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I thought this looked really cool and with loads of potential.
I was planning to buy on release to support the developer if the reviews were good enough, but unfortunately the average was just a bit too low. If it was 70-75 I would probably still have got it

Same as many others, for £10, why the hell not?
I'm just slightly annoyed with myself I replayed it last year... Should have waited!

I made sure to buy Banishers at release. I could tell it wasn't going to sell great, and given it got really strong reviews I wanted to support it. It's a shame more people don't (or can't) vote with their wallets

I don't get why the old first party games like LBP3 are being taken off. Surely this is an easy value add right?

Unless no one is playing them at all and it takes up server space?

Very excited. This is one of my favourites.

I also hope people vote with their wallets and show the desire for more rerelease like this

@IamJT where did you read the sales have been poor? all I've seen is reports that the game hasn't turned a profit. That's different from not selling well.
Last info I can find with specific numbers is 1.3m sold by Feb of this year - which in my eyes is pretty good. However obviously I don't know what the budget was and what its sales targets were...

I'd love to know how much it's sold and how much it would need to sell to sell a profit.

It's such a great game and this implies it was a failure - could be it sold great, but given the budget it needed to sell even better.

So far it's definitely one of my top games ever. Hope it finds a wider audience regardless!

Where is Beat Saber! It needs more ratings 😭

Honestly might be my best game of all time.

This is definitely the right answer.
They should focus on updating the ones stuck with the old style gameplay first - code Veronica, then zero then one.
After that consider going back to 5 and 6, but it's probably better to just leave them in the past (even though I love 5)

Would love to see Dino crisis after all this though

For me it's not necessarily a "lack of games", but a lack of killer apps - it's sooo bad there is no first party games beyond Horizon.
Its like they learnt nothing from the Vita.

I also think the damage is done now - there's a reputation of no exclusives and that will continue to hurt the platform

Codemasters in the UK used to do the same. They would hire graphic designers to design the UI and then train them how to code. Won them some awards back in the day

I dont mind this.
Its significantly better than releasing another version (like FES, Golden (ish) or Royal) 1-2 years later and asking players to buy and complete the whole game again. Granted the additions in Golden and Royal were spread throughout the game, but this would be a step forward for Atlus

I don't really need this, I want trails in the sky to come to modern consoles first. They're locked on PC only and I don't have any means to play them!

I would love to see this on console. I rarely play on mobile.
Wait to see how exploitative it is first though...

Surprised to hear words like "unfinished" when talking about a game that scored between 86 and 91 on metacritic (depending on console).
Did the reviewers get it wrong? Or are players expecting too much from Diablo in particular?

In answer to the question - I don't think games are launched "unfinished". There are some obvious ones from the past, like FF15 that were definitely not complete, but on the whole I think most games do give you a full experience. I personally don't play a game until all the content/dlc has released - so having limited time content for "live" games just doesn't work for me- I actively avoid them to be honest

I loved the RPGs, I think they were great. I can understand the want to move on but to me this just looks meh.
It just feels like a generic 4 player arena game with a South Park skin.
Hopefully I'm wrong and it feels like something that takes the IP and uses it well

For me ports/remakes of the sonic gaps before 360 era:
Spinball added to origins as dlc
Advance collection (including battle)
Rush collection
Adventure 1,2 and Heroes. Maybe throw in riders for good luck.

Then I'd love to continue with the Panzer Dragoon love, especially Saga.
Skies of Arcadia
Jet Set Radio
Shining force rereleases/remakes. Port the GBA one maybe, do something with 2 and 3 and then Shining the Holy Ark while they are at it

For me it's:
Chrono Trigger
Dragon quest 4-9
Dragon quest spin offs - monsters and rocket slime defo
Tactics (including advance/A2)
Ogre battle
Bahamut lagoon

There's probably more psx games I never got to, but these are my biggies.
I'm a big proponent for companies making their older back catalogue accessible - even if it's just a bare bones port, it's better than nothing

Oh great. More games for me to not have time to play 😭
I'm still hoping for a switch port of Trails in the Sky...

@ThorsHammer for me actually Peace Walker was my favourite. I really liked the evolution from 3 and the simplicity compared to 5. 5 felt like an open world building on peace walker.
Honestly I've been pretty amazed at how well the entire metal gear series holds up, even the originals
I also found Policenauts very fun, but it's very much a visual novel.

@ThorsHammer it's already starting to click a bit. I stole a car from some enemies and it's made it much more enjoyable 😅
Snatcher and Policenauts are retro/emulation only still. I wouldn't expect that to change. I played it on polymega - I was one of the lucky ones to get one.
It's been an interesting journey, his game largely still hold up quite well

I am cracking on with Death stranding. Not sure it's for me, but I'm going to stick with it for a while. I've been playing every Kojima game in order and this is the last on the list. Been an interesting journey!

Why share the megadrive version?
The GG games have always been like that.
I played them on DS recently and it sounded and looked the same

For me it's about bringing to life the retro promise of the premium tier - there's just not enough yet.
Second is access to streaming - I have been playing some gamepads games on my phone while on holiday and it's great. I am pretty specific on what I will play, but give us that accessibility

So I was a first time VR buyer with the PSVR2 and was horrified to find I got motion sick super bad.

So I had a plan of having a regular stream of games to play in small doses to get used to it.
But I am really struggling with the outlook. I played horizon and Moss book 1. I will definitely get book 2 and beat sabre but not much else interests me, and if it does I definitely worry about the motion sickness!

Kinda wondering if it was a waste of my money...

Still not got to frontiers yet, waiting for the dlc to wrap up and then I will dive in. Either way I hope this leads to more 2d adventures (licence the fan remake of triple trouble please!) And increased budgets for the 3d one to actually spend the time they deserve for development

Yes to all of this. Especially Astro Bot rescue mission and batman. Also maybe iron man vr. Wasn't that supposed to be good?
I never had the original headset so need me these ports!

@Hydra_Spectre I mean, this would be epic.
I'd love a series of sonic collections like they did on GameCube.
So origins being 8 and 16 bit (need to add sonic spinball) and 32 bit (sonic 3d, R and fighters)
Then an advance era (Advance 1-3 and battle, throw in rush and rush adventure for good luck)
Then finally a Dreamcast/ GameCube era (SA 1&2, heroes, shadow and maybe even shuffle for fun)

Most of these were only purchasable on the 3ds which has now closed the eShop, so great they are being made available again.
I also understood that for most games the gamegear version was considered better? Could be wrong though.
Finally - and it's probably a matter of money/time. Only a handful were on Master system, so then you end up with two sets of emulation to develop. Would be nice to have the full set but this is better than nothing

I am excited. The first game was criminally underplayed. It was a great game with interesting mechanics

If Astro Bot doesn't get a port I will riot/be mildy frustrated.
I never got the first PSVR but really wanted to play that, especially after the PS5 game was sooo fun

VR release coming??

Yeah if those figures are correct the publisher really missed the mark.
Plus it's only been out one month. They need to keep drumming up hype and making sure people buy it over time. Especially given global inflation right now
I wonder if anyone knows on average how much of a games lifetime sales happen in the first month though?

I think Phantasia is a must have. It pains me it's not available on anything and hasn't for years!

I would love to see some of the older games pre-symponia, but the PS3 games were also great and it's a shame they are not accessible...

Basically please re-release everything!

Bring on the psvr2 announcement please!!!

I am also playing this on GamePass.
Loving it. It's one of the prettiest games I have ever played. It's stunning.

I am done with this world now though. Can't wait to see what the studio does next.

I would love a CV remake. I bet they do a new remake of the original before we get it though!

I am very excited for this. I love the first game, and feel it's a shame it didn't get more press!

I could have sworn I saw ratchet and clank quest for booty on my European sub...

I do think it's weird there are some glaring omissions, like the original ratchet trilogy...

Ok. Need to crack on with the Sky series. So far behind on this series!

Oh man. I really wasn't paying attention. I thought we were getting the new game 😂
Not a 5 year old dlc for a last gen game!

It really feels like Sony are trying to go the Nintendo route and holding the price of first party games for as long as possible now. The latest games, even last of us 2 Don't see discounts as quickly, or often or as deep as they used to be.

Think it's more likely going to be the retro route. Would be amazing if they can somehow unlock your existing PS3 purchases. They might get stuck behind licencing issues

I would love this. It would ease my fears of not being backwards compatible somewhat if it had this killer app!

It's funny how people keep saying Sony don't have a game pass equivalent, but ps Now is basically that but more old games, no new first party games.
It's actually pretty great and I noticed a lot of the games on gamepass also end up on psNow

I don't currently own a VR, but plan to get the next gen one. Hoping for backwards compatibility!
Wondering if this is a pre-marketing move so more people own games already and might be tempted?

Jumping Flash!

Think about Nintendo. They rarely discount their first party games and if you're lucky enough it's only 30% off.
I can see platform holders trying to keep the value on their exclusives while they can. I do find it crazy (but also love it) that games go down in price so quickly.
I'm also holding to pick up sackboy...

@Mysterio thanks that worked!

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