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Sony Confirms Nixxes Purchase Will Aid Future PC Ports

Sony has confirmed its acquisition of Nixxes is designed to enable further ports of PlayStation titles to PC.

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PrinceOfAnger1030d ago

Cool, sony can release ps4 games on pc ,earn more money and work on new projects for ps5

SullysCigar1030d ago

This, but watch the usual suspects insist Sony are going full Microsoft and releasing all their games day one one PC lol

They're gaining interest in their platform by releasing older titles once sales dwindle and to build anticipation for sequels on PS5, which is awesome in my book.

Imalwaysright1030d ago

"to build anticipation for sequels on PS5, which is awesome in my book."

If that's what they're doing why would they acquire a studio that focuses on PC ports? To shut it down 5 years after acquiring it? Also, if that's indeed what they're doing then the people at Sony don't understand PC gamers at all and are just wasting their time and money.

lonewolf101030d ago

And watch the usual suspects play it down.

StoneyYoshi1030d ago (Edited 1030d ago )

@Imalwaysright
"If that's what they're doing why would they acquire a studio that focuses on PC ports? To shut it down 5 years after acquiring it?"

How did you come up with that? This is to offload the work to port it from the main devs so they can have all hands on deck with the new games they are working on. Until now, Guerilla, Kojima, and Bend had to port their games to PC themselves. There would be no reason to shut down the studio after 5 years if they are going to continue doing this which is why they purchased the studio. Im sure eventually future PS5 games will be ported to PC after a few years being only on PS5. By that time, direct storage will be a normal feature that should help keep the same experience as PS5 with the SSD speeds.

Im pretty confident that Sony knows more about what they are doing than you do.

Imalwaysright1030d ago (Edited 1030d ago )

StoneyYoshi

Maybe I misunderstood what @ SullysCigar meant. He said "gaining interest in their platform" wich I understood as Sony releasing the sequels of those older games only on the PS5 and if PC gamers wanted to play them then they would have to buy a PS5. If that's Sony strategy then they don't understand PC gamers at all and they would have a studio that would become irrelevant 5 years after they acquired it.

"Im pretty confident that Sony knows more about what they are doing than you do" Come back to me when Sony announces its strategy going forward and I share my thoughts on it. You see, in case you didn't notice I replied to an user that apparently knows Sony's strategy.

Elda1030d ago

Agreed. Sony wants its consoles to sell as well. Imo Sony will put their AAA exclusives on the console first & once sales dwindle then put them on PC. Their smaller titles they may possibly put on consoles & PC on the same date.

neutralgamer19921030d ago

Imalwaysright

What do you mean they don't understand PC gamers? because this makes total sense release the game on PlayStation 5 then wait 2-3 years and release it ok PC. TBH with you I am fine if it comes day one because those who play on consoles will always play on consoles. I could see them holding back their big games for a while before pc release but other titles I could see coming to PC sooner

Sayai jin1030d ago

Other gamers being to play PS stellar catalogue of games is great!

_Decadent_Descent1030d ago

Perhaps, but once they get a real addiction for the money they're making on PC, they may be much more inclined to release newer games (PS5) long before they are deemed 'old'. I imagine they make more selling software on a platform they don't have to sell you than on one they lose money on selling you, even despite them making more per game selling them in their own store. Idk for sure though.

fr0sty1030d ago (Edited 1030d ago )

I wouldn't care if they did go day one on PC, I, as well as millions of other gamers, do not want a PC as my primary gaming platform. I enjoy a small, easy to use console that has the primary purpose of gaming, not having to mess with operating systems, driver updates, etc.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing PC games, but I do that on my PC, not my main TV. If I want to count pixels or get slightly more FPS, I'll buy the PC version. Either way, Sony gets their money and more games get developed as a result.

Tedakin1030d ago

You don't know what Sony's plan is. They could very well releasing games day 1. "We are also happy with our efforts to provide our IP to PCs, although it is still in its infancy, and we look forward to working with Nixxes to help with that." Nothing suggests this isn't their plan.

Kryptix11030d ago

Nixxes ported games for PC that were simultaneously released with their console counterparts.

https://www.nixxes.com/proj...

So if this means PS5 games will end up on PC at the same time or just a year apart then this is gonna be dope.

jukins1029d ago

You really act as if its impossible for sony to change strides and indeed offer day 1 on pc. Obviously its not going to happen with this current momentum but theres always a chance something comes and disrupts everything.

MadLad1029d ago (Edited 1029d ago )

Why can't Sony fans just admit and acknowledge what's so obvious to many?

More and more Sony titles will be coming to PC, and with shorter windows.

Before, it was "only the odd game that didn't sell well will come to PC. Sony won't be pushing into the PC market, they only care about their console".

Now that it's obvious that's not the case, we shift to "This is a great move by Sony. It only makes sense. Sell old games to PC players, and it will fund an infinite number of new titles, and every PC gamer will spend hundreds of dollars on the hardware to play a dozen or so exclusives over the span of a generation...."

Then buy them again on PC ... which is the only thing that could possibly make sense for that sort of narrative to work ....

Face it; there's money to be had in the PC market. The big 3 make most of their money selling games. Not the consoles themselves. Sony wants that PC market, and they're showing all the early signs of going hard into it.

spwittbold1029d ago

Imagine having a name "I'mAlwaysRight" and then making statements that could only come from a functionally deficient brain.

Imalwaysright1029d ago (Edited 1029d ago )

spwittbold

Coming from the guy that desperately wants to counter what I said but isn't able to do so because you don't have 1/3 of the intelligence necessary to come up with an argument so you to resort to personal attacks that don't say anything at all to make yourself feel better about your stupidity but hey do reply to me again when you're able express a coherent thought to counter what I said will you? Take as much time as you need.

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RaidenBlack1030d ago

... and what if they suddenly release a PS5 exclusive to PC, next year?
Like they did with Horizon Zero Dawn, out of nowhere. And the sudden Nixxes acquisition.
Just asking, nothing more.
Nobody knows for sure what they are planning. Its all speculations and assumptions.

kayoss1030d ago

Horizon Zero Dawn was a PS4 game.

ocelot071030d ago

Then Sony will be seen as liars. They go on and on about the amazing SSD and how titles such as ratchet and clank is only possible on ps5.

So if for example ratchet and clank appears next year. Then surely only people with fast enough m.2 drives will be able to play it witch is not many. If Sony some how magically get it running on slow hard drives or slow SSD's they will be seen as liars and deservedly so.

Angrymorgan1030d ago

If they started doing that, it would convince me to get a pc..they'd have to do a gamepass like service because it would hinder hardware sales if you could play day 1 exclusive on pc.

Lightning771030d ago

It's already said that Sony won't release their games day and date on PC simultaneously alongside PS5. Personally, I think they'll release their games 6 months after the PS5 version. Sell the console and games mainly on PS5 get bulk of the sales on there and make additional sales on PC 6 months later. Extending the legs of the games further by expanding the audience.

JackBNimble1030d ago

Ocelot07

If you truly believe that R&C could only run on ps5 because of the magic ssd ... well I'll just say that's wrong.

This has already been debunked from a dev ,I'm not 100% sure it was a dev that worked on the game , but a dev none the less.

I guarentee Nixxes will be porting ps5 games and I'll bet R&C will be one of the first.

Eonjay1030d ago

Don't matter. It's still prohibitively expensive and impossible to build a computer with the same power as a PS5 for 499 let alone 399. I'm actually more excited about the opportunity to play some of these PlayStation games on the Steam Deck!

Vengeance11381030d ago

Horizon Zero Dawn is a 4yr old game, how is that "out of nowhere, within 1 yr" ??? Who was honestly still buying HZD that hasn't already played it on console?

Amplitude1030d ago (Edited 1030d ago )

@ocelot:

There are already games that require an SSD on PC. Heck, Metro Exodus Enhanced requires it AND you can't run it unless you have an RTX card. Even the new WoW expansion requires an SSD

I assure you, almost all PC gamers looking to play PS5 quality games on their rigs already have an M2 drive lol

Giblet_Head1030d ago (Edited 1030d ago )

@Axecution

Metro Exodus Enhanced doesn't require an SSD, it's just recommended for load times. Also Blizzard retracted requiring one for Shadowlands back in September of last year.

Vegamyster1029d ago

ocelot07

Sony said the PS3 would be capable of doing 120 fps and Mark Cerny said the PS4 had "supercharged PC architecture" with others like Avalanche/Epic games calling it a high end PC. It's all marketing, if you can get a level like A Crack in the Slab from Dishonored 2 which renders two levels at the same time or the time travel mission from Titanfall 2 running on regular slow HDD's then i'm sure Ratchet and Clank can run just fine on a SSD.

Fluke_Skywalker1029d ago

@Ocelot07 They could easily make R&C on PC the only difference is that it would be twice the size it is on PS5 since they would have to have the assets on multiple locations on the normal SSD's. When Sony say something is only possible on PS5, what they really mean is "its only possible do it the way we've done it on PS5." Everything is possible it just takes more work. But I don't think R&C will be heading to PC any time soon it doesn't seem to me like the sort of game Sony would port to PC anyway though I'd happily be proved wrong.

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strifeblade1030d ago

Guess you don't need PlayStation for exclusives anymore.

Atticus_finch1030d ago

But Ps still has countless of exclusives.
Guess you're wrong.

Fluke_Skywalker1029d ago

Well they'll still be timed exclusives, and I imagine some games will be staying console exclusive. But at the end of the day Sony have always said they make more money from software sales than hardware. So really what reason do they have to not put all their games into more customers hands.

Thundercat771029d ago

Except that you are wrong. Sony will not put their new exclusives day one on PC. That's official.

strifeblade1029d ago

@ thunder cat

They are essentially times exclusives and will go to PC where they will look and perform better.

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TheFallen13271030d ago

nice,you work at sony dawg?:)

Aarontk1029d ago

It’s like they say, the best way to play all games is an Xbox and a PC.

RaidenBlack1029d ago

Did I miss the sarcasm?
The best way to play ALL games is PC and a PS5.
If you've got a PC, why get an Xbox?

mkis0071029d ago

you may want to look at what you typed... pc is an xbox in case you forgot .

itsmebryan1029d ago

@Prince
Is that what you think? I think they need someone to port PS4 and PS5 games to PC more quickly. Has Sony said they are only porting PS4 games? Do you have a link?

spwittbold1029d ago

It's so funny how many people here are such fanboys of one console or another that they clearly dislike consumer choice. olololol

TheEroica1029d ago

My steam deck is gonna play all the Playstation games!

itsmebryan1029d ago

@Prince
This is what Sony says about the purchase and nowhere does it say what you said.
Gamesradar: Sony clarifies that Nixxes acquisition will "help with" porting its games to PC.
https://www.gamesradar.com/...

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HankHill1030d ago

Exclusives being ported to PC are a good thing now? Some of the uber fanboys on here said it was bad when Xbox exclusives were ported to PC.

jznrpg1030d ago (Edited 1030d ago )

Not to me they aren’t . PS4 games don’t bother me as much but I don’t like it necessarily and the only reason I don’t like it because they lessen the need for a console . If it’s only select games that’s fine I guess but to release their entire library makes the console basically useless and I will build a PC if that day ever comes . I like consoles and how they work , the controller , the portability , the lack of updating drivers and malware protection and all of the stuff you need to do to keep a PC healthy but
If all of their games are on PC I will Crossover someday . If the better experience is on a high end PC I will go that route . I don’t want that to happen as I like consoles and collecting games for them . It’s not a good thing if they release all of their games day one on PC . It’s only select games now but if they f around too much they are going to hurt their console business .

JackBNimble1030d ago (Edited 1030d ago )

How would that hurt Sony when most of their revenue comes from software?

It sounds to me that you're more worried about ps5 numbers , how can they sell 1mill ps5 if you can play their games on pc ?

You fanboys need to get over yourselves, gamers care about games not consoles.

TheDibbler1029d ago

Why do you not like the concept of lessening the need for a console? I would love this as it reduces the number of devices needed to play games….thus making it cheaper with a unified platform. Being against this is just nonsense. You are literally wanting Sony to make you spend more money. I wish all I needed was a PC. Sony should release all games on PC day one. They could make their own PC storefront so they retain all the money from the sale and still produce the console for people that do not want a gaming PC. It would be a win win for everyone.

Atticus_finch1030d ago

How is selling years old games at full price to fund more exclusives for PS5 a bad thing. It's not.

HankHill1030d ago (Edited 1030d ago )

I never said it was a bad thing. I asked a simple question and gave a reason for my question.

ReadyPlayer221030d ago

People like you are clueless if you think it'll be"old games" forever. Consoles are specialized AMD gaming machines. There's no blast processing, ESRAM, cell processors to account for. Porting to PC this gen is much easier.

I don't have to say it, Sony already did. They got a 250% ROI on HZD. Most PC gamers don't give a **** about console. All they see is $$$

Concertoine1029d ago (Edited 1029d ago )

I love the goalpost moving.

1. Xbox has no exclusives because theyre on PC.

Sony starts to port its games to PC and is actively acquiring studios to expedite that process turns that into:

2. Well, PC revenue will pay for more “exclusives” on PS.

I remember when all these PS owners had a PC to play all the Xbox games. I wonder where they went.

Hate to break it to you buddy, but theyre not exclusives if they aren’t exclusive. Theyre timed exclusives. Also, the revenue argument has been the same stuff that Xbox players have been saying since MS took this initiative c. 2015.

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_Decadent_Descent1030d ago

"Exclusives being ported to PC are a good thing now?"

When was it ever not?

"Some of the uber fanboys on here said it was bad when Xbox exclusives were ported to PC."

Those uber fanboys would be Sony fanboys, which is why it was used as ammo against Xbox fanboys. So it seems the sentiment is consistent. Sony fanboys saw it as a bad thing which is why it was ammo for them against Xbox fanboys, and now that it's happening to them, they like it even less.

JackBNimble1029d ago

They're also in denial and believe it will only be ps4 games ported and not ps5.

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isarai1029d ago

Not to me, it's not to the point of the xbox where EVERY game is there day 1, but if it's heading that way i'm not too happy about it. I could've just invested in upgrading my PC at that point.

JackBNimble1029d ago

You could have upgraded your pc but instead you chose a ps5?

Smh...

That really doesn't make any sense

isarai1029d ago

@JackBNimble

How does it not? I like Playstations exclusives, cant really play demons souls, astrobot, returnal and R&C on anything else can you?

Thundercat771029d ago

You don't seem to understand the difference here despite Sony saying it a lot of times. Sony is porting SOME OLD exclusive games to PC 3 or 4 years after release while Microsoft is putting ALL their games DAY ONE on PC.

There is a clear difference.

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Father__Merrin1030d ago

They did state earlier this year about older titles on pc if that's the route they want to take it's upto them at the end of the day

thesoftware7301030d ago

I don't recall them saying that, link?

_Decadent_Descent1030d ago

I remember reading/hearing that Sony planned to bring a lot more games to PC, but never that they were only exclusively older titles.

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Ubisoft say AC Shadows protagonists will be "romantically attracted to different types of people"

Ubisoft recently shared more details about Assassin's Creed Shadows protagonists, confirming that both of them will romantically attract and be attracted to different types of people.

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Hugodastrevas18h ago

That should please everyone I'm sure...

RpgSama3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Feudal Japan DEI LGBTQ+ Samurai, sounds very accurate for the time period. Surely a decision made only with historical accuracy in mind.

Crows903h ago

Or even modern day accuracy.....

Lexreborn23h ago

You have no idea what you are talking about, bet you didn’t know nobunaga was bi-sexual. Or ran maru his is often depicted as androgynous was a “beautiful boy”.

So yeah, feudal Japan had tons of lgbtq and kawaii enough… A BLACK SAMURAI! All without the need of offending a Caucasian because the world is diverse.

VenomUK2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

This story has cracked me up so much! Bravo Ubisoft, bravo! 🤣. So last week everyone was upset that in the long-awaited first Assassin’s Creed: Japan game the protagonist is black. But NOW he is also LGBTQ+ ! It’s like the Ubisoft creative team sat around a table and said “How can we best impress our Kotaku/IGN/Polygon friends and antagonise gamers? Let’s make it woke x 100!’ And then they all silent clapped!

Just you wait until the Star Wars: Outlaws details come out, there better not be anybody complaining about Kay Vess’ dating preferences and the gay droid armies.

Christopher1h ago

It actually is.

Japanese were very Greek in their sexual experiences.

lodossrage1h ago

Lexreborn2 is right

Go read up on Japan's feudal era homosexuality and bisexuality was a very common thing in that time.

I just have to laugh because the same people complaining about this are the same ones crying about wanting "historical accuracy". When it's clear most of the whiners don't even know history themselves.

Christopher47m ago(Edited 46m ago)

Facts don't care about downvotes, btw. You either claim to understand historical accuracy or you just admit you don't like the stuff people did throughout history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

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CrimsonWing694h ago

Geezus, just make a good game… holy sh*t this is becoming insufferable.

Crows903h ago

Oh yeah!!!! What about being inclusive???

I'm sorry
..please replace the word inclusive with stupid.

notachance2m ago

If they truly aimed for inclusivity they’d make the protagonist an Ainu tribe, this is just Ubisoft getting comfy with Sweet Baby Inc as always.

Hofstaderman2h ago

You asking UbiSoft to make a good game? This is not 2002.

Hofstaderman2h ago

I take my hat off to you good sir. Brilliant.

Laskin1h ago

Thanks… I was originally going to write Samu-Bi but then I realized it was right there already so it works better

darthv723h ago

Is that genuinely a selling point for people?

RpgSama3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

They sure as hell want to see if it is, time and time and time again.

VincentVanBro3h ago

You have to understand they’re incapable of writing a good story so this is the best they could come up with

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Unannounced Valve 6v6 Shooter MOBA Footage Leaked

ESTNN writes: "A leak for Valve's 6v6 3rd-person shooter MOBA has supposedly been released ahead of time. And if the reports are true, fans of the genre have much to be excited for."

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XiNatsuDragnel1d 12h ago

Deadlock looks like bioshock and Moba had babies

JunonZanon3h ago

Valve really cannot count to 3.

Number1TailzFan2h ago

They should've had a new L4D like 10 years ago, it can be expanded upon a lot more but they just left it collecting dust.. it was a good game for its time but L4D2 doesn't have nearly enough content these days to keep players engaged, and it needs a serious graphics upgrade

mastershredder1h ago

Nice bend at the knee there Gabe. Seriously? A quirky character arena shooter? This late into the me-too-shooter market? I thought you guys were so much better than that crap. Gabe must need a bigger yacht.

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Atari has acquired the Intellivision brand, ending the first ever console war

Atari has acquired Intellivision. The company announced today that it had acquired its long-time rival, ending one of the original console rivalries, dating back to the 1970s.

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darthv729h ago

Wow.... two of my earliest gaming platforms. All they need is Coleco to round things out.

This is like Nintendo buying SEGA.

OtterX7h ago

YES! Colecovision was my start! I came to know Mario there in Donkey Kong before the NES was even a thing. :)

Golfcoachh4h ago

Yes such fond memories. My first was the odyssey, but I really started gaming on my colecovision. Had atari and intelivision but coleco was by far the best of the bunch to me.

Kratos_Kart20074h ago

Yes...a gamer from my era...LMAO

Coleco was good...LOL

anast9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

Good piece of history here.

edit: I wanted to read it but the cookies pop up is stopping me.

badboyz099h ago

This was just before my time. I do remember my mom's friend having one all dusty in her apartment back in the day.

[R.I.P.} Ms. Irene

Abear219h ago

People forget that console wars are part of the history of this industry. The console wars were started by competitive companies all the way back then and continued through Sega vs Nintendo, Jaguar/3DO/NeonGeo, and PlayStation vs Nintendo and Xbox.

These companies are across oceans and competing for the same business. These companies created the console wars, not crazy fanboys.

anast7h ago

Console wars are fun. It's fun to be a fanboy too. I don't get what's wrong with any of this as entertainment.

darthv726h ago

Young kid school yard banter was fun. 30-40+ year olds still doing it is just disturbing. Many my age (50+) grew out of that a long time ago. We may still have our preferences, but we also embrace a more central position because there is a lot to enjoy on a wide range of genres and systems.

You'll understand one day and then things will forever change.

Petebloodyonion4h ago

The only thing back then was that the game would still appear on competing platforms.
Remember the Coleco Vision could play Atari2600 games via an Expansion modude.

jznrpg8h ago(Edited 8h ago)

I had both. Snafu on Intellivision was addicting as hell. Also had Colecovision which had Time Pilot. Combat was probably my favorite Atari game and both Atari and Intellivision had similar games like Pitfall and Jungle Hunt. It’s been so long I don’t really remember which game I liked bettter out of those but I did play my Intellivision a bit more than Atari though I’m not sure why besides Snafu. That was 40+ years ago damn I’m old lol

Dagexon7h ago

Ahh you're making me all nostalgic! Not old enough to have played these on original hardware but my first console was a bootleg console from Costco that had a bunch of intellivision and atari games. Then had a lot of fun with intellivision and atari collections on ps1 and 2.
Snafu was one of my favourite games and me and my partner still occasionally play it to this day

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