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Cost, value, benefit analysis:
Inflation rising, money devaluing, unpredictable political situation, no guarantee of there being any amazing games on the system.
Conclusion:
I would rather stick with what i've got.

@BanChatum How is it a breath of fresh air? What is unique about it?

I have found PushSquare's coverage of this game to be highly suspicious.
I am saying no more about it.

@IamJT I have no problem with people spending their money how they like.
What i have a problem with is the tedious moaning and whineing and crying when the game comes out and it ends up being a janky, broken mess.
That is your fault. No one else's. Yours.

I wish Total Biscuit was still around to verbally slap anyone who still thinks it is a good idea to pre-order a game in 2026.

Half of all studios have laid off staff in the last year. And of those, half again have not found work. And that includes Sony.

I note the sarcasm in the headline, but this legitimately remarkable news. And there will be plenty of applicants to choose from.

@J2theEzzo Yep. I HOPE that PushSquare has no control over these Marathon ads because no joke I currently have half of my phone screen covered in one as I write this. As you say, a bit hard to trust all of this neverending praise for a game that they are technically speaking making money out of.

My first impression several months ago was that this game looks exceedingly generic, and having played it, that is still my impression.
I'll give it a few months tops.

Rockstar Just cannot win.

Release it too early: Did you learn nothing from Cyberpunk 2077?

Delay it a few times to make sure it is perfect: We're really getting anime GTA on PS5 before GTA 6?"

Half of all video game companies laid off staff in 2025, and of those, half again have not found employment afterwards.

Once you get past the big names, this industry is in serious trouble. The jobs are going and are not being replaced. High profile failures are everywhere. New ip is deemed too risky.

Dark days. I feel sorry for anyone who wasn't around for the bright days. They were fun.

Damn. Can they afford to lose 5 of their 10 players so soon?

'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?