Digital Foundry : It's finally happened. PS5 Pro is real, announced and detailed by none other than lead system architect, Mark Cerny. John, Rich and Alex sit down to discuss the reveal, how Sony chose to market it, the Big Three tech innovations - larger GPU, ML upscaling and RT enhancements - and of course, the shocking price-point.
People who already have their hands on physical copies of Doom: The Dark Ages are warning that the full game isn't actually on the disc.
There's zero reason why this game couldn't be on disc it was a strategic move to not allow the game to be played after the servers go down
Same situation with AC Shadows this year, Hogwarts Legacy a couple years ago; PS Collector's Editions likely won't include a disc ever again; Xbox Game Studios definitely won't release a full disc ever again
PS5 Slim + Pro disc drives require online activation and so does the Series X
It's a shame. I think I'm done buying physical. It's an extra expense for an already-expensive PS5 Pro I want before DS2 and GoY, and they'll probably kill off those activation servers way before the store in the future.
It's just sad and annoying even switch 2 is failing in physical.
Sad future where kids are unwrapping digital codes on Christmas morning but it's a reality we seem to be driving towards
I seriously doubt that kids are going to be upset after unwrapping digital codes for a game they wanted. 😂
Besides the digital age is their era not ours.
I don't know I mean I give switch games now and they get hyped but if it's a game that just appears on their home screen after getting a receipt there's just not much excitement.
I do get what you're saying though and I'm probably just a. Old man yelling at a cloud but I don't know it's also what I see lately along with my own experiences which are redundant definitely
Yeah, Microsoft could've used two discs for the Xbox version and a proper PS5 disc for the game. However, they hate physical media now so the game is a skip. Even though I really love Doom
If the servers *do* stay up though?
Xbox is the only modern console platform where discs from the 2001-era console still do work today. It's the only advantage Xbox has left
Phil Spencer has this habit of saying something (and making a big deal of it) then his actions show him doing the opposite
"his actions show him doing the opposite"
By supporting games from 2001 in 2025? What other platform does that?
Kinda sad. For most people in the west it doesnt mather. But in other parts of the world the physical releases are crucial to have gaming in that Region of the world
All it does is make me less likely to get it at launch, just like Indiana Jones. I’ll pick it up when it’s far cheaper. I still haven’t even bought the Oblivion Remaster yet.
At the minute I still have a lot to play so it’s not like I don’t have anything else to play in the meantime.
It just annoys me that they either could fit it into a disc or they could start using newer discs that can hold more.
New staff at Skewed and Reviewed caught the Borderlands 4 panel at PAX East and have shared the video.
The best way to summarize DOOM: The Dark Ages is that it lets you live out the ultimate fantasy of a testosterone-fueled, steroid-pumped gym bro who goes to space and slaughters demons—and nothing can stop him. There’s truly nothing else like it on the market right now, especially in today’s overly sanitized, pussy ass snowflake-infested gaming landscape. So thank you, Bethesda, for delivering the ultimate male power fantasy we all deserve.
"pussy ass snowflake-infested gaming landscape" You got that fucking right! not only in games it's everywhere, this is the pussy generation. 😂 "testosterone-fueled, steroid-pumped gym bro" I can relate but not the steroid part lol.
Oh yeah absolutely, it's just making fun of politics because there was some dumb website that said that DOOM The Dark Ages was "too masculine" so we are just making fun of them. It's satire dude.
they really ripped it apart lol
I'm sure they aren't thrilled that outlets like CNET/MSN/Wired are getting these first looks vs. them.
Whether or not you believe there's bias at DF, it sure doesn't seem like Sony is thrilled with them. Cerny himself had to reply to some of their misleading statements in the past.
https://www.ign.com/article...
They didn't rip it apart tho, they said what we all saw, no giant difference in the old games they showed off.
Honestly, the Pro will be a great machine for upcoming games.
Sony just dropped the ball with a 9 min(wtf) video that showed nothing substantial except for the big price tag, Everything else we already knew it would do, higher res, higher fps, RTX, and PSSR, it was just presented very poorly, and no new games to show it off in it's true glory.
Hopefully, the rumored PS showcase pops up next week to really show this thing off in full.
I’m as much of a PlayStation fan as anyone else, but I’ve never understood why people say DF is especially biased. All I’ve ever seen them do is report demonstrable results. The data from testing is all there and someone has to talk about it.