Also, all but Psychonauts and Forza, have yet to be unproven so settle down in lifting your praise before the results are in....wouldn't want more disappointment to ensue.🤷🏾‍♂️

Sony has a proven formula while this is MS's 4th generation of theoretical folly. Good luck.🤣🤣

O No, boo hoo, whatever shall we do? We had to wait an extra few months to play this boring piece of cardboard, o nooooo

@SurgicalMenace A business consultant who doesn't understand that subscriptions outperform boxed goods - I feel sorry for those consulting you.

I can't wait for Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime TV and Spotify etc. to all finally expand into the super profitable boxed movies and music CDs space!

The only part you are correct on is that Sony and Microsoft are doing great right now, better than ever before.

The meager trimmings of GP - MSFS Meta 90, PN2 87-89, Forza and Halo will be 85+ also. Heck, even one of the top PS5 games is a Microsoft made game which will appear on GamePass, and sequels will appear day 1 - DeathLoop Meta 88.

Whatever will GP customers do with their lackluster 85+ metacritic games for $10/mo, how unfortunate! /s

I play on PS5 primarily - it's a great box, but let's not be stupid and think that Sony charging $70 for a game is somehow good for us consumers, it isn't. I am a PS gamer and I would love a PlayStation GamePass.

No need to feel sorry, it's all blessings, smiles and comfort on this end.🤷🏾‍♂️ Ummm, without proper projections for GP, which MS fails to release, anything you're aiming to cement your standings on, is fragile at best.

Meager: thin; slim.(When the term is exercised this way, it is used as a measure of options or the lack there of).🧐

How many blockbuster experiences has MS produced? GP was their answer to losing in sells to even the Switch and not wanting to keep being shown that their community doesn't support them. How else could you explain the lack of development quality in their 1st party offerings?

Are we infantile now? Review scores are only a measure of critical success not commercial.🤣

Microsoft, though they are worth a MILLION BILLION TRILLION dollars, has failed to show what that means to their supporters. Sony, who's worth only a 10th of MS, has shown for 25 years why they're a market staple and leader. You are aware that MS has NEVER seen a profit in their gaming division in 4 generations, right? Why do you think that is?

Sony is ALREADY seeing profit from the PS5 in less than a year. Wonder why that is?🤔

Note: Giving a large volume of games away with a 14.99 month service is not a good sign. Not sure if you've crunched the numbers. I mean, Halo infinite is releasing incomplete. Does this tell you nothing? Isn't that a flagship title? How many years are you going to remain blind?

Even with the almighty GP in the market MS is still far behind in the sells department. Blind faith is cool, but numbers are much better.

Lastly, celebrating for MS making a purchase is equivalent to celebrating a college acceptance letter, without results it's only a gesture.😌

Oh and paying a premium for quality is great for the people and the company. How long has Porsche, Bentley, Ferrari, Jaguar, Mercedes, and BMW been around? Man, it almost makes sense when you don't restrict yourself to only what's offered to you....you get what you pay for.

It feels like you all had a brain wash. How can't you see a clear winner in all Gamepass subscribers?
Why would you push people to buy a 70 dollars game better than a subscription of 15?
I pay the 15 and occasionally when Sony brings a master piece i pay 39.99 used because I have to much to play on Gamepass so I can wait.
You guys are blind, your fanboy status is reaching a point where is even not healthy for your mind and wallet.... 😲 Wow, just read again all your responses and if you don't see a problem go running to a psychiatrist to see if there is a freaking cure to your washed brain 🧠....danmm! jajajaja!

@surgical

Would love to see the numbers of people who would bite on a Gamepass-like service on Playstation .... were it to exist.

I know PS Now is a thing, but doesn't do well, and accounts for just a small percentage of the Playstation userbase.
I doubt that's just because Sony players are just so dedicated they make a point to buy retail.
I'm highly sure it's purely because it's a weak service that people just don't find worthwhile to invest into.

I'd have you know, sir, that I do drive and live in luxury. Is it so far from reality to encounter one's who don't have to be spendthrifts to experience their entertainment? I guess no one is willing to pay an asking price because you're not, huh?

No millionaires could ever exist on N4G, just people living from paycheck to paycheck scrounging for their next meal whilst wasting their earnings on luxuries they only complain about.

Note: Last I checked a douche flushes out toxins, bacteria, and other undesirables from an otherwise pleasurable experience. I'll accept the compliment.😁

Perhaps when you come to understand how hypocritical it is to expect nominal costs while wanting the highest value to be paid to yourself is, you'll realize why the gap between our earnings is so wide.

Compare and contrast:
You are making snide comments and complaining about price.
I'm enjoying my life with entertainment and luxury, comfortably enough to know paying full price is investing into the future of something I never want to see die.

You know when you love something, there's no asking price too high. I wonder if your love for those that surround you is limited to vacancies of your pockets as well?🤔 Calm down and live a little, this is supposed to be all fun and games. Literally🤷🏾‍♂️

Look, it's Mr. Cruz.😂 Services are fine but none of them have any marketable value. Sony seems to know this, ultimately, hence the lack of any real push outside of saying "it's here if you want it". They have the backing of the gamers, the devs, the industry, etc because they create GREAT content to compliment their notoriety.

Something like GP may come along but it's clearly not necessary on Sony's end. Everyone saying that they won't pay this or that are overshadowed by the millions that will. Can't you see the wide gap in the quality of games each company produces? To achieve critical and commercial success is nothing to bate an eye at.

After so long of ignoring the obvious, you all just sound bitter and defeated, overall. Giving credit where it's due is not hard when you actually know how to identify greatness. This feat become inherently easier when you experience greatness yourself.

I guess bashing the winners in life can become a habit adopted by those who've not experienced many victories themselves. Play on players.

@Surgical

For Sony and Nintendo first party games and some AAA / AAAA 3rd party games I agree.

The Medium is none of the above. This should have been included in PS+ for October.

@Abizzel

I've only just purchased, The Medium, I've not had the chance to play it yet. Once I'm finished with Tales of the Arise, I'll give it a spin.

People should play it regardless if you like suspenseful story heavy games. It’s worth 50$. It’s worth paying for gamespass.

@Neonridr
Correct sir. But both consoles get the game. That's more important to me.

Waste to educate you, your brain can't handle it

So its shadows and lighting over resolution now? Hard to keep track of these goal posts.

He does but, that alone doesn't exclude his bias which he clearly is.

@Orchard

Yeah cause you know enough to explain yourself? Lol. Doubtful. But yeah since you know so much why don't you go ahead and explain all the tech and development techniques since you're also an expert.

Go ahead and look at how many absolutely awful excuses were made for the pop in and absolutely trash graphics for the Halo Craig video last year. If he actually knew what was going on those excuses wouldn't have even been made.

@dbcoops

Before it was about resolution and fps because one x and ps4 pro were running the same graphical effects. When comparing resolutions and performance its not apples to apples anymore since the ps5 is not capable to run those effects at an acceptable performance vs series x which is why they are dropped entirely. Ie raytracing etc.

Finally I'm not surprised as the series x is 20% more powerful and run similar architecture. It's not magic folks, if it was dropped in the ps5 version it's not because the game looks better with same resolution upgrade vs intense next gen graphical effects.

Wrong.

Xbox could have done the same thing, It would have had to cut the same things to reach the same consistent rez.

Xbox is a much lower rez, running those settings.

PS5 could have easily run the xbox settings, but at the same rez as xbox.

@binary code

Nothing I said is wrong. It's a fact xbox is 20% more powerful and as a result will run games better. Running nextgen graphical effects will always look better than basic effect at higher resolutions. If xbox wanted to drop the effects they could and can run ps5 but it will run better 20% better. No way around it

@Binarycode - exactly, the devs opted to push more for the Xbox version, and it suffers elsewhere. For the PS5 they did the opposite. Had the PS5 pushed the extra shadows / lighting, the resolution would have suffered too.

It's not rocket science.

-"But the conclusion Bloober came to with their themes in The Medium was incredibly jarring and poorly crafted."

I guess there's just going to be a hard disagree between us then. It ranks up there with Observer as far as Bloober's storytelling goes and it gave me more optimism about their heavily rumored Silent Hill project/remake. I can understand not wanting to get into details here, but I'm down for an extended convo via PM. It just might take a while for me to respond.

-"But I played 2 games last year that absolutely botched what they set out to achieve in narrative. The Medium was one, The Suicide of Rachel Foster was the other."

It's weird b/c I'm with you on Rachel Foster and its "Legal Lolita" angle too. I'd almost argue there's a yin/yang disparity between them with regards to handling their themes. *MAYBE* not black and white difference per se - Medium has some issues, but something closer to a black and... beige.