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@rjejr that would be a very bad move, pissing off the owners of the original bundle. And those who could return would just do it.

I’m confident that this means no Slim version this year, but we’ll see

@LightningLeader a small piece of money from each copy sold? They’ll get the largest piece, which the standard 30% markup or whatever going to Sony

@SgtTruth very well put, this is exactly my view owning both consoles (and a Switch)

@Wheatly exactly what I was thinking. Crystal Dynamics came to mind as well.

I would put Jedi Survivor and Diablo 4 ahead of Hogwarts, but otherwise I agree with the list. Very strong first half of the year in gaming in general.

@Fyz306903 Guardians of the Galaxy was quite good, severely underrated. It was never given a chance because of Avengers. That said, I do agree that superhero content is not as compelling as it used to be, just relying on nostalgia and multiverse instead of good storytelling. Not even excited that much for Spider-Man 2, or any movie in either Marvel or DC plans.

@Shepherd_Tallon I'm in the same boat, going back and forth between FF16 and TOTK. However, yesterday I spent most of the afternoon in TOTK as I accidentally stumbled on the path to the final boss and wouldn't give up until I beat him. Was quite an exercise on endurance as obviously you aren't meant to reach him until you have completed other quests, but finally did it! Now back to continue the normal path!

@Triumph741 exactly, the evidence is right there. Like I’ve said, Sony just got owned at their own game by someone with lots more chips that went all in.

I picked both PS5 and XSX as option, didn’t get invited. 😳 oh well, got FFXVI

Ok dude. So Sony, the market leader sets the rules for competition. Got it. Let’s try to keep games out of competing platforms, but only up to the extent my wallet allows. Anything else is not fair.

@Jamesblob who sets the limit? If Sony had the resources, don’t you think they would do it? They attempted to score exclusivity deals with every major publisher, scored a few, Microsoft upped the ante.

@Jamesblob They started playing the game, approaching pretty much every publisher trying to lock games out from the competitor.….someone with a bigger wallet came along, why should they play by Sony rules?

I would just love for the buyout to be stopped, but Microsoft inking a deal to keep CoD exclusive for 10 years, without buying Activision, much less scrutiny frankly I’m annoyed about Sony’s position, when they pay third parties to keep their game exclusive to their platform like no other, case in point, that little game coming out tomorrow (which I already preordered by the way).

Demos should be available for every game for free, as a requirement in all digital stores (PS, Xbox, Nintendo, Steam, etc). If done right, like Final Fantasy 16, it can create great press and even more hype. And that would make sure publishers think twice about releasing a game not performing well, as users would get to try it out directly.

I only have the essential tier. Game pass has also been underwhelming lately, I had no plans to renew as my subscription expired a couple of months ago but at the end of may I was able to stack 3 years of Xbox Live Gold cards for aproximately 100 USD, which I then upgraded to 3 years of Gamepass Ultimate, can’t beat that.

@Majk_SVK 2.0 was quite solid last year though

I did the stress test for MK11, hope to be selected for this one as well. Good I have both Xbox and PS5 so hopefully that will double my chances.

Love when they call it Metroidvania when 2D Prince of Persia predates both games. Good memories on my old PC trying to get door to open on Shadow of the Flame, or figure out how not to fall down to my death. Looking forward to this.

That prologue is brutal. Preordered right away

I will play it as I’m on the fence. Great to have the opportunity to try it.

@hulkie Honest question, but why would you want more Cyberpunk 2077 if you are not done with what you got?

With Starfield, Mortal Kombat 1, Spider-man 2 and Alan Wake 2 seems the end of the year will be very busy, but I definitely want to play this as well. Loved Cyberpunk when the proper next gen version launched.

They should get the rights to sell a perpetual license or clearly advertise the term at the time of purchase. Very *****

@TheKurgan Yeap, I still struggle to understand how come Survivor got such high review scores in the state it was released (and it still is).

@Stormageddon aren't all trailers essentially ads?

It just looks like this was a truly misguided effort. Apparently, the game is not fun, doesn't excel at anything, and has a number of technical issues.

I do feel sorry for some of the individual people that worked of the game. While the overall direction is terrible, I am sure there are at least a few developers that worked hard on this game, to see the product of your work be something so underwhelming and then torn to pieces by the industry must be hard....

My first encounter was in the SNES..... then I went to the arcades to see what the hype was all about that version....holy cow! Been hooked to the series ever since!

@Uncharted2007 you never own any game. You get a license to play it, regardless if it’s physical or digital.

@Tatarimokke Agree, I would take GoT2 over Spider-man any day! Spider-man was a once and done for me.

@grapetrap that’s pretty much it. Plus you missed that amazing detail and care they crafted the island with and also the music

My favorite PS exclusive. And the only open world game I have played fully 3 times, it’s that good.

Like usual, all the ones that I would care about, I already have or have already played. The ones I don't, is because I never found them interesting in the first place.

@Agramonte Pretty much this. I have pretty much turned both GamePass and PS Plus off, as I'll be playing Jedi Survivor and Tears of the Kingdom for now, both of them single player experiences, so don't need any subscription service.

No. Bought it for Xbox and asked for a refund. Incredible that it is getting such high reviews in the state it’s in.

@OrtadragoonX Kahn in MK3 was easy to cheese in many ways. You could run, uppercut , run uppercut. Or even easier you could use Subzero freeze.

MKII’s was much harder.

Cringy dialogue and didn't love the story, but enjoyed the exploration and combat aspects. I do enjoy identify the beasts weak spots, and the best weapon to hit them.

@nessisonett I completed the DLC's main story and side quests on Tuesday and TBH didn't even notice the clouds haha

I didn't see anything very different from the base game, which was already a looker.

@Grimwood Only games that Grimwood likes please, because his taste is universal........the millions of people buying Mortal kombat names know nothing!

@rawzeku it’s actually been years, and it is something Sony wants people to pay for and they have invested a bit on the machine plus ecosystem. Not sure why people defend mega corporations instead of users.

For some reason I thought it was launching tomorrow.....oh well, looks I won't be playing this over the weekend as I thought,.

@4kgk2 Xbox one didn’t get it while PS4 did; something the article is failing to mention.

No, my limited gaming time is too busy with RE:4, Hogwarts Legacy and looking for shrines in BOTW.

@GamingFan4Lyf this is exactly what I do. PS5 for Sony exclusives, Xbox for everything else. And sorry bug as much as a novelty the dual sense controller is I really dislike it. The ergonomics of the Xbox controller is the main factor I use them for multi-platform. Even the weight just feels right.

I enjoyed this game quite a bit, but around 2/3´s of the Ragnarok DLC I though I had enough and never came back.

@Flaming_Kaiser These are long contract negotiations. Sony could have offered to pay off the potential revenue the MLB is getting from Microsoft, but at the end obviously they thought it was a good compromise allowing them to put on GamePass, as probably Sony wasn’t willing to pay what the MLB was asking to keep it exclusive. Obviously all of that is speculation but at the end, the fact that the game is out there means by the contract was agreed by those parties and Sony was OK with this, otherwise they could have walked away..:.

@Flaming_Kaiser That's business, just like Sony pays developers to release less content in other platforms for a game priced at exactly the same. MLB asked for those terms in the contract, Sony agreed to them.

@arra1213 everything that Sony makes is great. We get it.

@arra1213 so being a day one GamePass game with horizon or Spider-Man quality is nothing to brag about? Hmmmm ok.

@GodofCapcom MLB is a MLB forced thing….what does that even mean?? Like it or not it is day one on Gamepass

@arra1213 Hi-Fi Rush would like to have a word….