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SIE Worldwide Studios |OT5| It's backwards compatible with |OT4|

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Omnistalgic

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Elfstruck said:
This thread has nothing to talk about but debating if MLB is AAA or not lol
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Here's something...


I think an at-cost PS5 would do well and it's my personal choice for Sony's strategy next year. I'll list some reasons.

- PS4 is still producing games that look great is affordable already, and has an established library
- If next gen biggest innovation is better CPU and load times, it will take some development years to produce a title not possible on current hardware
-we live in a tech world, reviews are taking apart machines and doing quality test on them. Media will let consumers know if PS5 is worth the $$ by the design and components
-PS3 fiasco happened in part because the games DIDNOT look better than X360. Yes is was about the price, but the problem was there was no justification for it being $200 more expensive than Xbox at least not one that ppl cared for. It might have done better otherwise.
-PS brand is arguably as strong as PS2 days with a much stronger digital attachment ratio. It might be able to hold out for a least 2 holidays of being pricey for more casual gamers.

Thoughts?
 
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I loved Days Gone and i totally agree with people saying this game is very unpolished. I played on a base PS4 and i can't remember other $60 game performing this bad. Maybe Just Cause 3. It's like after Iron Mike's camp they just han out of time to polish, or they knew DF wouldn't cover the latter areas lol.

But yeah, i had severe frame drops for just driving around. Sometimes i'd leave the bike behind just to stop the slideshow. Oh, and the frequent loading hurted my experience too. I was forced to constantly see an ugly ass ring spinning before every single cut-scene lol. Ironically, this issue gets better when you reach those poor performance areas. It's a fun game but it definitely has some technical issues.
 
Temascos

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That South Australia team sounds like it's going to be focused on hardware/engine development, probably a bit like the ICE (Initiative for a Common Engine) Team that's based at Naughty Dog if I recall correctly.

32 people is quite small for this day and age, but I suppose when you get started from scratch it makes sense.
 
DangerMouse

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Qudi said:
Playstation Japan posted this very cool lineup/music video.
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That is an awesome montage/music video, those animations connecting are really cool.

Majiebeast said:
Your weekly dose of wtf you can make that in dreams.

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Great progress on that one seeing those great combo animations now with an enemy and having it look great.

Nitro said:
https://premier.sa.gov.au/news/welcome-to-south-australia-sony-interactive-entertainment
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Nice.
 
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Alandring said:
Because its budget is?
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Yes. Others here have pointed out that sports licenses are ridiculously expensive. Take-Two paid $1.1 billion for the NBA license for 7 years, and it's not even an exclusive deal since NBA Live still exists. So that's $157 million per NBA2K game over those 7 years, just for licensing. The MLB license likely isn't quite as expensive as the NBA license, but even if it's 1/3 of that, we're still talking about $50+ million in licensing cost per game. The Show last year also added official licensed equipment to the game. So that's another license that they have to pay for.
 
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Omnistalgic said:
Here's something...


I think an at-cost PS5 would do well and it's my personal choice for Sony's strategy next year. I'll list some reasons.

- PS4 is still producing games that look great is affordable already, and has an established library
- If next gen biggest innovation is better CPU and load times, it will take some development years to produce a title not possible on current hardware
-we live in a tech world, reviews are taking apart machines and doing quality test on them. Media will let consumers know if PS5 is worth the $$ by the design and components
-PS3 fiasco happened in part because the games DIDNOT look better than X360. Yes is was about the price, but the problem was there was no justification for it being $200 more expensive than Xbox at least not one that ppl cared for. It might have done better otherwise.
-PS brand is arguably as strong as PS2 days with a much stronger digital attachment ratio. It might be able to hold out for a least 2 holidays of being pricey for more casual gamers.
poklane said:
San Diego studio has a new logo
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Thoughts?
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i don't think it is worth the risk. i am also like 80% sure that the new xbox will be stronger than the ps5. so if the ps5 costs more than that is not a good move.

also is that logo for the new studio or the one that makes MLB games?
 
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waterdrinkinggamer said:
i don't think it is worth the risk. i am also like 80% sure that the new xbox will be stronger than the ps5. so if the ps5 costs more than that is not a good move.

also is that logo for the new studio or the one that makes MLB games?
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Current rumor is PS5 devkits we're more powerful and Xbox is backing away from the most powerful in the world mantra. and if PS5 does come out more expensive it would obviously be the more powerful machine.

They are launching in the same time frame, if price points are similar, then specs are very likely similar.
 
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poklane said:
San Diego studio has a new logo
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Something seems to be brewing in San Diego.

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3 unannounced AAA projects at VASG. It's possible some (or all) of these can just be TLOU2/DS/GoT.

They sound huge in scope though. 70+ animators on a single game whilst this being the support studio... wow.

Also 10 separate outsourcing studios assisting with another project.

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Zukkoyaki

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I'll echo the speculation that the new team may very well be part of a San Diego expansion.

It isn't ideal for those who only care about the quantity of studios Sony has but turning an existing dev house into a multi-team powerhouse is probably more feasible.
 
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Zukkoyaki said:
I'll echo the speculation that the new team may very well be part of a San Diego expansion.

It isn't ideal for those who only care about the quantity of studios Sony has but turning an existing dev house into a multi-team powerhouse is probably more feasible.
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20 Studios with a total of 6000 developers or 15 Studios with 8000 developers I prefer the second option, the number of studios is not important. 👍🏻
 

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Temascos said:
That South Australia team sounds like it's going to be focused on hardware/engine development, probably a bit like the ICE (Initiative for a Common Engine) Team that's based at Naughty Dog if I recall correctly.
32 people is quite small for this day and age, but I suppose when you get started from scratch it makes sense.
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It's not a dev studio that will make games. But it's still nice that Australia is getting some Sony love.
poklane said:
New building really makes me think that the new San Diego team is a 2nd team within San Diego Studio, not a completely new studio.
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That's why Sony always said "new team" and not "new studio". It's the reason why I always thought it's Naughty Dog's second team or office and not its own thing ;)
Loudninja said:
How is this even up for freaking debate?
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I know right?


Yo JuanLatino, it's time to update the OT again ;D
 
Penny Royal

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Temascos said:
That South Australia team sounds like it's going to be focused on hardware/engine development, probably a bit like the ICE (Initiative for a Common Engine) Team that's based at Naughty Dog if I recall correctly.

32 people is quite small for this day and age, but I suppose when you get started from scratch it makes sense.
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I vaguely remember reading somewhere that it'll be a backend/networking focused team.

Could be the first on the ground people for PSNow Aus maybe.

They should've sited the office in Brisbane tho ;)
 
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