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The best thing about Ace Combat 7 is that title song - I wish they'd do VR for the game. But I guess there was a game like that a month or so ago that I'd rather get and just enjoy the arcadey gameplay of nr. 7.

I just played it and I'm completely stuck in mission 5 no matter how many enemy planes I shoot down😅

@LiamCroft
Seconded!

@tangyzesty

This is likely down to it being a representation (image) of the game, a snapshot (still image) that may possibly be compressed and narrowed down. Having the console and experiencing how everything's looks and runs better whilst allowing you to add on detail and tech not possible on base PS5 makes the upgrade more than worth it. It has to be experienced in my opinion

I am taking in the upgrade... impressive with ray traced pro!!

I think this could be pretty heavy 1st partywise.

I bet Bend, Haven and Media Molecule are going for 20 minutes each, making it a 1-hour show...

With choices come great uncertainty. Which mode is the best experience?

Cool! I started a third run some time ago as the nomad which offers precious variety, however little, to an amazing experience. I will definitely play a little and progress the story and see if I can tell a difference👍

Okay! Thanks for the review, and I'm still interested if not compelled to pick up first week. It actually sounds great - any rumors of microslop on plus?

So, I could recruit another player in matchmaking and actually make progress in a soulslike?

That would maybe mean I would try the game.

I finished Alan Wake 2 only to be propelled into a game mode called 'redacted'. A good game that goes all in on postmodernism.

I started up Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown which has a brilliant main theme and does what it says on the tin. It is an airial arcade combat simulator and I want to try the newest one available for PSVR2.

Ass Creed: Syndicate and Union have also entered the rotation. They are like a certain kind of comfort food that feels good to warm up and consume.

All of these titles are from PS Plus. I must have played over 50 games this past year without ever running out of great offerings from the different libraries. I also have plowed through the deals in the latest sale and found some nice PSVR2 titles on offer. I am going to add them to my digitally owned titles, but if I get another year of Premium I know I won't be playing from my own library, but from the constantly refreshed cornucopia of titles.

The temptation is real at this point. Luckily, I'm good at keeping from splurging. I look forward to reading the review from PushSquare. I think you're going to give the game an 8/10, but I suppose you have to account for all the dlc and patching that has gone into this game. Maybe even a 9/10?

Just give the review, Push square. Or I'll push you squares around!

@Martsmall

Please, keep your sloppy DLSS!

@Max_the_German

Wow, this is amazing 😍

I voted 'yes, comfortably,' because it will be on sale for a long time. It will take the PS5 at least 3 years to overtake it.

The PS6 will have entered the market by then with a smaller penetration of the market than the PS5's which was expected by SONY, I think. It wouldn't make sense for them to expect huge sales when diminishing returns ensures people stay on their platforms.

Yeah, I did.

I am playing both Syndicate and Unity (AssCreeds both of them) at the same time.

Very good comfort food. The games run well, 10 years after launching😂

They are pretty good games, like someone said: comfort food 👍

Game management in the 2020s is the absolute dumbest ***** I've ever heard about.

Donald Trump and his management of America is Nobel prize winning stuff in comparison to the stupidity of the gaming industry.

Jesus ***** Christ.

This is definitely on the radar - I do think I'll wait for patches, dlc and discounts though ...

This is truly a bad month for me, because you'd have to pay me money to play those. Unless Lords of the Fallen makes me into a soulslike believer. Which would be a miracle.

We know there's a culture that celebrates failure, and we know that management are claiming that trusted employees has contributed to a narrative that borders on sabotage.

Even if I think the dies from cringe meme is hilarious, and I do, I 100 per cent believe that ... they released a buggy game that got ducked a few points too much because of "concerted" efforts. You can trust that influencers and streamers are trash and do this for views , because it their entire economy.

Avoid influencers. Unless of course, you are as dumb as a rock. In that case seek out fellow-minded individuals.

Here's my verdict after having played 0 hours, 0 minutes. It has been slightly updated to push a 7/10 up to 8/10. There's still repetition, but the variety has increased.

@Yor-sama

"A big ass-budget"? You mean that in a literal sense...

Bound again, am I right

I am almost happy a new game from ZA/UM comes out. Still bummed about the drama that resulted in the ousting of Exceptional talent though...

It is on the back burner, we can agree at least.

If studios could make it a habit to create games that can also be played in VR, it would be awesome and bring VR gaming back in a big way!

Some of the very best VR games are exactly that. GT7, RE4+7+8. The lack of scope in VR titles would be a thing of the past.

This generation and PS4s gen, I have amassed a powerful array of games that are playable again and again (many I have not played yet). That is true for PSVR2 as well.

I've just started AssCred Unity because of high praise from Push square.

It really is as you say a great game no longer plagued by the problems at its birth. The inside of buildings are so god damn gorgeous.

Damn. I feel like an elite cabal of evil people are running the world toward the brink of collapse. War and recession is the newest normal. Everytime something bad happens, it is leveraged towards raising prices.

If (it hasn't already) the layoffs start spilling over to other industries, we need to restart and legislate against neo capitalism's urge to make creative work extinct. We need to legislate against the job losses. That's my belief, humanity needs a new deal.

I'm still playing P5R on and off. My second playthrough, I think. It's maybe a year since I last played, though. There's so much stuff to do and too little time to do it in that game😅

I also started P4G but it is rough and basic compared to P5R. I haven't seen enough of the P3R remake to know if such a release is enough to keep my attention. But the rumour of a remake did stop me from progressing.

I can wait to see what happens, and to have a good unplayed game is like entertainment in the bank ready to be withdrawn.

If there's a crash it is not going to affect hardware.

Hilariously, a used PS5 Pro at GameStop is currently more expensive than a brand-new one.

I have to give credit to people who pointed out the similarities between Sony PS3 and Sony PS5.

So much wasted in the mobile and live service push with only Marathoner (1.5 mil) to show for it.

The level of ineptitude is staggering.

@jorel262

It is selling out, so even if you wanted it chances are you wouldn't find one.

But it is definitely worth it. Alone for the fact that you can sell it for roughly the same price in 3-5 years time. It doesn't lose value. A pro tip, is that your OG PS5 has also retained its value, so it'll fetch close to full price on the used market.

People should think of the price as an expense - it is an investment.

It is oddly satisfying to browse through Reddit catching all the global news about the PS5 Pro-rush. It's sold out almost everywhere.

I think it is deserved. What an amazing piece of hardware!

There's many good green games on the PlayStation these days:

Pentiment, Indiana Jones, S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2, Starfield, Avowed and Elder Scrolls 4 Remake.

I haven't yet pulled the trigger on any though, they're safely tucked away in the long wishlist.

It is a big (Week)end for me as I had tickets for my daughter and my brother's daughter to see the circus. Biggest in the north.

Besides that I've started the postmodern classic novel House of Leaves.

Also, I finished/finishing Spider-Man 2, Alan Wake 2 and Space Marines 2. I most enjoyed Spidey. I respect Alan Wake 2's postmodern dedication which made the whole experience into a visual novel. I have only played one online match in Space Marines 2, but already I've had my fill of that game.

I also started up som Monster Hunter games, but I don't enjoy those. Every time I try, I nope out.

I nominate Balaam to be the next person to attempt the trophy 😁

@HRdepartment

If you think that Games radar asking a consultant his opinion is orchestrated by Sony then you might be delusional.

You're commenting as if you had foreseen everything, but that's very easy when it is the past you're foreseeing.

I answered 'yes, of course' there's justification for raising prices when prices on EVERYTHING goes up, so will the price of a console.

Also, 'yes, of course, it is still worth buying the console' which will keep you for 5-10 years if need be.

Full disclosure: I have already bought what I need, and I got it much cheaper even before the price increases. It's very easy for me to say: "I've enjoyed my time with it, and so would you."

It's cheaper and easier now to just go and live in insular Japan than staying here in the west.

Honestly, you get used to the state-mandated 6-hour daily switch-playing.

@armondo36

It's inevitable, yes. PS Plus will become more expensive, and the discount given at Days of Play will be slightly below or the same as the current full pricing.

The PS5 (and Pro) will be relevant for at least the coming 10 years. New hardware will not achieve the same sales numbers, because the general playbase will be fractured into different generations of consoles. That's the reality of diminishing returns, and I haven't even dared to think of streaming of games as a possible disrupter.

The prices for the UK and US are now comparable with the prices in my territory. They might go up here too, but right now we're already paying premium. Supposedly, it is even worse in countries like Australia and Brazil (long list). I think the price is worth it. But the expenses don't stop there, do they?

The price of games is ridiculous too. 70-80 euroes for the basic version of the game. I think a 100 euros or so bought me a year's PS Plus Premium sub. That sub gave access to a dozen games on my wishlist and let me try other games on a whim. I'll let the reader draw their own conclusions.

With the state of the world, everything including gaming gets more expensive.

I believe PS5s will be playable and healthy for the next decade, so the console is worth the cost. Even as other hardware comes online, the PS5 will enjoy a very long life circle. Even more so than PS3, but perhaps will be edged out by PS4 simply because PS4 came into existence before and will be able to function and download games into the future for as long as PS5.

I would like to learn more about the actual spending of the budget at these studios.

What kind of wage structure is in place in the expensive studios? I speculate that the wages differ greatly, and some employees are getting the lion's share without necessarily being the first in line when downsizing eats away at the industry.

What kinds of other expenses are ballooning the budget? State of the art computers and running expensive studios of motion capture can't be cheap.

On the other hand, were it not for the numerous subscription services and (very) deep sales, games could have very long shelf life. Now that Xbox is all but wiped off the board, and STEAM not having a library, Sony could scale down their offerings and be less generous, who knows.

I'll take "big" surprises for 100, Alec.

Where's Dragon's Dogma 2?

With GOW: RAG, Spidey 2, Alan Wake 2, Space Marines 2, Banisher's: Ghosts of New Eden, Jedi Survivor 1+2, Hogwarts: Legacy, Last of Us pt 1 and Rift Apart I've made home my subscription, but ending with Dragon's Dogma 2 would be the perfect crescendo to a full year's sub of Premium.

It is incredible how stupid Hermen Hilst and Jim Ryan has been. Let me quickly fix all issues with 20/20 vision:

Bungie Don't buy Bungie, instead continue with strategic partnerships. They'd save a couple of billion on that!

Bend Should have greenlit Days Gone 2. As the days go more and more people experience Days Gone and marvel over its quality and beauty. You'd avoid this multi-year period of floundering. It is obvious the studio is de facto dead and the real talent was denied. I can't see a single scenario where Bend survives to release anything. In fact, they're only alive because they could profit off of Days Gone Remastered.

Dark Outlaw Hermen Hulst is so incompetent that I need more information to course correct this one. Maybe they shouldn't have formed the studio to begin with.

Naughty Dog the trouble began with Neil Druckmann wanting to ***** over half of the fan base, and his war with half the fan base through media was so pathetic. Someone should have stepped in and kept Bruce Straley and Amy Henning. It would have been a less controversial game and more exciting to play. Going forward, they could have had Bruce in charge of Factions 2 and Amy in charge of Intergalactic (or whatever title that made most sense).

Firewalk I think two changes could have changed everything. They should have made it a free title on PS Plus and a paid game if you're not subscribed (in that way more players would have found it organically). They shouldn't have allowed the studio to grow as big as it did.

Haven Easy fix. Should have never existed as a Playstation Studio. Dumbest decision ever, even if other blinders were more costly. (I'll never survive as a commenter if this one actually materialises a great game with the amount of scepticism I've elicited here).

Bluepoint Sony should have brute-forced a remake of Bloodborne for Bluepoint to work on. They could have strong armed Fromsoft through acquisition of rights or something.

So, yet another studio mismanaged. They've mismanaged Bluepoint, Dark Outlaw, Naughty Dog, Bungie, Haven, Media Molecule, Bend, Firewalk and Neon Koi.

Hermen Hulst and Jim Ryan has failed spectacularly.

Their legacy will be one of infamy - forever on you'll be able to look up 'Hulst' in the Gamers' dictionary and read the definition of a massive incompetent loser who cost Sony dearly.

If he had any form of dignity, he would step back and issue a formal apology for existing. He has a stain to his name which fortunately for everyone else will never go away. He will live the rest of his life knowing that people think of him as a joke.

Insomniac made this game for me. It feels like a childhood dream coming true!

I need to get DLC for the game. I haven't got the game, but anything that improves the formula and hopefully adds to the main game (and not a standalone experience dlc) would pull on me greatly.

@HonestHick

I get why you need not worry about your plastic box😂

It like hearing Germans saying 'well now' WWII wasn't even a war, so how can you say we lost!?