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Basically this confirms Sony made a good move, because Pachter never gets it right. Ok, moving on..

PushSquare has become such a toxic website.. Almost every news or article is being constructed in a negative light, while in reality data and facts point to the contrary. Assuming "Project Spartacus" is happening, I have trouble seeing all the "doom and gloom" on the horizon.
In other news, as noted by others, the competition has delivered 3 noteworthy games over the course of 2 years, one of which was out of their control (Psychonauts 2), one of which was a DLC (Forza Horizon 5), and last of which was incomplete (Halo Infinite). Oh, yes, and a flying simulator, because we all know that has a massive casual appeal.
Somehow that is being spun into a success story and an amazing sign for the bright future..

I don't get the negativity.. this seems like a good business move, and for every Returnal funded you need a Bungie with Destiny money machine to provide.
For people asking how come this acquisition cost half of Bethesda.. it's about profit, not just old IP-s. I believe Destiny 2 makes 1/6 of paid price yearly.. that's a sound investment given their successful track record.

So this is where the PS Plus and PS Now game budget for February went? Well, ok, at least it's a good investment

Not sure why this website would even cover such "story".. there are always going to be opinionated people working in stores trying to sell you on their idea of good. Some might even offer you NFT.. 😝

As a consumer I really hoped this wouldn't happen, but sort of predicted it when initial Bethesda buyout took place.
MS is gonna throw money at the market and try to increase it's share by taking a massive loss (they know they can recover from). Once expansion is done and enough people are locked into their service, they'll ramp the prices and remove purchase option.
For an end user, it will remove the ownership of software (all games on GP you don't actually own, you play what is offered at moment in time on service) similar to how there is no ownership on video content streaming platforms, and get you from "paying once, enjoying for life model", to "paying monthly, enjoying monthly" model.
It's yet to be seen how this shift will affect content, which is significantly different on video streaming platforms compared to traditional releases. If I had to guess, I would expect quality to go slightly down, where aim is not for greatness, but OK-ness.

Honestly, borderline unplayable game. Can't believe amount of critics praise it gathered compared to poor quality of actual product. In game modals look like un-styled windows popups, that's how bad it is. And performance is all over the place, or at least it was during first months after release.

Looks way more in line with my personal top 10, compared to most critics lists!!

Highly doubtful this is true, because it's too good to be. Persona 5 Strikers is an excellent game (and well regarded) while Dirt 5 after few patches was way better than people gave it credit. It was my second owned PS5 game (console pre-ordered) and I still sometimes load it up when I'm bored and just want a quick loop around track. In that regard it's not huge benefit for me that it will be on Plus (won't have to change disk I guess), but I love that more people will give it a second chance.

Feels to me like Sony is getting more hate here then they deserve. All these free PS5 upgrades not being free for PS Plus, it seems to be a part of a deal with publisher. And if publisher pricing is being unreasonable, I can understand a decision to go with PS4 version of FF7 instead of a straight to PS Plus indie experiment.
Also, since it is inevitably compared, Smart Delivery relied on the fact MS would secure both licences through first year for both titles. Now when that seems to be over, not all games support free upgrade..

Somehow trailer killed all hype for me, and I was very into this game previously. Looks so rough and bleak.. hopefully they polish it and turn it around before release date, but track record says otherwise.

Hopefully every news portal out there reports on this, and Take-Two prefixes every game they make with their name (Take-Two's GTA Trilogy), so people know exactly which games not to buy.

Assuming reasonable pricing, I would signup for this.

Played this when it was released on GP. Or rather, tried it. Wasn't very good at that time, but I'm assuming it got patched.
If not, it's not gonna be a very good fit for PS (basically, I don't see people paying explicitly for such rough game, but most would try it out if free as part of a service - Xbox model).

I'm ok with this. Mortal Shell got a lot of love online, included Lego game I don't own means I don't need to purchase one for the rest of the family, and Godfall.. this gives me a chance to try it for free and have a good laugh (at it, not with it).

I don't see a Black Friday discount in those patch notes. Disappointed!!

Love to see Miles back. When it came out initial sales made me nervous, because I really wanted it to do well and bring Insomniac credit they deserve. I guess that has been laid to rest.

Any news or instructions on how to check which regions are applicable for this discount?

EDIT: Nevermind, forgot I already had a UK account..

Definitely should have been there from the get go. But with that said, it still is a welcomed addition making a good game great.

Yet again, this proves that Sony's storage solution as a complete package has been well designed and superior to the competition.
There has been a negative media spin put on maybe the greatest tech decision made in the current generation and it makes me a bit afraid that it will get forgotten/pushed aside because of it.

@thefourfoldroot I think looking like douchebags is their "brand". Understandably it might scratch some people the wrong way, but it is all an act/persona they want to project.
On topic, I love PS5 default design since day one (which is not as often, most people grew on it over time) so I won't be modifying it in near future.

Is there a stat somewhere on how many console players actually have a VRR capable screen? I'm sure I'm not the only one without it, not planning to upgrade my TV in near future?

Great list, missing generic media player (which would be my vote).
Also, it seems like I'm among few that don't really care about themes 🤷‍♂️

If true, terrible month. MK is already in collection and too old anyway, rest is just uninteresting. Maybe next..

Knew from the first trailer I was gonna be buying this day one.. didn't even matter what future reviews would be saying (similar to Immortals Fenyx Rising, I just knew it was for me and loved every second of it).

Can't wait for pushsquare to give it a 7/10, although purexbox gave it a 9/10..😛

Hopefully all AAA games move over to PS5 only by 2nd quarter of 2022... It's been about time to start designing for new hardware without fallback mechanics.

There is something really wrong with this article (I'm saying this with all due respect as a fan and regular reader of your content).
Personally, I went in with very high expectations, too high. Still, show was a B for me, which is on par with Nintendos showing in my book (Team green getting a C).
Pacing might have been a bit bad, starting with boring content through first half that seems like it had to be in there due to contractual obligations, but man did it open up after that. Games like Forspoken, Project Eve, Ghostwire, GT7, Uncharted 4 remaster, God Of War: Ragnarok and anything Insomniac Games wants to touch or work on (I'm calling it here, they'll be shaping MGU, Marvel Gaming Universe).. these were amazing. I don't think one can objectively dispute that.
Especially GOW, it's a sequel to a rebooted game that ended on a cliffhanger, it should be similar and continuation (ending?) of this story! It's the whole bloody point.

Recently decided not to renew my subscription, but this is one decent lineup. Most of these "smaller" games I already own on Switch and have been some of the most fun I had lately.

MOOOOMMM, Sony did Sony again...!!

Predator is the only one I'm not interested in. But 2 out of 3 is a decent month, can't complain..

Wasn't Hideo supposed to do an Xbox game next?

Yeah, this should have been a free upgrade. As much as I love the game, can't support such behavior with purchase :/

Yeah, I don't expect DualSense support
will turn this game around.. hopefully it does and more developers embrace controller features, but I just don't see it.

@GamingFan4Lyf actually, I'm on Team RGB but I sort of root for Sony because people tend to give them too much cr*p, when they maybe deserve 10% of it.

Sony is really lacking some marketing. Team Green would make a breaking news out of this, biggest gift since Nature gave us life on Earth, etc..

Personally, I liked this showcase. They set the expectations right (indie, smaller games + Deathloop) and then proceeded with the show having some actual GAMEPLAY. I tend to love those because prerendered cinematics doesn't prove to be great indicators of game appeal.

Strong month then... Hopefully they can keep this momentum for a few months. (There are 3 "won't buy them, but would love trying them" games in that lineup for me, that's huge)

Can't see this being real... Sony has been systematically destroying Now, such month would be too good to be true.

In my mind this only looks bad on ID/Bethesda.. it can be done and these days it can be seamless for end user.. therefore you do it, and keep the consistent quality bubble alive.

@themcnoisy sorry, but this was not my point.. idea I wanted to get over, companies acquiring studios might not be best of strategies, because it is just acquiring assets which have the least amount of value in a game studio.
As you said yourself, what actually makes it "tick" is something you can't buy.

This opens up an interesting question about all the acquisitions lately.. does it make sense to aquire a studio if leads and higher-ups can leave at anytime and start from scratch somewhere else?

This could become a huge problem soon.. it does not look good when Sony does such moves.

Sackboy and Miles Morales are both great pickups.
I might have to give in and get Returnal now..

Yeah, that's gonna be Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart... But a lot of great games, just not as good as that one..

Makes me really interested in what changed (because the original explanation sounded too simplified and unrealistic to me). I would bet nothing, but that is just me, sceptic.. 😁

Sony needs to fix PSNow and PSPlus and maybe combine them into alternative to Game Pass. And quickly.
But as for content quality and exclusives, PS is good after that presentation. There are like 2 games that I felt awed by (one of them was Forza Horizon, which is always a given).

Jim is probably not fit to do this PR stuff, but I agree with him (and have been saying that all along since current gen started).
I don't care about compatibility with pre-PS4, because I won't really play those games.
At best, I might boot them up for 5 mins to refresh my memory (as I did on my Xbox), but I won't play through them. I do however, want to play through Ratchet and Clank: Rift apart..

Today I've actually commented about how bad what Xbox is doing is. Sony's approach I feel is much better for the industry, where it is a temp deal, there is no lock-in for the studio and less fear a consumer will get stuck in a single ecosystem indefinitely.

I would argue rating system needs to become more complex...
If final grade was broken into components, and one of those was "value", it would make it very obvious at first glance why a "virtually flawless" game is just great (8), at 12 hour playtime for 70$.