Kriandis

Pay 3.6 Billion for a one hit wonder developer

1st Move: Lay talent off

I still have no damn idea why Sony would by Bungie !?!??!??!?! MS does, and always will, own the Halo franchise/rights/name, Bungie left under that agreement.

Destiny was, in reality, just a reskinned Halo.

Bungie to Sony, is Rareware to MS......A colossal clusterfudge that will amount to nothing!

Super Mario Brothers; Wonder and I am having a blast with it. I love this game!

I will buy Spider Man 2, eventually, because Venom has always been one of my favorite cb characters.

It's funny how people forget that corporations actually run this world, and not governments.

The great Ned Beatty speech from 1974's Network

"We no longer live in a world of nations and ideologies, Mr. Beale. The world is a college of corporations inexorably determined by the immutable bylaws of business.......The world..... is a business, Mr. Beale. It has been since man crawled out of the slime."

People that are getting worked up over this purchase tend to forget how the FTC has let Disney run rampant for years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_the_Walt_Disney_Company

BTW, Disney is headquartered in London, so your Business Minister has also let them run amok as well.

@HotGoomba I have to admit, I loved Link in Soul Calibur

@Enigk In the U.S. and Japan it is still up around 2nd and 3rd.....You Brits are missing out. It is a great game, with an amazing story.

I know without a doubt that once MS takes over Activision/Blizzard, things will get much better.

Bobby Kotick will be kicked out the door, and MS can then ask Jeff Kaplan to come back and become president and correct a lot of wrongs.

@BeerIsAwesome There is on E-bay. You can report them for price gouging.
I have done it on quite a few videogame related items that had not been released. Quite a few actually got taken down, and I have seen 2 or 3 accounts banned from the site because of it.

@Loamy
Mario Golf and Hot Shots Golf beg to differ

"Recently, North America's Federal Trade Commission made clear its reservations about the deal, summoning Microsoft to court in order to hear why the deal should be allowed and why it won't damage the competition."

Funny how Misrosoft acquiring a company has the FTC up in arms, yet the FTC let's Disney run amok and acquire almost every television and movie IP in existence.

I guess MS is less reluctant to grease palms as apposed to Disney.

THIS IS AWESOME!
I am happy to hear this. I wish only the best for the Blue Bomber!

It was a very good episode, as to what I voted it as being, but when you play the game on the first play through and can kind of predict the outcome in the show, things seems to lose their gravity.

I liked that they made Sam deaf, which made his reliance on Henry even more important.

Everyone seemed to hate Kathleen, which I did not mind, The creators were just trying to give a face to what you, as a player, was running from in the game during the Henry and Sam segment. That being said, the game's antagonists seemed more brutal, than in the show, in my opinion.

In the game, they were basically killing people over shoes or boots. This is something that I think has been missing from the show. The desperation of people to survive. This is something I think that has been portrayed better in the game, than in the series. The way I took it from the game, were people overran a FEDRA QZ out of desperation and need, as opposed to Kathleen's need for vengance, Joel even eludes to this circumstance at one point in the game.

But what really bothered me about the episode is that they just gave a nod to Kyle and Ish, which I really wanted them to focus on, hell, I wanted the first last of us dlc to be about Kyle and Ish's backstory. Theirs was a tragic end, and would have fit into the desperation, and would have added to the series story greatly.

Again, the show is just showing 2 characters plot through a wasteland, but there has been little, to no desperation, of people TRYING to survive displayed. This is what I feel the game did better......Again, Looking at Kyle and Ish...

I pre-ordered it a long time ago from Best Buy, just to get the steelbook with it.

I went to pick it up and there was no steelbook with it, so I told them to refund my money.

I will just wait for it to go on sale now

These are going to sell like whatever the opposite of hotcakes is.

@Dezzy70 Covid - 19 VR Game....Super Variant

Lets face it, VR headsets are for a niche crowd.

The majority of the gaming public have little, to no interest, in VR. Plus at $550, any interest that Sony hopes to create for VR with the majority of gamers, is instantly thrown out the window at that price point.

I will wait for the inevitable price drop

HOLY CRAP!
A game that is on the front page that is not a remaster or a remake!

Just give us the classic gray colored covers and controller already, both with the classic colored PS logo.

@Blackmagehobbit Same, I am not a huge fan of FP views. I will PU this game now and give it a go.

Forget the fact that Division was not a great, or even good game, to begin with.
But F2P.....All that needs to be said....NOPE!

@UltimateOtaku91 Do you think Saints Row would have outsold God Of War Ragnarok if they were released around the same time?

I don't, and I bet Ragnarok sales numbers will be higher than Saints Row in the first 2 days of it's release, and it will just be released on two systems.

The Last Of Us is my all time favorite game. I even got the platinum on the PS3 version, but I can't even bring myself to paying $70 for a game that is technically just a reskin of a game that I played through multiple times.

A news article from just recently was talking about how Sony is upset about player engagement decreasing. Raising the price of your system is not going to help that.

The company blamed the deceleration of the overall industry as the reason for the slide, “as opportunities have increased for users to go outside due to a reduction in COVID-19 infections in key markets”. But, unsurprisingly, it’s something the firm aims to address:

No, it is the fact that nothing really "Next Gen" has come out for the PS5 and remakes just keep getting pushed down our throats. The PS5 has become the re-issue/re-master machine, and less of a next gen machine.

It truly doesn't surprise me with all the content and bug fixes that Valhalla has received.....It truly was the most bugged game I have ever played. I Could not get the platinum until a quest bug was fixed....Infuriating!

Since the next game will be always online, I very seriously doubt I will get it.

Remember on the PS1 and PS2 how certain games would let you add your own soundtracks.
No reason why we should not still be able to

There is no Hunger. It is scalpers hoping that there will be.

No,
The Last Of Us is my all time favorite game. I got platinum on the PS3 version, and played through it so many times.
I am still slowly working my way through the remastered version....Seriously, I just got past where Ellie Meets David about 2 weeks ago.

70 bucks for a game that came out in 2013 is just ridiculous, no matter how "Remade" it is.
If it added more to the story, other than the Left Behind DLC content (It is obvious from the trailer) then it might......might, be worth it... I know I would like a Ish and Kyle playthrough, along with a Henry and Sam as well, Hell, even add a Bill and Frank story
Other than those added elements, it is just not worth the asking price.
If sony is going to go back and "Remake" a game, at least add some elements that fans would like to see.

Origins is my favorite AC game, but I already have Platinum and 100% completion. I have no interest, or reason, to jump back into it.

I know some of the PS5's are built in China, but some are also built in Japan.

I know components are still an issue, but I am sure a large percentage of the ones built in Japan, stay in Japan.

While picturing one of the rarest Playstations....You cheeky *****

@Apfelschteiner Yeah, I think back in the day they called it 2.5D

@Apfelschteiner Here you go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiPEVAxLH20

I pre-purchased the PS5 physical copy off Playasia. Looks like they are still up.

I have Platinum in Ghost, God, and Assassins

Ghost was super easy, God was simple, and Assassins was tedious. Neither were hard.

I have yet to play Elden Ring. I plan on getting it when there are a couple of price drops.

@get2sammyb Tech Romancer too. An overlooked gem

@get2sammyb If Capcom released a compilation of games that they just released on the Dreamcast, I would be all over it.

That was a golden era for Capcom.

It's a shame that Powerstone 1&2 and Tech Romancer is not included. Both would have been great with online play included as well.

Capcom really needs to release a compilation of games they released on the Dreamcast. In my opinion, that was a golden time for Capcom games.

I have already pIayed through the game, beat it, and got to level 50. Working on platinum now.

I am going to reveal what I think about Sylens and Gaia. I think Sylens is a descendant of who Gaia was modeled after, their eyes are strikingly similar. I think Elisabet Sobek looked up to, or loved, the person she modeled Gaia after.

This would also explain some of Sylens knowledge. After all, he was on quests for knowledge well before Aloy was even born....Something had to lead him, or provoke him to learn of the old ones.

@Shepherd_Tallon
It was fun because of the co-op you had with your team mates. If it is a battle royale where the last team left standing wins, then I am in, but if it is one where last man standing wins, then I am out.

I called it being a battle Royale game from the start.....The game just sets itself up to well for one. I believe the rumor

Nothing was communicated of the delay, and nothing was offered because of the delay.

Such a shame. I will see what Gamestop will give me for trade in, if I do not feel that it is worth it....I bought the 25th Anniversary...I will just sell it on E-bay.

I admit I got burnt buying an always online game, but it will never happen again.

Tried getting on @ 0800 this morning.....And then 10:00........And then noon.
I bought the game to play it when I WANT to play it. Lesson learned. I will never buy an always online game again, especially one that has no damn reason for being always online.

Just completed the game a week ago. Guerilla really upped their story telling in this game. There are a lot of Jaw Dropping Moments if you have played through and completed Zero Dawn.

My game of the year, so far.

Now to go for platinum!

@UK_ Same. I want to platinum Forbidden West, but I beat it two days ago, so I am content for now (Guerilla really elevated their story telling to another level) Anyway, I can only take so much Machine Killing......Time to harness the machines.

Horizon on PS5 has, LITERALLY, been playing worst since the update for me.

I have quick flickers and loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong loads to fast points, where I literally have to close out the game and restart.

WTF Sony?????

@JJ2
I always buy physical, but I am especially stoked about getting the GT 7 25th Anniversary Steelbook

I got my PS5 in January. Glad I could finally contribute to the sales numbers. lol

@nomither6 I get what you are saying, and Guerilla Games with Killzone made some awesome games, but they went on to create the amazing Horizon Zero Dawn.

What I am basically saying is that Bungie, like Rare, IMO , will become a has been developer. I do not see them elevating above Halo development, especially with how much Destiny was like Halo, as far as game play.

I see Bungie as a lost developer with no direction except to try to achieve off of their past accomplishments.

That being said, I hope they prove me wrong, but 3.6 Billion is still to damn much for a developer with one IP that Sony can actually own.

LOL

Everyone on here so excited about this, and praising Sony. I can't help but laugh.....3.6 BILLION......3.6 BILLION.....Again, 3.6 BILLION, for a company that has ONE original IP that they actually own....ONE, JUST ONE and it is an IP that has always been strife with controversy.

They are paying to damn much for a development team that has only shown that FPS are their thing. 3.6 Billion for a one dimensional developer. Activision/Blizzard has MANY popular I.P.s. I can't help but think this is a poor knee jerk reaction from Sony. They would have been better off buying Ember Lab for cheap and letting them do their thing and MAYBE, looking into acquiring EA. This is Microsoft and Rare all over again.

This acquisition is only going to make better, top tier developers, worth even more.