The Pathetic State of Modern PlayStation

[@Xenokayoh]

Check out the short follow up to this video where I talk about the PS5 Pro lmao kzbin.info/www/bejne/moipfKStrZageLs

[@thebestfan389]

Wassup

[@pyxis2]

BUY A PC GUYS, ITS LIFE CHANGING

[@ito2789]

I’m seriously convinced there is some money laundering going on in both Hollywood and gaming. The budgets are insane and the quality is ASS.

[@alexbraswell5021]

It's just proving that smaller teams, with smaller budgets and bigger passions, make better games and movies. Once your doing it just to make a dollar it doesn't produce the same product, you actually have to give a shit about these things in order to produce a good product. We play all these new games and can tell it's just the same backwash shit they give us over and over again trying to replicate what a team with passion and a creative idea did 20 years ago.

[@solidsnake6731]

Absolutely the playstation scalper season was the big money laundering in the beginning nobody ever can tell me. A Company is so stupid to not produce enough and selling thousands or 20 thousand consoles to 1 scalper retailer on thier website with bots while normal people dont even can check in because it's way too fast. This whole thing was to make the ps 5 look more rare and it build up reputation like ps 5 is the Apple of gaming. EVERYTHING WAS HORSEBALLS FROM THE BEGINNING THE WHOLE PS 5 SITUATION WAS RIGGED ON PURPOSE BECAUSE OF GREED!

[@Terrylovesjougurt]

You don't say...

[@leoSaunders]

@@alexbraswell5021 basically this. you cannot streamline art. and video games is the most orchestral field there is.

[@leoSaunders]

industrywide incompetence and race to the bottom with cost cutting cause the studios are in the hands of managers rather than the talent cause they sold their rights away.

[@jellyface401]

AAA Industry: We don't make games anymore, we make services.

[@JCardo2502]

We make propaganda*

[@slurmsmckenzie.]

We make inclusive sucky movies

[@TheMeanArena]

@@slurmsmckenzie. What sucks about them?

[@lem0nchino]

Guess we should turn to AA and indie games

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

@@TheMeanArena I take you, like every one else, have not seen Madam Web.

[@Nightlordbuilds]

ironically the Ps3 was known for having no games. 180 exclusives.

[@camaraman645]

all ps3 exclusive runs 60 fps on my pc

[@01sazuke]

Ps4 had significantly less exclusives

[@turtleanton6539]

Yeeeh🎉

[@Alex-mx3gs]

I got like 5 games that i didnt own and are only on ps3 like last month so yeah It has so many of them...cant say the same about the ps4 i almost own any exclusive i ever wanted/left

[@pyrefly7575]

The ps3 turned it around during its second half of lifespan

[@Thechozochampion]

Jim Ryan was a damn idiot when he decided to bet on “service games” instead of first party good quality games

[@blazingblazers14]

💯

[@samuelkristensen6685]

I mean the ps5 is dominating right? Can't be a total idiot.

[@Yourghostuncle]

It’s not like exclusives carried the last gen of PlayStation games or anything… oh wait…

[@ashwilldaniels2223]

Not having access to the ps3 line up is a huge L

[@INKfan123]

Oh for sure

[@doomslayer8985]

kinda crazy how a bunch of random people on the internet developed a PS3 emulator FOR FREE while the multi billion company dont give a fuck

[@INKfan123]

@@doomslayer8985 where can I find this PS3 emulator?

[@shawklan27]

I mean blame sony for them making emulation for the ps3 on consoles a total bitch to do.

[@cliffturbo2146]

That's what I keep hearing, but it's their codes and tech. They must have some workaround ​@@shawklan27

[@STOPPEDINCOLORADO]

I just came to the epiphany that gaming is simply too big for its britches. Too many shareholders that heard about how lucrative the industry is, jumping in and making demands without any idea of how to make a fun video game. The indie market is thriving because of its detachment from the more money hungry side of the industry. They just want to make good games.

[@raskolnikov6443]

The indie market is “thriving” because so many people make small games and the vast majority of them fail and are financial disasters for the people making them. So every now and then you have a gem.

[@zerocal76]

THIS. When it became all about profits and growth, the manipulative tactics of corporations took over. Say Hello to retro gaming 😎

[@savien6401]

@@raskolnikov6443I wouldn’t say that they fail, they don’t get as big as other indie titles such as shovel knight or binding of Isaac but they definitely don’t fail. At least in my experience playing and seeing indie games, they usually find their audience at some point

[@Moji55a]

​@@raskolnikov6443New Blood is thriving rn.

[@nathanael9159]

​@@raskolnikov6443🤡

[@earlyriser03]

PlayStation forgot that indie and AA spaces still exist. What a shame.

[@alphonsejohnson5601]

Say what you will about Nintendo, But at least the company takes advantage of the indie and double AA games with the indie world showcase and what not. Along with the fact that they're still releasing games for the switch, even if some of them are remakes/remasters of their old games

[@earlyriser03]

@@alphonsejohnson5601 exactly. Nintendo is generally very good about supporting its consoles, and the Switch has had a phenomenal run. It actually boggles my mind how so many people are upset that Nintendo hasn’t announced new hardware yet. Considering the issues Sony, Microsoft, and other publishers are seeing with skyrocketing game development costs and less return year over year, I’d say Nintendo is showing the industry and customers a more sustainable avenue.

[@PercyTheCrenasis]

Tf is AA ​@@alphonsejohnson5601

[@nicholasvaccaro4826]

They were making those games but no one showed up to buy them

[@earlyriser03]

@@nicholasvaccaro4826 not surprising when Sony continually fails to adequately market games that aren’t AAA. Customers in the know showed up but that wasn’t enough. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[@mirai9593]

I'm here after the 0 games, €800 + 80€ disk drive + 30€ stand +80€ controller PS5 Pro stream. Oh man...

[@laufert7100]

120€ for the disk drive actually, it's even worse

[@joshc8766]

​@@laufert7100 depends which version you get

[@alansmith4655]

Disc drive is waaaayyyy overrated.

[@luigi16852]

@@alansmith4655Maybe for you. They're extremely useful for those with physical games and movies

[@razorwireclouds5708]

@@mirai9593 I gotta be honest, I genuinely don't get why people even want physical disks at this point. I haven't had a CD/DVD drive in my PC since ~2008. Do console gamers buy a lot of second hand games?

[@brucevandermescht6957]

This is the only generation in history where consoles and games got MORE expensive deeper into the generation. Its absolutely a scam whats going on right now.

[@DanSutherland]

Dealing in USD, inflation between 2013 an 2020 was 11.1%. Inflation between 2020 and 2024 was 21.1%. Something that would have cost $500 in 2020 would cost $605.75 in 2024. Something that would have cost $500 in 2013 would cost $555.49 in 2020. This economic trend is not exclusive to gaming.

[@nopegok318]

@@DanSutherland the whole world is slowly tearing down

[@emil6568]

​@@DanSutherlandwe're getting poorer with each day

[@CrimsonBladezz]

The part that made me laugh was when those sheep actually believed there wasa chip shortage 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@patrickholt8782]

I saw a meme when the ps5 came out that said “the ps4 has made us confident so we will screw up the ps5.” Talk about some future sight.

[@MuscledRMHv2]

Happened from PS2 to PS3 and it happened from Xbox 360 to Xbox One. It seems companies can't maintain their platforms when profits and success is increasing. They get too greedy and than have to play catchup again. Only difference is Microsoft screwed up one of the most important generations. Bungie is the same, they release a lackluster game, release an incredible expansion only to follow it up with something mediocre again (over and over). These companies only perform when they have to. It took Xbox really long to recover and still isn't recovered. I felt good about the platform though after the latest Xbox Game Conference.

[@cinemapigeon4898]

Although the PS5 is a great console, the issue isn't necessarily cockiness or arrogance, the issue is games take 5+ years to make and cost hundreds of millions of dollars. This is industry wide issue.

[@briquesbts]

Yet the ps5 gave sony the most money of all gens

[@andreas4010]

​@@briquesbtshighly doubt it The ps5 hardware is sold at break even, the money is on accessories and licenses for games sold. And, the lack of games and the high dev costs, means they're probably not making as much as with the ps4 (much cheaper hardware, wayy more software available)

[@LoreSolver4]

​@@MuscledRMHv2 Same from Wii to Wii U.

[@jeixs]

Sony choosing to move to California, and abandoning Japan Studio was the dumbest choice the company ever made, especially because Japan Studio also helped with one of the best Playstation games, that tons of people still praise and wish a remaster and sequel "Bloodborne".

[@alexhermends2482]

Fr

[@defyyourlogic487]

Bloodborne will be trash until a 60 fps remaster is released

[@SpookSkellington]

Oh they moved to California, that explains the heavy handed DEI crap.

[@lavadragon6444]

@@SpookSkellington chief if diversity in games were a problem, some of the best games would've failed years ago.

[@franciscor390]

All interesting, cool and quirky japanese games suddenly abandoned for the Californian studios, who instead produces extremely few, and tremendously expensive games that it completely stagnate any kind of innovation.

[@byzantineempire4636]

Update: It got worse.

[@Tek34]

How so?

[@Itsyaboihef]

@@Tek34ps5 pro is grossly overpriced for barely any difference

[@emmanuelmolina836]

​@@Tek34concord

[@theremix54]

@@Tek34literally all the problems mentioned in this video continue, with the added Sony misstep of the ps5 pro and concord. For me? I don’t really give a shit about price, I’ll buy a 1k switch 2. But I also remember my parents struggling to get us the “hot new games” for Xmas when I was younger. Parents want to be their kids hero, and in Canada the ps5 pro is the price of a fucking vehicle. I feel for the modern parents trying to do their best

[@Megalania1]

@@theremix54new horizon remaster because we all asked for that

[@Arcademan09]

And now Square Enix is FINALLY realizing that locking expensive games to ONE system isn't a good idea

[@vergil1155]

They said that despite breaking sales records with ff16. Guess their bellies aren't dull enough. Greed surely knows no bounds. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, however Sony paid them a good amount on top of the amount they made with ff16. This is just greed talking now.

[@Arcademan09]

@@vergil1155 wait , I kept reading stories about FF16 underselling and not recovery from it's massive budget, this is Square Enix and they are notorious for over spending on products

[@MikeMohamed]

​@@vergil1155What sales records? XVI has still never passed 4 million sales.

[@vergil1155]

@@MikeMohamed 4 million is not bad considering the game is barely a year old.

[@abaddon_9941]

And fact ff16 will get a pc port. Ff7 intergrade got Epic games deal exclusive which square enix were paid for. They're talking out of their ass. ​@@vergil1155

[@Anijah2001]

It kind of sucks that Sony really went full on greed in the PS5 era.

[@therealjaystone2344]

Their cocky attitude from the ps4

[@TS111WASD]

The success of PS4 went to their heads

[@pedroasif6844]

Blame Jim Ryan.

[@knox7945]

PS4 was really the last great generation from them. Now it's just meh.

[@KylePhantomK94]

@@knox7945 For me it was the PS3, for older folks it was the PS2.

[@hennibsdp9528]

Why not just let this generation last much longer than usual?

[@mateivlad4425]

Because by 2027-2028 PC’s would already by miles away compared to a console from 2020..

[@mohamedMustafa-yn4uc]

@@mateivlad4425 so? if the games can still run on the base ps5 (in term of the fundamental game design), so what is the difference if they look far better on the pc and the ps5 pro? if there are still people buying them on the base ps5 and enjoying them nonetheless because they don't care that much about raytracing and 4k, and also 60 fps.

[@superduper160]

​@mateivlad4425 Consoles will always be the baseline hardware level for game development. Most games that are released today are also released on last gen consoles, so even on high end PCs or 9th gen hardware, it will still feel like a ps4 game, just a 4k 120fps ps4 game on pc.

[@thebatman3905]

@@superduper160 no reason to overprice the switch for 300$ when the series s is 250$ Nintendrone

[@hennibsdp9528]

@@mateivlad4425 Yeh but consoles has always held back PC, and if games really take such a long time to make now if they are to ve nextgen, I don’t think PC players would mind a longer lifespan for this generation

[@bluenightrblx]

Did.. did he just guess the ps5 pros price

[@JeanRosa-qc3mb]

NOT ABOUT THE PRICE. i would move mountains to buy it to buy a PS5 Pro IF it wasn't for the fact i would be buying it to play PS4 games. five years later and no catalog of games. not even a napkin note worth of games.

[@nebins]

It's baffling how the motherfucking Virtual Boy has literally more exclusive games than the PS5, even if you take games released in the US and Japan separately

[@cinemapigeon4898]

I will push back and state that due to modern game development, console exclusivity as we once knew it is dead. Games take 5+ years to make, cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Shawn Layden, former PlayStation CEO), stated that "When your costs for a game exceed $200 million, exclusivity is your Achilles' heel. It reduces your addressable market." That said, there are still plenty of great PlayStation games, PS5 is selling very well, and there are many talented studios making games. We will get some amazing games very soon, but yes gaming as we know it isn't in a good spot.

[@andreas4010]

​@@cinemapigeon4898Nintendo laughing in the background, outselling the new xboxs and ps5s combined

[@cinemapigeon4898]

​@@andreas4010 Different market entirely. But I'm fairly sure the PlayStation brand makes more money for Sony than the Switch does for Nintendo.

[@andreas4010]

@@cinemapigeon4898 hard to tell nintendo probably has a higher profit margin per exclusive game and per console (it's like 10 year old tech) And now nintendo also has an online subscription (though they probably make less) I'd say they're probably making more just because their costs are way lower than sony's

[@hercufles]

@@andreas4010 nintendo knew already at the 7th generation that graphics improvmence become less important then innovation and gameplay

[@klapptapp4929]

The only reason why i would consider buying a ps5 is if my ps4 dies before i finished playing through my ps4 back catalogue.

[@ChiralityPracticality]

Same, I got my PS4 Pro in 2020 because there was more cheap game's, I now have 22 great game's to play. I'll be busy for year's or until I need a new system

[@klapptapp4929]

@@ChiralityPracticality Sounds good. Where i live you can buy the pro for like 150 dollars or 160 euro plus controuler. So 1/3 of the price of the ps5. The prices for the games is a huge factor in my op too.

[@yudeltra]

​@@ChiralityPracticality so you play it on 1440p?? Is it noisy ??

[@najtrows]

Just get a used PS4 Pro and Jailbreak it. Sony don't deserve your money anymore.

[@DaakkuuYRS]

Sony saved me 500$ by releasing GOW Ragnarok to ps4.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yeeeh🎉

[@arminxvs3372]

Only cryint for the exclusive SpiderMan 2. With that for PS4 it would be amazing.

[@mark10291]

youre not missing much

[@the_travelingbreeze]

Same

[@Elguapodelfuego]

You are the reason ps5 is ass

[@viniciusmaidana2159]

This aged like fine wine...

[@sokrasek]

Im hare for this comment

[@getampt22]

came here to say this, cant believe how more relevant it became

[@Geanfranco1010]

I didn’t even notice that this video released 4 months ago damn

[@ahmedOsama81931]

Why ?

[@ramenoodle66]

@@ahmedOsama81931PS5 Pro… it’s obscene how much you have to pay for so little.

[@christosbelos5020]

Twisted metal, Sly cooper, Jack and Daxter, Tokyo jungle, Ape escape and (my favourite Sony franchise) LITTLEBIGPLANET are all collecting dust while they keep pushing the same IPs forward. When will they realize that ppl are starting to get bored?

[@NetBattler]

Until they realize why they aren't making money 🤣

[@emjeka_souls7147]

The Little Big Planet situation makes me wanna cry they should definitely bring it back instead of shutting down the servers of LPB 3

[@christosbelos5020]

@@emjeka_souls7147 The worst part is that they didn't even warn us that they were going to shut the servers down (so ppl could have saved their levels) apart from the fact that they straight up lied that they were going to bring them back

[@GreatRaijin]

They wont realize it because normies keep buying AAA games just to play them for a few hours, not finish the game, then go back to CoD/Fortnite

[@NetBattler]

@@GreatRaijin that's why I have no sympathy for trashing spider simulator 2 and feminist Kratos war

[@leecroft1983]

As an Xbox fan, all i can say is... welcome to the party. I miss the days of the OG Xbox and Xbox 360... much like i miss the days of the PS1, PS2 and PS3 and PS4.

[@diohyuga6737]

Bro, I barely play my PS5.all I do is play Bully and some of my ps4 games. I barely have anyone that plays. I’m thinking of getting a ps2, ps3 and 360 next year and say fuck new consoles

[@Crashed131963]

@@diohyuga6737 Not to many new AAA games the Ps5 can not play . Many new AAA games the Ps4 can not play .

[@leecroft1983]

@@diohyuga6737 Same. My PS5 is collecting dust, my Series X would be too if it wasn't backwards compatible with a large number of OG Xbox and 360 games... but they really need to get back onboard with backwards compatibility. Still a huge amount of OG Xbox and 360 not compatible (We need Jetset/Grind Radio Future added for example)

[@kildotgaming]

​@@Crashed131963 there hasn't been a AAA game worth playing in a long time anyway so it not a big deal if the PS4 can't play them.

[@Oldschool1943]

ps4 is overrated just like ps5 is overrated both consoles has the same issues

[@RockBandRS]

We're at the point in gaming where exclusives are going to die. Game development is at the point where it's too expensive to justify exclusivity. Nintendo can get away with it because the people buying their consoles aren't looking for "next gen" graphics and gameplay, so the games are a lot cheaper to make. The people who mainly play PlayStation or Xbox are looking for "next gen" experiences. Those experiences are expensive. Consoles are becoming what they were always heading towards; a cheaper alternative to buying a PC. Sony and Microsoft are businesses. They didn't decide to bring exclusives to PC out of the kindness of their heart. It's because that's the only thing that makes financial sense.

[@TheAfterglowProject]

People are going to be exposed to the harsh reality that they really are clowns when they start shitting on one plastic box in favor of the other when the day comes where there are no exclusives. I share the same mentality, gaming as it is cannot stand on its own with exclusive titles. Unless they double the price to 140 a game.

[@RockBandRS]

@TheAfterglowProject Yeah, people already take issue with $70 games. Imagine if they had to pay the amount required to make exclusives profitable. There are games that sell 2 million copies that lose money being sold at $60/$70.

[@pablocasas5906]

To be fair, I'd say the reason why Nintendo can get away with exclusives is the fact that those games are developed by their own internal studios and due to their console being much more weaker compared to PS and Xbox they can sort of get away with the fact that they aren't as graphically impressive companies to the competition, though it also helps that almost all of Nintendo's games have a very stylized look and don't go for a photorrealistic style, not to mention that their budgets are probably much more lower than traditional AAA or even AA games

[@Thecleetus]

Support indie games

[@sawdust8691]

I feel that the kind of money and time AAA games take these days is unsustainable. The same exact thing is going on in Hollywood with big movies. They cost so much time and money to make that chances are you going to be losing a lot of money if it isn't a smash hit. And sometimes, even when it is a hit, they still lose a ton of money. And instead of switching to a more reasonable strategy, they lay off employees and close studios. Big budget games are the same way. They've grown too big in scope and money for their own good. Obviously, you still get the increasingly rare super hits that only huge studios and money can pull off. But they are so difficult and rare. Yet they still try all the time, leading to failure and the shutdown of the studios. Frankly, it's stupid. This is definitely why Sony has started putting their games on PC. Despite the mass casual audience consumption and praise, they still struggle to make money off of them. I wouldn't be surprised if some of their biggest PS5 games so far have failed to even make a real profit yet. Because they spend SO much freaking money on them. Have you seen Spiderman 2s budget!? Where the crap did all that money even go! To a slightly larger reused map and slightly better graphics!? FOR 300 MILLION DOLLARS!!? Does that number even include the marketing budget? It's not sustainable at all.

[@KrzysztofBob]

That's why I completely switched to PC two years ago. One of the best decisions I've ever made. I'll keep my XBSX for GTA6 and then I can finally ditch consoles once and for all.

[@Solis357]

the fact that this console is still over 350 dollars is wild to me. there are literally ZERO Incentive to own one when the console has zero games and is still expensive.

[@Karlito1738]

if the switch's successor is similar price, has backwards compatibility and good launch titles, then day 1 it's already better to get than the ps5 5 years into its generation

[@cinemapigeon4898]

It's still selling well, over 60 million units. The PlayStation brand is strong, and these "omg PS5 sucks" genre of videos (which seem to be rampant on youtube lately) ignore key issues with modern game development that are impacting everyone. Games take way too long to make, and therefore also cost way too much money. Former PlayStation CEO said games must become cheaper and be made faster and that console exclusivity when games cost 200 million dollars becomes your Achilles heel.

[@andreas4010]

​@@cinemapigeon4898it's selling sure, but there's nothing to play on it if you're on pc Compared with the switch

[@RR-lb6mr]

Zero games? Be real

[@user45563]

God of war, elden ring, horizon zero dawn. Thats the 3 ps5 games i can think off the top of my head ​@@RR-lb6mr

[@AVEXentSUCKS]

That meme that says “come on, do something” perfectly describes the PS5. It’s such a shockingly underwhelming hardware. People for years went ape **** for this thing and it’s been a complete and utter disappointment. The only thing Sony has been consistent with are the price hikes after price hikes.

[@jonwifebeaterjones6389]

Bro what exclusives did the ps4 have ? At launch it was knack and bloodborne which could have been a ps3 game it's literally 25 gigabit running at 30 fps and 2 years later uncharted 4. It had nothing until the last 2 years of the console when ghost of tsushima, spiderman, God of war, last of us 2 came out. Like we've had 3 big exclusives until now but next year we're getting wolverine, then venom after that and I believe God of war is probably gonna get another game, sucker punch is looking to make a got sequel and if we're lucky naughty dog comes out of hiding. If we get another 2 or 3 exclusives by the end of the console I'm cool with it. It was like that before anyways

[@daniel7035]

@@jonwifebeaterjones6389 I don’t care about exclusivity that much and regardless of your opinion on it, it’s slowly going away. When you don’t have exclusivity then what can you sell your platform on? Its services and its merits. The ps5 and Xbox are fundamentally the same thing there’s no hardware reason to get one over the other. Then there’s services like gamepass and ps equivalent. The only two platforms that can stand on their own merits are pc, including the steam deck, and the switch. I don’t see ps or Xbox growing a consumer base past this generation

[@moonknight2865]

You’re just getting old man. Accept it.

[@AllieRX]

"Microsoft also produce and release smaller scale games." And then they shut down the studios who make those smaller scale games. **coughTangoGameworkscough**

[@raskolnikov6443]

Was a bigger game studio than people think though.

[@mravg79]

I own a few pieces of hardware to play games on. I’m gaming since ‘92. My take on it corporations are worth each other all have their fair share of sh!itty behavior. This gen I’m disappointed in both Sony and MS.

[@Moji55a]

HiFi looks AAA in terms of production lol animation and polish wise. That said yeah the price tag shows it's not a big game.

[@xBINARYGODx]

@@Moji55a dont bother, people need to think of it as some small indie thing that just happen to break out so they can feed their BS fud fueled narrative.

[@F_Around_and_find_out]

Then the Xbox higher ups told the remaining studios that Xbox need to make smaller scale games.

[@supking403]

The only thing selling this console is spiderman, bloodborne, and Netflix

[@Runitup2k]

Add elden ring to blood borne

[@rohitmanocha6897]

So true about Netflix 🤣

[@Ya-rs9mk]

Naughty Dog is the only reason I would still buy a ps5 but they haven’t released any new games for ps5 so I still own a ps4

[@muddposs]

Not Spider-Man either now

[@_Devil]

The biggest downfall of the 9th generation is that it reinforced the idea of "You don't truly own what's yours". We saw some hints in the 8th gen, but now it's full blown. With both consoles actively monitoring what you say 24/7, all it takes is one wrong insult for you to get your account banned, and to lose access to every game of yours.

[@tmsphere]

Gen10 consoles will have all be non disc versions, no physical media capabilities, mark my words, you'll own nothing and pay more.

[@emil6568]

Yeah but what if you pirating? They don't monitor non-official product, you basically own everything having paid nothing. If people start pirating in large numbers, how would SONY respond?

[@moonknight2865]

Then maybe don’t say the wrong thing?

[@ko2qx]

​@@moonknight2865many people still get banned for not saying the wrong thing, or saying something that shouldn't be counted as bannable yet is. the point is, nobody should lose access to PAID CONTENT for words. if they lose online privileges, that's one thing. but access to games they've purchased? that's dystopian.

[@GeneralChangFromDanang]

@@tmsphere When they all go no disc, I'm going back to PC. Putting the disc in and playing was the only reason I had consoles to begin with.

[@solomeoparedes8162]

The insanity of the fact that Sony's answer to the switch's portability... was a Wii U tablet. How out of touch, unaware of their competitors do they have to be, to put out a product that Nintendo course corrected in the last generation and Steam, clearly, avoided?

[@S_raB]

Have you actually looked at how many people have bought the Portal? And how well rated it is amongst those who have one? You'll be hard pressed to find a single negative review because the people who bought them have good reason i own one. It's too expensive, but for anyone that likes digital purchases, has kids, or an hour free at lunch, it's an awesome product. Sony puts out press release after press release praising the sales figures & quote, "Demand continues to exceed our expectations." To the point scalpers are now seeking them to sell at higher than retail price due to such high demand. But sure you can keep believing it's another Sony failure.

[@boomboominroom]

Crazy part about that is it’s sold out everywhere lol

[@cactusrosi1409]

​@@S_raB that isn't saying much. The ps5 was also outsold at launch and somehow is still underperforming according to Sony.

[@S_raB]

@@cactusrosi1409 OK

[@Mermete8]

PS Portal has a market. It copied the Gamepad because it was great. The hardware had nothing to do with the financial flop. It was a radiotechnical marvel and very convenient to use. I've played many of the games on the Gamepad. It's nice to play Switch and streamed Xbox games off-TV in the bed. If Sony games would still cater to me I would consider a Portal I agree on Sony being out of touch with popular demand. It shut down Studio Liverpool and even Japan studio were mostly laid off. Team Asobi just showed what marvels we lost due to the bad decisions of Sony. Just for the historical accuracy judging the Wii U is a stereotype. It's like saying SEGA course corrected bc the Dreamcast was a bad system. The Wii U was a GameCube and a Wii 3in1 hardware and had unique DS like two screen and asynchronous multiplayer games and many exclusives. Nintendo messed up the advertisements and deals with 3rd party studios so it flopped on the market. The Switch although more portable is in a lot of ways a step down and though the Joy-cons are nice the Wii U Gamepad sticks were normal sized and had no drift.

[@eldritchtoilets210]

Sony's so addicted to taking Ls lately they've decided to shoot down their brand new golden goose just 3 months after release lmao

[@TheOneTrueLeo2002]

Big brain strategy from Sony! 😭

[@BigWrangler]

Honestly they dont feel pressure to not take L’s. Im an xbox person and we’re no competition anymore. This is why console wars as annoying and cringe as they are was actually a good thing. But since xbox is no longer competing, sony just feels they dont have to try as much. They know they can get away with murder at times. Luckily the helldivers thing they backed off though

[@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung]

They both have, Xbox shut down the studio behind Hi Fi Rush, the best selling Xbox console exclusive in a LONG time. Sony and Microsoft haven't just shat the bed, they've turned their rooms into a second sewer.

[@PeruvianPotato]

​@@BigWrangler Nah it was just cringe. Don't pretend being a rabid consoomer was a good thing

[@Frostvul]

Bro shut up they're making a PS5 pro and a PS portable that will have PS4 on it.

[@Tosmasta00]

The only way for Sony to turn around would be to move the HQ back to Japan. Ever since they moved HQ to California things went donwhill.

[@tableofbeer7259]

There is no reason to trust sony. Everything they are involved in fails or is fuddled. FF7 remake is in shambles right now because of their 'enlightened intervention'. And now Stellar Blade. I fear for Silent Hills 2 remake.. they are already hooked deep in that cycle. Ooof.

[@therealjaystone2344]

All of their ps5 exclusives also went to pc too. The curse of the ps5 exclusivity continues on.

[@backupschmliff1156]

Did FF7 remake bomb? That game sold 7-8 million copies and the sequel has already sold well over 2 million, mind you, in one of the worst economic states in the history of the country + without the benefit of the pandemic.

[@tableofbeer7259]

@@backupschmliff1156 no it shipped millions of copies. we've confirmed that we still do NOT have an exact number of units sold for FF7 remake or Rebirth. we DO know however that Rebirth hasn't even met the sales of REMAKE in this short amount of time. It has nothing to do with Cvd or anything else. In fact companies made MORE money because everyone was locked inside. You are fibbing.

[@SammyDiamonds892]

@@tableofbeer7259 if i'm not mistaken on X they always said shipped and sold so it blurs the lines for accountability more than a bit.

[@SammyDiamonds892]

​@@backupschmliff1156 Remake may have sold more because of its name but just like ff 16 that wasn't a million copy seller and neither was the new series. That is a hard to convince pitch. but re birth? Hmmmm.

[@BrosciuttoJZ]

I think the gaming industry has to slow down. There are a LOT of video games to play. I've been focusing on 10+ old games from my backlog. If you need more games, look into retro

[@Tiago-t2d]

Slow down ? Or actually start making new good exclusives games?

[@BrosciuttoJZ]

@@Tiago-t2d Of course consumers want good games. What I mean by slow down is limit the # of releases so the game is good and you avoid crunch time (benefit the developers, too). Or release smaller, high quality games. But generally speaking, there are a lot of games we can play. Try something new if you feel you've exhausted everything

[@doomslayer8985]

consumers cant catch up by the MASSIVE amount of games being released yearly they gotta stop rushing titles and take their time to polish it, IM TIRED of BUGGY, UNSTABLE, INCOMPLETE RELEASES like you are playing a godamn early access at that point.

[@SUSHANTRATHORE-qz1sw]

really man.before 3-4 years when i was playing games like uncharted4,tlou,rdr2 etc i couldnt even think about playing old games as i was more of a graphics and realism guy.i di5pised old games before but now since these past few months i am starting to like old games/retro gamez...

[@nikitos3558]

The industry has to stop wasting their time with 100.000.000+ games and get back to making smaller AA and indie game franchises which dont take years to make. We used to get complete trilogies over the span of 5 years back then, nowadays people are waiting 10+ years for certain franchises like GTA and Elder Scrolls to finally continue.

[@Mr.WheeIer]

Things now are all just too expensive. No games should be costing 80 to 100 bucks. Games now aren't even good either, most things are just the same thing now. Game companies are getting lazy and are only hungry for money.

[@calvin659]

Games were considerably more expensive in the 90s after adjusting for inflation… So, no.

[@nestormelendez9005]

​@@calvin659they were 40 bucks on playstation 1

[@Runitup2k]

@@calvin659games were arguably harder to make back than with the knowledge known back than to now

[@tristman8413]

​@@MechaKajun💯

[@jeangreffsbp]

Majority of games now have shifted to digital only too, so the excuse of price hikes due to physical manufacturing is bullshit too Game companies just overcharge the shit out of their products and get away with things that companies in other industries dont due to gamers being a very whipped consumer demographic Can you imagine a car company trying to implement DRM and not getting shat on? Gamers have no self respect and thats the main cause of the current state of the industry

[@LifeandVarietyArts]

22:34 Incredible call on the price tag, oh my lord 😭

[@tanymany19]

It’s been 5 years since Naughty Dog gave us a new original game. The whole original Uncharted Trilogy got wrapped up in this time frame. Just shows how trash PS state is

[@Sumunuhriginal]

Neil druckman getting control of ND is the worst that thing that ever happened to that studio.

[@captainhowlerwilson508]

Uncharted is a quadrilogy not a trilogy.

[@tacos4419]

It's a shame really. Games nowadays take forever to release, often come without multiplayer (no replayability), are graphically amazing, but not even fun most of the time.

[@hamzataj2784]

​@@tanymany19 Why so rude

[@Fiercethetear]

@@captainhowlerwilson508He is talking about the first three uncharted games being released within 5 years

[@TheOneTrueLeo2002]

So glad to know I’m not the only one burnt out on how similar all PS exclusives feel.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Very little and highly mediocre gameplay, lots of cutscenes of emotional and hysterical people with poorly rendered mocapped crying faces screaming about how they were victimized by an evil white man. The Sony Exclusive.

[@gumbilicious1]

Yeah, it’s hard to get excited over them. I am more surprised by how I like playing them at all

[@okami9039]

3rd person, cinematic, hand holding a lot, some woke stuff, rpg- most ps exclusives

[@S_raB]

Returnal is the one exception. And one of the best 3rd person shooters ever made. When I played it at release I thought, "Wow, ps5 is looking like the future of gaming......... Returnal is still the best game for ps5 nearly 3 years later. SMH"

[@Indigo_1001]

@@okami9039 *woman exist* it’s woke.

[@Oldstalk]

10:50 Nooooooo, don't show me Gravity Rush, don't show it to me 😢 They freaking closed Japan Studio, I still cannot believe it...

[@FlyingFocs]

Shutting down Japan Studios and no more Gravity Rush is second only to Netflix cancelling Dark Crystal on my list of "I will ALWAYS hold this against you." Unless we count employee mistreatment, then it's three

[@TuneTamasha]

sony cancelling sony JAPAN... they exist only because of JAPAN... how dumb they must be

[@felipeaguena5289]

Games are ironically becoming too big for their own good. Before you had like 10 guys put Pokemon together and it was an all time classic. Now you need 500 people working on art direction, animation, asset building, character design, scenario design, script writting, sound design, voice acting, voice directing, cut scene directing, motion caption

[@Soulute367]

They also need to stop censoring their games. Like wtf

[@redninja3056]

Na losers deserve their game censored

[@0thers1d3]

100000%

[@CaptainNu-cu8hy]

You seem like you get turned on by fictional characters, go touch grass

[@possiblyinsane6995]

@@0thers1d3 dead or alive extreme fortune is uncensored

[@nicholassullivan1239]

Omfg, It doesn't fucking matter and it's fucking stupid to be hyperbolic about it.

[@rokmare]

The Playstation I knew died when Sony decided to shutdown Japan studios and because of that the PS5 is the first time I skip a PS console from the original PS 1 to 4 I owned all of them and hearing about the PS plus price hike just proves I made the right call

[@theofficialrafff]

Dude, this video is insane, I’ve seen a lot of videos talking about PlayStation‘s failure with this generation, but none of them hit the nail on the head as well as yours. Absolutely genius video. Literally every point I could think of you brought up

[@RØSSETTØ.KUSTØM.MØPEDS]

Kids, do yourselves a favor, just use your allowance money to get a ps3 for 130 bucks off of the internet. The games are super cheap. As for the men..go outside, touch grass. That is all.

[@louradean9293]

😂

[@PipeGuy64Bit]

14:07 If you say this is a mistake on the PS5 reddit, you get called an "armchair ceo". I hate Sony fans so much sometimes.

[@MattTheHuman9]

The PS5 subreddit was basically blocking all posts regarding the Helldivers 2 PSN login drama so I'm not surprised with that sub.

[@xBINARYGODx]

@@MattTheHuman9 that's hilarious

[@xcharlesbronsonx]

Hate plebbitors. They are all cancer and ban free discussion

[@erenjager6715]

Shut up

[@blank.000]

It doesn't help that their 'main' game - Spider-man 2 has a total dogshit storyline and absolutely NO REPLAY value.

[@IwinMahWay]

I hate how preachy and twitter like ps games are becoming.

[@Thecleetus]

Literally had to return that shit and get my money back 😹

[@Harrry_03]

finally someone who knows how dogshit and dreadful Spiderman 2 is

[@sawdust8691]

Ya... I can't say it's awful, but it definitely lost that spark and was messy. I've replayed the first Spiderman and even Miles Morales multiple times and like them still. But I don't feel like replying Spiderman 2. It's more of the same but for many reasons it just doesn't feel the same. It doesn't have that spark and passion that make me care. It's hard to put a precise finger on everything causing it, but it is definitely a problem. I could honestly resell the game and not miss it

[@MichaelM28]

Citation needed xbot

[@RyuNoZero]

so.. if there won't be a PS5pro.. you'll tell me that I skipped an entire console generation of the Playstation and missed out on practically absolutely NOTHING!? xD

[@aono335]

Precisely

[@Lala1028W]

Pimpsqueak pipe down

[@RyuNoZero]

@@Ra18To If you had fun with it, that was worth it for you :)

[@pizzaman8918]

To quote a wise man on a famous 9th gen console “Nintendo Switch has games”

[@Forsaken_17]

Nah u didnt miss a thing since all those ps5 games r available on ps4

[@a_kuma]

Sony ceased to think like a Japanese company and is now almost completely Westernized, so they will succumb to the same problems plaguing the West like DEI, greed over providing value to the customer etc. When they decided to acquire Bungie (I absolutely despise them) and go all in into live service, the writing is already on the wall for them and they couldn't see it. (Concord is gonna bomb so hard for them.) Then they decided to hike PS Plus subscription by 33%, it's a sayonara from me. I'm only PC + Nintendo now and I doubt I will ever return to the PlayStation ecosystem. This is coming from a lifelong PlayStation gamer who has owned every PS system (including portables & VR) since PS2.

[@Clownacy]

You were _absolutely fucking correct_ about Concord.

[@horus1979]

I moved from console to pc gaming about 1 and a half year ago...I wish I done it sooner. Console library felt like a stagnant sinking ship

[@thegamingbat2104]

for a game that took 25 hours to platinum no new game + at launch and missing features like changing time of day and final act feeling rushed it does shocks me it costed over a 300 million dollars to develop

[@journeytree]

Game development companies have to fund their HR and DEI departments.

[@Loco0089]

I gave up on PlayStation when they started their censorship policy. Nothing short of getting rid of that anti-consumer policy will get me to even consider getting a PS5. EDIT: Also, the PS5 isn't cheap.

[@therealjaystone2344]

DOAX3 really broke Sony

[@ashwilldaniels2223]

This

[@ausar1155]

Same brother

[@NetBattler]

Meanwhile they give western games a pass especially that abbyzilla segs scene 🤮

[@jerrydietzel2882]

No, the PS5 is not cheap. But if you are into gaming, the PS5 and the Xbox Series X are the best bang for your buck. Your not building a PC for that same price that will out perform them these days unfortunately.

[@LEWIS1992]

People complain about console exclusivity, THEN complain about games being exclusive to one platform. People are brain dead.

[@claudiopolonia7854]

Yeah I’ve been wondering if people would complain about PS5 if more games were gatekept from PC…

[@ABIADAB]

​​@Coolbens-ph7sjshould i be grateful that sony release a $700+ console then?

[@coachgonzalezpg1742]

Ps5 doesn’t feel special because there are no new triple A IP’s that are specific to ps5. PS3 brought Last of us, Uncharted PS4 brought ghosts of Tsushima, spiderman, horizon, final fantasy 7 Ps5 has Stellar blade? It seems like they coasted on their titles instead of innovating this generation

[@jamesgrottano5583]

THANK YOU WHY DOES NOBODY ADDRESS THIS

[@DaACTUALLYREALReddie]

Don’t forget, PS4 also has Gravity Rush and Bloodborne.

[@coachgonzalezpg1742]

@@DaACTUALLYREALReddie gravity rush originally launched on the PlayStation Vita

[@hareendrangangadharan6974]

Ps5 has spider man 2. (still it could have included in ps4 though, if GoW can do it the spidey can also )

[@coachgonzalezpg1742]

@@hareendrangangadharan6974 yea I’m saying that PS5 has no original IP’s. Spider-Man first launched on ps4 and part 2 came out on ps5. PS5 would be in a different situation if they had stellar games that were debuted as a series on to the ps5. Without those games, it just feels like the ps5 generation has no identity; like if the ps5 was just the 3rd iteration of ps4, not its own thing

[@pandaboogus]

No games, higher prices, no more exclusives, they pushed every incentive for me to purchase any of their future consoles. Sony has lost their way

[@MichaelM28]

PS5 has tons of games. What are you talking about?

[@XWXS2]

​@@MichaelM28 no it hasn't it has less games than the so called Console with no games (xbox)

[@basedimperialism]

​@@MichaelM28 Tons of games, yet nothing to play...

[@TheRealRuddRants]

@mydefenseisimpregnable 110% agreeable

[@ripewatermelonlol]

@@MichaelM28 literally the only things pushing me to have a ps5 is god of war ragnorok (which i can play on ps4), spiderman 2, and the upcoming gta 6(only because its not coming to pc its first year) along with the remake of until dawn and some sports games (both whom i can also play on other platforms and am currently playing on ps4) so if you actually count shit that im interested in, thats one exclusive, and one upcoming game that isnt coming to pc the first year, but if i was to wait on it, then i would literally buy a ps5 purely for spiderman 2. does that sound like a 600$ game to you?

[@abz7800]

ps5 is a ps4 pro remastered . this is the age of remakes remasters and sequel games

[@maalikserebryakov]

no creativity left All the creativity is in the brains of studios with no money all the money is in the brains of studios with no creativity

[@DreamFinityy]

This brother. Like honestly, I’m happy I can play games in 60 fps or solid 4k now, but at what cost? There is like 5 good Sony games rn and all the other ones are on PC already. It truly IS pathetic

[@aetherland1883]

@@maalikserebryakov and don't forget DEI, you are also paying your tips for them

[@ERTChimpanzee]

GTA VI says hi in autumn 2025.

[@Ocean5ix]

So you want to kill sequels too now?

[@anaguma90]

Compared the PS5 to the PS2. That console had an endless slew of insanely good games.

[@louradean9293]

A very unique ones too!

[@-demontime681]

Imagine having to pay to play on you own internet that you already pay crazy

[@CanforCanadainsfirst]

this generation is done already with the time it takes to build a "AAA game most are probably working on next gen games

[@AllieRX]

It all started when Sony Computer Entertainment (the division of Sony in charge of the PlayStation brand) became Sony Interactive Entertainment. Their U.S. and Japan-based offices would be merged, and they are now headquartered in California. Then they started censoring games in around 2018, namely Japanese games with sexualized women. Then they released the pathetic PlayStation Classic mini console. From there, it continued to get worse and worse and worse and worse for PlayStation. And here we are today.

[@RiasatSalminSami]

Anytime they censor sexualized women or do some feminist mumbo jumbo, you can count on the game being trash. The accuracy of this prediction is 99.99%

[@AllieRX]

@@RiasatSalminSami Well you're half correct. Stellar Blade was censored and is a fantastic hack 'n slash. But the ones with ugly women are the run-of-the-mill AAA schlop.

[@Artesian_mirage]

Californication

[@lewmio7375]

Oh God the right wingers found this video

[@ombrenoirdekiri7274]

We got the incel gooner in the comments

[@arandomcrow3768]

just came back to say things got even worse lmao , 800$ for the ps5 ''pro''

[@foxyfox5]

Nintendo are SO gonna clean up with their next machine. Through luck or judgement, they've avoided the trap Sony and Microsoft have fallen into.

[@paralleluniverse99]

100% judgement

[@mrluthfians01]

moving to Californi is a mistake

[@Jaroartx]

commiefornia

[@amarson2322]

california is keeping you big as hell

[@NobleDorito8698]

Ah yes Califomi

[@derjoghurtmitderecke]

Ravioli, Ravioli, give me the Californi.

[@moonknight2865]

No it wasnt. Sony is still doing good. You and this KZbinr are delusional.

[@DarkBlade6690]

This is why I don't buy newer consoles until they prove they're worth owning. Still rocking my Switch and Xbox One.

[@dancinglight8411]

Xbox players have a low sperm count tho…

[@BlackTone91]

You "buy newer consoles until they prove they're worth owning" and still bought Xbox One

[@DarkBlade6690]

@@BlackTone91 uhhh I got my Xbox One used in 2017 🤨

[@moist1700]

​@@BlackTone91the xbox one came out 11 years ago numbnuts. I'd say that's enough time to prove it's worth.

[@anunknownperson4018]

only reason i bought ps5 bc my xbox 360 dont work no more

[@darkmaster539]

Ps5 pro was $700 and showed of the last of us... LMAO

[@NikoKuehne]

you know the pro versions are kever worzh it, right? now its the slim versions you want

[@darkmaster539]

@NikoKuehne the ps4 pro was the same price as the launch ps4. Easily worth it if you had a 4k tv.

[@Neo_Rain146]

You didn’t even touch on the fact that the duelsense controllers are basically designed to fail. I’ve sent back three to Sony for replacement all with the same problem - Stick drift. I’ve got PS3 controllers that are 16 years old that still work great and have long battery life yet a 2024 duelsense analog stick will fail within months with stick drift? I thought this peculiar until I realised that Sony sells the duelsense edge for $200 and you can replace the analog on those? So basically they are selling a flawed product they know is going to fail so they can lure you into spending $200 on a edge controller? This is scummy business practices

[@victoruchiha4550]

Do you know if The dual sense edge has stick drift? I know it’s scummy but I want to get one I’m over the stick drift

[@evansvisual]

yeah sure i have 3 ps3 controllers that all of them are just pressing buttons on their own cause i didnt use them for a year or two.so that is not entirely true.also the ylod on og ps3 was a huge issue.dont sugarcoat everything

[@Neo_Rain146]

@@evansvisual Oh please quit exaggerating the ylod. It was an issue but not huge. You think these corporations wouldn’t do something scummy like put a know defective part into their controllers just so they can upsell you an even more expensive controller? Hate to break it to you but they would do it everyday and twice on Sunday

[@tylerbacoka4248]

oh and you'll also love to know that stick drift, can literally be 100 percent fixed in seconds by just recalibrating your controller on an external software app. Like literally seconds.

[@Neo_Rain146]

@@tylerbacoka4248 Yeah because that’s exactly what I want to do with my spare time. Recalibrate faulty controllers with external software

[@FTChomp9980]

Playstation 4,3,2 ans 1 has better Library of games then the PS5 heck the Switch has better 1st party Line up and it is a slow year.

[@lDongle]

Not entirely sonys fault. The way devs release and make their games now have changed.

[@justiceomally7434]

@@lDongle No, its entirely sony's fault. They are the gate keepers to the platform and decide who and what comes in then what goes out. the recent censorship thing with SB goes hard with this fact.

[@vp_wrld]

Wow, you’re telling me consoles that lasted 10+ years have a better library than a console that hasn’t even hit its 4th birthday? This is truly surprising

[@demeowszx]

​@@vp_wrldswitch on its 4th year is leagues better than this 500$ dust collector

[@Crashed131963]

Not to many new AAA games the Ps5 can not play . Many new AAA games the Ps4 can not play .

[@Chickensea10]

Days later after this has been posted, helldivers 2 is now over 10,000 negative reviews in response to sony forcing olayers to get a playstation account on steam when they comstantly get hacked every year

[@kukri52231]

Nintendo does it right. cheap hardware, limited scope, smaller budgets and development times, FUN games. And NO moviegames.

[@SinanPurtas]

I remember when me and the boys were hyped about the ps5 release back in 2020. it was almost impossible to get one. Eventually when i was hollering through the town we found a shop that sold 2 ps5‘s a month and we immedietly bought them. Its been 4 years since then and the console collects dust since

[@Dragirek]

I litteraly stopped my anual psn sub because my console collected dust and was bored, didn't want to spend 80€ on ps4 version 2 games Only game i enjoyed was stray

[@SinanPurtas]

@@Dragirek only game i used mine for was elden ring but that isnt even an playstation exclusive

[@Lostcontroller]

I was missing old Sony since the PS3 days...

[@joycongod4831]

I see that pfp ik what you are

[@Alex-mx3gs]

@@joycongod4831that hes an xbox fan? Bro i hate xbox but i bought Halo Collection on Steam recently

[@omgurSOromantic]

@@joycongod4831a pdf file?

[@Mermete8]

@@joycongod4831 I see that nick I know what you are

[@LunatoTsukiyo]

PS5 was the worst purchase I have made and everytime I booted it up I felt like I got ripped off. Never had this feeling once in all my 20 years of playing games and I got a fucking wii u on launch day, 3ds on launch.

[@cosmancho2959]

Get over yourself.

[@LunatoTsukiyo]

@@cosmancho2959 yeah I did when I sold that doorstopper 5

[@savien6401]

Looking back we should appreciate the 3DS 😊

[@Indigo_1001]

Sucks to be you I guess

[@LunatoTsukiyo]

@@Indigo_1001 nah I got a pc so I am ballin, btw heard stellar blade is getting a pc port? LOL

[@TrashK1ngg]

Sunset overdrive died so Insomniac could become an MCU content generator. You hate to see it

[@brytilaar]

And yeah Sunset Overdrive is an Xbox Exclusive

[@goldy_on_pc930]

Don’t forget Sonys first party games constantly being simplified and lacking any gameplay depth

[@doomslayer8985]

and turning them into movies cause they are so desperated to appeal the hollywood audience as a sense of validation just look at the TLOU series

[@shawklan27]

......Returnal?

[@NetBattler]

Spider simulator 2 is one of them

[@Vyyc-m9g]

​@@shawklan27 and it's the worst selling PlayStation game

[@godzillazfriction]

​@@doomslayer8985ok, not TLOU... it definitely does appeal to the 'cinematic' appeal but that's just the aesthetics, and both TLOU games are more lenient of having a different game formatted medium that will work for a 'game' - only which 95% of TLOU is you playing the game through the gameplay, and the different formatted medium it took for its gameplay and storytelling... GoW 4 is clearly inspired by it, and it certainly does balance it out more than TLOU which is more lenient towards the gameplay, whereas Ragnarok didn't balance that out at as well as GoW 4 did.

[@Xenokayoh]

I should probably stress this now that this video was published before Sony decided to enforce a PSN signup requirement for Helldivers 2, which is why I didn't bring it up in this video. So yeah.....lmao

[@michaellee4463]

Sony just reversed the Helldivers 2 PSN requirement We up boys!

[@bhabhutiji1169]

@@michaellee4463 for ps5 as well or just for pc?

[@dsp3414]

My PlayStation store doesn’t work and hasn’t since i bought the damn thing.

[@bhabhutiji1169]

@@dsp3414 how

[@JulienMoutin]

Now is xbox turn. So yeah.....lmao

[@SimplyTexy]

the fact that ps5 pro and ps6 is coming soon is genuinely stupid, only getting a ps5 for gta 6

[@doomslayer8985]

and gta 6 being a 3rd party game (Rockstar) which makes these consoles look pathetic where 1st exclusives are no longer incentive enough to purchase one, might as well get a PC where you got almost the entire PS catalog

[@kain7219]

​@@doomslayer8985ill never understand this. To get a pc thats as strong as a ps5 you'll have to spend way more money. People are too broke for that. There is a whole pc channel that tried proving you didnt need as much money as a ps5 costs to get a pc thats stronger and failed so miserably.

[@Omega-jg4oq]

I've heard about PS5 pro, but PS6?? WHAT?

[@SimplyTexy]

@@Omega-jg4oq lol i exaggerated a bit but Sony said 4 years, 2028 for ps6

[@SimplyTexy]

@@kain7219 pc is more expensive but games are cheaper and online is free also you don't have to worry about if your games will carry over to next gen or not and if your pc is can't run everything in 5 years than you can upgrade or just have a super fast computer to work/use the internet my old consoles just collect dust sadly :(

[@basedchimera5859]

You were 100% correct about the price of the PS5 pro.

[@XWXS2]

Finally someone who is speaking some facts! the biased stuff against xbox even as a ps 5 owner is getting on my nerves because I got both and ps 5 is the worst ps console ever! the start was the most pathetic stuff ever. There is a reason why Jim needs to leave but no one ever believed meee! "ohh Jim don't wanna fly anymore he is tired and too old" .... Sure Sony just want to make sure to not destroy the reputation of playstation and the name of the company for saying he efffed up. He was the worst ceo ever. We know how big the S***Storm would be if they did it like that.

[@mravg79]

This is copy pasted comment I wrote to reply another user: I own a few pieces of hardware to play games on. I’m gaming since ‘92. My take on it corporations are worth each other all have their fair share of sh!itty behavior. This gen I’m disappointed in both Sony and MS.

[@alenmack3471]

I’ve started to notice that once they’re done with an IP, they kill their online mode. LittleBigPlanet, Twisted Metal, ModNation Racers, and soon they’ll come after Uncharted.

[@ZakKypto]

Im glad I switched to PC. I can play Xbox and PlayStation games without paying to play online.

[@razor_no1]

But Gpu's cost 3 times as much as they used to, for the price difference I can buy a PS5, a TV, several years of PS Plus and don't have to cope with millions of cheaters in every online game.

[@TORTLESSS]

@@razor_no1 an equivalent pc is like 650usd, and you can even play games released from 2010 🤣🤣 Steam sales also offer cheaper games: for example skyrim anniversary is $10, while in playstation store its $49

[@Wolvandhiek]

​​​​​​@@razor_no1RX 6500 is cheap as shit though. Also you can always get old generation components that have similar performance. PS5 is not cutting edge, the marketing only makes you think so. The ultimate 4k gaming is fake, you get an upscaled 4k than a native one with unstable 30 FPS. It's a gimmick, Sony has ripped you off. So much for "playing with no limit" with such limitations.

[@razor_no1]

@@Wolvandhiek I know exactly what the PS5 is capable of, I don't need playing with no limit. And you also get NOT "playing with no limit" on PC either, because there is always a bottleneck. Whether its the GPU, or the CPU, games on PC are limited too. Instead of trying to convince others with your dumb masterrace bullshit, you should let everyone decide where he wants to play.

[@beri4138]

Same just wish I could play Bloodborne and Stellar Blade.

[@FezCaliph]

I think it’s also the fact that people no longer allow these companies to use them and then throw them away when they need to do budget cuts eventually. These intelligent people did insane crunches and often didn’t get the proper compensation and respect for the work.

[@benny21293]

most of the layoffs in the gaming industry right now are not because the companies are struggling but rather because the people up top can't comprehend why the insane growth during covid is not persisting. Most gaming companies are still very much very profitable. The PS5 is currently still the best selling console (outselling the switch on a weekly basis) despite no games, so from a management perspective it does really seem that people will buy the "upgrade" anyways hence the PS5 Pro

[@whoever_81]

Finally a voice of reason. PS5 also outselling the PS4.

[@UmbreonMoonlight]

Most companies think we still have all that disposable income that we had during the pandemic

[@TuneTamasha]

they liked that money they want it forever greedy psychos

[@definitelynotapervert5602]

Sony used to have so much variety in their franchises that for some time, I actually prefered their IPs over Nintendo's. But ever since the PS4, the publisher has released only a dozen or so major games with very similar gameplay and systems with little deviation. That approach has completely bit them in the ass with the PS5 with how ridiculously long development cycles have gotten. Sony absolutely needs to scale back the production of their games considerably. Their current direction and business model is not sustainable and will only hurt them in the long run in terms of financial success and consumer morale. They need to bring back long dormant IPs, invest in smaller and more unique games, and ditch the homogenous cinematic style they've adopted since The Last of Us.

[@drachenzahne9262]

That last paragraph sums up my feelings exactly. I'd kill for another Jumping Flash! game that's short but immensely fun and replayable. I've beaten the sequel numerous times because of how gosh darn good it is.

[@corey2232]

I'm just surprised their fans never hold them accountable, and instead deflect to insulting Xbox. When MS f'd up the announcement of the XB1, fans spoke with their wallet & jumped ship. But when Sony continues to show they'll just keep screwing you over, they excuse it & even attack pro-consumer things from other companies? - Being transparent, Microsoft announces most 1st party games will be cross-gen for the first couple years, drawing the ire of the internet. Sony responds with "we believe in console generations" & recieves all the praise.... Then they proceed to release nearly ever 1st party game cross gen on PS4 anyway. - In an unprecedented move, Sony INCREASES hardware prices 2 years *AFTER* launch! - Charges you a $10 upgrade fee for some PS5 versions of PS4 games you already own - Raises prices to $80 on *BASIC ONLINE!* - Increasingly releases games on PC, despite fans mocking MS for doing that years earlier - Retools PS Now & PSN to more closely compete with Game Pass, despite fans insulting GP users as "broke" and mocking them for not buying all their games - Remakes & "Remasters" of recent games, including ones with remasters already & the most recent entries in a series! And this is after years of other issues (like being pulled kicking & screaming into allowing cross play/cross saves), releasing Spider-Man 2 as their only AAA 1st party developed game for 2023 & 2024, and buying 3rd party exclusivity to keep games off other platforms. Meanwhile, the "Xbox has no games/Xbox only has Halo, Gears & Forza" crowd are pre-ordering & buying up MS games on PS5 like crazy... none being Halo, Gears or Forza? Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush, Grounded... games that existed this whole time on Xbox, proving they were ignored only for fanboy reasons. Oh, and you keep hearing people brag about "whole slate" coming to PS5. "Whole slate" of what? I thought Xbox had no games? So nothing is coming, right? And if those games do come & are successful, it just reaffirms that they were unfairly dragged through the mud for console wars nonsense. I say all this as a Nintendo fan/PC-only guy, having zero Xbox consoles. /rant - Thank you for coming to today's Ted Talk 😅

[@benny21293]

I feel like PlayStation has solidified brand loyalty this gen, a lot of people I know with PS5s got them because it's the "new one" like many people do with phones and not because of any games or features

[@toddhoward1133]

Xbox owner here. I think Microsoft continues to F up left and right. I love gamepass and the indie games but it shouldn't be a substitute. The reason I don't have a PS5 though is because I would be playing the same triple A games anyway because im not into what they are selling rn. Every PS5 exclusive is a 3rd person action game with forced on the nose storytelling that tells you what to think(aside from Ragnarok imo) and I'm just not really into that genre. I've been waiting for playstation to give me any reason to get a PS5 and I'm hoping silent hill 2 remake is it but we will wait and see.

[@XWXS2]

Thank you for finally stating the facts litteraly in your text! I say all of this for years now to all my playstation fanboy friends lol I played 8 years on ps 4 before that more on 360 instead of ps 3 and before that I had ps 2 and og xbox and This Biased stuff against xbox is so out of touch with reality because of incompetent Sony fanboys and thier console war against xbox and almost everyone is in on youtube and Media because it was all a big brainwash xbox is really trying to safe gaming and not playstation. Because they still sit on that xbox one backlash from 2013. What is absolutely outrageous. Of course they turned into the right direction since 2017 and are trying to be better in pretty much everything the series x and the service and gamepass are waaaay better than anything playstation has to offer the next generation will belong to Microsoft mark my words and I actually want to see that because xbox 360 invented how online gaming is now on consoles and playstation copied soooo many things exactly like xbox but no one ever dares to speak on that because Sony fanboys will find you.

[@solidsnake6731]

Thanks for stating the facts Sony Fanboys deny that and console war is worse than ever before and because everyone is jumping on the ps 5 bandwagon just look in community's reddit Facebook etc.. Evrywhere Sony fanboy zombies I don't have anything against a gamer but I have something against fanboys who are stating thier console is better without facts. Besides sales just because they can't think for themselves. All the things you Listed are 100% true the industry don't Held them accountable and it pisses me off like Media is acting like playstation is so god tier but the state is actually so bad right now its so smelly.

[@Loco0089]

You may want to add Sony's censorship policy in their list of recent goofs.

[@kerwinhilario602]

They just announced the PS5 Pro, it's only €800 😂😅

[@delzarfarman]

There are so many games to play with it though mostly ps4 games

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

​@@delzarfarman lmao you wanna buy that overpriced garbage

[@delzarfarman]

@@DragonOfTheMortalKombat do you understand sarcasm?

[@baki484]

Pathetic is certainly the way I'd describe them and then they come out talking about how they are ready to move to the ps6. It's been piss poor then the heavily anticipated Spiderman 2 was also rushed and is missing things that were in the first game. Then you have naughty dog making unnecessary remakes to games that don't need it. Then there's the whole games being movies instead of being games.

[@TheAfterglowProject]

The numbers show they did need it. Just because you refused to buy it doesn’t mean everyone else didn’t.

[@baki484]

​​@@TheAfterglowProject The ps5 can play ps4 games how the hell do they need the useless remakes?

[@TheAfterglowProject]

@@baki484 you don’t need video games. You want them. If you have the extra cash I’m not going to judge how you spent it video game wise. I don’t think we need plenty of games. Because games aren’t necessary. They’re a commodity. No one screams and goes nuts when the phantom menace constantly comes back to theaters. You have to stop reading what other people think and use your brain. Phantom Menace or Avatar re releases or Harry Potter re releases aren’t a cash grab. You have them in your home, right? Why would you need to see it in theaters? Looks way better on that, doesn’t it? These developers often aren’t the monsters you think. They know what they’re doing.

[@TheAfterglowProject]

@@baki484 you’re entitled to your opinion. I get it. I don’t like the recent master collection by Konami for metal gear. But I’m not going to bash it and act extremely confused about how games have huge budgets just like blockbuster movies. They deserve to make their money twice if movies can make their money twice, or thrice. Money speaks to companies. The popular opinion may not always be yours but at least you can have one. Nothing is in unnecessary of the money talks. Stop playing games you hate. No one wants to hear about it. People just get online to air their grievances and wonder why they’re so unhappy all the time.

[@baki484]

1) Seems like the only person who's bothered and unhappy here is you dont project your negative feelings onto me. 2.) "You can have your opinions that's fine" only to go on a stupid rant then makes the dumbest assumptions thinking I buy crap I don't like for reasons again stop projecting. 3.) congratulations you identified the difference between luxury and a necessity. 4.) re-releasing old stuff isn't the issue but horizon does not need a remake neither did the last of us (both of them) nor uncharted 4 because they are relatively new games the pc ports alone would have sufficed. 5.) I don't need the internet to formulate my opinions I just have to look at the upcoming stuff or lack thereof to formulate my opinions. 6.) Metal gear games or old enough to get remakes I'm not into them but they old enough (I couldn't care less what you like) 7.) Now enjoyed bring nickel and dimes by a creativity backrupt companies attemptimg to relive it's glory days. Given how shitty starwars movies have been I wonder why they'd bring back the phantom menace? If anyone needs to use their brain here is you. Maybe get off the internet if you are this bothered by the topics being discussed in the video instead bitching to some random commenter on KZbin.

[@GL1TCH1N]

It's sad how most of this can be said about Xbox. Hell, I'd say they're even worse.

[@BillRizer-we4iq]

Maybe he doesnt care about xbox

[@lp15val]

you forgot who invented paid online services.

[@urbanscarecrow]

Found the pony

[@rotoocold3444]

@@BillRizer-we4iqit’s just weird to say “modern PS problems” when the gaming industry as a whole are dealing with these same problems let’s be real

[@Jdn__0001]

Not really

[@PixelPikmin]

This is so true. I got a Ps5 for Christmas last year and for what? No exclusives and Sony literally telling me “Just got the console? Too bad no new exclusive games until next year” and at that point I’m gonna be picking up that rumored switch 2 and its games, so Sony already lost my money.

[@SIPEROTH]

I get wanting more of the older variety of Sony games during PS3 and PS4 and that they are missing smaller titles BUT this "what do i have this for there is nothing to play" mentality is beyond me. If you got a console is so you can play games on it, not to wait for that specific game that can only be played on that console. And in that department there are dozens of games released every month. Just play games and have fun. And even that game list of few exclusives is double if you consider that many titles are excluded just because they made a PS4 version as well. Sackboy isn't there, God of War isn't there, Horizon isn't there, Kena Bridge of Spirits isn't there, Grand Turismo 7 isn't there etc. All those are games released during PS5 life circle but they made versions for PS4 as well so they don't get put on the list. PS2 is loved by all and praised for the rich game library but during PS2 Sony didn't release that much first party. It was mostly third party games. But people didn't care because they went to the PS2 shelf on the store and had all types of games to pick and play and they were happy. No one sat there calculating if the console was worthless because Sony released only one or two games that year that was actually made by themselves. Why do people treat consoles so different now? Why don't you just get excited to play games and you only get excited if it is some first party game?

[@sumomaster5585]

@@SIPEROTH Then might as well get a PC? without exclusive games, consoles don't provide enough value except the switch

[@PixelPikmin]

@@sumomaster5585This. I exclusively bought Nintendo for years because of how many exclusives they had and the variety in exclusives. If I’m gonna get another console on top of a switch, I need reasons to play it. The Ps5 isn’t offering me a reason atm. I’ll probably use it until I can afford a PC at this point bc I can get all of the games on Ps5 and more.

[@erenjager6715]

God of war Ragnarök, Spiderman 2, Atro Bot, Returnal, Ratched and Clank, Horizon Forbidden West, Spiderman Miles Morales, Gt7. Are you kidding me?🤡

[@PixelPikmin]

@@erenjager6715 You do realize everything on that list except Spiderman 2 is also on PS4 and PC right? And the 2 games exclusive to it aren’t enough to justify a purchase

[@AvaaSlays_Swiftie]

Yet no one complained that Sony fired 900 people. Only everyone else gets shit.

[@Num1MarioFan]

the fact that Nintendo isn't going through financial problems and also aren't increasing prices to 100 dollars in the Australian market is just funny to me.

[@BugBench]

$90aud for new switch games hurt :’)

[@Num1MarioFan]

@@BugBench huh? Wdym?

[@Slur_the_Badguy]

​@@Num1MarioFan Pls stop it, Nintendo is not the saint u think they are💀

[@axelblade2710]

Bruh Nintendo be making you pay 60$ for games that game out 10 years ago and they are making you pay the price of a triple A game for games that run on 10 year old hardware and that run even worse

[@merathe9391]

Same company that released a limited edition of Mario trilogy game and said that it will only be available in a physical copy but later decides to release it online or the fact that they shut down a fan event. Nintendo are one of the biggest scum of a company that have walked on this planet, right next to ea

[@gumerzambrano]

As someone who doesn't really game anymore it was pretty funny seeing people overpay for a PS5 during the shortage

[@Jeustful]

Also the puritan censorship on the PS5.

[@kaleviHekonen9527]

True. Why would anyone buy their weeb games for ps5, when you can get them uncensored for switch or pc?

[@SIPEROTH]

That is one of the most annoying things that they did after moving to the US headquarters. I9t killed many of those funny or silly Japanese game that added variety.

[@KoiStewart-r6d]

​@@kaleviHekonen9527maybe they're thinking about their younger gamers that's why they censor they've been doing it for years or maybe the parents are complaining

[@austinking5092]

@@KoiStewart-r6dbro the games that are censored are rated M. Kids aren’t supposed to play those games.

[@simoneidson21]

@@austinking5092 You know how many kids played GTA V right?

[@bigd5090]

The difference is Japan led Sony PlayStation always tried to listen to fans and realised they'd screwed up with the PS3 launch and actually course corrected! This is a different American led Sony Interactive Entertainment where zero f%&ks are given!

[@nafisishtiaque]

PS3 has the best exclusive. Lot of variety Sony took lot of risk

[@vergil1155]

Different times as well. Metoo and cancel culture has changed society and how entertainment is made. That's the reason the OG God of war games aren't even on new systems. Consored remakes like re4 remake. Although it was good but it changed some dialogue that was considered "offensive". Couple that with corporate greed and completely safe no risk business practices and you have recipe for disaster. The older devs never had restrictions. They put entertainment first. Thats the reason ps2 and ps3 were the goats. Ps4 had great game in early going but 8th Gen was already showing signs of the problems I mentioned.

[@nafisishtiaque]

@@vergil1155 ya I need to play last of us 2. The cover is a turn off

[@vergil1155]

@@nafisishtiaque that game is exactly what I was talking about actually.

[@victoruchiha4550]

@@vergil1155I’m with cancel culture and some words offend me so it’s good that they take that dialogue out. #Pridemonth

[@vergil1155]

@@victoruchiha4550 misery loves company.

[@HULK-HOGAN1]

PS5 is part of a garbage console generation. Barely any good games, wasted 2 years of its life cycle by not circumventing scalpers and dared to increase the price for its 3 year old console. The only good thing it's done is haptic triggers despite failing miserably at mandating its use to developers so it's severely underutilized.

[@vitoc8454]

Haptic triggers felt so cool with Doom: Eternal. It actually *felt* like you were shooting different weapons

[@HULK-HOGAN1]

@@vitoc8454 100% its insanely cool

[@chozochiefxiii3298]

Both of these companies are a complete circus. Lack of variety is my biggest problem with this generation and last generation. Variety apparently died in the 7th gen.

[@thatoneguy8146]

0:19 Netflix box ha

[@realkingofantarctica]

Sony has brand recognition, and they know it, and I have a worrying theory about what they're going to do about it. Historically, consoles are sold at a loss and companies make their money primarily from game sales, which is a huge reason why consistent release schedules and exclusives are so important. The PS5, despite being comparable in quality to a trail of spit on a wall, has already sold over 50 million units. Streamers, celebrities, TikTok personalities, they all flex PS5's in the same vein (pun intended) as they do their Lamborghinis and their Balenciaga. Sony has proven that they care more about profits than gamers. I hate to use this term, but the "normies" with too much money who will buy anything remotely trendy are the new target audience. Effectively, Sony can release a new console, raise the price above what it's actually worth, and do absolutely nothing to support its library, which will obviously give them an excuse to shut down even more studios. Then, a few short years down the line, they can release another worthless piece of hardware that appeals to nobody but everyone apparently _needs_ to have... and then bam. Sony becomes the new Apple. Supported by a sea of consumers who only understand "buy" and "spend."

[@slashingkatie7872]

As a Nintendo fan, who had to endure the Sony and Xbox fanboys saying how Nintendo is a baby system and they need to go third party, this is a satisfying time to live in. I’m literally Brian Griffin saying “YEAH! IN YOUR F$&@ing FACE F$&@ WAD!!”

[@PeruvianPotato]

I mean it still is pretty much aimed at a younger demographic and this is coming from a Switch owner (serious waste of money)

[@MoeE3999]

I emulate Nintendo games on PC and compared to PS games they are in general more fun.PC + a Nintendo(or steam deck) console is the way to go honestly.

[@Forsaken_17]

Yeah nintendo switch is shit still but ps5 is also sucking it now

[@Killer_Bee06]

Can't wait for Marvel vs Capcom collection to come out

[@ryandemboski6313]

​@@PeruvianPotato its aimed at nintendo fans (which im guessing you are not)

[@krocialblack]

The amount of fanboys getting triggered in the comment section, are the reason why playstation is where they are today...

[@JohnJohnic00]

Dominating? Yes, PS consumers actually buy games.

[@Ejohns1004]

Nah he's just incorrect.

[@urbanscarecrow]

Exactly. Fanboys are on copium life support right now.