The_Wailing_Doom

@species
I certainly won't forget Westwood, nor forgive EA, but I'm not sure I can celebrate this.

The guy is a legend. What a shame.

I just started Tales of Arise, but I should be able to finish it before February 18th. I was actually surprised it was still available. By the time it leaves, it would have been on PS+ for basically a year.

What a question. By very definition, yes, they will be competing.

@rjejr
It took a long time for tax laws to catch up with online purchases. Now, you pay sales tax based on what you have as your address. Before, places like Amazon, Newegg, and PSN didn't charge sales tax because it was unclear how it would be handled and there was no laws around this in place.

@dBackLash
There is a other way, my friend!

I just started Tales of Arise, so I am glad that is not leaving just yet. It joined last February, so perhaps it will be leaving soon?

The Master Chief Collection is a great collection of actual Xbox games. I highly recommend checking it out if you have the opportunity to do so.

@sonicmeerkat
I sure hope not.

Sony really likes Horizon. Where's my Killzone movie?!

You love to see it.

[Console] "war is young men dying [on hills] and old men talking [to appease shareholders]."
-FDR

It'll be nice to see if Sony expands their InZone lineup of headsets and monitors.

I'm holding out for Stellar Blade. I know I won't be able to play it any time soon as I am chipping away at a massive backlog, so by the time I buy it, it'll probably be around $20 (and in better shape than ever). That's one of the perks of having patience.

These weirdos should just be ignored, not engaged with and written about.

Whether these analysts are wrong or not, they are being very kind by not just saying Microsoft.

Arrowhead needs to stop bowing to the crazies. Sure, all the stuff should have been the price of a Warbond, not more, but giving half of it away for free in a game that has more than earned our money is not the right answer. Arrowhead keeps finding themselves in these situations because they keep letting the vocal players who complain about everything dictate what they do.

Perhaps it seems Kadakowa will be acquired piecemeal, millions of dollars worth of shares at a time.

@themightyant
Perfectly said. I have nothing to add.

Wow... Xbox is doing worse than in 2006 and that's AFTER they spent ~$80B acquiring two publishers that were profitable on their own and releasing Xbox and "Xbox" games on PlayStation? YIKES!

Game Pass wasn't a good idea after all.

In no particular order:
Ghost of Yotei
The Dark Pictures Anthology*: Directive 8020
Judas
Borderlands 4
Split Fiction

*A very underrated series.

The first game had incredible audio design and lackluster everything else. It does not surprise me the game didn't do well sales-wise, even without the Game Pass effect. Should the game make it over to PS5, this will be a PS+ game eventually.

@Toot1st
Your first mistake is believing what Phil says. He says lots of things and leaves himself tons of wiggle room. If anything, the messaging has become more consistent now that Phil has less control.

People are awful.

@AFCC
Not that I am aware of, fortunately. Generally, you can just pick whatever you want and have fun, the way it should be.

Last night, there were almost 200K players on the planet that the Illuminate are invading. There were probably other players elsewhere. That was incredible to see.

1. Helldivers 2
2. Astro Bot
3. Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2
4. Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
5. Tekken 8

Those are the big games I played this year on PlayStation in order of my personal enjoyment. Helldivers 2 dethroned Destiny 2 to become my third most played game ever behind World of Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm.

@Americansamurai1
Switched for me!

If you buy from scalpers, you are the reason scalpers exist.

You love to see it.

It seems like Sony shareholders are not concerned with the treasonous felon's tariffs in the U.S.

I hope they are right.

Considering how much I've played Helldivers 2, I'm afraid to look...

Man, the trailer for Wild got me so amped for the game. It's a shame we'll never get to play it. Oh well. I'm going to torture myself now by watching the trailer.

Speaking as an American here, too many people casting crappy, uninformed votes this year.

Typically, I completely ignore free-to-play games. The quality is generally lower and they are microtransaction hellscapes. However, I was convinced to not ignore Rivals because, at first glance, they appear to have done the monetization correctly. I was thinking you would have to pay for characters. That is not the case. All microtransactions I've heard of so far are cosmetic only. There is no "free selection" of characters that you can play as but need to spend money to have access to a character you like permanently. I think that is good.

It's still not my kind of game, but I'll at least pop in every once in a while to play it, which is more than I ever expected when the game was revealed.

@SystemAddict
You're right. WWE games are annualized, so they are on a tighter timeline.

@PuppetMaster You are indeed right. Tekken makes owning the complete game confusing and costly. They keep pumping out new seasons for $40. Even the ultimate editions of the game have one season pass and costumes, so are not ultimate.

I broke down and bought the base game for $30 a month or so ago. Maybe next year they'll have a nice big discount on the first season pass or perhaps even a bundle. Or, I'll continue getting by with the base game. It's up to Bandai Namco .

I hate this business model. $70 game + $40 for four more characters, but then they ask for another $40 for another four characters because this is a new "season." All the fighting games do it. I buy just Tekken as far as fighting games go now and wait forever for a complete version to be at a reasonable price.

Hopefully, this interest turns into sales.

@Frmknst
Completely free, you say?! Explain.

@GymratAmarillo
You and I are in agreement about Obsidian and Machine Games, but I'd take id Software over inXile.

@nomither6
He thinks AAA games are not worthwhile and also believes PlayStation will eventually be just a software publisher via their own or other cloud streaming services.

I liked Shawn Layden when he was PlayStation CEO, though he was no Jack Tretton. Increasingly, I find myself more and more happy he is still not the CEO because he just has so many bad takes.

@FutilityInExcellence
I wouldn't know. Musk has been taking credit for things long before he lost his mind.

@FutilityInExcellence
He sure takes credit for a lot of things, if that's what you mean.

I stopped using Twitter when Elon Musk took over. It was already awful and only continued to get worse, even more precipitously under Musk's ownership. When I heard about Bluesky as an alternative, I signed up for that. It is way better, but still does have bots and trolls. For me, the difference is robust and working moderation and moderation tools. I can block the MAGA clowns and move on. Elon removed the ability to do that with Twitter because his feelings were hurt. Plus, Bluesky will actually do something about bots and policy violations.

In short, Bluesky looks like Twitter, but is nothing like it.

I'm rooting for Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth and Astro Bot! I'd be happy with either.

This is ultra cool! It was a pleasant surprise. I hope they keep this ability permanently due to the overwhelming positive reception.

Hell yeah! Well deserved! The fact Helldivers 2 was not nominated by The Video Game Awards for game of the year is a travesty.

"PS5 is still trending around 8% ahead of the PS4 launch aligned in USA, despite its higher price point and pandemic-induced stock shortages."

The idiotic tariffs in the U.S. will "fix" that right up.