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callouscomic, do gaming w Grand Theft Auto VI Now Targeting Fall 2025 Release, Take-Two Confirms

And it’ll be the last GTA some of us ever see.

Ephera, do gaming w Grand Theft Auto VI Now Targeting Fall 2025 Release, Take-Two Confirms

Hmm, that seems optimistic to me…

Fribbtastic, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

Well, I can only speak from my own experience.

When the PS5 launched I wanted to upgrade but you literally couldn’t get it because it wasn’t in stock anywhere. You could only find it on eBay of some private seller that started at almost double the price, no, thank you. Then Sony introduced this “Register and on the next event you get a slot to buy one from the official Website” which was great. I got invited the first time and literally couldn’t buy it because the website was broken. Whenever I wanted to select my payment method the checkout got blank and there was nothing you could do. Even worse was that you couldn’t hard refresh the shop because this would have killed the session that the website needed to allow you to buy it. So, even switching browsers with the same “invitation link” didn’t work. I reported this to the support, but they didn’t really care. half a year later, I got my second invitation link and the same happened then as well. I reported it again to the support, but they still didn’t know what to do with that information or wanted to troubleshoot this.

And now, there isn’t really a need for it anyway. The Games that I would have wanted to buy on the PS5 released on the PC.

aStonedSanta,

Rise of the Ronin and demon souls are the only things I’m missing. I tried to find one without botting for awhile before I gave up. Rather thankful I did lol.

Muffi, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

All the greatest recent games run super well on the Steam Deck, so there’s no need for a giant console cosplaying as a router.

thingsiplay,

All the greatest recent games run super well on the Steam Deck

I get what you are telling here, but it’s not 100% accurate, generally speaking. It might be true for you personally. I own a first gen Steam Deck myself and its just a complementary hardware to my PC (and wonderful at that). It does not run all greatest games at all or in some cases limited and problematic. So “super well” is a little bit exaggerated, but that does not take away how fantastic the device is.

The_Che_Banana,

Right? I’ve had the Xbox since the beginning, didn’t get the last upgrade and finally sold the One to get a steam deck.

Eol, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

Sometimes I forget it is a thing.

teawrecks,

PS5 owner here. Me too.

thingsiplay, (edited ) do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

Most people don’t need the newest and expensive tech. From the last 30 days of active games on Playstation brand, here a split PS3/PS4/PS5 (I just show a ratio that is set in relation to the numbers of players for the game), meaning left side is older console:

ps-timetracker.com/statistic/last-30-days

  • - / 42 / 14 Fortnite (3 times)
  • - / 3 / 2 Roblox (1.5 times)
  • 0 / 33 / 9 Minecraft** (3.7 times)
  • - / 14 / 9 Cod:MW2 (1.6 times)
  • - / 38 / 12 GTA V (3.2 times)
  • - / 23 / 8 Rainbow Siege (2.9 times)
  • - / 26 / 8 Apex Legends (3.3 times)
  • - / 17 / 7 Overwatch 2 (2.4 times)
  • - / 1 / 1 EA Sports FC 24 (1 time)

Edit: I have added simple math result in how many times the PS4 player base is big as the PS5 player base. Just out of curiosity and to provide a quicker way of scanning through the list.

(**ps3 players almost at 0 level for this game)

As you can see, all games are available for PS4 and they run decent enough, are multiplayer games and the new consoles do not offer anything substantial for these kind of players.

superfes, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

I still have a PS2…

SturgiesYrFase,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

I have a ps1, 2, 3 and 4, a psp, a vita, I also have a NA snes, OG xbox, xbox360 and xbox one. I pretty much don’t play with any of them, I work too much…

SturgiesYrFase, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

I only bought a ps4 well after the 5 dropped, and only because my pal had got a new xbox and wasn’t playing with his ps4 anymore. Long story short I got the ps4, 3 controllers, and 5 hardcopy games for £50 and a joint. Until I can get a ps5 for that…I ain’t upgrading

MeDuViNoX, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5
@MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works avatar

Surely they’re all just waiting for the PS5 pro? That will solve it! /s

redshift,

Or, seriously, a PS5 slim. (Actually slim, not the slight redesign they did.)

BigTrout75, do gaming w Half Of PlayStation Players Still Haven't Upgraded To PS5

I upgraded to PC running Linux instead

7U5K3N, do gaming w Grand Theft Auto VI Now Targeting Fall 2025 Release, Take-Two Confirms

I can’t wait to buy this on PC in 2028…

I wish it was /s

Murdoc,

Every, single, time. 😓

DebatableRaccoon,

“can’t wait to buy” sounded pretty sarcastic to me

7U5K3N,

A little bit yes… a little bit no.

They just won’t release it on PC till then. :(

DebatableRaccoon,

Personally, with the experiences I had with GTA V and looking at how far both R* and Take Two have fallen in my esteem, I won’t be buying it.

thingsiplay,

I own an Xbox Series (got it for free, you can’t argue with that), but still will wait for the PC port. I don’t think it will take 3 years before it comes to PC, especially not in todays landscape with a strong PC in Gaming overall. They surely are already working in a way to enable such a port. So 1 year from console release date seems to be realistic.

… who am I kidding to?

7U5K3N,

Honestly I think that’s pretty close to what they did with V.

I don’t remember the exact time line. But it was like a year or 18 months after consoles… iirc.

deeves, do gaming w Fallout 4 Fans Are Begging Bethesda To Stop Updating The Game

Reason on why Fallout New Vegas is the best Fallout:

Bethesda despises it so much that it’ll never get an update, remaster, or get repacked into an anniversary edition.

No Todds, No Masters

VindictiveJudge,
@VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world avatar

Given that it was made by a different company, doing anything with it may actually be legally complicated.

VaultBoyNewVegas, (edited )

Yet Bethesda are/were the publishers when it released and Beth owned the fallout IP then and continues to own the IP.

ExfilBravo,

Different company but the same dev tools and game engine.

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Isn’t Obsidian also owned by Microsoft? Pretty sure it’s just a matter of Satya Nadella giving the greenlight

JakJak98,

Yes. Which is why there’s so much speculation about the fallout rights being given back to Obsidian for more.

I wouldn’t mind west coast to be taken by obsidian and east coast by beth tbh.

cmbabul,

Naw fuck that, Bethesda gets from Virginia up through New England, I want obsidian to get a crack at the southeast and Midwest

Swedneck,
@Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

based obsidian dying to save new vegas, modern day jesus christ

theonyltruemupf,

Such a weird narrative that Bethesda hates New Vegas. Fallout 3 also doesn’t have a remaster or anniversary edition.

With Bethesda’s blessing, season two of the show likely revolves around New Vegas.

deeves,

Personal conspiracy theory time:

The only reason they are going to New Vegas for season 2, is to lay down a whole bunch of Bethesda-fied revisionist history about the whole Nevada area.

They would want to torch the playing field, and make creating a New Vegas 2 that is worth a damn impossible, in anticipation of the possibility Microsoft might put Obsidian on Fallout too, after Outer Worlds 2.

After the studio closures Microsoft just did? Todd is probably, and absolutely justifiably, scared shitless with Obsidian and MGM Amazon’s ‘friendly’ competition.

rustyfish, do gaming w Fallout 4 Fans Are Begging Bethesda To Stop Updating The Game
@rustyfish@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah I know, the show came out and everyone is hyped because of that. But maybe put those resources into fixing shit in Starfield?

Caligvla,
@Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Starfield was so forgettable even Bethesda already forgot about it.

deeves,

And you know what? That would be fine.

If they market it as a side experiment, a AA game, priced at $40.

But no, they marketed it as Star Citizen 2.

GoodEye8,

Don’t you know Bethesda? They won’t even fix bugs that are thoroughly documented by the community and take 5 minutes to fix. They’re not going to fix a game that is missing entire features.

Prox,

Starfield can’t be fixed. The game’s issues are rooted in its core - procedurally generated maps, zero-consequence writing, forgettable gunplay. They could fix stuff like base building, giving it an actual purpose, for example. But in order to make exploration and role playing interesting/fun they’d have to effective make a whole new game.

Potatos_are_not_friends,

I’m still optimistic. No Man’s Sky, Cyberpunk, and Fallout 76 took their heaping trash and glued things until it became fun. And Starfield has a lot of really good working pieces that can be salvaged.

But you might also be right. I can’t imagine Bethesda fixing quests or narrative elements.

arefx, (edited )

Cyberpunk had a good story and characters, and basis for a game it just was rushed lut the door unfinished. They actually care about making No Man’s Sky better and delivering on their initial promise, then surpassing it when they initially failed and let everyone down. Bethesda doesn’t care. They just want money. They aren’t going to even consider making starfield a good game unless They add an atom shop first and stuff to spend the money on

RizzRustbolt,

I think you’re wrong about that.

They’d use a seperate currency for a Starfield shop.

RizzRustbolt, do gaming w Fallout 4 Fans Are Begging Bethesda To Stop Updating The Game

The updates will continue until the free modications stop getting updated.

wiccan2, do gaming w Fallout 4 Fans Are Begging Bethesda To Stop Updating The Game

This is starting to feel like their way of blocking Fallout London from releasing indefinitely.

BigBananaDealer,
@BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

bethesda has historically hated mods and the people who make them. its why their games have such a small modding scene

PolandIsAStateOfMind,
@PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml avatar

Well the updates to Skyrim, Fallout and lack of modding tools for Starfield seems to indicate that it is now a reality. I seriously cannot fathom why they would sabotage themselves like that. It’s absolutely obvious since at least Oblivion that mods are lifeline and reason for success of Bethesda rpg games yet here we are.

Phoenix3875,

My gut feeling is that the procedural generation thing in Startfield somehow absorbs some people’s need for mods.

FenrirIII,
@FenrirIII@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, clearing out the exact same building 40 times is much more entertaining than having a different building layout. /s

PolandIsAStateOfMind,
@PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml avatar

No, not really. After Starfield released mod scene EXPLODED capital letters, there were hundred new mods every day. However, without proper tools 95% of those mods are very simple reskins and modders got burned out and bored on this fast. Now we are 8 months after release with still no tools and that enthusiasm is largely gone. Part of it will still be back, but the best moment to establish a vibrant mod community has passed.

JackbyDev,

Minecraft has procedural stuff but still has lots of mods.

BigBananaDealer,
@BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

the games sold just fine on console, before modding was possible on it. never got this modding saves bethesda narrative. its just a neat addition

yamanii,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

I think for profit companies want to sell more than fine.

ilinamorato,

But the point of Bethesda isn’t to sell their games. It’s to sell GamePass. Nobody has to play Fallout, they just have to want to play Fallout enough to buy GamePass.

BigBananaDealer,
@BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

their games did that too

Glytch,

They’ve certainly gotten more hostile to mods since the M$ acquisition. At least mods that don’t want to play ball with the creation club nonsense.

JackbyDev, (edited )

I seriously doubt that. Bethesda’s titles are generally some of the most moddable mainstream titles. I missed sarcasm.

BigBananaDealer,
@BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee avatar

that was my point yes. in fact bethesda loves mods so much they will straight up hire modders as devs. i think the sim settlement guy got hired

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

I believe you may have missed some sarcasm in that comment.

JackbyDev,

Whoops. Chalking this up to Poe’s law

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