Games would need to be patched, not re-released. The difficulty of these patches would be directly tied to the technology Sony incorporates into the device. If it’s based on the PS5 Pro, it would offer an amazing advantage in target settings because PSSR would handle much of the heavy lifting. However, this approach would add complexity for developers, as they’d need to balance the visual performance targets of the base PS5 with the upscaling provided by PSSR, while also implementing a lower ...
Thanks to modern tech, companies can now make handhelds that run the same games as their home consoles. So, it’s no shock that both Sony and Microsoft are diving into this space. Honestly, the more competition, the better.
That said, If the PS Portal is anything to go by, I can’t shake the feeling that Sony’s going to slap an really high price tag on theirs.
It’s odd that the comparison is with the standard Steam Deck instead of the Steam Deck OLED, which has a 90Hz display. That aside, the Ayn Portal seems promising—and just to clarify, before anyone says the name is copying the PlayStation Portal, the Pimax Portal actually came first in 2023. It seems companies just really like naming their devices “Portal,” especially for handhelds.
For streaming, the Ayn Portal offers a lot... It supports Wi-Fi 7 and runs on Android, which ...
What bothers me about this new Xbox offering is that you still need a Game Pass Ultimate subscription to play. It’s not like Stadia, where you could buy the game and play it without needing a subscription, which was only for extra features. So, who is this really meant for?
To use the service, you’d need to buy the game and keep paying for Game Pass Ultimate. That’s asking a lot, especially since Xbox console owners, who are probably the main audience for this, would likely...
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Exactly! That’s why this is such a massive problem. The only obstacle between Sony and a full-blown monopoly is how much cash they’re willing to throw around. They’re on track to dominate every anime streaming platform, corner the Western manga market, and seize control of light novel publications. On top of that, they’d cement their place in the tripoly that dictates the flow of source material.
And let’s not pretend Sony’s track record in thi...
If anything, it proves the UE5 narrative.
Callisto Protocol is a UE4 game, and it already ran quite well on the PS5, as demonstrated in its own trailer. The game was capable of displaying 4K at 30 FPS with ray tracing enabled and 4K at 60 FPS with ray tracing turned off. It was already a bit of an edge case on the console because it didn’t drop the rendering resolution between modes. It consistently rendered between 1440p and 1728p, then upscaled to 4K. The only differences...
No, Sony is trying to establish a monopoly on anime streaming, manga, and light novel publication in the Western market while also becoming the largest company in this segment in Japan, replacing Kadokawa in the current triopoly (Kodansha, Hitotsubashi, and Kadokawa).
It’s a completely different ballpark from what Microsoft did. To put it into perspective, even if Microsoft had acquired Zenimax, ABK, EA, Tencent, Take-Two, and Embracer, it still wouldn’t come close to the l...
It’s still on sale here, with discounts between 7% and 15%, depending on the store. Over on Amazon, it’s managed to sell at least 600 units since launch, funnily that is around 7% of PS5 sales during the same time. For a niche platform, that’s not bad...
That would be really nice. The Steam Controller was one of the most unique controllers out there. It wasn’t great for traditional gaming, but it worked very well for PC-focused games like RTS, 4X, or FPS.
I just hope they don’t assemble it in the US like the original. That caused serious issues with supply, warranty, and especially spare parts.
On a gaming website, it’s natural for readers to view this through the lens of gaming. From that perspective, this would seem like a smaller acquisition compared to what Microsoft has done. However, the real concern here isn’t gaming. Kadokawa’s gaming efforts, even with FromSoftware’s success, make up only a small part of their business. The company’s anime and manga divisions are far larger and more impactful.
If Sony were to acquire Kadokawa, it could lead to a monopoly ...
Back when the Switch launched, it was a interesting choice. Mainly because, at that point, technology wasn’t even close to supporting a portable system sharing the same library as a full home-console. So what did Nintendo do? They priced a handheld like a home console, ditched the traditional console altogether, and let marketing handle the rest to convince people that it was somehow diferent from their previous devices.
Fast forward to now, and that excuse doesn’t really ...
I don’t think it’s worth it. By the time they’re ready to release a handheld, the XSS will be so outdated that producing its APU won’t make financial sense. Plus, they’d need to work some serious engineering magic to drop its power consumption from an average 70W to a handheld-friendly 15W.
It would make more sense to design an entirely new solution from scratch, like Valve did with the Steam Deck. That’s why I believe we’re more likely to see an Xbox handheld in the next c...
That seems like a fair call for a pretty flawed award show. I mean, is Shadow of the Erdtree really less of a full game than the new Yakuza? It’s just as big, reuses about the same amount of assets, and probably even has more original content.
Then there's the obvious issue with the expansions/DLC category. First off, we don’t get something on the level of Shadow of the Erdtree every year. Second, how do GAS like Destiny, Genshin Impact, and others would work if that ca...
I actually think it’s the opposite. For an Xbox handheld—or a PlayStation handheld, for that matter—to stand a chance, it needs to share the same library and infrastructure as the home console. Otherwise, we’re just doomed to repeat the mistakes that killed off so many handhelds before.
Here’s the kicker: it also has to deliver everything we expect from portable gaming. That means being reasonably sized, reasonably powerful, and reasonably efficient. But today’s tech can’t ...
I really feel for Nintendo and whoever ends up developing the next Mario Kart and Smash. The amount of content and features in the current iterations is mind-boggling, and surpassing them in the sequels will require a ridiculous amount of effort and talent.
Honestly, the main culprit isn't Grove Street Games; it's whoever at Rockstar/Take-Two decided to give them the job in the first place. They're a 50-person operation that specializes in porting old games to mobile devices - and they're not even that good at it. Leaving them to handle remastering THREE games on 6 different platforms is just plain stupid.
Yeah, but it’s easy money. Doesn’t take much, especially when you can just copy-paste assets from the sequel. You get $10 from every fanboy who’s too clueless to care, and $60 from every new buyer and sucker collecting physical media.
If you have an Xbox, a few quick clicks and an easy install get you access to every Pokémon game up to the 3DS. Sure, it's not official support, but it’s a lot better than a token nod in a Tetris collection.
A 6-hour campaign with almost nothing extra to unlock, all for $60? Honestly, even the old DS LEGO games gave you more for less money... This is a game that really only makes sense for mega fans of Horizon.
Considering it’s a portable device and the size of modern games, not supporting physical media seems obvious. Any solution involving it would be awkward. Something like a version of Microsoft's Expansion Cards, could hold this amount of data, but would also make it very expensive, and a system where you connect to a PS5 to load physical discs could again work. But this would require an activation window that lets you play for a limited time before needing to reconnect to the console, maki...