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@Almost_Ghostly I'm confused. I never said I disliked that game. I was making a joke on a fellow user's username and a nod to how some people described the writing (which was a weak point).

@HRdepartment Is Dragon Age in the room with you? lol

It's now on the back-end systems where I work; it's coming on the 7th of April. Looks to be pro-enhanced too, based on the artwork we got through for our webpages, which is neat.

I think if you treat it as a space simulator and focus on the side quests, then you will enjoy this game. IF you are looking for a Sony-style story game, you might bounce off this. There are tons of complex systems and cool side missions to do, but you very much create your own fun. I enjoyed the game very much because of that, and will be grabbing a copy for my PS5 Pro.

It's good that the game was able to move past the staff controversy (which was dealt with quickly) to sell well.

It's great to hear that the game will be on more systems day 1. I think this will also do very well on Switch 2 in Asian markets.

@Fiendish-Beaver, 30% profit margin is very attainable if the studio doesn't spend too much time and money on the game. Sadly, for a lot of Xbox's game studios, they take too long to make games, and the budgets balloon, meaning they struggle to make back much beyond 20%. Games like Forza can hit as high as a 45-50% PM because they can churn out a AAA game every 4 -5 years. The Outer Worlds 2 and Avowed both spent 2 years too long each, in development.

@Dragoon1994 ICYMI Disc drives are £70 now.

I got a PS5 Pro recently for a good discount, and the upgrade in Pro-enhanced games has been more noticeable than I expected. I also feel more confident about upcoming AAA games like Crimson Desert, 007 First Light, Fable, Forza 6, and GTA 6 in regards to performance. I know now I will be getting the best possible console performance, and with PSSR 2.0, it could get even better. There isn't a guarantee of a 60fps mode in the most demanding games, but there is a better chance of it being on the Pro than the base PS5.

PS5 Pro footage of Crimson Desert gameplay in engine was shown at last September's State of Play, and it looked pretty performant.

I'm more curious about the difficulty options and progression systems. They have not really touched upon that much yet.

If they want it to be a big seller, they need to find a system that can cater to lower-skilled and high-skilled players.

He has been feeling "good" about thr release date for ages! Lol

The plan is for like a few hundred mb and the licence to be on the disc. And I'll wait until the may or August earnings call before I believe the game is still "on track"

Hopefully, this Tokyo Xanadu gets an EN dub.

If AI does take flight in media spaces, then this site and others will be cooked lol

I don't expect it to be a rewards programme tbh. They saw that hardcore players were earning too much store credit back and promptly scrapped it. Nintendo did the same thing.

My best guess would be a way to buy and send store credit to another player.

I got my popcorn out for the Twitter.. sorry, I mean Push Square "discussion" lol.

Seems obvious that you want to develop games for where the most active users are.

Xbox is basically a PC gaming space now, and developers, including internal MS gaming ones, will be much happier focusing on the much bigger Xbox on PC audience than the smaller console audience that will only get smaller as more players move to PC.

It's bad, but it will never be Concord bad. Nothing will ever be concord bad lol. The new word for bad/commercial/critical failure in gaming is Concord 2.0.

I just want to know if there are difficulty settings, but nobody seems to have asked!

I don't trust the generic PS store accessibility section. Last time I heard, there wouldn't be settings, and the combat is quite hard. I want to just enjoy the story and the world, but if there are no options i'm out.

This serves more of a warning - buy now, or pay more for a PS5 or wait for the £700 PS6.

As others mentioned i hope there is a reasonable upgrade path for this one.

@CutchuSlow Yes they did

@somnambulance Yeah, the optics aren't great, but I just wanted to correct you on the point that she and the other team members were fired, as you previously stated.

They fulfilled their contracts and got paid; it is just a shame for the team that the game was deemed not suitable for release.

@somnambulance She wasn't fired - she got paid like everyone else on the team.

This truly is MidGuard.

As soon as I see the word Soulslike, I switch off.

PlayStation's State of Plays are pretty naff these days. I don't expect much.

@CWill97 Yes, the username is cringe, but he has a very strong track record of accurately leaking events even to the date for big shows, including the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, which everyone laid into him for and had to eat their words after.

Saying that a State of Play in Feb is something most those who pay attention to PlaySations marketing cycle could guess.

A smart move to avoid leaks - plus 99% of players will get the digital copy anyway, and the others who really want the license on the disc will wait.

It won't be at State of Play or a Nintendo Direct - just a video announcement coming out in March.

I do feel like some players outside of Britain may struggle with the humor (even though it's the best). I feel like this game will do well when looking at the traction it has gotten. Outside of certain echo chambers, it has been received pretty well to the point that even non-gamers I know are asking me about it.

I am one of the few, it seems, who really enjoyed Watch Dogs Legion. The "play as anyone" gimmick was at least trying something new, and I loved the London map too. Sadly, Americans only really want American maps, so it didn't land as well. It still received decently, though, from the reviews. 2 was my least favorite which again is against the grain, but it had rubbish writing/story.

These days, Ubisoft doesn't want to make anything unless it is guaranteed to make a lot of money. Sadlly they only have a few now stale franchises that can do that (even to a lesser degree now).

I just watched a YouTube video from the main actress for the Prince of Persia game on what a devastating impact the cancellation has had on her career.

Ubisoft really might be turning into Ubislop.

@Sakai Console tech is always out of date at launch, that's what keeps the cost competitive and the pricing within a decent range. PS5 is running on 2018/19 tech and runs fine. AI and machine learning will handle most of the graphical work on hardware in the future anyway. A Fall 2028/29 launch would be fine if it means their 2026/7 tech gets a cost reduction to produce at mass.

I plan on getting the Pro later this week, and I think that will have a few years left in it.

I won't be in a rush to spend another £700 thats for sure lol.

Cloud saves should be free like on Xbox and Steam.

@rjejr They will basically be making a home PC like the Steam Machine; they are moving away from consoles now.

Damn that bowl cut looks worse than what my dad gave me when I was a kid lol.

FF7 Repackaged lol

Pretty certain there must be a legal requirement for Ubisoft not to cancel this game.. or someone in the guillemot family demands it's release even though the dev teams are clearly struggling.

@orvisbean101 Candy Crush, it is making MS a lot of money. Plus owning several IP's that can be used. Something like COD was only part of the deal.

One thing I can say for MS is that they value profit over traditional console brand loyalty among Millennial and Gen X players.

Whether we like it or not, they are making more net profit than ever and will continue to do so as they drop loss-making consoles and focus purely on for-profit game publishing to the biggest possible audience.

They didn't get to No. 1 in the global market cap rankings by doing what we want. They do what they think will make the maximum profit.

As soon as Sony can no longer make a profit from the console sales model, it will do the same. That's what successful businesses do (adapt).

I would love to see loads of thriving console platforms, but we just aren't at that part of the console hardware life cycle anymore. Like tradtional tv programming, it's getting towards the end.

@Cambrius It's the same when Americans say fall rather than Autumn lol.

@KundaliniRising333 As a Series X (and soon to be PS5 Pro owner), Xbox always delivers the best 1st and 3rd party showcases that everyone can enjoy. The only PS game I am interested in for the next few years on the PS side is Wolverine, and I can watch a State of Play for that nearer the launch date.

Fable looks great, and I hope it hits its Autumn 2026 date.

A great show that Xbox always delivers. The games coming to PS5 are a great addition too.

Demo is out now in UK so I'm guessing it was just 12am time us and the EU

The Guillemot family will run Ubisoft into the ground, and by the time they have done that, nobody will care because they keep letting players down with terrible mismanagement and low effort, lazy "AAAA" games.

I just want to know if there are difficulty levels. The PS store says that there are, but the developer hasn't confirmed anything.

I don't expect it to run that well on any console except the PS5 Pro.

Expected as Sony is expected to move away from hardware and focus on the much more profitable entertainment, services, and software side of the business. I expect PlayStation to go the same way after the PS6.

@UltimateOtaku91 I stand by what I said.. those controllers are colour themed and art themed with in depth gradient and are coming out in March...just like marathon.The controller that they made is print on a white controller like a last minute change.

Have you seen the voice cast for this game? They were going to go way bigger but scaled back due to last years legal issues.

The other controllers coming out in March look much nicer and, ironically, closer to the theme of Marathon.