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@Tharsman Of course, but there's no say this is forever, or just to cover the games they are currently working on.

@Tharsman Is that a given as well? They could license the IP to another publisher, right?

@TrueAssassin86x Yeah, that's a bummer...

@Dezzy70 If Horizon gets an early 2021 release, I'm fine with that. The consoles probably sell out during the holiday regardless of what kind of launch titles they have. I think the shortages will also play a role in this. I expect it will be hard to get one if you don't pre-order it during the first couple of months.

@Tharsman Batman isn't part of the deal. So they'd only get the studio, and not the IP.

Makes sense. Since they want to have it all part of the Xbox family.

I really like Rogue Squadron, but if this is mostly multiplayer I'll pass. I really hope the campaign isn't an afterthought.

@BlueOcean Yeah it was poor wording on their part, thankfully they clarified it.

@pip_muzz Yeah it's true, Insomniac said it themselves! And you can't get closer to the source than that.

Even though it's early footage; it looks quite rough. And empty and bland. Not the best first look. Thanks Google.

@Dezzy70 @pip_muzz That news regarding Spider-Man turned out to be false. Insomniac reiterated that it's a standalone game; not a sequel, but a side story set in the same world:

https://twitter.com/JamesStevenson/status/1271468426129743873

This one looked weird. Awesome, but weird. Something Kojima would come up with, and I expected his name to be at the end, but I was surprised to see Capcom. Still a few years away, so it's hard to say what this game even is.

I don't really care about the look of the box, since it sits below the TV out of sight. On one hand I do appreciate that the PS5 isn't another black box, but it's definitely easier to hide the Series X or fit it in a cabinet I think. The PS5 seems a bit unwieldy because of its weird angles.

Cool that they're doing this.

I'm kinda interested in the game, but I don't want to play it lol.

They should take notes from Nintendo; limited voice chat through the phone app only.

I personally wouldn't want to play this on current gen, I'm definitely waiting for the next gen consoles to play this.

€4 for Zoo Tycoon should be a good deal, too bad it's not the original. Anyone knows what happened to that one?

@BANJO An exclusive Pokemon game

And I'm half serious. Nintendo has pretty much a monopoly on that market. There's no getting in. They'd have to give the consoles away for free.

@BlueOcean I don't see the issue with that statement. They were going to reveal the PS5, people were looking forward to it, and they decided to cancel it. I don't see what's so dubious about it. How else do you want them to word it? They uploaded two Tweets; one about the protests, followed by the one you are referring to specifically about cancelling the event.

And the formatting of their cancellation message is no different from Nintendo's Tweet honestly.

If only the game was playable..!

@BlueOcean They never mentioned fans; and who cares about the font. Leave the console wars be.

@Nightcrawler71 No, games can be rated based on an unfinished product if it resembles the final product.

@ThanosReXXX I mean, I can feel the rumble, it has several intensities, and either left and right, but that also in other controllers. Like I said, Fez uses this brilliantly. I don't see what's different about 'HD Rumble'. But apparently it's only really used in 1-2-Switch from what I've been reading, and I haven't played that game.

@HydroTendonMan That's what I meant! Installing them from disc, not downloading them.

@SuperNintendoMii I do play Splatoon a lot, and I've played Mario Odyssey and Pokemon Sword, but I haven't noticed anything different. It feels like regular rumble.

@BlueOcean I've used the DS4, Xbox One controller, Joy-Con and Switch Pro controller, and haven't felt a difference yet TBH.

@HydroTendonMan Yeah, but hopefully it also means that installing games is instantaneous as well, so you don't have to worry about deleting game files and reinstalling them later.

@BlueOcean @SuperNintendoMii Isn't HD rumble already in the PS4 and Xbox One controllers? I mean, either side can rumble separately, and with varying intensity (the game Fez uses this in some neat ways). That's literally the same I get when I use the Pro Controller on Switch. Unless Nintendo don't implement it in their games, other than 1-2-Switch, which I haven't played.

I dunno. Epic Games taking 50% of game sales is big chunk. That's bigger than what MS, Sony or Nintendo take. Heck, even Valve only takes 30%, and 70% is for the dev. And that's without signing a deal.

Sure, they cover development costs, but those are marginal compared to the profits. And I'm not sure of handing in an additional 20% profits will offset that.

Aren't we all independent videogame industry analysts?

Internal batteries slowly die over time. So this is a good solution IMO. I wish Nintendo and PlayStation also did this. Recharging can be done in under a minute, and good quality rechargeable batteries should last quite a while as well.

Now, the lack of gyro is a shame...

I predict it's going to be somewhere between $100 and $1000.

@SuperNintendoMii I mean, we probably don't need it. But this is probably an indie game with simple graphics. So they can do it without sacrificing much, and making some headlines at the same time. I expect it's completely pointless for whatever this game is supposed to be.

@SuperNintendoMii Can someone explain me why people think they can ''only see 60fps'', or whatever that's supposed to mean. We don't see in ''frames'', our vision is continuous. The human eye can detect light signals that last only a few milliseconds (so you could detect an artefact at 500fps for example). People can see the difference between 60 and 120fps, and even more than that, and you can train your vision to do so.

Does 120fps matter for video games? That's another question. I'd argue that anything above 120/144fps is certainly pointless, but that doesn't mean you can't see the difference.

And of course, I don't think most people here have a monitor that can even display a refresh rate of 120fps, if anyone even has one at all. So you couldn't even try to see the difference because most screens only go up to 60fps.

@KratosMD It's weird that people spin that Cerny statement into something completely different though. I never understood it as ''only 100 games BC'' or whatever the narrative is. He was talking about boost mode, and how, of the 100 most popular games he tested, it seemed to work better than expected. They're testing the games, and more than 4000 will be playable on the PS5. I see no reason to believe this won't be at launch, because this will be native BC; same x86 architecture. Just like how Series X can run Xbox One games natively and I therefore expect that 99.9% of Xbox One games play from day one. OG Xbox and 360 are a different story, because that's emulation, something completely different from native BC.

Kinda interesting to follow this BC narrative over the the last few days. Cerny kinda fumbled and people misinterpreted it as "only 100 PS4 games BC on PS5". Then MS came out and said "ALL Xbox One games BC on Series X".

Now Sony has rectified their statement saying they expect most of the 4000+ PS4 to be playable on PS5, and MS has updated their statement saying the same as well. Obviously there are always going to be some weird games that won't work. But it's interesting how the two started out in a completely different situation two days ago, and now they're in the same boat.

I want a Coca Cola edition, with a glass door and all.

Probably. If not, a staggered release. Maybe US first, with Europe and Asia next year. Kinda how they handled the One X.

@Gamer83 Kinda true. But the release is still comparable I think. There are plenty of ''non Nintendo fans'' who've bought a Switch currently, it's pretty main stream I'd say. So I think a shorter release window is preferable. Ideally they'd reveal everything sometime in summer. I personally like the ''here's what you get to play in a few months from now'' approach. Though I don't mind if they have one or two games announced in advance, so that there's always something to look forward to.

@KelticDevil The consoles won't be out for another 8 months. So they still have plenty of time. Nintendo revealed the Switch like 3 months before release and it worked.

@KelticDevil Well, it was a GDC show, but since it was cancelled, they decided to do the presentation anyway.

That's why I wouldn't say this was THE reveal. We haven't seen the console itself, no controller, no games yet. The actual reveal is still coming.

Would've been better if it was a full-size fridge TBH.

1TB of internal storage isn't a lot. So it seems like next gen is relying on customers to buy extra storage. It's like the Wii U all over again

Also, is Series X confirmed to be one console at this point? I thought there were multiple.

The Witcher 3 was a disaster at launch, so I rather see them delay it if that means a better game at launch.

@antdickens Hold on a minute, this site has been posting for days, and you didn't tell us?

Well, this is a weird but neat surprise!