Through all the talk of the Cloud, DRM, Digital Distribution and streaming videos on PS4 and Xbox One, both systems still have a lot to prove., the current-round of systems are in their golden years and are managing to produce some of their finest content yet.
It may not be time to give up on them just yet…
With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?
Unless they are trying to kill their recently created PC business, I would advise against opening a dedicated PC store. It's an extremely hard endeavor, and people, in general, are very comfortable with Steam. Even Epic, with their billions of dollars invested, is still struggling to find a foothold, and they have Fortnite.
Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming.
It's just a known fact. The PC gaming community prefer Steam and Steam alone. They don't like different launchers. I personally don't mind them. But majority just stick with steam. Hence why EA and Ubisoft went back to on releasing on steam and why Microsoft release games on steam as people hated buying from the windows store.
The only other launchers that I imagine are doing ok is GOG due to being drm free and epic games due to the free games every week. Sony shouldn't release any sort of pc launcher n
This is just another ridiculous double standard article.
It's like how Microsoft can spend 20 years of making nothing but gaas and live service style games to sell microtransactions, dlc and subscriptions and get praise for doing it, but if Sony wants to make a single game like that every website under the sun is writing articles saying how Sony is anti-consumer or whatever.
"Driver was a technical achievement for PS1, a pioneer in cinematic gaming, and an often brutal challenge - TechStomper asks if its brand of 70s car chase antics still holds up."
Sadly youd be hard pressed to find any driving game with better physics these days. But the draw distance really kills it for me
Gran Turismo for PlayStation launched a sub-genre and revolutionised console racing - TechStomper asks is it still worth playing in 2024.
I'm not big into sim racing, but I got sucked into the hype for this one from magazines back then. I just played arcade mode and that was enough for me to feel like I got my money's worth.
Yeah, it's definitely worth playing today. GT 2 has a few interesting fan made graphical mods when played on an emulator as well.
Cars back then had much more personality then those we see today. Modern cars all about the led lights and the tablet size screens and they all seem alike, back then they could be simpler in design but had tons more personality.
That Corvette Stingray to this day is one of the most ferocious whips ever driven. Overpowered against other cars yes. But to drive it and be that close to losing control, but being in command around those curves, just can't be duplicated.
HiFi mode is also something I miss. There should be a mode in today's GT where it's Mano o Mano and the detail and resolution jump full throttle. In today's games, Max Ray Tracing and lighting and textures to make it look even more real..
Not according to Former Playstation president Jim Ryan for he told Time that he doesn't see why anyone would play old games given the advancements in fidelity achieved today.
https://time.com/4804768/pl...
The biggest threat to PS2 was the PS1. The biggest threat to PS3 was the PS2. The biggest threat to PSVita was the PSP. The biggest threat to PS4 is the PS3 ...
When are these people going to understand the ten year lifecycle and why PS branded consoles do so well? Journalists choose to be this short sighted just so they can muster up an article or two.
We really must stop this versus mentality, especially when it relates to the SAME damn company making money on ALL their consoles/handhelds. Sony please us to make money, regardless of which platform they choose to please us with. Would a trainer put their horse out to pasture because they have a younger horse? Of course not.
Look at it as a PS brand and not as individual consoles vying for poll position and you'll fully understand the situation.
I would tend to agree here. The PS3 showed that it's got much more power to yet be extracted when we got "The Last of Us." I mean that game looks amazing and easily the best looking game this gen. Sony will support the PS3 until people stop buying it.
I think it would have been if the PS4 had failed to impress as a true Next-Gen system. But so far it looks nothing short of a spectaculare piece of hardware, and as much as I love my PS3 (I'm not even close to giving up on it yet), I can't wait to see my PS4 next to it, as soon as possible. And I'm sure many people do.
Sonys getting profit from every PS3 sold so it actually helps the PS4.
I'm not in any rush to get a PS4. I will probably get it when my PS3 starts failing. Even then I might get it repaired.
-MyrddinCROW