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DualSense has an in built microphone, which is pretty good. Besides that, the only new feature this thing has is HD rumble that they stole from Nintendo and, if the names anything to go by, will be an attempt to pass off as their own innovation.

I'll wait to get this in my hands before I know what feels better to hold. But for now, with the HD rumble I'd say DualSense looks more appealing

@Bmartin001 I prefer physical too but the good thing about gamepass is its allowed me to try games I've wanted to buy only for me to play it and think "well, this is pretty crap".

@Corum I guess they need the light for PS VR 2?

At least let us turn them off this time. Outside of VR it's not used

Why is Gears coming to consoles later? Gears was born on Xbox, why are we shafted until a later date in favour of PC?

I'd say I'm surprised they added HD rumble, but I'm not. Sony have a history of taking Nintendos ideas.

And design wise it doesn't look more comfortable than the Xbox controller. Maybe it will feel amazing? Regardless, they never actually gave a figure on the battery life. Hopefully it will be better than the current one, which is horrendous.

I do actually like the look of it tho

@BlueOcean possible. Certainly the way he spoke was like he was stating facts, rather than opinions. If he really did not know then he shouldn't have spoke as such and deserves to have been muzzled

I'll be honest, I avoid it. On psn my downloads are blazing fast, on Live they are painfully slow.

And I'm on a 130mb fiber deal. So it makes no sense to me. Much easier to download on my PS4 pro

It's interesting how this guy said what he did and has now retracted those remarks. Maybe there was something in what he said, but some suits up the chain weren't happy and wanted the comments removed? Either way, I'm sure we'll see more comments on development difficulties as we get closer to release.

Also we need a sequel to Ryse.

The second link doesn't work.

Will be interesting to see how this develops over time

I don't expect it to launch this year, the global economy is going to be in a very bad state when this passes. Depending on how the economy is there could literally be no desire for a £400-£500 video game console.

That Crytek developer has retracted his claims now and all mention of it has attempted to be scrubbed from the Internet. Good luck with that

Resi 4 doesn't need a remake, it was made on better technology than the previous versions.

Code Veronica would benefit from a remake, but I wouldn't care for it. Tried it on Dreamcast, didn't like it. Gave it another try on GameCube, still didn't like it.

@KelticDevil remember at the start of this gen where there was this relentless begging for last gen games to be 'remastered'? And subsequently there was a flood of the things? I never understood it, I had zero interest in it, I buy a next gen console to play new games, not games I've spent an entire generation playing.

You can bet if there's a way for someone like EA to opt out of this, they will do. But if companies follow other like CD Project Red, it will really cause a stir. If PS5 doesn't do what Xbox Series X does, and people have to rebut these 'remasters' on PS5, it'll be a coup for Xbox. Hopefully, when next gen comes round we won't see message boards full of "plz port xxx to xxx in 60fps", though I get the fact that it mere wishful thinking

You can bet the cancer of gaming, EA, are one of those who don't like it.

And add Activision to the don't like pile as well.

I got it on switch, didn't know it displayed in higher resolution on my Xbox One X otherwise I'd have probably got that version

@KelticDevil the man was a pr disaster. It wasn't surprising he went down a different path... A rather dark, rocky, strange path that went nowhere... When this was a man that used to work for EA. That alone speaks volumes, plus let's not forget him telling Geoff Keighley that people without Internet should buy an Xbox 360.

Diffence between Spencer and Mattrick is Spencer maybe a businessman, but he's also a gamer. Mattrick was a former EA exec.

@FullbringIchigo I don't think a Crytek developer is a good representation of developers. If it's a continuous stream then it would be different.

I also don't think Microsoft will fall into the same trap Sony did with PS3. For starters, Sony intentionally made PS3 difficult to program and secondly, Microsoft consoles have historically not been tough to program so I doubt they are going to suddenly change that now.

@Gamer83 remember there was that rumoured power struggle at Sony between Layden and Ryan? Which Ryan won because Layden left. As someone who has owned every PlayStation console, I'm not happy their games are coming to PC (if they charge people for an updated Horizon on PS5 when Microsoft is offering free upgrades that won't go down well), it feels like Sonys losing the plot. Already with the PS4 it didn't 'feel' like a proper PlayStation since the Kutaragi era was over, but multiformat exclusives? No. Just no

I loved Quantum Break, its a very underrated game. I think what put a lot of people off was the live action sequences after Microsoft infamously unveiled the Xbox One with TV TV TV. It probably would have been better received if they hadn't gone with live action but I didn't mind them.

Having said that, the horrendous final boss let the game down for me.

I think the stuff Phil Spencer has put into place clearly leaves Microsoft in a much better position heading into the next gen than they were this one. Usually executives tend to be very robotic in how they come across, but Spencer comes across as a cool guy, and I think that's sort of translating into how the Xbox consoles are turning out.

I think next gen will be more like the PS3/360 era where they were both battling it out rather than this time where Sony disappeared into the distance leaving all in its dust. However, it does remain to be seen what difference gamepass makes. Sony will have exclusive games, yet Microsoft won't have any, because they will also be for Xbox One and PC. It's interesting times, and we have yet to see what Sony have in store. The momentum might be with Microsoft so far, but three times out of four Sonys blown away the competition (blowing Sega out of consoles altogether) so it seems like they are biding their time and waiting for the opportunity to deliver a shattering blow.

It was reliable hardware, unlike the 360, so they did well in that regard.

It looked ugly tho, even worse next to PS4. Glad the redesign made it look better

Oooh Lost Odyssey for under a fiver? I never had a 360, so will give that a look (once I've cleared Final Fantasy VII)

@FullbringIchigo ugh, I hope not.

So is Resident Evil turning into a yearly series now? They rushed 3 out the door, which is why it's so short. They may have been working in this for a while but we'll have to see if there is any truth to these rumours

I remember borrowing my brothers Xbox to play this. I wasn't impressed, it dragged and went on, and on, and on, and on, to the point where I was desperate for the thing to end. I haven't played it in years tho so I'd be prepared to give it another look

Still playing Animal Crossing and Final Fantasy VII arrived yesterday and it's amazing. Will play nier when I get round to it

Resident evil 4 without a doubt. I can still remember getting that on GameCube and being blown away by it

Not so much Sunset Overdrive 2, as much as I enjoyed it, but a Ryse 2 would have been great. I really, really enjoyed Ryse

Does this thing even exist?

Yeah really needs to be game talk from now on. We know what the console looks like and how powerful it is, so now it's all down to the games

I love Ninja Theory and was hoping this would be fun. It was for a couple of days but then I got bored quickly. If your team doesn't stick together you just get absolutely pummelled and it stops being fun when it happens 3/4/5 times in a row. Lack of content also makes it rather shallow

@Gamer83 yeah, Mattrick was a complete pr disaster. Everything from always online to telling people to stick with 360. Would expect no less from a man who used to work for EA.

As for the console, Phil did say they wouldn't be beaten on power again. So I imagine he felt quite pleased when he realised they have the power advantage.

The console is his baby, so he's going to want to do everything he can to make it like Xbox 360.

It really does feel like a repeat of 2005 when Microsoft had this air of confidence and were making all the right moves.

I really think they'll either have a price lower than what we are expecting or they will let Sony go first and then beat what Sony announces

If its not ready, don't bother showing it. We still haven't forgotten the train wreck that was Fallout 76, or Skyrim that some of us were unfortunate enough to own on PlayStation 3

It wouldn't be a next gen without some words of wisdom from Michael Pachter 🙄

Sony and Microsoft (especially Sony), have been in this industry long enough and built up not only their brands but a user base who isn't about to abandon them for companies like Google. That's Google who, BTW, have released a disaster of a streaming service that suffers crippling lag, has exclusive games you can count on one hand, and has been ignored by publishers, developers, and gamers the world over. Its a matter of when, not if, Google kill off Stadia like they have done with everything else they dabble in (Google graveyard says it all).

Amazon also aren't in cloud gaming yet. They may come, but they aren't there now, and have no user base.

Also the coronavirus has shown how the worldwide Internet infrastructure is very shaky and not up to the level where we can have cloud gaming en masse.

@ShaiHulud I know what you mean, open world used to be good but since every publisher jumped on board it diluted it and now its just irritating

The proof will be in the pudding. Either way, a reduction in the monotonous load screens we have now is welcome

Yeah the general opinion of this is that it's just... Okay. I suppose that's what happens when you have a year to create it, hence the amount of apparent cut content from the original.

Its also slightly disappointing to hear Nemesis is there from the start, unlike in the PSOne when you got to the police station and he just appeared before killing Brad.

I always thought 3 was the superior game to 2, I'm disappointed they rushed this. Maybe I'll enjoy it but to hear the fact it just ends abruptly and Nemesis isn't used well doesn't instill confidence.

Perhaps they just got lucky with how Resident Evil 2 turned out. Or maybe it really is that a year wasn't long enough.

@Gamecuber yeah I had an ONM subscription too. Only my OPM subscription is left, I wonder how long for tho

I hope the affected person makes a full recovery.

Right so what happens to my subscription that they only took payment for the next 3 months for 2 weeks ago?

Some of us still like print. But it sucks for the staff. There's something special about print magazines that I don't get with online

AA batteries are absolutely the right call. I can buy a play and charge kit, and when it won't hold a charge anymore, I can replace it with another one. With an internal battery I would have to replace the actual controller, which is a lot more expensive than a play and charge kit

Just Animal Crossing and Bleeding Edge when I can pull myself away from my island.

Edit: And Panzer Dragoon, which is excellent

Physical anyday. Gamepass has me torn because I am signed upto it but I like disks. I can see the convenience of digital but I like having a collection, which isn't something I feel I have when they are sitting on a hard drive. If it's digital only fair dos but in a choice between disk or download (so long as its not on gamepass) I'll get a disk. But that's the thing, since gamepass is unique to Xbox I don't have this problem on PS4 or Switch. Switch especially because I adore cartridges

Yes it's been good to see a proper Xbox site to go alongside Push Square and Nintendo Life. And it's come at the right time since we're gearing up for next gen. Glad to see you liked Ryse too 👍

Here's to a good future 😁

Got Resident Evil 3 collectors edition on pre order via game. I hope it arrives on time. This was always my favourite game of the lot, so I'm hoping they don't screw it up (demo impressions say they've nailed it).

I chose the PS4 version tho since I got the original 20 years ago on PSOne so it kinda felt right. Also I feel old typing that

I don't think either will release this year. By the time we have passed the peak and we are coming out of this, I don't even want to think what state the economy is going to be in. And that goes for all countries. 2008? All the experts are saying this is far, far worse, and it probably is, since the financial crisis didn't bring entire economies screeching to a halt across the world. And certainly in the US, where the government appears to have lost complete control, what will it be like there? Trump hasn't locked the country down like Europe has.

Will we in any fit shape to want new, expensive games consoles launching at the end of the year? Doubt it. If China has another outbreak its definitely game over, even if they make these things in a different country they'll be using Chinese parts. Next year for sure, I just don't see how they can do it this year.

If games have to be delayed, so be it. This situation is unprecedented, I still don't believe either console will release this year.

That's really good of them to do that.

Well Epic isn't a bad publisher, and I imagine Valve fanboys have steam coming out of their ears over this, but I think it's important that, especially in Remedys case, they just have the creative freedom to make what they want. If Epic gives that to them, what's the problem?

Even the original Xbox sold the majority of its sales in the US. The series x will do well over there, just like you can guarantee it will do well in Britain like the Xbox One and 360 have done. Microsoft seem like they have gone back to the mentality they had when they launched the 360, I have no doubt the console will do better than xbox one