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The whole business model of those upper end cards are people with heaps of disposable income (or little financial inhibition). It's quite literally the 'nice things' audience. PC gamers should want developers to hurry up and drop the current gen consoles regardless. Killer apps that make me feel like I couldn't want any longer. It's not simply a matter of being tapped into an ecosystem. It's a question if whether you can afford, or are willing to buy a new console at launch price. During a pandemic, of all times. There will be plenty of people who look at the consoles this year and say it can wait. If I had a surplus this year, I'd probably end up investing it instead. That's just me though.

@JPDunks4 I don't agree that a next-gen console doesn't need to launch with a next-gen library. This idea that current-gen+ feels substantial enough came to head with the Pro and X1X. It was acceptable at the time, because they were supposed to be the stop-gap platforms, before a generational shift that would rock the boat. So now we're at the generational shift, and by and large boats aren't being rocked, because developers aren't ready. In that respect, the launches feel 6-12 months premature. It begs the question: Why not wait to buy one until there's more next-gen exclusives that genuinely illustrate the hardware's potential? If you think a early half-step forward is worth a full console price once again, the more power to you. But I don't think that its a strong sell to an average gamer. Even that gets diminished by patches that haven't or may never materialize. Again, it's feeling like Pro and X1X deja vu. There was another generational transition that was slowed by the early perception of a 'nice things' jump before: the 360/PS3. I'm not saying it will happen again, but it can't be ruled out, especially with COVID. At the very least, I think we can count on the cross-gen period being especially long. There's nothing exciting about that. Next-gen will be held back, current gen will be hit even harder with performance woes. I don't expect every launch game to make a case for either console's potential. That's an impossibility, and unreasonable. But I applaud any decision that leaves the current-gen behind, and that tries to sell us on a next-gen vision. Because that's what makes the tech in these consoles truly exciting. It should be the draw.

We already know it's launching as a retail game.

Some new footage. 1080p sadly.

I enjoy both games equally. WR:BS issue is that it plays almost nothing like the first game. It tries to make good use of the analog triggers to lean into turns. But the best way to play it is to lightly tap them, in the same way you would tap the brake in other racers. You keep control much better. Also, never boost unless you can quickly regain your charge. Once I figured those things out, I ended up enjoying it a ton and beat every difficulty level. It's still a beautiful game, holds up better than most games that generation. The weather effects too. Stormy days dramatically change how races play out.

Gamecube comes close. Rogue Squadron II, Luigi's Mansion, Super Monkey Ball, THPS3 and Wave Race: Blue Storm were all great games, IMO. Smash Bros Melee also came out only 3 days later. The original Xbox had a good launch too. Halo is obviously the star, but there was decent stuff around it too like Project Gotham and DoA3. PSP had a solid line-up too. It was Sony's best effort until now.

Nah.

Hopefully you're just joking here. I just want to see if it looks fun to play. That shouldn't be that much of an ask 3 weeks before launch.

Press has them.

Yup, they should absolutely do that. Make Stadia deader than dead.

Who even knows if DF got to play it yet.

A "typical" Sony and Microsoft console launch lineup is basically garbage. Middling is too kind. Microsoft's not even crossing that low bar this year without a brand new 1st party game at launch. The PS5 line-up is the first time since the original Xbox that either company has a launch list I'd consider 'reasonably good.' You wouldn't even need to spend $70 on a 6 hour game, because you get one packed in with the system. Plus, Spiderman MM is discounted. If you took Destruction All-Stars out of the picture entirely, the PS5 would still have a 'reasonably good' launch line-up. I have no idea what's with the fixation some of you have with it. The only thing to discuss is how little there is to discuss. I'm still disappointed by how few actual next-gen exclusives we're getting, across the board. But I'd take Sony's PS5 line-up over another Killzone/Knack or Resistance/Genji kind of launch. It's not even a question.

Oh and the dialogue is terrible. Bad jokes, and the accents sound more scottish than greek.

I played a little bit. It's alright. I hate the jumping and double jumping as much as I thought I would. But the boosting around feels fun, and they're very generous with the stamina meter. Combat is surprisingly fun, I like what they're going for. It's the least janky feeling part of it. Stadia lag is Stadia lag. It worked better in the AC Odyssey demo where it wasn't as fast paced.

It's still a problem a majority of people playing games online will experience. Tempers flare. Doesn't mean that people automatically resort to bigotry, but I do think that toxicity is common enough, especially when blame is involved. It feels just as good to them to fuck up someone they're trolling, or someone who is telling them to be more sensitive. I don't really think we disagree then on the basics here.

Matching their insults with your own does absolutely nothing. Again, this is just giving them what they want. They know they're not among friends. Or in some cases, their friends are in on it and trolling others. Best thing to do, IMO, is say you're muting and reporting, and follow through. Puts the question in their head if they'll be punished, and leaves it at that.

Leaving a game because the community is too toxic is the answer.

I think we'll never see toxicity stop being a problem in online gaming. Even if the words and insults change, the bullying, aggressive blaming and backstabbing will continue. It's really more about trying to enforce certain forms of insults being off limits. Ideally that weeds out the most problematic people who push things too far.

Part of the reason, sure, but definitely not the entirety of it. With gaming, it's likely most about trying to drive a wedge between troll culture and racism. No easy task. People can be optimistic about change, or feel outraged that we aren't taking as strong of a stand as we should, etc. But trying to tell some random person on the internet to stop taunting and jeering is also giving them what they want. Bullying 101. Most of the change, culturally, isn't going to happen with you shouting down a racist stranger. IMO

How Microsoft brought Gears Tactics to the Xbox Series X and S WWW.THEVERGE.COM "There’s just so much hardware on PC." Series X: 4k60fps Series S: 1440p60fps One X: 4K30fps or 1440p60fps One S: 1080p30fps All still begs the question why the Series S doesn't have a 4k30 mode. If the GPU was capable, it'd look better than the One X that way too.

For a newly localized NES title, I think it's fine. Nintendo was selling NES games for $5 apiece 15 years ago. Heck, Mother Beginnings was $7.

4chan The greater the impression of anonymity and lack of moderation, the more likely these things are to fester.

Sony needs to show the damn game already. We've seen plenty of Sackboy, Demon Souls, Spiderman MM, Astrobot, etc, to get an an impression. But this is a new IP and there's no legitimate gameplay cut 3 weeks from launch. I don't think I've ever seen a major publisher be this cagey, even with a launch title.

That's actually a pretty good write up about launches as a whole. Series X currently has more games confirmed with next-gen upgrades, but the PS5 has more launch day new releases. They got Cyperpunk 2077 wrong, technically. It's coming out a week after the systems launch, and won't get a true next-gen console patch until later. It's mostly just a PS4/XBO release with future insurance this year.