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I mean, I already bought the PS5, I'm gonna continue to use it. We'll see more of an impact once the PS6 actually releases, once the discs actually stop. Some people will boycott now but the big tell will be how many people actually buy the new console versus continuing to use what they already have.

I am SO excited for this, I love the My Time series. I went nuts when I saw Gust and Ginger in one of the trailers lol

I doubt it will happen, but it would be absolutely hilarious if it did. They should just copy that old commercial and flip it. I really don't think Xbox can afford to keep it going though to be honest.

I cannot wait for this. I really wasn't fond of Silent Hill f and this looks so much...not that, I can't wait.

Almost like PC doesn't do physical...weird. Also, Resident Evil Requiem was sold out physically for ages, I had to wait like a month and a half for my pre-ordered copy to arrive. I guess that's because they had to print it especially for me, apparently one of five people that wanted a disc.

Fun story, actually: because of the big delay of getting the physical game, my partner suggested I just cancel it and buy it digitally so that we wouldn't risk spoilers. If not enough physical discs get made and people can't find them, they're more likely to just get it digitally. I STILL haven't played Lies of P because I've never been able to find a disc.

I'm not surprised. I love Dragon Age, and I actually did like Veilguard, but it had some pretty huge issues that non-diehard fans wouldn't be able to overlook. It's definitely the worst in the series without having to even think about it, and that's not good for the newest entry that took a billion years to come out.

I did a big replay of the series earlier this year (DAO and Awakening on PS3 and then I broke the damn console trying to check if I had DLC for 2, so 2 was on PC lol), they hold up so so well. I love the first 3 DA games and even thoroughly enjoyed Veilguard, despite its many and varied problems. I may even have a DA tattoo.

Long story short, I'm a total nerd for Dragon Age and would kill for remasters, but 1 and 2 do look pretty good on PC in my opinion, so...

I've been with Crunchyroll since it was basically a pirate site, I'm kinda used to insane and sudden changes. Locking the store behind higher tiers of subs is very strange to me, though. Like, the regular tier not being good enough to buy things is just...why? If this was a separate store of con merch and limited stuff or whatever I would understand, it would deter scalpers, but if it's just the regular store...what's the point? You're gonna lock a $10 manga behind a $15 sub?

I don't use the store, shipping is way too expensive, so I'm not really affected, but it seems just plain bizarre to lock the store behind a higher tier. I imagine premium shows will be coming next, where new episodes or popular older series will also be locked behind more expensive tiers.

I'm very interested but I dunno if I'm $99.99 (CAD) interested. I'm pretty iffy on the combat being to my taste...I wonder if they'll do a demo?

So many people in the comments are like "lol pc is digital too". Yeah, and it has other storefronts, and is cheaper, and I can outright own some games with GoG. If I am being forced into digital if I continue to play games, no matter the platform, then I will take the ecosystem that is significantly better than the others, even if I prefer physical, because physical is no longer an option.

I don't complain about the lack of a disc drive on my computer because I just bought an external disc drive, no issues. It doesn't seem that I'll have that option with a new PlayStation.

I love the first one but the sequel seems to be more action-oriented, which was the biggest weakness in the first. Definitely a good idea to go with a lower price.

@CielloArc Oh I see, thanks for the clarification! I guess I just have lay offs on the brain...

Loved Elliott enough to get the platinum. I HATED the constant chatter though; there's a setting to allegedly make her talk less but there was no difference. If anything it was better on the normal setting because at least she said different things, not "did you know saving is good?" or "wow this platform we've encountered 9759875829 times moves on its own!" constantly 15 hours in.

I'd rather play this for a month straight than 15 minutes of Homecoming to be honest. I didn't mind Short Message; the only real problem was how cringey the main character (Anita?) was, with her hair INSIDE her glasses. I...I may have gotten excited when I saw this email lol.

I make 100 blue blankets and 1 pink one, freak out over only selling a single pink blanket, decide the world hates pink and ban the colour. Not all games (is it even most anymore?) get a physical release and I very much doubt that statistic takes that into consideration. It's kinda like gushing over how all of GTA 6's sales are digital when disc was never even an option.

Anyway, wasn't there info about the disc factories re-assigning/laying off/whatever already? I don't think they'll change their mind.

I play on console because I like physical games. If I'm going to be forced into a single digital storefront where everything is dynamic pricing, then I may as well just move over to PC where I have options. I'd be much happier if companies would just give me the damn game on a disc and I would prefer to stay with Sony, but no physical means there's no point in consoles, for me.

I'll be buying less as in "none", at least not on PS. Sony's lost me as a customer completely with this idiocy.

I'm probably 99% physical. In everything. My books are physical, my movies are physical, I collect vinyl. Spotify is my sin for discovering new music. I've gotten the occasional digital game, if it's only available digitally, and never for full price. Even then, I've maybe bought two games for more than $10, as it's just a license.

If the PS6 is going to be digital only, I'll just stop giving Sony money. I've been an insane PS fangirl my entire life (I read the news about the physical halt while wearing PS branded socks for God's sake), but if I'm going to be forced into garbage digital gaming, I'll just go on PC. Different storefronts, better prices, more variety, mildly less offensive screwing.

I want to say mean things about the executives but I'll refrain. I just wish they had allowed us the choice, but I suppose there's marginally less money in that.

AI is great for data analysis and I don't particularly care if a company uses it for things like that. Gen AI is an automatic no though, I'm even a little icked out by using it for placeholder voices. What, everyone in the office is mute? Easy placeholder = oops we left it in sorry you guys noticed, guess we'll patch it now.

I've never played GTA and I don't personally know anyone super into it. I'm always so surprised at just how popular it is. I used to work at a game store for like 5 years and I think I sold at least one copy of GTA V every single day, years after it came out. I hope everyone's servers can handle this demand!

Who could possibly have foreseen that spending billions without a thought or a plan would backfire? It's interesting that the bloodbath apparently hasn't even begun yet, considering all the closures that have already happened.

I cannot believe the amount of laid off/fired people coming out of this industry in the last few weeks. In the future, we will only have Call of Duty and JRPGs at this rate.

Realistically, who would spend so much for this?

Most anticipated game this year by a long shot, I cannot wait to play day one.

I think we'd all like new Elder Scrolls and Fallout games before the decade is out, but I aggressively don't want them to be rushed.

@AGENT_sixtee6 For real?? Thank you! I will probably grab it right away then, thanks for letting me know!

I've always wanted to play this but it sounds too buggy for me.

I'm just about finished with Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, so after that I'll go back to my interrupted replay of LA Noire. We're also painfully making our way through Banjo-Tooie for a few hours every night, we'll see how long that lasts!

I have such an affinity for religious themed games, I might grab "What have you done, Father". Eliot's demo was excellent buuuuut the constant chatter makes me wanna wait for a sale.

Maybe I just don't understand, but I was always super confused with GamePass. Like...why would that not affect sales? If I can play the game immediately with a subscription, why would I buy it day 1 as well? I also don't think late ports help much, generally speaking. I feel like it's wisest to release it fully day 1 with the full marketing force behind it.

If you use AI for this, you're going to use it for the final game and hope no one notices. Laziness tends to justify itself so it can continue being lazy.

It was okay, imo. I don't like Marvel and I have no interest in God of War, but the games still looked good, just not something I would play. I enjoyed the three seconds of Silent Hill and Control though. Lots of variety, even if most of it wasn't for me. As a few people have mentioned, it feels more "release dates for games we know about" as opposed to new stuff.

It had cool ideas but overall I found it to be pretty meh, stuff didn't mesh well. I think it has potential for a sequel though.

My clown wig is firmly in place, I'll never stop hoping for more Bloodborne, regardless of reality trying to bring me down.

I'm also an obsessive HSR (and GI, I'm a nerd) fan, and I really hope whenever these games finish, there's some sort of complete disc bundle or download or something that's released so we can still play it. I don't even want to think of how much storage I would need though

Canadian here, the Steam Deck OLED 1TB is $1349, 512GB is $1129. Even if the price is justified, I really can't imagine people spending that kind of money on it, even if they wanted to!

This is gross, not just because it's AI, not just because it's Kojima doing it, but because this was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival of all places.

This reminds me immensely of Conception, I will buy immediately.

Very happy for a free Gilgamesh, but even happier for Blade part 2.

I was very hopeful when I first saw the trailer, played the demo last night. I have 2 hours and 12 minutes in and I'm not done yet, it's long and FULL of content. It's like if Final Fantasy and LoZ: Link to the Past had a baby, I'm loving it. My only gripe, literally, is the non-stop chatter from the Princess. Non. Stop.

Oh, they're perfect for a LotR game! That's great news, I'm very excited now

I loooove LA Noire, currently replaying it for the millionth time. It's weird though, the PS4 version changed "Truth/Doubt/Lie" to "Good Cop/Bad Cop/Accuse". This technically makes more sense considering Cole's insane Doubt reactions but it trips me up every time I see it.

The remake was really excellent, I can't wait for SH1 and Townfall. I didn't love f but that's more to personal taste as opposed to thinking it's bad.

I thought this was a joke when I first heard about the offer. I'm fairly certain it's some kind of publicity stunt that I don't understand the point of.

Sinking City was awesome because of the investigations...it had atrocious combat. Why get rid of the best part to emphasize the worst? I hope it turns out well, I really love the first one.

I went through the trilogy with all the DLC again two weeks ago, weird timing. All three are excellent and a new Bioshock game would be a day one buy for me...as long as they don't include the multiverse stuff.

Not a great take. I'm Canadian, so AAA games are already over $100 for me. I think I've only ever purchased one game on release at that price (RE Requiem at $101.49, standard edition). I used to get a new release every month, now it's every two years or so. I'm a massive Final Fantasy fan and I just bought part 2 of the remake a few days ago when it went to $25. That being said, I've grabbed some games day 1 that have a lower price point, like Fatal Frame II (65 before taxes).

Games are super expensive to make, but that doesn't mean I'm willing to drop nearly $120 for a Digimon game. Isn't it more efficient to have a price regular people can afford and sell more copies? I know I just wait for price drops/sales now, and I'm sure plenty of people do too.

This is a day one buy for sure. I'm so ready to remember how stupid I am, all over again.

Some of them look good/interesting from a design perspective but man...there used to be ads for a mobile game that showed a scantily clad fantasy lady with suggestive text, and that's what the gold ones look like. Cheap and kind of lazy, somehow.