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@Deadlyblack Nope, that spring snapped because it was a design flaw with the launch Dualsenses. They used a 50% thicker spring in subsequent models.

If anything, the adaptive triggers prolonged the life of the spring by offloading a lot of the pressure exerted on it to the adaptive mechanisms' gears.

I've no interest in buying a Pro (in part because I don't want to play the fan lottery - my 11xx "amateur" console is as quiet as anything and that relative silence is more important to me than more shinies), but will watch DF's inevitable marathon with great interest.

Edit - seems Digital Foundry were privvy to a preview of it, and have a "before and after" look at four games up already.

As if trophy hunters don't have Power Pyx, etc. bookmarked.

@LordAinsley Cool story. I'm not implying correlation implies causation here, I'm replying to the "not both" statement.

So why "not both"? Because it's proved to be rather popular (hence I mentioned sales).

@Bunchesopuppies

Either make a horror game or a shooting zombie game, not both.

Considering this is an article about how the "both" approach is the fastest-selling game in the franchise...

@Balaam_ Imagine getting modes like the Ghost games' Legends and Ragnarok's Valhalla for free and finding the negative in them all because "muh trophies".

You're like the poster child for how these meaningless participation trinkets have sucked the fun out of gaming and we're a mistake.

This videotechuk guy is clearly a cast-iron moron.

Hope he gets taken for a ride by every anti-consumer company on the planet.

@IOI Oh people rooting for any game to fail is just bizarre. I'm rooting for this to be great; on paper at least it's very much my jam. Call me cynical or a bit burnt out by how the industry operates in general, I just can't get hyped for this until it's out in the wild and regular people have had proper time with it.

Funnily enough, the Pro footage is what has made me even more suspicious - it's probably the console with the smallest install base, yet this is what they chose to show it off on when pressured for console footage. To me it feels like they're being obtuse, deliberately so. The last line of this article is a massive red flag too. Pearl Abyss know fine well people are hungry for base console footage, but have yet to furnish any.

@REALAIS @IOI It's like you guys don't remember the Cyberpunk or No Man's Sky launches...

@Number09 It's perfect for me too. Now can the game hold that? Is it buggy? Is it too ambitious and just a mess of ideas that it doesn't nail fully? Is the gameplay actually any good?

Pre-ordering a game where the developer is continuously obtuse about a lot of reasonable questions is madness, especially digitally.

I sincerely hope this is a good game, but people need to stop rewarding developers for such lousy practices.

@EfYI Err, if you live in the EU then the Dualsense has the exact same warranty as everything else, which is two years minimum.

@Dragon83

that main goal is to leech money off gamers

You've never been to an arcade?

@space_g0blin It has moved precisely zero bars. And it's more "not bad but gets incredibly repetitive" rather than "great".

@captainsandman I mean, everyone will also see the words "PS5 Pro" in the title.

Pearl Abyss need a new PR department because not showing it on the console where 80% of the player-base is... nah.

I hope it's great but I'm really losing interest in this because of how obtuse PA are being.

@Globo I've heard the uh, pan-European videogame market is a bit bigger than just yourself.

@CauzaaH Seeing as I've done all the rifts I've found so far, no it's not a "skill issue" thanks.

I mean, my complaint about the length of the levels is a frequent criticism of the game, so it isn't just me thinking it.

@Splash_Woman Ah, I just joined those dots when replying to the other poster!

It makes total sense when I think of say, watching Street Fighter 6, and playing it myself. Totally different experience.

@Haruki_NLI Okay that makes sense; you're not fully engaged with the content like you would be if you were playing it. Thanks for the insight.

@Haruki_NLI Wait, you're too afraid to play it, but fine with watching your partner play it? Won't you still experience the scares as if you're watching a horror film?

Returnal is one of the best games this gen, so yeah will be over this like a bad rash.

Will be a nice flex for my Dualsense Edge too.

@Nakatomi_Uk PS2 was the first mainstream console to have what was effectively full backwards compatibility with its predecessor out of the box.

Early model PS3 had the same but they had to cut the price somehow, so axed PS2 back compat while retaining PS1 back compat.

Vita has BC with the PSP.

PS5 has considerable BC capability with PS4.

But yep, Sony just hate it!

@Fiendish-Beaver Because they can do a lot of optimisation in that last month, and having performance metrics for a build of the game that no one is going to play is kinda pointless.

CrossWorlds is mid. Handling is unengaging and the whole experience is far too RNG chaotic to be fun.

Yakuza games have zero respect for the players time. Neither does Persona.

Shinobi is solid, but stages are too long.

Sooooo, Sega release solid games, but also highly flawed games.

@Dogbreath

Ubisoft took a lot of abuse but they clearly designed Unity based on what we all thought the PS4/XO specs would likely be, and they turned out to be far more feeble than anyone predicted which screwed Ubi over unfortunately.

You reckon one of the biggest game developers on the planet wasn't privvy to the specs of these machines, particularly when they already shipped multiple games for them? (including a launch title in the same series).

@Corc11 Because the appeal of a sporting event is watching how they arrive at the final score.

There's no such journey with this; the "final score" (what was announced) is the entire appeal.

Another day, another hint that the internet was indeed a mistake.

Imagine smashing through Super Mario World on your SNES and thinking nonsense like this.

@Dan12836666 P5R is regarded as one of the best games of the last decade, and you've already spent money on one of the games. So hardly "rubbish".

I put a few hours into it over the weekend - nah, it's still a garbage game. The first few hours are obtuse, the missions are highly repetitive, the combat is rudimentary (which is being kind to it), there's far too many collectibles, the crazy amount of icons on the map is peak Ubi-bloat, and the parkour is still jank/all over the place.

I place this down in the bottom three or the series with the original, and Mirage.

@Yousef- You did better than I did, I ditched it after 20 or so hours! Those weren't "bad" hours, moreso "mid" hours. Outside of the combat there wasn't much of a game there.

And your pals cried? Oh dear 🙈

I was happy I got it on disc as it has proved hard to find here in Ireland, so I was able to resell it for 90% of what I paid for it.

@PuppetMaster Right? I'm so sick of hearing about this mid game as if it's the second coming.

Have they fixed the performance on either of these? They both played like slideshows when I tried them.

FF16 is also the only game in my entire time owing a PS5 (since launch) that made me think "uh oh, it's going to cook itself", such was the fan noise.

@INeedGoodGraphics Err, we pay more for games in Europe. 125 AUD is currently €76.07. New releases are typically €80 here.

@EfYI Comparing the very first kart racer (that released some three and a half decades ago) to GT7 in VR is a choice for sure.

Sure their games appeal to kids, but stuff like Super Mario World, Zelda, etc. are wildly creative. Heck, the level design of Titanfall 2 was inspired by Super Mario Galaxy.

@Brigurugi Who are you listening to if that's "all you hear"?

Do enlighten us, you have the mic...

@Stocksy 100% spot on. Really couldn't care less that they were designed by a woman, that doesn't change the fact they're awkward and cringe.

@Flaming_Kaiser No, it's €30 a pop, and you can buy the characters separately, or wait for a sale. Stages and music packs are bought with (easily obtained) in-game currency. As are balance patches.

Back in the 1990s, Street Fighter 2 SCE cost me £60 (Irish Pounds), then less than a year later Super Street Fighter 2 cost me the same, which is a bum deal.

Up or down, to doesn't change the fact that SF6 launched as a complete product to begin with, and has had optional extras that take time and money to developed added to it (hence they, you know, charge money for them).

@Fluberuper Not even remotely "upset". It's just making noise for the sake of it - no one can really start a discussion around your original post. But I'll guess I'll try - you don't care for FPS? So a janky Saturn game at 15FPS is okay? And you don't care for ray tracing - you don't like improved visuals?

@Fluberuper No, I'm just calling an utterly pointless comment what it is, namely utterly pointless.

You add noting to the discussion with it.

@Fluberuper Good job they didn't do this to impress you then, isn't it?

The only time I ever paid for skins in any game was Titanfall 2, to give my usual titan (Ronin) a spruce up. Seeing as I paid €7.50 for the game and got over 1,000 hours out of it, I felt okay with that.

Can't imagine the urge to spend real-world money on skins three days into the game's life (and three days after you paid full price for the game itself).

Yes to the idea in general, no to this horrid looking game. They've so many dormant, classic franchises. And this is ultimately another third person character action game, albeit in 2D. Where's Twisted Metal? Where's Motorstorm? Where's Wipeout? And yes, Resogun, absolutely (a game that I've been booting up since PS4 launch).

In a way I'm actually disappointed about Housemarque pivoting to "bigger" games. Don't get me wrong; Saros is probably my most anticipated game this year, and Returnal is close to being my favourite game this gen. But I've missed their snappy, arcade-perfect releases like Resogun and Next Machina (Matterfall was okay, Alienation was slower and more grounded, but still very enjoyable) this gen for sure.

@EfYI Accessible mechanics ≠ "very simple cookie cutter" stuff.

But if you think games like Zelda and the 3D Mario games are just for kids then by all means, miss out on some of the best videogames ever made.

@EfYI

Nintendo games are very simple cookie cutter stuff,

What in the world of uninformed opinions is this?

My favourite mechanic in gaming when done properly is parrying (hello Sekiro, Metal Gear Rising, Bayonetta, etc.), and I'm very much an enjoyer of arcade racing games, so this sounds tops. Sure Doom The Dark Ages is fast becoming one of my favourite FPS games due to it having a parry mechanic you are forced to engage with.

This was already on my radar due to loving the Hotwheeels Unleashed games, but I'm super intrigued now.

Have had AC Unity sitting in the backlog for about seven years. So with the 4K/60FPS patch I've noodled about a bit with it. Only in the starting area still and will park it once I reach the game proper (due to not wanting two third person open world games on go at once), but one thing that has struck me is what were Ubi smoking thinking the PS4/Xbox One could handle this many NPCs on screen at once? Once section has to be the most NPC-dense area of any videogame I've ever seen.

Hooked on Death Stranding 2 again. Just reached the bit where Higgs ambushes you in the abandoned factory. This is the most Kojima thing I've ever seen in my life. I was never a big MGS fan, but with Death Stranding (and its sequel), I finally "get" it. I've over 50 hours played so far, yet I'm only in Chapter 8 of 22 (or so). Four to five starring most of the people I meet, because I gotta get those juicy unlocks. And likes. Don't forget the likes.

After finally finishing Dark Souls III, I've picked up Elden Ring again as I never finished Shadow of the Erdtree. I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing or where I'm going. Oh dear.

Took a notion and picked up my save from Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered. Am close to finishing it 100%. This is the first of Criterion's NFS games, and probably my second-favourite overall (with their own Most Wanted 2012 being my favourite - would absolutely love for a similar remaster of that).

@beltmenot Well on that I agree.

I see sites like Push Square as having a duty to deliver unbiased opinions about games in general, these sort of releases included.

Wouldn't be nearly as bad if they said "please don't review our game, here's a demo", but the Server Slam was very much time-limited. So if you want to "try-before-you-buy" you're SOoL now, so reviews from places like this are the next-best thing.

But Bungie asked nicely, so no review for us.