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'I believe it reflects the erosion of once-great PlayStation management that I think we’ve all been feeling for quite some time.''

So... when was this ''once great PlayStation management'' out of interest? What time period do we need to go back to to ''Make Sony Great Again?''
Was it the one that skimped on its internet security which led to PSN going down for a month? How about the one that botched the PS3 launch?

@Oram77 It wasn't recently, no.
If they've moved away from that formula I nay be tempted to pick one up.

I wonder what her character arc is going to be? Seems a bit un-PC in 2026 to have her following Sonic around like a puppy.

Same old Bethesda pumping out slop. Unfortunately it is very popular slop that has people asking for seconds.
People never put their money where their mouth is to teach these companies a lesson. They just moan.

Meh. Does anyone really play Resident Evil for the story? I guess what I'm asking is, can you actually spoil a plot that always seems to have as an answer "viruses, aliens and/or magic"?

Starfield is the game that finally showed the world what Bethesda is when it no longer has a popular ip protecting it from backlash.
Compared to what Rockstar, Naughty Dog or CDProjectRed are doing nowadays, Bethesda is such a yesterday's company.

@naruball Just because you do not like the game does not mean that it is not quality.

Quality speaks for itself. The YouTube reviewers do not have nearly the power that people credit them with. If this game was good, word of mouth would have gotten around and people would have played it.
It really is that simple.

I can't think of a quicker way to prevent me from buying this.

The general sentiment here seems to be disagreement with Sammy.
Personally, I think his opinions are based less on being a gamer and more as the editor of a gaming news website.

I still play on my crusty old PS4 all the time, Sammy. It does the job brilliantly. Easily one of the best consoles of all time.

"But we wouldn't bet against this blowing up".

By "we", do you in fact mean "you"?

Lol. You had SO MANY years to buy these games. So, so, so many.
I find it hard to believe that you were that desperate to play it.

I doubt large numbers would have played MGO. That's why it was shut down to begin with.
Smart move.

@Vaako007 Oh, they care. In this era in which we live of meaningless online dopamine rushes taken too seriously, this one is right at the top of the pile.

Trophies add replay value. OK, I get that. But these people who won't buy a thirty year old game just because of their absence might as well admit that they are on virtual crack and be done with it.

This is one of those games that I look at and think ''Yeah, maybe Anita Sarkeesian had a point.''

Maybe it'll be good, maybe it won't.
But this art style has never once grown on me. And the thing is, if you are going to compete with the likes of Fortnite or even Overwatch, you NEED to nail that. People like playing as cool characters in cool environments.

Probably could not get away with selling a game based on such an exploitative lesbian relationship any more. There was nothing empowering about the sleazy way it was marketed, it was pure male gaze.
For reference this was only one year before the infamous band ''Tatu'' featured two completely heterosexual women pretending to be lesbians just to sell their album.
Different time, different world.

I must be living under a rock? I do not remember any culture war s-t surrounding this game. The criticism all centred around the accusation that it feels more like an add on pack rather than a sequel.

What i think is that the market share has dramatically increased in size since 2006. I wonder what the per capita sales are?

@LordAinsley So did I. Doesn't prove what I said wrong though.

Nah. Believe it when I see it.

@LordAinsley I would like to recommend a YouTube review on Outer Worlds by NeverKnowsBest.
The game is full of "because Fallout did it" from head toe.

The first game was an average Fallout 4 clone.
And lets be honest, by modern standards, Fallout 4 is average itself which does not help. It does not hold a candle to something like Cyberpunk.

I give it two weeks max to be back down to where it was.

Time to update the article guys. It is to redeem a voucher.

The best review of this game on YouTube is Angry Joe's. He hits the absolute nail on the head.

"Fly too low? FAIL. Fly too high? FAIL. Fly too medium? FAIL. Grab the controller the wrong way? FAIL. Complete the mission? FAIL."

Lol. What a disaster. No one is waiting on this crap being fixed.

@J2theEzzo Roger Jr is the kid in the pouch. The big kangaroo is Roger's wife. We haven't actually had the real Roger in a long time, although he tends to pop up in ending scenes so he isn't dead.

They managed to turn a story about a roaring rampage of revenge that turned a good woman into a tragic monster into a comedic road trip.
"I'm going to be a daddy!"

@EfYI See above about the frames per second.
And I disagree that this UI is faster and sleeker. In fact the PS5 removed features that the PS3 and PS4 had as standard that it has only recently brought back if at all.

@DTfearTheBEARD That's just it though. Plenty of the PS5's library is not 60 FPS as standard. One of the biggest criticisms of this generation is that the PS5 has never consistently hit its potential cap.

I only bought a PS5 because the Black Friday deal was so incredible. And according to the sales figures I was not alone.
The truth of the matter is, the PS4 is still incredible value for money, and arguably with its games now going so cheap second hand it has never been more so. The only real reason to upgrade imo is FOMO.

If you want to genuinely know how successful or popular a game is, check the streamers.
If basically no one is playing this live in a week or two then you'll have your answer.

To assume that Sony is shutting down a major part of Premium after only a week of the service being broken is bordering hysterical paranoia imo.
Sony have a terrible track record with releasing statements when things go wrong.

@Toot1st There are also plenty of people in the "wait and see" crowd who feel just as special in my experience.
"I have a policy of only forming an opinion after i've played 50 hours and watched three let's plays. Look at how enlightened i am."

You guys loved Concord in your review so no offence but i'm not sure you are qualified to assess whether a game is going to be the next Concord or not. It certainly looks pretty generic and bland to me.

A lot of work for marginal gains.

@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy "The entire point is that if you're paying a premium price you should get the full benefits".

But you are though. The benefit is that you are getting an old game for free. Whether they go further than that is an optional extra.

@Can-You-Believe-Sith Given how his career collapsed in the 2010s after being typecast as the aging star of Stargate he would have taken anything. Did you listen to his emotional speech at the game awards?

This is good news. I'll be able to whack that Angry Joe review of it up to full HD.

Disney does not allow Winnie the Pooh on a child's gravestone so I doubt Rockstar let their billion dollar game out of the bag.

In the same way that Cyberpunk took the concept of Deus Ex and ran with it further and higher than the latter ever dreamed, so too has Yakuza taken all of the fun bits of Shenmue and taken them further and higher than Yu Suzuki ever did.

Hang On and Space Harrier were two of the only reasons to replay Shenmue after the first playthrough imo.

What she looks like is completely irrelevant to me. That is the easy bit.

Will i buy her as Lara Croft? No. I doubt it. I am getting the same feelings in the pit of my stomach that i got when Bella Ramsay was cast as Ellie. I wasn't wrong then and I suspect that I am not wrong now.

I miss XBox Live and PSN circa 2008 and I am not ashamed to admit it. You could say anything and send pm's to anyone insulting their noob tubing skills. It is no coincidence imo that the golden age of COD on YouTube was from this era.

I'm not against safety features in principle. Of course there need to be protections. But you know what? You can take things too far in the opposite direction. The phrase "you think you do but you don't" springs to mind.

@LogicStrikesAgain Premium is amazing value and I am tired of people claiming that it is not.

@Fartingale My thoughts exactly. I have Premium so that I basically never need to buy another game again. Why would I want to waste money on the paid version?

I found the ending to MHA to be incredibly disappointing. Deku basically learned nothing - he was useless before his quirk and he was useless after he lost his quirk. Instead of becoming Batman he just sat around twiddling his thumbs until someone handed him an Iron Man suit.

What a silly decision it was to make android free will a virus that could be transmitted from "person" to "person". Far from being this grand take of emancipation, I was left with the impression that the humans were right and we were dealing with nothing more than defective pieces of equipment. Not that you could side with the humans of course as the narrative clearly wanted you to side with the androids.

@Jacko11 You are coping imo but that's fine. I am not the only one to be underwhelmed by the trailer.

@Matthewnh GTA6 looks exactly like GTA5. And I really do mean "exactly" as anyone who has seen what a decent PC with mods is capable of knows.
Don't get me wrong, i will sink multiple playthroughs into it as i have with every GTA since 3. But lets be real about how little here is actually likely to be brand new.