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I agree that 1v1 is added stress, but I think that applies to everyone, not just the younger generation.

Coincidentally I tried it again last week, saw a tempting sale price. My level 50 character from the launch days was still there, but I had no idea what was going on, so I've started a new one. Feeling a little underwhelmed so far to be honest, maybe it's best not to go back sometimes.

@NEStalgia the cartoons and merchandise of Nintendo weren't really a thing in the UK back then. Before the snes and megadrive, home computers like the spectrum, c64, Amiga were the UK gamers preferred gaming machines, thanks mostly to their affordability. Nes, Atari etc were around but they didn't have the same user base as America apparently had.

I mean, if you are looking at the whole history of video games, Lara croft possibly deserves it just for how huge she was in the 90s. There's an argument that she led the jump to mainstream.
Agent 47 though, uhh...

I'm just confused it was possible in the first place, I assumed streaming devices were incapable of running anything natively. It's got enough memory to install stuff?

What are fans expectations? I was just expecting a better graphic version of the original, but considering all the trouble this game seems to be having, I assume the developers vision is far grander.

@Octane yeah the draw distance in Minecraft isn't that far actually. Well the landscape goes on for ages but the details vanish from not too far a distance. Even say being able to see your stuff fully from the top of a mountain would be a big improvement, at least for me.

I thought both games were great back then. I liked their breezier atmosphere than most of the RPGs at the time. The grinding doesn't bother me as much as it seems to reviewers, but the 3dish graphics do take a bit of getting used to when trying to explore. I'd still recommend any jrpg fans to try them though, cool stories, likeable characters.

It'll do ok I think, if it's similar to PS4/PS4 pro. The PS4 pro was just a machine for the more dedicated/well off, it never eclipsed the base model.

@CutchuSlow I'm wondering who it's aimed at lol. The shows not going on any more is it? So seems an odd kids game.

@SgtTruth https://www.pcgamer.com/resident-evil-7-vr-is-exclusive-to-playstation-vr-for-a-year/

@SgtTruth resident evil 7's exclusivity ran out years ago, yet capcom never bothered to move the vr to pc. Honestly it suggests they'd have never made it vr at all if Sony hadn't funded it. I personally think that's an example of exclusivity being a force for good, a product being made that very likely never would have otherwise.

Also this game is quite unique in that playing the first is probably considered a requirement by most people. People who haven't played the first prob won't even be tempted to buy it even 'to add to the pile' yet.

I don't know about Japan, but I do know that games disappearing suddenly in the second week can often be down to physical availability issues. It might just be that there weren't any copies to buy.

@skaarj217 yeah the ps1 original via ps+ premium. This is the remastered version. Not that I'd imagine a huge difference between them. Grandia 2 is new to PS4/5 though.

@DaniPooo they are talking about a physical version of the pixel remaster collection I think. The one run was so limited that it sold out in seconds. Copies rarely even appear on eBay, suggesting that the number printed was ridiculously low.

@Flaming_Kaiser don't even get me started on ff pixel remaster. I swear square must've only made like 100 copies for PS4. I know it's hard to judge how many games are going to sell and sometimes under estimate, but the demand is/was clearly there in that case.

I bought the original dlc, prob not bothering with this though, not planning on playing again anytime soon. Extra songs are quite cool when you are playing though. You can go to the settings and change the battle music to random, so you don't get the same song every single time. There seems to be a bug (?) where selecting random takes the actual original music out of the mix altogether though.

@Czar_Khastik yeah switch was limited run only. I doubt it'll get another physical. It'll very likely hold its value if you get one though. Assuming you don't mind waiting a year for it to turn up 🙄

@RudeAnimat0r I've read the original was about 30 hours, but it got a very mixed reception at the time. maybe the remake alters it a lot though who knows.

Persona 3 seems to be out of stock, in all the town stores at least. I suspect it would be higher if it was more available.
Edit : oh these are digital sales? I can't explain that then. Except RPG fans are possibly more inclined to buy physical than other genres.

@ATaco did you play the original? I never did but reviews of the (PS2) final chapter seems to be pretty negative from what I've seen. Complaints that it's just a dungeon crawl, and a really hard one at that.

@kedireturns yeah the phrase 'console exclusive', ignoring pc releases has been around for a while now. It's understandably a bit confusing so usually when you use it you'll get at least one response disagreeing, pointing out it's on pc too.

It probably wasn't that difficult to get, Xbox doesn't seem to have a huge jrpg fanbase. They've been trying to change that lately, but they still seem to be at the point where they need to offer a sweet game pass deal to get the devs to even bother putting them out on Xbox.

I've played this briefly on pc. From my short go, it does seem a lot more streamlined/simplified. Which is better or worse, depending on your opinion. It certainly didn't grab me like the first one did though for some reason.

@TrickyDicky99 yeah it's just the sacrifice the devs are willing to make to make other areas of the game better. Games are still power hungry, conforming to 60 (or even lol 120) FPS would push back other areas by several years. Maybe one day hardware will be so powerful and affordable it won't matter any more but we are clearly not there yet.

@DragonBl it's probably convinced a lot of people to at least give them a try. Whether they like them or not is a different question.

I don't know why they dont understand how successful live service works. Make a good game, attract the players, then introduce the live service elements when and if the game is successful. Dlc shops from the start are really going to hurt your chances of being successful in the first place.

Great series. In hindsight it's kind of surprising that the originals 3 and 4 didn't get more recognition on ps2. Well persona was quietly regarded as a series that people who tried it loved even back then, but it's odd that it didn't take off more.

@Ajbr8687 there are more indie games than before, but I don't think games from bigger companies has increased, if anything they have been making less lately. Putting all their efforts into making the two/three brands they hope will keep selling. The days of ubisoft/ea etc putting out loads of cool new games seem to be gone sadly.

I bought dreams as soon as it came out, but unfortunately I never found the time to learn how to use it properly, and ended up not playing it a lot, apart from sometimes looking at what other people have made.
Technically it is fantastic though, seems a shame to break up a team capable of making something so good just because they made something this time that didn't take off as well as they'd hoped.

@amatmulisha yeah technical issues aside, streaming seems like a bad time for gamers even if it ran fine. Your gaming library will be constantly at the mercy of the off switch, I really hope gaming manages to avoid the streaming route.

@Jill_Sandwich googling playstation tournaments brings you to the details, there's quite a lot to read so I can't summarise it, it doesn't really interest me. Sports, fighting games and uhh sackboy seem to be the games.

18 seems a bit harsh. Especially considering prominence poker, an actual poker gambling simulation, is a 12. You can even buy chips lol.

@Icey664 for a game that nobody supposedly wanted that game is certainly holding its value remarkably well. Even physical second hand is refusing to drop.

@Rmg0731 games website in the UK. Exclusive steel book, but it is a rather pricey £59.99 with postage included.

@Babayaga people have been able to trade their old games since the start of the industry. If anything it is less of an issue now with more people moving to digital.
Subscription services on the other hand, well who knows, they haven't affected my buying habits personally but I can't speak for everyone.

@CutchuSlow it's probably a bit presumptuous to assume that everyone has a phone that can do this. I think a lot of people are happy/put up with phones that are considered outdated.
Especially by phones ridiculous turnover rate, outdated if over a year old.

@Nem first time I played it I got through the entire game without figuring out how to get the summons, i finally found out near the end. The world without internet was a dark time.
Though I did like 8 a lot generally. The graphics especially, they did look realistic at the time.

@Bionic-Spencer I'm guessing there's a bit of time between a game releasing and it appearing the recommendation lists, even the new releases one, well most games, bigger ones prob get on them straight away.

Edit : nm me it is one the new releases section, I missed it first look

It'd be nice if the bards tale trilogy finally came to playstation. It's so niche that I doubt even the Xbox fans would care, but I'd certainly buy one.

Psn store appears quite high for all the games I'm testing on my mobile (chrome) browser. Aren't search results personalised based on your own usage somewhat nowadays anyway?

I quite like poker so I'll definitely give this a go. I still play prominence poker now and again, although my luck is terrible in that.

@Herculean aside from supply problems with physical media, it's safe to assume that it's a reasonable reflection of how digital is doing, it's the closest we've currently got to knowing weekly trends.

@MrMagic persona 3 would likely be in there if it was in stock anywhere too.

@messimagician yeah, there's no data to compare it to, so it's impossible to say how much/if at all digital only has affected it really.

Edit : although they are pleased that they can keep the price high now, presumably because of no physical competition, so I guess we've got that to look forward to in the supposed digital future.

@WizzNL yeah they initially said it was overlap, and now claim activision would've done it anyway 😬

3% left to invest in according to the figures here and Disney paid 1.5b for part of that. I guess epics worth a lot more than 31.5 nowadays.

@Gemini73 anti consumer might be a bit of a cliche lately, but there's no need to start throwing insults around.

There isn't that much in their library that I'd be desperate to play anyway. Star field maybe, but all the reviews have dulled my interest somewhat.
I would be less hostile towards ms buying so many companies if they were multiplat though.
Though I'm not going to believe it until they've announced it. I'm still think they might just be enjoying the free publicity.