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I have it on pre order, it looks great so far!

@Andee Yeah right now that's me, but if there is a Nintendo console that can play AAA games and be portable I won't buy the PS6 (Not really into much of the Sony 1P stuff except Detroit Become Human/ GOT on PS4 and now maybe Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade finally on PS5). I got an Xbox for 3P as you can get the digital codes much cheaper online which you can't do with PSN much.

@Ainu20 I think most Nintendo fans like myself would pay up to $500/£450 for a Nintendo handheld/home console that could play GTA 6 and all the latest games. They would still have Pokémon, Zelda, Animal Crossing, Mario plus tons of other exclusives Sony could only dream of. It's hard to know how powerful this new Nintendo console will be , but I am pretty confident it will retail higher than the Switch and games will be £/$70. It will still sell like hotcakes.

In the UK and Xbox Series S is £250 and a full Oled Switch is around £300 but one has outsold the other by a big margin and I don't need to tell you which one.

Honestly Sony should be worried about Nintendo. I think they are the ones who are going to give Sony a real headache over the next decade. If the new Nintendo gets anywhere near to playing AAA games Sony are in big trouble. Nintendo will do to Sony what Sony did to Xbox in the Xbox One/PS4 gen. With Microsoft in the console space, Nintendo are too risk adverse to really try and compete on hardware power. Without an Xbox console Nintendo can really go for the PlayStation.

Am I the only one that thinks this kind of behaviour is weird? I mean Xbox does have games published on PlayStation (Ori, Cod, Minecraft) and Nintendo so is this really news?

I can see why removing the platforms could be seen as a move to remove fuel to the fire but some people just want to start the fire and watch the world burn.

A lot of PS4 players still out there!

SEGA got the gamepass money and sold loads. Great business move there. I tried it on gamepass and liked it so much I brough it for Xbox for a very good discount (online code).

I can't wait for P6, If it does lunch in 2025 alongside GTA6 that would be one of the biggest gaming years ever.

In game free add ons and difficulty options for the W. Sony know that not locking this and Rise of The Ronin to just a souls like difficulty will net them more profit. It means I'll be buying both when I wasn't planning to before. Many others who dislike souls like games will follow alongside those who want a challenge.

It has difficulty settings, so I'm in!

Please avoid Truck Driver: The American Dream at all costs. It is terrible. It has no business been over £20. The £50 and even £39 price tags should be criminal.

I am currently juggling P3R, Like a Dragon IW and FF7 Remake this month.

If all goes well I will be free for the launch of FF7 rebirth and I can add Rise of the Ronin and Unicorn Overlord to my plate. I will also be dipping in and out of Taxi Life (I sometimes hate having such a broad taste in games as it's expensive in time and money).

All eyes have been on Sony vs Microsoft but Nintendo is the one Sony should really be worrying about.

Right now they are seen as a companion handheld lower powered console device.

Soon they could be seen as a more powerful hybrid device that call run all of the 3P AAA games on top of their hugely successful 1P games. The new Zelda game shipped 20 million units in 7 months.

Sony need to focus on software because apart from the new God of War game the software has not been tracking as well as last gen. I'd say the quality has already been lower vs the PS4 gen.

Do you need to have completed FF7 Remake Part 1 to play this demo? I am curious to try it out but still working through the first game.

I'm about halfway through the story and it's between 9.5-10. It is maybe a little too big but there are some great QoL features which really improve upon the last game which ended up at 10/10.

English VO's gave me FF16 vibes. I was expecting Eve to shout out "Clive" at any moment.

@get2sammyb I'm apprehensive about the difficulty level. I would be curious to see if there are difficulty levels because they have made it sound like it will be a pretty challenging experience which I might struggle with which is disappointing.

Edit looks like IGN Japan confirmed difficulty options which is a relief! but looking forward to the combat article as I still like a bit of a challenge.

I may watch this as I am pretty new to Final Fantasy. I have only ever played FF16 (wasn't super impressed) and I am on chapter 3 of FF7 Remake (More impressive). I'm sure most viewers have already played part one of the game.

I am curious how the marketing will balance new vs existing players.

I feel sorry for those who see this as a problem or will feel bad about it. MS didn't get so rich leaving so much money on the table.

@IAmAshCohen17 SEGA are doing great now and consoles won't be around for ever.

As someone who has always owned all 3 consoles as an adult and never been into console wars, this is great news. It's great news for players and it's great news for Microsoft's bank account. Hardcore Xbox fans won't like it but MS are the best at finding where the Billions/Trillions of dollars are. Even though they might not yet be ready to fully leave the home console route going down the publishing route long term is a very smart move. You can publish digital and cloud games but you can't publish consoles.

One thing that is known is that they are looking at DLC, so they really could be moving the SEGA way of not doing who game launches and moving to post launch content. An insider did say they want to go down the RGG Lost Judgment post content DLC route. I personally hope they can make P4G in unreal engine 4 to out in in line with P3R. That would be great.

Also the other point missed is that a new version of Reload will be lapped up because honestly the quality of content per $/£ is very high and Altus has a huge loyal fanbase. I know for fact I'd be buying that Royal edition day one and I am not going to try and act cool and pretend otherwise.

Pretty impressive for Reload to get to no2 considering it's meant to be more of a niche title. No surprise that Suicide Squad is at no1 given the huge amount of marketing Sony has put into the game. I have seen advertisements for this game everywhere. The the DC appeal for casuals is something to factor in. Doubt it will be no1 when FF7 Rebirth comes out though.

Persona 3 Reload and Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth. I might dip into FF7 Remake too as it would like to complete it ahead of the launch of Rebirth.

The demo would be very handy for me. I think the best thing for me to do though is to fully play FF7 Intergrade and see how I like it. I must say Intergrade already feels so much better to play than FF16. The Demo was actually the best part of FF16 and I sorely regret buying it day 1.

I have just played the first 3 hours of FF7 Remake on PS plus and I am very impressed. Already it feels significantly more enjoyable than when I played FF16. I may yet get rebirth. It will certainly be a busy month as I am already juggling Like a Dragon IW and P3R which are time sinks!

I have gotten to chapter 5 and really enjoying the game so far!

One of the first to get the full set up! others like IGN and Polygon still updating as of this post!

Very useful article thanks!

I'm playing it for the first time and I am enjoying it a lot. I am bouncing between this and Like a Dragon at a steady pace and have until later on in March (Rise of The Ronin) to complete both by. I am planning FF7 Intergrade and Rebirth later in the year during the quiet summer months.

The QoL features to put it closer in line with P5R while adding some new things with UE4 is great. I also noticed they kept some very intentional PS2 design choices for the interiors and lighting. Apparently some of new new tech tried out on this project will be carried over to P6 which is encouraging (Also why development is taking longer than expected). So far it's tracking at a 9/10. It's clearly a lower budget effort vs other big SEGA titles but it still is enjoyable to play. It's also great to see lots of other new players having a go on Gamepass too.

I'm too busy with other games but this looks decent. The demo reminded me a little bit of Tales of Arise in its world design and structure plus AAA budget polish. I might pick this up on sale.

I was more excited for Rise of The Ronin before but I think this has moved ahead due to the great showing and sheer lack of info for RoTR.

Overall pretty good, a little disappointed with the lack of depth to the Rise of The Ronin "deep dive" though. I felt like I did not really learn anything new. It would have been nice to get confirmation of the adaptive difficulty styles and a bit more on how the story is dynamic. I am even unsure if this has an English dub.

Stellar Blade was a very nice surprise and gave some good depth to what the game was about - I think I'm going to pre order this first and wait for more info/reviews on Rise of the Ronin.

To be honest this looks meh.

There goes Altus the business being a business again. If you don't want it, vote with your wallet. As a first time player I'll want it so I will be getting it (Hoping it won't just be locked to hard mode this time around).

Looking forward to the Rise of The Ronin showing.. and for those worried about Souls Like, no need it has already been confirmed that it will have difficulty options and layers of combat depending on your playstyle.

https://gameranx.com/updates/id/485674/article/rise-of-the-ronin-to-have-three-difficulty-modes/

Going to play it on Gamepass for the first time, and if I like it I will buy it. I loved P5R and P4G so I'm sure I will enjoy this one too with all the modern additions. I know a lot of people joke about them releasing a Royal editions but I don't think they will be returning to this due to the limited resources and the big development push for P6.

From what I have seen so far It looks like a departure from the first 2 games and not in a good way.. This will stay on my maybe list for now.

Looking great, I'm looking forward to playing this next week.

@phoenix1 Yeah they offer post launch DLC purchases for every RGG and Altus game that has launched since SEGA has been the publisher. It will work out slightly more expensive to buy it all at launch but I plan on just buying the more expensive Master vacation bundle first and the rest on sale later on.

Like Dead Island 2 RoboCop was very much a 20/25 hour one and done kind of situation. Solid 7/10 games I somewhat enjoyed but I won't ever go back to because of the constant steam of high quality games coming out in 2024.

If you are a RoboCop fan and can get the game for around £25/$30 then it is worth the time and the money.

HL must be getting close to that 25mil mark now. Sold way more than expected.

@OtsutsukiBoruto Why would you punish the developer (RGG) for a choice the publisher (SEGA) made? It makes no sense at all. SEGA are the ones that decide the dodgy DLC practices for their published games. RGG made another great game.

I honestly would never guessed that Fortnite players would be the type of young people that would want to join the Army.

That is depressing. Shame PoP didn't debut higher as a brand new game. HL still selling tons like last year.

PlayStation have pushed marketing for this game hard (Ads plastered all across the London underground and bus stops) so I can imagine it will sell reasonably well and some free post launch updates won't harm sales.

I don't think it will be as bad as the hardcore gaming community are proclaiming but it's something I will pick up on a deep discount to play in a quiet month.

I ordered to standard edition (due to ordering several games for early 2024) but I will be buying the specific DLC's I want at launch including the master vacation bundle.

It would have been better to have the NG+ pulled away from the DLC and hopefully there is some kind of "translation error" or it can be fixed so that standard edition purchases can play NG+. SEGA like all business like to make money (no surprise there). SEGA know that the extremely small pool of PS gamers on this site are not representative of the hundreds of thousands plus that will happily be getting the most expensive edition and won't even know this issue exists and base game players are less likely to do a NG+.

RGG offers extreme gameplay value per hour already so I am less fussed than if it was a less established studio that I don't trust on quality. Like everyone else I decide how to spend my own money and won't be talked down to.

I have no issue with one of the worlds best developers selling optional (the keyword) DLC. You can also play the game on Gamepass for significantly less.

Good article for engagement though I'll give you that OP.

Playing it now and it is a lot of fun! I can see why it reviewed well overall. It is something which can be completed in 25 hours which is very decent. This is the perfect pallet cleanser for Like a Dragon next week/P3R week after. Well worth the purchase.

Because I want a new game to play Neil, not one that will soon be 4 years old.

For those who will be going to CEX, I'm sorry but they will now own the market and will 100% drop the price they will pay you for something in March 2024 vs today. The prices offered are already terrible.

They will offer you £96 or £148 voucher for a boxed digital PS5. And that will only go down. At least game has a more reasonable £175 voucher offer - Was £215 pre slim launch.

CEX also don't offer PSN vouchers to buy which is pretty rubbish.