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@PsBoxSwitchOwner You're right, they didn't explicitly say, however it'll be both. Sega have reiterated recently that they won't do console exclusivity, even with MS helping them with their super game project (which is a project to bring back older titles).

Hogwarts surprised me topping sales again, especially with the addition to PS Plus

No surprises there, people are very entitled. Pressure to release a game asap doesn't help anyone, take Cyberpunk 2077 as an example.

Some have sold at that price previously, albeit mainly deluxe types. I suspect even if price went up generally there would still be some, as there are now who charge less.

Personally it means I'd be a lot more selective, less day 1 purchases and more wait for sales, and probably less digital where can, given physical from some retailers are cheaper.

Great game. 52 hrs in and only just to Act 2. A solid 9. I haven't really experienced any bugs yet which is nice, apart from. Getting caught between foliage and trees a couple of times but that's my fault for trying to traverse places you're not meant to 😆

It's a great game, 42 hrs later and I've only done Act 1, a lot of exploring, side questing and building an awesome hideout. Some of the story moments properly pull on the heartstrings nicely as well, with great acting, at least in Japanese as I'm playing immersion mode

I liked the new Saints Row game but let's be honest none of them were ever going to win lots of accolades. I know that type of person though, probably quite clever but has zero social skills and no empathy.

Not going to lie I played it on Xbox, done everything.. but I'm going to gladly do it again on playstation so I can play it with my PS friends
The price is the same as Xbox, they can hardly sell it cheaper on ps without also reducing Xbox price too, which obviously is going to cut into their profit margins. At the end of the day they are a commercial entity who wants to make as much money as possible, whether someone wants to pay that price though or wait for a sale is up to them, same as with any other game.

ah yes, the two Jedi games also failed because they weren't live service... Oh wait...

Absolutely not. GTAV was and continues to be one of the biggest selling games of all time. If the next one is anything like the current one then online won't be available at launch so you're initially only paying for the base game story, when Online does come it'll have so many micro-transactions it'll be another cash cow for them and the will make a ton of money. An initial price that high would just be corporate greed.

I doubt it. Commercially, I'm sure will be massive, particularly in Japan.

But these are two consoles which generally appeal to different audiences.

This is a good sign. I've played every Dynasty and Samurai Warriors / Musou game but 9 was massively disappointing. Glad they're bringing it back

Ouch. No surprises though. Outlaws is okay but that's just it... Okay. Nothing too exciting, boring protagonist, okay story nice once get stuck into it, and nice world to explore but still just okay.

if it still gets released 😬

Happy New Year. Hears to another year of great PS news

Probably Elden Ring or Wu Kong.. shouldn't be, but I'd question the integrity of the game awards.

I dont think it's that Concord didn't offer unique value, it did. However it was an unknown IP with characters people know little about behind a €40 price wall. Had it been f2p it would've attracted more players who would get to know the characters, however that would of course then have meant they would need to add an in-game store / micro-transactions to make money.

The price point also meant players, particularly those who can't afford multiple games at once had a choice.. 'Do I by Concord or do I buy another game,' such as Black Myth which was released the same month.

ugggh GTA is massively overrated. At the end of the day though can't hold off release dates indefinitely given that there is always the possibility GTA will be delayed.

Yeeeeeah, live service definitely the way forward 🤔

One of the box art characters looks very similar to Granblue's Ed

Well if they charged the DLC at a reasonable price rather than the cost of the full game they probably would've sold more.

WB seem to have it in their heads that games as a service are the way forward (despite the huge profits made from Hogwarts Legacy and the poor sales of Suicide Squad and MK) and then completely miss the mark on how much their in game micro transactions and DLC is worth. It's almost as if they do no market research whatsoever.

Well it's the 15th so the leakers information is already incorrect, but we shall see. It's natural there will be some sort of black Friday sale both on consoles and in the PS Store

Not sure what else one could expect from a box. Same shape and size, would be odd to redesign it.

Wooo. I know shouldn't live life away but can't wait til Thursday to play.

Too many games not enough time but it's going to Mechwarrior 5 clans. My first Mechwarriors game and it's great. I do like a good story and cinematics

Loved it, thought was a fantastic game but a little short, bitterly disappointed no DLC plans like the first.

Well that's disappointing

A shame about the trophies. But still, bring on Dino Crisis 2, loved that game.

it is indeed. I turned on my PS5 just after midnight for some "I can't sleep gaming" and it appeared, a nice surprise.

Absolutely, more points for Ravenclaw 😃 With any luck will have more save slots for characters as completed with all four houses.

Troll back.. give it an 11/10 😀

It is a shame though, I wonder if they've gone and done it to other games on wiki too.

I should imagine a number of reasons:
If you want an exclusive deal PS5 has a bigger global market share, so unless you want to aim solely for NA, makes more sense to go on PS5. If you only want to sell to Japan then you'd want to aim for Switch over Xbix.

Harder to develop for Xbox, (tools apparently) but also you need to make a game that runs on both Series X and S.... Whereas for Switch and PS5 you only need to make it run for one console (and going forward optionally enhance it for pro)

Looks great, they're cutting it fine with the release date though if they're aiming for 2024. I love in hope of a full on remake of MGS1 though.

I hope it's good. I absolutely love the Musou games but since their move into an open world.. nah This one looks like back to the missions with a good overview map. Woo

Will I upgrade for the small fee.. yes.. Will I play it .. well probably not straight away, but it's nice it's there for when want to dip back in.

I suspect an element of scalping going on as well.

At £700 you'd think they'd at least include the vertical stand, which costs them peanuts to make.

Either way my interest disappeared at the price point and lack of disk drive. Yes most games are digital now, but many players still have physical games and aren't going to buy them twice, especially after forking out the best part of a grand for a console.

@riceNpea I would not be surprised if that was also announced in late September.

Like you say it makes no sense. Not only are Sony generally quite upfront about exclusives and market the hell out of them but there is no reason to hide a deal. Given the biggest market for the game is the Chinese audience and that Xbox have a the smallest share of that market why would they need to hide any exclusivity deal.

Also wouldn't be the first game delayed because the Devs need to make the game work on both the Series X and S

Problem is there are a lot of similar games on the market, which are well established and aren't locked behind an initial paywall.

If you're going to charge for a game like this (rather than start free and make money through micro transactions) it needs to do several things:
a. Stand out enough that people want to buy it. eg a reason why people should spend £40 on this rather game than play Apex Legends or Fortnite etc.
b. Stand out enough that people will choose it over another paid for game. eg if someone can only afford to buy one game this month why should they choose Concorde and not something like Star Wars Outlaws or Black Myth?

I was holding off for reviews because I wasn't a fan in the Beta, a shame though.

I'm gonna hold fire until goes down a bit, or at the very least until I see some good PS5 reviews to convince me. It looks nice but I'm not sold on the game... Yet

That's great news. The studio was set up to inspire new creative minds, MS closing it down was really **, glad it's coming back.

I haven't finished the last two yet, they do seem to get these out fast

@CWill97 Correct, it is loosely related to Fate/Zero etc, has several characters like Saber which appears in the other Fate games.. also very underrated game like the article suggests.

it wouldn't be a deal-breaker but it would be disappointing. Although generally with 30 FPS games I only find it jarring if I've played a 60 FPS game immediately before.

I'm not sure it's worth damaging your console to do so though. Accidentally unplugging it makes me cringe let alone doing on purpose.

Makes it easier for Santa, subscription codes aren't as heavy to carry. Easier for the elves too, just need a laptop and a printer so they can work from home.

That doesn't surprise me, I loved destiny but had to take a break from it for health reasons, I came back, half the content had been vaulted and was super hard to get back into it, had no idea what was going on, so gave up... I should imagine the same thing makes it pretty inaccessible to new players.

@Bionic-Spencer They have, xbox game pass is increasing this month. Its going up by 2 £/$/€ a month or something like that.

Called it, but still that's not bad, there's a lot of games out next few months, something to look forwards to in new year