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I love this game, time to purchase and download now so I can play tomorrow, yippee!
Also pleased to see a decent review posted here instead of more click bait, thank the lord!

For anyone who cares, best deal I've found today is %14 off £100 of PSN credit on ShopTo. That makes this game £42.99 today.

@CheesyOatcake 🤣 Classic line that our political overlords took to heart!

@CheesyOatcake It been going on a while mate I agree. I've tried to make comments about it but they get removed for 'unconstructive feedback' - they simply want engagement from the hate mobs and people are making new accounts daily just to spew hate and division where they can as the site attracts it. I remain simply because I've made some friends here and sometimes theres an article not riling up the mob, but I'll stop paying now, I can no longer be a supporter after 5 years and 3000 posts I give up. When people want a conversation I shall do my best to contribute positively, Though I still have the hot headiness of youth and can be drawn into insults if attacked - I try not to, I should be above that.
Its pretty simple with me. I love games and I love gaming, where ever and how ever I find it and that feeling is not likely to fade. This site and its endless bait articles is losing the fun of why I'm here at all, and given there unbalanced coverage I'd be surprised if they get anything to review.
The stick looks great though, though I have the stupidly expensive Nacom fighting stick, so I'm unlikely to get another, but I'd love to know how the new one is.

As Richie used to say in the TV show Bottom - Nil Desperandum!
Always here for a chat if you want dude 😃

@Kicap07 What a sad nasty little thing you are. Fortunately I know you are not typical of your country, just a sad little boy with nothing to say.
Why don't you see if you have any brain matter in there and actually articulate your thoughts in a way that sparks debate instead of acting like a child?
...... and insulting anothers military connections when you have a famously completely corrupt military still in the middle of yet another scandal is deliciously ironic. You'll understand that when you grow up - ask mummy for now.

@OcelotsRevolver I'm trying to switch off, honest! I'm sure we will speak more.

@Northern_munkey You are right - Paignton is just down the road. Lovely old building that. We got married 9/09/99 , so at least I had a chance of remembering the date!
....and souls are over rated!

@Oram77 Watch the skillup review on YouTube. He will put your mind to rest.

https://youtu.be/9bcDvpw_mOw?is=iVoTGf5fH3JIND5A

This looks awesome and exactly the kind of experience I'm looking for. Witcher 3.5 with your own fangs.

I wasn't frustrated by it so much as a little tired of having to correct mis representation, such as my views on DRM, which have never been discussed with you! For the record there is a huge case to try and give us much better rights over digital purchases, but that's another topic!
I also chose to go out for a walk with my wife as it got a bit cooler and I live 5 minutes walk through a park to the sea. Now Claire is playing power wash on the portal next to me and I've switched on the other pro and am considering what to play. I've written enough for today I think! I'm sure we will talk again, and I'll look forward to it. 😀

You can watch videos on YouTube from a year ago showing you that this often works.
It has absolutely nothing to do with the current situation re physical media.

P.S. Anyone see MS has cut ID studios in half? Cant believe it.....

@Northern_munkey lol. Its time out for me mate, theres only so much I can write - its boring for anyone else reading comments.

@Northern_munkey Hello dude. Not really, forgot its better to say nothing sometimes I feel like you gotta step in if your being misrepresented.. lol. First time I've ever posted a 'continued' post, hopefully last!
How are you?

Continued:
If those that cant or wont handle change wont buy a PS6, that's fine I wont miss them and as the shareholders have voted, neither will Sony. I've stated before and say it here again, I expect a console like the pro to have long legs into the next generation as most titles will be cross gen and a lot of people will struggle to afford it. Even if they invest in Switch 2 they will still have to download their games no matter what.
Sony will make a games machine and games as will others. You either buy it or not, it's hardly a life or death decision and you'd swear there wasn't anything else to be concerned about in the world the way some are carrying on.
So yes, people who make reasoned arguments as to why they want games are absolutely free to air them and there is nothing childish about that. Other posts, not so.
I will never be won over as my concern is and always will be the environment and I try hard to eliminate plastic from most of my daily living.

I don't understand the nature of your continued hypothetical questioning. I've made it quite clear that many people, and you have demonstrated that you are one of them, have perfectly valid concerns with the direction of travel for this platform. I also made it quite clear that many are not posting the stamp your feet and talk BS posts that I so despise. But there are very many who are doing exactly that and I reserve the right to state that I think that response is infantile.

I too have had every playstation. Indeed I have had just about every gaming machine since the Atari VCS launched in 1977 when I was 13. I have every single current format machine except the retro ones today, including two PS5 pros a series X, a desktop PC gaming rig, switch 2 etc etc. I too share games in my house, both myself and my wife play almost every single night and though I've been all digital for years, my wife can play whatever I've bought digitally with ease - theres no advantage there for disks, in fact they are pain as you keep having to move them from machine to machine.
I've not called you or anyone else who makes well informed posts about how they feel 'foot stompers', just the rabid Ill reasoned heated posts that have been a hallmark of this discussion for days. Your own patronage is for you to decide and you seem like you will make a reasoned choice based on your own needs - fair enough. You characterise me as having a dismissive attitude to those with an alternate viewpoint, but that's simply not true, and if you have read my comments on this you will see I've always respected those who make valid points in adult way. I am dismissive of the childish and ridiculous posts of which there have been many. I'm an old man (in my sixties) and I wont put up with childish tantrums masquerading as reasoned debate.
The thing that would make me want to move away from Sony would be if they insist I have to buy a useless polluting plastic disc to access a download ticket. I went all digital some time ago with all my media as I care about the state of our planet and the micro plastics we continue to pollute with. If digital were not available and buying that wasteful plastic were the only option, I'd think very hard about which platforms I would go ahead and support. So no I would not support Sony no matter what.
The fact is, there are big changes in almost every generation of gaming. When the PS4 came I didn't have a melt down because it didn't play my PS3 discs. When PS6 arrives I will not care a jot that theres no physical option, it will keep the machine cheaper and less likely to fail, and at last be a generation where tonnes of plastic waste is not being generated just so people can download the code anyway.

@MinervaX76 Thanks pal, I need to look at them!

@MinervaX76 Are you able to link me to those sources please? I'd like to know for sure as I don't want to spread disinformation. Thanks!

@MinervaX76
4800 is the total Microsoft layoffs.
1600 is the Xbox layoffs included in that total.
Another 1600 are promised over the coming year, so a total of 3200 from their gaming studios. By spinning off the four studios, they don't have to include their numbers in the lay offs, though I suspect some of them wont survive and have essentially been laid off as well.
I'd find it hard to give my best work knowing I could be thrown away any moment. I really feel for those devs still there, looking over their shoulder all the time....

@ear__wig
"How can there be so many amazing games in the backlog, but I still want to play the NEW game?! 😦"

I've been trying to cope with this for decades now! Grass is always greener and all that... 🤣

@CheesyOatcake I'm glad you like theme park world - its one of the discs I have framed on my wall as a momento from when we released it
I always thought I'd dabble more when I retired, but I barely look at unreal engine now and my fave work was developing technical art pipelines working closely with the engine coders. I cant really do that any longer!
So yeah, im sitting here on my @rse, replying to too many forum posts I should just ignore. I do have a lot of memories, but I'm still really interested in where the craft goes from here - I think the money men have spoilt some of what it was. Good indie teams are where that creative hub still shines, but I'm a big fan of pushing game tech, so I cant ignore the big teams either. My days have gone, but I still consume and fortunately my wife is just as into it as I ever was - we met when I was finishing Dungeon Keeper 2 in 1999 Nice to see another dev here, you still working the field?

@ShadowRJ No problem pal, I realise that the subject is emotive and not everyone is as unbothered as I am. I just didn't want to be mis represented 👍

@ShadowRJ slow hand clap. Read what I actually wrote instead of what you want:
"I never equated the two and went out of my way to suggest there are plenty who are upset who have perfectly valid points ."

@CheesyOatcake Absolutely some home truths there. I was part of the Bullfrog that got absorbed by EA and nothing introduces you to mismanagement and suits that know nothing about games quite like being part of EA does. I guess at least the shares paid for me to get married
One of the reasons I moved on from games after 20 years was that it lost that exciting collaborative feel that made it seem special.... and I was being moved into management roles I never really wanted. I just wanted to craft the stuff that delighted gamers and made some games so special, but as teams got larger it became much harder to keep that vibe alive.

@OcelotsRevolver
"How do you know what the overwhelming majority of sony's customers do? How could you know?"
How do I know? I keep my eyes on the published metrics and all the other indicators and have done so since I spent 20 years in AAA studios - it was my business and how my family was financed. The most played title on playstation by far, with the most engagement, is Fortnite, a game that has never been available as a disc on PS5. These people wont give a fig discs are gone in 2028, why would they? There is a reason Sony's shares rose on this news and have remained higher since. Those who merely analyse the metrics have voted with their investments.

"I disagree that vocalizing being upset on a fan forum is 'stamping feet'."
Good. We both do then as I never equated the two and went out of my way to suggest there are plenty who are upset who have perfectly valid points .
However, there are plenty of ridiculous comments made by people who are not expressing anything except Sony = Evil and I'll never buy a game again. 'I'm so upset with no physical in 2 years that I'm going PC' - a format that's been all digital for over a decade and the majority buy and use steam, valve has consistently denied and fought against any digital rights. GOG is great but has less than 5% of games. If you don't see the childish foot stamping that has characterised a lot of the posts being made it simply because you are not looking.

I'm genuinely sorry that people I do care about who love physical discs are upset. But the industry has clearly been going this way for years and only the blind would not acknowledge that. Sony have stated what others are afraid to, and given plenty of advance notice. The sooner people start acting like adults again the sooner we can all apply pressure to give us better digital rights and ensure that codes are for sale in lots of other places and provide ways to save money. I don't see things changing that much, but I don't see any changes at all if we all keep behaving as we have been - its very easy to ignore valid concerns if half the optics are people throwing their toys out the pram.... and I dont care at all if you don't like me calling it how I see it, so please stop trying to twist my words.

@Northern_munkey Lol, its not that likely now I come to think about it! I'm a born optimist though

@OcelotsRevolver
The overwhelming majority of Sony's customers do not inhabit forum sites, X or YouTube. The modern propensity to jump on a hate bandwagon has passed them by and while not everyone of them will like it to learn that discs will go in 2028, we've all seen it coming for ages, so I will suggest the majority of the 'normal' psS customers are likely to accept that change.
If you've not seen the kind of stamping your feet I'll never deal with Sony again comments that proliferate on this site, you cant of been reading, or had very selective reading. If you believe this is adult behaviour, that's up to you, but lots of it has been very childish and I absolutely stand by that comment.
There are of course some concerned posts that do not fall into that category at all and touch on genuine concerns that do need discussion and addressing and I never stated that all people opposed to Sony's move are childish at all, that's clearly not true.
But there are a significant number that are very childish, and with them shouting I genuinely believe there little to be gained in trying to communicate.
That's my opinion and I shared it in an appropriate space. I hope this post clarifies why I stated what I stated, I expect there will be some calming down soon and I look forward to it.

@ShadowRJ
"what makes you think that the backlash won’t exist later on in the week?"

I fully expect the backlash to continue for ages. I just think that sooner or later they will realise they cant make any difference so they will just go about what they are doing as best as they can, and if I were calling it I'd pick Thursday or Friday. Just a feeling.

When there are no adults left in the room, why should they come and squabble with children?
Theres plenty for them to talk about and I'd like to think their could be plenty of reassurance for some people with some issues.
But right now there is no chance of people acting rationally as this site perfectly demonstrates. Maybe their wont be, but I don't blame them for not jumping back in right now. It wouldn't achieve much except generate another dozen stories on this site. They also know the vast majority of their customers will not care, not be listening or perfectly OK with dropping discs in 2028.
I suspect they will try latter in the week.

@Flaming_Kaiser I cant argue with that mate and I hope the GOG ideology gets more support and grows over time.

Eyes on the prise - I love Black Flag and am really looking forward to playing resync!

In between the F1 I will try and play some Forza Horizon 6 if I can get some Xbox time (my wife is playing a farming game 24/7). I'd started a new game of Zelda link to the past on switch 2, but to be honest I just want to go back to Crimson Dessert. I'll be all over the Black Flag update soon, so I need to concentrate on smaller titles on PS5 and not get to wrapped up in anything!

Whatever you are playing this weekend I hope you have fun!

@Mostik Watching all those coloured lines moving as the code loaded, and then, Knight lore, or Horrace goes skiing!
Now we are talking 👍

@NerdyPaul Absolutely mate. I think think Sony will be pre meeting any possible legislation and probably allow 3rd party code sales from others. They wont be on the storefront of course, but it'll probably be enough to see of any legal challenges. Be nice to see that!

@Northern_munkey Exactly this mate. 💯

I've always bought all the games machines since gaming started and I'll be there for PS6 too.
As someone who's been committed to digital gaming for a long time (environmental concerns) I'm not seriously affected by the fact that Sony have given us 18 months notice on physical. In fact, I'm rather hopeful that a renewed focus on digital rights, allowing other stores to sell codes and maybe even some adjustment to our DRM rights might make the whole digital experience much better.
I suspect that anyone with a pro will find it has long legs, so I don't think adoption will be as fast as previous iterations, but for me, it will be day 1.

@Mostik Enjoy it mate, I have a switch 2 too. Its nice enough and great if you need or use portable ( I don't unfortunately). I've not found tonnes that I don't prefer playing elsewhere, but I keep trying. Just started another Zelda run, but I fear I'm losing interest already.
I remember the Snes with very fond memories as well, some great games back then!
I've bought just about every single console since the Atari VCS was released - I was 13 in 77 and bought that with my own savings. I've tried to buy everything since, even the weird ones that never reached the west. I will continue to buy and use every games machine I can and Sony's decision here was expected and doesn't actually affect my use of their machines at all. Its still not nice to see so many people being unhappy and aggressive at each other though. Where ever you go, I hope you still enjoy your gaming!

@RamboMike OK mate I hear what you are saying, and respect that.

I'm not huge believer that gamers attacking each other in forums will achieve anything, especially seeing as everybody knew this was coming sooner or later from all platforms.
However, though I have my own reasons for being all digital, I'm able to accept that people want change and if outcry is how you see that being achieved then you have that right.
I'm hopeful we may at least see some changes to DRM policy or store policy - I guess we will see

I think the best chance of me playing it would be if it appears on PS plus sadly.

Cheer Stephen, always like these articles as I often discover something I'd not looked at before.
Kinda reminds me why I'm here.

With messaging from MS being so inconsistent I can see many not buying Halo at all on PS5. Theres simply no point if you cant buy further titles in the series for many people.

@RamboMike I don't understand how you can go to the bother of quoting my post and then act like it stated a single store was the way forward? At no point did I suggest or imply that at all?
I'd welcome changes to the PS store to start matching some of what Steam does, my own steam account is over 16 years old.
I'm certainly not blaming peoples frustration on hate. But I AM blaming peoples inability to have reasonable discourse and actually discuss issues on their desire to spew some hate onto the screen ASAP. The fact that you just completely misrepresented my words is prime example of how people are barely thinking ATM.
Whilst I don't side with those who wish for physical to live for ever, I do sympathise with those as upset as you are and I would hope that change could be achieved with DRM, refunds and lots of other things which have always needed improvement. But these wont come if people are unable to have discussions and come up with a unified set of ideas that can be messaged to Sony.
Stamping your feet and shouting loudly is not the way to achieve this in my opinion, and the site posting as many articles as it can with such an obvious agenda is not helping.
I hope we get some long overdue changes to the way the store works, but I'm not holding my breath. I hope you have a better day.

@Flaming_Kaiser I cant disagree with you, but GOG is a tiny percentage of the PC market and has not resulted in any of the others changing their model. It would be great if others followed suit, but that's not looking likely I'm afraid.

@Northern_munkey Kind of you to say that mate, appreciated. But maybe I should just get wasted and not bother posting, I seem to have upset a few

@Pat_trick Seeing as you seem offended and I don't really wish to be insulting I'll explain:
"cashing in on the hate vibe" was entirely aimed at the number of such articles we are getting.
"the faithful" was intended to refer to all those who seem to love them so much. I wasn't aware that refering anyone as being faithful was so offensive, so I apologise if that's a dreadful insult and you feel it applies to yourself.
I think the fact you were so offended at words not aimed at you, illustrates that the issue is still very heated and not always subject to rationality. I did not and do not intend to insult.

@LemanRusk Awesome put down, 👏

@4fold I don't disagree with you. Improvements to the digital sales path and rights are clearly needed.

@get2sammyb They are Sammy, but in general we don't get to talk to you. I've found it increasingly difficult to have a sensible conversation on the subjects with the people posting here. I guess theres a lot of anger and hate being spread and people don't have much rationale thought under such conditions.
For what its worth, I thought you came up with a lot of stuff that needs to be talked about! I'm just not that sure the majority of the audience wants to have those discussions, they just seem to want to tell us they are never playing games again or similar 🤷

Edit: Having just read my initial post again, I wasn't at all clear I was refering to chat. And then to make matters worse we had loads of perfectly reasonable posts actually talking about the issue with some more sense.

Clearly we just keep making more stories about it to drive engagement and get the faithful all rilled up again?
Nothing has changed for me at all, I'm delighted that they have finally announced their plans to ditch plastic download tickets. I hope whenever some sensible conversations are encouraged again, we can get to talk about ideas for game preservation, changes to the store etc, but till then I guess its just time to cash in on the hate vibe.

Looking forward to this game and very interested in the single player campaign. Will it be tacked on, or well crafted?
I intend to buy this, but as always I'll be buying digitally.

@Bizzy As digital only becomes more and more likely for every platform, we can only encourage places like GOG which help further the cause of more digital rights.
I almost feel like I don't have a horse in this race as I buy consume finish and hardly ever return to a title, but I have no issue with others getting the rights they should be due. Once the plastic is taken out of the equation, I'm happy and can only hope that people develop more digital rights as time goes on.

@Flaming_Kaiser
"GOG is the only option now I guess atleast that is DRM free."

GOG is the exception and not the rule. Every other store front has DRM. GOG carries less than 5% of the total PC games market.
GOG is no solution at all - though I agree it should be supported by those who game on PC.

@kmtrain83 I get that mate, I really do. Thanks for not descending into insults as so many do these days.

This has been something I've cared about for a long time and I've been consuming my media (all sorts) digitally for quite a long time now as a result. Have a great day.