I always felt the story in TLoU was massively overrated since it’s just The Road by Cormac McCarthy but retold way more violently in videogame form.

I’ve been so burnt out on the sad dad narrative over the past few years that I was pretty underwhelmed when I finally got around to playing TLoU and God of War. Not that I don’t recognize that they’re masterfully made games from a gameplay and technical perspective, but I think it’s a storytelling trope that’s been…

Yep it sounds like it’s either poorly optimized, or they’re trying to make up for PC’s not being able to utilize Direct Storage like the Xbox Series X and PS5 can, and offloading an ungodly amount of backend info onto RAM.

I mean a $10 price hike after over 10 years of static pricing is very reasonable, especially since games have gotten larger and more complicated to produce.

Both companies have had a history of paying 3rd parties to make their games platform exclusive, but Sony was especially aggressive about it over the last couple console generations, as well as paying 3rd parties to keep certain content off other platforms (PC included).

I’m continually baffled as to why Nintendo gets so much love, when the shit they pull would have earned way more ire had it been done by literally anyone else.

I think a lot of the worry is overblown until people can actually play him for themselves.

Not to mention that Sony basically enjoys default exclusivity for the vast majority of titles produce in Japan.

Same, my PS4 collects dust in between major exclusives. Meanwhile I’ve been enjoying the consistent stream of quality indie releases that Gamepass provides.

Didn’t the Xbox version already have a 60fps performance mode even while on the Xbox One X? I guess this update just standardizes it across all the new consoles.

Having a unique SKU might just be for Amazon’s internal catalogue listing system. Considering the margins on hardware sales are already so low, and the console features high customized components it wouldn’t make sense for them to alter components just to cheap out for a holiday discount. Especially when they probably…

Same, I have a PS4 that just collects dust. It was great for playing TLOU, God of War and Horizon, but I still prefer my Xbox for 3rd party or Gamepass.

I guess you could use the $40 Amazon credit to get yourself an HDMI switcher for all the retro systems you have.

I think Tony Gilroy has stated in an interview that IRA funerals were a big inspiration for the Ferrix funeral. That entire planet seems to draw a lot of inspiration from The Troubles, especially with the clanging pots and metal to alert incoming authorities.

I like the idea of the audience and Cassian never learning his sister’s fate, it feels thematically appropriate for this show. The same way I kind of hope we never find out Kino’s fate.

It really does feel like it could have been set during the American Revolution or during the Troubles.

Sony adds that Battlefield’s latest entry—the comparable miss of 2042—sold “just” 88.7 million copies, compared to CoD’s 400 million.

Yup, this basically guaranteed another 3 generations worth of half-assed releases from Gamefreak.

Yeah it’s weird seeing all the people making excuses for Gamefreak claiming it’s the hardware holding the system back.

It’s got nothing to do with hardware and everything to do with the Gamefreak team being horrible at building a game engine. They’ve had performance issues for multiple games now, just none that were this severe.