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Exclusivity is always a bad deal for consumers as a whole.

Sometimes I have a license issues but the 'restore licenses' option tucked away in the options somewhere allways helps me out

A friend of mine bought it and he describes himself as the target audience. A casual gamer who could gave a rat's *** about graphical fidelity (he skipped two console generations so anything is an improvement from his point of view). He enjoys the lack of a console, he has a decent internet connection.

To be honest I would still advise him a second hand PS4 but he wanted to give this a go. I've still yet to play it though.

If the backwards compatibility also counts for digitally purchased games and there are a couple of decent launch titles I might get it early. But definitely not untill at least a few months in to make sure the hardware is tested properly. I never had any problems whatsoever with my base PS4 in the 5 years I've had it but still..

Darnit, just bought a 1 year sub a week ago. Well I needed it anyway or I wouldve missed out on some gaming with a buddy

@Flaming_Kaiser when its flickering I can see it in my peripheral vision. I suppose its more distracting to some than others

Lol I never thought so many people would like the lightbar. I found it pretty annoying.
Cons:

• drains battery
• reflects in the screen when playing in the dark
• is distracting
• couldn't be turned off

Pros:

• ???

Same for the little speaker btw. Turned it off and never missed it. Overall I did like the Dualshock 4. Mainly for it's ergonomics compared to the 3.

@JJ2 well I mean they were advertised and shown in trailers as one of the main features of the game but it turned out to be nothing more than a gimmick.

I played pretty far I think, did a lot of the recon missions with the guys in yellow hazmat suits. But the missions didn't evolve beyond this or shooting a bunch of people, and the hordes never got the attention it deserved.

I think it had a lot of potential but in the end it didn't deliver in my opinion. I'm glad you enjoyed it though.

@JJ2 honest question, what did you like about it so much?
Combat was mediocre, the hordes were massively underrepresented. The protanogist was allrightish but nothing more. If you compare it to Horizon Zero Dawn, which was also a first party by the numbers action RPG, I'd say HZD was a lot better.

Days gone is one of the few games I couldn't even bring myself to finish. I gave it a fair shot but the missions were just incredibly dull.

@grahamd I really enjoyed Andromeda as well. The crew was fine in my opinion. Maybe even its best point alongside the improved combat. If a sequel would be the same but loses the unneccesary open world filler and improves the graphics and animations Im perfectly happy

When they said spring I expected march/april, not somewhere in june. Disappointed by this but allways happy to wait for improved quality and reasonable working conditions for the people working on this release.

I've never played Shenmue and I feel like this is something made specifically for the fans of the first games and not so much to attract newcomers to the series. Curious about the review though.

Sad to hear about ghost recon performing well, that game should crash and burn for the things they're trying to do to the franchise..

I might get this eventually, but theres no way I'm paying 60euro for a NFS game at launch. I won't get enough enjoyment out of it to warrant that price and also the looming microtransaction hell that might put me off buying the game alltogether.

I did like the NFS reboot by Ghost Games more than the Criterion ones before. The driving felt a bit more grounded, you had to actually use the brakes every now and then.. the driving model was just a bit... unpredictable?

By the way I usually play NFS games only untill about 2 third of completion before the cars get too fast and it loses all plausability to me. Anyone else has the same thing?

@Shigurui Bummer. I really like to play this but I'm definitely waiting for it to run smoothly. Which may never happen..

"earning 1,000,000 REP in one night sounds like a tough one. Perhaps it's easier to accrue REP than we think."
Perhaps you can buy a XP booster to help with this..

Is Control even playable yet on a base PS4?

@Flaming_Kaiser I know you're joking but I really enjoyed the third. The ending was a bit of a bummer but fortunately my first playthrough was allready the patched ending so it was marginally better.

Can't wait. Allmost happy TLOU2 was delayed so it's release doesn't collide with this. Allmost..

@Futureshark in order to make a sale you first need to get the customer 'through the door'. In this case being a virtual door in the form a (allmost) free subscription. You only need a certain percentage of customers to not bother ending the subscription to make it profitable in the long term. I'm sure they've done the math on this

@themcnoisy I just played through mass effect andromeda in about 70 hours and it was the most fun Ive had with a game in a long time. I can see the flaws and I can see why someone that was superhyped would be disappointed. But having played it a couple years after release with zero expectation I can objectively say it really wasnt that bad of a game. Just mass effect on the PS4, with subpar facial animations and too much filler content, but mass effect nonetheless.

Played a ton of in coop after it was free on plus a time ago. Havent played it in years but couldnt bring myself to remove it from my harddrive

Looks good, but this is the kind of content you'd have expected to release within 6 months of it's release to keep it's momentum going. Not a year later when 80% of people have moved on. I'll go it a go though

I hope 'complex' isn't a synonym for 'whiny'

@leucocyte I totally agree with you. I'd be more than willing to pay money for extra maps but the content just isn't there. My bet is they're working on a PS5 launch title set in a modern era.
BF4 did exceptionally well despite being a technical mess at launch, solely because it was a launch title and it was really the only decent shooter out there for well over a year.

@Truthhurts2 at launch they lost money on hardware sales. Right now 6 years into its lifespan Im sure they can make a profit.
Ive read this multiple times and I think its believable enough. Ill admit I havent done any actual research into it

Edit: quick google search gave me a bunch of articles from 2013, just prior to the release of the ps4
https://www.geek.com/games/sony-will-sell-every-ps4-at-a-loss-but-easily-recoup-it-in-games-ps-plus-sales-1571335/

I think your reference point should be the launch price of the PS4, then decide if there are any reasons it could be cheaper or more expensive.

Reasons for more expensive could be:

• SSD (which is nice but not that expensive anymore really)
• Playstation is a succesfull brand and had a fantastic generation with a lot of well received exclusives
• Inflation

Reasons for cheaper than launch PS4 could be:

• Even with the PS4 they lost money on every unit sold, so profit is not made from the consoles but from subscriptions and (digital) game sales.
• Price is a driving factor for sales

I think these arguments cancel eachother out and think it will be priced equally to the PS4 launch price with maybe a 10% margin to it being more expensive. So I'd say €400-450.

Thanks for the review, I have a couple of questions still:

• Does it have virtual surround sound and does it work with PS4?
• And what other connection possibilities are there other than the usb dongle?
• I know this is a playstation site but does it work with Xbox and PC just as well?
• Can you edit and save custom EQ settings?

I'll probably get DOOM2 for 3 euro

"More Awesome PS4 Games - Aside from the highlighted games above, there are lots more PS4 games which might take your fancy in October and beyond."
Continues to list "Dayz", one of the worst scoring games in Pushsquare history

https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps4/dayz

12 crashes in 20 hours is roughly a crash every 90 minutes. I don't think fallout 3 on the ps3 even crashed that often..

Too bad they didnt pay that attention to detail to the rest of the game.
I wanted to like this but I just didnt. Im now sellijg this game and saving my zombie quota for the last of us

The game looks good and this stuff sounds really nice as well. BUT, its CoD so prepare yourself for microtransaction madness. I will literally only buy this 3 months after release and when it has been confirmed the mtx arent that bad. Otherwise hard pass from me.

@leucocyte it's just his opinion. I don't necessarily agree but I wouldn't call it trolling.

No split screen is a real bummer though

Real bummer, one of the few (only?) games I was genuinely interested in coming out in 2019. However I do agree it's better to delay and deliver a quality product. There have been a lot of shoddy releases lately.. (looking at you Battlefield V and Ghost Recon)

Edit: btw what is DOOM64 exactly? I tried googling it but it looks like original DOOM ported for the N64, but it makes zero sense to then port it back to PS4?

I think 3 people in the same party is allready the maximum for what is usefull unless there is a very strict 'dont talk unless you have to' policy which is never the case..

@BlackishJustin full price on psn is 70 USD. So 30percent off is 48ish.

I wouldve bought a pro a while ago but the reports of the super noisy fan are holding me back..

I miss the old ghost recon days... And I mean the very first one on PS2. Excellent split screen coop, played it a bunch with my older brother

I still dont fully understand what a Battlepass exactly is and frankly I dont want to know.

More maps is allways better. I think that was really what killed Battlefield V. Aside from the glitches at launch and female soldiers in WW2, the main thing was simply a lack of decent maps which didnt really change during the course of allmost a year now.

Playing through this now and I think I agree with the conclusion. It's a decent enough game but maybe I like it a bit more because I'm a big Mass Effect fan.. and for it's current price tag it's more than worth it.

My only interest in this is for couch coop, if that doens't work properly it's no sale for me. And I'm surely not going to buy it anticipating a patch to fix this in the future. I'm with @Tasuki on this.

I'm glad the review made mention of this and I can decide for myself not to buy it.

Playing through it now but Im not superimpressed with it. I will probably finish it once and then sell it.

@RBMango Im totally with you. The story came to an end on a high and it should stay that way

Played Arkham Knight after thoroughly enjoying arkham 1 and 2, but it didnt click with me. The batmobile is very well made and extremely flashy but the side quests it produced were distracting from the main gameplay loop: punching people in the face.

Its actually this game that made me realize I enjoy a streamlined linear experience way more than a bloated open world.

Still its certainly not a bad game and I do appreciate the quality of this months line up.

I suppose I have Doom Eternal because I really liked the last one. The previous one found a perfect balance between old skool gameplay and modern gameplay mechanics like upgrading your weapon, and the story was perfectly wacky but with just enough plausibility (I know right) to keep it interesting.

But the bar is set pretty high and I doubt this can live up to the expectations. I'll definitely wait a few months before buying

Bought the game 2 days ago and so far enjoying it. The gameplay is very similar to the last of us with the sneaking about but maybe that will change over time when you get more ammo and better weapons.

I hope the open world part stays interesting though because I really hate repetitive side quests.