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I think allowing a third party dev team to pitch what is essentially an indie prequel to a massive first party stalwart is a fine idea. I haven’t played it yet but unfortunately it does seem like the execution is generally perceived to be a little under the baseline of what would be expected from the series though. Doesn’t mean that Sony shouldn’t be open to pitches from Mega Cat (or any other indie/AA dev studio) for existing ip in the future though.

Gotta love how massive PC fanboys are attacking the PlayStation gamers for fanboying… hypocrisy in action.

A leisurely farewell cruise around Empire City collecting all the Wanted posters in Mafia 2 - Definitive Edition.

A New Hope

@Gemin53 so, not stalking you for a start… I just happen to read Pure Xbox as well as Push Square. Which I was doing when I noticed these latest allegations 🤣. So if you’re gonna use that platform to moan about your interactions over here (particularly when it was directly after an interaction that I had just had with you, that involved none of what you alleged) unlike you, im not gonna turn tail and run to another platform to moan in a comfortable space… I’m gonna respond. Also, I don’t believe I’ve expressed any rage at all in all honesty. Quite informative that you’d jump to those conclusions though 🤔… I think that you really need to get over yourself tbh.

@Deadlyblack whether it’s mentioned or not, a decision such as this would no doubt be multi-faceted. Also, the main driver behind the decision is sales and if you don’t think piracy impacts sales… well, I sold a bridge to a guy earlier this evening and I think he might be interested in off-loading it to you.

@Gemini53 judging from your recent comment on Pure Xbox, I take it that you think I was being vile, toxic and attacking towards you. Well… an overreaction like that does kinda play into my commentary on the tendency of the PC user base to be a wee bit over-reactionary not gonna lie.

@Deadlyblack the following is hearsay… but it was mentioned by someone on here who games on PC as much if not more than they do on PlayStation, so I give it ‘some’ credence. I think the sales for Spider-man 2 on PC were around 700k. The person, who I will not name as it’s up to them if they want to get involved stated that they saw one (amongst many) pirated versions that had over a million downloads.

If I’m running a business where I have my own platform where 16 million people bought a product and an option to put the same product on a platform where I will not only take a 30% hit on all sales but also more people will pirate it than buy it… I’m making the same decision Sony appears to be making.

@Deadlyblack But piracy well, there's nothing you can do about piracy...

Well… you could stop releasing the games on PC 🤔

@Gemini53 people including myself will often talk about groups of people in terms of what/how the majority of said group do/act. Just because you as well as some other members of a minority might not have kicked off over the creation of a simple and free PS account… doesn’t detract from the mass kick-off that not only us lot remember (vividly)… but I’d imagine played at least some small part in Sony’s decision to 180.

Throwing stones lol… educating someone on the PC user base overly reactionary takes is not throwing stones.

@Eadgar it was definitely the case. Between that and mass-piracy, they FAFO’d basically 🤣

@Eadgar dude, PC players threw their collective toys out of their communal prams over having to creating a PSN profile… yet you think that they’d happily make their purchases from a PS Storefront? I have a bridge I could sell you btw.

@Krlozgod umm who’s throwing a tantrum again? 🤔 hmmm… interesting dichotomy.

@TheArt your so right but for the wrong reasons

@Krlozgod people who game primarily on PlayStation want the company’s full focus on them. They don’t care how PC gamers feel… just as PC gamers don’t care how PlayStation gamers feel.

@Krlozgod your dynamic avatar seems extremely representative of your mood.

Good decision, high quality exclusives should be there to attract more users into your platform… and as a result more total (1st and 3rd party games) are purchased on your platform than elsewhere. It’s always been simple… and since digital storefront existed, it’s been even more important. Crazy they lost sight of that for 5 years.

If it were a Square Enix game, they’d be pi$$ed

Glad that they didn’t simply Let It Die

Noice! I remember the reviews for this when it released on PC… everyone seemed to absolutely love it. Wishlisted.

In addition to a well-designed city/map and 60fps PSSR2… I just hope that they can maintain the envelope-pushing cutting and risqué sense of humour of the previous games given the big-name departures from the studio and the current landscape for pandering towards people who take offence from even the most trivial of things.

Thrud’s the best… if anyone of the supporting characters deserved their own spin-off game, it was her!

I’m one of the few people that absolutely loves golf games. This is the third one I’ve had from + now!

Started Hellpoint last night and quite enjoying it. Looking forward to putting a few more hours in and narrowing down on a build. It’s definitely AA but it’s doing a solid job of transposing the feel of the early Souls (DeS & DS1 in particular) games into a sci-fi horror environment.

I’ve long thought the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze. Nintendo been doing it right in terms of protecting their brand… and I’d be happy to see Sony do the same.

I had no idea that they were already shooting! Looks decent I suppose… for as much as one picture can establish. True to the game at least.

I’ve heard a lot of mention of how slow it is… which I assume is in relation to it being less action-centric but more tactical than say Destiny or… and I’m only mentioning this as I’ve heard so many people state it in comparison - Apex Legends (yes I know they’re totally different games but people are using it as a comparison for some reason). Hopefully it finds its audience, in much the same way as Hunt: Showdown and Escape from Tarkov has.

Anti-consumer ftw /s

@Reeneman it’s not about the quality of the port for me, my ocd is giving my conniptions about having a plat for 2 but not for 1.

But will we ever get the Recrafted Edition of the original Space Marine? Those damn pesky slimy business practices! 😡

As it should be!

I had a pro controller by nacon on ps4, best controller I’ve ever had tbh. Looked at getting one for the ps5 over Christmas but I ain’t paying £250!

@Boomers-r-us could’ve prefixed it with ‘Sweaty’? 🤷‍♂️

Makes God of War: Sons of Sparta look like Cyberpunk 2077 running on a 5090 with path tracing 😏

I think what they’ll do is try, maybe the next 4 games… only 4 games mind you, as exclusives to the Xbox and see how that goes.

@UltimateOtaku91 and this is why I would never take an Xbot seriously… they bang their drum to whatever the company line is, even though it is often the binary-opposite to the rhythm they banged the previous day.

We’ll have 15 minutes of them telling us how important exclusives are now… and if/when Asha continues to publish games on PlayStation, they’ll be lecturing us on how anti-consumer Sony are again. Console wars have always been some funny side-content to the main course of gaming… but bots are a whole nutha level.

But I thought exclusives were archaic and an anathema to a healthy games industry?!?! I can’t remember who exactly told me that but I’m sure they were legion 😂

@Bundersvessel okay, well that could make for it being pretty interesting. 🤞

@Bundersvessel My pursuit for Chicken Dinner on Forza will be an interesting one no doubt. Halo: Campaign Evolved should be fine as there is no mp. Same for Fable in terms of there being no mp (I’d imagine) but you’d have to guess it will be a big time-sink anyway.

@mac_da_man @themightyant in all honesty I can’t claim much credit, other than the vast amounts of time invested. I was lucky to find a boosting group where we all helped each other out on the multiplayer stuff. Probably turned a couple of years worth of playtime into a couple of months tbh.

@Bundersvessel I just hope that the other three Xbox studios games I have lined up for this anniversary year don’t funk me out in the way that this did! 😅

@KingPev cheers buddy, felt like I’d be doing it for the rest of my life at points… not a platinum I’d recommend to friends if you get me 😁

Finally finished the grind for 10k online kills for the Seriously trophy on Gears of War: Reloaded this week and after it has put me in quite the gaming funk this last month or so, I’m looking forward to getting into something new.

Thinking of starting one of my two scheduled souls-likes for the year… and maybe returning to Resident Evil: Revelations to play it through on Infernal for the last trophy remaining. Ahhhh… it feels good to be free of that Gears grind! 😊

Hmm, Square seem content with its sales… how bout that? 🤔

@somnambulance okay found you and sent 👍

@somnambulance I appreciate that bud. Is your PSN the same as your name here, as if so you can send me a full-fat metroidvania sandwich and I’d be happy to accept it. 👍

Edit. If that is your PSN, I’ve just sent you a FR… if it isn’t, well… that’s another random I can add to the list 😅

@spikes91 🤣 fair enough

@somnambulance cool, appreciate the depth you’ve gone into there. I did mean to play at least one Metroidvania per year after enjoying the two that I’ve played… but for some reason I’ve never bothered trying another. Maybe I’ll make this one my next one, while I haven’t played 50 other ones that are better 😉

That’s it… I’m goina Xbox!

The more I think about it, the more **** off i get 🤬