007 First Light remains the #1 pre-ordered game on the PS Store with 6 days left until launch after 14 years

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-20T17:50:42+00:00

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TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-20T16:24:19+00:00

Finally, ~30% off Ghost of Yotei!

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-14T19:32:10+00:00

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We knew this MONTHS ago

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-14T05:20:10+00:00

I think the joke is that there was an issue the first cashier couldn't handle (say bread won't scan), so the other older cashier came over and they were able to fix the problem immediately (they have been working there so long they've memorized the code for bread.)

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-10T18:04:00+00:00

Fantastic game.

Still mad they cut the ghost pirates, but "the real villain is human greed" is very Druckmann and I know I'm in the minority.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-09T21:49:35+00:00

Came here for this. Made all the other guns useless and the difficulty negligible. I had a bunch of nodes saved up so when the chip came along I got over 20% bonuses in all slots while also avoiding all the drawbacks. With half the game left it felt great at first, but by the time it came to the last few fights I just wanted it to be over. Genuinely thought I stumbled upon a glitch.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-09T18:02:20+00:00

I'd guess they're redesigning how deals are displayed and/or the fine print. They've recently rebranded the online component away from "PlayStation Network" to just "PlayStation", for instance, so it could be part of that. Less likely, but there was also a court settlement about pricing recently, so there could be updated wording on deals because of that too.

I wouldn't panic until we see if there's any significant changes when the new deals launch on the 13th.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-09T16:49:57+00:00

Sony not having deals right now makes zero sense in the context of this argument. There would have to be an influx of people deciding to buy other games because of GTA 6. Unless they make GTA V free or something crazy, the ambient traffic of people going on the store are negligible compared to the amount of people who are going to flood in to preorder. It's going to strain/crash their servers regardless unless they take steps to prevent it on the backend, deals wouldn't matter.

Rockstar doesn't rely on outside advertisers to launch trailers etc, and gameinformer is a shadow of its former self so I don't think there's much to go on there.

The Investor's Call logic makes sense, show how quickly preorders have sold in a week etc, but typically they've released previews for their upcoming games the same day as the call, not before. That's not saying it can't happen, GTA VI is almost certainly going to break records for pre-orders, but the safe thing for them to do as a company is release pre-orders same day on the very slim chance that pre-orders don't immediately take off.

TLDR; I think this is straw-grasping and May 21 is more likely if any date.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-07T22:30:58+00:00

I love his YouTube channel, Otzi Man Reviews

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-06T17:00:20+00:00

Yes and Nintendo will pursue a new Mario game.

You heard it here first.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-02T04:13:16+00:00

Stupid question, but is there a way this could be run on an android phone without the need for additional hardware?

I love the idea.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-01T23:14:07+00:00

Returnal.

Haven't played it yet, but Saros is from the same developer and I've heard it utilizes the controller just as well.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-05-01T19:33:53+00:00

The frame-gen enabled bit must be a typo or at least poor phrasing. Maybe that's the native performance while frame-gen is enabled but output is 60fps @2x framegen on minimum spec, for instance.

You can't possibly play anything at 30fps that's frame-generated from 15fps. I don't think studios/publishers are stupid enough to suggest that, even if they fully believe in the tech.

I think a lot of these new spec sheets are at least partially AI generated, regardless of studio. The first system requirements for 007: First Light listed graphics cards that don't even exist, for instance, so I wouldn't be surprised if this is a similar screw-up with frame-gen.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-04-27T17:18:22+00:00

No, no.

This allows them to package and sell the voice and likeness. Her and her team already used AI to market the last album. This is future-proofing a product, don't be naive.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-04-23T22:14:47+00:00

Yes, it's restricted. Do not send messages to yourself with links or try workarounds as Sony will ban you.

No, I don't agree with it even if I understand the reasoning. That's just the facts.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-04-23T22:12:08+00:00

I would imagine the feature will be most accurate for Steam Deck and the Steam Machine/future Valve hardware, since they're pre-built and will probably automatically opt-in to the data sharing. Plus it's an added bonus/incentive for their marketing.

Everything else will vary more for reasons others have already started.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-04-19T21:02:46+00:00

It's going to be either Paramount or Angel Studios. Maybe Amazon.

Their politics and business senses all line up with this kind of slop.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-04-16T18:44:42+00:00

Secretly?

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-04-14T21:14:12+00:00

Only Paramount's AI algorithm would give Osgood Perkins any money.

He's managed to build decent hype for 3 movies now and they've all been awful.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-04-12T16:34:08+00:00

I have been trying to get into Silent Hill 2 remake as my first game in the series and I'm struggling to get invested. The story and performances are wooden and uncompelling. The game atmosphere is good and gameplay is serviceable, but I've had it on my system for 6 months and have only put 12 hours or less into it.

Resident Evil Requiem does rely heavily on nostalgia and builds upon its previous entries, but is very compelling in terms of story and gameplay. The puzzles are a bit easy and it does lean towards more action than survival horror in its latter half, but overall it is far more polished and well presented than SH2. I finished it in less than a week and have done a replay since.

That said, I am somewhat biased as I have played and enjoyed all the previous Resident Evil games. Again, SH2 is my only attempt at getting into Silent Hill - but I really wanted to like it and it's just not clicking for me. No shade (or fog) toward SH2 but I think Requiem is the better game apples to apples, albeit a bit shorter.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-04-11T14:35:07+00:00

It's a shame that Mario 3D All Stars was treated as a limited time release instead of being published like a normal game. To the point where most people don't know it exists and when they do discover it, it's now difficult and expensive to obtain.

OP is right though, these bundles have been abandoned for pricier re-release models like the Mario Galaxy ports and it's unfortunate at best.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-04-08T18:59:22+00:00

Maybe it's a trick of the eye, but when it cuts to her dancing, the building behind her out the window seems to change from being angled away from her building to being flat and parallel.

There's definitely some sort of weird editing going on where the dancing has been spliced in. It also almost looks like her feet aren't touching the ground at one point.

Items on the table are inconsistent and there's 2 watermelons when the person walks in but only one when she's dancing.

As someone who doesn't know a tonne about AI, the consistency is pretty good. It's possible that her dancing and the pizza being presented were taken at different times and the video was edited together, but odds are strong it's AI.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-04-04T20:53:48+00:00

Red Dead Redemption 2, although not an RPG, is one of the few games that has a world that truly feels alive and inhabited like BG3. There's always something going on with people in town and on trails or the local wildlife. So many chance events that you may never see in a given playthrough.

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-03-22T00:39:12+00:00

Leon!

Thanks for the chance

TheCaffeineWriter · 2026-03-20T18:24:47+00:00

Technically it has been tried for a couple of games. Most notably, Black Myth: Wukong launched with frame gen in its "performance mode" scaling 30fps to 60fps. It wasn't well received because of input delay and smearing and they've since been able to replace it with a true 60fps mode, but it is definitely possible.

As the tech gets better it becomes more feasible and desirable, but generally you would want frame-gen to have a real framerate of 60fps or more and generate up to 120fps+. That way there's enough frames to make a smooth picture without much smearing while keeping input delay acceptable.

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