One could argue that the PS4 was a definitive success for Sony from the consumers perspective. It’s the PS5 where their community is starting to turn on them. Problem is, there isn’t an Xbox 360 for that community to turn to like with the PS3 way back when. Sony is only going to get worse from here.
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Whoops missed this. It was a success from a PR standpoint for sure. I was really coming at it from a games standpoint. PS4 did well from a units sold standpoint. But didn't really move things forward that much in my opinion. The biggest problems was Xbox pooped the bed giving Sony no competition. I'm hard pressed to remember something that was a breakout hits that came from last gen outside of remakes and sequels. The biggest thing was battle royal. Otherwise there was Spiderman, elden ring, horizon, ghost of Tsushima maybe? I'd have to dig through the releases but those are what I can think of off the top of my head.
And worse the game was delayed until February I believe. They're in some trouble for sure. It's what happens when you become complacent in what you're doing. They've done almost nothing really new. They've taken the formula from the AC games and now everything is that same loop. AC, Farcry, immortal Phoenix rising, star wars... Even skull and bones was just the ship system from black flag. And the funny part was, black flag 2 was the one sequel most everyone wanted. Like most of the AA and AAA game developers, they are out of touch with what gamers want or don't care. And that's really starting to catch up with the industry.
I was speaking from a game perspective. People really liked the PS4 to the point that most still play it lol.
I have to wonder, is the starfield issue actually real? While I only played around 6 or so hours through gamepass streaming. I don't think I understand the negativity. A lot of the negativity around this game seems to be consumers and the media being mad starfield isn't on PlayStation. I mean, last I looked, shattered space in no way should have a lower metacritic score than Concord. That's just bias showing through. Is it the best Bethesda game ever? No. but it's a solid foundation to build on. The big issue I see with the expansion, is it's too much money. 30$ is way too much for a 10/15 dollar expansion.
I'd agree, it's the least hyped generation for sure. It just seems everything is out of whack. There's no rhyme or reason as to what they're trying to do. As far as I can tell, they're just trying to kill the console market.
As far as I can tell what big Bethesda fans are complaining about is that the world created, the exploration, and the story/RPG elements are nowhere near the level of Elder Scrolls or Fallout and the expansion did nothing to fix that despite being fully handcrafted unlike the base games 1,000s or whatever it is AI generated planets. It’s to the point where people are honestly worried that Elder Scrolls VI will also be a disappointment and I don’t blame them.
The time I spent in the game felt very Bethesda. The funny part is You don't buy a Bethesda game for story. They're all just acceptable. I've been on my backlog since not renewing gamepass, and I've been finally finishing fallout 4. The 6hrs of starfields story so far, has been better than fallout 4 for me. And it was about as good as oblivion.
Even by that low standard they said Bethesda dropped the ball with the story especially with Shattered Space compared to Far Harbor of Fallout 4.
Far harbour is probably the best dlc they've done. Sure this might not be up to that standard, but to rank lower than Concord? At worst it's basically the same as the main game, and that's around an 8/10. I really think the price has a lot to do with it. A 30$ dlc should be at least around 25% to 30% of the main game. I think people are just getting fed up with the costs they are changing for things that feel like they should have been in the main game anyway. Especially when they're just kind of average. And all the people I know who have played it feel it's just that, average. Not great, not bad, just something that felt like it should have been part of main game.
Whenever I see scores like this I read it as “we know this can be better, we know you’ve done better in the past, we’re not accepting this and we’re making a point with this score.”
It's amazing how tone deaf the entertainment industry is. Sure Concord is a new ip. It's a new ip that should never have made it past the approval stage. It's a failure because the developers made a game that people didn't connect with or want, and it cost WAY to much.
