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@ShadowRJ I agree, there are many fps games from back then that I prefer, even at the time of release but probably more so now, not to mention that some of the later levels in Halo were always poor. Cough, Library, cough

Halo's single player campaign was revolutionary at the time but is a bit dull today and not as interesting to revisit as other fps games from back then, with its cookie cutter encounters and repetitive level design. I had a go on Gamepass and that first part when you land brought back some good memories but that quickly faded and I've already uninstalled it.

Yes and most of these are discounted sales of old games which is generally where digital pushes very far ahead and on platforms with none or limited physical options

RE Requiem was selling out physically, whilst that bundle for Switch 2 sold out immediately and many more wanted it. We all know physical is the minority but I've still not seen amy justification for Sony getting rid of physical media, especially when it's actually growing in other sectors

Nonsense, FFVII didn't need to be 3 parts as the first one is bloated to hell and even part 2 has a lot of padding

I'll take that, it makes way more sense to be making Fallout than Avowed

I basically already have, back in the PS4 days there was plenty of games from Sony themselves that I enjoyed and the rise of PSVR, making it comfortably my favourite platform. These days PSVR2 is dead in the water amd major exclusives are thin on the ground, with only Ratchet and Clank and Astro Bot being standouts for me.

A console which is digital only and no path outside of the hardware isn't something I have any interest in, whether that be Sony, Xbox or Nintendo, it just so happens Sony have jumped first. So my gaming is mainly PC, and even a large part of that is older games, mods etc with mainly Resident Evil keeping my interest in new stuff and with a bit of Switch 2 on the side

No I don't think they will but in turn I think it will only make PS6 a harder sell, it's already going to be ludicrously expensive for a console (a market which isn't growing) and now they've removed consoles 1 major advantage over PC.

I already expected PS5 and possibly Switch 2 to be the last consoles to hit 100 million and this move is only going to shrink that market further

Without physical media the PS6 has no value for me at all, at that point it's just a significantly more restricted PC with an awful refund policy. People like to say it's inevitable, it isn't, old movies are being regularly re-released on physical mdeia and selling out, music is doing well physically, many, if not all of Sony's own physical games on PS5 sold better physically than digitally at launch, RE Requiem sold out physically all whilst we are only presented with numbers which also ignores the used market and doesn't tell the whole story about the actual demand for physical. What about delisted games? Games like older Forza Horizon, the Mega Drive collection, Driveclub, recently Cruisin Blast on Switch, all perfectly playable but can no longer be bought digitally

I've been gaming for over 30 years and many of my favourite memories aren't even of the games themselves but finding those games in store, talking to other gamers there or the staff, going to midnight launches and this was all part of the experience.

Without all this, the console is basically dead to me

If anything I'd argue it makes no sense for Sony to have PS5 around for a period of time with no physical games before the PS6 releases. It makes more sense to go here's the PS6, it's digital only and PS5 stops getting physical games around the same time or shortly afterwards

@get2sammyb no it doesn't change the broader picture but it does show the difference in the type of players that can potentially be alienated by such a move

@themightyant they always present the number like this and its largely meaningless. We regularly see AAA single player games still selling incredibly well physically, even Sony's own numbers had them above 50% or in that ball park. Online multiplayer games and indies are definitely the other way but as you say, even 15% of the total is still a hell of a lot of money

Yes but what is the proportion for new single player games that release physically? These numbers are used the way they are to justify their own desire to move to digital only

This was my first thought, I genuinely don't think PS6 will have any kind of disc drive, it certainly won't come with one and I doubt they're going to waste resources an external one.

Perhaps they'll go the way of being able to convert physical games to a digital license

So Switch 2 will be the last console with physical games. I kind of suspected that PS6 would be digital only but what does those mean for thsoe with a physical library moving forward to PS6? Presumably it won't have a disc drive

@get2sammyb you don't need a very expensive rig to go beyond a PS5 Pro, these consoles use what today is a very low end CPU and this will likely be the bottleneck to hitting 60fps on console, if indeed it doesn't have a 60fps option

This is just dumb and should be communicated to customers properly. Some will point to potential leaks and spoilers but let's be honest, after a day the Internet will be full of them anyway and long before the overwhelming majority of players finish the game

@wildcat_kickz me, I still play Transformed and much more than Crossworlds, albeit on PC so I can get 60fps. I'd love a modern console version of it

OK now this is a bit more like it, the add on content has been a mixed bag for me but this is more along the lines of what I'd be hoping for, though a shame we aren't getting courses based upon them. This is why I still much prefer Sonic All Star Racing Transformed.

I actually tried GTA online recently and it was a miserable experience. So to start you go to some office and are told your computer is in the back and you have to name your company. However you can't actually interact with that computer yet, so now I'm wandering round an office I can't escape from with seemingly no way of progressing, so I googled what to do and I had to pause the game and go I to some sub menu to name my company. Did all that and was free from my office prison only to remember why I stopped playing GTA 5 a while ago

Resident Evil Requiem is still the standout game for me so far and including all platforms, Forza Horizon 6 would be in second place

This was one of the best surprises across all of Summer Games Fest, this is shaping up nicely

To be fair Battletoads was mediocre, Forza Motorsport was a disaster at launch and Hellblade 2 was flat out rubbish.

Xbox have made quite a few games I really enjoyed and have more upcoming that I'm interested in than Sony do but those listed weren't great

Even though it's not a numbered entry, Resident Evil: Code Veronica was every bit a mainline game on the DREAMCAST. Yes it very much was and is the direct sequel to RE2 and further the main story much more than 3 or indeed 4.

I'm very excited to play the remake

He needs to get a f*****g life or a restraining order.

Some people go crazy over Rockstars games for some reason, sure I'm looking forward to GTA 6 but after Summer Games Fest, it's not even in my top 10 most anticipated anymore.

You can also make a cup of tea by putting the milk in first but you shouldn't do that either

I'm with Sammy on this, Shenmue even today has a greater sense of place than the majority of open worlds because of its systems and npc's. Fable looks incredible with how it treats its own and is exactly what I want from this kind of game, adventuring is fun but its these moments back in town which really sell the experience and this is amongst my most anticipated games, probably behind only Ocarina of Time and Resident Evil Veronica

Unfortunately with all these studios avoiding GTA, they have now bunched them altogether, so we have Persona 4, Tomb Raider and Fable in close proximity, with Resident Evil and Final Fantasy possibly around then too.

As for P4, I like what I've seen so far but hopefully they've redesigned (or designed in the first place) it's dungeons

Expedition 33 and Crismson Desert both did something similar, one won many awards and the other is hugely popular, Arc Raiders had literal AI voiced lines, so people need to pick a lane if they're only going to be upset about Crazy Taxi doing it

In terms of what I'll play I've got to go with
1. Summer Games Fest
2. Xbox Showcase
3. State of Play

All 3 were good though

Hated the 2nd game, so won't be returning for this

That was one of the best gaming shows I've seen, so many games I want to play

Resident Evil Veronica
Cuphead
Alien Isolation 2
Virtua Fighter
Tifa in Street Fighter 6
Stellar Blade
Many more I can't remember the names of right now, 1666 Amsterdam
Then Final Fantasy VII Revelation to close

I've been playing a mixture of Forza Horizon 6, Crazy Taxi and the Twilight Princess recomp on my Ally X, though I do quite like the look of the new Bond game, so might pick that up

The sooner we get GTA out of the way, the better, then we can get back to ignoring it for the next 20 years until they bother to make another one

I still remember when this was going to be one of the launch games at the new £70 price point but then nobody preordered it, so it disappeared from launch and said price point and when it did come out, still never took off. A bit of a shame as there is something in the concept but sadly not the execution

In all honesty its not high up on my list, I think I've just moved on from Rockstar's style of games. Back on PS2 GTA3, Vice City and San Andreas were a huge part of my gaming and Vice City is still a favourite of mine. Then onto PS3 I wasn't a huge fan of GTAIV but loved Red Dead Redemption and enjoyed GTAV. I was very excited for RDR2 but in all honesty, as much as I respect its world and story, it controls irritated me much of the time and its linear mission structure frustrated me and I eventually got bored of it.

Perhaps this will be the game that will get me back on board but as is, there are other games I'm much more excited for

I could have said this without hacking a PS5, it's CPU is in the ballpark of a Ryzen 5 3600 and you need to be a bit beyond that to emulate those games that used the Cells SPU's

@WaveBoy oh I'd be down for some synth pop.

I've not seen Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom before but I've just downloaded the demo to my Ally X, looks fun

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Crazy Taxi is one of my all time favourite games and my Dreamcast still sits under my TV, albeit with some mods such as DCHDMI and an ODE and it looks amazing on my OLED

@Skyliner Crisis Brigade 2 is one that immediately springs to mind, it plays as if you're in Time Crisis as you physically crouch behind cover and then it moves you to the next area, oh and Aim Assault VR

It's a shame they don't use PSVR2 as well for these games but gyro is probably the best case scenario outside of that.

I'm fortunate in having the Sinden Lightgun to play such games, with Virtua Cop 2 being my personal favourite.

It doesn't bother me personally, the main reason I have a modern console (outside of Nintendo) is for Capcoms games these days

Why is everyone so bothered about when they can preorder a game that doesn't even come out until November?

I think PS2 will remain top, Switch doesn't have the benefit of coming down in price like PS2 and previous generations have and has already lost 1st party support. Whilst going forward nothing will get near either

Not a game I'd ever play, so I'll just go play one of the very many that I do like

I'd be turning that off straight away, if not just to save storage space and "other" doesn't need another excuse to take over my hard drive. If I want to clip my gameplay it's very easy to do at the press of a button. I'd much rather any AI resources be put into my games looking better and not watching me play

It'll make no difference whatsoever, Nintendo's dominance there isn't down to the price but the form factor and their style of games

Requiem is my favourite game this year and one of my favourite entries in the series but this was disappointing. It's a shame they couldn't even just restore some cut locations to give us new environments to fight in but as is, I'd much rather just replay the game again.

I'll just wait for the story dlc to jump back in

Even when they bought them, it seemed Bungie were not what they used to be, Destiny 2 from the outside doesn't seem as big as the original and didn't it pivot to a free to play model at some point. In any case, it's clear with Marathon that they aren't the force they once were and Sony's live service gamble has been a disaster all round

@themightyant I put the brackets in wrong 😂, I meant maybe Switch 2 as well, PS5 absolutely will

I genuinely believe PS5 (maybe Switch 2) will be the last consoles to reach the 100 million plus mark as I just don't see how they keep the PS6 in affordable territory, whilst Helix looks to be even more expensive and largely a PC. This plus the rise of PC handhelds will see games being developed for PS5 long or even all the way through the PS6 lifespan, making it even less essential an upgrade.

For a while it's looked like gaming is heading for a pivotal moment of change because of hardware and development cost increases, the length of time to develop games and other factors such as cloud gaming or the younger generation playing on Roblox above all else