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@Fiendish-Beaver I can guarantee you that Nadella would’ve made it clear to Phil before signing off on passing him the $80bills, that as a result of it that certain metrics would need to be met… and if they weren’t… well here we are. Yet Phil just trotted out his good for the industry, good for the staff, good for the gamer mantra regardless of the potential risks if it didnt pan-out.

Even during the acti-bliz trial there was Microsoft documentation discussed showing the crazy metrics Gamepass would need to hit by 2030 to be sustainable… you think there wasnt more crazy metrics discussed post the deal? 🤦🏼‍♂️

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@Fiendish-Beaver well if it’s one thing a beaver likes, it’s getting ****ed… I’d imagine a fiendish one likes it even more 😉

@Fiendish-Beaver either way he’s rightly being called out… if he lied, call him out… if he as a CEO has no foresight, call him out 🤷‍♂️

Hopeful yes, hope is eternal… but after the 💩-show that has been Sony’s first party ‘pivot’ this gen, am I optimistic? No, I have major doubts if I’m honest.

Gutted its first person… but oh well how bout Ubi make Farcry 7 third person to balance it out 🤷‍♂️

I’m one of the few who thought Ghost of Tsushima was good but not quite up there with the best of Sony’s first party devs. I’ll certainly buy and play Yotei but I’m not excited for it in the same way that I was for Death Stranding 2 or if a new full-fat God of War game was announced.

I’m holding on to play it until I have a couple of free weeks in September. Hopefully the weather will be a bit more chilled by then… and another patch or too to help resolve the issue too 🤞.

It’s hot as all hell here in the UK atm… if I could treat my PS5 to a slushy at the same time as the missus and I are enjoying one in the garden, I would! 😅

Finished off the Zombie Army Trilogy plat yesterday but will probably play a little more this weekend to help out a few of the guys finish off their bits and pieces. Such an underrated game, between it and its sequel… they are two of the best co-op games I’ve played. So much fun!

Played through the prologue of Dead Island: Riptide this morning too, to continue my hot-zombie-summer. Enjoyed DI2 a lot more than I was expecting at the start of this year, so I’ll hopefully feel similarly about this one.

@IOI dayum who pulled the wool away from your eyes 😉

I’d have loved open-world 😡

@cburg chill the **** out before you give youself a coronary!

I think the main problem with gaming in general rn, not just Square… is chasing trends. Just allow proven creatives to pursue their own imagination.

Can’t wait for this, Everybody’s Golf PS4 is still my favourite golf game… and I’m a massive fan of all golf games!

Am I sold on it? 🤔 Well, I love third person shooters, Capcom are on fire and Dead Space is in my top 5 gaming series of all time… so yeah, yeah you could say I’m pretty sold on it.

Sony board right now - “how can we make a live service version?” 🤔

Glad it’s playable in flat too… I almost didn’t click on the article due the the title implying it was a PSVR2 game.

I woke up this morning and they’d slapped an Xbox sticker on my head, beware… 🤢🤮

@Propaperpusher I bought it too… unfortunately me and you weren’t enough! 🤷‍♂️

I’m betting that she hasn’t ‘quite’ got the thighs for it 😏

I obviously hope it’s good… but if it is good, I hope it sells! The Dead Space remake not selling well was a travesty!

@LtSarge well just because Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 has 33 in the title, it doesn’t mean that it was the 33rd iteration… it was a wholly original game and therefore delivered an original experience 😉

@LtSarge I think that direct sequels have always delivered a very similar gameplay experience to their previous instalments for the most part.

From 8-bit games like Super Mario Bros. to Super Mario Bros. 2 (the real 2) through to more modern games like Gears of War to Gears of War 2 or Forza Horizon 4 to Forza Horizon 5, the core gameplay is often only changed with minor tweaks for the most part.

Reboots like God of War 2018 is different as the whole gameplay delivery was redesigned but reboots are far more rare that sequels.

Yeah I’ve been relatively excited for this since the first theatrical trailer at the start of this year… and this gameplay probably adds a little support to that.

I wasn’t a massive fan of the combat in Witcher 3 and this looks pretty similar… but I’m hoping the open world, narrative and characters will mean that any grumbles I have with the sword-play is mitigated, as was the case with W3.

Had a great time on Zombie Army Trilogy this week and will hopefully finish off the Sniper Elite playthrough over this weekend. All the hordes are done and will then just have a few collectibles and some miscellaneous trophies left to mop up. Big shout out to @CaptD who already has the platinum (popped around 6 years ago I might add) but has been down to pop zombie skulls all week!

Another great game by Rebellion and another one of their back-catalogue that they’ve patched for PS5, here’s to hoping Zombie Army 5 happens one day 🍻!

@get2sammyb never said that they didn’t. Obviously if you get extremely lucky you could make a Fortnite or a Warzone (the profits of which dwarf any and all single player games) but the chances of that happening are likely 100-1.

So, I stand by what I said, the chances of you making a healthy profit (notice I didn’t say the same or more profit than the odd successful GaaS) with a quality single player game has far better odds.

This is where the gaming industry needs to be getting back to. Yes the odd live service game makes gazillions… but if you manage to make a stellar single player game, the chances of it making a healthy profit are far more in your favour.

Man… Christophe Gans! I remember absolutely loving Brotherhood of the Wolf back around 20 years ago. Might be about time to revisit that actually… might watch the original Silent Hill movie again while I’m at it 🤔

Love golf games, so the more of them the better as far as I’m concerned… regardless of how old they are.

A couple of us are/were considering playing this… maybe not now.

@Northern_munkey fair enough

@Northern_munkey why you giving enough of a **** to reply to me about it then? 🤣

@Northern_munkey @Arkz you guys obviously missed them throwing their toys out of the pram the other week about the PS5 tech demo.

The PC elite are gonna lose their 💩 (again) about this 🤣

Played it a few years ago… and while I’ll definitely be up for another playthrough one day, it won’t be for a good few years. Might be one of those games that a decade between playthroughs would actually feel about right for me personally.

Around a half way through my Ghost & Clean Hands playthrough on Dishonored, so should finish that off over this weekend. Whenever I’ve played it through before, I’ve always gone quite high chaos, so it’s been a nice change to just get in unseen, non-lethal the target and get out without searching every nook-and-cranny.

Then on to Zombie Army Trilogy, which I’m looking forward to. ZA4 was up there with my favourite games I played in 2023, so I’m hoping I feel similarly about this. Have a good one squarepushers!

@Rob_230 really? Compared to my PS4 and PS3, mine’s like a cool breeze.

@Oram77 that’s what I was indicating buddy, pass that **** on 😁

@Oram77 puff-puff-pass homey 😉

@Jrs1 I’ve actually heard nothing but good things about Sony’s cloud streaming… from reliable sources too.

@ProfessorNiggle yup… but a lot of people refuse to make this correlation, as it screws with their personal narrative.

It’s purely circumstantial that the total decline of the industry has coincided with the propagation of subscription models /s

I guess PC ain’t all that PC if you get me 😏

@Thatguyoverthere never said it was… just called some undesignated group of people renters 🤷‍♂️

Absolutely brilliant game… I’d imagine it might actually start getting the love it always deserved now it’s available to the renters 😏

This looks great! AA is really stepping up lately to produce games very close to what we would normally consider AAA territory.

Absolutely hammered The Division this week with @CaptD. Finished off the campaign and most of the way through a hard playthrough too. Gonna try and finish that off today and maybe a first venture out into the Dark Zone too 😬. Really good game though and… yet another Ubisoft game that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed. Happy weekend squarepushers!

Still a bit disappointed at the transition from open-world to linear level design… but interested nonetheless. The narrative seems like it’ll be strong and the production values of the trailers cut scenes at least, look good, so 🤞it turns out well.

Wasn’t as into it as I expected to be… probably to do with the whole teeny-Bond vibe tbh. I’ll almost definitely still play it though.

Massive reveal for me, this series deserves so much more love!

2 million sales during series 2’s airing I heard… not too shabby.