Going to be a hard sell if the console is over $1000. And with so few first party Playstation games this generation, I don't see how they will crank them out any faster for 6. And I don't think they will get the sales numbers they need to survive.
And I do not know how they will compete with Steam.
End of an era. PlayStation is stopping disc production in 18 months. It's pretty interesting that the likes of Gamestop managed to survive longer than physical media. Do you think Nintendo and Xbox will follow Sony's lead? I'm pretty sure the next Xbox will drop the disc drive as well. The next gen Nintendo might be the only one with physical games.
How do you feel about this? For me, physical games were one of the main selling points of consoles.
I haven't upgraded to a ps5 yet & been holding off in hopes of building my first legit gaming PC for years. Then I was finally ready this year but the rampocalypse happened & I'm back to thinking maybe I'll stay console for now. Regardless-- the liquid metal freaks me out, after reading horror stories of silver liquid just leaking through systems and onto surfaces. Is it really that unstable? And are certain models more prone than others?
I have heard some of the GPUs for PCs used liquid metal, and depending on the orientation of it in the case, people had issues with it leaking out. Not sure where the QA testing was for these devices. I don't think many vendors have switched to it, and I have only heard of some GPUs with it. If building or buying, I would just do some research on forums to see if that model has issues.
I've repasted a couple cpu's with liquid metal. It does give you a few degrees, but I ended up thinking it wasn't worth the effort, really. I just don't run my rig that hard to actually get any real advantage from the deliding process.
Seeing some more of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, yessir!
But confirmed release dates for AC8, Control Resonant, Phantom Blade, Silent Hill Townfall and Onimusha Way of the Sword which they dropped a demo for PC today, downloading that rn but Im very happy to see all these games Im interested in coming later this year. Funny that the plague that is GTAVI, pushed these developers to release their games in September and October, avoiding November. Oh and Tomb Raider Legacy of Atlantis also got a release date but early next year.
Man this September and October, Im going to be broke 😅
Gravity Rush, always Gravity Rush. Another would be Astro Bot. And God of War 3 Remastered.
Definitely not TLoU. I say this because it feels like almost everyone on PS has played it. Its an easy movie-game to get into. Story is good but the MP is where its at.
It's crazy that my ps3 is still going after all this time-- 2 decades!. It's quite a tossup but I guess I'll say the ps3 given how much more time I spent on it & obv all the upgrades from ps2; it even traveled across the country with me and back over the course of years. However, ps2 was what many of us xennials & millennials really leveled up with in the day.
RE is great, plenty of replayability if you like challenges and trying differnt things. Can't comment on Pragmata, but I really enjoyed the latest RE entry. Much better than 7 and 8 IMO.
I played re9 the day it came out and had my script finished a week later, but as it turns out. Life comes at you fast. So here is my very late review for resident evil 9
Not even 2FA helped keep the hackers out. Not saying take it off but Ive seen reports of players who had this on and yet hackers got into their accounts.
Ever since the 2011 hack, I never trusted Sony enough to keep my info safe; never connected my debit card or Paypal (When it became supported later on in I believe during the PS4 era or this gen). I would buy PSN giftcards and use that to buy games or DLC. I hated paying for PS+ when it became mandatory. "But this is for better servers", PS3 free online was BETTER. And not to mention, Sony is a billion dollar company, why dont they pay up?? Nope, the wool covering people's eyes, they just accepted this scam. And Im right for being cautious; over the years, PSN still ends up going down and no word from Sony themselves... But hey, that PS+ price hike tho, this company I swear man 😒
I have a PS5, initially bought it solely for Bloodborne. In the past, both Sony and Microsoft were trying to beat each other in the console war, which is largely won by Sony now. That was why they had so many exclusive games on their own console. However, things have changed.
Halo is releasing on PS5 and PlayStation exclusives ,like The Last of Us and the God of War, are released on Steam. Would there still be any exclusives on either Xbox or PlayStation? If not, is PS5 pro still worth buying? Or a PS6 if it is coming out in 2028?
I would recommend PS5 Slim. The PS5 Pro really needs to be paired with a really good TV and the price premium is nuts (and it doesn't even come with a disc drive)
As what I have read from the leaked information, the cost of manufacturing one PS6 is about $760. If Sony plans to make some profit out of the console itself, the price will probably go around $800-900. Even if Sony want to keep the current market share, its price will not be under $600, which also means personalized pricing and higher subscription fee of PS plus. What do you guys think?
If the PS5 Pro is now $899.99, the PS6 will not come out lower. Plus build prices will probably increase by the time it goes into production, especially with energy prices in Asia.
Sony and Microsoft have never sold consoles at cost. I think The Switch 2 is the first time Nintendo didn't. They plan for subscriptions and exclusives sells to cover hardware losses.
My mind changed terrible experience with Asus G16 5070Ti laptop with buggy Nvidia drivers and even more problematic Windows, so I decided to get back to PS5 Pro (as I had one on day one in 2024 November, but sold it right after failure PSSR1 release, and went with PC).
So I bought PS5 Pro a few weeks ago, before PSSR 2 was confirmed to be released in March, and then a few weeks later Sony actually did that, so yeah I'm excited a bit, because I have a few games I dropped due to terrible image quality with PSSR1.
If only Sony could give us more precise date instead of "sometime in March", then waiting would be less overwhelming 😅. I know it will happen eventually, and I have other things to do, but I guess it will be released in upcoming week, right before or with Crimson Desert, but I wouldn't mind to get it tomorrow on Monday, but also I trying to keep my expectations and excitement as low as possible, because after Sony's "greatest" PSSR1 failure, I don't wanna be disappointed twice 👍🏻
Hey Legion fam, I’m torn between the sleek, minimalist Digital Edition and the Standard Disc model for my setup and need your expert take. While the Digital saves cash upfront and looks cleaner, the Standard offers long-term value through second-hand deals, 4K Blu-ray support, and physical game sharing. Are you Team Digital for the convenience, or do you think the disc drive is essential for game preservation and swapping titles with friends?
I get no additional joy from the appearance of a controller. If it doesn't add any performance features, I am going to buy the cheapest controller I can get.
I've heard PlayStation will have a new handheld soon. I'm curious what everyone is more excited for. What are you all looking forward to as far as gaming handhelds?
I'm genuinely interested in a new PsP. But a Legion Go 2 with SteamOS installed is still my #1 pick. It would be even better if RDNA 3 officially supported FSR 4.
Sony really messed up with the portal. They should have invested in a full handheld instead of the streaming device. If they do make a new handheld, I will 100% get it. Thier PSP and PSVita were both amazing, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
The Ally X is just too much money just for Xbox style grips. Portal 2 will likely be limited to PS5/Pro streaming so its use case is very limited. Legion Go 2 will be fairly pricy also but out of the three has the most versatility and performance on offer. I would also look at the original go if you can find it at a decent price it still holds up well.
I have heard that PS Portal is only good when you hook up the ps5 to ethernet. That's not option for me due to my apartment'ts layout, so I was wondering if the experience is indeed unusable for wifi users. Any experiences?
I don't have and have never used a PlayStation portal before, but I have done cloud gaming through Xbox and Stadia (yes, I unironically played on there when it existed) over WiFi and it was pretty playable. A little blurry, but the input lag wasn't too bad. You want to use the 5 GHz WiFi frequency for cloud gaming, 2.4GHz is unplayable.
Quick little background about myself I am primarily a Playstation gamer, I have been my whole life since the PS2. The one thing that kept me on Playstation were the IPs created under the Playstation banner God of War, Uncharted, Infamous etc. Now it seems we are in an era where console exclusivity is dying and I am glad Sony is allowing access to some of there big budget exclusive games on PC now as it prevents media being lost.
The PS3 has so much trapped within its ecosystem that needs to be freed and I imagine I am not alone in this thought and many of those games are trapped and it seems they have been forgotten which is why I believe they should be ported over to the PC side of things at the very least. I have dabbled in emulation a little bit and I must say the work to preserve these titles is nothing short of a miracle however, one big caveat is that it only provides access to titles as they were developed on the hardware at the time and sometimes games do not age well as a result. Along with that performance will also be identical to how it was and I am talking about things like capped FPS, forced motion blur etc. which makes reliving the experience of these games suboptimal.
So this is where I will ask what are some titles trapped on older hardware you would love to see have a proper comeback beyond emulation.
For me it's between Brave Fencer Musashi or Legend of Dragoon. I thought it had enough of a following but I guess not considering FF7, Saga Frontier, and other things have gotten remakes/ masters. 😵💫
Assassin's Creed has a lot of older titles that could use a makeover for modern platforms. I love the Ezio trilogy, but the original still shines as a great example of action RPGing that I'd love to see modernized!
Don't get me wrong, Fires of Rubicon is a pretty cool title. But I'm not interested in waiting a decade for another title! Any other AC fans here, any thoughts on the franchise future?
I'm eager to play through Armored Core 4 and 4 answer. 5 I think does not work anymore due to lack of online. I've only beaten 1 and 6, but I did beat 1 around the time it came out. I've played 2 and 3 as well. I am not very good at the series, so being able to S rank all of 6 made me feel good.
I love the ideas the series plays with. They are off-the-shelf sci-fi, but never assembled wrong. The references to mythology and earth symbolism peppered throughout it imply depth but are usually somewhat opaque, however, FromSoftware's experience with Dark Souls, Elden Ring, and Bloodborne have given them enormous acumen in combing this type of storytelling with games as a form.
I've got 33 Platinums. I try to get them for most games but not if it requires something boring or stupid. I think FFVII Remake was the hardest as you have to complete a playthrough without using items. I didn't bother with Platinum for Rebirth as I didn't enjoy the mini-games.
I mean it will look better and the screen response will be better too, but if the Internet connection to it or the PS5 isn't perfect you'll still get lag.
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