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It's well known that game development has some of the smartest people in software development, but also some of the worst practices and working patterns in any industry.
One can only imagine what could be produced with such brains and structure most already enjoy. Not surprised though, there was a reason Sony and Cerny specifically wanted to acquire Haven Studios people.

Artstyle is a step up compared to previous few unimaginative sequels. I just hope it also plays well.

HZD is still one of the better looking games out there. What would even be significantly improved in this remaster?
Ain't paying for it (and I'm admittedly a huge fan of the games).

Personally, I would give it 8/10 too. Didn't really click with me, but quality is undeniable. (played it on GP)

Great game, always felt it didn't get it's fair shoot on PS5 during launch. If anything, I feel it would review better today.
I hope PC and deck owners give it some much deserved love.

Recently played through Man of Medan and Little Hope on PS5, so the update won't impact me immediately. But I'm planning on getting the inevitable Session pack and replaying through all 4 games.

It's probably gonna be another win for them. Great team. Also, and I know this is not the correct site, kudos to them for doing a Switch port.

I'm ok with owning my big games. Also, full transparency, I have been utterly disappointed by the quality of AAA games that were day 1 on GP. I don't want that for PS Plus as a service, nor am I willing to pay 15$ a month for it (once my casually stacked 3 years for dimes runs out).

@sword_9mm people seem to forget for some these games originally ran at 50Hz, and that is how they remember them.
Keeping an option to provide original experience, or superior variant, beats just offering 60Hz.

Awesome news, would be great if it becomes standard. Not playing a lot of retro games myself, but this puts the biggest gripe people had with PS implementation to rest.

Seems like a good idea to me. I have friends that initially opted for digital version but would like to upgrade now.

Finally finished Kena: Bridge of spirits on my PS5, and might try out Wo Long demo I downloaded tomorrow.
Moved on to Trek to Yomi on XSS in meantime (cleaning backlog).

@MaikonCSGarcia you do understand that is not how the economy works?
Also, my comment was targeted specifically at the fate of Activision Blizzard, because as this drags on it is becoming apparent they will dissolve following either option. Or downscale significantly. Either way, it's a shame, for a company that owns such a huge collection of legendary IPs.

It's Japan + Splatoon 3.. 2875 units could be considered a success

My main concern is that the end outcome of this situation is going to be Activision Blizzard ceasing to exist. Be that by MS ruining it, or taking a hit after deal fails to close. Either way, not good.

Not sure why, but 99% of media out there is only covering Deathloop joining GP next week, when it is in fact joining PS Plus Extra on the EXACT SAME day. Go figure..
By the way, it's a decent game, everybody should at least try it.

Exactly what went through my mind while I was watching State of Play. GoT is such a remarkable game with lasting impression, it's hard to even rate it with existing rubric.

Sony killed it with State of Play yesterday and PSVR2 stuff today. Good for them, they needed a win.

That was an amazing trailer. Way to sell a game (not that it needed extra selling)!

Jim gets laughed at a lot, but I like his move here. MS made it a habit lately to release ambiguous messaging to public, that presents them as good guys at the first glance. But there is typically a passive aggressive undertone.
Kudos to Jim for making it transparent, telling it how it is. S*it stinks in both yards.

@Smash41 this argument was thrown around way more often at the beginning of the generation. As time goes on, I would say Smart Delivery makes my life way more complicated (Series S) than Sony's approach. If anything I would say PS way is quicker and simpler (no drive juggling and second guessing, one you choose is the one you get).

Another month that extra shames GP, at least in my book. It's going to be interesting to see if general opinion is going to swing toward realistically beefier PS service or not (although it's often more important to be first than it is to be better).

I have no interest and zero confidence in future of mobile gaming. Really hoped they would use resources to expand into something that might benefit me as a user. Oh well.. at least kids around the world will get some familiar skins to throw money at on their phone.

Weirdly, I played through first episode of The dark anthology last week, and just found out yesterday I also own/have access to episode two. So I'll be playing through that (they are far more enjoyable in a "I'm ashamed of liking this" kind of way then I expected).

Not a bad Extra offering, couldn't care less about Premium (Sony probably pulled data that only reviewers started classic games over last 2 months, so decided to invest budget into current gaming).

Great game and a perfect fit for launch to PS Extra model. It's not probable to get AAA games day one (while keeping quality), but awesome co-promoted indies are more realistic expectation.

Doesn't feel like Sony problem, this is just pure Atlus greed. They are re-releasing the same game for other platforms, so would like to sweep another round of sales on PS5 too.
If there is still any hope for the world, they'll fail miserably.

Tried it for a couple of hours yesterday.. a better game than I expected (gameplay is exactly as I wanted it to be, and there are fewer technical issues than I encounter with typical indie releases).
That said, I do live with a little stray so I'm biased.

@themuckman bare minimum I would say. Definitely less than typical Ubisoft game.

Played through Immortals: Fenyx Rising. Everybody should try it out, probably my best Ubisoft game in the last 5 years

Stray & FFVII for me.. but it looks to be a decent list.

Why would you mention Forza Horizon? I don't see Purexbox mentioning MS isn't capable of creating SP action adventure game for 20 years..
Also, as a matter of fact, Crew 2 has same visual fidelity problems on Series consoles and Purexbox ain't even mentioning that.

@rjejr 40 fps mode is literally the middle ground between 30 and 60, not based on number of frames per second (fps), but by time a single frame is presented to your eye (which is a more important metric in this case).
It translates into responsiveness being also exactly in the middle, if that makes sense.
So, although it seems like a small step up, it's truly balanced between two other modes.

Can't wait for inevitable Digital Foundry analysis of 40Hz mode. I loved this in Rift Apart, best way to play if your TV support's it.

@Richnj I meant determined as DOA by MS I guess. I'm not sure any publisher/studio should give up on a hyped product in a few weeks and determine that 50% price drop is justified.

@Shigurui but it was literally dead on arrival. Weeks after release it was on sale for 30$, and going onward price was in that range or lower.
@Richnj it is proven that significant number of users will hold off on purchase if product was ever listed for lower price, it applies to everything not just gaming.

I don't understand devaluing of Deathloop. It's MS owned studio with a product stuck on competing system now, sure, but Nintendo would never do this to their IP whatever the exclusive platform might be.

Wtf happens in one's head, for it to go from a game release date to a p*nis pic?? Is it because word date was in the air and they instantly got aroused?
Anyway, it's sad that it ever happened. Little bit of mutual respect between fans and developers should be a given.
@Carl-G TLOU2 got some hate for no apparent reason to me. It's a phenomenon worth exploring from psychiatric standpoint.

Damn, a lot of people seem to have liked Xbox showcase. I had it at 3rd place, behind SoP and Nintendo direct mini.

@munstre maybe, but I like to think Horizon just has legs. Game was awesome and they put the time in to fix visual issues. It deserves to pull in good numbers.

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So a subscription based service is working like a standard subscription based service model. Shocker!

@Intr1n5ic Children of Morta is such an excellent game. Very underated. Takes a minute to get used to artwork, but it just "becomes" beautiful afterwards. Gameplay is gold.

@Dezzy70 not to sound like a hater, but I feel like Sony has enough AAA exclusives that they all don't have to be aimed at perfect strategical window. That only applies when you make 2 games a year..

If there is an upgrade path that is not $70 I'll get this. But as is, not paying again for a game that actually is not that outdated at all.

@awp69 exactly, they basically took away a lot of 3rd party games, because it would just be a rehash now. If I was a more sinister person, I would imply it was on purpose.. but I'm not

Yeah, this one really delivered. Zero filler time, just non stop interesting content.
It's gonna set the bar high for rest of the summer fest showcases in a "who would want to follow that" kind of way (looking at you MS and Bethesda)

Selling near 1 million copies of a 3-4 years old port is a great number. Definitely outweights the porting investment.
And I feel that is what Sony is aiming for, keep the exclusivity on their platform but provide alternative playing avenues (and slow and steady cash flow from older IP) when hype dies down.

Long time Sonic and Zelda: Breath of the Wilds fan. This looks like the most boring, straight to GP, game ever...