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@Dan12836666

No way.... she looks very different now..

For the record though, I can confirm once again that it definitely isn't me haha

I'm normally a big fan and defender of this website but I can't help but feel like a lot of the recent articles are secretly trying to deminish Nintendos new console.

Not everyone admittedly, but a vast majority of people will probably buy both consoles so you don't need to feel threatened by Nintendo (when I say you, I mean the Push Square writers not Sony themselves) so please stop with the defensive articles making sure everyone knows that PS5 is the more powerful console

@Dan12836666

Which picture? I can only assume you mean my profile picture..... if so no that isn't me , I just found the Tony Hawk reference in the picture to be quiet amusing lol.

Out of Curiosity do you have a link to the article

Between Mario Kart World and the inclusion of game cube games to NSO there's enough there to warrant a day one purchase for me.

Then Donkey Kong a little further down the line

I'll definitely be pre ordering one if I can.

My only disappointment was no 3D Mario game but Donkey Kong looks pretty cool

@Flobbots

Yes for the low asking price I'd definitely take a chance on it.

Enjoy...... (hopefully lol)

In my best uncle Bryn voice

"Well I for one, can't wait"

Really looking forward to finding out more, I feel like I've been waiting forever for this day to arrive.

I've tried to convince myself that I won't be pre ordering one but I know that I almost certainly will do..

If Mario Kart 9 or a new 3D Mario game is available as a launch title I'll 100% be on board

@Flobbots

Yes I have it on my Switch.

It took me a good few games to get the hang of it but once you get into it, it's really fun.

There's a fair few camera angles to play around with but the top down view one is my personal favourite as it's very similar to the old Sensible Soccer games

@Flobbots

Yes they're all there, although the Premier league for example is called "England A", the championship is called "England B" , league One is "England C"...... you get the idea.

Same thing with the Spanish and French leagues.

The players all seem to be licensed but not necessarily the club's, Chelsea are called Chelsea but Arsenal are call Ashburton Grove, Liverpool are called Liverpool but Man City and Man United are called Manchester Blue and Manchester red so it's a bit hit and miss.

Even if a club doesn't have the correct name though , it's blatantly obvious who they're meant to be anyway so nothing to be too concerned about haha.

All of the above applies to Sociable Soccer 24, certain things may have been updated in the 2025 version

Id love a new Jak and Daxter game

@rusty82

For its price it's definitely worth a go.

I didn't realise it was already available on PS5.... this article is refering to the PS4 release

Although I definitely did play 3&4 back when they released, I don't really remember that much about them, especially not the music.

My core memories are from 1&2, and not because they've already been remastered, but because I just sunk alot more hours into them.

Although it sounds like a few songs and various modes will be missing, they will still almost feel like new games to me as I just don't remember much about them..

I very much preferred the 2 minute timer type levels and it kinda lost its charm for me when the later games after 1-4 went to more of a free roam style.

For anyone that used to enjoy Sensible Soccer back in the day, Sociable Soccer 25 is well worth picking up, especially for it's relatively low price.

I have Sociable Soccer 24 on my Switch, took me about 7 or 8 games to get the hang of it but once I mastered it I couldn't put it down.

I'm sure I read somewhere that if you already own the 2024 version you get a free upgrade to 2025

edit, I knew I'd seen it somewhere ------- https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/03/own-sociable-soccer-24-youll-be-able-to-upgrade-to-the-new-game-for-free#:~:text=Now%2C%20the%20good%20news%20is,features%22%20from%20the%20upcoming%20title

There's definitely been worse months in recent times

There is an element of truth in what he says.

My daughter is only interested in playing Roblox on her iPad..... she just can't get her head around playing with a controller in her hand and actually pressing buttons.

Occasionally she'll have a game of Mario Kart on the Switch but that's as adventurous as it gets

@SleepyNick

Stop being an entitled buffoon lol

@trev666

It kinda all rolls into one as far as I'm concerned

My point was that if you buy it at the right time (when it's on sale) it's actually very good value in my opinion (again assuming you don't just want the ability to play online)

It makes sense, if they don't want the hassle, let another studio work their magic on them

@trev666

I think it all depends on what you're looking for or expecting from the service.

If you simply want the ability to play online, then yes I do agree it's not great value considering it used to be free.

However I personally don't play online, well..... you could probably count on 1 hand the amount of times I have since getting my PS5 in 2020 anyway.

I look on it more of a games rental service.

I bought PS Premium for just under £78 when it was on sale and I'm never short of anything to play.

If you break the £78 down it works out around £6.50 a month which I genuinely think is amazing value for what we get

Personally I think it's great value.

It's got to a point now where I very rarely actually buy a new game because I've always got something to play (i subscribe to premium)

Regarding new games, unless it's something I really really (and I mean really) want to play... I tend to hold of because I'm sure one day it'll end up on PS plus in one form or another

Obviously some people like to try their luck.

If anyone is daft enough to pay it then more Fool them

I played flight simulator back when I had an Xbox.

It was fun for about 15 minutes attempting to fly past my house then I soon lost interest

Speaking as someone who genuinely loved the old top down view GTA games I can safely say this looks right up my street

Plenty of games I'm happy to try that I'd probably never consider buying.

I guess thats what PS Plus is all about at the end of the day

@N0CYmr0k

Yes I'll give you that it's a close 2nd place.

This might sound like a strange analogy but hear me out.......

You buy yourself a really expensive designer pair of trainers (Forza Horizon).......You also get yourself a cheap imitation copy of those designer trainers (Motorfest)

The imitation ones still look and feel pretty good and to the untrained eye could possibly pass off as being the same thing.

However deep down inside you know their not real and you'll always prefer the proper designer pair because you know they're the real deal.

I'm aware that Motorfest isn't cheap and probably cost more or less the same lol, I'm just giving a silly comparison to a different scenario.

@Americansamurai1

I'm assuming you're refering to Burnout Paradise

I recently bought Burnout Paradise as it was on sale for under £3.

To put it politely, I played for about 15 minutes and uninstalled it.

I've been completely spoilt by Forza Horizon and there is simply no comparison. Forza stands head and shoulders above it.

For an arcade open world racer nothing come close to Forza Horizon in my opinion

I wondered why I'd never even heard of these games when the new PS Extra games were announced.

Makes sense now

Only really interested in Forza Horizon 5, I've already traded in my copy of The Crew Motorfest as it will be completely redundant now.

Motorfest was a decent game but just didn't quite hit the same as Forza

You can't spell the word Greasy without EA

Disappointing that it's only available in the US

I'm probably in a minority here but I really disliked the open world style Underground games, I always preferred the 2 minute format of the first few Pro Skater games.

So I see this as a positive thing.

TBH I would have been happy either way as I'm just pleased to be getting some new Tony Hawks games, but yeah I definitely don't feel it's a bad thing

@Jayslow

If I see the letters JRPG or even just RPG associated with any game it's an instant red flag.

Just my own opinion but I absolutely hate those types of games

Was hoping it might be sooner but it gives me chance to play through 1 & 2 again

Anyone else here reading this because it's free on PS plus this month or just me??? 🤣🤣

I think they need too, releasing their consoles at the same time as Playstation (give or take a few weeks) just hasn't worked for them these last few generations.

If they release on their time own a few years apart like Nintendo generally do then their new console will get more of the spot light and will be the latest piece of tech on its own instead of competing.

@nomither6

The way I see it, it's like having 5 children, obviously you love them all in their own way but you'll probably (secretly) have a favourite and least favourite.

If I we're to give you my order of preference it would be:

PS5
PS1
PS2
PS4
PS3

I guess I've listed them in the order that gave me the most enjoyment.

The PS5 is just a very good all rounder that does everything well

I think the PS3 was at a time in my life when I was out doing other things instead of gaming, also I had an Xbox 360 as well which I thought was the better console.

The one and only time I've preferred Xbox to PlayStation

@nomither6

Interestingly enough if I listed my favourite PS consoles from best to worst my list would more or less be the exact opposite of yours 🤣🤣

The PS3 is safely my least favourite

@Ilyn

Haha yeah I know what you mean, that awful fear of being mugged.

On the flip side though waiting in for something to be delivered can be just as agonising.

My next purchase will be a Nintendo Switch 2, ideally I'll pre order it from Smyths meaning I can collect it myself and park right outside the door

I was lucky enough to be a day one adopter of the PS2. I still remember picking up my pre order from Electronics Boutique and proudly walking through town with it.

Thinking about it, it was probably the first console I actually bought with my own hard earned money.

Any consoles I had before that we're bought for me as either Christmas / Birthday's presents

I'm probably more excited for this than most games I can think of in the recent past.

Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1-4 (1&2) in particular were the highlight of my teenage gaming years

I never really took to the more open world style in Underground, American wasteland Project 8 etc.

For my money the Peak of Tony Hawks games were 1-4 Pro skater (Just my own personal opinion obviously)

@The_Pixel_King

Definitely couldn't back in January.

My existing subscription expired on 31st January, prior to that the only thing I could do was upgrade my Extra subscription to Premium....It was roughly about 35p to upgrade for the remaining 10 days

I had to wait for the subscription to expire before it would offer me a 12 month plan at the discounted price

@QualityGeezer

Yeah as you say, it's not the end of the world, just annoying as I'd purposely timed it so that it always expired when the sale was on. These extra days will probably take me past the sale period.

It wouldn't be so bad if you could stack the subscription as people were suggesting last time but Sony seem to have put a stop to that.

The sale prices are either for new subscriptions or to upgrade from one tier to a higher one

Just checked, mine's been added even though I wasn't affected by the outage (I was away that weekend)

I wish there was an option to opt out instead of it just automatically being added on, it's messed up my renewal dates now and I'll probably miss out on the January PS plus sale next year

I renewed my Subscription when it was 35% off so assuming there's a similar sale next year, these extra 5 days that I've been "gifted" will potentially cost me an extra £35 - £40 when / if I come to renew next time

@EfYI

I'm pretty sure you can Race in vehicles in Mario Kart that go "Vroom Vroom"

Shall we start comparing that to GT7 as well?

@EfYI

Forza Horizon and GT7 are completely different games. Forza Horizon is an open world arcade style racer.

If it were Forza Motorsport that was being released then you're statement would possibly be more relevant

Didn't realise it was only available in the USA.

Gutted

Cowabunga collection is worth it just for Turtles in time

Very excited (if it turns out to be real)

I did play 3&4 back in the day but I definitely sunk alot more time into 1&2.

I was slightly older by the time 3&4 released, so it was a time of my life where I was more interested in going out than playing video games.

They will almost feel like new games to me, I do remember playing and enjoying them but I can't really remember any specific level's, whereas 1&2 I did remember the majority of the levels

@joey302

Switch 2 might just have the solution for that

PS4 Pro was only £50 more than the base model so it was very much affordable to anyone who wanted to treat themselves or just spend that little bit extra.

Assuming you only want the digital version, the PS5 Pro is more or less double the price of the standard PS5.

Once the diehards who simply have to have the latest tech regardless of cost have bought one, it's a hard sell to you're average consumer