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Retr0gamer · 23-02-2021 4:09pm

Fingers crossed I don't have to bother buying a PS5. Exclusives were thin enough on the ground on the PS4..... Still want astrobot though.

Also Gran Turismo has been delayed but I'd be more shocked if a GT game actually arrived on time.

Mr Crispy · 23-02-2021 4:26pm

Penn wrote: »

Some more PS exclusives also likely to be coming to PC soon like Horizon did.

Days Gone is one of them, according to Game Watcher (actually looks like everyone is running it). Seriously, Bloodborne or feck off.

johnny_ultimate · 23-02-2021 4:30pm

Exclusives aside, the fact that the PS5 has finally brought consoles up to PC equivalent performance is something of a game changer for me. Hooked up to a good TV it's a spectacular performer, and given I spend eight or nine hours at my PC a day working from home it's great to have a separate gaming machine in a different room. Already fully delighted with the investment TBH, even if the only meaningful exclusives to date are a remake of an old game and the best tech demo ever made :pac:

Retr0gamer · 23-02-2021 4:45pm

PC has already surpassed the PS5.... but the components to surpass the PS5 might as well not exist at the moment as it's literally impossible to buy them at a fair price and I know from personal experience.

Saying that the PS5 is a really well specced machine, a far cry from the underpowered PS4. And even at that it was amazing what the Sony engineers pulled out of the PS4. It's a good buy and still has an advantage with the SSD drive. PC has drives just as fast but operating systems haven't been updated to let PC take advantage of that speed for games.

PopePalpatine · 23-02-2021 4:57pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Fingers crossed I don't have to bother buying a PS5. Exclusives were thin enough on the ground on the PS4..... Still want astrobot though.

Also Gran Turismo has been delayed but I'd be more shocked if a GT game actually arrived on time.

Well, at least that's my Christmas 2022 sorted.

Retr0gamer · 23-02-2021 4:59pm

PopePalpatine wrote: »

Well, at least that's my Christmas 2022 sorted.

I take it this is the first GT you've been eagerly awaiting then?

johnny_ultimate · 23-02-2021 5:09pm

Yeah don't get me wrong, PC will only continue to grow over the lifespan of the new consoles - and those lucky enough to have a 30xx or whatever now will already have a good advantage. But the PS5 is definitely as good a performer as my 2060 Super (not a bad card by any stretch), and with HDR (and hopefully VRR soon) the games look substantially better than they do on my decent monitor as well. Of course, it'd be great to have a good PC hooked up to the TV as well, although at the moment the PS5 more than covers what I need it for.

Jordan 199 · 23-02-2021 5:19pm

I like Gran Turismo, but what I really want is Forza Horizon 5. Make it happen this year Microsoft thanks.

Azza · 23-02-2021 5:24pm

See Sony have sorted indicated that more of their first party games will appear on PC. So with games like Kingdom Heats and the just announced Days Gone coming to PC it really is the best ever time to own a Nintendo Switch :P

Retr0gamer · 23-02-2021 5:37pm

Kingdom Hearts was never an exclusive though. Pretty sure that was Square sorting out rights with Disney that has held those games on Sony system. Square like money.

PopePalpatine · 23-02-2021 5:55pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I take it this is the first GT you've been eagerly awaiting then?

Nope, I remember saving up my pocket money for GT3 nearly 2 decades ago. I still have it on my shelves today, but thanks to my PS2's burnt-out laser I have to make do with emulators if I ever want to scratch that itch.

Mr Crispy · 23-02-2021 7:01pm

Another video game IP is being given the tv series treatment. Following recent announcements for The Last of Us, Resident Evil, Twisted Metal et al, we now have.... Frogger?

Mr Crispy · 23-02-2021 10:04pm

More trouble at Techland (Dying Light studio) according to The Gamer.

Report: Techland Is Bleeding Talent Due To Autocratic Management, Bad Feedback, And Lack Of Direction

Zero-Cool · 23-02-2021 10:31pm

Mr Crispy wrote: »

More trouble at Techland (Dying Light studio) according to The Gamer.

Artists being told their work is "too fa**ot like". Jesus!

Vicxas · 24-02-2021 10:11am

Has anyone contacted Sony support lately? I've been trying their number on their website but it says its unavailable.

Markitron · 24-02-2021 10:24am

Vicxas wrote: »

Has anyone contacted Sony support lately? I've been trying their number on their website but it says its unavailable.

I called them the other day, you can get them on 01 691 7379

Word of warning, their lines open at 10:30, call the second they open. If you delay even a few minutes you will be on hold for an hour minimum.

Vicxas · 24-02-2021 10:34am

Markitron wrote: »

I called them the other day, you can get them on 01 691 7379

Word of warning, their lines open at 10:30, call the second they open. If you delay even a few minutes you will be on hold for an hour minimum.

Was that through mobile? I was thinking that maybe thats why it was unavailable.

Markitron · 24-02-2021 10:41am

Vicxas wrote: »

Was that through mobile? I was thinking that maybe thats why it was unavailable.

Yea I used my mobile.

pixelburp · 24-02-2021 11:27am

Mr Crispy wrote: »

More trouble at Techland (Dying Light studio) according to The Gamer.

I wonder how the issue of "bad management" tracks in the game industry versus the wider world of software; it just seems especially bad compared with my own limited perspective working across a bevvy of SaaS companies down the years. Maybe I'm just lucky.

Knowing there are at least some good eggs out there like Supergiant Games or Motion Twin, means it's not a complete certainty all game studios are crappy, toxic.

Zero-Cool · 24-02-2021 8:37pm

Anthem Next is cancelled. They will keep anthem going as is but nothing new. At least they can concentrate on other games now.

https://twitter.com/bioware/status/1364655332501450760?s=19

pixelburp · 24-02-2021 9:18pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Anthem Next is cancelled. They will keep anthem going as is but nothing new. At least they can concentrate on other games now.

https://twitter.com/bioware/status/1364655332501450760?s=19

If ever there was a perfect use case for the "and nothing of value was lost" meme :pac:

Zero-Cool · 24-02-2021 9:48pm

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

Yeah, and ruin that too. Not to be pessimistic but Bioware have proven that they are incapable of learning from past mistakes. I have very little faith in the next Dragon Age game.

This gave me a chuckle.

https://twitter.com/Spartinel/status/1364658362588094464?s=19

Penn · 24-02-2021 10:40pm

Have to wonder will Avengers meet the same fate. There's no way they'll be able to keep going long enough with the amount of characters they originally had planned. If they don't get a huge bump with the next-gen upgrade next month I can't see them continuing past the end of the year.

wes · 24-02-2021 10:41pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Anthem Next is cancelled. They will keep anthem going as is but nothing new. At least they can concentrate on other games now.

https://twitter.com/bioware/status/1364655332501450760?s=19

IMO, this hurts their rep. They abandon Andromeda, which still had issues for this, and now they abandon Anthem, for Dragon Age. I can't say I have much trust in bioware anymore.

Mr Crispy · 24-02-2021 10:58pm

So Henry Cavill (the big tease) posted this on Instagram, with the caption "Secret project? Or just a handful of paper with random words on it.... Guess you'll have to wait and see. Happy hump day all."

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLrAjEuhtTe/

Someone ran the blurry text through a deblur program, and it turned out to be an excerpt from the Mass Effect 3 Wikipedia page.

wes · 24-02-2021 11:21pm

Penn wrote: »

Have to wonder will Avengers meet the same fate. There's no way they'll be able to keep going long enough with the amount of characters they originally had planned. If they don't get a huge bump with the next-gen upgrade next month I can't see them continuing past the end of the year.

They have already done a better job than Anthem. We will at bare minimum get the other Hawkeye DLC and then Spider-man for PlayStation.

Potential-Monke · 25-02-2021 12:04am

I dunno, for all the issues Anthem has, you still heard of people playing it. Seems Avengers has gone silent since it launched, and it will take a lot more than a few more DLC characters at a cost to get me interested.

Zero-Cool · 25-02-2021 12:08am

Mr Crispy wrote: »

So Henry Cavill (the big tease) posted this on Instagram, with the caption "Secret project? Or just a handful of paper with random words on it.... Guess you'll have to wait and see. Happy hump day all."

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLrAjEuhtTe/

Someone ran the blurry text through a deblur program, and it turned out to be an excerpt from the Mass Effect 3 Wikipedia page.

Henry as commander Shepard? **** yeah!

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