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Jill sandwich with extra buns and baps as per gacha gooner bait tradition.

Make it rain lads. Make it rain.

You've never felt rain have you?

How much more Wu can games have?

Also, none of us here are aware of what Wuxia is. The article doesn't say what it is.

Congratulations or sorry to hear that, regardless.

Now stop giving me the weebie jeebies.

Who, who, and who?

Also, only $20m? What a shame, cant afford that next mansion.

East is relative.

Anyway, now I just want an Eeveelution called Joseon that I can nickname Woochi.

Wukong? Wyvern? Wutang?

Yes, and I'm the King of Siam.

Company wants to make more money but doesn't want to invest in it.

And Sony went on and said "yep, we'll have you guys".

Only 1440p? God. It's an old UE4 game. What is this, the Switch 2?

Oh no.

Anyway.

I expect this to be a repeat of the SNES PlayStation, where Sony would have to be paid by Nintendo to release games on their own hardware, just because of how the rights would have worked out.

This is Sony's movie and movie IP now.

Does Woochi die on the way back to his home planet?

Given Sony has their hands in a majority of anime distribution and production it's weird to say that it's not already exploded.

I suppose if they acquire the last few stragglers maybe

A practice that could do with going away.

It's quite sad they want access to it so they can destroy it. Hardly preserving of others work, even if somewhat derivative.

Can't wait for release day on the 26th. Shame it's so expensive though.

"To reiterate, our policy is to only ever review PlayStation code."

This is good, but developers also host previews on other builds that your sister sites have played, and then published thoughts on for other games, so is this just a PS thing, or overall?

Also, does that include PC reviews, because saying ever implies you won't review Sony's PC releases.

How on earth do you guys keep dropping articles in the future?

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A restaurant in this game?

Nice buns.

@get2sammyb Tell a lie actually, the press release states PvZ is exclusive.

Which is bizarre because that's EA. They must be feeling ill.

That was quite possibly one of the worst things I have ever seen and I live in the UK.

The best thing about that Direct - not a single damn exclusive.

They're crediting him? That's something.

@SeaDaVie And also on everything.

But that's the oddity. It's like SMTv. It did 1m on Switch, and then Vengeance added another 1m.....across Switch, PC, Xbox and PS.

But man, they need to cool it with the HD-2D stuff. I can only take so much default UE4 blur.

I'm anticipating this like I anticipate the merciful brush of deaths cold clammy hand.

Feverishly.

Don't worry. The actual release date for these games costs $80 and upwards.

Good for them. A pat on the back, a gold star on the fridge, and let's go for ice cream.

@N1ghtW1ng @SeaDaVie

Middle Earth Enterprises is indeed under new management.

Infact, the company got called Middle Earth Enterprises and Friends.

It got called that when the company that bought them started having....er....issues....so to speak.

Embracer.

Wait for the inevitable Switch 2 release with mouse controls on this one methinks.

#StopSpendingMoneyOnLicensesThatExpireAndNecessitateTheShutDownOfYourGameAfterAnArbitraryPeriodBecauseNoOneCaresAboutTheIPsYouKeepOverpayingFor

They revealed it.

Then revealed it again.

And another reveal in a week?

Just do it all at once bloody hell 😂

We didn't need an announcement of an announcement that was for another announcement of an announcement.

To give you an idea of how much swing that will give Sony with 2.5%:

Nintendo owns 1% or so, and Bandai Namco has not only been Co developing loads of their games for many years, they even have internal studios for that purpose, running primary development on many massive games.

Sony can get a lot out of this with that small investment.

@Steeleye50 I mean, sure? I guess? I doubt it though. Pokemon Legends Z-A is $60 on Switch, $70 on Switch 2, and if The Pokemon Company isn't doing it, then Splatoon Raiders, Kirby Air Riders, Hyrule Warriors and Metroid Prime 4 sure as hell won't either.

Hilariously though, and this barely gets talked about, over here in the sunny(?) UK, Nintendo is the only platform holder to have their games be cheaper digitally than physically. You know, that thing people wanted for years.

I wanna buy Donkey Kong Bananza? £66.99 for physical, £57.99 digital. Mario Kart World? £74.99 physical, £66.99 digital.

If I go over to PlayStation and want Ghost of Yotei? £70 regardless. No adjustment for currency value, no cheaper digital (Because why would it be, its pure profit?), just the same number as the US.

If we want anything to become standardised, it's actually applying exchange rates to games, and cheaper digital copies than physical.

@get2sammyb But it's not $70 max, is it?

You want to play a big third party game on it's release day, it's already $80 or more for what they call "Early Access".

It's not Early Access. The game is out, it can be purchased, it's just the lower less profitable price point is releasing later on.

@Steeleye50 Ah yes. The report that was never corrected after the press details were released, because the EU pricing came out first and everyone pulled a Sony and directly converted it by changing the currency symbol instead of waiting less than half an hour for the US info to be released that says....$80.

@Steeleye50 I have yet to see a $90 physical Nintendo game.

But you can buy our $100 edition and get the game on its actual launch date!

They'll do it eventually. $70 is just the lowest cost of entry at a later date for most big games these days.

An article from the future. Wow.

Anyway, I forgot this game was coming out, and it's from a now very well liked developer...in one genre anyway.

Shame it didn't land, but that's what happens with these mid tier publishers, they are overreaching and burning holes they can't afford in their pockets on the hopes of one hit.

As opposed to Ghost of Yotei PSP

And........who has an 8K TV?

I mean, Sony isn't the worst offender. I remember hearing one run of cutscenes without any controller inputs in MGS4 was so long PlayStation Now would boot you for inactivity.

Ah yes the letter F has been used for both Dark Souls and Armoured Core.

So what we know is it is in fact a game they are working on in one of their two franchises.

Much like when Nintendo updates games like Mario Odyssey, or Mario Kart, or Pokemon, or Splatoon, or Kirby, with free and paid post launch content....I just don't go back.

Same with games like Astro Bot. I haven't even seen any of the post launch levels because....well as the article so rightly puts it, I paid for and got a complete experience. I got 100% completion, every bot, and I had my fill.

I'm not going to sit down and boot the game for another handful of levels, or another handful of costumes, or a new stage and weapon, or a new side mode was added, or they added more multiplayer stuff. I played it. I enjoyed it. I'm waiting on the next thing now.

But that's just how I play games. I play it until I've had my fill if multiplayer, or until I've done what I want if single player, and then move on. I might come back and play it for a stream or again in a couple years if I get the cravings, but I'm not coming back every couple months for a few bits here and there, or even an entire side mode.

That's just how I play, blasphemous I know.

The final corpse better be the PSVR2

@SMJ Turns out since it was usable across all windows devices, it was published as a universal Windows app and not just an Xbox game. Seems they have lower restrictions for that.

@Reeneman Don't get acquired, don't go into a publishing deal, don't put your game on their hardware at this point.

You're doing a great job. Fantastic. Incredible game. You're being promoted to customer.

Fist Bump was bad when they pulled a singer from Hoobastank out and it just didnt work. Same here.

The main vocal theme of Sonic games since 2017 have been....eh....even Team Sonic Racing simply because the lead singer of Crush40 basically broke his voice.

But all the stuff by the other artists around it? Oh hell yes.

If Fist Bump can be redone by Tyler Smyth from Forces, and I'm Here can be redone by Kellin Quinn, then this will be redone by another vocalist on the soundtrack eventually.

Also how has Sony allegedly gone from "Nintendo doesn't factor into our financial analysis and Xbox is out only competitor" to releasing their biggest live service game....on what they call their only competitor?

Like surely you want to give their player base a reason to pick PlayStation, not go to your direct competition at their doorstep

I mean, sure they can argue PS5 is the best place to play, but then PC exists, and for a few hundred every 7-8 years I can just keep my PC ahead of whatever PlayStation is releasing at lesser spec for a similar price without needing a whole new system every 7 years. Plus it does more.

Though I am excited to see which era of modern architecture the PS6 takes after. Maybe the Gherkin?

Wouldn't be shocked to hear that whatever Toys For Bob was working on is canned too.

Even after going independant after suffering layoffs, they still partner up with Microsoft for their next game.

This article completely missed the actual point.

This is about digital storefronts exclusively. Yes you can add a disc drive but this is about competition within the digital ecosystem, which Nintendo, and Xbox, allow, by letting retailers sell codes to digital games at whatever prices they see fit. That's digital competition.

You know what Sony lets retailers sell? Store credit. They USED to do codes, but not anymore. So whatever price you are forced to pay is it. No other choices.

@rachetmarvel Yep. Spicy. Almost as hot as milk. If Nintendo fans can handle Cyberpunk and Bayonetta and Geralt in a bath then they can handle some jiggle physics.