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@SMJ Honorable mention in the category of: Best use of modern software to create a legacy looking game
FIFY

@wildcat_kickz He acts like this is a Reddit sub where you attack anyone asking a question

It looks like the game half of those Facebook ads claim to be, yet none of them are even close to what they show

@nessisonett but it does get a little stale. Can't read anything without listening to the "old man yells at cloud". We get it. We got it. Moving on....

@wildcat_kickz I fell asleep playing it several times

@RoomWithaMoose Who says we don't have one already?

@Vertere You understand how 3rd party sales work, right? There is no going on eBay to buy a previously owned game.

Can't wait until we can get black market game keys from nefarious sources. I kid, I kid

As far as intrigue of a game announced eons ago, this has to be up there somewhere about 10 miles south of the stratosphere GTA 6 is in, but can't think of another one in that realm. Fable maybe?
Having said that, I might be the only gamer not really all that excited for any of them but hope they prove me wrong. Hope I wish that I had bought day one, but I'll wait for some type of review, or at least some previews.
After all, what does a preorder really matter anymore? I rememeber when that was the only way you could even hope to guarantee playing a game on day one. Alas, no more.

It's been well over a decade since PC did the same thing. Of course it was a slow death compared to some big announcement.

Let it go. Let it go.

I was worried there wouldn't be another article on this ever again. What a relief.

@wildcat_kickz of course a handheld console will be weaker. That's not an implication just a fact

The future of gaming. Is the server up? You can play. If not, tough cookies.

@colt45z Hope you thought that like that more than a year or two ago.

@Dangerously To be quiet fair, it's a really niche group of people who pay anymore attention this then the splash screen telling you it's updating something.
Definitely nothing that the ever-expanding role of government, should also be concerned with.

His girl is giving him crap right before sh1t goes sideways. Checks out

@Bamila Oh I can assure you, just the name of the game will make them rip it to shreds

Well, given the current cultural climate, compared to the original release year, I think this was going to be a tough hill to climb out of even if the game was perfect.

Not really anyone to blame but us consumers. We ruined the physical media market by making around 80% of our purchases digital. Obviously everyone didn't do that but enough people did to make physical only people the slim minority that it is.

"I have met the enemy and he is us"

Meh. I was excited and expecting some type of polished single player adventure story after playing the early access awhile. (The trailers even seemed to ellude to that leadining up to v1.0) This is definitely not that. Feels like a mobile game with good/decent? graphics.

@Reeneman It's definitely not a masterpiece of gaming. Problem with VR is not even crapware wants to touch it. So, any game winds up being front page news. Having said that, who hasn't wanted break a bunch of crap when they are having a bad day?

We need another pademic, large asteroid, alien invasion, world war, something to put this all in perspective. How long before someone turns violent over this complete over-reaction? I don't like it either but I don't spend my whole day thinking about it and spending my free time attacking everything or anyone, that mentions Sony.

Divisiveness is the new crack

Always love to read the corporate speak "we're doing this to help you" right before they swing the axe

@8th_Observer Kotaku went insane long before being mentally insane was common place

@BecauseBecause Making copies... (sorry, old reference)

I did notice before after a mini game it would teleport my character about 2ft. Never locked him down but thought it was weird

@Nf157 D@mn the reviews, full speed ahead

I know we all love Grandpa and don't want to see him go. Just make sure to treasure every moment you have left with him.

As a child of 70s/80s, I've watched so many different physical medias die or morph into something else. Live through the Betamax/VHS wars. Remember perusing PC games and marveling at the boxes.
My last few vehicles haven't even had CD players but I was here when the CD was revolutionary and cassettes were old school. I watched movies on the short lived large laser disc system. Only thing that has been constant has been change and in a world where being online is considered by some a public utility, this was was going to happen

Okay, so I'm not the only one who sees the irony of saying they are focusing on hardcore level of gamers, while just releasing a PR disaster of a statement that basically ignores hardcore gamers?
I realize physical media is dying, but who do you think WAS actually still buying discs? Obviously from statistics not your average gamer.
I'm not even that mad about it, but you can't come out now and say you are focusing on hardcore gamers.

Their naming convention reminds me of the (incredibly poor) rebrand of the Xbox right before it fell off the cliff

@ear__wig Was thinking the exact same thing. It was like my ADHD brain decided to produce a Tik Tok video of everything going on inside my head.

@Member_the_game I think they were trying to "rip off the Band-Aid" before PS6 eventually launches. If Nintendo and Microsoft stay with physical media, that might make them change, but even Nintendo has been skirting the line of what I consider physical media.

The only mainstream modern gaming system that I don't have is an Xbox. Two 360s with RROD burned me from them forever.

@ShogunRok On behalf of the entire gaming community, I'd like to give our deepest sympathies for you having to live through that experience

Well, if it winds up being a stinker we know not to trust any of those site. Not that I trust anything on the internet, anymore.

Definitely a backlog month. I played TAOE and enjoyed it but was a rather quiet moment after that. Imagine what will happen in Q4 of 2026 when nobody is willing to compete.

Well, with some reluctant credit to Sony, they could have just lied or not said anything until 30 days before they shut down discs. Maybe they are just trying to get the pain out of the way. It definitely isn't shocking. Physical media has been dying for a while now.

"Sony’s most engaged, loyal enthusiasts love physical media."

Well, obviously not most engaged if digital purchases are at 85%.

Loudest group, maybe

They've been watching Xbox pissing off fans for years, and felt left out

@Frmknst You're right this won't deter those 3 people, at all.

@J_Warrior Just a guess, but probably the suits at Microsoft gaming division? However, they apparently didn't care either.

Probably indicative of the console sales cliff Xbox has walked off of

I live in Florida. Your "heat wave" would probably be jacket weather for us

@DETfaninATL You're in trouble then. It's going the way of the dodo bird.

@Blaze215 Exactly. We are just borrowing for free.

Imagine what good they could do with the money they are throwing in the bottomless fire pit.

The fact we keep checking in on Uncle Xbox is heart warming. We all know he isn't doing well. Bless his heart.

I mean, at this point, if you really wanted a PS5, you probably already bought one. The price is just part of the story.