PlayStation 5 [CHAT II] | PS5 | MM shares Sony's game income and Spidey swings in the cash

[jiggles]

Even if that is the case, why can’t the console just open the link to the text?

It mightn’t be connected to the internet. It has to support the use case where someone has downloaded the encrypted firmware file to USB. And also, you don’t know what you’re going to be fixing. Maybe the last firmware broke the internal browser, or nuked the network connectivity. Maybe it’s fixing an exploit with the browser that lets someone hack their PS5. But I’m only speculating. The point is, they have such an overwhelming majority of the install base covered it’s not worth the resources to cover weirdos like jawa who own a PS5 but no smartphone.

Just to be clear here, I’m not saying it wasn’t better for the end user before. It is worse, undoubtedly. But as someone who has developed software for on-premise installation in the past, I can’t begin to describe how much easier my life got when we stopped bundling the entire help site in the release, and moved it off site to a cloud-based resource. I was just pointing out that their motivation isn’t that they fired the guy whose apparent full time job was to copy/paste firmware text once every 2 months.

Why don’t games come with manuals anymore? Why do very few games include the change lists for patches in the game
client itself? Because it’s more effort for little reward. Wasted effort, in most cases.

[rinks]

OK, good answer. Thank you.

This is a side issue, but I do find it annoying when a (console) game gets updated but there’s no information about what has changed. Even searching for the developer’s website/social media often gives nothing. I’d have thought Microsoft in particular, with their update bureaucracy, would make those details available to the user.

[D_C]

I gave the Stellar Blade demo a try and am I the only one here not getting the hype Sony are trying to put behind it? Felt like a bargain bin game you'd find in the 360/PS3 gen.

[Seven]

Im on that site. Also be careful as a lot of sale games have glitched trophies or trophies not possible to get. Think you can get that info from the same site... not sure.

Fake edit yep its here. https://www.truetrophies.com/news/unobtainable-platinum-trophies-ps-store-spring-sale-2024

Will add you, and no worries I have no interest in buying these easy-to-get "platinum" trophies (not so easy that they cant be obtained anyway lol) as thats what killed achievement gathering for me. I feel more rewarded by picking up games I've not got 100% in and work towards that, as well from ones I enjoy. Think only platinum trophy-easy-to-get game I'd get is 112th Seed, its good platformer but I have that on Xbox anyway so I can play it there.

Still, strawberry floated up that platinum not being obtained from most games. I don't mean server shutdowns either - feels its a joke keeping them on the store.

[Vermilion]

Just ordered Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth from Argos as it's had a price cut and is now £35!

Have to wait until saturday before i can pick it up from the store, but considering the game was £60 back when i bought the PS5, it's a pretty good deal.

Probably won't start it until i finish Avatar, but at least i'll have it ready and waiting.

[KK]

It’s taken them long enough, but streaming service ITVX has finally been added to PlayStation. This marks the first time ITV has had a streaming service on PlayStation since 2015 and the PS3.

[Monkey Man]

PSN/Digital Chart ranked by Revenue for 1st party titles up to June 2023 from the Insominiac leak -



34-580 by Revenue here - https://www.resetera.com/threads/revenu ... 23.855270/

[jawa_]

^ Days Gone is the twelfth biggest earner and yet "not a success... no sequel" :-(.

[BOR]

^ Days Gone is the twelfth biggest earner and yet "not a success... no sequel" .

I'm disappointed.

I loved it and I want more of Days Gone.

Ah well.

[Jenuall]

Give us more Bloodborne damn you!!!

[Victor Mildew]

Give us more Bloodborne and Driveclub damn you!!!

[FatDaz]

I’m ready for another infamous. I’d even settle for a remake of the first 2.

[kazanova_Frankenstein]

^ Days Gone is the twelfth biggest earner and yet "not a success... no sequel" .

I'm disappointed.

I loved it and I want more of Days Gone.

Ah well.

Bloody brilliant game that was when I played it 2 years ago. Time absolutely flew when I was playing it.

[Wedgie]

^ Days Gone is the twelfth biggest earner and yet "not a success... no sequel" .

I'm disappointed.

I loved it and I want more of Days Gone.

Ah well.

Bloody brilliant game that was when I played it 2 years ago. Time absolutely flew when I was playing it.

I guess the long development time means the game haven't earned any real profit? It is a disgrace that a sequel is not allowed by Sony. And nobody is wise what Bend Studios is working on now?