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@cragis0001 that PSN requirement was removed early last year though.

@DennisReynolds but Jason Scheirer is a journalist playing armchair analyst.

I don't disagree with your point but you are almost defeating it with that comment.

@fatpunkslim https://alineaanalytics.com/blog/steamps/

The data is showing all the single player follow ups like Horizon etc are selling a lot slower than the originals are which reflects it's declining.

I would assume it's the slowdown of the sequels that made Sony look at the metrics and go we can afford to keep single player games on our platform only.

Then there is the logic aspect. If and I say if as who knows, the next Xbox has steam built-in they may be looking at that as well and factoring that into any decision.

I would add that Resident Evil Requiem is an isolated example as it's multiplat anyway. Sony will only be looking at sales of their own titles vs numbers on their own machine. I think it goes without saying multiplats tend to sell best on PC.

I'm not surprised by this. The sales data seems to suggest single player games haven't been selling well on PC so it's a no brainer really. Keep them as a selling point for PS6.

Contributes to a closed ecosystem maybe but wouldn't catch Nintendo doing it.

Always been different for Xbox a closed wall actually makes less sense for them as they have a vested interested in PC doing well.

I'm probably being cynical. But the more I read the more I think Spencer and Bond have been thrown under the bus to allow them to pivot and change direction again without looking bad.

Hopefully I am am wrong.

@Deformedpye I'm torn on that one. It's easy to say unless the problems about platforms, politics etc is effecting the one thing we are all here to play IE the games.

I'd argue right now it is so true gamers have a right to be at least a little concerned about the nuances of it all.

Generative AI for example is one platform problem that certainly does affect it.

@Fiendish-Beaver there is another user here you have had some interesting convos with here who's take I would be curious to see here.

You know who I'm on about!

Aside that I agree on Phil's spirit being broken over the last year. For him and Bond both to go at the same time though something is off.

Them going the Sega route and being totally software seemed mental two years ago. But part of me thinks they have canned future hardware off especially as the software side alone is making so much revenue and that's what made them both go as they were both for it.

Could be wrong though.

@Weebleman I second this. Phil was very vocal about this year and what it would mean for Xbox the timing is off.

I would add though and coming from a line of work myself where this is common. Often execs in big corps who have another personal plan (let's say in this case h
is plans to retire) often trigger said firms PR departments to coordinate their Comms in the public domain. So his being vocal about it while no doubt being his take on it, could very well have been rehearsed and sent out publically.

@Banjo- I don't think you are being naive. But maybe optimistic.

Realistically time will tell and it's all just speculation at this point in my view. If Phil went alone and he had decided last year - fine. But for Bond to go at the same time? I do wonder if there is a massive change going on neither wanted part of.

Time will tell. I think the new incumbent has a challenge not having a gaming background and being mainly from the AI arm of the business but I'm sure we will see some changes over the coming months. Fingers crossed the right ones.

First Bluepoint shuts now this. Been a wild week in the gaming world.

@Daffy-Duck gaming is just moving the same way TV/Movies are in terms of cost (hardware aside) but it's still slower.

Take the hoo har around games going from £60 to £70. I isolate this to physical media but a decent film on blu ray brand new? Still around £20 for around 90 mins. A decent game could be around 20-30 hours for that £70 price. What's the better value?

Understand your point around costs increasing when essential costs are going up to but it's only going the same way as other media went ages ago. If I was to add up the costs for streaming/TV to ensure I want to to watch all I want to (legally) makes gaming look like a cheap hobby still right now.

Just seen this one and it's got a bit wild already. My only take on this one would have been and in other news water is wet.

Maybe when Sony's movie and/or gaming rights (not sure on the gaming one) have ended maybe it will happen? Otherwise it's not really news. Seems to have got some backs up though! Thought Console wars were dead now!

@Exerion76 second that. This thread seems to have got overrun with childish bickering rather quickly.

It's one of those games where you should realise by the trailer what you are in for before you go into it.

If you know what you are in for it's a pretty decent game.

@themightyant true. Yakuza series can fall into that latter bit though sometimes. Infinite Wealth is proving a slog for me certainly value for money but the amount of side stuff loaded in is mental.

@themightyant I'm with you on moving away from completion (GTA 6 and Fable will be exceptions for me though)

I have that many games in my backlog with umpteen side stuff to get done every time I go to play anything if I have a short time to I end up with choice paralysis and by the time I've decided what to work on I end up sticking something quick like FC 26 on 😂 it became a pain.

@FraserG there are a lot of subtle references to previous games but could easily start with that and still go on to the original series line after.

I'm near the end on PS5 and loved it the pirate gameplay is a blast!

@TrollOfWar that was a business dispute not a console war. The SNES vs Mega Drive was amongst the respective fanbases but also a lot more aggressive in terms of their TV advertising etc. You won't see anything like that again.

Sounds like a couple of people here need to get a room and have a scrap 😂

That aside in my view at least the console wars ended with SNES and Mega Drive. After that it's just been driven my social media and mostly in certain fans heads.

Ultimately gaming has moved on for better or worse into what makes the most money. MS saw it first and acted. Sony now following suit.

Nothing shocking about it could see it coming and generally will be how things are now.

@fatpunkslim I'd say he was paid nothing. He's just trying to stay relevant in the gaming space by putting opinion pieces out.

Ultimately PS and Xbox are moving in two different directions now. And neither are wrong.

I wouldn't say he's fuelling a fake console war Playstation have lost. Can't lose something that doesn't exist.

Game Pass is good value and MS offsetting the cost putting games on Playstation that sell like hotcakes is clever. Similarly PlayStation not putting first party on PS plus also makes sense. Their titles sell well and they can't absorb the cost of putting them on PS plus day one.

What he's coming out with ultimately is just fanning flames and blowing smoke. Not the first and won't be the last.

I'm enjoying it so far. They went back to basics with it. It is short. It is very linear. But it also didn't release at full price. It's designed as a throwback to the originals and I think judging it against that they hit all the right notes. Some of the reviews were a bit harsh.

@MaccaMUFC you are like me there. Guess you don't like Souls-like games either I've avoided them like the plague 😂

Keen on this though I feel ill need to get a keyboard and mouse for it. Games like this never translate to console control schemes well.

Leveraging her interests for pay they all do it nothing to see here 😂

I also didn't know she was on the ESA board either. Can't imagine she's making as much from that as she will from this though.

I think at least initially they will be looking at what live service titles they can port.

But it is a sign of a multiplatform future. I expect Nintendo to be last to the party on it however.

@Banjo- Agreed. We are in a time where gaming is in line with film and TV where it's all driven by money over creativity it's not great.

I do miss the days where you whacked a cartridge in and just played.

@Banjo- I second this 100%. You have commented a bit and may not know which one I am replying to so I'll make clear.

Sony and Nintendo not caring as much as they did in the 90s. Couldn't agree more and I include Xbox when I say this. Gaming has changed.

The days of gaming being simply a joy and an escape have been replaced by corporate greed sadly.

Game broke? Blow down the cartridge and put it back in - fixed. Has been replaced by not enough Game? Pay a bit more to get more of it. It's sad.

@Kaloudz May be able to find another publisher but depends if MS owned the IP or not.

@FraserG so may be a case of bloke may have lost his job couldn't talk about it due to NDAs now that's null and void he is now throwing stones.

Makes what he says a bit less weighty but still raises the question of who green lit the trailer going out. Can blame the Devs for adding the fake segments in there but someone signed off airing that.

@DarthAmmii I don't think he has a case he's trying to help. He's gaslighting a bit sure but all he's doing is saying I worked on this it was playable but fake bits were thrown in to get the trailer out there. Blokes probably just lost his job so he's going to throw stones now. Can't blame him.

Who green lit that trailer knowing it is the bigger question.

@WildConcept6 The reality there is with Perfect Dark at least. A studio was created from scratch. Hyped up massively by people who were imo responsible for managing the studio and the project. Those people are still there. Those in the background working on it - gone.

It's a bitter pill to swallow for those guys when there is an argument those who are safe aren't really taking any accountability when it should have been on them to manage it in the first place.

The wider thing though can't argue. Xbox has been killing it and Xbox only gamers will still have enough to keep them happy. We called Sony out for how Bungie has been handled though. Got to do it here too.

@IronMan30 I agree industry is changing that way and very fast. But I think Sony can for now at least afford to cherry pick what they put out there. I think for MS their hand is a bit more forced. For now at least anyway.

@Fiendish-Beaver I think it has cross play so my answer to that would be it doesn't matter whichever you play on that has the better specs.

@IronMan30 I think Sonys multiplat strategy will very much start with the live service titles to begin with though.

It's strategically at least easier for MS to take all first party multiplat as they have the day one on GP value card to play with it.

I can't see for example the big budget single player titles for PS5 going to Xbox. Not this gen anyway.

My view on this and if it does still exist console wars is officially dead as all three now will be positioned in their own unique space.

Playstation will be for console traditionalists and those who like PS exclusives. MS will be for the PC gamer market who want a hybrid between PC and console. And Nintendo will be for .... Well there will still only be one place to play their games.

What it will do is make it more difficult for let's say Amazon, or Apple if they wanted to, to break into the console market I mean look how Google fared with Stadia. To offer something unique with the way these three are positioned now imo wouldn't be doable.

GTA always gets a delay. Plus is it's a specific release date now. Whatever comes out we know will be quality Rockstar for all the silence and pushbacks usually always deliver.

@fatpunkslim Doom and Oblivion are not games from Xbox owned studios. Who owns Id and Bethesda again? lol. And Doom is a day one release.

Fact check aside I do agree with your original point though. It doesn't matter. It's going to make MS money why shouldn't they capitalise on it.

@gollumb82 you aren't wrong but I think Fraser has said before. Industry buzz is all over MS bringing titles to PS5 at the min so any news around it drives site traffic.

Do they want to be publishing articles like this on here all the time? I'd imagine not lol

@Sol4ris are you trying to bring said PS fanboys into the thread bringing them up? Come on now they give us enough of a headache as is lol

I think it sometimes depends on what they used as the lead platform during develoment. If it was PC then scaling perhaps was a little easier between the formats.

Bottom line no matter what you pick as your preferred choice. Grand Theft Auto shifts systems. They will all benefit from increased sales.

Strauss looks forward to this every time as GTA makes him an even more rich boy than he already is 😂

Imo a really good decision this. Too many Devs under pressure from publisher's to hit deadlines send releases out in unfinished states.

Credit to them for making what after all the graft was still a hard decision to make. Props to Sega too for supporting that.

I hope the comments thread doesn't go the way I think it might.

Good news though. I'd been giving it a try on Xbox admittedly due to having more hard drive space left but good to see the extension being applied to all formats and not just one.

@fatpunkslim What you gave are opinions not facts but that's fine that's what we all chat on here to do. Facts would involve posting a link to data to back it up - don't see it.

If you see it as facts that's fine, that's your opinion. But as you speak facts. Xbox didn't acquire Onimusha. The original went multiplat back in 2002 here's a link . https://amzn.eu/d/bxxg3UC you speak only in facts I'd maybe have fact checked that first.

System error but it is quite funny nonetheless

@fatpunkslim I speak from speculation and you speak from facts.

Okay big call but let's see it. Send me those facts and I'll retract what I said and say it's fine as facts have corrected me.

But you won't be able to do that. You are as in the dark and speculating as the rest of us.

@Fiendish-Beaver Agree and slightly disagree with that. If it's on a showcase/update youtube show would expect some deal in place for marketing too. How aggressive they go with that marketing would be my concern with them not being a Microsoft Studio though. Rare to see indies getting external marketing push.

@Banjo- Aye. Can't lie you know as well as I do though. Nadella is calling the shots now. Whatever gets marketed will be what he thinks will sell. Which is sad. Happened with Sony too. Corporates don't fully understand what gamers want only gamers do which is why Nintendo has been so successful for as long as it has.

@fatpunkslim No it doesn't detract from them already being multiplat but also similarly can't argue this is a big step up from Xbox when it comes to marketing their games and it certainly won't be just service games.

@fatpunkslim Maybe and I don't disagree with where you are coming from. But it isn't just service games they know will bring the money in otherwise the new Doom wouldn't be day one on PS5. They know mainstream games will bring the cash in too.