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Really happy about this actually, I only ever got to play the original back on PS2 and lost interest in gaming fora while not long after. Picked up the remaster of the original a couple of years ago and will definitely be picking this one up too.

@nessisonett makes sense tbh, given that Sony ****-the-bed on GaaS and MS are porting games from the last 20 years (not just what they have coming up for Xbox and PC).

I’ve had the original in the backlog for over 5 years and I just never feel motivated to start it. Everyone I know who has played it loves it… but there’s always something I fancy playing more for some reason.

8/10 on Pure Xbox must be coz it’s better? 🤔… more constructive for ya?

@CaptD woah woah woah woah… I ain’t interested in trophies?!?! How very dare you! 😉

Have very little expectations for any Sony Show for the next few years now that we have the full picture in regards to the whole Sony GaaS-pivot and how that worked out.

Not as good as Far Cry 5 but I still really enjoyed it tbh. Used to love the old Far Cry expandalones, shame that they didn’t do one for FC6.

I’ve had High on Life on my wishlist for a while, so pretty happy with that at least.

I’d actually play these tbh

Finished up the plats on Final Fantasy XIII and The Crew 2 this week, so back to Suicide Squad this weekend for the last few trophies on that… and then I’ll finally be able to make a start on 2025’s schedule 😅

@Jimmer-jammer that’s some mighty-fine gaming-themed poetry right there! 🤩

🤔 I’ll wait for it in PS+ 😉

Microsoft be like “sales are actually so much better huh” 🤔

I still buy most AAA and AA physically but indies digital… I’m basically a dinosaur these days 🫠

Xbox damage control in 3… 2… 1…

@OldGamer999 oh I get what you mean bruh… even when you don’t 😉

@Weebleman and this is why no one trusts a word he says… apart from his constant whining about British and European stores no longer stocking x-boxes, we all believed that 😉

@PorkChopExpress yup, I honestly think MS regret going all-in on Gamepass now as they’ve simply trained their core-consumer to not make purchases. Their bet was so huge though, that I don’t think it’s the kinda thing they could ever walk back… even when they needed to, hence making what must’ve seemed the blasphemous decision at the time to release games on their competitors platform instead.

@OldGamer999 who can keep track with your flip-flopping… I’m sure I read you returned your Pro a couple of weeks after buying it 🤣

@PorkChopExpress as Spencer explained during that infamous kinda funny interview, PlayStation won the most important generation (8th gen) as it solidified digital libraries and online profiles. The fact that the PlayStation 5 is selling as well as it is given covid, supply shortages, poor first party output etc. is a testament to that.

@OldGamer999 they do make good tv’s, I used to work a twilight-shift at a Sony plant in South Wales making tv’s while studying for my a-levels back in the 90’s. They were incredibly proud of their tv’s and the features they offered over their competitors. Also, Sony made the decision around a decade ago that their TV’s would no longer be mass-market and become more of a niche high-end product. So their TV’s don’t sell as many as say LG but are better and cost a fair bit more. Hence they wouldn’t have the bargaining power for tv components that they do with PlayStation.

🤣 and I don’t care if you (or anyone else) likes Sony… I just like people being authentic. I find most Xbox-centric gamers aren’t.

@OldGamer999 in answer to your question about Sony making money on consoles and Microsoft not… it would come down to bargaining power. When Sony approach AMD for chips they are coming with far bigger orders, so can demand a far more beneficial price-to-chip deal than what Microsoft can.

@OldGamer999 that’s the lie you tell yourself, you own all systems so youre platform-agnostic. But you play yourself on a daily basis. We all see your posts on here and pure Xbox… you hold a massive bias, which is fine just be honest about it 🤷‍♂️

@Max_the_German yes game production cost are rising and yes live service games thrive on high player counts but no… if Gamepass numbers were in line with their predictions and Xbox and PlayStation unit sales were the other way around, no… no they would not be releasing games on PlayStation.

It makes no difference though, you’ll keep telling yourself whatever you need to to preserve what little grip you have on your sanity.

@OldGamer999 no one forgets how big and powerful Microsoft is… there have been gazillions of articles dedicated to acquisitions that only Microsoft could make due solely to their size and power. No wonder you guys choose Xbox, your perception of things is like living in the upside-down.

What you guys choose to forget though is, Microsoft didn’t make those acquisitions with the intention of becoming third party, becoming third party is a result of things not panning out as they planned.

Game of the Generation y’all 🤣

Bit late to the party but started The Crew 2 this week and just this morning unlocked Demolition Derby and Motocross… ****ing brilliant! And I don’t even like racing games really 🤷‍♂️.

Burned my ps5!

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#simples

I obviously understand the push for GaaS in terms of where the real market is these days and ballooning development budgets… but as a single-player focussed gamer this drive towards live service was never something I wanted.

I hate the amount of time that’s been wasted for these dev teams, together with the money that could’ve been better spent elsewhere… but let’s just hope this is the start of some common-sense creeping back in. Companies are always gonna chase trends but should never forget the customers who funded their market prominence in the first place.

What a load of old 💩!

They’re making ‘em quicker than I can plat ‘em 😅

@Frmknst well I did add “… but I doubt it” 😉

I’m just never gonna be down with State of Plays tbh… although it’s never gonna go back to the old way of doing things, I’ll always want proper Showcases like the first two shows at the start of this gen. They weren’t quite e3-level but they filled the gap.

State of Plays on the other hand just feel… thoughtless and unsatisfying. Maybe it’s just me… but I doubt it.

The hindsight of some people, honestly! The amount of people calling me out for predicting this very thing years ago… and now they simply ‘get’ it 🫠

Would’ve loved a remaster but a full remake is even better!

Still to play a musou game (I have one or two in the backlog to be fair) but I am feeling drawn to this one… I might dive in.

Sad to hear for all the teams but for me personally, really sad about Toadman Interactive. I was one of the few who actually really enjoyed Immortal Unchained. So much so I tried really hard for the plat but was one rng collectible short. So frustrated was I, that I actually reached out to Toadman and they responded too.

Still missing that last collectible but will go back and do an ng+ run one day in the hope I’ll get it to drop 🤞.

@GuttyYZ it is a fantastic game mate… and although I am feeling a little frustrated with my lack of success for the Foxiest of Hounds trophy, my multiple playthroughs are making me appreciate it all the more. So sad that we’ll never get a conclusion to the Adam Jensen arc.

@PeaceSalad ikw 🤷 😉

@freddquadros I actually got it first time on Mankind Divided as it goes… wasn’t at all confident until it popped though tbh.

@CaptD ikr… my biggest problem is though is that I’ve been so careful and read so much info… I’m actually paranoid my whole game is actually glitched.

I’ve achieved ‘Smooth Operator’ on every mission (the only way you can somewhat track it… albeit not a guarantee) and not even knocked out any enemies, so none would be found/seen by patrols/cameras after the ‘Smooth Operator’ is earned.

The only thing I’m seeing different on my game to the various guides I’ve researched is that a couple of bots are automatically ‘suspicious’ in the dlc (packaged in with Director’s Cut but not ‘suspicious’ on the vids I’ve watched. I’ve dug deeper into research and apparently the ‘suspicious’ state shouldn’t void the trophy but it’s the only thing that sticks out at this point.

@Kraven might be worth waiting to start the original Stalker trilogy, they’re due a next gen patch this quarter.

Yet another playthrough of Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Directors Cut trying to get the Foxiest of Hounds trophy to pop… third times a charm right 🤞

@PeaceSalad just the pwotestors left now mate 😅

@PeaceSalad alweady weleased mate… in the first twanche with High-fi Wush and Gwounded 😉

@Jrs1 nice one centurion… like it, like it. 😏

Welease… Bwian!

Yeah I’m just getting more and more up for this, the closer we get to release. Big fan of Rebellion and keen to see if they can out Bethesda Bethesda.