RainbowGazelle

The final nail in the coffin. Sony really have become the villain this gen.

"controls — which encourage sending out the yo-yo with the right stick and jumping with R1"

Cool! Sounds like Ape Escape. I'll read a few more reviews before deciding whether to buy. These mini ones are never terribly helpful.

It' seems pretty ridiculous to me that a preamble was thought to be required. I honestly can't believe that someone's first reaction would be, "Wah, the graphics suck!" before even knowing anything about the game. Like, does it even look all that bad? Have I been playing on Switch for too long? If that's the immediate reaction, then no wonder the high-end gaming market is in the state that it's in. Game looks fun, or at least interesting. I couldn't give a crap about muh gafiks!!!!

@EliteSlayer I got it for Christmas and played through the whole game as Christmas Sonic. Was fun!

I thought it looked great in the trailer. Very Resident Evil. What were people expecting it to look like?!

I'm going to quote something from Reggie Fils-Aimé's autobiography that I feel is particularly relevant here. This was Nintendo's line of thought as they were researching business literature when designing the Wii:

"The first book we agreed to use was The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen. Christensen wrote that businesses need to constantly reevaluate whether to continue along their existing path that caters to current consumer needs or adopt new approaches that meet future and maybe unarticulated needs. This fit well with the gaming industry as both PlayStation and Xbox were pushing on traditional vectors: more realistic visuals supported by increased processing power. Nintendo believed this was a dead end. More realistic visuals by themselves did not result in a better game. And more processing power would lead to higher costs and higher consumer prices, which would limit the potential market, versus expanding it."

I'm of course not saying Sony and Microsoft have brought nothing of value to gaming; that would be complete and utter rubbish. However, Nintendo were right about the general trajectory of gaming, all those years ago. Big games now take too long to make. They cost too much to make. Apart from shinier graphics, most games aren't innovative. They aren't new. They aren't fun. And they're becoming more and more about squeezing extra cash out of consumers, rather than delighting customers. We've essentially gone full circle back to arcade games, which were designed to harvest as much money as possible. The number of remakes coming out just seems to emphasise how out of ideas modern big games are. What happened to Sony's incredible, totally off the wall library of varied franchises? Big and small? The studios that made them are closed down. Sony seem capable of only making huge expensive games now, in the same franchises, because if they don't, people complain that the graphics suck, or they won't take the risk on new IP that costs $70. And it's a corner they (and the gaming industry) have backed themselves into. But it just isn't sustainable, or else we get mass layoffs and huge droughts, like we're experiencing now.

Just my genuine, honest thoughts as someone who's owned and loved every previous PlayStation, but sees no reason to buy a PS5.

Bizarre from Capcom, considering they usually give physicals to every region except Europe. It's nice to have it the other way around for a change. Is this releasing physically only on PS5, or PS4 too?

It feels like the PS3 era to me: lots of drab colours and depressing realism. Lots of technically amazing games for those who are into them, but this has just reaffirmed that PS5 doesn't really have any games that I'm interested in. Silent Hill 2 did look very like Resident Evil though. That'll hopefully be good.

Th ultimate "Deluxe" edition. It completes itself before the game is even out.

A reminder that Atlus are scum. Don't give them your money.

If Sony (and Naughty Dog) were releasing lots of other stuff for PS5, I'd assume the general feeling around remasters would be better. But apart from Insomniac's output, everything recently seems to be remasters and live-service crap, with little truly new content coming. Like, what is the point of a PS5 right now, other than as a PS4 Pro Pro? There's not a lot of brand new stuff to play.

But why? Shouldn't you be driving? This doesn't seem safe.

It's a great time to take a break from buying new games, as I plan to do when PS4 and Switch releases finally dry up. Gonna take a few years off just to play through my backlog and forget about the current gaming industry. I'm looking forward to it.

Why is the tech industry pursuing AI so hard? I don't want it or need it. I'm sure many, many others feel the same way.

Why not? The PS5 has no games, and PS4s are much cheaper. There's no reason to buy a PS5 for many people.

Modern gaming is a complete farce. I must be getting old, because it's just tiring these days.

"consumers will be able to access their previously purchased content for at least the next 30 months."
I don't think companies or people remember what this word means.

@Dany4k I'm happy I'm not contributing to a company with terrible ethics. No loss at all.

"If you've been holding off on playing one of the finest modern JRPGs on the market, now might be the right time to see what all the fuss is about."
I know it's meant to be an amazing game, but I simply refuse to buy anything by Atlus. Their business practices are blatantly anti-consumer. It's a shame, but I'm not giving them a penny.

@PixelDragon That's okay, thanks! I really like reading your comments on here. It's great to find someone else against all digital and wanting to keep physical going. I feel we're on the same side! I really wanted to get the Harry Potter game too, but was gutted to learn it requires internet, so when the servers go down, it's a coaster.

@PixelDragon Oh wow, okay. If you've decided that's the end of the debate then you must be right. I think a game that requires a download to play, isn't a proper physical release. It cannot be played without internet. But I guess I must be wrong, as the debate has ended.

@PixelDragon With a required download on all platforms, otherwise it's just a coaster. So I don't count that.

If they ever release it physically, I'll happily buy a copy too.

Sony be releasing more hardware than actual games for said hardware.

The higher ups at Bungie are terrified they're going to lose their overpaid, cushy jobs if Sony comes in and gets rid of their parasitic asses. So, they're firing scores of employees and cutting multiple benefits just to cling on to their moneyed positions as long as possible. A tale as old as time for scum at the top.

So, if your account is banned, you lose all your digital games too?? That's absolutely ridiculous! With this and the loss of access to those TV shows, I have lost all faith in buying anything digital on Sony's buggy PSN.

@This_Guy 😆 That's fair then. I've been in that situation myself!

Absolutely ridiculous. No wonder people pirate media if you can just lose access even to stuff you "bought". I was worried about this happening. It's the reason I've never bought a digital TV show or film. I have bought digital games though. I'm hoping this doesn't happen to any of them.

@KonstantTrouble Does it suck though??? How unimaginably lazy do you have to be to not want to get up to change a disc/cartridge?

Put the PG Tips Monkey on one and I'll consider it.

...But it isn't a console. Can someone explain to me how this makes any sense?

Definitely grabbing Like A Dragon, and Ace Attorney on Switch.

Seeing all these picks makes me realise I've still got so much to play on this amazing console!

@naruball Fair point. Most games are certainly longer these days. But there's also a much larger market these days, with more people playing games than ever before. Profits can be much, much higher. And whilst yes, you can simply ignore extras that games try to sell you, these very often used to be fun parts of the games you were playing. Cheat codes and unlockable outfits for example, although not necessary, were fun extras in many games. Now cheat codes are sold as "time savers" or some other rubbish, and costumes or items are pre-order bonuses and DLC.

"The price increase, for example, the $70 for certain frontline products, was the first increase in many years after many generations.

It isn't really. Games have been sliced up to sell as deluxe editions, pre-order bonuses, DLC, microtransactions, etc. for years now. Most full games aren't $70 these days, they try to scam you out of $100 or more if you actually want the full experience.

If they ever release some games on it, then I might buy it. But seeing as Sony is becoming more and more anti-consumer, I probably won't.

"That Royal released on PS5 at full price, with no upgrade path for PS4 players, remains an insult to fans and the game itself."

This, plus Royal releasing on PS4 with no way to upgrade for regular players on PS4, and it still had copious amounts of DLC, despite being the second version. Atlus are just scumbags. If I see a game is made/published by them, I automatically ignore it. I don't care what it is. They treat their fans like filth.

I'm curious to know in what state the PS4 version was left. No Man's Sky had a great turnaround, fixing things on the same consoles it originally released on. Was Cyberpunk fixed on last-gen machines too, or just current gen?

This looks exactly the same as the one COD game I bought 10 years ago, only now it's buggy. Why are people still buying these if it's literally the same game, but worse?

Such a terrible shame it's 2K. It'll be stuffed with microtransaction crap.

"Sony Interactive Entertainment had a record-breaking second quarter in terms of revenue, pulling in ¥954.1 billion — up 32.38 per cent year-on-year."

Poor Sony. This explains why they had to raise prices on everything and cut loads of jobs. 😟

Oh Japan. In a country where bookshops have magazines with covers of fully bare-chested women mere feet away from the kids' section, you'd better censor the 18-rated games in case kids are looking.

Well that's pretty dumb.

From what I saw of the gameplay they showed off last year (this year?), it looked like a stripped back Assassin's Creed IV. I really can't see the point of it.

"Wahh wahhh, Mm should just make 'proper' games! Make Platformer #45,687!"
No wonder there's no creativity left in games from big companies. People don't want new ideas anymore.

But Sony are also disgusting for their insanely expensive Spider-Man 2 marketing, and making more profit from PlayStation than they ever have before, but still laying off people. Honestly, I'm glad I haven't bought a PS5. I just can't support this company anymore. They've raised every price they could, made so much profit, but still nickel and dime their customers, and treat their developers like crap.

@Boxmonkey The shareholders aren't happy with the millions upon millions that they already make. Greedy scum at the top ruining it for everyone else. As usual.

I'm not really interested in supporting Sony anymore. They've turned into such a nickel-n-diming company, and in 4 years haven't really managed to give much reason to buy a PS5. Microsoft are no better either.

Only took them 4 years.

@TommyNL @Zyzzjan Oof. That's ridiculous!

A revision that's more expensive? That's a new one, $ony.

You actually save $30 dollars on the bundle in the US. Meanwhile in the UK, you only save £10, as the separate disk drive is an absurd £99.99. The pricing between regions makes no sense.

It's nice to see I'm still not missing much on PS5 as it enters its 4th year on the market. The only game from that list that I'm interested in is also on PS4.