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Honestly, at this stage neither gamepass nor ps plus are worth the fee.

Saying that every year I say im going to cancel, and I do, until I get the inevitable 50% off email. To date this year though ive not once played online nor played a single game from the premium library.

I should probably get on that before my membership expires in October.

I do feel bad though for new gamers, they are paying a lot more for the same experience weve had for 6 years.

While this is expected, its not really pro consumer.

For me, this is my last generation for playstation. Ive always bought all consoles, and thier upgrades(currently ps5 pro with disk and 4tb ssd), but every generation i get less and less out of them.

Sony SP games have not really impressed me in a while either. Tsushima was good, but yotei felt samey. Same with spiderman 2. I never liked last of us, the show hasnt refreshed in ages and I can go on and on.

Its nit a sony thing, its a growing tired of the same thing.

I say all this to say that id have been happy to continue buying the one off ps title on pc(and xbox for that matter), but have no interest in spending 1k or more for a single game anymore.

Going to enjoy the rest of this generation as much as I can, but the hobby needs a good swift kick in the rear from my perspective.

My thoughts dont fit into any category. I loved the infamous games, but have no desire to replay the existing titles. I want a new one.

LA Noire was a surprise title for me. I went into it thinking id probably drop it after a few hours, but wound up really enjoying it.

Pacing was good, story was good, and most importantly, it was just fun.

Im loving FH6 and it every bit worthy of that score (So far), but lets be honest, GTA6 will beat it. Im not even that hyped about GTA6, but I just know the review scores will top 92. I dont think anything else will aggregate that high though this year.

I really enjoyed starfield when it came out on series x a couple years back. Second best Bethesda game imo next to oblivion.

Needless to say, im not really a bethesda fan, though ive bought loads of their games over the years. I always fond myself getting bored after a few hours. Skyrim, fallout(all of them), morrowind, dishonored(both), the evil within, all the id games, rage, deathloop, ghostwire, etc... Of these, only doom 2016, rage 2016, and tokyo ghostwire held my interest over the 5 hour mark. (Aside from the aforementioned oblivion and starfield)

@HRdepartment

But you dont own it. Even if you buy the dvd, all you own is the plastic, not the game. If they patch the console to disallow that game being played, your plastic is plastic.

Its just a different medium for the same thing as digital.

Do you own a song or movie? If you did you could legally copy and sell it as much as you wanted. But you dont and never have.

People need to get out of this frame of mind that your buying anything digital. Your leasing it. Nothing more.

I understand that some people will be concerned, but as far as I understand this, you never lose your game, you just need to go online and the license is renewed.

With how prevalent wifi and internet is in general today, I just dont see this as an issue.

Last time I was offline for any console was well over a decade ago. Maybe itll impact modder? But who cares about them anyway.

Again, not saying this is a good thing. Its not as it takes away something we had. However, the impact itself is at best minuscule and like to impact an extraordinarily small number of people.

Yeah...critics....

Everyone ive talked to loves the new mario movie. I think critics just kinda...dont get things sometimes. Its a story as old as time.

@Balosi haha, not at all. I just ran a division in a company(non gaming) that built out a sub model so Ive done a lot of research into the models as a whole.

You really dont need to know that much to determine if something is viable in this model. Though there are always assumptions being made.

The math is fine so long as growth is maintained. This "The math doesnt work" is clearly by people who dont understand business as a whole. (ie. not just direct revenue but indirect revenue, future revenue, etc...)

That said, where the "math doesnt work" is when growth slows or stops, which is what has happened for the most part.

I would not be surprised at all to see another restructuring of gamepass to something along the lines of the following:

1. CoD is no longer available day 1 on any tier
2. CoD does come at a set window of time, perhaps 6 months to the top tier.
3. The price of GPU comes down as a result, perhaps to 24.99 or 27.99.
4. Select other tier 1 games follow the same window.

In short, it becomes a bit more like PS plus in strategy, allowing them to collect revenue from the whales while making GPU more affordable for growth.

The differentiator would be that MS could put their tier 1 games on a timeline vs what Sony does with no firm date. More transparency is always a good thing.

All that said, Ive recently unsubbed from GP and will only hold a NSO sub after September. If the world is anything like me, were getting tired of subs everywhere and no time to actually play them. Give me a single sub for everything I want and call it a day. (Call it NSOPSNGPU+ or whatever)

I held off originally on this one, but after the first update fixed a few of the concerns I had, I decided to pick it up on ps5 pro.

Happy I did as well. I am only 4 hours in, so its super early, but im having a lot of fun just talking to people, exploring the mechanics, and looking at the world. It feels alive which is really nice.

My biggest remaining concern is the supposed difficulty spikes, which would be addressed by this update, so ill probably just keep exploring and doing random quests until its updated. I like my games easy, so hoping its not a silly "uber hard mode"

Im also liking the main character and story so far, simple but amusing. I feel like its gotten so much hate, but as an avid michael bay movie fan, I rather enjoy weird plots.

This why we need more AI in game making and less people. Cheaper to do the grunt work, have the people focus on the creative part and cleanup/post production. No game should cost 250-300 million to make.

PS3 emulation will get there eventually, or maybe itll be like Saturn emulation which will eternally be terrible.

Maybe by 2035, but I cant see it selling 20-40 million more by 2030. Not in this economy. High prices plus low wage growth and declining discretionary spending will dampen sales. Even gta6 wont be able to save it.

@1970sGamer Death threats? For the dlss 5 video? Were they pro or against?

That was another one I thought was amazing. Cant wait for photorealism to finally be a reality.

I cant even tell which ones are AI and which ones arent. Such a waste of resources to placate whiners. Id rather have them working on the janky wind animation.

Ive always been a day 1 adopter. In my youth I bought the neo geo, 3do, sega cd, turbo express, etc all on day 1.

Some were super expensive(looking at you neo geo/3DO), but they were niche high end products at the time and there were still the base consoles available.

Fast forward to today, and Ive bought essentially every console at launch since those but now Im starting to look at value a bit more.

If the bottom line consoles start at 1k, then niche ones will be what, 2k?, 3k?

If entry level starts at 1k, there wont be enough sold to support the quality titles were used to. PC will effectively be the cheapest gaming entry point and consoles will essentially die unless a new player can make consoles affordable again.

Sounds all doom and gloom and Im reading like one of those naysayers from years past Id always shoot down as fools, but there is a breaking point for a mass market consumer good that is not essential.

So in short, I feel that 1k is likely an inflection point that will see the games market contract into correction and we may see another early 80s crash until a new, more affordable and innovative producer comes along.

Ive never been a cost conscious gamer, but given the state of things everywhere, Im starting to think this may be my last generation of gaming. 40+ years of the hobby, but the value just isnt there anymore.

Maybe thats the idea though, push hardware sky high so people have to go app based/streaming subs. Or maybe collapse the industry as a whole and more of us outside in the world again.

Whatever it is, I am not seeing a bright future in gaming at this time.

While this increase is not exactly a surprise, and it doesn't really impact us existing owners, It still isn't a good precedent.

I can say that if my pa5 pro fails, I wont be replacing it.

Absolutely no interest in this game due to it being an mp extraction game, but I do hope it sells well. I like bungie and they could use a win.

@wildcat_kickz I don't know about that, Playstation Down sounds like it could be an impressive Channing Tatum/Jamie Foxx film.

Honestly, ill probably always call it psn. Easier to type and say. Its also less confusing if you have limited context as to what is being talked about.

Based on the patch notes they have started addressing areas I was worried about and caused me to hold off on purchasing the title.

1. Item Storage space
2. Difficulty spikes (I dont like souls games)
3. Controls

I can live with the controls as long as they are responsive, the other 2 were critical though. Thankfully my backlog is loaded, so i have a bit to let this one flesh out with updates before diving in.

Are people upset at the dlss 5 tech demo? Because it uses ai?

I dont get people if so. The game looked amazing with the tech. I dont care if an army of manic chimps hammering at keyboards created it. I want it!

Everything ive read and seen makes this game sound like a pretty, but janky game. Plot i can deal with(i enjoy star ocean games plot and those are as cringy as you get). The part that worries me is the difficulty spikes. I hate souls games and loathe a challenge in my rpgs. Im ok with making a leveling mechanic to make me earn the ability to demolish the bosses, but it sounds like those are not very effective in this game.

Thus im going to wait for some patches as I did with cyberpunk. The meat looks good and i can see myself getting lost in this one, but it needs some polish.

77 and 82 are not bad scores for meta critic. Infact, many of my all time favorites are much lower.

Id throw out the high and low scores as well since they are anomolies. From a score perspective this one seems to be a solid 7-8.

Not that I care about scores. This one always felt like it was not my type based on play style alone. Its like it combines all the parts of great games that I done like(flying in zelda, traversal of witcher, etc..)

I understand why collectors would dislike this, and I understand why digital only people like myself are sometimes irked by physical only people playing early.

However, I truly dont think its all that big of a deal either way. In the end people just like to complain. There is no chance this game wont be preserved in modern society given how data heavy were becoming, and there is no reason why people cant just avoid spoilers.

Both sides are silly arguments and the situation is really unwinnable for the devs. So I say just do what makes sense to you as a consumer, whatever path that may be.

Never understood why people cares about exclusives outside of the manufacturers.

I know its irrelevant to me, and its be downright annoying if I could only afford one console.

Ill never understand people wanting to limit exposure of games to a console. Its greedy if nothing else. A desire to withhold things from others to justify ones purchase of a shiny little box.

Ill caveat this opinion with the fact i always purchase all consoles and have a gaming pc, so admittedly exclusives mean little to me, but still, it seems a little short sided and self centered.

@The_ghostmen Id argue the better option is dissolution. They should split into separate entities, shutter ones that are unprofitable and increase competition as opposed to consolidate it.

Neither netflix nor paramount are good for the consumer. Id be hopeful for ftc rejection if not for the corruption at the top. Hopefully some foreign blocks stand up and stop it.

I fully expect this not to happen given the buyout likely to take place.

Either that, or maybe we can expect guest appearances of Trump in Hogwarts or as an invincible boss in mk courtesy of his pal larry.

Best case scenario would be for the games division to be spun off.

@Rich33 Im a day 1 Pro adopter, love my pro, and I cant see a single difference here. Im assuming its either a pic error or just a bad comp.

It looks identical to me. Was the same pic uploaded twice by mistake?

Maybe if they had a play anywhere component like msft. I know its a big selling point for me since i can play on either xbox or my ally xbox x.

I have a portal and ps5 pro as well, so pulling from pc wont impact me that much, but itd be nice to be able to play the ps pc games on device as opposed to streamed

While I have no desire to play this one, I truly miss the days of secrets and unlockables in games.

Hidden fighters, bonus moves, special modes, etc... These things used to drive us to play more.(think mk1 or mk2) Now you just get access or know its there.

In the instance here, the only mistake was in advertising it. Id have left it out of all marketing so people could discover it.

@Kingy Ive had a bit more time to play the game and am now in the "they cut too much" camp.

I didnt even register the haven as being cut for some reason. That mechanic was optional and very fun. There have been other things that feel off now too.

I still love the easy mode options and quality of life improvements and its a very pretty game, but the cuts run a bit too deep for me.

Id be very happy if i didnt already own the ones i wanted. That said, overall, I think its a good set this month.

Dq7 reimagined, diablo 4, and a touch of fantasy life.

Might dip into my enormous backlog too, maybe start my trek into death stranding 2.

@Gaia093 I love the idea of breezing through, the plot is important. I do require some level of progression though, so probably just the grinding limiters for me.(assuming i get motivated enough to retry the choco minigame in ch 11

Is there an option to skip chocobo minigames? If not, this one stays shelved

@DTfearTheBEARD I have 3 65" + lg oleds in my house, all connected to various consoles. My ps5pro is connected to a g series from 2023, the others are both c series from post 2021.

More than capable tvs.

@cainhurst94 I think you forgot a generation there. Some of us are neither, but older than millenialls.(I guess we really are the forgotten generation)

@Kingy I can understand your concerns on the difficulty, but as an old guy who has cleared the game on two platforms, I hope you can understand why I like reduction in difficulty and statues.

I turned everything down to easy as possible and am fully enjoying the game as more of an updated nostolgia trip. Id forgotten most of the game so its triggering a lot of memories without any stress. Im also breezing through t timewise.

I get why people might hate that, and they can turn it up to be more challenging. Having a hardcore or statue free mode would help with that I think.

As for the cut content, that sounds pretty extensive. Not sure il notice it as ive not played since the 3ds ver released, but i will notice if the plot feels like it has some holes.

Currently only on the 4th island, but its been beautiful and fun so far. (Playing back and forth between the xbox ally x and series x versions thanks to xpa, so not on my p5 for this one)

@nessisonett Based on the comments, it seems im not alone in wanting a graphic overhaul.

Id be happy with an overhauled mlb25 to be honest. Just fewer plastic looking players and stadiums

All good updates(on paper), but the game still needs a visual update.

Its not bad looking, just doesn't look much, if any better than the ps4 version from 10 years ago.

Im likely going to put off my annual purchase and go bi or tri annual like i do now with madden/nba2k.

I love baseball, but im more of a play some matches or the ultimate team mode(forget the name for the show version) than playing from hs onward.

That said, im sure itl be great as it is every year.

@Kingy Id argue "best" is very subjective here. Cutting of content can mean a more streamlined and understandable experience.

I liked the ps1 version, but loved the 3ds remake a lot more. Based on the prologue demo, id say this one is better than either of them, but, Id hold that conclusion until Ive played through the whole game and see how the adjusted/cut content impacts the overall flow and story. I already like the combat and qol improvements.

7 on 3ds was my favorite dq game. Honestly never thought of it as a time sink or as dragging on. It always felt brisk to me. 75 hours is quite short too for an old school rpg, I easily spent 100+ on classics like ff6 and ps3/ps4. (And well over 300 on diablo 4 more recently)

Point is, the episodic structure makes this game easy to jump in and out of while not requiring you to remember everything going on. Im very excited to get back into the dq7 world having played through the demo twice now(switch 2 and xbox ally x)

@DTfearTheBEARD

I have never been able to tell the difference between 30 and 60 or higher. I have my ally xbox x putting out high totals sometimes, but i usually end up putting up the quality and dropping fps back down to 30 since I get more utility that way.

With the ps5 pro and series x I always choose quality mode when available for the same reason.

All that said, Im the opposite as you, I wish I could tell the difference since Im always an early adopter of new tech.

Honestly, I love the portals screen. Its clear, bright, and almost up to oled standards. (My home is all oled, i have an oled switch as well)

So no, id not upgrade unless they had some cool new connectivity features. Like say, wifi 7.