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Decent for Extra, except for the pointless inclusion of Lego Horizon in the same month as Essential (shows Sony are struggling to get more games on there).

Premium is abysmal, however, for a Christmas drop. Last year we had three classics for the year’s end.

@Bizzy Exactly. Makes 0% sense to simultaneously be pushing Netflix Games that nobody cares about and then turn around and say that WB Games aren’t of any value when it could be their first meaningful inroad into the gaming sector.

If they actually thought about it for even a second, it could be the perfect opportunity for them to turn their IPs (like Stranger Things) into companion games which will boost the IP, if done correctly. Considering WB handled Hogwarts Legacy it could be the perfect match.

Tomb Raider: Anniversary is a great choice but one game a month is a terrible choice, i.e. it’s impossible to truthful answer that poll question. 🤷‍♂️

“It happens on PS5” …except the new Horizon and Ratchet apparently?

@PocketHotDogs Feel exactly the same. Have absolutely no interest in gaming on mobile, and that’s surely the feeling for many (if not most) Ratchet fans. Why not release this on PSN as well, a download only title would do no harm.

Saddest thing for me is this would have totally been on Vita (or equivalent) if PS handhelds hadn’t died. Hopefully it at least gets a digital-only port for PS5 at some point.

@Toot1st @Gremio108 It’s only orange because it’s about Horizon. Some IP tags on PushSquare are linked to colours. There’s also red for GoW and grey-blue for Uncharted.

@Dubplant Exactly. This is what people really want. Hit & Run is the number one requested game on IC’s discord for the PS+ classics catalogue.

@Questionable_Duck Thank god someone else notices. It looks so soulless now, such as shame.

@get2sammyb You might want to add that the PS1 games in this set were emulated by Implicit Conversions on behalf of Digital Eclipse. Just to give credit to where credit is due.

Bend must have as many cancelled or rejected projects now as they do releases. Crazy mismanagement.

@Nakatomi_Uk It’s better on PS3 as well so it’s a bit backwards even within their own ecosystem. However, PS3 can’t be emulated yet.

@get2sammyb To add insult to injury, Crystal Dynamics have been advertising it as releasing next week. Seems like it was Sony’s last minute (stupid) decision.

https://x.com/mightycroft/status/1979517272117948898?s=46

Should have had Tomb Raider as well then Premium would have something for everyone but as I hate fighters it’s terrible for me this month.

@get2sammyb Heads up: Date on the Store has changed now to 18th November.

@get2sammyb PS Store still lists TR Anniversary for next week though?

https://store.playstation.com/concept/10013616

@darkswabber it’s called “The Simpsons Game” and while it’s unrelated to the film, it wasn’t a ‘coincidence’. 😂 It was a marketing decision to cash in on the hype of the film to release a game around the same time.

@Vivisapprentice Indeed. EA ran them into the ground and shut them down. I can’t see how that was the better option over Sony. More money I guess. I suppose it’s easy to say it was a mistake in hindsight though.

@Stevemalkpus So you went the other way and made a comment just as dumb. Millennials grew up with discs. It’s more likely the original commenter is younger than 30.

@nomither6 “some offended critics”? There were literally lawsuits against Rockstar because of GTA and Manhunt. Remember Jack Thompson? And Bully was forced to change its title in the UK due to the backlash over glorifying bullying.

@Oram77 People were offended when the original came out as well, and Manhunt, and GTA 3. It’s kind of Rockstar’s USP to shock. Well it was anyway, you could argue they take less risks now.

Nah he’s bullsh*ting. They had at least 5 creative-lead studios back then, each working on their own output. Thing is they shut down R* Vancouver who were the devs of Bully, perhaps “limiting their bandwidth” in doing so. They could have made Bully 2 after they finished up on Max Payne 3.

@LiamCroft Both codes failed to redeem for me on the SHIFT website. Can’t work out why as it says they’re valid.

@Quintumply It’s not the first non-Clap Hanz entry as they only started developing the series from the second one. The original creators were Camelot.

@Sir_Eos There’s still TM Small Brawl and Head On yet, plus Black will probably be re-released on the new emulator.

What’s funny is when Xbox Game Studios publish on the PS Store they are listed as “Microsoft Corporation” (I figured Sony didn’t want the Xbox name shown) and now that Sony are publishing on Xbox they’ve gone under the name “PlayStation Publishing” to rub it in. 😅

@UltimateOtaku91 “Man thought this was Siren related with that image 😢”

Same. Seems a bit clickbaity considering Siren isn’t mentioned once in the article.

Sony are no angels but they are the cheapest of the three consoles for games no? Both Nintendo and MS are raising prices while Sony has yet to (I’m sure they will “have to” in time). Out of the three, I’d wager Nintendo to be the downright worst at using their dominance to inflate digital prices. Switch (and now SW2) games are insanely high for years after release, and rarely drop in price.

Still no news on Eden 2…

Just one classic pretty much proves the Days of Play “bonuses” were simply taken from monthly updates then. What a farce.

At least it’s not Danica Patrick again 🫢

@Ken_Kaniff The rumour is they’ll be patched. Have to wait and see I suppose.

“the first of Hamster’s emulation efforts to include a Platinum Trophy.”

The ACA2 version of KOF’98 was the first with a platinum.

https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/32251-arcade-archives-2-the-king-of-fighters-98

“The title was, of course, taken offline approximately two weeks after it launched”

And now approx. two days after the plaque was put up for sale, it has also been taken offline. Can’t make it up 😂

I wonder if Sony got wind of it and asked for it to be removed from sale?

@PlatinumMikey Someone on the IC discord reached out to Cyan asking if Myst and Riven will have trophies and it was confirmed they will! 😉

@Odium No 100% confirmation but it’s most likely it will. Only a few weren’t and some of those were later updated and now can be. Trophies have been confirmed for both Myst and Riven though!

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare You’re right on the money. We usually get two or three classics per month with Premium, for example, yet this month we only got one. But wait! We have two “bonus” classics coming so that makes the usual three. What a coincidence.

@12AngryCats We’ve had the whole trilogy included over the years. Vice City was added to PS Now in February 2022, and GTA3 was added in December 2021, so since GTA3 is coming back VC will likely follow at some point.

@Vivisapprentice Some others have gotten as well such as Oddworld and Alone in the Dark.

For everyone saying Resistance and InFamous remasters are incoming: they could be but them leaving Plus has nothing to do with it. TLoU PS4 is still on there even though the PS5 remake came out AND was also added to Plus. There’s also MediEvil PS1 original, PSP remake, and PS4 remake all on there together.

Only one new game on Premium this month is simply abysmal. Do better Sony or perhaps stop raising the price!

War of the Monsters is already on Premium so it’s essentially just one new addition this month. Very weak 💀

A positive however is it will at least have a platinum this time around.

While I agree PS5 has been a slow gen when it comes to first party, going after Insomniac is just silly when they’ve been the most prolific of all Sony’s studios.

They’ve really missed the boat on this one. If it had released on PS5 from the start (as was originally planned) it would’ve been a success no doubt, but now? I don’t think so. The damage is done and there’s zero hype for it.

@get2sammyb “they were originally created by Japan Studio”

This is untrue. I love this site but please do more research/fact checking before publishing stuff.

• Everybody’s Golf was created by Camelot (and later developed by Clap Hanz)
• Freedom Wars was created by Dimps

Japan Studio only provided external support akin to what XDev do now.

@SuntannedDuck2 “That or trophies if they are different or it's made different and doesn't connect to the PS4 remaster trophies.”

Yeah, it will definitely have new trophies, and most likely one shared list between the two games. PS5 can’t have two lists for one game app.

What’s the point of this when 1&2 are already available for PS4, and by extension PS5?

@Zeke68 Exactly. I’m glad someone had the balls to say it like it is 👏

It’s a shame Square Enix held on to these and therefore Limited Run are porting them. If Gex had stayed with Crystal Dynamics then Sabre could have done a far better job like the Tomb Raider and Legacy of Kain collections.

@Deadhunter There’s no PS3 emulation that’s why so it would be streaming-only if it was the PS3 game. Also worth noting, the PSP/2 version is a completely different game so if anything both versions should be available.