Eurogamer: PS5 and Xbox Series X Spec Leak.

[Mr Puggsly]

goopy20 said:

DonFerrari said:

You are putting the blame on the wrong horse.

Nintendo had the opportunity to buy the studio (they had 50% at the time) but weren't interested so MS gone and bought all.

Taking the opinion of a single disgruntled ex-employee is hardly the way to look history.

I'm no defender of MS and I know they had made several bad decisions and studio management was among the main for me. I just wanted to correct the two or three misconceptions you had over it.

1440p internal resolution sure, but it is upscaled to 4k to show on the screen (I have alluded to that), and yes the level of fidelity of PS4Pro/X1X is certainly very good for most people. The problem I have with the strategy people say MS will go for (let's dismiss Lockhart at 1080p) is that a Lockhart at 299 and XSX at 499 competing against PS5 399 with the first being 100 cheaper but less than half power and the other being 30% more powerful for 100 more will make PS5 look like an incredible deal on the middle ground. But sure I can be wrong on it.

If KA was the bundled and KS not them I stand corrected.

Killzone is fairly competent shooter, but yes Sony doesn't have anything of the appraisal of Halo or Gears exclusive. I don't like FPS but I agree Sony needs one to keep the diversity of offering.

I agree that Sony doesn't have a great exclusive FPS. I actually played the hell out of Planetside 2, though. That game had amazing potential if you ask me. Halo 1 was revolutionary for its time and it's still a good fps, it just lost its appeal a bit over the years. Gears was also great when it just came out but after 5 parts, I think the novelty of chainsawing aliens in half has run its course and there isn't much of a story to tell anymore. 

We will see what happens next gen, but my guess is that Sony will come up with more new ip's. Some will be great and some will probably suck, but at least Sony has the balls to try new things. You have to admit that pitching games like Death Stranding or Dreams to MS would be pretty damn hard.  

MS has funded a bunch of new IPs this gen in various genres.

Off the top of my head, Cuphead, Ori, Quantum Break, Sunset Overdrive, Ashen, Lococycle, a Panzer Dragoon clone, Recore, Ryse, Project Spark and Sea of Thieves.

Those games vary from meh to great. I think the real problem MS hasnt created enough AAA content that feels really ambitious. If MS made a couple notable open world games this gen, I think people would feel better about MS's 1st party lineup. However, 3rd parties made a lot of notable content like that.

I like that Sony creates big AAA story driven games, but I am a little bored of them constantly making that. It makes me yearn for action and gameplay focused stuff like Gears and Halo, or even Crackdown 3. However, Sony didnt have to make great shooters relying on 3rd parties. This gen Sony has bundled Star Wars BF, CoD and Destiny.

Anyway, I dont just care about new IPs. Taking an old IP making something great out of that can be satisfying as well.