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@Juanalf This. I was about to say that anyone they lend too, I doubt they could do much worse.

That said, I can't really ever see Metal Gear returning. I don't think Kojima wants, Konami doesn't know what to do, and it can't be too appealing for a third company to work within such convoluted plot and setting.

I am imaging going to pit in F1, and EA charges money to change the tyres. If you don't, you best hope you can some how make another 20 laps on those intermediary tires.

@nessisonett That is probably the nicest way I have seen someone describe 3 so far. I have played 2 and Razor's Edge and 2 is easily the better game, no competition. That said, I still like 3. I am very much looking forward to playing 1.

Kind of bummed that they didn't put more effort in with remastering. But I still quite liked these, even 3.

I think my data collection is turned off, so it does not work for me. Big games would probably of been the Yakuza games and Persona 5 Royal...

I really wish this info was just available freely to access when desired instead of these wrap ups. I love seeing how my 3DS usage has changed over the years, but I cannot see the same for PS4.

I still don't personally understand why people are buying from the scalpers at inflated prices. Heck, I am not willing to buy a PS5 at the actual price of £450, so people who pay double that just confuse me. Hopefully for those interested, the stock issues will sort itself out soon.

Welp, didn't see it coming.

Now my Spotify account has reason for existing.

Will probably not watch the full video when made as I have only obtained three endings so far (A, K, T), and I still want to see the true ending for myself legitimately.

But this is really cool. Discoveries like this are always amazing.

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim keeps popping up so it must be good. I can't really fairly judge as the only game I have played on that list is Yakuza: Like a Dragon, and even then, I am only 7 chapters in. Ichiban is not Kiryu, but I think Ichiban has such outstanding personality that I am looking forward to the rest of the game with him.

@Gaming365247 This must be at least the 3rd or 4th one of these articles where I have seen you do this.

Chill. People like games, people don't like games, accept it.

Anyway, regarding the list. Not played any of these, but I have just picked up DOOM Eternal, and I am very much looking to start my New Year with that once I finish up Yakuza 7.

@Darten Going from this list probably not... =)

Looking through my backlog history, I either beat or complete,:

Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
Yakuza 5
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Dragon Quest Builders
Persona 5 Royal
NieR: Automata
Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair
MediEvil
Overcooked! 2
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Judgment

In reflection, this year for me seems to have mostly been Yakuza. Currently playing Yakuza 7 right now.

@LobsterJohnson Honestly not sure. The only two games that came out this year that I have played (not including Yakuza ports) are Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Persona 5 Royal. Persona 5 Royal would probably be at the top, purely by the fact that I have finished that, and not yet finished Yakuza: LaD. But even that is an enhanced version of an existing game, so... shrug

That awkward moment where you haven't played, or even own any of the games on the list. =/

To be fair, I think Sony only intervened for two reasons:

-The visibility of this game is significantly higher than some other major "Triple A" releases which have released in similar states. The 8 million pre-order figure I feel is proof of the visibility.
-CDPR seemingly threw Sony under the bus with the refund situation.

I feel like Sony would of left well enough alone otherwise.

I mean to be fair, Cyberpunk 2077 seems to only be running well on PC at the moment, so makes sense. Don't want to break the console version by adding Cyberpunk content. =P

"Cyberpunk 2077 Aiming to Be a 'Playable, Stable Game without Glitches and Crashes'"

This headline reminds me of times where it was commonly expected for games to actually launch finished without bugs and glitches from the get go, and not needing to be patched...

Games are a right mess nowadays in that sense. Sure, some aren't as bad, but most still have a day-one patch nowadays... sigh

I am not sure what the strategy is here. I would of thought higher prices would convince people to not buy at launch. I can't see this staying this way for long. To be fair though, I very rarely buy my games at launch anyway. Just wait a few months and it is typically cheap. For example, I recently brought DOOM Eternal for £15 and that only released in March. I know it doesn't include DLC, but it is still better than the £50-60 they expect at launch.

Hmmm, and I was actually interested in this one too. I feel like if I do get it, it won't be until a native PS5 version exists, and I own a PS5. Neither will be in the near future...

But this performance on PS4 is not acceptable. At all.

@Kidfried This. Very much this. As you said, sometimes, things don't happen the way people want, and people should accept that. If they can't, that is fine too, they are welcome to voice disagreement, but they need not throw dirt at each other.

On a side note, I have not played either of these. I probably won't play TLOU 2, but that is not due to the controversy, but more due to the fact that I didn't particularly like the ending of the first game anyway. It felt like it should have a been a one-shot and done deal. Might play Ghost when I get a hold of it for cheap and backlog isn't quite as sizable as it is now..

Wait what? Why? Atlus has the right idea with P5 and P5R so...?

@Vacuumator Not gonna lie, I have no clue who this guy is either...

To be fair, I don't know if that is just because I pay very little attention to stuff outside of gaming or whatever. I like to think I do pay some sort of attention but... shrug

You missed all the offers with letters and my personal favourite; the coke zero can which may or may not feature tears of disappointment. I would link the page, but I am fairly sure it is closing imminently if not already.

Would love to know, but Sony for some dumb reason never added it to PS4... I suppose it will be something to look forward to in a few years when I do get a PS5.

It wouldn't surprise me if my top 5 were some variation of Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal, and Dragon Quest XI, Yakuza 0, and Yakuza Kiwami 2.

Edit: Skyrim might be 5th with Kiwami 2 6th.

I don't think I will ever be convinced to go full digital. I do own a few digital games, but mainly either games that I can't get physically, or games that I honestly think I might not like and don't mind losing as a result. If I care about the game, I will get it physically. When the day comes that physical is no longer option on consoles, I will either stop gaming entirely, or I will move to PC.

I am surprised this wasn't already a thing...

Can't objectively say if it is good value or not; never played Fortnite, probably never will.

@AdamNovice I could be confusing Street Fighter V with Street Fighter IV, either that, or I imagined everything. Regardless though, Marvel vs Capcom would be nice. Was disappointed that Asura wasn't in infinite for Hulk to fight.

Now that I think about it, no mention of Pragmata on here? Would of thought that would of been mentioned at least due to the fact that it does exist given the PS5 trailer...

Street Fighter 6 - Q3 2022
Super Street Fighter 6 - Q4 2023
Ultra Street Fighter 6 - Q4 2024

...

Makes me laugh all those interviews they do where they say "We have no plans for additional physical releases, because we care about consumers".

(Edit: Assuming this "leak" is real of course.)

Disappointed that there is no Asura's Wrath 2 in the pipeline.

Edit2: Also, no Ace Attorney 7...

@Danloaded Probably gonna get a dude fired in the process as well. Why would he care though, he got £500 out of it, so f*** everyone else right?

Hmmm... I don't know what this says about me as a gamer, but I have only played one of these (AC: New Horizons), and I didn't enjoy it that much; certainly not enough to consider it GOTY.

The other games I am either not interested in, or I have been waiting to get cheaper...

@naruball Indeed, a blu-ray is better comparison (£15 for standard blu-ray, £25 for 4K I believe for those curious), but I wanted to use the article's example. =)

In regards to the £70 "is it fair" question Jim is answering, I feel that the real question is "Will everyday people pay £70?" If the answer is no, then I don't understand why they would raise the price and potentially put people off until extremely cheap, than keep it at price people are very clearly willing to pay, even if they could potentially get it cheaper down the line.

“Yes, yes, I do [consider £70 to be a fair price],” he told the Telegraph. “If you measure the hours of entertainment provided by a video game such as Demon’s Souls compared to any other form of entertainment, I think that's a very straightforward comparison to draw.” Ryan, of course, is alluding to the fact that a game could take anywhere from 20 to 50 hours to complete, where many are willing to spend £20 for a two hour movie ticket.

Maybe I am wrong, but I only remember paying little over half of that to see a movie. Not to mention, For that £10 or so, you are not just getting to watch the film, you are also renting the space to watch the film, the comfy seat you will be sitting on, the big screen and fancy pants speakers, all for the length of time of the film, presumably all prepared for you beforehand by some poor employee who had to clean after the people before you.

A game on the other hand, is just the game. You are not getting a PS5/4 to play the game on, you are not getting the TV to play on. The game itself might be longer, but I would expect that since I am not getting other things instead. Not to mention, although game budgets are increasing, I don't think they regularly exceed film budgets. Comparing entertainment value is not an accurate representation on what the price should be.

I did order this shortly following a previous article, but I don't think it will arrive today. Judgement is slowly managing to pull me back in, so I'll probably play that for now.

I'll be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about the direction the series is taking, but we shall see.

To be fair, I did have leave booked when the Switch came out, but that is the only console I brought on launch. So I probably would have been on leave now if I had pre-ordered but I will wait until it is cheaper/Pro model gets announced. When I do finally buy it, I probably will book leave then. =P

With the exception of limited editions, I can't think of a single time where I brought a PS4 game full-price. Needless to say, if I am not willing to spend £50-£60 now, £70+ certainly won't get any response from me.

Library management is gonna be a spectacular pain in the various regions.

Hooray for expensive SSD I guess?

FINALLY!

This should not of taken this long to be a feature... but FINALLY!!

@ShogunRok Thanks for the input. I think I might bite. I've enjoyed the previous ones up until now, might as well see it through. =)

I really want to like this, but I am so nervous about the gameplay and new characters. I am unsure whether I should buy it straight away or not. I still need to finish Judgment. I got Judgment before the Yakuza Remastered Collection, and only got about 6 chapters in, but I binged the Remastered Collection, so I don't know. Just worried that the new cast won't grab me as easily.

Heh, wasn't sure if my TV supported it. After double checking, My model of TV supports 120 Hz except for the 49"" model which has a 60 Hz display...

Which is my model of course, it was the only one small enough to fit where I needed it.

Buggered if I am buying a new TV though, my current one I only brought about 2 years ago. Besides, I think 4K 60fps is the target anyway.

This is an interesting idea, but it looks a little too jarring in practice.

An article back in January has aged like fine wine. So much for Xbox One, PS4 variants not being an issue.

To be fair, Covid could be a factor as to why they keep delaying this game, but the amount of delays is humorous.

@Nightcrawler71 To be fair, the tweet did say "gone GODLY", clearly a step above Gold. =P

As people have pointed out before, they are developing for so many different platforms, they are probably stretched a bit thin. It would not surprise me if there were some issues with the base Xbox One and PS4 running the game.

I guess people start wondering why when I believe this is the third (correct me if I a wrong) time they have delayed the game? I find it amusing more than anything as I wasn't planning at getting this at launch anyway, but it would not surprise me if this was delayed to March 2021 at this rate.

I do hope for people looking forward to this though that it does release on December 10th.

"What does the manufacturer need to do to maintain your membership?"

They still haven't convinced me to purchase a subscription, let alone convince me it is worth keeping once I am theoretically subscribed.

50 million active subscribers must mean they are doing something right, but eh...

Yeah, can't say that I have got the platinum in My Name is Mayo. I do have a platinum for the same game twice (P4 Dancing All Night on Vita and PS4), which is sort of easy, but that is because I enjoyed the game rather than the actively aiming for the trophy (although Rayman Legends platinum trophy sucks).

@710King "I think a lot more people would pay that price than you realize. Most people drop $1000+ a year on new phones and spend lots of money on other electronics and devices. Paying $2000 for something you'll use for nearly a decade is a low price by modern standards. $500 is the cost of an iPad you buy your 8 year old."

I feel like you are overestimating how many people would be wiling to pay that price. Heck, me personally, I am not comfortable buying either the Series X or PS5 (Disc variant of course) for their current prices (£449 each for both in the UK I believe). Spending £1200 for a next gen console I feel would put me off the console entirely. Even at the end of the generation, I would have doubts of it being cheap enough for me to be interested. Not to mention, even if I could stomach the console price, if I wanted 8k, I would have to buy the TV to support it, and I only upgraded to a 4K TV myself 2 years ago. To heck trying to find the money to upgrade to 8K.

Yes, you will get some people interested, but nowhere near enough who will be willing to pay the high-entry fee to justify either Sony or Microsoft making such an expensive console.

"Game Help was included as an active benefit for PlayStation Plus members in some PS5 games."

Wut? So PS+ is useful to avoid one Google search? Man, those Google searches must be expensive.

Is it really that great a feature it requires PS+, or am I missing something here?

So I was level 15 with 19 platinums, and am now level 265. Not sure how the new levels are calculated...

Why the secrecy? Some cool features which the competition will want to copy? Or is it still a buggy mess?

I am not sure what Sony's goal is here. If it is hype building, I'm starting to think that they are doing the opposite.

@torne I figured as much, but just in case, wanted to write that to show I do agree.