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Re: Destiny 2 Support Ending After 9 Years, Sony Dev Bungie to Focus on a 'New Beginning'

TheFakulty

I would have thought that they would have returned the vaulted content so the whole story saga is there. I mean they actually promised to rotate the vaulted content and nothing has ever been returned. I guess we will be getting edge of reason or star wars expansion soon on plus. I haven't bought any expansions since they vaulted the content I has paid for. I had so many fond memories of destiny 1 and 2 with my late father, and I can never relive or revisit those memories. I wont pay a single penny to any future budgie project even though I loved destiny and halo.

Re: Saros PS5 Sales Estimates at 300k, Selling Slower Than Returnal on a Bigger Install Base

TheFakulty

I haven't played Returnal yet, mainly due to the save system and having time to keep redoing runs when dying, sonething i dont have time for, as a parent and full time worker. People either seem to love Returnal or hate for those reasons. I am guessing many people who bought or tried returnal through ps plus may have disliked for those reasons, are now put off this spiritual successor, which seems a shame when it's meant to be more appealing.
It might have benefited them to go back to Returnal and do a Saros mode (die and get stromger, aling with more permanent save points). This might have helped sell the concept of this game and brought more widespread love for Returnal. I am not saying change Returnal but add a different mode.

Re: 'PS5 Is Just a Plastic Box if It Doesn't Have Content': Sony Explains Its 'Third-Party Focused' Ecosystem

TheFakulty

I love Sony and all PlayStation since PS1. It is a shame there aren't as many new first party titles. But I have a few hundred in the back catalogue dating back to ps3. I can't keep up with the amount or releases. Looking at the yearly round ups, I spend most time playing third party games. Last year was ac odyssey and I can see this year being ac valhalla. I try to fit loads of shorter games around these and now stay away from online games. I need story for my games (unless it's a souls like game, but they haven't definitely start and ends).
The PS Portal has been a game changer as well.

Re: Xbox Game Pass vs PS Plus: Was Sony Right All Along?

TheFakulty

Was going to say PS Plus is the better modal but I then look at my situation. I have hundreds of games in backlog, but a lot of those are old ps plus or now known as essential titles. However, I won't give up that subscription because I will lose those games collected over the years. However I now subscribe to premium, because of portal streaming as its only a few quid a month extra. But now I am getting loads of games that were wishlist through extra, so now I am playing those games first before they go off. This means I won't buy games now, because I am in that perpetual motion of rushing through those games each month, feeling guilty for not playing the older triple a games I purchased over the years, so I won't buy new games just not to play them.

Re: Rumour: Xbox Debating Whether to Make Its Games Exclusive Again

TheFakulty

It makes no sense for them in a business point of virw dor two reasons. If you said at this point in time they would reverse it, it would only make sense, as long as they sell the games to xbox series users and pc users and not put them on game pass day one. Thus having two avenues of money coming in, but then they would lose game pass subscriptions.
The second reason is if this ties in with helix, they would again need to remove from gamepass, however there is only one revenue stream, as helix is a pc so no console sales. Now take into account as well for pc, they either make then only available by Windows store, otherwise they lose up to a further 30% revenue selling on other stores like steam and epic.
Also helix is going to be very premium, you will get even less user base than series has now.

Re: Poll: Do You Think PS5 Can Outsell PS4 with Its New Price Point?

TheFakulty

I dont think ps6 will come until the end of 2028 at the earliest and I am happy about that. If they can push the pro to the max, and make that the focal point, especially with the new games and the new pssr, then people will see it more of its own console. Because of pssr I reckon unlike ps4 pro, they should drop ps5 stock and focus on ps5 pro as the real alternative.

Re: Review in Progress: Marathon (PS5) - Bungie's Extraction Shooter Is Brilliant, and It Only Gets Better

TheFakulty

The most damaging thing this article says to me, is that is not as instantly accessible or as fun as Arc Raiders. I found that game not to be fun or accessible.
Omboarding me, as a single player mainstream player, I have no clue why or what am doing in these games. At least with Helldivers, a multiplayer wirh no story, I can see I am building up my character to take on the world. If I die, then it's fine and I learn my lesson, and I may feel compelled to go again. However with extraction shooters, losing everything I have built up to chance, to then have to start over with next to nothing baffles me. Even hard as ***** games like dark souls, all you lose is your in game currency that builds up your character. But at least you get a chance to retrieve it back and you are back to full strength. I know it's me, but if a game doesn't have an ongoing story or doesnt feel like wasted time building a super character to lose it all in one round, it seems pointless.

Re: Out Today: Marathon's PS5 Launch Puts Sony's $3B Live Service Gamble to the Test

TheFakulty

PvE only for me and solo play at that. I enjoyed destiny and division because of this.
I cant stand arc raiders as no story and grind for nothing to show. And helldivers although i found it better with preogressiin, its pretty much impossible to play long term solo.
I just dont like playing with strangers and adult life makes it possible to get sessions with friends

Re: Opinion: Sony's PC Pullback Is the Right Move for PS5

TheFakulty

@Krlozgod but that's not been the case. If you had seen the discontent on these sites, where ps players are really considering just moving to pc and just waiting a year to catch up on the games. I mean everyone's backlog is so big, they can afford to wait. Therefore just taking out a month's ps plus would be more beneficial. At least playing plus premium on portal or ps5, you have invested in the hardware and more likely to make the impulse buy of a game.

Re: Opinion: Sony's PC Pullback Is the Right Move for PS5

TheFakulty

@Krlozgod because it still defeats the purpose of being console exclusive if you can play the games on a non playstation device.
Right now you can play Ghost of Tsushima, God of War Ragnorak, Ratchet and Clank, Returnal, Last of Us Part 1 a& 2 and other ps exclusives from ps4 era if its rhe full ps plus library. What's to stop 1.5% pc players and dare I say it, the new Xbox PC players, from taking out a month's subscription to play those single player games. That's worse devaluation than releasing as full price games on the system.

Re: Highguard Permanently Shuts Down on 12th March

TheFakulty

I dont know if I am looking at it wrong but I see the Horizon game more like a destiny or division. I.e. it can be played solo and enjoyed like that. I mean I dont see people slating monster hunter and that is essentially what the horizon game is?

Re: Physical Game Sales Hit All-Time Low in the US

TheFakulty

I'm a digital only now, I no longer look for physical deals. The convenience of digital is too great now. No physical storage for games casing, no need to pop disc in and out, and now with the Portal, just being able to stream is a god send. I haven't touched my physical elden ring because I cant be bothered to put the disc in the drive. This is a person who bought the disc based ps5 day 1 and then bought the disc attachment months in advance for the pro day 1. It really is only for backlog games or ps4 physical games.

Re: Going Platinum #14: Concrete Genie

TheFakulty

Really enjoyed this game. However I hit a game breaking bug for the trophies and I couldn't get the last trophies despite doing it. The save was corrupted, and not matter how many restarts/reloads I couldn't get it. I wasn't going to do a second run through of it to get the trophy.

Re: 'The Plan's the Plan Until It's Not the Plan': Xbox All Over the Place on Future PS5 Ports

TheFakulty

I think they need to drop games pass, and go back to the old monthly games. This would not save them paying for external games to be on it, especially day one games, but would also force more customers to purchase games on their platform and get the 30% revenue.

I think subscriptions should really be for your own companies games only, and day one should be a no go.

I know it's controversial, as it seems anti gamer, but look at all the companies dying now.

People are not buying new games, and focusing on the massive backlogs of rented games. AA and AAA games are baring the brunt if this