Futureshark

Best way to stop PC piracy is to not make it available on PC in the first place.

For 'Project Helix dev kit', read 'Xbox sticker set'.

Then studios can slap a nice Xbox logo on the side of their current PC setups.
Because that's exactly what MS is doing with 'consoles' they will be selling.

Cough cough... dynamic pricing... cough

Time to greenlight MGS1 remake then!

For some reason this reminds me of the time Paris Hilton tried to copyright the phrase "That's hot!" as she said it all the time and was trying to tie it to her 'brand'.

So project Helix is a PC, and so costs similar to a PC.

"They were originally designed by women"

Oh well that's alright then, it's those dodgy sex mini games designed by men that we need to avoid.
Those are perverted, sordid filth!!!
Not like the ones on God Of War which are "point out how sex is simply a way of life and an important part of being a human".

I kinda feel that the PS5 is hitting that golden time where most developers have released a game or two on it and have now got to grips with how to really make it sing.
The PS5 Pro is also getting lovely upgrades and now appears to be producing excellent results (eg RE9).

So I don't think the PS6 is in a rush to arrive, and with such a big user base I think Sony can happily wait until it is ready and it feels the market is right to reveal it. Rather then getting pushed into showing it's hand by MS.

I suspect PC sales were lower then expected due to the age old plague of piracy that's still rampant on the PC.

I you think most PC gamers thought 'I don't want to play Spider-Man 2' then you are in the wrong, as what they really thought was 'I don't want to PAY for Spider-Man 2".

It is really good though, better then 7 & 8 imho.

@Noone2025
A PS5 PRO+ if you like!

"Big PS2 energy"

Ahhhh, making me feel nostalgic.

@GoshSoWitty @liamcroft

I too would like to know the performance on base PS5 please? Steady 60fps I hope!

"The plan's the plan until it's not the plan."

Goes along well with other great meaningless management bollocks to fill air like
"It is what it is."
And
"Brexit means Brexit."

Glass half full/ half empty moment.

I'll be happy with the arcade versions, I usually only play those on this type of compilation anyway. The console versions are always a nice little nostalgic trip or curio, but after 5 mins I'll end up back to the superior arcade version again.

Can understand some completionists feeling vexed, but I guess paying more for the complete edition and less for the stripped down version if you look at it that way make logical sense.

Perfect fit for switch 2

Still hanging on a SEGA arcade collection, all the games from Yakuza series for a start with histories, similar to the ATARI 50 collection (which is awesome btw).

"But the logic makes no real sense to us: ". And isn’t the whole point of the Master Collection to make these games more accessible on modern hardware anyway?"

This sentence makes no sense to me! It's completely logical!
"we can’t imagine many people will be dusting off their crusty old consoles in order to purchase these ahead of the new compilation."

Check!

"And isn’t the whole point of the Master Collection to make these games more accessible on modern hardware anyway?"

Check!

I would have thought anyone who has a VITA or a PS3 will probably have bought these by now anyway if they wanted them, so it's only the poor shmoes who bought a PS3 & VITA today expecting them to be available to download now that will lose out.

Too much righteous indignation on the internet these days!

I am stoked as I've never played MGS4.
Be funny to see a reference to an Ipod, I guess some of our younger friends will need to look that up on Wikipedia!

So one question, I believe the 71 minute cutscene is real, but can you pause it (or even replay it after getting to it in the original)?

To be fair, playing a NES game these days for more then 10 minutes is a bit of a challenge regardless.

/s

Wonderful bonkers ending, classic Kojima.

Jaffe was right!!

Wonderful, wonderful news!!

That's a great pedigree too if the Dead Cells people are helping make it.

"busty heroine Gwendolyn misses the train"

Busty eh...
(Adds to wishlist)

Finally, something I can get my teeth into!

I'll get my coat again.

So in about 6 weeks it'll be extinct!!!???!!

I'll get my coat.

How does Othercide run on PS5? Review says it has performance issues on PS4 but were these patched or brute forced out on PS5?
£3.74 seems like a bit of a bargain!

Kind of ironic that Sony are sueing that Chinese company for copying HZD graphics and style, and then they make a HZD game that is basically imitating Fortnite's graphics and style.

It's a pass from me.

@MysticWangForce @Onearmbandit

Rage Racer was the sequel to Ridge Racer on the PS1, whereas in the Arcade Rage Racer never appeared AFAIK, the official sequel was Rave Racer which has never officially made it out of the arcades before until now.

An essential purchase I believe.

Got it for Xmas and still going strong, lovely game!
Another PS classic to add to the list for the ages.

Sorry, I didn't get any of that.

OLED screen would really make the graphics 'pop' but I think the current LCD screen is really very good, so no reason for me to upgrade but great for new users.

Would be good if they opened it up for using any bluetooth headset rather then just the special Sony ones though,.
Other slightly dodgy request would be a nice hack or mod to allow streaming from any device, not just PS5 but I guess that's wish too far.

Finally, this is of course a big winner for SONY and has probably influenced the decision to include a rumoured PS6 handheld as part of the new SKU. The OLED product is also part of the conditioning of the current PS5 community to be readily acceptable to 'upgrade' to the PS6 version when it arrives.

"Eman Ayaz talks at length about the “grief” she’s facing following the scrapping of a project she worked on for three years."

Unfortunately sh*t happens I've been made redundant before at the worst time and it's a terrible curveball, but don't talk about grief until a close loved one has died. Then you will surely know grief.

I don't preorder many games, but I usually preorder the Resi games and I think I will be repeating the habit once again.

Now I did enjoy the recreation of French Revolution Paris so I'm very happy it's getting the 60fps update at last.

However!!
Whoever decided it would be a good idea to voice the Paris NPCs with Cockney accents should be made to face Madame Guillotine!!

A good 6 months 'beta testing' on Xbox & PC followed by the 'patched' release for PS5 in August/ September, which is where the real money will be made (certainly not in Gamepass land or PC pirate country).

Rumour has it that remasters of old games will be released in the future, but nobody knows when.

I wonder if the corporate suits made them sign an NDA too before showing them anything, I suspect they did.

Please don't anyone mix up 'niceness' and 'charity' with corporate marketing or even 'social optics'.

I hope they person involved gets their wish and can find whatever enjoyment they can in their difficult last days.

Bloodborne
Arkham Knight
Alien isolation

Just those 3 needing 60fps left for me and I'll be happy.

If Bloodborne gets a 'power saving mode' before it gets it's 60fps I'll be seriously cross!

wow, ultimate cosplay! I hope she enjoys playing Lara.

There's just a couple of things that I can't quite put my finger on that are a little smaller then I remember Lara having, but apart from that it's a great interpretation!

@PuppetMaster
I always wondered why at the menu for the Yakuza games (the ones I've played a bit) why you can choose to jump to the 2P arcade games, so why not include the 1P games too, rather then having to run around to different arcades to start them.

But yes, there's a big stack of PS5 fully emulated SEGA arcade games there waiting to get wrapped up in a lovely collection, plus all the Master System, Game Gear, Megadrive etc.

I'm think something along the lines of a SEGA version of the Atari50 collection, with all the history documented too would be perfect.

Each run has been a tense session in exploration and escape so far. Quite enjoying it and also that it's quite easy to dip in and out of.

Something new please Ninja Theory!

By the way, apparently the next version of windows is to be called
'Sloppy McSlopface'

Yeah, he wants alot of things doesn't he.

I'm afraid slop is slop, AI generated or not.

How about we use the term 'MS Slop' instead? There's quite a lot of that too.

Score one for physical media!!

Happy New Year everyone!!

2026 will be the year Bloodborne gets back into the headlines in a big way.

You heard it here first!

Persona 5 Royal..with cheese!