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Re: Pounce on Pre-Orders for Stray Physical Edition on PS5, PS4

EVIL-C

I'm truly disappointed that physical isn't an option on day 1. Now I have to contemplate signing up for Sony's GamePass clone, or wait a few months for a hard copy. Let me guide my fluffy orange kitty back home now, not later! 🐈😫

@Lovespuds That's exactly what they do, though. Stray is an exception where it is getting a standard retail release as well. The whole business model is trash.

Re: Last Year, Free-to-Play Games Accounted for a Quarter of Total PS Store Spend on PS4

EVIL-C

@LiamCroft Maybe not today, but this is a shockingly high number. One that will likely only increase in the future. Once Upon a Time, digital downloads were the minority, now they're the majority of sales. How do you miss the obvious that this can potentially set a bad precedence going forward? Less incentive to invest in a traditional consumer-friendly gaming model, so hey let's load our games up with even more DLC, in-game paid currencies, and invasive micro transactions.

I proudly spent $0 on F2P last year.

Re: Preview: New Saints Row Looks Like Fantastic Fun, But It's Also Distinctly Last-Gen

EVIL-C

It's not a problem, PS. More Saints Row is all I'm asking for. It's such a fun, ridiculous series. 😂 SR4 really went too far with the OP god-like powers, so toning it down is actually welcomed. We'll have a reason to drive cars again. They were useless in SR4.

@jFug You don't see it because it's not there. It's a purely aesthetic dislike from some of these individuals, nothing more. An aesthetic critique is perfectly reasonable. Same reason Metroid Prime Federation Force got obliterated online was its chibi style, yet the game was actually awesome.

The internet caused that word to lose all meaning. It's like calling something "gay" as a universal insult if one doesn't like/doesn't understand X topic or issue at hand. So nauseating...

Re: Sony Is Still Gaming's Second Biggest Money Maker, But Looks Set to Be Overtaken

EVIL-C

@lolwhatno You can't generalize fans of one platform as being some kind of hive mind. I own every platform and use them for different reasons; with regard to Xbox specifically, while GamePass is great, I don't intentionally subscribe to it as a rule, unless I find a promo or discount on it. Since I don't have a lot of free time for gaming, I would rather just buy the games that I'm most interested in, (and often physically at that 😉) and play them on my own time, not when a service tells me I have to play now, or else it may be gone next week.

I also did buy Xbox for some exclusives, such as Halo infinite, Gears 6, potential exclusives like Doom, Wolfenstein, and my absolute #1 most desired exclusive, the reimagined (and hopefully not trash) Perfect Dark. Some Xbox digital titles are Play Anywhere, which gives you the PC version as well for free.

I got a lot of my multiplatform releases for Series X because it's the most powerful console of the three, PS5 for Sony exclusives, and Switch for 1st party, most retro/indie titles, or if I want portability.

Re: PS Vita the Only Console Snubbed in Sony's New PS Plus Premium Subscription

EVIL-C

It's sad because the Vita did have some great titles and was very technically impressive for the time. I've always had a soft spot for handhelds, but Sony acted like the Vita was dead by 2014, and it limped along for years after without Sony. Plus It'd be challenging to adapt some of those titles for a non-touch interface. Sony still demonstrating they never believed in Vita, not then and not now. 😔

Re: UK Sales Charts: Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Settles for Second as Kirby Conquers

EVIL-C

If it wasn't for Ikumi Nakamura's E3 presentation, GWT would've had even less attention paid to it. The game never looked very good, and that recent gameplay trailer was an absolute snoozefest. "Let's take a great ghost finding concept like Fatal Frame, and suck all the fun and intrigue out of it! Brilliant!". 🤦‍♂️

At least Kirby's doing well.