@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare I can understand that, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a promotion to gain new subscribers. It’s not the regular price you pay every year. I see both arguments, I’m just a bit surprised how people feel they’re entitled to it.
This is so disappointing, game wise. I was looking forward to this sale for months, but from my wishlist only TLOU Part 2 has dropped the usual € 10. No AC Shadows, no Shadow of the Erdtree, no Silent Hill 2, Stellar Blade, FF7 Rebirth…
At least I can pick up my chroma pearl controller for € 20 off.
I bought last year’s entry a few months ago and have barely touched it. I’m still halfway through my F2 season. It’s so boring and sterile, I can’t get bothered to even reach F1.
Never understood this criticism. Yes, I get you want to save money, but it’s a promotion to gain new subscribers. They’d be crazy if they would suddenly ask you to pay less when you already committed to pay. This has worked like this for decades for pretty much all subscriptions.
Good diverse lineup for a change. I’d be most interested in NBA if I were subscribed. Somehow I always end up buying those games without really playing them a lot though. You need to remember so many button combinations that it’s hard to get back into after a break.
@Almost_Ghostly I see, thanks! This is probably different in the Netherlands. I don’t see these options in the webshops. It might have to do with our European customer protection rules that are forced automatically, I’d imagine.
After a lovely trip to Cost Rica the last weeks I’ll now round off the base game of Cyberpunk 2077. Just a few more trophies to get platinum. After that I’ll probably dive straight into Phantom Liberty now I’ve had a break from the game.
Amazing piece of hardware and I really enjoyed it for a few months. Sold it though because I found myself playing it less and less and always starting up the regular PS5 (Pro). It’s just too much of a hassle to set everything up and rebuild my living room every time.
@SMJ Definitely! One of my favorites. I don’t even need missions to enjoy myself, just the whole experience of lifting off in a big spaceship and traveling to/discovering this endless list of planets never gets old.
@John_Deacon You say when the price goes up, but it doesn’t. It’s the same price as 25-30 years ago. And that’s without calculating in inflation.
For the rest, I agree that games should be finished on release, as I said. That’s the main reason why I don’t buy games on release; later on I’ll have a better version. The price has nothing to do with that though.
@John_Deacon I don’t see why that price is “outrageous”. It’s bad that they release games that aren’t totally finished, I agree. But that’s another discussion and has nothing to do with the price. If it costed 10 bucks it would still be annoying and bad.
I absolutely love it. Not having to choose anymore between fps and graphics/ray tracing is the game changer. TLOU Part 1 almost had me drooling. The huge internal space is a benefit as well, although I mainly only install the games I want to play (next).
Definitely the diversity. Setting and basic setup were great, it just got a bit tedious towards the end. I have high hopes for this game though. They probably won’t fall for the “bigger = better” approach, this game really doesn’t need a bigger map.
Should be a fun game, like GTA V, but definitely not one of the games I'm looking forward to the most. I'm perfectly fine by playing it in two years time or so after a promotion.
@Diowine Not true, I played the first one last month. Those games are suddenly very interesting with the show being in the spotlights now plus the attraction it holds on people with a Pro (as in my case). I plan on playing the second game in the coming months.
@kyleforrester87 Yes, but you wouldn’t read that description when you don’t want any spoilers. You had to click on the series first. Here you see it while scanning the titles of news items about games.
Is it a suggestion to keep the title totally clean, as in no plot descriptions such as “revenge”? I’ve yet to play TLOU Part 2 and now I already know there will be an element of revenge without having read the review. That’s not a huge spoiler, but if you accidentally read a keyword for every episode you can pan out the whole flow of things.
I think it’s enough to just name the season and episode in the title?
I learned to not look at reviews/scores when it comes to horror. Somehow the interesting movies never come out on top and the slowburns (not saying this is one) are misunderstood most of the times. Many of my favorites score around 40-50/100.
Smart action once again to time this right after all the news concerning the price increases. The value of the service has only been getting worse and worse after the tiers were introduced.
10/10? No way. I was bored with it in a few days. The missions are very much alike and the racing isn’t exciting in the slightest. I can understand however if people enjoy this when arcade racers are up their alley, but it’s far from perfect.
Damn, this reads like a human version of Nier:automata with its combination of despair and silliness in the story telling. Is that correct? Mixing the turn-based combat with souls-like parries feels like a great idea as well.
Never even heard about this game, but it could potentially be my game of the year if Death Stranding 2 didn’t exist.
@NotTelevision Perhaps not shovelware then, but most definitely not excellent value either. I’m thinking about games such as Returnal, Demon’s Souls and GOW: Ragnarok (all on Plus) when using such terms.
Doesn’t really matter though. It’s just that Push Square more often than not oversells stuff a bit too obviously. Not a disaster by any means, but it makes it harder to determine if something interesting actually did happen.
@LiamCroft Don’t really follow that logic I’m afraid 😅 A 7/10 being added to a subscription service doesn’t make it excellent. There’s a reason you normally wouldn’t play it.
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Re: PS Plus Subscription Sale Takes 33% Off, But There's a Big Catch
@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare I can understand that, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a promotion to gain new subscribers. It’s not the regular price you pay every year. I see both arguments, I’m just a bit surprised how people feel they’re entitled to it.
Re: PS Store Days of Play Sale Is Live Now with 1,300+ PS5, PS4 Game Discounts
This is so disappointing, game wise. I was looking forward to this sale for months, but from my wishlist only TLOU Part 2 has dropped the usual € 10. No AC Shadows, no Shadow of the Erdtree, no Silent Hill 2, Stellar Blade, FF7 Rebirth…
At least I can pick up my chroma pearl controller for € 20 off.
Re: EA Sports F1 25 (PS5) - Another Fine Racer That Mostly Sticks to the Formula
I bought last year’s entry a few months ago and have barely touched it. I’m still halfway through my F2 season. It’s so boring and sterile, I can’t get bothered to even reach F1.
Re: PS Plus Subscription Sale Takes 33% Off, But There's a Big Catch
Never understood this criticism. Yes, I get you want to save money, but it’s a promotion to gain new subscribers. They’d be crazy if they would suddenly ask you to pay less when you already committed to pay. This has worked like this for decades for pretty much all subscriptions.
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for June 2025 Announced
Good diverse lineup for a change. I’d be most interested in NBA if I were subscribed. Somehow I always end up buying those games without really playing them a lot though. You need to remember so many button combinations that it’s hard to get back into after a break.
Re: Poll: Do You Care About the Death of PlayStation Stars?
I’m playing daily on my PS and never even looked into this.
Re: Sony's Huge Days of Play Sale on PS5 Consoles, Games, PS Plus Subs Starts Next Week
@Almost_Ghostly I see, thanks! This is probably different in the Netherlands. I don’t see these options in the webshops. It might have to do with our European customer protection rules that are forced automatically, I’d imagine.
Re: Sony's Huge Days of Play Sale on PS5 Consoles, Games, PS Plus Subs Starts Next Week
@Almost_Ghostly Good suggestion (the second one 🤪). I never saw that option though? Or do you buy it separately (not at the store)?
Re: Sony's Huge Days of Play Sale on PS5 Consoles, Games, PS Plus Subs Starts Next Week
I set my eyes on the chromapearl controller, hope it will get a good discount.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 582
After a lovely trip to Cost Rica the last weeks I’ll now round off the base game of Cyberpunk 2077. Just a few more trophies to get platinum. After that I’ll probably dive straight into Phantom Liberty now I’ve had a break from the game.
Re: New PSVR2 Games Release Dates in 2025
Amazing piece of hardware and I really enjoyed it for a few months. Sold it though because I found myself playing it less and less and always starting up the regular PS5 (Pro). It’s just too much of a hassle to set everything up and rebuild my living room every time.
Re: Starfield Should Still Come to PS5 in 2025, and It'll Be in Its Best Shape Yet
@SMJ Definitely! One of my favorites. I don’t even need missions to enjoy myself, just the whole experience of lifting off in a big spaceship and traveling to/discovering this endless list of planets never gets old.
Re: Starfield Should Still Come to PS5 in 2025, and It'll Be in Its Best Shape Yet
Nice! Spend 250 hours with it on my Series X (which I sold since then) and I was far from being done! I hope it will be optimized for the Pro.
Re: 55+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Multiverse of Games Sale
@rjejr Same. Not a huge bother for me, but less scrolling/clicking would be better.
Re: Beloved Ex-PlayStation Boss Believes $70, $80 Games Are a Steal
@John_Deacon You say when the price goes up, but it doesn’t. It’s the same price as 25-30 years ago. And that’s without calculating in inflation.
For the rest, I agree that games should be finished on release, as I said. That’s the main reason why I don’t buy games on release; later on I’ll have a better version. The price has nothing to do with that though.
Re: Beloved Ex-PlayStation Boss Believes $70, $80 Games Are a Steal
@John_Deacon I don’t see why that price is “outrageous”. It’s bad that they release games that aren’t totally finished, I agree. But that’s another discussion and has nothing to do with the price. If it costed 10 bucks it would still be annoying and bad.
Re: Beloved Ex-PlayStation Boss Believes $70, $80 Games Are a Steal
@nessisonett Even then it’s still 0% inflation in roughly 30 years. That’s quite insane actually.
Re: Rumours of a Red Dead Redemption 2 PS5 Version Swirl Again
Would be really interesting if it got a full-on PS5 Pro mode.
Re: Stellar Blade Adds New Boss Fight, 25 Outfits in Complete Edition on PS5, PC
So this is a digital only release for PS5? Still have to buy/play it.
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Think of the PS5 Pro, Six Months Later?
I absolutely love it. Not having to choose anymore between fps and graphics/ray tracing is the game changer. TLOU Part 1 almost had me drooling. The huge internal space is a benefit as well, although I mainly only install the games I want to play (next).
Re: 25+ PS5, PS4 Games You Should Grab in PS Store's Weekend Sale
I can’t seem to find the PS Store sale on Amazon.
Re: Talking Point: What Should Ghost of Yotei's Biggest PS5 Improvements Be?
Definitely the diversity. Setting and basic setup were great, it just got a bit tedious towards the end. I have high hopes for this game though. They probably won’t fall for the “bigger = better” approach, this game really doesn’t need a bigger map.
Re: Returnal's PS5 Pro Upgrade Overdelivers with Improved Image Quality, Performance
Damn. Wished I didn’t finish it twice already.
Re: Last Chance to Get These 60+ PS5, PS4 Games in PS Store's Big Games, Big Deals Sale
So we probably get one more small sale now and then the Days of Play by the end of May?
Re: Poll: Are You Disappointed by the GTA 6 Delay?
Should be a fun game, like GTA V, but definitely not one of the games I'm looking forward to the most. I'm perfectly fine by playing it in two years time or so after a promotion.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 579
Rounding off the last side missions and NCPD missions before going into endgame (roof scene) with Cyberpunk.
Re: Opinion: If You're on the Fence, Consider Buying a PS5 Now Before the Prices Inevitably Rise
@ATaco Somewhere around the end of May we’ll have the Days of Play with probably discounts on Plus.
Re: Opinion: If You're on the Fence, Consider Buying a PS5 Now Before the Prices Inevitably Rise
F: I already have a Pro.
Re: Returnal, One of This Gen's Best Games, Gets a Massive PS5 Pro Upgrade
@MFTWrecks Same, plus also the most fulfilling platinum since it forced you to dig deeper into the story.
Re: Expedition 33 Dev Working Around the Clock to Re-Stock Boxed PS5 Copies
I want to play this in a few months time. Do you guys think it will be widely available by then, or should I better secure a copy now?
Edit: Bought one just now to be sure. They had plenty.
Re: Sony's Long Anticipated Lost Soul Aside Has Been Delayed Again on PS5, PC
Yikes, this one is painful, looking at its history. I already didn’t preorder it for this reason. Don’t think it will release in four months either.
Re: Returnal, One of This Gen's Best Games, Gets a Massive PS5 Pro Upgrade
Fantastic game and really tempting upgrade for my Pro. I already finished it twice though and also platinumed it, so I guess I’ll skip this one.
Re: TV Show Review: The Last of Us (HBO) Season 2 Episode 3 - Setting the Stage for a Revenge Odyssey
@Diowine Not true, I played the first one last month. Those games are suddenly very interesting with the show being in the spotlights now plus the attraction it holds on people with a Pro (as in my case). I plan on playing the second game in the coming months.
Re: TV Show Review: The Last of Us (HBO) Season 2 Episode 3 - Setting the Stage for a Revenge Odyssey
@kyleforrester87 Yes, but you wouldn’t read that description when you don’t want any spoilers. You had to click on the series first. Here you see it while scanning the titles of news items about games.
Re: TV Show Review: The Last of Us (HBO) Season 2 Episode 3 - Setting the Stage for a Revenge Odyssey
Is it a suggestion to keep the title totally clean, as in no plot descriptions such as “revenge”? I’ve yet to play TLOU Part 2 and now I already know there will be an element of revenge without having read the review. That’s not a huge spoiler, but if you accidentally read a keyword for every episode you can pan out the whole flow of things.
I think it’s enough to just name the season and episode in the title?
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 578
80 hours into Cyberpunk 2077 and only at 40% of the main game, with the DLC to go after that. Still loving every minute of it.
Re: Round Up: Until Dawn Movie Reviews Suggest PS5, PS4 Game Is Still Better
I learned to not look at reviews/scores when it comes to horror. Somehow the interesting movies never come out on top and the slowburns (not saying this is one) are misunderstood most of the times. Many of my favorites score around 40-50/100.
Re: Massive PS Plus Clearout Announced for May, 22 Games Leaving
Smart action once again to time this right after all the news concerning the price increases. The value of the service has only been getting worse and worse after the tiers were introduced.
Re: Forza Horizon 5 (PS5) - Xbox Had the Best Open World Racer All This Time
@nomither6 Simulator?! It’s just hitting the gas and steering.
Re: Forza Horizon 5 (PS5) - Xbox Had the Best Open World Racer All This Time
10/10? No way. I was bored with it in a few days. The missions are very much alike and the racing isn’t exciting in the slightest. I can understand however if people enjoy this when arcade racers are up their alley, but it’s far from perfect.
Re: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PS5) - Daring, Quirky RPG Is an Absolute Must-Play
@Toot1st Probably my interest wasn’t peaked to watch a video.
Re: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PS5) - Daring, Quirky RPG Is an Absolute Must-Play
Damn, this reads like a human version of Nier:automata with its combination of despair and silliness in the story telling. Is that correct? Mixing the turn-based combat with souls-like parries feels like a great idea as well.
Never even heard about this game, but it could potentially be my game of the year if Death Stranding 2 didn’t exist.
Re: So Much More Death Stranding 2 PS5 Coverage Coming 8th May
Good thing I’ll be on holidays then. I want to experience everything as fresh as possible when I can play it.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 577
Still fist deep into Night City and loving it!
Re: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (PS5) - Globe-Trotting Adventure Just Got Even Better on PS5
Oh wow, didn’t expect this. Somehow I feared a half baked translation to the PS5 architecture. I’ll definitely play it next year or so.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 576
I’m spending most of my time in Night City. If only more people knew this is essentially the ultimate GTA game…
Re: Reminder: PS Plus Extra, Premium Lose 8 Excellent PS5, PS4 Games in a Few Days
@NotTelevision Perhaps not shovelware then, but most definitely not excellent value either. I’m thinking about games such as Returnal, Demon’s Souls and GOW: Ragnarok (all on Plus) when using such terms.
Doesn’t really matter though. It’s just that Push Square more often than not oversells stuff a bit too obviously. Not a disaster by any means, but it makes it harder to determine if something interesting actually did happen.
Re: Reminder: PS Plus Extra, Premium Lose 8 Excellent PS5, PS4 Games in a Few Days
@naruball I know what is meant, but don’t agree on that logic. Mediocre games are just shovelware.
Re: Reminder: PS Plus Extra, Premium Lose 8 Excellent PS5, PS4 Games in a Few Days
@LiamCroft Don’t really follow that logic I’m afraid 😅 A 7/10 being added to a subscription service doesn’t make it excellent. There’s a reason you normally wouldn’t play it.
Re: Reminder: PS Plus Extra, Premium Lose 8 Excellent PS5, PS4 Games in a Few Days
“8 excellent games”. Clicks on reviews on this very website > all except one are 5/10, 6/10 and 7/10.