@GamingFan4Lyf 10 min ago just realised before you replied that Witcher 3 was a free upgrade. Got it mixed up with me buying the game for the first time about a year ago, making me think today that it wasn't a free upgrade. Still haven't gotten round to it yet since the remaster was announced, really looking forward to it, on a backlog mission atm the remainder of this year going into 2024
Fair enough but Sony ain't the only ones charging for upgrades for older titles on newer consoles. GTA5 was an upgrade cost and Witcher 3 fairly recently was an upgrade cost. Lol don't get me started on the lazy port barebones £50 RDR1
As for Cyberpunk 2077, I understand its in a far better place in 2023 but my god was it hated on PS4 and ONE, with so much backlash it had to be removed from the PS store and refunds requested all over the place. So it made so much sense that the next gen PS5 Series Cyberpunk would be free on next gen for such a crappy previous last gen con
Edit. about Witcher 3 being an upgrade cost is wrong. Got it mixed up with me having to buy the game for the first time on a sale for around £7 to get the free upgrade
Absolutely loved it when The Last of Us part 2 won goty 2020. That was such a sweet night for me personally. I think it won for the very brave story decisions and the realising of sonder, plus the gameplay was so bloody good
@GamingFan4Lyf a game that wasn't intended for PC from the get go costs Sony money to then get it working for PC 2 to 4 years later. With the added fact PS 1st party games don't really do massive numbers when on PC like it does on PS4 or PS5s original release so they'll have to get some more of those PC development funds back somehow. Pretty sure Sony have purchased game company's fairly recently specifically for PC development which ultimately isnt cheap to get and keep up and running. Companys run their businesses differently as they see fit how they do things and ultimately want to make money, unless you have a couple trillion behind you to pretend lie that you have consumer friendly first and foremost. Honestly It's a valid point you make and can't really argue much with what you saying but I've tried and I could be very wrong too in my trying. When it's one of your personal fav games of all time, that cheap £5 or £10 upgrade cost becomes the equivalent of spending 5p or 10p
That PS5 Part 1 remake was genuinely far to much at £70 though even if it was a little more work than your average remaster. Was like a really weird remaster/remake hybrid
Yes please. Would be nice if it was announced at the game awards, the place where it upset the haters when it won goty. Just hoping for a cheap upgrade as I keep the games I adore physically, like ND did with Uncharted4LostLegacy remasters cheap upgrade
@sanderson72 thanks for that. Earlier today checked a quick vid of it. Looks like could be my cup of tea and seems the ideal time to get into it with its sequel not far away. On a backlog mission atm though with so many must plays from this year still ain't got round to, either collecting dust on my shelf or still ain't installed since buying on PS store. Times a premium. Doesn't help the backlog when I'm trying to plat Gotham Knights on Extra and very recently starting Teardown too ha
Voted its a great console. Obviously has loads of excellent games, be here all day going through them all. PS1 being my fav PlayStation console. PS1 had so many first times in gaming at such an important time of me growing up and just learning new things in general, again far to many excellent games to mention. PS1 made me into the gamer I am today. Specifically 1998 what a great year on PS1 for me personally. If we talking exclusive 1st party only then yh PS4 is my fav PS console hands down
Think it's fair to say Teardown has potentially saved November a little. Dead Island Riptide don't own so that's a nice little bonus I suppose. Hope these PS classics get trophies, think they do as most here are 1st party?
What's this first Dragon Dogma game like, is it turnbased or FF7 remake type action adventure. It does say in the announcement that this Dragon Dogma includes every dlc with it, what that dlc is I have no idea, skins, weapons or actual new story?
Wouldn't be surprised if the Switch currently has almost 10 times the amount of Switch sold in the US compared to PS5s sold in the US and yet Spiderman 2 comes out on top. Weird to think but also not surprising either as Spidey2 is pure legit fun and 120hz, VRR and ray tracing all round on day one
Edit. Nevermind I'd forgotten about the Switch sales not including digital sales here, silly me, I'll take it on the chin
For me it's been a great continuation of the PS4. Don't mind Sony having a go at some of these gaas games if there's still roughly the same amount of top tier must play single player 1st party bangers to come and enjoy. Hoping the 2nd half of PS5 gen improves just like it did with the PS4s 2nd half banger after banger
Premuim sub runs till next year August so no good deal. Hoping for the standard DualSense to get heavily discounted in Argos and GAME again like it did a few months back. Can never have to many DualSense. Really like having the different random colors on DualSense controllers. If there's an absolute bargain on a must play game then I might jump on it?
Genuinely got bored recently of the samey Far Cry games so this might end up the refreshing kick up the backside Far Cry needs. Avatar combined with Far Cry might = a long overdue refreshing Far Cry game for once?. Don't think much of the Avatar movies overall but I do weirdly enjoy watching them on physical 4K, both look so good on physical 4K
How many times over the years I've missed a collectable, for let's say a linear game like Uncharted 4. Even with a collectables youtube vid on phone they can still be easily missed once it autosaves and you can't go back meaning you have to wait till you finish the entire game or a whole new playthrough from start if no chapter select just to get the one or two collectables you've missed for trophy. So many other missable trophies than just collectables can easily be missed too. A manual save can help with this but so many times forgotten to manually save or not every game has the manually saving feature
Don't care when it releases 24 25 or 26 just give me brutal Wolverine slicing limbs everywhere and blood splattered walls and floors. Imagine if Insomniac can get Deadpool in the game or at least make a meaty appearance impact in some way, doubt it though
Excuse me for this (as BG3 is not my type of genre I find to be any fun but that's just me so don't take it personally), there appears to be quite a lot of snobbery going about within the gaming community about BG3. The exact same happened with Elden Ring and quite a lot of Souls games and other Souls type games. All you read is how it's the best and the pinnacle of gaming, well I'm here to say its NOT the best or the pinnacle of gaming. Not saying BG3 or Elden Ring are terrible games, far from it. Just fed up of the snobbery they've created amongst the hardcore. Also a lot of that snobbery goes into review scores and gaming awards
Premium sub runs till August next year. Tbh all it takes is half a dozen more must play PS1 and PSP classics for me to renew Premium for another year. Not been happy with many of the added Premium classics recently. Don't much care for streaming even though the option is a nice feature to have and the time trial demos haven't used once yet. Its just the classic game selection that needs improving and if they get some PS2 games with added trophies as well I'll definitely be renewing no hesitations. PS2 classics and tricky PS3 classics on Premium would be huge. Still in the fomo phase of the Premium sub atm but that could change next year if there's not much improvement to the classics selection?
@Mephisto2869 yh it's a bit crappy. You can buy it online from Japan but I'm not experienced enough myself to say what buying from there is like or how playable it is, if it has subtitles or not
@gipsojo still own every single UK pal Yakuza release physically. I'm looking up at my Yakuza shelf now as I type. Does suck a little that the latest one ain't getting a physical release outside of Japan
Burnout is a genuine issue that I didn't think I'd suffer with till FC6 and now Yakuza Like a Dragon and more recently Ishin. FC4 being my first time, FC3, FCPrimal, FC5, FC3 again remastered and then FC6 happened, just got proper bored with it all after FC6. Yakuza is different in the sense of I'm definitely playing again as it's one of my all time fav series but just need a long break from it all, makes sense considering I was there beating up Yakuza thugs on PS2 around 17 years ago, much needed. Backlog says hi how you doin
Noticed this last night when shutting down my PS5, didn't think much of it tbh. Always completely turn off my PS5 in the evenings around 23:00 or slightly after midnight, knowing its bedtime soon so whats the point of leaving it on rest mode while I'm snoring my head off
Honestly all I want from GTA is a well polished tense gripping single player campaign, that doesn't last only 5 or 6 hours. A quality main for 25+ hours and a further 10 to 15+ on interesting side things during or after main is finished, like expanding rampage side missions into more engaging side missions rather than just shooting waves of enemies as an example. Its obviously become a massive multiplayersausagefest for a decade now which is something that doesn't interest me all that much. I'll try its mp at least but only if the campaign is good and well worth it to begin with
@TommyNL oh absolutely Sony ain't exactly short of cash either. It's a possibility Sony could have been able to afford someone like Bethesda at 7.5 billion but even then its far easier for the bank size of Microsoft to 7.5 billion any deal than it is for Sony to do the same. Should go without saying a 69 billion ActiBlizz acquisition is literally impossible for Sony. Then there's the day one GamePass prices Xbox are easily allowed to afford multiple times a month throughout a year, just doesn't make sense for PlayStation. Just look at the fairly recent 3rd party day ones on GP like Grid Legends and Plague Tale Requiem as an example, that's very expensive for Sony to keep doing that. PlayStation simply can't afford to do what GamePass does. It's just not feasible for Sony to splash out many a 100, 200, 300 millions or more per big 3rd party day one games on their subscriptions in the long run
Never had a twitter account to begin with. Circling the bowl how have I never heard those words before😂, be using those words soon for something else when appropriate
Microsoft can buy all the gaming company's that become available all they want, ain't gonna change the fact I'm getting a PS6. Even I'd look good with 2 trillion dollars behind me. Let's see how well Phil does with Sonys bank behind him
This is how surprise hits are made with projects like this. Proof will be in the pudding as they say but with Playstations console experience backing, has a better chance than most?
I think Miles will be advertised as the lead for SM3 being in over 95% of all the trailers. Peter hardly making a proper appearance in red till Miles genuinely needs Peters help about halfway through SM3 giving Peter one hell of an entrance saving Miles and we all go nuts. It's like building up the gamer hype tension as we play. When and how Pete returns to save Miles and we all go nuts mentality when he does, I mean its obvious Pete will be in SM3. All about building up the tension to make it far more impactful
Insomniacs Miles is so damn cool, equally like them both
Nothing for me this month, have Mafia 2 already. Some months are crap or already own the games on the good months. On my PS5 currently I've got Callisto Protocol, Sniper Elite 5, Grid Legends getting double PS4 plat now, Tacoma, and Gotham Knights all thanks to PS Plus Essential or Extra and theres still so many more i could install so for me it's not bad at all just because November's Essential ain't all that great. Extra in November could be really good yet?
@Max_the_German I'd be all over that tbh. Getting the part 2 plat all over again on PS5 yes please. Hopefully put the PS4 disc of part 2 into the PS5 for the £5 or £10 upgrade like it was with Uncharted Legacy of Thieves collection. Unless they're including this put on hold factions2 multiplayer and rumoured part 2 expanded story with it. Many PS4 1st party PC releases usually also get a PS5 remaster of sorts?
Thoroughly enjoyed the first season on physical 4K. It was pretty close to the game but also felt different at the same time with certain expanded scenes and minor differences that made perfect sense for a TV show. Its cgi was better than some big budget movies. Would have been a 10 out of 10 in my head if it wasn't for the lack of action with the infected, not much gun battles and not a single brick or glass bottle was used that I can remember. Everything else was really top tier good so I'll give it 8 maybe a 9 for the first season.
A bit more gun/fist combat action with the evil humans and the infected will go along way for Season 2. Hoping they don't use a golf club this time or any other sports weapon to stop the golf memes all the time, so boring expecting to read comments but end up reading 90% of the comments full of golf memes yawn💤
Mafia 2 is the best Mafia for me, better than Mafia 1 remake. Got so many in my backlog library that I'm not even sure if I've already purchased Mafia 2 remastered
@Triumph741 it's not a clone though is it. Its roughly based in the Mongol Invasion of Japan from 1274 which is something AC series hasn't been anywhere near before. Every open world game that has a map with stealth involved doesn't mean its an AC clone. What was SuckerPunch meant to do for it to not be considered a clone, make Jin Sakai use handguns with silencers or shotguns or use night vision goggles for stealth in 1274 just to make it not be a clone makes no sense whatsoever. Not once did Jin Sakai climb a very tall building and fall from it into a bundle of hay. Ubisoft ain't the first for open world maps or the first to use stealth in any game and they certainly aint the best top tier pinnacle at it either
@Triumph741 All AC games never interested me new or old, over the years, can only really speak for GoT. Do remember trying AC1 or 2 back in the PS3 early days and got bored super quick. You speak of copy but isn't AC the one copying GoT with the Japanese setting. Yh I do think GoT is better than all AC games combined just my opinion. So many gamers don't bother with any AC games and still have great gaming tastes. Soon rather replay Shadow of Mordor or GoT again than play any AC game, nothing wrong with that
They've done it before with RE remakes being separated by only a year. We all know RE3 remake had so much cut content and Nemesis transformed far to early compared to its 1999 original. Doubt this is true but not impossible as they've done it recently before with RE2 and RE3 remakes. If true hope they've learned from their cut content mistakes. Probably Monster Hunter
140GB of shooting the same generic human soldier over and over again in multiplayer and its campaign. The single player campaigns usually last for about 7 maybe 10 hours if you lucky
No digital just physical boxed sales and it's from one country. As always need a worldwide chart that includes both physical and digital. I wouldn't be surprised to see Mario Wonder have slightly more sales total given that almost 100 million more Switch in comparison to PS5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 doesn't matter what position Spiderman 2 is in, it'll do amazing numbers regardless. Both previous Insomniac Spiderman games did 33 million total as of last year?
Keeping my copy of Spidey2 for potential story expansion dlc and new game plus. Mario Wonder about 10 hours to finish main and about 18+ hours for 100%. Spiderman 2 takes about 15 hours to finish story and about 25+ hours to 100% platinum. Perfectly fine for Mario Wonder to not be a 70 to 100+ hour game but not for Spidey2, weird hypocrisy
Far to good of a high quality tight package of a game to even be considered for a 7 or 8 in my honest opinion. Gameplay, story and performance 120hz 40fps VRR smoothed or uncapped is all high quality on day one so for me personally it's a 10 out of 10. Pure quality throughout and not this boring bland diarrhea quantity
Some more day ones, not necessarily huge 1st party of course. Not expecting huge money making triple A blockbusters like Ragnarok, Horizon, TLoU3, Ghost of Tsushima 2 or Spiderman 2 to be day ones. A lot more indies day one, a lot more double A day one. Stray was a huge W for PS Plus. Up the day ones per year. Improve Premium, it's not rocket science
Looks like this will be my game to play in all of October Halloween 2024. Hopefully a good chunky digital sales on it by then. So much to play as is. Paying bills can kiss my ar**
There will be zero articles from no one about AW2 completion times and yet it's most likely roughly the same length in completion times as Spiderman 2 is but Spidey2 gets loads of articles about it from many. The argument about AW2 is 60 and Spiderman 2 is 70 doesn't make sense for its completion times because you'll get many other games at £60 or 70 that takes far less time to finish than what Spiderman 2 does and yet still no articles about those other games length times like Spidey 2 has
Impressed with the reviews I've read for AW2 so far but I'm stacked with so many other must play games recently and the backlog that I'm gonna have to wait for it, plus my bills need paying
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Re: The Last of Us 2 PS5 Version Appears Inevitable Now
@GamingFan4Lyf 10 min ago just realised before you replied that Witcher 3 was a free upgrade. Got it mixed up with me buying the game for the first time about a year ago, making me think today that it wasn't a free upgrade. Still haven't gotten round to it yet since the remaster was announced, really looking forward to it, on a backlog mission atm the remainder of this year going into 2024
Re: The Last of Us 2 PS5 Version Appears Inevitable Now
Fair enough but Sony ain't the only ones charging for upgrades for older titles on newer consoles. GTA5 was an upgrade cost and Witcher 3 fairly recently was an upgrade cost. Lol don't get me started on the lazy port barebones £50 RDR1
As for Cyberpunk 2077, I understand its in a far better place in 2023 but my god was it hated on PS4 and ONE, with so much backlash it had to be removed from the PS store and refunds requested all over the place. So it made so much sense that the next gen PS5 Series Cyberpunk would be free on next gen for such a crappy previous last gen con
Edit. about Witcher 3 being an upgrade cost is wrong. Got it mixed up with me having to buy the game for the first time on a sale for around £7 to get the free upgrade
Re: Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann to Receive NYVGCC Legend Award
Absolutely loved it when The Last of Us part 2 won goty 2020. That was such a sweet night for me personally. I think it won for the very brave story decisions and the realising of sonder, plus the gameplay was so bloody good
Re: The Last of Us 2 PS5 Version Appears Inevitable Now
@GamingFan4Lyf a game that wasn't intended for PC from the get go costs Sony money to then get it working for PC 2 to 4 years later. With the added fact PS 1st party games don't really do massive numbers when on PC like it does on PS4 or PS5s original release so they'll have to get some more of those PC development funds back somehow. Pretty sure Sony have purchased game company's fairly recently specifically for PC development which ultimately isnt cheap to get and keep up and running. Companys run their businesses differently as they see fit how they do things and ultimately want to make money, unless you have a couple trillion behind you to pretend lie that you have consumer friendly first and foremost. Honestly It's a valid point you make and can't really argue much with what you saying but I've tried and I could be very wrong too in my trying. When it's one of your personal fav games of all time, that cheap £5 or £10 upgrade cost becomes the equivalent of spending 5p or 10p
That PS5 Part 1 remake was genuinely far to much at £70 though even if it was a little more work than your average remaster. Was like a really weird remaster/remake hybrid
Re: The Last of Us 2 PS5 Version Appears Inevitable Now
Yes please. Would be nice if it was announced at the game awards, the place where it upset the haters when it won goty. Just hoping for a cheap upgrade as I keep the games I adore physically, like ND did with Uncharted4LostLegacy remasters cheap upgrade
Re: 14 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Coming Next Week
@sanderson72 thanks for that. Earlier today checked a quick vid of it. Looks like could be my cup of tea and seems the ideal time to get into it with its sequel not far away. On a backlog mission atm though with so many must plays from this year still ain't got round to, either collecting dust on my shelf or still ain't installed since buying on PS store. Times a premium. Doesn't help the backlog when I'm trying to plat Gotham Knights on Extra and very recently starting Teardown too ha
Re: Feature: Celebrating 10 Years of PS4 with Our Favourite Games
Voted its a great console. Obviously has loads of excellent games, be here all day going through them all. PS1 being my fav PlayStation console. PS1 had so many first times in gaming at such an important time of me growing up and just learning new things in general, again far to many excellent games to mention. PS1 made me into the gamer I am today. Specifically 1998 what a great year on PS1 for me personally. If we talking exclusive 1st party only then yh PS4 is my fav PS console hands down
Re: SEGA Isn't Surprised That Companies Want to Acquire It
@BusyOlf hear, hear!
Re: 14 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Coming Next Week
A few days before Christmas will be December PS Plus Extra games to play, hopefully some of those are far juicier than these
Re: 14 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games Coming Next Week
Think it's fair to say Teardown has potentially saved November a little. Dead Island Riptide don't own so that's a nice little bonus I suppose. Hope these PS classics get trophies, think they do as most here are 1st party?
What's this first Dragon Dogma game like, is it turnbased or FF7 remake type action adventure. It does say in the announcement that this Dragon Dogma includes every dlc with it, what that dlc is I have no idea, skins, weapons or actual new story?
Re: October 2023 Circana: Spider-Man 2, PS5 Both Chart-Toppers as the Sony Streak Continues
Wouldn't be surprised if the Switch currently has almost 10 times the amount of Switch sold in the US compared to PS5s sold in the US and yet Spiderman 2 comes out on top. Weird to think but also not surprising either as Spidey2 is pure legit fun and 120hz, VRR and ray tracing all round on day one
Edit. Nevermind I'd forgotten about the Switch sales not including digital sales here, silly me, I'll take it on the chin
Re: Let Owen Wilson Sell You on PS Plus Extra's Teardown in Launch Trailer
A must try tomorrow if you have Extra. Wondering what it's install size will be
Re: Talking Point: As PS5 Turns 3, How Are You Feeling About It?
For me it's been a great continuation of the PS4. Don't mind Sony having a go at some of these gaas games if there's still roughly the same amount of top tier must play single player 1st party bangers to come and enjoy. Hoping the 2nd half of PS5 gen improves just like it did with the PS4s 2nd half banger after banger
Re: PS Plus Gets Heavy Discounts for Black Friday
Premuim sub runs till next year August so no good deal. Hoping for the standard DualSense to get heavily discounted in Argos and GAME again like it did a few months back. Can never have to many DualSense. Really like having the different random colors on DualSense controllers. If there's an absolute bargain on a must play game then I might jump on it?
Re: Here's How PS5 Will Help You Become Na'Vi in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Genuinely got bored recently of the samey Far Cry games so this might end up the refreshing kick up the backside Far Cry needs. Avatar combined with Far Cry might = a long overdue refreshing Far Cry game for once?. Don't think much of the Avatar movies overall but I do weirdly enjoy watching them on physical 4K, both look so good on physical 4K
Re: Sony's PlayStation Replay Patent Could Be a Genuine Game Changer
How many times over the years I've missed a collectable, for let's say a linear game like Uncharted 4. Even with a collectables youtube vid on phone they can still be easily missed once it autosaves and you can't go back meaning you have to wait till you finish the entire game or a whole new playthrough from start if no chapter select just to get the one or two collectables you've missed for trophy. So many other missable trophies than just collectables can easily be missed too. A manual save can help with this but so many times forgotten to manually save or not every game has the manually saving feature
Re: PS5 Fans Think They've Found Marvel's Wolverine's Release Year
Don't care when it releases 24 25 or 26 just give me brutal Wolverine slicing limbs everywhere and blood splattered walls and floors. Imagine if Insomniac can get Deadpool in the game or at least make a meaty appearance impact in some way, doubt it though
Re: Baldur's Gate 3 Dominates Golden Joystick Awards, Wins Game of the Year
Excuse me for this (as BG3 is not my type of genre I find to be any fun but that's just me so don't take it personally), there appears to be quite a lot of snobbery going about within the gaming community about BG3. The exact same happened with Elden Ring and quite a lot of Souls games and other Souls type games. All you read is how it's the best and the pinnacle of gaming, well I'm here to say its NOT the best or the pinnacle of gaming. Not saying BG3 or Elden Ring are terrible games, far from it. Just fed up of the snobbery they've created amongst the hardcore. Also a lot of that snobbery goes into review scores and gaming awards
Re: Sony Has Stopped Updating PS Plus' Subscriber Numbers
Premium sub runs till August next year. Tbh all it takes is half a dozen more must play PS1 and PSP classics for me to renew Premium for another year. Not been happy with many of the added Premium classics recently. Don't much care for streaming even though the option is a nice feature to have and the time trial demos haven't used once yet. Its just the classic game selection that needs improving and if they get some PS2 games with added trophies as well I'll definitely be renewing no hesitations. PS2 classics and tricky PS3 classics on Premium would be huge. Still in the fomo phase of the Premium sub atm but that could change next year if there's not much improvement to the classics selection?
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name?
@Mephisto2869 yh it's a bit crappy. You can buy it online from Japan but I'm not experienced enough myself to say what buying from there is like or how playable it is, if it has subtitles or not
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name?
@gipsojo still own every single UK pal Yakuza release physically. I'm looking up at my Yakuza shelf now as I type. Does suck a little that the latest one ain't getting a physical release outside of Japan
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name?
Burnout is a genuine issue that I didn't think I'd suffer with till FC6 and now Yakuza Like a Dragon and more recently Ishin. FC4 being my first time, FC3, FCPrimal, FC5, FC3 again remastered and then FC6 happened, just got proper bored with it all after FC6. Yakuza is different in the sense of I'm definitely playing again as it's one of my all time fav series but just need a long break from it all, makes sense considering I was there beating up Yakuza thugs on PS2 around 17 years ago, much needed. Backlog says hi how you doin
Re: Secret PS5 Firmware Feature Makes a Change to Reflect PS5 Slim
Noticed this last night when shutting down my PS5, didn't think much of it tbh. Always completely turn off my PS5 in the evenings around 23:00 or slightly after midnight, knowing its bedtime soon so whats the point of leaving it on rest mode while I'm snoring my head off
Re: GTA 6 Reveal Trailer Debuts in Early December, Rockstar Says
Honestly all I want from GTA is a well polished tense gripping single player campaign, that doesn't last only 5 or 6 hours. A quality main for 25+ hours and a further 10 to 15+ on interesting side things during or after main is finished, like expanding rampage side missions into more engaging side missions rather than just shooting waves of enemies as an example. Its obviously become a massive multiplayersausagefest for a decade now which is something that doesn't interest me all that much. I'll try its mp at least but only if the campaign is good and well worth it to begin with
Re: PlayStation Users to Be Considered 'Part of the Xbox Community', Says Xbox Boss
@TommyNL oh absolutely Sony ain't exactly short of cash either. It's a possibility Sony could have been able to afford someone like Bethesda at 7.5 billion but even then its far easier for the bank size of Microsoft to 7.5 billion any deal than it is for Sony to do the same. Should go without saying a 69 billion ActiBlizz acquisition is literally impossible for Sony. Then there's the day one GamePass prices Xbox are easily allowed to afford multiple times a month throughout a year, just doesn't make sense for PlayStation. Just look at the fairly recent 3rd party day ones on GP like Grid Legends and Plague Tale Requiem as an example, that's very expensive for Sony to keep doing that. PlayStation simply can't afford to do what GamePass does. It's just not feasible for Sony to splash out many a 100, 200, 300 millions or more per big 3rd party day one games on their subscriptions in the long run
Re: Twitter Integration to Be Removed from PS5, PS4 Next Week
Never had a twitter account to begin with. Circling the bowl how have I never heard those words before😂, be using those words soon for something else when appropriate
Re: PlayStation Users to Be Considered 'Part of the Xbox Community', Says Xbox Boss
Microsoft can buy all the gaming company's that become available all they want, ain't gonna change the fact I'm getting a PS6. Even I'd look good with 2 trillion dollars behind me. Let's see how well Phil does with Sonys bank behind him
Re: Sony's India Hero Project Will Reveal New PS5 Games Next Year
This is how surprise hits are made with projects like this. Proof will be in the pudding as they say but with Playstations console experience backing, has a better chance than most?
Re: Insomniac Confirms Primary Marvel's Spider-Man Moving Forward
I think Miles will be advertised as the lead for SM3 being in over 95% of all the trailers. Peter hardly making a proper appearance in red till Miles genuinely needs Peters help about halfway through SM3 giving Peter one hell of an entrance saving Miles and we all go nuts. It's like building up the gamer hype tension as we play. When and how Pete returns to save Miles and we all go nuts mentality when he does, I mean its obvious Pete will be in SM3. All about building up the tension to make it far more impactful
Insomniacs Miles is so damn cool, equally like them both
Edit. All guess work of course
Be greater together
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for November 2023?
Nothing for me this month, have Mafia 2 already. Some months are crap or already own the games on the good months. On my PS5 currently I've got Callisto Protocol, Sniper Elite 5, Grid Legends getting double PS4 plat now, Tacoma, and Gotham Knights all thanks to PS Plus Essential or Extra and theres still so many more i could install so for me it's not bad at all just because November's Essential ain't all that great. Extra in November could be really good yet?
Re: The Last of Us Season 2 Filming Will Start Early Next Year
@Max_the_German I'd be all over that tbh. Getting the part 2 plat all over again on PS5 yes please. Hopefully put the PS4 disc of part 2 into the PS5 for the £5 or £10 upgrade like it was with Uncharted Legacy of Thieves collection. Unless they're including this put on hold factions2 multiplayer and rumoured part 2 expanded story with it. Many PS4 1st party PC releases usually also get a PS5 remaster of sorts?
Re: The Last of Us Season 2 Filming Will Start Early Next Year
Thoroughly enjoyed the first season on physical 4K. It was pretty close to the game but also felt different at the same time with certain expanded scenes and minor differences that made perfect sense for a TV show. Its cgi was better than some big budget movies. Would have been a 10 out of 10 in my head if it wasn't for the lack of action with the infected, not much gun battles and not a single brick or glass bottle was used that I can remember. Everything else was really top tier good so I'll give it 8 maybe a 9 for the first season.
A bit more gun/fist combat action with the evil humans and the infected will go along way for Season 2. Hoping they don't use a golf club this time or any other sports weapon to stop the golf memes all the time, so boring expecting to read comments but end up reading 90% of the comments full of golf memes yawn💤
Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Really Is Just DLC, Says Its Trophy List
Meanwhile GT7 releases yet another dlc for free. That must be about 20 free dlc by now since it released and that's just GT7 alone
Re: Another Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Update Available Now, Here Are the Patch Notes
Platinumed ready for new game + and potential story expansions. Finished the entire game with no bugs or crashes at all
Re: PS Plus Essential Games for November 2023 Leaked
Mafia 2 is the best Mafia for me, better than Mafia 1 remake. Got so many in my backlog library that I'm not even sure if I've already purchased Mafia 2 remastered
Re: Ghost of Tsushima Movie Making Progress as Director Heaps Praise on the Game
@Triumph741 it's not a clone though is it. Its roughly based in the Mongol Invasion of Japan from 1274 which is something AC series hasn't been anywhere near before. Every open world game that has a map with stealth involved doesn't mean its an AC clone. What was SuckerPunch meant to do for it to not be considered a clone, make Jin Sakai use handguns with silencers or shotguns or use night vision goggles for stealth in 1274 just to make it not be a clone makes no sense whatsoever. Not once did Jin Sakai climb a very tall building and fall from it into a bundle of hay. Ubisoft ain't the first for open world maps or the first to use stealth in any game and they certainly aint the best top tier pinnacle at it either
Re: Ghost of Tsushima Movie Making Progress as Director Heaps Praise on the Game
@Triumph741 All AC games never interested me new or old, over the years, can only really speak for GoT. Do remember trying AC1 or 2 back in the PS3 early days and got bored super quick. You speak of copy but isn't AC the one copying GoT with the Japanese setting. Yh I do think GoT is better than all AC games combined just my opinion. So many gamers don't bother with any AC games and still have great gaming tastes. Soon rather replay Shadow of Mordor or GoT again than play any AC game, nothing wrong with that
Re: Biggest Gran Turismo 7 Update Ever Adds Cars, Tracks, Modes, Challenges
Would be nice if there's some new trophies to get for the newly added 50 license tests or just new trophies added for some other challenges
Re: Ghost of Tsushima Movie Making Progress as Director Heaps Praise on the Game
@Triumph741 if AC was anywhere near as good and polished as GoT, then I'd be all over the entire AC series but it's not
Re: Ghost of Tsushima Movie Making Progress as Director Heaps Praise on the Game
By the time this movie is fully made and ready to go for cinema, guessing SuckerPunch Ghost of 2 will also be ready for a double whammy?
Re: Expect a 'Major' Unannounced Title from Capcom Before March 2024
RE2 remake 2019
RE3 remake 2020
RE4 remake 2023
RE Code Veronica remake 2024
They've done it before with RE remakes being separated by only a year. We all know RE3 remake had so much cut content and Nemesis transformed far to early compared to its 1999 original. Doubt this is true but not impossible as they've done it recently before with RE2 and RE3 remakes. If true hope they've learned from their cut content mistakes. Probably Monster Hunter
Re: Sony's New PS5 Earbuds and Headset Get Release Dates, Pre-Order Details
Sony doing small videos for their new Playstation headphones and buds ain't wrong but I want vids for new 2024 games instead
Re: Modern Warfare 3 Set to Claim 140GB of PS5 SSD Space
140GB of shooting the same generic human soldier over and over again in multiplayer and its campaign. The single player campaigns usually last for about 7 maybe 10 hours if you lucky
Re: It Sounds Like PS5 Is Handily Outselling Its New-Gen Rival in France
There's blue and red colors in the French flag
Re: UK Sales Charts: Spider-Man and Mario Trade Places in Battle for Top Spot
No digital just physical boxed sales and it's from one country. As always need a worldwide chart that includes both physical and digital. I wouldn't be surprised to see Mario Wonder have slightly more sales total given that almost 100 million more Switch in comparison to PS5. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 doesn't matter what position Spiderman 2 is in, it'll do amazing numbers regardless. Both previous Insomniac Spiderman games did 33 million total as of last year?
Re: UK Sales Charts: Spider-Man and Mario Trade Places in Battle for Top Spot
Keeping my copy of Spidey2 for potential story expansion dlc and new game plus. Mario Wonder about 10 hours to finish main and about 18+ hours for 100%. Spiderman 2 takes about 15 hours to finish story and about 25+ hours to 100% platinum. Perfectly fine for Mario Wonder to not be a 70 to 100+ hour game but not for Spidey2, weird hypocrisy
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Marvel's Spider-Man 2?
Far to good of a high quality tight package of a game to even be considered for a 7 or 8 in my honest opinion. Gameplay, story and performance 120hz 40fps VRR smoothed or uncapped is all high quality on day one so for me personally it's a 10 out of 10. Pure quality throughout and not this boring bland diarrhea quantity
Re: Sony on PS Plus Price Increase: We Want to Make PlayStation Plus Great
Some more day ones, not necessarily huge 1st party of course. Not expecting huge money making triple A blockbusters like Ragnarok, Horizon, TLoU3, Ghost of Tsushima 2 or Spiderman 2 to be day ones. A lot more indies day one, a lot more double A day one. Stray was a huge W for PS Plus. Up the day ones per year. Improve Premium, it's not rocket science
Re: Alan Wake 2 (PS5) - A Nightmare We Never Want to Wake Up From
Looks like this will be my game to play in all of October Halloween 2024. Hopefully a good chunky digital sales on it by then. So much to play as is. Paying bills can kiss my ar**
Re: Site News: Where's Our Alan Wake 2 PS5 Review?
There will be zero articles from no one about AW2 completion times and yet it's most likely roughly the same length in completion times as Spiderman 2 is but Spidey2 gets loads of articles about it from many. The argument about AW2 is 60 and Spiderman 2 is 70 doesn't make sense for its completion times because you'll get many other games at £60 or 70 that takes far less time to finish than what Spiderman 2 does and yet still no articles about those other games length times like Spidey 2 has
Impressed with the reviews I've read for AW2 so far but I'm stacked with so many other must play games recently and the backlog that I'm gonna have to wait for it, plus my bills need paying