Honestly, get them to sit down and play Bad Company 2 together.
If they can't see why that had the magic, they shouldn't be game developers.
You're conflating people who post online (who are generally far more into games than the average consumer)
I would guess that it might be because people now associate Astro with freeware.
It's a shame because PSVR 2 with GT7 and RE8 are the most incredible videogame experiences I've ever had.
GT7 in PSVR 2 with a sim rig is absolutely insane. It's just like driving my actual car ata race track. Everyone should experience it at least once!
Perhaps something needs to be said about a more accessible way to play PC games in a plug+play fashion (this massively turned me off when I briefly tried them)...BUT, the fact is, if you're dropping that kind of money you obviously really care about high fidelity videogaming, at which point....why not at least consider going all out?
That's MS's fault. If they made a quality product people would flock to it, you cannot blame consumers for this
I think the issue though is that Nintendo squarely go after a totally different market. Sony needs a competitor keeping them honest.
Plucky Squire looks excellent. I might wait for physical version as definitely want to support these kinds of videogames
Perhaps a slower than anticipated long term release schedule forced them into playing their hardware hand
GTA 6 at 60FPS is literally the only hint of interest I'd have in this thing. That actually speaks volumes. Everything else is just 'why would I need a Pro console for this'?
Put it this way, I 'would' buy something like a PS5 Pro console, as in I have sufficient disposable income and like videogames enough that I would....
But I am watching this thinking 'why'? My biggest problems with videogames right now has far more to do with an industry bereft of innovation, design and vision. Graphics and all that stuff are absolutely fine. Sony are completely focussing on the wrong things. This is especially disappointing to see at a time...
How do you get to see that? I really miss dislikes/likes on YouTube vids.
I think we've definitely hit a point where consoles being released will not be the landmark they once were and we'll just get constant iterations to comparatively little fanfare. If they could get PCs to become a bit more 'living room friendly' Sony could actually have competition.
This time might be even worse because now even the whiff of competition is all but dead. Xbox was always a threat when they announced PS3.... I'm not even sure what 'could' serve as competition now.
I guess the proof of the pudding is in the sales numbers here...but I am scratching my head thinking who the hell will actually be buying this? Personally, I do not feel as though the games being put out this gen are sufficiently 'dragged down' by the original console enough. The PS4 Pro comparatively came out when the PS4 was ABSOLUTELY hitting its upper ceiling in performance with several games simply hitting a ceiling.
The best thing that could happen to videogames is a big fat crash
I always thought the GTA games did a terrific job of bringing forgotten classics to the masses, in a way that for example the Spotify or YouTube Music algorithm simply cannot. One that randomly springs to mind is The Alan Parsons Project 'I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You' , a great song but before GTA V would not generally be known by the younger audience.
I must admit this is far lower than I would expect -- however, I am actually surprised they must get the art...
That is exactly it, investor-led game creation. Perfect way to phrase it.
Gamers are pretty brain-dead but only to a certain level (I mean, they clearly buy into GaaS, mtx etc) but you would have to had been INSANE to think this game would be successful.
I just don't think that will work this time.
They've MASSIVELY lost customer goodwill so will have to deliver massively to rope them back imo.
You could be right ofc but if it is that, then it will be a financial disaster