PlayStation Universe goes into the heart of its community to discover what the early adopters of Vita really think about it.
With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.
It was worrisome to begin with.
It's a niche genre with only a handful of hits that can stand the test of time.
I like the sound of that!! I will for sure never support these gaas games.
Sony must be shocked at gamer's reaction, making them cancel a few of these and hopefully go back to the good heavy hitters they had us used to..
now bring on that PSPro reveal and show us some SP 1st party awesomeness.
It's pretty ridiculous.
Imagine having a breadth of data at your disposal to see the statistically low success rate of these games, only to be laser focused on the exceptional case studies.
Only a few will catch on. You need a perfect storm to be successful in GaaS and a bit of luck on top of that. But a potential cash cow will keep them trying and some will go out of business because of it.
Helldivers 2 manages just fine…
Keep production costs low… don’t just make custscenes until the mechanics and enemies are perfected first.
Make so much content that you can drip extra content for years, and the game already feels complete without them.
Most importantly: make weapons, enemies, levels, and mechanics that will stand the test of 1000 hours. This might require more devs embracing procedurally generated leveled, which I think separates Helldivers 2 from Destiny’s repetitiveness.
Nameer from eXputer: "Some exceptions aside, I don't think the battle pass is a net positive for gaming with how they're implemented in most live service titles."
I like the way Helldivers 2 does battle passes. It allows you to make purchases on each level of the battle pass and gives you the option of choosing which item to unlock first. The more purchases you make using medals the further you progress. There is no timer and you can earn medals towards purchasing stuff via personal orders and Major orders.
I haven't played much live service games that have battle passes but I remember some games that have battle passes where you progress through it linearly using an exp system. What makes it really bad is that the battle pass will have like 50 or more levels with the cooler stuff being closer to the end. They also have an in-game shop that sells exp boosters so you can reach the end of the pass before it refreshes. Everyone ilse will have to grind their way through.
battle pass in fortnite is perfect; buy one and it buys the rest for every other season as it gives you more money than the first cost. so 8.50 and season ends with you getting 13.00, it pays for the next and you have some pocket change to save up for cash shop. All of which is optional
Sony is taking actions as video by Moore’s Law is Dead, has been issued with a copyright claim.
And people say it's all fake because Sony haven't said anything 😂 conveniently forget the PS4 Pro was only announced 2 months before release.
Digital foundry put a video out saying what he leaked was exactly what they also knew about the PS5 PRO. So no it's not just stuff he made up
Aye because they'd go to the effort of copyright claiming it if it didn't exist 🙃😂 you'd have to be a special kind to be thinking its not a thing by now
U mean the specs that we'll established digital foundry which said these are the actual specs published a video on 2 weeks ago I mean they are only one of most trusted sites for tech information but they just made up a video for the sake of it
I would love for it all to be fake, but lots of people are saying they've seen/heard the same thing. But, man, we 100% don't need mid-gen upgrades when we're failing hard to optimize current hardware.
if I recall Sony lowered sales expectations for PS5 earlier this year. if that is the case we won't hear anything about a Pro until next year or shortly before/when it's dropping. After all, if the Pro was dropping this year/fiscal year they wouldn't have lowered expectations.
As for squashing rumors. Yeah, shit like this prevents potential buyers from adopting now, just like slim rumors in the past. It only makes sense to keep things under wraps from a business perspective. Despite living in a technological age of unfettered access to information we don't need to know whats going on behind closed doors be that at Sony, Nintendo, MS, or amongst any development studios. When the steak is done we shall feast.
By the time games are actually made to take advantage of the pro spec's the ps6 will be released or close to it.
Just announce it already! I want to preorder one asap. But in reality they don’t want to lessen PS5 sales until Pro is ready to launch so I understand the business part of it. September is probably when they announce it with an early November launch like the PS4 Pro
Pro won't lessen sales sames ps4 pro never and the ps4 pro was more relevant at the time cos move to 4k this not needed
Yea, my brother got his PS4 (coz of a good deal) after the PS4 Pro's release.
^^same here. I got a base 4 for only $100 off a guy who bought the Pro. then a few months later I found a guy on craigslist selling a pro for $100 because it was left behind by his former roommate who moved out. That was the beginning of my obsession to buy up the different variants of the PS4 that were released.
As of now I am really only missing the 500m one and the gold slim but otherwise I have pretty much all the other retail ones. https://consolevariations.c...
Anyone with 4K that appreciates 60fps is gonna disagree about it not being needed.
DLSS is a god send for Nvidia, and there's been nothing like it for AMD...yet ...
They will announce it around E3 timeframe about May-June whenever they do a showcase for the year.
I don't think it will pll still haven't seen the potential of ps5 yet
agreed, but it might sell if they announce some 1st party games to lead the way. if people see the difference with the base version they can move on. for my sake I am still gaming mainly on PS4 (still not finished with RDR2 due to lack of gaming time). I have a huge backlog on PS5 I am hoping to get into.
why? game makers havnt even come close to maxing out current spec yet, were getting al lthese new TFlops and game maker are making crappy remakes not worthy of the ps3
People keep saying that, yet we still have games running at near HD resolutions, 30fps, and ray tracing features turned off.
I would take that video and upload a torrent of it, fuck that copyright bullshit. If your going to do something that has a chance of being taken down, make a torrent first share it. Then Sony or any other company is helpless and you can laugh in their faces, taunting them to try to take it down 🤣
As much as the PS4 Pro didn't represent a major % in the playerbase, announcing a 'better' model will hinder sales from the 'base' model. They are right, business-wise.
The vita is a very good platform.
My only wish is, I wish it was cheaper and included a memory card to boot.
Why? Simply because I want more people to own this device and gain development support.
If the vita were to undergo a redesign of some form or shape I would simply build it with built in memory like the go and drop the price on that bad boy. Also, I feel the current analog sticks are limited, if I were to redesign these, I would go with something similar to whats found on them Sega dreamcast controllers.
As it currently stands, Sony should be wise and price match the 3DS at $160.00 with the wifi only model and include a 4gb memory card in the deal.
Then price the 3G model at $180.00 with an 8gb memory card stick.
As for the games? Those will sell themselves once the platform is in more hands.
"My only wish is, I wish it was cheaper and included a memory card to boot."
Why? Simply because I want more people to own this device and gain development support.
"Sony should be wise and price match the 3DS at $160.00 with the wifi only model and include a 4gb memory card in the deal."
while i understand where you are coming from, i think your being a little to unrealistic.
to price match the 3DS is not in the cards, An by all right's it should not Be priced the same. The reason being what tech in the PSVita an what Tech that is in the Nintendo 3DS are not anywhere near each other in their hardware spec's.
Now I know many would Say the Spec's do not really matter it's the Game's that matter. Thats a sound advice, but also if you want to be honest about it, Spec's do provide a machine to be able to do certain thing's better.
Development Support for the PSVita is not like that of the PSP, for one the PSVita has unified development platform that frankly is way cheap enough to allow HomeBrew developer's to be able to make games for the PSVita, without breaking the bank. starting at $99.00 a year is very reasonable to development cost's.This worry about less development studios for the PSVita I think is way to early to bring up as a lynchpin for the PSVita not doing enough to secure Development for the Machine. I mean $99.00 a year is way more reasonable to develop on the thing when you do not even need a Development kit at all to test an debug. you can use the PC simulator with the SDK.
This real IDEA about the PSVita was an is about mainly the Price, the blank memory cards may be a little higher, but that's mainly to offset piracy, no on boad memory once again to off set piracy. Remember what happened to the PSP, even the PSPGo people waited to buy the unit, until mainly it was to the point no store would carry it. an the simple reason is perception!.
Many gamer's today want alot for less money, nothing wrong with that. In my opinion it's really all boil's down to a perception of the product. Many Gamer's today Value Sony products less valuable than Nintendo an Microsoft again nothing wrong with that at it's core, it's where many view that is mainly perception not the true value of what the product is worth.
I would say it's more about Sony should price their product because of some massive perceived loss of market share is so great that the systems that Sony put's out is less viable of a choice for the gamer in the market.
look at the PS3 for even though it was the most Expensive system on the market, the value perceived of the PS3 was it's way too expensive for it's value in the market, that was one of the main complaints about it. even to this day many still think the PS3 is not worth the cost, an would like to see it priced much lower. The truth of the matter really is many feel the need to think unless your the top selling system in the market your somehow less viable of a choice.
Im not saying there is not some truth to that, what i am going to say it's being blown way out of proportion for this market, the point is there is mainly three, count them Three companies that make dedicated game consoles! in a race in contest's being last in a three person race is not very much of a Loss!
Its mainly a Perception about the product's worth more than what that product is really worth.
Today it seem's many gamer's want the price of a luxury high end spec'ed game system far lower than what it's worth.Which there is nothing wrong with that at it's core, I just think that's being a little bit Unrealistic.
its awesome !!!!!!!!
I have a Vita, and I think it's pretty awesome, but what I really want is a wider selection of games. Don't get me wrong though, the launch line-up is good and all but as of right now, there isn't really anything released that interests me (the game I really look forward to is Gravity Rush). Of course, because the Vita is so new, it's only natural that there isn't a lot of games for it yet. Can't wait till June though, that's when a ton of promising looking games come out!
I have the wi-fi model and I'm really enjoying it so far. Navigating through games/applications is simple and intuitive (love the touch-screen) and the dual analog sticks are great for games. I feel like its a PS3 combined with an ipod touch and I love that.
My only gripe is that it can be uncomfortable to play games on after a decent length of time. When switching between using the analog sticks, buttons, touch-screen and also the touch-pad on the back, it can be awkward. However, I suspect that it might be because the system is rather large (much larger then I expected) and my hands are pretty small. I'm a woman so my hands are obviously smaller then a man.
I'm also anxious for some new games to come out for it. Most of the current offerings aren't really my taste, but I do love Uncharted (I'm actually liking it better than Uncharted 3), Plants vs Zombies, and I have a few PSP games that work on it too.
Can't wait for Disgaea 3 and I'll probably pick up the upcoming Resistance game. I'm also hoping that Persona 4 gets a North American release too.