Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

@Malaise The red “Greatest Hits” stripe still appears on the digital cover art, but it’s less noticeable than the red disc jacket of the physical versions.

Like you say, the tradition could easily transfer over to the digital storefront, especially if the games are getting a price drop anyways.

@Th3solution What I meant was that the main reason behind the 'Greatest Hits' maybe no longer relevant. The 'purpose' from the business perspective wasn't 'Customer' focussed but a way to have a secondary PR run to boost sales of an 'older' game that wasn't really selling anymore.

Now they have PC and PS+ Sub services and the 'hype/PR' around those games releasing on PC or into a Sub service generates 'sales' on PS5. When Spider-Man came to PC, PS5 sales were also 'boosted' because of the PR.

All I am saying is that Sony/Playstation is not the 'same' as it was when they weren't releasing games on PC to generate a second wave of 'sales' and if you missed their 'Greatest Hits', Subscribe to a higher tier to get to play them. If they were 'budget' price now on PS5, it devalues their Sub service and/or being able to sell the game at 'full' Price on PC.

Essentially, that Sony are not in the same situation they were in, their 'market' has changed as they aren't solely relying on Game Sales on their Console as its now supplemented by PC and Subscription sales. Those still 'remind' people those games are all on Playstation too...

@BAMozzy Perhaps that’s true. Either way, it’s unfortunate that the tradition has stopped after 5 generations.

i used to keep my game cases back then and hated the greatest hits ugly red cover lol

White DS5 that came with the console is on its way back to Sony due to developing a tendency to go left constantly.
Almost a year to the day since having the console and what I can only describe as 'light' use - posted it back 3 days before its warranty expires so hopefully Sony will repair/replace the innards.
I've still got 3 official DS3s and 4 DS4s - much more heavily used and no sign of drifting.

@nomither6 I still do have my collection and like to keep my games too which is why I would never buy the game if it had the 'GH' packaging. If I didn't own the game by the time it was a 'Greatest Hit' and wanted it, I would rather hunt for used copies if that's the only way to find the OG packaging.

@BAMozzy yup , i’d do the same.

It's not being discussed much that I've seen, but 2024 is the first year in memory where SEGA just dumps all over the competition as a publisher (I'm including Atlus, since they're now a subsidiary).

Unicorn Overlord
Yakuza: Infinite Wealth
Persona 3 Reload
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, which looks to dramatically improve on many elements of the original release.
Metaphor: ReFantazio looks pretty great.

That's a pretty good list. We'll see how their other releases fare, but that's a pretty great lineup so far.

I think I've found the worst game on PS5.

It's free, but I still feel like I got ripped off. You can finish it and get all trophies in under 2 minutes.

@Bentleyma
That does indeed look pretty terrible, But at least you don't have to endure it for long... Has got me wondering what the worst PS5 game I've played is, as of now I have no idea - will have to check my profile or trophy list to make a decision. - I tend to avoid games I don't think will be any good.

Had a look and the worst PS5 games I've played are:

3. Bunny Raiders - Rogue like twin stick free game but just jank.
2. The Light in the darkness. Not really a game anyway. Free.
1. Horror Tales: The Wine. The worst thing a game can be, just pretty dull. Not at all scary, poor controls and annoying insta death parts... And I paid for that one - maybe £2ish.

@sorteddan Did number one come with a free bottle of wine so you can drown your sorrows afterwards?

@JohnnyShoulder
No. I think it was a typo. Should be The Whine as that's the sound I made playing it and discussing it aftetwards.

@Malaise @sorteddan @JohnnyShoulder Thankfully I haven’t played any really horrible games lately. But I did come across the demo for Baby Boomer 2: 35 Years Too Soon and had to watch the trailer out of sheer morbid curiosity and it was the cringiest, most awkward, low budget thing I’ve seen in a long time. Needless to say, I didn’t sully my hard drive by downloading the free demo.

My daily gaming time is limited and I bought my first console just 3,5 years ago, so I'm very picky and the library of good games I still haven't played is pretty large. All that means I haven't played any really bad games. The worst games I've tried were still pretty solid.

Of course that first year after getting a PS4 Pro was pure bliss. It was just one great game after another. My first 10 games after buying the console were:

Marvel's Spiderman
RDR2
Uncharted 4
Ghost of Tsushima
TLOU2
God of War
Detroit Become Human
GTAV
The Witcher 3
Sleeping Dogs

I didn't want to stop playing Good times

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W5cu-9mpuDs&t=2s

The PSVR2 section seems to have disappeared from the see more section at the bottom of the PlayStation store.

@Yousef- PC gamer's are in for a treat. I played through The Rising Tide DLC the other day and it reminded me how good Final Fantasy XVI is.

Huh? I wonder why it didn’t embed in my original message. In any case, yeah this game being on pc is great although my friend tried the demo and it ran quite poorly and sadly I can’t verify his claim because it seems like square may have made the brilliant decision to not make a demo available in Kuwait. I’m not sure what’s preventing them from doing a global release but I’ve been checking the page over and over to make sure it’s not a bug. Hope this is resolved by now.

@Yousef- You have to post the actual link and not the mobile one. Press share on the video and use that link. Shame about the PC version not running so great.