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Make a start on my Dante playthrough on Devil May Cry 2 and ideally get pretty far through it as I want the plat done and dusted before April and there’s a lot to do. So far I’m not finding it the travesty that most people seem to think though, as I actually thought the Lucia playthrough was alright. Happy weekend y’all!

54% in Europe apparently!!!!

@RoomWithaMoose well, as always we’ll have to agree to disagree. My personal take is it got double-glazed by bots pre-release, then it released mid, then anyone who isn’t overly-invested in Microsoft laughed, the end.

@Yor-sama I wonder how many loadings between buildings they add this time

16x the loadings @Yor-sama, 16x…

@RoomWithaMoose Conversely, declaring it Game of the Generation before anyone had even played it was a stupid fanboy declaration? 🤷‍♂️ works both ways, only the declaration actually started it

@EfYI psmr my friend, psmr…

@Questionable_Duck if it was a ps5 exclusive no one would’ve been hailing it as Game of the Generation before it’s even released.

@Questionable_Duck @trev666 I think the ‘hate’ comes down to a certain minority of gamers aligned to a shade of green rather than blue shouting from the rooftops for anyone that’d listen, about it being Game of the Generation… then when it actually released it was around a 7/10. If they’d just kept their powder dry on the gushing, this hate you speak of would’ve been far less of a thing.

Got back on Hellpoint last night after spending the last couple of weeks getting back on schedule with Mafia 2 and finally finishing off the Resident Evil: Revelations plat… and enjoyed my evening with it.

Gonna try and get as much of that done before starting Devil May Cry 2 next week. If I can finish off the plats on both by the start of April, I’ll be getting back on track after taking a month or so off.

Never heard of it

I detect some ill-will between SE and Sony rn. Can’t imagine it’ll help them get anywhere nearer to those lofty sales goals of theirs 🤔

@glennthefrog well if that is the case (and I think that you’re probably right) why anyone would want to buy what is essentially an arse-covering exercise is beyond me, when you can just swap over to PC for real, or stay in the console environment with PlayStation. No one wants a half-arsed effort… the same thing happened when people booted up their Xbox ROG Ally S/X’s for the first time and realised that they’d been sold a lie.

@TrollOfWar I suppose… it’s just that the product is likely to be so niche (due to the price, the fact that it is essentially a pre-built PC and not a console, their games being available everywhere… and just the negative perception that the vast majority of gamers have of the brand now), that it just doesn’t seem worth all the investment for 5-10 million extra windows users (many of which probably already use windows).

Admittedly being 100% armchair CEO here but I just don’t see how this works for them (Microsoft)… the fact that they’ve clearly got extremely educated people making these decisions means that I’m missing something right?

@cainhurst94 xactli

Fkn Sony 1st party walking-sim slop as per /s

B E A youtiful! Can’t wait… and another game that makes me glad I picked up a Pro.

****ing scum-bag compa… oh wait, how nice 😁

I was actually over Bethesda games for a while… and that was more to do with Obsidians Outer Worlds more than anything else (+ finishing off the dregs of the Fallout 4 plat). But then the Fallout show started and I wanted back in and played through Fallout: New Vegas again and fell back in love with it.

Really looking forward to this!

“Exclusives are back to being anti-consumer again everyone… I guess Asha were’nt hearing us after all dammit!”

Damn… even a story that doesn’t involve lay-offs makes it a unclear how much 💩 the industry is in rn.

Yeah not a fan of this!

I think it’ll cost more than that tbh.

If that is the case, imagine how many sales Nintendo are leaving on the table… yet crickets.

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.