Sony Playstation

[Monkey_Driven]

Horizon: Burning Shores is absolutely gorgeous. I'm enjoying just flying around and taking in the sights.

[psychobain]

https://www.polygon.com/24057447/silent ... nuary-2024

free on psn

[Revelator]

Horizon: Burning Shores is absolutely gorgeous. I'm enjoying just flying around and taking in the sights.

The end of Burning Shores from a technical standpoint is pretty impressive. I really wish they would have built Forbidden West exclusively on the current gen (PS5), profit margin be damned.

[CopperTom]

No existing major franchise titles before April 2025.

What poor planning by Sony. Especially since this is year 5 on the PS5 - this should be prime-time. Now really is the time for Microsoft to start selling PS5 software.

[Monkey_Driven]

No existing major franchise titles before April 2025.

What poor planning by Sony. Especially since this is year 5 on the PS5 - this should be prime-time. Now really is the time for Microsoft to start selling PS5 software.

One could see thing coming. Games are taking longer than ever to make and there have been several games each year for the past 4 years or so. I wonder if we will get a few surprise remasters or smaller DLC packages in the mean time (ala God of War Valhalla).

[Revelator]

Yeah this dawned on me the other day. The only confirmed franchise exclusive I'm looking forward to is Phantom Blade Zero (which doesn't have a release date). Kind of shocked that we don't even have a teaser trailer for a major first party title. Am I missing something?

[scrub12]

Sounds like they might start bringing more games to PC day and date as well, since Helldivers has sold really well.

[Monkey_Driven]

I find it to be pretty disingenuous and lazy journalism to keep running with the quote that the "PS5 is in its latter stages of life". He's talking about the next fiscal year (April 2025-March 2026), not right now.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[CopperTom]

I find it to be pretty disingenuous and lazy journalism to keep running with the quote that the "PS5 is in its latter stages of life". He's talking about the next fiscal year (April 2025-March 2026), not right now.

And yet it’s enough to dissuade me from investing in this generation. PS4 still keeps me entertained and Switch 2 right around the corner.

Microsoft announced they are well into development on the next XBOX too. This generation has so few "next gen" games. This generation is such a disappointment to me.

[tree_]

If this generation was unable to provide many true next-gen games, why would the next generation do any better? Is there something about this generation's hardware that made it more difficult to produce games in an efficient, timely manner, that can be improved upon with new hardware?

[CopperTom]

I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.

[tree_]

I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.

Yes, and I suppose it is all about selling consoles. So when sales dip, it's time for a new one. But I don't understand how they can convince people to buy it. Probably some big gimmick, like augmented reality or something. Although people still buy new IPhones and I have no idea why.

[Monkey_Driven]

I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.

Absolutely.

[CopperTom]

I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.

Yes, and I suppose it is all about selling consoles. So when sales dip, it's time for a new one. But I don't understand how they can convince people to buy it. Probably some big gimmick, like augmented reality or something. Although people still buy new IPhones and I have no idea why.

Ray tracing is a big deal. Maybe next gen games will actually utilize it.

Honestly, I'm much more excited about Vita 2 (thanks sales success of a PS Portal) than I am about PS6. I'm also more excited about XBOX-Switch-like than I am about XBOX 5.

[tree_]

I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.

Yes, and I suppose it is all about selling consoles. So when sales dip, it's time for a new one. But I don't understand how they can convince people to buy it. Probably some big gimmick, like augmented reality or something. Although people still buy new IPhones and I have no idea why.

Ray tracing is a big deal. Maybe next gen games will actually utilize it.

Honestly, I'm much more excited about Vita 2 (thanks sales success of a PS Portal) than I am about PS6. I'm also more excited about XBOX-Switch-like than I am about XBOX 5.

I dunno, Spiderman 2 utilizes it quite a bit and it doesn't really make much of a difference, IMO. Maybe an upgrade would be more substantial and noticeable, dunno.

[Revelator]

I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.

Absolutely.

100%. I've yet to see a big title (on either console) that can actually run a smooth 4K/60FPS. I thought 4K/60FPS was going to basically be something standard on the 'current' gen. By the spring, I'm assuming we'll finally get official word on a PS5 Pro to hit this holiday season (based on recent rumors)

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Monkey_Driven]

I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.

Absolutely.

100%. I've yet to see a big title (on either console) that can actually run a smooth 4K/60FPS. I thought 4K/60FPS was going to basically be something standard on the 'current' gen. By the spring, I'm assuming we'll finally get official word on a PS5 Pro to hit this holiday season (based on recent rumors)

I don't really see a point in a PS5 Pro right now, especially at a $600 price point (just guessing).

[Simple Torture]

It just makes sense to skip a generation on each console, doesn’t it? I have a PS4 but primarily play my Series X, but I’ve never really felt like I was missing anything major on the PS5, because I know I can just build up a backlog of PS+ essential games and play them on the PS6 if I buy it in like 5 years. And there’s so much on Game Pass that I have no doubt there won’t be many next-gen titles that will make me feel like I need the next Xbox.