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Legendary difficulty is brutal in this game! But it’s always more manageable in coop. Wonder if you can still get the troph for that one in coop? Still…almost definitely won’t be platting this one!

@Slideaway1983 Yeah Anniversary was just literally new graphics superimposed over the old, and nothing else was really changed.

Hopefully all of this publicity about Halo being on Xbox means it’s here to stay! Obviously depends on sales, too, but it sounds like it’s selling pretty well.

Brutal. Hoping this doesn't lead to a "death spiral", whereby we get fewer games that attract fewer people, sell less, and cause MORE layoffs. Also really hoping that the industry isn't heading for a crash. Never mind next gen, current gen's unprecedented cost increases will greatly cool growth. Sadly, the only thing that will certainly spur sales in the near future is GTA 6, but that won't last long.

Awful news. Played "Psychonauts 2" recently, and it was innovative, funny, and offbeat...exactly the kind of fresh thinking that's needed in games.

@4th_at_EVO I disagree. Halo Studios has already said that the series would be on PlayStation "going forward" (I know that was before Microsoft's u-turn, but I think that it constitutes a previously made "promise"), 2 and 3 are old games so Xbots won't really care, and Campaign Evolved is poised to sell really well. With Microsoft's recent intolerance of Xbox not being profitable, there's no way they won't release these on PS5 and miss out on a ton of money.

@Ninerguy1608 It will be! I've only played splitscreen with one other player before, but I've got a few friends now who want to play it online. Gonna be great!

@urbical Totally fair. The original game had it, and people love it. i don't care, really, but that's my opinion.

Can’t wait for this. To have Halo on my PS5 is a dream come true, and it will provide many (more) hours of great gaming fun. Yes, it should be cheaper, and yes, it’s a bit of a shame that PvP isn’t included, but personally…I’m here for the campaign anyway. Revisiting that solo and in four player coop is going to be great fun.

I’m personally only interested in Halo (big time), Forza Horizon, and Gears. Looks like Gears is being put back in the Xbox exclusives category, which kind of sucks (especially since they released the first one on PS5). Fingers crossed for more Halo (especially re-releases of the Bungie ones), and I doubt Horizon is going anywhere considering how well it sold on PS5. But this “exclusives push” won’t move the needle, as long as GamePass is sucking up almost all of gamers’ dollars in the Xbox ecosystem. Pulling Call of Duty off GamePass was probably a smart move, but we’ll see. It’s just not sustainable, with all of the studios and big budget releases, coupled with plateauing subscription numbers.

I mean, yeah, of course. If they made a Wolvie game and didn’t feature Japan, there would be blood.

I'm really, pleasantly, surprised that this game exists! I thought this IP was long dead!

Great game, but I never play online races, so won’t miss the loss of that functionality.

@Krlozgod Well, that ain't saying much, comparing a sale on PlayStation vs. being on GamePass. Its age may not have helped it, and also it's pretty short and it's the weakest game in the trilogy, too. I wish it HAD sold better, and that we'd get more on PlayStation, but it looks like that ain't gonna happen (in the near future at least).

@naruball Totally! They're way too tight fisted with their own stuff on sales.

Saros looks great, but it's too short and too expensive at that price point for me to pick it up. Add Sony's reluctance to put its own games on sale at a good discount, and they'll have an even tougher time recouping its budget.

They’re pushing GOW a bit now and easing off the gas on Wolverine for now, because shortly, GOW will go back into hibernation, and the Wolverine hype train will kick into high gear.

@Krlozgod Sadly, it didn’t sell all that well, making it an easy sacrificial lamb. Let’s see how Halo does. If it’s a hit, no way will they take that one back (especially after the studio publicly said Halo would be on PlayStation “going forward”, which would fit in their category of “promised” releases.

Huge, obvious mistake that they didn't start development on Destiny 3 years ago, and put all of their eggs in the Marathon basket. Marathon should have been a side project, modestly budgeted, while the main team worked up D3. Hoping Bungie can recover. Retrofitting Marathon is not the solution; the bones are too different and the scope is too small.

Give the people what they want, and it sells. An ultra violent game about an ultra violent superhero made by some of the best devs out there…gold! Happy to see this, of course.

Sony were on a roll last year, after promising “more value” or whatever after the price hike. Didn’t last long.

Xbox stepping on rakes all over the shop!

@Questionable_Duck Multiplayer only is fine, IF it's FTP.

Can't wait to play this again. Not fussed about no multiplayer, as I rarely do PvP these days; I'm just not fast enough anymore!

@Weebleman Also, adding to your point, the devs said Halo would be on PlayStation "going forward", so as far as I can see, that means that the franchise will continue to be on PlayStation going forward, as that is an "announcement" of sorts (not game specific, but franchise general).

@Questionable_Duck Maybe not now, but back in its heyday, Halo was a HUGE multiplayer game.

@Blauwe_Chimay Cheaper and easier to develop, no servers, no balance patches, no need for new content. Campaign is self-contained and controlled

@Nei …and won’t make a difference, other than allowing a few Xbox fanboys to sleep better at night.

@AdamNovice To be fair, these are old Halo games coming to PS5. I think we’ll also get a standalone multiplayer game (for crossplay, and profit), as well as the rumoured Halo 2 and 3 remakes, but a new Halo campaign may be an Xbox exclusive. I do think it’s silly, especially what they’re doing with Gears, in terms of walking back their multiplatform strategy, but we’ll see. The. Again, if Campaign Evolved sells well…it could wind up like Forza Horizons (which, I’d imagine, was too profitable to NOT put future instalments on PS5).

Big mistake just putting the first one on PlayStation then. Giving PS5 owners a taste and then withholding future instalments. Then again, I don’t think it sold like gangbusters either. Still…makes them look like they don’t know what they’re doing.

What a bunch of dumb takes. Sony is doing just fine. As if publishers are going to skip PS5 or think it’s “unimportant”.

IMO, pretty much every game like this should launch with NG+.

@evasdf Been a LONG time since a Sony first party game was a PS Plus monthly game...and none of them have been Insomniac games.

Options are always good. This way, possibly some kids who are a bit on the young side can still play it and parents don't have to worry about crazy gore (which I, personally, am looking forward to!) A smart move.

It’ll be great, but it’s also another third person melee action game. We need more differentiation between big budget first party games. Also: terrible name.

No campaign = No sale. Part of what made the second Titanfall a classic was the brilliant campaign (and the PvE mode added later).

My expectations are low, but I'm hoping to be wrong. I feel like we could really use some good news, especially from Sony's stable of studios.

The food sounds meh so I’ll have the drinks, thanks!

Darktide and Grounded both look fun, and scratch very different itches,so I’m happy!

Was thinking of replaying this after the upgrade, but now that I have to pay...nah.

A racing game needs a narrative like a fish needs a bicycle. Just give me a great racing game, and put time and effort into that.

Par for the course. They haven't given discounts for extending memberships for years, which is typical of greedy Sony.

@HaveTheSauce Yeah, I haven't bought any of the DLC, but I think there'll be plenty to do without it! Glad you're enjoying it, too!

I'm having a blast playing The Crew: Motorfest right now. I'd argue that it scratches a more similar itch to Motorsport, and it's frequently on sale.

@Shaw_Brothers Came here to say this. The fact that gaming hardware, be it consoles or PC, is getting more and more expensive will possibly limit the sales of the game compared to GTA V.

@Jay767 I know enough to know that I don't like it and it's not for me. If I keep dying, I don't get the materials from the map. Why are you fighting me on this? I don't like the game and you do, and that's fine. I'm not responding to you anymore.

@Jay767 I'm not great at it but it's not just about that. There are lots of games I play that I'm not great at, but I stick with them and get better because I like them. I just don't care for the whole design of the game. Any game where you lose all of the stuff you looted AND your equipped gear (AND you still lose everything at the end of a season) is not for me (and I'm certainly not alone, judging by the player numbers). Glad you like it, but you're in the minority, again as the numbers show.

The original Destiny was such an exciting game for me. Bungie's first post-Halo game, and they were really getting cozy with Sony. I was switching back post-Xbox 360 to PlayStation (I actually played the beta on 360). This is the last game I actually lined up for after preordering it. The first time I got overwhelmed in a gunfight, and another player appeared and helped me overcome the odds was one of the most iconic moments in my gaming life. When I made the move to PS4, the graphics of the game blew me away, and the whole "shared world" thing was a revelatory. Over the years, and across both Destiny games, I've spent countless hours by myself, with strangers, and with friends. Fighting aliens, fighting each other, and scoring loot. I'll never forget the night that Gjallarhorn finally dropped for me. So many great times and memories. The game certainly had a ton of problems over the years, but I'll miss it, and what it represents and brought to my life. They really should have wrapped with The Final Shape and started work on Destiny 3, and not bothered with Marathon. I know people like it, but it's not going to keep Bungie alive, and it's not my cup of tea. R.I.P. Destiny. Rest well.

A sad ending to what was, for awhile, a great game. Stumbled out of the gate, rallied big time with Forsaken and Final Shape, and then has just been dying a slow death. Not too surprised by this, but it's still a shame. They should have made Destiny 3 instead of Marathon. Now they've got a wobbling, niche game which isn't gonna do the business, and they've gotta start Destiny 3 development from scratch (more or less). Gonna be awhile before anything good comes out of Bungie again.

@LiamCroft Why would they charge on one platform and not the other?