Re: Sony Playstation
Posted: Wed January 31, 2024 2:48 pm
Horizon: Burning Shores is absolutely gorgeous. I'm enjoying just flying around and taking in the sights.
https://www.polygon.com/24057447/silent ... nuary-2024
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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.Monkey_Driven wrote:Horizon: Burning Shores is absolutely gorgeous. I'm enjoying just flying around and taking in the sights.
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).CopperTom wrote: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.
Steve Albini wrote: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.
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.tragabigzanda wrote: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.Monkey_Driven wrote: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.
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.CopperTom wrote:I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.
Absolutely.CopperTom wrote:I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.
Ray tracing is a big deal. Maybe next gen games will actually utilize it.tree_ wrote: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.CopperTom wrote:I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.
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.CopperTom wrote:Ray tracing is a big deal. Maybe next gen games will actually utilize it.tree_ wrote: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.CopperTom wrote:I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.
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.
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)Monkey_Driven wrote:Absolutely.CopperTom wrote:I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.
Steve Albini wrote: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.
I don't really see a point in a PS5 Pro right now, especially at a $600 price point (just guessing).Revelator wrote: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)Monkey_Driven wrote:Absolutely.CopperTom wrote:I think we're at the "diminishing marginal returns" phase of hardware enhancements.