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Their position as dead last in the console market is more clearly defined than ever. At this point, "we want GamePass on the other systems" has a different connotation to it.

Months ago, it could have been seen as "we want to dominate every space in the market", but now it sounds more like "we're giving up and planning to slowly turn into Netflix with extra steps". As the popular narrative changes so do the statements that attempt to reshape it.

Excited for it, FFXVI was one of my favorite things this year.

I wish we heard less about Shift Up's business moves and more about the actual game they're making.

"Rockstar mystique", hah. What a load of self-important horseshit.

Is there anything more intrinsically insincere than saying a company "feels" something?

I'm going to play El Hijo and Foreclosed.

Maybe Caladrius Blaze too, but I already completed that on Steam years ago. It's an alright bullet hell/shoot 'em up.

@bpomber By healthy competition you mean trillion dollar company Microsoft continuing their studio buying spree because they don't see any other way to succeed, therefore turning more and more games into console exclusives which is always a detriment to players as a whole?

Yeah, no thanks. The sooner they throw in the towel the better. At least then I'll know that the third party games I love aren't going to get locked to Xbox.

True to their name, GameMill keep churning these out without a thought.

Yeah, I want to play almost everything on that list eventually. 😂 Crazy schedule.

Sticking to just Like a Dragon 8 and Rebirth for early 2024, though. And maybe I'll squeeze in the Elden Ring DLC, if the rumors hold water.

Mmm, Premium suddenly looks a lot more appealing, but it's also going to need a Rise of Kong trial to win me over. 😉

No surprise there, any game that sells poorly is a prime candidate to end up in a subscription service since it's such an obvious way for developers to recoup costs.

That said, it must have done particularly bad if the CEO is already openly discussing the move.

They're alright. I want to play several things in there - mostly Dragon's Dogma and that Daedalus visual novel.

Giving Lords of the Fallen (2014) another go. Still every bit as janky as the first time I tried it, but I'm more motivated to deal with jank at the moment.

Sounds great, I'll probably try that one.

It feels like a punishment when I decide to explore and do side content in an open world game (kind of the point of having an open world) only to then realize I'm massively overpowered for the main story content that follows. Dynamic difficulty/scaling might alleviate this.

I hope they'll give up sooner rather than later and just abandon the market altogether. Normally I'd be against that because a Sony "monopoly" (in tandem with Nintendo) would not be a good thing either, but compared to the awful de facto monopoly Microsoft is aiming for, it'd still be a lesser evil.

@HonestHick As long as I can still get the games I like on my system of choice, they can throw all the money they want at SEGA.

If Microsoft bought SEGA, it'd be the first acquisition of theirs that would actually bother me, as they've got quite a few IPs that I don't want to lose access to.

I'm glad this doesn't look like it'll happen at any point in the foreseeable future.

Fewer games than usual, but still several I'm interested in. Dragon's Dogma in particular is one I've almost bought on several occasions.

Also curious about Eiyuden, Daedalus and Nobunaga's Ambition.

P.S. Superliminal is a pretty good puzzler, but I already completed that.

Title and sub-title are funny considering that, just today, I read a rumor about at least two more projects involving the P5 cast (one as part of a series crossover, and another focused on them).

No worries on my end Yokoyama, I'll stick with it no matter how long it takes. If anything, the thought of another Yakuza 0/5-sized game makes me excited.

Like Gremio said, if there's a physical version when I decide it's time to play BG3, then I'll probably go for it.

@Genocide3681 The Japanese release is heavily censored to comply with the region's guidelines. Maybe do your research before just dropping a link and pretending you've made a point.

Finally, another character to my liking. Looks great.

Clearly they're just humble and don't like bragging, you guys.

Yup. Still on Chapter 2, about to go to the Castle for the first time. Did a biiig amount of side content today.

I wouldn't be surprised at all.

It's Rockstar - maximizing profits is tantamount. They would have no issue whatsoever limiting their game's prowess if it meant moving tens of millions of extra copies on older hardware.

They also know they're controversy-proof. It doesn't matter if a bunch of enthusiasts make a fuss online when their massive mainstream audience is going to buy the product all the same.

To those of you holding off on buying a system in order to get the revision... Hope that wait was worth it for ya, lol.

Sounds like the 748374th instance of management absolutely screwing developers over with unreasonable deadlines, except this time the devs went and apologized ahead of the outrage instead of afterwards.

Saw the words "Stellar Blade" in passing, stopped scrolling and actually read the article, found out it's not about Stellar Blade at all, and the game it's about is not coming to PS5 anyway. What a doozy.

It's just too bad that the only (I think?) physical version of the game is a censored one.

The key to endorsement by Sony, no strings attached, is being shovelware.

I would hope he's more prominent in Rebirth, because his character was probably the weakest point of the whole original game for me.

Who is it that the Twitter losers want to kill off so badly they're harassing a writer, anyway? Can't think of anything off the top of my head, unless this is being done by some of the people who are upset that Biggs and Wedge survived because that changed their precious story.

Whenever I see one of these articles about an additional 1,000 fixes and whatnot, it validates my decision to wait a while before I play BG3. As amazing as the game probably is already, it's just going to get more and more solid an experience with time.

His choice of words kind of tells me "that game" is now far from a priority, though.

Honestly, I think it's best not to expect anything out of ND period, for the foreseeable future. Factions was clearly their main focus for years and that work largely went down the drain, so anything else they've got in the oven will be a long way from completion.

I'm kind of hoping they'll end up adding Crisis Core to Extra in the coming months as a promo of sorts for Rebirth, since Zack seems to now have a bigger role there and all.

Looking forward to it in just a few days. I'm hoping it won't be so short that the price will feel absurd in hindsight, though. But unlike something like The Kaito Files, this does have side stuff to do, so I'm not very worried.

@Ravix FYI, Gaiden literally means side story.

I'll play Mafia II, completed the first one when they gave it on Essential previously and I was always deciding whether to buy the second one or not when it went on sale.

Good month for me based on that game alone. Not interested in the multiplayer Alien game; I guess the Dragon Ball one could be something to try out a couple times when friends come over.

This still sounds very far off in the distance, but my interest is mainly in a game sequel anyway.

I find it interesting that a live service company in a straight downwards trajectory still got itself in a position to decide whether other teams' live service projects (like Factions) are viable or not.

Between Dead Space and this, next time there's a 1€ offer for a month of EA Play it's going to be worth it.

I never played the Max Payne games, so I'd be down for this.

What a Kaiju-sized sleazebag.

"In some cases, behind the scenes, we will do a lot"

What a riveting interview.

Busy with other games at the moment, but I'll get to it eventually.

I did 100% complete Alan Wake Remastered a month ago or so, and while it wasn't exactly a new favorite of mine, I'm kind of intrigued about what they'll do with its story and characters in the sequel.

I think their "core" now is doomed live service projects.

I completed Far Cry 3 last year and liked it, but it'll probably be my first and last contact with the franchise. I'm not interested in playing more of the same with 4-6, but I'm even less interested in some MP drivel.

Am I mistaken or did they remove the part with the developer's statement from the video entirely?

I watched the video linked here a few hours ago and it had that - now it seems to be gone, leaving just the game trailer itself. On its YouTube comments you can also see people mentioning said statement.

I'm not going to get this at launch, but I imagine I'll play it eventually.

When I do, it'll be nice to only have to go through the game once - my second, Nightmare playthrough really dragged on when I 100%'d the first game recently, and Alan Wake 2 looks to be a lot longer.

Just make your game's hardest difficulty available from the start and I'll happily do my one and only playthrough on it. That's the way to go.

They had to patch up the brain of the dude who did the math for the previous trailer.

The memes shall be delicious.