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14+ titles being shown, so that's maybe 7 or 8 3rd party titles, 2 or 3 PSVR2 titles and possibly 3 or 4 1st party titles?

Be lying if said ain't a little excited for this given how there's actually 1st party this time in this SoP. Of course expectations are always in check still. Trying to get my head round it, as to what those 1st party releases are that are releasing this year, all that comes to mind is Concord and Astrobot off the top of my head. Hopefully a big 1st party release coming this year none of us saw coming would be nice. Wonder if Silent Hill 2 and MGS3 remakes be ready for this year

Over the moon if both of these end up happening. Both CV and Zero are some proper top tier RE experiences. Will be personally back in love with Capcom again if they do❤️‍🩹

Very decently satisfied with these. Dredge, SoR4, San Andreas and maybe Spongebob?

Really looking forward to this, adored the first. Waiting for tons of reviews tho first. Is the single player campaign perfectly playable solo without the need of a coop partner to be enjoyed properly and how chunky long and fun is the campaign, hence wait for the reviews. Don't hate multiplayer ain't so big on it tho but this Warhammer SM2 world always has the potential to be something special multiplayer wise

Hazard a guess Concord will be the big PS reveal at Summer Game Fest and possibly revealed for PC day one there too?. This rumoured PS Showcase just announce it already jeeez or maybe its June this time

Wherever there's a good possibility of making some serious profit, company's will try, makes sense. Couldn't care less about PlayStations approach to mobile phone gaming tho, as long as PS studios 1st party releases on PS5 eventually deliver the goods, that's all that matters

@trev666 yh feels that way on occasions. At least we do get Platinums to unlock though unlike Xbox achievements. Wish Nintendo did their own version of achievements/trophies

Fine without a platinum on any game free or payed. 13 trophies though is lazy from Ubisoft. Free Stumble Guys has a platinum. A 39p crappy comic book style game with no gameplay that lasts barely 5 or 10 minutes called Good Guys has more than double 13 trophies and a platinum to go with it

Still have my PS4 but don't play it since PS5 plays PS4. Pretty much just boot up PS4 to update it these days but everytime I do I kinda miss it in a way, the DualShock4 and all those PS4 gaming memories. 2014 to 2022 on PS4 such a great time and will go down as one of my favourite consoles no doubt about that

@MrBrownSword Agreed GT4 certainly is the pinnacle of GT single player career. All numbered Gran Turismo titles career mode have their own depth to them but GT4 came from a different planet depth wise, took it to a different insane level

@Grumblevolcano If PS Showcase is in May could be end of May 29 or 30th yet

@Dragoon1994 completely forgot about Capcoms Pragmata. You'd have to imagine it's more ready for a better trailer or gameplay vid soon, need to see it in action

A shame racing games have licensing issues. Imagine getting trophies for Gran Turismo 1, 2, 3 and 4, I'd be in Gran Turismo heaven

Not big on Lego games but it being Horizon I'll certainly play it at some point. Couldn't care less what anyone says Horizon games are so much fun open world adventures and adore Aloy as protagonist and she's gorgeous too. Love what Guerrilla are doing. Bring on this HZD remaster and Horizon 3

Worst month I can think of since the PS Plus 3 tiers started. Oh well Cat Quests are alright I suppose havent played its sequel, yet to finish Dave The Divers plat from last month either

Their longterm vision ok, I'd like to see a very huge tasty slice of that in a showcase. Pretty sure PlayStation themselves ain't idiots and have looked into the reactions of their previous showcases and some SoPs and gone yh its been pretty disappointing reaction wise from fans these last 2 or 3 years and now we need to do something about this, you'd like to imagine that's their thought process. Not surprising though given how big triple AAA games these days are having longer development times than before. A bit more of a peep would be nice for what's to come

Not really concerned about its release date, it'll be ready when it's ready. Far more concerned about 9 being scary enough in parts and the overall creepy RE vibes 9 will have. Going from the fun scary RE7 to more actiony RE8Village was disappointing personally

It's natural for men to like chests and bottoms, nothing wrong with this. Haven't got round to it myself yet, only a bit of the demo. Looks a polished and a fun game, that's all that matters

Remember getting super bored of Fallout 3 on fatty PS3 back in the day, never again. Give me a tense Last of Us 1 or 2 or Days Gone kinda experience over Fallout any day

Still no PS Stars on our PS5 homepage or profile so we can keep a proper eye on it

@JohntheRaptor Each to their own I guess. Plenty good games there for me this month. Almost half a dozen?

Dave is definitely getting installed. Remember last year Angryjoe checking Dave out, looked unique and interesting sushiman fishing. Enjoyed Moon so Mars is definitely getting installed too

Dave the Diver, Deliver Us Mars, Medieval and Alone In the Dark Great month for me. Where the heck is I gonna find the time for these Plus games and my own purchased huge backlog I'll never know 😅🤔

Comparing both these game sales is fine but comparing both these games quality when both games are completely different is not fine. Absolutely nothing wrong with Spider-man 2. Insomniac have done top tier work in creating their version of open world Spider-man games, so much fun swinging flying around on it for me. HD2 ain't for me but nice to see it doing really well regardless

Wouldn't be surprised if Phils Microsoft deep pockets do a cheeky bid next year to buy Arrowhead studios

Buy PS5 to play PS5 exclusives and all the 3rd party stuff, not xBoX eXcLuSiVe gAmEs. Especially After watching AngryJoe review Starfield and Red fall. Even the latest Forza Motorsport looks so boring. Wouldn't mind having some of Rares older N64 games though, that collection of Rare games is the only real interest of mine, Sunset Overdrive too

Getting ports of Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie with trophies on PS would feels so good. New Wolfenstein and especially Sunset Overdrive would love to see on PS5

Meh I'll have a new Wolfenstein on PS5 instead

The original first RE remake will always be my fav. So glad they haven't decided to do a remake of a remake for the first RE remake with zero tank controls. That first remake is perfect as is. BRING BACK RE TANK CONTROLS with a little modern twist to it, would be perfection

Might not be many open world games in there, a bit more linear or sports game. Although Spidey2 and Hogwarts legacy open worlds are top or near the top, just goes to show how popular an open world game can be when done right. Not a dig at turnbased BG3 or other none open worlds, was never gonna be as popular as a well made open world is, especially with the name Spiderman and Potter attached to it. Surprised RE4 not a little higher considering all the praise it gets

On Meds for anxiety and palpitations, appear to by working great so far. Palpitations while harmless(as far as I know) can also be very frightening when they randomly happen from my experiences. Palpitations first happend to me randomly around 2019 with Days Gone when taking on one of the many hordes. Days Gone certainly isn't scary but it was the adrenaline and excitement in the middle of taking on one of these hordes when palpitations first happened from outta nowhere, scared the s**t outta me. While not huge on roguelike itself, it's TLoU so I'll battle through any stressful roguelike moments with joy

Super fun game. Deserves to be top of any gaming list. Quality year for gaming, not the best ever, that belongs to 1998 personally

By the way thanks Push for all the gaming news I read on this site last year, some good reads in there

Could have sworn I read just before PS Stars went live on apps that it was gonna be on our PS5 at some point, almost 2 years later nothing. PS Stars on our PS5 profiles I would use it and check on it far more, almost daily

Can't believe Bratz Flaunt Your Fashion ain't at the top of most played. Such an incredible game with so much depth. Highly recommend

@nyXhc420 yh that could work but on occasions I just like to keep some games physically. Sometimes though they get massively reduced after they've just been announced for PS Plus subscriptions, lowering their physical value. If don't feel like keeping some physical games, then I just trade them in store towards the next game

Hey this a really good Essential month. Definitely trying Evil West. Requiem already own physically on my backlog, still a really good month regardless

Another busy day today, little more shopping, finish off the chores and a family visit. When all is done will be installing Ragnarok again tonight for Valhalla

Still very much enjoying Hogwarts. Barely halfway through its story, mostly doing side missions and collectables along the way. Almost kinda shocked it got completely ignored at the game awards from everything I've played so far

Trying not to demolish to much chocolates and sexy Brewdogs. Have a good one all

@ChromaticDracula ha they're all dry but some corners might be less ideal than other corners

I don't really wanna get into how potentially bad digital can be for the consumer. All I'll say is I'm very happy with my physical collection of fav movies, fav music cds and all my fav physical PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 and PS5 games, yes im still rocking the music cds. Nothing lasts forever of course but I'm far happier when it's physical. Space isn't much of a difficult issue when just sticking to your favs rather than buying everything up because it exists. There's also chunky plastic storage boxes for the older stuff that can be easily and safely stored away in dry corners of rooms that don't get lived in

Don't like to sound like a hypocrite as there is a few digital PS4 and PS5 games I own but those are games that were on very cheap unmissable deals on the PS Store and have eventually grabbed some of those digital games physically later on. PS Plus as well of course

My goty for 2023 is Marvels Spider-man 2. Thoroughly deserved too. Such a well crafted super hero game in a perfectly suited open world for Pete and Miles to swing around in. Insomniac have nailed it. 2nd to none, with the first two Arkham games very closely behind when it comes to super hero games

Nice to see Hogwarts get a win for PS4 goty too. Currently having so much fun with it, so I can see why

Edit. I think licensed movie games being not so good as games are far behind us now. Recent Hogwarts, recent Insomniac Spidey and previous Arkham games are all top tier. Its just a shame licensed movie games 99.99999% of the time always seem to get ignored or never win at the bigger goty award shows

@Rmg0731 yh there's a lot to look forward to still. Couple 1st party surprises would be nice too. Ragnarok Valhalla is a very welcome appreciated surprise, even though ain't got round to it yet

@HonestTruth TLoU Part 1 and Part 2 are amazing goty games, that's why they've been remastered or hybrid remade. Many crap games don't get remakes or remastered because, well they're crap. There's the successful and well received tv show for TLoU and the eventual PC versions to be considered is partly why too

A little worried about the next 12 to 18 months 1st party wise. Yh we might get a couple 1st party teasers from outta nowhere in State of Plays and a bigger Showcase in 2024 but how far off would those 1st party games be from actual release. Unless there's 1st party games we know nothing about that are almost ready for release at some point in 2nd half of 2024, would be nice but doubt it. Not massively worried to much as theres still gonna be so many great 3rd and 2nd party games to come next year doing the work like Infinite Wealth, SH2, DS2, Stellar Blade and others

Does PlayStation have a few surprises up their sleeve 1st party wise for 2024, I certainly hope so. Decent State of Plays with decent surprises and a very good Showcase for the near future with some amazing reveals

Adore my PS5 every evening but its the first time in a very long time that I'm very skeptical about PS 1st party going forward

Was worried where I'm going with this, as it appears very unrelated, then I realised State of Plays, Showcases and 1st party contribute to selling PS5s very much

Edit. Having a very boring day today

Just Hogwarts atm. Enjoying it a lot so far but that could change depending on how these so called collectables become a slog towards the platinum. Hoping to get a good 8 hours in on it later this afternoon and this evening, once the boring cleaning chores are done

Witcher 3 PS5 and TLoU Part 2 remastered throughout Jan and Feb. Also Teardown inbetween those two and maybe 2 or 3 more slightly smaller PS Plus games

50/50 on installing Ragnarok for Valahalla, very tempted. Most likely save it for next year. Also MGS collection vol 1 saving for next year once many more patch updates. Just really nice to have MGS on modern consoles for whenever feel the sneaky nostalgia again

Why not, all done, only took a couple mins. Think we should have a poll for favourite biscuits, there's a good chance chocolate hobnobs are topping my list, love me some coconut rings too

@Nepp67 clearly I understand what you saying. I'm just giving an example of why a NG+ might not be included at launch in comment 18. It might well be the case that NG+ could have released with Spiderman 2 on launch but that original Spiderman 2 launch could have been delayed if the NG+ were to be included?. The main campaign for nearly every development team, is the priority over everything else, surely

@Nepp67 why do some games release without New Game + and some do

Here's something I quickly found online, which I've read similarly before a while back

One of the main reasons and perhaps most obvious answers, is the crucial, yet vital, development time studios save by not having to include NG+ at launch, hitting dates to coincide with marketing and avoiding negative crunch press is incredibly important when releasing a game. While it may seem like a simple feature, NG+ is often much more complicated to integrate into a games infrastructure than one may think. Finding and avoiding exploits with a fully upgraded character before allowing them to revisit early game segments with a NG+ run is easier said than done. By not including it at launch developers can put their valuable time and resources towards bugs and polishing that is bound to have a much higher impact on a games review score than the inclusion of NG+ would have

@Nepp67 some will include it at launch, many others don't either, it's not just PS 1st party that dont include it at launch. Matters far more to me getting the main campaign buttery smooth as possible and as bug free as possible on launch, and if that means waiting a little for New Game + then so be it

@MikeOrator I don't really relate to the every month moan, as I'm quite positive most months per year when theres at least 1 or 2 I want to play per month and I obviously can't speak for other gamers

It's not so much wanting or demanding the games that I think should be on it, more to do with having 1 or 2 games that interest me enough to want to check out every Extra month, this particular month hasn't done that for me personally

A really good never ending backlog genuinely helps when theres a not so good month, rather than saying when my sub ends I'm not renewing mentality. There will always be good and bad months on a personal taste level. We simply dont get to pick and choose what gets picked for subs, the nature of the beast

Edit might try Prodeus?