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@pharos_haven Yes, it's the first ever game in the series but a Remake so I'd say this is the perfect starting point for anyone getting into the series. But be warned if you like the game and want to get into the other games then their visuals and quality will be drastically degraded compared to this one (apart from Daybreak 1&2).

I have a Switch 2 so I need to see what these upgrades are before I make a decision, but I do feel it's too soon as the game is still fresh in my mind to be playing it all again.

I'd love to play it but I know il have to wait weeks for the full game and I'd most likely start again anyway.

@Hxcaleb Lol atleast spell his name right 😂

Well you know who to thank for that....

@CallMeDuraSouka Tbf he's like this on NintendoLife, every article it's either about wanting kids games or saying he would rather play games on playstation.

I didn't watch it live (learnt my lesson with SGF), and looking at what was shown Im glad I didn't. Hardly any new reveals, just updates on games we already know about.

Seems like Yotei and Resident Evil stole the show though.

You have to fill in a questionnaire to apply for the test, one of the questions asks what platform you will playing the test on PC or PS5 so that confirms this is for Playstation 5 as well.

If there is a showcase I think they will show gameplay of Interstellar, Wolverine, Saros and Fairgames with two of them launching next year. But as we know it doesn't really matter what they show as they are still going to get bashed on the pushsquare after show poll.

Revenue and Profit say otherwise 🙄

I just want the next main game to be announced.

But surely to get the same quality they will want Sony to continue making future movies? Maybe make some bigger deal next time.

So it's up there with Concord and the Bunjie Acquisition for Sony's biggest mistakes.

Wasn't Star Wars put only put on there this February? So now some games are only lasting 6 months. Does anyone know how long the Banishers is going to be on there?

Can't wait for October, this is going to be something special.

@Godot25 I would say subscription service are a part of the problem, at the end of my comment I did say that live service, subscription and ai are the problem for the industry. Now obviously that's just my opinion and I may be wrong until we all get concrete figures and more devs speak up, but for me gaming just doesn't feel the same as it used to back during the PS1 to PS2 gens, there's more lay offs, studio closures, ai slop on the stores, absurd game price increases, this big focus on streaming and subscription based services, live service games taking priority at most big publishers, gacha games galore and more day one releases that are full of bugs and performance issues on release. There's a big underlying issue here for the industry and we need to know what it is before it's too late. So for me personally for now I'm saying live service, ai and subscriptions are at fault but I fully respect if you don't feel the same.

Some people fail to grasp that if something isn't good for the industry then eventually it ends up not being good for us gamers. The more people who rely on subscriptions means less money for devs which in return means more dev closures meaning less games for us gamers, also less games that we actually own as these games are only rented. The less money these devs actually make from game sales will effect their budgets for their next game which could result in a lesser quality game or rushed development.

So keep championing gamepass all you like just because it's value for you but some of us actually care about the bigger picture.

Live Service, Subscriptions and AI will kill the industry.

As per usual the man speaks a lot of sense and is totally right. Gaming has been going downhill very fast since subscription services have took off.

I wonder if this will be as bad as the first one.

Wow what a month!

@ConstantStateOfPlay You ain't wrong about that.

In terms of post release support this has been the worst for a main Monster Hunter title.

Looks really good, JRPG fans eating good the last few months of the year. We got this, Varlet, new Atelier, Final Fantasy Tactics, Octopath Traveler 0, Trails in the Sky Remake, Inazuma Eleven and Dragon Quest 1&2 HD.

This is a day one must have for me, although im all over the place with this series. Completed Cold Steel 1 and 2, and Daybreak 1 and 2, need to play the rest at some point.

So anything but Persona 6, also considering how long it took them to make Metaphor Re Fantazio a sequel wouldn't launch until the PlayStation 7. So that just leaves many more remasters and remakes for the next few years 🙄.

Great to see, hopefully this becomes the COD killer we need. The big games ain't safe and sometimes players can only take so much crap before they are forced to move on, it happened to overwatch so it can happen to any of them.

I think now that Anime is so popular in the west instead of just focussing on making games into Anime, how about making more Anime into games. Surely it works both ways and both will benefit, and I don't mean mobile gacha games either, I'm talking full paid console games like the SAO games from Bandai. An open world Dr Stone game would be epic, A Demon Slayer, Shield Hero or Reincarnated as a Slime RPG would be great as well.

@EfYI Any anime made by Aniplex (Fate, Sword Art Online, Demon Slayer, Full Metal Alchemist etc) A-1 Pictures (Solo Levelling, Black Butler, Kaguya Sama etc) , Boundary (new studio) and Clover Works (Promised Never land, Spy Family, My Dress Up Darling etc). There's a lot more anime they've produced other than those I've mentioned.

They also own Crunchyroll and of course Funimation which got absorbed into Crunchyroll. They own the most English dubbed licenses, and have the biggest western anime subscription service. And yeah those animes I mentioned previously will be on there as well, hope that helps.

On PS5 i will be continuing with the Tales of Arise DLC and starting Mado Monogatari Fia and the Wondrous Academy.

On Switch 2 it's more Donkey Kong Bananza and No Sleep for Kaname Date.

Looks fantastic, combat blows AC Shadows out of the water.

It would have been a gacha live service game so everyone would be against it anyway...... Right???

Or is it OK because it's not by Sony

So it's a visual tech demo nothing else

I'd expect this from a new indie developer with their first game showcasing what they are capable of. But these guys should be doing better gameplay wise, what heppend to the days of Heavenly Sword.

@SMJ I see, but who manufactures the PC in a box? If its multiple companies then that's just going to confuse people especially the casuals.

Also can't see Sony being happy with people having multiple choices to where they buy the games from, they would massively lose out on revenue for third party games. If store A offers a game £10 cheaper than the PlayStation store then who in their right mind would still buy it from the PlayStation store just to play it on the exact same system.

I can tell you now if that was to happen then Steam and Epic would be the stores everyone goes to, may as well close the PlayStation store altogether and Sony becomes just a publisher.

@cragis0001 They are already doing that with the Portal via cloud streaming Extra/Premium catalog games. You can buy a portal and play Playstation 5 games without ever owning a PS5, it's pretty much a standalone device. I don't know if Sony will push this to mobile phones as they want it as an incentive to invest into their hardware (or accessory as they call the Portal).

@SMJ So how are hundreds of millions of console players going to be playing games in the future? Please don't say everyone is going to be on PC as that won't happen.

Also a lot of developers rely on Console for most of their sales, without consoles a lot of developers will be going bust. Consoles will be around for many generations especially from Nintendo and Sony, it will be an all digital future for sure but there will be a box under a TV for us to play games on.

Time for some Déjà vu reading the comments.

@Oram77 I honestly don't think they would have sold that many more consoles than they already have, it's keeping up with the PS4 and outpacing the PS3 with less exclusives.

This should have happened way sooner.

Once GTA 6 comes out those sales will surge, I think 100 million is easily achievable over the next 18-24 months.

@cragis0001 But Nintendo bounced back straight away, with Microsoft the Xbox One was a failure and then their next console failed even more, now their exclusives are coming to Playstation and some to Nintendo so they are pretty much guaranteed to fail next gen as well especially if it's an all digital PC, the casuals will avoid like the plague.

This won't effect Sony as much as people think it will, Xbox are pretty much dead and Nintendo will still miss out on the biggest AAA games and the backlash over key cards will lose them third party players. So that leaves Sony as the real choice for the high end console and the best place to play third party games, Sony aren't going anywhere.

So what if a minority are throwing an hissy for over them bringing some games to Xbox, where they going to go? PC? and then still buy Sony's games on there? 😂

Well Pokémon seems to do extremely well amongst all ages every single generation.

One of the worst Bethesda games ever, no thanks.

Won't be long before all sites require age verification, even on here especially for those stellar blade articles.

Xbox fans be thirsty for those Playstation bangers.

@Dudeitsme No they do not, once inserted it will automatically downlaod the game from the store and the cartridge is required everytime to allow you to play that game. You can then sell that cartridge and it will be same for the buyer.

That's why they are so much better than a code in a box. If you are like me and buy games to complete then sell them then just treat these game keys cards as normal games.

There's a lot of good looking gacha games coming out, just a shame they are all a massive time sink. But I may be tempted to give a few a try, mainly Azur Promila and Silver Palace.

On PS5 i will be playing YS The Oath in Felghana and the Tales of Arise DLC

On Switch 2 I will be continuing with the amazing Donkey Kong Bananza currently on the Tempest Layer and don't want it to end although I have a feeling I don't have much left. I will also be starting either Mary Skelter Nightmares or Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid, depends what mood I'm in.

We already know this, their live service games will be multiplatform.

@SeaDaVie so a 25% increase in price would result in the revenue going from $1 billion to $1.25 billion but that would also mean from 2023 to now they haven't increased their subscriber count at all even with merging Xbox Live Gold and Gamepass subscribers.