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I’d bet it’s just under what PS4 Pro sold at launch due to the high price and the fact that the improvements are generally much more subtle than the jump from 1080p to 4K that the PS4 Pro delivered.

Never played this as I never had a PS3 and don’t want Premium (or to stream my games), but would by a remastered collection of these for sure!

@Oram77 No, I think that Phil was told that this was the way it has to be (multiplat releases), and he’s going along with it, not sticking his neck out. Microsoft can still make tons of money releasing games on other platforms.

Halo and Gears.

I think this is another example of their arrogance. They feel like they’re beating Microsoft, so they think they don’t NEED to show anything.

Sad that Sony didn’t keep the studio. A loss of talent, and they need more shooters.

I say let them have it. Share the love! Then maybe we can have Halo and Gears…

@Czar_Khastik Space Marine 2 is pretty Gearsish.

Damn…Space Marine didn’t even crack the top ten!

The game was already too hard, IMO. Also not a fan of the fact that you have to play on harder difficulties to unlock better weapons, especially due to the difficulty. Let me grind a bit more on easier difficulties if need be. It’s too damned hard to read what’s going on when you get swarmed, which makes it impossible to parry attacks. Then you’re done for.

The reason they’re selling without the drive is to save money. This data just makes it easier for them to justify the decision and give a different reason.

The game needs buffs, not nerfs! The game is already hard.At least make the nerfs only apply to the hardest difficulty level.

I’m 52, so video game FOMO does not exist. But even waiting has its downsides; price erosion just doesn’t happen like it used to. The “sales” on PSN are a joke.

Until more PS5 only must have games arrive, sales of the console will continue to decline. I expect, as I’d imagine everyone does, that there will be a huge sales spike whenever GTA 6 arrives.

The one franchise (well, plus Gears but less so) that I truly mourned having to leave behind when I switched back to PlayStation for the PS4. It was cushioned a bit by the fact that Bungie was no longer involved, but I’d be there day one for Halo on PS5 (as long as there’s a meaty campaign).

The other two games are crap, but Dead Space tips the balance to “mostly satisfied” for me.

Always sad to see gaming magazines go under. Back in the day, they were our best source of news, reviews, and even rumours. R.I.P. PLAY.

I mean, of course “it rocks”…it’s new tech! Guess what? He’ll be saying the PS6 rocks when it comes out, too.

Well, PSN is down in Canada right now, so not sure if there’s been any fix…

Not interested in a portable, but have no problem with one being offered for those who are. Now…can we get back to talking about the PS5, PLEASE?!

@get2sammyb I’d argue that the other problem is that there aren’t enough PS5-only games that are compelling enough to make people upgrade from PS4.

If this focuses on quests (and continues to add content) and co-op, it could do well. But hard to say.

Why would you wait and buy this later?! Prices probably won’t drop, and we’ll be that much closer to the PS6 release in a couple of years.

Crushing vile tyrannids in Space Marine 2, and blasting various alien races in Destiny 2!

Back up, Phil! PlayStation was on the scene first! Not a bad joke, actually.

Hmm…might have to try out the new bots. They won’t steal my executions or Hoover up every damn med stim…

8K is a waste of time, money, and resources. The human eye can barely see the difference between 1080p and 4K.

Pretty crappy looking. Looks like the definition of a barebones remaster.

@windxtravelerx There will definitely be more content if you wait! More operations missions and a horde mode are coming between now and next year.

PS7 RUMOURS INBOUND!

@Kraven Totally agree on the parry/dodge system. The blue/red flashes don’t time up right, and it can be really hard to see what’s coming at you in the thick of combat.

@OldGamer999 That will definitely spur sales for a short time, but I mean a permanent price cut like we used to see in days of yore. I know that logistically that’s very challenging these days, but it’s needed nonetheless.

OK, NOT the future of PlayStation, then. If only they had asked…oh, anyone, for example.

@ChrisDeku It’s tricky, I agree. But COD is a money printer in terms of PlayStation sales (for now), and they’ve still got things like Candy Crush which also print money. I also agree that Game Pass must make it tough to be profitable. But I think they have a brighter publishing future than Embracer at the moment…and certainly as a console manufacturer. Time will tell!

@ChrisDeku Embracer doesn’t have anything like the portfolio that Microsoft does. They don’t have anything close to Activision, Zenimax, etc.

The PS5 needs MORE NON-CROSS GEN GAMES, and a PRICE CUT. Until that happens, hardware sales will continue to decline.

@ChrisDeku Yes. That’s also why Microsoft will be OK; they don’t need to worry about hardware. They’re now a publishing powerhouse, and that’s where they’ll make their money.

@Bionic-Spencer Me too. Was a PlayStation guy for PS1 and PS2, left during the PS3 gen for Microsoft (so glad I did), and back to Sony for PS4 when the Xbone looked like a disaster. As much as this generation has sucked so far, with back compat now and on the cards for PS6 (and Halo and Gears having lost their way), I’ll never go back.

Hope they don’t shutter the studio. I didn’t play the game, but it sounds like it was good, and Sony needs more shooters, IMO. Give them Resistance to remake/remaster, or come up with a shooter with a campaign and multiplayer like Halo.

They’re easy to make, and people keep buying them. Until one of those two things changes, Sony will keep pumping them out.

Great game, but needs a better way to regenerate health and make enemies and their attacks more readable. Things get overwhelming and you don’t know what to react to in the chaos, then get severely punished for it.

No PvE only modes, no story campaign, no sale.

Yeah, not sure the PS5 can handle this one…games are really pushing the power of the console now.

9/10 - aced this one! I usually do MUCH worse!

According to Digital Foundry, a lot of games that have frame rate issues due to CPU bottlenecks, and the Pro won’t really do much to improve those.

It’s good, but way too hard! Playing the first PvE mission on easy, and I keep getting killed. Saps the fun factor big time.

@PuppetMaster I haven’t played it so I didn’t realize that! OK, now that IS strange!

I wonder how the community will react to this. A big part of this will be the price; I already thought that the annual expansions didn’t offer enough value. Then they tacked on season passes for expansions, which I thought was really cheeky. If there’s not enough meat on the bones of these, the community will abandon this game, more than they already have.

@DennisReynolds The whole 360 era Gears of War vibe is why I picked this up! Gonna give it a whirl tonight!

I mean, Sony doesn’t own Square Enix. That’s why none of their characters are in the game. They probably only wanted to include first party (or former first party) characters. Not that hard to understand, really.