And why not to markets around the world too? It looks really fun.

A single-player campaign would blow up, wouldn’t it?

It’s not a dealbreaker but, let’s be honest, after shelling out for a Pro it’s really disappointing.

Could losing Physint have been easier with the knowledge that Bend is making a Syphon Filter game?

I fear this initiative will simply ‘lead’ me to choosing Nintendo.

I loved this game so much. Can’t wait.

Been playing Saros again this week and I still find the fifth biome impossible. I’ll get through it one day I’m sure but this weekend I think I’ll move onto something new. Maybe Control Resonant!

I finally, finally finished Tears of the Kingdom this morning. It didn’t quite live up to Breath of the Wild, but the ending was epic.

Back to Onimusha, it is…

@Northern_munkey I guess being a bit of gym equipment adds to the value more! Your enthusiasm is making me feel like I need to pull mine back out of the cupboard and try a few more games. I’ll try it this weekend - maybe play a bit of Onimusha in the big screen mode! Will report back!

@NathanUC That’s not too bad at all. Glad you and @Northern_munkey got good use of your headsets

TBF one of the things that stopped me getting more use out of mine is that I got motion sickness from a couple of VR2 games (Red Matter 2 was the worst for it) though I never had it with the original PS VR. I do still want to try Wanderer, so maybe that’ll end up changing my overall impression!

It kind of galls me that I paid so much for PS VR2. I’ve not had anywhere near the use out if it for the amount they charged, and it’s been the worst value PS device I’ve ever bought.

P.S. Synapse is still amazing.

I don’t think this month’s offerings are for me but so many new games have come out that I’m weirdly glad I don’t have the FOMO of playing a PS Plus game on top of them!

I’ve kept my copy in the cellophane in anticipation of this happening! I will wait patiently (and finish my replay of SHf in the meantime).

@get2sammyb What blows my mind is that Sony at the point of announcing this hadn’t couldn’t have at least nailed down a budget with Kojima that wasn’t going to terrify them.

I wonder if all this gives a hint towards their position on Xbox exclusivity. Clockwork Revolution and GoW both being made my studios staying under the Xbox banner directly.

But overall another day of awful news in an industry where fun and creativity continue, ironically, to be afterthoughts.

I feel like the only way this story could get wilder is if Sony turns out to be the buyer of Undead Labs or Ninja Theory.

I feel most people assess the cost of games. Very few people will ask, “How much does a licence for this game cost?” Maybe we should all start saying, “The price of the licence for this game is £xx.xx.” I wonder if Sony would prefer the discussion of its store to be about the licences, and not the games, it actually sells.

This reminds me how sad it is that Iron Man VR never got a PS VR2 version!

This sounds great! Got quite a few One/X games on disc, so I’ll get these licences for them. Fair play, Xbox.

I’d love to see what a 2026 point-and-click adventure from TS looks like!

I bought Gotham Knights thinking, “30FPS surely won’t bother me.” It did not get played a lot... I’ll learn my lesson and just try this game if it gets a 60 patch in time!

They sure do make it harder and harder to be a fan of them.

@Damage99 I really enjoyed it, though did go back to it last year and I’m not sure it aged too well. I’d love a new Syphon Filter from them!

I wonder what Media Molecule has going on.

Is Firesprite also just working on Until Dawn? Quite a big studio, right? Didn’t they acquire a studio themselves? Could they have more than one project in the works?

Any upgrade path for System Shock? I’m guessing not as the VR version seems to be a separate listing on the PS Store. I like the game but I’m not buying it again!

Even the comments on this PS Blog article are about physical games! The PB0 article has lots of ‘disc’ comments on it.

I don’t doubt it’ll be amazing. Control and Alan Wake 2 are two of the best games of this century. CR is also only £50!

I found Halo to be boring. It looks amazing but it feels old - and I get it, it’s a new update to an older game, but it feels like it’s one for existing fans that doesn’t have compelling reasons for new players to come to it. I haven’t played these CoD games since the original releases, but whether they’re graphically inferior or not, these ports probably feel more modern to play and cost less than Halo.

@BrockSmith 100% agree. Where is the company that used to publish a huge array of blockbusters and smaller quirky titles that made PlayStation the best place to play? It feels almost entirely lost.

It looks barmy! Whenever I see headlines like this, all I want is for them to mean that Visual Concepts’ One is being re-released. I’m sure it will one day but I’ll try this game instead in the meantime 😂

That’s fine, Sony. I’m going to be taking a cautious approach to buying new PS games - just so we know where we each stand! The more this news has sat with me, the more disappointed I am by it.

I must have done Control wrong because it must have taken me 25 hours, at least!

I am so close to the end of N3 now - so the timing of this is great! What a game. The series just doesn’t miss.

Sony have become pretty ruthless. PS VR2 didn’t sell huge amounts? Stop making games for it quickly. Bluepoint not working fast enough? Shut them. Discs not selling in huge numbers? No more of them. Together, all these things offer far fewer things to become/stay a “fan” of.

It’s good for studios to do what Sony won’t (i.e. make games for its own system). Looks fun!

I wish they’d make a single-player experience for this. I find the art style so intriguing but the game format isn’t for me.

I really think they’re going to have to up the pace of first-party games if this thing will have any chance of succeeding. Sony seem to be giving up on second- and third-party exclusives (Stellar Blade, FF7), so first-party games will presumably have to do some heavy lifting.

Happened to me today, funnily enough - checked how long I’ve been playing Bond. Well, tried to check, anyway.

@HangryHero I guess it could be that… Not sure that’d save them much on the logistics costs, but you’re right that the presence probably shouldn’t be underestimated. In Japan, Xbox has a tiny presence in physical stores compared to Nintendo and PS, and it gives off quite weak brand impression.

What does “choice” mean - how will retailers be able to sell games? Didn’t Sony stamp out physical retailers selling codes for full games back during the PS4? (I might be remembering this wrong.)

I don’t blame them. Every PS5 player is £50 (or more) in their pockets. Every Xbox player is…maybe £50? Maybe a portion of a month of Game Pass? (EDIT: £50 minus Sony’s PS Store cut!)

I’ve definitely noticed and think the approach works really well!

Gitaroo Man is one of my favourite ever games. Really looking forward to playing it on the PS5!

It has a world map. I’m in, take my money and all my time.

Such a stylish game - I loved it!

Uncharted 0 would be swell. Thanks, Naughty Dog/Bend.

I can tell you that I’ve contributed far more deaths than boss defeats to those statistics, for sure! 😂

Imagine a single-player Killzone game by Bungie. That game would feel amazing to play. The positive PR for PS would be through the roof. Then they could add MP to it later!

If it is Fairgames, this seems a bit of a vote of confidence in it. I wish Haven well! I don’t really play live service stuff, but maybe the right thing has just never come along. Here’s hoping for something new!

Hopefully the sales pick up. It’s absolutely awesome. I’m sure anyone who does get it won’t be disappointed!