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lol, I'm actually enjoying this more than the main FFXV game. Everything is weakened by the leveling structure though, it could use less quest grinding and more enemy variety. Kinda hope they expand on this a lot more, connecting the glaives from Kingsglaive to the hunters we meet in FFXV is a fun idea and hopefully not thrown away.

I'm playing on a OneS though, loading times were about the same as using the fast travel button in the singleplayer portion. Could likely experience longer load times the more I play though.

I upgraded to a 4Pro around July and have a 4K tv that isn't compatible with HDR10. While not getting the "full experience" it's mostly been a mixed bag. HZD does look great on it, but this still feels like a small upgrade, something that your general gamer likely won't notice.

And maybe this is more OS-based but my system has been laggy while games are suspended, something that didn't happen with my base PS4 just 5 months ago.

If I could do it over again, would likely opt for the 2nd revision PS4 (uses way less power usage).

I'm more interested in this than finishing the story, so will give it a try some time after work.

::Checks out Most Anticipated, doesn't see Ghost of Tsushima::
HAH, sure guys...suuuuure ;p

Anyway, I'm happy that BotW and Hellblade are up there so much. Also, Mario is rocking a lot of categories. What a great year.

I'm still excited for it. This could mean something as harmless as Dark Souls-like integration or multiplayer missions separate from the main campaign.

Even if it does have more online integration, I trust CDPR to make a good game first. Good developers need to show how online gaming is done correctly, then we could hopefully be rid of lootbox-designed AAA games.

Besides that, the cyberpunk setting lends itself well to different forms of online functionality.

Well that's a nice start, I may be looking into buying one next year. The build quality of XBO consoles are nice though, will be hard to let go of my current one.

Gamers have always wanted this, and developers want it even more. Developers learn to make their games leaner and aging gamers get to play in quick sprints between work/family/life-things.

The idea just had to be executed without compromises to the control scheme....and this is the important part: the games have to be good.

Psvita's biggest 1st party efforts weren't very good. RemotePlay is a decent concept with bad execution. Cross-buy was really only ever used for indie games.

They'd be great rumors if true, I'd love to see DMC and Soul Calibur make a comeback.

"but to what end?"

To make it better, because the DS4 sucks. Analog sticks slip easily, the touchpad was only ever used as secondary start/select buttons, and that battery life is the worst.

Makes sense, the game looks like a fun time. Hopefully this is used as a soft reboot and they don't mess it up again.

Waiting for the holidays to pick this one up.

I'm looking forward to this more than actually finishing the story

I'm not denying the score is likely spot on, just funny that there's only one review in this "review round up" and it's from one of the weaker sites.

After trying to start the game a bunch of times and failing (mostly cause of work), I'll be running through HZD this weekend.

At first I was reluctant to get this, then remembered Monster Hunter World is happening in about 2 months.

Just started a PS4 community called The Wycademy, it was made for friends but figured more folks for pick-up-groups could never be a bad thing.

@3Above lol, should've probably detailed I mean Doom on Switch

I usually want to play the singleplayer campaigns but haven't bought a copy since BO3. Supposedly it has a splitscreen zombie campaign and that's probably the biggest draw for me right now.

This is the case with all 3rd party games during the holidays. In 2 weeks time, there'll be rumblings of a PS4 discount/deal and all of the big stores will be running things like 40% off or Buy2Get1 on new releases.

I'm waiting out Doom, AC: Origins, and Battlefront2.

For me, it's whatever the lips were originally synced to. If they spoke their scenes in English, then I'll watch it in English.

@adf86 Didn't know it's been in development for a while. Gameplay at PSX would put me over the moon.

"it suggested that monthly active users are fast becoming a more important metric than hardware sales."

Heheh, we've had quite a few talks on here about the importance of growing active subscriptions. Microsoft has quietly been tailoring XBL to this group as XBO always struggled in hardware sales.

PS+ has a long way to go. PSNow isn't appealing, the yearly price is going up, and the free games line-up takes huge dips in quality. You could tell they really pull out the shovelware when there isnt an MGSV or Until Dawn to give to subs.

@adf86 They've had this reputation for years and years though. Wider audiences would buy EA Access and it would help bolster PS+ subs which is really what Sony wants right now.

@BLP_Software The same thing that would happen if you tune into Game of Thrones after the intro. It's your responsibility to educate yourself on the subject matter and then plan accordingly.

The point is they covered their bases like any other piece of media has done in the past.

Makes sense. They've been mostly exclusive to Sony consoles since 2008, are independent, and Resogun launched as a free PS+ game. Add to that the current developer fad of style over substance, and you get a studio that's really good at not covering the costs of production.

So now instead of switching around and making a game with substance first, for a range of platforms...it'll be an MP-focused lootbox-a-thon. Let's hope it isn't The Tomorrow Children 2 and closed by Sony in a few months.

@LieutenantFatman I agree, but this is actually less of an issue.

After going back to see the live stream, they did indeed show an ESRB rating before the whole thing kicked off. So frankly put, this is a case of people not paying attention and then deliberately tuning in to something that can trigger them.

Thanks for bringing this up guys, I'm jumping on that deal.

So I'm reading that Sony showed this whole presser without any age-rating labels. That could probably be a problem, but I think press conferences (especially live streamed) are covered because of their nature of showing various content across platforms and ages.

Simply put, anyone watching videogame content with their kids shouldn't be tuning into live streamed press conferences. Same goes for people who are triggered due to PTSD or whatever else they may be suffering from. They should be waiting for the official trailers to release (which happens quickly now), go to their videogame-related site of preference (or Facebook), and watch them there.

I'll put Worms to use, but don't really like Bound. If this rumor is true that is.

"While platform holder Sony has yet to confirm the lineup"
Sony always seems to be late with PS+ news. It's November 1st and we know nothing of November's PS+ games

@mahe wow lol, you're wrong. Just accept that.

It's a great trailer, not sure how the "haha, Nintendo only makes kiddie games!" crowd is calling out too much violence here and then too much cursing in the Beyond Good & Evil 2 trailer.

Make up your minds lol. Are you mature gamers or just kids shifting goal posts while wanting the grimdark?

Reminds me of the people who saw Mad Max and Blade Runner, but don't understand what a dystopia is.

"although it obviously did launch on two platforms with larger install bases."
Also across three separate editions: Regular, Deluxe, and Gold.

Overall, really impressive for Odyssey. Two days of sales on one platform with only one edition, still gets #1 in single-format charts.

This and Maximo would be awesome additions to the PS4 library. Maybe Fortesque will make an appearance at Paris Games Week....maybe not.

The problem with this statement is that it's something other publishers have already been feeling, because lootboxes are popping up everywhere across PC/PS4/XBO. Sony's 2017 is stellar for single player games, but we don't know much about what's on offer in 2018. God of War and even Spider-Man could all of a sudden pop up with a lootbox system.

It's this 4K gold rush that's part of the problem. Not only did both Sony and Microsoft have to release separate consoles to cater to the resolution, they aren't making sales stronger as production costs go up. So eventually, we'll likely see another Tomb Raider situation where selling millions isn't good enough for the publisher.

Making back its money 3 months ahead of schedule is always a good thing. I'm rooting for Hellblade all the way.

As I consider my top5 GOTY contenders for 2017, Hellblade is one of the biggest that stick in my mind. And yet there's so many good games that released too. I'm just glad most were lootbox-free

@mahe That gamespot article you linked to is counting an entire month of Mario Kart Wii sales -_-

Redd's many links are counting 7 days of MK8Deluxe sales.

MK8Deluxe took off like crazy, it's ridiculous to assume otherwise just because it's in 8th place after 6 months on the market.

Saw gameplay, it really just looks like you're playing an offline version of their MP modes with bots added in. Absolutely lazy, no thanks.

Mmmm, that looks good. I'd pick it up in a store.

@shogunrok hehe, of course you have....like their review scores :]

I'm just poking fun too by the way. This need not be a one-way street heheh

@blp_software Eh, about 13,000 between PS4 and NS sales places it at 3rd place. Not bad for the pre-holiday rush.

And it's all making them big money, so we won't see it in decline any time soon (if ever). Luckily, I'm not a fan of online MP in most games and refuse to pick up Lootboxers.

Yup, that's what I'm calling these now. Their own special genre of scummy

Well, it looks miles better than those POS Knack games you champion so much.

Will likely outsell them by week1 too

@meppi Not all of these issues are that big and the one's that are likely didn't appear during playtesting. That's just the way things go, bigger games with full $60 pricetags have been much worse off.

Well that's a nice way to close out its first year. I look forward to seeing if any of these stick as leading PSVR games.

They need mainstays, not steam shovelware.

@shogunrok Sony should support it, sure. 3rd parties shouldn't have to worry about including it in their budget unless Sony is paying them for the support/patch.

There are more PS4 owners than 4Pro, may as well say 3rd parties have to make PSVR supported games too. Because that's the main point of that product.

Meh, not every game needs 4Pro support. As long as it's fun and playable, that's all that matters.

Unless it's purely cosmetic, I don't like microtransactions in games.

Multiplayer: They make booster packs that essentially can get a player to the highest level and equipment at the press of a button. Considering that balance patches are a constant thing in these online games, it's clear that these gamers get a huge lead over your regular player who's going up the ranks naturally.

Singleplayer: Everything becomes piecemeal. All of a sudden, armor doesnt just consist of three pieces, but more like seven. Then these are split further into rare item levels and sold as booster packs.
Besides that, it completely ruins immersion and just turns your game into another store front. It may as well directly connect to my BestBuy account, because I won't feel like a hero if I'm reading "Buy this Booster Pack!" in some corner of my inventory.

There needs to be a game that openly mocks this, so it can start a conversation between developers and publishers.

@BLP_Software I agree with you, but that's the way these online-dependent games work. Not sure they could separate the singleplayer from their servers even if they wanted to.

...and yet I hear the singleplayer campaign doesnt have matchmaking lol.

I confused Hue with Hob, and now I'm a little sad

Well they are the publishers of the XBO version, this deal was most likely already in place since we heard about it at E3. Bloomberg articles aren't very savvy with gaming news.

Exclusivity deals happen all the time.

@fullbringichigo Microsoft and Square Enix were happy with Rise of the Tomb Raider sales though. It came out on November 2015 and by the end of that year they sold a million digital copies alone.

That's around 11am-2pm in Washington, where Bungie's studio is. They'd likely have to schedule maintenance between 7am-11am (12:00 to 16:00 UK) to make it better for everyone.

Besides that, it's an MMO. Weekly downtime and no ability to play any part of the game during that time is completely normal.

It's definitely smart of them to capitalize on the battle royale genre, Fortnite just isn't for me.

Great list, but I'd change a few out.

Bushido Blade instead of Tekken3, and Brave Fencer Musashi instead of Resident Evil 2. Also, toss in 1Xtreme