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I'm personally buying the game second-hand, and donating the full amount paid to a reputable charity that is alluded in the pinned comment.

@InternetUser And is the Quidditch World Cup game downloadable on Steam, PSN, or Xbox Live to play today? Besides, all the other Harry Potter games had a form of Quidditch, whether part of the game's storyline or a separate mini game feature. No need to knock one's desire to play or see Quidditch tackled with modern controls today.

Looks like Paul visited the salon instead of the local barber with the Karen floop. I'm happy to finally play as Jun after a decade since TT2.

@belmont It had been behind a paywall since PS3 days, with certain games that prevented you from backing up saves via USB flash drive or incase you didn't have a flash drive handy it was there..

It just remained a feature of PS+ ever since with the only change being the increase of size that the cloud would save. The use of USB flash drives has diminished outside of saving screenshots today, unfortunately.

@thefourfoldroot1 I recall they did this though, unless it wasn't a thing in Europe with PS Direct invite at the time. I signed up to get an invitation but never received the invite so had to rely on other retail's lottery-like reservation. The lockdown definitely gave the scalpers an advantage with the only online pre-orders then.

@Ravix People are weird with judging the character's look to actors. No one looks identical to the game counterpart except maybe Nick Offerman as Bill and even then he's slimmer looking. But I guess people will give leeway to certain other attributes than others.

What a surprise, a certain celebrity gets people hostile enough to comment they hate them without listing substantial reasons. Anyways, Ragnarok was amazing, I finished the story but still have more to do with getting the platinum. In time that'll happen.

@dschons There was a prior update on the PAL versions of some PS1 games for 60Hz but the update was basically the PAL 50hz version boosted up to 60Hz which resulted in ghosting and other technical effects that isn't in the NTSC's native 60Hz version.

Now there is both versions to choose from without resulting to upscaling.

@Vivisapprentice @carlos82 Definitely. The N64 had some quality good titles and all, but PS1 filled in quantity and quality outside the family-friendly feel.

I can sort of agree with the Final Fantasy claim given how FFVII & FFVIII is the 2nd and 4th best-selling PS1 game of all time respectively and FFX being 5th best selling for PS2. Dragon Quest however isn't talked about as much mainstream-wise except among JRPG fans today.

Where I disagree is when Final Fantasy went back to multiplatform in the 360 era, PlayStation had other titles to keep them in the game to this day. That was 15 years ago since the change. Today though it's more like Final Fantasy has PlayStation to thank for the series survival.

@KidBoruto Only if the house your choose unlocks a unique path is the only sense it would make tying them to full playthrough of a trophy. Best case then is being able to simply reload an earlier save to get the right house trophy.

@nomither6 You should re-play the games again and revise yourself on the POC definition before re-reading my comment. It's your choice to ignore how "woke" has been used incorrectly these days that I was referencing. It's not my job to educate you any further. Have a good day.

@nomither6 "Will you explain how ?"

The underdogs rising up to take over the city via politics, for one. Prominent POC protagonists, option to make your main character as diverse as possible (make a feminine appearing character with masculine voice or vice versa like in SR3 and before). Oh yeah and being able to kiss some of your allies no matter your character's sex in 4.

Just a few things that seem to go under the term "woke" these days.

@KidBoruto Wouldn't be much of a platinum if it was that easy to achieve in one playthrough, especially when there was always four houses at Hogwarts. The real question is how early could the house-tied trophies be acquired on each new run.

Looks amazing, this was definitely the kind of game I wanted since the original PS1 release. While I won't be pre-ordering this for creator profit reasons, I'll be donating the extra money to the appropriate organization.

I consider it character depth with them thinking in their heads on what to do next. I usually know the solution before they utter it so it doesn't bother me. An option in the settings would be nice though to turn off the character's hint dialogue or how often they speak it to create a medium.

They're gonna see a huge drop off of Premium tier subscribers if they don't add more to the PS1/PSP library after the first year ends.

It just arrived at my doorstep and downloading it on my PS5 as we speak.

@theMEGAniggle Wasn't talking about you mate, re-read my comment.

Loved this game and the soundtrack. The open world exploration was everything young me during PS1 era envisioned for future games come to life. Seeing the mountain in the distance and being able to physically walk there without invisible walls. Also joins the ranks of God of War in the Father/Son game genre.

But it's strange to see the reactions of people dub it a "walking simulator" and boring. Clearly, we're in an era where world building and storytelling is no longer deemed important for a great game compared to other fast-paced and concised game lengths. It's all about content and what the player gets out of it.

@theMEGAniggle @nessisonett Don't you just love how there happens to be a million reasons why black and poc characters don't exist in certain games, but when they are in the game, there's apparently only one reason why (being shoehorned). 🙄 It's tiring and predictable seeing the responses to this.

Yeah looking through the document you can see the PS5 started selling at a loss, then they were making profit. But with the economy hitting the fan again they began selling at a loss again. Sucks that they had to be the first ones to raise the price in other regions but what can you do. They knew the demand was so strong adding the value of a physical game to the original cost compared to online scalpers wouldn't bat an eye to the regular consumer.

@Party_Cannon You already can order directly from Sony when stock is available through PS Direct. The other avenues of going directly to a physical store is still preferred to the average consumer if not through online vendors like Amazon.

There will always be scalpers. It just so happened this gen started in the middle of the pandemic. That amplified the difficulty in access with stores not being open or limited to scheduled times won by bots that have since eased up.

Yeah, I won't be able to finish the trilogy before next week when Ragnarök comes out. Was nice having them there.

@mariomaster96 It's a badge of honor around here to remain unaware of known figures. My twitter timeline is strictly gaming news and such so I'd see his name among others quite regularly.

@get2sammyb It's like a badge of honor to be out of touch with pop culture and remain ignorant these days.

I assumed she was including the Vita in her statement since it is the PSP2. Maybe next gen Sony will consider another portable type as part of the PS Family with the success of Switch and Steam deck.

Guess I'll be waiting to have Kratos smiling at each decapitation or him and Atreus posing in front of the bosses

@Uromastryx Ignore button is your friend. They were never going to buy the game to begin with.

Whatever gets the game to not crash and burn or stutter in the middle of combat is fine with me. To hyperfocus on an animation means it's somehow triggering or they need to mix up other ways to blend the transition.

@Rob_230 Hermen's face will be in the next game confirmed.

@truerbluer Game series reputation, hot buzz on the controversy with Kojima, and probably because both parts of Metal Gear Solid V simultaneously released within the same year (GZ) & day (TPP) of the console ports. And it having a bigger distance narratively from MGS4 for sure.

As for Uncharted, they definitely aren't self-contained. Except Golden Abyss on PS Vita with being a prequel. Starting out with Uncharted 2 for example, the characters talk about events in UC1 that have you wondering what the heck happened. Same in UC4 when they put such heavy emphasis on Nathan debating on quitting after everything he went through when he talks about it.

Pretty much Uncharted has became more niche of a franchise in the previous decade under the shadow of Last of Us and other new mainstream games. This new version is 5-6 years after the original release dates. I'm sure they were expecting bigger sales after the movie's success. But the name "Uncharted" doesn't have a strong buzz like in 2012 anymore.

@Flaming_Kaiser You're just about right given their choice to ignore the facts.

Voted that I don't care. Obviously, if given the choice for 60+ frames and the visuals still look fine then I would choose that. But I'm not going to cut myself off from older games or a developer's vision by avoiding anything less. 30 fps is usually the pace of movies, which PS games are known for on the quality of their storytelling.

@Eldritch Maybe it'd be easier for you to understand if we break it down to Cartoons and Anime as two different genres/subjects within the "Animation" umbrella term. The key differences are in the art style, themes, directions, and of course origins. As such there are many variations of cartoons just as there many variations of anime. Like many other genres, some cross, some borrow elements of another but still maintain their own identity.

It'd be like comparing Third person versus First person perspective in video games. They can share the same sub-genres but different origins, directions, themes, and experiences when consuming the products. Whilst still under the video game umbrella.

Given the history of the series Project Rene will go through major transitions through the years. Checking out Sims 2 and 4 alpha stages is really amazing to see what they experimented with before the final product.

As long as I can still create Sims and generations then I'm pumped.

@Anti-Matter You should look up Sims 1 3D, the project I think was called "Simitone" from FreeSO. There's videos on that project. It is quite amazing.

The HD Collection will be delisted from the stores ala Metal Gear.

I chuckled at seeing "appreciated" in the headline from the usual loud minority who feel anything but in the comments. Anyways, this definitely would've been huge if it was introduced on the PS3 days when PS+ was even more of a benefit. The idea on cashing in on what you bought to get those discounted PS1 classic games would've been juicy on top of PS Home integration.

Right now it feels like baby steps since we have minimal community integration, therefore less places to display our rewards. Unless they find a more public area to view these reward icons, I wouldn't be surprised if they get phased out or redeemable for extra points in the future. It's free and in process so my expectations are low and I'll likely rack them up on the cheaper digital titles.

@Zenszulu Not the twist I was talking about. But it's okay, I already fulfilled my intentions. We can just agree to disagree and move on from here.

@Zenszulu "No need to change it simple because one country has a larger population so more of them could potentially be reading it."

Nice twist, but I never said that. It's good to know that you don't consider the development of a program that is free to join and rewards consumers who care enough to participate equated to a shady practice as non-offensive.

As mentioned in my previous 2 comments here, I'm aware of the multiple meanings and therefore unbothered by this. Whilst at the same time I understand and merely have chosen to take the time to spell it out for those who at least seem like they want to understand why it bothers a number of commenters.

I'm sure it would please plenty of fanboys to see Xbox consolidate into a downloadable app. Chances are if it was on PlayStation & Nintendo the games would only be playable via streaming with a small catalog if any to be downloadable on the hardware.

@Zenszulu I'm able to gloss over scheme but the 'outrage' is understandable. There are plenty of words us Americans use that carry negative connotation on the other side of the pond and vice versa. What we do? We honor their request out of respect despite there logically being more Americans than UK or any other smaller-sized country. A simple word switch shouldn't be that big of a deal to receive immediate denial.

As for PS Stars, hopefully they start adding PS Star voucher codes or what not inside the game cases. So that people who still purchase physical copies would be able to redeem the points so it doesn't feel like a push towards more digital sales.

@stvevan Considering the site already reports when products release in American and Asian regions. Along with reporting the American dollar amounts with prices, it means there is a substantial audience to where they deem it worth acknowledging. So with that I'd say it's no trouble to simply switch the word from scheme to rewards.

And it was previously thought that we'd be waiting until 2024 before seeing improvement in stock. The revised models & expected detachable disc drive is putting that prediction to rest.

@Shepherd_Tallon It makes sense since PC gamers will be online the most, then with Xbox Game Pass easily accessible to PC gamers. Most will adopt a Nintendo Switch, and bam, fresh recipe for PlayStation critics.

It's going to be a strong ending year at this rate, they'll have God of War Ragnarok, Crisis Core, among others that'll increase the demand on top of those who've been waiting 2 long years to get a PS5.

Still hits 27 years later, sound and all

@Balosi That's true. PS's mascots usually stay in 1-2 consoles generations which is a shame, since even Xbox has a consistent mascot with Halo. Thinking about it some more, Gran Turismo currently is probably the current longest-standing PS franchise.

@Balosi Probably Naughty Dog on a technicality for mascot since all their games seemed to define a PS gen.

@theMEGAniggle Kevin Butler was a great addition. Shame his character was retired

Well, anyone's better than 'good ol Jimbo' right about now.

@Basicbird hopefully you feel the same with Nintendo & Xbox charging for online gameplay

It's weird to see grown adults on the web be so critical over a teen girl's looks... I wonder why (sarcasm). This show will have a hard time screwing up since they got a good story to retell and likely add more to it, looking forward to watching it.

@ATaco I dunno... unless we hear that they're going to revive the DLC & Multiplayer plans that were scrapped because of the colossal release, this is more of a case of "revived/fresh" eyes.

The story and gameplay was always one of it's better aspects, it was just the buggy, unplayable mess and deceptive marketing and the attempts of bribing and locking reviewers from releasing the console port reviews until after consumers could get their hands on it. That bit will always be on CD's head and will forever be mentioned on future game retrospect videos of Cyberpunk. We were just lucky they decided to eat the costs by fixing it to be at least stable instead of dumping it all together.