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Will play Diablo 4 and hopefully it is better than Diablo 3 which I didn't like. I just downloaded it the first time for 5 years to try if the vibe is as bad as first time.

I think the same happened in Turkey, and apparently the difference in prices across platforms are part of the reasons for marking up prices.

The only problem is that it leaves millions of gamers with an affordability problem, and it isn't fair. It isn't PlayStation's fault the economy is tough. Maybe the gamers should vote for honest politicians. I wrote that last sentence doubting that there is such a thing as honest politicians.

I am browsing videogames more than 'playing' these days. I took the Days of Play-offer on premium which is equivalent to Netflix with an absolute wealth of content and added functionality.

The best feature for me is actually to stream games directly from the Portal without waking the PS5 Pro.

So, I finished Bloom and Rage and was quite satisfied with the story, the vibe, and the soundtrack. The themes are a bit heavy and important, so I really hope young people check this title out. I can't recommend this one for angry old men or young punks who think everything is 'cringe'.

I finally tried Return to Monkey Island which is available on plus, and it is still so hilarious (I expected the humour to be outdated). In the prologue, the first time the girl says anything it introduces the 'skip dialogue' option and ..... if you don't use it she goes on and on and on. A little kid endlessly plodding on about everything she knows about anchors were such an unexpected laugh.

And I've started more games than I'd care to admit, but the actual play time is very low.

@nessisonett

The context is that the interviewers are angling for him to say something interesting and he details what any art major would know about drawing women (and men).

Do you really want a puritan society where everybody rejects biology and suppress every emotion?

@naruball

Wow, so much man-hating. Imagine the drama if this was about women.

You can't be alive without being hypocritical, but damn, I have never done a private list of least attractive hobbies for women or seen one. In fact, I am only very happy if a woman can actually say 'yes' if asked about having hobbies.

@blockfight

Gaming with the headset on is a cool way to immerse yourself. I remember playing a narrative driven game on it. I chose to let it randomly decide what to say or do and the absolute chaos unfolding kept me breathless from laughter because I couldn't breathe. It was that funny!

How very stellar of Capcom.

Not long ago, Playstation was embroiled in a lawsuit in France for something hardware related, I think. Coverage of that just died out, so don't expect this to have any public resolution.

There aren't many games coming from first party at all. Let alone the Plus-service.

@Lup Good to know!

This looks to be more of Persona 5 but with a newer cast.

Thankfully some else then me will play it and find out what level of quality this thing has. I highly doubt it will entice many to play.

I wouldn't go so far as to say the quality is going up. In reality, it fluctuates. There are good or bad months both in terms of incoming and expiring.

I see this as advertisement for the service. Come join us, they're saying to the slightly bigger games that are nearing 1-1.5 years in age.

I am overall happy about Premium tier as it has unique functionality with the portal and PSVR2. You can stream via the portal and get psvr games via the library. On top of that are access to three solid libraries + a movie library. I treat it like Netflix and that means dropping a game when it fails in maintaining my attention.

A good haul objectively - for me I will try all of them out and drop them if bored.

However, I hardly played anything from this month. A little Final Shape, but that is it.

These days I play so many just out of curiosity. I browse.

@VaultGuy415

Yeah, they could have smaller units of first party studios or even second party studios that made their games playable or developed smaller games themselves. But calling it dead doesn't help the gamers make informed decisions that result in purchases.

If they are fair, they take into account how many games that are playable in VR are published on PS each year. They should take the library into account and the fact that PS Plus has VR content.

Saying it is dead is a very negative narrative. So they are Negative Narrative Nancies on this issue and promote more positive narratives about most other venues of Playstation. IMHO, ofc.

Money laundering makes perfect sense.

Sony Playstation has enough staff to do better but chooses not to. It is pathetically greedy.

Good to see KCD up there. It will be close between Split Fiction, KCD, Clair Obscure and Death Stranding. So far, this year has been incredible for gamers. I think one or two titles will yet have to join the GOTY lidt of candidates.

For me, the game of the year will always have to be KCD II. A very special game that together with BG3 would make a very exclusive list of all-time favorite games.

I also remember seeing Claire Obscure in a trailer last summer thinking that this game could be special. I really hope they will consider putting out to PS Plus.

Sounds awesome. Two other VR games were also just announced.

Plenty of life in VR.

There's even Xbox VR now.

I am playing more of the original and honestly I am not particularly engaged in the story or gameplay. I won't finish it, most probably, and I won't have much incentive to get the sequel. Funny, but the sequel might sell more than the original with this level of hype. A 10 out of 10 is astonishing for one that doesn't truly get this game after putting in the time for understanding...

@Questionable_Duck

Plenty of people have explained how they've stacked for many years for close to nothing. Still, to this day you can just cancel and get a refund. Also, there's conversion of points into subscription which also subsidize the most loyal.

Therefore, if you are integrated in the platform you will find yourself to have been heavily subsidized for years and probably still will be for some years to come.

This narrative comes from XBOX gamers. But it is extremely funny that it is the bots themselves that are policing when people on other platforms mention how Microsoft basically bankrolled this entire generation for their users.

My new crusade (adding to a longer list) is to wait with games that are free on GamePass.

If you want to piss away your game for free, don't expect me to pick up the bill.

Putting it on GamePass shows me that it is just a matter of time until it shows up on PS Plus.

So far, none of the games I have "boycotted" have actually shown up on PS Plus, suggesting that the studios do prefer to actually get paid by gamers. So... maybe stop putting them on GamePass and actually value your games, fam.

Well, this weekend I am up against the magnates of gaming. The ayatollahs of gaming taste. I am defiantly playing PSVR2 and there's nothing Pushsquare can do about I.... geeeerh

First I want to comment on the future. After that, I need to address how the first couple of years with PSVR2 has been.

A little sidenote: I get angry reading you guys on Pushsquare again and again trying to bury VR. Your support of VR has been halfhearted, and mostly can be boiled down to pick-me articles that surf on negativity.

It is nice, though, to see small reviews here and there, but apparently the demand for reading them isn't enough to keep you engaged in delivering better content.

So, PSVR2 isn't dead, it is chugging along. And so far has delivered a bunch of great games. That's the one-paragraph story of PSVR2.

The second paragraph story includes mentioning how Sony fumbled everything from games to managing Studios during the PS5-era. It seems impossible that they get their rotten act together if not for it being Japanese bosses now.

The key to PSVR2 is to keep it compatible with newer PlayStations and allow games on future platforms to come to both psvr2 and psvr3 (or a pro version) - keep it going and build an audience and library. Also, invest in games like Resident Evil and GOT7 that are playable with and without the VR headset. Keep making smaller VR exclusives and try and make VR games that gets heads turning.

If not, at some point in time, I need to finish my VR backlog and buy and play whatever, so that I have a chance to sell my headset and cash out on my investment. If Sony actually signals retreat, I have some time to sell. But I could also see myself simply keeping the headset and getting the connection with my PC to experience other games available not on PS.

Like I said, if Playstation doubles down on keeping VR as one mode of experience available, I could also keep VR as it is very, very good and fun. The screen can be used to just play normally without having to look anywhere but the natural, resting position of your head.

Hello, Round8 studio, it is I your beloved employee in the north. Please, send me the cash and Switch 2 asap, trust me bro.

False! Stranger than Heaven is releasing yesterday with a fun spinoff coming tomorrow about how they're corporate pirates set adrift on a sea of rampant capitalism.

...

@StandardMario

Randy bought a PS5? Randy!? My Lord and saviour, that's insane. Thanks for reporting.

Yeah! Am keeping an eye on this!

A scientific consensus exists surrounding the question of climate change. Yet, people who can't even hold a knife and fork right are on this very site denying reality?

Yeah - I had feared as much. Can't see myself trying this game out even when free. I love the quirky nature of Control, but all I see in Firebreak is a boring MP.

Very subjective. But that's me.

Borderlands 4 not vibing with users here is a little surprising

I don't get the too-little too-late mentality of critics. There are a huge classics library and it will be taken from and added to organically.

People are not even playing the games, I think. I know I am not too interested in the older games as their age truly shows and I have premium mostly for trials and streaming from my portal. That and the upgrade from Extra was so little that it was like 8 dollars more for 12 months!

@ShogunRok

I sort of disagree - 16 (many more in reality) games have come out without even a single one CLEARLY failing and leading to layoffs.

The MOST mismanaged IPs are the ones like Days Gone (Bend released 1(!) game in 15 years according to a commenter on here), TLOU 2 (polarization and a awesome project, consumer-ready and live service capable cut away). Both are somewhat succesful you might argue, but I feel like they could both be in a much better place if only yada yada.

If there EVER were a game whoose sequel would disappoint in terms of people buying the game this HAS to be it.

People have gotten their fill of the main character's attributes and everything that can be modded to this experience HAS been added.

Of course, they might come back for the game play 🤡

Hard to believe that anyone in 2025 would want something as old and conventional as 'polarizing' content that divests the creator of half the fan base.

But here we are, and I just want Video to blink twice if he is kidnapped and controlled by Neil Druckmann.

I like Premium so far. I paid WAY LESS than a dollar a month for the top tier.

I get
Old movies! Some good ones
Game Trials (already tried SpiderMan2. Gonna try others too)
And old games I don't really want. I tried a Syphon Filter 3. Are you kidding me😂 Jesus, I lasted less than a minute

My immediate reaction was one of small disappointment. But there are games I would try and they just add to the pile of availability on the services. Plus, for an RPG fan how could it be better than trying Deus Ex for the first time!?

I am actually mostly playing something from the PS Plus library. I liked the value of getting everything Destiny on my sub, so I took my old, weathered Hunter who began during the beta of the first destiny out of early retirement. I cleared the Lightfall campaign and are now playing the Final Shape. That will suffice, I hope, as I don't really want to play too much Destiny. Right now I am most annoyed with the speed of leveling up my light. I am 1964 and they want me to crawl up to 2015!?

Personally, I would love to see PS5 Pro well-supported in terms of new games and older games being optimized for it, like say RDR 2 and CP 2077.

If Sony truly is focused on developing 1st party games for PS6, it will be multiplatform and I would just play them on the Pro unless I can sell for more than I bought it for.

On one hand, I am not worried about updating as new hardware is suffering from diminishing returns. On the other hand, 3-4 years should be enough time to put in parts that create substantial differences in output.

I don't pay for games that are on GamePass as a rule of thumb.

I am very interested in having GamePass, but I only have a work PC that couldn't run the newest Deus Ex, so I would have to stream and iirc that would require GamePass ultimate and even then many titles are not available to stream.

Also, I just shelled out for a year's premium in a fit of delirium. I am now stuck with playing Train Simulator 5 instead of the absolute mad value found on GamePass.

I would be happy to know if at least developers were fairly compensated for putting their games on PS Plus. I fear they are not, and are merely taking the deal when projections show their games aren't selling even when discounted, and when they can see that it essentially is marketing (they are paid for) for their next game or dlc are looming.

I actually have premium now. And Sony doesn't disappoint in disappointing me.

I paid the price of a real good game for a year of seemingly questionable additions!? This was my honest first reaction to seeing this list - I felt like it was less than mediocre.

But on second thought, I will maybe try
FBC: Firebreak even if it is a multiplayer, it is from the universe of Control.

Deja Vu with Battlefield 2042 - it feels like this has been on essential and extra before, and it is such a forgettable experience, I felt in the past. These multiplayer games barely feels worth my time to try them out.

Five Nights at Freddy - wow, a VR game, but also for kids and it might be quite terrible.

The Hunter: Call for sleep will put me right to sleep. Might be great to have a literal button to press that instantly sends me snoozing.

We Love Katamari - No, we don't! Who said we did!? Like, what even is this? Seems like something stuck in an empty wrapper of candy 🍭

Eiyuden Chronicle: the heroes I bother to find - okay, an RPG! But no, it is an OLD-looking RPG. How dare Sony. Don't they know who I am!?

Train World 5 - I won't even make it past the menu with this one. My PlayStation, who just became the newest member of SAG-Effron will refuse to download this and go into strike

Deus Ex - Okay, a museum of past RPG glory. I will definitely peer into the lobby of this one. I started up a Syphon Filter from the classics and Jim Ryan literally spoke through me and said "who the actual hell would want to play this hellscape of low res?"

GamePass users must be laughing somewhere ...😂 But jokes aside, some real diverse experiences on offer at the very least.

I think you're MAY BE too hard on this game. I've had the 'pleasure' of playing GTA Online which is quite a bad, bare bone experience even with all the lazy updates it felt so bad and grindy to play.

This looks much better than that and yeah it'll update in the coming years and improve with each iteration, but if I wanted GTA right now, I wouldn't play the online mode, I'd try out Mindseye.

@TheKramer89 Game's gone... Devs Gone 2🫣

I got Persona 4 Golden last year, and it was a bit rough so I actually fell back into Persona 5 Royal. It could use a loving hand to make it more palatable, but hopefully they will offer an upgrade path or I will do without. #TooManyGames

I put on ny VR helmet and let The Quarry play out like a movie. It was utter, utter madness. I remember laughing like a maniac and being at utter disbelief at what transpired. I don't think I made it to the end of the game, so I'd be keen to revisit or experience this new less campy story that seems to have real weight.

Looks awesome! I have fortunately picked up my VR headset again and are finding myself enjoying it more than normal flat screen gaming at the moment. Picking up Premium gave me the incentive to try the VR offerings! Synapse is currently on rotation and I thought about platforming as we see in this title. It is a kind of next-gen I really want to try.

I wish Sony had stayed their hand on Concord Studio and Fairgame$ studio - both exceptional waste of money - and used the money to push game modes of AAA-games out instead. Also, Bungie seems to be a complete waste of money. I tried downloading the Bungie Destiny DLC of the past 3-4 years and it is utterly underwhelming to actually play.

They are never seeing ANY money coming from those black holes. At least they closed one of 'em.

I think I spent a lot on Outer Worlds back in the day.

I was ultimately let down by the scope of the game. I loved the humour, but everything else was undercooked and halfbaked.

They presented number 2 really well in terms of humour and promising the scope of the game being much grander. The Director of Sequels at Obsidian really sold me on the sequel's humour. I love their sense of humour and take on corporatism. If I could I would definitely buy it, but I've put myself in a sort of curfew from buying games.

So far, the GamePass titles moving to PS Plus are few and far between and that's too bad. For the price of a single video game (premium price) I got a year's worth of PS Plus Premium, so I WON'T spend money on gaming for a whole year despite the BIG 3-E presentations really selling each and every game with such fanfare.

Very cool song set the vibe for this lone black female crash landing in tough environment. It is NODternal?

The big 3 e-presentations came and went.

To me, this was a trilogy of high, high class with so many games on offer. It is absolutely dizzying. Of course, horror games/shooters and Souls-likes (and even fighting games) were heavily featured and will battle each other in brutal fashion.

I am completely surprised by people NOT being impressed!

I think, overall, Xbox has the strongest showing. That Handheld looked sick and GamePass is just the best deal for flat screeners.

Here is the thing though. I paused the showcase and got on my PSVR2 headset and was completely floored by playing Star Wars: Tales of the Galaxy Edge Enhanced Edition <--- If you ever enjoyed being in the arcade shooting with a prop gun then this experience will blow it out of the water!

I felt like a Star Wars Merc with a cool device strapped to my left arm, dual wielding blasters in gorgeous 360-surroundings. GamePass can't do that!

I am jumping like a mad monkey to different games. Thanks to Ps Plus Premium.

I have played VR and deserve a medal for it. Will try Synapse and Star Wars when the little one sleeps.

Also, I have jumped back in Death Stranding. I just don't understand this game! It is overwhelmingly impenetrable and weird for me.

Back into New Game+ with GOW: Ragnarok

Might also taste a few other games!

Carefully mindeyeing MindsEye.

I voted 'Okay' and already wrote my opinion in another thread before seeing this thread🙈

Onimusha looked great.

Great to see Atomic Heart II (I have a trial on Plus for the first game waiting on me).

Downloaded Death Stranding because it is also on PS Plus.

Dying Light: The Beast after beginning to enjoy DL2 (which is seemingly never ending), this caused a small spike of joy seeing 'more of the same'.

RE9: only reminded me to actually finish the VR versions of 4 and 8.

Hitman: Sorry, too much content to actually make it too your game's limited time window. Looked very badass.

Ill (ill): I thought this was Resident Evil. But very cool dismemberment and body horror stuff..

Didn't like all the souls-like games! or gacha-stuff.