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It was okay, I had no expectation and got the info i wanted on the few games I was interested in. Too many Souls likes and Horror games mixed in with MP and F2P drag things down.

@Nalim Well, this list clears well over 3.5 million units. E33 sold 3.3 million in just over a month and has not made the top 20.

@JayJ Digital sales for PlayStation and Xbox are included. And like the title said, this is the best-selling NEW game of 2025. FC 25 came out in September 2024.

It's funny how easily upset and protective certain people can get over gaming brands. The sooner exculsives become a thing of the past, the better. More access to games where you play. Let the quality of the hardware and system features decide what ecosystem(s) you choose.

Hulst is really good? Yeah sure haha.

I got it for PS4 in 2020, but never got that far. I am excited that there is an upgrade path for existing owners. This is a good gaming news day for me, haha.

This will sell tons of it comes to console and RIP to all those other truck simulator games. Honestly if I had seen this at Gamescom as a suprise it would have been the best suprise ever! Slightly sad it was spoiled on here but oh well.

Edit, looks to be at the future games show.

Played it and here are my thoughts:

Soundtrack 9/10

Voice acting and performance 9/10

Graphics 7/10

Gameplay 5/10

Story/Ending 6/10

Overall 7/10

PS store is lagging way behind, as SIE doesn't want to invest in the back-end stuff that could update the store. It took them list long to get cloud streaming working properly. I also think cloud saves should be free and not paywalled.

Hopefully, the Free Ride will give me a reason to go back. Sales look in line across console, with the 80 million PS5s sold equating to around 2% attach rate for the game. Xbox is running at about 1.5% attach rate vs console sales, so kind of expected that PS5 should be selling around x2.5 times more copies at minimum for non-game pass games.

I was thinking of trying this on Game Pass first, but honestly might have to buy this on PS5 if it impresses me at Gamescom.

Layden is living in the past and would drive SIE into a wall if he were in charge now.

Kitsune armour is a must-have for Atsu.

@NoCode23
They won't delay it beyond 2026 just to wait for the PS6 to come out in 2027 (potentially). They will just make a port for the PS6 game when they get the dev kit.

Get excited for tons of Souls-like and Horror games in UE5, haha.

I'm not expecting any big surprises.

From the current reviews of Inzoi, it's very bare bones and will need a lot of updates to even get to the Sims 4 level.. which is in itself basic. It looks better, but right now it's shallow and has not been reviewed well on PC so far.

If I am basing this on every other modern R* game launch, this would be delayed to a Sept - Nov window next year.

As for next-gen hardware coming in 2027/28, I do not see them waiting for that, as it would make zero financial sense to skip the current 100+ million PS5/Xbox Series install base after spending upwards of 2 billion dollars developing for those 2 consoles.

I hope there aren't too many UE5 Horror and Souls-like games.

I could see this coming a mile away

Great graphics and soundtrack. The environments were beautiful if a bit shallow. What got me was how predictable and disappointing the end of the story was.

I managed to get a PS5 on one of the many steep discounts (paid £330). I am curious if they will sell another 40 million units in 2-3 years. It's possible, but I think it will fall just a bit short of the PS4 gen. The software has not been as strong, and I am not seeing anything to push that needle apart from GTA 6 that will help sales for all consoles. I think ND's game is a PS6 game now.

@Reyzore, I feel the same way. I will buy the game, but I fully expect it to be mostly like GOT with an AC Shadows feature set, like a vengeance plot, flashbacks, and a similar time.

I think the way Naoe does combat in AC Shadows is more realistic, given the size/weight differences of the enemies. Atsu feels a little bit like the devs copied and pasted Jin's strength onto her, so it loses some of the combat realism that the previous game had.

AC Shadows has the destructible items too, which adds something, so I hope Yotei incorporates that tech too.

Playing the game on console and really enjoying it so far. The performance and graphics are good too!

Seen some Xbox gameplay from Series X, and the fps/graphics are fine! Nothing to worry about. 2K typically gives out PC codes.

Smart move. I am on the fence about this game, so a demo should help me decide whether I will be interested in it or not.

As long as it costs under $600/£550 or less, the PS5 pro-like hardware should make the majority of consumers happy. It will likely have an improved AI upscaler to push games further with cheaper tech. The updated CPU should help smooth out any FPS issues that the PS5 has with UE5 games. GTA 6 will be the true barometer of how much gas PS5 has left, and I think people will be hoping for 2027 soon because the CPU is the thing that will hold the PS5/Pro back as we get into 2026/7.

We will see the full power, and the very real limitation of hardware that was already aged in 2020, when GTA 6 comes out.

I much prefer GamePass as I can get much cheaper monthly keys and I saved a lot of money on stuff like The Persona 3 Reload DLC and will get to play games like Ninja Gaiden 4 and the Outer Worlds 2 for no extra cost. It works out about £11 a month for Ultimate.

PS Extra is decent but the new additions are often games I already played can be very miss.

@themightyant This would technically be the first game as it's the earliest in the timeline.

@Wwe2k25 They are - they just stole Xbox users rather than gain new ones. Xbox has sold significantly less consoles this generation while PlayStation has sold roughly in line with last gen. The majority of Switch owners also have another console too.

@UltimateOtaku91 Could you provide a link for the source of that statistic?

November and December are pretty empty right now; they did not pick a great month.

It's a trillion-dollar company. I have no idea what people are expecting. You don't make that kind of money by being nice, that's for certain.

It makes sense, the console business is shrinking, and more and more people are moving over to PC or mobile.

It's taken most of Xbox's userbase that it can but it's also losing players to PC now. If Sony wants that year-on-year growth, they have to find new players in different places that already exist. It sure won't be Gen Alpha.

The so-called "Japanese giant" is much more like the "American giant" these days. SIE has stripped out the majority of its Japanese talent and culture for overtly American culture. It's a shame because that's what made it great, but it's just what it is these days. I can get all my JRPGs on my Switch 2 now, and often even titles that Sony can no longer get.

All the anime pfps in the comments section is chefs kiss.

Also I am looking forward to see what part 3 brings. By September we will know how packed Janauary and Febuary are for 2026. I suspect there will be a ton of games between Jan - Mar then July to Nov.

It seems almost certain that $80 games will become the norm for AAA games across all platforms by the end of 2026. Sony won't be looking at Xbox; they will be looking at Nintendo (who can and are getting away with it).

Tbh they just look like they are begging for another Game Pass deal. The company owner is very dodgy too not surprised MS don't want to associate with him anymore.

@DennisReynolds To be fair Xbox gave Expedition 33 a developer direct amongst other trailers so they had good marketing behind them plus a game pass deal. Having popular voice actors tied to game certainly helped too.

"Fans": We have 800 things we want added/updated

EA: Okay, done

"Fans": Okay, now here is the next 800...

@KillerBoy It's the 2nd best selling game by $s in the US for 2025 so far, I think it did fine.

Looks good! hopefully we get this in 2026. Just watched the uncut version of the trailer on IGN lol.

That's a good length and right in line with what happened for GOT. 25 hours for the story, 45 hours for all the side quests, and about 65 hours to get the platinum. These days, I find 65 hours to be the upper limit for most games I play, and that's if they are really good. If they are just good, 30 hours is normally my max. The exception would be upcoming generational games like Persona 6 or GTA 6.

SP would be stupid not to add some kind of link in there. It would give the game a greater depth if there is a connection between the two somehow.

If they don't it will be another argument against the 2nd game not being as good as the firs (looking at you Spiderman, GOW, Horizon and TLOU)

@ShogunRok That's handy to know, and thank you for clearing it up for me.

I hope there is a divergence from the AC Shadows story of Naoe and her wolf pack getting revenge on a bunch of guys/gals who wronged her family.

The flashback scenes (also in AC Shadows) could be a step up if the are truly on demand like hinted.

If its more linerar with less bulk and meater side quests, that would be a great step up too.

I think Yotei could have really done with coming out last year, or just not so close to Shadows, but I guess I can do another historical japanese hunting game within 6 months.

@ShogunRok Ziff Davis > IGN Entertainment / Hookshot > PS/NL/PX is what I am seeing, maybe I should have said all part of Ziff Davis umbrella instead. I don't mean to be skeptical, and I fully understand it's a business but unfortaunaly I struggle to see clearly what is genuine and what is done for clickthtough. It's no direct slant on you though more the trust issues with the business model.

@saffeqwe Part of the IGN group, what do you expect? haha

£339.99 is a very good deal in the current climate. Even at launch prices from 2020 that's still a saving and nearly £100 now.

With Nintendo getting rid of its gold points Xbox is now the only place you can earn rewards for money off.

I told you it was going to be car based haha, No FSR update again for consoles.

The update gave everything PS5 players did not ask for and nothing that PS5 players actually wanted like NG + or PS5 Pro mode or some kinds of DLC.