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He's human too. Probably watched way worse stuff than this, so whats the big deal?

Just trying to be logical here: isn't it normal for a company to try and put their competitors out of business?

I'd welcome that. I'm having trouble keeping up with all I wanna play anyway. And that's with already ~5h of daily playing xD

@pharos_haven I'm sure I don't need to, but I wish you a fun time^^ it's only gonna get better from there

Hopefully he's also smart enough to watch what Falcom does. They're in it for the long run with storytelling that spans multiple games across decades and everything is connected. Can't get enough of it.

Rip-off or not. Kids don't care. I reckon this will get to its audience no matter how many people whine about it.

Haha, looks like "stability" isn't just important for console system updates xD

Well, I hope they also stop giving out early access to anyone, so no games get spoiled anymore. One can dream..

I always start the stream an hour later, then I can just skip all the stuff that doesn't interest me <3

It just goes to show that most people don't even look at news sites before they make a purchase decision. The overwhelming majority ARE casual gamers after all.

Well at least they'll think about it in the future xD

Could still be tied to the Activision deal. They always emphasized how "weak" they are, so they make a weak showcase to "proove it". And when the deal falls through they bring out their bangers xD

They should rather accept refunds xD

I could ditch future FF installments...

Well, apparently can't even look at the good sites anymore and not see stuff I rather find out for myself when PLAYING-.-' maybe I should just stop visiting news sites altogether and just look up release dates..

Btw, it's not this news specifically that's bothering me. It was just one too many to ignore.

@Dloki: You say that now, but wait 'til your favorite characters wear branded armor (nike?). This is just the beginning and if no one complains they'll take it further and further.

While I will never pay for a subscription if I can just buy the game I desire, if I HAD to pick one it would be PS+ extra.

In a way it's true what PS4 was the most important generation as far as creating a lasting customer relationship is concerned. Digital games really took over that gen and of course you wanna take your growing library with you.

I say this but I'm more than prepared to get b!tchslapped in the face with the next Nintendo console xD

I'll be forced to play with the inferior looking Peter (in my opinion) in Spider Man 2 anyway, so I'd rather stay on PS4 Version with the first game

I recently tried Saints Row 3 and 4 again and didn't even enjoy those titles anymore, so nothing could convince me to buy 5 right now.

@Nightcrawler60 : What a mature answer. How is anything gonna change, if you stay silent

I dislike rumors and speculation. We all will know everything after it's over. My time's too precious for this..

The global "pandemic" messed up almost all statistics in one way or another. Those years should not be used to predict or declare a trend in my opinion.

Hopefully they slow their "pay to win" strategy now...ah, but who am I kidding?

@TooManyBrownies: Yeah, for me the mentioned reasons sound like excuses, so I didn't mention them:
-lack of other games, I mean seriously? All the time they spend complaining could be used searching for the next game on steam or wherever, that grabs 'em.
-addiction in gaming is probably something I'll never fully understand. For me it sounds like an excuse for weak minded people.

As for the other stuff it's just like I said my outsiders perspective and my subjective opinion. I just would never continue to play something that stops being fun for me. I have never cracked even the 1000 hour mark on any of my favorite games, but they are all offline experiences, where I'd have to play them 10+ times for that. Maybe in 20 years some games will be at that point for me xD

Never was a fan of static prices. It goes in the other direction too where games are $70 that aren't worth half the price. But this won't change anytime soon. All I'll say is, I'll happily pay more for the big games and less for the crappy ones.

@TooManyBrownies: If someone has 100+ hours on a game, I'd say they like it enough. When I play something as extensively I also notice the tiniest things that start to bother me. I think it comes with the territory and is just a testament to how much I love the game. Why else would I go so deep into it? Of course with that comes a certain passion and some people just can't control it and start bothering other people^^

At least that's how I see it..
edit: I might wanna clarify that I only played Destiny 2 for about 40 minutes. It's an outsiders perspective for me. I tried almost all the major MMOs but so far none grabbed me the way I like it

As far as I know, this is just a "vocal minority" thing.

Can I play this against another player offline?

edit: eh, just tested it myself. Works.

Excited to find out exactly how much more stable it'll be after the update xD

Yeah, and there are tons of coverage on it. Not really great for avoiding as much as possible, when even every thumbnail of news articles shows me stuff I'd rather see in the game myself-.-'

I gotta say. I played the PS5 Version around the initial patch and had no problems. Played the DLC stuff too. It did crash once, but I played for almost 70 hours..

Who still needs convincing? That's one of the few games I DON'T wanna hear from anymore xD

@Quintumply: "Time to wake up" Couldn't have said it better myself xD

There were some games that tried too hard in my opinion, so I'll wait for more info, but this one looks interesting so far..

I would rather have them REMOVE some features instead of adding all that useless stuff and charge half a console for it-.-'

@Sakisa: I can relate xD I feel like half the game took place in Alabasta and whenever the plot got interesting they just sent you to another past to revisit stuff you already know with a slight twist...really wished there was more original content.

But aside from that I liked it well enough.

It's a farce really. There is no way their quality testers didn't catch this, yet they decided to release it anyway for their new favorite word: synergy. All of those apologies ring quite hollow once you consider that fact.

It's like trying to reanimate a person who's been dead for months at this point..

@rachetmarvel:
Yeah P5 truly has a nice visual style and artwork too. It also ditches the "randomized dungeons" from its predecessors. It only bothered me, that so many days are spent doing boring jobs and chores to build your personal stats.

As a story and gameplay focused guy Trails has everything I ever wanted and more. And it's all thanks to the connected overall story between games. It's incredibly rewarding to see events unfold set in motion a couple games ago and see the characters grow. I really wish more developers had enough faith in it's audience to risk having such continuous storytelling. But I'm starting to ramble now so let's stop here...

After getting into the Trails-Franchise I don't think Atlus CAN even excite me anymore -.-'

damn, just bought it on Switch on a whim -.-' I prefer to play on PLAYstation though xD

I only hope it will have local multiplayer like its predecessor. It's one of the most fun games I had with my best friend since Diablo 3^^

It's not always the consumer who "needs to understand".

hmmm, maybe they're trying to get in our good graces in preperation for some related announcement...not that I'm holding my breath. I'm already quite content with this years.....content xD

I'm past the phase where a cool looking trailer could win me over. Just lived through too much false advertising. Gonna wait for some real gameplay from the player base before I make some sort of decision.

But the trailer is setting a good mood, gonna give it that.

So now we have a PS4 version that runs better on PS5 than the PS5 version xD well done. What are the developers even doing these days? If I did such a bad job at anything I'd get fired immediately!

I think it won't be for me, but I'll give it a shot at least. My favorite is still Tropico xD

@ShogunRok: Are the technical issues still present after the patch?

I loved the game despite kinda boring loot. Will begrudgingly play the sequel on Xbox if it comes to this...hope dies last even though it will pretty much 100% die xD

Well first they aquired his studio, then MS aquires the studio that aquired him. I would speculate he's not in a place he wanted to be in and is either gonna join some other third party or just create another studio.

The big mistake MS apparently made is not contracting the important workforce behind their aquired stuff. What use is a bought studio if all the important people leave it xD