TheMysticOne

@Bleachedsmiles i can see your point of view, yet i am not actually paying for something i don't want, i've been a PS Plus member since PS3. So i only paid for the games even when online was free.

So i am still only really paying for the games (i have played online in the past and may do so in the future but that doesn't matter as i pay for the games anyway so online is effectively free) and in real terms PS is cheaper than when it was launched.

My point was that people want a merger between 2 services and a price increase, so forcing a price increase on people who are happy.

PS Plus 47.6 million
PN Now 3.2 million

So people want Sony to merge the services and give a hike to 44 million customers. Not me thanks.

@GADG3Tx87 So you want me to pay more for something i don't want?
I have PS Plus, i get a year when it's on sale. I have a nice catalogue of games which i don't play very quickly.
I currently do not play online and i have no interest in PS Now.

I do agree that the current model isn't perfect, but i am happy with what i get and don't want to pay more.

Also what do you suggest for countries where PS Now is not available?

On a side note, Death Stranding would be a nice addition and The Outer Worlds

As long as there are no co-op trophies, i was chuffed that i could solo the Bloodborne platinum, would like to be able to at least try and do the same with Elden Ring.

From the title i thought we were getting a free game, maybe a Plus addition. But no just an update.

@LiamCroft Kudos due, for actually refering to the books as 'A Song of Ice and Fire'

Also, i have to have this game, looks awesome

@get2sammyb
'but there are still questions over what developer Guerrilla Games could have achieved if it wasn’t forced to target ageing hardware'

This disrespects developers suggesting they cannot treat PS4 and PS5 as 2 different systems, it's like saying the PS5 version of a game is held back by the XBOX/Switch versions.

They are different systems with different strengths/weaknesses yet get many of the same releases.

There is nothing to suggest Gorilla haven't focused totally on PS5 then scaled back to PS4 or even that the game does not use the PS5 to its full potential because it just doesn't need to.

No Man's Sky
Elite: Dangerous
Sekiro

As long as the price doesn't go up. It's highly likely that the content they are offering will lose them very little from other outlets.
For me Sony turnover so much money from PS Plus that they could have devs make games just for Plus, they don't have to be AAA and they can release them later for retail on all platforms to maximise revenue.
At least then nobody will be able to say that they have played/own all of the games.

@rjejr Hmm, it depends on how you read it, i read it as a 1 year trial starting tomorrow. It didn't occur to me that the date might be reversed until you said.

Maybe they might even make some money if they got off their backsides and updated them.
My PS3 still tries to sell me PS Plus.

@get2sammyb "They're putting all their eggs in their biggest sellers, as simple as that."

LOL did you even read your own article before writing this? An article about Sony Bend working on something new!

They can't do both.

Great month, just for Days Gone.
Will have to add Oddworld to my library for the future.

Good news, though mobile gaming is big in Japan and the success of the Switch clearly shows Sony should never have bailed on the Vita.

Part of me would love this, but i'm trying to go cold turkey on my Civ Rev addiction.

So nobody else bought a camera just to get the 'Send a Smugshot or a Mugshot' trophy in Burnout Paradise?

Just me then........

Generally these days if a game has online trophies it will stop me persuing any offline trophies that i find a grind as there is no point if i can't acheive the platinum.

I guess you've never watched a movie twice either

I've only replayed games that i can go though with different play styles, such as Fallout 3, Dragon Age, etc
Played Oblivion loads, wish they had trophy patch for it, i would have gone back to it again.
And also for trophy purposes, if i'm going for the plat.

Playing through linear games such as Uncharted are pointless to me, like you say too many more games to play.

Games that can be different everytime are worth it.

It always surprises me how few people actually complete games, i hope Ghost hold up well as it will only go down.

The older games get the lower the completetion percentage will be as more people are able to pick them up on the cheap to give them a try as opposed to those that have invested more.

The vast majority of games that i have bought i have completed, but those on plus i may just play for a while to see if i enjoy.

In the last 18 months Sony have Aquired Insomniac Games and opened a studio in Malaysia.
Oh and released a new console.

There is bound to be a lul, games do take longer to develop and with studios switching to PS5 they cannot just throw out new games, obvioiusly they could have had some in development.
However at the start of PS4 we had a whole raft of remasters that made it appear as though the market was loaded.
This gen we simply don't need them as games are backward compatable so the market looks more barren.

Personally i think they are doing fine as long as they can maintain the good PS Plus offerings.

Good read though.

This using Bank of England inflation calculator. Will be different in other countries.
.......................______2020__% Ave wk _No. Hrs.

_________RRP_____Real____ pay____ Min Wg*

1995 ps1 49.99___ 98.3 - -
2000 ps2 49.99___ 86.07 ___13.79___ 13.51
2006 ps3 59.99___ 88.78 ___13.35___ 11.21
2013 ps4 59.99___ 70.32 ___11.55___ 9.51
2020 ps5 69.99_____________11.57___ 8.03

*number hours min wage earners need to work to buy a full price game. (pre tax)

Yes i'm watching cycling have have nothing better to do whilst it's on. Still won't pay it though

Nobody is every ready for a price increase and we had this very same argument when PS Plus went up, yet in real terms AAA games even at 70 are cheaper than they have ever been. It's just a psychological barrier.
Yet like others have said it's nonsensical to pay 70 when in a matter of weeks there will be a price drop. I currently have no intention of ever paying full price for a game ever again.

As others have said not surprising, given the past year.
Since the PS store came online with PS3 i have i believe bought 2 games digitally.
I do however subcribe to PS plus so have effectively have around 9 or so years of games on tap, so well over 200 games just on my PS4.
For the rest i usually buy used when they get below the £15 mark, however if i were rich i'm sure i would throw more money at games early.

Well it sold me FF7, nice to know Oddworld will be available on plus in April.
Kena looks interesting.

Still no plus announcement, i'm starting to think it was going to be Anthem but as soon as they announced they were stopping development they pulled it.
There must be some issue to wait or the line up is so bad they don't want any rage.

We've had some good months, Sekiro is almost 2 years old now so that would be nice.
Maybe Celeste too.

Any chance of changing the Genshin impact link to the PS4 version?
I wanted more info and after clicking around there is only 1 news story, only after chaning the URL from ps5 to ps4 did i get anything worth reading.

@get2sammyb Hi thanks for responding, sat down for 30 minutes to check a few things out.
The main thing that sprang to mind was back when we first had the PS5 breakdown. Instead of having one article summing up, there were at least 10 short ones, all on the 18th march.

This did eventually morph into the ultimate guide, which is now a guide, not just a series of links.

And whilst i was back in march i came across this

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/03/nioh_2_update_1_05_available_to_download_now_on_ps4

New patch for Nioh 2, if you want to know what it does click this other link.
I have noticed that more recent patch updates have included the notes.

Just on Thursday we had an article at 4.15pm announcing Ratchett & Clank, then another at 5.30pm about the price.
Did we need both?

Having looked back the short articles that i seem to remember that don't really provide any info are now few and far between , so you have my apologies for that, i do think i am mainly refering to articles that could be one that are split up.
However like i said, you guys need the clicks.

Also it is me, if i am looking for something and i find an one of those articles that is a series of pictures that you have to click through to get all the info i just won't read it and will look elsewhere.

Since i found Pushquare it is very rare that i visit anywhere else and that's down to the team you have.

Thanks for reading, keep up the good work.

I know you guys need the clicks, but sometimes there are just too many click bait stories.

Better thought through poll answers, not saying they can't be funny. If i recall correctly recently you had a poll about getting a PS5 and your answers assumed everyone here would be getting one literally as soon as they became available. Not everyone shared this opinion.
Robert did add an answer later to accomodate such a response, but this doesn't always happen.

After an article has been live for maybe a day any legitimate comments that have valid points relating to it are generally ignored, i know you probably can't go back and read everything.
But it would be nice to see some responses to comments that aren't made within an hour of the article going live, especially as many are relased in the midle of the night.

I visit this site at least once a day and really like it, i get that you guys are probably gamers first and journalists second, vast majority is great keep it up.

@Icey664 2077 the clue is in the title

Dishonored 2

Thought i'd have a browse of the online store to have another guess, but frankly it's so pathetic that unless you know exactly what you are looking for it's not worth using.
Someone should get fired for that.

'This team was assembled to expand upon existing franchises'

not

'This team was assembled to expand upon an existing franchise'

That's plural.

Uncharted is just one existing francise.

Bloodborne just kept me wanting more, even when i chose to grind it didn't feel like it. Gets my votes

This is what i posted on 4th Jan, in the 12 predictions feature.

'

To help manage price points there will be 2 launch consoles, a standard black edition and a white non-disc drive version.
Sony will announce cross gen play on all multiplayer titles between PS4 and PS5, so you can still play COD and FIFA with your poorer friends.
Fallout:New Vegas will be announced for PS5 with no graphical improvement but with virtually no load times.

At least 2 of these will happen.'

I'm sure someone shot me down for suggesting a digital only model.
Shame about New Vegas

A 50% boost means you need to earn 33% less to progress, not 50%.

Just sayin

It's getting to be a bit of a joke now, especially seeing all the games listed.

Maybe games shouldn't be allowed to be released unless they are playable (this verified independently)

At least some went above just fixing their game, No mans Sky - loads of free content.
Assassin's Creed Unity, they cancelled their season pass and gave away the story DLC for free.

@ShogunRok Thanks for this and credit where credit's due.

I have knocked you in the past for ignoring the base PS4, this article i hope sets a great precident going forward.

Looks like one for us base players to hold off on for a while.

@Pac_Bot Good luck with that, i'd like to know too but Pushsquare don't seem to review anything on standard PS4 anymore despite most people having them.

I'm sure someone somewhere will publish/report something

Apart from the bugs, this reminds me of why i gave up on Dragons Dogma, which i was loving, going across the map was a neverending insta respawn of enemies. It just broke me in the end.

Everytime i see ME wriiten down my first thoughts are Mirror's Edge. Would love a new one of those.

I play Civilization revolution almost everyday, i think i'm actually addicted.
Also playing Blag Flag.

I bet Sony and publishers could actually still make some decent money from the store if anyone managed it, i'd take the UK job for commission only. Not everyone can afford newer systems, it would be interesting to know how many active users there still are out there.

@michaelf LOL, i actually sold my Vita as i realised i was never going to play everything.
It's a shame Sony didn't release a Vita 2 with a TV cradle/port it would have sold like hot cakes, i'm not really a handheld player.

My current backlog.

PS3
Mass effect 2
Mass effect 3
Yakuza 4
Yakuza 5
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
From Dust
Tokyo Jungle
Risen 3
Max Payne 3
Assassin's Creed : Black Flag (playing)
Assassin's Creed : Rogue
Sniper Elite V2
Two Worlds 2
Crysis 3
Metro : Last Light
Dead Space 3
God of War 3 : Ascension
Fallout : New Vegas GOTY (got stuck will have to start again)

PS4
Witcher 3 GOTY (playing)
Outlast
Nioh
Metal Gear Solid V
Mad Max
God of War 3 remastered
Deus Ex : Mankind divided
Detroit Become Human
Darksiders 3
Child of light
Borderlands The Prequel
Beyond Two Souls
Skyrim GOTY
Read Dead Redemption 2
Uncharted : Lost Legacy (playing)
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Middle Earth : Shadow of War
Dragon Age : Inquisition (part way through)

I'm sure there's more, there are always other PS Plus games that i go back to, i usually add them all to my Library.
As you can see most of these are Plus games.
So i won't allow myself a PS5 until PS3 is done.

None of those answers..........

I play all the ones that interest me that i haven't played in the past.

I generally have a scan through your reviews first. But there are so many only a really dedicated gamer could play them all.
But this can take years for me.

@get2sammyb iI've said it before and i'll say it again, Sony could have very easily set up a system where you couldn't purchase a PS5 without a long term active account and lock your pre-order with a code for that account that you have to input when you first start up your PS5 transfering your PS4 profile.

No new profile can be added for 12 months. It makes scalping pointless as they can't buy them, it makes stealing them pointless unless you hang onto them for a year..

It does stop new users, but hey loyalty has to count for something.

Said it before, Sony should have done a deal with ebay to take down all PS5 listings, but of course unless you have fixed selling fees ebay will be making a nice packet out of this too.

Sony could have simply sold launch PS5s to existing users, which is locked to your profile for a year, zero scalping then

@ShogunRok None of the above.

No, but will definitely get one in the future but not 'as soon as possible'

Seems that sensible option is missing from your poll.

Fantastic, i hate games that have subtitles over their opening sequence, i just can't not read them.
So to be able to turn them off before i start is a bonus.

@get2sammyb you had me intrigued then by your headline, i actually thought Sony had made some models with Blu Ray drives in for a minute, turns out they are standard models with UHD Blu Ray drives in.

Ha when they sent her the T-shirt they should have sent her a new Sony phone.

I wonder if there are some at Sony headquarters thinking
'Hmm we could have charged a little more for these'

I do think the pricing is right but someone in accounts will be thinking this.

I also think Sony should have done a deal with ebay and facebook not to resell PS5's for the next 6 months or so.
Or only sold the first batches to existing PS4 users and locked the console to their profile for a year.

Just a shame it's only a remake and not a whole new game.

But i suppose there are loads of people out the who will love to replay and many more that have never played it.

Still waiting for New Vegas PS5, still haven't finished it, the load times are what kills it for me, may get back to it.

Fine by me, i don't use it on PS4 unless i'm downloading and have no intention of using it on PS5.