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Next year is looking good already with this and Intergalactic.

@MrPeanutbutterz This is the first I'm hearing this, wasn't asked to verify anything when I played the server slam.

Marathon, Planet Lana 2 and Pokopia for me next week.

It's a server slam where progression doesn't carry over, so why would most people continue playing every day if they know nothing carries over when the full game releases in a weeks time. So of course the player count is going to decrease as the weekend goes on.

Also looking at other online games there's always a big drop in players during the same time period every day, so using that lowest drop figure for an argument is quite amusing.

@Max_the_German I wouldn't call 20+ million sales a frustrating problem for SIE, especially with those games you mentioned. Forza being on three platforms still hasn't sold as many as God of War did just on playstation.

Well so now we know why there was never a Bloodbourne Remake, because Sony valued their partnership with From software and didn't want to p**s off the original creator. Now can we move on.....

@Northern_munkey Just read the in game email about the server slam, you just get rewards for reaching certain levels in the server slam (10 and 30) but any progress does not carry over.

From their FAQ,

Progress will not carry over to Marathon’s launch, but there will be tiered rewards based on your Server Slam progress that will be credited on launch via an in-game mailbox.

Its my own fault for not reading it properly to begin with but if I had known I would have played a few less matches than I did lol.

@OldGamer999 Exactly, let's leave the remakes for games from the PSP and PS1 to PS2 library.

Only just realised that progress does not carry over to the full game 😭, time to stop for now then.

@8bitOG When they would have started it would have been around 2020 which would have been 5 years after it's release. Sorry my bad on not being clear.

Imagine remaking a game 5 years after it's original release, that to me is absurd and would have gone down just as (not) well as the TLOU remake, surely?

I've played around two hours when I got back from work, I'm playing on the Switch 2 though and tbf it runs well and looks good.

@Artois2 Yeah that's the problem with it being a free play test, means anyone can just downlaod it and give it a rating without playing it. The length some saddos go to is embarrassing.

@BLKxHER0 Yeah the first map even says it has less human players. I played around 5 games on the beginner map and encountered no other teams yet I did on my first game on perimeter normal and was finding other teams every other match.

Definitely been enjoying my time with the game, after playing Arc Raiders I was put off the idea of this being an Extraction Shooter but I much prefer this over Arc Raiders.

Played for two hours last night and had a blast, the UI is chaotic but you kinda get used to it. Also thought the bots hit hard or is it just me 😅.

So out of that 2% revenue from PC, how much of that was from HellDivers 2 and Destiny 2? Take those from the equation and you're probably left with 0.5% revenue from their single player games. Now surely that's just not worth it? They can just continue to release live service games on PC but keep single player games exclusive to consoles.

With the new Steam console and the next Xbox rumoured to run Steam I'd say this is a very wise move, and one I'd say most Playstation gamers will agree with.

Is that 2% revenue really worth hurting your brand, and losing players to the Steam box and Next box.

I have to agree with comments about the UI, so much going on. Apart from that though it's a very good game and so far I'm quite enjoying it.

@Scottyy If that's true then it makes sense as they wouldn't want the next Xbox to have access to their big games, even if they are 1-2 years old.

@Oram77 As a Tottenham fan I bet you want a chirpy dlc costume 😅

Honestly it was DOA.

@get2sammyb Can you play as different characters or is it just the one guy.

That's my evening sorted.

@Boxmonkey Well porting to PC seems to have not done anything to their console sales.

Maybe this is just research for their own portable that's been heavily rumoured, they might be testing what minium specs are needed.

But can you kill random people on the streets and sleep with prostitutes 🤔, you know the real reason people play GTA 😅.

@saffeqwe Says who, the most played games on Playstation are these types of games. One of the game of year contenders last year was one of these types of games.

I think this is more Sony testing what the competitions device is capable of.

Why do people even click and comment on these articles if they have no interest in the game or anything related to say about the game.

@djlard Tbf the remasters they have done this gen hasn't really sold very well at all, so I don't think they've done any ass saving lol.

@jFug Helldivers 2 is the only success they’ve had in the live service space

How many games have they released in the live service space? Since the PS5 released they've had one failure Concord and 3 successful in HellDivers 2, MLB and Gran Turismo 7. Destiny 2 and all it's expansions are also doing good and Marathon doesn't look like it's going to be a failure either. Ghost of Yotei Legends also seems to be wanted by fans although that game won't be monetised so I don't think Sony care too much about that one.

@Oram77 Well I take my comment back as after doing some searching this sites score seems to be one of be lower ones. 88 metacritic on PS5, 90 on Switch 2, 91 PC and 92 on Xbox. So maybe it is a game of the year contender after all 😜.

Well so much for game of the year material, I might pick it up Friday still but I am seriously contemplating getting it for the Switch 2 to see what the system can achieve when pushed.

The plan is the next Forza, Halo, Gears and Fable are coming to Playstation. Until Xbox start getting console sales similar to Sony that plan is not going to change, and this course they are currently brings in more revenue than they've ever had before.

Hopefully the new Greedfall does well to give them some financial stability for a while. Also hoping this won't effect Edge of Memories.

I think il just stick to Wutha for now, Arknights didn't grab me and I played the beta for this and thought it was average at most.

The fact it was topping the PlayStation store pre order charts and top 5 on steam means it's definitely no Concord. The game looks fantastic visually and gameplay wise and with Bunjie behind it it should be supported very well.

@Leinad7 So like Mario, Pokémon, Zelda, Animal Crossing etc

@SMJ I'm a Playstation and Nintendo gamer and whilst I don't like Xbox (I have owned them before) I don't really care if they stick around. One of the reasons I started to despise them was because of their attempt at outspending the competition by buying two of the biggest publishers around, then those leaked emails about who to buy next such as Nintendo and Square and the email about basically running Sony out of business, kind of gave them this bully attitude just because of their trillions.

But that has changed now that they are a third party publisher, but I still think they shouldn't be allowed to buy any more big publishers going forward.

In terms of giving Sony competition, I just don't see it. You don't push your competitor to compete by giving them your biggest games day one, and raising your prices above the market leader. Right now Nintendo and Steam are Sony's main competition so Xbox not being around will make no difference tbh, especially with those poor console figures.

So I don't mind if they stick around but just leave the big publishers and Nintendo alone.

Theres no going back now in terms of bringing their games to Playstation and Nintendo, especially when new games from their top 4 IP's are already coming this year. It would be another 5+ years before the next games from these IP's come out and the damage would well and truly be done by then. Xbox's game indentity will be gone and gamepass will no doubt get more price increases, the only reason to carry on investing into their consoles would be to play your existing library if that matters to you.

@OldGamer999 And all above 85 metacritic.

Also how are Insonmiac releasing top AAA games so fast? You had Spider-Man 1 in 2018, Miles Morales in 2020, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart in 2021, Spider-Man 1 Remastered in 2022, Spider-Man 2 in 2023 and now this in 2026. Other studio's need to learn from these guys.

@ButterySmooth30FPS Strange isn't it, and that last game sold less than 2 million lifetime sales.... I remember Final Fantasy 16 getting laughed at for selling 3.5 million in one week.

@VelocityXCI Agreed, although one game that could go against them with ease is the new gen Pokémon game which is rumoured to be announced this Friday. Other than that, I can't see many games releasing in November.

@Areus I'd bet my house on it, most of those people just like to follow the latest Sony hate trend without thinking for themselves. Was quite funny seeing HellDivers 2 be a massive success, those people were nowhere to be seen.

Hopefully this game does great, which it should since it was topping the PlayStation store pre order chart and was in the top 5 pre orders on steam.

@ShogunRok I see, that's good to hear then. Maybe this re shuffle is also why there's been no new Atelier announcement yet as there's usually one new game per year.

That price is ridiculous, if this was by NIS it would have been half that price.

This should have been in the state of play as the closing game, would have made the show a 10/10 personally.

Also seems a bit earlier than I thought, maybe GTA even has Sony rushing.