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Hmm, a TLoU Battle Royale game doesn't sound bad at all...

The last State of Play was back in like May or something wasn't it? That's a long break from them, was hoping it'd be a bit more substantial. We knew it was going to be focused on TLoU2 but they didn't really give us a deep dive or developer comments/excitement or anything, just a new trailer with a date.
If they'd just released that trailer on it's own without the whole run up to a live stream people wouldn't have gotten their hopes up.

Since Sony are skipping E3 now are we only going to get news from these states of play? Should we not get excited at the possibility there will be one revealing the PS5 and other bombshell announcements? Say if the next one is in January?

I was disappointed because spec ops used to be 2-player missions, which I really enjoyed then they changed it into a horde mode I didn't care for. I was hoping for a return to the former.

Starting with whatever Humanity is, was a mistake.

The one thing I was worried about is the number of maps since they've got all these different sized game modes with their own maps: 2v2, 6v6 & 10v10, 32v32 & 20v20.
If I just want to play TDM I figured there might be fewer maps and I'd get bored quicker but this sounds promising.

I hope it's released a bit sooner. Give me at least a week to finish it before FFVII is out, otherwise I'll probably leave it until after Cyberpunk...

Aaaand it's out the same day as Death Stranding so I'll pick it up later on at a discount.

Looks promising!

If only Breath of the Wild was on PS4 Pro level hardware, it'd look so amazing.
This is pretty interesting though, don't think I've ever played a chinese game.

Nier? Looks (both gameplay-wise and visually) more like Code Vein to me with weightier, possibly dark souls-esque combat. I assume from the title that the main character might be an android and that's the connection?

The CNN article made sense, if the PS5 is prohibitively expensive and the Xbox 2 noticeably cheaper that's not going to be good for Sony.
Pretty sure they learnt that after the PS3's launch. It took them ages to build up momentum and hit the 360's numbers.

Say nothing? So no-one knows you're even improving the game and will likely trade it in? Weird.

Well, hopefully not the end of Feb. Three months of TLoU, FFVII and Cyberpunk and 2020 looks amazing already.

Doesn't seem that smart to me. One of the main reasons the PS4 did so well is that it launched cheaper than the xbox, which forced MS to remove the kinect and lower their price.
The reason the PS3 did so badly to start off with was it's initial high price.
The only way this would work is if the new Xbox is similarly priced so one doesn't look more attractive than the other.
Or in theory they could treat it like the PS4 Pro... I could see all games releasing at launch for PS5 also being available on PS4 so people won't feel a need to upgrade straight away.

I loved Terranigma by the same studio that did Actraiser but it doesn't look much like this.

Awesome. I love this series. It was a shame the second title ditched the Monster training aspects but I still enjoyed it regardless.

I've always been happy having a console and buying games, barely been paying attention to the streaming services as I think it's too soon for them based on internet speeds and a desire for as little lag as possible in the games I play most.
However my friend pointed out as an example, when the new Gears of War is on Microsoft's subscription thing we can pay like £10 for a month, play that one game and effectively save £40ish on buying the game properly, not to mention we can play it on PC since we don't have XBoxes.
I don't really see how this will be profitable for them but if streaming/subscriptions means super-cheap games then it'll really kick off.

So, is your choice of gender and sexuality going to give you very different romance options? Or for some reason everyone will be bi?

They actually didn't say that they reduced them, they said they restricted them. Like, she's wearing a sports bra so they don't bounce all over the place, which makes sense considering she's fighting. Sports bras also make them appear smaller as in real life.

They're given more processing power to make games with, how they choose to use it and if the game is innovative or not is up to them.

And Stadia? I don't really see how it can do anything the PS5 can't be capable of. Or the new XBox.

Cyberpunk may well be the first game where I'm already thinking about multiple playthroughs before it's already out. I don't really play video games more than once as there's too many games and not enough time.
Buying it again on PS5 would definitely be a good reason to play through again with a different backstory and stats and making different choices though...

Nah, Sony would have just shown off the same games again anyway, it's too soon for the PS5 announcements. Do we expect any more Sony exclusives to be released for the PS4 that we don't already know about?

E3 was great, it's a shame Sony missed it.

I kind of hope either the PS5 is coming sooner than expected or this gets delayed close to it. I want to play it on something more powerful than the PS4 but it'll kill me to wait from April to say November.

I'm expecting a TLoU and it'll be FFVII Remake Part II
Then Part III... IV...

I was thinking the opposite watching Microsoft's conference, there were loads of good games shown off, details on the new console (I really think a big stage is best to announce such things and not a miss-able article), another studio acquisition, Keanu Reeves...

Sony on the other hand being completely absent doesn't look great : / Can't blame them though, they'd just have shown off the exact same games that were at E3 last year minus Days Gone, which wouldn't have gone down well.

I already think games can look amazing on the PS4 Pro so both consoles are going to surpass that whilst also loading quicker and having backwards compatibility.
Games are the key to choosing one over the other and xbox are moving in the right direction buying studios, you've got to give them that.
I wonder what Sony are planning for it's launch to compete with Halo... PS4's launch relied on multiplatform games and Knack lol. They need a heavy hitter to sell consoles.

I didn't expect much and ended up really enjoying it.
Would have gone even better if the Bandai Namco games hadn't leaked.
Phantasy Star and Dragon Ball were surprises. Enjoyed seeing Cyberpunk and Keanu a lot. Didn't expect any gameplay for Elden Rings, just like when Bloodborne was announced.

So envious of their Elite controller. Sony need to get an official one made already.

No Splinter Cell Battle Royale in the works?

Am I missing something or we can't compare this list with the physical one as there are no actual sales figures just a ranking?

I don't really like the zombies modes personally, that reason for not including it doesn't make a lot of sense though. The single player, traditional multiplayer and zombies modes are all separate experiences. One being less realistic doesn't stop/detract from the other.

I'd actually forgotten Sony weren't doing a conference this year. Are they doing a State of Play at least?
Other than them there's at least Cyberpunk, Avengers and Final Fantasy VII to look forward to along with hopefully some surprises that are coming to PS4.

I have to play with PC players? That doesn't sound good.
I'll be pleased if Spec-ops makes a return, I always preferred it to zombies.
Blackout should always have been a separate (and F2P) product from the annual games.

I absolutely loved Most Wanted and Rivals. 2015's Need for Speed was okay but a bit disappointing and Payback I could not get into at all, the progression system ruined it.
I love the gameplay and open world for single-player but always thought they should have made static races for online multiplayer that you could just queue up for with matchmaking without it being a full open world.

Wow, this is the first time in years that I'll check the PS+ games out.

Need some big games to get confirmed release dates already, 2019 looks pretty barren/disappointing atm as far as I'm concerned.
Anthem was a flop. Days Gone just looked average. Kingdom Hearts I've never gotten into. Sekiro was good! And Apex Legends but that's about it lol. Bloodstained (which might not be great) in June and Control in August are the next PS4 games on the horizon with confirmed release dates I want and everything else is TBC.

I still enjoy playing Apex, prefer the gameplay, map, abilities and weapon balance massively to Fortnite and Blackout.
Not surprised about the revenue though, hopefully their second Battlepass's content is much better than the first or they reduce the prices in their shop for direct skin purchases.

Lol, completely the opposite of what was said around the PS4 not having it.

The Switch Pro controller is surprisingly comfortable, I'd rather play with one

Trying to get my expectations in line for these, they're not as exciting or interesting as the Nintendo ones so far... Like they're just a bunch of trailers stuck together, I feel like they need a host or something. Or maybe just longer trailers going more in-depth?
Something feels lacking that's for sure and we're not getting an E3 presser from Sony this year so it'll just be one of these instead? : S

It seems likely. Knowing Squeenix I imagine we'll be seeing the exact same trailer again at E3 too... >__>

Send some money Apex's way! They seem to need better designers for character skins and Battlepasses.

Over a month away is soon?

People keep saying these games are free, they're not. They're part of PS+, which if you want to play online you're forced to purchase.
Paying that much for online imo is too much since it used to be free and is for PC. Then they increase the price and reduce the games we're given each month as well, why would anyone be happy about that?

They might both be good games but it certainly doesn't feel like we're getting our moneys worth. They should add a third game.

I, uh... Wonder if lots of people went physical for this one just in case they want to trade it in.

There's two things really; One, most people have started expecting Sony exclusives to be amazing, must-play titles. That Days Gone isn't could be seen as a failure.
Two, games are expensive and take up a lot of time, Days Gone has come out in a fairly quiet period but if you wait say a month you're likely to get it cheaper. If it doesn't sound like you 'need' to play this new amazing game straight away and it's 'just' a good game then you may as well wait.

It just doesn't excite me like other PS4 exclusives, the zombie setting and the gameplay doesn't look like something I haven't seen before and I don't like the look of the protagonist.
I'll wait for reviews and only pick it up if they're overwhelmingly positive and insist it's 'unmissable'.

If Microsoft have a noticeably more powerful console then you'd assume it would also be much more expensive. Basically the problem the PS3 had at launch.
The idea of there being a budget and pro Xbox 2 at launch is... pretty unexpected. I guess they could undercut the PS5 with a 'digital-only' version and overshoot it with a more powerful model and capture both casual and pro markets in theory. Sounds risky from a business standpoint though, getting enough stock of both.

There's not a single aspect of this game that I thought was bad. Visuals, audio, gameplay; both exploration and combat, story, acting, runtime...
it's not my favorite game ever but it did everything really well.