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I bought it as soon as it was available and loving it so far. Keep the updates coming!

@Oram77 my thoughts exactly!

@Hyena_socks "everything I don't like or understand is liberal". "Everything that isn't black, must be white". For some people there is no thing as nuance.

@PuppetMaster finally. A sensible comment here. What a breath of fresh air!

@carlos82 if it manages to perform as well as the first one, then you're probably right. We'll see.

@nomither6 did zero competition also make MS raise their prices?

I remember back in the day when Sony promoted Gravity Rush by sending red apples to reviewers. Now that was clever and the furthest thing from a bribe.

Spider-man games are always incredibly fun to play, so I'm really looking forward to it. They're comfort games.

@RyPal "So don't. No one is forcing anyone to work at any of these companies or keeping you hostage if you start working for one of them. Start your own company or move to a new one if you don't think the culture is good enough. People do it every day. People wait in line for a long time to work at companies like Naughty Dog."

So they mistreat you? It's your fault for staying there. Brilliant logic.

@RedAngel_Dragnet " Is it just people that have never had a real job complaining?"

Is it people who have no life outside of work that don't understand why it's a bad thing?

Can’t believe I’ll get to play Hades II in just a couple of days!

@misak192 Yup. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

@LogicStrikesAgain again. The comparison with other goods makes no sense. If you buy a box cereal, Nestle doesn't get extra money from you from Nestle plus, there are no MTX and no gifts you can buy with the box (think DLC).

As for Nintendo and MS. MS is struggling quite a bit financially and their consoles are barely selling any units. Nintendo is notorious for making their hardware profitable day 1 even when they aren't selling well. Same with their first party games that remain expensive even when they stop selling. And PCs are customizable. People can use older parts and there is no minimum price like with consoles.

Sony was the kind of company that willing to lose 300 USD on each console sold. They used to make games that they knew weren't going to be profitable, just to offer a variety of first party games (their words, not mine). Now they want every single thing to be profitable from the get go, thus abandoning their tested recipe for success.

@Robocod exactly. God forbid they lose a single cent. Plus, the promise of rewards actually worked in their favour, as people were likely buying more games to get those points and exchange them. They've made a lot of terrible decisions this generation.

@UnlimitedSevens precisely. I’ve been saying it for a while. People focus way too much on certain things and ignore the bigger picture.

Good for them. That’s the number they deserve for thinking this price is in any way acceptable.

@LikelySatan "I don't care about your opinion." Hahaha. You don't care so much that you had to reply. Fascinating.

"Saros and Wolverine are not out yet, but they will probably be quality". You know you could always admit that you were wrong. They clearly haven't completely lost their way, but sure doubling down is always an option.

@Mio_Nakashima hahaha. Good point. There was a reality TV show back in the day called "H8er" or something with Mario Lopez and it was the exact same concept. People were bashing celebrities online and then acted like puppies when they met face to face.

@LikelySatan “This is the first gen that I have felt like Sony has completely lost their way.”

You’re absolutely right. Astrobot is them completely losing their way.

Soros is them completely losing their way

Wolverine is them completely losing their way.

You’re completely right. They clearly did a 180 and now they’re selling kittens instead of video games.

@LifeGirl no, hence the interviews. But there are plenty of attractive, young people who would apply for this. The replies suggest that those are the ones most likely to apply in the first place.

@Mio_Nakashima very well said. People who only spend time with other like minded people start to lose touch with reality.

@Mio_Nakashima one of my fondest moments from one of my favourite games.

@Quasicat my absolute favourite non-Tales Tales game.

Gamers could use some stoicism in their lives. Is this the best announcement ever? Far from it. But it's just video games. Play something else, maybe? They will release another Tales game eventually.

@Yousef- always appreciate a crystal ball owner sharing their findings online.

@GirlVersusGame Oh, I completely and totally get that aspect. I specifically disagree with "who would want their face in the game?". But the security concerns, I certainly share, hence why I wouldn't do it myself, though I simply get why others would.

@hol_up if by devil's advocate you mean not reacting with rage at anything and everything announced, then you're absolutely right. I always like to look things from both sides.

"Combined with his guh-huh looking pfp". The fact that you see a person (in this case Lucy Lawless from Xena: Warrior Princess) smiling as guh-huh is definitely telling.

@get2sammyb how is it not a community celebration when they’re literally putting members of the community in the game?

The reactions here are just insane. In many Kickstar projects, one of the biggest perks is being able to name an insignificant character or make an NPC look like you. People were literally spending thousands just for that.

I fee like a lot of people who comment online are older (and perhaps unhappy with their physical appearance) and don't represent the younger generation who would be more than happy to get such a perk.

"Nearly Half a Decade Αgo", so like 4.5 years ago?

5/10 seems rather harsh to me, but I'll eventually play it and see for myself.

@AnthonySam you ok, buddy?

@datamonkey yeah. We don't want nuanced characters.

@GamingGod it's much, much better. I loved them both, but the first one is widely considered the better game, especially in terms of art style.

@GamingGod did you then play the first one?

@GirlVersusGame thanks for the clarification

@GirlVersusGame "For anyone who cares to learn, this comment section kinda sucks to walk into for a believer in Christ on Easter weekend."

That's quite the assumption there. Plenty of us can take a joke, as long as people aren't punching down. Jesus will be fine. Following his teaching by helping others is something far more important do to during Easter (and everyday), yet I don't see many walking the walk.

@Frmknst ironic.

Ben is one of the best Voice Actors out there. Much better than movie/TV show actors that always sound the same. I'll take his word for it, even though he's clearly joking.

@Mio_Nakashima excellent, as I'm only interested in single player games. I need to pause at any point. Good thinking on their part.

I managed to platinum Achilles Survivor yesterday so, after spending way too much time beating games following the Vampire Survivors formula, I decided to finally give an AAA game a chance.

So, I started playing Final Fantasy 16 and man... what absolute masterpiece!!! It really didn't get the credit it deserved. They music elevates it even more than Clair Oscure, imo. The phoenix fight seriously gave me chills and reminded me why I love games with a big budget. I found the voice acting excellent so far and the gameplay enjoyable, but the characters' faces and some environments feel ps3 level graphics to me.

This has probably already been discussed, but I avoided spoilers, so I had no idea.

@doctommaso I feel the same way when people attack Santa. Blasphemy I tellz ya.

@Balaam_ nah. People game on Steam where they can't even buy physical copies of games, but that doesn't seem to matter to them.

People play where their friends are playing. That's the reality.

@Nakatomi_Uk "Competition is what's needed and it's clear for Xbox it was Bond or Spencer the reason is started going down the pan."

We will see this argument until the end of time. Yet, after getting destroyed by Sony, MS increased their prices. How did competition help exactly? Nintendo is also facing tough competition, yet switch 2 is still quite expensive, despite sales slowing down.

@TrollOfWar "If porting Marvel's Spide-Man to PC costed 2.3m, it was already profitable after about 75K sold units."

It's not that simple. 75K sold units at what price? Does it take into account Steam's cut? Does it take into account that many ps players may skip getting it on ps4/ps5 where it'd be more profitable? Does it take into account that some ps players may choose to pirate it on PC, making it a complete loss for Sony?

The most important part is that it tells people, you don't need to own a ps console to play ps games. Just get a PC and you can play it there, even for free.

"The sustainability was expected from the console sales, where Sony decided during the late PS3 / early PS4 era to develop games with similar budgets and scope as Hollywood blockbusters, before even considering PC ports. Selling 6-10+ million units of a game was easy during the PS4 era, where live service games didn't lock in player's attention for thousands of hours."

Each first party game could sell twice as much and it wouldn't make that big of a difference. Sony makes the most revenue from third party games (GTA, CoD, etc), their DLC, and MTX especially from free to play games, hence betting so hard on GaaS this generation. First party games exist to make the console desirable and bring in as many gamers as possible. Obviously their budget can't be infinite, but their main job isn't to make a profit, but to keep gamers on psn.

Is it a coincidence that Sony tried to force psn on PC gamers and after it was rejected, they decided to bail? Perhaps...

@1970sGamer "Why get yourself all bothered over something like this?"

it's this silly little thing called "empathy".

@Questionable_Duck precisely!

@SuntannedDuck2 "dev teams better not be struggling to support multiple devices, and ignore the handheld like they did Vita or PSVR2,"

No one expects them to make exclusive games for it. Only for regular games to run on it on lower specs. For PSVR2 and vita, porting them took a whole lot of resources.

@Dogbreath this is as accurate as the people who expected psportal to fail because "no one wants that".

Interesting. And here was I thinking that sex sells. Guess it's more complicated than that, huh?