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Our Take on PlayStation 5 in 2020, Animal Crossing: Globetrotter & BioShock 4 Rumors

Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "Another week, another set of video game rumors fresh off the press. This week we are hearing various reports of a couple of big, popular franchises making their debut on this generation of consoles as well as a potential look at the next generation of systems coming from Sony. While we here at the Link-Cable bureau of investigations and rumors would love for all of these to be true and confirmed we’re going to have to settle for just giving our takes on whether or not these rumors will prove to be a sign of things to come."

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DivineAssault 2617d ago

2020 sounds right to me..Theres a lot of big AAA games confirmed for PS4.. Then again, if its BC they can in 2019 but im betting 2020..

Minute Man 7212617d ago

I'm thinking 2021, mini reveal in February, full reveal E3. Here's my thinking, Sony wants to pass the PS2 #s by @least 35 million and they could with $200 and $149 price with all these great exclusives they can. They have momentum and announcing early can stop it

DivineAssault 2617d ago

I doubt theyll delay their next console for old glory.. If it happens, it will be while the PS5 is out

wonderfulmonkeyman2617d ago (Edited 2617d ago )

I honestly am not quite convinced they WILL do a PS5 within the next 5 years, if not longer.
The PS4 Pro is such a huge success that they could probably ride that cash horse well into 2025 with no issues, unless we see an unforeseen HUGE leap in affordable gaming technology.

But recently the gap, at least graphically, has been growing smaller and smaller between each console generation, which makes me feel that, with no signs of that changing, the odds of a PS5 that soon aren't likely.

I think it'd take a big change for Sony to make a big change, when the PS4Pro is already proving itself to be almost everything Sony fans want in a Sony home console.

Of course, I could be wrong, and they could continue pursuing whatever small tech gap the current small improvements in tech allow them to affordably pursue, but if Sony wants to push past the PS4 Pro's success in one huge blast of amazing sales, I don't think another console where there isn't an intense gap in technological capability will do it for them. The PS4 Pro is just that much of a sales success.

As for Animal Crossing? Not excited.
It was never really my thing; farming/life simulations never really were.

Bioshock 4, though? Now THAT makes me excited. I wasn't the biggest fan of Infinite but the first and second games absolutely sea-floored me, and I'm all for more of that kind of action in the near future. [Though I'm mixed on whether or not I want the little sisters, or anything similar to them, to return. They were cute/interesting as a game mechanic, but they also made it hard to get all the upgrades you wanted unless you went full-on bad-guy route.XD]

My big hope is that they keep the powers and the stellar music, though.
Maybe upgrade the Melee combat options a bit, but definitely don't skimp on the powers and music. Story as well.

Thatguy-3102617d ago

LOL at the though of Sony riding this console generation until 2025...... 2020 is spot on if you ask me

wonderfulmonkeyman2617d ago (Edited 2617d ago )

@Thatguy
I don't see why they wouldn't.
They did it with the PS3 by extending it to nearly ten years, and that was just to recoup losses incurred from selling the system at a loss for so long.
Now that they've got a hit on their hands that's making them more money hand-over-fist than the PS3 ever did, why wouldn't they drag it out an extra 5 or 6 years, if no tech leaps justify a newer one before that point?

Heck, I'd even argue that waiting until 2025 would allow Sony to MAKE that tech leap a reality.
Giving the PS5 more time allows them to let the tech gap widen, right alongside improvements to visuals, which means the PS5 would make a much larger impression when it finally does release.

Besides, it's not like the PS3 was the only system to have a 6 or more year lifespan. The 3DS line has been going for how long now? I know its a portable, but my point is that it's still a gaming platform, and stands as an example that it isn't unheard of for devs to stretch the life cycles of their tech out a long way, given the right incentives.

WOLFofWALLSTREET2617d ago

2020 feels soon but its really not

MAULxx2617d ago (Edited 2617d ago )

I'll just say this; Beyond Good & Evil 2, FF VII remake, Cyberpunk 2077 & Death Stranding look to me like they'll be PS5 games. Now, FF VII & Death Stranding I could easily see being released for both PS4 & PS5. I could be wrong as I'm just speculating but the stage seems set for a Nov 2019 PS5 release. That's a good 6 year run for PS4 & prime time. I think they'll want to get out ahead of MS & get a PS5 Pro out around 2022.

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4 ways the next Animal Crossing could improve multiplayer

NE: "Today, we're looking at how the next Animal Crossing game on Switch 2 could significantly improve its multiplayer with new features."

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10 Dream Switch 2 Games That Would Be Magical to Have

A new Animal Crossing or a Kid Icarus: Uprising remaster would be perfect on the Switch 2.

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Report: BioShock 4 Screenshot Surfaces, Giving Us Look Early Look at UI, Shotgun, and More

What appears to be the first BioShock 4 screenshot has been unearthed, and it gives a look at some of the abilities, UI and more.

jznrpg336d ago

If it’s like the first game I could be interested. I didn’t like Infinite

Tacoboto335d ago

Did you play through 2?

I dismissed it when it came out, as this quick cash-grab from a greedy publisher, but got the trilogy collection on disc earlier this year on Xbox. Finally played it, and Minerva's Den - it was a really great experience. Years and years late to the party but it was really solid and holds up.

A couple crashes, and weird texture loads in Minerva's Den, but the joy I had in it makes me want to revisit Infinite too.

jznrpg335d ago (Edited 335d ago )

2 wasn’t nearly as good as 1 but I did enjoy it. Infinite felt like a spin-off and I got bored half way through

Cacabunga335d ago

I got BS1 when it finally released on PS3. Has been one of those games i was envying 360 owners for.
I loved it it was unlike anything i played before..

0hMyGandhi335d ago

Boy did I want to love Infinite. But It felt like the game was almost trying to make me hate it. I remember the last third of the game basically turning into a combination of obnoxious escort mission/time crisis.
interesting setting, and the world at times felt compelling to investigate, but all thrown to the wind with constant battles and rounds and rounds of spawn closeted enemies that became more and more grating as you kept playing.

Bioshock 2 was a genuine surprise to me. It took me a couple years to get around to playing it, and I loved it. Not the classic like the first game, but damned close. It felt inspired and felt like it actually had a reason to exist, expanding the lore without crossing the threshold into utter ridiculousness like Infinite did. (Which was somehow even more ridiculous than the idea of a massive underwater city).

Whatever this game turns out to be, I just hope it gets back to the essentials without inducing players to "feature creep" just for the sake of it.

Gamingsince1981335d ago

The second game was my favourite, I think it did everything the first did but added some extra things to it, it still had the same cool atmosphere as well which was why I liked the first one a lot. I didn't mind infinite but it wasn't anywhere near as good as the first 2.

TheNamelessOne335d ago

I didn't hate Infinite by any means, but it didn't come close to the earlier games for me. The DLC was great though.

Nacho_Z335d ago

I didn't like Infinite much either, before a shot was fired it was amazing but it went downhill after that. Too much action and not enough interesting lore/atmosphere.

Good-Smurf335d ago

It was a game too ambitious for its own good, what we got was a compromised heavily cut down version of what they really wanted to do with it.
There's a sense of too big of empty spaces in the game for no good reason and never get utilized it makes the looked bloated and yet felt unpolished.

-Foxtrot335d ago

While I liked it I just thought the idea of them introducing the concept of the multiverse with "There's always a man, there's always a lighthouse, there's always a city" was pretty wasted with what we got as we didn't really it utilized much. I really wanted to see a lot of variations of Columbia but we didn't get that.

Also there was a lot they changed or cut from the early reveals we saw that seemed far more in depth, it always reminded of how awesome the early days of Final Fantasy XIII Versus looked before it was changed into the final version of Final Fantasy XV. Felt like a downgrade at times in comparison.

anast335d ago

First one was good. I also got bored with 2 and still haven't played Infinite, yet.

Neonridr334d ago

personally I felt Infinite was a great game, but the first one was a masterpiece.

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LG_Fox_Brazil335d ago

As a slave, I obey and shall purchase this one as soon as it hits store shelves

Rebel_Scum335d ago

Would you kindly purchase it.

Storm23335d ago

I know I am weird, but Bioshock didn't do it for me. Not sure why, as I LOVE fps games...but nope. I think I should try it again after all these years.

DarXyde335d ago

There's definitely something different about Bioshock. I'm on the opposite side of things where I enjoyed it as someone who traditionally hates FPS games.

That, and Condemned: Criminal Origins.

Bloody LOVED those games.

Tacoboto335d ago

Condemned, ahh that's a game I don't see name dropped near enough.

My buddy and I each played through it twice over multiple weekends back when it and the 360 came out. Achievement hunting with that as the real game, TMNT and King Kong as the quick cheesy games. Fun times

DarXyde334d ago

I got an Xbox 360 about 2-3 months after launch and that game was an absolute standout during the launch window.

Also loved Burnout Revenge and Fight Night Round...3 at the time, I think?

Those are less important to the context of this topic, but it's such an incredible look back at how much things have changed since then.

isarai334d ago

It didn't for me either when it first came out, especially when you had to start Fighting the flying drone things. They just frustrated me all to hell. But i decided to try again after the trilogy got some graphics update i think for ps5 or ps4 pro. And MAN i super enjoyed it the 2nd time around, saved all the little sisters and everything.

Hopefully it hits for you this time like it did me.

Storm23334d ago

Nice. Yeah I should give it another go.

Knightofelemia335d ago

It would be awesome if this game dropped for the holidays.

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