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Sounds and looks very cool!

But, where's the drones? Modern warfare has a helluva lot of drones.

I think that Sony once a year throws out 500 million for some anime we never hear about again. 'Crunchy Loop' or something I remember was the first.

Awful business sense. Nobody watches anime and I've never paid anything for anime and never will.

#Anti-Jinx (now that I've down voted it in so strong terms, the universe will make sure it is a least not a complete disaster)

I think their new game is going to be awesome. Too bad they are laying off just to give HR something to do. Most companies should just lay off their HR division which doesn't really add anything to a workplace except for second wives for CEOs.

This one I will show up for!

This universe has endless potential.

@dskatter @hypoman

To be fair, the remaster for ps8 is arguably the one to hold out for!

Dying Light 1 is probably my most favoured zombie game, and Dying Light 2 has been a great experience the second time I tried it. Will definitely get to the Beast at some point, but this time I might wait for a sale.

@Fiendish-Beaver

I think your xbox-scenario is plausible and I have similar ideas. But they have the games to start walling off their garden once again. Not even a desperate gambler could replicate the moves that Exbox Execs are pulling.

Yeah, didn't mention the AMOUNT of games on offer. A lot of good AI-slop on sale at Sony, maybe. I don't know if that is why the two numbers are so different. But it isn't related to whose store is the most cheap one, so I didn't really see the relevance.

It just makes sense that a struggling storefront might present their users with bigger opportunities to save on their games to bolster the sales data and for some pennies saved are nothing to scoff at. But OKAY mostly the same price points and small, if irregular, differences, I'll give you that in lieu of an actual market investigation based on big amounts of data.

@Fiendish-Beaver

Eh, so far two articles clearly indicate that it is possible to save more on games with the Xbox platform and that's without counting Gamepass. I have owned all PlayStations and have never seen a sale with 50+ titles on 95 per cent.

There's also store credit that more often than PS goes on sale (at least in my region).

I'll submit exibit C when the evidence is gathered and collected for me via news sites. Or maybe just remember yourself and check sometimes.

@Fiendish-Beaver

The universe will keep throwing evidence of it our way. It doesn't matter what we think - it is about the facts and the evidence.

I found it a great game for sure!

• Great story
• Interesting setting + forward pushing graphics
• Great combat system + legendary showdowns

@Fiendish-Beaver

Exibit B: https://www.purexbox.com/news/2025/07/50plus-games-are-reduced-by-90-95percent-in-this-years-xbox-summer-sale

95 per cent is much more than PS' maximum of 80 per cent. I'll contend that the prices can fluctuate a little, but this is the general picture.

Hmm... Sci-fi according to the interpreters of Pearce's interview...

If that is the case, I would like a Starfield-killer that are very different from the one that the fired TV guy is making at ND.

A perfect culling for me as I've already played or are not interested.

I have to manage expectations. This update will amount to no more than a boring new skin for a slightly undercooked vehicle gameplay system.

It isn't quests of quality or improvements to Pro performance. I wouldn't be able to tell it was updated if they didn't triumphantly announce a 'reveal' with a single exec.

Shut up and take my money!

He is referencing the best kind of games ever made!

I know Colin Moriarty from Sacred Symbols are dying to get his dirty hands on this game. With the time taken, I can only assume they're trying to make a game that's even more awesome than Bioshock: Infinity which is the only game I played by him, I think.

I played it recently and was shocked to find out it was a PS3 game!

That sounds awesome. I didn't know of this game, but having just done 'The Devil In Me' I can really do with more of the same suspense and mystery.

@Exerion76

With the way Playstation 5 has been selling vs the exbox, you have to realize it is exbots turned pony that are driving sales.

True Scotsmen are playing GT.

Disclaimer I am aware that car game enthusiasts that wanted to play the series have bought the game, so my comment amounts to little more than banter. I'll get me coat.

Very interesting to find a whopping 15 per cent disingenuous voters, most definitely distributed between exboys lurking, people kicked in the head by a horse, and people trying to rig the poll whilst dealing with acute cognitive dissonance.

Interestingly, not a single one able to put down a credible argument in the comments as to why it would be terrible.

Way to go, sustainable Sony.

Ghosts of Eden just dropped a Pro patch.

Incredibly strong month, only downvotes from people who deserve 🤜🤦

It's summer holidays and the weather is good. We've gone to a cozy summerhouse with lots of hiking opportunities + amusements parks.

Luckily I have a Portal for mornings and nights and are finishing up a playthrough of The Devil in Me because I wanted to "play" a movie. I really like it. Try it if you like a good horror story. I constantly reroll to save lives.

PS Plus has been great for me with these narrative adventures during the years.

@KidRisky

This resonates with me. When I pulled the trigger on Premium after not having subbed for ... years? Or at least a boatload of months. I have this weird compulsion to squeeze everything out of the combined three service tiers, and there's a lot on offer that caters to me.

You will have my bow.

AND MY AXE

Edit:

Seems a lot of people have been kicked in the head by horses recently.

I DIDN'T go for Rise of Ronin or Assassin's Creed because I wanted to see what Sucker Punch might do, and this game blows them out of the water making it easy to pick Yotei.

I think they deserve a rare day one purchase from me on account of my berfdey and all.

@Jackthelad93

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Take a look (if you can) at this month's offering and if you think it is bad then I suggest you let a horse kick you in the face for reconfiguration.

GOW: Ragnarok
TLOU 1: Remake
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Cyberpunk 2077

World-class games are available on the service.

Congratulations to Sony for delivering a great service that has engaged hundreds of million people through the 15 years so far. Is this their strongest Exta-month ever?

70+ comments on the newest additions and not 1 negative Nancy must be some kind of a record, eh?

I don't understand why it is so easy to turn every game on PC into a VR game. You have modders (teams or individuals, I don't know) that add mods or transforms flatscreen games into VR, yet it never becomes available on PS5.

Why don't gaming companies hire these modders. Is it really more valuable for them to hold back on it rather than help grow the VR scene?

I am confused to see that Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 isn't even on the list.

And GTA 5... at this point I simply don't believe in the rankings. They must have paid for a spot on the top 20 to seem relevant.

@KundaliniRising333

You are completely right. A very effective marketing campaign with measured leaks creates the perfect opportunity to part a "fool"* with his money. It even outshone one of the most anticipated indies that had grabbed attention in big showcase(s). It wouldn't have done that without game journalists and influencers.

*Everyone knows Bethesda games will simply act up now and again - even devs have diligently resolved a heap of issues. And I am sure it is a great game. It was legendary after all.

The lesson here is twofold. Consumers: Don't expect too much from a Bethesda game. Publishers: Allow devs to spend more time on polish and bugsquashing. Have it in the scheduling from the beginning.

There's a secret lesson also: The universe rewards patient gamers who wait for a game to reach a point in its lifetime where support has run its course and price has gone down.

It's a no-brainer, folks. Get the dlc cheaply for one of the best games ever made!

I wish I could play for the first time😔

What an amazing month.

If you haven't pulled the trigger on Cyberpunk then take heed and listen: This is a masterpiece, and you need to play it!

Since I don't benefit from Cyberpunk being added, I am quite happy to see Banishers: Ghosts of Eden, Tropico 6 and New World: Aeternum. All awarded a solid 8 by these squares being pushed around.

I recently tried the old ones on PS Plus but I found them too ugly and clunky to play more than 15 minutes. I had high hopes going into it, but like Bannerlord I simply couldn't muster the motivation to play and I'd rather they'd remake or otherwise improve them.

I am VERY interested in this new game, so please don't tell me it launched on GamePass.

@NishimuraX

Let me put it this way: I have never read a comment on any site or channel from an exbot that disavows GamePass. They have been effectively conditioned into accepting the subscription model. Few users still profess to buy, and one would assume it is the more affluent users. I can't blame GP users for throwing themselves at such ridiculous offers - they must feel like they deserve it at this point seeing as their trillion-dollar horse in the race has come in a clear second in almost ALL of the races, except for the Playstation 3-era.

I JUST saw a YouTube video by chance. I prefer using sites like this for infotainment. In the video, they're talking about XBOX Prime, a new powerful console set to kickstart M$' foray into Next-Gen gaming with a head start on Sony. So, as a Sony Pony I look forward to seeing if They ACTUALLY gave up on the console war and the idea that competition benefits both companies.

As for Dring's tweets: he could have so many incentives to try and reframe the narrative and so I don't find him credible. Corden is also tweeting that 'more is coming' which is just as credible as Dring's report. WHY would exbox publish on PS5 IF they didn't need the money to mitigate the bankrolling of loyal exbots?

Looking forward to this!

The first one was a genuine hit and I remember admiring the beauty of the game. That, I think, was on PS4 Pro.

The quality of a PlayStation exclusive is just higher than the competition's best work.

@Fiendish-Beaver

Push square just offered 5 per cent off on store credit for Playstation and Poor Exbox just offered 10 per cent. Let's call this Exibit A.

I'm suffering from foamo.

@Psofo

Oh, I still think of it as an inferior experience. You just paid more for it😂

@Psofo

If you are so unfortunate to be on Xbox only, don't worry M$ is bankrolling your inferior experience. Milk that cow all you want.

@Stickleman

It is as much a loss leader as a basket of free groceries is - when you have that why buy anything else?

So, M$ is incompetent in their pricing strategy and they are failing their employees and quite frankly backstabbing them considering how much money they have.

They don't have to act callously, they choose to for the sake of incentives in executive wages and shareholder$.

PS Plus is great value. GamePass is just stupidly cheap. So cheap it destroys gaming and Xbox gaming by attrition. But for some reason, the xbots HAS to be babied. They consistently are awarded deals that are better than what their competition offer: on their gaming storefront, on third party websites like Purexbox, on subscriptions. And yet so far, they have been beaten at every turn because Sony makes better games, consoles and peripherals.

I am happy to NOT take the Game pass deal and happy to NOT buy games that are on GamePass to signal to the devs/publishers that putting your games on the service isn't exactly driving their sales.

@graymamba

The black mamba strikes again!

@Scribedby

Well, it is settled for me I guess. I will take that comment as a joke. It didn't make any logic sense, but it is nice to have you confirm that you can't actually lists the games.

@K1LLEGAL

I would smile and wave any other year, but this year KCD II was released. So, whatever Game of the Year-award they win, I will absolutely regard that award as the best and most important GOTY-award.

@Ricky-Spanish 😂🍻

@Scribedby

Newsflash: GamePass celebrates its sixty-year anniversary with a record-breaking streak of 60 years of featuring a winner of 'the game of the year'-award.

.....

So, what are those 60 games? Lists or it never happened.

@junkyfour

This is easily the best comment in this thread. Super insightful and credible.

Thank you!

@RiverGenie

I have a few comments:

How many new, full priced games have you bought whilst having GamePass?

I'll tell you the truth - you have bought less games full priced since getting a subscription and prices of full games going up.

And so have everyone else!!

I can't blame you for taking a good deal. I won't do that. But I can blame the company behind when it leads to so many layoffs despite the company delivering profits. And as long as there hasn't exactly been a game of the year from Xbox studios EVER since Game pass began you can't say that the model promotes the very best in games. It is common sense that it would promote malpractice most of the time.

You use PS Plus more than you care to admit. You use it to build a library of titles you may or may not play, and if you have 'Extra' that's one more library of available content.

@MFTWrecks

Playstation has it's own set of problems - they stupidly went all in on chasing a trend that is contrary to an otherwise effective strategy. Until the release of Concord they thought they were on the right track. The fact that Haven still exists proves that PlayStation management is at least partly incompetent.

I regret to inform that I have spent too much time ranking Ascension in Slay the Spire. Such a crazy good game - can't even start Balatro not when StS exists.

Also, I have played as the necromancer in Diablo 4 and had to quit due to boredom after leveling up to having skeletons, skeleton mages AND a golem. The magic of what Diablo was is definitely gone for me. It now feels like a mobile horde game (I haven't actually played those of course).

I also played Powerwash and progressed three jobs into career mode until I had my fill FORever. Fun game and addictive gameplay, but also it is as fun as doing the dishes, and if I have dishes to do then why postpone it?

Furthermore, I played Like A Dragon which is okay and intriguing in terms of story and characters. I really don't like the turnbased combat, but maybe it evolves into more later on. Right now, I am on the 'Rock Bottom's chapter.

I also booted up Ghost Recon, but the age of the game is showing. It is just a half-bad shooter now. And speaking of half-bad shooters, I also play Destiny II's story mission to see the culmination of the story. So far the witness is a bit lame.

Last but least, I retried AssCred Odyssey but I just don't like AssCred (I played 2 which was super fun) and how it plays as an action RPG.

This is the power of PS Plus - the Netflix of gaming. I am having fun, sort of, but in my backlog the real good games are waiting. I kinda knew I wouldn't be able to play my owned games, as I am too focused on 'getting my value' from the library of rentals.

I have been cursing Microsoft's name for a long time, and this is not even the culmination of their wrongdoing.

They made a machine that throttled game development and lowered the denominator with Series S and they literally bankrolled the entire operation of Game pass for their customers.

Nobody were spending much on the subsidized, unsustainable GamePass, but it effectively ruined the affordability of Xbox' platform.

This hit is a sustained hit - they won't recover from this because it is such a huge self-inflicted loss that you can't see them ever going forward again. They have butchered many studios and we have yet to see and feel the impact in game development as a whole and the overall wellbeing and morale of employees.

Micro$oft could have taken the hit what with their trillion of dollars in the coffer.

If PlayStation won the console war, then Micro$oft just demantled a big part of their version of the Marshall Plan (or World User Recovery Programme).

Oh, I just thought that if Playstation launches a console I hope they come out swinging with at least one first party and several third party titles.

I don't think that Nintendo did well on switch 2's launch. No reviews and nothing to play really except for Mario kart. And people will be much more critical of Playstation than Nintendo.

I would be willing to upgrade a PS5 Pro to a PS6 if there's any sort of real improvement, and since it already looks and performs great this is becoming increasingly less important to upgrade.

The price of entry matters too - can I sell off my very cheap PS5 Pro and make a profit whilst getting a better machine (for less than the Pro?) then I will make the trade. Otherwise, I will probably be satisfied with the Pro for a long, long time.

The PS5 handheld is also super enticing and if that's a cool machine, I might sell off the cool Portal to help finance it.

PlayStation needs to start signalling that they are on top of their development in all studios. This generation has embarrassed them a lot, even if they have done well in some aspects. The live service push, the constant remastering, the lack of 1st party titles, the backing of the wrong studios like Haven and Firewalker...

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