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[Zazen]

There will be a special event in Astro’s Playroom hours prior to the launch of Astro Bot. You’ll also be able to transfer your special bots to the game as well so get working on that last one. Here’s me and the crew patiently waiting.

 

[Valhoven]

Gloss meets matte. Daddy wants:

 

[Valhoven]

PS5 Pro Reveal
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The PS5 Pro is set to be revealed in the next two weeks according to credible leaker Billbilkun

Date for when it could happen is up in the air but the PS4 Pro was revealed on September 7 2016

Could Sony due blog drop or an actual event

- PS5 | PS5Themes | Playstation

 

[Valhoven]

Sony made mistakes with Firewall, Bungie, and Neon Koi, Colin says, breaking tradition of having longstanding relationships with studios before bringing them into PS family: (Time to watch: 3m 40s)

 

[Valhoven]

The cutscenes, animations, and netcode in Concord are better than what 99% of studios even put out or can produce right now.

The main issue with the title wasn't looks or even how generic it was conceptually, IMO; rather, it was that the game wasn't F2P like peers in the space and then that no-one 100 knew what the game was, which falls on mixed-messaging, marketing.

I honestly thought all the way up until launch that it was a PvEvP type game with even a small campaign but larger MP module. Turns out, the whole thing is a 40€ TDM? Pff, lol. Not sure it would have even done well 8 years ago at project start. Know your playerbase and landscape. Game's too slow, too. Speed it up.

/rant

 

[Zazen]

PS5 Pro Reveal
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Tomorrow is the first day of September
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The PS5 Pro is set to be revealed in the next two weeks according to credible leaker Billbilkun

Date for when it could happen is up in the air but the PS4 Pro was revealed on September 7 2016

Could Sony due blog drop or an actual event

- PS5 | PS5Themes | Playstation

I’m hoping Wukong is one of those games that gets the PS5 Pro Enhanced tag

 

[mixmastermo]

Sony made mistakes with Firewall, Bungie, and Neon Koi, Colin says, breaking tradition of having longstanding relationships with studios before bringing them into PS family: (Time to watch: 3m 40s)

TBF there was a time not too long ago where many studios and publishers were being bought- Sony may have made a few hasty decisions but I suppose the alternative was to let the competition build a vast library of exclusives not available on Playstation. They couldn't just wait. It's easy for someone to have hindsight and say something was a mistake when they weren't in the moment where a decision needed to be made...

 

[mixmastermo]

One more week guys! This isn't a spoiler imo, the platinum trophy says "See you in Astro's next adventure". Already plans for a sequel?

why are you guys so pumped for this? How do you know it's not going to suck?

FWIW I did not like littlebigplanet

 

[Zazen]

why are you guys so pumped for this? How do you know it's not going to suck?

FWIW I did not like littlebigplanet

Every game they’ve done with Astro has been nothing short of amazing. If this game scores under an 80 I’ll never post here again.

 

[Zazen]

TBF there was a time not too long ago where many studios and publishers were being bought- Sony may have made a few hasty decisions but I suppose the alternative was to let the competition build a vast library of exclusives not available on Playstation. They couldn't just wait. It's easy for someone to have hindsight and say something was a mistake when they weren't in the moment where a decision needed to be made...

What’s neon koi, is that the team that did sack boy mobile game?

 

[mixmastermo]

Every game they’ve done with Astro has been nothing short of amazing. If this game scores under an 80 I’ll never post here again.

OK, reason I ask is cuz I don't recall Sony ever having real success with a cutesy kid friendly platformer. That's why I specifically brought up littlebigplanet

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

why are you guys so pumped for this? How do you know it's not going to suck?

FWIW I did not like littlebigplanet

The PS5 launched with a bundled game, Astro’s Playroom. It was incredible, but really short. Can be played in like an hour. It was more of a tech demo for the PS5’s controller than an actual game, but the level design and gameplay was absolutely top notch. Honestly the best 3D platformer I’ve ever played. So a lot of us are excited that they’re finally making a “real” game that has something like 80 levels, not just four.

That’s why we’re pumped.

 

[Zazen]

The PS5 launched with a bundled game, Astro’s Playroom. It was incredible, but really short. Can be played in like an hour. It was more of a tech demo for the PS5’s controller than an actual game, but the level design and gameplay was absolutely top notch. Honestly the best 3D platformer I’ve ever played. So a lot of us are excited that they’re finally making a “real” game that has something like 80 levels, not just four.

That’s why we’re pumped.

I think it's more fair to compare the mini-levels in each of the areas to Astro's worlds. It's basically 80 worlds versus the 16 levels of Astro's playroom. They said it was about 4 to 5 times larger so it makes more sense when calculating it this way imo.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

I think it's more fair to compare the mini-levels in each of the areas to Astro's worlds. It's basically 80 worlds versus the 16 levels of Astro's playroom. They said it was about 4 to 5 times larger so it makes more sense when calculating it this way imo.

Well that’s a bummer. Oh well, still hoping it will be great.

 

[Zazen]

Well that’s a bummer. Oh well, still hoping it will be great.

Each world will probably just be about 10 minutes long. I think that's actually fantastic because from the looks of it there is going to be a ton of variety in gameplay mechanics. During your playthrough you probably won't get bored at all this way. Nothing is worse than a game that drags itself just for the sake of saying they made a 40+ hour experience.

You also might be underselling Playroom. According to howlongtobeat the average playtime was 3 hours and 5 hours for completionists. You probably have a higher playtime than you think, I recall spending about 5 hours to finish it myself. Plus the collectibles will have you searching every nook and cranny. Oh and then there's the time trials being added later.... so yeah I wouldn't be worried about it being too short.

Did you get the 4 special bots in playroom?

 

[rikwebb]

What’s neon koi, is that the team that did sack boy mobile game?

Its the mobile studio they bought originally called Savage Game studios who are making a mobile shooter

 

[Kevster]

If you put a Mario skin on Astro Bot and called it Mario Galaxy 3 it would be getting called a potential goty.

 

[milliniar]

Concord is dead, full refunds being given.

An important update on Concord

Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us...

blog.playstation.com

Sounds like they could be looking into a retool and relaunch as FTP.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Concord is dead, full refunds being given.

An important update on Concord

Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us...

blog.playstation.com

Sounds like the could be looking into a retool and relaunch as FTP.

I’m waffling between whether to use the shocked emoji or laughing emoji as a reaction to your post.

 

[Zazen]

Concord is dead, full refunds being given.

An important update on Concord

Concord fans -- we’ve been listening closely to your feedback since the launch of Concord on PlayStation 5 and PC and want to thank everyone who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar. Your support and the passionate community that has grown around the game has meant the world to us...

blog.playstation.com

Sounds like the could be looking into a retool and relaunch as FTP.

I think it’s dead. Beta didn’t have great numbers either. What a contrast to Helldivers 2. Like holy shit it’s the complete opposite. Quickest selling game to biggest flop ever. Sony will learn from this and be smarter. I’m concerned about fair games though