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Potential-Monke · 19-03-2026 01:14PM

Guess they need to make back that 250 million somehow... just wish they'd sell their library of games and pish off at this stage. Let them fail with the AI bubble.

Retr0gamer · 19-03-2026 02:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124324186#Comment_124324186

250 million is the bare minimum they need to pay out. I'm sure the lawyers are going to be pressing damages payments on top of that.

TitianGerm · 20-03-2026 12:49PM

A few accounts online reporting that Sony are going to launch their own PC storefront and PS games will be available day one on this.

Penn · 20-03-2026 12:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124326688#Comment_124326688

Kinda makes sense. Keep the 30% cut Steam takes from PS games on Steam and just have their own launcher. Also helps ensure they don't run into issues like with Helldivers were they were forcing Steam players to link their account to a PSN ID, and instead make you have to use your PSN ID for the launcher anyway.

Will hopefully mean cross-buy games and maybe even cross-progression.

johnny_ultimate · 20-03-2026 12:58PM

TBH ‘totally random accounts on twitter’ is not a remotely reliable source for that kind of “news” or rumour.

In the extremely unlikely event it’s true, it’d be a bizarre move by Sony given the backlash they had on PC over PSN account requirements. So, barring a reliable source, it’s most likely complete gibberish engagement bait.

Retr0gamer · 21-03-2026 12:52AM

Sonit seems Nvidia were lying. All DLSS5 does is take the 2D image of the frame and applies a slop filter.

https://bsky.app/profile/dannyodwyer.bsky.social/post/3mhjnajzonc2t

Zero-Cool · 21-03-2026 10:14PM

PSN is down

Zero-Cool · 21-03-2026 11:14PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124331004#Comment_124331004

And it's back

Penn · 23-03-2026 10:20AM

Sony have purged the PS Store of around 1,000 shovelware/gen-AI games.

Hard for the developers to deny they're shovelware considering all 1,000+ of the games purged are only from two developers.

https://mp1st.com/news/sony-removes-1000-low-quality-games-from-playstation-store

While it's good that Sony periodically remove so many of these games, maybe… I don't know… stop approving them to be on the store in the first place…? Maybe if one developer puts 50+ games in the store within a one year period or less, start to take a look at that point? Just a suggestion.

I'm sick of going through the store and being flooded with Tung Tung Crocodilo Smash Toilet nonsense, or Oven Cleaner Simulator. I'm half expecting one of these days to find "Browsing PS Store Simulator" on the f*cking thing.

Retr0gamer · 23-03-2026 10:29AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124334019#Comment_124334019

Bring back the Nintendo Seal of Quality!

And speaking of Nintendo I wish they would do the same. It's great that they are one of the best stores for getting games on to but discover ability is awful because of the shovelware. You only get on store pages when there's a sale as you are quickly buried from the new games list by mountains of shovelware.

Steam can be bad as well but at least there's a curated system based on user feedback but that has issues as well were games with less than 500 reviews don't appear in searches and store fronts.

Good move by Sony but there's a lot more shite to clear off the store so hopefully they continue.

Penn · 23-03-2026 10:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124334043#Comment_124334043

Funnily enough, one of the devs (with 700+ of the games out of that 1,000) said they still plan on releasing their games on the Nintendo, Steam and Xbox stores. Xbox might follow Sony's lead and delist them, but like you say, Steam will probably rely on the user curation for those games to be buried in the store, and Nintendo will probably do very little.

Retr0gamer · 23-03-2026 10:40AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124334052#Comment_124334052

I imagine Nintendo will eventually have to do something as they are getting a lot of pressure from developers. I mean even the big name games are getting buried behind nonsense and for a family focused company, there's a lot of games with Hentai in the name.

I'd just hate if Nintendo over corrected and we end up with the closed ecosystem like with wiiware.

MikeRyan87 · 23-03-2026 01:44PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124334019#Comment_124334019

Delighted with this. Have someone on my friends list that constantly brags about their high trophy number when half his games are these shovelware 1 minute platinium "jumping" games.

Always give out to him for supporting Ratailika and Tame.

Hopefully Sony hire a few people to properly quality control games before they're released. Great first step regardless.

johnny_ultimate · 23-03-2026 02:38PM

I know it has been a thing since the 360 days, but I will never ever come close to understanding the appeal of buying and playing a game that is total slop just for the sake of virtual badges or points. Demented behaviour.

Unearthly · 23-03-2026 02:47PM

When there is a sale on PSN, I go to Reddit for a summary of what proper games are there. Going through the actual PSN store is a waste of time with all the slop there.

Penn · 23-03-2026 02:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124334718#Comment_124334718

Yeah it's also a pain when you're on the store, see a game on sale, and then the next 5 rows are various DLCs/MTXs for the same game.

The Raging Bile Duct · 23-03-2026 03:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124334744#Comment_124334744

It's pretty easy to filter them out tbf.

Zero-Cool · 23-03-2026 07:21PM

Dying Light: The Beast is getting free DLC next week called Restored Land. A new mode where there are no event or respawns. When you clear an area of zombies, humans will move back and restore the area to pre apocalypse. Some survival mechanics like hunger and replacing batteries in your torch, loot doesn't respawn so it's finite, shops have reduced stock and higher prices. All meant to sharpen your survival skills. Usual repeatable activities like dark zones are now 1 and done.

I really like the idea of actually restoring the map and literally clearing an area. I never finished The Beast, i was just constantly running from one point to the next avoiding context but this is incentive to take them in.

https://youtu.be/9A7WJyJprGQ?is=PRwY1V-Yc82BbrUK

Penn · 24-03-2026 03:35PM

A week or two after saying they were raising the cost of V-Bucks for Fortnite, Jason Schreier reporting that Epic Games are about to lay off around 1,000 staff.

https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mhsrollgrk2x

Penn · 24-03-2026 03:46PM

Confirmed in Epic Games blog post:

https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/todays-layoffs

Today we’re laying off over 1000 Epic employees. I'm sorry we're here again. The downturn in Fortnite engagement that started in 2025 means we're spending significantly more than we're making, and we have to make major cuts to keep the company funded. This layoff, together with over $500 million of identified cost savings in contracting, marketing, and closing some open roles puts us in a more stable place.

Some of the challenges we're facing are industry-wide challenges: slower growth, weaker spending, and tougher cost economics; current consoles selling less than last generation's; and games competing for time against other increasingly-engaging forms of entertainment.

And some of our challenges are unique to Epic. Despite Fortnite remaining one of the most successful games in the world, we’ve had challenges delivering consistent Fortnite magic with every season; we're only in the early stages of returning to mobile and optimizing Fortnite for the world's billions of smartphones; and in being the industry's vanguard we have taken a lot of bullets in a battle which is only in the early days of paying off for ourselves and all developers.

You've already made €500m in cuts, yet you still have to lay off 1,000 employees to try balance the books?

What the f*ck are you spending so much money on?!

johnny_ultimate · 24-03-2026 03:53PM

LMAO ‘the industry’s vanguard’. Get to f***.

EoinMcLovin · 24-03-2026 03:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124337350#Comment_124337350

You would think all the collabs they do would bring in big money so guess not. Sure they released game of Thrones content last week

Penn · 24-03-2026 03:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124337377#Comment_124337377

They probably spend so much in licensing fees for so many different IPs that it's no longer worth it, with most on-going players either having enough skins they want or just earning them through playing.

MikeRyan87 · 24-03-2026 04:03PM

The state of the video game industry is even worse than we imagine.

CatInABox · 24-03-2026 04:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124337413#Comment_124337413

That industry report recently was incredibly grim. Roblox on its own is a massive percentage of the industry at this point.

Retr0gamer · 24-03-2026 05:07PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124337413#Comment_124337413

The industry is doing fine. The problem is end game capitalism expecting unlimited growth at the expense of everything else.

Now working in the games industry, that's grim!

Retr0gamer · 24-03-2026 05:11PM

Just read the spiel there. 1000 jobs cut, and then mentions contractors which won't be counted in the official numbers, so probably a while heap more.

MikeRyan87 · 24-03-2026 05:22PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124337602#Comment_124337602

So worse than we imagine? 😏

I should've worded it better to be fair!

Industry layoffs will be out of control this year.

Unearthly · 24-03-2026 05:51PM

A lot of these cuts are probably AI related. They just don’t want to say it as the gaming/arts industry backlash would be fierce. Other industries like payments love telling shareholders they can reduce a large % of workforce due to AI advancements (like Block - Jack Dorsey)

MikeRyan87 · 24-03-2026 10:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124337636#Comment_124337636

Sony close another studio, Dark Outlaw Games. Not much of a surprise.

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