Sony's troubles with the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Network have worsened further as users begin to report of console crashes and glitches following the "Masamune 2.0" system update.
One of the most widely reported issues in the aftermath of the 2.0 update is a bug which prevents the console powering back on after it enters "Rest Mode" (the new name for Standby Mode).
A growing number of complaints have been issued to Sony via the official PlayStation community forums, which Sony has acknowledged, adding that it is looking into the problems. As a temporary counter-measure, Sony suggests users boot in safe mode if they are having problems.
Waiting a decade for new instalments in franchises as massive as Fallout and Elder Scrolls feels like a waste.
Microsoft have Obsidian but I feel it's Bethesda who just don't want to play ball as they've always said they want to do it themselves.
Once MS bought Zenimax in 2020 they should have put the Outer Worlds 2 on the back burner, allow Bethesda to finish off its own Space RPG with Starfield (despite totally different tone why have two in your first party portfolio with two developers who's gameplay is a tad similar) and got Obsidian for one of their projects to make a spiritual successor to New Vegas.
When the Elder Scrolls VI is finished Bethesda can then onto the main numbered Fallout 5 themselves.
The Outer Worlds 2 started development in 2019 so putting it on the back burner wouldn't have been the end of the world, they'd have always come back to it once Fallout was done and it would have been nicely spaced out from Starfields release once they had most likely stopped supporting it and all the expansions were released.
If they did this back in 2020 when they bought Zenimax and the game had a good, steady 4 - 5 years development, you might have seen it release in 2025.
We are literally going to be waiting until 2030 at the very earliest for Fallout 5 and all they seem bothered about is pushing Fallout 76.
Its not just only Todd not playing ball.
Obsidian have made a name for themselves in delivering stellar RPGs, but most famous once have always been sequels/spin-offs to borrowed IPs like KOTOR 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Stick of Truth etc.
Obsidian wants to invest more in their own original IPs like Outer Worlds or Pillars of Eternity with Avowed.
Similar to what Bluepoint & inXile wants to do or Kojima is doing (i.e not involving anymore in Konami's IPs).
So yea, even if New Vegas has the most votes from 3D Fallout fans, Obsidian just wants to do their own thing, like any aspiring dev studio and MS is likely currently respecting that.
But a future Fallout game from Obsidian will surely happen. Founder Feargus Urquhart has already stated an year ago that they're eager to make a new Fallout game with Bethesda, New Vegas 2 or otherwise. Urquhart was the director of the very first 1995's Fallout game after all.
And don't forget Brian Fargo and his studio inXile, as Brian Fargo was the director of Fallout's 1988 predecessor: Wasteland
Obsidian should take over the FO IP. They're do far better with it than Bethesda who hasn't made a great game for almost 15 years
Athenian Rhapsody is a JRPG with a difference: alongside turn-based combat & exploration, you'll need to complete WarioWare-style microgames.
EA and Respawn Entertainment's action adventure game, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, is now available to EA Play subscribers in some regions.
The curse of the PS4 success i guess! now it's experiencing problems with it's biggest update, PSN and driveclub ps+ version is put on hold due to it's server issues. I hope they get issues cleaned up!
I found a solution that worked for me to solve the rest mode freeze.
your going to need a usb stick that can fit into your ps4.
first deactivate your system under account.
Then go to settings, initialize, do a full initialize
Wait for it to be done, and your ps4 starts back up
Turn off ps4 again
Turn ps4 on again holding the button for 2 beeps to put it into safe mode.
insert USB stick with 2.0 update file on the usb
Pick option 3 for install firmware
reinstall firmware
Ps4 turns back on and your safe mode shouldn't freeze anymore
Re activate your ps4
I did this last night and it hasn't frozen since.
*touch wood* mine is still fine.
Didn't crash mine.
Next...
I haven't turned on my ps4 to install the update. I'll wait til everything is sorted out before doing so