Holy cow... Alan Wake 2 and now this... I had to double, triple check first that this wasn't some left over from April 1st.
@Apocalypse It’s talking about the original in terms of visual design. There were PS3 phats that did not feature the same back compat as the launch PS3 phat. With each iteration they effectively strip mined away part of the back compat story.
I just checked the aligned sales chart, the PS3 did not match the 360 in it’s first year.
@outside That’s true, but most gamers don’t care. Especially back in that timeframe, the majority of folk didn’t even have a H...
@sinspirit No worries bro, all part of debating, sometimes we're right sometimes we're wrong (myself included in that).
No hard feelings ever :)
It's a well known fact that the PS3 was horribly priced at launch, Sony themselves have even acknowledged this since.
The two models at launch were priced at $499 and $599, in 2022 with inflation, they would be $692 and $831 today. No about of backwards compatibility justifies that price.
BC when it requires hardware is a terrible idea (see above pricing). There's also a reason why we don't do HW back compat anymore in modern consoles. Fortuna...
These will be the guys that push UE5 to its max. Excited to see their first UE5 title.
I don’t share anything about my personal identity online :) I work at a large developer who makes games for PS, Xbox and PC, some of which you’ve discussed previously.
That’s all you need to know :) if you want other (non-studio specific) proof I’m a dev, reach out - happy to send you that via PM.
Only if you got it in the first year, for the vast majority of consumers it was not much of a BC console since launch model sales were low due to the crazy high price.
Shrug, I’ve been doing it since the PS2 without issue.
Plus right now the stacking would be a Switch :p hard for that thing to damage anything.
But also being able to easily sit controllers on top is a nice plus.
I still have my PS3 sitting on my stand for playing PS1/2/3 games, still looks great to this day and doesn’t look out of place at all. Same couldn’t be said if you put a Wii or launch 360 back on there.
I've seen the people leaving The Initiative yeah, but it looks like the game is almost fully at CD now, and I trust CD with the IP to do right by it.
Seems like they're doing a good job of getting units out despite the on-going shortages hitting everyone. I wonder how many they've sold & shipped.
I disagree. It's not the best looking PS console by a long stretch, but it looks better than the PS5. The glossy piano black exterior is slick looking, and the (launch) silver trim was great. It definitely got a bit worse when they started replacing that part with cheaper plastic and later just black - but the box still looks great, better than the subsequent PS3 slim & super slim.
The only annoying part for me, and this is a complaint I still have with PS5, was the...
Online with MTX became more financially rewarding, that's what happened.
@Captain I never waste my breath ;) And I've developed some of the games you play (or at least mention on here) :)
@sinspirit
"Look up the publisher. If you can't use Google then you shouldn't even be attempting to debate with people. You should be fact checking yourself. The publisher is SIE. Sony. They publish the game. Don't run off on a tangent about other things to refuse to properly address your claim on the actual publisher."
Shouldn't you be fact checking yourself? Apparently you cannot use Google therefore shouldn't be attempting...
@Pocahontas You can call me wrong all you want, but it's clear who is wrong here.
1. Sony are being paid to develop the Xbox version (and Switch). That is obvious.
2. Developers in a publishing arrangement typically don't see much if any of the actual sales. They are paid up front to make the game.
"Sony said pay up or we’ll make our own unlicensed game…. Sony holds the cards (IP) not the MLB"
LOL. Yes... sure...
@crazyCoconuts Sony are probably taking no hit by it going to GP. Sony are just the developer on Xbox. MLB are the publisher, so it hits the MLB. Subscriptions are more lucrative than individual sales typically though, PS+ Premium is pretty much DOA at this point, but it would be much more appealing if it had games like The Show day 1.
@Pocahontas SIE are the developer, no one has ever disputed that, so yes they are paid to develop the game. MLB are the publisher on Xbox. Y...
We're going to see a lot of titles move to UE5 this generation. There's so much advanced technology in engines today (e.g. Nanite, Lumen), and per-platform technology too. It is no longer feasible for most studios to maintain their own engine when UE does it all.
On the game... super excited to see TR make a return! Between Perfect Dark and Tomb Raider, CD are going to be turning out some amazing games this generation.
You're not thinking like a business minded person, not one from this century anyway.
Do you know how many dollars the MLB made from physical PS sales vs the gamepass deal + additional MTX by more people having access to the game?
Because that's what really matters - the dollars, not the number of disks sold. Dollars are dollars, the source is irrelevant.
Obviously the MLB were happy enough with the financials that they decided t...
The Show being in GamePass is actually nothing to do with Sony. MLB publishes the Xbox variant and the deal is between the MLB and Microsoft.
So we don't know how much MS pays the MLB for this to be in GP, but Sony doesn't set that price / can't make them 'pay a premium'.
Presumably whatever MS are paying them, Sony could pay the same or less to have the game in PSNow (or PS+ premium as it'll soon be known) day 1.
Oh god... what did I just watch...