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@Ralizah
This game had imo the best (political) story out of all ps one games (outside of mgs1, perhaps). Truly a hidden gem!

@Grumblevolcano
Thanks, I completely missed this announcement. Great news!

I hope these sell well, so they get to remake the best part in the series, Front Mission 3.

@Gladio
The two franchises are very similar to one another. There was speculation at the beginning, that they will be folded into one. Even Ubisoft supported the notion that they exist in the same universe, with small easter eggs. Maybe the reason for Watch Dogs not succeeding, was this similarity.

@AdamNovice
Announcing Clint Hocking as the lead for Hexe, makes me think that the third team is the Watch Dogs team. Which suggests that franchise is being sidelined. I wonder how many (if any) will be disappointed, if true.

@Oz_Momotaro
I get your point. But just playing devils advocate here: why defend devs with predatory tactics, taking advantage of impulse purchases, not providing a product worthy of your money? I’m sure devs with a good product don’t have to fear much.

Also the ability to try games before purchase (if it’s a good product) rather increases sales because of a larger sampling size. I’m sure anyone who after trying and not buying the game would never have purchased it blind.

Just my thoughts.

@Oz_Momotaro
Recent updates from developers suggest, that there is no extra dev time required from them, Sony themselves make the timed trial available.

Also my argument was solely based on the ability of boosting individual game sales. I simply can’t accept it, that a 2 hour trial where you don’t like the game leads to a lost sale - while concerning the same game, with potentially more “free” game time, will somehow boost game sales if you can’t complete it. If I don’t like a game after 2 hours, I’m not only not buying, I also won’t play it any longer. Also it seems 2 hours are the minimum, but the timeframe can be extended if necessary.

What’s the reason for the difference between the claim Game Pass boosts sales of individual games outside the service, and the claim here that game demos decrease the potential sales of a game? Seems like someones wrong/lying.

@mcdreamer
As mentioned above, you can start with zero, if you wish, because the main story of the 3 arcs (sky, zero/azure, cold steel) are mostly self-contained. However you will miss the overarching narrative, as well as the story and context of some side characters, if you do so. Nothing a wiki can’t fix…

They surely are holding their load for Spartacus… right?!?

@nessisonett
I guess that’s what the ps5 series x version announced for a later date will be.

@ShogunRok
You’re right, not all games are suited for handheld gaming. But surely no one would complain about the possibility to play any ps4 game this way.

The Steam Deck seems similar specs wise to a ps4, so this could be feasable. They should just blatantly copy the switch, a handheld ps4, which could get an upgrade to ps4pro in docked mode.

I bet this gonna release before cyberpunk on ps5. 🤦

@Shepherd_Tallon
The good old days… everything nowadays is seemingly abundant while simultaneously being shallow. I have to stop, this makes me feel old.

If you really like the games Arkane make, then I can’t see any reason not to support the studio with your purchase. Except if you’re a poser…

While I don’t think major publishers need any defence whatsoever, but still, the leaking of major projects by Schreier, Grubb and the likes is starting to annoy me. Truly the potential for any future suprise E3 moment - like FF7R or Shenmue 3 - is killed by these people. Not specifically thinking about this project… What is the journalistic value of this reporting?
It’s like the marketing dpts. of publishers should simply take these “journalists” on as agents. (Which probably they already are in some way)

@nessisonett
They removed the patches from the Geofront site, so hopefully you downloaded them beforehand. There are surely also other (illicit) means to obtain the patch.

Well look at that. They did prove my comment on the thread from yesterday about the localization wrong. Which makes the release date all the more baffling. The translation is done. There will be no english VO. I can’t believe porting the already translated game to ps4 and switch takes more than a year of dev time! 🤦😔🤷‍♂️

@nessisonett
I presume the Geofront team had some legal documents that prevents the submitting fans to have any claims regarding those. Although I haven’t finished the game yet, but I can’t recall anything triggering in these messages. Even if they removed the feature, much would not be lost, even though I agree, many of them are funny.

Damn NISA takes their time… There sure is some legal reason, but still I can’t understand why they don’t simply pay for the Geofront fan translations of the Crossbell games. Surely it would be cheaper than doing the localisation over again. 🤦

Would love to see a localization for the zero/ao kai games on ps4. I am currently playing the geofront localization of zero on vita. Since there is currently no indication for the ao geofront patch to be ported to vita, this may be the best way to continue the story.
Realistically however, there is no chance for this, we’ll most likely see hajimari and kuro western release announcements.

Really enjoying the game. It’s unfortunate the narrative around it seems to revolve around technical issues and difficulty. Sony should double down on QA before their major releases, to avoid the narrative being taken hostage like here and days gone.

@zupertramp
Sorry 🤷‍♂️

@zupertramp
Ridiculously hard compared to what? Although you try to downplay my original point, it is still kind of a meme to say what you just said. Sure you can’t buy one in the store. But my argument is, if you really wanted one, you had the opportunity in the last 6 months to get one. And I’m talking about conscious buyers, not whim purchasers.

@zupertramp
No ones arguing the ps5 sells out quickly. I’m just saying the constant notion that no one really has the system is false. More people own it than ps4’s in the same time frame. That is the data. Still no one claimed ps4 ‘s are hard to find…

@zupertramp
No, because a popular game has been purchased on ps5 by more than 90% of respondents. I’m aware the readers of this site are considered enthusiasts, but still, if you really wanted a ps5 you had opportunity to get one. Sure there may be outliers, but this constant sentiment tha “no one” can find the console is absurd.

The poll results pretty much dismiss the common sentiment, that “you can’t find a ps5”… this became old pretty fast.

@Jslade
This has been the way Bungie operates. They do something outrageous/stupid, the community throws a tantrum, they change it in 6-12 months time, the community praises them, repeat... Either they do it on purpose or they lack the ability to assess the impact of their decisions. The former case would be very sinister and calculated, the latter would mean they have low quality employees and decision making. Either way, I’m glad I’m out after 5 long years... 😞

The only upside of this would be the potential continuation of the Deus Ex franchise. All other aspects seem negative to me.

@get2sammyb
Mine only did it with all deleted ps4 games on my external ssd.

The only addition of this update which is actually useful for me. Thanks for the heads up!

At least people are banding together to try and make a game happen, not cancel it like some other folks...

@PegasusActual93
Even if someone can tell the difference, there is no advantage in gameplay to it on console. Even on PC only esports pro’s may take advantage of it. On console with the controller input method... I can’t imagine.

120 hz gaming on a console is overrated as hell. There is no palpable difference compared to 60 hz, even digital foundry have to slow down their footage to half speed to visualize it. This is this generations unnecessary gimmick to sell new tv’s.

@Omnigameplayer
Don’t mistake the devs with the publisher. I highly doubt Sony San Diego had anything to do with the game pass deal. It should have been the publisher, MLB. If they would have believed in the product, they would not sell their game on an ecosystem for a flat rate, without giving it the possibility for it to be succesful (again, without mtx). If they would have thought to sell at least as much copies on xbox than playstation, I highly doubt MS would have paid as much for the game pass deal. Just a hunch.

@Omnigameplayer @Hypnotoad107
I think the majority of regular xbox gamers are game pass subs. If you are only interested in baseball, it is still cheaper to buy into game pass than buy the game on itself.

I also think publishers are in it for the profit. They could not care less if all 18M subs or jus 200k of them try their game for “free”.

What’s interesting to me is, that MLB as the publisher on xbox platforms has so little faith in the potential success of this game, that they are happy taking a fixed sum from MS, and denying themselves any future profits (except mtx).

Played it a couple of hours. Controls are pretty cumbersome, I’ll admit that. But complaining about less than 60 fps in a crpg like this, with slow animations and dodgy inputs seems like a stretch for me. 🤷‍♂️

RE Outbreak vol. 3

I have been holding out on hacking my vita, but if they remove the ability to access purchased content on the vita store, all my ethical qualms will vanish.

I always thought it silly to buy a game in a genre I don’t really like, only because of one character, so I held back. Until now. 1£ for Baiken seems like a no brainer 😁

Can’t wait! While dishonored and prey always compelled me to play stealthily, this seems to put the excellent combat gameplay of arkane games into the limelight!

@Areus
Have only played the first one, but yeah, I remember those arduos loading times. I can’t imagine the new MS Studios are gonna do more than the bare minimum on their PS games. Unlocking framerate caps does seem much more easy than changing code to reduce load times. We can still wish...

I’m glad Obsidian still supports their Playstation games 👍

One of my biggest gaming regrets was buying an xbox one. It seems if Arkane games are going to be exclusive to xbox, I’ll have to try my luck again...

@J2theEzzo @Fenbops
Hard agree with both of your takes. Let’s hope the narrative does not fall off the rails and can be salvaged in the sequel(s)...

@Playstation
This is not on capitalism but on the expectation of constant growth, which is unsustainable.

@AdamNovice
Still I believe that the successful parts of your business may be used to counterbalance the less successful parts. But if the only metric of value is success and not art, than we’re ***** out of luck.

@AdamNovice
Sure, but their japanese games did always have some special quirk, making them endearing, which western games often lack.