This is one of the few things that genuinely annoys me about VG subscriptions. DLC shouldn't be a thing with subscriptions! Any game on a subscription service should have all DLC included!
@Ichiban I kind of agree, but I think that's more due to VG production being brutalized for at least 2 years due to CV rather than E3 as we know it going away.
@Futureshark This my favourite order of events, since I'm dreaming: 1. Re-release 8th/9th gen versions of Human Revolution directors cut and a new DC of Mankind Divided as a double pack with all DLC integrated. 2. Release one more Jensen game set a few years after MD to wrap up Jensen's story and set up Deus Ex 1. 3. Remake Deus Ex 1 4. Remake Invisible War (good ideas, flawed execution makes this IDEAL remake-fodder) 5. Make a sequel to IW that bookends the whole thing.
Wow. So I doubt I'm getting a PS5 until Xmas 2023 or even Xmas 2024. I may as well wait for the Slim. (Lord knows if these shortages will cause the PS5 slim to arrive sooner or later than the usual 3 years?)
I really loved Greedfall, an RPG right out of 2005 both in a good and bad (mostly good) way, so I'm excited for this. The weirdness (Steampunk?) makes me a bit hesitant, though. I'd have preferred the protagonist being a normal person, rather than a weird robot.
@Juanalf I'd guess the PS5 would have been out for around 6 years by the time Horizon 3 is released, so I'd be very surprised if it wasn't a ps5 exclusive.
@RocketRaja Most players will muck around with it for 20 minutes then not touch it again. It's a fun, weird little extra, not the end times. Kind of like how you'd imagine playing an FPS with God mode and unlimited ammo would be the funnest thing ever, but actually it's not. I don't see anything wrong with story-focussed games doing something like this. If it gets more fans of SM games, then that's only a positive.
Hmm. Returnal being on there seems to imply all 1st party games will eventually be on the service. The question is when. I'm guess 6 - 12 months after launch?
@Deadlyblack I think if this service does very well, they'll probably do something like that ('success breeds success/good money after good' and all that). It a way, it could work in Sony's favour. Ride the initial 'new service' hype for a year, then create a 2nd hype wave, 1-2 years later with the announcement of PS3 emulation and maybe some more 1st party games on the service. I genuinely think gaming services like this are the future (I may be wrong), so it's only in Sony's interest to keep improving it. The cynic in me also thinks announcing stuff like PS3 emulation could be a good excuse to increase the subscription price down the line.
I'm cautiously optimistic, but I almost feel sorry for Sony. Most responses seem to be 'subscriptions/streaming is the devil' or 'subscriptions/streaming is the future and Sony aren't going far enough'. Sony can tweak it as this generation goes along, though.
Surely there's no harm in putting them on the service after 3-6 months? Pretty sure the average SP AAA game has made most of it's 'traditional' money by then?
My guess, is it'll be like films regarding cinema - disc/streaming. PS first party games will be sold 'normally' for 3-6 months, then go on PS Plus for 'free' after that.
@nessisonett 'Years away?' Witcher 3 got its DLC 5 months and 12 months after it's release respectively. Even if we consider Feb 2022 (patch 1.5) Cyberpunk's 'real' release date, I'd expect a small DLC in 6 months and a bigger one in a year or less. After Feb 2023, I don't think we can expect any CP 2077 DLC.
@GeneticMutation I agree on the preordering thing. No one should ever do it. I'm a bit annoyed at this game being ragged on for being full price, when other games get a pass. I'm pretty sure Until Dawn was full price.
@Weebleman To be fair, I've seen a lot of people asking for SMG to do a larger game more like Until Dawn. Isn't this that? I'm pretty sure Until Dawn was full price. It's not their fault that 'full price' is £20 more now than it was 10 years ago.
Boring (most likely) answer: Something to do with VR2 Slight more interesting/less likely answer: Maybe a PS5 slim prototype? Sony may be fast tracking it to try and mitigate supply problems.
According to the blog, the game has a sort of codex type thing, too! That's a great idea. 7th gen games used to do that a lot, but the trend died out for some reason.
@ChrisDeku Good point. If it makes you feel any better, as VG streaming and PS's gamepass equivalent becomes more of a thing, physical sales and the used game market will be rendered irrelevant.
@get2sammyb Agreed. Giving gamers £10 off the remastered collection/ultimate edition if they already own LIS1 and BTS would be fair, though. Also, why aren't they getting a native 9th gen release, too? It all seems a bit odd, like these should have been the 8th gen versions to begin with. Were the original versions just 7th gen ports?
@DeanySevigny That'll never happen in that sense, as the PS4/5 apparently can't read CDs. Maybe you could make inserting the cd trigger a download though? Someone with more tech knowledge would have to confirm
@Col_McCafferty I get your frustration with the...err.. ''backlash' (I liked TLOU2 as well, but did find Ellie's 'back and forth' a bit unbelievable) but at this pint I'd suggest staying off any comments page regarding TLOU2. It's not going to go away any time, soon.
@lolwhatno TLOU3 would be a massive undertaking. Making a remake of a smaller game (especially if most of the work has already been done by another studio) won't delay anything. ND has more than one team. My guess is we'll get all this stuff by late 2022, then a new IP in late 2024-5, then TLOU3 by late 2026-27.
@velio84 I think you're onto something. However, I'm guessing the 'Director's Cut' extra will be Factions 2 and maybe the TLOU1 remake. I'd love to be wrong, but I can't imagine TLOU2 getting an expansion in addition to Factions and the remake.
That being said, GOT got 'Ghost of Tsushima: Legends' and that Iki Island expansion, so who who knows?
Most of the PS4 games on my list are very new, so very few more than 20% off. I feel like in the next sale at least some will be 50% off, so I might wait. I Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments worth getting? It's only £6.50.
Also, DPA: House of Ashes for £16.50 might be good, but I'm guessing it'll be 50% off, eventually. Plus all these games are cross-gen, so I can always put them in the 'wait for a PS5' pile.
@Bu1ld0g Yeah, that's a good idea. Give yourself a few moths to miss it, as it were. The SP will definitely have a sale at some point. How would you rate Valhalla, BTW? I really want to try one of the 'RPG' AC games, but the grinding and length puts me off. (Said the actress to the bishop)
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Re: Like PS Now, DLC Won't Work with Streamed Games on PS Plus Premium
This is one of the few things that genuinely annoys me about VG subscriptions. DLC shouldn't be a thing with subscriptions! Any game on a subscription service should have all DLC included!
Re: Big PS Store Days of Play Sale Begins This Wednesday
This is tricky. I don't want to buy something that ends up being on PS+ premium.
Re: Future Games Show will Present Around 40 Games with Summer Showcase
@Ichiban I kind of agree, but I think that's more due to VG production being brutalized for at least 2 years due to CV rather than E3 as we know it going away.
Re: Star Wars KOTOR PS5 Remake News Coming 'in the Next Several Months'
@trev666 I'd like to think it'll have a classic mode and a more streamline, action-rpg mode
Re: GreedFall 2: The Dying World Announced for 2024
Great! I guess a sequel to GF1 would have been tricky. I'd be surprised if a 2024 game had an 8th gen release, though?
Re: PS5 Stock Issues Could Last Into 2024 as Chip Shortages Continue
@nomither6 Last? Longest, maybe but why would it be the last? I do this everyone will heavily push subscriptions even more, next gen though.
Re: PS5 Stock Issues Could Last Into 2024 as Chip Shortages Continue
@jrt87 I live in the UK and haven't seen a ps5 in stock, anywhere
Re: Big AAA Games Coming from Bought Square Enix Studios, Says Embracer
@Futureshark This my favourite order of events, since I'm dreaming:
1. Re-release 8th/9th gen versions of Human Revolution directors cut and a new DC of Mankind Divided as a double pack with all DLC integrated.
2. Release one more Jensen game set a few years after MD to wrap up Jensen's story and set up Deus Ex 1.
3. Remake Deus Ex 1
4. Remake Invisible War (good ideas, flawed execution makes this IDEAL remake-fodder)
5. Make a sequel to IW that bookends the whole thing.
Re: PS5 Stock Issues Could Last Into 2024 as Chip Shortages Continue
Wow. So I doubt I'm getting a PS5 until Xmas 2023 or even Xmas 2024. I may as well wait for the Slim. (Lord knows if these shortages will cause the PS5 slim to arrive sooner or later than the usual 3 years?)
Re: Embracer Group to Buy Multiple Square Enix Studios and IPs in Huge Acquisition
@4kgk2 Why didn't Sony buy the western stuff? For that price, it was a bargain. Having TR especially as a FP franchise would have been apt.
Re: Steelrising Delays Its Mechanical Revolution on PS5 to September
I really loved Greedfall, an RPG right out of 2005 both in a good and bad (mostly good) way, so I'm excited for this. The weirdness (Steampunk?) makes me a bit hesitant, though. I'd have preferred the protagonist being a normal person, rather than a weird robot.
Re: PS Store Sales Charts: Gran Turismo 7 Laps Elden Ring in Europe as Horizon Falls Off a Cliff
@Juanalf I'd guess the PS5 would have been out for around 6 years by the time Horizon 3 is released, so I'd be very surprised if it wasn't a ps5 exclusive.
Re: The Quarry's Movie Mode Lets You Beat the Game without Pressing a Button
@RocketRaja Most players will muck around with it for 20 minutes then not touch it again. It's a fun, weird little extra, not the end times. Kind of like how you'd imagine playing an FPS with God mode and unlimited ammo would be the funnest thing ever, but actually it's not. I don't see anything wrong with story-focussed games doing something like this. If it gets more fans of SM games, then that's only a positive.
Re: All the Big Names Will Be on Revamped PS Plus, You'll Just Have to Imagine Which
Hmm. Returnal being on there seems to imply all 1st party games will eventually be on the service. The question is when. I'm guess 6 - 12 months after launch?
Re: PS3 Emulation Allegedly in Production for PS5
@Deadlyblack I think if this service does very well, they'll probably do something like that ('success breeds success/good money after good' and all that). It a way, it could work in Sony's favour. Ride the initial 'new service' hype for a year, then create a 2nd hype wave, 1-2 years later with the announcement of PS3 emulation and maybe some more 1st party games on the service. I genuinely think gaming services like this are the future (I may be wrong), so it's only in Sony's interest to keep improving it. The cynic in me also thinks announcing stuff like PS3 emulation could be a good excuse to increase the subscription price down the line.
Re: PlayStation Boss Promises More Acquisitions Are Planned
@PlayStationGamer3919 All are possibilities. Not sure if Sony will buy them all, though.
Re: Reaction: PS Plus, PS Now's Makeover a Necessary and Positive Step for Sony
I'm cautiously optimistic, but I almost feel sorry for Sony. Most responses seem to be 'subscriptions/streaming is the devil' or 'subscriptions/streaming is the future and Sony aren't going far enough'. Sony can tweak it as this generation goes along, though.
Re: Huge PS Store Spring Sale Discounts 1,000 PS5, PS4 Games
Why isn't Spiderman MM or Ghost of Tsushima 50% off, yet? They both over a year old! I swear Sony's 1st party stuff used to have better sales
Re: PS5, PS4 Exclusives May Get Worse if Free with PS Plus Day One
Surely there's no harm in putting them on the service after 3-6 months? Pretty sure the average SP AAA game has made most of it's 'traditional' money by then?
Re: PS5, PS4 Exclusives Not Coming to PS Plus at Launch
My guess, is it'll be like films regarding cinema - disc/streaming. PS first party games will be sold 'normally' for 3-6 months, then go on PS Plus for 'free' after that.
Re: Oscar Nominee Jessie Buckley Leads the Cast of The Devil In Me
@Robocod My guess is the Curator will slowly begin to star more prominently in the stories.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Fans Left Wondering If the Game's Still Getting Two Expansions
@nessisonett 'Years away?' Witcher 3 got its DLC 5 months and 12 months after it's release respectively. Even if we consider Feb 2022 (patch 1.5) Cyberpunk's 'real' release date, I'd expect a small DLC in 6 months and a bigger one in a year or less. After Feb 2023, I don't think we can expect any CP 2077 DLC.
Re: When Is the Future Games Show: Spring Showcase?
I hope DONTNOD announce something. Their stuff is always interesting.
Re: The Quarry Is a $70 PS5 Title from Supermassive Games
@GeneticMutation I agree on the preordering thing. No one should ever do it. I'm a bit annoyed at this game being ragged on for being full price, when other games get a pass. I'm pretty sure Until Dawn was full price.
Re: The Quarry Is a $70 PS5 Title from Supermassive Games
@Weebleman To be fair, I've seen a lot of people asking for SMG to do a larger game more like Until Dawn. Isn't this that? I'm pretty sure Until Dawn was full price. It's not their fault that 'full price' is £20 more now than it was 10 years ago.
Re: Sniper Elite 5 Scopes Out a 26th May PS5, PS4 Release Date
@playstation1995 What's the origin story of your sign-off, 'word up son'? Genuinely curious.
Re: Babylon's Fall (PS5) - This Limp, Confusing 'Service Game' Has Nothing Going for It
@Porco I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo or MS bought them.
Re: Sony Ships Secret PlayStation Console Prototypes Overseas
@Party_Cannon I've heard crazier rumours, TBH. It would help show that Sony is serious about this streaming/subscription stuff
Re: Sony Ships Secret PlayStation Console Prototypes Overseas
Boring (most likely) answer: Something to do with VR2
Slight more interesting/less likely answer: Maybe a PS5 slim prototype? Sony may be fast tracking it to try and mitigate supply problems.
Re: New PS Store Planet of the Discounts Sale Live Now, 900+ PS5, PS4 Deals
@themightyant Yeah, it's really bugging me, too. What happened to 50% off sales?!
Re: Horizon Forbidden West Has Gyro Aiming, Many Accessibility Options
According to the blog, the game has a sort of codex type thing, too! That's a great idea. 7th gen games used to do that a lot, but the trend died out for some reason.
Re: GTA 6 Officially Confirmed, Development Is 'Well Underway'
Hmm. Late 2023, maybe?
Re: New Horizon Forbidden West Trailer Details Challenges, Upgrades
@ApostateMage Isn't The Frozen Wilds designed to be played just before the last mission in HZD?
Re: New PS Store Sale Discounts So Many Great PS5, PS4 Games
@ChrisDeku Good point. If it makes you feel any better, as VG streaming and PS's gamepass equivalent becomes more of a thing, physical sales and the used game market will be rendered irrelevant.
Re: Sony Buys Ex-Halo, Destiny Developer Bungie for $3.6 Billion
@Martsmall I think Sony would do it, but only 2-4 years after PS release.
Re: Sony Buys Ex-Halo, Destiny Developer Bungie for $3.6 Billion
@Smash41 Not a bad idea. Especially as Guerrilla games will probably want to make at least one more Horizon game.
Re: French Retailer Warns PS5 Players to Choose Console Carefully After Xbox's Activision Acquisition
@Splat It still sells very well, though. A lot of the people who hate it probably but it
Re: Unsurprisingly, Life Is Strange PS4's Remaster for PS4 Looks Familiar
@get2sammyb Agreed. Giving gamers £10 off the remastered collection/ultimate edition if they already own LIS1 and BTS would be fair, though. Also, why aren't they getting a native 9th gen release, too? It all seems a bit odd, like these should have been the 8th gen versions to begin with. Were the original versions just 7th gen ports?
Re: PS4 Trophies Bugged Out with PS3 Labels and People Are Jumping to Conclusions Again
@AdamNovice ... While MS buys SEGA or something...
Re: PS3 Games Spotted on PS5 Store, Fuelling PS Plus Rumours - But It's Nothing New
@DeanySevigny That'll never happen in that sense, as the PS4/5 apparently can't read CDs. Maybe you could make inserting the cd trigger a download though? Someone with more tech knowledge would have to confirm
Re: Sony Reportedly Planned to Cease PS4 Production at the End of 2021
@Kidfunkadelic83 We'll probably start to see that late this year, with it being the norm from 2023
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us Remake Almost Complete, Out This Year
@WCB It's usually the 2nd and 3rd year where things really start to take off, so I'm pretty excited.
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us Remake Almost Complete, Out This Year
@Kidfried I'd like to think there'd be a DC 'upgrade' for people who own the original. GOT and DS did that.
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us Remake Almost Complete, Out This Year
@Col_McCafferty I get your frustration with the...err.. ''backlash' (I liked TLOU2 as well, but did find Ellie's 'back and forth' a bit unbelievable) but at this pint I'd suggest staying off any comments page regarding TLOU2. It's not going to go away any time, soon.
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us Remake Almost Complete, Out This Year
@lolwhatno TLOU3 would be a massive undertaking. Making a remake of a smaller game (especially if most of the work has already been done by another studio) won't delay anything. ND has more than one team. My guess is we'll get all this stuff by late 2022, then a new IP in late 2024-5, then TLOU3 by late 2026-27.
Re: Rumour: The Last of Us Remake Almost Complete, Out This Year
@velio84 I think you're onto something. However, I'm guessing the 'Director's Cut' extra will be Factions 2 and maybe the TLOU1 remake. I'd love to be wrong, but I can't imagine TLOU2 getting an expansion in addition to Factions and the remake.
That being said, GOT got 'Ghost of Tsushima: Legends' and that Iki Island expansion, so who who knows?
Re: Assassin's Creed Origins 60FPS Patch Likely as Ubisoft Investigates
@PenguinL Hopefully we'll see a return of the occasional shorter, more focused AC game within this AC Infinity thing.
Re: PS Store January Sale Live Now, Here Are the Best PS5, PS4 Deals
Most of the PS4 games on my list are very new, so very few more than 20% off. I feel like in the next sale at least some will be 50% off, so I might wait. I Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments worth getting? It's only £6.50.
Also, DPA: House of Ashes for £16.50 might be good, but I'm guessing it'll be 50% off, eventually. Plus all these games are cross-gen, so I can always put them in the 'wait for a PS5' pile.
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok Costs $40, Not Included in the Season Pass
@Bu1ld0g Yeah, that's a good idea. Give yourself a few moths to miss it, as it were. The SP will definitely have a sale at some point. How would you rate Valhalla, BTW? I really want to try one of the 'RPG' AC games, but the grinding and length puts me off. (Said the actress to the bishop)
Re: Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok Costs $40, Not Included in the Season Pass
@Bu1ld0g That's why I tend to get the gold editions of games I like. Just in case I want to play the DLC down the line.