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Excluding physical buyers is quite scummy.

Sheesh, the situation is dire, far beyond gaming. That's a situation that could have been circumvented with government oversight instead of an unregulated free market. People rather taking corporate regulation over government regulation baffle me. It's the kind of people that play cyberpunk and think "yeah, that's the kind of world I want to be in" instead of seeing a cautionary tale.

More Japanese ps5 players will mean more great Japanese games will be made for the world to enjoy!

People bash on Amy these days for not releasing a game for years, but at the same time, she and her team managed to release 3 great games in a single generation, and that with hardware that was a pain to work with.
They've had x86 dev kits for years and no new game since last of us 2. Usually I'm like, take your time and do it right, but this is just embarrassing.

That's what you get if you let peers and algorithms be the sole tastemakers for your kids. Yes, it's not good to demonize kids trends. I go half ways and try to interact with Minecraft, among us (both already rather old) and the likes, but I make sure that the kids get in touch with quality media of all kinds, discuss and create an understanding for what they consume and move away from open ended time sinks.
People gotta take media literacy more serious and not just shove a tablet into the pram.

Would love to play more Genshin, Honkai and ZZZ but I just can't keep up with them.

I wished they'd make retail collections of past seasons/events where they make a grind-free single player retail game of it. It would be a better way to onboard those interested but feel overwhelmed. Have the game content then somehow interact with the f2p version to continue on. I'd pay 40-60€ for it, which is definitely more than the 0€ I decide to pay for f2p.

CoD needs a 3 year break at minimum.

Calling it! Next viral hit: "Colonoscopy: the game"

Both are fantastic together with Silent Hill f, all well deserving of GOTY and Death stranding 2 as runner up. Despite the world going downhill, 2025 was just a phenomenal year in gaming.

Those Chinese studios do have a good grip on those anthropomorphic character designs after this, Fist and of course black myth wukong.

@R_Ryder enthusiasts perhaps, if they don't go the "I can build this cheaper myself" route, but maybe not impulse buyers. It's all guesswork really at this point.

The steam machine needs to be sub 500€/$ to have the desired market position. The only thing that'll possibly throw a wrench in that is the mad orange crybaby (and I don't mean Ono michio)

I don't get the argument that "you can't subsidize like a console because some people might never buy a steam game".

I mean, sure that can happen, but you could say the same about Sony never seeing an extra dollar because someone only gets 2nd hand discs.
A large part of playstation sales don't see more money coming in after people buy FIFA, CoD or GTA and then never buy another game after that while the console collects dust.

Generally think that the steam machine does attract more enthusiasts that buy a variety of games, most likely on the steam platform, rather than the casual playstation buyer that just plays the occasional sports game.

The original, best cod imo, since then a steady drop off into utter stupidity

Splinter cell and devil may cry surprised me, but this was a boring mess.

To be honest, I never believed this show would work or find an audience, but I was wrong. Glad to hear it's doing well!

Neon Inferno looks fire!

Another studio Sony could have purchased on the cheap, but rather take on heavy debt with an unprofitable bungie, while embracer, tencent and the like know jack of how the gaming industry works.

Every bit helps!? 5% is a slap to the face! I'd rather take my business elsewhere to retail instead of only profiting big Sony alone. Probably save a lot more while doing so.

Probably won't, but it absolutely should! I find valves approach that respects its consumers very welcome and should have others follow suit.

One of many examples... faceplates. It's a gimmick that won't bring in lot's of money for Sony, yet still they go out of their way to sue custom case manufacturers.
Valve releases CAD files. Pretty much "have fun tinkering"

Another example, the switch dock. It comes with the switch, most people won't buy an extra dock. Still Nintendo makes the switch incompatible with 3rd party docks.

These are just minor ways in which the big brands step on consumer rights, but exactly the fact that it goes to such minor, unprofitable areas just underlines the corporate pettiness of these companies. Still, many so willingly pledge tribal allegiance to these companies.

The only point that still speaks for traditional consoles is that they still have physical media to resell, but with game key cards and empty Blu-ray's, that becomes less of an advantage as time passes.

So if the future is inevitably all-digital, then it'll be PC for me.

Silent Hill f, Expedition 33, Ghost of Yotei and Death Stranding 2... but yeah, I'm only here for the world premieres.

Disney+, where good anime goes to die. Zero promo. RIP sand land and the fable.

Guess I should rewire my brain, if I want brand new stuff it needs to be attached to Geoff Keighley. Format was ok though.

The next starfield, no thanks

Japanese games will be top tier as always. Hoping for more Stranger than heaven, but they'll probably keep it for after Kiwami 3 releases. Maybe Konami will have some news. Just no weeb pandering please.

@dark_knightmare2 I just finished the Kitsune segment, so there's still more ahead, but up to now the game had more memorable moments than Tsushima had, despite me really loving Tsushima.

Atsu is just way more engaging, while Jin being cool and stoic was just a step above the silent protagonist trope, which I really don't care for at all (looking at you Dragon Quest)

@LazyDaisy exactly what I'm saying. Of course a huge crowd will gravitate towards GTA, but it doesn't cover the entire game market.

Also, I'm happier to play Wolverine over GTA6. Even if they were to release simultaneously. I don't know how well I can take a game about "Florida man". News about the US is already too obnoxious.

Come on, Yotei is a class above storytelling wise... Kitsune!
Tsushima is fantastic, but never quite hit such emotional highs. Yotei is just a much more personal story, that despite the whole lady snowblood, kill bill, blue eye samurai plotline still manages to make it feel fresh and meaningful.

@DennisReynolds uhm, pure conjecture bordering on slander

Good to me because I'm more concerned for square Enix's bottom line over Sony's.

Wouldn't be surprised however if they make a stupid short-sighted PC exclusivity deal with Epic the way SE management has been as of late.

If they treat is as expansive lore that's canon, maybe we'll get something good. Zach's last two movies were very competent.
We just also have to keep in mind that Resident Evil is a lot of good things, but it's not very smart. So if it does the schlocky, gory, dumb conspiracy thing right, it'll be fun.

@PerpetualBoredom word up ✊

I'm annoyed that other studios have to feel the need to tiptoe around the release of GTA. Is it going to be a good game, yes, I'm very confident on that. But does it reduce my interest in other titles, no!

Another reason why I don't think fear of other releases is warranted is that a majority of people buying GTA are people who don't try any other games besides gta, sports games and military shooters anyways. I don't see the consumer base split on it unless it's another mainstream sport or military game.

This hype dynamic the people online create (same goes for silk song, which has fizzled out quicker than coke on a sunny day) is just annoying and personally rather off putting.

@Jacko11 I usually just buy em 2nd hand if it's something I still wanna play despite any bad business practices. So yeah, I get to play what I want and still vote with my wallet. Generally don't care too much about the entire overblown drama in the industry, but I really hate anti union actions.

Lies... definitely union busting! A no buy for me! I advise, if you really can't resist the urge to play it (because the game does look amazing), just get it 2nd hand.

I wonder how Blade and the Captain America/Black Panther games are coming along. Both of those look interesting.

If this is so, that is dope, more of that consumer friendliness please!

@ShadowofSparta Absolutely, and the no-kings marches were meaningful. Still awful that a large part of the world condones so much misconduct right there where it actually matters... the ballot. Mass spamming YouTube videos and comment sections over a problematic/criminal voice actor appears rather ineffective and oftentimes just insincere "activism" and not tackling systemic problems.

@Flaming_Kaiser Aha, if that's really your takeaway then I can disregard anything from you by default. As usual personal and hostile, so not surprised. Though I do fully agree with you on comment #71, a point where many here would cry out "censorship" if Sony doesn't publish every smut game.

@Jammer if you mean Tory and the monarchy, absolutely.

Big uproar here and yet we accept criminals, sexual predators and nazi sympathisers in the white house and other places of power.

Remove Kagawa Posts ring as hollow as 6-7, cause gamers love to shout in the echo chamber, with nothing behind it.

The exp33 part looks like mid fanart straight off of deviantart.

Both great games in their own way, so why the tribal banter?

@DennisReynolds the only "3D gameplay" games were deadly alliance, deception (as in Tekken style) and special forces and shaolin monks as spin offs.

MK9,X, 11 and MK1 are in that sense also 2D gameplay, and should be in this Collection if 2D gameplay were the determining factor.

I would of just done a clear break between everything considered retro (which PS2 is by now, arguably also PS3) and MK9 which was a reboot of the series.

@DennisReynolds yes, but by that logic special forces and mk 4 shouldn't be there either.
I think a clean cut can be made with ps3's MK (9) and onward.

Looks great but why only a Gameboy version of deadly alliance? I was hoping for that deception and shaolin monks. I assume it's some licensing nonsense. Did any of these have characters from other IPs?

Looks very promising. I'll check it out for sure.

Also, who here finished Killzone 3 with the sharpshooter in coop? So much fun!

Loved Killzone, especially that weighty, grounded feeling and those PS3 graphics were way ahead of their time. Way better than the resistance trilogy where movement and shooting felt so impactless. Killzone's story never amounted to much however and Halo is generally the better game.

If only they wouldn't have blown all that money into bungie they could have had ownership in Square enix and perhaps WB games. Square especially with Sony's push for anime.

@Questionable_Duck I'm aware it's not the main cause, there were a bunch of factors, but I do believe that image was stuck and they only got rid of it recently thanks to game pass and indies.

However, as a RPG player I knew already with the PS3 that I'll be eating better at Sony and later down the line on PS4 and switch, while Microsoft still prioritised an American mainstream market.
Since they fumbled the xbone so badly, some casuals have crossed over to Sony and Nintendo, but also just lost many into other diversions like f2p, twitch, gambling etc. It's not like Sony swallowed up that entire market share.

Sure, actual media and art like proper video games, movies, books and music are all competing with social media trash and AI slop, but that's not why Xbox failed.

Xbox fostered a culture of toxic bro gamer that isn't invested in the medium, but rather just dabbles in the "normal" stuff like sports games and military shooter while neglecting the experiences unique to consoles. A broad user base jumped ship at the next distraction like phone games, insta, tik tok, crypto, fantasy sports, maga, etc... while gamers interested in the variety and niche are well fed on other platforms.
However, that's just one point on top of a bunch of poor decisions made by reality detached CEOs.

@Northern_munkey plain and glazed for me please 😜