SleepDoctor
Banned
Im impressed... 50 posts and still nothing but a driveby post lol.
Sweeneys comments just got shot down.
Sweeneys comments just got shot down.
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Swift Hunta
Member
As a xbot I find this interesting. But that’s about it
Snake29
RSI Employee of the Year
Well they love PlayStation since PS3 era. It's not something new between Epic and Sony.
iconmaster
Banned
Smart move.
SleepDoctor
Banned
250 to just say some nice things and show a demo on the Ps5 that you were already working on anyway? Shit thats technically free money lol.
NonPhixion
Member
They now have a minority stake in a company that so many game studios use, including 90% of MS Studios. Maybe this leads to a lot of PC/PS4 titles being developed by some of these studios and also some of PlayStation's studios? If not, it's a pretty risk free investment if just for it's return hahah
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
And even better. All the demo had to be was show one character and run at 1440p/30. Epic's programmers probably did that entire demo in 48 hours.
ManaByte
Gold Member
That $250M kept any mention of another console out of the description of their multiplatform middleware.
Andodalf
Banned
People legit said that UE wouldn’t work right on ANYTHING but the PS5. 250$ got a lot of propaganda
JOEVIAL
Has a voluptuous plastic labia
Most triple A studious only make "what sells" instead of truly innovating and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in gaming.
Not all studios. But most.
Lootboxes and microtransactions make money... they are disgusting... but people have decided that these things are okay instead of outright refusing them.
The gaming industry has been on a downward spiral for years as far as quality and innovation goes... but it's rapidly regressed within the past few years.
MaulerX
Member
I said this back in may:
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Demon2blades
Member
Because its both bitter and sweet on one hand everything anyone has said coming from epic regarding the ps5 can be looked at with skepticism but on the other hand Sony have just brought into one of the best gaming company's today that owns one of the best game engines around and also owns Fortnite one of the most played games today so ps5 owners can most likely expect goodies from both and plus more ...
That's what I'm feeling about it anyhow.
CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
They love it even more when they get handed $250,000,000
VincentMatts
Member
You literally cant believe a word that comes out of Sweeneys mouth.
Gavin Stevens
Formerly 'o'dium'
Certain posters in a little while...
Like I said though, I just hope they don’t gimp Xbox/pc support to make the ps5 seem superior. Would be an utter arse of a move.
Like I said though, I just hope they don’t gimp Xbox/pc support to make the ps5 seem superior. Would be an utter arse of a move.
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Evangelion Unit-01
Master Chief
Thinking more on this. I assume that we will see more Unreal adoption among PS Studios. I would suspect that is to enable devs like Naughty Dog and Guerilla to spend less time on engine work. Seems like we might see PS games on EGS vs Steam going forward as well.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Gives you an idea at the money at stake when any hardware maker has exclusivity details on game info.
For example, Sony does deals with SE and Activisioon to ensure they don't say anything about an Xbox version of FF or Diablo 3 for 2 years, and MS doing timed content details during 360 for Call of Duty.
Hard to compare as Epic has a store and middleware, but it shows MILLIONS of dollars is no problem for any platform company to toss around for marketing and PR details.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Japan partnering with China isn't as wild as you guys think. They have done so since phone games came out.
Knitted Knight
Banned
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
The theory is for casual gamers to see videos like this and think only that platform can do it or get that game, so stick with PS.
Experienced gamers know the typical EA or Activision game will come for MS and Sony platforms, so who cares about it saying only Xbox or PS.
But some gamers who don't keep up with all the news and release dates might think something like UE5 and Epic stuff is only for PS5.
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Psykodad
Banned
Pretty much.They basically designed the PS5 so Sony has to pay back somehow.
I wonder if Sony studios will adopt UE5
Epic is designing UE5 around PS5-hardware. It's fundamental to the engine's development, so this deal doesn't come as a surprise.
MastaKiiLA
Member
I wonder if this will see Sony internal studios developing most of their games on UE5. It should also mean that the feature set of the engine should support all PS5 features very well. This is good news for PS5 game development.
Psykodad
Banned
Don't forget to add that the rendering of that demo was taxing the PS5 GPU as much as Fortnite does.
Edit:
Epic Says The PS5 Unreal Engine 5 Demo Was Only As GPU-Intensive as Fortnite - PlayStation Universe
Epic Games has revealed more details on the impressive PS5 Unreal Engine 5 tech demo, specifically how taxing it was on the GPU.
www.psu.com
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Hawks Eclipse
Member
I just want to point out that Fortnite is arguably the straw that broke the camel's back when it came to crossplay involving PS4.
PlayStation chief on why Sony took so long to enable console cross-play
On Tuesday, Sony finally announced - and enabled - console cross-play for PlayStation 4 with the launch of a beta test …
www.eurogamer.net
Strider Highwind
Banned
Yeah I now think everything said by the people at epic about the PS5 has been a crock of shit.
Buying it day one and supporting no doubt. But its real easy to heap all this praise when a quarter of a billion dollars is in your back pocket.
Buying it day one and supporting no doubt. But its real easy to heap all this praise when a quarter of a billion dollars is in your back pocket.
SCB3
Member
Possibly, but Sony were talking about all their studios using the same engine and using bits from each studio at one point
SleepDoctor
Banned
I can see it now "Playstation Studios exclusively on the Epic Game Store".
Knitted Knight
Banned
War Chest money being put to use.
Keihart
Member
I don't see ND leaving their own engine or Guerrilla and KJP leaving Decima, they probably have most of their workflows adjusted specifically for the engine.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
VincentMatts
Member
Its honestly hard to tell what sony get out of this tbh.
Epic wont make UE5 amazing for sony and suck for everyone else, its not good for business.
Epic wont make fortnite exclusive to sony.
If Epic ever makes another game, it may be sony exclusive.
But honestly, i dont see what advantage it gives them unless they get a share of the Epic profits. But for 250million, it doesnt buy much.
Cyber_hunter026
Member
Get ready for your Nathan drake and Kratos skins in fortnite
SCB3
Member
I'd love a Nathan Drake or Joel/Ellie skin in Fortnite
FranXico
Member
Epic is worth billions, of course. It's not a takeover. They are not going to gimp features on any platforms.
Like others pointed out, this isn't only about the PS5.
Roman Empire
Member
Tim Sweeney: Hello, I like money.
Andodalf
Banned
Anyone who said otherwise was intellectually dishonest
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MoistPenetration
Neo Member
For 250million I’d also say the ps5 is a masterpiece of design
Great Hair
Banned
Gavin Stevens
Formerly 'o'dium'
While it’s like, what, a percent of the company worth, money does open doors man, you know that.
I mean it was obvious Sweeny was brown nosing for a reason, saying shit that didn’t quite seem right. The UE5 demo for one only needed a 500mbs drive to work, something far far slower than the Xbox one even, and yet... (that sort of visual fidelity doesn’t even work with deformable skeletons either, so no player models But anyway, this explains a fair few odd things.
Though to be fair, Tim’s nose has been up Sonys arse for a very long time. It’s par for the course that every new gen, he comes out to speak highly of them. He HATES Microsoft and makes no secret about it.
Doesn’t change unreal engine being a great engine mind you.
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