m pretty content with that.

[@GraveUypo]

microsoft have been so disappointing that i even left windows. i'm on linux now. though i do have to say i'm kinda looking forward to try fs2024. i have been ever since it was first talked about.

[@asmongoldsmouth9839]

*The PS5 PRO didn't need a larger SSD, and a few other upgrades. They vould've EASILY reduced the price $100 USD and kept the new, revised APU. If people want more storage, they will upgrade it themselves. That move just FORCED people to pay more for something they may not need.*

[@cd8815]

you're ignoring the major global issues with microchip costs sadly, these prices are largely down to the situation regarding TSMC

[@GraveUypo]

the larger ssd doesn't add almost anything to the price. ssds have dropped off a cliff since the original ps5 launch. you could buy 4tbs with less money that 1tb cost then.

[@FabricateFrog]

Ghost of Yotei is gonna flop

[@bwhere45]

Hard to say, but the MC always having an instrument doesn't bring about confidence that they focused on the right aspects this time around.

[@VioletElite4]

I'll take a step back and look at the industry as a whole and start laughing. Mainly cause that console war we had when we were kids is completely useless now since all of these companies are screw ups😂 Xbox, Playstation, PC, even the Switch. Just seems like pick which hole you get fucked in

[@Marksman3434]

The fuck you talking about Nintendo and the Switch are “screw ups”? It’s the most sold console since the PlayStation 2 and most of their own first-party games have sold incredibly well. If anything, Nintendo are the ones laughing to the bank at Sony and Xbox

[@VioletElite4]

@@Marksman3434 @Marksman3434 Bro there's so many games on the Switch that shouldn't be sold on there, the new Lolipop Chainsaw Remaster runs like dogshit on there. I was saying any device you choose to play, you will have your own subset of issues. Switch favors portability over performance, Xbox locks games at 30fps, Sony makes us pay more for the PS5 since they just spent $400 million on Concord. Many PC ports of PS5 games have been shit the past few years, loaded with Denuvo, Playstation account required for certain PC games, etc. Point is, pick your poison and keep bitching online lol

[@PinkgloRadio]

Haha, well said 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@PinkgloRadio]

​@@Marksman3434sales is not the same as public perception or timelessness of games. Also, just to put things into perspective, Sony's market cap is around 120.1 billion while Nintendo's is 65.56 billion. Nintendo repeatedly shoots itself in the foot holding back their game design. They want to be seen as kid friend instead of family friendly, which limits their IPs, and depth of story telling. Not to mention their hardware was dated when it released and that hinders depth of game play and fidelity. That is also not mentioning their toxic retaliation to their fan base. Of course this video highlights issues with Sony, so they both have their faults. I like both Sony and Nintendo, I have fond memories with both, but if I were ever in a situation to save one over the other Sony would win every time. However, I avoid having to chose by being on PC (well just steam deck for now).

[@Folutu]

@@PinkgloRadio Depends. Nintendo's lower market cap is offset by the fact that they are also debtless compared to the others. No one's making profits as large as Nintendo does, and that means they are the ones that are in danger the least of the three. Not to mention, you say the dated hardware is their biggest weakness, but I'd argue that it is their biggest strength because the average gamer is more able to afford their products and they make up for this weakness with some serious optimization to hit the required targets for their games. Sony's higher market cap is offset by much higher sunk costs which means flops like Concord hits them harder than such a flop would to Nintendo, hypothetically speaking.

[@dukemagus]

Problm

[@HyperKryst]

problm

[@LG1ikLx]

PS fans be like "Xbox should die!" Also Sony fans when Xbox doesn't bother with pro console "PS5 Pro cost to much 😢"

[@Joe-ti7qd]

Im not buying another console. Went pc and I'll NEVER EVER buy a console avain.

[@thequestion210]

What percentage of live service games are successful? I find them unenjoyable

[@captainthunderbolt7541]

Relocating from Japan to America destroyed Playstation.

[@TheGamerGuy1981]

Uh ..hideo kojima is making overdose for Xbox mate. Looks fairly darn unique in itself.

[@AosZ]

Have you wondered why they stopped talking? because of videos like this. You painted a desperate story for an amazing console generation i have totally enjoyed. Sorry the games have been pretty awesome.

[@ah3611]

Gaming consoles are a significantly worse value with each new generation, without exception.

[@Joe-ti7qd]

I dont even use my consoles for streaming now. They just sit there. Waste of money. Pc all the way babay.

[@JuniperBrew]

PC player here. Who adapted xobx once i got married and moved out. Sony has always been shit in my mind. sorry not sorry.

[@cjnelstein-beddingfield1738]

Wild to me that we got zero killzone redux, resistance redux, all sly, jak redux, fuck man even infamous. Then we got their anti consumer practices. Yeah me personally I'm scoring with xbox and game pass, I don't love to be shafted by a company that doesn't really give a fuck about anything besides money and i could give s fuck less about slow moving cinematic games with janky as mechanics

[@justinl8791]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes, Sony. If I sound angry, YOU BET YOUR ASS I AM. I used to be one of PlayStation's biggest fans. Now, not anymore. They need to EARN my buy for the PS6 'cause otherwise, I'm sticking with a new PC instead.

[@t3tsuyaguy1]

Ghosts of Toei does not feel like a Western, because American Western films were based on Japanese Cinema. So, it just feels like Japanese Cinema.

[@flamingcroatan3739]

In the end, PC master race

[@GamingDad]

The only reasons games are so expensive to make is because they make them so expensive to make. We've seen 1 dev studios make games in their basements that can hold their own against AAA published games. Please stop using the cost of games as an excuse.

[@AThousandSons1]

Maybe I'm in the minority but if they want to sell me a Playstation have Naughty Dog make another damn Jak game

[@WarmWatermelon]

After Microsoft destroyed Halo, I am switching to PlayStation for the first time in my life. I think it’s the right decision.

[@HaruuMin47]

The PSN issue is still ongoing & painful for non-PSN supported countries. So much for the "Play has no limit" motto, and that's their sales lost though... Glad I able to keep & enjoy the Helldivers 2 as PSN requirement is suspended & delayed to calmer days.

[@code_renard]

Hey, at least a this rate the console wars will finally be over, cuz both will be trash you don't need

[@arkcritic6080]

To be honest, I have so many backlogs I have only started the early story of Horizon Zero Dawn. I'm fine, thanks. 😬

[@LornRoberts]

In console-land whoever leads the pack catches the hubris. With their consoles getting so expensive its hard to justify getting the console just for the exclusives.

[@zztzgza]

You make a lot of assumptions in this video. One of the big reasons Sony is doing so many remasters is to train devs on their internal proprietary game engines. It's not for whatever vapid reason you came up with. That fact has been reported by actual investigative journalists. Presenting a lot of conjecture like you know exactly what's going on with a company is not a good thing to do. It ends up riling people up with misinformation.

[@wizardman-l7d]

you know, I would literaly go out and buy a ps5 if they JUST GAVE ME 60 FPS BLOODBORNE! Until that time i have a gaming pc.

[@Pillock25]

Why was The Last of Us remastered? Why is any game remastered, because remaster and remake = resell.

[@renmcmanus]

Seems the division was focusing on Japan vs focusing on literally anywere else. Sony swan dived into the concrete right after it started carrying more about the west.

[@Dark_Jaguar]

I'll say this. MS has the better "set top box" experience right now. I'm at a loss as to how Sony dropped the ball there. The optical drive DOES in fact have three laser diodes, one's specifically for CDs, but it has no software ability to play back CDs, one of the easiest things for them to code in support for. Indeed, they don't have any sort of media player for files on a USB stick, such as MP3, FLAC, or various video files. Their DVD and Bluray playback has a rather annoying "playing" icon displayed right in the middle of the screen, which results in a lot of frustration on certain discs formatted to move between multiple "chapters" seamlessly, and there's no built in general purpose web browser, such as a port of Firefox or something. (On that last point, there ARE workaround exploits, but that's the problem, they're just workaround exploits).

[@ShaunAnderson_Sauce]

Damn you couldn't be more won't about Xbox fans idk what you are talking about I still love my Xbox and will always buy Xbox over Sony. Sony is making Microsofts fails look like wins with this Concord disaster.

[@dindunuphenwong]

I feel like the Dudley father in Harry Potter watching the video games industry burn billions of dollars on games that gamers don't want to buy and play... "JUSTICE!!!" with a big old fat @#$% eating grin on my face like I turned into the green goblin with a box of crayons stuffed up my butt

[@Dark_Jaguar]

There was a time when a remaster/remake of a seven year old game was very justified. You look at Super Mario All-Stars and the visual and audio improvements over the NES versions are drastic, and that's only a five year gap between SMB3 (1988) and All-Stars (1993). Now, diminishing returns (as magnified recently thanks to the barely noticeable changes between PS5 and Pro) make it very clear that we don't actually need these games remade or remastered all that often any more. PS4 games look absolutely fine, even now. Bloodborne is still a gorgeous game, even when put up against Elden Ring. PS3 era games? Yeah, they can stand to get full on visual remakes these days, as in the case of Demon's Souls, but heck even then SOME of them it's hard to justify.... as in the case of The Last Of Us. Heck, it's hard to say if it's even worth a full graphical remaster of Metal Gear Solid 4 or Final Fantasy XIII. Slap a higher frame rate and some higher res textures in there and that'll be enough.

[@CruentusV]

IP damage is going to be a big factor with games like "The Last of Us", and Sony US is in a seriously bad place by not recognizing the factors causing huge failures like concord or effectively dealing with those factors which are leading to future failures like assassin's creed shadows and dragon age veilguard. it's like they used to say: a hundred "atta-boys" can't erase one "aw crap". goodwill builds slowly and is damaged or destroyed very quickly. blaming their customers for dropping player counts like they allowed their developers to do with outlaws and helldivers and using journos to attack critics instead of quickly and effectively correcting company mistakes didn't help. sony is going to have to replace their US execs (top down), staff, and devs entirely to truly deal with matters (and fast)...

[@partyjams]

sony is is still making some weird decisions with even their exclusives. for example, in the state of play they showed of the Keanu would be in Sonic x Shadow Generations. Which was cool. but not the exclusive content. instead it's some extra deleted footage from the prologue animation that's going to be up youtube asap. It's like their marketing team is working well but the business decisions aren't great

[@DNDaMD]

🖕Sony. They've lost a life long customer. My next console will be a pc

[@SantianoBe]

I know they call them remasters, but Horizon Zero Dawn remaster is basicly just a PS5 upgrade. Same if they to it with Forbidden West for PS6. I have absolutely no problem with that as long as they continue to do the 10$ upgrade path.

[@alexschiemann2856]

I’ll be honest I have zero interest in the Ghost of Yotei for story games I just like playing as a guy I just can’t get immersed otherwise in the story it’s seems my friends also have no interest I am curious how well that one will sell.

[@M0ist779]

It's interesting when I see the "B" logo for Bellular in the transitions after detailing Sony's repeated L's I'm conditioned to think that it actually stood "Bloodborne" LOL.

[@krspaceT1]

When Nintendo had a direct a while back they ended with a Remaster of The Paper Mario RPG from the Game Cube. With last sales updates at the 1 to 2 Mil range, if it outsells the Horizon remaster Sony is doomed. But that game is the one diehard Paper Mario fans worship. That was asked to happen for so long even non Paper Mario fans could appreciate the gesture. Lot of companies, including Game Freak, seem to do that

[@projectz358]

I’ll give you props being optimistic with the direct but to me it was rather meh.

[@Bcuzieatiron]

As a company I can understand why you’d want exclusive games. It entices people to but the consoles. As a consumer though I don’t care if Xbox players or PC players can also play the game I’m playing. In fact I prefer it.

[@KiazaKadaj]

if they adjust progression, combat, stealth and character writing just a tad for ghost 2 it’ll be fire. Ghost 1 has a lot of issues, albeit relatively minor, I can easily see SP mending those negatives and coming out with a title on par with some of the 2020s greatest hits so far.

[@Lanewreck]

Maybe ceos shouldnt get paid or get stock options when they squeeze out profit over any product want or need in the market. Like of course companies need to make money. But at a point, it really does become, how much is too much? The top end and elites of the world need to really start reflecting on the amount of avarice and greed they have.

[@vexmyth0clast]

I only play my PS5 when Sony drops gems like FF Rebirth, Ragnarok and Astro Bot. Everything else I’m ok with waiting for it to hit pc. Sony seems to have a bit of games in the pipeline but it’s not what most players care for. We all want Bloodborne back 😂

[@AngryCaesCorporation]

It takes 10 years to build a reputation. It takes 10 seconds to shatter it.

[@roscuro9838]

A bit off topic, but this is my first time hearing about a soul reaver remake. Can only hope that breathes long gone life back into the legacy of kain ip. Maybe Nosgoth getting another chance isn't hopeless.

[@alexschiemann2856]

I am so tired of remasters be it for movies, shows or games give us something original or at least a sequel at minimum but not the same thing again and again and again

[@waterbahamut]

Honestly the only thing im interested in is hell is us game they showed. Maybe ghost but really nothing terribly exciting.

[@TheTotallyRealXiJinping]

It’d be cool if yall had an app for Loading Screen but I can understand the overhead and maintenance fees

[@GraveUypo]

it's funny seeing someone talking about sony in a positive way.

[@romangeneral23]

To the developer that says no one cares about Game UX and that his life is a lie. I am glad he has realized his career was and is a sham

[@hoshi314]

I think current Sony strategy is to put out remasters as a "chew on this while i make the big new game" problem is many people do not want to chew on it while they wait