Rodimusprime13

Ubisoft made a handful of decent games but the micro transactions for minor cosmetic items are the worse parts. It use to be you could unlock extra content by playing the game now it pay extra for content that doesn't add anything to the game. The infamous horse armour was criticized but it added actual value, now you are paying just to change the colour of your armour.

It would be nice if developers couldn't revoke access to games that you have paid for which does happen on rare occasions. It would be nice if all trophies and achievements could be completed when the online part is shut down or they simply auto pop.

No Hello Kitty but the mobile version has a 3v3 Gundam version.

@CrispyMango92 I am Angel looks not bad, really hoping it get a ps4 release.

The voice over actor sounds like he was chosen since he was a perfect fit for the character he voiced.

Very likely the most popular tales of games will be remastered first. The games I would like to play is Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Destiny 1/2 ,Tales of Xilla 1/2 and Tales of Heart. The Tales of games that were previously available on the ps3/vita psn store have been removed so all the titles that were previously available are candidates to be remastered.

The Bond game looks slightly interesting, nothing else I find particularly interesting.

My opinion is that Sony is killing off the stars rewards program just to make it worse. I am sure numerous people remember when the digital PSN gift cards were suddenly unavailable? Likely this is what Sony wanted to actually do, but people complained too much so Sony was forced to bring back the PSN gift cards. Now Sony is ending the whole program but for some reason they are letting people keep their digital collectables, why? I suspect Sony plans to introduce the all new stars program with only digital collectables and no PSN digital gift cards.

What I see is the $80 price tag were I am and think that its probably not worth it. If it launched at a $50 price tag it might be worth it.

I can't understand why it's so challenging for Sony to port there classic titles over to modern consoles. It seems that there is only 1 developer in the entire company handling all the classics ports and Sony can't seem to bother to get more than that single person.

My opinion is that game-key discs are the worst option available and have no advantage for the gamer. If you purchase a digital title it's added to your game library and can be redownloaded at anytime. For a game-key you still need to download the title but you don't "own" the title but every time you want to play the game you need to insert the disc. I'd much rather have a digital library of games that I kind of own rather than a game-key which doesn't really give you anything.

What I see is that there are more games released that ever before but more titles are released by indie developers and the established publishers tend to release few games that before. And game prices are constantly increasing so it's hard to justify buying games day 1. Sure it's always going to be better to just buy games but some games are just not worth it. I find Sony really pushes you to subscribe to ps+, if you go to buy a game that has a tiny ps+ discount it try to sell you a ps+ subscription. The same is true when you try to buy a classic ps2 title like Dark Cloud 1 or 2 on the ps4, it again tries to get you to subscribe to ps+ premium just to get temporary access rather than pay $7.50 on sale to permanently own the game.

I just wonder what is actually going to be available on ps+ by the end of the year. They get titles but most titles only stay for 6 - 12 months and then they are permanently gone. Sony doesn't even want to keep there titles on ps+ it hard to see the value in ps+.

@DTfearTheBEARD The issue is likely what version you originally bought. The version you likely wanted was the deluxe version which has both the ps4 and ps5 version. For some reason they sell the ps4 version, ps5 version and the deluxe version with both the ps4 and ps5 versions.

The problem is simply that the prices that Nintendo is charging is around what the ps5 and series X cost but the performance is likely between the ps4 and series S. And the game prices are above the Xbox and Playstation game prices.

@Daleaf I played the original game on the ps3 and didn't even bother with a second play through to get most of the trophies. I generally don't bother playing games that I don't find interesting. I don't like the From Software Dark Souls games and other From Software Dark Souls like games even though they are very popular.

Sony's biggest mistake is focusing too much on the Last of Us at the expense of other better games. Sure Sony is making money but these games are largely a one shot game and your not going to play it again unless for the trophies.

The exclusive deals are a big motivator even more since it a established series but is unlikely to have massive sales. So it makes sense to focus on a platform that offers an exclusive deal then consider other platforms afterwards. And various developers sometimes only offer some of their titles only on the Switch. Dragon Quest Treasures?, Switch exclusive, Mobile Suit Gundam Destiny Remastered, Switch exclusive. Civ6 launched exclusively on the Switch then came to other platforms later. It's all about how many consoles that have been sold and how many gamers are buying games. The Wii sold tons of consoles but most third party games didn't sell well.

The ps5 pro cost about $960 here before sales tax. With sales tax it would be $1084, and that is before any new price hikes.

Extra and premium are not really worth it for the limited selection of titles that are available on the service. And extra does have some good titles but the good titles leave reasonable quickly.

I started playing with the original FF7 on the ps1 and found the recent Final Fantasy game to be a tad depressing for my liking. I've enjoyed the titles up to the FF13 trilogy but both FF15 and FF7 remake just feel depressing in my opinion. I found the ending of both these games to be very unsatisfying and disappointing. I tried FF7 core crisis and lost interest in the game. Not particularly interesting in FF16 since I doubt I'll find it interesting. My attitude is that the new Final Fantasy game just don't have the magic they used to. The JRPG series that I am more interested in is the Tales of and Neptunia series instead.

I personally don't understand the big problem. I am not really into fighting games but generally fighting games need to remain competitive so they both keep existing players and add new players who still have a chance against veterans.

@Nakatomi_Uk Likely one of the few exceptions. All launch titles could be patched to add trophies but most developers didn't bother.

Well it will mean that games here will be $110, and will likely not stop there. I unfortunately think I will see games selling at $150 or more. I also think that GTA 6 will have a launch price of $150 to $200, unfortunately.

The original ps3 title didn't have trophies and most launch titles that didn't ship with trophies never got any on the ps3. I believe Bioshock on the ps3 was one of the first few games that got trophies before Sony mandated all Playstation games needed to have trophies.

Well with the current exchange rates Nintendo Switch 2 will be $110 CND. And if the could be even more.

One it looks great but I don't really see the need for many of the features. But the price tag at $630, $700 with Mario Cart is comparable to the ps3 launch price. I doubt I would ever get a switch 2 I'd rather go for either a PS6 or the next Xbox.

Maybe it just me but I can't find any way to add a game to my wish list directly on my ps4? I can add games to my wish list on the app, but not directly on my ps4.

My opinion is that TLOU 2 for the ps4 has hurt the Playstation brand and it no longer cool anymore.

It makes no sense. Any one who has a ps5 already can either buy the ps1/2 titles or rent them via ps+ premium. Just throwing a few titles that few people are interested in on the switch is not likely to make much difference. What would make sense would be to develop new titles based on the existing IP's but that would require more extensive contracts.

I guarantee GTA 6 will never get the sales numbers that GTA 5 had. And a majority of the game sales were in the first few weeks. But much of the money Rockstar made has been from the GTA online. Still is debatable whether GTA 6 or Star Citizen will go gold first.

Grounded and Hi-Fi Rush are second rate games so the numbers are not bad considering that.

Well there are not "free", they are basically rentals that you have as long as you keep ps+. Essential is ok, since once you claim a game you can comeback to it at anytime as long as you have a subscription. The problem with extra is that it hard to find anything good to play, then once you do it's got a good likelihood of leaving the service. Premium looks good but most of the games are often ps2 or ps3 games that have been modified to work on the ps4/ps5 with minimal improvements. Outside of ps3 only titles your better of just buying the titles you want rather the stay subscribed to Premium. But for some reason if you owned the digital version of Legend of the Dragoon on the ps3, you suddenly own the ps4 version of Legend of the Dragoon, don't know why, and I believe it the only game were that works.

It would depend on what agreements that Sony and the third party have signed. If the agreement only allows the third party to only make a port, then that is all that will happen, but most Sony titles already have ps4/ps5 versions anyway. Then it depends on what platforms the third parties can release the games on, fewer platforms fewer potential revenue. Now if Sony outright sell the IP then the new owners can largely do what they want with the newly acquired IP, it unlikely Sony would do this. If Sony is only licensed IP then it's unlikely the new publisher will be motivated to create any new titles unless they have the right to in there contact.

I personally didn't like the Middle East games because they were brutally hard and the AI was way too smart. When I played these games I found that when every you got even close to one of the enemies it seems to automatically detect you and the base enemies were much stronger than your starting character. Once you died the game got more difficult. I am sure lots of people enjoyed it, but I was just not interested.

On the list Hogwards is the only good game and I already have the both deluxe versions.

@Barryburton97 Nope Canada. I previously had an eBay account and after they got rid of PayPal the service dropped off and the fees got jacked up. And despite looking all over the website there is no information on what fees they charge for selling video games, and unfortunately the market for video games was small on eBay in the first place.

@Barryburton97 What I see on the ebay website is a general 13.4% for general category, 15.2 for movie and CD, and no information about fees for video games in particular. And the is just for individual sellers, if you want to get a ebay store you pay a monthly fee. Then on top of that ebay will charge you additional fees if you don't preform to there exceptions. Then they charge a fee on the final cost, and the shipping fees are not cheap which limits how much you can make. After eBay got rid of PayPal and started handing this themselves eBay is a hassle to deal with. The only thing worth selling on eBay is unique items that are hard to come by. For video games you'll often better off selling then to GameStop since you'll end up better off, even with just store credit.

@Barryburton97 They don't call it a commission but take off around 25% on things like video games and movies but they go out of the way to hide it and unless you go through multiple web pages you can't really see what they're actually charging.

This is what ebay had become. Most sellers on ebay tend to get any obscure items then turn around and sell them at obscene prices because with the near 25% commission that ebay charges it's the only way to make money. And it cost very little to post a listing and you only pay when an item actually sells. And turning a profit on older video games is almost a Ponzi scheme, in my opinion.

It's a bit of both. There is nothing wrong with making a game for a Japanese or Western audience but games need to be translated to English for their to be a Western audience. Even if the audio is not translated there should be English subtitles. Most Japanese game can easily be in only two languages like Japanese and English and the can find a worldwide audience. Other languages are beneficial but at the bare minimum they need English.

@DennisReynolds It sounds promising, but I still don't intend to rush to get the game until I've tried a demo or a full game trial. Even then I don't buy games until they are discounted.

I played all of the AC games from the original Assassin Creed to Odyssey. Valhalla was the first game that I was disappointed in, and now I will be more choosy about the series. Did just get Mirage recently but Shadows looks like a game to just skip. Might give the game a shot it there was a playable full game trial, short of that not really interested.

I don't see any problem with MS picking up the old unused IP's that Ubisoft is just sitting on. MS did release Quake and Quake 2 for modern consoles, along with making a new combination Doom/Doom 2 game. MS is likely to simply port the older titles to modern consoles to break even/ turn a profit.

Well Dante's Inferno, Diablo, Hellsinger, and Devil may Cry have various religious themes.

My opinion is Sony shot themselves in foot with TLOU 2. Sure TLOU 2 was profitable but it cast a shadow over other Sony studio games. The problem with live service games is they are high risk, high reward. A good live service game can allow you to basically print money, were as a failed live service title means millions lost with no way to recover anything. Every console developer needs to produce games for their own consoles otherwise otherwise consoles often don't live up to sales expectations. And third party exclusives do help but only in the short term.

As far as I understand the MS account requirement is very loose, any Microsoft account used for email or used with Windows should work.

There are very few ways games can actually be preserved due to the rise of digital games. I had purchased various titles from GOG like the might and magic and ultima games. They were all installed on my hard drive but I didn't play them for around a year. Just found out that somehow they were all not playable and they now can only be played though GOG galaxy.

When Sony has no problem offering refunds for a game that is never a good sign. I personally interpret it that Civilization 7 is broken at launch and has serious problems/issues.

My guess is that they are pushing to get the game out in 2025, simply because they can't afford to spend more time developing the game. I personally could care less since I couldn't get into GTA 5 and I'm not a fan of live service games which I suspect GTA 6 will be.