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As much as I want games like Astro Bot to do very well, Sony deserves to fail through and through in Japan after raising the regional price of their console yet again.

Almost choked on my drink laughing at 800€. I had no interest in the Pro to begin with, but this is an even more bafflingly bad deal than I anticipated.

They almost named a videogame system something that sounds like an electricity supplier.

It is pretty weird, especially after a round of timed console exclusive deals with PlayStation.

A Final Fantasy character or two are of course a given, but 2B in particular also feels like she gets a cameo in just about everything, yet she's not in a game with upwards of 150 guest appearances.

What a thoroughly unpleasant person.

Love the irony of the "adults are talking" bit while behaving worse than your average petulant child.

So glad all of these 64KB games can be accessed instantly via streaming as opposed to downloading them over the course of a long, excruciating half a second. We truly live in the future.

Wrapping up Tunic at the moment. I'll probably start the Dead Space remake later today, and play some Zenless Zone Zero & Vampire Survivors on the side.

Just finished the article. Great read - and frankly, while I've never put myself through anything as draining as this for a completion, the immense majority of my experiences with trophy boosting groups closely mirror this story.

Dedication, mutual encouragement, sticking around to help after they're done themselves, taking other people's mistakes in stride, etc. Unironically some of the best, most chill people you can find to play games with, whether it's a mindless grind or something strenuously skill-based.

It was nice to see a piece from someone who actually bothered to experience this "from the inside" and acknowledges both the good and the bad of the experience.

I've been following the PSNProfiles thread dedicated to this on and off for a couple days. It's been a fun vicarious ride, and I tip my hat to everyone who stuck it out to the end.

Not every IP needs to perpetuate itself unto eternity. Sometimes it's much healthier, for both the creators and the creation, to let it reach a natural end.

People have a strange obsession with calling franchises 'dead' when in most cases they are simply 'finished'. The only instances where that term ever makes sense would be those in which the creators actively wanted to make a new entry and they never managed to.

Lost me at Epic Games account, might have given it a try otherwise.

Best of luck to the devs with the beta/launch, this looks like it might scratch the Mario Kart itch of many.

"Highly sought-after" gave me a good chuckle.

@naruball Given enough free time, sure. I got 100% in about five days during the holidays, and according to PSN my total playtime was 47 hours. Just under two weeks left for it to be removed, so I think it's doable.

That playtime can easily be lowered, too. I tend to let all the voice lines play out instead of skipping to the next, I read every piece of text in the glossary and whatnot, and I also played the RTS battles on the hardest settings. All of that adds up to a good bunch of shave-able hours.

13 Sentinels is a beautiful game, definitely give it a go if you've got the time. It's not particularly long by VN standards (the RTS battle half of it doesn't take super long, either).

Internal positivity means next to nothing. They need focus testing with average players not afraid to speak their minds, and to take feedback seriously as opposed to calling it "white noise" and moving on.

I do think Fairgame$ is in a somewhat better position than Concord despite its widely hated CG reveal trailer, because it's taking on a less exploited subgenre. But if they don't change their incredibly out of touch approach, they'll have yet another bomb on their hands.

"We'd prefer not to comment on the deals made by our partners with other platform holders"

They already used this exact same non-committal accusation months ago. No one with at least half a brain cell bought it then and no one does now.

I don't blame them, when you consider the very real possibility that they'll just can the game forever and the trophy list will become forever unobtainable (despite the announcement's implications that the game may return in a different format).

Less than three days of prior notice to complete a game this grindy is pretty bollocks, but then again it's not like they were thinking of completionists when they settled on the shutdown date.

Man, not even a week left. Trophy hunters are screwed considering how insane the grind for the platinum sounded, my condolences.

"Or maybe, just maybe, developers are having trouble with Microsoft's machines. You know, like they keep telling us."

Nah, that's too convenient. Instead, I must believe the Forbes journalist bellend who gets his "info" out of Reddit posts.

Anyhow, I forget which game it was, but a small developer recently had a similar complaint about Microsoft being impossible to communicate with to push their game through, and thus ended up cancelling their XBox release.

Little Nightmares II works for me.

I haven't been into HP for many years so I'm not interested in the Quidditch game, but it is a pretty big get for current fans nonetheless.

As for the sports game... Frankly, I just keep wondering when they'll run out of these to give away.

@thefourfoldroot1 That's the thing mate - you don't have an argument.

You're insulting people who'd rather have a free-to-play game with MTX while saying that Concord, a premium game with MTX (i.e. the worst of both worlds), is the better price model for the players.

In other words, you make zero sense because your first comment was based on the misconception that Concord's got no MTX and you're getting a complete package when buying it. Nothing petty about pointing it out, especially when you're not just being wrong but pointlessly rude as well.

@thefourfoldroot1 It's been confirmed that the game will have paid cosmetics aka microtransactions anyway, on top of costing 40 dollars.

You couldn't even fact check something this simple, yet here you are calling people morons.

Another price hike would just make me even more likely to wait for sales or for games to get added to subscription services - which is what I already do in most cases. I only get the stuff I absolutely cannot wait to play on Day 1.

Guys, I don't think there's room for God of War anymore. We already have Final Fantasy and they've both got big monsters.

Just wait until Season 1 adds a toaster man tank character and Concord goes on to sell three concordillion copies.

Can't wait for a State of Play focused on the most unnecessary mid-gen console upgrade yet, instead of new games.

May many more flops come their way.

@AdamNovice

More or less the same here, I think I'll be at around 160 when Jane's banner begins.

I started too late for Ellen (August 1st), got Zhu Yuan, and I'm skipping Qingyi. Jane's cool so I'll try to get her for as many pulls as I can afford without jeopardizing that I get Caesar guaranteed. Version 1.2 will bring its own share of easy polychromes, so there's some leeway for me to pull at least.

Not leaving anything to chance when it comes to pulling Caesar. I've been saving polychromes for that character since before her name was even known.

If they do include the novel at retail here in Europe, then I'll definitely go physical for this one.

That's cool. If I ever get around to the game I'll absolutely be playing it with the Sicilian audio.

Nah, I've got enough on my plate at the moment. But I'll definitely get the game sooner or later, everything I've seen of it appeals to me.

That's a very good pick for the service. When it comes to the Day 1 games selected for Extra, they've done very well pretty much every time.

I feel like I've got far better options available to me whenever I want to play retro games.

The extra appeal of a retro game coming to PS5 usually comes down to said game being fully 'integrated' into a modern system - downloadable, with trophy support, etc. Playing stuff via this service would kind of negate that for me.

I hate streaming games period, too. Had to do it for some PS3 Classics such as ICO since there's no download option for them - and the stuttering, while occasional, is a complete and utter deal breaker.

What do you wanna bet that 'April' season peeking out of the roadmap will stay in the drawing board?

I play on the system about as much as any other year, but then again a lack of big first-party exclusives doesn't mean much when you try to play games of almost every genre and size. There's always something for me any given day.

Happy for the devs, I hope Krafton will respect their creative freedom.

I'll maybe try to play Midnight Fight Express before it's gone.

Funny how the ripoff is almost 4 times as expensive as the real thing when not discounted. Exactly zero shame.

Nice, I've been hearing great things about Nine Sols.

Possibly something that improves and expands upon the Clan Battles from Yakuza 6 and Kiwami 2?

It'd be fun if they tried out turn-based strategy instead of RTS, though. Like a Dragon: Fire Emblem.

Sweet news, I enjoyed Queen's Blood.

@PuppetMaster The whole negative discourse surrounding Rebirth and its optional content is incredibly weird and tiresome.

People are getting increasingly incapable of either taking their time to enjoy the smaller things in games, or simply moving on from them without getting annoyed at their mere existence. And heavens forbid they've got to engage with a secondary activity for all of five introductory minutes over the course of the critical path.

Cool, I was waiting for this sale to come back. I'll grab one month and play both Dead Space and Jedi Survivor.

Thanks for the heads-up, PS.

Big thumbs up for Ender Lilies.

Just checked out the Direct store for Europe and, while everything else is indeed discounted, PSVR2 is still being listed at 599,99€.

It's not often at all that I see a trailer for a brand new IP and instantly go "yup, I'm getting this one at launch". Absolutely fantastic-looking game that I can't wait to see more of.

All that being said, I'd argue the kind of combat they're going for is reminiscent of Ichiban's Like a Dragon games, although they might go deeper still with the real time integration aspect.

Off I go to read the full article.

All-in on Jeanne d'Arc until I complete it - currently on Chapter 6 out of 8, I believe. What a delightful little strategy game out of nowhere, now this is the kind of 'classic' I want to see more of.

The make-or-break factor here will be whether or not Kiryu's actor can deliver a performance that feels true to the character.

I'm not a big fan of live action adaptations generally speaking, but there is potential for some fun times here. Plus, unlike other media, Like a Dragon's pretty close to reality already.

Nah, I appreciate how I always have a bunch of them available to play if I'm feeling like it, and I enjoy making my way through the ever increasing selection one at a time. It's a neat subgenre.

I would definitely feel burnt out if I played several of them in a row, but I tend to pick one up every couple months or so, and that pace has worked well.

Pretty good price cut.

Unfortunately this thing is still worth the full 600 bloody euros where I live.