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@jesse_dylan Yeah, Paramount will now free to buy the entire WB, including TV studios, games division and film which should be terrible news for everyone. WB being for sale was already bad news in itself - last thing the media needs is more consolidation. Netflix was the lesser of two evils. The Ellisons getting anywhere near WB is bad news.

I feel like I'm in the minority here but for me the jump from PS4 to 5 was a huge breakthrough, even though I'm still playing games that released originally on the 4. The improvements came where I value them most: feeling of immersion and effective use of the precious little free time I have. DualSense and the fast SSDs make the PS5 so far better as far as I'm concerned that I never once looked back after switching from the 4.
I'm looking forward to the PS6 and will try to make a switch as soon as possible. The fact that the 5 and 5 PRO still have a lot to give is just good news for those of us who wish to stick with them longer, as they will be able to better cope with PS6-first developed games (think how even now games are released on the 4).
Postponing the new generation will not solve any problems of the PS5 (whether they be real or just a mismatch of user expectations and reality).

My sub runs out in half a year, so it might be an opportunity to upgrade my Essential to Extra in order to check out library streaming on my Portal. After that - we'll see.

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One might say it could become "the greatest expedition in history"

Great update, too bad it's locked to Premium. I can see the rationale from Sony's perspective is to get more people to upgrade their plans but It would be really sweet if this was available across all tiers. Oh well, at least I get to set up a passcode to stop my kid from trying to use my Portal

I recently made a bit of a u-turn when it comes to buying games on discs. Back when I played on PS4 I went full digital because the noise from the disc drive was a bit much. With the base 'fat' PS5, when I want to play, say, Clair Obscur, I literally only hear the disc spinning when the console boots up and when the game launches. After that, the drive goes silent.
This, with better prices and the option to later sell the game made me appreciate discs again. If the PS6 keeps the drive, even as an optional extra, I'll be happy.

Gothic 1 and 2 have achieved a sort of cult following here in Poland. Apart from Gothic games being good or very good overall, the reasons it landed so well in Poland (I think) were:

1) Brilliant Polish voice acting
2) Setting and story more familiar to European medieval aesthetic than whatever you could see in most high-fantasy games
3) Overall grittiness and depressing tone with an occasional dose of sarcasm resonated oh-so-well with our Polish tastes

Anyway, if these games were to release without a full, Polish dub, this would be a huge shame. Hope they include this in the remaster.

Cutscenes and character models feel as if they were lifted from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. The game may not be my cup of tea but it's nice to see one of my Ghibli favourites serve as inspiration.

@nessisonett Same here, wanted to try it since release but always figured I'll hold off until I finish Like a Dragon. Well, it's been almost two years, LaD still unfinished... Migh as well try Ishin now.

Well, what do you know - they released a beta test, got lots of feedback, delayed the game and apparently fixed most issues reported during the beta. Well done. And to add to what was said before - the strong, still-not-overused setting could be enough to get people interested in the game even if city builders aren't their cup of tea.

I bounced off Bloodborne after defeating the second boss simply because the time it would take for me to "git gud" was just not worth the reward. Plus, the walk of shame I had to take back to the boss every time I died kind of felt like the game didn't respect my time (shame, though - I loved the aesthetics and combat). Similar story for me is with online PvP games. It took me several month of playing Battlefield 1 daily before I got to the level where I was consistently happy with my performance. I don't have the time to do this anymore and getting 360noscoped every ten seconds in some new game is not my idea of fun. So, for me either casual games with very little challenge like Dave the Diver or games with more control over difficulty settings like Ghost of Tsushima are the way to go.

I'm one of those people and I really rather enjoyed my time with GTA III and Vice City. Playing it with screen controls is a chore, though. Good thing you can pair a DualSense with an iPad (albeit without vibrations).

This story would be much more interesting if the Canadian Minister of Mobile Gaming decided to get involved.