Cube Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 There's a class action lawsuit for Xbox controllers happening as well.
Goron_3 Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 43 minutes ago, Ronnie said: Yeah I've been using the same Pro for four years and never experienced drift. You never hear about it happening to the Pro or Xbox controllers. Could be down to different sized deadzones. Not sure if Sony offer a free fix like Nintendo do or if they've even acknowledged the issue yet. There was a batch of Pro's early on that had the issue (In fact i'm fairly sure it was a limited edition version) but they seemed to have resolved it. I imagine the issue is simply down to the manufacturing process and the fact that most companies use the same production houses (I.e. FoxConn). Funnily enough, my first Gamecube controller still works flawlessly! And I used that several thousand hours of Melee. 1
Tales Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Ronnie said: Yeah I've been using the same Pro for four years and never experienced drift. You never hear about it happening to the Pro or Xbox controllers. Could be down to different sized deadzones. Not sure if Sony offer a free fix like Nintendo do or if they've even acknowledged the issue yet. Why does it matter how the pro controller works. It's a 70£ controller that's not included with the Switch. They joy cons are. You shouldn't have to buy a new controller just to get a working one. Especially since some of them are welded to the freaking pad. My joy cons failed(left one IIRC) after four months and 200 hours. Contacted the company that distributes Nintendo product on their behalf about my issue. I didn't have the receipt for them anymore, but I referenced the then recent news about Nintendo offering free repair. Didn't keep their reply, but it was big fat no. Read somewhere it only applied to NA. Then there is this https://www.beuc.eu/publications/beuc-launches-europe-wide-complaint-against-nintendo-premature-obsolescence/html
Ronnie Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Tales said: Why does it matter how the pro controller works. Because the current discussion is about how the same faults are appearing on the PS5 and how the parts are identical between all the console manufacturers. Some of us were just surprised that, given this new information, you don't hear it happen with the Pro controller or the Xbox very much.
Tales Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Ronnie said: Because the current discussion is about how the same faults are appearing on the PS5 and how the parts are identical between all the console manufacturers. Some of us were just surprised that, given this new information, you don't hear it happen with the Pro controller or the Xbox very much. But you do hear about drift issues with both of those, and lawsuits, for whatever they're worth.
drahkon Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) Quote Time for another State of Play! This Thursday, a State of Play broadcast will serve up new updates and deep dives for 10 games coming to PS4 and PS5, including new game announcements and updates on some of the third-party and indie titles you last saw in June’s PS5 showcase. The show is clocking it at 30 minutes or so, give or take. Can’t wait to hear what you think! And a quick note: there won’t be PlayStation hardware or business-focused updates in this show. We’re focusing on great games set to come out in the months ahead. 10 p.m. UK time. Ehem. MONSTER TRAIN PLEASE. (not holding my breath...devs keep saying "we're looking into other platforms"...) Edited February 23, 2021 by drahkon 1
Julius Posted February 23, 2021 Posted February 23, 2021 6 hours ago, drahkon said: Any Gran Turismo fans here? Well, that kind of blows. It's been a very long time since I've stuck with a Gran Turismo game, so I had been looking forward to this! That being said, these days, based on recent pedigree, playing Forza is a much more compelling sell to me, and is one of only three reasons I would currently buy an Xbox (the other two being for the backwards compatibility of older Star Wars titles, and to experience the Halo campaigns), so...they better not take too long! Not too surprising, ultimately, though. 2021 always seemed a bit of a stretch, and what they showed off last year was just straight up weird. Fingers crossed things go smoothly moving forwards and we can enjoy this next year!
Julius Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 (edited) Original game development at Japan Studio is winding down, reports VGC. Their original efforts include Gravity Rush, Knack, and Ape Escape, and in recent years they have been probably most noticed for their role in developing 2018's Shadow of the Colossus and last year's Demon's Souls alongside Bluepoint Games. This follows Project Siren/Team Gravity leader Keiichiro Toyama leaving with Sony Japan veterans Kazunobu Sato and Junya Okura to form Bokeh Game Studio late last year. Bloodborne producer Masaaki Yamagiwa also left earlier this week, amongst others. According to VGC's sources, this is happening because Japan Studio hasn't been profitable enough in recent years, but also because of the shift in power away from Japan to the US internally at PlayStation over the last half a decade or so. It is unclear at this time what will become of their External Development Department (the team which collaborated last year with Bluepoint on Demon's Souls), but one source suggested it would continue as is. ASOBI Team, the studio behind Astro Bot, appears unaffected, and will remain a standalone studio, with some remaining members of Japan Studio being moved over to ASOBI for their next endeavours. This sucks. Edited February 25, 2021 by Julius
Tales Posted February 25, 2021 Posted February 25, 2021 Loved both of their Gravity Rush games. I guess they're both "too Japanese" and didn't sell that well. Really fun games though.
Julius Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 Update on the Japan Studio restructure, from IGN. Quote In an effort to further strengthen business operations, SIE can confirm PlayStation Studios JAPAN Studio will be re-organized into a new organization on April 1. JAPAN Studio will be re-centered to Team ASOBI, the creative team behind Astro's PLAYROOM, allowing the team to focus on a single vision and build on the popularity of Astro’s PLAYROOM. In addition, the roles of external production, software localization, and IP management of JAPAN Studio titles will be concentrated within the global functions of PlayStation Studios. Pretty much just confirms the news VGC broke before, and in corporate speak, is putting Japan Studio to rest. EDD being integrated more into PlayStation Studios directly, with the right support, could be a great way for them to continue supporting third party relations, especially when it comes to projects such as those we've seen Bluepoint handle so far. Otherwise, yeah, this still sucks. 1
Dcubed Posted February 26, 2021 Author Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) Damn, it’s even worse than we were expecting... Japan Studio is basically totally dead outside of Team Asobo... Wow. End of an era. Funny to think that Sony now only have two Japanese studios (Team Asobo & Polyphony) against Microsoft’s one (Tango Gameworks). There really isn’t much to separate them anymore! Playstation is basically just Xbox now. It’s a western company for western gamers only. Edited February 26, 2021 by Dcubed 1
Julius Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 According to Bloomberg's Takashi Mochizuki, storage upgrade is being prepared for the summer. 2 hours ago, Dcubed said: Damn, it’s even worse than we were expecting... Japan Studio is basically totally dead outside of Team Asobo... Wow. End of an era. Funny to think that Sony now only have two Japanese studios (Team Asobo & Polyphony) against Microsoft’s one (Tango Gameworks). There really isn’t much to separate them anymore! Playstation is basically just Xbox now. It’s a western company for western gamers only. Yeah, it blows. I know the signs of the power shift have been there over the last few years, but still, shuttering Japan Studio isn't what I expected. While PlayStation retains a strong relationship with many of the bigger Japanese third parties, sure, it seems like such a strange move off the back of a generation which saw many Japanese developers return from the brink. Japan Studio's not profitable for them? They've been in a support role more often than not lately, and they basically got moved to projects where they'd have a smaller role and phased out. I guess it also effectively kills that rumoured RaySpace project which we've heard whispers about over the last few years, unless that's been moved elsewhere too? Obviously I'm glad Astro is staying and Team Asobi are in a strong position, but this still blows. Japan Studio, for me at least, became a seal of quality over the last few years with some of the projects they've helped out on. 1
drahkon Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, Julius said: According to Bloomberg's Takashi Mochizuki, storage upgrade is being prepared for the summer. And people already up in arms. "So it's going to be as loud as a PS4". Why not just wait and see?
Sheikah Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Dcubed said: Damn, it’s even worse than we were expecting... Japan Studio is basically totally dead outside of Team Asobo... Wow. End of an era. Funny to think that Sony now only have two Japanese studios (Team Asobo & Polyphony) against Microsoft’s one (Tango Gameworks). There really isn’t much to separate them anymore! Playstation is basically just Xbox now. It’s a western company for western gamers only. That's a huge overreaction, there's still a lot of Japanese developers releasing games on these systems, even if they're not first party.
Sheikah Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 20 minutes ago, drahkon said: And people already up in arms. "So it's going to be as loud as a PS4". Why not just wait and see? Why would adding a hard drive make it loud as a PS4? The whole cooling setup does not get loud and wouldn't be impacted by the addition of a hard drive.
drahkon Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Sheikah said: Why would adding a hard drive make it loud as a PS4? No idea. But apparently some people believe it'll be a disaster. Edit: I guess the cooling fans will spin faster and in turn be louder. That's why there's some "fear" of the PS5 becoming extremely loud. Edited February 26, 2021 by drahkon
Ronnie Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 Terrible news about Japan Studio, but yay for Astro I guess
Goron_3 Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 Got a PS5 as a birthday gift! Absolutely buzzing - wasn't expecting it all. Looking forward to getting stuck into Spiderman Remastered tomorrow, and I'll probably check out God of War now that it's confirmed to have a 60 FPS patch. Hopefully Bloodborne gets one soon. 5
drahkon Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 Happy Birthday @Goron_3 That's an amazing gift 1
Julius Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, Goron_3 said: Got a PS5 as a birthday gift! Absolutely buzzing - wasn't expecting it all. Looking forward to getting stuck into Spiderman Remastered tomorrow, and I'll probably check out God of War now that it's confirmed to have a 60 FPS patch. Hopefully Bloodborne gets one soon. Heck yeah, enjoy! Also: happy birthday! 1
Sheikah Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 Got a PS5 as a birthday gift! Absolutely buzzing - wasn't expecting it all. Looking forward to getting stuck into Spiderman Remastered tomorrow, and I'll probably check out God of War now that it's confirmed to have a 60 FPS patch. Hopefully Bloodborne gets one soon.Happy Birthday! And try out Astro's Playroom first, it's great.Any PS4 games you're keen to play in upgraded form? 1
drahkon Posted March 2, 2021 Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) PS5 version announced. This, however, is a complete version being sold at full price. No upgrade for the next gen consoles Guess it means I'll buy the remaining DLCs I gotta get for my PS4 version and live with no new Platinum until the PS5 version is on sale Edit: Nevermind...looks like the PS5 (and presumably Switch) version won't be available outside the US... Edited March 2, 2021 by drahkon
Sheikah Posted March 2, 2021 Posted March 2, 2021 PS5 version announced. This, however, is a complete version being sold at full price. No upgrade for the next gen consoles [emoji20] Guess it means I'll buy the remaining DLCs I gotta get for my PS4 version and live with no new Platinum until the PS5 version is on sale [emoji14] Edit: Nevermind...looks like the PS5 (and presumably Switch) version won't be available outside the US...Repentance is still releasing on PS4 though right? So can play on PS5 via backwards compatibility. Given the level of graphics in this game I'm unsure if the PS5 version would even be an 'upgrade' over the PS4 version.
drahkon Posted March 2, 2021 Posted March 2, 2021 38 minutes ago, Sheikah said: Repentance is still releasing on PS4 though right? So can play on PS5 via backwards compatibility. Yup, but I would like to play the entire game again with a shiny new Platinum to get. A PS5 version would provide one
Goron_3 Posted March 2, 2021 Posted March 2, 2021 On 28/02/2021 at 8:12 PM, Sheikah said: Happy Birthday! And try out Astro's Playroom first, it's great. Any PS4 games you're keen to play in upgraded form? I've actually got a huge PS4 backlog. I pretty much avoided every AAA title from 2018 onwards because my PS4 got far too loud whilst playing. I've just ordered The Last of Us 2, but I'm going to hold off playing it until it gets a patch.
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