Well as I am playing most games from my backlog. Unless older years game count then my two options left that released in 2025 are: Lost Records which i am struggling to enjoy or Tomb Raider Legend. Guess it's the latter
As long as the games turn out to be fun, enjoyable and more importantly cheaper. As a consumer, I never look to see all people who made the games in the end credits (I skip if possible) so I am not going to pretend like I would be concerned. How many people can now truly own up to going to a bank, withdrawing their cash from a cashier, and going to physical shops everyday to purchase their goods at a human teller. No paying by card or phone, just by cash. That is where this started, I.e. doing people out of jobs for convenience. A.i. well just be another convenience, more games made at quicker rates, which we will consume, if they make our individual lives better.
Why dont they ask Naughty Dog how they made the ps3 uncharted collection on ps4? There must be some easy way to convert and improve mgs4 like they did.
@Markatron84 I dont really follow the market places or other convoluted stuff they introduced. I go in play the campaigns, maybe do some strikes and upgrade my guardian to pretty and then drop off until the next story. I dont have time to keep relearning stuff for it to be gone next time I come back.
Sorry for third post but destiny had a special place in my heart. To cap it though, In its current state I will not purchase any more expansions. If they come to plus, I will jump in but that's it.
You know i would actually go through the whole damn story again if I could. Meaning they would have to return the vaulted content, and allow me to purchase battlepass content and find a way to allow us to experience a watered down single player raid experience. I bet you if they did that, they would get a lot of players back. I have never had a second character, I have always been a warlock in d1 and d2, but I would love to do the whole thing, including d1 story as one of the others. I mean that's at least 100hrs commitment there per character (without doing the strikes and multiplayer). Even if they resold it as the ultimate bundle with destiny 1 redone in destiny2 engine. I would re-buy. As long as I could access all content, including versions of raids accessible to single or strike style players of 3. I know it would take some adapting but man it would be the ultimate experience. It could be cross play with the current d2 community so there are player counts there already.
I haven't purchased any expansions for about 4 years now. Just wait for them on plus. I was a seasoned regular on d1 and d2 ubtil they went with the battlepass systen, which correlated with them taking away content i had bought However, as many have pointed out, even playing those expansions for free on plus a year behind, I haven't got a clue what is really going on as there is so much story lost in those battle passes that can never be experienced. I am doing the final shape at the moment and I am like how the fcuk did they get to this part here.
And this seems really silly but I didnt realise until the first poster mentioned that story is tied to raids. Raids that single players can't experience because there has never been match making. So unless you go external or have friends you can't do them.
Excellent line up of games for me. Have none of them, but looking at the video of plus, they all look like something I would give a go. Again. For £13.49 for premium that's about as much as a kfc meal and I have all the option of the higher tiers too. My backlog just got bigger and now I am safe to buy marvel fighting collection and forza in the black Friday sale
I would be interested when they do the playstation year review if they show playtime on ps5, ps5 pro and ps portal. I think despite owning pro because I like the best graphics that I have played in the Portal the most
@saffeqwe was about to ask how long that game is realistically. I always check How Long To Beat, but I must either be really slow, methodical or others just speed through to boast how quick they complete games. It's says 16hrs on HLTB site so i will take your time as more realistic. Guess I will have to switch focus from games I own that I am playing to completing sonic first, then lost records, then blue prince. I love and hate the premium prescription. I play on my portal loads now, but the backlog keeps getting bigger as I rush to complete games that were on my wishlist but came out on plus.
I cant believe I just bought talos principle 2 on the last sale. Argh.....
Will play tomb raider and still wakes the deep. I cant complain them alone are worth the £13.49 monthly p4ice of premium especially for me and the Portal streaming now.
@1970sGamer I like df a lot but they are first to admit they are snobby when it comes to cloud gaming. They don't like it.
I have been playing the final shape destiny 2 and it was very playable. It's not as smooth as doing on the ps5 but that is 120fps
I also been playing nfs unbound and have been doing well in it on the Portal. Especially as that game is ludicrously hard due to rubber banding
@Jrs1 yes saves are universal if you have auto upload donwload cloud saves on your ps5 turned on. I have been playing death stranding ac valhalla and dead island across portal and ps5 without have to go to download and upload saves
I mean massive sales of mh world may have skewered their predictions. I dont know the sales figures for that game but say 20mil bought over its lifespan. If half loved and half hated it (I struggle with it personally), then the first half will likely rush out and buy it in the first 6 months. The rest of us will probably never buy it as we didnt get on with the first one, wait for it to hit a subscription service to try before buy, or wait for an incredibly low sale. Just because the last one sold bucket loads does not mean the next one will, as everyone forms an opinion on it.
@REALAIS yes that is exactly what I am saying. So the bread and butter mp that most people loved in the paid up front games for COD is declining because the players are getting similar free content. Therefore reducing numbers. It's no coincidence that COD no longer releases paid dlc maps now as the reduced player base isn't worth it. This could up end the same for BF with more focus on the free to play if suddenly the numbers swell there. I dont play either game mp, so not gonna be affected but would be sad to see a return to form for BF, ruined by spreading out its player base
@REALAIS but isn't a COD a good example. Year on Year sales are declining for the paid game, which coincides with Warzone coming out. I know they make money on micro transactions but it's still split the player base.
They just need to open up streaming games you own now and it would massively take off. There are so many of my ps4 games I could get through on this but you can stream ps4 at moment
I bought ps1 day one. Ps2 once gta3 launched a year later. I bought ps3 when slim came out that Xmas and ever since then I bought pa4, ps4 pro, ps5 and ps5 pro, ps portal day one. Never bought psp. I bought vita, psvr, psvr2 all after a year on the market.
However, I wont be buying ps6 day one this time. I will get one. Maybe a year or so after launch. This mainly due to the backlog, and the fact I no longer buy games brand new because of the backlog. I find I am playing either ps4 games or upgraded ps4 games more these days. I have bought far more ps3 games recently.
I think the only way I would buy ps6 day one is if it could run ps3 games, and bonus if it can upgrade them. Then I could sack off ps3 finally and just game on one system.
I dont care if the games go on pc day one. I dont want a PC for gaming. I want pick up and play. I love playing games on the Portal. I just wish they open up, so I can stream all my library ps3 to ps5 on it. That would cure my backlog
Am I the only one here, that doesn't care about the article in terms of PS6, but what they have said about the full fat version of fsr4 launching next year for the pro. That's what I want to hear more about. What are the improvements because we have that console now. I am also wondering if they will launch a version of pssr for the ps5 when it's in low power mode to really test the functionality of the potential handheld device. The would be more wiggle room for pssr to be available on a ps5 at the point. It might mean that you are then get same results in low power mode as you would normally
I only buy old games now. I think I have purchased more ps3 games than I have ps4 and ps5 together in the last couple of years. A big backlog and ps plus premium keeps me going
@Cry_Zero that's my exact point. It's all written with stupid nonsensical sounds. Get the characters to speak the words on the screen or say nothing at all. I mean they could easily get ai to put speech in.
Has there been any improvements to voice acting. That was so terrible in the original.
I'm not sure i like the idea of no progression. Platformers in the 90s have always been about earning new abilities and opening up new areas. I say this as someone who finished the first game and almost came close to platinum
Excellent. I always buy COD once the price drastically drops in promotions just to play the single player campaign, so I will definitely drop what I am playing to get through this in the trial period
To be fair, I have bought a lot of ps4 games (no cross gen) and I play a lot of ps4 games. However these are all played on my ps5, ps5 pro and portal. That's because they released patches rather than upgrades. My ps4 and ps4 pro have been put away for a while
Had mine since day 1 again. But being honest, I haven't played many games that would take full advantage of it. I am currently playing dead island 2 on it and it looks sublime but then I haven't tried said game on my standard ps5 so I cant compare. I have actually been using the older ps5 more as it's linked to my portal and I have been playing older ps4 games like gr wildlands, ac odyssey, destiny 2, bloodbourne mgs1 as well as playing sonic transformed on ps3. I think as soon as they said it would be improved in 2026 then I just backed off on the better games until then
I bought disc drive ps5 day one and then I bought the detachable disc drive for pro day 1. I dont bother putting the disc games in as I have become lazy, which means back log pecking order is now digital first. I have 33 physical games, however, 75% of these have been available digitally through ps plus (up to premium) where i played them instead. I have a much larger ps4 library but there's not a lot that a ps6 will do to improve them that i would invest day one in a detachable disc drive again
@antdickens yes I had same but now fixed and submitted.
My answers about buying games really hit home on how little I buy games now. This not because I dont like any of the games, i always love reading up on new releases and putting them on my wishlist. However, 1 and haf year's ago I made the decision not to buy any more games, because of my humongous back catalogue of purchased and ps plus games across 3 generations. I was finding I was buying games but not getting round to playing them until they end up being on ps plus or being a few years old and then ridiculously low sale prices. It was just wasting money. The only purchases I have made in recent years was Astrobot for my daughter and helldivers 2 (for hype and didn't like it) and the rest have been ps3 games, and then only dlc, a couple of vr games and then ps5 £10 upgrades.
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Re: PS Blog Wants Your PS5 Game of the Year Nominations for 2025
Well as I am playing most games from my backlog. Unless older years game count then my two options left that released in 2025 are:
Lost Records which i am struggling to enjoy or Tomb Raider Legend. Guess it's the latter
Re: PS5's Biggest Game Fortnite Accused of Using AI Art
As long as the games turn out to be fun, enjoyable and more importantly cheaper. As a consumer, I never look to see all people who made the games in the end credits (I skip if possible) so I am not going to pretend like I would be concerned. How many people can now truly own up to going to a bank, withdrawing their cash from a cashier, and going to physical shops everyday to purchase their goods at a human teller. No paying by card or phone, just by cash. That is where this started, I.e. doing people out of jobs for convenience. A.i. well just be another convenience, more games made at quicker rates, which we will consume, if they make our individual lives better.
Re: Metal Gear Solid Delta Producer Is Hoping to Remake MGS4, Rescuing It from PS3 Jail
Why dont they ask Naughty Dog how they made the ps3 uncharted collection on ps4?
There must be some easy way to convert and improve mgs4 like they did.
Re: Ahead of Renegades Launch, Destiny 2 Dev Explains New Approach to Expansions
@Markatron84 I dont really follow the market places or other convoluted stuff they introduced. I go in play the campaigns, maybe do some strikes and upgrade my guardian to pretty and then drop off until the next story. I dont have time to keep relearning stuff for it to be gone next time I come back.
Re: Ahead of Renegades Launch, Destiny 2 Dev Explains New Approach to Expansions
Sorry for third post but destiny had a special place in my heart. To cap it though, In its current state I will not purchase any more expansions. If they come to plus, I will jump in but that's it.
Re: Ahead of Renegades Launch, Destiny 2 Dev Explains New Approach to Expansions
You know i would actually go through the whole damn story again if I could. Meaning they would have to return the vaulted content, and allow me to purchase battlepass content and find a way to allow us to experience a watered down single player raid experience. I bet you if they did that, they would get a lot of players back. I have never had a second character, I have always been a warlock in d1 and d2, but I would love to do the whole thing, including d1 story as one of the others. I mean that's at least 100hrs commitment there per character (without doing the strikes and multiplayer). Even if they resold it as the ultimate bundle with destiny 1 redone in destiny2 engine. I would re-buy. As long as I could access all content, including versions of raids accessible to single or strike style players of 3. I know it would take some adapting but man it would be the ultimate experience. It could be cross play with the current d2 community so there are player counts there already.
Re: Ahead of Renegades Launch, Destiny 2 Dev Explains New Approach to Expansions
I haven't purchased any expansions for about 4 years now. Just wait for them on plus. I was a seasoned regular on d1 and d2 ubtil they went with the battlepass systen, which correlated with them taking away content i had bought However, as many have pointed out, even playing those expansions for free on plus a year behind, I haven't got a clue what is really going on as there is so much story lost in those battle passes that can never be experienced. I am doing the final shape at the moment and I am like how the fcuk did they get to this part here.
And this seems really silly but I didnt realise until the first poster mentioned that story is tied to raids. Raids that single players can't experience because there has never been match making. So unless you go external or have friends you can't do them.
Re: Cult Hit PS5 Horror Game Cronos: The New Dawn Cracks Half a Million Sales
Is this considered good sales numbers considering it's multi platform? Would it be enough to start a new franchise?
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for December 2025 Announced
Excellent line up of games for me. Have none of them, but looking at the video of plus, they all look like something I would give a go. Again. For £13.49 for premium that's about as much as a kfc meal and I have all the option of the higher tiers too.
My backlog just got bigger and now I am safe to buy marvel fighting collection and forza in the black Friday sale
Re: Yakuza Kiwami 2 Has All-Important 60FPS Performance on PS5 Alongside Free Upgrade
What resolution
Re: Poll: Five Years of PS5 - How Would You Rate Sony's Console?
I'm in no rush for another system, I jave a massive backlog of excellent ps4 and ps5 games and some ps3 games as well
Re: Suddenly the PS5 Pro Doesn't Look That Expensive Anymore
I would be interested when they do the playstation year review if they show playtime on ps5, ps5 pro and ps portal. I think despite owning pro because I like the best graphics that I have played in the Portal the most
Re: These 9 PS Plus Games Are Leaving in December 2025
Suppose we gotta be quick when red dead comes to plus as well
Re: These 9 PS Plus Games Are Leaving in December 2025
@saffeqwe was about to ask how long that game is realistically. I always check How Long To Beat, but I must either be really slow, methodical or others just speed through to boast how quick they complete games. It's says 16hrs on HLTB site so i will take your time as more realistic. Guess I will have to switch focus from games I own that I am playing to completing sonic first, then lost records, then blue prince.
I love and hate the premium prescription. I play on my portal loads now, but the backlog keeps getting bigger as I rush to complete games that were on my wishlist but came out on plus.
Re: 9 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for November 2025 Announced
I cant believe I just bought talos principle 2 on the last sale. Argh.....
Will play tomb raider and still wakes the deep. I cant complain them alone are worth the £13.49 monthly p4ice of premium especially for me and the Portal streaming now.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate State of Play for November 2025?
Nothing for me. Might keep eye on the horror games. More interested about that monitor potentially
Re: Hands On: PS Portal Is a Whole New Device with Cloud Streaming Update
@1970sGamer I like df a lot but they are first to admit they are snobby when it comes to cloud gaming. They don't like it.
I have been playing the final shape destiny 2 and it was very playable. It's not as smooth as doing on the ps5 but that is 120fps
I also been playing nfs unbound and have been doing well in it on the Portal. Especially as that game is ludicrously hard due to rubber banding
Re: State of Play Announced for 11th November, Focus on Japanese PS5 Games
Bloodborn patch finally and gravity rush 2 patch lol
Dreams
Re: PSA: Make Sure You Download the Right Version of PS Plus Game EA Sports WRC 24
I dont see two options?
Re: PS Portal Gets So Much Better Today in Huge UI, Cloud Streaming Update
2am gmt time for the update
Re: PS Portal Gets So Much Better Today in Huge UI, Cloud Streaming Update
@Jrs1 yes saves are universal if you have auto upload donwload cloud saves on your ps5 turned on. I have been playing death stranding ac valhalla and dead island across portal and ps5 without have to go to download and upload saves
Re: PS Portal Gets So Much Better Today in Huge UI, Cloud Streaming Update
@Linaphor cloud streaming is far better experience than remote play. Less lag, less pixelating and less loss of connection
Re: PS Portal Gets So Much Better Today in Huge UI, Cloud Streaming Update
Cooking yes. This is what i have been waiting for.
They just need to add ps3 streaming and ps4 digital library and I will be extremely happy
Re: Clair Obscur, Ghost of Yotei, and More Battle for Golden Joystick's Ultimate Game of the Year Award
Haven't played any of these yet. Will need to play blue prince before it goes off ps plus extra
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for November 2025?
Already played stray so nothing for me personally
Re: Monster Hunter Wilds Doing So Badly That's It's Been Outsold by MH Rise, Devil May Cry 5
I mean massive sales of mh world may have skewered their predictions. I dont know the sales figures for that game but say 20mil bought over its lifespan. If half loved and half hated it (I struggle with it personally), then the first half will likely rush out and buy it in the first 6 months. The rest of us will probably never buy it as we didnt get on with the first one, wait for it to hit a subscription service to try before buy, or wait for an incredibly low sale. Just because the last one sold bucket loads does not mean the next one will, as everyone forms an opinion on it.
Re: Battlefield REDSEC Is BF6's Free-to-Play Battle Royale Mode, and It's Out Now on PS5
@REALAIS yes that is exactly what I am saying. So the bread and butter mp that most people loved in the paid up front games for COD is declining because the players are getting similar free content. Therefore reducing numbers. It's no coincidence that COD no longer releases paid dlc maps now as the reduced player base isn't worth it. This could up end the same for BF with more focus on the free to play if suddenly the numbers swell there. I dont play either game mp, so not gonna be affected but would be sad to see a return to form for BF, ruined by spreading out its player base
Re: Battlefield REDSEC Is BF6's Free-to-Play Battle Royale Mode, and It's Out Now on PS5
@REALAIS but isn't a COD a good example. Year on Year sales are declining for the paid game, which coincides with Warzone coming out. I know they make money on micro transactions but it's still split the player base.
Re: Battlefield REDSEC Is BF6's Free-to-Play Battle Royale Mode, Launches Tomorrow
Won't this dilute the player base? It's essentially competing with itself then
Re: Halo PS5 Will Take Full Advantage of the DualSense Controller
@Stragen8 they probably did and then put it in the content vault for anyone who bought a playstation lol.
I am not bitter honestly
Re: PS Portal Still a Huge Success as Sony Reportedly Preps PS6 Handheld
They just need to open up streaming games you own now and it would massively take off. There are so many of my ps4 games I could get through on this but you can stream ps4 at moment
Re: 8+ New PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Confirmed for October 2025 on PS5, PS4
Damn no tomb raider anniversary. Plus yakuza has been ps plus essential game previously
Re: PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for October 2025 on PS5, PS4 Leaked
I think I would actually play all of the leaked games this month as i own none of them. God my backlog is getting worse
Re: Talking Point: PS6 In 2027 - How Do You Feel About Sony's Next-Gen Console?
I bought ps1 day one. Ps2 once gta3 launched a year later. I bought ps3 when slim came out that Xmas and ever since then I bought pa4, ps4 pro, ps5 and ps5 pro, ps portal day one. Never bought psp.
I bought vita, psvr, psvr2 all after a year on the market.
However, I wont be buying ps6 day one this time. I will get one. Maybe a year or so after launch.
This mainly due to the backlog, and the fact I no longer buy games brand new because of the backlog. I find I am playing either ps4 games or upgraded ps4 games more these days. I have bought far more ps3 games recently.
I think the only way I would buy ps6 day one is if it could run ps3 games, and bonus if it can upgrade them. Then I could sack off ps3 finally and just game on one system.
I dont care if the games go on pc day one. I dont want a PC for gaming. I want pick up and play. I love playing games on the Portal. I just wish they open up, so I can stream all my library ps3 to ps5 on it. That would cure my backlog
Re: PS6 Out 'in a Few Years' as Sony, AMD Discuss the Future of Games
Am I the only one here, that doesn't care about the article in terms of PS6, but what they have said about the full fat version of fsr4 launching next year for the pro. That's what I want to hear more about. What are the improvements because we have that console now.
I am also wondering if they will launch a version of pssr for the ps5 when it's in low power mode to really test the functionality of the potential handheld device. The would be more wiggle room for pssr to be available on a ps5 at the point. It might mean that you are then get same results in low power mode as you would normally
Re: Rumour: American Civil War Assassin's Creed Game Cancelled Due to Fear of Controversy
When was ac3 set?
Re: People Don't Buy Anywhere Near As Many Games As You Think
I only buy old games now. I think I have purchased more ps3 games than I have ps4 and ps5 together in the last couple of years. A big backlog and ps plus premium keeps me going
Re: Mini Review: Yooka-Replaylee (PS5) - A Second Draft Worthy of the Banjo-Kazooie Comparisons
@Cry_Zero that's my exact point. It's all written with stupid nonsensical sounds. Get the characters to speak the words on the screen or say nothing at all. I mean they could easily get ai to put speech in.
Re: Mini Review: Yooka-Replaylee (PS5) - A Second Draft Worthy of the Banjo-Kazooie Comparisons
Has there been any improvements to voice acting. That was so terrible in the original.
I'm not sure i like the idea of no progression. Platformers in the 90s have always been about earning new abilities and opening up new areas. I say this as someone who finished the first game and almost came close to platinum
Re: New PS Plus Game Alan Wake 2 Offers All Its DLC at a Bargain Price
Bought it. Thanks for the heads up
Re: Black Ops 6 Trial Will Let You Play the Full Single Player Story for Free on PS5, PS4
Excellent. I always buy COD once the price drastically drops in promotions just to play the single player campaign, so I will definitely drop what I am playing to get through this in the trial period
Re: Sounds Like Sony May Finally Be Starting to Wind Down PS4 Support
To be fair, I have bought a lot of ps4 games (no cross gen) and I play a lot of ps4 games. However these are all played on my ps5, ps5 pro and portal. That's because they released patches rather than upgrades. My ps4 and ps4 pro have been put away for a while
Re: Ubisoft and Tencent's New Company Stewards Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, More Starting Today
As long as this doesnt effect ubisoft classics, don't want to be losing a numberof games from plus premium
Re: Rumour: Mass Effect, Dragon Age Studio BioWare Braced for Layoffs After EA's Buyout Agreement
Now Avalanche have just confirmed Liverpool closure
Re: PS5 Pro Users Starting to Feel a Little Shortchanged After Poor or Absent Support
Had mine since day 1 again. But being honest, I haven't played many games that would take full advantage of it. I am currently playing dead island 2 on it and it looks sublime but then I haven't tried said game on my standard ps5 so I cant compare. I have actually been using the older ps5 more as it's linked to my portal and I have been playing older ps4 games like gr wildlands, ac odyssey, destiny 2, bloodbourne mgs1 as well as playing sonic transformed on ps3. I think as soon as they said it would be improved in 2026 then I just backed off on the better games until then
Re: SEGA Trademarks Arcade Paradise Potentially Hinting at Compilation Bundle
I mean most of the ports already exist in yakuza games. So just bundling them together with some extra would make sense.
Re: Yakuza Kiwami 3 Seemingly Leaked on Dev Website
@Jammer could be good if they fixed the controls to be more modern.
Re: Rumour: PS6 Will Have a Detachable Disc Drive, Much Simpler Design
I bought disc drive ps5 day one and then I bought the detachable disc drive for pro day 1.
I dont bother putting the disc games in as I have become lazy, which means back log pecking order is now digital first. I have 33 physical games, however, 75% of these have been available digitally through ps plus (up to premium) where i played them instead. I have a much larger ps4 library but there's not a lot that a ps6 will do to improve them that i would invest day one in a detachable disc drive again
Re: Push Square Reader Survey 2025
@THGhost it wasn't originally and it has since been added in as per the other person's post
Re: Push Square Reader Survey 2025
@antdickens yes I had same but now fixed and submitted.
My answers about buying games really hit home on how little I buy games now. This not because I dont like any of the games, i always love reading up on new releases and putting them on my wishlist. However, 1 and haf year's ago I made the decision not to buy any more games, because of my humongous back catalogue of purchased and ps plus games across 3 generations. I was finding I was buying games but not getting round to playing them until they end up being on ps plus or being a few years old and then ridiculously low sale prices. It was just wasting money. The only purchases I have made in recent years was Astrobot for my daughter and helldivers 2 (for hype and didn't like it) and the rest have been ps3 games, and then only dlc, a couple of vr games and then ps5 £10 upgrades.