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@InsaneWade @VeldinX And then Amy Henning wrote the story's for Battlefield Hardline and Forspoken. Both are regarded as trash and both flopped.

@K1LLEGAL I have no problem with GamePass becoming indie pass but it wants to be more than that and Microsoft want it to be more than that.

Sure all Publishers and Studios can say my game will never be on GamePass or it'll be X amount of time until it goes on but that can have adverse effects as well, that's why they don't and only Studios like Larian can afford that luxury.

Just give it up, you'll never change my mind. GamePass needs to die or change to be more like Sony's sub model and then I'll except it but until then I'll be wishing for its downfall.

@K1LLEGAL It won't effect just me it'll effect all gamers and the industry and the model we have now. I'm not going to explain everything I dislike about the model because I'm sick of explaining why it needs to die but the quicker it dies the better.

@Mikey856 Not sure about the sales but this is clearly an attempt to get people back into Destiny in preparation for The Final Shape expansion.

@Veritas7Ax Sony doesn't set the prices on their storefront. The studio's and publishers do. Sony has to ask them if they can be included in sales.

I guess Elden Ring still sells well on the PlayStation storefront so Fromsoftware hasn't authorised a discount.

@SolarSailor @AdamNovice @DennisReynolds

https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/13/sonys-ceo-executives-taking-50-pay-cut-losing-bonuses

I'm pretty sure it is not required by law in Japan for the executives and CEO's to have to take a pay cut but they need to prove they have taken measures to avoid mass layoffs and this was simply the option both Iwata & Kaz Hirai chose. If I remember correctly though it actually worked for Sony and they avoided mass layoffs but Nintendo still had to lay people off.

Sony as a whole seems to be doing well though.

At the group level, Sony reported a 22% surge in quarterly sales for the October to December period – the third quarter in its ongoing financial year. Sales hit ($21.8 billion), with net after tax profits increasing by 13% to ($2.42 billion)

@Godot25 Don't worry I'm counting on quite a few things hurting it this year. Hopefully it all adds up. Then hopefully GTA will damage the next one.
I'm not after immediate satisfaction, as I said before it'll be a slow process.

@Godot25 Sure they will but millions of players on Xbox are about to stop buying it so I'm banking on it not growing GamePass in any significant way. Only time will tell if that's the case though. 😉👍

@Godot25 Yeah and I hope that seriously hurts Activision and kills cod, even if it is just slowly but surely because that sucks as well these days.

Okay so I would say they don't need to chase after the ultra detail and realism that they seem to strive for, Ghost of Tsushima proved it isn't exactly necessary, a game just needs a nice art style and they could reduce the cinematics a bit and sprinkle in a little bit of AI to reduce costs and further speed up development time.

Then they could give us some remasters in-between that we actually want. Like Killzone, Motorstorm and Resistance etc. They also don't need to bring them up to PS5 Quality levels like demon souls either. Just improve them, touch up the textures a bit, stuff like that and then make them native 4k 60fps or 4k 120fps.

GTA 5 will also hopefully come out when it's supposed to and that'll be a big boost and hopefully one of their remaining live service games are also successful like Helldivers.

@Godot25 I was talking about GamePass, it's right there in my comment. I have nothing against Sea of thieves.

@Deityjester I only buy physical so I always have the option to sell, trade or even gift if needs be, although I rarely do. Trailers, reviews, word of mouth and knowing what I like is usually more than enough to pick a game and it is easy enough to wait for a sale if I'm not sure on a game. I also only pay about £65 for a new copy even though they're £70 on PSN there's always a brick and mortar or online shop selling them cheaper.

I've tried GamePass and Extra they aren't for me but I can forgive Extra because it isn't trying to replace the model we have now.

Here you should check what the Larian CEO said about day and date subs because I view it in a similar way to him.

https://www.eurogamer.net/larian-studios-games-wont-be-on-subscription-services-says-ceo-swen-vincke

Well I won't be buying it that's for sure. I definitely don't want to support GamePass in any way shape or form as I think the sooner it dies the better.

@theSpectre Yeah it's crazy how they just ignore some of their ips. I guess they think because they didn't sell massive numbers back then that they aren't worth revisiting but I'd imagine a new Getaway has a good chance at being a big hit these days.

Saying that they probably don't want to sour the relationship they have with Rockstar by making a competitor.

@Americansamurai1 Yeah a remake of either of those would suit me just fine and I guess Firesprite were busy making the other 2 games so that one never really got off the ground.

@Americansamurai1 Yeah I just heard and apparently according to Jason Schrierier, the game hadn't even been greenlit by Sony yet.

It is strange though I would have thought that one had a good chance at being a hit because the show was pretty popular but I guess with it just being in preproduction or something it was probably going to take years to come out.

I would like another Twisted metal game though but it would be better if it wasn't a live service game anyway.

@Americansamurai1 Firesprite had 3 games in development so I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of theirs.

The 3rd one was supposed to be a AAA narrative adventure game.

I never bought this but it looks decent so I'll definitely give try if this leak is correct.

Well that sucks, there's definitely a lot of downsizing going on lately within the industry. Hopefully everyone affected can land straight back on their feet.

I wonder if London studios new game was in development hell. I would love a Getaway remake as well.

But Xbox players were telling me I was lying when I said it ran at 120fps on PS5. 🤔

Where's Porco to tell me for the 3rd time that nobody wants the Portal and it's a flop?

All the traitors and cheaters should be court martialed and then flogged like in the Starship Troopers movie.

Make an event of it. Where the other Helldivers can line up and watch them be made an example of.

@TheCollector316 Yeah the rumour is a lot of the talent left because they weren't happy with the higher ups decisions that made them fall out with Sony, so the people that left set up their own studio called Ballistic moon and partnered with Sony. That's how they are doing the until dawn remake.

This game is definitely not for me that's for sure. Hifi Rush maybe but not this.

This game just keeps sounding better and better to me. It's a Day 1 for me.

I'm actually struggling to keep up with all the games I want.

Yeah I heard Tifa was trending on twitter and I only watched that bikini clip once I swear. 😳

@UltimateOtaku91 Someone pointed out that Tifa's chest is bigger than in remake and Rebirths director responded saying it's what the fans wanted, lol.

It'll be hilarious if this is just something similar to steam link, virtual desktop or air link and PC players were getting excited for nothing.

@KillerBoy There's millions of people who either didn't like Dragons Dogma 1 or never even bothered playing it. I'm one of those people so I'm picking Ronin.

I thought this game was a scam and never coming out. I guess we'll see if it actually makes it to release this time.

@TrickyDicky99 Because that's all you do, why keep something you're just going to constantly complain about, If it annoys you that much why not sell it? Or do you just like the fact it gives you something to whinge about? Also wydm me and Yoshida are BFFs.

@Vil Yeah but GTA 6 is rumoured to cost a billion to make. If it costs that much to actually push the hardware these days then I wouldn't expect it from anyone but rockstar who are practically guaranteed millions of sales from an evergreen title and loads of revenue from microtransactions.

Physical copies of Helldivers 2 are now out of stock almost everywhere in the UK, so I'd imagine it won't hold that spot next week unless it gets restocked quickly.

Anyone remember the fake Starfield petition made by an Xbox fan to try and make fun of PlayStation players?

How the tables have turned. 😁

@ZhuckelDror Yeah but Sony owns the Helldivers IP.

@Dragoon1994 Those were just timed exclusives apart from Death Stranding but Sony sold the publishing rights of death stranding 1 to 505 games so they could assess how well a game does on PC without too much fuss from the fanbase.

That Kena rumour seems to have just been a rumour. Nothing was ever confirmed from ember labs but even so it was only ever timed anyway but it has been 3 years already.

@BusyOlf Because its a trick. Microsoft is trying to play the fans on both sides like a fiddle. They want to take away Sony's winning hand to give them another chance, Sony should stick to their guns and just ignore it and PlayStation fans shouldn't be agreeing with it either.

383k current when I checked before. They said they said they had capped it at 450k for stability but put in another request to up the server limit to their server provider yesterday.

@Th3solution GOWR is on sale for £43 right now on PSN also $40 in the US and it is even cheaper for a physical copy.

On Black Friday, It was also still just £30 or $35 in the US and goes on sale regularly. It seems you simply refuse to buy it and if so then you'll just have to wait until its sales dry up before it is added.

@Stickleman It turns out they are only at 34 million GamePass subscribers, and that includes PC and all of the Xbox live members they converted to GamePass core.

For example Sony has 47.5 million PSN subscribers.

Well if we apply Phil's logic.
Halo infinite and Xbox are interchangeable with Helldivers and PlayStation in Phil's latest comment so I don't see why not.

@Jay767 Sony owns the Helldivers IP.

Phil's a hypocrite. Swap Helldivers 2 and PlayStation in his quote with Halo infinite and Xbox. 😂 He knows Xbox is going to port all their games.

He saying to his diehard fans he understands exclusives matter but now he's basically saying he doesn't see any advantage to exclusives.

Xbox lost and so now they are trying to change the game. He's clearly trying to weaponize diehard Xbox fans against Sony here.

@XboxistheBestBox Phil is on record saying only a couple of games will go to PC. 🤣 This is just the start and you can count on that.

@Yozora146_ According to the verge the 4 games are Hi-fi Rush, Sea of Thieves, Pentiment and Grounded.

So 4 games this year.
What 4 games will they pick next year?