Could be the price hike or could be that some who were gonna get a PS5 in Japan around this time have decided to wait for the PS5 Pro instead. Hazard a guess it's both these reasons why PS5 sales are not the usual numbers?
My current personal rule on remasters are if it's a highly enjoyable game to me then I don't mind but most importantly it has to have the £5 or £10 upgrade with it if already own it previously physically digitally or you can shove that £40, £60, £70 remaster up ya a**hole where it belongs. Days Gone and HZD wouldn't mind platting all over again for a small upgrade cost. More on DS2 and release date would be nice
@Ainu20 I know yh enjoyed the demo of it when it first released but never got round to grabbing, to busy on the new PS Plus tiers at the time and backlog. The original and best RE 90s trilogy all would feature in my own top 10 games of all time list
You'd have to imagine there will be a Showcase this time next year 2025 when there's a few more PS 1st party games closer to being finished and closer to release?
Off topic but just grabbed Tormented Souls for £1.59 on PS store sales, ideal survival horror for next month. Also have to mention The Crew 2 is 79p
Can you imagine just how good a new Motorstorm game would look now on PS5 or PS6. Resistance, Infamous or Killzone on PS6 too. All for much more new IP but no harm in having a few sequels from Motorstorm or Resistance as well
@riceNpea Bloodborne was my first experience of a Souls game in 2015 or 16. Do remember my first impressions were really good and then a little later like many do on their first time with any Souls game just end up frustrated😆. Granted something only like half a dozen hours with it and that was almost 10 years ago now. If tried again now there's a possibility could get to grips with it a bit more with some patience but my gaming time and huge never ending backlog sometimes has other ideas
@riceNpea each to their own. Bloodborne looks great with the gothic vibes and all, just find it's combat slow and sluggish like all Souls games are, not my cup of tea tbf. I respect diehards of these Souls games tho and adore watching the speedruns some do
Interested in this one a little more since reading the comments here. Finding out its not exactly proper souls and almost GoW and DMC kinda difficult rather than the mostly annoying Souls formula while still not being easy has got me interested a bit more. Will have to watch some reviews now and keep more of an eye on it
My eyeballs and earholes will definitely be on it. Not expecting much as usual but it's video game content and stuff, it's not like we get a huge amount of video game related shows. Have nothing else to do around the time of the show too, so why not
The rumoured Death Stranding 2 update would be nice
@Americansamurai1 I know yh some sort of fantasy scifi horror of sorts. As much as I adore a much anticipated sequel, there's nothing quite like a PS 1st party new IP reveal. There's quite a few new PS 1st party reveals to come at some point soon, can't wait
Very much pleasing to know that the RE7 director is doing RE9. Whatever RE9 is gonna be about, it now has a great chance of being scary survival horror
With the classic 90s RE trilogy coming to GoG, wondering if Capcom will do them on consoles soon, a short teaser announcement for console would be wonderful at the livestream. Highly doubt they will tho
Ah well nevermind hopefully August improves. If you haven't played Borderlands 3 already what are you waiting for. Ha B3 villains are a little annoying tho
How difficult is it for Sony to put Stars on console, I'd imagine not very difficult at all. The app just eventually puts up a needless barrier, as it's less likely to be used by gamers compared to if it were on console. Stars being on console has the potential to help with user engagement numbers too?
@TrickyDicky99 yh I know what you mean. It's like if I adored Elden Ring be looking forward to its dlc, yes annoying no trophies but still play the s##t out of it. The trouble with some of the PS1 classics on Premium is I still own some of them physically on the original PS1 console and can just whip those out instead, having new trophies on PS classics there's no need to whip out the PS1. Could even whip out the DS and play Resident Evil Deadly Silence instead of no trophies premium version
@TrickyDicky99 maybe there's a huge chunk of gamers that really enjoy getting trophies. What I find baffling sometimes is when someone is super enjoying a game but deletes it after completion of the campaign when they could have got so much more continued fun out of it by going for the rest of the trophies and platinum
Well this is very welcome news. Hopefully the original Resident Evil gets trophies added soon unless Capcom are doing a classic trilogy collection at some point. Would love to attempt some speed run trophies on classic REs. Ridge Racer Type 4 too
Haha what a clown. Full of himself after one really decent Xbox Showcase, meanwhile PS has had plenty of those over the past decade, albeit not so much in recent years. Take away the almost 80 billion spent in the last few years and this Xbox Showcase would have been average at best. PS don't need to purchase huge 3rd party publishers for 80 billion to create a great Showcase
@IamJT didn't think it was terrible or anything like that, just first impressions for me on my end wasn't the best. Not experienced enough of the game yet for genuine proper opinion on it, still could be really good yet
@AdamNovice was expecting a better first impression after reading all its positive praise and gameplay vids since it originally released. Its weird because I enjoyed the Dredge mini game version in Dave the Diver more than the actual Dredge game itself. Think Dave the Diver for me has a more fun gameplay loop I dunno. Could change when give Dredge more time though?
Tried Dredge for first time the other day on Extra while in the middle of enjoying Dave the Diver and was honestly very bored throughout its first hour. Plan on giving Dredge a few more hours so hopefully could get a bit better?
Enjoyed its main game campaign but haven't got round to any of its previous 2 dlc expansions. Now they're adding a 3rd I hope they do a bundle deal that includes all 3 at a slightly cheaper price and if bundle goes on a sale it'll be a bit more lower priced
Predictions really ain't got a clue tbh. It'll be nice if something ends up tickling my fancy though
Dream Resident Evil 90s trilogy collection and Code Veronica remake or Zero. Dino Crisis too why not. Gran Turismo 8 but that's for PS own shows. Rare Replay collection for PlayStation
Just gonna try enjoy the show for what it is. Its video games at the end of the day regardless if many of the reveals won't be to my tastes much at all. Do prefer The Game Awards a little more than SGF
Get a large bag of doritos and some chocolate hobnobs for dunking in hot cup of tea to end up spending 90% of its entire runtime speaking to myself or TV saying I'm not buying that, that game can f##k o##. Still watch it tho
Part 3 is a must imo, so is new IPs of course. ND obviously ain't stupid they know this. Forever one of my fav studios. If remasters don't hinder sequels or new IP much at all then it's a no brainer
All you had to do was save your money a little longer and get the X. Patience is a thing you know. I've never understood the existence of the S and never will do
@CrashBandicoat there is Ghost of Tsushima and its sequel to look forward to or are those of no interest either?. For me personally when PS 1st party is firing on all cylinders they do it better than the many 3rd party releases. We all need the 3rd party releases tho
A bit longer to make these huge triple AAA these days but I reckon the 2nd half of PS5 gen is gonna be a massive improvement over its 1st half. 2025, 26 and 27 are gonna be huge reveals wise for PS5 with improved SoP or Showcases, similar to or better than PS4s 2nd half?
I'd like to imagine if there is a Spider-man 2 expansion it's being saved for Summer Game Fest and a bigger Wolverine reveal is being saved for a bigger Showcase or another SoP later this year, would be nice. But yh Astro Bot saved that SoP last night from being marginally below ok. Aliens being PSVR2 only, this hurt me
Until Dawn was a fun time when first platted it in 2015 but this will be a no from me. Unless of course like others have said, it's a £10 upgrade path then yh it's a yes from me
This being an SoP and not the so called bigger Showcase, possibly means PlayStations reveals at Summer Games Fest could be a lot bigger than expected and potentially the big PS Showcase is later this year for what's to come in 2025 and potentially 2026 along with a PS5pro reveal. If we do get a Showcase this year that is
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Re: Japan Sales Charts: PS5 Continues to Tank in Japan Following Price Increase
Could be the price hike or could be that some who were gonna get a PS5 in Japan around this time have decided to wait for the PS5 Pro instead. Hazard a guess it's both these reasons why PS5 sales are not the usual numbers?
Re: State of Play Confirmed for Tomorrow, 20+ PS5, PSVR2 Games Included
My current personal rule on remasters are if it's a highly enjoyable game to me then I don't mind but most importantly it has to have the £5 or £10 upgrade with it if already own it previously physically digitally or you can shove that £40, £60, £70 remaster up ya a**hole where it belongs. Days Gone and HZD wouldn't mind platting all over again for a small upgrade cost. More on DS2 and release date would be nice
Re: State of Play Rumoured for This Month As Sony Looks Set to Skip PS Showcase in 2024
@Ainu20 I know yh enjoyed the demo of it when it first released but never got round to grabbing, to busy on the new PS Plus tiers at the time and backlog. The original and best RE 90s trilogy all would feature in my own top 10 games of all time list
Re: State of Play Rumoured for This Month As Sony Looks Set to Skip PS Showcase in 2024
You'd have to imagine there will be a Showcase this time next year 2025 when there's a few more PS 1st party games closer to being finished and closer to release?
Off topic but just grabbed Tormented Souls for £1.59 on PS store sales, ideal survival horror for next month. Also have to mention The Crew 2 is 79p
Re: Sony Execs Seem to Think the Company Doesn't Have Enough Original IP
Can you imagine just how good a new Motorstorm game would look now on PS5 or PS6. Resistance, Infamous or Killzone on PS6 too. All for much more new IP but no harm in having a few sequels from Motorstorm or Resistance as well
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Becomes Steam's Biggest Ever Single Player Launch
@riceNpea Same here
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Becomes Steam's Biggest Ever Single Player Launch
@riceNpea Dying to play Astro Bot Next month ha. If Wu Kong peaks my interest over the coming months or next year, can get it on a sale deal
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Becomes Steam's Biggest Ever Single Player Launch
@riceNpea Bloodborne was my first experience of a Souls game in 2015 or 16. Do remember my first impressions were really good and then a little later like many do on their first time with any Souls game just end up frustrated😆. Granted something only like half a dozen hours with it and that was almost 10 years ago now. If tried again now there's a possibility could get to grips with it a bit more with some patience but my gaming time and huge never ending backlog sometimes has other ideas
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Becomes Steam's Biggest Ever Single Player Launch
@riceNpea each to their own. Bloodborne looks great with the gothic vibes and all, just find it's combat slow and sluggish like all Souls games are, not my cup of tea tbf. I respect diehards of these Souls games tho and adore watching the speedruns some do
Re: Black Myth: Wukong Becomes Steam's Biggest Ever Single Player Launch
Interested in this one a little more since reading the comments here. Finding out its not exactly proper souls and almost GoW and DMC kinda difficult rather than the mostly annoying Souls formula while still not being easy has got me interested a bit more. Will have to watch some reviews now and keep more of an eye on it
Re: What Time Is Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024?
My eyeballs and earholes will definitely be on it. Not expecting much as usual but it's video game content and stuff, it's not like we get a huge amount of video game related shows. Have nothing else to do around the time of the show too, so why not
The rumoured Death Stranding 2 update would be nice
Re: The Last of Us Season 2 TV Teaser Trailer Revealed
@PegasusActual93 I must have missed that when they mentioned it, nice to now know
Re: God of War Dev's New PlayStation IP Sounds Like It's Taking Shape
@Americansamurai1 Bend, Bluepoint and Media Molicule with new IP too
Re: God of War Dev's New PlayStation IP Sounds Like It's Taking Shape
@Americansamurai1 I know yh some sort of fantasy scifi horror of sorts. As much as I adore a much anticipated sequel, there's nothing quite like a PS 1st party new IP reveal. There's quite a few new PS 1st party reveals to come at some point soon, can't wait
Re: God of War Dev's New PlayStation IP Sounds Like It's Taking Shape
@Americansamurai1 yh I'm guessing 2026 too, late 2026
Re: The Last of Us Season 2 TV Teaser Trailer Revealed
7 episodes apparently, so I'm guessing part 2 will be in two parts? Hopefully. Teaser looks alright
Re: Panned PS5 Survival Horror Silent Hill: The Short Message Has Topped 3 Million Downloads
@thefourfoldroot1 know yh, just had a quick search
Re: Panned PS5 Survival Horror Silent Hill: The Short Message Has Topped 3 Million Downloads
Any trophies for SH Short Message. May consider checking it out if it does?
Edit nope no trophies
Re: Poll: Are You Sick of Soulslike Games?
Video games are supposed to be fun no matter what the game is. Yes there's very many different styles including Souls. HAVE FUN
Re: Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Out for PS5 on 19th September
Very much pleasing to know that the RE7 director is doing RE9. Whatever RE9 is gonna be about, it now has a great chance of being scary survival horror
Re: Dead Rising's PS5 Remaster Headlines Capcom Next Livestream
With the classic 90s RE trilogy coming to GoG, wondering if Capcom will do them on consoles soon, a short teaser announcement for console would be wonderful at the livestream. Highly doubt they will tho
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for July 2024 Announced
Ah well nevermind hopefully August improves. If you haven't played Borderlands 3 already what are you waiting for. Ha B3 villains are a little annoying tho
Re: PS Stars Program Still Offline as Sony Engineers Investigate
@Smithylfc2008 yh that's what I thought last week but now this just seems like somethings gone wrong with it?
Re: PS Stars Program Still Offline as Sony Engineers Investigate
How difficult is it for Sony to put Stars on console, I'd imagine not very difficult at all. The app just eventually puts up a needless barrier, as it's less likely to be used by gamers compared to if it were on console. Stars being on console has the potential to help with user engagement numbers too?
Re: New PS5 Firmware Update Adds Full Discord Calls and More
@trev666 rarely use it on the app. If or when it comes to console I'll be checking up on Stars almost daily
Re: New PS5 Firmware Update Adds Full Discord Calls and More
@LowDefAl would be nice if that's the case. It's a fairly decent but slim possibility. As you say it could explain the app playing up?
Re: New PS5 Firmware Update Adds Full Discord Calls and More
Do hope PS Stars is in the next one
Re: Sublime Horror Resident Evil Village Tops 10 Million Units
RE4original + RE5 + RE6 + RE8village = watered down horror
Re: Scores of Retro PS Plus Premium Titles Upgraded with Platinum Trophies on PS5, PS4
@TrickyDicky99 yh I know what you mean. It's like if I adored Elden Ring be looking forward to its dlc, yes annoying no trophies but still play the s##t out of it. The trouble with some of the PS1 classics on Premium is I still own some of them physically on the original PS1 console and can just whip those out instead, having new trophies on PS classics there's no need to whip out the PS1. Could even whip out the DS and play Resident Evil Deadly Silence instead of no trophies premium version
Re: Scores of Retro PS Plus Premium Titles Upgraded with Platinum Trophies on PS5, PS4
@TrickyDicky99 maybe there's a huge chunk of gamers that really enjoy getting trophies. What I find baffling sometimes is when someone is super enjoying a game but deletes it after completion of the campaign when they could have got so much more continued fun out of it by going for the rest of the trophies and platinum
Re: Scores of Retro PS Plus Premium Titles Upgraded with Platinum Trophies on PS5, PS4
Well this is very welcome news. Hopefully the original Resident Evil gets trophies added soon unless Capcom are doing a classic trilogy collection at some point. Would love to attempt some speed run trophies on classic REs. Ridge Racer Type 4 too
Re: Xbox Really Wasn't Happy with PlayStation's Call of Duty Marketing Deal
Haha what a clown. Full of himself after one really decent Xbox Showcase, meanwhile PS has had plenty of those over the past decade, albeit not so much in recent years. Take away the almost 80 billion spent in the last few years and this Xbox Showcase would have been average at best. PS don't need to purchase huge 3rd party publishers for 80 billion to create a great Showcase
Re: Brilliant PS5, PS4 Angling Outing Dredge Adding More Monstrosities on 15th August
@IamJT didn't think it was terrible or anything like that, just first impressions for me on my end wasn't the best. Not experienced enough of the game yet for genuine proper opinion on it, still could be really good yet
Re: Brilliant PS5, PS4 Angling Outing Dredge Adding More Monstrosities on 15th August
@WolfyTn I'm planning on it. Think definitely upgrading the boat will help. Done around 35 years gaming, now I feel old ha🥺
Re: Brilliant PS5, PS4 Angling Outing Dredge Adding More Monstrosities on 15th August
@AdamNovice was expecting a better first impression after reading all its positive praise and gameplay vids since it originally released. Its weird because I enjoyed the Dredge mini game version in Dave the Diver more than the actual Dredge game itself. Think Dave the Diver for me has a more fun gameplay loop I dunno. Could change when give Dredge more time though?
Re: Brilliant PS5, PS4 Angling Outing Dredge Adding More Monstrosities on 15th August
Tried Dredge for first time the other day on Extra while in the middle of enjoying Dave the Diver and was honestly very bored throughout its first hour. Plan on giving Dredge a few more hours so hopefully could get a bit better?
Re: PowerWash Simulator Is Cleaning Up Wonderland in New Alice-Inspired PS5, PS4 Add-On
Enjoyed its main game campaign but haven't got round to any of its previous 2 dlc expansions. Now they're adding a 3rd I hope they do a bundle deal that includes all 3 at a slightly cheaper price and if bundle goes on a sale it'll be a bit more lower priced
Re: PS Plus Premium Gets 6 New PSVR2 Games, Available to Download Now
@lacerz oh well nevermind was looking for a quick easy but fun platinum to get
Re: PS Plus Premium Gets 6 New PSVR2 Games, Available to Download Now
Is any of those 6 games playable without PSVR2
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your PS5 Predictions for Summer Game Fest 2024?
Konami and Kojima walk out on stage together shaking hands announcing Metal Gear Solid 6 Fantasy Land is happening at Kojima Productions.
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your PS5 Predictions for Summer Game Fest 2024?
Predictions really ain't got a clue tbh. It'll be nice if something ends up tickling my fancy though
Dream Resident Evil 90s trilogy collection and Code Veronica remake or Zero. Dino Crisis too why not. Gran Turismo 8 but that's for PS own shows. Rare Replay collection for PlayStation
Re: Don't Expect GTA 6, Judas, Beyond Good and Evil 2, or Josef Fares at Summer Game Fest
Just gonna try enjoy the show for what it is. Its video games at the end of the day regardless if many of the reveals won't be to my tastes much at all. Do prefer The Game Awards a little more than SGF
Re: Summer Game Fest Will Focus on Existing Games, Not Massive Announcements
Get a large bag of doritos and some chocolate hobnobs for dunking in hot cup of tea to end up spending 90% of its entire runtime speaking to myself or TV saying I'm not buying that, that game can f##k o##. Still watch it tho
Re: Naughty Dog Won't Be 'The Last of Us Studio Forever', Says Neil Druckmann
Part 3 is a must imo, so is new IPs of course. ND obviously ain't stupid they know this. Forever one of my fav studios. If remasters don't hinder sequels or new IP much at all then it's a no brainer
Re: Xbox Series S Specs Limit the Scope of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
All you had to do was save your money a little longer and get the X. Patience is a thing you know. I've never understood the existence of the S and never will do
Re: Reaction: PS5 Livestreams Are No Longer Speaking to the Fans Who Built the Brand
@CrashBandicoat there is Ghost of Tsushima and its sequel to look forward to or are those of no interest either?. For me personally when PS 1st party is firing on all cylinders they do it better than the many 3rd party releases. We all need the 3rd party releases tho
Re: Reaction: PS5 Livestreams Are No Longer Speaking to the Fans Who Built the Brand
A bit longer to make these huge triple AAA these days but I reckon the 2nd half of PS5 gen is gonna be a massive improvement over its 1st half. 2025, 26 and 27 are gonna be huge reveals wise for PS5 with improved SoP or Showcases, similar to or better than PS4s 2nd half?
Re: Reaction: PS5 Livestreams Are No Longer Speaking to the Fans Who Built the Brand
I'd like to imagine if there is a Spider-man 2 expansion it's being saved for Summer Game Fest and a bigger Wolverine reveal is being saved for a bigger Showcase or another SoP later this year, would be nice. But yh Astro Bot saved that SoP last night from being marginally below ok. Aliens being PSVR2 only, this hurt me
Re: Until Dawn Looks Scarily Good in PS5 Gameplay Trailer, Arrives in Fall 2024
Until Dawn was a fun time when first platted it in 2015 but this will be a no from me. Unless of course like others have said, it's a £10 upgrade path then yh it's a yes from me
Re: State of Play Officially Confirmed for 30th May, Updates on PS5, PSVR2 Games
This being an SoP and not the so called bigger Showcase, possibly means PlayStations reveals at Summer Games Fest could be a lot bigger than expected and potentially the big PS Showcase is later this year for what's to come in 2025 and potentially 2026 along with a PS5pro reveal. If we do get a Showcase this year that is