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Dude we've been getting shafted so much with these game prices lately ($70 does NOT equal £70) but this is something else. I am legit just gonna be buying old games or playing through plus if this upholds. There's a reason I've had a PS5 since launch and haven't bought a game for it yet, and it's not for lack of desire.

I would love to try this, it would be surreal.

I played a few hours, but have been waiting for this update to jump back in. Very excited.

Nice one Stephen, love to see these. A shame about Returnal - I have the same feeling many of us have had about why it might struggle, but I won't say it because it seems to get some people up in arms and I'd rather we don't have the 'poor-shaming' enter this comment thread.

If I could post a gif of a cow being milked I would, but hey - good for them, there isn't really a downside to those of us who don't care.

@Quintumply Ahh I hear you. Definitely recommend trying Challenge mode on some of the games if you enjoy the gameplay. You unlock crazy new weapons/upgrades and it's such a power trip. Should be a fun time on Rift Apart.

Haha I can tell your not a Ratchet veteran Stephen.

"Daly describes what sounds like a New Game Plus mode "We've got a challenge mode that lets you start from the beginning of the story again.."

Ratchet invented this, back in 2002, and challenge mode has been in every game since. A classic staple, It sounds like it will be the same as we've always had.

PS5 plays games? Holy cow!

@ztpayne7 Great arrangement. I have a similar less arranged thing with a friend. We're loan swapping Ghost of Tsushima and Miles Morales.

I have the excitement of a day one purchase, I just don't buy games at £70 and I could never justify doing it with my backlog and bank account.

I'm lost for words. Background wallpapers are paid dlc?!? Invincibility mode? I would love to meet the strategist behind this and understand exactly where their head's at. This stinks like a cheap and poor product grasping at strings to make an extra buck from the handful of people who bother with it.

So I tried this and logged in, pretty stupid perhaps - seems Sony are now blocking my IP from accessing the store, all because I wanted to play Spongebob Squarepants The Movie The Game on my PS3. Be careful folks.

EDIT: Ok I cleared my cookies on Chrome and now it seems like it's back to normal, though I've already deleted the extension and won't be floppin around with it anymore. They didn't even have Spongebob in the PS2 classics section...pffft.

@Jeevz Well we've hit 1% of your goal, already at 56,000!

@Porco Couldn't agree with your comment more. I think it's a far 'safer' Sony we see today with reports like these. A few years ago Sony would have greenlit a Days Gone sequel in a heartbeat with the numbers it sold (I've read 4 million-ish).

I think it's an insult to Playstation to suggest that they've not changed. They're greenlighting a remake of The Last of Us over a sequel to a much fan loved and well selling IP, simply because the remake might sell a bit more? This is the most risk adverse version of this company by far, and honestly, it's far more boring.

@pip_muzz Absolutely. We're getting this but not Days Gone 2?!? Sony gone barmy. Even an Uncharted Drakes Fortune remake would have been a thousand times more exciting.

Poll should have a 'No, I do want to revisit the story but I don't need to buy a remake as I've already bough it twice' option.

Current options seem a little...skewed.

@IonMagi I only wonder how much opportunity he had though. He's in a demoted position in Sony to where he was (even if he is happy to be there). From how Sony's looking there are executives making decisions that subordinates have little say in or may not even know about. It's all conjecture, I know, but what else do we have?

Not that this isn't true, but having discovered his youtube channel over the last year after being a longtime fan of (some of) his games, Jaffe talks out of his bumhole

@IonMagi I think most fans realise that any form Sony takes will do some things we don't like for the sake of healthy business practice, but now we're getting all the bad and so much more
With Layden and Yoshida in higher positions it was a better Playstation. Not perfect, but far better.

@Col_McCafferty None of what you're saying is called for. People who aren't happy with a game being included should be able to voice that without being belittled.

I honestly have no idea why you're bringing politics into this either and calling people elitist tories in order to defend a multi-billion dollar company. And then to go from that rhetoric to a new defense that '£450 isn't expensive'.

It's all very confused and angry. Please tone it down.

Month after month it's feeling a little less like the Sony I loved. No wonder the community's turning against Jim Ryan.

While it should be free, I would honestly pay £100+ without question I am that desperate for this feature, just to be able to use my discs. I honestly want backwards compatibility more than any game. PS2 and PS3 mostly, and probably in that order.

Really been hoping for something like this to keep tabs on what's available. I think it's really cool to have a small portion of games available for PC players. I hope some games that didn't really get the time of day for whatever reason are ported too. I think if The Order 1886 re-released on Steam at a generous price ($10?) it might get a second look, and then we can enjoy lots of video essays on 'giving the order a second chance'. A lower price point could hugely change the popular opinion on what I think was a fine game.

Another great port would be Until Dawn, that's a dish of a game. PC players would eat it up!

If this game is 8 hours I'll be perfectly happy!

I don't like all these big left field studio/publisher purchases going on but if there were one that would be good it would be Sony buying Konami's properties. It looks like Konami are just waiting at this point to be picked up and Sony are demonstrably far more invested in their properties than Konami are and they have a great relationship with Kojima. I also think them releasing games on PC is a good indicator that they might do the same with Silent Hill, MGS, Castlevania - good for everybody.

I would love to see this happen and Kojima return to do an MGSV Extended edition with Chapter 3, it's the only way I could see it happening at this point.

I would have liked a little more depth in this review, regardless of the length or simplicity of the game.

It is ridiculous that The Last Guardian hasn't been patched. No real work is needed there, disc players are enjoying 60fps.

@Hyperluminal @Liamcroft
I read it as a joke, it was obviously written with humorous intention. I didn't know whether or not it reflected their views, but I could tell the point was to make me laugh.

I get how Liam perceived it though, it could easily be considered a snarky joke in the gaming climate we're in.

Either way, we all brothers here in the PlayStation nation!

I am starting Fable Anniversary on game pass for the first time for a bit of light playing on my Xbox as I'll also be playing Ghost of Tsushima and Crash Team Racing Nitro Fuelled on my PS5.

@Max_the_German I've seen some critics give this game great reviews. It's right up my alley, really would like a PS5 release.

Best month ever!
Concrete Genie was my next purchase, I love these off beat PS studios games.
Destruction All stars is obviously hype.
Control PS4 and PS5 is amazing with all the expansions, especially if you were miffed about not getting the free upgrade as an early adopter.

PS+ is STRONG in 2021!

YES! I'm actually really looking forward to trying this. SO glad to have the first proper new console year be fullof platformers!
Ratchet, Kena, Balan, It takes two and most exciting of all, the promise of an as yet unannounced Spyro!

@theMEGAniggle It wasn't discounted, no. Unless you got the special editions I don't think you're remembering correctly as that wasn't the retail price anywhere. Some media outlets list the launch retail price when they review games. You can see in the Wired article for AC Syndicate it was £49.99 at launch and in the Metro review for Spiderman it was £54.99.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/assassins-creed-syndicate-review

https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/04/marvels-spider-man-review-does-whatever-a-ps4-can-7912963/

I think this comprises a significant price hike and that's why people are getting whiplash from it and games that don't have AAA levels of hype like Returnal will likely suffer.

I think it would make real sense to show Returnal, Destruction All Stars and Kena in a state of Play in February as they're all some form of exclusive (console exclusive for Kena) releasing in February and March and we haven't seen gameplay demos for any of them, just trailers.

Sprinkle in a few minor surprises (Sunset Overdrive or Alan Wake remasters please) and some indie game trailers and you have a winner!

@theMEGAniggle No it was definitely £50 at launch. I checked the receipt, I picked it up from a Tesco Express while I was in my final year at uni. Games here have never been £60 at launch. For a while the retail price has been £54.99 though I've never seen retailers actually sell them at that price (except GAME).

@dannybuoy This is not the result of inflation. it's a company driven price hike.

@theMEGAniggle Red Dead Redemption 2 was only £50 at launch.

I'm excited, but I'm starting to feel like I'm hearing the same information over and over at this point. Really hoping for a state of play soon to get a deeper dive into it instead of just re-watching 5 second clips from the Housecast. Hopefully won't be waiting too long.

@get2sammyb I see this is the perfect opportunity to create seperate trophy lists for Hitman 1 and 2 with platinums. It would help incentivise people to play through these semi-remastered versions.

I've yet to buy the first game and am planning to play it this year. If there are no trophies for playing the levels through Hitman 3, I'll just play the OG versions. I'm a trophy hunter after all.

Still, if that is the case, it would be a majorly wasted opportunity.

Do you think maybe it's time we revise the term 'exclusive' to primarily mean 'Console exclusive', and specify when we mean otherwise?

The meaning used here would imply that XBOX doesn't have any new exclusives, which seems like a disingenuous claim to make as I think the reason we review exclusive game libraries is to examine how games console libraries are poised in comparison to their competitors, which are other game consoles.

PC is an open source platform and as sure as the sun will set everything will make it's way to there, either by official release or emulation, so I don't think excluding those games that came to PC either at the time of release or simultaneously at launch accomplishes much at all.

TLDR; I would have liked to see Horizon and Death Stranding on the ballot.

Just give us a bloody PS4/5 remaster collection Sony. 2, 3 and Mercenary would be great. Throw the fanbase a bone even if you checking out.

This game looks fantastic and genuinely unique, but - to add to a repeated sentiment - it's dead on arrival at £70.
We saw this with The Order 1886, a game I'm sure would have been much better received at more modest price point. I bought it a few months after release for £20 and LOVED it, but the damage was done and it never got a sequel.
Unfortunately the best I'm hoping for is that this will be a lesson for Sony that will benefit future releases. That and a blast to play after a price cut.

Please be a traditional single player game and not an mmo/always online/live service game.
That's my number 1 hope!

I wish I could play it- Astro's Playroom was right up my cobbled alley - but PSVR isn't an option for me right now. I'll likely get PSVR 2 when it's eventually released and enjoy the VR games I've been keeping an eye on, like Blood and Truth and this. In an ideal world there could even be a 'deluxe edition' that runs at a higher resolution and uses the Dualsense like Playroom did.

Honestly I'm super happy with the results just a little sad that Dreams got almost no recognition. I know that's largely due to Sony being too quiet about it but I think those who played it realised how phenomenal it was and the critic reception shows that.

A lot of people are saying that Ghost only won because of TLOU2 hate mob but lets not forget it was already edging out The Last of Us before they got going and it is the highest user rated game on Metacritic of the year (and almost of all time). I voted for TLOU2 but very happy Ghost won, a terrific game with incredible dev support.

@get2sammyb I'd like to see real investment in big name talent from the region. Sure they have a lot of 3rd party partnerships and relationships when it comes to long established brands, but with the recent departures from Studio Japan who have been responsible for quality series which now have bleak looking futures (Gravity Rush, Puppeteer, Team ICO games) there's nothing on the horizon for Sony in Japan (aside from GT7 which looks great but is racing fan specific and not exactly new).

When you look at WWS, Japan is greatly under-represented these days and not very exciting. Making some high profile additions and announcing exciting new projects with real financial backing for Studio Japan would go a long way to reinvigorating interest. Maybe founding a new studio there too would be great, otherwise we're left with a quality but increasingly less diverse portfolio of western studios and games from Sony.

The last of us 2 has been my favourite game in a very long time. I really hope it gets the praise it deserves and a bit of vindication in the face of so much vitriolic and dumb hate (as well as small minority of good faith criticism - I know for some of you it just wasn't your cup of tea).

I see some people saying on Twitter that TGA will give GOTY to TLOU2 in order to avoid backlash from 'culture warriors'. Surely with the colossal horde of anti SJW zombies swarming any bit of praise for the game it's clear they would do the opposite to avoid backlash. Either way I have optimistic faith that it won't impact the panels decision.

@theheadofabroom I think it's a different sitution with Bugsnax as you're only getting the PS5 version (not the PS4 version) that won't run on PS4. With the collection you're getting PS4 versions of the games (none have PS5 versions) so they can work on PS4 consoles.

Am I crazy? I'm not really seeing much wrong here. I never played the original so maybe I need to look at comparisons, but nothing I've seen bothers me.

EDIT: I also really like the goofy death animations. The way the guard just slowly slumps onto the floor after being hit with the throwing knife.