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Can No Man's Sky and Hello Games Be Redeemed?

On this episode of The Trophy Room: A PlayStation Podcast, Joseph, Kyle, and JoAfterWork talk about No Man's Sky NEXT. Can Hello Games be redeemed? Nathan Drake Short breaks the internet, Rainbow Siege's Community at a crossroads, The gang attempts to relaunch the PS Vita, and PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale!

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PhoenixUp2144d ago

Hello Games is doing more to salvage No Man’s Sky than Bioware is for Mass Effect: Andromeda.

Christopher2144d ago

Exactly. Both had bad launches, HG is fixing it. EA just shelved it after they made management decisions that caused it to release in the manner it did.

Razzer2143d ago

Well EA did fix a lot of issues with Andromeda. It isn't like they "shelved" it immediately and let the problems continue. Not sure if this is really comparable. HG's problems went way beyond a buggy game.

Christopher2143d ago

EA fixed graphical issues, not story or gameplay. And once it was to what they considered 'okay' they abandoned it with no plans for additional content at all nor regular updates.

NMS fixed everything, including gameplay issues, and continued to support it with multiple updates.

Andromeda's issues went way beyond a buggy game as well.

Razzer2143d ago (Edited 2143d ago )

Well, I played dang near 100% of Andromeda a few months after launch when it went on sale. The gameplay was great and I had no problems with the story. Yes, they dropped any further content after it flopped hard at launch. But overall, it was a complete game and was not nearly as bad as many made it out to be once they addressed the problems.

HG and NMS has come a long way. I'm not denying that. But I don't see Andromeda as the new punching bag to take its place when in the end it turned out to be a really good game. Obviously, that is my opinion, but I'm not alone in thinking that.

Christopher2143d ago

Big fan of the series, played it straight through at release, very disappointed in the characters, story, gameplay changes to remove squad elements, timed ship missions, huge reliance on world traversal for lackluster side missions, etc. And then there were the bugs.

My favorite https://youtu.be/hcvTH66Ew2...

Sure, that's subjective, but no less subjective than the quality of gameplay at release for NMS.

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valkrol2144d ago

Maybe, but that doesn't really mean anything in this context.

darthv722143d ago

I got nothing against Hello Games. In fact... I'd love a new Joe Danger once this is all over.

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PhantomS422144d ago

No Man's Sky is far too late to be redeemed. Hello Games could be redeemed when they make their next game they don't intentionally lie to people about what is in their game so they can get sales.

1-pwnsause-12144d ago

i tend to disagree....If they fix the game, then they have me. I wanted the game, but after seeing what happened, i held out.....

rainslacker2143d ago

They've done enough to redeem themselves. At best, people should just be more skeptical on their next game, and maybe not expect things so much. In the mean time, hopefully Hello Games learns that hiring a PR manager would be a good idea.

Elwenil2144d ago

I doubt I will ever give Hello Games a second thought with the way Sean Murray lied repeatedly about this game. I don't support this kind of nonsense.

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rainslacker2143d ago (Edited 2143d ago )

If people can give Molyneux for a couple games for his over promises, then I'm sure Hello Games can manage to turn things around. Realistically, the people that actually will remember, know, or care are limited to the hardcore community, and since the average gamer usually doesn't even know who makes a particular game, I doubt it will affect them too much. If they manage to deliver on their next game, then anyone who holds what happened against them is the only one missing out.

Also, I've watched the videos, and I never felt he was meaning to mislead. At least nowhere near the extent that people made it out to be.

Frodosmugins2144d ago

I'm not in to Sci-fi games and i followed this game a little until it's disappointing release.

I even picked it up for $10 on PSN last year just to try it out which I found quite dull..

Being largely a coop player with friends and family this game now looks appealing and with TPS view I think we will all be playing this again...

Seems like a sequel to me because I never focused on it originally.. Might be a good coop game to get us through the summer..

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Every PlayStation Studios game available now on Windows PC

Windows Central writes: "Many PlayStation Studios games that are ported to PC get dedicated PS5 DualSense support, which allows users to experience haptic feedback and adaptive trigger support without actually having to own a PS5.

According to Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, it's still the company's intent to launch the bigger single-player games on PS5 first, before later bringing the games to PC. This might not be the case for multiplayer games however, which are considered okay to launch simultaneously on console and PC."

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ocelot075h ago

My guess is after god of war. Probably last of us 2 that's a almost 4 year old game now and by the time it's released on pc it will be more than 4 years old or close to 5.

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Former Activision studio Toys for Bob partners with Xbox to publish its first game as an indie

Former Activision studio Toys for Bob partners with Xbox to publish its first game as an indie. This is something of a homecoming, as Microsoft owns Activision.

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Obscure_Observer16h ago

Very very early in development. Still, fantastic news!

Let´s GO!!!

Lightning7714h ago

I guess.

How come they didnt either let them go or sell Tango and others to another publisher? Not saying Ubisoft, EA would be any better. (Capcome would of treated them right )

At least it wouldn't be MS of all ppl destroying them.

MS really should let go Tango go like they did TFB here.

darthv7214h ago(Edited 14h ago)

one was under Bethesda (Tango) the other under Activision (TFB). Clearly each one handled the separations of their subordinates differently.

Obscure_Observer13h ago(Edited 13h ago)

"How come they didnt either let them go or sell Tango and others to another publisher? Not saying Ubisoft, EA would be any better. (Capcome would of treated them right )"

Perhaps because Zenimax and ABK handles such matters differently based on their own internal policies as "independent" publishers.

Whoever, chances are it´s simply because MS didn´t wanted Tango or Austin to be acquired by competitors and develop new bangers for them, giving MS a bad rep in a possible future. Which could also be the reason why they ensured an exclusive partnership with TFB and its new game, before anyone else.

Sad and disgusting. But it is what it is.

Lightning779h ago(Edited 9h ago)

"Whoever, chances are it´s simply because MS didn´t wanted Tango or Austin to be acquired by competitors and develop new bangers for them, giving MS a bad rep in a possible future."

MS has a bad rep now because those studios are no more. I rather them sell the studio continue to make multiplatform releases, while MS continues to focus on whatever they're doing. If they didn't want Tango around they should separated from them or sell them to, like they did TFB.

It's inexcusable, they have options on how to handle studios they don't want anymore with killing jobs. Not just MS but the rest of the industry also.

Sad and disgusting sure how many will get shut down next year or this year even?

I don't trust MS decisions and motivations at this point. You have to admit they make one dumb move after another.

Obscure_Observer2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

"MS has a bad rep now because those studios are no more. I rather them sell the studio continue to make multiplatform releases, while MS continues to focus on whatever they're doing. If they didn't want Tango around they should separated from them or sell them to, like they did TFB."

Imo, MS separated from TFB because they didn´t had a game associated with Xbox yet, unlike Tango.

"I don't trust MS decisions and motivations at this point. You have to admit they make one dumb move after another."

Fair enough. It was indeed an epic dumb move from them to close Tango.

Still, all to be forgotten, like always have. This is not the first time a big publisher shuts down a beloved and/or successful studio out of nowhere and certainly won´t be the last. Do you remember Lionhead? Do you remember Evolution Studios? Yeah... both were beloved studios and yet, those companies kill those studios in q blink of an eye and got away with it.

-Foxtrot16h ago

Manages to buy their freedom especially after all the shit Microsoft has been doing with its studios lately

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Goes right back to them as partners.

Okaaaaaay...

darthv7214h ago

Id venture a guess that TFB working directly with MS was a better outcome than working through Activision to get to MS.

VersusDMC12h ago

From the article...

"Toys for Bob spun out as an indie back in February after Microsoft instituted sweeping layoffs that impacted 86 employees, which was more than half of the staff"

I doubt those 86 employees enjoyed the Microsoft experience over Activisions.

Inverno11h ago

MS shuts down studios because of lack of resources and then helps these guys by giving em resources. Also MS is what forced them to buy their freedom in the first place? What kind of logic 😂

Chevalier8h ago

The best thing is that the company that is worth $3 trillion and owns the company instead of Xbox lacks resources. How the hell does a company worth $3 trillion making a measly $70 billion purchase they 'can't' support. Lol

Sciurus_vulgaris14h ago(Edited 14h ago)

Xbox’s gaming division seems to still function as 3 semi-autonomous sub-divisions, Xbox Studios, Bethesda and ABK. The three main sub-divisions can seemingly shut down or build studios and set up partnerships independently. This would explain why Bethesda can recently shutdown studios, while ABK spins off one studio, while building a new one. Plus, Toys for Bob could be spun off by ABK, only to immediately re-partner with Microsoft.

Chevalier8h ago

That's absolutely 💯 BS. Any sane 'autonomous' company would NOT put their games on Gamepass day 1 like COD will lose probably billions.

Also they're all under Xbox game studios so any autonomy is an illusion.

Elda8h ago

Either a kiddie game or something uninteresting.

Obscure_Observer2h ago

Don´t worry. You won´t be playing it anyway since their next game will possible be a next gen Xbox console game.

Elda54m ago(Edited 53m ago)

Don't worry about my comments.

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Rainbow Six Siege Major Manchester - Boos, Booze and BO

"Rainbow Six Siege Major Manchester event was a showcase of Siege play and underdog spirit - with a few boos, some boozy chanting and a sweaty atmosphere."

- Stuart Cullen, TechStomper

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