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I'm sure the shadow drop didn't help. I'd be willing to bet the vast majority of the Xbox fanbase still believes its PS exclusive. It's also not on GP and well, I know the Xbox fans don't like to hear this but that audience just doesn't buy games very often anymore. When you have PS5 copies selling 75-80% consistently of multi-platform titles it's pretty hard to argue with those numbers.

I'm mostly watching stuff this weekend. The US Open. CES SF6. But when I do play it will mostly be the Gears of War beta. So excited to be playing Gears again!

@J2theEzzo
I think it still would have gotten strong reception since the fanbase for VS style fighters has been hungry for a while now. I'd love to see another PS IP based fighter too but I have a feeling PS All-Stars scared the higher-ups at Sony off from doing something like that again.

It's a shame. I actually really liked PS All-Stars for what it was.

Their strategy going forward if they really want to keep trying the live service thing is to enter into genres that are not already heavily established.

Concord was entering the hero shooter market. We already got Overwatch and just a few months after Concord's launch, Marvel Rivals. It never stood a chance.

Marathon is entering the Extraction shooter market which is already niche as it is and has competition that is frankly just doing it better with Arc Raiders as well as established games like Hunt Showdown. I'm not confident Marathon will find success here either.

Then you got Marvel Tokon. Big license, starved fanbase for that type of fighter, respected studio behind it. Notice the difference? People are very excited for that game. I'm very confident this one will do well for them.

They need to just stop chasing trends and focus on areas where a live service title makes sense. That's where the heart of the problem is. Trend chasing.

@RawnDawn
Not weird at all. It's always possible you could have the classic "so bad it's fun" sort of time with it. I've enjoyed a few games like that through my lifetime as well. Like Lair on PS3 for example.😄

I can't deny I'm a bit gutted it's not actually MGO proper. However I'm still willing to give to give the new mode a shot. I'm just not sure why they wouldn't just add this mode to the already existing MGO modes.

Odd but I'm still intrigued anyway.

Good for Shift Up. Another well-deserved success. Stellar Blade is one of my favorite games of the generation and it deserves all the love it gets!

Still playing it in-between single player titles. It's an awesome game and deserves the success it has had. Sure it's had a couple bumps here and there on the road but overall it's been quite the achievement for Capcom.

I'm quite enjoying my time with the game myself. I do agree with the maps being a bit dull though. The good news is that can be fixed as more and more maps are added.

I don't really get why people are so up in arms about the guy on stage though. Was it a bit cringy? Sure but it's Summer Games Fest. Cringe is to be expected!😄

I more took issue with him going on about how arena shooters are dying because of games like COD (which in reality, is actually one of the last consistent bastions of arena shooters in a way) and then he announces a battle royale mode. The actual thing that has been killing arena shooters arguably.

Still though, the game is a good time which is the main thing. I don't really care about outside noise that much.

I'm so excited to jump into the multiplayer again this weekend. It's been too long! I played Gears religiously online back in the 360 days. Should be a nice nostalgic time... but also a surreal time since I'll be playing on a PS5! What a mad world indeed!

I have faith it will all work out in the end. They did a great job with P3R so I don't see any reason to think they will mess up P4R. The game is clearly very early in development so let's just chill a bit before bringing out the pitchforks.

That said though, it does concern me just how much further away P6 probably is now considering I don't expect this to release until 2027 at the earliest. 🙁

I didn't vote since I didn't play it but it seems like an okay experience with friends. I just don't really look to Fromsoft for my multiplayer needs is all.

Hopefully we get some details on MGO here! Legacy collection 2 would also be welcome.

Bit of a tough crowd here. 😅

Clockwork and Super Meat Boy looked really great! The new Plague Tale game is also a big one for me as a huge fan of the first two games. Overall I thought it was a pretty solid showing.

A funny thing to consider as well, the Marvel game is going to be a live service game like most fighting games these days. One could argue this is the only one in the pipeline currently that has people genuinely excited. That alone makes this SOP a big deal.

Now for myself personally, the MGO tease absolutely got me excited. I still can't believe it's coming back!

Overall a great SOP indeed! Lots of cool looking stuff here.

This was basically my reaction to the few seconds of MGO.😄

I never liked MVC much so this announcement didn't do anything for me but I know its a big deal to a lot of other fighting game fans. Happy for fans like Max that are excited for it.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. People are way too harsh on SOPs. This one was packed with really great stuff for a variety of tastes. That's all one can really ask for.

I mean MGO is actually alive! I had completely given up hope of ever seeing MGO come back again. I was already excited for Delta but that just shot it up big time on my must play list. I loved MGO back in the day!

Assuming there is a Quest 3 version of this I'll definitely play this! Vertigo are one of the best VR devs out there in my opinion.

Only the game boy version of Deadly Alliance? That's a bummer. Still awesome though. Hopefully we get a 3D collection soon as well.

MGO is alive. It's a 10. Simple as that. Though also 007 and Pragmata look excellent too!

Oh my lord in heaven! MGO is back!

I thought they were pretty clear about it from the beginning. It still provides a cool look at some of the tech they want to implement into Witcher 4 and beyond. The tech still looks incredible even if it's not representative of the game itself.

I also just liked getting more of a look at the atmosphere and tone they are going for with Witcher 4.

It was always going to happen. No judgment here. Knock yourselves out PC crowd!

That would be awesome if there is a campaign coming too! The multiplayer is already awesome on its own. Looking forward to what this surprise is!

@BiosNova @Reyzore
Actually if anything I trust them more than ever after Cyberpunk. They could have just taken the money and ran but instead stuck with it to the point that now Cyberpunk is legitimately one the very best RPGs available on modern hardware. They also gave refunds to anyone who wanted one.

Were mistakes made? Sure but I would say they more than made up for it in the end. And even if God forbid Witcher 4 launches in a not great state, I have more confidence CDPR will get it where it needs to be more than say Bethesda with ES6.

Plus the entire reason they switched to Unreal 5 is to have a much smoother development this time around.

It's perfectly fine to be skeptical though. By all means if you are uncomfortable don't pre-order until reviews and whatnot. I just can't say that I am personally skeptical here is all. 😄

In CDPR we trust. Looking really incredible!

None of these appeal to me too much personally. Still though, nice to see the game is going to get a bit more visual variety soon.

Very excited to see this! It's about time Bond returned to video games in a big way.

Kinda crazy considering the character models already looked really good in the first game. Looking forward to the sequel though!

It's literally the opposite of everything I like about a Fromsoft game. I prefer the slower paced exploration. I play them single player only for the most part. I like the RPG elements.

Needless to say, this game isn't for me but that's okay. I'm happy for the people enjoying it. I've got plenty of other games to keep me occupied instead so I'm not feeling left out one bit. I'll come back to From whenever their next more traditional style game comes around. Or Armored Core. I'm down for more Armored Core.

That's a cool final update for the game. I really need to find the time for another playthrough here soon.

Bold words but I have a really good feeling about VF6. I know we haven't seen any real gameplay footage yet outside of a few seconds of blurry offscreen bits but right now is kind of the perfect time for a VF comeback.

Tekken is the only living 3D fighter out there at the moment and T8 has been...well let's just say in a not ideal space recently. The door is wide open for a new VF to flourish.

Normally I'd be concerned but to their credit, Atlus did a great job with the new VO in P3R so I'm confident this will be good too. It will be weird not hearing the old crew though.

Always thought this game got dealt a bad deal. Sure it had its problems but there are worse ways to spend a weekend than playing Order 1886.

Would have loved to see the sequels especially if multiplayer was planned for the 2nd one. I could see that game translating very well into a Gears of War style multiplayer.

Seems like 33 is a lucky number for them. 😄

Good for them though. They deserve all the praise they are getting for the game. I just platinumed it a couple days ago and it's absolutely my GOTY so far. I don't really anticipate anything beating it either except for maybe Ghost of Yotei.

Certainly some lofty ambitions here. I can't see myself playing Minds Eye a decade later but if it turns out to be solid enough with reviews then I'll consider giving it a go. Previews haven't left a good impression on the polish side of things so that's my main concern.

It was nice to get something back for using the PS Store. I'll miss it and I'm not confident we will get a replacement.

@Fishmasterflex96
I disagree. Every one of the games I mentioned I had a great time with their multiplayer. I legitimately didn't buy another game for like two years I remember when Uncharted 2 MP was at its best.

Yes not everything was great but the same can be said today too can it not? At least back then if you didn't like the mode you could just ignore it where as now because everything rides on one mode, if that mode isn't to your liking... well that's it. There's nothing else to enjoy with the product.

@get2sammyb @K1LLEGAL
I never understood why people complained about the multiplayer in games from that era. They always said it took resources away but there are countless releases maintained great campaigns with multiplayers "tacked on".

Gears of War, Halo, Uncharted, The Last of Us, Assassins Creed Brotherhood-4, Killzone, Mass Effect 3, Rainbow Six Vegas, Resistance, just to name a few. All of these had a great full package of everything someone could ask for with nothing feeling undercooked or anything like that. I definitely miss those days too. Not saying there are no good multiplayer games today but it's a lot more limited in selection these days compared to back then.

@BusyOlf
I know your pain. Hang in there! It was a close one but I managed squeak out the victory last night.

I don't really do special edition stuff much anymore but I might need to make an exception here. Expedition 33 completely blew me away.

Looking forward to it! The Alpha was lots of fun so I'm quite excited to play when I get the chance.

Wow this is really starting to look like huge update for the game. Stellar Blade was already great out of the gate but the updates have really added so much to the game.

All of it being free too outside of the Nier content. Great stuff Shift-Up!

@Ryoth
True but still, infinitely better times for the studio back then compared to now. At least in my eyes anyway. The chaos behind the scenes bore fruit to some of the best shooters of all time. Now the chaos just brings... well just more chaos and bad news.

There was a time when it seemed like Bungie could do no wrong. Crazy I know but I lived it!

I really miss the Halo Bungie days.

I'm excited to play it! I know it didn't seem to impress as much as the first one but I still want to judge it for myself. I've been a Ninja Theory fan since Heavenly Sword so I'm glad I'll get to play this one after all on Playstation.

@PuppetMaster
Yeah Falke is by far the longest shot. But I also didn't expect Ed to come back and somehow do a complete 180 in terms of popularity so you never know for sure! I'd love for her to join. She became my main in SFV.

Quite literally one of my least favorite SF characters of all time. 😂

But she looks cool/balanced enough here. The healing thankfully looks much less obnoxious than it was in SF4 since there's no Ultra meter system here.

I really hoping for a season 3 more tailored to my tastes for characters this time around. There was basically nobody I was excited for in season 2. (Though I did come around on Mai eventually, she's cool) C. Viper, Falke, Sagat, Cody, and Sakura are at the top of my wish list. I'd also be excited to see a brand new character.

The worst thing is that tariffs can't be the reason for this because these are digital titles. Old ones at that. The only reason for this increase is greed. Pure and simple.

Maybe they are taking the "Let reviews sell the game" approach. It's definitely been the most quiet marketing campaign I think I've ever seen. At least for a game that looks like it has a decent budget to work with.

I'm still interested but going to wait and see some reviews first.

Very exciting! Stellar Blade is one of my favorite games of the generation so I'll for sure be there day one for the sequel.