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@PloverNutter Gameplay is the least of the problems once you reach the middle of the game as it completely destroys, demolish and obliterates Batman’s storyline from the Arkham games.

I’m still hoping/praying for Rocksteady to come out and say, “you know it actually wasn’t the same Arkhamverse” even tho it clearly is.

This marks my sixth month without PS+ and still feel I haven’t missed anything at all.

And this is why I hesitate to build a PC, I just don’t have the patience to deal with Windows, just one update can break dozens of games and you have got to wait until the developer fixes it or Microsoft does 💀

I’d love it but at this point I’m almost certain it won’t happen, my hope is that they just port, remaster or remake the games still stuck in that generation.

For being a trillion dollar company Microsoft’s incompetence is really something worth studying…

We were all focused on criticizing Jim Ryan when Hulst is just as responsible for this obsession in live service games, I don’t think PS Studios will get back on track until he’s gone (maybe another Concord-level failure will do just that).

And btw, it’s just sad that many fanboys just take and excuse whatever this company is up to even to go as far as claiming Concord and Helldivers 2 generated more revenue than single-player games, which just isn’t true as one is Sony’s biggest failure ever and the other was a successful but $40 (or less) priced game, plus it’s an unfair comparison as this year Sony didn’t release any big blockbuster game, would you say it did better than Spider-Man 2, Ragnarok, or any of those big games? Of course not.

This fanboy excusing and defending only gets us a complacent, cocky and even abusive Sony…

@greengecko007 Couldn’t have said it better, the first line is just pure hypocrisy, they could’ve phrase it better like “sales have not been in line with Square’s expectations” instead of calling out ‘media and fans’ for painting the game as a “spectacular sales failure” which is a term I have never seen anywhere else regarding this game, and it’s exactly what Push Square been doing since the game launched.

Really disappointed to see this site turning into a fanboy echo chamber instead of being professional and sticking to report news surrounding PlayStation.

Yeah no, I don’t believe a single word out of Hulst’s mouth and I just don’t trust his judgment after how hard he pushed Concord and how it bombed.

I honestly think this game has gone a bit under appreciated and overlooked just because it’s part of a remake, while for me who didn’t play the original both Remake and Rebirth felt like completely new games and damn good ones at that, specially Rebirth for begin a 100 hours game it never felt boring or sluggish to play which I can’t say for most 100 hours games.

This is the best outcome possible, that way Kadokawa stays independent with a large investment, Sony gets to tighten their relationship with them and they’re not at risk on collapsing themselves as Microsoft is doing with Activision and Xbox.

Some people being sad because FS games won’t be exclusive is just pathetic, just think about it this way, it was a very large undertaking and could’ve put Sony in a position of much needed cash flow that might ended up in Sony publishing games in every platform possible for a short-term gain, sound familiar?

As other have said it felt like a glorified tech demo and it really shows that they didn’t know how to come up with a sequel but they did it anyway.

The discourse around the game is going to be exhausting, Neil Druckmann’s ego already being present certainly doesn’t help.

An option should always be given, that being said I’ll most likely end up playing in single-player as I continue to refuse to pay for PS+ after the price hike.

For me the surprises were:

• Asian devs carrying this year hard.
• PS Studios disappointing year, except for Astro.
• Half the industry still imploding (including Sony’s live service push cuz Concord and Bungie disaster).
• Microsoft’s effective killing of Xbox in pro of Microsoft Gaming.

If the acquisition goes through you can bet Nightreign is the last ever From Software game to launch on Xbox.

1. FFVII Rebirth
2. Astro Bot
3. Stellar Blade
4. Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
5. Hi-Fi Rush

Yeeeeees! Literally was waiting for it to start playing, hopefully it isn’t a broken patch like some other games.

Same as always, good announcements (perhaps greater ones this year) but in a way too long show.

The concept looks spectacular, can’t wait to play Naughty Dog’s vision of a sci-fi world, that being said… I didn’t like the trailer very much and there’s too much Sony products placement lol

@Jrs1 Apparently it also have issues and hasn’t been updated yet.

@Deoxyr1bose I disagree, we’ve seen countless free games fail and another Marvel game fail spectacularly with the biggest IP they have, Rivals is a genuinely good game, not perfect by any means but just by playing a few hours you can tell it tries to mix up the genre, not revolutionizing it by any means but feeling different enough, while Concord never got past being a slower Overwatch copycat with comically bad character designs (another strength of Rivals btw).

Name a more iconic duo than Sony and online issues 🤣

It’s 90% sure it will happen as both companies want the deal done but they’re still setting the price.

I’m still not sure what to expect, we’ve seen nearly all gaming acquisitions gone wrong in some way, including some of Sony’s and this would be the biggest acquisition they’ve ever done for the entire group, not only gaming wise.

Is there any word about a PS5 Pro patch?

I already got it on physical but I feel this is one of the few games that could take great advantage of the Pro if optimized correctly.

It really is the most pointless console upgrade to date, and that’s coming from someone who actually bought it 6 days after launch in an unmissable deal at $550, still haven’t played one game that makes me go immediately say it was worth it, at retail price even less so.

“error decoding lambda response: error decoding lambda response: unexpected end of JSON input”

Guess I’ll just try it tomorrow…

I kinda want to get them but then I remember I own it on PS3 which remains the best version yet…

@Flaming_Kaiser Not really, just look at Marvel’s Avengers which back in 2020 was in the peak popularity for that IP and it flopped, they key is making a good game, and Rivals definitely feels good so far.

It’s quite impressive from what I’ve tried and it’s even enhanced for the PS5 Pro, characters have amazing designs and unique moves, mechanics for each of them are neatly done and it feels different to play with each one of them, best thing imo however it’s not even close to being as predatory as Overwatch is which is a huge W.

But I remember some author here saying that it sucked but Concord somehow left him great impressions… needless to say more lol.

I mean for being such a disaster it still holds 2x the player count of Concord on launch day 🤣

At most I watch some no-commentary gameplay when I’m unsure about a game, but I’ve never been able to stand watching gameplay while someone talks out loud about something completely unrelated to the game, really can’t understand how those get millions of views.

Ended up buying a Slim with a discount, remove the drive and selling it for cheaper, and surprisingly it costed me less than buying the drive separately.

While the potential is big just keep in mind it’s a ton of money and Sony just doesn’t have the infinite cash as Microsoft or Tencent, meaning the integration of Kadokawa could lead to mass layoffs, shutdowns and closures not only within Kadokawa but Sony’s current business too in the short and medium term after the merger is complete.

TLDR: I’m worried about Sony’s stability after spending that amount of money, especially after their other huge investment in live-services didn’t pan out.

This is sad news, without him PlayStation wouldn’t be what it’s today, and I think it might be concerning the fact that he isn’t retiring or exiting the industry, but rather leaving Sony specifically, I wonder if he’s not ok with all their recent decisions.

Lmao no, nothing is happening, at most we’ll get some Sony announcements at The Game Awards, it’s been 8 years since they last done an event in December.

Yup, 100% confirmed Xbox is dead and EVERYTHING eventually coming to PS5.

@nomither6 Just look back at the live services from 7 years ago, most don’t exist anymore, the ones that do had to come up with a “sequel” while having the same game due to player dropout, and I think Fortnite is the only one who managed to stay relevant all these years, I still play it from time to time and I always have fun.

Honestly it does look great now plus a flawless 60 FPS, crazy it took 3 YEARS for the game to look as good as the 90’s originals, I might give them a go since I bought them at launch but never played them due to being soooo disappointed back in the day.

Player pushback is good but mounting hate campaigns and review bombing great games is a bit much, just don’t buy it, and tbh all of this could and should have been avoided very easily by Sony, now I don’t know if porting games is still worth the effort as everything now will be ridiculously scrutinized or outright rejected by the PC audience.

And tbf I do think the account requirement for single player games specifically is BS, you can play games off discs in PS5 without ever having to log in, why in PC should it be any different? To rack up active PS players stats is the only explanation I find ‘reasonable’, but wasn’t worth burning bridges with that audience.

I was excited until I read “expect a mix of single-player and live service games in the medium term” smh…

@REALAIS It’s a comparison you can make if you’ve played both games, for me it’s indeed better than Stellar Blade but my GOTY remains FFVII Rebirth, even tho all 3 games as vastly different from each other.

No offense guys but you’re getting ridiculous with the Pro, not even with the OG PS5 you wanted to generate such a fuss when this ain’t it.

@Yozora146_ I’m not sure moving to UE5 would be a good idea, we’ve seen several teams struggle to move UE4 games to UE5 with lots of performance issues, plus the team is already accustomed to working with UE4 since around 2015, switching engines would result in a far longer development time only for negligible visual improvements.

That’s a huge jump from the 667 GB available in OG PS5 ngl…

The title doesn’t make sense, huge priority for PS5 or huge hit for PS5 and sequel high priority for WB?

@get2sammyb I know but people seem to want the option for the disc drive even if most won’t use it, that’s why still most sold consoles are with the disc drive included even if the digital edition is cheaper, and again, the Pro is geared towards enthusiasts which I bet are a good part of that 25% that still buy physical media.

My point is that the reason it’s not included is to intentionally squeeze another $80 from enthusiasts who went all the way to spend $700 in a console, as they knew this is precisely the audience that still values physical media; if it was the other way around we would’ve seen the Slim launching an only digital model with the disc drive sold separately but conveniently the only-digital model is the most expensive one.

@get2sammyb I still think offering a “Pro” console without a disc drive is an insult as the know only enthusiasts will buy that console, so they know most people buying the Pro would also buy the disc drive and they couldn’t even bother to have it in stock…

It does look sharper, i don’t agree about the “whole new game” marketing terms…

@get2sammyb Yup, that's what I think too, and the only way to revert this loss of sales is to stop prioritizing games on subscription services, we'll never hear MS say this but with the fact they only have day one games on Ultimate and the recent significant price increase is pretty obvious something ain't working.