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@Olmaz "how is it against "LGBTQ..." by limiting access to porn???"

The problem is this is limiting access to more than just porn, it's any content that is "inappropriate" for children.

@PuppetMaster To be fair, just by looking at sales figures it's clear most of the God of War fanbase now have only played the Norse games, so not much will be changing there sadly.

@UltimateOtaku91 You've nailed it, Final Fantasy's golden age had zero serious competition in the western markets (mostly just Pokemon). Nowadays you're positively spoiled for choice with not just Japanese, but Asian RPGs in general.

@Oram77 Agreed. They could probably provide some ideas on how to reduce budget while still keeping AAA quality presentation though, which would be helpful for Square considering how their sales are apparently never enough to meet their expectations.

@ZeroSum The Lilithascends social media accounts were made around the time of the contest launching and promptly shut down once the accusations came about, so the only artwork we have to go off are the three pieces they submitted which are all AI generated (two of which are directly plagiarising the work of three artists).

There is literally no way for anyone to know the level of talent they might have. All we do know is they broke the rules of the contest by using generative AI and blatantly plagiarised other people in the process. Based on all the information we have at hand, it is entirely fair to say this person is a fraud. Your charitable interpretation that they may not have realised one of the rules was not to use AI is naive, surely you should read the rules of a contest you're participating in, so I see no excuse for this.

At best, you are correct that we don't know 100% for certain how talented they might be as an artist when not being a thief, but the implication isn't charitable and their character definitely shows in the choices made.

Google Doc showing the submissions and the art pieces that were plagiarised: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vRuYXWbOATa7jxlopgSXwR41pEHKB14zA0oJYjCnPWYwjuzBSRpBOgAEFyLtGZoNdZqMJHDO6KOiWs3/pub?pli=1

@Pacific Same as that Kadokawa situation, it was purely about the anime and manga business but all of the reporting was about the gaming implications with fearmongering about Sony making From Soft exclusive. I'd imagine the same thing will happen again.

Master Chief Collection, add Halo 5 to it. Then Infinite later. It should be so easy.

I take it James Gunn will be too busy to contribute to this expanded Lollipop Chainsaw universe then? I reckon he could squeeze it in between Supergirl and Batman.

@DennisReynolds If we're lucky PS6 back-compat might fix the performance haha. Slapping UE5 on top of the Creation Engine worked about as well as you would've expected it to. Could've been a song if they did as you suggested and went with a more modest Skyrim Special Edition style upgrade.

Next we'll probably have the 'pleasure' of seeing Fallout 3/New Vegas get the same treatment.

@Balaam_ You're glad that they've gotten rid of something that actually rewarded people with a little saving on purchases here and there because of some silly trinkets that were entirely ignorable? They only ever appeared on the app.

Wasn't expecting Live action Axel. They are going all out.

Hope we don't get that remake. FF9 is a perfect game.

@trev666 That first comment is also blatant sarcasm.

@Ernie I'm obviously joking. Ports don't just materialise out of thin air, this has been in the works for months. The layoffs happened this week.

Nobody is going to switch from PS5 to Xbox because they ported Helldivers. Even if you'll be able to play the PS-PC ports on the next Xbox via Steam, the amount of people who will switch are slim.

Sony giving Xbox fans a bone after the layoffs and cancellations.

I spoke to that guy briefly after the panel, chill dude!

@Alps_Stranger I don't know it's worked out fine for Resident Evil, half of the games went through that dev cycle. RE2 and 4 being the famous examples.

What exactly is there to ponder when they've never stopped making turn based games?

@HammerKirby3 Add in vanilla P5 and it's a 10 million plus seller. Absolutely crazy.

"Infinite Wealth looks a bit disappointing at just 1.66 million units sold."

I can't quite agree. Yakuza 7 has been available for purchase for several more years, and most people are going to play it first before it's direct sequel. These aren't the old days when games would only sell for as long as stores could hold the shelf space for them, digital stores allow any game to have a long tail of revenue.

Looking at the spreadsheet showing these games sales over time, IW is doing about as well launch aligned (Y7 wasn't a simultaneous global launch so it's Japanese and International launches are split between two fiscal years).

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sega-sammy-fiscal-report-mishap-reveals-sales-numbers-for-a-dozen-titles-lad-iw-1-66m-p3r-2-07m-sonic-frontiers-4-57m-p5r-7-25m-and-more.1224501/

@Milt I think Sega's problem was they were comparing it to Frontiers selling 3 million in a few months. Obviously comparing a side scroller to an open worlder is a fools errand. It should be compared to Mania, which took a year to break a million at a third of the average price point. Superstars selling approximately 2.5 million in a year and a half while being more expensive and not as good as it's predecessor can only be considered a financial success.

@Jey887 Just Square Enix really.

This feels like it was rushed to not clash with GTAVI, and then they just kept the release date after GTA was delayed a year.

I only found out about this game a few weeks ago, and now it's getting localised. Funny coincidence, that.

@DreadfulDragon Heck, I own everything but an Xbox and I still don't care if the games are multiplatform. 1st party, 3rd party, just show some cool looking games and I'm good.

PS has never been like Nintendo where the 1st party is the key factor. Think of the many iconic PS2 games and how many weren't by Sony.

Yeah that was a banger, probably my favourite one yet.

It opened with a new Lumines and Suda51 game (so happy I immediately could tell it was his game), you can't hate it.

Juri's aesthetic kinda fits aespa I guess.

God of War Betrayal remake

Yeah I'd probably watch that. Get Junji Ito involved for a manga too. He's friends with Kojima and one of the NPCs in the first game so he might be open to that.

Battle Engine Aquila is a RANDOM choice

Fallout 3 is up next, per the FTC leaks. New Vegas would likely follow that since they can reuse so much from Fallout 3's remaster. I'd guess Morrowind would come sometime after that, it kind of needs the most brushing up of the lot.

I kind of don't expect they'll do a Skyrim remaster for a very long time actually (if at all), despite the reputation for always finding new ways to re-release it. I think that game is set in stone, with the Creations marketplace they can keep selling mods for years and updating the game with what's already available. A Switch 2 port with that mod marketplace is probably the only new version I can see coming in the near future. Skyrim is still modern enough for most people I think.

Let me know when they add Sterling Archer.

I'm surprised that the no interest in GTA6 selection is as high as it is. Granted, I'm in that camp as well.

@Keyblade-Dan I think Ninja Gaiden 4 might end up being a last hurrah for Platinum.

@OldGamer999 It's not just tariffs causing price increases though.

Being a Titanfall fan sounds like an absolutely horrendous experience.

Not a fan of the anti-JRPG messaging I've seen from some of Expedition 33's fans, considering how much the game owes to the ones that group of people are dogging on.

@GirlVersusGame The only adaptations that seem to have escaped that bias are TLOU, Fallout, and Arcane. I wonder if the television format has anything to do with it? TV executives and critics aren't as jealous of the games industry?

It's a little funny that this is the second Sydney Sweeney video game adaptation announcement this week.

@Bagwag82 She was in White Lotus and Euphoria, as well as some other recent projects. Played one of the Manson cult members in Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.

I think RT is a way better metric than Metacritic for films. 63% is pretty standard fare for shlocky horror flicks too, which is exactly what Until Dawn is - but playable. Your mileage may vary for how much you'd enjoy that without the gameplay.

It's finally time for Ultra Stardust 4K to celebrate their roots.

Salvatore is lowkey an incredible character. It's goofy in the right way.

@anoyonmus Another one is Elden Ring, the PS4 version uses the lowest graphics settings at 1080p 30fps. Switch 2 appears to be using the PC versions high quality preset sans RT, at the same 1080p 30fps as PS4. It's definetly not PS5 level, but it's punching above the PS4. Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty could not run on PS4, it's included with the Switch 2 version.

@Brundleflies21 It's using both I think. UE5 is only handling the graphics.

The comparison screens show the remaster looking a bit more muted and less vibrant, and looks more Skyrim-y of course. Ironically, it now looks more like a seventh gen game than the original version.

It's a good thing that the Switch 2 as a console is more iterative in my opinion. It doesn't mean Nintendo can't get experimental with gimmicks and the like, there'll be a fair few games that use unique accessories. The games themselves don't need a wacky novelty console to try new things either. On the software front they've stuck to their identity far more than Sony has (I'm not sure if Microsoft's first party output ever had a coherent identity).

Designing your entire console around a novelty idea is a risky move as we saw with Wii U, not even Nintendo managed to get a lot of juice out of the gamepad idea, let alone the few third parties that weren't immediately turned off. This whole idea of Nintendo always doing something completely different with every console was only really applicable to the DS, Wii, Wii U and 3DS to a lesser extent anyway. Before that their consoles were mainly about updating tech, with the gimmicks being supplementary. The N64 wasn't a 3D console because it was a fun new gimmick to play around with, it was the natural advancement of technology.

@Slideaway1983 PS5 launched at £360 for the digital, £450 for the disc.

@SlasherZ This same exact scenario happened last time, they increased the price in those regions, Americans were happy it wasn't them, and then a few months later they got a price increase.

I'm amused by the amount of comments suggesting this price increase is somehow about the US tariffs when Sony's statement clearly says it's due to "high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates" and these regions are NOT the US. When the US does get it's increase the tariffs will absolutely be a major factor though.

Only The Last of Us could get over 100 comments on an article about a simple bundle repackage.

@JB_Whiting Lady's characterization is another issue. And the vivziepop levels of swearing that felt like it was written by a 12 year old.