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I have to say I find this incredible that you've made about 5 articles about this now 😂

This seems like the dullest news ever

@rjejr I was gonna say, I couldn't even tell you where it says the PEGI rating when buying a digital game

Exclusives have been key in console gaming since the very start, it was weird that some key people wanted to try to change that

We'll have to see how this plays out but it was always a bit of a weird strategy imo

There was no consistency with the approach and it just seemed odd and unnecessary to try to sell games out of their own thriving ecosystem. Why risk increased piracy, giving other platforms percentages etc for little gain

As everyone else has said, this is a disgrace and quite concerning regarding the future

"Maybe I'll increasingly out of touch" - I do agree with this bit Sammy

I don't think many people are "championing" the delay of a next gen, it's just that they/we don't want/need it at this time

To me it's irrelevant how crusty and old the PS4 may seem now when the PS5 is still more than adequate for what it does right now

I haven't played so didn't realise this was a thing but would be surprised it they were kept in by the sounds of it

@get2sammyb crazy as in that's still too soon or too long a wait?

Like a lot, I'm still more than happy with what PS5 does and don't see the need for a new console anywhere in the near future

Returnal is still my game of the generation in many ways so I have full trust in the developer for this

I never felt like Returnal was unfair personally. I think at most a run would last around an hour or so and you always made progress in terms of levelling up weapons, improving your own skill and learning more about the game so my time always felt valued

Very excited for this and glad to see it reviewed well

That's very random!

This is actually a really good, unique poker game though. Along with Poker Night 2

The AI isn't anything special so it's not super challenging, however where it excels is the conversation between the players throughout the game and each hand. It really immerses the player as if you were really sat at a poker table with a bunch of random characters

Well that's a surprise to start us off

Let's see those PlayStation and Nintendo profit numbers again as well

GTA 6, Reanimal, Saros, Lords of the Fallen 2 and Mortal Shell 2 for me

It's a great Telltale game imo. Up there with Walking Dead Season 1 and The Wolf Among Us

Yes yes yes. More games like this please

@Nf157 yeah I was thinking that but wondered if it was just me

I haven't played a great deal this year so thought it might've been that but a lot of it wasn't interesting at all. A large chunk of it was adverts for the Pro, new controllers and PS Plus Extra...

Bit disappointing

Love this as a feature. Also have a very similar view to you on trophies

I'm sold whatever they do. Lies of P was great and Overture just took it to another level

A sequel might be my most anticipated game tbh

I'm glad the game seems to be generally doing well because I love the series and am all for more games like this...

but I thought it was pretty disappointing with a very bland story and mostly generic dull gameplay

Looks like the Expedition 33 guys may as well just host the show at this point

Regardless of if this is true, I do tend to agree that it makes sense.

PlayStation should stick (or pivot back) to supporting strong exclusives to keep their dominance in the console/gaming space

Either that or put Bloodborne, Demon's Souls and Gran Turismo 7 on PC and make a ton from that

Funnily enough I started playing RDR on PC the other day. It still holds up well as a game and looks nice and shiny with decent graphics and framerate settings

Crush Boycott sounds like a weird Crash Bandicoot rip off

While an upgrade would be lovely and should definitely happen, this is one of a few games where I don't find framerate to be that important. It runs well at 30, it's mainly the graphics look a bit weak on PS4 compared to what can be shown on Xbox or PC

This seems like the most obvious news

I really don't think we need any senior analysis into this

This should have been a thing from the start imo, but good to see that the device is getting the support it deserves and people are enjoying it

That's bizarre that they had to launch it effectively as a new release because of the platinum trophy situation. It was an odd oversight when it first released so good on them for fixing it

Must be a free update surely. It's coming out on Thursday so not too long to find out

@Lowdefal oh of course. From a business point of view it's true that their costs have gone up and from that same business view they're entitled to increase prices, particularly if still selling plenty of units as well. Hell, Xbox is increasing prices withoutbselling units so that's another idea 😂

It's not Sony/PlayStation's fault. But it's still a nonsense and this kind of corporate "growth, growth, growth" mentality is just sad to see

Next week's news:

"We have to increase the price" etc etc

Love this. The resurgence of demos is great to see

Will absolutely check this out too, so the marketing works (at least for me)

@SilentC yeah Midnight Walk has been on my radar since release but the £34 or whatever price has always seemed a bit steep for what it likely is. £20 is much more reasonable to me so might go for that too

I think people are overthinking this

Of course the most sold games are going to be rehashes of Call of Duty, and the same GTA game that's been sold over and over for the last 12 years. It's the same with music, film, sport etc

I don't know why anyone cares what other people like

I did like End of the World, but not sure about this

Not every game needs to be a tv show as well etc etc

I just find it hard to care tbh when almost everything in the world is short sighted. Particularly from mega corporations

Wukong was great so looking forward to this

Does sound a long way off unfortunately

@Reeneman cutescenes definitely kick into a lower framerate, regardless of which settings you choose

Strong agree with all of this from what I've played so far (around 6 hours, I believe)

I don't regret buying it but I'd probably go lower with the score tbh. It's a series that's always had flaws, but this feels like this most flawed yet.

It tries to be simple, but because of this it hardly brings anything interesting to the table aside from the setting, graphics and decent voice acting

Frustrating that this is the best game that Hangar 13 can put together in 2025

I'm a couple of chapters into Mafia and generally enjoying the vibe but already starting to feel like the game could/should be so much better (a general trend with this series)

13 hours is fine if it's a good game

Let's see tomorrow/Friday how this pans out

That's disappointing that we aren't getting a PS review at or before release.

I'll still likely get this unless early impressions are a bit miss

Lies of P is great but I already have it so the month once again is pretty much nothing for me

I do agree that it's a bit odd this game has only got a "mini" review though. This game will be one of the better sellers this year

People still confused about review scores and people having different opinions in 2025 🤪

I'm still looking forward to giving this a go myself

Call me a cynic, but I don't really see how this will be much different than the "simulation" settings we had last year

I only really got FC25 last year because I'm an idiot and my team's stadium was in the game (Bristol City)

I found the game to be the usual mix of frustration with the odd moment of brilliance

I'd love them to lean more into the "authentic" or simulation settings as they did a bit last time and instead have a proper online mode for that

As others have said this is already a spoiler in itself 😂

But I guess it's out there now so people will find out soon anyway

Nice one. I really liked the first season as well so glad we're getting more of it

I'll always remember Bound in Blood as it was the game that red ringed my 360 at the time 😂