@GirlVersusGame

"Raul Julia as Bison was one of my first screen crushes"

everything he did was amazing, love seeing him randomly getting some appreciation out there! ❤️✌️

MTV Cribs was still years off in 1993. More than a couple.

All I know, is I somewhat recently acquired a sealed/new currentish lowend model Sony DVD player, and it is a big time piece of crap. seriously, if I put a HOMEFILL sticker on it, youd believe 100% that it was a nonfunctioning pretend dvd player with nothing inside. The buttons feel like pushing the plastic speaker grille/vent on a casio keyboard until it snaps. It can't read DVDs from my personal collection that every other player has read my entire life.
and that's a long time, kids.

Time was, if it said SONY on it, it was GOOD.

"At a glance, some may consider this an unnecessary refresh, as the aforementioned Complete Edition still looks pretty great on PS5 — but considering it's a totally free upgrade for anyone who already owns the base game, it's really difficult to disparage."

what I'm hearing is that it is indeed unnecessary.

@get2sammyb

"This isn't the gotcha you think it is. It's precisely because they wasted so much money on Concord that they're looking at everything much more closely now.

What do you want them to do? Keep wasting money?"

I'm not OP but what I want them to do is learn the difference between Kojima and some BS like "Concord."

this once-great series is now seemingly ruined by an overabundance of cutscenes. I had to nope out of 7 in just a few missions, I can't imagine wanting all that. 😕

OTOH I spun off that into playing through AC2 again, which is a fantastic game! almost non-stop action.

I've been "trying" to play my PS2 copy of this game for years! like 16 years! 😅

oh boy, STUFF! gimme gimme gimme!

@KissYouGuys

it seriously reminds me of Peter Jackson turning The Hobbit into a nine hour trilogy of movies. The "hype" for those seemingly didn't survive contact with actual paying audiences, either.

I am a day 1 FFVII fan who lived the hype leading up to that game's monumental release, and I knew Remake was not going to be for me right away.

Alas, I wish theyd have gone in a direction that honored Yoshitaka Amano's original art! ✌️

"it’s probably going to be around 200GB of game,"

You say "game," I say "bloat,"
You say "download," I say "no thank you,"
Game! Bloat! Download! No thank you!
Let's call the whole thing off! 😙🎶

Plural form "cyclopes" checks out, well done 🎉

if it Physint on Playstation, and it Physint on Switch, it must be on XBOX.

160 for a console that does what now?

Jiminy Christmas are we losing the word "co-op" too? 😒

People, please use the right words and expect and where appropriate demand them in return.

"Those who would give up framerate and responsiveness, to purchase a little superficial fidelity, deserve neither framerate nor fidelity."

I think I've seen enough Cloud Strife for one lifetime, thanks.

@Neuromancer

you think what youve chosen is the winner, shocking development. 🚨

anyway I'm not making an argument for or against all digital, I'm telling you that your argumentation sucks 😂👍 if I agreed with you (which I havent made clear in any way) I would be disappointed in your apparent inability to support your claim.

I do generally support the attitude of "share your honest thoughts and ideas and let the chips fall," so let's do this again sometime 😎👍

@Neuromancer

"easy, can switch from one game to another instantly without having to take out and change a disc, less waste of space and plastic and for me discs are just useless physical licences to play the game."

The question was "why do you support an all-digital future," not "what do you like about digital games."

it seems that you've already chosen and are enjoying an "all digital" lifestyle, so my question is, what do you care if other people get the same set of options you did?

"It's way more convenient being all digital, and most games I play, complete, uninstall and never play again unless I really enjoyed it anyway."

setting aside the obvious and tangential question of "why play (let alone complete) games you dont really enjoy..."

maybe if you liked games more you'd understand why people want to own them physically :0)

@Questionable_Duck

It sounds like you have more of a problem with XBOX than you do with my opinion of them.

My answer to all of this is: don't publish games on other platforms then?

If "everything is an xbox" then those logos belong on the trailer. Like you said, the confusion didnt start with this most recent messaging. ✌️

@Questionable_Duck

"This concern all seems a bit disingenuous to me,"

please don't confuse my critique for genuine concern.

By your logic, their money making formula is to bring their games to as many platforms as possible, but then not tell as many people as possible about those versions of the game.

All this despite the fact that she specifically stated that they made this change directly to appease mean tweets from XBOX fans who... I guess want to pretend these games are still console exclusives?

Some real "4D chess" happening over at Microsoft 😂👍

are they making any effort, then, to promote the PS5 and Switch ports of these games?

this might be one of the dumbest things I've seen a company do.

Imagine selling your product at 5 different stores but only telling your customers about 2 of them.

assuming 4 is going to be even bigger than 3...

ehhh, no thanks. 👍

3 is a cool game but I'm a grown man with plenty of random errands and side quests in life as it is.

@CielloArc

"so PS5 sold less than Switch, but is more profitable per unit."

Profit would be net, and I don't think we have enough information to know this. All we know is that PS5 grossed more, which is kind of a meaningless gold star compared to unit sales (user base) and actual profit, which are the normal ways we usually get reporting on this.

(I've never seen a report lile this that focusses solely on "dollar sales" but this seems to be the only way to shine a positive light on PS in this case so that's what we got.)

"Obviously, a big difference between Ace Combat and Gran Turismo is that the latter is a simulator while the former is not."

for some reason i thought going into this sentence that you were for sure going to say "one is about death machines and one is not" or similar.

PS this is exactly like the demo video for the first two games in the series but with obviously modern presentation. GT has less than nothing to do with anything.

@BadPlayerOne

I was with you in the beginning of your comment, and then you became an ass-hole at the end. Too bad!

"Indicating that only a survey that questions all 340+ million Americans would be a reliable survey is beyond stupid."

PS literally no one here "indicated" that. But you knew that because you aren't low IQ, right?

@RoomWithaMoose

fair enough! ✌️

This poll is completely bogus, and its not really arguable. even reporting it is kinda irresponsible, the editors here should (and likely do) know better.

@RoomWithaMoose

"it wasn't based on brand penetration. It was based on regular playtime."

how did they define "regular playtime" for the participants?

@PsBoxSwitchOwner

to be fair people have pointed out 4 or 5 legitimate problems with this poll beyond the numbers. ✌️

@TheArt

"Again people don't understand how surveys work. I could ask 3 women who know nothing about games to mention a console they've heard of, I guarantee they'd say PlayStation or PS5, that is data enough for what's the most popular."

based on this comment, I'm not convinced you know how surveys work 😂

anyway I have a feeling all 3 women would say "Nintendo," particularly if they were over 40.

@Quintumply

What exactly was the question that was asked of participants?

Were the individuals polled allowed to "check all that apply" or only one?

ANY poll reporting that obscures the actual question and nature of the poll deserves to be dismissed and ridiculed as the farce that it is. If this info is not available it is not valid data and it should not be disseminated in my opinion.

@Sweetz

it's because many people mistake "spend money on X" and "more plastic for shelf" for legitimate hobbies.

What does this Astro character got to do with PS1?

@Glassneedles

I'm certain you are correct. Without looking up the shot from Fawlty Towers (what would be the fun in that?) I think it's simply the composition of the photo, the angle, the white sign out front, and just sort of the "atmosphere" for lack of a better word that made me think of it.

but yeah I think Fawlty Towers was a white building for starters. 😅

anyhoo, thanks for playing! I'll use any excuse to bring up FT to be honest 😂✌️

is it just me, or does that photo of Pickford's House have a Fawlty Towers kind of vibe?

thanks for the bit of journalism! neat little story and the personal touch was rather appreciated ✌️

"Sony, of course, would argue that it needs to sell two physical discs in order to make the same amount of money as one digital download."

hm, yes. and, how much does selling nothing make?

@EfYI @LordOfTurnips

I was echoing some other comments on here in an attempt to lampoon them, and kind of dryly show how ridiculous their perspective is right on its face.

anyway. mission accomplished I guess, lol.

literally, a review of any product is a personal opinion vs an MSRP. what on earth else could it be? 😂

I'll add a "/s" or something next time ✌️

this isn't a review! it's a personal opinion about a value proposition!

lol.

My first PSX was the one with the expanded AV, and demo disc with Philosoma and Kileak: the DNA Imperative on there, and I couldn't care less to own licensed plastic junk generally.

but especially this, this is horrible.

@BamBamBaklava89

who's crying? I'm commenting on the article, if you don't like my opinion, that's your business. 👍

they copied the SNES, n64, Wii, and Wii U, why stop there?

"Acclaimed PS5 RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Surpasses Another Big Sales Milestone"

calling it an "acclaimed PS5 RPG" when it came out for multiple platforms and was never a console exclusive is misleading to your own readers, and journalistically dishonest.

to be fair, Nintendolife does the same thing constantly so I'm assuming this is a conscious decision that exists somewhere in the Hookshot style sheet.

ps - I played the first game on Steam and it's wonderful! clearly worthy of it's accolades 👍👍

@Matroska

thanks for pointing this out! I thought about going there but since it obviously doesnt apply here, I chose not to muddy my message with it.

HOWEVER I do think for example that there are people who buy those stupid elite controllers just because they are more expensive than already expensive normal controllers that all the n00bs are using, just because they are expensive (and called "elite" 😂)

I'm still kind of SMH over the idea that selling fewer consoles is a strategy for navigating higher costs 🫨😵‍💫 I mean thats kinda hilarious if you think about it.

"I know! we'll just sell FEWER units!"

"Johnson, that's why we brought you onto the team!"

When you raise prices, you sell fewer whether you "plan to" or not.

"In this world, mankind is basically on the brink. People hide behind a magical barrier that repels the violent beast-like tribes that inhabit the rest of the continent, and so explorers like Elliot are the lifeblood of human discovery."

if you were making a parody of jrpgs you'd still try to think of something less cliche than this.

@SerraAngel

I completely relate!

Here's my 2 strategies: I play on default settings, and if I find the difficulty too hard, I turn it down to easy.

OR

if it's an arcade game, I put the game on easiest setting, max lives, etc etc, and see if I can 1 credit clear. if I can't, I leave it there until I get better. 👍

@Exerion76

"How dare a reviewer, not fall to their knee, and endlessly shower a game with glory."

yeah but you should at least enjoy the genre of game going in to really have a qualified opinion, right?

I'm not going to ask a person who doesnt like cheeseburgers where the best cheeseburger places are in town.

@Accipitridae

"It’s like criticising a Forza game because “not everyone is into cars”."

yes, exactly! It's an extremely passive way for the writer to complain about an aspect of the game, without having to own the opinion.

like when they say "people are saying..." on certain news broadcasts, when it is clear that the speaker or organization intends to simply promote one possible perspective over the others.

"Souls-like mechanics won't appeal to all"

you mean they don't appeal to you.

how is not appealing to everyone supposed to affect the people for whom it does appeal? you might as well put "not everyone likes mice" or "top down 2d haters won't like it" as cons.

@helloim_anthony

personally I wish sincerely that I could filter out the "rumour" tag on all hookshot websites. they are very often wrong which is just a waste of everyone's time or at best spoil something that I wouldve found out about in a better way eventually anyway.

@Questionable_Duck

gotta start somewhere.

also, supporting one less murderous regime can't be a bad thing, right? it's like you are saying we are obligated to support Saudi Arabian games if we support chinese games, actually makes no sense.