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According to video game research firm IDG Consulting, publishers are likely to raise the price of next-gen games for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X following the PS5 News that NBA 2K21 will retail for $69.99 each on them compared to $59.99 for current-generation devices.

Whether next-generation console games will justify the price hike compared to their present day console counterparts remains to be seen... according to Sony CEO Jim Ryan the upcoming PS5 hardware price will reflect value, so perhaps the same will apply to software as well.

Feel free to discuss this in the PS5 Forums, and to quote from IDG President and CEO Yoshio Osaki via GamesIndustry.biz on the news:

"Even with the increase to $69.99 for next-gen, that price increase from 2005 to 2020 next-gen is only up 17%, far lower than the other comparisons. While the cost of development and publishing have gone up, and pricing in other entertainment verticals has also gone up substantially, next-gen software pricing has not reflected these increases.

$59.99 to $69.99 does not even cover these other cost increases completely, but does move it more in the proper direction. IDG works with all major game publishers, and our channel checks indicate that other publishers are also exploring moving their next-gen pricing up on certain franchises, for the same reasons outlined above.

Not every game should garner the $69.99 price point on next-gen, but flagship AAAs such as NBA 2K merit this pricing more than others."

Proceeding the Indie PS5 game Soulborn Alpha Trailer, Sony introduced their PlayStation Indies initiative featuring nine captivating new independent games including Worms Rumble (PS5 / PS4), Haven (PS5 / PS4), Carto (PS4), Recompile (PS5), Where the Heart Is (PS4), Maquette (PS5 / PS4), F.I.S.T: Forged in Shadow Torch (PS4), Heavenly Bodies (PS5 / PS4) and Creaks (PS4).

Check out the PlayStation Indies PS5 / PS4 Montage Video below along with further details from Sony's Head of PlayStation Indies Shuhei Yoshida to quote:

I'm pleased to formally announce the PlayStation Indies initiative. With PlayStation Indies, we hope to spotlight and support the best of the best indie games being published on PlayStation and the entire indie community as a whole. Our goal is to make PlayStation the best place to develop, find, and play great indie games.

The indie community is increasingly important for the future of the video game industry, as AAA game development has grown so financially demanding that big companies are finding it harder to take risks to invest in new concepts that may or may not work.

We trust indie developers with strong vision will continue to bring ideas that have never been tried before, creating whole new genres of games and advancing the art and meaning of video games. PlayStation has always embraced games with completely new concepts, like PaRappa the Rapper, Katamari Damacy, LittleBigPlanet, and Journey, and we look forward to seeing what surprising new ideas will come next!

I was so excited to see the strong reactions to the amazing indie titles featured in the PS5 Future of Gaming event a few weeks ago. Do they not look charming and interesting? I, for one, could not get the Bugsnax song out of my head for a few days since the show went live.

While details are still forthcoming, we are also happy to confirm a new indie title will join the PlayStation Now service every month, starting with Hello Neighbor in July.

Today, alongside news of the PlayStation Indies initiative, we’re happy to debut nine imaginative and exciting titles coming to both PS4...

Since the last batch of PS5 Trailers some 4K gameplay footage of the upcoming RPG Cyberpunk 2077 by CD Projekt Red surfaced with a 2021 tentative release scheduled alongside a new NBA 2K21 PS5 Trailer video featuring Zion Williamson below.

25 Minutes Of Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay via Parris on YouTube

25 minutes of gameplay footage from Cyberpunk 2077, this was provided by CD Projekt Red and is featured in the trailer that aired during Night City Wire.

Cyberpunk 2077 The Gig (PS4)

NBA 2K21 - Zion Next-Gen Coming | PS5

Greatness will walk among us. As one of the best up-and-coming talents in the next generation of NBA stars, Zion Williamson represents the future as the cover athlete for the next-generation version of NBA 2K21. NBA 2K21. Everything is Game.
NBA 2K21 - Celebrating Kobe Bryant in the Mamba Forever Edition (PS4, PS5)
Feel free to share your thoughts with everyone on them in the PlayStation 5 Forums!

Long ago we saw the Original PS4 Jailbreak for 1.76 FW via BadIRET Exploitation (Github Articles), and following his recent FreeDVDBoot PS2 DVD Player Exploit PlayStation 4 developer @CTurt shared via Twitter thoughts on FreeDVDBoot for PS3 / PS4 after discovering his FreeDVDBoot PREBUILT ISOs (GIT / Blog) also crash the PS4 in a video demonstration from V3dita BR on YouTube... meaning it may be vulnerable to the same bug, although he favors Blu-ray BD-J Attacks due to ASLR in later Firmware versions.

Previously we've seen PS4 BD-J (Blu-ray Java) Homebrew, some PS4 BD-J (Blu-ray Java) Homebrew Answers, Ukko's Journey Blu-Play Game, Loading PS4 Payloads via Blu-ray (Server-less Option) BD-J, The UFO Game! Blu-Play Game and a Blu-Play DOOM I Port / Homebrew Games with C /...

PlayStation 4 homebrew developer @pakee of Pakee.xyz recently Contacted Us with news of his PS4 Package (PKG) Manager Homebrew Application public release stating:

"I made software to manage packages and working with 'remote package manager'. This software was for my own purpose for a year, but perhaps it can be useful for the PS4 community."

The PS4 PKG Manager Homebrew Application for Windows can be downloaded below from his site, and he's also accepting donations via DonorBox.org/Pakee.

Download: Pakee-V1.0.zip (2.2 MB)

This comes proceeding the original PS4 Remote Package (PKG) Installer, RPI_GUI: PS4 Remote Package Installer Web GUI, PS4RPI: PS4 Remote Package Installer GUI, PS4 Remote Sender GUI Application for MacOS, PS4 Remote PKG Sender GUI for Installing Packages, Improving PS4 Remote Package Installer Speed Guide, Remote PKG Installer Update, PS4 PKG Sender Docker Compose Web Server UI and a PS4 Package (PKG) Sender Release & Tutorial.

Pakee features:

Packages Auto Discover

• Scan your folders and subfolders to find all your packages in few seconds.

Package Decoder

• No matter what your file names are , Pakee actually sees who they are.

Simplicity and Readability

• Everything is simple in the interface, which is...