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@Cloud7794 Thanks for the translation! It does sound like project Morpheus to me. "actions have real consequences". I guess we will know soon enough.

Hopefully Sony uses the extra time to actually be ready with content.

@Carl-G : Yes, Sony's decision not to follow MS into price war is interesting. XBO certainly boosted sales as a result and has now probably gained some momentum which it didn't have. Not sure if Sony just got caught with its pants down, decided it was doing do well it didn't need to drop price, didn't want to reduce its market value (MS will struggle to go back to full price now and is probably losing money on each sale), or if they needed to bank the profit margin and couldn't follow with the other issues faced by the company.

Personally, I would have followed and not given them any chance to gain sales momentum. Oh well. Lets see what happens at Christmas.

Interestingly Emagon spelled backwards is "nogame".

Wow. Deadly Premonition. I may have to turn on the PS3. Hmm, no time. Its a shame. Will download it though.

I love articles like this, because it always reminds me that the world is full of variety and people with their loves, wants and desires are regularly so different to me (which is a great thing). Gaming is no different, and the number of opinions here that are so different to each other and mine is both amazing and fantastic. Oh the world would be boring if everyone was like me.

I wont try to argue or disagree with anything said above (everyone values different aspects of gaming), but I will say 1 thing. For anyone who does decide to take the plunge and buy a PS4 this holiday, I don't believe you will be disappointed and I believe afterwards your PS3 will get turned on much much less than you think it will. i.e. possibly never again.

More concerned about about collision detection than frame rate (though good to know it is improved) as that causes lots of strange happenings an impacts free running. Hopefully that is addressed too. I'm sure there will be further patches coming down the line. Playing FC4 first, and hoping this is in a better state by Christmas!

Have been saying since September that This, FC4 and Assassins Creed will kill me this month and keep me gaming through the new year. Nothing has changed.

For me it has worked out like this. Now playing FC4 and loving it. Assasin Creed bought but parked in the hope that a coming patch will improve the collision detection, pop in issues etc that are really annoying. If not, I will enjoy the game anyway, just it may benefit from not being played first out of the 3.

DA:I pre-ordered (Cheaper to buy that way) I will pick it up today. Haven't decided to play it or Assassins creed first yet..

Just don't expect me to discuss anything but these 3 games for the next 3 months, or to come up for much air.

That's not even mentioning the games I have missed like Alien: Isolation, and still really want to play. Oh, where were the complainers that this has been such a bad gaming year again?

I am really less concerned by the remaining online issue with this game than I am with the aggressive AI. It was ok early in the campaign when it wasn't that hard, but as you progress it just kills the game. Just sick of being driven off the road, especially when I am hit from behind.

Glad to see they have made some tweaks to that here, and with some new tracks I will try it out again. but really think the whole AI needs an overhaul. Either that, or I just cannot drive. I guess that is a possibility, but never had these issues with Grand Tourismo.

What has worked well for MS over the last month is bundling 3rd party games with some exclusive content at a great price, not their actual exclusives. Sunset Overdrive has sold ok, but nothing groundbreaking. It is COD and Assassins creed that have done it for them .Sony has not tried to match that same level of deal (price etc) with Far Cry and GTAV etc, which has been to their sale detriment.

There is a price war going on, and Sony seems to want rise above it. Not convinced they can rest on their laurels and do that. There are some signs of them moving price now, and they are not being killed in US sales like they were, but MS has got some good momentum coming into the holidays, which if I was Sony I would be worried about. They need "cheap" bundles. Too late to create/ship new bundles, but they can still change the prices of the ones they have!

I'm curious, and enjoyed hearing the Australian accent in a game. A real one that is.

Started this yesterday,so early days, but so far everything about it is brilliant!

If this holds up it will be game of the year contender. Absolutely loving it!

It hasn't been the greatest year's gaming true, but there have been a lot of really good and enjoyable games (Infamous and Showdow of Mordor stand out to me) and two more really big hitters coming out this month. FC4 and DA (at least for me). I also struggle to see Destiny as a failure. Disappointed because it could have been so much more, sure, but certainly not a failure. I really don't see anything to complain about.. Overall I have had a great year with my PS4 and haven't been short of anything to play since March.

So was 2014 the best year in gaming in recent times. Absolutely not.
Was is the worst, terrible, a disaster, Absolutely not. I've had fun!

Still getting it. It was ready to pick up yesterday, just didn't have time.

Bring it on!. But I am realistic about if/when this will ever make it to Australia.

What is amazing about this story is not that the the engineer put his name in the code (though that's clever). What is amazing is that someone bothered to scroll through a hex dump of the code and found it!. I mean, surely there are better things to do with one's time.

I'll still play it. Lived in Paris for 5 years. Would pay just to run around Paris during the revolution. Already pre-ordered.

Oh dear. Have already pre-ordered AC and FC4 (I save $10 pre-ordering). Will have to do this one too because it is guaranteed I will play it. I will be playing these 3 games well into Christmas time if not the new year. December releases are irrelevant.

Been toying with getting this for a while. Still on the fence. I play in a band, so even though I'm not the greatest player in the world, it is not a question of skill level. Just can't decide if I will actually use the game or not. Not really interested in the mini games, tutorials etc. I know how to play. Just want it to be a fun way to learn the songs and rock along so to speak. Still can't decide if it will do that or not.

Well obviously I bought one of them!

I think the other big factor is Australia is that the PS3 had really good momentum in Australia since about 2010. the 360 killed it in early years, and overall sales of the two last gen consoles is probably very even in total, but the PS3 was a clear sales winner from about 2010 on, and I think the PS4 payed into that, especially with how the two launches went..

Having said that outselling the Wii is huge, because it was massive here too. I'm actually surprised it has sold better than the Wii did.

Honestly, after playing more and more of this game, my biggest frustration with it is not the server issues, it is the AI. They need to tweak it as a priority, because as it is, you cannot reasonably advance in the game. I cannot figure how you are supposed to drive against the AI and succeed. Other than random luck for a given race, it seems impossible at the mid/higher levels.

The AI, is just too aggressive, and when you are driving at high speed, hits you from behind, which regularly spins you out and make you crash. Race over. It ruins the game, because if means your race's success is largely random (not being hit by something else) rather than in control of your own driving.

If this was rare, it would be ok, but it happens in 80% of races. i.e. more often that not. Ruins the whole experience, and even when you are in front, with clear road, likely to be taken out by another car from behind at any moment and then finish last.

The server fixes will come, but the AI needs to be addressed. Especially in a racer that promotes clean driving, and penalises your for bumping. Pity the AI doesn't play by the same restrictions. I have largely lost patience with trying to advance in this game at the moment. Racing is just too frustrating. So disappointed.

Finally.

@EyeDeeNO76 Yes! That's the one. The SNES does look good too, but the Atari was my first console. So it captures my nostalgia. I am generally not very nostalgic at all (virtually always forward looking), so it takes a lot to make me feel the tinge of "aww". This did it.

Imagining there will not be too many people rushing out for the DC version at the moment. Still a big fan of the Atari 2600 pimping that came out for the PS4 a while back. Seriously considered it.

They have to do something. So much is about momentum. It is not that they need to the sales etc, it is that they do not want to give MS a foot in the door. They need to be unrelenting to win, and therefore, they should price match. Why sit back and give MS a foothold, from where to start a rebuild. I wouldn't.

This game is very much on my radar. Killing last gen just makes it more so. I liked dead island despite myself. Will wait and see how it pans out.

The PS4 is having the worst month since launch (This, driveclub, server issues, sales etc) on absolutely every front. Nothing is going right for them at the moment.

Obviously, everything/everyone has bumpy times, nothing new, or need to panic, but they do need to turn this around and start generating some good buzz again. They don't to try and drive end of year sales with all this going on.

So glad that it sold well, and good for Guerilla.

Personally I think it is a very good game, that deserved more than its reviews gave it. Its multi-player in particular was excellent. Doesn't mean it was perfect. Its biggest challenge (IMO) was just inconsistency. Some amazing levels, coupled with some atrocious ones. A good story premise, let down by some cardboard characters. Lack of enough set pieces that created that "buzz". Overall, I think the games biggest flaw was a lack of adrenaline. It just needed more places to kick you in the backside and push you alone more, rather than letting you drift through and find your way.

But having said all that, personally, I really enjoyed it and would recommend it. Just maybe not the best of its kind available.

@glassmusic Asking me what MS benefits are? Hmm. Personally I would say none. Just noted that for the first time since probably Titanfall, they are actually selling well. Was hoping that Sony had something up their sleeve to counter. Would hate Sony to not win NPD in Nov. They will need to counter and not sit on their laurels. Competition is good for gaming. We win.

Tell me what happened when its over. I will see if I care. Sorry a bit tainted at this point. Low expectations of anything new I will care about. We'll see.

On a slight aside, the XBO is killing PS4 on Amazon at the moment with with COD and Assassins creed bundles! (Sunset Overdrive is selling "ok" as a game but completely overshadowed). First time I have seen MS clearly take the lead! It will be a great week for MS (Well done to them!) and interesting to see what Sony does (if anything) to counter. They do not want MS to re-gain momentum in the US. Sony will need some big bundles/sales of their own. I hope they have been planning.

@Bad-MuthaAdebis Agree. A good game and given the numbers, I fully expect a sequel at some point. BUT, honestly if they just put out another one the same I am not sure I would buy it. They will need to take it somewhere quite new (not just location) to re-spark interest.

Was never worried to begin with.

This is my second most anticipated game (yes I know anticipation) after Uncharted 4. I cannot wait for this, and am personally thrilled by all the cinematics, cut-scene integration, gameplay mechanics that "some" complain about. They should stick to their guns and make the game they envisaged. It looks different and special. I don't want this game to have gun-play like destiny, that is not its point.

I really enjoyed this but am now struggling to finish it, about 80% of the way through and trying to do all the side missions etc. But it just become very much "samey" unfortunately. Trying hard to resist just doing the final 3 story missions and calling it a day. It is still a good game (which I have recommended), but not sure I will rock up for DLC at this point as it has struggled to hold my interest to the very end.

"The DLC will be free to those who purchased the season pass" - Isn't that the definition of season pass?!

You say that like it is a bad thing?!

@DrClayman Yes, exactly. Mine had the exclamation sign too. it may not be the same for everyone, but I assumed I wouldn't be the only one with that issue. Glad it helped someone else if not all.

Would kill for a good Star Wars game that transported me into the world. Sadly none has ever been made (IMO). This shows some promise, but WAY too early to call.
Waiting, but certainly not holding my breath at this point.

@Lateralus68 Unfortunately, every time they release a game, 10s of millions of people disagree with you. So they keep making them.

I would, China even more, but based on the reception to AC3, I think that it would be a leap too far (get it) for a large part of the fan base. I think they are right. A few temples etc, but where is the architecture, high buildings etc.

I think the return to Europe with Unity will be a big win for the series. Everyone missed it.

Other than the lack of folders (I want to organise my own stuff damnit), I really like the PS4's UI, and it is just getting better. A few really good things here too.

I did notice there are now options to attach a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse etc. Not sure if that was there before. I wonder if it works with all, or if there will be specific hardware coming down the road. Not really interested in a mouse (not great on the couch) but a keyboard has its uses definitely.

Still waiting for dynamic themes in Aus. None available yet. Oh well, red is still a nice change.

Before re-installing, please try this trick. It worked for me!

I had this problem, but seem to have solved it more simply. When it was stuck not coming back from Rest mode (yellow flashing light) I switched to the Anywhere Net+ source for the PS4 on the TV and it actually showed me the PS4 screen so I could see what was happening. This system was stuck on a PSN registering screen. I couldn't get it to fix (had to reset again) but it gave me an idea.

Next time I booted, I checked all my PSN settings, and it said that I had to re validate my email address. Pressed the button under the PSN settings on the PS4 to send the validation email, validated the email that it sent me, pressed the done button on the PS4, and the issue has vanished. Working a treat now.

Definitely, worth checking your PSN setting for any (please fill out) sections before re installing. May save you lots of time.

Honestly with so much to play at the moment and all of other free indies I'm already I am not touching, I really don't care about this month's releases. Too much to do. Escape plan is the only one I will probably even get around to. We'll see.

Great move, though obviously some will be disappointed.

@Punished_Boss_84 indeed!

@Bad-MuthaAdebis You do know that Dinosaurs are extinct and not endangered right?

I am really tempted by this port (though not straight away, because too much other stuff to do). I played it on PS3, but never finished, and you can transfer your save game across (from what I understand). So very tempting to pick it up later on the PS4 (when the price has gone down) and continue. I find it so hard going back to the ps3 to play games now. The UI is soooo slow and I miss the DS4.

Red at the moment. Hoping some "free" themes come to the store soon to try out. No additional themes were available in Australia as of last night. Assume they will come, like everything else eventually.

Wasn't in Australia last night when I downloaded the update, which is strange because it usually follows the EU on such things. I will take it that it is coming and keep looking.

We are just not on the same stratosphere here. Played it for five minutes, thought "I got over Pacman 30 years ago" and went "whatever". Turned it off. I just have no interest in the genre. Oh well. Maybe as a Vita time-waster, but it will not be getting any PS4 time around here.

I hope this is meant with a sense of humour.

Yay! That has been really annoying.

Hopefully they are just taking the time to get it right.