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This has been available for PS4 games on consoles in Singapore store for quite a while. Guess we were one of the small beta testers.

Hope there will be TV series too in the future.

@MrHabushi
I will quote myself in response: “ If it’s not making money (i.e. net profit), it’s time to move on, both for the company and players.”
Not sure what you mean by “leave business to the businesses”, but as an investor I want companies run as efficiently as possible.

Honestly hope they shut it down. If it’s not making money (i.e. net profit), it’s time to move on, both for the company and players. My only expectation would be that they leave any licenses purchased in PS store active. Then again, probably every ps3 owner agreed without reading that Sony has the right to revoke said licenses (you don’t actually own digital games like you do physical ones) if certain requirements are met.

Not the best avatars, but thanks for sharing this kind of info!

@Czar_Khastik the headline and your comment are gold 😂

Their real ambition lies with AI utilization in wars. The “we help 8 billion people” story is just fairy dust.

5am JST

Convenient as always.

PS1 Plonker, yay.

"At least I have never listened at all"
What a terrible translation.
He said at least I haven't heard about it.

EVIL's black design is the best. Hope they bring that version out officially.

@LaytonPuzzle27
There are regulations on pachinko machines in Japan.
What exactly do you wonder?

@KeanuReaves
My mistake. It was the 3 month subscription that was around 6000 yen here before, I incorrectly remembered that that was for 12 months. Consumption tax just got increased here a bit at the beginning in October. I assumed Sony took advantage of that and spiked the prices at the same time.
Good catch. Thank you.

No price cut in Japan so far.
6980 yen (65 usd) per year.
Typical Sony.

Hmmm, I was hoping for a different figure.
Ellie with Joel would have been nice.

@Nickolaidas
That would be truly awesome.

3am JST
Great.

This game and it’s story is superb. The best in the Yakuza series imo. Would be great to get it released in English for more people to enjoy.

I’ve unfortunately been experiencing the binocular / stone glitch often. 1.05 didn’t fix it for me. Quite annoying that the only way to fix it at the moment is to completely restart the game.
Other than that I’ve been having a great time so far. Didn't feel any repititveness either. I was really afraid that it’s gonna be like Far Cry games. Then again I’m only at the point (no spoiler) where I meet a certain female biker and still have to see what the game brings going forward.

@playstation1995 written and spelled like a true Frenchman 👍

Will there be an official Pushsquare review of the game at the end?

I could see Sony looking for the possibility to launch a service that allows private servers. The rest of the PS Plus Premium stuff I cant say anything about.

Sony could decide the launch (March or November) depending on when certain launch games will be ready. Is the possibility that weird?

TLOU2 as a launch title makes sense. Naughty Dog is probably preparing both versions simultaneously anyways.

Wonder if Cyberpunk 2077 will be the same.

Any word on whether reviews will be allowed to be published before the game releases? (Even if just one day in advance). Would like to decide whether to pre-order or to wait for discounts based on reviews.

Does anyone know if the reviews of this game will come out before the game is released?

Look at it this way though: it’s not like you’re gonna change clothes first if you happen to be in a bikini and a life or death fight starts.

There is only one way this game will ever reach the people.
Pierre must publicly commit harakiri in order to restore his and more importantly SEGA’s honor.

@manu0
or people could stop committing to buy games that aren't even finished yet.

It’s a Singaporean company applying to Sony Japan, probably the slowest / worst of Sony’s service centers. Not surprising at all that they haven’t heard back anything.

an FAQ with no answers. clap ... clap.

Such a shame. I was super excited for this game when they first introduced it and released that short announcement trailer(?). Back then it seemed like it will become a sort of Resident Evil game, set in the TWD universe, that can be played in VR.

In today’s world, where games with 10 hours of good content are stretched into 100 hour “open world adventures”, one should be grateful for a game that basically offers “hours of fun” within a few minutes.

SOMA is a great game. Got it at a sale a while back and was very pleasantly surprised. Great story.

Fallout 76. The game needs more players...

@tomassi yikes, then maybe old age is the problem here

Lame jokes aside, I have never played the game in question here myself. While the character design may be appealing, the gameplay seems to be dull from what I gathered. So I have no idea what the ‘Gold Fan’ here is all about, but ‘Softening Gel’ sure does sound naughty.

@tomassi wait till you hit puberty.

@RogerRoger based on JC3 experience, this game will stay chunky forever. These devs sell and run on PS4. Don’t know how JC3 was after patches on other platforms.

How did you calculate that the game made more profit than the movie? Gross Sales - Production and Marketing cost?

@Flaming_Kaiser
Unlike you I have been living in Japan for over 15 years and know for a fact that players here have to pay higher prices for both Western games and Japanese games in most cases. So get of your high horse and look at the facts. Even though I can afford paying full prices for games, I still find it unfair that gamers in the West, especially in the US can enjoy a lot more and better deals on games than Japanese consumers. Making gamers here pay $80 for games that are “fully priced” at $60 in the US, even if there isn’t a mark up for Japanese translation cost, shows the stance of Sony and all other publishers you’re trying to defend. I’m not asking for free games, I expect equal treatment. Add that to your SJW juice.

@Enuo
Games are usually overpriced here compared to other regions. Until recently there hadn’t been any noteworthy discounts / sales campaigns in the Japanese PSN Store either (I.e. the best discounts would just take the price down to current US prices etc.) There is a little more effort nowadays to convince players to spend more, but for now the PS4, and especially its games don’t deserve big sales in Japan. IMO

MGS was my first PS game ever and basically is what got me hooked to the console. Can't get more iconic than Snake when it comes to PS.

They didn’t even bother to fix all issues of the previous game for ps4. Gonna wait till this is available for 8.99$.

Announce it late, so they have to postpone the release only once, instead of 2 - 3 times? Can't wait! Need more TLOU.

Not bad looking? After lowering standards to the bottom, maybe.

Ellie all the way!

They probably want to avoid being live bombarded with questions about crossplay and PS5. Having people pester them with PS5 questions would be counter productive on their sales. The only one I miss is Yoshida anyways.

Awesome. I would have loved another single player super long rpg, but am totally happy with this too. This could be the first online rpg for me in a long time if in can find the right group of people.

“Today was my first day as a Sr. Game Designer for Sony today.”

Someone was tweeting before they had their covfefe.

Well, you definitely need to be a dreamer to believe this game will meet expectations. My guess: high review scores -> super hype -> 90% user drop after three weeks, give or take.

What sex do you identify as as?
If that’s what’s happening nowadays maybe we should simply stop asking about sexes all together? Or is there a profitable market of people identifying as something non-binary that some companies potentially want to conquer?

Tend to disagree. I love both games, but just because GOW raises the bar in one direction doesn’t mean TLOU2 has to mimic that concept. No need for all games to go in the same direction, they all have their own charm in one way or the other.

I liked the calm sections of TLOU. Just take a breath, have small talk with NPCs, and to actually check out the environment a bit.