Yes, both Sackboy and that Destruction car game are launch titles.
The mouse cursor scale is proportional to the gameplay like it was running on a dev kit.
I think the mouse pointer might be due to the streamer guyâs overlay.
Hereâs an 8 minute gameplay demo for Godfall -
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Iâm not entirely worried about Sonyâs control here. They were pretty weird about this stuff before the PS4 released. Nobody gave them shit because they did so much right however. Itâs best to wait and see how the system does on launch with getting setup and how the OS runs, fan noise, how multi platform games perform. I am interested in the BC situation. That one does worry me a bit.
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Iâm with you 100%. I really donât like the controller at all.
I reckon the drawbacks from this controlled showcase are amplified by it coming off the back of Xboxâs much more open approach.
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I think these demos were not for us. They were geared towards the Japanese market and meant to show off its software.
Secondly, COVID-19 changes everything about how these consoles are shown. I donât think anything is being shown in an ideal fashion (for us and for both Sony and MS).
That said, with one month and one week left until launch, it is completely fair to say that Sony is cutting it close. This means in the next 30 days we are going to see a Blitzkrieg of PS5 information and Sony may dominate the headlines leading up until launch.
The GUI, the OS features, launch title gameplay, and more are things Sony can touch on while MS has already shared much of this.
So while many may think Sony is fumbling the ball, I see a potential strategy. Secondly, Sony sees the preorder numbers. They are likely in a position where they donât need to do anything drastic or rushed. The numbers are likely looking good and theyâve likely sold 5 million units without anyone having any idea of how the GUI looks like.
At this point, thereâs simply too much demand for both machines and the biggest worry is to not have enough units ready⌠And all this with much of the PS5 being an unknown.
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Yup!
No need to show any gameplay or UI at all. Even price doesnât matter now.
Pre order demand has exceeded the launch stock.
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This is a perfectly reasonable and accurate post. Yet what do we hear on the social media - Xbox is overheating - because apparently some of the people testing it felt it was hot - I mean I do really really wonder whether people have any comprehension of increased power draw and therefore heat? And that the system is meant to be hot. If it wasnât youâd be worried. My One X has been off all day in standby and its warm at the back. Been like that since I got it day one.
The level of console war disingenuous nonsense really is peaking about now.
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Ratchet apparently wonât have any loading times. Well, thatâs a tweet I saw in a video just now. That would be incredibly impressive. It being an exclusive for the system it could be true too. The devs are able to take full advantage of the system. I donât think weâll see this with multiplatform titles.
Maybe because the heat gets dispensed from the top and not the back like most consoles, its easier to feel the heat and maybe gives the illusion of it being hotter.
I highly doubt MS would ship this thing out if it had any overheating issues, would be a PR nightmare and possible an RROD 2.0 situation
Itâs just a fundamental and deliberate attempt to make a drama out of someone saying the machine is hot. It should be. People just want to talk it down.
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It would be bad news if cold air was expelled from the top.
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And this is one of the downsides of modern age, unfortunately, of being 100% transparent as MS is being with the SX. Give a console in the hands of complete clueless dude that makes a report that the console is dissipating heat as I should, but gets spinned as overheating and gets amplified by stupid fanboys on internet. Must be depressing for the folks that worked hard to design the hw.
All perfectly reasonable. If you consider how people were happy when Sony revealed the logo âPS5â that looked exactly how we expected it to look, showing off the UI and other things later makes sense. People will be thrilled when they reveal the ports on the back or other mundane things. I guess the main issue I have is Sony isnât asked to do better so they just donât strive to do better. There is this aura of âEveryone is going to buy it anywayâ that doesnât sit well with me, and not necessarily from Sonyâs side but from the fanbase side.
I still have some reservations about how Sony is revealing things though. It is a bit too elusive, something is just not feeling right.
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Iâve stumbled upon this article from Forbes today. It casts some light on how Sony handled the console preview on the start of the current generation.
âOne other thing, however, didnât hurt: at the beginning of last generation, Sony was pretty liberal with PS4 review units, and a lot of journalists defaulted to playing most multiplatform games on those consoles.â
Click here for source: âXbox Series X Is Everywhere All Of A Sudden, Unlike PS5â
The article is very good and deals with everything discussed on this thread.
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So, basically both companies have reversed their roles from what it was 7 years ago. Not surprising when you consider the better console being everywhere and the lesser console being confined to Sony HQ.
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Interesting for sure. The roles sure have been reversed indeed, itâs crazy.
We keep getting footage of BC loading times left and right from YouTubers with XSX units and from PS5 we gotâŚwellâŚthe Japanese YouTubers and Iâm still not sure what to make of that, LMAO.
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In Brazil, in some regions we call âfolclĂłricoâ (folkloric) or something like âstraight from a carnival paradeâ (carnavalesco) people that act like that over-the-top Japanese Youtuber. These terms fit him like a glove.
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