Glad the the gta6 panic releases mostly haven't cannibalised eachother in the short release window they've given themselves, as if nobody would ever buy a game again after gta6.

Pressing the snooze button on that

Why not take Gang of Dragon off of netease? Sony could have their own Yakuza style game under their hood.

Please, the timing of this is just so telling.

@rjc-32 you didn't really bother to read or understand the differencation between license and owning a medium. But if you really want to go retro, it's not like video cassettes stopped being sold because there was pay-per-view, and even then you had the right to record the movie/event on VHS for personal use.

Companies see the possibility to overreach through digital means into customer rights, and as they now see, that digital might can be a nasty double edged sword.

@TheSingularity calling people you don't know who have JB consoles whatever you fill into that blank isn't very clever.

@f1vefour that really sucks. I have a friend who lost access to his library on the quest 3 just because of some weird account bug and they're showing very little interest to restore things back to order.

@get2sammyb "You own a license to play the game, exactly the same as you do with your physical copy."

How is this true!? Can I resell this license? If the game is on the disc (which in most cases they still are) I don't need to worry about "loosing a license", because it's not a license, it's a physical medium and my personal copy of it.

I really don't get that change in tune here. Why should we be apologetic of Sony, just because this is "old news" and some don't want to hear of it anymore. On the one hand you stoke the flames for heated discussions and on the other hand you defend bad practices and tell people off who speak up against it. You can't have your cake and eat it.

Man, what a bummer. These Chinese conglomerates seem very volatile.

@arto I tip my hat to you good sir

@Shepherd_Tallon indie Devs are a whole different topic and I fully support many of them. It's hard to impossible for indies to release physically, and I fully understand there. Digital is great way for them to get an audience (though this seems to backfire too with the mass on shovel wäre and how digital platforms highlight games).
But if Sony, take 2 and the likes act like it's absolutely unprofitable to sell physical in this day and age, it's just a greedy narrative.

@LiamCroft I support the notion of buying games that you actually own and being able to purchase hardware that you can use to your own liking.

It's these companies that screw with the property which people have bought with their hard earned money.

I'm really not happy about emulation happening already for the switch 2, it's just too early in the lifecycle and unnatural due to ai. Sony has passed 5 years and been d***s for this gen, so they had it coming. So yes, discs or no discs, it wouldn't have changed this momentum. It has however changed the people's good will and readiness to engage in piracy, fitting to Gabe Newell's famous quote.

Screw it, it's just a matter of time. I buy every game as long as it's physical, but I have no qualms if people pirate the crap out these money grabbing digital only releases, after all the ill will these corporations have been displaying in the past year. Especially a game like gta6 which is so low risk and too big too fail should get a little taste of their phony "stick it to the man" social commentary in the face.

Please, Bend is mostly known for Syphon Filter. Sure hope that's what they're working on, or something brand-new.

Don't have anything against more star wars games, but this reasoning makes no sense! Different franchise, different genre.

However, my tears for BioWare dried up after seeing 40 minute footage of exodus. Looks fantastic.

It's like a game with prerendered backgrounds where background art and character art don't match stylistically.

For what it's worth, I'd buy it on a disc on PS5.

@Exerion76 what part of my comment made you think I needed an explanation?! Doesn't change the fact the the downsides outweigh the upside, singular.

Playing Zelda OoT instead

If it were a US studio or under a US publisher, then the chances are pretty good that you won't survive 10 years.

@twitchtvpat if it were physical you could frequently have a vendor who breaks launch date a few days early. Beats preloading. Good ol' days.

Preordering digital is a dumb practice.

Recycling news where the numbers do not support the claim. Oh yeah, I'm sure Capcom is licking their fingers of all the steam keys that are being sold under 5$€. Of course it makes for a high percentage, but is it really that representative compared to all those who purchased it for 12x as much at launch and probably still 4-6x as much if it's an older title.

It took a while to get into, but in the end it was a rewarding watch.
However, the animation quality is a clear step down (not that trigger was a ever a powerhouse in that) and episode 3 was pure headache inducing noise and chaos. At least it ended up having a meaningful narrative. Couldn't say that about the latest (true to the manga) ghost in the shell anime.

I hope cyberpunk anime continues, but I'd pass it on to a different studio like madhouse. The beauty in retrospection they offer in Frieren is anime that defies all current annoying anime trends. We need more of that.

I'd like to give it a try. It's been a steady decline after the series greatest with black ops 1, modern warfare 2 and world at war.

You could tell from the trailers that they had something special cooking and I'm glad it is actually the case.

Shenmue shared universe

After the demo released I think a few people just wanted to boast their gaming skillset, while probably also not having played the demo until the boss area.

Onimusha is a clear goty contender.

@LiamCroft nice killers reference

It's a useless account to merely to collect consumer data.

Hyped! Confirmed physical release in 2027, so better to hold off until then 👍

I guess this is the moment for the expanse game to shine.

I don't even want to know what the beef was in this case.

The question is... Is there ever a reason NOT to return to night city?

My next run will be on the switch 2

That's one pricey disc drive

Don't really know who the target audience is, because the age group it might appeal to is too used to a free to play model and are very likely not playing on a console anyways.

Installment payments for something that isn't essential, that's a slippery slope. I'll never buy a phone on a contract either, you always end up paying considerably more than upfront paired with a good contract.

C'mon, what about my idea that I mentioned in the previous star wars article.

A mandalorian game that would play similar to destiny, with raids, hunts, bounties and so on. Have different Mando factions competing eachother, all of them with a different vision of how mandalor should be rebuilt. I would love that as long as it equally provides a strong single player campaign combined with coop multiplayer.

Leave battlefront to EA. Bf2 was good after the lootboxes were gone.

Why not on a disc? Still would need the HDD space, but at least it would just be updates that need downloading. I'll just sit it out and wait if they eventually release it on a disc. If not then only on a steep digital discount in the distant future. Same goes for gta6. Fire emblem is keeping me busy anyways, that game's looooong

It was really fun and precisely what a street fighter movie should be... dumb, loud and fun. People coming in expecting something else are intentionally setting themselves up for disappointment.

I was bugged with how Cammy was written, but after rewatching the animated sf2 movie it makes more sense.

Wait, that's the guy that's in almost every Mike Flannigan show. Good stuff.

I'm all for more star wars games. A third Jedi game, perhaps reintroduce Kyle Katarn and make him canon again.

Despite it not being my favourite kind of game, making a mandalorian game that would play similar to destiny, with raids, hunts and bounties. You got different Mando sects and tribes competing. As long as it serves both single and coop multiplayer it could work well.

@Dragonaged absolutely agree, but once the internet hate train gets rolling everyone without a real opinion (meaning, not really having played the game) hops on.

On the one hand, yes... AI is gobbling up a lot of resources making things pricey, on the other hand... Sony and others are using this circumstance to make actual hardware totally unattractive for us all to get used to being dependent off of cloud computing. A crisis used as in opportunity to create a future where we don't own anything.

@DennisReynolds yes, and I never saw him going after individuals but rather pointing out corporate greed in a broader sense, punching upward one might say. You may not agree and that's fine, but don't go around with "people like you" and all your other uncalled heckling.

@DennisReynolds please, that's just a blind accusation on your part that he's attacked Devs with a collective "people like you", whatever that means. You're usually the one to attack people here if they don't share your opinion.

Goty in my book

@get2sammyb I think you just came up with Sony's new tagline "PlayStation... it is better than nothing" 👍

@EVIL-C hihi, it's Czar, always joking