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@HRdepartment well then its not journalism is it? Its advertising

The third movie will be hard to beat for me. Took a lot of inspiration from the story of Sonic adventure 2, the best story in a sonic game in my opinion

@Midnyte-Monkey Exactly PS defended to the hilt Veilguard, ass creed shadows and called any negativity "hate". Seems like fair game to pour as much negativity as they want on this game though trying to find any angle to attack it. Great for me though as it has convinced me to move the game from wait for a sale to buy day one

@Titntin yes completely agree, are we living in opposite land where 82 is a major disappointment?

The constant negative articles from PS on this game tells me theres more going on than judging a game for how good it is.

So all those negative articles were pointless. Now though even in these comments there are some who are trying to find new faults, very strange mentality

"What's being done here is far from neutral" Is Push Square neutral? Judging by recent behaviour I think not

The truth is Premium is good value if you value streaming on your portal etc. Most people are not in that catagory so most will say it's not good value.
If I was someone with time to finish multiple games a month, extra would be one to go for.

Dropped to under 10k concurrent players this morning.... not looking good I'm afraid. I dont necessarily want it to fail but if its short term pain (these live services failing) for long term gain (games being made for what the majority on here want to play) then so be it

@Ambassador_Kong Thank you thats exactly the point I am trying to make.

@PuppetMaster like it or not (and I dont) critic metacritic scores influence sales. Withholding reviews while the game is on sale is shielding bungie from a potentially low critic score. If you are just willfully ignoring this obvious fact you're not being honest and are not worth discussing this with

@LogicStrikesAgain sorry this decision is impossible to defend. Games do not get the treatment of waiting til they are finished before reviewing. If this was accepted it sets a terrible precedent.

@PuppetMaster Thats not the point here. What people dont like is critics seemingly covering for game studios. This completely breaks the trust between consumers and critics

@get2sammyb why is it a lose - lose situation? If you review it fairly when it launches and people are expected to pay for it like every other game, that would be considered appropriate and a 'win' no?

You are choosing the 'lose' option by giving a game special treatment. If it was another maybe non Sony game it would be hammered in the reviews for being unfinished. This is why I never trust critic reviews.

This same website publishing negative articles on crimson desert which isn't even out yet just because there isn't enough ps5 footage according to them

Really strange obsession with ps5 footage and trying to put a negative slant on the game by calling all the great features "overwhelming". If this was a game like say hmmm dragonage veilguard we would be getting much more positive coverage. Maybe PS will be proven right and the game is a mess but im almost getting the feeling theres a hope it is going to be like that more than a fear

I just cant catch a break with sony this gen. Been disappointment after disappointment. Im just not the target audience anymore it seems

A multiplayer shooter. Wow, exciting, haven't seen one of those in about a week

Bloodborne is one of my favourite games of all time, favourite ps4 game for sure. Some tiny semblance of hope has me thinking maybe Sony are at least considering a remake or preferably a sequel, and that is why they sent the cease and decist. But my head tells me this is just modern Sony being modern Sony

Glad this has opened the eyes of more people to see where sony is heading. These crap live service games and "ongoing revenue" are really all they care about.

Saying it looks good while using a picture of the ugliest looking helmet I have ever seen on a character 😂😂😂

How have these live service games survived to be released. This, marathon and is there a fairgames I think?? All after the disaster that was Concord. Imagine the great games we could have gotten if all these time sinks that are guaranteed to fail had not been given the go ahead. Such a disappointment from Sony this gen

Oh my word... watched 2 minutes of the trailer and couldnt bear anymore. Pretty much a culmination of everything bad about modern gaming. Concord 3 here we come

Really liking the look of this one. Will have to wait and see more gameplay but this may be a very rare day one purchase for me

Ya i dont think he "sticks his foot in" anything with his comments. From what i can see most people agree with him, including myself.

Love how the article tries to put a negative spin on it and it backfires.

All offended posts from Bluesky too, priceless

If AI can help with the 5 year waiting period between games im all for it. Dev time has become unsustainable and its why we get the constant churn of remakes. What do you think is worse, the same game getting released 3 gens in a row or new games made quicker with the help of AI?

@LogicStrikesAgain I completely get that. May be a bit of miscommunication here. What i mean is why would anyone sub for the classic games in the tier. If there are other reasons you do then fair enough

You can get a ps1 emulator running on a potato these days, why anyone would sub to premium for a massively watered down selection of these titles is beyond me

People who are just hostile towards any kind of AI innovation are the modern day version of horse riders hating the first cars coming on to the road.

What constitutes a minor hit? 😂 less than 20k peak player count on steam. And just because it is on game pass is not an excuse, so many games do far better even when they are on game pass. This was a major flop!

His weapon looks suspiciously like a Keyblade 😁

This is great, first game I have seen in a long time that I will actually buy! Only game I bought in 2025 was E33

Great news. People are voting with their wallets. We'll see how much manufacturing costs and tariffs matter to pricing if this keeps up. Something tells me even with all these blown out of proportion factors, prices will go down

Happy Christmas 🎄 Hope everyone has some deserved time off and here's to a great new year!

Still playing through BG3 with my gf, we played both divinity games before it so knew BG3 was gonna be a huge hit. Still would say DOS2 was better than BG3

There's a heck of a lot of toxic positivity in this comment section. Not every quirky idea is a good one. Never heard of this game but clearly it failed so wasnt good enough, we should be able to accept it and move on. Not every failure is a shame. It can be an opportunity to improve

@SeaDaVie yes, I completely stand by that statement

@Nyne11Tyme 60m doesn't include marketing BTW so maybe double that at least. Also guessing ff16 budget isn't exactly proving a point. Also Also whatever you call a financial success, raw sales numbers still account for a lot and raw sales numbers dont add up to much.

@Megabeenz FF16 had 3 million sales in its first week and was considered a disappointment. For a sony AAA first party game 3.3 isn't good

Struggling to see the difference between this and any other sale that is constantly on psn tbh. I guess the subs discount is different

My next console is going to be the steam machine which will make my ps5 redundant. I dont know if these rumours are true obviously but I can imagine Sony will be forced into this move because owning a console is ridiculous when you have the steam machine which has the best of both worlds

@TrollOfWar I completely understand why they are doing this. The point is maybe all the price hikes weren't necessary and we could actually be getting cheaper consoles 5 years into the ps5. So Sony is price gauging in areas where they can while making up excuses as to why they are hiking the price for customers that actually buy their products

So all these price hikes for the rest of the world were neccesary apparently but now they can massively discount it in Japan. Just another slap in the face for existing customers

Not looking good for Yotei. Now for the inevitable ps5 bundle to pad the numbers

@Northern_munkey you've said nothing wrong, the cope is insanely strong from a few people here. Its looking like it sold 1.6 million in its first week according to circana. Thats far fewer than GoT. The excuses like covid can come out over and over but it doesn't change the facts of the numbers being reported

@nomither6 sounds like a sound prediction.

God of war ragnarok has been out for a few years so must need remaster soon too 😂

Just wow, cannot fathom the disconnect between Sony and its fans. What will the output be of first party games for the ps6? My money says even worse than ps5

Really shows the how disappointing this gen has been just looking at the comments here. No excitement for a new console, I mean has the mood ever been this low before on news a new playstation console is on the horizon? I for one will wait until the pro version comes out before I decide if I am buying, I jumped too early with the ps5 and regret my purchase massively so I have learned my lesson.

@DennisReynolds time will tell Dennis. If we see this getting bundled with ps5s en masse like forbidden west I'll know I was right

@SeaDaVie my point is that physical sales of games in Japan are not 22% like you were insinuating when mentioning sonys worldwide software sales numbers and that the numbers reported on this article probably make up over half of overall sales of GoY

@SeaDaVie let's just take last year for an example since its the most recent full year.

There isn’t an exact public figure for PS5 physical vs digital sales in Japan for 2024, but based on available data we can make a pretty good estimate.
CESA’s 2022 industry report (summarized in several Japanese gaming outlets) showed that around 65% of PS5 game sales in Japan were physical at that time. Since then, digital adoption has grown globally and locally, and 2024 Famitsu charts show PS5 physical copies making up a much smaller slice of the overall market.

So a reasonable estimate for 2024 would be roughly 55% physical / 45% digital for PS5 game sales in Japan — possibly a bit lower depending on how you measure it.

Japan still leans more physical than Western markets which is what were are talking about here.