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I've replaced the lead image. I assumed that was official artwork, but apparently not.

@ThomasHL I don't think so because if they're doing this smartly then any cars/tracks they add etc should be "ready" for PS6.

So if anything, a lot of this work should be prep for Gran Turismo 8 as well.

Can't wait for this!!! I'm finding fewer and fewer reasons not to buy that flight stick haha!

@freddquadros Agreed, probably takes a few hours for someone on the art/graphic design team to make these lol

@UltimateOtaku91 Yes you will

@Fluberuper She is, yes.

That Jane outfit though.

Gotham Knights worth it for that price? I could go for a bit of superhero action.

@SeanOhOgain I don’t really agree. His role as art director is basically complete now.

Of course they will need to refill the position for live service work, but I think it’s fine for him to step aside at this stage if that’s what he wants.

(I’m sure the scandal took a lot out of him to be honest.)

@sanderson72 To be fair, Japan Studio's games barely sold anything in Japan, minus a few exceptions here or there.

@LazyDaisy @tameshiyaku Will it move the needle if it plays the same games as the Switch 2 without Pokémon and Mario?

Presumably the only advantage it would have here is graphics/performance may be marginally better, but it could also cost more.

@ChromaticDracula They just have a deal for content involving the characters which will continue.

@UltimateOtaku91 Sorry, fixed! Thanks for the catch.

@SteveJaye It's a great game!

@Anke I didn't even know that game existed until today.

@nessisonett Variety says yes, the shorts will continue!

@Scouse_Pirlo @AndyKazama I actually didn't know they'd done this before as I never played Lost Judgment.

Good shout!

@Dogbreath I mean you're entitled to your opinion and that's completely fine, but you can't just disregard The Last of Us 2 because you didn't like it.

The game won hundreds of awards.

@Perturbator To be fair to Naughty Dog, they made their own decision on that. They didn't think they'd be able to keep making single player games AND support Factions.

I don't think we know enough about the situation to truly understand the options they had.

I do worry about Naughty Dog’s management. I wonder how much the departure of Evan Wells and Cristophe Balestra has hit them.

@RoomWithaMoose I thought that was funny too. Everyone voting Yotei for everything and then Sucker Punch doesn't win Studio of the Year.

@rjejr Nothing got removed, maybe it just didn't post properly.

@PuppetMaster It's a fair point. SoulCalibur 3 is excellent as well!

Man, I've ALWAYS wanted to play this. Definitely picking this up ASAP.

@Toot1st Of course it does but we got specific information about the US games industry this week, hence the article focusing on the US.

When there's more info about EU/UK/Asia whatever we'll post it if it's interesting.

@Godot25 Or staying on old consoles. There's still a huge number of people who haven't transitioned from PS4 to PS5.

It also surprises me that people ignore the number of people who perhaps used to own both a PlayStation and Xbox, but now just have a PlayStation.

That can't be an insignificant number, and will result in a "decline" if people who used to buy both now only have one.

@Max_the_German Europe had MUCH better deals for PS5 on Black Friday. The US deals were good (in the current environment) but not outstanding like the EU ones.

@Uromastryx You don't think people are buying Xmas gifts on Black Friday?

@ThomasHL It doesn't. My personal opinion on this is that, after a record breaking launch, sales may start to slow a little bit outside Japan as people frontloaded their purchases.

It's also facing the same issue as all the other consoles: it's too expensive at a time when people can't really afford to purchase it.

We'll see how December goes. Ultimately it's too early to determine if this is going to be a trend or not.

Dire stuff.

Yeah, they spend an insane amount of money on these games. This is a terrible result for them.

@LifeGirl Galileo!

@Hamst88 Whatever your opinion on this, it is going to follow Larian now. So yes, I do think it's affected their reputation — no matter how insignificantly.

To be fair, I understand the concern. I think there's a worry that once this stuff begins to intrude in creative fields, it's going to spread and spread.

I also find it a bit confusing the way he's saying it's not really useful but at the same time saying they need to use it.

Alas, we're at the very tip of the iceberg for all this stuff right now.

Updated with music video.

What an insane run by Fleming. Overseen some of my favourite games, and seen Sucker Punch rise through the ranks of Sony's first-party.

Enjoy your rest, Brian!

@Oram77 "One title that always sticks with us is GUN on the PS2, an underappreciated title which actually pre-dated Red Dead Redemption by a few years."

@SeaDaVie Yeah I doubt people are watching the video at all. Which is maybe on Bungie for presenting it this way, but you can clearly see it's a high quality game.

Like I say, I don't think it's for me, but you can't really argue with the polish of what they're showing here.

@GalacticBreakdown Didn't Arc Raiders just do outstandingly well at the same price?

Let's be real, this looks very good. The art of the factions when they showed them in the video is SUPER cool.

It's not really my cup of tea, but it looks extremely high quality.

@tameshiyaku It's hard to argue with the Clair Obscur actors, but I agree she could have comfortably won in any other year.

Glad she was nominated though!

@Simon_Fitzgerald You'll be able to put in another 50 hours, Simon!

I know it's not a big deal, but absolutely nothing from Square Enix seems a bit cold.

I really like the Capcom one on the PS Blog.

@graymamba I was convinced Microsoft was going to spend Sony out of the market.

But yeah it hasn’t gone how I expected at all. I think the infamous “four game” livestream was the turning point for me.

Despite what they were saying during that broadcast, it was clear everything was going to go multiformat from then on.

And their hardware sales have just completely collapsed since.

I think they’re trying to have their cake and eat it.

Horror games, for as popular as they are, do limit their audience for that very reason because not everyone likes it.

Here they’re saying “hey it’s not all horror, you can be a bad ass too!”

If they can effectively blend both then it’ll be a great game, but it won’t be easy to get the pacing right.

@gigiard I like QWER’s songs. But regardless, they’re really popular right now.

@Northern_munkey Pop punk.

@Darude84 You're right it is off-topic. But I'll answer: we're not going to review that unfortunately. Maybe try asking on the forum if anyone picked it up?

@Reyzore You're welcome.