FlyingPig

Being a heavy gamer and having gamed since 1984, the games industry has taught me to:

1. Avoid games at launch: they'll start dropping in price within a month generally.

2. I will only buy very specific games at launch i.e. games and Devs I wish to support/encourage e.g. Astro Bot.

3. I buy games at a price I'm willing to pay i.e. I wanted Alan Wake 2 but waited until it was released physically at a price point I was happy with.

4. I like physical copies for specific games e.g. GoW Ragnarok. When they talk about physical games are dead why would I buy a physical live service game? The context is usually missed.

5. Back to games at launch, i refuse to be a beta tester for games at £70. Release a stable, performant game at launch and then we'll talk!

6. I have always preferred Playstation games (I have a SX and Switch too) as they tended to be more interesting to me personally and not the narrow focus Xbox has tended to have first party wise. They recognise more I think that gaming is a massive group of different interests. Some people play nothing but FC or GTA or GT but it's important to have as wide an umbrella of games as possible. I am very bored of most generic, cookie cutter AAA games these days. It may be because, being older, I've played so many similar games 😂

7. Playstation need to focus on what they're good at, primarily single player games.

8. Xbox needs to focus on having some focus and staying power. Instead of constantly focusing mainly on the bottom line (I appreciate strong financials are essential) they need to be more imaginative and creative.

9. Both Playstation and Xbox need to stop obessessing about all the data they collect as they are taking the wrong lessons. Funnily enough a fun game will generally sell really well. Who knew?

As usual, this is just my personal opinion.

@AhmadSumadi Nice one, thanks ❤️👍

@ahmadsumadi Nice ageist comment by the way.

Not every product is aimed at every individual of course.

Whilst I appreciate you are not remotely interested in physical manuals:

1) you could acknowledge the time and effort the subject has put into making the manuals, and

2) recognise that not everyone thinks like you do.

3) clearly a niche product, as you can see from the sales, but that doesn't make the product any less valid for those interested.

Just when you think EA cannot plumb new lows. Someone they manage to find a way.

My pre order for Battlefield 6 has now been cancelled.

I need to go and rewatch the Battfield Friends videos 😂

In my opinion this is a classic example showing how little understanding of the games industry these big publishers have.

These big publishers are completely clueless. They are solely obsessed with numbers and shareholders and are out of touch with their player base.

@Dampsponge This isn't correct. You can play the delisted Forza Horizon games on XSX, by buying the disc second hand. This is exactly why I like physical releases. However the DLC seems to be digital only and so that remains delisted.

@KoopaTheGamer Correct me if I'm wrong but the only game that's locked behind PS Premium is Dino Crisis and based on previous Capcom games only for 12 months. Every other psp/PS1/PS2 game is available for purchase?

@GADG3Tx87 I agree that I am often more interested in remakes and remasters than most new games. I believe it's a sign we need many more AA games i.e. games that take approx 10 to 20 people up to a year to make. These games would be cheaper and able to take more creative risks. As opposed to the high number of generic and less interesting games I see released.

Wow. There was the rumour about the first Timespiltters game coming to Premium but I'm really pleased we're getting all three at once! Sony are making excellent PS2 choices, for me at last!

Great, I loved this game. The trust/fear mechanic was great. I can't believe no newer game has tried to build on it. I was playing this recently on ps3 and the PS2 controls are truly awful by modern standards. I got to a boss in a small room I couldn't get passed. With modern controls this will be a definite buy!

I have no problem buying digital games where I feel i feel it offers value for money. However, i've chosen not buy this game as it was digital only.

All the arguments for how expensive game are to develop and distribution cost etc are publisher issues. What about being pro-choice and pro consumer?

I no longer buy games on day 1 as I no longer wish to support publishers who release broken games. Besides, once the necessary patches have been released, the digital copy is very likely to be on sale.