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[I collect VHS tapes]

LOL @ people recommending we rely on Bluesky polls to make Playstation look better

Bluesky is a cesspool, literally the "other forum" equivalent of X

the migration to Bluesky was by people just like them

with Bluesky as your echo chamber I'm not surprised you'd expect everyone to like the trash PS is putting out

 

[adamsapple]

How about Playstation absolutely dominating the console-market and breaking record after record?

And that means that only "toxic" fanboys could vote the stream low? What?

Wasn't Call of Duty the best selling game of last year not to mention like every other year, does those sales figures mean its the best game every single year?

 

[DeepEnigma]

lol gaf bubble? Even a safe space era had the same poll results. Keighleys twitter poll as well.

Maybe try icon era if you want a Sony bubble.

Ironic.

 

[Fabieter]

... and most disappointed viewers.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I'm not taking it personally. Just logically it doesn't make any sense with a lot of the games shown. I rated it a C+ FWIW, because fuck them every time there is no Bloodborne.

Nahh didn't mean you, I don't see you keep throwing out sales numbers = greatness and everyone that voted for a poor show was just wrong

Sorry if I came across as coming at you

 

[adamsapple]

lol gaf bubble? Even a safe space era had the same poll results. Keighleys twitter poll as well.

Maybe try icon era if you want a Sony bubble.

You just made me look.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I think the low ratings from people just shows that most people don't really want to see new IPs, especially Japanese games.

They want their western dev sequels.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Oh yes sales figures means everyone is happy with the first party games

You guys need a new playbook a few of you reading the same script

Wasn't Call of Duty the best selling game of last year not to mention like every other year, does those sales figures mean its the best game every single year?

Who is 'you guys'? I barely play Sony 1st party games.
Maybe that's the problem, thinking Sony is dependent on their 1st party output.

And games just have to be something people want. That doesn't necessarily have to be the best game around.
Just like Arma Reforger, for example.

Fact is, people want Playstation.

Still doesn't answer why people are taking it so personally that a majority voted the show below average

Do they? I haven't seen people get mad about it.

 

[mckmas8808]

The bubbles didn't seem to love what was shown either

Depends in who you ask.

 

[LectureMaster]

HeisenbergFX4 be like

 

[R6Rider]

Why are people saying the Geoff poll showed most people voting it was below average? When that clearly isn't the case.

C (average) and above has a total of 63.8%. So nearly 2/3 of the votes said it was Average or above.

35% exactly thought it was above average.

 

[mckmas8808]

LOL @ people recommending we rely on Bluesky polls to make Playstation look better

Bluesky is a cesspool, literally the "other forum" equivalent of X

the migration to Bluesky was by people just like them

with Bluesky as your echo chamber I'm not surprised you'd expect everyone to like the trash PS is putting out

Oh so you are one of the crazy ones? Gotcha!

 

[adamsapple]

HeisenbergFX4 be like

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Why are people saying the Geoff poll showed most people voting it was below average? When that clearly isn't the case.

Maybe I am looking at the final poll wrong but how do you read this?

 

[R6Rider]

Maybe I am looking at the final poll wrong but how do you read this?

Go see my edited post above.

The math says majority says it was Average or above.

Lumping D and below ratings would obviously net a larger bar graph.

This shit is basic as fuck people.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Why are people saying the Geoff poll showed most people voting it was below average? When that clearly isn't the case.

C (average) and above has a total of 63.8%. So nearly 2/3 of the votes said it was Average or above.

35% exactly thought it was above average.

65% reported either C, D, or F

That is bad

 

[kazuyamishima]

A LOT of people didn't like what was presented and Some others did like it.

Shit or not, it's good that they took the time to market games like Split Fiction, that game and others were going under the radar.

 

[LRKD]

I wouldn't trust polls on Twitter (I'm never calling it X) as quite alot of people left the platform and went to better/less toxic social media platforms like Bluesky, Threads etc... Most users i have enchountered on Twitter these days are noting but bot created accounts.

While I agree that X polls are echo chambers, it's not because X is an echo chamber, and that diverse thought left for Bluesky. Your logic is completely backwards here for two reasons. 1. If everyone who left X had the same thoughts & emotions, and had to create a new safe space, that new space IS the echo chamber. Like when everyone left gaf to create a new echo chamber on resetera.

2. All algorithm-based websites, end up as echo chambers. It's just how algorithms work, it shows you content you engage with. There are plenty of diverse 'bubbles' on X, you've got Black X, Woke X, Nazi X, Anime X, Dolls X, Politics X, Memes X ect ect. But the algorithm 'bubbles' you into groups, and you will only see posts from the bubbles you've been grouped into, based on how you engage with content on the platform. Like I never see Black Twitter, I know it exists, and I've seen it before, but I don't engage with it, so I don't get bubbled into the group, and never see it on my feed.

it's the same with YouTube, my feed is exclusively an 'echo chamber' of my own tastes. That doesn't mean that other videos outside of my tastes don't exist. It's just the algorithm locks them out of my feed.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Go see my edited post above.

The math says majority says it was Average or above.

Lumping D and below ratings would obviously net a larger bar graph.

This shit is basic as fuck people.

Ok than 65% voted average and below, I consider that very poor

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Ok than 65% voted average and below, I consider that very poor

Was it poor, or were expectations for a february SoP just way too high?

 

[Danjin44]

For me from state of play, I only cared about Monster Hunter Wilds and Onimusha.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

Big first party gameplay where?

 

[MMaRsu]

And it was mid

 

[R6Rider]

Ok than 65% voted average and below, I consider that very poor

You can consider it however you want. I'm just stating what the voting shows.

35% Above Average
28.8% Average
36.2% Below Average

 

[LectureMaster]

Ok than 65% voted average and below, I consider that very poor

So we went from OMG SOP broke viewship records Sony is God to hey it's above average okay?

 

[DeepEnigma]

For me from state of play, I only cared about Monster Hunter Wilds and Onimusha.

Sorry, those are average to below. Along with Shinobi, MGS and Housemarque.

 

[hemo memo]

Everyone called out Concord as a failure from day one, you don't have to be Nostradamus to see that game was going to fail hard. That's not an achievement especially when you consider a broken clock is right once a day.

Sony didn't.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

You can consider it however you want. I'm just stating what the voting shows.

35% Above Average
28.8% Average
36.2% Below Average

I suppose if you want to lump 4 options into 3 categories, works better for some that way

 

[DeepEnigma]

Sony didn't.

I'm sure a lot knew, but that toxic positivity and all.

Thank fuck Japan is ringing in the decision making. The eastern game investment is showing as much.

 

[R6Rider]

I suppose if you want to lump 4 options into 3 categories, works better for some that way

I lump them together because the poll already lumps together D and below.

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

Sony didn't.

I very much doubt that. Maybe early on when they bought it out they didn't think it was going to flop but they definitely knew it was going to bomb hard later with the way they released it with zero marketing.

 

[Danjin44]

Sorry, those are average to below. Along with Shinobi, MGS and Housemarque.

Speak for yourself, Monster Hunter Wild is one of my most hype game for this year and beyond hyped for Onimusha 2 remaster and Onimusha Way of Sword for next year.

 

[EN250]

Ngl, some of the game were pure hype (at least 5 or 6 imo), kind of the only good thing about SoPs, is that you lower your expectations so damn much, you actually enjoy it when it has cool games in it

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

the gaf poll triggered me because it had E as a result

is that some weird European grade? we don't use E in America

 

[DeepEnigma]

Speak for yourself, Monster Hunter Wild is one of my most hype game for this year and beyond hyped for Onimusha 2 remaster and Onimusha Way of Sword for next year.

Nope. Sorry. We are speaking for the polls at the moment. And manipulating groupings to serve what sides of the fence we are on.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I lump them together because the poll already lumps together D and below.

Ok, however you want to see said poll

I 100% voted it as a C and I didn't consider it average with the options given but also didn't feel it deserved a D and below

Nope. Sorry. We are speaking for the polls at the moment. And manipulating groupings to serve what sides of the fence we are on.

Maybe I am the only person that got it wrong out of the 70K who voted and I am ok with that honestly

 

[OuterLimits]

A record number of people also watched the recent Super Bowl apparently. Yet the game was incredibly boring compared to many prior Super Bowls.

 

[adamsapple]

A record number of people also watched the recent Super Bowl apparently. Yet the game was incredibly boring compared to many prior Super Bowls.

No, it had a high viewership therefore it must have been the epitome of television programming.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

No, it had a high viewership therefore it must have been the epitome of television programming.

imagine if you tried to tell gaf the best musicians were the ones who made the top charts each year

that Taylor Swift is the pinnacle of music because of sales and popularity. you'd be laughed at

not only is popularity not a good indicator, to the contrary, it often signals bland crap

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Ok, however you want to see said poll

I 100% voted it as a C and I didn't consider it average with the options given but also didn't feel it deserved a D and below



Maybe I am the only person that got it wrong out of the 70K who voted and I am ok with that honestly

You gave the MS direct an A.

Why was it an A? Why was the Sony showcase a C?

If your metric is first party exclusives, neither of them had many.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Ok, however you want to see said poll

I 100% voted it as a C and I didn't consider it average with the options given but also didn't feel it deserved a D and below



Maybe I am the only person that got it wrong out of the 70K who voted and I am ok with that honestly

I just think we are at a point of gaming lunacy, where you can announce a new Onimusha, Shinobi, Housemarque game, etc., and call it trash tier.

Not saying you, yourself, just the wartime consensus argument.

I'd love to see a timeline where those were announced in a Nintendo or Xbox showcase, people would have creampie'd 'S tier' all day long. Especially a Nintendo one.

 

[SlimySnake]

You can consider it however you want. I'm just stating what the voting shows.

35% Above Average
28.8% Average
36.2% Below Average

Since when is C average? C is barely passing grade in College. Anything below a C, literally a C-, and they make you repeat.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I just think we are at a point of gaming lunacy, where you can announce a new Onimusha, Shinobi, Housemarque game, etc., and call it trash tier.

Not saying you, yourself, just the wartime consensus argument.

I'd love to see a timeline where those were announced in a Nintendo or Xbox showcase, people would have creampie'd S tier all day long.

For me personally out of those you mentioned the only game I am really interested in was the Housemarque game that was nothing but CGI

I don't get excited about CGI, I will hold judgment once we get gameplay which they said was coming

 

[bender]

No, it had a high viewership therefore it must have been the epitome of television programming.

McDonalds hamburgers.

 

[DeepEnigma]

For me personally out of those you mentioned the only game I am really interested in was the Housemarque game that was nothing but CGI

I don't get excited about CGI, I will hold judgment once we get gameplay which they said was coming

I agree, but with Housemarque, gameplay is never in doubt, personally.

 

[Xtib81]

That's a lot of people for yet another abysmal show.

 

[R6Rider]

Since when is C average? C is barely passing grade in College. Anything below a C, literally a C-, and they make you repeat.

When I was in school and as far back as I remember C has always been average. It sits in the middle of the letter grading system.

A
B
C
D
F

E wasn't used, I don't know why, but that's how it is.

 

[DeepEnigma]

McDonalds hamburgers™

FTFY

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

When I was in school and as far back as I remember C has always been average. It sits in the middle of the letter grading system.

A
B
C
D
F

E wasn't used, I don't know why, but that's how it is.

C- is 'poor' pretty much across the USA, even where C is considered average.

whether it requires you to retake the class varies

edit: to make it easier to understand: "C is average" means just that, C is average, anything below a C, including C-, is poor

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I agree, but with Housemarque, gameplay is never in doubt, personally.

Likely will stick the landing but honestly I would have rather had just the name and let them reveal who is making it

You show me CGI and a disclaimer not gameplay and you instantly start in the negative for me