"The Order was attacked for being short"
The Order was 4 hours and cost full price. Hellblade 2 is roughly 8 hours long, and is only $50. There's a big difference there.
I'm not trying to damage anything, calm the fuck down. I thought the actual game was out already because everyone has been talking about it. You're so determined to defend some game from randos on the internet that you'll go on some dumb tirade. It's not that serious. Go outside and breath some fresh air ffs.
The demo is an older build though. Just because the demo doesn't have input lag doesn't mean the final game doesn't either.
History says probably not. Almost every live service game fails. Realistically if HD2 is successful the other games likely won't be. Traditionally people dont jump from live service to live service. They find one game they really click with and invest their time and/or money into that.
It's been obvious for years though. That hasn't stopped dozens of live service games crashing and burning on release for making the same mistakes again and again. This industry doesn't learn.
@Goosejuice
I have a 7800X3D. It certainly is great for gaming. Though for video editing, rendering, etc, I think Intel have the advantage from what I remember. I just mean from a GPU standpoint I can't support them.
@cone
What? I didn't say it wouldn't work. Maybe you should learn how to read.
@RedDevils
I'm far from cheap. I just don't personally think that amount of money is worth it for a tethered device that relies on another system. If it was a new PSP I could understand. Also, I'm not "crying". BillyCrystals asked a question and I answered. Sorry I hurt your feelings by saying something you disagree with.
As much as I hate supporting Nvidia, AMD just doesn't even try to compete. Their whole business model is to beat Nvidia purely on price. But I'd rather pay for better performance and better features. AMD also doesn't even try to innovate. They just follow Nvidia's lead and make their own version of whatever Nvidia is doing. But they're always 1 or 2 generations behind when it comes to those software/driver innovations, so Nvidia is always miles ahead in quality and perform...
The hate is because of 2 things.
1) The price. This thing is $270 in Canada. That's crazy. $305 after tax. For something that isn't a dedicated handheld the price is just too high for many.
2) Sony's messaging before release was just dogshit. Their own website said the thing could only be used with your "home WiFi" connection, meaning you wouldn't have been able to take it on the go. A lot of people still think that's true. S...
The thing is, this isn't even sales figures. It's the best selling accessory in terms of dollar amount. It costs multiple times what the average accessory costs though. I'm not saying it's a failure or anything, but you can't really extrapolate any sales data from this.
Designed now, yes, but the final hardware isn't available now. They'd have a general idea of what they're targeting but they'd still be working with AMD to build custom chips using upcoming architecture, not currently available chips. This is how every generation works.
Every game sees a big drop in players, be it online or not. That's just how it goes. What do you expect when the industry is throwing out new games every week with massive marketing campaigns behind them? There are so many games coming out that the market is just super saturated.
A mid gen console releasing this year using the same CPU, vs a next gen console with all new hardware launching more than two years from now. Mid gen is pointless because without a significant CPU upgrade games will still struggle with performance. A CPU overclock isn't remotely enough.
The biggest obstacle regarding performance this gen is the CPU, this is what causes so many games to have hitching, stuttering, sudden fps drops, 30fps, etc. A faster GPU cannot alleviat...
@StormSnooper
What do you mean "this early"? They're just talking about the hardware at the end of the year, not releasing it. It wouldn't come out until holiday 2026. Personally I'd prefer waiting until holiday 2027 as we've barely had any games that really take advantage of the current consoles. But 6 years is pretty standard for a generation.
It wouldn't be releasing in 2024. This is just a dev kit, they're always different from the final hardware.
Next gen would make sense. They said they'd talk about new hardware at the end of this year, and Xbox usually starts talking about next gen systems 2 years before they release. Late 2026 would make sense for next gen. Though it also seems a bit early for next gen dev kits to be going out.
Honestly I'd like a Magic: The Gathering RPG in the style of BG3. With all the lore, Planeswalkers as NPCs, creature types, spells, etc, there could be a really cool game there.
Rather than shutting studios down or pulling funding PS could have reworked these projects into proper, non live service games. That might have been the better option. Flashing cash and promising financial security before pulling the rug out from under the studio isn't a good look.
@Chevalier
None of what you've said is remotely relevant. If SE were choosing to not release on Xbox due to low sales that would be one thing. I could understand that. But that's not what happened. Sony *paid* them to never release the game on Xbox. This has long been the rumour but we now have a PS executive openly admitting it. This is not a healthy precedent.
Slant Six wasn't *the* SOCOM developer. They made a couple PSP games and the abysmal SOCOM: Confrontation. If he's the one in charge that isn't a good thing tbh, that makes me totally uninterested.