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@MrPeanutbutterz They were. I remember reading the 2008 Guinness Book of Records Gaming Edition, where they declared Halo to be THE best series in gaming. Halo was an event back in those days as you say. Everybody I knew who cared about gaming didn’t have PS2s, because they all had the Xbox to play Halo.

Honestly of all Microsoft’s mistakes, I think losing control of Halo’s quality is the biggest one that isn’t talked about enough. Back in its hay day, it was probably THE representative of all of gaming. Nothing was bigger than Halo at the time, so seeing the franchise in the lull that’s its been in since 343 took over is astonishing.

@Msw7089 From Microsoft?!?!

@Can-You-Believe-Sith Nintendo EAD doesn't have anything to do with developing the core Pokemon games. That's all down to Game Freak and the Pokemon Company.

@Oram77 Well considering Game Freak's track record, I wouldn't put its poor optimisation solely down to it being developed for Switch 1 too.

@Oram77 It doesn't always work like that, especially nowadays where console optimisation is easier than ever. Gran Turismo 7 wasn't designed for the PS4. Crash Bandicoot the N. Sane Trilogy wasn't designed for the Switch. Both of those ports happened because developers were able to find a way to make them work, not because the games were intended to run run on them.

I think the Switch 2 is going to ensure that a bunch of games will still get PS4 versions. If you're porting to that console, I don't see why developers can't downgrade to PS4 also.

There seems to be a lot of anticipation and excitement around the potential PS5 port of a game that most die hard fans described as "meh"

RE0 could most certainly do with a remake before Code Veronica I'd say. It is such an annoying game to play through, with little identity of its own after the train sequence.

It’d be interesting to see how it pans out. Aloy was a good protagonist but outside of the opening, the first game’s plot has been kinda meh.

Seems like a bizarrely early time to be announcing this

For me personally, I would need to be convinced that the PS6 can get games developed more quickly in order for me to be hyped, but I’m not sure how that would even be possible.

@Amnesiac "Oh my lord, why are we getting a new Final Fantasy game on CONSOLE. I'm sick and tired of games using complex button combinations to limit the appeal, I want to just spend a few hundred quid on all the best gear so I can own some rookies".

We're at an interesting point now where game consoles are coming out faster than brand new games do. I'll no doubt be buying it because I'm an enthusiast, but I think Sony will need some killer marketing in order to convince people that the jump in power is going to lead to significant results.

What do you think the odds are that by the time GTA VII launches (yes VII, not VI), GTA V will STILL be in the top ten?

Better late than never. It took its time, but Yooka Laylee finally got there, and I think Replaylee will go down as a remake that took a flawed game, and chiselled down those edges to end up with the game the original was always trying to be.

FF17 can outsell GTA6, and they’d still consider it a disappointment

It was okay. Saros looks cool, excited to see what Insomniac does with Wolverine. The most hyped thing I’ve seen though would probably be the Deus Ex remaster. I’ve only played the PS2 version of that game, so I hope this new version includes all the stuff that port was missing.

@carlos82 CTR NF has a lot more detail going in on it, and as good as it was, you can't really compare a big budget first party Nintendo game to one of Activision's side projects.

@Oram77 It's a PS4 game with no PS5 version. Doesn't count.

@carlos82 I actually thought that was pretty cool. It was a unique feature that I haven't seen before in a racing game.

That subtitle makes me really wants the Sonic R tracks to come back as DLC, with the original soundtrack either remixed or unaltered.

There's many reasons to be sceptical about the show, but not starring Cristopher Judge isn't one of them. Remember that he wasn't even the first actor to play the role.

I know some of us connoisseurs may not be into GTA (myself included, the controls suck), but I cannot see a world where GTA6 doesn't blow every single sales record away.

According to the Insomniac leak, the only first party games to have more digital sales than physical (if I’m remembering correctly) were Ghost of Tsushima and MLB the show (maybe Death Stranding Directors Cut too)

@Judal27 I get where you’re coming from, but I always viewed it more like Burnout Paradise. The simple act of exploring the map and completing challenges is relaxing to me (though I agree the rewards you get do suck)

I wonder if this Venom spinoff will be where we finally see this universe's version of Eddie Brock

This is probably the only time I’m glad a rerelease has made no real improvements to the main games. This collection isn’t about celebrating a beloved franchise, it’s about documented one of the worst franchises of all time, and it should be remembered how terrible it is.

I may be excited or horrified at the idea of another game in this series having an alternative story mode, because I may be begging or mortified about the idea of a certain character’s fate being different.

Have a guess who I’m talking about.

Not convinced that this multi platform strategy is going to work the way Square is hoping it does. The only FF games to release on Xbox at launch were the FF13 trilogy and FF15. I just don’t think the Xbox platform is home to where the people who are genuinely interested in these remakes are.

@Ravix I’m sorry to say, but it’s almost certainly be just a load of FIFAs Cod’s and GTAs. Maybe something like Skyrim if we’re really lucky.

I remember reading somewhere that only 30% of The Last of Us Part II Naughty Dog made Uncharted 4. Makes you wonder how many of that Sucker Punch team were part of it during the Infamous days, let alone Sly Cooper

I don’t think it’s really fair to compare the unit sales from the PS4/PS5 era to the PS1 era. How many PS1 games even sold 10 million units? I think Gran Turismo did, but I’m not sure on any others.

Coming from a 100% physical gamer...I think the detachable disc drive does have merit, especially when it comes to replacing components which no longer work.

I’m sorry, but I do not have faith in this working out. A lot about what worked in the Norse Games was that it was a SEQUEL to the Greek series. Sure they can show the Greek series in flashbacks, but it’s not the same thing as going from GOW 3, where Kratos was at his lowest point, to 2018 where he is slowly starting to getting his life back in order

I believe the guy who’s playing Zangief is also the guy who played Paulie in the last season of Reacher, am I right?

I'd be more excited for this if I had any faith that Atari wouldn't screw up massively somehow.

Valkyria Chronicles 4 for me. I’ve finished 1 and 2 for the first time this year, time to make it the hat trick.

Game preservation at work folks, you asked for it.

In all serious, it’s cool to see this come back. Bad art needs to exist to provide context for good art.

I don’t care if it’s happening or not, but how the heck do we go from a monocle emoji to a “the Xbox port is definitely happening you guyz”?

@get2sammyb I feel that people forget that plenty of "complete" PS2 games often had performance dips that would've benefitted from patches to help smooth things out even further.

Let us all hope that the questionnaire Nintendo put out yesterday results in something positive for a change.

At the rate WB is going, we may yet see a DC game that truly rivals Superman 64

Not the biggest fan of these games myself, but I’m glad they’re selling great. I can still appreciate that they’re high quality games with a lot of money behind them.

90 minutes eh?

The first twenty will be taken up by executives congratulating themselves on the series up to this point.

The next half an hour will be spent on ports of 3 and 4.

Then we'll have news on a movie adaptation of Suikoden 2

Then a bunch of info on the mobile game.

Then the reveal of a Japanese ecvlusive MMO.

Then as a one last thing, Konami will announce that Riou and Jowi will be playable in Fortnite.

@DennisReynolds True, but what I’m saying is that Capcom didn’t waste time trying to make that awful AWFUL game good. They moved on to better and greater things.

I think this exact situation with Mindseye is an example of one of the biggest problems with modern game development.

Remember back in the PS2 days when Devil May Cry 2 came out? Yeah it sucks, but at least Capcom can leave it be and make something better next time.

Nowadays when a big budget game sucks, we can’t just leave it alone and work on something else, we have to spend ages and ages trying to fix it (usually unsuccessfully)

This isn’t quite the same as The Crew. To the best of my knowledge the game is still playable (just not online) and I’m pretty sure you can still get physical discs for it if you wish.

The sad thing was that the Summer State of Play is one of the better ones, but sadly the damage had already been done. I enjoyed the Summer State of Play, but I wasn’t excited for it when it was announced.

Good Lord, this is crazy. I thought it was bad when Xbox closed down the studio that made their most beloved game in years, but this latest round of layoffs is making closing down Tango look minor. This isn’t closing down a studio that’s been making cult classics, this is effectively killing one of the biggest franchises in all of gaming.