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I think you’re a little kind to say these prices are out of Xbox’s hands. Who do you think is leading and positively fuelling the AI bubble? Who is literally buying all the memory for its AI efforts thus to make RAM so scarce and expensive for domestic use.
Msoft is as culpable as anyone for these prices.

@Th3solution Unless they've massively changed tack on this cousin, Control was as linear a '90s-like' game as you could get. I really hope they haven't gone for the more-more-more (needless fluff) just to pad it out.

@Dalamar tbh I only ever played the first one (twice, once on launch day 25 years ago-ish) and most of the second one.
As always these stories drive me to re-download all of them on Steam and at least think about finishing 2 and pressing on with the less favoured sequels beyond that. Never quite get passed that think about stage though.....

@BaronLaw Jeez really, I expect such nonsense was commissioned 2 or 3 years ago when that liberal brain-junk still got airtime in the days of '(s)he who shouts loudest is (s)he who gets heard the most'.

@AdamNovice of course there is.
If they off load they sell it. Money comes in.
They close it then they have redundancy to pay for every single employee.

Always better to sell an asset than just write it off as a loss especially when you have to pay for that write off.

tbh there will always be those that can't afford/justify a PC and even at $1000 the PS6 will be cheaper than a PC that provides the same (low) level of performance.
As for digital only, let me guess that 90% of the whiners haven't bought a physical game in 5 years - just saying.

What I think many don’t realise, and I say this to help people, is that consoles are released at a point they are comparable to a low to mid spec PC at that time. Thus 6 years on the PS5 is barely a low spec PC.
So why wait for PS6 performance when you could have it 3 years ago on a high spec PC or today on a mid spec PC.
Stop waiting and start enjoying today.
A handful of exclusives doesn’t make up for the massive performance gap. IMHO.

Really? Whatever next, gold resellers predict gold is the next RAM crisis? fgs.

I’m sure it’s been said a million times already but wtf preorders a digital item? Those bits and bytes going to sell out?
Jeez, grandma wasn’t joking when she said the world has gone mad.

If this guy thinks Fortnite wannabes is the way to go he should have a look through the epic fails these last couple of years. I’m afraid that model also appears to have its risks.

More action? I thought GOW was nothing but action? Did I miss the 2 minutes of not action in any of the games?

What a strange statement to quote in the article ""mere formality at this stage". It looks like people are losing their jobs, thats no trivial formality. Pasted in by mistake or did you mean its a formality which wont impact on the studio still being closed?
Peculiar use of language.

Nope. Original was typical ubi nonsense and this won’t be any different.
I’m all for remakes when it’s a classic, eg Resi games or Dead Space, but since when has AC been remake worthy fgs.

@DennisReynolds i think you miss the point. A simple difficulty option is just that, simple - 95% of games do it yet others choose not to for the benefit of no one and many peoples loss. And yes there are sport variants for those not physically typical. Many of us dont have the time to "get good" but would still love to enjoy most of the content.

IMHO it was pants back in the day and progress in the years will only mean more attempts to screw the player for more money.

Never understood why it got the attention it did; each to their own.

@EfYI You contradict yourself. You say the industry has and then you say it hasn’t been held back. Make your mind up pal. No wonder you think you predicted something correctly, you probably predicted against yourself to cover your bets.

@StitchJones it is quaint you call it an Xbone, like a ten year old who’s heard a new word at school.

You’ll hear all about bras next. You wait.

I’m sure the wokey crowd will tell us its all a bit uncalled for and there’s no place for silliness in this day and age.

@LifeGirl Spot on. They also forget it's the opinion of the reviewer. Its not a science, no 'score' is the right answer; its just the current view of the reviewer.

@clvr Funny, but i think you'll find that Sunday is generally 2 days later than Friday in most weeks

More generally dont Sony review every game before it gets listed, to ensure no laws are broken? No smut, no racism, no etc. surely it would be far easier to catch the chicken before it pops out the egg to continue the Easter theme.

I dont mean to be a dik but all this whining about a BB remake. Yes its a brilliant game (my only ever Platinum), but I've replayed it plenty of times....the PS4 version. Its not like its some uglyass PS2 game, its darn fine.
Just go play the PS4 version. Could it be better on PC/PS5? Sure it could, is the PS4 version still a 10/10 today? Sure it is.

@weeniebeenie Exactly. What next a story about being able to play PS3 games whilst you wait for PS5 back-combat by simply buying a PS3. Absolutely silly article.

Does “classic” in the English language refer to something that is both aged and quality or just something that is aged?

@MrPeanutbutterz Not really. If there were no clients then MS wouldn't invest in it. Can't just blame the dealers; without users there are no dealers.

@WhoderMan Agreed, that a a ridiculous price.
We all know this can be played for, ahem, much less, very easily. So why not charge 1.99 for the pleasure of it being official and encourage more to have this piece of history on their PS.

@LiamOliver They are talking PS Premium, not PS +

@Th3solution Fair play but to be balanced Steam doesnt charge you £150 a year to play games on your Steamdeck when you have already paid for them.

Its not for me to buy the device AND pay £150 pa to play games I already own. That just sounds ridiculous tbh.

@dodgykebaab and tbh any game using a 3 rather than an E deserves to be forgotten by history.

@Czar_Khastik Agree. I think its scandalous the gaming press fell right in to the marketing trap of allowing such games to be known as "Free".
Its like saying a restaurant is 'Free to Enter'. Ridiculous.

tbh FN isnt the worst by far but the marketing folks must be wetting themselves that they got away with that name.

tbh its that ridiculous corporate nonsense
language that grates the most "reimagining workflows and amplifying the creative power of our teams". Complete load of BS that 90% of the workforce will see through with the other 10% grinding the ladder in the hope of spouting such tosh themselves one day.

@Striker21 lol. Do the maths.
As reported on this site and many others the average games bought per year is <2. So lets double that to 4 to hammer home the point. Thats only £240 per year compared to 30x12 = £360 per year for GP.
Its a complete rip off and always has been except for when we all jumped aboard for £1 pm back in the day.

tbh much as i don't enjoy these almost decade long console cycles since PS3, i honestly can't name 5 games on PS5 that make me think "wow, that could never be done on a PS4". ie. i don't feel we've rung the best out of PS5 yet.

@Acquiescence He says it would get an 8 with the performance addressed, i.e. same as meta, so whats the problem?

@DennisReynolds it’s unlikely that Microsoft would increase the price of the PS5 tbh

What a bonkers idea. Sony happy to charge for the bleeding edge and then ask us to use like it’s an N64.

@djlard LOL, wrong genre for suggesting good value. Imagine buying iracing, and then having to stump up a monthly sub, and then finding almost every car is paid DLC and then finding almost every track is paid DLC !!!! Yup it really is that bad. Can't believe its not called out as the biggest scandal in gaming tbh.

Tbh given Xbox is as good as dead so is GP. Most non GP folks do not spend the annual cost of GP on games per year ie. It was only ever a good idea for consumers with the £1 per month trick, which is now gone.
Good riddance.

@RoomWithaMoose Jeez its taken you 8 years to not complete HK, should we pop back in another 10 and see how you're doing?

Had to shelve it as too difficult. Desperately needs a single player difficulty mode. I platinumed Bloodborne but this is just too much single player, waste of my money as it stands

Great idea. Would be delighted to see many games follow this lead. I much prefer FP and would play many more typically third person games if they had this option to flip to FP.

@Czar_Khastik every time they release an update they get more press. That coverage drives views which drives sales. There’s always people who haven’t bought it yet.
Every update = more new sales simply because of the free advertisement it brings.

In addition it brings more eyes to the PSN store. The new eyes might buy something in addition to NMS and the peeps just there for the download might see something other they fancy buying.
So it’s a win win win.

Perhaps I missed the comment but I remember this being the first AAA game I bought where I thought it was incredibly short for the money. I remember about 6 hours and I am notoriously slow.

Would not pay £40 for a 6 hour remake. No chance.

Would much prefer the Forza Motorsport game but I understood the mass market appeal of this arcade spin off.
Sure it will bring joy to many gamers.

@Haruki_NLI jeez. Bet you’re a right laugh at a party. Well done devs.

@Darude84 Indeed. I dont want the 'nonconstructive' delete hammer but we hardly celebrate 'Free' shows on Netflix do we? They are part of the service users pay for, just like users pay for the service that includes these games.

@nessisonett Fair point, but tbh I'd rather have some extra protection than none at all.
The first line of defence is of course good parenting, but I am all for extra safety nets. Most of us over 18 can be googled and a picture found on the wonderweb. Those under 18 should neither have their pic openly avail on the web nor be submitting to these sites - so whats the problem? Surely we all want kids to be protected. Not even worth a question mark.

There's also sites out there offering fake IDs so those underage can get alcohol & tobacco. What next an article on how these sites help to overcome the oppressive regime that inhibits children from accessing such wonderful adult only goods?

@InJeffable yeh, bet you are.
The WiiU is well known for its sim racing community and I bet you/it must be gutted.
You never know it may still happen.

Mind blowing that the PS5 (digital) is cheaper than the XB series S (also digital only) and about 4x more powerful (depending on how to count performance).
Its shocking the price they charge for the XBS these days.

@Grimwood New? Its almost 5 years matey. That used to be an entire generation. When do you consider a generation is in its swing? 7 years?

@Truegamer79 tbh if the second TV series did anything well it was making Ellie as unlikable as Abby and thus I am now, as someone who's previously never played TLOU2, enjoying a first run thru, currently with Ellie and have no issues expecting Abby control to pop along in a few hours

I've also found that changing the language to Italian and using English subtitles helps to soften the caustic grime of much of the discussions; allows focus on the gameplay.