Konami has kicked off the Silent Hill 2 remake Steam page that houses new screenshots, official description and PC requirements.
A renowned industry insider has suggested the rumored PlayStation May 2024 showcase featuring Silent Hill 2 could happen this week.
Bogus!
Why would Sony do that and how would this benefit them?
1) It would piss off their media partners (IGN, Gamespot, Edge, etc.) since they would have to allocate resources fast to cover the event.
2) Risk of not having great coverage or proper coverage from the various source
3) It could give the impression that they are not confident in their own stuff.
4) They would miss the chance to hype the event losing viewers and losing free marketing time.
Again I'm calling it bogus unless it's a small showcase before the big one or because they want to announce that Hellbalde 2 is also coming on PS5.
As far as I can remember, they typically give a week heads up for these sorts of things.
Last year it was a weeks notice.
https://blog.playstation.co...
May 17th announcement for may 24th show.
Nintendo always tweets that a direct is happening tomorrow but no one cares.
Sony gives a week or days of notice and we get anti sony type fake outrage like this.
But good luck trying trying to get some Sony hate going...
You just mention it!
Sony gives a week in advance NOT just a couple of days.
So I fail to see what Sony's hate movement I'm trying to start when it's a basic business strategy to not piss off your partners (ask Sega).
And I doubt it's hate to ask how it would benefit Sony in doing so.
@Versus
Huh? What?
Bro you really should relax, if what you read was some kinda negative against Sony.... seriously, is that what you got from the comments?
Bro, he was debunking the rumor, and gave perfectly good reasons why it would be unlikely, and your Nintendo Direct comparison is different, as this is supposed to be a BIG Sony showcase, not a surprise 20 min direct, and Sony 's pattern has been one week.
Slow down warmonger.
@thesoftware730
"1) It would piss off their media partners (IGN, Gamespot, Edge, etc.) since they would have to allocate resources fast to cover the event."
That is implying Sony is preventing them from doing their job properly therefore negatively affecting their business...but i guess that's a reach in your mind?
And it's not like they need that many resources to cover the stream. They just need 3 people to react to the stream live and make some easy articles made up mostly of summaries of Sony provided press releases. They would have enough time to "prepare" if it was announced with one days notice.
@Versus
" That is implying Sony is preventing them from doing their job properly therefore negatively affecting their business...but i guess that's a reach in your mind"
No, it simply implies that some media all over the world might (keyword MIGHT) not properly cover the event like having proper articles for each game announced, or having a proper preshow. maybe some popular YouTubers won't have time to prepare or simply your local newspaper doing an article on tech and game.
So why would Sony take a chance?
What benefit would that give them?
Before I get tons of replies for Sony given a week in advance, my initial comments are related to the notion that the Show could happen this week as the title mentions.
Now to be fair the complete article mentions that Jeff said the Show could happen later in May giving time for Sony to give the normal 7-day notice.
Again not trying to start a negative thing here just thinking that it's bogus that Sony will have a show this week
Yeah as much as I’d like to hear what sony’s 1st parties have cooked, it’s not their style to shadow drop a showcase.
Still waiting for ghost of tsushima 2, I’m ready whenever man..
i can tell you that no one cares if ign is pissed or not.
watching a livestream and writing stuff aint the world. many habe done that before your god ign.
As a former gaming journalist that covered Sony & Nintendo's E3 conferences 3 separate times and was flown out to multiple press events for THQ, Square, and EA, let me inform you of this thing called an "embargo" that journalists are put under... it's very possible that details of this event have been given to the gaming press, but they are not yet allowed to discuss it. In fact, that may be where our leaker got their info...
Tks for sharing this info :) but let's be honest I doubt that Jeff Grubb would left in the dark due to his notoriety while the rest of Gamespot ppl are in the knowing.
Going in with no expectations but likely will see something that resonates with me.
Nah they will announce it probably, but it won't happen right away soon though yes.
A new Steam update for the Silent Hill 2 remake has added a new screenshot for James, showing an improvement to his character model.
ESRB has rated Silent Hill 2 Remake as Mature due to its explicit content, including blood and gore, strong language, and sexual themes.
Yeah, seeing these screen shots just confirm what I felt already. I'm not impressed at all. Look at the 2nd screen shot with James from the back striking that monster with the wooden club. His Jacket doesn't fold, he looks like a square... A keen eye can see things like that and know that artistically the developers just don't have it. Notice how in a quality remake like Resident Evil 2, they modernized the outfits of Leon and Claire while still keeping the vibe of the original. Here it's just a copy, because again it's just imitation.
Also, I just hate that James model, he looks like some whiny old dad. The original James Sunderland was a cool guy.
The best thing that was shown at this showcase was Silent Hill f, didn't seem to be imitating anything, looks like a fresh take on Silent Hill with some sorta creepy plague where beautiful flowers infect you and rot you away or something. Plus it had a little fan service in my opinion which is typical of Japanese games. I'm not saying it's going to be great and I doubt it will be one of my top favorites but at least it's a new Silent Hill game that's on my radar.
It will probably be a 1 year or 6 month wait til it comes to PC. ME? I'm getting it day 1 on PS5. I refuse to wait just to get more frames and a couple extra graphical bells and whistles. And besides, I don't think my Intel Core i7 4790k 4Ghz, GTX1070 will cut it.
This is just the reveal. While I don't have high expectations of Blooper Team, this shouldn't be a particularly taxing remake, bearing in mind how highly regarded the original is.
Do some cool stuff with DualSense, tweak the clunky controls/combat, visuals and sound and we're done here. They can't mess up the story because it's already there.
I'm keeping an open mind and keen to see more!
PC needs 16GB of RAM memory 🤔 is that a first?
Fairly high(ish) GPU requirements for recommended, which at least should be honest for a decent 60fps and more if you have a more capable card.