I'm waiting for it to hit 97.5% and then I'm going to pen a little article myself.
I'm not surprised, as gaming descends into a bland, anodyne algorithm where we're just consuming them in a constant stream, I've pretty much lost all interest.
All I can say is, people who actually remember what videogames were like know:
1. How great they were then
2. How crap they are now
This is another nail for the coffin imo
I'm a very rare case that literally only bought PSVR 2 for GT7...but I can honestly say outside of that and RE8
1. It was worth it for those alone
2. I have zero interest in anything else besides those two games
To me that's bittersweet because PSVR 2 obviously "could" deliver similar awe-inspiring experiences. There just isn't the consumer base.
I don't get it with remasters, why do they have to alter the facial structure? For example, if you look at Snake in the original, you can picture in your mind's eye what he would look like in extreme detail...but they have to fundamentally change his face, why?
I always feel like these "still having a blast" guys are like people at parties who stay after things get really stale, not realising they're dancing alone in their faeces-stained undies
I feel like we haven't even seen anywhere close to the full push yet.
Mark my words. By the end of this generation, it will be game over for ANY semblance of what we loved as videogames, and by extension, the PlayStation brand
That's what it looks like now but it is already cannibalizing the other aspects of their brand. These things historically happen slowly, and then all at once...the brand you once knew is unrecognisable
It's making them money but like the M$ thing, Sony is going to start killing their brand over the longer term. Especially now that they're basically running a monopoly.
I plugged in my PS3 recently and it was a mixture of uplifting and depressing. Modern gaming STINKS.
I'm not surprised, but I can't be the only one who thinks this gen so far has been desperately bland?
There is something bad going on with videogames and innovation....I feel like Sony is going to now be polluted by it more directly because they are truly running a monopoly now.
I'm not that impressed but at the same time I don't really care.
If games went back to PS3 graphics but improved gameplay, ai, story etc I'd be fine with it
I've really been thinking about how great the PS2/PS3 era was recently. An amazing time for innovation in videogames.
I would 100% go back to games looking like that if it meant we got more frequent games, by a big range of developers, with more focus on story and good mechanics.
Chasing photorealism is "barking up the wrong tree" in my opinion.
Personally I'd be way more interested if it played PS3/PS2 games
That is an interesting point. They should gun for something akin to a great PS3 game imo. The resource cost of say RDR 2 would only EVER be possible by a monolithic titan of an organisation. It would be crazy to even try and compete straight away.
The industry is very sick at the minute. MS yielding to Sony to allow PlayStation to become a monopoly in the console market will be awful for the consumer. No competition and so no incentive for Sony to do a good job.
That's not how innovation works. You foster and build that creative culture by showing support for studios that deliver the goods.
That just shows how backwards their philosophy is. Studios are the ones creating the magic, you can't just chop and change them on a dime.
Zombie industry. The only AAA products that will live are those based around the monetisation model.
That's an interesting point! A crying shame PS5 does not have backwards compatibility beyond PS4.
What about GTA IV's DLC?
Not a good look given that NRS has treated MK2
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