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@riceNpea Bad press = good press these days

So it's for the old-school heart and not for the modern rose-tinted nostalgia audience. Pity.

It's astonishing how long the support has been on PS3. The last time I watched Crunchyroll on PS3 was a few years ago in the spare bedroom and it was a bit of a slog browsing through the list before finally being able to watch something compared to when it first appeared as an app.

@NEStalgia it sounds depressing to be this jaded

Quite an unfortunate circumstance, thankfully it's being resolved

If the PS5 price is increasing, it's because they will bundle it with a "free" PS+ year subscription / game bundle. It would be the smoothest way to not only increase the PS+ sub count but get the money on top of it.

Definitely helps with the rise of PS+ & Game Pass subscribers. I often get a physical copy to go with anything I buy/claim digital as a back-up.

@The_Moose And most of the overreaction is from those who have an issue with this. Yep, most people, in the end, don't care and will be happy to play another GTA that isn't a V port again.

@The_Moose
"I honestly blame the pervasive narrative out there that there is apparently a huge contingent of the population who are racist, sexist and transphobic and that we must make a big song and dance about the addition of any character who ticks some "victim" box to a video game or movie."

It's amazing how just a simple "first _ character" can be this triggering. I personally just see it and think "Cool, weird that it took this long" and then move on.

@The_Moose One can only question why something so celebratory and monumental requires a condescending reply in these scenarios. As if it's a bad thing the marginalized can feel more welcome.

Good move. After Fall Guy's surprise success and the hype with Stray, Sony should keep the trend of "Indies Day One" on PS+. Ensures quality titles without risking their AAA titles suffering financially.

@KundaliniRising333 Care to elaborate on Square Japan's slump?

I don't know, Eidos has been taking more deals with Microsoft for over a decade advertising their games on Xbox first despite selling way more on PlayStation. Plus, Crystal Dynamics have been stunted creatively with Eidos having them only focus on Tomb Raider (check their cancelled titles) until recently. I wouldn't be surprised if the IPs get adopted into the Xbox family in the future looking at how their next focus is a Perfect Dark reboot.

Another factor, Sony has gotten more western after dumping the house of Ape Escape, Square joining in would fill the void missing again.

@Theaussiegamer92 Hopefully, if the Italian blog's "mistake" was anything to go off of. We'll be playing Dino Crisis and the PSP Soul Calibur title as well

Looking forward to seeing this on PS6 after the next GTAV port.

It makes the most sense given the tight history Sony and Square had starting in the mid-late 90's. Sure, they expanded out during the 360 era but clearly they sold the most on the PS side despite that.

If true, they could have it similar to Bungie. FFXIV brings so much revenue for only being on PS & PC, they would then still be able to continue selling multiplatform while getting enough of the cut.

It doesn't matter what they say at this point, the internet already decided on the matter. Everyone's wallets will speak on the final matter when it's out.

Welp, looks like the cat's out of the bag now.

The natural dynamic lighting that I see in modern games doesn't always blend well with older games when remade. It seems the stylized choice with the shadows makes certain areas look much better originally.

Anyway, no one can say Naughty Dog did nothing with this remake. The developers obviously put work into this. Dismissing their time spent on this as "lazy" is just insulting the developers and not the upper management who placed the responsibility on them.

Naughty Dog are just spraying the beehive at this time. For every negative opinion, there's at least twice the silent positive opinions who are too busy pre-ordering and enjoying the rest of their day.. well, at least that's how it was with Last of Us Part 2. Everyone's wallets will speak for the outcome.

Gotta go with 9 lives out of 10

I love the nod at 9:56 to all the critics and doubters. Shame that they were forced to release this video out earlier from all the negativity thanks to leakers. First God of War's release date and then this.

Edit: Also, thank goodness you re-directed that other article to this one. Now everyone will see this update.

@KundaliniRising333 "As far as I'm concerned prove it at this point or quit whining ND."

The irony is very strong.

@UltimateOtaku91 @Col_McCafferty Once you reach the top so many want to drag you down. I think we had only 2 days max of "praising Sony" recently before "bad news" just had to happen again.

I could only imagine the time it took to complete this, just astonishing.

At this point, a great PR clean up would be "Day one free release on PS+ Extra tier" if this gameplay leak from 2020 is accurate to the final game.

It's nice to hear about a new IP, now how long until we get to actually see it?

@ScepticDK Is Sony the problem or Jade? Since you seem to switch back and forth on the main problem. Maybe you outta re-read her "rats in the mazes" comment before straw-manning it to fit your narrative since she's only simplifying the original gameplay mechanic and not gamers themselves.

@Ralizah I actually share most of your sentiments except I rate XII even lower than X 😜. I was about 12 when I finally got to play this game and right after playing FFVIII and Chrono Cross with a "mature" main protagonist, Tidus really grated my nerves. I missed the overworld exploration and find the linear forward pathways very limiting.

But overtime, I've grown to accept Tidus' personality, the turn based system finally allowed us to switch between other characters on the fly and newer fans could easily get into the game without interruptions. I get it when people love this game, I don't love it but I like how defining of a title it is.

I'm confused, isn't this article meant for the Xbox side?

@micolash_the_host Maybe you've forgotten but no matter what is shown ever since Last of Us Part 2's leak, Naughty Dog has been torn to pieces. So why would they think this scene being purposely leaked would make any difference?

If there was a more purposeful leak it would be on the environment and how much the in-game world looks like now. Is it Shadow of the Colossus Remake huge of a difference? Stuff that would really kill the "cash grab" rhetoric.

Had to put "not yet, but I will" for playing because there's an error each time I try to download it. It's fine, it'll be worth it.

I don't own a cat, but there's some adorable strays in the neighborhood that I greet daily who take good care of cleaning my yard of lizards and frogs.

@themightyant You're on the nose. I literally just saw them finally promote the current PS1 titles (Tekken 2 specifically) on twitter the other day when they've been the service for a whole month already. At this rate the premium tier won't look worth it for another year.

Likely for the best. Other than bots and trolls, most issues with PlayStation are best served on their website considering the questions they'd need to ask to help would be too private to keep in twitter DMs.

@RoomWithaMoose @solocapers Don't mind them, he literally just came back from last year just to bash people in this article lol.

Well deserved, this game was fantastic. I'm looking forward to the next game.

@ScepticDK It's called mutual gain with Bungie. Wherever Bungie's games sell at Sony will reap the profit. Multiplatform is consumer friendly these days, yeah? So now part of Xbox player's money will go to Sony with the live service.

Haven has garbage developers? That's weird, I read it was veterans of former franchises like say.. Call of Duty? They're focusing again on multiplayer titles. What could be the next Fortnite, PUBG, etc. now that Call of Duty's fate on Sony platforms after the next game is up for debate.

It's too early to tell, but they're clearly planning for the future or at least attempting.

Not surprisingly this acquisition is getting toted to be Sony's answer to Bethesda's buyout. Square Enix being bought out would be a slightly better comparison.

Can't help but think the Italian blog's "mistake" on Premium+ games was intentional. As if Sony is admitting "yeah, this update is feces, but hey you'll likely see these games soon".

Otherwise, Extra's lineup is good even as one who stopped loving AC games a decade ago.

I'm getting the physical standard ps5 version. If you're planning to buy digitally, you should wait until PS Stars rewards is out to redeem rewards from it.

Store credit all the way. If Sony's gonna help me keep premium tier, then why not.

I'm down with 30 frames just to see that juicy 4K

@Americansamurai1 Not gonna lie when I saw this trending on twitter I thought Sony wised up and there was going to be a PlayStation All-Star Battles revival, sad to hear lol.

This was definitely overdue, the closest I could remember was either PlayStation Underground with their free demo discs and goodies and the short time where each platinum obtained could be redeemed for a $10 voucher.

@IonMagi Welp, now that we know it was an "error" guess we can thank the Italian blog for confirming how bad Sony's handling this.

@itsfoz It feels like we're in the beginning stages still, since they're still hiring more workers dedicated to the archiving. It's such a shame that the PS3 really is holding back all the gold in the classic titles.

Sony makes it too easy to criticize them lol. I'm guessing we'll get it next update in early August. Wonder if any of these will have trophies.

@IonMagi I edited my reply for further clarification. For whatever reason they have the Italian languages ready, whilst we have to wait next time going off how launch month went.

@IonMagi I'm pretty sure we'll get those as well in the next update (early August?). My guess is they have PAL International versions ready. I'm only saying this since Asia at launch had a smaller selection than us and had to wait until US/Europe launch to gain the missing games as well. Not defending them, this is just my assumption.

Hopefully, this does mean we'll get MGS1 added into the Classics collection soon. Seeing them return to PS+ would be nice, a dream if they weren't the PS3 streamable versions.

@nessisonett This is unfortunately the age of where we can tweet out a developer "source?" when they announce a game or release date. In between the waves of doubt and entitlement is sprinkles of reasonable and intelligent arguments.

You'd think ND were strapping us into a high chair and feeding TLOU in a huge spoon to our mouths from some comments across the web.

@Uromastryx yep it'll be available on both Extra & Premium tiers, I believe.

Now this is purrfect.

@djlard I feel you, thankfully the Ezio Collection re-release removed those multiplayer trophies. But having more PS3 platinums would've been sweeter.