And $730 for the 2TB model 😅
Lol.....one was announced and released for $50 the same day.
The other was hyped for like a decade and ended up being trash. Not the same.
Actually the situation in Japan is VERY unique and different to America.
Every single retailer is doing lotteries....meaning you apply to get one and if you are lucky you get an invite. Usually it takes about a week or so to find out.
Also Japan has 2 models. The Japanese only model for ¥50,000 and the "international" model for ¥70,000. The expensive model is only available directly from Nintendo.
Luckily I won the l...
I love when people say they will "push people to PC".
Have they not seen the prices of the latest graphics cards? If nothing else, people will keep their current hardware longer.
The PS5 Pro is the first Sony console I don't get at launch. I live in Japan and we went from ¥45,000 for the PS4 Pro to ¥120,000 for the PS5 Pro.
I don't need slightly better ray tracing that much 😅
And we VR players often feel the same about "flat" games 🤷♂️
After playing RE4:Remake on PSVR2 I felt like Silent Hill 2 had potential to be so much more and we will probably never get it.
If Alien delivers, it's because it used the VR format well.
So glad I sold my Series S 2 years ago. That thing was not what Microsoft promised.
You are not wrong. Got it on PSVR2 because of the hype and some great reviews from Youtubers in the VR community. So far, not impressed. The graphics are a bit of a letdown (blurry and dated). I heard that adjusting the headset's brightness to 100% helps.
I tried it on Quest 3 and it seems to be clearer mostly because of the brightness which makes everything look gray and washed out.
I will finish it since I already bought it but so far, even a crapp...
In Japan (where I live) the reviews have been atrocious mostly because of the price.
The PS5 lauched at about ¥50,000....the Pro is ¥120,000. The exchange rate is a mess in Japan now but that price is absolutely ridiculous.
This is the first PS console I don't buy.
I got really sick once or twice with PSVR1 but never with PSVR2.
I think the tech is much better and for me, having a fan flowing air directly at me REALLY solves any issues.
Seems like the codes are gone for good. I tried suppliedninja and it has expired 😭
Long term Japan resident here. The fact that this quote comes from a Japanese interview is already problematic.
The world "mediocre" is quite vague / non-existent in Japanese....so a lot the nuance could be getting lost in translation.
Lol....at this point Nintendo is mostly fighting with fans. My launch system is ANCIENT. Even Echoes of Wisdom struggles with the frame rate.
We need new hardware.
First PS console I don't buy at launch. It just doesn't seem to be that big of a jump in terms of performance and the price in Japan is ridiculous.
I paid ¥49,000 for my launch PS5. This thing is ¥120,000. Ain't nobody got time for that.
It's probably one of those "side by side the difference is quite noticeable" but you will never be able to tell once you take one of them home.
Wtf?
My PS5 was ¥49,000 at launch 4 years ago....today it costs ¥79,000?!?
PSVR2 just increased to ¥89,000?!?!
I'm glad I bought pretty things when I could because this is NOT looking good for Japanese PS fans 😭😭😭
It will be interesting to see how much sales collapse after next week.....at this point of the Switch 2 is under ¥50,000 they will own the Japanese market.
It's fascinating that Microsoft has spent $80 Billion buying studios and remain a distant third....
Lol...no. It really sounds like "I'm gonna beat you up but then I will take you to the hospital 🥰".
Microsoft has been doing this for decades now....
We need more projects like Astrobot! I'm sure it was not THAT expensive or time consuming and we are all hyped.
They need to increase their AA output. Instead of chasing GOTY with every release (one flop is often enough to kill a studio).
Xbox is dead here. They really had a shot with the Series S to gain some market share (mostly due to GamePass and buying tons of studios) but there's literally no content for Japanese gamers.
I'm surprised that Stellar Blade was quite popular on Japan (and not available on Xbox)....even Ghost of Tsushima did well.
The last FF games also skipped Xbox...
Hopefully they focus on Pikmin 4 DLC instead. That game introduced tons of interesting mechanics that deserve extra levels and bosses.
Lol.....good luck with that.
$730 for the 2TB Series S? $80 for games?
Honestly we all have huge backlogs.....I'll wait for a sale 🤷♂️
RIP Xbox