Demanding Sony give up the benefit of their supreme lead in this console generation feels completely juvenile and short sighted. In the 360 era nobody tried to champion behind this because it had the lead. Yet now the tables have turned greatly in Sony's favor and butt hurt non PS4 owners want to make as much stink as possible on this subject so they don't have to concede that they chose wrong. Sony literally invented the idea behind Cross Play. They were doing it already back on the ...
FFXV sold like 5mill on ps4 and 1mill on Xb1. The split is often about 5 to 1 with Japanese titles. With games like final fantasy that 1 mill can justify that version's existence. Yet the more niche stuff is subjective. Tales of max sells 500k-1mill on it's best platform, ps. 100k or less is often not worth the risk of lossed profit.
I don't think this will sell too well on xbox. Its digital only and MS has hones a specific cult following on xb1. Yet im pretty ...
People swear Gamestop is ripping them off but have no idea the economics of Video Games and have no idea what it takes to make it work.
1. Gamestop doesn't over charge for anything, they are selling it at distributor recommended pricing, MSRP. If Gamestop overcharged u would see $100 pop figures. As we all learned from Best Buy, blanketly discounting new video games can be a huge loss. Retailers only make about 5-6 off of a $60 game. So when BB was discounting them thro...
I wouldn't say they are leading in that either. PlayStation Now service exists and it has more games than Xbox game pass. Because it is based in the cloud it is the only true answer to permanent BC.
MS is using case by case emulation to get these games on XBO. What happens when architecture changes in the next generation of systems? They will need to b reworked again. This is the situation that is keeping ps4 from being natively bc now. Ps3 architecture is too differen...
As much as i enjoy skyrim and fallout, ive always been conflicted about them. I have fun in them....but on many levels they are broken and disjointed. Combat is clunky as all hell, storylines are usually very dry in the way they are told, albeit many layers of depth. And they are buggy to boot.
Many other games with a single one of these issues would be torn to shreds yet i think we like it because of the options available. We get to act out the fantasy. Even if the way we ...
....majority of these are multiplatform. 😒
The main reason you won't see Sony do this for their brand new game releases is due to the actual type of games tyey make.
Xbox exclusive games are predominantly or entirely online focused. Online focused games attempt to draw out their relevance ala updates, expansions, etc. Or at least they try to. Monthly subscription models work for that kind of game because you will need to play the game for months to continue to make progress. Yet a game that has such a small barr...
It is unlikely MS can bounce back with content for this gen. Anything they have in pipeline will need to be held for Next Generation of consoles. So having an Xbox One X is going to mostly be utilized with Multiplatform games.
The reasoning in this article are pretty half baked. PS4 has backwards compatibility too, as well as a "Netflix of games" service rolled in one. It's called PS NOW.
The concentration on backwards compatibility via hardware is short sighted, as in it's only useful for one generation. Sony's streamed games service actually allows backward compatibility infinitely in the future. They will never be hindered by hardware compatibility again, something the N...
According to the Dualshocker's review, NNK2's character development comes largely from doing the side quests....which I am assuming IGN did not do much of. I think when they realize that saying that outs them as just speed runners they will be forced to change their score.
The Last of Us handles violence in a very different way than games like GTA , Mortal Kombat, Gear of War, or God of War.
For one, they don't do it for pure sadistic satisfaction nor do they treat it like a joke. The violence is immediately relatable. When they depict it it elicits our empathy for pain and desperation to evade it. When playing as Ellie in the first game, was horrified when she got caught. All i wanted to do was keep her safe. So i was ruthless with stab...
With the way some of you are replying i think you should know that the PlayStation VR is actually the most successful of all the VR headsets by like a country mile. It passed lifetime PC VR sales in it's first six months and currently is selling out everywhere. Anyone trying to break into VR game development has to consider psvr as a priority.
Street Fighter constantly cuts previously done characters out from main entry to main entry so they can create subtle add ins for later installments. They seemingly take a decade to perfect their balancing as if each game was their first fighter ever. 15 Characters in a long standing fighting series is absolutely pathetic. Not to mention they have one of the most basic fighting game formulas. Street Fighter IV had like 5 editions which is ridiculous.
Each Tekken has a huge...
Why do they always seem to cherry pick US only data? While the Switch is killing it and so far very successful.....it is not outselling the PS4 Worldwide. These devices are sold globally, not just in the US and selling them anywhere is good. Not to mention that the Switch isn't outselling the PS4 by that much in either Japan or US, so once the fever has subsided in a year or so it will be about normal.
7>10>12>6>9 for me.
VII will always be number one, not because it was the first most people played, but because of it's themes and subject matter. It is a game where you start off as an Eco Terrorist trying to do right by the planet. It's a tale of Life, Death, and Rebirth. It reimagined the planet as a living breathing and thinking entity. Many great life lessons...like beware meeting your childhood heroes, and knowing that your only real limitation in life is yo...
The problem I think stems from the fact they deliberately put out an incomplete product so they could merchandise the parts separately. Kingsglaive for one, the game has no introduction to it's elements unless you have watched it. Back story for the supporting cast seems completely relegated to side products like the Anime or DLC....which is pathetic in comparison to previous FF games.
This is in stark comparison to FFVII Compilation, where we got full realized story an...
Yes ps3 removed several os and hardware features over time to meet market expected pricing. MS added stuff with each iteration but that wasnt entirely good because most of it it should of had by default. 360 gave the illusion of being cheaper but it was an accessory nightmare. Batteries for controllers when ps3 were rechargeable, wifi adapter when even the wii had it built in, non mandatory hdd that secretly became mandatory for games after 2008 so the screwed all those ppl with 4gb models, n...
I think the real issue here is that NOT showing the guys kissing is deceitful because it is GOING to be apart of every person's game.
If you think it won't fly with the straight main fanbase, don't put it in their period. But it is in there and those who think like you will pick it up and be shocked that they have to kiss guys.
I just think it should embrace what it is.If they want to make it how it is there is nothing wrong with that, just don...
Gay men and women watch straight couples kiss/makeout/have sex in virtuaully every form of entertainment on a regular basis. Do you hear about them cringing at every site? No, because just because its not their thing doesn't mean its gross.
If just "seeing" that sort of thing bothers you, you might not be homophobic but you do have some unresolved issues with the matter. Most likely social conditioning that for so long told you you should be disgusted by it.
Sony has an interesting strategy now. During the PS2 and PS3 era they heavily experimented with MP based games. Some successes but many failures. They didn't really know what to do with it because the online landscape was constantly changing on them and they were unaccustomed to it.
PS4 era was different. Sony all but axed all their MP centric studios and teams. Geurilla who had previously worked on Killzone were moved to a Open World Action RPG(which was way better sui...