Sony has to do everything in the most adversarial way possible. "FINE, we'll give you what you want, but it's on OUR terms! Want to know more? FUCK OFF!"
Considering how good the emulation was on most PS1 & PS2 game on PS3, hopefully about the same or even better. I will say it's frustrating that PS3 games will be streaming only, and not emulated. That does not make any sense and is stupid. PS Now might as well still exist, if PS3 games are streaming only. You have the money and means Sony. Either that, or start re-releasing your games that did not make it to last generation.
I'd love to be able to plug my PS1/2/3 games into my PS5(I mean PS4 would be better but they're not gonna update that at this point) and have them work. That's the big reason I got a THICC PS3 which no longer works reliably. Now I have to futz around with the PC to try to play those older games.
I kept my PS2 slim, so I can play PS2 and PS1 games. I got an HDMI Converter that does 720p and 1080p. The only thing that sucks is that I can play light gun games with gun controllers anymore.
They’re tip-toeing the waters for a reaction, which shows they’re not exactly confident about everything yet. It’s what happens when big companies are forced to chase the money through the double edged sword that is competition. Same thing happened with the motion control crap, then VR, then streaming services, now this. Some of it works out better than others but Sony will end up straddling a fine line the more they veer away from their main strengths.
Yoshida also admitted they (Sony) didn’t seem to understand why PS4 was selling so well.
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Yoshida also admitted they (Sony) didn’t seem to understand why PS4 was selling so well.
Uh, yeah…so, they like, made a fairly budget friendly, well performing games system that focused on games and cut the frivolous bs unlike their main competitor for starters?
It kinda goes to show how out of touch companies can be, and that some of their success is often more miraculous than anything. One would think even if they read what folks are saying on a few of the more popular gaming message boards it’d get them a better sense of things than any focus group bs organized by the suits in charge.
Anyways, here’s a bit of an explanation where the “style of development” is blamed for misjudging Demon’s Souls -
Sony admits "dropping the ball" with Demon's Souls
Sony has admitted it made a big mistake deciding not to publish cult RPG hit Demon's Souls in the US and Europe.
Ironically enough though, Yoshida thought GoW 2018 was trash too when he first played it, so double yeah. Then there’s that story about them sweating bullets about revealing Horizon: Zero Dawn because Aloy was a woman. It’s kinda fitting that the head of Guerrilla Games is now in charge of PlayStation. It’s just too bad he still has to take orders from Jim Ryan.
My thicc PS3 stopped working at some point and I had to send it back for repair, I was so worried to would ship me back a non compatible version, thankfully they didn't and I still have that massive thing, can also double as a wrecking ball if I ever have to take down a concrete wall. With how well the the NES/SNES mini did I'm surprised there's not a bigger push for retro console, imagine some mini PS1/PS2 that you could buy cartridge or DVD for with like 10-20 games on them or something and just plug and play easy, should sell pretty well and they could probably make those out of outdated cell phone parts or something. I guess working out the legal issues might be more complicated than it's worth.
The so-called "immersive sim" games never ever ever click for me. Prey, Dishonnered, Death Loop, these first person explorative choice heavy games just never feel right for me. I don't know why I feel like I just see through the wool these games try to pull over the player's eyes and see them for what they are. Death Loop i was pretty harsh on duing my impressions thread and frankly i thought it was one of the worst games of last year.
I agree with Yahtzee to an extent. The problem with the game is not that it's too good, but that there are so many other games like it. Bioshock, Dead Space, Evil Within 2, etc. At the end of the day this reboot was just another game that wanted to be System Shock 2. Prey (2017) should have just been called something else. The fact that the sequel got canceled still burned in a lot of hardcore fans of The originals mines. No matter how good the game would have been and is, that wouldn't take care of the void in their heart. I bought Prey (2017) on sale once used, but never got around to installing it and later we sold it at a higher price or something else. Bethesia for canceling the sequel and they know that.
My own FPS-phobia aside, it is true that I freaking LOVED Dishonored. I played it in super-stealth mode, super-murder mode, I was obsessed.
Maybe I’ll give Dishonored another try someday. I tried it a few years ago and had it refunded on Steam after the opening level didn’t impress, but I might’ve been too distracted with other games and asked myself if I really need another backlog item currently.
I think the problem with 'immersive sim' games is they often try to do too many different things so end up being stretched too thing to be great at anything. That leaves the narrative to do the heavy lifting and once you've gone the 'choice really matter' route that hits the same problem keeping the narrative structure solid while also allowing it to go all over the place *or* you make the choices not really matter and piss off the players that shit is important to. The end result to all that is a game with 'servicable' gameplay and a sprawling, confused narrative that mostly serves to show how impressed the writers/designers are with their own galaxy branes.
It's one of my favourite game, over 100 hours into it, if you like organic exploration its really great for that.
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