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@mrbone Nintendo initially reported on their website when they announced the Switch 2 that games would be $80 digitally, and $90 physically. We haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure it's coming. I know with Xbox I've always thought the consoles were the superior one, but there's only been a small handful of exclusives I've wanted to play of theirs over the years. Fortunately, they are now available on PS5. I hope that pendulum swings the other way though!

@kmtrain83 Thanks. But I'm actually getting way more into gaming now than ever. I just have such a backlog that I will have plenty to play in the years to come. I also have a home arcade that I built that plays arcade and console games. I'm good! Take care

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Here's An Updated PS5 Launch Title List
The PlayStation 5 launched with several exclusive titles, including Demon's Souls, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, Destruction AllStars, and Astro's Playroom. These games were either exclusive to the PS5 or offered enhanced versions for the console.
Let's also not forget Astro's Playroom was FREE.

@Haruki_NLI that's a good point and I do agree with you. Just for me, this is where I jump off the bandwagon. I've been a console gamer since the Intellivision. I've owned every Nintendo system except the Wii U. I just can't abide by this greed anymore. I know Playstation and Xbox will follow suit. It would be one thing if we got complete editions of games, but you know there are still going to be broken, buggy messes at launch with a greater price point and still paid DLC. Can you imagine how expensive the next generation's batch of Ubisoft games will be? Do you think they are going to improve? Of course they will eventually fall back to their model of releasing broken, buggy messes that are carbon copies of old games, and they will charge $80 and up for it.

@Haruki_NLI Maybe they haven't done it yet, but I guarantee by the end of the year they will. Same as how last generation started at a $60 price point, and went up to $70 after a few months.

@Haruki_NLI Nintendo confirms US$80 to US$90 price hike for Nintendo Switch 2 games
The US$90 price tag on physical copies of Mario Kart World has proven controversial.
Nintendo has officially unveiled its next-generation Nintendo Switch 2 gaming console, replete with all-new mic and voice chat features, mouse-like capabilities for the Joy-Cons, and more. Unfortunately, the reveal has not gone down without any controversy. While the console’s US$449.99 price tag has already stirred up online debates over its value, the pricing of its games might be a bigger problem.
According to Insider Gaming, games for the Nintendo Switch 2 will cost up to US$80 for digital and US$90 for physical.

Crazy Switch 2 sold that well considering it has, what? 2 exclusives? Then topped off with the absolute greed of charging $80 for digital and $90 for physical, nothing done to address joystick drift, and overcharging for peripherals, it's amazing I guess. I think another factor though was the limited supply of PS5's at launch. For the first 3 months, I checked online and couldn't find one. Then read an article that stated 3 AM was the best time to check at Target. My dog woke me up to be let out the next night at that time, I checked while waiting, and sure enough it was there. When I picked up it later that day, the cashier told me I had the golden Wonka ticket.

I played this. It was mediocre at best. The fighting was ok, although every time I picked it up i had to get used to the control scheme because I like to alternate games that I play and the control scheme for this is very unique (each face button is a body part). The forging was ok at first but got old really quick. But my main issue was the level desgn. It was absolutely atrocious. I can't tell you how much time I spent wandering around in circles looking for a passage or door. The map didn't help as it's just a large view of an area. There was nothing organic to it. It just was more trouble than it was worth.

Nice! I'm a horror movie junkie, but got tired of the multiplayer horror games so a single player game is very welcome. Hope this opens the door for more of them, and sees developers move away from trying to carbon copy the Dead by Daylight formula.

Could there be a games company more detached from reality than Ubisoft?
"At Ubisoft, the golden rule when developing premium games is to allow players to enjoy the game in full without having to spend more."
Every game they make has 3-4 price points. Every game they make has the most pointless filler fetch quests. Every game they make is a carbon copy of a previous game, with little to no innovation or effort to make something unique. Go away Ubisoft. You're drunk.

Finally, been waiting for Wuchang. Looks amazing.

Playing through Ico for about the 6th time, but this time I'm doing it on an arcade machine. Surprisingly it plays really well! Also going to be working through the Robocop DLC and platinuming Lies of P this weekend. Happy gaming everyone!

Can't recommend Tchia or Banishers Ghosts of New Eden enough. They were my favorite games last year (aside from Astrobot and Black Myth Wukong).

Meh. Karl Urban is a badass, but this looks like another bomb. I thought the last one had its moments, but.....meh.

A new IP would be good, but if they are going to continue God of War. I would love to see Kratos take on Polynesian mythology.

From what I've seen of gameplay, these crazy trailers, and being a sucker for historical fiction, I'm in. Beta will be the ultimate test next week but this looks like a banger.

I'm checked out. I rarely watch TV, and the 2nd season was a disappointment. I don't mind changes to the game (the first season I thought there were things the show did better), but the change to characters was baffling. So much was shoehorned in without any weight behind it. So they can make 1 or 2, I am not going to watch it.

I've only owned 1 Xbox console (the first one), which I ended up trading in since the majority of games I liked were on PS as well. Bought every PS console released. Give it to them. I hated the whole "my console is better than yours" crap. It's so much better for everyone when we share.

This was one of my games of the year last year. The combat is decent, nothing to write home about, but the story is very moving and exploration is incredible. Make sure you do all the haunting cases, as it is really easy to miss them and they are the best thing about the game. Time for me to jump in and play evil this time.

I also just got back from the Manitou Springs Penny Arcade in Colorado. They had lots of old pinball and boardwalk machines from the early 1900s, and several arcade games as well. Put a couple of #1 high scores up, will be fun to go back in a few months and see if they are still there.

Just finished Lies of P Overture. What a masterpiece. I liked it so much I think I am going to play through it again and platiunum it now, which I rarely do. Will probably sneak some of the Alters in as well, it's brilliant. Happy gaming everyone.

@Avishayafriat I think this is probably it. After you beat the first 4 new levels, it opens up another similiar to the Master Challenge that is really tough. On beating it, all the bots float around you and it fireworks blare with a "Thank you for Playing" message. Can't complain though, as they added tons of new content for free. Game has been an absolute joy.

I had already pre-ordered it as I loved Ghost of Tsushima. I was expecting this to be good, but based on this demonstation it looks like it wildly exceeds my expectations. This looks absolutely incredible.

Just beat the first 4 levels and started the new Master Challenge. That is one tough level but I love it. This game is the gift that keeps on giving.

About time. The game was so choppy I thought I was playing Mindseye.

I played a few of these and they were really good. I would definitely purchase a remaster or newer entry.

@Rich33 Yeah I was adamant about purchasing it again, but I loved the game so much I just went ahead and did it. I am loving the DLC though. I'll probably turn the difficulty down and on my next playthrough try it again on hard. Take care!

@Northern_munkey I think I saw a trailer for some new DLC for Khazan, so there is that to look forward to. It's an amazing game. Lies of P Overture is great but it is much more difficult than the base game. There are however, 3 difficulty options now. Have a good one!

@Rich33 Thanks. I am finding it much more difficult. One issue though is I beat the game twice, then bought the DLC. Sadly it didn't work. After some online research, it turns out that the copy I bought off Amazon was actually from the UK (I'm in America) so it was not compatible with the DLC which was on the American PS store. So I bought the game again digitally on the last PS sale. I then had to start everything from scratch since my save file was also incompatible, and play through the game again until I got to chapter 9. It's been really frustrating. So I'm not leveled up anywhere near what i was previously, along with having to re-earn weapons and items. I've been stuck on the first boss the last day or so and think I am just going to tamper down the difficulty, because it's just getting really frustrating at this point. Take care!

The First Bezerker Khazan. The addition of normal mode has made this game playable for me, finally. I had made about 25% progress on hard difficulty, but after getting slammed continually for about 2 weeks I put it aside a few months back. It's tolerable now and I am loving it. Also finally working through Lies of P Overture and getting reamed in that as well. But after beating the main game on hard mode I'm going to keep plugging away. Is it just me or is Overture way harder? I think I need a breather and need to play some Astrobot or something. These brutal games are killing me, but I can't stop playing them.

@thefourfoldroot1 thank you so much I have not heard anything about this. Unfortunately, there is no way to connect 2 of the 3 mesh boxes to ethernet, but this is a start. Appreciate you!

When mine works, I love it. But I have a very fast internet connection (I work from home) with a mesh system and most of the time I will be in another room near the mesh device and it constantly drops connection. It's really frustrating.

I don't have an Xbox, but more of this please. It's nice to see the gates finally opened, and we can all stop arguing with each other over consoles. Helldivers 2 is an amazing game, especially considering how friendly most of the players are as opposed to almost every other online title.

I think it's time for a remastered collection. Loved all these entries (but 2 was definitely the best one).

@nessisonett I haven't seen those but will have to check it out. Dastmalchian is definitely talented, but he also has an amazing life story being a former addict. I saw a speech he gave a few years ago to addicts that was really inspiring. Have a good day!

@nessisonett Late Night with the Devil. Brilliant movie.

I am really starting to wonder about Kojima's drug use these days.

Really excited for Wuchang. Lots of releases this month look great.

I have such good memories of these. When the PS1 came out, I would occassionally go to friend's houses that had one and nothing really impressed me. Until a friend put MGS1 in my hands. I went on my lunch break the next day, bought a PS1 with MGS1 and Silent Hill (just because it looked good), then went home (lived close to work), hooked it up, then called work and told them my car broke down. I then had one of the best gaming days of my life. Except my work hated me then. A few years later I was like 40 minutes late to work because of that damn hour long cutscene at the end of MGS2 - you couldn't pause it. I'm in the minority here, but I much prefer the Solid Snake entries over the Big Boss ones. MGS4 is my second favorite.

This is a disturbing and alarming trend that I feel will be more prevalent in the future. This is kind of ridiculous though as I feel it's used in a very minor way in this instance. Sad, because this game is one of the most brilliant games I've played in a while. I don't care, I am really enjoying it.

It's probably because I'm a former mailman, but I absolutely hated the first DS game. Delivering packages in the game was even more boring than it was in real life. I used to be a huge Kojima fan, but not anymore. He's just gotten too pretentious and self obsessed. Absolutely zero interest in this one, but I hope everyone else enjoys it.

@Alps_Stranger I love mine.....when it works. I have very fast internet at home with a mesh system. I can be literally right next to it and it often plays with tons of lag, is pixelated, and drops connection. It's really frustrating.

Great list, I've actually played most of these. But just started the Alters, I'm only about 5 hours in but my God, is it good. I bought it just for the premise alone, which is really interesting and thought inducing. Gameplay is fun and I feel mechanics are introduced slow enough to not get out of control too quickly. I'm really enjoying it.

@Jrs1 I get that. Just I've tried turn based games in the past and never get very far. I really could not put Clair Obscur down until I beat it. To be fair though, I did play it on easy mode. Even then, there were still some challenging fights towards the end. Take care!

This has been the longest wait for a game. I think it's been like 2 years since it was announced and I've been dying to play it since. Every new video I see just looks completely amazing. I'm not sick of soulslike games yet as I'm still new to them, but I'm sure I'll hit that wall eventually.

Nothing for me this month. Not a fan of top down games, and as much as I typically love Don't Nod titles, Jusant didn't interest me at all. Not much into fighting games either. Sigh.

@Jrs1 I hate turn based games too but actually enjoyed Clair Obscur. You also have to parry and there are quick time events during the fights so that makes it completely tolerable. I actually ended up really enjoying the combat, and the story is incredible.

Nailing all of that dialogue in a mere 4 hours is absolutely incredible. Every single thing I hear about this game just blows me away, such as the lead writer initially going in for a voice audition, to the composer being picked from Soundcloud. It's just such an amazing gaming story and triumph.

@Northern_munkey Yeah I'm still working through Khazan and it is kicking my (@#$@ but I love it. My problem is I'm playing through too many games at once (damn PS sales), but all I want to play now is souls games. But yeah Wukong is just so incredible. I beat it 3 times already.

@WafflingHearts Yea back when I first tried them I would run into a wall with a hard boss or section, and then put it aside. It's hard to find time the older you get. But then I remember the kind of games I beat when I was a kid. Ghosts n Goblins, Battletoads, Mike Tyson's Punch-out, Castelvania, etc. That's why I gave Wukong a try. Now I've played so many of them. I've only beat a few, but I'm getting there!