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The Monday letters page realises that the next gen Xbox<\/a> will be able to play PS5<\/a> games, as one reader hopes Bluepoint Games isn\u2019t working on God Of War.<\/p>\n Games Inbox<\/a> is a collection of our readers\u2019 letters, comments, and opinions. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Nintendo<\/a> logic I\u2019ve seen some rumours that it\u2019ll be March, but I feel that\u2019s just the obvious guess anyway. But my question is what will they be talking about? All we know about from them at the moment is Fire Emblem<\/a> and Splatoon Raiders<\/a> and while I don\u2019t think many people here would consider them a particularly big deal you just don\u2019t know with Nintendo.<\/p>\n But surely they must be preparing to announce at least one new triple-A game (or whatever you\u2019d call them with Nintendo). It\u2019s probably not Animal Crossing<\/a> or Zelda<\/a>, because the timings don\u2019t work out, so to me the two obvious options are Super Mario<\/a> or Smash Bros.<\/p>\n You might say Mario is the most obvious, but Nintendo has been so weird about it so far I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any guarantee they\u2019ll suddenly become predictable. My bet would be on Smash Bros., with some new characters and other minor new content. Not the most thrilling choice, in my opinion<\/a>, but the logical choice. I would expect it to be the big game for Christmas. \t\t\t\tExpert, exclusive gaming analysis\t\t\t<\/p>\n Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter<\/a> for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning.<\/p>\n Perfect prelude If it turns out to be a dud after all this I will actually be really impressed that Capcom has been able to hide it so well. I don\u2019t expect that will be the case though and while I\u2019ll still wait for the reviews I\u2019m predicting this will be one of the best game of this year and probably the whole generation. Don\u2019t let me down now! Stuck in Sparta It\u2019s not that remaking the game itself is a terrible idea, it\u2019s just that by doing that you\u2019re locking out talented developers for five years or more. Developers that could be busy moving the franchise forward or just generally not redoing something that already exists and you can play as remasters. I just don\u2019t see any good outcome, because if they get a no-name dev, like with Sons Of Sparta, then that drastically decreases the odds that it will be any good. Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n Two Keanus But that\u2019s tempered by the fact that I\u2019m an old gamer that remembers when movie tie-in was just another way of saying a game was a poor quality, rushed cash-in. Remember The Matrix game?<\/p>\n GoldenEye 007 was the first game I remember that was based on a film that turned out to actually be good. For the love of the game This seems a mistake to me though, as in Sony\u2019s case they lose out on a key incentive in buying their console. But for both companies it\u2019s a waste of talent and knowledge that has taken years to build up and is no longer being used properly. As long as a profit is made why not make them anyway, for the kudos alone?<\/p>\n That worked for Astro Bot, which wasn\u2019t a big hit but made people think better of Sony for a while. Soras will probably be similar, but I feel we need a lot more of that, multiple times a year. Only on PlayStation For years that seemed like something to really wish for but now that it\u2019s actually close to happening it feels like nobody will actually care. In the end, the PC has been the single format all along (especially for those using emulators) and Microsoft putting the Xbox logo on a different machine isn\u2019t going to change that.<\/p>\n I think we\u2019ll soon begin to realise that, in terms of consoles, single format domination is a bad thing. People are upset about Sony not releasing more first party games but now that the Xbox has slipped into irrelevance they have no incentive to change.<\/p>\n Why spend all that money when you\u2019ve already proved it doesn\u2019t matter to whether your game Is a success or not? Sony won by doing nothing so there\u2019s no incentive to do more next time. Last gen Pretty sure there\u2019s still millions of PlayStation 4 users out there. GC: It\u2019s not Sony\u2019s game.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tDon’t miss Gaming news! Add us as a Preferred Source\t\t\t<\/p>\n As a loyal GameCentral reader, we want to make sure you never miss our articles when searching for gaming stories. We have all the latest video games news, reviews, previews, and interviews, with a vibrant community of highly engaged readers.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> and tick\u00a0Metro.co.uk\u00a0to ensure you see stories from us first in Google Search.<\/p>\n \t\t Positive recap Metal Gear Solid 4 is free from PlayStation 3 jail. I\u2019ve wanted for this for many years and to see it finally happen is just unbelievable. Saros continues to look stunning and I can\u2019t wait for it, personally. Pragmata looks charming and I actually have played the demo; very enjoyable and a fun hacking romp \u2013 Diana is a charmer as well. Project Windless is quite interesting. A chicken with a bone to pick and dual swords. Yep, I\u2019m sold.<\/p>\n The anime titles and Marathon were my low points. I\u2019m not particularly interested in either title. Control: Resonant and 007 First Light continue to impress. Crimson Moon sounds like a lot of fun and I look forward to seeing more. The final reveal was the remake of the God Of War trilogy, which was a win for me personally. It\u2019s obviously years away, and it did just begin development, but spoken as a massive fan of the franchise I\u2019m absolutely pumped for this.<\/p>\n However, it was disappointing to see no Phantom Blade 0 at the event. At least pre-orders could have been revealed. Since it does have a release date, after all. We didn\u2019t see Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 or Kingdom Hearts 4. That was a let down on Square Enix\u2019s part. Maybe we\u2019ll see those at the Tokyo Game Show.<\/p>\n Wolverine will be shared in the spring, so I wasn\u2019t expecting that. All in all, it was a fantastic event and the games look very stellar. There\u2019s much to be excited for and I can\u2019t wait to see more. I\u2019ll also say that I would have liked to see more from Judas and Tides Of Annihilation and Lego Batman, but I can wait longer. 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So, Sony<\/a> has had a successful State of Play<\/a>, their best in years I\u2019d say, and Xbox\u2019s was good too (I\u2019ll be honest, I can\u2019t remember anything about it, but I remember the buzz was decent). That means that Nintendo is the next one to have a showcase, but we still don\u2019t have a date for it.<\/p>\n
Ishi<\/p>\n
There was a lot of good stuff at the State of Play but it didn\u2019t shake my opinion that Resident Evil Requiem<\/a> is the most exciting game at the moment and the one I\u2019m most looking forward to. The new footage looked great and so has everything else before it. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever seen a game not make a single mistake before release and always look like a must have.<\/p>\n
Purple Ranger<\/p>\n
I tend to agree with the Reader\u2019s Feature about God Of War<\/a>. Sons Of Sparta looks bad and a remake trilogy does sound like a big wasted effort, given those earlier games were nothing like the new ones in terms of gameplay or story. It\u2019d be tragic if Santa Monica Studio were wasting their time on it, but it\u2019d be just as bad if it were Bluepoint Games, doing it \u2013 which is something I\u2019ve heard fans talking about.<\/p>\n
Focus<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t think much of the state of play. The hair on the back of my neck when the John Wick trailer started playing. It would have been obvious to anyone that has watched at least one of the films it was a John Wick game.<\/p>\n
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Interesting comparison of Sony and Valve\u2019s attitude in the Reader\u2019s Feature at the weekend<\/a>. I would not have thought of the comparison myself, but it does work. I think the problem for both companies is that ordinary games \u2013 basically anything but a mega hit \u2013 have become too small for them to bother with.<\/p>\n
Tenna<\/p>\n
Perhaps I\u2019m just being slow here, but I realised that if the next gen Xbox is just a PC in console\u2019s clothing, as it were, then that means that all PlayStation 5 games will, eventually, be on Xbox. I guess it doesn\u2019t really mean much, since Microsoft doesn\u2019t get a cut of the sales or anything, but we may finally have our all-in-one single format (except for Nintendo, but that was never going to happen).<\/p>\n
Tom Meadows<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been watching Nioh 3 a bit on Twitch and wondered whether or not it should have been a dual console release. I can\u2019t see any reason it couldn\u2019t work on the PlayStation 4. Surely they could lower the resolution or whatever it was that stopped a version on PlayStation 4. It seems like Sony left money on the table with this decision. To me at least it still looks the same as Nioh 1 and 2.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m still thinking about Thursday\u2019s State Of Play, because it was more than a few steps ahead of the usual disappointments that we are usually served by Sony. It absolutely began with a bang. Death Stranding 2 on PC; Ghost Of Y\u014dtei: Legends in March; Kena 2; the reveal of a John Wick game, with Keanu Reeves returning in the role of the Baba Yaga. Silent Hill Townfall was revealed and it\u2019s first person; that was quite the surprise. It\u2019s also set in an island inspired by Scotland, so that\u2019s a nice change of pace to see locations from Japan to the UK being used. It\u2019s a very fresh take on the series.<\/p>\n
Shahzaib Sadiq<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve got a lot of sympathy for the Highguard dev complaining about \u2018gamer culture\u2019<\/a>. It\u2019s not my type of game, so I wouldn\u2019t be interested in it whatever happened. But I never saw any explanation for why everyone turned on it except that they were hoping for something else to be revealed at The Game Awards \u2013 which is hardly the developer\u2019s fault.
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