Astro Bot was so good it almost "outdid Nintendo at its own game", says former US boss Reggie Fils-Aimé
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I would love to play it some day. Shame it's a $600 game.
You might, Sony seems pretty open to PC releases these days
The ps5 controller is designed into the game, hard to believe this will be available pc anytime soon
The DualSense controller works perfectly fine on PC. Most first-party Sony games come with the full feature set for it (adaptive triggers, haptics, touchpad, gyro, speaker, ...).
And it's one of, if not the best on Linux, because Sony actually cared enough to port their driver. So if you're a Linux/Steam Deck gamer, you're in luck.
You can even change the LED through steam! I freaking love the dualsense for my deck. The track pad at the top is a game changer.
What do you use the trackpad for? I use a DS4 and almost never use the trackpad.
Mainly desktop mode, few games that I play require it, though it's still nice to have. Very nice for the onscreen keyboard though, or my favorite; playing DnD from the couch on a big ass screen.
And Death Stranding even got released on Xbox.
There's a ~300 €$ demo if you go used and it plays a lot of good games
This is a disingenuous take. All games require hardware and you definitely don’t need to spend $600 to play it.
How exactly do I avoid paying $600 for it if I don't own a PS5?
How does anybody own a Ps5 when it has no games?
Yeah its not none but it is low. They did a great job making the ps4 and dualshock 4 feel lesser comparatively.
Same way people have to buy a PC or XBox to play your beloved Starfield.
Does not compute
If you buy a PC or Xbox just to play Starfield you got other issues.
If you buy a PS5 just for AstroBoy, same. Its Game of the Year but def not the best ever PS5 game. God of War, Horizon, Ratchet and Clank, Spiderman...
Consoles have been pcs under the hood for a while, they could run pc games just fine, they choose not to. Sony could implement a browser for their 500$ walled garden, they choose not to. Sony could let you install another OS on the PS5, they choose not to.
The big ones have arguably been that way since the beginning. The original XBox was a stripped down and fancified computer, down to using the USB protocol for the controllers.
You pay $400 for it new or buy a used digital system for less. Sony even sells a refurbished disc version for $400 if you are weirdly stuck on physical (since I assume you don’t buy it that way with your current gaming hardware). Do you also quote the highest possible price for a cellphone or a pc?
Yes you are right, paying $400 for a game is of course very much reasonable.
I mean, you chose your medium for playing games. The same thing exists for a lot of games. I’m quite sure you paid at least that to game in your platform of choice.
Considering I'd have a PC regardless, no. My GPU is the only thing that's really "gaming specific," and I pay about $200-300 per console generation for an upgrade, and I'd still need something for display out regardless.
Astro bot aka "we already have Mario at home"
Except the mario at home was actually just as good as what you wanted out.
It DID outdo Nintendo’s equivalent - the previous mainline Mario entry - Super Mario Odyssey - in every way except maybe 4 :
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler the Bowser hat body takeover sequence :::
…But everything else - the scale of and pure ingenuity of the boss mechanics, the visuals - from both a stylistic and technical standpoint, the Dual-Sense’s controller gimmicks, the complete lack of load times… it brought into stark contrast how far Nintendo has fallen behind - not so much from a game design perspective necessarily - but certainly at least from a hardware power standpoint.
Lack of load times? Were you fooled by the controller flying through a portal animation? I guess it might be slightly shorter than the Mario Odyssey load times? I don't remember, I haven't played Odyssey again since it was released.
Flying on the balloon was used to mask some loading times, but that was waaaaay longer than transitions from space into the world in Astro Bot.
Astro Bot from what I've seen - and played a bit of - is more similar to Mario Galaxy in level design and that game is maybe the best 3D Mario.