Bluemoon2008

Interested and willing to buy are two vastly different things.

I'd have an interest in it, I loved my vita but there's no way I'd actually purchase it.

Your price range in the poll is way off reality. The price would be astronomical, you're looking at basically turning the wardrobe sized ps5 into a handheld, that's not impossible to do but it is going to be very expensive to do. you'd be looking at ps5 pro prices as a bare minimum and possibly even a fair bit more

Ignoring the obvious ones. Shout out to bugs bunny lost in time and sheep dog 'n' wolf

DLC should simply have it's own category, given a large portion of games do dlc, its surprising it doesnt already exist.

The only time dlc should be valid for GOTY is if it's a standalone dlc, anything requiring base game shouldn't be valid for goty and would fall under dlc.

Remasters shouldn't be valid either, they're generally only graphical upgrades with minimal quality of life improvements, remakes are fine to be included.

Love resistance, would love a proper return but this isn't it. Needed at least a trophy patch for fall of man and the servers reopening to get the attention it deserves.

Some heavy hitters and whether youre interested in them completely make or break this month.

For me they make it as I had both dying light 2 and LAD Ishin on the "inevitable extra game" list. So that's enough for me, killer frequency also has my interest.

However, they've hit pretty much all the bad service practices this month too that will rightly piss a lot of people off with
Repeated games,(gta v) games added that were previous essential offers, (overcooked/chivalry 2) dlc for free games (sims 4) and mobile games (hungry shark world) all making up the numbers.

Stop bringing back GTA 5 for 3 months at a time! I refuse to believe there's any value left in paying what is likely a very high price for 3 months of gta 5 at a time and every time they do it, the quality of the rest of the games that month are severely impacted as we clearly see where the budget for the month went.

And finally, happy to see resistance being acknowledged, it should have been on the service a long time ago but they shouldn't be adding a game without bringing back the servers too. Resistance 2 servers have been shut for a decade, the platinum is unobtainable, it's essentially an incomplete game. Considering its their game, they could easily bring back the servers with this addition even if it's for a finite period but that doesn't appear to be the case as they'll surely have mentioned it if they were planning on doing so.

Not even thought about overwatch for well over half a decade now after being all in on it when it first launched and putting hundreds of hours into it over years.

I think that i genuinely might actually consider re-downloading this specifically for this though. Can't imagine I'll stick around long term if i do but a few nights of nostalgia even solo for what was probably the last online competitive game I bothered with and without any cost is very tempting.

"Scalpers arr losing money"

This pleases me far more than it should.

I hope everybody refuses to buy from them even if they discount it slightly. Buy from shops or direct from Sony and leave the vultures sitting on expensive stock they cannot shift. This is the only way to defeat scalpers.

Not really need is it? "Sony announce they plan on continuing to do the thing they aim to do practically every year"

How take 2 escapes the same kind of vitriolic negativity other devs/publishers get is beyond me. They deserve it as much if not more than anyone else in the industry.

Private division will benefit from no longer being under their control. Just a crying shame roll7 couldn't get out alive.

They'd be stupid not to. It's not a system seller, it's a niche market, nobody is going to abandon their xbox/pc to play it on Playstation it's just extra revenue for practically no effort.

Only one I've played is animal well. Loved it but goty is a big stretch. I'm championing thank goodness you're here. A genuinely hilarious game that deserves recognition.

This sounds like something that should have been picked up for ps+ extra day 1. Looks interesting but I've no reason to buy it, it will reach the sub services eventually.

They best hope they have a very good and engaging turorial then if its complicated as If it's not immediately obvious what to do when playing it, they'll be a swathe of players who will instantly turn off within minutes, delete it and never give it another thought.

Just make sure it's got trophy support. They shouldn't be releasing anything on premium without full tropht list day 1

@Major_Player you mean like this month?

Personally, I'm very happy with this month but I can see why many wouldn't be.

first hot wheels game i played and platinumed via ps+ and enjoyed for the most part so happy to play the second one and I missed both ghostwire and deathloop on ps+ extra due to not yet owning a ps5 before they were removed so I'm pleased with that offering. However I can certainly understand any criticism leveled at them for double dipping with services for that game. Its not a practice that should be done often as it basically punishes the most loyal customers.

The last game I read 'online social deduction game for up to 10 players." And instantly checked out. Have zero interest in that type of game even if it was the best example of that type of game ever and quite frankly i'm sick of ps+ giving us these online games that are invariably closed down not long after or go free to play.

Utterly moronic thing to do. Proof some people have more money than sense.

Glad to see it's not total garbage, this could have gone either way.

I'll play it when it inevitably comes to one of the services as with all EA games. Makes zero sense to pay full whack for it.

Ricky Hatton's lawyers will be having a word...

With the rockstar games being removed once more, at least we know what's coming to ps+ extra in March 2025. Add it for 3-6 months remove it, bring it back as a headline title 6 months later, rinse and repeat.

Just chorus and perhaps Edith finch for me to get through before they leave. I've gotten into a habit now of checking what came to the service 13/14 months ago and getting a headstart on anything potentially leaving that I might want to play, I'd recommend others do it too if you're bothered about losing games you're interested in.

I'd recommend superficial and blasphemous to anybody that hasn't played them. Both great titles and not very long.

Definitely plays on settler difficulty and reloads constantly.

@Rog-X and likewise, all of the decent gamepass additions this month have been on some tier of ps+ already. That's a common 2 way occurrence, 1 of the services gets ia title then it goes to the other.

Dead island 2 and two point campus were both on my games I want on extra list so happy with that. Couple of others I may look at, namely monkey island. I like the idea of revisiting dino crisis but I rarely actually bother with premium games, I always find they tarnish the memories I have of playing them as a kid.

Good month overall. Was hoping for a truly great month to replenish the extra games backlog as it's been slim pickings for me for several months now but cannot complain at that offering at all.

How haven't Sega made a 2d metroidvania sonic game yet? It's a very popular genre right now and Sonic potentially fits it like a glove. Put more of the emphasis on platforming and exploration and even a semi-competent game can be a banger for them.

@Rjak

It will have to remain "live" for that to happen.

Ironically, the live service aspect of the game could end up costing them a substantial amount, they'll either need to keep the games online if they want that ps+/gamepass money or they'll miss out on it altogether by closing the game.

Good. But end of the day, they wouldn't exist if people weren't willing to pay the prices they ask for. It's a scummy practice but the idiots feeding them are the true problem.

Forgiving is one way of describing them. Another, more accurate way would be gullible idiots.

It's still a collosally low percentage when you factor in the people reading articles on here and voting in these polls are the most enthusiastic customers Sony have, you'd expect it to be higher.

Pro versions are always for a niche audience though and this will be no different. most people won't have a clue what the differences are between the two if you stuck them side by side even if you tell them and will stick with the base console throughout, I'm one of them, had a base ps4 all the way through and intend on doing the same this gen, especially as I only got my ps5 this year but sony obviously forecast enough interest in it to be worthwhile to do it so what's there to complain about?

Those that want minimal improvements for the extra cost will get it and the rest of us will stay as we are and everybody is happy.

Dead space is a fantastic offering, had predicted it would be on extra before the end of the year, surprised to see it on essential.

Sick of seeing the same annual releases every single year though, when was the last year we didn't get a WWE/wrestling game? I must have every version of wwe for the last half a decade in my library via ps+ and never downloaded any of them. Add some variety or at the very least, stick them on extra for a couple of months instead of essential, servers usually get turned off after about a year anyway making most of the game redundant.

Constantly moving in the right direction with premium. Giving us the games many are asking for, good mix of the classics and the obscure.

Anybody unaware of the psn requirement by now, It's completely their own fault, anybody aware and still purchasing it and then complaining about it doesn't have a leg to stand on, you don't have to buy it. Sony has every right to make psn sign in a requirement, it's their product. Don't like it, don't buy it, stop with the petty review bombing, that should be reserves for actual unknown issues with the game not something you're entirely aware before purchase but then still choose to purchase.

Personally, I couldn't be any less interested, nothing later than ps2 requires a remaster or remake in my opinion however for Sony and indeed Xbox and Nintendo to be repeatedly churning them out to the point where they're doing it for fairly recent games, there has to be a demand for it from somewhere. They wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't worthwhile for them financially.

The voice over women is more seedy 90's late night chat line voice over, unless you're watching some very questionable attenborough content.

Held off playing them as this seemed like an inevitability. Good to see, they must have strong numbers by now that tells them premium titles are infinitely more popular if they've got trophies, seems odd that they'd release games without them at this point. Can only guess it's sinply time constraints stopping them.

Plucky squire and chernoblyite for me. Will play Mr mosquito again from premium if it's got trophies, if it doesn't I'll simply wait until the inevitable patch.

I'm actually a big fan of the more obscure/indie games coming to extra, I usually find most value from the service there most months but it has to be in tandem with the bigger releases, there simply isn't any of those this month though.

Really dislike this approach of removing ubisoft games only to re-add them a few months later, it's very clear it's a deliberate ploy to give them something to re-add later and not a licensing issue. Any games they are re-adding to the service should be a footnote only and not part of the advertised monthly additions.

It's a stomach-able increase providing they improve the quality too.

@PuppetMaster

Firstly, totally agree on bringing back dormant IP, in addition to some of those you mentioned, I'd love the likes of resistance, Infamous and killzone to return too.

I know there is some new IP coming was just pointing out most of sony's major studios have massive franchises they simply cannot ignore and with excessive game dev times nowadays if they're not working on the next game straight away there's every chance that franchise skips a generation entirely. As you pointed out, sony have a boat load of IP they can bring back they just need more teams.

@Northern_munkey

For gta yeah, but the exposure it gives them to bery likely in excess of a hundred million people, many of whom weren't around in the 80's presents many additional financial opportunities for them.

Don't think the fee is necessarily an insult, it's 1 song likely from hundreds of them which when combined makes up a very small part of the game, anybody expecting fortunes for such a tiny contribution to the game is deluded. If they granted royalties from the games future income to every miniscule contribution. They wouldn't make a penny.

Fact is they would be getting that money for something they did 30 years ago and doing absolutely nothing else. The exposure they'd go would see money come in for them from elsewhere.

They clearly have no issue with selling the rights to their song to be included, they just want to milk the cash cow for all they possibly can.

It's a great song, that would fit vice city perfectly, that's pptentially even a trailer worthy song but gta won't suffer a single iota from not having that song in the game, they'll simply get another one, and the owners of that will get the windfall, meanwhile, these lose out on a decent wedge and a monumental publicity boost.

Saying the right things but let's see it. Insomniac are married to marvel games for the next decade, naughty dog can't ignore the last of us and have uncharted to return to, sucker punch have ghosts sequel, Santa Monica have something new lined up but they aren't ditching God of war anytime soon and guerilla are pushing forward with horizon. That's sony's big 5 studios all tied to existing IP that you can loosely categorise all as action/adventure.

I'm not suggesting any of these studios should move away from those games, they're widely successful for a reason, they will and should continue to make those games, i'm simply asking where the variety and the new IP is going to come from. They should be looking to expand their flagship studios to accommodate work on multiple games simultaneously rather than creating studios. Much safer bet of maintaining quality that way.

They'd have to be absolutely insane to release this anytime soon. It doesn't matter if it's nothing remotely like concord or if it's incredible, it's currently being grouped together with concord, that's a death sentence in itself regardless, nothing can survive being grouped in with that in the next 12-18months.

Even if it's ready to go anytime in the next 18 months they need to just give the devs more time to polish it further or simply just sit on it as nintendo do and wait until concord is a distant memory before they think about releasing it, you probably don't even want to show anything either in that timeframe, just stay quiet.

To what benefit? Why do it in secret? If they're paying money to sign an exclusivety deal then you want to be letting people know about it to drive both the console and game sales, That's just common sense and what sony and all the others regularly do. I couldn't name a single benefit to doing it secretly and not announcing it.

As bad as it gets in my eyes. An online multi-player game that's destined to be free to play within 6 months if the servers remain for that long and also a sports title that practically nobody outside of the US cares one iota about.

They're the 2 genres of games most people want to avoid getting every month and Sony has nailed us with both this time.

Little nightmares 2 isn't really for me, but it is a very respectable offering at least.

I cannot remember a more disappointing month in recent memory and there's been some stinkers.

This will be by far the most positive thing to be associated with this game.

My online multiplayer days are long behind me so it was never going to interest me no matter how good it was much like helldivers 2 didn't even though i really liked the first one so i'm not the target audience for this but Concords impending failure might end up having severe adverse effects on future titles. If they're providing a fully complete game with no pay to win garbage, providing free updates and supporting it long term and it spectacular bombs as predicted, Sony are probably going to rethink that approach in the future and any multi-player game afterwards may see it flooded with micro transactions and pay to win mechanics instead.