I called it on God Of War. I said Sony would do it several months ago. Traditionally they have put two out per console. God Of War 1 and 2 on PlayStation 2, two on the PSP (Chains Of Olympus and Ghost Of Sparta) and two on the PS3 (3 and Ascension).
The newest consoles are basically differently specced mini PCs is what I’m saying.
Bobwallett
As for people worrying about the PS5 version, don’t. As far as I can tell the games are scaled to perform on the console, i.e. PlayStation 4 will be locked to 30 frames at 1080p or 4K on Pro, perhaps, and whatever the PlayStation 5 can handle plus the speedier loading times, etc.
GC: It’s not the performance of the difference versions that people are concerned about, but that the underlying design is being held back by having to also work on the PlayStation 4.
I’m over the moon they have delayed it, it will space them out and I’ll know the best possible games will be coming because of the delays. After the year we have had, and are still having, I can’t believe someone would write what they did. Someone that’s done their job and it’s not in their hands no more. If I could swear I would.
David
No rush
Just read you’re bit on the writer getting abuse about the God Of War delay. I couldn’t be happier about a delay. Not only does it mean it gives them more time to polish it up and make it as great as the fist, if not better, but it’s spacing the games out. I mean, I’m getting Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (pre-ordered and paid for), Deathloop (thanks to you) Call Of Duty (as long as it’s not WW2), Horizon Forbidden West (will be pre-ordered ASAP), and God Of War before the delay. That was a lot of games and a lot of money in six months.
GC: What are you gaining by pre-ordering any of those games? Especially as none of them have been subject to hands-on previews, let alone reviews.
The current situation
I admit I am disappointed that the PlayStation 5 has two cross-gen games for two big franchises, in Horizon Forbidden West and God Of War: Ragnarök. It was always assumed that Sony was not into backwards compatibility, but their hand was forced because of the popularity from Microsoft’s success. PlayStation 4 did not have backwards compatibility but was hugely popular, so I do wonder why Sony are so focused on this feature now.
It does show that the good sales of PlayStation 5 is connected with the scalpers. Sony must recognise that software sales have a low attachment rate due to this, therefore it would be unwise to have exclusive PlayStation 5 games as they will lose a ton of sales. The cross-gen games are purely a business decision, akin to Sony games now coming onto PC. To reiterate, PlayStation 4 never had supply issues in its 2013 debut, which is why we didn’t see cross-gen games along with the PlayStation 3. I would ask fans; would they rather have PlayStation 5 with no PlayStation 4 backwards compatibility but with more PlayStation 5 exclusives or how the current situation is? I do prefer how it was with PlayStation 4 where the games were not cross-gen and exclusive to the new generation.
ShenYeng Apollo Crews
GC: Being cross-gen doesn’t have anything to do with backwards compatibility. Backwards compatibility means having a PlayStation 4 game, or earlier, work on a PlayStation 5. Tolkien-esque tie-ins
An Inbox letter last week mentioned Game of Thrones, which got me thinking how bewildering it is (to me, at least) that a big budget console game wasn’t released at the height of its popularity. Has that been a Hot Topic before? Films, TV shows or books that either haven’t been made into a video game at all, or adequately, or haven’t had an entry in a long time, for whatever the reason?
For example, it seems to me a remake of the Lord of the Rings PlayStation 2/Xbox movie tie-ins with modern graphics and gameplay would be huge sellers (licensing, etc. aside). Imagine fighting in Helm’s Deep three console generations on. I couldn’t think of many more gaming prospects I’d be more excited about.
Nathan Transient dimension
Super Mario World is timeless. It plays just as well today as when it came out and if you didn’t know better, you could easily mistake it for a brand-new indie game. The same can be said of a lot of 2D games.
But I was wondering what is the oldest, best aged, 3D video game? I’d say Doom. It still plays fantastically and looks great on most of the maps, if you ignore the sky boxes. What do you think?
Chris
GC: Doom is a pretty good call. How about Zelda: Ocarina Of Time, too? It holds up better than Super Mario 64. Price limit
Just read your Returnal pricing Reader’s Feature. It’s not just Returnal, all new PlayStation 5 games that cost £70 is shocking from Sony.
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