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To be fair, I did have leave booked when the Switch came out, but that is the only console I brought on launch. So I probably would have been on leave now if I had pre-ordered but I will wait until it is cheaper/Pro model gets announced. When I do finally buy it, I probably will book leave then. =P

With the exception of limited editions, I can't think of a single time where I brought a PS4 game full-price. Needless to say, if I am not willing to spend £50-£60 now, £70+ certainly won't get any response from me.

Library management is gonna be a spectacular pain in the various regions.

Hooray for expensive SSD I guess?

FINALLY!

This should not of taken this long to be a feature... but FINALLY!!

@ShogunRok Thanks for the input. I think I might bite. I've enjoyed the previous ones up until now, might as well see it through. =)

I really want to like this, but I am so nervous about the gameplay and new characters. I am unsure whether I should buy it straight away or not. I still need to finish Judgment. I got Judgment before the Yakuza Remastered Collection, and only got about 6 chapters in, but I binged the Remastered Collection, so I don't know. Just worried that the new cast won't grab me as easily.

Heh, wasn't sure if my TV supported it. After double checking, My model of TV supports 120 Hz except for the 49"" model which has a 60 Hz display...

Which is my model of course, it was the only one small enough to fit where I needed it.

Buggered if I am buying a new TV though, my current one I only brought about 2 years ago. Besides, I think 4K 60fps is the target anyway.

This is an interesting idea, but it looks a little too jarring in practice.

An article back in January has aged like fine wine. So much for Xbox One, PS4 variants not being an issue.

To be fair, Covid could be a factor as to why they keep delaying this game, but the amount of delays is humorous.

@Nightcrawler71 To be fair, the tweet did say "gone GODLY", clearly a step above Gold. =P

As people have pointed out before, they are developing for so many different platforms, they are probably stretched a bit thin. It would not surprise me if there were some issues with the base Xbox One and PS4 running the game.

I guess people start wondering why when I believe this is the third (correct me if I a wrong) time they have delayed the game? I find it amusing more than anything as I wasn't planning at getting this at launch anyway, but it would not surprise me if this was delayed to March 2021 at this rate.

I do hope for people looking forward to this though that it does release on December 10th.

"What does the manufacturer need to do to maintain your membership?"

They still haven't convinced me to purchase a subscription, let alone convince me it is worth keeping once I am theoretically subscribed.

50 million active subscribers must mean they are doing something right, but eh...

Yeah, can't say that I have got the platinum in My Name is Mayo. I do have a platinum for the same game twice (P4 Dancing All Night on Vita and PS4), which is sort of easy, but that is because I enjoyed the game rather than the actively aiming for the trophy (although Rayman Legends platinum trophy sucks).

@710King "I think a lot more people would pay that price than you realize. Most people drop $1000+ a year on new phones and spend lots of money on other electronics and devices. Paying $2000 for something you'll use for nearly a decade is a low price by modern standards. $500 is the cost of an iPad you buy your 8 year old."

I feel like you are overestimating how many people would be wiling to pay that price. Heck, me personally, I am not comfortable buying either the Series X or PS5 (Disc variant of course) for their current prices (£449 each for both in the UK I believe). Spending £1200 for a next gen console I feel would put me off the console entirely. Even at the end of the generation, I would have doubts of it being cheap enough for me to be interested. Not to mention, even if I could stomach the console price, if I wanted 8k, I would have to buy the TV to support it, and I only upgraded to a 4K TV myself 2 years ago. To heck trying to find the money to upgrade to 8K.

Yes, you will get some people interested, but nowhere near enough who will be willing to pay the high-entry fee to justify either Sony or Microsoft making such an expensive console.

"Game Help was included as an active benefit for PlayStation Plus members in some PS5 games."

Wut? So PS+ is useful to avoid one Google search? Man, those Google searches must be expensive.

Is it really that great a feature it requires PS+, or am I missing something here?

So I was level 15 with 19 platinums, and am now level 265. Not sure how the new levels are calculated...

Why the secrecy? Some cool features which the competition will want to copy? Or is it still a buggy mess?

I am not sure what Sony's goal is here. If it is hype building, I'm starting to think that they are doing the opposite.

@torne I figured as much, but just in case, wanted to write that to show I do agree.

@zupertramp Them damn ice trays. =P

@torne "In this particular case with the face recast, no, it probably does not matter much in the grand scheme of things."

As I said in my previous comment, and quoted above, I can agree that the face thing is blown out of proportion. But that is not the main problem I have (though I prefer the old likeness). As far as I am concerned, it is just another example of the hunt for realism hindering games rather than helping, which is a far bigger problem in my eyes (although perhaps a personal problem, but again, if I have a problem, I should say as no one else will). It is amazing the detail that some games can achieve, but it irks me when that comes at the expense of the overall experience, whether that be framerate, or gameplay.

I am also against the remaster since I give Nintendo crap for this regularly (porting/remastering Wii U titles as opposed to new games), so it is only fair I do the same to Sony (Microsoft have probably done this too, biut I don't follow them enough for specific examples).

Just to note though: If there are those who are threatening/being rude to devs as a result of this, they need to rethink what they are doing, and be more polite. They are being as useful as an ice ashtray.

@torne @jmac1686 If people do not voice concerns and disagreements when they have them, the same situation will recur because developers get the idea that people are fine with it. DLC, microtransactions, and exclusive preorder content are all practices which have been normalised over time because not enough people disagree, or at least say as such. Voting with your wallet is not enough, stuff like this needs to be called out so that others can look and judge for themselves.

In this particular case with the face recast, no, it probably does not matter much in the grand scheme of things. Nor does my opinion of the need for a remaster matter by itself (although I would much prefer they made another new game alongside Miles Morales, perhaps another superhero?).I will still say I disagree in the faintest hope that the devs/publishers will be more considerate in the future. If you think that is embarassing and whiny, then that is unfortunate, but no one else is going to say this for me, so I need to say it myself regardless of whether it changes anything. It is not like I am being disrespectful or calling people "whiny bitches", or sending death threats.

@get2sammyb Well, was it needed? Again, a 2 year old game. Are people really that desperate for ray tracing? If you want the remaster, cool. But again, I do not feel this was needed.

Regarding Insomniac now doing too much as opposed to not enough, it still feels like they have not done enough, and this recast does not add enough to justify the remaster. If anything, it takes away.

@God_of_Nowt That is well and good for the original, but what about Miles Morales (if Peter does appear) and the sequel? That guy you liked from the first game, nah, **** that guy, here is this other guy instead.

Might not matter to you, and if so, good for you. But people obviously disagree that this was a good decision.

Hooray for realism, gotta remaster this 2 year old game and replace Peter's likeness because REALISM!

This remaster is not needed.

With the exception of Persona 5 Royal, I don't think I have ever brought a PS4 game at launch price. Heck, there are some Nintendo games I don't buy at launch price although I am most likely to do so with them.

I find it hard to believe that I am the only one who thinks like this. I can't see $70 and equivalent (probably £70 because normally they seemingly just change the symbol) will stay as average price for long.

I would love this to be great, but I would be lying if I said I was expecting greatness. If anything, a meh will probably be a good outcome in regards to my expectations.

Theoretically it could work but I am doubtful.

Yeah, maybe I'll grow to like them eventually, but I currently don't like the new box-art style with the PS5 banner. The PS4 banner just speaks to me.

Again, I give Nintendo crap for this with the Wii U remasters. If this is true, what the hell Sony?

Is the industry so close to running out of ideas that they are reduced to spit-shining games from the previous generation? Just make new games for crying out loud.

@Matroska Thanks for the heads up. =) Funnily enough, those two I already own on disc. I just need 3-6 and revelations 1 + 2.

Resident Evil is tempting, but I want to own those physically if possible so will have to think about it. Some good stuff on sale though.

And buy Atlus in the process? Nooo, thank you!

Ahh, it begins. The scourge of modern gaming is already thriving on next-gen, and it hasn't even come out yet. DLC being announced before we even have the game.

@David187 No, the speed isn't my issue, I am aware the SSD is going to be faster (although part of my comment does seem strange with the benefit of hindsight). As I said, I am lazy, I do not particularly want to constantly swap games on the SSD. I can be fairly whimisical about what I want to play, so knowing more button presses will be involved if I want to play a game I haven't played in a while is unappealing. It is more of a personal problem perhaps but... shrug

Maybe I am lazy, but this sounds like PS5 will have a lot of hard drive management, especially if PS5 games need to be on the SSD, which I can't be bothered with. With other consoles, the games were either so small that reinstalling wasn't a problem, the games didn't need to be installed, or I could always get bigger storage. Not sure I like the idea of being stuck to a small storage space.

@Matroska That is true, which does make it slightly better, but it does sound like backwards compatibility won't give you benefits of PS5 horsepower, in which case, I still despise this.

Ahh, wonderful. Sony are doing what Nintendo are doing at present and porting games from immediately the generation before. Well, if I give them crap for doing it, I can give Sony crap for it too.

@Baz12345 Hmmm, but Ratchet and Clank came out on PS4 in April 2016. =P

Seriously though, how is my comment "spreading rumours"? All my comment said was that the next thing Jimmy Jim Jam will tell us is that it is not as impossible on PS4 as they first made it out to be. I never said anything about it being confirmed at this moment, just that given the trend of PS5 games being crossgen, it would not surprise me if they confirm the new Ratchet and Clank for PS4 too.

@Peach64 I don't know, seems awfully last minute for such a drastic change in plan, especially with Covid. No, I think Sony were always planning this, but were too busy hyping up PS5.

Next thing you know, Ratchet and Clank doesn't need that SSD for instant loading after all.

Yeah, this has just reinforced my feeling that next gen can wait a year or two. I'll wait for both Series X and PS5 to drop in price considerably, then I'll have another think.

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The PS5 is becoming more and more unappealing. Only thing we are missing is a Knack equivalent.

Wait what... oh.

PS4 version for me then please.

So still no reason for me to subscribe to Plus?

Cool.

£50 cheaper than I thought it was going to be, but eh, still not cheap enough for me at present. Will wait.

About 3 months before my time, so no. Sister had one but threw it away for some reason.

Now that I think about it, the only console that I brought on launch day was the Switch, the next closest being my 3DS a day after release, and the Wii U about 2-3 weeks after launch. Otherwise, all the consoles I have brought have been someway into their lifecycle.

And here is the monetisation. Again, Games as a Service is a plague among gaming.

One thing that kinda makes me sad is that unlike the original Lego Star Wars games, they appear to have dialogue, when the originals did alot of showing rather than telling with the expressions and staying silent.

Cautiously optimistic in this...

@kyleforrester87 I do feel like Liam got an awful lot of flak here which is a shame. Articles like this are still good, if for no other reason than the discussions that result. And I did enjoy the article even if I ultimately disagree with the content for the most part.

@SirAngry From my understanding with FIFA, Ultimate Team does not carry over between games, so as a result, people start over from scratch eveytime. So why would EA make a subscription service when not only are people more than willing to pay $60 a year for the game (you could argue this is a subscription fee), but the players start from scratch everytime with their UT experience? With a subscription service, whilst the revenue would be constant, I doubt it would be as much since no need to start UT from scratch.

@kyleforrester87 it’s rarely discussed because it’s blatantly obvious and a none issue for the majority of people. The vocal minority will get their knickers in a twist over “losing ownership” but most people don’t give a crap and would rather sacrifice certain things to gain others. Again, it comes down to a lack of willingness to accept change by the consumer as much as it is publishers and developers taking the piss with extortionate pricing and dodgy tactics. Somewhere in the middle is progress.

I feel like you are correct that people who care about ownership are in the minority, but that begs the question; what do people like me who disagree with the general direction that gaming is going do short of leaving gaming for good? Do we just shut up and accept it? Publishers would be jumping for joy at the logic. Progress is not a bad thing in of itself, but progress for the sake of progress is stupid. It is the same attitude of indifference which has led to practices like DLC and microtransactions and lootboxes becoming common.

As much as I like seeing others enjoy games, and as selfish as it is for me to say it; I feel like gaming becoming mainstream was the worse thing to happen to it. There are too many people who play games now because of how accessible it is, who do not care for the politics of gaming. Why would developers or companies listen to us, when they have a lot more people, who make up a much larger audience, who see gaming experiences as little more than disposable such as going to the cinema?

No thanks. Sony will never get me to subscribe. I am still somewhat hoping the rumour about Microsoft offering free online is true in hopes of a paradigm shift.