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@DreadfulDragon I'd say there's an argument to be made that Valve could have qualified as indie up through the initial release of Half-Life 2, but they absolutely have not been at all "indie" for the past 20 years.

I'm on the fence. I usually define indie games as those without a big publisher, so a small publisher, like Limited Run Games, wouldn't disqualify it, but a huge one like EA or Activision would. I wouldn't call Kelper big enough to be with likes of EA, but it feels like a little too big to be "indie." So I don't really know if I'd call it indie or not, but I'm leaning towards no.

@Dadou Yeah, if PS6 is digital-only, I'm just skipping Playstation and going PC for those games.

@IntrepidWombat I was actually just coming back to correct myself about that lol.

Hardware upgrades are so incremental and so expensive these days that I don't think we need a PS6 until 2029 or 2030. Look at the visual jump between PS4 and PS5, and then look at it between PS1 and PS2 or between PS2 and PS3. It's just not the same value in upgrading that it used to be, and it's gotten SO expensive. The PS5 is already the most expensive console Sony has ever released - and I'm talking base console, not pro - even when adjusting for inflation. A $1000 PS6 that offers negligible noticeable visual upgrades just doesn't have a value proposition that even most hardcore gamers would have a hard time swallowing.

I'll take a shadow drop over five or more years between reveal and release ANY day of the week.

I see no reason to spend $70 on this as opposed to continuing to play Black Ops 6.

It's a solution in search of a problem. Most PC gamers will want a PC because of its versatility and upgradability. Most console gamers will want a console because of their plug-and-play nature and familiarity. Steam Machines sit in the middle providing everything except what makes either side desirable. It's got an audience, but that audience does not make up a large percentage of Playstation gamers.

If they're going to cheap out and use AI slop, they should at least slash the MSRP.

That's a bummer. I really enjoy Call of Duty campaigns. There were even aspects of Ghosts's campaign that I enjoyed, and that was NOT a good campaign. I'll be waiting for a sale on this one.

@Dalamar Resident Evil didn't get "action-y" until Resident Evil 4, and even then, it wasn't more action than horror until 5. As far as mainline games, it's really only 5 and 6 that are more action than horror.

So yes, it was inevitable given not the Xbox situation per se but with the trajectory they're intentionally taking, but it still feels weird as HECK to have the Xbox flagship series on Playstation. I have the OG Halo on PC, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One/Series (MCC); and soon I'll add PS5 to that list. Gotta finish the fight, yo.

After years of being blinded by the admittedly awesome value Game Pass used to offer, I'm glad more people are starting to wake up to how anti-consumer Microsoft is.

Too busy playing Pokemon Legends ZA. Also, the only Ninja Gaiden games that really clicked with me were the ones on NES. That said, I've seen a bit of NG4 from a friend's playthrough, and it looks gorgeous.

It's almost like players are increasingly turned off by live service formats.

@old_gamer74 I'm the same, but my buddies and I set up Portal servers full of bots that we put a password on so it's just us and a bunch of bots. You get the multiplayer gameplayer without getting killed five seconds after spawning.

@Northern_munkey Other people with early review copies

I DO usually buy games for the campaign...so this is a bummer for me. That said, I do play a good bit of Portal even if it's not why I buy Battlefield, so I'll still probably pick this one up on sale down the line.

I usually buy, on average, 5 to 10 games per month between digital and physical. This is my example of what NOT to do when I'm teaching my econ classes about responsible credit card use XD

I came in here ready to vote Silent Hill f...but then I saw Trails in the Sky.

lol I've only played four of these games, and only one of them on PS5

@CVCubbington Whoever it is is just a contrarian.

I say 8/10. It's not the best Silent Hill, but it is really good.

It's about dang time; its successor is five years old.

I am SOOOOOO psyched for this. I loved the original game.

A cursory eBay glance reveals that this is not a $1300 controller. It's going for a quarter of that. Which is weird because Console Variations is a pretty legit site.

I would have been, I think, four years old when it came out. I was also a Nintendo kid, and my mom was a poor single parent, so I only ever got one console per gen, and it wasn't until halfway through the gen, so I got my N64 around 1999. I eventually bought myself a used PS1, but not until 2009. It's got a fantastic library, especially for RPGs, but I always found the N64 and Saturn to be more stylish with their design. That's a personal aesthetic preference, though; the PS1's library was better than the Saturn's and N64's combined, and as a Nintendo fan first and foremost and a heartbroken Sega fan after that, that pains me to admit lol

Definitely not my thing, but I hope folks who have been looking forward to it have a great time with it.

I'm opting for the Switch 2 version - I adore my Playstation consoles, but I'm a Nintendo gamer at heart - but I'm definitely going to be picking this game up.

If they do this portable PS6 like a Series S and make it weaker and cheaper than a dedicated TV PS6, I think it's a good move. Otherwise, though...I can't see Sony doing well with a weaker system. Nintendo can go with weaker and cheaper hardware because their first party games are enough to drive sales, but Sony doesn't have that advantage especially with their games starting to come to PC. If your options are a weak console; a weak console that plays Mario, Smash, and Zelda; and a powerful console, I can't see anyone going for the first option.

I absolutely adore Gears of War and have played every game (including Tactics) at least once. I was stoked to play through the original again, and since it's a novel idea to me to have first party Microsoft games on PlayStation, I went PS5 over Series X on this one (plus I have GamePass, so if I really want to play on Series X, I still can).

What if - crazy idea - you made a new game?

Those stupid *** skins are the reason I've shifted away from COD and back to Battlefield. If I wanted stupid skins, I'd play Fortnite.

I've always been a bigger fan of Battlefield than Call of Duty, but I'll be getting both although may not at launch. Both are going to be a good time.

I'd love to see this come to Switch 2, but if it doesn't, my PS5 and I will definitely take a trip to Jurassic Park.

Even for nine characters, $30 feels excessive, let alone for six characters.

I'll definitely pick it up - I've been a huge Battlefield fan since 1942 - but I'll have to wait and see how it is on release before I decide how much I'm willing to pay for it. I got burned by jumping on 2042 too soon.

@Lowdefal If they give me a product I want, they're not a scam. If they took my money and never delivered the product, that would be a scam, but that's not the case.

@hi_drnick I find myself asking this question daily.

I absolutely love Doom, and this game is no exception; I'm having a BLAST. I'm playing it on Game Pass, but I'm absolutely going to buy at some point although probably after a price drop; gotta have it on my Xbox shelf!

@twitchtvpat The problem isn't deception; as you've noted, they've been clear from day one that the systems won't play PS3 games. the problem, at least for me, is that there's no legitimate reason for that. As R_L_Stine mentioned, reliable PS3 emulators exist that run fairly well on significantly weaker hardware than PS5. Is Sony obligated to use emulation to enable PS3 backwards compatibility? No, but neither was Xbox, and it's become a hugely popular aspect. In my opinion, it would be to Sony's benefit to follow in Microsoft's footsteps.

Not as bad as the Switch eShop, but it's not a whole lot better

I wouldn't say it's awful, but I am seriously reconsidering my subscription. The value just isn't there like it used to be.

Sounds like they were trying to take responsibility for the wrong but decided to do so in the most idiotic way possible.

I'm playing via Game Pass, but I do plan to buy a copy for my Xbox shelf once the price comes down a little bit; I just can't justify dropping $70 for a game that's already in my Game Pass subscription. That said, though, it's a fantastic game. Not as good as Doom 2016 in my opinion, but I'd place it a little bit above Doom Eternal.

@Vladspartan ....what on Earth are you on about?

@Slayer25c I'm not 100% sure I understood your comment given the lack of any punctuation whatsoever, but what does Sony have to pay to keep the games they developed and own on there? Server costs? How is that different than the ability to download games on my PS3?

Sony has no idea what it's doing.

Man, I wish they'd stop with the PS4 stuff. PS5 has been out for five years.

@Matroska I mean, I'm a Nintendo fan first and foremost, but that's just a fact that the Switch is, at its heart, a handheld. Any hybrid console is; you can make a dock that outputs HDMI for a handheld, but you can't turn a home console that requires AC power into a handheld.

What a pointless article. PS5 Pro is the most powerful home console ever made, and Switch 2 is a handheld. Comparing them is about as useful and insightful as writing an article about "FULL SPEC COMPARISON - 2026 AUDI S4 AND 1908 FORD MODEL T."

Bro you don't need bigger games; you need better games. Bigger does NOT always mean better.