Firmware Update is full of excitement for Gamescom, and rage over Ducktales hate. On top of that, we had a busy news week on top of it!
Talking Points: WWE Diva Victoria’s awesome bar, feeling the heat of SummerSlam, Sony connects with another jab at M$, Corey Balrog returns to home, WWE 2K14′s 30 Years of Wrestlemania, Saint’s Row 4‘s over the top Collector’s Edition, GTAV’s life consuming multiplayer, Joe doesn’t care about One Piece, Arkham Origins incredible Collector’s Edition that no one is selling, no NFL for Sony, Agent Bizzle is the best, Ducktales is GOOD, Gamescom Predictions, and Suda-5-1.
Grand Theft Auto V was released on PC on the 14th of April 2015. That means the game will be nine years old in four days, and it’s still among the most-played titles on Steam. With a 24-hour peak of 145K players, it’s as popular as Baldur’s Gate 3, Apex: Legends, and Destiny 2.
Sony has recruited Bungie's head of revenue Jaremy Rich to head up its live-service gaming division, Rich has announced on social media.
Please do not put Destiny’s monetization into Sony’s first party games. The monetization is what’s driving players away from Destiny.
I mean, this person made some pretty bad decisions at Bungie. I hope they've learned from them because I definitely don't see those type of ideas as good for PlaySation in general.
Ps5 gamers in 2023 seemed to play more live service types of games, so regardless to how people feel about them, numbers don’t lie and Sony is going where the money is. I mean look at the excitement around Helldivers2, people are showing that they want live service games.
How do you kill a franchise that already been killed?
Destiny’s grind, cash-in-on-playbass-cha-Ching, and pop-culture-insertion mainstream-me-too bs totally killed any rep Bungie had. Sony/Bungie, if you are doing this to ward-off players, it’s already working.
Sony has patented to add multiple dialogue modes to let players switch between how many conversations with NPCs they want in the game.
Sony is like the only ones outta the 3 that has atuff like like this pop up changing thing in ways.