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Kinda meh to me. I liked the dive into wolverine, and love ff tactics, but everything else was not especially exciting. Not bad, but not good.

This is MS basically throwing in the hardware towel. They already caved by going multi with there library, now they just keep increasing the price until sales equal 0 and then kill it and noone notices.

Im not opposed to ms going multi, and I fully understand the need to pass on the cost of tariffs imposed by the baboon, but there is a point where it just doesnt make sense to operate and id say were nearing that point.

I know I wont be replacing either of my series consoles at the current prices should one break.

I have a ps pro as well but rarely play it. My switch 2 gets all my time these days, but even that felt too expensive.

Gaming has always been expensive, but there was always mainstream options to lower cost. Now it feels like mainstream is expensive.

@HOWARDSROCK Not even close. Scanlines and CRTs look terrible, always have. (And yes, im well old enough to have grown up on crts)

The ps1 version is a classic, but its definitely very dated and does not hold up well visually.

That said, it does appear they used the original more than the 3ds version as a basis for the reimagining. Its an interesting approach.

Can they add these to the second entry instead? There was so much tedium on it that I grew tired and never bothered finishing it. If they made all attacks max out id probably want to finish the game. (Im on chapter 9)

@Americansamurai1 Depends on your definition. He won the popular vote by 3million or so, but didnt achieve 50%, so not the majority.

Id be confused by the numbers if I didnt live in the south where almost a year later people still run around with flags on their old pickups.

@RoomWithaMoose I second this. Also an American who has yet to see anything other than increased prices as a result of these glorious and perfect tariffs.....

I see this as a win for consumers. We all have our preferences on console, whether its for the controllers, ux, online, or games.

Remove exclusives and we have one less thing to worry about when it comes time to buy. ( I buy em all, but thats likely coming to an end after this gen and Im happy for it)

I just hope we get more crossovers soon.

Best buy is listing release as 12/12, lots of other leaks have different dates. I think the safe bet now is "sometime in 2025".

And this is a day 1 for me. Been itching to replay the older mk games and they are bot on new consoles. Now they will be.

To quote Frozen, Let it go!!

Seriously, console is old and done. Kill the online store and save money.

In all seriousness, it is time to let it go. Were multiple generations on.

Im good with this so long as its for the online part and not the main game. Would make GTA:O far more enjoyable for most.

I say the above with the caveats that I am in the US and I havent played gta5 since 2018.

@lazarus11 A bit of a twist there. I mean Ill be done with gaming by the time gamepass is gone. (Ie im getting old and gaming is becoming less of a priority in my freetime, kids, likely grandkids in 5-10 years or less, retirement, etc...)

Gamepass does extend my gaming by allowing me to try many games id never bother with, but even that will only go so far.

@DaveTheRave I dont need the illusion of ownership physical brings. Ive been all digital since it was feasible in the 00s. Gamepass is like renting, but with first party games its eternal renting and with third party it often leads to a purchase, though not as much recently as I just dont have time to play. (I may even let my sub lapse as I am my ps+ premium this year.)

@SeaDaVie You can say its a short term victory, but Ive been winning since gamepass launched 8 years ago and I dont see it ending anytime soon. Eventually itll evolve, but by that time Ill probably be done with gaming as a whole. So not really concerned about short term vs long term.

Honestly, the industry is due for another early 80s style crash. A good old fashioned reset. I just hope its in about 10 years or so when Im in some retirement community playing pickleball and shuffleboard.

I much prefer forza to GT, especially the most recent iteration.

Any news of forza shutting down basically leaves me with no mild sim options worth playing. (I have put 40+ hours into gt7, but lost all interest in it where as 300+ hours into forza and I still play regularly) Other options have been terrible, assetto and its ilk are too limited in scale and scope and lean too far into sim land)

Solid 9 on 20+ hours. I just love the gameplay loop. Itd have to streamline a few things to be a 10 to me.

I absolutely loved anthem, for about 20 hours. Then it became extremely repetitive since the content was so limited.

Great mechanics, great premise, but no end game or loop to keep you hooked.

Honestly I thought they pulled the plug years ago. Shocked its still running at all.

As a multiplatform owner, I really couldnt care less where games are released. It does nothing but give people, including myself, more options. Its especially beneficial in games like Hell Divers which get better with higher player counts.

I already have Hell Divers 2 on PS5 Pro, but making it available to Xbox can only help.

Id personally like to see more cross platform games from 1st parties. I bought MLB the show 25 this year on Switch 2, Ill likely repurchase Forza horizon 5 on PS5 during the next sale.

Rematch? Never heard of it until this article. And not surprising to see the region totals. I, like many americans, have no affinity towards soccer, but do love shooting things. So seeing rematch at 4 in the NA charts, but 1 in the eu charts and ds 2 at 1 in NA makes conplete sense.

Like xbl, been there since day 1. I had a 1 day gap last year when I was going to cancel and they offered me a low price. This year will probably be my last regardless of price simply because I dont use it. Still think it has great value for people with more time or who are more social, but for me I can count on one hand how many minutes in 2025 ive logged into ps+ games or used online features.

Too beautiful? In my experience most asians just use beauty filter on every photo. The skin isnt nearly as blemish free as he insinuates.

Note that my experience is 16 years in japan, hk, and china as well as being married to an asian and having mixed children. I love asia and its people, but the idea that they cant be reflected in media without it feeling like cgi is silly.

I preordered the collectors edition day 1. I dont normally buy collectors editions, but this year i bought my first 2 in death stranding 2 and this.

Excited to play yotei.

Im confused as to how people are gaining any value from having over 20 games on a wishlist, let alone 100 or 200.

I use my wishlist to flag games I have a strong interest in playing but no interest in paying full price or upcoming titles i want to buy. I cant recall ever going over 10 on a platform.

If it gets too big it becomes convoluted and the odds of me buying anything are slim to none making it useless. I will often prune games ive lost interest in aa well. Only so much time in a day to play.

All that said, always interesting to see how others use these features.

Been a premium sub since it launched, but thatll change this year. I dont play online and I cant recall the last ps plus game i played more than a few minutes.

Its certainly a value if you use it, but otherwise its kinda meh.

Additionally, for me, they are adding things like sony core or whatever the movie thing is called, but those films are already on other services. It feels like they keep reducing quality titles as well at a time when gamepass is crushing it.(ie not last year when gp was in a rut)

I love January because horror movies are abundant. I love the silent hill games. What I didnt love was the first silent hill movie. Hopefully this one is done better because the first one was very rough. Only thing it was missing was treat williams, former king of b rate films.(RIP Treat)

Got this on switch 2, but applies here as well. This one surprised me. Not my kind of game normally, but i find myself playing it a lot. Very happy to see the continued support.

Never understood either last of us games. Ive tried so hard to get into them but they are so slow and dull(to me) Just cant get hooked. TV show was the same, 3 episodes and I couldnt take anymore.

I know so many absolutely adore the game so understand it obviously resonates with people. Just not this person.

Ive owned all the ps consoles(and hand helds), but not really a sony fan. Always preferred the others. Ps5 originally was an ornament until the portal came out, and it became a steady play for me. Then the pro came out and its become easily my favorite sony console to date. I had so many issues with the ps 1 - ps3 i didnt bother with the ps4 until the ps4 pro came out. Which was my previous favorite sony console.

All this is to say, I think sony has a good console this time around. Still not my favorite(yet, its gaining), but i play it more than any sony platform before it.

As for profit bragging, even if the numbers werent bloated, they are not something consumers should be celebrating. Shareholders, yes, customers though? Just means sony has increased there margins

I have premium but I cancel every year. They offer me original pricing and I cave, but honestly im not sure ill bite this year. I never use online and my portal is local to local only, so outside of a couple plays a year, I dont really use it.

Im not saying its not a good value though, for what it offers it can potentially be a great value. (Both essentials and premium), I just dont need it for my current lifestyle.

His statement is a bit confusing. Is he implying graphics must be cutting edge for one to have a "great experience"

To me graphics are a bonus, but not the definition of a great experience. I love my ps5 pro as much as I do my switch 2, switch oled, or series x|s. They all provide great experiences.

Im happy to see them making story easier. I actually died twice on an optional boss before I could learn his pattern. I dont want that kind of annoyance on story.

I dont mind them separating things, but at $200 for the items shown this is a ripoff.

At most were looking at 10-15$ worth of goods. I feel like they didnt even try.

So 10 added and 22 cut. Seems like sony is trying to find a new lower equilibrium count for games on service.

Didnt like stars, but it was better than nothing.

I think what were seeing is the effect of tighter margins. When margins shrink one of three things happens. Prices go up, benefits get cut, or both. Unfortunately this is probably the latter. And yes, artificially increasing pricing in one region will impact all others if that region is large enough.

All this to say, I dont see us getting a replacement program anytime soon.

I want this, but handing extra duties to the buffoon in chief just irks me so ill have to hold off.

Fun game so far(i was concerned with all the souls references in reviews). That said, its character designs are fugly. I was thrilled when the people were "whisked" in the prologue just because it removed the fugly. I know sandfall was going for emotional, but they got elated instead. Character art reminds me of lost odyssey, another fugly but great game.

This design I think contributes to the lack of sales in Japan, they dont like fugly character art. (Though id argue the anime style can be just as ugly)

For me its fine. I use it mostly through my portal, but occasionally on the oled its attached to. Really its just a ps5 with a dash of shiny and a better wifi adapter. Main reason im ok with it though is that it looks nicer than the ps5. Superficial, yes, but important none the less.

Would I recommend it to anyone else? If your framerate sensitive maybe (Im not), or perhaps if your like me and just like better numbers and a cleaner looking system. Otherwise, probably not.

Only 40 for the first? I put over 400 into the game, didnt beat it until 250 or so. Had too much fun building things.

Hopefully this one is similar.

I dont mind it, but i wont buy a non ds edge controller. So make one of those in a special edition.

@Medic_alert You can call it gas lighting, but many of us are fully aware and just dont care about physical ownership. I never trade in or sell, usually just throw away or give away if its not useful. Its why i went all digital.

When younger I cared a lot about "ownership", but now its just more junk I dont need to be looking at.

Once done with the mask from this one and the statue from ds2, ill probably just give them to my 9 year old or her friends to play with as I look for something else.

Collectors edition ordered. Only the second collectors edition i recall buying in 35+ years of gaming, but the mask will look good on my office desk. (The other also came this year with death stranding 2 for the same reason)

Ill wait until i see it. I hope its true, but going off a potential couple word misspeak? Na.

Even if it was accurate ai wouldnt put it past se to cancel it just because

This is almost certainly a result of the tariffs and honestly doesnt impact me much now.

Goes back to a certain figurehead saying some kids will just have to go without toys.

@AhmadSumadi I care nothing about supporting nintendo as a brand. I just look at what im getting and how much its worth to me. How much it cost to make is also irrelevant. Will I get 8$0, $90, $100 out of mario kart? 100%. In 3 years ill still be playing it with my kids. In 3 years will I be playing any sony adventure game regardless of how good it is? No. I loved ghosts of tsushima, got a platinum in it. Havent touched it in a few years and doubt I ever will again.

@JustMyOpinion

Exactly. All Im really saying is its easy to understand the pricing as it is. They most likely looked at a simple profit maximization matrix and realized they could take more from the consumer to get more overall.

I hate it as much as the next guy, but its not complicated and its not so much as to alter my buying habit in any way. (Id honestly pay $100 for most nintendo games without batting an eye because of their playability and polish)

If the value wasnt there, then they will see sales decline. (Keep in mond though that sales numbers declining doesnt mean a profit decline)

@naruball There a business, not a charity. Their goal is to maximize profit pure and simple. Whats not to understand about that?

Cost is based on value, which is dictated by what people are willing to pay for something.

In this instance, mario kart, a game in which the previous release sold over 55 million copies at $60, likely warrants a higher price. Ghosts of Yotei almost certainly cost more to make, but its potential audience is much smaller and if they go up too high they will likely lose more than they gain.

Also a factor with nintendo is the cost of the medium its on. A gamecard is a lot more expensive than a dvd to produce. Nintendo likely wants to keep prices for digital and physical equal, so it opted for a higher price.

Do we have to like it? Of course not. But its completely understandable. (Ill also note many games in the early 90s were 75-80usd in back then money)

In the US so these new hikes dont impact me(yet), but the last hike a couple years back where they basically doubled the price of it put it off my list. Last 2 cycles I let my ps premium sub expire and waited until the inevitable 50% off plead to stay came.(it usually comes within a day or two) Then I resub.

Thing is, Im kind of hoping it doesnt come this year as I really dont use the sub for anything anymore. (And I know, I could always just not resub, but Im too weak to resist the.....bargains!!!!)

No interest in a native portable. My portal works great and is extremely light. When they start cramming things the handhelds get too bulky like the steam deck.

The US got hit the first time, so im guessing well get tagged here too once they figure out tariffs. I imagine they want to avoid the chance of a double increase so close to each other. (ie. raise it $40 and then have to raise it again by $200 due to tariffs)

So give it time those who are upset that the US appears spared. Were going to take hit harder than anyone I imagine.

@ItsAlwaysSunnyyy Both good, but id take lunar over suikoden any day.

Had the lunar games day 1 on sega cd, suikoden games were day 1 on psx. Cant really count how many times ive cleared them, just that i keep going back.

As for lunar, I think i preferred the old vas, but will give these a chance. Also prefer the scd versions over the psx ones.