The director and lead writer of the PPS4 mega-hit talks about its full storyline and radical structure.
Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida claims PlayStation still believes Xbox is their only true competitor, not Nintendo.
True, they have pretty different audiences..and some People just have both at home or a PS and a PC that emulates more or less everything from Nintendo.
Xbox hasn't been a competitor since the XB360. Last generation and this generation Sony has been running circles around Xbox. As for Sony vs Nintendo Sony runs circles yes but I don't really see Nintendo as competition. Nintendo does their own thing and it works.
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Details are important. Console sales yes. Overall games Xbox seems to be doing fairly well in that department.
MS were doing so well that they had to start selling their games on their main competitors system which in turn results in around 30% of each sale going to Sony as the platform holder.
I do think tjat MS' fortunes will improve now that they are actually selling games rather than giving them away for pennies on the dollar.
Something that occurs to me is that the more success MS published games have elsewhere, the more stark it will become that selling games is much more profitable than renting them. If that becomes highly noticable, I wonder what the shareholders (who ultimately run the show) will make of a service which has stagnated for years?
PlayStation doesn't compete with third party games, they compete on consoles. They profit from third party games. If you're not comparing consoles there's no point in comparing.
I think it's all PS fans have left at this point. Console wars were always a competition for fourth place behind Nintendo, PC and mobile. If Xbox evaporates into a hybrid virtual platform, then PS will be perennially left in last place.
Strange, I recall all those FCC documents and witness testimonies saying the exact opposite... Guess Microsoft doesn't know what it's talking about?
Great analysis. Just joking.
Pretending like companies give a f about where they “rank” against each other is just super retarded. This isn’t the World Cup.
Tell me, how does “PC” compete against a brand like PlayStation? It just doesn’t make sense at all. What you just said, is complete and utter nonsense
I don't think PS cares about being in this so-called "last place" you came up with when they're making profits hand over fist.
microsoft wanted to crush sony into dust and they had the money to do it, but with such weak leadership it was always going to fail
Had the money? They still have the money but the industry has changed since xbox 360. Microsoft is the number one publisher in gaming. I'd hardly call that failing.
The industry hasn't changed though, just ms, Microsoft was the no1 publisher for a month in december 2024, the actual no1 for fy2024 was tencent if game sales are all that's being counted.
Money doesn't mean you'll be successful large corporations have entered and failed before like Nec
Game Rant interviews Plants vs. Zombies composer Peter McConnell about honoring the series’ quirky roots, adapting its themes, and now going vinyl.
The score for the first Plants Vs Zombies is such great, iconic music that it has a timeless quality. Not quite the level of Minecraft, but wonderful in its own right.
Game Rant speaks with actor Samantha Béart about their new and upcoming video game roles in Tron: Catalyst, Fading Echo, and more.
That was great interview
"When you get to the second half of the game, it's so sad that you're meeting these people (and these dogs) that you've already killed"
It's impossible to feel guilt when those events like many in the game were forced. my only reaction is WTF just happened.
This happend over and over, it's a big reason critics weren't sold on the story.
Druckmann: "The way that they've(critics) dehumanised Abby and the way that they're talking about Abby, it's kind of horrifying".
bro you WROTE the story, you failed in creating empathy for the character. she justifies killing kids and was going to participate in genocide if she didn't get sidetracked. and she felt no remorse for anything she did. you just made us hate her more.
"The pitfall a lot of writers with this kind of story fall into is like, OK, we need people to like Abby, let's make her perfect".
This is exactly right, and something I was afraid they'd do. What I like about Abby is similar to what I like about Ellie, they're both good people deep down, but they keep making these terrible mistakes. I think anyone can see themselves making similar choices if put in similar situations, which is why they're so easy to get invested in.
This was excellent.
I'm about 80-85% of the way through I think. If you don't like Abby, or you don't understand her, this is on you and not Naughty Dog.
It's pretty damn clear that the motivations of both characters are near-identical. Abby kills her father's murderer. Ellie wants to kill her father figure's murderer. That's reducing it to the most basic level, leaving out the extra justifiable motivation Abby had: Joel single-handedly ruined humanity's chance at a cure.
And in both of their journeys to redeem their father/father-figure, they both indulge in violent patterns that take them down dark, questionable roads that all ask: Do the ends justify the means?