@PuppetMaster biggest launch in dollar sales but Helldivers was a $40 game
That would put Wolverine at about half of what Helldivers sold (assuming it's close, which isn't exactly implied here either).
Pretty much all we actually know from this statement is that it sold faster than Ghost of Yotei

I like a nice steel case
Too bad it doesn't say when in 2027

As anyone would, I'd expect new games to still come out on PS5 for a long time, maybe even the entire PS6 generation. I think staying on PS5 would be a perfectly valid option for a long time.
That being said, I would upgrade to get the best console experience (and before someone says PC experience is even better - sure, in some ways, but for me the convenience of consoles will always win, especially with how much I'd have to pay to actually have it "better")

I don't think this is too surprising - it did seem like QSSR is something they're only making available to 3rd party developers now, so we'll probably start seeing games using it soon but not this soon.

Not getting this one (since I don't really play GT) but it looks nice

I see people angry about this but I don't mind it personally.
At this price (unlike the GTA box) you add the game and it's still less than some collector's editions used to be.
I'll definitely take this over a CE with a download code.

I'll be getting it if it's available over here (no PS Direct).

@Realist 4 characters and a stage have been the standard for season pass content for fighting games for years at this point. There are exceptions but most of the big ones (including Street Fighter, Tekken, Guilty Gear) are doing the same

Great choices all the way. Very excited.
If it was my choice, I'd save Venom for later seasons (because there's already a lot of Spider-Man characters, including Carnage) but I understand how popular he is.
Definitely adding Cyclops to my team in November.

@naruball I wouldn't buy most fighting games for their single player content and this isn't exactly an exception but I enjoyed the story episodes (I think the writing highlights characters' personalities well and the panels are drawn by actual Marvel Comics artists) and it has some extra stuff like a Survival mode and decent learning/practicing resources.

Cyclops looks incredible, can't wait. Almost certainly putting him on my team.
Too bad he releases just a few days before the tournament I'm going too - I wouldn't be able to learn him in time even if he was allowed there (which he almost certainly won't)

I encourage everyone to check out the free trial, game's very fun.

Nothing for me this month. Happens

Never heard of this but I'll be going out at the time anyway, so I guess I'll just catch a summary afterwards

Oh yeah, forgot to mention - I still have no idea what people mean by "terrible 3rd act". I thought the story was consistently good and the spectacle of the final level was maybe my favourite part of the game.

@springer17 lol
I was going to type "bike" but I got distracted while posting and I guess my brain wandered off (I do ride a bicycle to work so "bike" usually means that to me)
That is funny

I voted 8 - if I had that option, I'd probably put it at 7.5 instead.
My only problem was that it didn't do many different things, which results in a bit of a lack of variety (and the bicycle sequences aren't very good so they don't help).
What it does though, it does really well.

@get2sammyb "You can't really buy physical games at retail"
I think this is more about how people interact with retail (especially post-covid) than games
I'm not in the UK but... I'm buying a lot physical media (games, vinyl records, etc) myself and I haven't bought any of it in store (as in, not online) in years
it is simply more convenient and often cheaper to shop online

Gonna be a long 3 weeks... (between the digital release and physical release)

Installing from disc rn, will play in a few hours, as I have some other things I need to do first

@Boxmonkey It was the 2nd biggest game on PS Store in August in US/Canada but outside of the top20 in Europe.
It sold well for a fighting game but I imagine expectations must've been higher, especially on PC.
Currently my most played recent game and I expect to put hundreds of hours into it.

The win rate stats are a bit useless tbh. The majority of the player base will always have close to 50% win rates because ranked mode will ensure they play with players who can win about as much. Also, character popularity will often bring win rates down, even if it's rooted in the character being strong.

That being said, I like what they're saying here and I'm looking forward to the updates. By the sound of it, it should happen after EVO France (the first World Tour qualifying event), so about a month from now (unless it happens very soon, like this week - but I imagine they'd just say that if it was the case)

This is probably a good thing but it also kinda makes me wanna hold off on playing the game until a patch.... and it's hard to tell how soon that would be

I'm not going to play this but I don't think it looks bad
Can't tell if it looks enough cause I'm not really into this genre of gaming and don't even know what it's supposed to compete with.

People just wanna hate this game for no reason

The majority was updates on already announced games (I really didn't need another Wolverine trailer) and the rest was mostly small stuff, so it wasn't very exciting.
That being said, the Konami NYC game looks interesting and also some of the indies looked cool

idk much about this but I heard it was good

@Anke I'm not near my console rn but on the PS App I can only see full price editions

I will just add that the last few of these have been pretty good so I'm looking forward to it.
I will also not be looking at Twitch/YouTube chats lol

@get2sammyb This will most likely be true at the time

Peak office hours
I guess I'll either have it playing on my phone (and will barely pay attention) or watch after (or both).

In Poland some retailers sell them for upwards of 1200€ now
They're sold out anywhere they were still 900

Great for people who own Xbox discs and a good look for Xbox.
In practice, doesn't really matter to anyone who doesn't already have a collection of Xbox game discs and a console with a drive.

I do hope Sony would introduce something similar but this depends on whether PS5/PS4 discs already include ROM Tags like the Xbox ones do - which is unclear.

@TrollOfWar While there are indeed some concerns about PS5 at offline events (I ran into a controller issue myself once), the piece you linked is mostly clickbait.
As someone who actually travels to these events multiple times a year and personally knows people who run them, let me tell you:

Most tournaments are not considering switching at all. PC setups are better in some ways but much more expensive, difficult to set up, inconsistent and have their own share of problems. There are some events that run SF6 specifically on PC (mostly in France) but they're a minority. It's just not a viable solution for big events for most organizers.
TXS moving to Xbox is mostly a PR move (Americans like to think the American console is superior) as all actual evidence suggests SF6 does not run any better on Xbox (they're pretty much identical in terms of input lag). I'll be keeping an eye on this to see how it goes but I do not believe it will make any significant difference. In fact, while this organizer "was told the game feels better on Xbox", I've seen people say the opposite.

There are some exceptions. Samurai Shodown is usually played on Xbox Series as that version has a 120Hz mode that greatly reduces input lag, while a PS5 version doesn't exist (and PS4 doesn't have this, even when running on PS5).
Other than that, PS4 and PS5 remain the standard tournament platform and that is not changing outside of some rare exceptions.

Btw the Redditto controller situation I'm 90% sure was a Brook converter issue (as he uses a non-PS5 compatible controller). I've seen the exact same thing happen with this converter on PC (I believe the issue was removed with a firmware update though).

@Mindless_Demon this true for Mortal Kombat but not for anime fighters.
The majority of players in Guilty Gear, Granblue Fantasy Versus, Undernight etc are on PC.

Marvel Tokon is currently more popular on PS5 but the split could be different if not for the launch issues.

@Rich33 yea that's a good point

I'm pretty sure I heard good things about Chained Echoes, maybe I'll check that out

@RoomWithaMoose It sold rather well for a game in this genre - but I'm sure the expectations were higher (since it's Marvel and all). It's not Street Fighter numbers.

I think the game's pretty good on PC now but first impressions matter a lot - people often don't even try to seek updated information.

I guess it's always good to have this but I'm ngl - I play RPG-adjacent games (and even some action games if they're not too fast) in 40fps modes and it's fine to me. Maybe I'm old
The caveat is of course that you need a 120Hz screen for these to work correctly but I think those are fairly common now.

I hear the PC patch helped players who were experiencing stutters despite having strong enough rigs. Very important fix (even if the DRM is still heavier on the CPU than it should be)

I like Batista but I'm not convinced

@Rich33 pretty sure Ghost Of Yotei had Pro covers too

Anyway, I bought the yellow controller.
I like how the "adamantium" one looks but it doesn't immediately scream Wolverine as much as the yellow and I need that for Marvel Tokon tournaments (guess who I play)

@Fiendish-Beaver unfortunately the Edge controller is a pretty niche premium device and I'd guess most people who use one aren't really considering getting another.
Probably not much sense making limited editions for that, business wise.

I pre-ordered the steelbook edition so this sucks for me - but I'll wait, because the steelbook is cool (and while this is likely my most anticipated game for the rest of the year, I'm not getting it twice)

I was interested in Hell Is Us but never got around to it.
Helldivers is great but I already own it.
Dyling Light and Kingdome Come are great additions even if not necessarily for me.
Very good month.

I'll be getting the DLC

my anecdotal data shows it fixed the problems for most but not all players (assuming their machine is actually strong enough)
I imagine more patches will follow but it's already not bad right now

Promising update - being on PS5 myself I'm mostly happy about the reduced input lag but the game running smoother on PC is good for everyone (someone dropping frames can ruin the experience for the other player).

Too bad it's currently confirmed to not run on Linux PCs but apparently it's something they might fix down the line too.

Pretty sure this (the PSSR thing) was already a thing though? Sounds like they're just making it on by default now.

The Bluetooth setting was also there already (I used it myself in the past) - what they changed is that it now additionally prevents the console from going to sleep in some situations (which makes sense for events)

I guess this makes some sense for a mostly online game buuuuut other fighting games somehow managed to get reviewed before launch so idk. Weird.
Not that I'm worried about the game - I've seen enough to be convinced.