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Playstation has been the jrpg fans favourite console brand for years so yeah its pretty clear some money was paid to keep it away.
Still at this point, maybe they think most people who want to play 1 already have in some form, so it's not worth it any more.

How is the same character across different games going to work? All games are so different.
Only example I can think of is Nintendo's miis and they didn't exactly set the world on fire.

@Amnesiac no though I do remember that one too for some reason, this one was a big wheel on the controller, just had to Google it so I didn't dream it or something lol.

Edit : wasn't that a wipeout related one? Memories so vague though

I bought a PS4 pro and to be honest, never really felt the difference. I never compared them directly so maybe there was something. When I played on a friend's PS4 I didn't notice anything that made me wish I was on the pro.
But still, if a ps5 pro follows the same path as the PS4 pro, it won't affect the base model negatively in any way, more something to keep the frame rate watchers happy.

@get2sammyb I had that weird jogcon controller, it worked pretty well, like a minimalistic steering wheel lol.

The graphics for type 4 were stunning at the time, seemed a class above anything else on playstation for some reason, more of a next gen game.
Though I don't know how well that translates nowadays, I remember the gameplay being solid too though.

@Kelrics90 stop accepting 30fps? If people are unbothered by it then good for them.

I loved system shock 2 at the time. I never played 1 though, I'll prob give it a try, assuming it comes out in my lifetime.

I guess it'd keep the FPS chasers happy. I'm not sure I'd buy it though.

This 'limited time' thing is a major flaw for digital gaming, it's going to have to figure out how to solve it if it really wants to remove physical altogether.
Sure there's a lot of live for the moment gamers who don't care, but there's just as many who want to buy things that they feel like they own I think.

@StrawberryWave yeah digital is fantastic for retro games, I can't disagree with that.

@StrawberryWave yes I agree. But I do tend to buy a lot of cheap digital stuff, sales etc. I figure under £20 or so I'm prepared to lose the perks of physical. More expensive games, yes physical definitely.

Doesn't surprise me that the high price games are still favoured physically. Don't think I've ever spent over £20 on a single digital game.

@GamingFan4Lyf they are considered the shopkeeper I guess. I suppose it's on them to get it back from EA.

It's a tough one, they usually bring up trading cards as a defence, which is honestly quite a powerful one.
Though FIFA is (I assume) a very competitive game where the top draws give an advantage? That probably pushes them above trading cards.

In their defence they haven't stated that they are going to landfill have they? We're assuming a bit there I think.
Though they've never appealed to me either. I suspect it's just another product that most people are buying in the hope they are worth more one day.

@KaijuKaiser that's subjective I guess. I've personally got no issue with characters standing around waiting their turn, I enjoy it even, I don't really get anything out of the free for all's of action RPGs.

Edit: especially party based RPGs. What do I care what two NPC characters I have no control over mostly out of sight win or not?

@KaijuKaiser it's only fondly remembered because it's a highlight of the turn based age, I'm pretty sure turning it into an action RPG would lose most of its current fan base and not really have anything that a new ip wouldn't to attract a new one.

To the people tired of reading about it.. how about not reading about it? I know it's a wild idea but still..
It's a huge change and I'm glad it's getting so much discussion.

@cburg Microsoft is a competitor though. They have been in the business for years and have tons of money and experience. They actually did start overtaking Sony during the PS3/360 era.
They aren't a startup in need of a leg up for competitions sake.

@Topov81 oh god the singstar icon lol. I remember the outrage.

@Fiendish-Beaver yeah it looks like a fine place to start. Final fantasy is many completely separate stories that just tend to share similar things, like monster types and (previously) spells etc

I'm still not sold sadly. Change sure, but a complete genre change is going to lose some people I'm afraid, sure maybe gain even more as well though if it goes well for them.

I'd probably have convinced myself to buy this if it came with a physical copy. Well stingy of them not to include one when they are asking for that much money.

@LilyGoMEOW I didn't realise they'd even attempted to blank it out until I'd seen the bigger picture lol.

I remember reading some article ages ago about this being a pretty power hungry game. I think the Devs were being asked about it coming to PS4/xbone at the time, and they weren't powerful enough.
Split screen obviously increases the drain even more.

@Th3solution I think dreams could work out one day. It really is something special, just needs whatever spark it is that grabs the wider attention.

@IOI it's interesting news that will affect us. What is toxic about reporting on it? Noone's getting bullied. If you don't want to read what people think about the situation then it's easy enough to ignore articles about it.

@Green-Bandit most people think Xbox is going under? What?
Most people are aware they have bundles of money, they are not going under regardless of their seeming inability to turn it into decent original games.

@Toypop given the cod focus on the whole thing, it seems pretty certain a buyout is going to come with a 'cod must remain available on all systems' clause regardless of whether Sony sign Microsoft's pantomime contract.

@sanderson72 Sony sold the everquest game though, so who knows who those games actually belong to nowadays.

The store page for this is very umm... No screenshots, no mention that they are nes and Gameboy games.
I suppose anyone who's got any interest in bill and ted nowadays would be aware anyway, they don't seem to have caught younger generations imagination as far as I know, but still seems misleading.

Well if street fighter 6 has new mechanics that nobody has got used to yet, I guess it's probably the best chance a new player is going to get.
It does tend to be easier to win online matches in the first few months of a new street fighter game.
Then people start dropping off leaving all the hardcore SF pros ready to wipe the floor with you.

@belmont neither of those games appear to be available for EU PS3 (any more?) Perhaps their removal means they aren't linked any more? I'm very much in guess territory though.

@Would_you_kindly yeah, all I can say is it'd probably work based on what I know, but I couldn't guarantee it'd work.

Edit : man now I'm too intrigued. I'm gonna buy it I'll let you know.

Edit : yep, buying resident evil directors cut on PS3 unlocks the ps5 one

@belmont yeah re directors cut is definitely not purchasable. You just get a subscribe option.
You could potentially buy it on PS3 (if it's still there) and maybe it'll become owned on ps5 too, but that's just a guess.

Edit : it is still available on PS3. Buying it probably would activate it on ps5.
Though legend of dragoon was never available on PS3 in Europe so that won't work here if you can't buy straight from ps5

@MakersMark it's the actions of a few, the vast majority of people behave perfectly normally even when they know noone is watching. At least I strongly believe that.

@Bez87 it's very open ended, as it's supposed to be I guess. There's plenty of things that make you side with Joel in the original, most notably the fireflies awful handling of the situation when Joel and Ellie reach them.
Though yes, Joel's killing of the scientists was quite forced. You can't progress without doing it (or at least one of them apparantly). I guess they had the sequel planned all along.

I've been seriously considering buying a copy of legend of dragoon, even at the £150 price it currently commands. So super happy to see it legally playable cheaper finally.

I remember playing the game boy one quite a bit when I was a kid. Though my expectations were a lot lower back then obviously.

Legend of dragoon! If Europe actually gets it this time it will be the first time since it's original release.

@TheKurgan You are just as short or long sighted in vr as you are in real life. Im not qualified enough to explain why, I initially assumed nobody would need glasses for vr.
Perhaps one day vr will one day be good enough to detect your eye sight and adjust for it. Hey, maybe one day it'll even be able to tell us our prescription.

I'll probably get one eventually. Just needs a few more eye catching games I think, which will surely come.
I love beat saber on quest, and that would probably have been the thing that sold me if I didn't have to buy all the music packs again, I don't love it that much lol.

Edit: bit nitpicky but the quest controllers do have a little force feedback don't they? I mean they vibrate a little in beat saber. Unless I'm misunderstanding the specs.

It's difficult/impossible to make one of these brawler games that's going to keep players playing long term I think. They don't usually have enough depth.
Smash bros is the glaring exception of course, but even then I wonder how much time the average player spends on it, probably not much if you aren't part of the 'pro' competitive scene.

@LieutenantFatman have you tried dreams? It does have a lot of lbps spirit, focusing on the creative. You don't even have to be interested in making your own stuff, there are tons of games made by other players, and a surprisingly high on average quality to them.

@CutchuSlow the buyout would/will inevitably remove a lot of game franchises that playstation users have enjoyed over the years, so how it is progressing is relevant.

@Futureshark not just Xbox sites sadly.

@NEStalgia Im not going to search for articles, but they certainly were reported as claiming gamepass would boost sales.
I think it was based on the belief people would buy after it left the service, and microtransactions of course.

@cragis0001 that uh, seems unlikely.

@DETfaninATL any excuse for a physical Vs digital argument I guess