I sort of disagree - 16 (many more in reality) games have come out without even a single one CLEARLY failing and leading to layoffs.
The MOST mismanaged IPs are the ones like Days Gone (Bend released 1(!) game in 15 years according to a commenter on here), TLOU 2 (polarization and a awesome project, consumer-ready and live service capable cut away). Both are somewhat succesful you might argue, but I feel like they could both be in a much better place if only yada yada.
Hard to believe that anyone in 2025 would want something as old and conventional as 'polarizing' content that divests the creator of half the fan base.
But here we are, and I just want Video to blink twice if he is kidnapped and controlled by Neil Druckmann.
I like Premium so far. I paid WAY LESS than a dollar a month for the top tier.
I get Old movies! Some good ones Game Trials (already tried SpiderMan2. Gonna try others too) And old games I don't really want. I tried a Syphon Filter 3. Are you kidding me😂 Jesus, I lasted less than a minute
My immediate reaction was one of small disappointment. But there are games I would try and they just add to the pile of availability on the services. Plus, for an RPG fan how could it be better than trying Deus Ex for the first time!?
I am actually mostly playing something from the PS Plus library. I liked the value of getting everything Destiny on my sub, so I took my old, weathered Hunter who began during the beta of the first destiny out of early retirement. I cleared the Lightfall campaign and are now playing the Final Shape. That will suffice, I hope, as I don't really want to play too much Destiny. Right now I am most annoyed with the speed of leveling up my light. I am 1964 and they want me to crawl up to 2015!?
Personally, I would love to see PS5 Pro well-supported in terms of new games and older games being optimized for it, like say RDR 2 and CP 2077.
If Sony truly is focused on developing 1st party games for PS6, it will be multiplatform and I would just play them on the Pro unless I can sell for more than I bought it for.
On one hand, I am not worried about updating as new hardware is suffering from diminishing returns. On the other hand, 3-4 years should be enough time to put in parts that create substantial differences in output.
I don't pay for games that are on GamePass as a rule of thumb.
I am very interested in having GamePass, but I only have a work PC that couldn't run the newest Deus Ex, so I would have to stream and iirc that would require GamePass ultimate and even then many titles are not available to stream.
Also, I just shelled out for a year's premium in a fit of delirium. I am now stuck with playing Train Simulator 5 instead of the absolute mad value found on GamePass.
I would be happy to know if at least developers were fairly compensated for putting their games on PS Plus. I fear they are not, and are merely taking the deal when projections show their games aren't selling even when discounted, and when they can see that it essentially is marketing (they are paid for) for their next game or dlc are looming.
I actually have premium now. And Sony doesn't disappoint in disappointing me.
I paid the price of a real good game for a year of seemingly questionable additions!? This was my honest first reaction to seeing this list - I felt like it was less than mediocre.
But on second thought, I will maybe try FBC: Firebreak even if it is a multiplayer, it is from the universe of Control.
Deja Vu with Battlefield 2042 - it feels like this has been on essential and extra before, and it is such a forgettable experience, I felt in the past. These multiplayer games barely feels worth my time to try them out.
Five Nights at Freddy - wow, a VR game, but also for kids and it might be quite terrible.
The Hunter: Call for sleep will put me right to sleep. Might be great to have a literal button to press that instantly sends me snoozing.
We Love Katamari - No, we don't! Who said we did!? Like, what even is this? Seems like something stuck in an empty wrapper of candy 🍭
Eiyuden Chronicle: the heroes I bother to find - okay, an RPG! But no, it is an OLD-looking RPG. How dare Sony. Don't they know who I am!?
Train World 5 - I won't even make it past the menu with this one. My PlayStation, who just became the newest member of SAG-Effron will refuse to download this and go into strike
Deus Ex - Okay, a museum of past RPG glory. I will definitely peer into the lobby of this one. I started up a Syphon Filter from the classics and Jim Ryan literally spoke through me and said "who the actual hell would want to play this hellscape of low res?"
GamePass users must be laughing somewhere ...😂 But jokes aside, some real diverse experiences on offer at the very least.
I think you're MAY BE too hard on this game. I've had the 'pleasure' of playing GTA Online which is quite a bad, bare bone experience even with all the lazy updates it felt so bad and grindy to play.
This looks much better than that and yeah it'll update in the coming years and improve with each iteration, but if I wanted GTA right now, I wouldn't play the online mode, I'd try out Mindseye.
I got Persona 4 Golden last year, and it was a bit rough so I actually fell back into Persona 5 Royal. It could use a loving hand to make it more palatable, but hopefully they will offer an upgrade path or I will do without. #TooManyGames
I put on ny VR helmet and let The Quarry play out like a movie. It was utter, utter madness. I remember laughing like a maniac and being at utter disbelief at what transpired. I don't think I made it to the end of the game, so I'd be keen to revisit or experience this new less campy story that seems to have real weight.
Looks awesome! I have fortunately picked up my VR headset again and are finding myself enjoying it more than normal flat screen gaming at the moment. Picking up Premium gave me the incentive to try the VR offerings! Synapse is currently on rotation and I thought about platforming as we see in this title. It is a kind of next-gen I really want to try.
I wish Sony had stayed their hand on Concord Studio and Fairgame$ studio - both exceptional waste of money - and used the money to push game modes of AAA-games out instead. Also, Bungie seems to be a complete waste of money. I tried downloading the Bungie Destiny DLC of the past 3-4 years and it is utterly underwhelming to actually play.
They are never seeing ANY money coming from those black holes. At least they closed one of 'em.
I think I spent a lot on Outer Worlds back in the day.
I was ultimately let down by the scope of the game. I loved the humour, but everything else was undercooked and halfbaked.
They presented number 2 really well in terms of humour and promising the scope of the game being much grander. The Director of Sequels at Obsidian really sold me on the sequel's humour. I love their sense of humour and take on corporatism. If I could I would definitely buy it, but I've put myself in a sort of curfew from buying games.
So far, the GamePass titles moving to PS Plus are few and far between and that's too bad. For the price of a single video game (premium price) I got a year's worth of PS Plus Premium, so I WON'T spend money on gaming for a whole year despite the BIG 3-E presentations really selling each and every game with such fanfare.
To me, this was a trilogy of high, high class with so many games on offer. It is absolutely dizzying. Of course, horror games/shooters and Souls-likes (and even fighting games) were heavily featured and will battle each other in brutal fashion.
I am completely surprised by people NOT being impressed!
I think, overall, Xbox has the strongest showing. That Handheld looked sick and GamePass is just the best deal for flat screeners.
Here is the thing though. I paused the showcase and got on my PSVR2 headset and was completely floored by playing Star Wars: Tales of the Galaxy Edge Enhanced Edition <--- If you ever enjoyed being in the arcade shooting with a prop gun then this experience will blow it out of the water!
I felt like a Star Wars Merc with a cool device strapped to my left arm, dual wielding blasters in gorgeous 360-surroundings. GamePass can't do that!
Some okay content, I guess. Nice to see Mads on stage.
I thought the State of Play was way more entertaining and maybe had better games, too. But it is just like .. my opinion. I am sure that if I actually stack up the announcements against each other and remember every game shown, the longer showcase will win out. So, maybe I am saying that SoP held up quite well in the face of the competition.
I really like Splitgate 2's announcement, calling out COD for being a boring ever ending cycle of same.
Well, there we have it folks. Honest Hick confirms that Xbox has NO games*
*in VR
For the record, there are enough PS users to fill a planet that are critical towards decisions that Sony has made in terms of live service push. It was at least 10 games and three studios too much and tied up development and ressources which has resulted in a lot of devs getting paid for absolute zero returns.
Summer Games Fest just happened, and sadly the public execution of Haven didn't happen. Maybe we can get a blog post next month about how the studio was nuked from orbit. Everything about it is so ludicrous. The Project Hearts or secret alpha-thing and the slinking exit of J. Ray are proof that this is basically a scam-project as I've always said.
That's good - Sony produced an entertaining slate of news, and people took a look at it. This could incentivize Sony to strive for excellence when putting together a state of Play.
It will be interesting to compare it to Summer Games and Microsoft's. Or even the State of Unreal. I just looked up the state of Unreal and the Witcher 4 showcase might be the most impressive graphical demonstration I've ever seen!
I voted it as a top tier and excellent State of Play.
I do that because it had so much going for it. Great reveals, lots of quirky, fun games, peripherals, banger additions to Premium, updates for fan favorites, VR announcements. You'd have to be a no-name troll to come on here and act unimpressed😂
First Light was a definite highlight for me.
I especially think it is great due to the onslaught of games to be presented in Summer Games Fest, Microsoft show, and all the individual showcases from studios, publishers or individual games.
To be able to present an awesome slate of games, peripherals and additions to service is impressive in light of how the SOPs have suffered from a loss of prestige. A huge leap in the right direction.
Yeah! Agree on the absurdity of missing games! It is like Microsoft and Playstation switched destinies.
Hermen Hulst, Connie Booth and Jim Ryan should be held accountable for not only gutting many studios but putting in their place vapourware factories like Haven, Bend and Firewalk Studio.
The games they do release are great, though. I really enjoyed Ragnarok and have reserved titles like Forbidden West (which I keep pushing away instead of playing) and Spider-Man 2.
Playstation are nearing the status of Steam - a preferred storefront and console for playing 1st, 2nd and 3rd-party stuff.
I think that my PS5 Pro, Portal and PSVR2 will last me for a very long time (4+ more years at least. I could also see a future where hardware upgrades are more or less irrelevant to getting a great performance and fidelity), unless I sell them for close to what I paid for them. In my case, I can probably squeeze out even more than what I paid for the PS5 Pro.
Well, it is just one month's offering and coupled with the extra library I can play through all of Destiny 2's story. I will try and speed run it.
I caved in and subscribed to Premium and I am completely flabbergasted by the wealth of content. I feel like I am at a buffet. I went to the soon-to-expire pile and settled on trying Monster Hunter Rise (my niece and daughter watched for 15 minutes) and when I get home, I'll try Kajak VR as the first VR experience on PS5 Pro. I am ready to be offered a chill experience. It is nice that Sony makes it easy to tell what you need to play first before it goes away from the service(s).
I am confused - why can't I access my Sony Pictures Movie sub as part of the premium package on my Portal and why can't I 'STREAM' games on the Portal? I thought you could actually do WITHOUT a console if you subbed the Premium tier? But maybe it is because I try to stream from the console and I should access the Portal UI?
Had a lot of fun this weekend wrapping up seemingly endless activities, dlc and side quests in Dying Light 2 - a game utterly transformed since my first playthrough of a barebone experience. The Pro mode is well made and compared to any one graphical setting is vastly superior. The game is so fun, but I think I should rest it before completing the main quests in DLC and story.
I have decided to buy discounted Premium and try out the highest wrung tier of subscription gaming on PlayStation for a whole year. There's a bunch of games across all three tiers I'd like to try and as a Destiny fan I should finally play through 4-5 years of story dlc landing on the service.
My prediction is that within a year Expedition, Indiana Jones and The Rebellion RPG will all have come to the service.
I might also buy Spider Man 2 as I have an itch for the pinnacle of single player gaming: Sony 1st party studio gaming! But I should really finish BG3 and take up my run of KCD II as I have criminally left them tittering towards the jaws of backlog oblivion😂
Hah! I forgot about streaming and online access. I will splurge and get it. Thank you for the push over the edge. I read that you had developed some games once, and I was like: 'So cool'!
I am also abstaining from dipping into offers for digital games as they are simply not enticing save for Spider-Man 2. I am tempted after playing Ragnarok which was AMAZING. There's something about Playstation♥️
Actually, I think PS Plus Premium is even better value than bargain hunting on Steam, if you can live with someone else choosing your range of selection (which also happens as not EVERY game is discounted on steam ALL the time and at prices you find appealing).
A classic catalogue + trials + films + 390+ extra games library + access to previously claimed essential games + 12 months of added content is actually great value no matter how you look at it.
I think it might just be marketing, but Days of Play has historically been about giving away games as fan service. Remember Corona! They gave away free games back then. But it is marketing, however early they planned it and I personally feel it is working!
I am genuinely tempted to try a year of PS Plus Premium. It isn't even the games in the classics catalogue, but the fact that it is only a couple of dollars extra (see what I did there) on top of the fee for the middle tier.
There's maybe 5 games I would try right now, but the many-hour Trials and films are quite tempting. Plus there's five games or so on there I would at least try. And there will be 12 months of extra content coming in.
On top of that... 384 games currently, and about 20 I would play, and on top of that... 12 months of additions.
On top of that... 12 rounds of essential tier-games offering as well as access to my previously claimed games.
But it would mean I won't be buying new games, because I tend to limit myself to playing what I already have on offer.
I think PS Plus discounted 33 per cent is CRAZY good value.
Any one else jumping on the most expensive tier for the first time?
Chaste Sony is obscenely perverse when it comes to paying out salaries for w@#$_& and live service ghouls. But allow one dirty mod!? They'd rather die.
Yeah! Considering I will eventually sell my PS5 Pro(or keep for a decade!) for maybe 700-800 U$D because it costs in my country the equivalent to 913 USD it means I will actually break even on owning consoles since 2015. Effectively, I will only have paid for subscriptions and digital libraries of games. If I wasn't dumb, I'd have bought a disc drive and borrow/resale games to also effectively break even on that.
The PSVR 1+2 is another story. Gave away the first one to my nephews and the other set is still in my TV furniture drawer begging me to use them. I think they are slowly losing about 50 per cent of their value. I have to play the waiting game for it to go out of stock and be rare enough to suddenly retain or exceed their original price for entry.
I just spoke with the one purchasing my PS5 and we both regret getting rid of old systems. Like my Sega with cartridges. Or my first Playstation 1, 2, 3. I only have the original PS4 left to use for my daughter's needs.
I will say that getting a PS5 digital edition on launch day has been worth it for me. Recently, I've been as frugal as I possibly could be, but having a digital one isn't that purse pinching to begin with. I've bought several games full price and that really shows on the list of receipts.
But! I could have just sold my digital for 125-50 per cent during the days of scarcity and then picked up a disk edition as my country allows you to simply borrow (a select few and big) PS5 games for free at the local library.
GamePass needs PlayStation to fund its ridiculously generous selection of new and old games - but right now the Xbox Series X + GP has been the ultimate bargain for two years and running. But both companies need you on an essential tier for online gaming, which means a lot of gamers have gotten access to many, many games that are worth more than the subscription. They just only have access when subbed, that's the trade off.
If you really care about your gaming, you'd do well to invest in a PS5 Pro. All my testing shows that the game's run better, look better and can handle the game worlds much better than its little brother.
I have traded in my PS4 Pro (5 years ago), my PS5 (1 day ago) and was able to snag a PS 5 pro HEAVILY discounted due to it being a demo model for a supplier. All in all, that influx of good money earned from selling outdated consoles have contributed in making gaming an inexpensive and yet state of the art experience that PC gamers can only dream of and will have to pay 2000 dollars to truly achieve.
I hope they announce the public execution of everyone involved in the thieving Haven hive. I'm talking french guillotine and off with the head of Antoinette.
Also, I want Sony to go full pervert and reveal a game where you can press X to bonk. Alix Wilting Regan, the voice behind Alt in Cyberpunk, should voice the main male gaze. The story should be quite lengthy as that would require her to do voice recordings in pitch black room w/ skeleton crew for several days in total. I dunno, there's just something about this intelligent and talented and very beautiful voice worker having to do hamster squeaks for days that picks at my funny bones.
I'd love for Sony to present more Dead or Alive-service games.They've dedicated half of their entire armada to this fruitless, bankrupt and massively stupid endeavour and I don't think they're near ready to stop screwing that up, however chaste that company may be otherwise. If only droves of fans, there from the beginning, had audibly warned them on TouchCircle. All of this would've been avoided.
Cyberpunk is such an amazing game. I have completed it twice and started a third and final path-playthrough and really enjoyed my time with Night City.
You reported earlier that the leak was precipitated by suggestive lore present in Night City already and well-substantiated theory-crafting by the community. This leak doesn't ruin anything for me - it only fuels intelligent theorizing by an engaged audience waiting for the next installment. I saw something similar with how the hype and conversation surrounding the Harry Potter books kept the audience engaged.
You're right Not even the used market can beat those prices where I'm from. There's a difference between US market and my Scandinavian/European market, but I just managed, today, to sell a 5-year-old system for 414 dollars further bringing down the cost of my already heavily discounted PS5 Pro upgrade.
This narrative was cultured in both companies, studios and games media in 'a rising tide' mentality. Now, it seems that one simply dwarfs the other to the point where one walled garden has completely bled into the other, whilst loyalists still enjoy massive benefits to their streaming product.
We'll remember your feet dragging, when you come on here to sing M$' praises in the future as they reserve their games exclusively to a gaming service that treats every streamable device as an Xbox.
You should be delighted that Xbox in the meantime gets to tap into the sales of an ecosystem that has fostered and cultured the thought of actually buying games.
One of the people behind the great Middle earth games and his team are axed without them releasing anything.
And yet Haven STILL exists! Despite it obviously being a way to extract money to Jade Raymond and people of her I'll from Stadia, Ubisoft and Canada. They even put in the dollar sign in their silly name.
Project hearts underwent to massive disappointment from the pre-alpha testers. And yet PR Sony takes a hit from the bong and praises their work. I guess it is true what they say in the Iron Islands: "What Is Dead May Never Die"
I don't like any of the offers. It'd be cheaper for me to buy a disc drive for the pro and lend PS5 games via the library for free.
I am not to keen on subbing for a longer time either. By subbing two month I covered 4 good months, and my backlog improved when taking the sweet ass deal on PS5 pro, which I nearly got for half price.
Am still trying to sell my launch digital edition, nobody is willing to pay a lot for the privilege of owning an OG PS5 launch rarity. I am tempted to hold on to it. If the grey ones in limited stock are valuable, so should the OG limited stock be.
37 million viewers per episode? Oh.. I guess people like it, then. Which means a season 3 and 4 will happen. The parade of Neil Druckman shall go on unperturbed and he's going to keep getting to make games. People will buy those games, in large numbers.
My consumption ended with TLOU 2, and that's fine. It was still an object of curiosity for me to see how a more passive audience reacted to the shock and awe story that together with the reception became too polarizing. This is it for me. As my interest wanes, I will bow out and let the good people of Earth enjoy their jam and I mine in the future.
Was searching around the web for the 2025-era reception for Dying Light 2. I really like my second playthrough on PS5 Pro. What an experience! It plays so well, and reminds me, finally, of Dying Light 1 (which is a big praise). The graphics are truly amazing. Everything I disliked in my first meagre playthrough has been improved upon.
I am even more liking the story now. Meeting the doctor broke my heart this time as I actually learned about the GRE this time around. I am currently finishing up activities before starting the prologue. Still need to finish the DLC too.
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Re: Final Fantasy 16 May Have Underperformed on PS5, But It's Doing Terribly on Xbox
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I sort of disagree - 16 (many more in reality) games have come out without even a single one CLEARLY failing and leading to layoffs.
The MOST mismanaged IPs are the ones like Days Gone (Bend released 1(!) game in 15 years according to a commenter on here), TLOU 2 (polarization and a awesome project, consumer-ready and live service capable cut away). Both are somewhat succesful you might argue, but I feel like they could both be in a much better place if only yada yada.
Re: Stellar Blade 2 Dev Will Try Its Best to Hit 2027 Release, But Don't Expect It
If there EVER were a game whoose sequel would disappoint in terms of people buying the game this HAS to be it.
People have gotten their fill of the main character's attributes and everything that can be modded to this experience HAS been added.
Of course, they might come back for the game play 🤡
Re: Death Stranding 2 Feedback Was 'Too Good', So Hideo Kojima Made Big Changes
Hard to believe that anyone in 2025 would want something as old and conventional as 'polarizing' content that divests the creator of half the fan base.
But here we are, and I just want Video to blink twice if he is kidnapped and controlled by Neil Druckmann.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for June 2025?
I like Premium so far. I paid WAY LESS than a dollar a month for the top tier.
I get
Old movies! Some good ones
Game Trials (already tried SpiderMan2. Gonna try others too)
And old games I don't really want. I tried a Syphon Filter 3. Are you kidding me😂 Jesus, I lasted less than a minute
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for June 2025?
My immediate reaction was one of small disappointment. But there are games I would try and they just add to the pile of availability on the services. Plus, for an RPG fan how could it be better than trying Deus Ex for the first time!?
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 585
I am actually mostly playing something from the PS Plus library. I liked the value of getting everything Destiny on my sub, so I took my old, weathered Hunter who began during the beta of the first destiny out of early retirement. I cleared the Lightfall campaign and are now playing the Final Shape. That will suffice, I hope, as I don't really want to play too much Destiny. Right now I am most annoyed with the speed of leveling up my light. I am 1964 and they want me to crawl up to 2015!?
Re: Sony's PS6 Strategy Is 'Top of Mind', Cloud Streaming to Remain Ancillary to Local Play
Personally, I would love to see PS5 Pro well-supported in terms of new games and older games being optimized for it, like say RDR 2 and CP 2077.
If Sony truly is focused on developing 1st party games for PS6, it will be multiplatform and I would just play them on the Pro unless I can sell for more than I bought it for.
On one hand, I am not worried about updating as new hardware is suffering from diminishing returns. On the other hand, 3-4 years should be enough time to put in parts that create substantial differences in output.
Re: 'People Are Less Willing to Pay': Dev Speaks Out Against Day One Releases on PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass
I don't pay for games that are on GamePass as a rule of thumb.
I am very interested in having GamePass, but I only have a work PC that couldn't run the newest Deus Ex, so I would have to stream and iirc that would require GamePass ultimate and even then many titles are not available to stream.
Also, I just shelled out for a year's premium in a fit of delirium. I am now stuck with playing Train Simulator 5 instead of the absolute mad value found on GamePass.
I would be happy to know if at least developers were fairly compensated for putting their games on PS Plus. I fear they are not, and are merely taking the deal when projections show their games aren't selling even when discounted, and when they can see that it essentially is marketing (they are paid for) for their next game or dlc are looming.
Re: 9 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for June 2025 Announced
I actually have premium now. And Sony doesn't disappoint in disappointing me.
I paid the price of a real good game for a year of seemingly questionable additions!? This was my honest first reaction to seeing this list - I felt like it was less than mediocre.
But on second thought, I will maybe try
FBC: Firebreak even if it is a multiplayer, it is from the universe of Control.
Deja Vu with Battlefield 2042 - it feels like this has been on essential and extra before, and it is such a forgettable experience, I felt in the past. These multiplayer games barely feels worth my time to try them out.
Five Nights at Freddy - wow, a VR game, but also for kids and it might be quite terrible.
The Hunter: Call for sleep will put me right to sleep. Might be great to have a literal button to press that instantly sends me snoozing.
We Love Katamari - No, we don't! Who said we did!? Like, what even is this? Seems like something stuck in an empty wrapper of candy 🍭
Eiyuden Chronicle: the heroes I bother to find - okay, an RPG! But no, it is an OLD-looking RPG. How dare Sony. Don't they know who I am!?
Train World 5 - I won't even make it past the menu with this one. My PlayStation, who just became the newest member of SAG-Effron will refuse to download this and go into strike
Deus Ex - Okay, a museum of past RPG glory. I will definitely peer into the lobby of this one. I started up a Syphon Filter from the classics and Jim Ryan literally spoke through me and said "who the actual hell would want to play this hellscape of low res?"
GamePass users must be laughing somewhere ...😂 But jokes aside, some real diverse experiences on offer at the very least.
Re: Hands On: MindsEye Is a Boring Mess
I think you're MAY BE too hard on this game. I've had the 'pleasure' of playing GTA Online which is quite a bad, bare bone experience even with all the lazy updates it felt so bad and grindy to play.
This looks much better than that and yeah it'll update in the coming years and improve with each iteration, but if I wanted GTA right now, I wouldn't play the online mode, I'd try out Mindseye.
Re: Days Gone Dev Reportedly Hit with Layoffs, Loses 30% of Staff
@TheKramer89 Game's gone... Devs Gone 2🫣
Re: Atlus Says It's 'Actively Preparing' for the Future of Persona as Revival Gets Rough Reception
I got Persona 4 Golden last year, and it was a bit rough so I actually fell back into Persona 5 Royal. It could use a loving hand to make it more palatable, but hopefully they will offer an upgrade path or I will do without. #TooManyGames
Re: Directive 8020 Will Let You Fix Your Bad Decisions with Turning Points on PS5
I put on ny VR helmet and let The Quarry play out like a movie. It was utter, utter madness. I remember laughing like a maniac and being at utter disbelief at what transpired. I don't think I made it to the end of the game, so I'd be keen to revisit or experience this new less campy story that seems to have real weight.
Re: Reach Is the Next PSVR2 Adventure from the Makers of Synapse and Vendetta Forever
Looks awesome! I have fortunately picked up my VR headset again and are finding myself enjoying it more than normal flat screen gaming at the moment. Picking up Premium gave me the incentive to try the VR offerings! Synapse is currently on rotation and I thought about platforming as we see in this title. It is a kind of next-gen I really want to try.
I wish Sony had stayed their hand on Concord Studio and Fairgame$ studio - both exceptional waste of money - and used the money to push game modes of AAA-games out instead. Also, Bungie seems to be a complete waste of money. I tried downloading the Bungie Destiny DLC of the past 3-4 years and it is utterly underwhelming to actually play.
They are never seeing ANY money coming from those black holes. At least they closed one of 'em.
Re: The Outer Worlds 2 Is an $80 Game on PS5, as Xbox Continues to Push Game Pass
I think I spent a lot on Outer Worlds back in the day.
I was ultimately let down by the scope of the game. I loved the humour, but everything else was undercooked and halfbaked.
They presented number 2 really well in terms of humour and promising the scope of the game being much grander. The Director of Sequels at Obsidian really sold me on the sequel's humour. I love their sense of humour and take on corporatism. If I could I would definitely buy it, but I've put myself in a sort of curfew from buying games.
So far, the GamePass titles moving to PS Plus are few and far between and that's too bad. For the price of a single video game (premium price) I got a year's worth of PS Plus Premium, so I WON'T spend money on gaming for a whole year despite the BIG 3-E presentations really selling each and every game with such fanfare.
Re: DON'T NOD Goes Cinematic Sci-Fi in 2026's Aphelion on PS5
Very cool song set the vibe for this lone black female crash landing in tough environment. It is NODternal?
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced for PS5 at Xbox Games Showcase?
The big 3 e-presentations came and went.
To me, this was a trilogy of high, high class with so many games on offer. It is absolutely dizzying. Of course, horror games/shooters and Souls-likes (and even fighting games) were heavily featured and will battle each other in brutal fashion.
I am completely surprised by people NOT being impressed!
I think, overall, Xbox has the strongest showing. That Handheld looked sick and GamePass is just the best deal for flat screeners.
Here is the thing though. I paused the showcase and got on my PSVR2 headset and was completely floored by playing Star Wars: Tales of the Galaxy Edge Enhanced Edition <--- If you ever enjoyed being in the arcade shooting with a prop gun then this experience will blow it out of the water!
I felt like a Star Wars Merc with a cool device strapped to my left arm, dual wielding blasters in gorgeous 360-surroundings. GamePass can't do that!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 584
I am jumping like a mad monkey to different games. Thanks to Ps Plus Premium.
I have played VR and deserve a medal for it. Will try Synapse and Star Wars when the little one sleeps.
Also, I have jumped back in Death Stranding. I just don't understand this game! It is overwhelmingly impenetrable and weird for me.
Back into New Game+ with GOW: Ragnarok
Might also taste a few other games!
Re: These 9+ New PS5, PS4 Games Are Coming Out Next Week (9th-15th June)
Carefully mindeyeing MindsEye.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate Summer Game Fest 2025?
I voted 'Okay' and already wrote my opinion in another thread before seeing this thread🙈
Onimusha looked great.
Great to see Atomic Heart II (I have a trial on Plus for the first game waiting on me).
Downloaded Death Stranding because it is also on PS Plus.
Dying Light: The Beast after beginning to enjoy DL2 (which is seemingly never ending), this caused a small spike of joy seeing 'more of the same'.
RE9: only reminded me to actually finish the VR versions of 4 and 8.
Hitman: Sorry, too much content to actually make it too your game's limited time window. Looked very badass.
Ill (ill): I thought this was Resident Evil. But very cool dismemberment and body horror stuff..
Didn't like all the souls-like games! or gacha-stuff.
Re: Round Up: What Was Announced at Summer Game Fest 2025?
Some okay content, I guess. Nice to see Mads on stage.
I thought the State of Play was way more entertaining and maybe had better games, too. But it is just like .. my opinion. I am sure that if I actually stack up the announcements against each other and remember every game shown, the longer showcase will win out. So, maybe I am saying that SoP held up quite well in the face of the competition.
I really like Splitgate 2's announcement, calling out COD for being a boring ever ending cycle of same.
Re: Reaction: Sony Finally Understands the Assignment with One of the Best State of Plays of the PS5 Era
@HonestHick
So, Xbox has no (VR) games, you say?
Well, there we have it folks. Honest Hick confirms that Xbox has NO games*
*in VR
For the record, there are enough PS users to fill a planet that are critical towards decisions that Sony has made in terms of live service push. It was at least 10 games and three studios too much and tied up development and ressources which has resulted in a lot of devs getting paid for absolute zero returns.
Summer Games Fest just happened, and sadly the public execution of Haven didn't happen. Maybe we can get a blog post next month about how the studio was nuked from orbit. Everything about it is so ludicrous. The Project Hearts or secret alpha-thing and the slinking exit of J. Ray are proof that this is basically a scam-project as I've always said.
Re: Reaction: Sony Finally Understands the Assignment with One of the Best State of Plays of the PS5 Era
@HonestHick
Where are the Xbox VR games?
Re: PS5's Brilliant New State of Play Breaks Records for Sony
That's good - Sony produced an entertaining slate of news, and people took a look at it. This could incentivize Sony to strive for excellence when putting together a state of Play.
It will be interesting to compare it to Summer Games and Microsoft's. Or even the State of Unreal. I just looked up the state of Unreal and the Witcher 4 showcase might be the most impressive graphical demonstration I've ever seen!
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate State of Play for June 2025?
I voted it as a top tier and excellent State of Play.
I do that because it had so much going for it. Great reveals, lots of quirky, fun games, peripherals, banger additions to Premium, updates for fan favorites, VR announcements. You'd have to be a no-name troll to come on here and act unimpressed😂
First Light was a definite highlight for me.
I especially think it is great due to the onslaught of games to be presented in Summer Games Fest, Microsoft show, and all the individual showcases from studios, publishers or individual games.
To be able to present an awesome slate of games, peripherals and additions to service is impressive in light of how the SOPs have suffered from a loss of prestige. A huge leap in the right direction.
Re: State of Play Confirmed for 4th June, 40+ Minutes of PS5 Games
@Propaperpusher
Yeah! Agree on the absurdity of missing games! It is like Microsoft and Playstation switched destinies.
Hermen Hulst, Connie Booth and Jim Ryan should be held accountable for not only gutting many studios but putting in their place vapourware factories like Haven, Bend and Firewalk Studio.
The games they do release are great, though. I really enjoyed Ragnarok and have reserved titles like Forbidden West (which I keep pushing away instead of playing) and Spider-Man 2.
Playstation are nearing the status of Steam - a preferred storefront and console for playing 1st, 2nd and 3rd-party stuff.
I think that my PS5 Pro, Portal and PSVR2 will last me for a very long time (4+ more years at least. I could also see a future where hardware upgrades are more or less irrelevant to getting a great performance and fidelity), unless I sell them for close to what I paid for them. In my case, I can probably squeeze out even more than what I paid for the PS5 Pro.
Re: Yes, More Korean Dating Games Are Coming to PS5
A day one PS Plus-game?
Blue Balls Prince.
Re: Talking Point: What Are Your PS5 Predictions for Summer Game Fest 2025?
Dreams:
Stuff I don't want to waste time hearing about
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for June 2025?
Well, it is just one month's offering and coupled with the extra library I can play through all of Destiny 2's story. I will try and speed run it.
I caved in and subscribed to Premium and I am completely flabbergasted by the wealth of content. I feel like I am at a buffet. I went to the soon-to-expire pile and settled on trying Monster Hunter Rise (my niece and daughter watched for 15 minutes) and when I get home, I'll try Kajak VR as the first VR experience on PS5 Pro. I am ready to be offered a chill experience. It is nice that Sony makes it easy to tell what you need to play first before it goes away from the service(s).
I am confused - why can't I access my Sony Pictures Movie sub as part of the premium package on my Portal and why can't I 'STREAM' games on the Portal? I thought you could actually do WITHOUT a console if you subbed the Premium tier? But maybe it is because I try to stream from the console and I should access the Portal UI?
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 583
Had a lot of fun this weekend wrapping up seemingly endless activities, dlc and side quests in Dying Light 2 - a game utterly transformed since my first playthrough of a barebone experience. The Pro mode is well made and compared to any one graphical setting is vastly superior. The game is so fun, but I think I should rest it before completing the main quests in DLC and story.
I have decided to buy discounted Premium and try out the highest wrung tier of subscription gaming on PlayStation for a whole year. There's a bunch of games across all three tiers I'd like to try and as a Destiny fan I should finally play through 4-5 years of story dlc landing on the service.
My prediction is that within a year Expedition, Indiana Jones and The Rebellion RPG will all have come to the service.
I might also buy Spider Man 2 as I have an itch for the pinnacle of single player gaming: Sony 1st party studio gaming! But I should really finish BG3 and take up my run of KCD II as I have criminally left them tittering towards the jaws of backlog oblivion😂
Re: First Bonus PS Plus Extra Game from Days of Play Available Now on PS5
@Titntin
Thanks!
Hah! I forgot about streaming and online access. I will splurge and get it. Thank you for the push over the edge. I read that you had developed some games once, and I was like: 'So cool'!
Re: Days of Play 2025 - All the Best PS5, PS5 Pro, PS Plus, PS5 Game Deals
@16BitHero
Ahh yes, the elusive backlog. A mysterious and shifty creature that one. The legend goes that so far no gamer had ever caught up with their backlog.
Re: Days of Play 2025 - All the Best PS5, PS5 Pro, PS Plus, PS5 Game Deals
@16BitHero
I am also abstaining from dipping into offers for digital games as they are simply not enticing save for Spider-Man 2. I am tempted after playing Ragnarok which was AMAZING. There's something about Playstation♥️
Actually, I think PS Plus Premium is even better value than bargain hunting on Steam, if you can live with someone else choosing your range of selection (which also happens as not EVERY game is discounted on steam ALL the time and at prices you find appealing).
A classic catalogue + trials + films + 390+ extra games library + access to previously claimed essential games + 12 months of added content is actually great value no matter how you look at it.
I want to try or replay 20+ games on extra as is.
Re: First Bonus PS Plus Extra Game from Days of Play Available Now on PS5
I think it might just be marketing, but Days of Play has historically been about giving away games as fan service. Remember Corona! They gave away free games back then. But it is marketing, however early they planned it and I personally feel it is working!
I am genuinely tempted to try a year of PS Plus Premium. It isn't even the games in the classics catalogue, but the fact that it is only a couple of dollars extra (see what I did there) on top of the fee for the middle tier.
There's maybe 5 games I would try right now, but the many-hour Trials and films are quite tempting. Plus there's five games or so on there I would at least try. And there will be 12 months of extra content coming in.
On top of that... 384 games currently, and about 20 I would play, and on top of that... 12 months of additions.
On top of that... 12 rounds of essential tier-games offering as well as access to my previously claimed games.
But it would mean I won't be buying new games, because I tend to limit myself to playing what I already have on offer.
I think PS Plus discounted 33 per cent is CRAZY good value.
Any one else jumping on the most expensive tier for the first time?
Re: The Witcher 3 Final Patch Confirmed, Adds Mods on PS5
Chaste Sony is obscenely perverse when it comes to paying out salaries for w@#$_& and live service ghouls. But allow one dirty mod!? They'd rather die.
Re: PS5's Black Ops 6 Bundle Takes Us Full Circle After Xbox's Activision Buyout
@LogicStrikesAgain
Yeah! Considering I will eventually sell my PS5 Pro(or keep for a decade!) for maybe 700-800 U$D because it costs in my country the equivalent to 913 USD it means I will actually break even on owning consoles since 2015. Effectively, I will only have paid for subscriptions and digital libraries of games. If I wasn't dumb, I'd have bought a disc drive and borrow/resale games to also effectively break even on that.
The PSVR 1+2 is another story. Gave away the first one to my nephews and the other set is still in my TV furniture drawer begging me to use them. I think they are slowly losing about 50 per cent of their value. I have to play the waiting game for it to go out of stock and be rare enough to suddenly retain or exceed their original price for entry.
I just spoke with the one purchasing my PS5 and we both regret getting rid of old systems. Like my Sega with cartridges. Or my first Playstation 1, 2, 3. I only have the original PS4 left to use for my daughter's needs.
Re: Very Fittingly, Expedition 33 Has Sold 3.3 Million Copies in 33 Days
@TheDudeElDuderino
Oh, right! Yeah, yeah... The prequel!
(Still no!🤦)
Re: Reaction: There's Never Been a Better Time to Buy a PS5
@SBBuds
Great argument. It makes perfect sense.
I will say that getting a PS5 digital edition on launch day has been worth it for me. Recently, I've been as frugal as I possibly could be, but having a digital one isn't that purse pinching to begin with. I've bought several games full price and that really shows on the list of receipts.
But! I could have just sold my digital for 125-50 per cent during the days of scarcity and then picked up a disk edition as my country allows you to simply borrow (a select few and big) PS5 games for free at the local library.
GamePass needs PlayStation to fund its ridiculously generous selection of new and old games - but right now the Xbox Series X + GP has been the ultimate bargain for two years and running. But both companies need you on an essential tier for online gaming, which means a lot of gamers have gotten access to many, many games that are worth more than the subscription. They just only have access when subbed, that's the trade off.
If you really care about your gaming, you'd do well to invest in a PS5 Pro. All my testing shows that the game's run better, look better and can handle the game worlds much better than its little brother.
I have traded in my PS4 Pro (5 years ago), my PS5 (1 day ago) and was able to snag a PS 5 pro HEAVILY discounted due to it being a demo model for a supplier. All in all, that influx of good money earned from selling outdated consoles have contributed in making gaming an inexpensive and yet state of the art experience that PC gamers can only dream of and will have to pay 2000 dollars to truly achieve.
Re: PlayStation an Official Partner at Summer Game Fest
I hope they announce the public execution of everyone involved in the thieving Haven hive. I'm talking french guillotine and off with the head of Antoinette.
Also, I want Sony to go full pervert and reveal a game where you can press X to bonk. Alix Wilting Regan, the voice behind Alt in Cyberpunk, should voice the main male gaze. The story should be quite lengthy as that would require her to do voice recordings in pitch black room w/ skeleton crew for several days in total. I dunno, there's just something about this intelligent and talented and very beautiful voice worker having to do hamster squeaks for days that picks at my funny bones.
I'd love for Sony to present more Dead or Alive-service games.They've dedicated half of their entire armada to this fruitless, bankrupt and massively stupid endeavour and I don't think they're near ready to stop screwing that up, however chaste that company may be otherwise. If only droves of fans, there from the beginning, had audibly warned them on TouchCircle. All of this would've been avoided.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077's Highly Anticipated Sequel Has Entered Pre-Production
Cyberpunk is such an amazing game. I have completed it twice and started a third and final path-playthrough and really enjoyed my time with Night City.
You reported earlier that the leak was precipitated by suggestive lore present in Night City already and well-substantiated theory-crafting by the community. This leak doesn't ruin anything for me - it only fuels intelligent theorizing by an engaged audience waiting for the next installment. I saw something similar with how the hype and conversation surrounding the Harry Potter books kept the audience engaged.
Re: PS5's Black Ops 6 Bundle Takes Us Full Circle After Xbox's Activision Buyout
@LogicStrikesAgain
You're right Not even the used market can beat those prices where I'm from. There's a difference between US market and my Scandinavian/European market, but I just managed, today, to sell a 5-year-old system for 414 dollars further bringing down the cost of my already heavily discounted PS5 Pro upgrade.
Re: PS5's Black Ops 6 Bundle Takes Us Full Circle After Xbox's Activision Buyout
@cburg
This narrative was cultured in both companies, studios and games media in 'a rising tide' mentality. Now, it seems that one simply dwarfs the other to the point where one walled garden has completely bled into the other, whilst loyalists still enjoy massive benefits to their streaming product.
We'll remember your feet dragging, when you come on here to sing M$' praises in the future as they reserve their games exclusively to a gaming service that treats every streamable device as an Xbox.
You should be delighted that Xbox in the meantime gets to tap into the sales of an ecosystem that has fostered and cultured the thought of actually buying games.
Re: EA's Black Panther Game Cancelled, Studio Shut Down
One of the people behind the great Middle earth games and his team are axed without them releasing anything.
And yet Haven STILL exists! Despite it obviously being a way to extract money to Jade Raymond and people of her I'll from Stadia, Ubisoft and Canada. They even put in the dollar sign in their silly name.
Project hearts underwent to massive disappointment from the pre-alpha testers. And yet PR Sony takes a hit from the bong and praises their work. I guess it is true what they say in the Iron Islands: "What Is Dead May Never Die"
Re: PS Store Days of Play Sale Is Live Now with 1,300+ PS5, PS4 Game Discounts
If I hadn't picked up KCD2 at launch, I would now with a fat and juicy 20 per cent off and many patches later.
Superb game that I have 100 hours in already without finishing yet. Highly recommend it!
Re: It's Crazy How The Division 2 Is Still Getting Superb Support on PS4
I was tempted when scrolling my library to see how it performs on a Pro. And just fall into the loot-goblin trap...
Re: PS5 Days of Play Sales Live from 28th May, Call of Duty Bundle Revealed
I don't like any of the offers. It'd be cheaper for me to buy a disc drive for the pro and lend PS5 games via the library for free.
I am not to keen on subbing for a longer time either. By subbing two month I covered 4 good months, and my backlog improved when taking the sweet ass deal on PS5 pro, which I nearly got for half price.
Am still trying to sell my launch digital edition, nobody is willing to pay a lot for the privilege of owning an OG PS5 launch rarity. I am tempted to hold on to it. If the grey ones in limited stock are valuable, so should the OG limited stock be.
Re: Very Fittingly, Expedition 33 Has Sold 3.3 Million Copies in 33 Days
That's literally fate at play... Can't wait for expedition 34.
Re: HBO's The Last of Us Sees a Dramatic Decline in Season 2 Finale Viewers
@Logonogo
Thank you, kind masked-weazel. Cry not for me, as I slip into bliss eternal.
Re: HBO's The Last of Us Sees a Dramatic Decline in Season 2 Finale Viewers
37 million viewers per episode? Oh.. I guess people like it, then. Which means a season 3 and 4 will happen. The parade of Neil Druckman shall go on unperturbed and he's going to keep getting to make games. People will buy those games, in large numbers.
My consumption ended with TLOU 2, and that's fine. It was still an object of curiosity for me to see how a more passive audience reacted to the shock and awe story that together with the reception became too polarizing. This is it for me. As my interest wanes, I will bow out and let the good people of Earth enjoy their jam and I mine in the future.
Re: PS5 Pro Gives Dying Light 2 Improved Graphics Modes, Better Resolutions
Was searching around the web for the 2025-era reception for Dying Light 2. I really like my second playthrough on PS5 Pro. What an experience! It plays so well, and reminds me, finally, of Dying Light 1 (which is a big praise). The graphics are truly amazing. Everything I disliked in my first meagre playthrough has been improved upon.
I am even more liking the story now. Meeting the doctor broke my heart this time as I actually learned about the GRE this time around. I am currently finishing up activities before starting the prologue. Still need to finish the DLC too.