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Why they didn't secure those old Eidos IP and Western Devs from SE, I'll never know. Tomb Raider would have been an obviously good PS exclusive.

Failing that, I'm guessing a merger with one of the big Japanese publishers would make sense. I think someone like Amazon or Disney will end up buying Ubisoft and/or EA.

@Nintendo4Sonic We'll have to wait for the likes of Digital Foundry to know that for sure

@Beerheadgamer82 My guess is the PS5 slim with disc will drop to £400, and the pro will be at least £150 more than that.

I'll see what the tech analysis types think of it, first. I really want to know how hot, loud and power consuming it is. Also, I know we'll never know this, but I'd love to know if it gets a(nother) die shrink to be shrunk some more

@sanderson72
Now that's interesting. No die shrink would be a good reason to not even unofficially refer to this as a 'slim'. How were they able to reduce the size without a die shrink though? Would a die shrink be possible for the PS5?

Will the new model use less power?

Selling the stand separately is crappy, and I'd expected it to be £100 cheaper than it is. I'd be interested in a direct size comparison with the original, though

@ShogunRok I like the sound of that. Also is there a codex or discovery tour to learn more about Baghdad?

Does is have a 'home base' like the older games? How grindy is the skill tree and weapon upgrades?

@Jayslow Yeah, JT seems to be more of an enhanced port than a full remaster (and is obviously miles from a remake). That being said, it seems to look a bit better than the 7th gen and the 60fps option is very welcome. I'll probably get it on a sale.

@Titntin I agree. The PS5 is selling like hot cakes, so the guy's doing something right. All these 'Sony need to make me specifically happy and excited or the entire company will fail' think pieces are ridiculous. That being said:

1. Sony 's radio silence on non-LS stuff is bizarre
2. I'm not sure release so many LS games over a relatively short period of time is a good idea.

@themightyant For sure. I play Europa Universalis 4 for God's sake. The game that's received god knows how much DLC. I buy it (on 50% sale) because it's a fun game and each DLC gives me at least 20+ hours of play.
The issue is, even as a massive strategy game nerd, I am never going to also throw money at a game that's selling point is: 'A bit like EU4'.

@Powerplay94 Even to cover the (presumably major) financial losses on 8 failures? I'm genuinely not sure about this logic. Especially as: a) GAAS seem to be incredibly fickle and I already see people calling them a 'fad'.
b) Sony have Bungie and Destiny. Let Destiny work their GAAS magic for those that want it. Maybe release a couple of GAAS MP games for franchises that it'd work for and leave it at that.

Does anyone honestly think 'MT-ridden quirky heist simulator/massive map Sci-Fi FPS #24' is going to grab peoples attention?

@Howson79 To be fair, I'm not sure I want announcements for stuff 6 years out, either. Still, it'd be nice to have at least a vague idea of what's coming out in 24/25.

Lord knows if it was due to Jim Ryan, but Sony's weird radio silence still baffles me. I can only think of two reasons:

1. Sony don't want to announce stuff too early, so we'll get SOPs in say March and Sept each year starting in 2024 that only cover the next 6 months

2. They're withholding loads of stuff for a sort of '2nd console launch' announcement extravaganza when the PS5 Slim and/or Pro release.

@MagisterMagi Worse, 10 GAAS before a certain year. My maths and memory may be rusty, but I think those targets would have needed Sony to release 2-3 GAAS games a year?!

@Yinx Agree 100%. I never bother to look beyond my wishlist at this point

@lindos Do you mean that Luther film? Because he was great in the TV series.

@BeerIsAwesome TBH, I'm kind of surprised they didn't buy SEGA back when the original Xbox launched

@UltimateOtaku91 God knows why they didn't buy them of Square Enix. My guess is Sony already had live service fever but that point, and weren't interested in anything that wouldn't work as a LS.

Will there be a gold/complete edition?

@Americansamurai1 I'd be incredibly surprised if they didn't have a modern analogue option with the game. (Like the REmake and RE Zero remasters). I'd also be incredibly surprised if a sub set of gamers with don't spend a depressing amount of time moaning about how the option 'ruins the game' and is a 'slap in the face' to hardcore/oldschool/whatever gamers etc.

@PixelDragon Remedy will probably make a similar amount of money from your digital deep sale purchase than they would from a full price physical one, due to a higher margin and lack of disc production fees. My guess is once the percentage of physical sales drops to a certain percentage (in guessing 30%), the percentage of physical games profit will be low enough that a lot of publishers pull the plug. It'll only take one to do it and come out ok for the rest to follow.

Is Phantom Liberty a 'Set after the end credits' DLC or a 'Fits in the middle of the main story' DLC?

People need to stop calling this a handheld when it's a peripheral for the ps5.

Would the PS5 slim be announced then?

All I can say is that if this is the slim, god knows what size any 'pro' released about a year from now will be.

@REALAIS To be fair, aren't all the 'slim' models branded by the internet? Does Sony actually call them that?

My headcannon is that if Sony boast about 'x% lighter' or 'x% smaller', I'll call it a slim, if not, I won't.

My guess is that it'll achieve a similar number to the PS4. Hopefully we won't get the 10th gen until late 2028

@TheArt and $10 if you own the PS3 version

@RedRiot193 I'd have happily paid £20 for it. I'll wait for a sale, I guess.

Owners of the PS3 version should be able to get this for $/£10.

@Chaosbros But how do you do that in a bounty hunter game? If every single quest is 'kill this guy, steal this thing' with no story twists, like a watered down, bloated version of the newer Hitman games, I'm going to find it pretty tedious after a few hours.

@Triumph741 The sad thing is that the newer RPG AC games could be (if not fixed, then massively improved) by removing half of everything that isn't a main quest or meaningful side quest, and making what's left 'pay out' 50% more XP and in game currency. You wouldn't need to change the story or world map, at all.

I just find these comparing screenshots so dumb. Lighting, facial expression, 'camera' angles etc. make all the difference. You need to see the character in motion to judge. I could take a terrible picture/screenshot and a great picture/screenshot of the same person and they could look like completely different people.

It seems like IG can release 1 game a year at this rate. Surely Sony's other big studios can handle at least one SP game every 2 years? Sucker Punch, Naughty Dog, Gurellia, Santa Monica, Blue Point, Bend. That'd be about 3 First Party SP games a year for the PS5. Why aren't we getting that many?

Hmm, SH games haven't done brilliantly recently. The movie trend seems to be a bit depressed, too. Hopefully EA haven't missed the bus.

@Cikajovazmaj Sony have always released a least one slightly revised model?

I hope that AC Japan game is set in the 1500's, then ROTR, AC: Red and Ghost of Tsushima will all be set in different eras about 200 years apart. That'd be a hell of a historical video game marathon!

@GeneJacket Very possibly. The praise heaped on the voice acting of the original games tells me that nostalgia is playing a massive part, or certain people are just used to 'english - dub anime voice acting'. To be it sounds like nails on a chalkboard.

@themightyant There's nothing worse than a padded out game. Also a fun, interesting 5 hour game will get replayed by me, many times, so probably will equal 15+ hours. A slow, grindy 40+ hour game will get dropped by me 5 hours in and never touched again

@somnambulance I do that with all games at this point

@shonenjump86 Probably best to ask once the dlc and patch are released. Obviously it'll be better. 'Worth Playing'? We'll have to see, but I hope so

Is there a bundle that includes the main game?

@PenguinLtd I'm worried that 60-80% of what Sony has is LS games. I'd be pretty annoyed if they only release 1 SP game a year from now on.

@Beerheadgamer82 I'm sure the Switch 2 will be physical, but the Switch 3 could be released in 2029 at this rate. Would that be physical? Maybe, but I wouldn't bet on it.

@UltimateOtaku91 I hate to say it but the physical media shops seem on life support, anyway. The amount of tat they sell that isn't physical media (how many branded t-shirts a d funko pops do people need?) Isn't a good sign

@Beerheadgamer82 I agree with you there. It seems kind of abrupt to do things this way. I'm guessing some publishers will take the plunge sooner than others. I wonder if the 10th gen will even have a disc drive after 4 more years of this trend?

I'm assuming they've done the maths on this? The second the gains outweigh the losses, physical will disappear in a blink, sadly. I'm interested if the physical : digital purchase ratio is different between 'Twitter/gaming news' gamers and Joe Public gamers.