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Anyone know if it’s possible to upgrade tier for a single month? I will always get the PS Plus basic so I can play online. It’s be nice to occasionally upgrade tier to play the odd game.

@RudeAnimat0r 100% this. It’s an entirely plot free car driving game.

Not really plausible for a game, but it is amazing. Feels so real. Quite an achievement in itself, to reproduce a real setting to such a realistic degree.

I’m very sceptical of this kind of thing. PS5 can’t really even handle 4K 60fps in most games. Very disappointing to choose one or the other.

@Art_Vandelay is it easy to get into for beginners?
It always seems to be on sale for a few quid.

Nice user name by the way 👊

Shrewd move releasing FIFA to steal some of PES’ thunder.
I know most people who like football games have already got it, but I haven’t, and neither have a few mates. Perfect to play a few games online together.

@Reeneman I agree, these options don’t make headline news but they are quite big additions to the game!

@UltimateOtaku91 same. Personally I cannot stand ads, it’s one of the reason why I never watch TV, only stream.

@ShogunRok I totally agree with you about levelling being redundant. I never even looked once at what level I was. Difficulty was just about right at all times.

Plays great!
But yea nothing more than a demo at this stage, can’t find any way to play a friend online yet.

@F1at8mot0 thanks for the recommendation! It’s only £3.19 at the moment!

@Shepherd_Tallon exact same as me! Has been the same for about a month!

I didn’t have a PlayStation at the time, but I’ve got a couple of friends who spent over 1500 hours in Last of Us multiplayer, the most they’ve spent in any game.
It seems to be an original take on PvP so I’m definitely going to try this out.

Nice burn in the final paragraph!
Games that are included in Gamepass day one I would never pay full price for on PS. It being a Sony studio is a total insult!

My buddy just loaded up Project Gotham 4 on the Xbox 360 - he’s still able to see high scores, race ghosts and even play online (if anyone else were on!).
Very tight from Sony.

Brilliant, exactly what was needed. Selling cars also an excellent move. The issues hadn’t really bothered me, but the corrections are all welcome.
Excited to see what else the future holds for this title.

I don’t really get what the big issue is. If you complete the single player campaign you get a pretty large collection of cars, and quite a bit of money. Race more and you’ll earn more money.
If your goal is to collect all the cars then it’s a problem, but if you just want to race, you don’t need to spend anything.

If you go to GT Planet they have a post detailing the quickest way to make money. I think it’s about 1.75m credits per hour.

@LiamCroft is it true that there are no cone markers in GT7?
I loved those in GT Sport a very immersive way for novices like myself to learn the racing line.

@ReaperRyan haha that’s true. Took longer to install too!

@Flurpsel I think it probably will be. You should give the online racing a go. It’s fantastic, with the majority of racers trying to race cleanly.

I’ll be there from day one, this is one of those games you can play during the whole generation.
My only (slight) misgiving is that every feature that is returning from GT Sport is almost EXACTLY the same, even down to the font it seems.

@TooBarFoo I feel the same way. The level design is a huge part of the appeal. Personally I’m not a fan of big open worlds, usually too much filler and too much travelling around. I’ll give it a try at some point but not a day one for me.

@riceNpea another annoying thing is that a 10gb update (for balancing bloody weapons) requires over 100gb free space. Absolute joke.

@lindos true that!

GT Sport uses about 100gb, so no real surprise.

@OmegaStriver totally agree with this - the map I played was awful - a big empty space half filled with bots. The new hero characters are just not Battlefield either.
I’ve since gone to BF5 - I didn’t play it at launch but it’s fantastic now!

@onemike951 comment of the day

Continuing with Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade.
Have also got into Battlefield 5 recently. Skipped it on launch, but have to say now that it is a pretty great Battlefield game.

Picked up FF7 Remake Intergrade over Christmas and will continue playing that. Been a game for about 35 years and this is my first ever Final Fantasy game. Really enjoying it.
May also drop in for some Battlefield 5 if the mood strikes me.

I live in Japan and in my opinion Switch just suits the Japanese market more. Most households don’t have more than one TV, an extra small portable if any. Switch is much more convenient for kids to play by themselves and on the main TV when possible. Switch is also good for daily train commutes which a lot of city dwellers make.
Then there is the love affair with Nintendo. There was a huge poll on TV recently about the greatest games of all time (Breath of the Wild is number one). It was filled with Nintendo staples, as well as JRPGs. Japanese love tradition, and these games will continue to sell well no matter what the quality was - Momotarou Dentetsu a perfect example.
Finally Switch has been marketed really well to the casual crowd.

@OmegaStriver My bad, PlayStation exclusives

Definitely a huge appetite for these in Japan. A couple of days ago there was a big TV special on the greatest video games of all time where they polled 50,000 people of all ages. It was quite fun, soooo many JRPGs on the list. https://s.famitsu.com/news/202112/27246207.html

The Guardian newspaper had a preview of the 10 most anticipated games next year, several PS5 exclusives and only one Xbox (Starfield).
It’s gonna be a good year.

@WallyWest he also has the problem where he is now struggling with so many spinning plates (characters, stories). I read before that he doesn’t write with a detailed outline in advance. He writes the events and imagines how his characters will react to them. After he introduced a load of new characters in the 4th book (I think it was), there are just too many threads to knit together.

🤦‍♂️ Just make a solid shooter ffs.
Look at the mess this ‘connected universe’ has created in Warzone. No one cares about the story, its ridiculous.

@kyleforrester87 I’m about 75% through Pillars 1, really need to finish it one of these days.

I’ve just started Monster Hunter World, loving it so far. Also playing a few rounds of COD, Tetris Effect and PES2021.

@TheRedComet may I ask why you fixed the controllers yourself? Aren’t they covered under a one year warranty?

Look way more achievable than BF4. What nightmare some of those were...

@eagletrippin hopefully the dynamic weather in GT7 will raise the level a bit, definitely feels missing from GT Sport.
I really like the circuit challenges. You get a video and description of the best way to approach each corner in a section with a time challenge. So good for learning tracks the proper way.

@eagletrippin I feel the exact opposite - I found FM7’s modes, online and offline, so bland and repetitive. Online is almost unplayable with all the rammers. Hopefully that’ll be fixed for the next version. Offline I’ve learned so much about driving since playing GT Sport - there’s nothing like the drivers school or the circuit challenges in Forza. There are just identical races on different tracks.

I also felt the handling is a lot better in GT Sport. Driving aids are a lot less intrusive on GT Sport too.

What on earth is this about? I don’t even understand what’s going on here.

@solocapers I agree with you here. I don’t think either game feels like real football, but eFootball still gets shooting right, something FIFA has never ever done.

GT Sport maybe? GT7 release date just announced, good timing.

Finally snagged a PS5! Started off with Last of Us online haha. Never had a PS4 a mate wanted to play. Then God of War. Pretty beautiful so far.

Great news about crossing. I’ve played about 100 games on FIFA 21 online (thanks EA Play), and I’ve literally only faced 2 players who put crosses in. Everyone dribbles from out wide! Maybe it’s just their preference as I’ve scored plenty from crosses, but hopefully it creates more variety.

@RBMango not trolling or anything, just wondering why this is an issue these days. Doesn’t everyone have the Internet always on?

@ThomasHL I think this is so true. New PlayStation games are ALWAYS sold at full price, until they have a PlayStation Hits version. Seriously, you go into an electronics store and they have games 5 years old at full price. Used prices are getting a lot cheaper, and digital purchases get the same discount we get in the west.
Switch games on the other hand rarely get a sizeable digital discount, are near retail price for used, so it makes sense to just buy them new at retail price.

There’s a completely different culture for gaming in Japan. It’s far less common for adults (25+) to play console games in Japan. And that includes Switch too. Almost every kid and teenager in Japan has a Switch, which is where these sales figures are coming from.
Adults do game, but as some other commentators said, that is largely mobile. You ride the subway or trains around Tokyo and you won’t see many adults playing Switch but a hell of a lot playing smartphone games.
As others have said too, there hasn’t been any big releases recently though. PS5s are still so hard to come by too - I’ve been trying literally every time there is stock for 6 months - no luck.

Anyone know how many units have been sold in the UK? It seems like they are doing a poor job here in Japan, around 60k units a month recently, with most going to scalpers.