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@trev666 I honestly wish we could. Sadly it’s not that easy, way too much money involved.

@bindiana exactly.

Bungie are one of the most anti-consumer and worst devs when it comes to ripping off their player base. They deserve most of the criticism they get. Saying that no one should threaten Bungie staff or other devs for any reason. It’s sad.

I’m not even looking forward to it. It’ll probably end up following the trend of modern Star Wars as a whole, sh*te.

@sword_9mm if a game supports it yes. FPS boost and auto HDR. Both very nice. They are/were working on a resolution boost too but haven’t released it as yet, if ever.

It’s greed and it should have a free upgrade path. This is just as bad as TLOU ‘remaster’.

I look forward to the 9/10 PS review 😜

Luckily FF7R was so terrible I’ve lost interest in anything new that is FF7 related. If someone is soft enough to pay an extra $30 for a meaningless digital certificate so be it, I can’t support this rubbish.

@Loftimus why? Has he stolen your dog or something?

Man that’s rubbish. I own a copy of Royal so there’s no way I’ll pick this up, I’ll just stick to the PS4 version I guess.

Everytime this sort of thing happens I think back to games like Metro Exodus and Gears 5 that gave us significant upgrades for absolutely free. That should be the standard.

@DartLOD me too but it’ll still do well because it’s trendy and has casual appeal now. I’m out of this franchise after 2 however, garbage.

There’s no way this is a cASh gRab with a HBO show right around the corner, nahhh no way.

I’m gonna get it. I’d really like it on disc but it’s 2 months away so I’ll probably just cave and buy this sooner.

Oh nice! Been looking forward to this! Nice to see a good score. I’ll probably pick this up.

3.4 on IMDB. Lol.

I never understood the whole outrage with the original ending. Was it perfect no, but in the grand scheme of things did it really matter? You didn’t like it, too bad, move on.

Just like with Microsoft rewards, I won’t go out of my way to earn any of them.

@Resi32 I agree.

@Gelly you’re right it’s not my job but I can have an opinion and my opinion is that this is a cash grab. I can form that opinion on other factors such as remasters we’ve had before and their price, or games that have had next gen upgrades for free, imagine that, they mustn’t do any work according to your logic. I don’t need to know the ins and out of game development.

Also I will probably complain about something else next week thanks, maybe even sooner than that, we’ll see.

@Gelly I work out and stay healthy and still say it’s a cash grab, that’s allowed isn’t it? I don’t need to validate myself or whatever you were on about.

Cash grab, especially at £70. No need for it and only being remastered because there’s a tv show on the way imo.

They’re doing well, just a few more overpriced INZONE products made using cheap Chinese labour and they’ll be well on their way.

9. More shocking though Mad Max only has a 69 score on metacritic? Criminal.

Can’t believe people still defend the price increases around here, really sad. I said something similar to this report when Sony announced their price increase, that was during covid when people were losing their jobs, it’s gotten even worse since then. With the price of living sky rocketing people are gonna have less money for games.

@GreatAuk smart guy in regards to communism. Nice to see some sense on here.

I think Elden Ring is a great game but not one of the best of all time. Ive still not finished it, I’m about 100 hours in and now it’s struggling to keep my interest. I kinda wish I’d just gone straight through the ‘main story’ without exploring.

Bloodborne is still Froms greatest imo.

I’m out. FF7R was garbage. If they’re going even further away from the original I can’t even imagine how awful it’s going to be, I just know I won’t play it.

I liked PS Home it was a fun social place. This whole ‘metaverse’ thing is garbage, I couldn’t be any less interested.

Looks stunning and brave, hard pass.

@Gbarsotini I don’t like the market consolidation we are seeing from anyone but it’s happening and there’s very little we can do about it. I still maintain I’d rather see devs bought up by MS, Sony or Nintendo rather than some of the other entities out there like Tencent and Google. It’s not a great situation and i don’t see the point in choosing a side, they’re all as bad as each other.

@NEStalgia all excellent points as usual. Sony has lost the Japanese market and they know it. They’re a Californian tech firm now completely westernised in nearly every aspect from the games their first party studios make to their virtue signalling politicking. Any Dev they buy instantly falls under the same banner and it won’t take me to tell you that will not win back the Japanese market.

Also I have to laugh at the double standard of some. It’s fine for Sony to buy studios like SE, celebrate and make games exclusive but oh god when MS do the same it’s the worst thing to happen in gaming ever. Hypocrites.

I don’t care who buys who but the double standard of some is embarrassing.

@Perturbator best comment I’ve seen here. You ain’t wrong.

@RubyCarbuncle the simping is strong around here.

Lol. Every move Sony make like this justifies what I’ve been saying about them since the launch of the PS5.

Oh man what a plop show.

@ValentinaMoore maybe!? Maybe not? They do have Gamepass so pointless looking at it any other way.

I think it’s good to see. Sony for too long have been the arrogant market leader, some of their decisions have been horrible. We need a strong Xbox as it’ll lead to us as consumers benefitting more. Stock issues definitely play into this but people are still going out and buying the Xbox when money is tighter than ever so the demand is there and it’s not going badly for a console with ‘no games’ 😜

I’m sure Amazon will do it justice and have an annoying condescending woman as the joint lead just like in the game.

Not after playing the FF7 Remake.

I’m sure I’ve heard John from Digital Foundry talk about how Sony have handled their emulation using streaming on one of their podcasts and he’s basically said it’s gash and hardly fit for purpose. Jim Ryan said it’s great though so obviously I believe Jim.

@Floki this is a good point especially with 343 as an example. I think the lack of regular quality first party exclusives from MS is down to mismanagement of their studios rather than Gamepass. They struggled massively during the Xbox One lifespan and that was before Gamepass was even a thing. They have The Coalition who are quality and Turn 10 but they’ve really struggled elsewhere.

It’s not entirely true, there’s been some great MS exclusives since I’ve had Gamepass. FH5 and Halo the end of last year. Plus they have Gears 5/Tactics and some other decent last gen titles too. The line that Xbox doesn’t have any games has gotten old.

My issue I’ve noticed is that those same games are also riddled with ***** microtransactions, which Sony to give them credit, have stayed away from in their mainline games. Well until recently with GT7 where they are now putting them into £70 games, not a trend that I hope continues but with a big push for ‘live service’ games on PlayStation I think it’ll start happening more often than not.

Oh hey Jim Ryan said they look great, I totally believe him 😂

At least they haven’t raised the price of Plus per year I had a real feeling they would Sony being Sony so far this gen. That’s good news.

Man. If they are going to be raising the price of + I’m gonna have to think about dropping it. I’ve hardly been downloading any of the offerings and don’t play online much. Nothing for me this month either.

Forza Horizon 5 has sh*tty monetisation and now GT7. Difference is I can play one on Gamepass for a small sub and the other they want £70. That doesn’t make it any better in FH5 but the narrative of Sony first party games having no microtransactions because they ain’t on a Gamepass type service is slowly fading away and will continue to do so.

Even if you don’t buy into these you’re ignorant if you think it doesn’t affect your game, intentionally longer grinds are what every gamer dreams of 😂😂 Sony simps gonna simp.

I thought only MS first party titles on Gamepass had filthy monetisation like this? Now Sony first party games costing £70!? Shocked I am, shocked. Not really 🤣

I’m playing neither and that’s okay.

@UK_ at least you admit it 😉