Rodimusprime13

Any subscription service will always have positives and negatives. It great to check out games to either finish them in one day or find the game isn't worth playing. But it's not really worth it to keep a subscription just to play a handful of games, you're better off waiting for a sale and purchasing the game outright. Sony offers various classic titles, all except original ps3 versions are available for purchase.

@dskatter I didn't even know this game existed and only read the article. From Metacritic it seems to be gamers either love it or hate it. And much of the people who don't like it is because of technical issues.

I believe the mistake was to have a single platform release when they would have been better releasing on both the PlayStation and Xbox.

This is why developers should always be looking towards multi platform releases and should consider lowering prices rather than expecting console prices to drop. I haven't played the recent game but I remember playing Monster Hunter Icebourn and it was an always online game which wasn't something I wanted to play, since you will need a reasonable fast internet connection just to make the game playable. Most live service games are unnecessary and are a hassle to play even the single player part.

Developers could easily make an enhanced ps5 version of an existing ps4 game which is likely to make the money back quickly. The rising price of games is slowing the demand. New games sell for $90 on the Playstation and Xbox and the Switch 2 has games selling for $115. There is now more indie titles available which means that they are tons of cheaper gaming options. And Sony and Microsoft are guaranteed to release a new console in the near future.

Most live service/multiplayer games need a large audience to be remotely successful. And given it very hard to know where you will find the audience it's better to lean towards multiple platforms to guarantee success. Godfall was a failure on the PlayStation but found success on the Xbox. Babylon Fall and Concord could have found success on the Xbox as well. MS is likely keeping bring more Gears of Wars games to the Playstation and possibly Halo, since the main aspect is multiplayer.

@DaveTheRave I am personally surprised that Sony is keeping the ps3 and vita stores available when the games never go on sale and most of the vita games are seriously overpriced.

My guess is that Sony is only willing to pay up to a fixed amount to get a game on essential which means that only a handful of developers will actually consider the offer.

My opinion is to grab what digital titles you want from the ps3 when you can still since it's looking likely that the ps3 store is likely to close before 2026.

My guesses would be Spider Man and Horizon. Sony might also decide to port classic titles over to the Xbox. There is the Jax, Ratchet and Clank, Dark Cloud series all which could see a Xbox port.

Essential is ok, but most of the games that end up on essential are games that frequently go on sale. Essential is always hit and miss with most of the games being a miss for me.

I think 5 was the best in the series but various content might need to be nerfed in my opinion.

Sure they are going to have TLOU part 1 and 2 available for the launch of the ps6, and of course the ps7. Sony has been very successful with the ps4 and ps5 but the live blood of most consoles are the exclusive titles available on the consoles.

The issue is Sony doesn't want to invest the time and money to make decent anime games. Sony is just investing in businesses that already are successful hoping to profit from them but has little incentive to spend money creating new games. The Playstation has become so successful that Sony refuses to make any games that will make less then a billion dollars.

My opinion of Wuchang Fallen Feathers is that it's like Tencent decided to make Elden Ring but with bits of Shadow Hearts thrown in. Very much a dark fantasy game like Final Fantasy XVI.

It seems the biggest issue for most games nowadays is to simply get noticed and convince people that it's actually worth the launch price to get the game. The number of games being released has exploded and will continue to increase since it's easier than ever to release games. Lots of vintage games like Pitfall and Pitfall 2 were written by just one person and it took perhaps a month or two. It's hard to justify paying $90+ at launch for a title that is just ok. Games need to be promoted where it's creating a demo version, offering a limited trial version or to launch on game pass, without attention lots of games don't get noticed. BG3 didn't get on game pass but all the buzz about the sexual content helped sell the game.

In Canada Switch 2 games sell for between $100 - $115 and new PlayStation and Xbox games are $90 - $100. The other issue with the inflated launch prices is that the game will only drop in prices very slowly over time and often the best discounts that most games you might find is 50-60% off of the full launch price. And lots of games simply never drop the launch price at all. And there is always a small handful of games that never go on sale, ever.

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.