johncalmc

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Seems entirely believable and reasonable. It's a fighting game.

If I was a dev that ended up working for Netflix I'd have been looking for a new job the second the acquisition went through. This was always destined to happen. Same as Amazon, Google, basically anyone that has no business being involved in games but fancies having a go.

Obviously, it's sad.

But I have to wonder about Supermassive and what they're doing. Like, maybe they should try to change strategy? They've been making the same game, badly, over and over again since Until Dawn. Maybe they need a fresh approach or something.

I will almost certainly not be doing that but I look forward to playing it at some point.

In a rare win for these things, I actually think that controller looks cool. I wouldn't get one - I don't really care about Wolverine really. But I think it looks cool.

Console is woof.

Should've got a point knocked off for the raccoon not being in it.

I was kinda hoping they PS5'd that trophy list because I remember it was a chore the first time. Wandering around the middle east murdering people forever to get the murder emblem or whatever. Oh well. Someone's gotta do it I guess.

That's nice. Achievements were great but PlayStation really nailed the formula with the platinums. Xbox should have an equivalent. Wonder what they'll call it.

I mean, there's a lot there, but for me personally I'm only really interested in about three of them. And the Dragon's Dogma expansion. So my wallet is safe I think.

When is either Sony or Microsoft going to start bundling the console in with a PS Plus/Gamepass subscription on contract the same way they sell mobile phones? Seems like a no-brainer. And unless I've missed it, they're not doing it. Sure, these prices are ludicrous, but so is a grand for a phone that does the same as the phone you've already got. And people still get them every couple of years, manacled to a contract.

If people were paying this over two years there'd be less grumbling, and you'd also get them on PS Plus which is where you want them.

My interest in this just took a nosedive.

I'm fine with 2030. PlayStation has barely got started this gen. It'll give them time to get some games out.

It's not really surprising. Halo is old hat. Same as Gears Reloaded. Neither of those games are the best in their respetive series, and loads of people have already played them. If they'd just released the collection it probably would have fared better.

No. And Final Fantasy VII didn't need to be three games either. Just remake the game or don't. But this, oh we couldn't possibly, it'd be five games long! thing is ludicrous.

So that's five God of War games in development and nobody can give me another PaRappa the Rapper.

Perfect PR strategy from Sony to announce the release date for this now. Every comment is now about the death of physical media rather than everyone being annoyed at having to play as a girl.

Multiplayer Kingdom Come? I'm not going to dismiss it before I've see... actually, I probably am.

I'll probably play this at some point but I'm not buying it until I know whether or not they're continuing the series on PS5.

@trev666 Someone who wants a game for Christmas? Someone who wants their boxes sat on their shelf? If for some reason you're attached to the increasingly irrelevant disc, sure, it's not going to work for you. But it's perfect for me who gets games as gifts but prefers digital.

I know it's not popular but I'm really into the code in a box. You get the box to put on your shelf/get for Christmas/whatever, and you get the convenience of the digital version of the game. Hopefully that is the solution.

Gamers are fickle en masse, and they treat the concept of voting with their wallets with the same credulity as they do finding a pot of leprechaun gold at the end of a raindbow.

Big picture - nobody cares. This will have barely any effect and the people who are all about buying a gaming PC right now and signing petitions and angry commenting on YouTube videos will have forgotten all about it when the brand new shiny PlayStation comes out.

@bluemage1989 It's actually not literally censorship.

@ThePlaystationStan Naoto isn't trans. I think it would be more interesting if she was and feel similarly about Kanji's is-he-or-isn't-he storyline. But Naoto isn't a trans character, and the game explains that almost immediately after you find out she's a woman.

I guess they're going to make him less homophobic. I'm not bothered either way. Yosuke's reactions are believable, particularly for the time. A character being homophobic isn't an endorsement of it, and if you want to think Yosuke is a jerk you can (he is). But I'm also not against them making him more likeable either. If you're desperate for jackass Yosuke then the original still exists.

It's not going to matter, at all, most likely. Gamers are not exactly well known for voting with their wallets are they? Yes, everyone is mad about this and it's all you see online. Suddenly, everyone is worried about the gamers on nuclear submarines that can't get internet connections and physical discs are the only reason people play on PS5 even though physical discs have been basically worthless ever since developers realised they didn't need to actually finish a game to release it and could just patch it post-launch.

Everyone will moan and boycott and sign petitions and then PlayStation will announce another Bloodborne or something and it'll be, "Physical discs? Nah mate, love digital me." Sony has already done the sums. That's why they've announced this. They didn't just decide it on the morning and then bash out a blog post. They've looked at the damage this will do and concluded it will be minimal, and they're probably right.

Switching to PC seems like a bonehead move, honestly. PC, which has famously been all digital for years, is seen as the alternative to Sony going all digital? I've seen the argument that if PlayStation is all digital then we might as well be on PC because the only reason we're on PlayStation is for the discs.... okay, sure. But I don't think even a sizable minority of PlayStation players will make that move. Why would you? Buying a more expensive machine to get the same experience?

Ultimately, while I do think Sony ditching discs is a totally unforced error and they shouldn't be doing it, I don't think it is going to have a huge impact. I imagine they think that too, which is why they're going ahead with it. Yes, everyone will be mad about and there'll be the petition and everyone will definitely not be getting the PS6. But we'll see.

I love how much of a beating Sony is getting for this. David Hayter needs some cable ties or something though. Absolute chaos! Still, nice to see Snake stickin' it to Sony.

Honestly, if they move to doing physical boxes with vouchers for the digital version inside as the solution then I'm totally into it. I only ever get physical games for Christmas and birthdays, and it's a faff on using discs. If I can have the treat of opening a new game and the convenience of it being digital then I'm all for it.

I don't think there is anything to be gained from talking more, honestly. Xbox has been tying themselves into knots for years by trying to be everyone's best pal. It's a fiasco. And I'm not saying it has to be a fiasco. But the more you talk, the more is out there to come back and haunt you.

Regarding the discs, terrible the decision may be for a lot of people, but they have communicated it early, with plenty of time for people to get used to the idea. They didn't just drop it on us the Friday before. The issue, and communicating the issue are two different things, and on the communication front I think what they've done is fine. We don't need to know the minutia of how they came to this decision. We just need to know, in advance to prepare, and they've done that.

Whether it's the right decision or not is a different thing, and I really don't get it, personally. Seems stupid. But they told us, and they didn't flip flop twelve times on the matter, telling us it would only be four games going digital at first, then suddenly dropping the bomb that it was all of them (except those two).

I'll still get one. I have 1000+ digital games. It'd be insane to not stick with PlayStation. But I don't think I ever liked the brand less than right now.

I don't even play physical games and I'm glad they're getting eviscerated for this.

Xbox rules at the minute. I going on the news each day to see what the latest exhibit at the circus is. I wonder how long they can keep this chaos going before the whole thing comes down like a house of cards.

PlayStation really is benefitting from the complete collapse of Xbox as a viable platform. Where else is there to go? I play all my games on PlayStation - not really out of loyalty or anything, but because it's the console with the most of the types of game I like. But they're making it hard. Fortunately (for them) there's no credible other option.

Still, a big company being terrible isn't exactly new. I'd just rather they were less terrible.

Announcing this the same day you announce the closure of the PS3 store is a choice.

Seems like much ado about nothing. It's collector's edition stuff just given to the player in a different way.

I am going to lose one billion hours to this game if I buy it and I am here to tell you I am going to buy it.

Can't imagine a Bluepoint style fan rebellion over this one.

Ridiculous acquisition. Inevitable path we're on now. Massive waste of money, terrible management with the little people paying the price once again. Just a ludicrous situation that should never have come to pass.

In 99.9% of cases I hate this and I never want to see them do it again. I don't want the first thing I see when I start up my PS5 to play Persona 4 Golden to be an ad for a pre-order.

That said, GTAVI is so monumental. This is the exception. The hype for this one is off the charts so seeing them keep that hype steadily flowing by reminding you when you turn your console on.... fine.

I don't want to see this for God of War Laufey or Fortnite Season Whatever though. Let's make this a once in a generation thing.

Presumably they're just doing this so you're less likely to unsubscribe rather than because it's of any benefit whatsoever, which it obviously isn't.

It's difficult. Delaying a console isn't as simple as just delaying it. There's contracts signed for manufacturing, components, etc. And delaying it runs the risk of going to the back of the queue, and then things being even worse in a few years and it being even more expensive.

That said, I can scarcely recall a time when we've been heading toward the moment a new generation is due to be announced that has felt less necessary than this one. We're not pushing the PS5 to breaking point. It works fine. It's a great machine. Couple that with the fact that Sony has messed up the entire generation with their boneheaded live service push, and then throw in the ridiculous economic situation.... it really feels like you could push the PS6 back to 2030 and it'd be fine.

As I say, it's not simple to delay a console, and there's a good argument for just taking your medicine and releasing it next year. Personally, I have no interest in one right now, and the PS5 feels like it's barely got started thanks to Sony's software blunders. I'm fine not seeing it for a while.

I'm a firm believer in mistakes happening, and it being how you put them right that matters. CDPR made a mistake - a big one - with Cyberpunk. But they made a load of money from it even in its broken state, and they didn't have to go to the lengths that they did to fix it. They really went to town on it. And I do respect that, honestly.

Lad's girlfriend went on his PS5 and started asking questions and he played the old security breach card.

This really sucks. I'm not anticipating anything as bad at Sony as Xbox because Sony only made a couple of bonehead acquisitions, not $80+ billions worth. I just hope that Sony doesn't do the thing they're almost certainly about to do, and punish decent studios for their terrible decisions while letting the rotten studios survive.

I noticed in one of the reviews but assumed it had slipped past the goalie. Thank god. I hate third person 😂 I've had many a nightmare trying to awkwardly rephrase things to adhere to it.

But hey, exclusives are back everyone!

I love the Witcher and I love making my own character, but free to play co op kills any and all interest I may have had in this.

I replayed Remake in preparation for Rebirth, but then I hated Rebirth so much that I don't think there's any shot I'm going to replay either of them, and I'm probably not going to play Revelation.

Not buying this until they announce Halo 2 for PS5.