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@ShogunRok you may be right. Having that kind of discrepancy is actually fairly common for PlayStation. The consoles sell well into the hundreds of millions but the best selling games usually only crack the 10 million range, maybe more depending on how big a game it is. So yeah maybe it’s not wise to correlate the lower sales to a lower install base, there are probably more factors at play here.

I mean fewer people own ps5’s compared to PS4’s so it makes sense it wouldn’t sell as well, but that’s not a good sign considering the budget for this was probably way higher. It’s going to need to sell way more copies than Remake to make a profit.

@Triumph741 I ain’t complaining. 8 is a great score, was just expecting higher.

Really only an eight? Thought it would be higher.

I don’t know why they didn’t to begin with. If you’re going to release the game on pc the same day as the console version then it’s not really an exclusive at that point. Console exclusives are already becoming less and less important as the console tech is virtually identical between machines these days, so really what’s the point.

I think I finally figured out why I never liked these. It isn’t the games, it’s the format. It’s just a trailer playlist with nothing to sell the games. It’s boring to watch and since they upload the trailers straight to YouTube after anyway, what’s the point in watching this.

I legitimately do not know what Kojima is trying to do here. It’s a super serious game dealing with themes of connection and death, and then you’ve got talking puppets and a guy fighting a baby talking robots with a guitar that fires electricity. I know Kojima is known for being eccentric in his games, but this feels like he’s reached a point where it’s stopped being charming and is just weird for the sake of it.

Who would have thought a PlayStation exclusive would sweep the awards of PlayStation focused blogs.

The financial leaks in particular were particularly eye opening.

Wasn’t interested in this, and the leaks only fuelled that disinterest. This thing just pissed off a lot of people.

@Camlambelot I won’t deny it looks good. I mean it better with the amount of money spent on it. It’s too bad the writing couldn’t hold it all together.

This has been a really bad time to be a LOTR fan. First Rings of Power craps all over the lore, and now we have two video games in the running for worst game of the year. Tolkien must be spinning in his grave.

They’re going to censor the hell out of this game aren’t they?

@Tidus_g 2 games? That’s it just 2? Here’s the the ring, of the games you mentioned only one Spider-Man 2, is a true exclusive. The other 2 are on, or will be on PC. Which raises the issue of why even buy a console when everything on it will eventually come to PC anyway. At this point the only reason to buy consoles is brand loyalty.

Good. It was going to suck anyway.

It baffles me that the PS5 is doing as well as it is. For all the issues Xbox has In regards to software, let’s be honest Sony isn’t exactly doing much better. The amount of big exclusives coming out have slowed to a trickle in recent years. Feels like people are just going to PlayStation because they got a PS4 and that’s what they’re used to. Really hope both companies get their act together so we can get more games coming out.

I hope Microsoft d get their act together and start being more competitive. I know people say they should just go third party but that would leave Sony without any competition which would be disastrous for everyone.

They’re really going through with this? This will go over well.

Impalement? Uh oh.

Sony is doing well, if history is any indication this can only end badly.

You know we always see how many units a game sold but I’m curious how much actual money it made. As gaming budgets have ballooned in recent years we’ve seen games have to sell millions of units just to break even. I wish we had more transparency on game budgets. So we have a better idea on how successful a game actually is.

Well there goes my interest in this series.

Sony marketing, never doubt it’s ability to sell a game.

I don’t know how. Given how the story went there’s no way to bring him back.

I think 8 is likely the score most people will go to. From what I’ve read it is good game, but doesn’t innovate much from the original.

@K1LLEGAL that’s mainly because they’re the only 2 studios with anything worth playing on the damn thing.

Not going to lie, I expected a higher score. Especially since other outlets are saying it’s the best superhero game yet.

Oh this will DEFINITELY go over well. Following up a Nintendo Direct on the same day with no first party announcements won’t end badly at all.

Can’t wait till this comes to Xbox and I can finally play it

@Sil_Am because console wars ***** is terrible and only really fought by the publishers. Gamers just want to enjoy games.

@Nepp67 what tweet?

@Nepp67 that just sounds like another Square Enix cover up.

That isn’t saying much is it.

I don’t know man, those trailers made it look super generic.

It was ok, though it was let down by half the grand finals being Mirror matchups.

@OrtadragoonX yeah and they all sucked. Eddie is the only Venom that’s even remotely interesting. Maybe they can do something interesting with Harry, but it’s 2 we’re not getting a good adaptation of Eddie in videogame form.

So Venom is Harry then. Oh dear, that’s disappointing.

That’s not a good sign for FF16’s longevity. I expected a slight drop in its second week but not to drop out of the top 10 entirely.

Oh yeah, this will go over well.

Please don’t be an action RPG

A 9? Huh, thought it’d be a 10. But, hey, 9 is still really good.

I can’t wait til this game comes out and I can stop seeing and hearing about it everywhere.

@AdamNovice Harry as a character doesn’t really work for Venom. Venom is obsessed with killing Spider Man because he was wronged by him. Eddie’s life ruined by Spider man albeit indirectly, which is interesting since Eddie is the Everyman Spidey always fights for. He’s living proof that no matter what Spidey does some people will slip through the cracks.

Nothing we’ve seen indicates Harry will be like this. If they we’re going to make Harry Venom they should have laid the groundwork better in the first game.

@AdamNovice making Harry Venom is dumb though. Eddie is the only Venom that’s been remotely interesting and I’ve been waiting for a comic accurate game depiction for years.

Oh cool Venom is in the game, and it’s not Eddie Brock. Damn it Insomniac you had one job.

This is some premium levels of cope.

They really need him to stay quiet. Every time he speaks up he only makes things worse.

Wow, first Rings of Power and now this. Forget rolling in his grave, Tolkien’s doing a full acrobatic routine.

I warned you all that you were setting yourself up for disappointment.