Topic: The PlayStation Fan Thread

Eh, Open-World is popular right now. So long as its good, it can leave a good first impression. However...Mass Effect: Andromeda was the first open-world game for its studio, and we saw how much of a mess that led to, so you're right that it's a risk. I guess we'll just have to wait 'n' see. They sure didn't give us much to speculate on yet...

Not to mention Just Cause 3, Mafia 3, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, or Homefront: The Revolution. Open world games have a tendency to be really empty, technically challenged, or just really monotonous and finished with filler.

Real VR controllers or a special edition bundle.

I swear if it's some sort of ps4 pro plus in an attempt to match Microsoft I'm gonna be really annoyed

"Introducing the all new PS4 Prophase."

PS4 Pro Definitive Edition.

They wouldnt announce the PS5 NOW would they? Theyd just kill the PS4 early brcause theyve been outdone in specs?

Or...god forbid they want to kill the Switch and are actually doing it...

The Switch would crush a Vita 2 if Sony actually wanted to do it (and they don't) because they've shut down all of their portable studios or switched them over to PS4. Even if it happened it'd just be another Vita TV, any big announcement would have been rushed 2 months ago to string up their underwhelming E3 show.

Given how desperate Sony is to control everything, a console to match XB1X (better specs) or Switch (hybrid) doesn't seem that unrealistic. A hybrid with Monster Hunter World would probably move Japan away from the Switch for example.

At Gamescom when they don't even have a press conference? Xbox had one just to announce a pre-order, and that's how the Pro was announced.

@Grumblevolcano Given Sony has gone on record saying they straight up dont want anyone taking any market share (Seriously at what point will people look at this monopoly for what it is?) they probably want to kill the Switch in Japan and whatever the logic is Monster Hunter and Dragon Quest seem to be jumping ship or MIA but Coming. You cant ignore over 1 million sales in 5 months when your own box only just hit 5 million.

So I do expect it will be something by Sony to make the Switch objectively inferior. Thats how they work. Simply make a better product and sell it for a loss. And they want no one taking anything from them at this point.

And frankly thats a sucky thing, because we dont want arrogant Sony again, yet here they are tightening their steel grip on the industry since 2013 so no one else can move.

@BLP_Software

Unless it's a home console that can be played anywhere, PS5 isn't going to kill the Switch.

I imagine Sony's current strategy is to wait a couple of years and watch the Xbox One X fizzle out while the PS4 keeps romping it.

Regarding the Switch, if it takes off then I don't think Sony will ignore it. I'm expecting someone to to produce the converged device I've been dreaming of by releasing a gaming phone that's done properly. I know Sony have tried it before, but the Switch should be able to inspire them to do better this time round.

Jeez guys.

There’s not going to be a new handheld device to ‘fight’ against the Switch, there’s not going to be a minor upgrade for the PS4 Pro to ‘fight’ the Xbox One X and there certainly won’t be a PlayStation 5 until 2019 at the earliest, 2020 at the latest.

Why on earth does Sony have to ‘fight’ when the PlayStation division is having arguably the best year ever in terms of software output, global sale figures and the biggest annual profit since the PlayStation was born?

p.s. Anyways, here’s the first trailer for BioMutant, which had my curiosity, but has now got my attention!

@BLP_Software I agree with your stance on Sony entirely. IT's PS2 era Sony again, and that's a really bad thing. OTOH, You know that MS was going to be in the exact same position if the X360 momentum continued. And Nintendo already once WAS in that position. So none of the 3 can be allowed to be on top as they've all demonstrated they'll make a monopoly of it if they can (technically Nintendo was the only one to ever actually succeed at a genuine monopoly back in the 80's.)

Still, I don't know if they'd make a Switch clone that's not just a Vita. Or badly implemented. And they'd have a problem. Playstation is the library at this point. And segmenting handheld vs. console has proven to be something they're AWFUL at doing. So Mobile PS wouldn't be a PS4, and even if it's more powerful than Switch or more sleek, it would still be something they themselves would treat as inferior to PS4. And that has proven to be an awful strategy. Right now, Switch's selling point isn't that it's a hybrid, it's that its a Switch. The brand the games, the image, work together. A hybrid PS along with PS4 would just be "another Sony portable, but not a real playstation" like Vita. I could honestly see MS doing handheld/hybrid more than Sony simply because Sony would have to compete against themselves and make one of their products the inferior one, and it would have to be the new one rather than the one that's already industry leader. MS doesn't have that problem. XBox 1 is already the inferior Playstation.

Sony can't exactly put out a hybrid that's more powerful than Switch anyways. The laws of thermodynamics and the limitations of battery technology are still a thing.

@IceClimbers New Tegra chip + better battery and selling it at a loss? Unlikely, but who knows

@Peek-a-boo Biomutant has got my interest too!

"The total entropy of a closed system increases over time" is a description of Square Enix.

Still waiting for the Jak and Daxter PS4 ports. Wasn't it supposed to be packed in with the new Uncharted game?

I laughed way too hard at this.