Leave it to a positive article to trigger the miserable! Anyway, this game was on my watchlist as soon as it was announced because I loved Journey and Abzu. I have The Pathless also, might be time to dig it out. Love these artsy-yet-sentimental games!
Always found it odd that Xbox tried to make a tentpole game out of this series as it's very far from their usual style. I love cinematic games, good walking sims, and the first Hellblade so I'll pick this up at some point. After playing that first game again with its PS5 update!
I always like to at least try critically panned games for myself. Best Buy had Starfield and Redfall on clearance for $25 and $10, respectively, so I jumped and got both. Redfall is, unfortunately, as bad as everyone was saying (if not worse in some areas...), but I'll be trying Starfield next to see if I'll like it. Then I'll trade the Xbox version for the PS5 release!
Suikoden 3 and 4 are already on the PS3 store for far cheaper than any remaster would cost. Same reason why I'm not getting the SMT Devil Summoner games because the originals are $10 each.
@Dodoo Found the article. Hermen Hulst himself mentioned something during a conference call:
"While Sony rarely comments on rumours or speculation, PS Studios boss Hermen Hulst did say in a recent video for investors that his company needs to be “very thoughtful” about where it ports its first-party games so it doesn’t water down the appeal of its own hardware."
@Dodoo I thought they did clarify it somewhat recently. There was an interview clip posted on this site where someone said they'll be working on more multi-platform projects and bringing live-service titles to other consoles while keeping their core single player games exclusive.
@MidnightDragonDX I have a feeling about this game, same one I had about Forspoken, Duke Nukem Forever, and various other critically panned titles. I don't trust reviewers at all!
Let's not forget that their publisher was suddenly shut down and the game's full release was on shaky ground for a while. Prioritizing the market leader makes perfect sense.
@AdamNovice Noticed that, too! Looked through the "Explore PlayStation Studios" section on the PS Store and saw a ton of small, artsy games from the PS4 era that no one liked.
@Northern_munkey I'm talking specifically about how they're spinning the multiplatform push and push for branded hardware. The gloom and doom PlayStation "fans" who apparently refuse to play anything that isn't developed by Sony and act like the company is failing drive me up a wall, too!
Company C working with Companies A and B who have significantly larger customer bases makes sense. The inverse, not so much. It's crazy how many Xbox fans refuse to admit the company's position and try to spin all of this as innovation.
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Re: 'It Saved the Game': Sword of the Sea Dev Praises Sony, Explains PS Plus Deal
Leave it to a positive article to trigger the miserable! Anyway, this game was on my watchlist as soon as it was announced because I loved Journey and Abzu. I have The Pathless also, might be time to dig it out. Love these artsy-yet-sentimental games!
Re: Action Game Lost Soul Aside Improves with New PS5, PC Patch
^ Speaking of MindsEye, surprised there wasn't a PushSquare article about the big Update 4!
Re: Street Fighter Movie's Crazy Full Cast List Revealed, Releases Next Year
Who is Joe, and why is 5'3" Alex Volkanovski playing him?
Re: Full Metal Schoolgirl Is a PS5 Roguelike with Actual Personality
Which means it'll be critically panned while people who actually enjoy games have a blast.
Re: MindsEye Flopped So Badly That Its Publisher Is Questioning If It Should Publish Games Ever Again
I'm still going to ignore the smear campaign and pick this up once it's hit the bargain bin.
Re: Gears of War Reckons It's Ended the Console War as Reloaded Tops 1 Million Players
"Locked-down hardware and exclusive games don't sell anymore."
"Nintendo are doing pretty well with both..."
"That's different!"
"...?"
Re: Cult Classic PS1 Adventure Fear Effect Is Suddenly Available on PS5, PS4
$9.99 vs. $40+ is pretty convincing, but if there aren't any major improvements then I'm not sure. Probably still fine to boot up on my trusty PS3.
Re: Lost Soul Aside's Hilarious English Voice Acting Goes Viral as PS5 Action Game Launches
I always try to play Asian games in their native language. Good English dubs seem exceedingly rare...
Re: Capcom Shuts Down Fan Theories That Pragmata Is a Secret Mega Man Game
Cancelling my preorder and deleting every Capcom game I have
Re: Review in Progress: Lost Soul Aside (PS5) - Long Awaited Action Is Both Awesome and Awkward
@Realist Gotta look at it through my eyes and the 8-9 you will realize
Re: Review in Progress: Lost Soul Aside (PS5) - Long Awaited Action Is Both Awesome and Awkward
Sounds like a 8-9 game and I'll buy it day one.
Re: Preview: Lumines Arise on PS5 Is the Eye-Popping Glow-Up the Series Deserves
Hopefully this succeeds enough to bring about an Electronic Symphony remaster!
Re: Sony Confirms Another 4 PS5 Games It's Helping to Publish
Wonder what the people demanding smaller games from Sony (like all of the PS4 ones that no one liked) will think about these.
Re: Ys X: Nordic's Controversial Re-Release Skips PS5 for Switch 2 and PC
Oh no, I guess I'll have to play Ys IX in the meantime. Poor me.
Re: Highly Rated Square Enix RPG Triangle Strategy Out Now on PS5
Time to sell my Switch copy! Is there any way Harvestella can be next?
Re: Black Myth: Zhong Kui Announced with Cinematic Teaser, Won't Be Out for a While
August 20th is Sun Wukong's birthday!
Re: 'They Don't Know What They're Doing': Analyst Sticks the Boot in Sony's 'Clueless' Management
I don't know what is or isn't going on with SIE management, I just play games...
Re: Xbox Open World STALKER 2 Is Getting Some Huge Improvements for Its PS5 Debut
@cburg News flash: you're on a PlayStation fan site.
Re: PS3's Store Has Been Restored, After Fans Feared the Worst
@DETfaninATL Full price? Majority of PS3 games there are under $30, not to mention PS1 games are $5.99 and PS2 are $9.99.
Re: Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 Enhanced (PS5) - Cinematic Spectacle Offers Little Else
Always found it odd that Xbox tried to make a tentpole game out of this series as it's very far from their usual style. I love cinematic games, good walking sims, and the first Hellblade so I'll pick this up at some point. After playing that first game again with its PS5 update!
Re: A Quote from a Sony Exec Is Causing a Hubbub Among PS5 Fans Again
Perhaps this just means they'll be focusing much more on software.
Re: Holy Sh*t! 90s Hack 'n' Cast Classics Heretic and Hexen Launch on PS5, PS4 Today
HELL
YES
And $15?! Worthy of a day-one buy, IMO.
Re: Tekken Boss Wanted 'Muscular' Pac-Man as a Character, But the Idea Was Brutally Shot Down
As long as it played the Pac-Man death sound when the character was defeated and there was also a power pill/power-up based special attack!
Re: PS5's Profit Margin Problems Are a Thing of the Past as Division Tops $1 Billion Operating Income for Q1 2025
@Porco I'm loving this generation, but I don't limit myself to just a single company's games.
Re: Rumour: Xbox Exclusive Starfield Is Getting Some Hefty Gameplay Reworks for Its PS5 Release
I always like to at least try critically panned games for myself. Best Buy had Starfield and Redfall on clearance for $25 and $10, respectively, so I jumped and got both. Redfall is, unfortunately, as bad as everyone was saying (if not worse in some areas...), but I'll be trying Starfield next to see if I'll like it. Then I'll trade the Xbox version for the PS5 release!
Re: The Big Suikoden Livestream Was a Bust (Unless You're into the Mobile Game)
Suikoden 3 and 4 are already on the PS3 store for far cheaper than any remaster would cost. Same reason why I'm not getting the SMT Devil Summoner games because the originals are $10 each.
Re: Innocuous Days Gone Tweet Attracts Xbox Fans Like Flies to Slaughtered Freakers
@Dodoo Found the article. Hermen Hulst himself mentioned something during a conference call:
"While Sony rarely comments on rumours or speculation, PS Studios boss Hermen Hulst did say in a recent video for investors that his company needs to be “very thoughtful” about where it ports its first-party games so it doesn’t water down the appeal of its own hardware."
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/07/ps5-fans-getting-really-carried-away-with-job-listing-which-implied-more-exclusives-could-be-ported-to-xbox-switch
Re: Innocuous Days Gone Tweet Attracts Xbox Fans Like Flies to Slaughtered Freakers
@Dodoo I thought they did clarify it somewhat recently. There was an interview clip posted on this site where someone said they'll be working on more multi-platform projects and bringing live-service titles to other consoles while keeping their core single player games exclusive.
Re: Innocuous Days Gone Tweet Attracts Xbox Fans Like Flies to Slaughtered Freakers
Crazy how much a simple emoji post blew up! And I thought Xbots didn't want our "cinematic shooters" and "sad dad sims!"
Re: Even the Annoyingly Named Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes Is Getting a New PS5, PS4 Character
Can't wait for Over Day Out-Death!
Re: Street Fighter's Ken Looks Unstoppable in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves on PS5, PS4
Should be fun beating up Ronaldo with Ken!
Re: Rumour: Starfield PS5 to Take Flight Alongside New Expansion Next Year
Can't wait to finally try this generation-defining experience!
Re: Turn-Based RPG Monster Hunter Stories 3 Announced for PS5, Hatches in 2026
@Anya-chan I think that's on the way
Re: Turn-Based RPG Monster Hunter Stories 3 Announced for PS5, Hatches in 2026
As a JRPG fan, this Direct was pretty good!
Re: Official PlayStation Fighting Stick Named FlexStrike, Out in 2026
Day one purchase! Great time to get back into fighting games.
Re: PS5 Fans Getting 'Really Carried Away' with Job Listing Which Implied More Exclusives Could Be Ported to Xbox, Switch
Overreacting on the Internet?!
Re: Xbox's Gears of War: E-Day Seemingly in Development for PS5
Looking forward to not have to use an Xbox controller for these!
And PC gaming is awful, I'd rather play nothing than have to bother with that @##$ again
Re: Massive PS5 Failure MindsEye Delays Promised Hitman Level
@MidnightDragonDX I have a feeling about this game, same one I had about Forspoken, Duke Nukem Forever, and various other critically panned titles. I don't trust reviewers at all!
Re: Massive PS5 Failure MindsEye Delays Promised Hitman Level
Down to $35 at GameStop. I'm not going to jump until it's closer to $20, though.
Re: In Unsurprising News, Even More Xbox Ports Are Allegedly En Route to PS5
Come on, Quantum Break with Pro Enhancements!
Re: 'PS5 Makes the Most Sense': Ori Dev Explains Why It's Swapping Xbox for Sony
Let's not forget that their publisher was suddenly shut down and the game's full release was on shaky ground for a while. Prioritizing the market leader makes perfect sense.
Re: All PS5 First-Party Exclusives
Huh, I've been constantly told there are zero!
Re: Official Ghost of Yotei Popcorn Bucket Triggers Tedious Takes on PS5 Exclusives
@AdamNovice Noticed that, too! Looked through the "Explore PlayStation Studios" section on the PS Store and saw a ton of small, artsy games from the PS4 era that no one liked.
Re: Anticipated PS5 JRPG Remake Persona 4 Revival Finally Available to Wishlist
So I've got the original Persona 4 on PS2, Golden on Vita and PS4, and now a re-remake is coming out?
Re: Sucker Punch Would 'Love' an inFAMOUS Trilogy on PS5
"Ugh, more remasters for the RemasterStation 5!"
~ PushSquare comment section if this collection was announced
Re: Helldivers 2 Xbox Announcement Prompts Avalanche of Spider-Man Port Begging
@Northern_munkey I'm talking specifically about how they're spinning the multiplatform push and push for branded hardware. The gloom and doom PlayStation "fans" who apparently refuse to play anything that isn't developed by Sony and act like the company is failing drive me up a wall, too!
Re: Helldivers 2 Xbox Announcement Prompts Avalanche of Spider-Man Port Begging
@Northern_munkey How so?
Re: Physical Purists Won't Be Pleased by New Life Is Strange PS5 Collection
Would all five games even fit on a disc?
Re: Helldivers 2 Xbox Announcement Prompts Avalanche of Spider-Man Port Begging
Company C working with Companies A and B who have significantly larger customer bases makes sense. The inverse, not so much. It's crazy how many Xbox fans refuse to admit the company's position and try to spin all of this as innovation.
Re: Tony Hawk's Latest Game Mistakenly Trashes Dead Activision IP
Can't have any edgy humor in a skateboarding game, apparently