@TheFrenchiestFry Microsoft definitely should have gone on this first-party spending spree three years ago or so, so they could be prepared for the new generation. They're doing everything right atm, but you can't buy more time, and Microsoft has nothing prominent other than Halo to sell the new Xbox this year.
Granted, I think a LOT of Sony's stuff is going to be very delayed this gen as well. Other than Horizon, which is a cross-gen release, they just don't have much in the way of hard hitters this year. Returnal is likely going to flop and sell mostly to Playstation faithfuls. Ratchet and Clank will be reasonably popular and do well, but, for most people, it's not the sort of game that moves units.
Not that it'll matter. The PS4 sold extremely well with almost nothing good in the way of exclusives for years.
I feel like a lot of Sony's moves would potentially be poorly received by their fanbase if they opened up about them, which would explain the deafening silence from them as of late. They know people will move on as soon as they release something new and shiny, whereas talking about their future as a brand frankly will bring more scrutiny of their movements than they like.
That's how I read the situation, anyway.
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As much as I like what I've seen of Returnal, I'm not getting a PS5 just for that game .... With the way the vast majority are 'timed' exclusives, like FFVII Remake, Forspoken & presumably like FFXVI will be, it's highly unlikely there'd be enough to persuade me to spend £500 on a console! I'd spend it on upgrading the PC over the next few years, if needed, instead
Already pre-purchased RE Village, aka Tall Lady game for Steam with 35% discount, @Wavey84 .... While I'm waiting for FFVII Remake there, etc! Not interested in their God of War stuff, personally or Sackboy, etc. While Spiderman is the sort of thing I'd pick up in sales if I had the console, just to see what it's all about but I'm not getting one for that
I naturally have to keep up with what is going to definitely be fully exclusive to PS systems, since I don't have one, so I did check out their various shows for games, etc
Playing through RE6, RE Deadly Silence and waiting for Resident evil 8. If they made a variety of enemies unlike the molded the game will be a GOTY contender!
The footage gives me Castlevania vibes ... awesome!
Eh, I know a few fans of Sackboy, @Wavey84 .... R&C doesn't interest me, either! Not sure about Stray but probably not & certainly not to get a PS5 for that & Returnal, lol
I'm surprised how apathetic I've become about purchasing a PS5. I look at my PS4 backlog and ask myself, "do I really need it?" I look at my Switch backlog and think, "would I ever get around to my using a PS5?" Hmm, maybe when my brother gets a PS5 and buys a game that's exclusive and doesn't have crossplay with the PS4 version. But I don't see that happening for years.
Ha, I'm kinda glad the PS5 is starting out quite slow because I prefer to wait a couple of years so you can find the console a bit cheaper.
Although if both Horizon 2 and God of War 2 actually come out in 2021, that could certainly change the mood.
@Magician Probably very loud. A lot has happened since the September 2020 crossgen confirmation of Miles Morales, Sackboy and Horizon Forbidden West. Such as Cyberpunk 2077 releasing providing very strong evidence that the game should've had a major delay along with the PS4/XB1 versions cancelled. Also Halo Infinite being very scaled back (e.g. very simplified weather, 1 biome) likely because XB1 is too weak.
If I recall correctly the main points back in September 2020 against crossgen were the Halo Infinite gameplay demo in July 2020 and Horizon Zero Dawn not having flyable mounts because the PS4 was too weak.
My current guesstimate is that Horizon is like March/April 2022, which will be a covid-based delay. And God of War is like christmas 2022, which is a lying-based delay. I don't think they ever thought it would be 2021. I think they just said that to get people buying consoles.
That's just weird. Surely they knew that people would be annoyed by it. So why did they do it in the first place, if a bit of backlash was enough to get them to backtrack.
That just makes them come across as kind of clueless and unprincipled.
I added Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition to my library even though I already own the game physically. It means that if the CD breaks I'll have some neat insurance.
I honestly think if the date for Ps3 and Vita were just a year later, it wouldn't have been as bad and it certainly wouldn't have gotten the level of backlash it got.
Let's be honest, it still would be bad. Companies can very, very easily afford to keep these stores up, it is not a real issue. However, giving people like 4 months was the worst idea. No one has time or money for that, cmon.
I'm just beyond happy I don't have to worry about this immediately. Not only was I going to spend probably 200 bucks on old games on PS3, but I was also going to look into whatever memory card or the like PS3 uses, to see if I can get one. I actually can't tell you what it uses right now, I don't keep track of that. The whole thing would've been frustrating and annoying and mildly expensive.
oh yeah and also my HD tv is still ****ed, ugh. So that's already a thing on top of anything else. So seriously, thank god they changed their minds.
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