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This and the 98% discount feels like a good way to apologise and appease fans of the first game (even though I massively preferred it).

Cut the drama. You received an offer that you perceive to be low... just take it or leave it. If you don't, someone else will.

As for exposure, it's completely dependant on how R* plan to use the song within the game. I wonder what Tom Petty's estate received for Love Is A Long Road?... the GTA6 trailer increased its Spotify streams by 36,979%. Not bad for a B-side!

@W0rl0ck No, Antstream subscriptions on PlayStation (and Xbox for that matter) exist within their own ecosystem with no transfer of entitlements, progress, scores to other platforms.

Having previously played it on Xbox a while ago, I jumped in with a lifetime PS subscription. All good so far apart from a very odd menu slowdown when navigating. Eventually crawls to a halt, fixed only by restarting. No performance or lags issues within the actual games through.

Sounds like the familiar gameplay loop... janitor needed in aquarium/picking up litter, expeditions to find/create new stuff instead of research labs.

More importantly, I hope they don't give the UI another overhaul. That was definitely the worst part of switching between TP Hospital and TP Campus.

My last 4-5 store purchases over the past two weeks have not earned me any points. Anyone else having that problem again?

Astro's Playroom remains my favourite PS5 game and I can't wait for Astro Bot. I love the design of the limited edition controller and bought one with no intention of reselling. However, I'm slightly concerned that the white analog sticks will get grubby over time, and I already have 3 PS5 controllers so I certainly don't "need" it right now. I'm inclined to keep it sealed so it retains it's value, but if I choose to sell it in 18 months time does that make me a scalper??

Was it me or did that trailer feature no grass courts?

I did wonder why Wimbledon wasn't featured in any of the trailers.

I wish Sony would update their web pages at the same time. The PS+ content is always out of sync.

The Subscriptions page (https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/pages/subscriptions) shows August Monthly Games, with a LEGO Star Wars banner.

But the What's New page (https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/ps-plus/whats-new/#monthly-games) still shows the July games.... misleading given they are no longer available.

It shouldn't be this difficult.

I highly recommend Tinykin for £4.99 (or £3.99 for PS+ members). It's currently in the Game Catalog but will no doubt be removed at some point.

@Olmaz Same. The wishlist is good for upcoming games, but once they're released I remove them and track on PSprices.com instead.

Lots of niggly issues like this. It bugs me that some titles that I've previously downloaded on PS+ can be purchased "to keep" but others cannot.

In a recent sale, Ghost of Tsushima was reduced but was only available to me at full price, again because I'd previously downloaded it. I contacted PS support who said there's nothing they can do whilst my subscription is active.

Having had PS+ from day one, I'm definitely going back to Essentials from next month. Personally, I'd rather have a Basic tier that only offers cloud storage and store discounts, and do away with the monthly games/catalogue.

Dammit, I bet if I subscribe now it will start with issue 401 😭... hard to find anywhere that stocks this now.

What exactly is the point of these?... (the same applies to the Champions Edition of F1 games).

EA only release the standard editions at retail, so these 'covers' are entirely pointless marketing material.

I remember the days when they'd release club specific FIFA covers to download and print.

Good news?... yes. But "scores" of titles upgraded?... no.

1 score = 20, therefore scores would imply a minimum of 40.

Yeah, I had to be that guy lol

This could be interesting.. and kudos for the sub-title.

@rusty82 Amazon UK have it listed at £59.99. Save yourself a fiver at Game Collection... £54.95 with another 10% off if you subscribe to their newsletter. You also gain bonus reward points for future purchases.

I genuinely like having both... often I'll buy physical then pick-up the digital version in a sale a year later. Or vice-versa. Ideally I'd like a physical collector's edition to include a digital code, but I realise most people would just resell it.

Honestly this isn't spoken about enough 😔

Added to my wishlist. Maybe it's the art style but it's giving me Alba: A Wildlife Adventure vibes.

@Nepp67 Tbf they are action/adventure games, in which puzzles are often forced into just for pacing purposes. Maybe it's me but currently replaying the Uncharted series and the puzzles are tiresome... far more so than when playing for the first time. Sure, they have a place, but for me they're better left in games like Monkey Island (which I love).

I never understood why Sony allowed Singstar to die. Bearing in mind the wider group owns multiple record labels, the DLC was a license to print money and free advertising for their label's artists.

I know most gamers weren't interested, but lots of casual players bought PS2s and PS3s just to play Singstar.

An integrated Spotify subscription model would have been amazing.

Fond memories of playing Eyelet with my kids too.

Surprised this isn't a F2P title. How does it compare to Vigor?

EA are experts with this already...

Medal of Honor (1999 & 2010)
Need For Speed (1996 & 2015)
Need For Speed Most Wanted (2005 & 2012)
Star Wars Battlefront (2004 & 2015)
Star Wars Battlefront II (2005 & 2017)

I find the lack of comments disturbing.

(or maybe just the general apathy towards this game these days!)

I was looking forward to this, but the more I see the less I like. I'm definitely going to hold out for Tiebreaker instead and it's roster of 100+ licensed players.

PixelJunk Monsters on PS4 or PS5. The original, Deluxe, Ultimate or Ultimate HD... I don't care. Just make it happen!

Yeah this looks incredibly similar to F1 23. Their cause wasn't helped by a lack of driver changes (first time ever I believe).

I'm pretty sure I added Fallout 4 to my library as part of the PS+ Collection when the PS5 launched, and I've been able to down the PS5 update.

What bugs me is it takes high profile cases like this to get things resolved. There's an increasing number of people on PS+ Extra who are unable to play The Division 2. Sony blame Ubisoft, Unisoft blame Sony. I've been playing it for months, but suddenly despite still being part of the PS+ Extra Game Catalogue, I can't play, download or even purchase the game??!... (the game shows a PS+ icon with a small padlock in my Library and Installed games).

Not a huge fan of the timing bar and text feedback after every single shot... for me that definitely breaks part of the immersion. Hopefully they'll include HUD options.

Surprised we haven't seen more of this. Was expecting a native Rocket League at some point.

At least the licensed tournaments are well covered.

@Rafie The Xbox version is also still capped at 30fps.

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2024/03/red-dead-redemption-2-gets-surprise-xbox-update-here-are-the-full-patch-notes

I wish more devs would update the home screen icon, to match the (usually much better) key art from the Library. Or even better, give us the choice.

The first game was great. A shame this isnt getting a native PS5 release, but a PS4 version is better than not at all.

No issue with this approach, especially for such a connected game. However, it would be nice to have an upfront commitment to an offline patch in years to come when servers are shut down.

GT Sport received this recently, but later this month The Crew will become permanently unplayable... I loved that game.

Good times. LBP1 was an absolute gem.

Not played it, but loved the old Criterion games, including NFS: Most Wanted 2012.

Can the bizarre graphical effects be switched off and does it feature the usual character-driven story nonsense?

Surely it's time for a remastered Resistance collection?... so many good memories on my launch PS3 playing Resistance: Fall of Man and Motorstorm.

A quirky looking game that I've already saved to my wishlist. Price may be the deciding factor.

@Gigawatt-Kapow Absolutely. The Crew deserves this.

This will be a hard pill to swallow for the original Burnout creators over at Three Fields Entertainment, especially as any new Burnout game would overshadow their Wreckreation game... assuming it's being released in 2024.

Fair play to Harmonix for supporting it this long... giving away free anniversary DLC packs and enabling imports way back to the RB1 days. I have around 700 tracks in RB4, hopefully the final DLC is a good one!

UPDATE: I've just read the blog, which says Jan 25th will be the last drop... but that's not the only one. Today they've released the following and I imagine there will be more to come over the coming days.

Our Love Will Still Be There - The Troggs
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Impressive. I bought it a while back but still not played it yet!

Something very weird just happened for me, or maybe Sony have an odd way of resolving it. I bought a game on 29 Dec and received no points. Today I bought a £1.69 DLC and received 17 points over and over again. In the end I had 24 notofications in the PS App, and my points balance is now back up (or maybe higher) to what I was expecting.

Maybe it was a glitch, but for anyone missing points I'd recommend trying a small purchase to test it.

I was expecting a longer notice period, like Sony did with Driveclub. I missed yesterday's announcement, but are you seriously saying someone could have bought the game last week for £19.99 (or £44.99 for the Ultimate Edition) which will be unplayable in just over 3 months.

That can't be right, can it?

For what it's worth, I enjoyed The Crew more than the two sequels, so it's a shame they couldn't have developed a patch to allow the single-player mode to function offline.

Sorry, is it April 1st?... I quite like it but would never pay £150. One for the collectors I suppose. Speaking of tea, off to make my 4th cup of the day

I can just about accept a small banner on the main menu of say F1 22, offering an upgrade or discount for F1 23. But anything in-game?... no thanks, I'm out.

Would prefer more effort to bring the PS3 versions of these titles to current hardware.

@Czar_Khastik Mathematically that would make it a PS3 😂