PS5 already as FSR. You can't just expect superior frame generation tech than that to run on older hardware.
They're going to be held back on multiplatform games by the PS5 Pro, assuming they launch more powerful than PS5 Pro. Like it or not, the next generation begins when Sony says it does. They sell the systems en masse, and developers are going to wait for their system and its guaranteed large install base before they start taking risks on making next gen-only games that actually utilize the hardware's capabilities. So, if Xbox tries to get the jump on Sony by releasing a next gen system...
Right, just like you were 100% sure that we wouldn't see any major first party Xbox games come to PlayStation, and now they won't even say Gears of War is console exclusive...
Gaming is still recovering from losing almost 2 years of productivity to COVID, as well as the inflationary post-COVID economy (all those stimulus checks, unemployment and loans had to be paid for somehow), and the entire industry has been feeling it this year, with layoff after layoff. That is likely why Sony took a year off of first party releases and coasted on third parties for a while... Let them take the risk, the system is selling anyway, and then come back strong as the economy starts...
Exclusivity didn't hurt FF7:R sales. It was a bad year for all developers, which is why there have been so many layoffs.
As if selling the game to a install base of 25 million Xboxes, where the vast majority of its gamers don't buy any games, is going to make any difference...
I'm trying so hard to get into this game, but so far it's just "go to spot. Kill bugs. Do ridiculously simple thing (type in code, blow thing up, turn knobs). Go to extraction point. Kill more bugs. Rinse. Repeat."
A lot of the global markets are down right now, and not over US recession concerns, but also over concerns of war in the middle east.
"Sony has kept FF games off Xbox, made timed exclusivity deals with Bethesda games as well as made deals with multiple 3rd party publishers to have exclusive content for PlayStation." - Sony doesn't buy entire publishers with multiplatform games in development only to make those games exclusive instead.
PS1 relied heavily on third parties as well, and it went on to become one of the best consoles in history.
500 million people playing their games, and they can't even clear 30 million of those people buying their consoles.
They aren't making a penny of "profit" off of the acquisition until the acquisition has paid for itself. We're still a long, LONG way away from Activision giving them nearly $70B.
The fact that Xbox hardware is down from last year's already dismally low numbers further drives the nail into the coffin... Microsoft does have a path forward as a publisher, but at this point, them investing billions into hardware no longer makes sense. It is not driving ...
They already cut it in Europe.
PSVR2 has more games (it can play all of Meta's plus its exclusives), more features (eye tracking, foveated rendering, haptic feedback, HDR OLED)... honestly, if someone doesn't own meta already, PSVR2 is the far better buy.
You can bet that if PSVR2's install base starts to climb (which it will) because of this, Sony will take note and start offering more support for it.
They probably didn't have much choice, releasing that full kit for less than $500 at launch was insanity. Even Quest 3, which has fewer features, costs $500.
I figured that would be the case, because those features have to be coded into the games themselves. PC VR doesn't support eye tracking, haptics, or HDR, so none of that is coded into their games.
buy the over-the-head strap for it that you can get on Amazon for like $30, it gets rid of that bridge pressure entirely.
I'm also buying a second headset now to give to my sister so we can game together.
I've been digital only since PS3.