ICYMI: PlayStation just handed Xbox a lifeline – now they need to take it PlayStationShowcase XboxShowcase opinion
, so rather than the Vita successor fans wanted, is a decent handheld cloud gaming machine which is nice – but may have practical issues and will essentially still require you to own a PS5 first anyway.
As for the PSVR 2 – the games looked fine, and Beat Saber – as one of the most popular VR titles of all time – is most welcome, but the headset is still looking for its killer app, and though it might be premature to say, it didn’t feel like any of the games shown are going to be much better than launch game Horizon Call of the Mountain. For a relatively expensive piece of hardware , that’s still a tough sell for many – and moreso during a cost of living crisis.
But it’s notable that three of the major announcements of the showcase – namely Metal Gear Solid Delta, Marathon and Fairgame$ – had zero gameplay shown. Yeah, we got impressive cinematic flavour trailers – which are all well and good – but they’re ideals, not tangible games we can see ourselves playing on our consoles.
for the console owner and the company really needs to show what it can do at its own showcase next month – but Sony’s big hitters; it’s Naughty Dogs, it’s Sucker Punches and it’s Sony Santa Monica Studios – were all notable by their absence. Yeah, you can argue the company has deserved to rest a little after a hell of a 12 month run of must have exclusives and system selling games – but as we saw with the PS3 following the PS2 era, Sony are just as capable of fumbling the ball after a high note.
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