I very much doubt it's a Mega Man game. It took them years, several times over, to make a new one, both in 2008 and 2018, when a small team in Capcom decided to do it.
Worse still, 11 sold the most of all of them, and we've had some collections, and then the guy who was shepherding the series to these new highs....just upped and left Capcom.
I expect this to be a repeat of the SNES PlayStation, where Sony would have to be paid by Nintendo to release games on their own hardware, just because of how the rights would have worked out.
"To reiterate, our policy is to only ever review PlayStation code."
This is good, but developers also host previews on other builds that your sister sites have played, and then published thoughts on for other games, so is this just a PS thing, or overall?
Also, does that include PC reviews, because saying ever implies you won't review Sony's PC releases.
To give you an idea of how much swing that will give Sony with 2.5%:
Nintendo owns 1% or so, and Bandai Namco has not only been Co developing loads of their games for many years, they even have internal studios for that purpose, running primary development on many massive games.
Sony can get a lot out of this with that small investment.
@Steeleye50 I mean, sure? I guess? I doubt it though. Pokemon Legends Z-A is $60 on Switch, $70 on Switch 2, and if The Pokemon Company isn't doing it, then Splatoon Raiders, Kirby Air Riders, Hyrule Warriors and Metroid Prime 4 sure as hell won't either.
Hilariously though, and this barely gets talked about, over here in the sunny(?) UK, Nintendo is the only platform holder to have their games be cheaper digitally than physically. You know, that thing people wanted for years.
I wanna buy Donkey Kong Bananza? £66.99 for physical, £57.99 digital. Mario Kart World? £74.99 physical, £66.99 digital.
If I go over to PlayStation and want Ghost of Yotei? £70 regardless. No adjustment for currency value, no cheaper digital (Because why would it be, its pure profit?), just the same number as the US.
If we want anything to become standardised, it's actually applying exchange rates to games, and cheaper digital copies than physical.
@Steeleye50 Ah yes. The report that was never corrected after the press details were released, because the EU pricing came out first and everyone pulled a Sony and directly converted it by changing the currency symbol instead of waiting less than half an hour for the US info to be released that says....$80.
Anyway, I forgot this game was coming out, and it's from a now very well liked developer...in one genre anyway.
Shame it didn't land, but that's what happens with these mid tier publishers, they are overreaching and burning holes they can't afford in their pockets on the hopes of one hit.
I mean, Sony isn't the worst offender. I remember hearing one run of cutscenes without any controller inputs in MGS4 was so long PlayStation Now would boot you for inactivity.
Much like when Nintendo updates games like Mario Odyssey, or Mario Kart, or Pokemon, or Splatoon, or Kirby, with free and paid post launch content....I just don't go back.
Same with games like Astro Bot. I haven't even seen any of the post launch levels because....well as the article so rightly puts it, I paid for and got a complete experience. I got 100% completion, every bot, and I had my fill.
I'm not going to sit down and boot the game for another handful of levels, or another handful of costumes, or a new stage and weapon, or a new side mode was added, or they added more multiplayer stuff. I played it. I enjoyed it. I'm waiting on the next thing now.
But that's just how I play games. I play it until I've had my fill if multiplayer, or until I've done what I want if single player, and then move on. I might come back and play it for a stream or again in a couple years if I get the cravings, but I'm not coming back every couple months for a few bits here and there, or even an entire side mode.
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Re: Enjoy the New Resident Evil Requiem Trailer with Improved PS5 Graphics
And at 11, water is wet.
And saying Sony republished it, is a bit wrong. They simply uploaded their version of that content.
To republish would be to remove Nintendo's and replace it with theirs.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Trilogy's Conclusion Will Not Be PS5 Exclusive
Cant believe Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is coming to Xbox Series later this year.
On January 22nd! Didnt know we had a new calendar
Re: Full Metal Schoolgirl Is a PS5 Roguelike with Actual Personality
I'm still waiting for a Soulslike or Samurai based game with its own unique personality but here we are still eating em all up.
Re: Angry Video Game Nerd 8-Bit's Gonna Take You Back to Past on PS5, PS4
How does it have FMV cutscenes if its also fully playable on an NES?
Re: Capcom Shuts Down Fan Theories That Pragmata Is a Secret Mega Man Game
I very much doubt it's a Mega Man game. It took them years, several times over, to make a new one, both in 2008 and 2018, when a small team in Capcom decided to do it.
Worse still, 11 sold the most of all of them, and we've had some collections, and then the guy who was shepherding the series to these new highs....just upped and left Capcom.
So there goes all of that, I guess. NFTs!
Re: Skate's Free-to-Play Revival Rides into Early Access on PS5, PS4 in September
Get ready.....to be ready....to get ready.
Lemme know when they finish it.
Re: Long Awaited Skate Reboot's Early Access Release Date Will Be Revealed Next Week
We're today announcing the announcement of the release date of the pre-release period of our live service game with no release date.
Re: Metal Gear Solid Delta's Dismal PS5 Pro Support Could Use a Rethink
Unreal Engine 5 is a blight, and should have been seen coming after the mess that was UE3, and the overcentralisation that was UE4.
Re: Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Finally Out on 4th September
It cant possibly live up to the hype.
Feel bad for the devs.
Re: Stellar Blade Dev's Saucy Smartphone Shooter NIKKE Will Add Another PlayStation Fave Soon
Jill sandwich with extra buns and baps as per gacha gooner bait tradition.
Make it rain lads. Make it rain.
You've never felt rain have you?
Re: Promising PS5 Console Exclusive Where Winds Meet Will Scratch Your Wuxia Itch from 14th November
How much more Wu can games have?
Also, none of us here are aware of what Wuxia is. The article doesn't say what it is.
Congratulations or sorry to hear that, regardless.
Now stop giving me the weebie jeebies.
Re: Sony Made a Massive Mistake with Movie Sensation K-Pop Demon Hunters
Who, who, and who?
Also, only $20m? What a shame, cant afford that next mansion.
Re: Hyped PS5 Story Game Woochi the Wayfarer Aims to Leave a 'Lasting Emotional Impact'
East is relative.
Anyway, now I just want an Eeveelution called Joseon that I can nickname Woochi.
Wukong? Wyvern? Wutang?
Re: 'We'll Continue to Evolve the PS Store': Sony on Making PS5, PS4 Shopping Better
Yes, and I'm the King of Siam.
Company wants to make more money but doesn't want to invest in it.
Re: Make Up Your Own Mind About Critically Panned PS1 Platformer Bubsy 3D from 9th September on PS5
And Sony went on and said "yep, we'll have you guys".
Re: Another Live Service Game Is Killing Off PS4 Support
Only 1440p? God. It's an old UE4 game. What is this, the Switch 2?
Re: Sony's Zelda Movie Now Has an Official Social Media Account, and It's Only Following PlayStation
Oh no.
Anyway.
I expect this to be a repeat of the SNES PlayStation, where Sony would have to be paid by Nintendo to release games on their own hardware, just because of how the rights would have worked out.
This is Sony's movie and movie IP now.
Re: Jaw Dropping PS5 Action Game Woochi the Wayfarer Inspired by Classic Korean Novel
Does Woochi die on the way back to his home planet?
Re: Sony Likens Its Fledgling Anime Business to the PS1 Era
Given Sony has their hands in a majority of anime distribution and production it's weird to say that it's not already exploded.
I suppose if they acquire the last few stragglers maybe
Re: Battlefield 6 Open Beta Rewards You for Playing on PS5 with Exclusive Skin
A practice that could do with going away.
Re: Now It's Being Sued, Blatant Horizon Rip-Off Removes Copycat Artwork
It's quite sad they want access to it so they can destroy it. Hardly preserving of others work, even if somewhat derivative.
Re: Metal Gear Solid Delta's Online Fox Hunt Mode Not Ready for PS5 Launch
Can't wait for release day on the 26th. Shame it's so expensive though.
Re: Site News: Where Is Our Mafia: The Old Country PS5 Review?
"To reiterate, our policy is to only ever review PlayStation code."
This is good, but developers also host previews on other builds that your sister sites have played, and then published thoughts on for other games, so is this just a PS thing, or overall?
Also, does that include PC reviews, because saying ever implies you won't review Sony's PC releases.
Re: EA Sports Skates into NHL 26 with Tkachuk on the Cover and Big Promises
How on earth do you guys keep dropping articles in the future?
Re: Naughty Dog Hands The Last of Us 2 Remastered New PS5 Patch, Out Now
https://tenor.com/bf9N9.gif
Re: Honkai: Star Rail Makes You a Restaurant Manager in Upcoming Update, Here Are the New Redemption Codes
A restaurant in this game?
Nice buns.
Re: Turn-Based RPG Monster Hunter Stories 3 Announced for PS5, Hatches in 2026
@get2sammyb Tell a lie actually, the press release states PvZ is exclusive.
Which is bizarre because that's EA. They must be feeling ill.
Re: Turn-Based RPG Monster Hunter Stories 3 Announced for PS5, Hatches in 2026
That was quite possibly one of the worst things I have ever seen and I live in the UK.
Re: Turn-Based RPG Monster Hunter Stories 3 Announced for PS5, Hatches in 2026
The best thing about that Direct - not a single damn exclusive.
Re: 'No, I Won't': Kojima Rejects Playing Metal Gear Solid 3 Remake
They're crediting him? That's something.
Re: Rumour: New Octopath Traveler Game Set for PS5 Reveal
@SeaDaVie And also on everything.
But that's the oddity. It's like SMTv. It did 1m on Switch, and then Vengeance added another 1m.....across Switch, PC, Xbox and PS.
But man, they need to cool it with the HD-2D stuff. I can only take so much default UE4 blur.
Re: Twisted Metal's Anticipated Second Season Debuts with Three Episodes
I'm anticipating this like I anticipate the merciful brush of deaths cold clammy hand.
Feverishly.
Re: EA Still Resisting $80 PS5 Games, Not Raising Prices 'at This Stage'
Don't worry. The actual release date for these games costs $80 and upwards.
Re: Sony's Horizon Franchise Has Sold a Wild 38 Million Units Worldwide
Good for them. A pat on the back, a gold star on the fridge, and let's go for ice cream.
Re: Mini Review: Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game (PS5) - One Cosy Game to Bore Them All
@N1ghtW1ng @SeaDaVie
Middle Earth Enterprises is indeed under new management.
Infact, the company got called Middle Earth Enterprises and Friends.
It got called that when the company that bought them started having....er....issues....so to speak.
Embracer.
Re: Plants vs. Zombies Appears Ready to Return in Leaked PS5 Remaster
Wait for the inevitable Switch 2 release with mouse controls on this one methinks.
Re: PS4 Racer Project CARS 3 Is Being Delisted and Going Offline
#StopSpendingMoneyOnLicensesThatExpireAndNecessitateTheShutDownOfYourGameAfterAnArbitraryPeriodBecauseNoOneCaresAboutTheIPsYouKeepOverpayingFor
Re: Battlefield 6 PS5 Reveal Trailer Sets Up Modern-Day Setting, More on 31st July
They revealed it.
Then revealed it again.
And another reveal in a week?
Just do it all at once bloody hell 😂
We didn't need an announcement of an announcement that was for another announcement of an announcement.
Re: Sony Invests in Elden Ring Publisher Bandai Namco, Signs Strategic Partnership
To give you an idea of how much swing that will give Sony with 2.5%:
Nintendo owns 1% or so, and Bandai Namco has not only been Co developing loads of their games for many years, they even have internal studios for that purpose, running primary development on many massive games.
Sony can get a lot out of this with that small investment.
Re: Jun 2025 USA Sales: PS4's Record Launch Month Stomped by Switch 2
@Steeleye50 I mean, sure? I guess? I doubt it though. Pokemon Legends Z-A is $60 on Switch, $70 on Switch 2, and if The Pokemon Company isn't doing it, then Splatoon Raiders, Kirby Air Riders, Hyrule Warriors and Metroid Prime 4 sure as hell won't either.
Hilariously though, and this barely gets talked about, over here in the sunny(?) UK, Nintendo is the only platform holder to have their games be cheaper digitally than physically. You know, that thing people wanted for years.
I wanna buy Donkey Kong Bananza? £66.99 for physical, £57.99 digital. Mario Kart World? £74.99 physical, £66.99 digital.
If I go over to PlayStation and want Ghost of Yotei? £70 regardless. No adjustment for currency value, no cheaper digital (Because why would it be, its pure profit?), just the same number as the US.
If we want anything to become standardised, it's actually applying exchange rates to games, and cheaper digital copies than physical.
Re: Xbox U-Turn the First Step Towards Gamers Rejecting $80 Games
@get2sammyb But it's not $70 max, is it?
You want to play a big third party game on it's release day, it's already $80 or more for what they call "Early Access".
It's not Early Access. The game is out, it can be purchased, it's just the lower less profitable price point is releasing later on.
Re: Jun 2025 USA Sales: PS4's Record Launch Month Stomped by Switch 2
@Steeleye50 Ah yes. The report that was never corrected after the press details were released, because the EU pricing came out first and everyone pulled a Sony and directly converted it by changing the currency symbol instead of waiting less than half an hour for the US info to be released that says....$80.
Re: Jun 2025 USA Sales: PS4's Record Launch Month Stomped by Switch 2
@Steeleye50 I have yet to see a $90 physical Nintendo game.
Re: Xbox Backtracks on $80 Price Tag for The Outer Worlds 2 Following Public Outcry
But you can buy our $100 edition and get the game on its actual launch date!
They'll do it eventually. $70 is just the lowest cost of entry at a later date for most big games these days.
Re: 'Increasingly Selective Consumers' to Blame for Underperformance of Blades of Fire
An article from the future. Wow.
Anyway, I forgot this game was coming out, and it's from a now very well liked developer...in one genre anyway.
Shame it didn't land, but that's what happens with these mid tier publishers, they are overreaching and burning holes they can't afford in their pockets on the hopes of one hit.
Re: Ghost of Yotei PS5 a Similar Length to Ghost of Tsushima, Same Scope
As opposed to Ghost of Yotei PSP
Re: PS5 Pro Pockets a Native 8K, 60fps Game
And........who has an 8K TV?
Re: Official Ghost of Yotei Popcorn Bucket Triggers Tedious Takes on PS5 Exclusives
I mean, Sony isn't the worst offender. I remember hearing one run of cutscenes without any controller inputs in MGS4 was so long PlayStation Now would boot you for inactivity.
Re: Dark Souls, Elden Ring Dev May Have Another New Game for 2026
Ah yes the letter F has been used for both Dark Souls and Armoured Core.
So what we know is it is in fact a game they are working on in one of their two franchises.
Re: Reaction: Sony's PS5 Games Keep Getting Better After Launch, and Often for Free
Much like when Nintendo updates games like Mario Odyssey, or Mario Kart, or Pokemon, or Splatoon, or Kirby, with free and paid post launch content....I just don't go back.
Same with games like Astro Bot. I haven't even seen any of the post launch levels because....well as the article so rightly puts it, I paid for and got a complete experience. I got 100% completion, every bot, and I had my fill.
I'm not going to sit down and boot the game for another handful of levels, or another handful of costumes, or a new stage and weapon, or a new side mode was added, or they added more multiplayer stuff. I played it. I enjoyed it. I'm waiting on the next thing now.
But that's just how I play games. I play it until I've had my fill if multiplayer, or until I've done what I want if single player, and then move on. I might come back and play it for a stream or again in a couple years if I get the cravings, but I'm not coming back every couple months for a few bits here and there, or even an entire side mode.
That's just how I play, blasphemous I know.