@IllusiveMan it accelerated because of the AI

@Areus and how many people do you know? But yeah thousands of people have platinum trophies in ever CoD game

@Netret0120 Kingdom hearts 2.8 wasn't even out 10 years ago

@themightyant > stupid things like “complete jiminys journal

This is a 100% playthrough. It's not stupid. You want participation trophies, i want 100% trophies. It's an optional activity.

>making you have to finish the game up to 3 times in a long JRPG.
Only on ps3. But yeah difficulty trophies that don't stack is an oversight, here i agree

@themightyant L take. I love going for 100% in my games. I enjoy the grind. It's an absolutely optional activity so you're not losing anything not going for them

"I suppose I should note that this isn’t necessarily a Square Enix issue"

It is though. Just release multiple launchers. It's 75 bucks

cel-shaded horror was on ps1 in fear effect too

@GilaMonster they are rmeoving it cuz it was added before 2025 halloween. The game has been on plus for one year

@Sunraku I'm sorry but you clearly removing the most important context out of it "accepted or respected because of". It's about accepting and respecting because of being old, not just being old. Please learn to read.

@Sunraku technically no. Most established does not mean oldest. You can check any dictionary like Cambridge "accepted or respected because of having existed for a long period of time" or Oxford dictionary "respected or given official status because it has existed or been used for a long time".
I'm pretty sure Remedy is respected more

Thanks for posting these lists every time. Very useful

Is it actually "Finland's most established game studio" when we have Remedy?

I really don't see how this game can give shenmue vibes, when shenmue is a very slow paced and serious adventure game with almost no memes (english translation was a meme but it's not the vibe of JP version)

@cainhurst94 well there's a difference between remaking a ps3/PS4 game on PS5 and remaking an old top down isometric game on a current gen.
Just how people actually wanted FF7 remake

@Gremio108 "Now in theory, Sony could grant third party storefronts access to sell, or allow shops to sell digital download codes. But the fact they haven't come out and stated anything like this yet is slightly suss"

WDYM they haven't stated?

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/

"In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and AT RETAILERS in digital formats only"
" January 2028. Following this date, new games will be available on PlayStation Store and AT RETAILERS in digital formats only"

@Gremio108 digital games might increase the price? How did discs help game prices stay at 60 bucks?

@chaoszage so as a protest for "no physical games" you subbed to a digital only service? Very cool

@Gremio108 why would digital owners bothered by the blackout at all? And why are you still subbed to ps plus if you're against digital future? Too inconvenient for you to unsub? Not ready to sacrifice anything but can only preach?

"But then the digital soundtracks for MGS 4 and Peace Walker are on the bonus features app rather than the apps for their respective games."

Why is it a con and why would you want to download the entire game to listen to OST?

it's kinda sad we get signalis and big walk in one month, and people say "crap selection". These people then will be complaining next day that the devs don't want to experiment nowadays

@LowDefAl Bloodborne is Japan studio/fromstoftware game. It was Japan studio idea, they pitched it and helped fromsoftware with the development

@dskatter "Your all digital figure, ladies and gentlemen!"
Imagine buying a code in a store instead of just buying it on psn. You're just hating for the sake of hating

@Gunnerzaurus if you re-read your own unedited post, you would see: "are missing the forest for the trees."
"For instance, what is not covered or accounted for in these charts"

You are stating this as a fact. And the fact that you talk about manipulating stuff and that people are not smart enough to understand stuff. ("people who don't read articles or know how to read statistics" Your own words not mine) is very ironic

@Gunnerzaurus "These stats and charts are technically true"
" but people who don't read articles or know how to read statistics without being manipulated by them are missing the forest for the trees."
"that is not covered or accounted for in these charts :
ANY used sales of physical media, which is likely the main method "
"which is likely the main method"
"likely"

LMAO
care to show anything that proves your opinion? So much talking about manipulating and then giving a "likely" opinion as a fact. Irony

@GameCollector84 you guys are funny. You always blame companies that they need profit for the shareholders right now (which is true) but then create conspiracy theories that they and sony are playing 4d chess.
Anything but acceptance that physical releases are not popular/profitable enough

@GameCollector84 this doesn't make any sense. Why would a publisher print less games than there's a demand? To lose money? That's not how it works

@Corc11 He's a young fella who just speaks nonsense and contradicts his own statements. It's kinda entertaining

@SMJ "Are we saying that all games, from the beginning of time need to be re-sold for modern platforms?"

"I completely agree. Any game that is trapped on older hardware should be given a new lease of life on modern consoles.
If Sony released the Motorstorm trilogy, as is, with no enhancements on PS5, I would buy it day one."

two quotes written by the same person. That's hilarious

@KillerIsD34D "i won't be able to continue my collection" is the dumbest reason to stop collecting something

@Athrum @themightyant of course they won't be cheaper. that time has passed. But it could've been cheaper

@puddinggirl "naiive" lmao. I'm telling you why it actually happened. Any store takes like 20-30% from the game price. You think publishers wouldn't make their games cheaper by 15% just to get more money? They would, but retail stores were against it and back in the day physical releases were more popular. So if any publisher would lower the price of digital games then the stores like Game or Gamestop would boycott them. I mean you don't need to have triple digit IQ to understand it

@WhatTheFrog Digital games could've been cheaper, but retail stores cried that it's unfair

@Balaam_ i'm a trophy hunter. Why do you guys want government to regulate every single thing in your life?

@Shirtpotatoes75 oh yeah your physical copy that you can't launch without internet. Sony is very sad about it

@For-Kier "trophy hunters all take advantage of fair game exploits"
There's a huge difference between using exploits and "i want every trophy just for participation because i don't have skill" mindset

Ghibli-Esque? where?

@PuppetMaster slow games come out all the time and people like them. The last guardian was mixed because of the performance issue, controls issue and ai issue, not because it was slow

"iconic rpg" sad clickbaits

@wildcat_kickz Sony is making its own console and owns dozens of studios and they are making their own IPs. It's not the same scale.
You can compare it to Larian studios. They made BG3, earned a lot of money and went their own way with another Divinity game

"For example, I'd rather have 50% of $200mil than 100% of $50mil."
That's some imaginary numbers that don't have anything to do with what IOI earns or what Amazon might offer them and IF they would want to offer them

@wildcat_kickz i don't get the point. Why would disney care if they own Insomniac or not? Why are we talking about what Disney thinks? I mean my original question was "why would IOI work with Amazon? not "why would Amazon work with IOI". Amazon and Disney want to get max profit, that's a no brainer to work with the best studios. But Insomniac and IOI is a completely different situation. Insomniac is one of the Sony's studios so they don't really decide what to do, while IOI just went self publishing with their games and they even tried to publish third party games

@wildcat_kickz Insomniac is not a private studio. It's a Sony's studio. Realistically insomniac will do what Sony will tell them to do. IOI has to take care of itself

People talk about how amazon shouldn't replace IOI. But why would IOI want to work on it instead of working on something they own? Amazon will get all the money from the sequels

@DennisReynolds Gon is still one of my favorite characters

@chriswashere313 i was very disappointed that the game shifted to GTA like genre after beign a very cool platformer

@Leonardo_Turtles it's not french for clearly obscure LMAO it's light-dark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaroscuro

"actually there’s nothing of interest for PS5 players here"
Speak for yourself?

@Dalamar except it's not bad

@Pat_trick they reuse like 80% of the first game due to the nature of the game

it doesn't give MGS1 vibes except for some shots in the trailer. Looks very cheap and low quality

@dskatter why do you care what trophy hunters do or don't play?

@PuppetMaster golden abyss was a vita game though. And vita was a flop. Kinda pointless to compare sales