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@trev666 Yes it's definitely OK to start with this one, it covers the whole anime whereas the other games only cover a couple of seasons. So if you played the other games you would basically be doing the same story sections over again.

Can't way to play this myself, Erens villain arc is one of the best.

Only played one and that's Echoes of Aincrad so reluctantly that gets my vote. It's an OK game but it just fall flat in the end and is very repetitive, dropped it as soon as Splatoon Raiders came out.

@Balaam_ You do know these devs that make gacha games didn't make single player console games before. You can't blame these Chinese devs for the decline of western gaming.

You should be looking at Activision, EA and Epic for the surgance of live service games.

@Slayer25c I think they meant the grammar used was bad and couldn't understand what you was trying to say.

I kinda understand, but you're wrong saying we need to spend money to get further in these games, you can do all of the story content so far in every gacha game without spending a penny. Also there are maybe 2-3 gacha games released per year on consoles, that's nothing compared to the hundreds of single player games.

@Leinad7 If Helix has a disk drive then Sony would be aware of it by now anyway.

That's it Microsoft increase the cost of your next console even more so then you sell even less consoles 😂. Either way Xbox is doomed next gen.

@Northern_munkey I highly doubt he had a PS5 to begin with.

I would want two things from this list.
1, Being able to trade/sell digital games.
2, More frequent sales with deeper discounts.

I dunno something about it looks cheap.

@Krlozgod Ah I see, so wouldn't the retail store selling the physical games also get a cut then? So it still adds up to a similar amount although maybe slightly lower, 20%-25% maybe.

@ShadowRJ Then out of that 5th you then have to split it between PS4/PS5/Switch/Switch2/Xbox One/Series.

So out of that 6.7% how much of it is for Playstation consoles, then it becomes more apparent why Sony want to drop physical.

That's the bigger picture to me, that this 6.7% is across 6 platforms.

Is that 6.7% enough to cover the costs of printing the disks, packaging and distribution across the globe? Don't forget Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo 30% cut as well. So probably not and that is why most publishers will be up for getting rid of physical media as it's just not worth.

@ButteredCrumpet That Xbox outage was worst as well not just because of the duration it was down but also because people couldn't even play their disk games either.

@trev666 There's also news when Sony do a TV show based off a game or when they announce a anime based off game. I don't see the problem doing the same with films, this is a film based on an IP from one of Sony's biggest selling games.

Didn't like the original so I doubt I would like this either, way too arcadey for me and I can't take the enemies seriously.

@johnedwin The Xbox situation was worse as it was down for 20 hours plus people couldn't even play their disk games due to DRM.

@MrStark So superior it was down for 20 hours 😂😂.

@MrStark Naughty Dogg have been very consistent and always release game of the year contenders. Xbox and some other western publishers could learn a lesson or two from them.

All that matters to me is that's it's available in my country, I don't get why people in countries that are supported get so worked up about this.

I will definitely be picking up Laufey over this. I will still get Fable but once it goes on a hefty sale a couple months later.

@SmokeEmAll Oh man this comment has aged so well 😂😂🤡

Lmao love it.

Continue riling them up Sony.

Would be a massive troll move from Sony to announce just after this farce has ended that August's player count was the highest this year so far 😂.

@XenonKnight Hopefully that handheld exists, will definitely be getting one too if it does.

@XenonKnight It can handle it, I hope. Me and the misses both play every day so it's already on most of the time. Plus in a few months I will be trading it in anyway for a Pro.

@XenonKnight Same here, I'm starting to buy more digital games now and wishlisting a lot more ready for when they are on sale. Then I will be getting the PRO in November and going full digital.

Its easier to take on board when you realise the competition will also be going all digital, and PC is already all digital so the alternatives are no better. Why should I throw away the hundreds of games I have and the thousands of trophies I've collected by moving to another platform just to face the same issues.

Instead of crying over this i decided to accept it and move on, the times change and so does technology, we either change with it or stay stuck in the past and miss out on great games. That's something I won't be doing.

Can those taking part also not visit playstation news sites that week as well 👍, may as well go all out and prove your point.

Lmao this reeks of desperation, I can guarantee half those who take part will crumble within 2-3 days and turn on their Playstation again, especially if it's their only console.

In response to this protest I will be keeping my PS5 on 24/7 during those 7 days 😂.

Nothing for me next week, maybe Blue Reflection once it's in a sale.

Next Year is already looking much better than this year for games.

So much misinformation spreading in these comments.

Your offline digital only single player games still worked, so no this isn't a "win" for physical disks.

Seems Xbox live was down as well and is also still having some issues.

https://downdetector.co.uk/status/xbox-live/

@DennisReynolds I don't understand the lies either, I've literally been playing my digital games during the outage. The only games effected were live service games, like I couldn't play NTE or Wutha, that goes for if the games were digital or physical.

PSN down for me, I can't play any of my gacha games or Marathon although I can play my single player games, oh well echoes of aincrad it is then.

@Dimey I can't speak about game prices going that far back as I'm 34 but I started buying games around the end of the Ps3 gen and they were like what £30 compared to £69.99 now, more so the big AAA games. Even for second hand I used to go in GAME and get 3 games for £20 (used), you hardly see any PS5 games dropping below £10-£15 never mind getting 3 games for £20.

Then you have Nintendo's games which hardly ever go on sale, so even with the cost of their games going up you had pretty much no choice to pay the new prices as theres no sales to wait for.

@PuppetMaster he says Rather than completely abandoning that, we are currently challenging ourselves to shift towards being able to think about and act on the important aspects of digital in parallel.

Basically they are planning physical editions that will come with a code in a box instead of a disk. Something that I think many other publishers will do also, but is that enough to satisfy physical collector's?

@BecauseBecause Sorry I didn't mean that, just my bad wording. I left out digital as the point I was trying to make was more people buying second hand which you can't do with digital.

Whilst I'm not bothered either way I will point out that physical games have gotten more expensive as the years have gone by. Maybe each year people bought less new physical games simply because they were priced out, and bought more second hand games instead which this data does not represent.

@SaucyPapi Whats your internet speed? I'm averaging 130mbs so maybe that's why as the lower it is the more lag there would be. Only lag I ever noticed is when I used it in the garden, so you do have to be quite close to the router for it to work well.

Using the PlayStation Plus cloud gaming on my Portal has made me more acceptable towards streaming, it's been pretty much perfect so far that when playing games it doesn't actually feel like I'm streaming them. It feels way more natural and way less laggy than when I used to play gamepass on my mobile with a controller connected via Bluetooth. But, I still wouldn't want it to replace consoles fully, and if it ever was to then the prices of games needs to come way down, I think people would be more accepting of it if new releases cost £35 instead of £70.

Is their reply funded by Microsoft as well.

Maybe Sony can put these updates onto disk for those whinging physical collectors.

"They knew a small minority would be p*ssed off"

Fixed it for you.

That's what happens when you're at the tail end of the gen, even more so when there's price increases.

Bet Sony are happy with MLB beating those other heavy hitters.

Typical Microsoft throwing money around like it's nothing to get what they want. But as usual it didn't work out as they planned it to, basically paid a fortune to beta test the game so that Playstation players get the better version on release.

Live service games taking up every spot, seems physical and single player games are just not what most gamers want these days.

I've put around 200 hours into the game so far so I was quite looking forward to the PVE mode but I just find it awful. I don't usual play Cryo and both games my team mates ran on ahead of me and the map is just confusing I couldn't keep up with them. Worst map design I've ever played in a multiplayer game.

@GirlVersusGame Have to agree with you there, one of the best if not the best strategy game I've played. Hopefully there's a sequel in the works.

It's only a matter time before Xbox announce their next console is Digital only as well, let's see how people spin that one and if there's a massive backlash over their side. Them working on a solution by letting you turn your physical disks into a digital key doesn't fix the issue of physical games going away.

I think as long as Playstation have the cheaper console and better exclusives (as usual) then they should be fine next gen but overall I think console sales for everyone will be way lower compared to previous gens.

@XenonKnight That would be a huge selling point for the PS6, especially of we could play our already bought PS3 games. Wouldn't be so great if they slowly added ps3 games and we had to buy them again or if they were locked behind the premium membership.