Last week, Shu appeared on Playstation Blogcast where he revealed that the boss in video gave him a world of trouble. So, he went on youtube and saw many Let’s Play videos and also asked the developers for certain tips. He really wanted to beat the boss since it was the only thing separating him from a successful Platinum. His next game is Dark Souls 2 because he hasn’t yet played the DLCs.
There is an interesting case to be made here. Shu clearly is a video game lover. How little would the gap in communication be between the President and the developers? Also mentioned in the podcast is the fact that it was Shu who asked for the delay of the game as he believed it needed more time for polishing. Not a request from the developers, but the President himself. It’s clear that Shu was very much involved in the production of Bloodborne. When there is such a great rapport between the corporate firm and the developing firm, it’s definitely a good sign for gaming in general though not guaranteeing a great product in itself
With Elden Ring's DLC Shadow of the Erdtree coming this month, JDR takes a look back at the greatest Soulsborne bosses. Bloodborne is our part II.
Lady Maria of the Astral Clocktower is my fave boss fight from Bloodborne, a flurry of brilliant swordplay was that fight that left me salivating.
ScreenRant's Melissa Sarnowski writes, "The Hunter steps into a world full of blood, horror, and darkness in Bloodborne, but they also meet countless fascinating characters at the same time."
PlayStation Plus has improved the split of PS4 and PS5 players on its priciest tiers, but Sony continues to hide total subscriber numbers.
Uh...They're definitely not equivalent.
"Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service now has 34 million subscribers."
"the total number of PS Plus subscribers across all tiers was 47.4 million"
That PSN number seems like it should be much higher... especially when you consider that PS4 alone has a sell through of over 117m. To not even be at least half that is rather interesting.
To the XB side, having 34m to an install base of roughly 50m (XBO sell through) or even 85m (360 sell through) is a greater percentage of unit to member ratio than PSN.
darthv72
"That PSN number seems like it should be much higher... especially when you consider that PS4 alone has a sell through of over 117m. To not even be at least half that is rather interesting.
To the XB side, having 34m to an install base of roughly 50m (XBO sell through) or even 85m (360 sell through) is a greater percentage of unit to member ratio than PSN."
Have you ever heard of a PC before? I hear they are pretty popular.
What. Definitely more os plus subscribers but that makes sense due to actual console sales
Darth the difference between the bases are huge your right but you gotta think. Ps players buy more games, where as the Xbox base relies on gamepass for their gaming. So it makes perfect sense
What makes perfect sense though? You say PS players buy more games... so then logically there should be more PS+ subscribers given the increased number of online multiplayer games in the PS4 generation alone. The PS4 was the first time that + was required for online play much like Gold was for 360 users.
Keep in mind we are talking subscribers, not simply XB/PS users. I assume you meant to say offline single player games, which is most likely true as well. That gen also saw a significant increase in games with an online component comparted to the previous gen.
I for one will be going back to essential at the next renewal. When I feel a game is good & right up my alley, I’ll check trusted reviews & just buy it.
I have the top tier until 2028 as they gave me a massive discount for all the years I had left but I’ll most likely go to essential as well. I buy my games but my kids do use the service occasionally. They do prefer to own their games as well since any game can leave the rental service at some point and they don’t like that idea. They mostly use it to demo games then ask me to buy games if they really like it.
For me, I will cancel it all together but unfortunately I still have it till 2030 lol
I would like to see Sony add a fourth tier of PS Plus for people who just want to be able to play games online without any of the perks like monthly games, store discounts, or anything like that, and it should cost $20 annually, $30 maximum. There’s no way I’m paying $80 just to play games online. Even the original $60 fee was too much, and I would often wait for sales to re-up my subscription.
Essential is too expensive, I agree. We’ve got one Essential and one Premium sub. Dropping the Premium when it expires.
Just let my subscription lapse for the first time since 2010. Will sub again every now and then for a month or so to access my old ps+ games but for me it's the end of an era.
Let those numbers continue to drop because it is now too expensive. $80 per year just to play online. I noticed they didn't offer any discounts on the subscription or controllers during this year's days of play for the first time in many years and they will feel it when people choose not to renew.
My subscription will lapse next month and it will stay that way until further notice.
There were savings on subs and controllers here in the UK? I bought a controller yesterday in the sale..
It would be weird if those deals were not in other territories too?
Shuhei Yoshida is a business executive who is also a gamer at heart. Really respect the guy for his love of gaming. It speaks volumes about Sony's passion for gaming where even the company's leadership plays games and has skills. And people say they are all just greedy ba****ds only in this to make as much money as possible. At least some of them also love to play their own games despite running a business for money. lol
Someone who loves playing video-games is also doing buisness in video-games, pretty much the best job you could conjur up for someone like him, and hey he likes the Souls games, dudes got taste.
Good guy Shuhei.
I wonder if Phil Spencer is great at Sunset Overdrive