Sony is shipping physical games without physical media and your concern is recycled plastic?? Lmao 😂😂😂

At the very least cheats should disable trophies. Buying a game doesn't entitle anyone to that.

Nah screw Microsoft. As you've said, there are so many games out right now, so many coming out in the next few months, and we all have backlogs that would take ten lifetimes to complete that I'll just play something else. Microsoft's loss. No games they keep exclusive, even ES6, will make me buy Xbox 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Frogwares has such a unique niche, and they fill it so well, it's really upsetting to hear they went the mass appeal route to make yet another survival horror game. Terrible decision and such a huge waste of this IP. The first game was so awesome, and it's crushing to find out they went for mindless action. Low budget to boot. These companies need to worry more about their identities that built them and what they're base expects than trying to please ADD afflicted millennials and Gen Z.

Any word on whether the PS version gets a plat this year?

@Sunraku This might be the most rational and well thought out response I’ve ever received on social media. I stand corrected. I’m convinced by your take and will continue to show Xbox they need PlayStation sales to survive. 👍

So Xbox suddenly withholds from PS their two best games of the show and tells PlayStation gamers they can have the rest for now. But then Asha says if sales improve, they’re going to take even more off PlayStation? So in other words, supporting the announced games will ultimately lead to even fewer games ported to PlayStation in the future?? Then why would I support them? That’s messed up.

@Matroska I totally get that too. But again, you don’t have to buy games day one. My issue is for those that want to buy them, they shouldn’t be held back, whether it’s for financial reasons or time constraints. If anything, buying it later benefits people anyways as prices may dip and patches may have been released for more polish and features.

So you remove the progression incentive from mini games in place of cosmetics. Then you state mini games for trophies will be removed or severely gimped so that everyone can get a plat. You’ve removed all incentive to do mini games at all. Cosmetics seriously? It’s not even multiplayer. Huge L pussifying the game for the sake of mass appeal.

@SMJ Well said!

I’ll never agree with anyone holding back titles just to avoid packed “windows”. That’s stupid. The game will sell or it won’t. Consumers shouldn’t have to wait on completed products just because some people lack the disposable income to buy everything they want day one. You can buy every game you want in your own time frame.

@16BitHero It won’t help next gen either. They will never overtake Sony and that’s just a fact. Poor move by MS, but the worst part is all the toxic Xbox fanboys have come out of their bunkers to cause discourse. 🤦‍♂️

Microsoft listening to the most toxic less than 1% of their fan base is what put them in this position to begin with. They’re never overtaking Sony. Period. And all that happened today is they lost my money on two games I intended to buy. No matter what they don’t release on ps5, I’m not switching to Xbox. Period. And I’m the majority. I wasn’t planning to play Starfield, but I bought it when it hit PS5. Suit yourself Xbox. I’ve got no shortage of games to play. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@DennisReynolds my copy is the digital deluxe and I cannot access it at all. When I upgraded to a pro, I probably never switched the new console to primary. But I can’t access my account details to even check that! Wtf Sony.

Wish these were also offered in an Edge version. I know it’s a limited market but still 😁. No matter how cool it looks, I’m not using a non Edge controller ever again.

Yes!!! Excellent choice Atlus! Put it up for preorder immediately so I can give you my money 😍.

You bet I’ll support this. And my follow PS gamers, if you want more and bigger games like Starfield, then do your part and buy these pilot titles from Xbox. Let’s show them there is a demand on PlayStation and give them reason to continue.

Still a misleading title. Now it sounds like overall yearly sales dropped in the UK by 19% compared to the previous year lol. Why not just say sales dipped 19% from Nov to Dec? That’s normal. And avoids all confusion.

Incredibly misleading title. Thought this meant yoy. Of course sales will dip from Black Friday month. The header is disingenuous and makes it seem like sales of the console have fallen off.

Starfield down to #8 in just one week LOL! 😂😂😂

Pitiful. The only PlayStation releases these day are on PC. The company has truly lost its way.

@Intr1n5ic It’s accurate. Metaphors aren’t facts. The reality is many games do go on for absurd lengths of time, and new games or sequels get pushed back in favor of reusing assets and milking the existing game. So to my broader point, even single player “live service” games are a problem, even if there are better examples of that than Valhalla.

@Intr1n5ic It was a metaphor 🤦🏻‍♂️…

@LiamCroft Yes and look how long it’s been since we got a new AC. Just constant updates to the same game for five years instead of new ones. Live service needs to die.

No PS5 native version?

For all the sh*t Sony takes for “moneyhatting” and timed exclusives, Nintendo is the real scumbag of this practice, and their names are never even mentioned. Maybe because it’s primarily Japanese games, but nobody does this more than Nintendo. It’s time they get called out and ripped to shreds. But I assume they’ll continue to skate under the radar because everyone loves Nintendo 🙄.

@thefourfoldroot1 I know what you meant. Games do respect your time. Trophies are completely optional. Not obtaining trophies shouldn’t detract from your enjoyment. Like you, I choose to go after these and fully expect to put in blood and sweat to get them. Working on Like a Dragon Ishin. Talk about a time sink!! But that’s a choice I made. As for no death trophies, I relish the challenge. That also isn’t necessary. Too many games have made plats meaningless, so I appreciate both the grind and difficulty. I’ll agree with thought on VR trophies. Tough to do by yourself though the new pass through mode on VR2 should hopefully make it easier.

@thefourfoldroot1 So basically you want platinum trophies that require minimal skill and limited time and effort. Trophies are supposed to be “earned” and plats a collection of your gaming achievements. If you want mindless trophies, there are no shortage of “Press X” cheeses in the store.

I am not going to support these far inferior versions of the games because Microsoft money hatted Sega for an exclusive current gen version just as they did with Yakuza Like A Dragon. With all the crap Sony takes for this practice, Microsoft gets a free pass for the same tactics. I will buy both when and if PlayStation gets PS5 native games.

@awp69 I just read that on ResetEra. So PS4 is 1080/60 and Series X is 4K/120 with significantly faster load times. What a massive slap in the face. And yet the gaming media, including supposed PlayStation specific sites, haven’t even mentioned it since it was announced. Unbelievable.

Same question as with PErsona 4. I’d like to know the differences between the PS4 version and Series X version.

I’d like to know the differences between the PS4 version and Series X version since PS owners got screwed.

@Kalvort Let me know when Sony buys two of the largest “PUBLISHERS” in gaming, then we’ll talk. And save the lame “if Sony had the money they would too” excuse because there’s absolutely no evidence to suggest that and is pure heresay.

For once Jim is right. It’s bad for gaming and even worse for the industry. He’s actually doing what he should - fighting for his PlayStation customers. It’s about time someone stood up to Lord Spencer.

@IonMagi No chance bud. At worst, you’d still have a PS4 version but PS5 as well. I can’t think of any cases where a PS4 & PS5 version came out but the sequel went backwards and omitted the PS5. If such an example exists, it’s an extreme anomaly.

So the original came out originally for PS4 and later added PS5. But the sequel is only for PS4?? Wtf?

Clear PlayStation bias on display, as it should be on a dedicated site. But I don’t see how this topped Microsoft or Nintendo’s shows. While there weee great reveals, the vast majority of what was shown will be available on other systems. Meanwhile, the lion’s share of what we saw on the MS and Ninty shows were exclusives, timed exclusives, or had exclusive comment. Sony’s show did nothing to convince me I needed a PlayStation. Microsoft & Nintendo both showed why you want in their respective ecosystems.

Getting so tired of seeing these State of Plays and focus of 3rd Party or Indy. Getting out front to set expectations doesn’t excuse the fact that it’s becoming sickeningly rare for them to showcase the first parties. That’s what people want to see. Beyond GOW and a few Marvel games due in 2023/2024, we have virtually no confirmations of anything from any first party studios. Where’s the roadmap? What’s up with all these studios they bought? I’m bracing myself for the inevitable reveal of a near pure GAAS lineup. That’s NOT what made Sony the top system last gen. All that good will they built is literally being pissed away in the wind. Looking so forward to another State of Play that shows games largely playable on Xbox.

@Deljo You’re missing the point. There are excellent Switch games no doubt. But trophies/achievements have massive followings, even if you personally aren’t interested in them. There are simply no shortage of great titles that do offer trophies/achievements.

@Deljo How so? All PS games starting in 2008 were required to have trophy support, so what exactly have I missed? This service and legacy offerings are brand new. There’s only so much time in a day, and most people have backlogs. If a legacy game doesn’t have trophy support, there are no lack of great games to play that do.

@Apfelschteiner I know the reasons are the different, but I meant deja vu as in a major platform exiting hardware. It may sound far fetched it theory, but so did Sega at the time. Not saying for sure it’ll happen, but that sure sounds like the direction they’re heading at least.

This sounds like Sega deja vu. At this rate, I don’t know if I’d be that surprised if they left the console business. Jim Ryan spends so much time talking about expansion, live service, and other platforms, it’s like they keep giving less and less reasons to own a PlayStation. Exclusives may stay around for a bit, but you know Sony is salivating to put God of War on any machine that can run code. And I don’t think this view is extreme, but understanding of reality.

That’s what happens when you put a day one release on Gamepass. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Wow thank you so much for protecting me Sony!! I’m so glad you were there to choose what was appropriate for me despite me being an adult and having ratings with descriptions to help make educated choices. Hopefully a TLOU2 pacifist patch is coming shortly as well 😃!

@Rural-Bandit How do you know that? MS has added nothing positive to the industry and has single-handedly steered it away from ownership while removing content from established platforms like PlayStation. Just because Tencent is Chinese, what proof is there that them owning major ddvs of publishers wouldn’t be better than MS? Honest question, but they may be better than Xbox.

@GamingFan4Lyf So tired of the lame Xbone narrative that every stolen publisher and dev they got was on life support. It’s just sad to hear this repeatedly.

@iamtylerdurden1 Blame the media for Spencer’s good guy image. Not sure how anyone misses such a blatant pathologically lying greaseball who’s mastery of misleading rhetoric deserves Nobel level recognition. But the media drools all over him like he’s a god. Including the mods here, on a pro PlayStation site. I truly believe if Spencer got actual backlash instead of bootlicking from the media, Starfield would be coming to PS5 this November.