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@Simu001 thank you! That was so much more informative than the article. 😃

Please report on all the people who lost their seat. They seem to be reorganizing to a smaller board to make it easier to comply with a new Japanese law. Please look into it and report back.

Already have a dedicated mouse and keyboard for PS5. I mostly use them for: FFXIV, Cities Skylines, entering PSN store codes, and sending PSN messages.

When writings articles like this please consider adding wattage information.

“moved on to whatever comes next” Dude it’s not a mystery; they are working on Dawntrail.

@RainbowGazelle I don’t mind getting up to change the disk, unless there is a cat on my lap, then I’m stuck and the cat is in charge.

@Jaz007 I have been waiting for the patches to slow down and the inevitable ‘on-sale’. My patience is being rewarded, but I feel it is at others expense. Sorry.

It’s great that the PS5 is region agnostic. The majority of Japanese gamers can read, write and speak English. Importing the game to Japan from the United States is a viable option for them. Bummer to have to jump through those hoops but when region locking was a thing it was so much worse. All the best wishes to the Japanese gamers I hope someday you get everything you want..

Court Reporters have a difficult job that I respect. However, I am looking forward to playing the game “Mindcraft”!

@Immortal_Barnet Thanks for the URL. I am one one the many that are disinterested in this games combat. After reading your comment I was concerned that maybe I was doing it wrong (in the demo). But my demo experience was very similar to this video. I tried out different unlocked abilities, rotated through Eikon cooldown constantly, followed up melee with ranged for bonuses and juggling, and had a dog constantly on the move. I considered cancelling my preorder after playing this demo but in the end I am interested enough in the story and characters to ignore the combat and solder on, thanks for the assistance.

The writer’s guild is currently on strike. May not be the best time to promote non curated content.

@djlard I’m with you. I need a graph with year on year data. December isn’t March.

@kyleforrester87 amazing s%#*post; I loled hard.

@rawzeku Stormblood is my favorite. I love political stories.

This is a misleading headline.

@Flaming_Kaiser Google says the average kilowatt hour in the Netherlands is €0.312. Do you agree?

@Flaming_Kaiser €300 per kWh? Or €300 was the monthly bill?

@Flaming_Kaiser I was going off the government cap for 2022. I do not claim to be an expert on current UK prices. If you have different/better data on the current average kilowatt hour price please share it.

Some data:
80watts an hour
8 hours of steaming a day
365 days in a year
34p per kWh
= £79.43 over a year
Not trying to be pro or con just adding context.

Catan is great. Happy to have the option to buy. Now bring us a new digital version of Carcassonne.

@Milktastrophe I had to read it multiple times. Yes it was reset. They said it will not be reset going forward.

@Max_the_German yes it already did. The change here is that now you can toggle it off.

@Sixth-Samurai This change was made last year. Paying customers are now prioritized ahead of free subs in the que.

@john_c good news, you can literally play the game all the way through a credits roll, for free. No monthly needed; no time restrictions.

Bloomberg is not a reliable source of video game news. Maybe Jason is, I don’t know either way, but I wouldn’t ever repeat anything written on Bloomberg (for gaming).

Maybe it doesn’t count technically but FFXIV should get a mention here. 2/5th of the game is playable for free which conservatively is hundreds of hours. It doesn’t require a CC and doesn’t require PS+.

I love this game but it is not an easy play. The music is outstanding.

Why do we (your readers) have to keep repeating this to you (Push Square) over and over. Bloomberg is NOT a credible news source. I would prefer you get your own source to confirm before printing, or don't print it, or at least put "RUMOR:" at the start of the title.

Do not ever refer to Bloomberg as a “reputable source”.

Good to hear. I will keep using my DualShock 4 controllers until Sony releases a PS5 back buttons attachment.

Any word on new controller colors yet?

Got 3 Platinum on Friday. Started fresh on Saturday with Dragon Quest Heroes 2. The locked 2160c 60fps is a refreshing change from last weeks games.

@2cents Exactly right.

@Quintumply Does the game feature any kind of difficulty adjustment? Or maybe an adjustment per player? If not, does it have some dynamic difficulty to make it easier after a player fails a few times? Or allow the player to skip the section that is too hard for them?

"I don't have anything else to play"
OK, I encourage you to fix that. I know not everyone is like me with dozens of games in a backlog waiting to be played. I'm surprised that a games journalist doesn't have a backlog. If you don't bravo! Go grab a Super Nintendo and play all the old games you missed.

“frontline price increase” use of the word “frontline” is tacit acknowledgment that prices have been going up for gamers. I would challenge them to release their information on how much gross revenue they got per copy sold in 2005 vs. 2021 including the revenue from all DLC and microtransaction.

$60 (USD) in 2005 is $80 (USD) in 2021.

If their average revenue per copy is less than $80 I’m willing to entertain the idea that a price increase is reasonable.

@2cents KO! I award you 1 internet. Good Job.

@Rob_230 I'm with you. I really want to try this but it looks way-WAY to hard for the wife. I hope they have some mechanism to help with people who like participating but have a hard time with things like camera movement and jumping.

@Deanster101 This is what I want to know.

I'm part of the 1M. I still need to get it out of shrink wrap and play it.

@Medic_Alert I disagree, it is about me. It's actually about both (me and the planet). The joy I get from holding/using the games of my past is a real thing. Making those cases less likely to stand up to use/time does affect me. I throw away dozens of cubic yards of plastic every year; it seems like a better way to help reduce plastic waste would be to focus on the products that are made to be disposable or single use and eliminate them (bottles, packing material, shrink wrap, etc.).

@zupertramp Morbid and true. But if not for the hard plastic cases of my old games (like the Mega Drive) those cases would of long been destroyed from use and handling and would no longer give me joy when I pull out my retro games.

@Dezzy70 exactly.
Those of us that collect games never throw any of this away (I have cases from games 40 years ago...). We collectors want durable cases that do not show wear. Plastic does this.

If anyone does throw their games away then please just buy digital and skip all the plastic.