Netret0120

When 3 million copies sold in the 1st week on top of the money received for exclusivity isn't good enough, you are in trouble as a company.

Quality over quantity

@trev666

Agreed.

When GTA 6 is reported to cost $2 Billion and AAA games need 10+million sales to just break even, industry is in trouble.

That makes business sense.

Releasing games day 1 on gamepass 100% eats into potential sales.

@get2sammyb

"Too much content, too little time".

This sums up gaming and media in general. My backlog forever increases with each new month of PS Plus additions.

Great problem to have but I now almost never buy anything full price because there is something I have to catch up on

@Cherip-the-Ripper

Pro Clubs is fun but I rarely get the chance to play with the lads at the same time. Back in my uni days, it was damn near daily. Now we lucky to play at all.

As someone who only plays Fifa for Seasons mode, this is a good month.

Stopped bothering to buy it full price when I know it will come to subscription services within the year.

The agenda is clear.

Day 1 Purchase

Corporate greed knows no limits.

60FPS any day over better graphics.

Kudos for doing both.

@Monstermash40

This.

£5 for a month should be enough to plat it

Spring 2025 was already a stretch. Holiday 2025 is more realistic.

These headlines are misleading when we know the vast majority of sales are digital.

No point buying Persona games at launch.

Better to wait for the inevitable complete/royal edition with everything included.

Will play on gamepass.

£30 is steep

The job security for a game developer has to be close to non existent.

RIP to the man responsible for a lot of our childhoods.

His art remains with us forever. I hope to introduce my kids to the world of Dragonball one day

I wonder how Square will approach the inevitable 3rd game in the trilogy with these figures.

I reckon more people bought digital but I am certain they were expecting better sales than this regardless

@AndyKazama

I became insanely addicted to the cabaret stuff on Kiwami 2 and 0 hahahaha.

Havent played infinite yet but i have heard great stuff

They will make Hogwarts Legacy 2 a live service game aren't they?

Then they will be shocked and wonder why it absolutely bombs.

Guess they have money to burn.

I wouldn't play it for free.

My time is more valuable used on better games.

"F**** Your Story Cody"

-The Rock

Black Flag is a far better game and its 10 years old.

Skull & Bones has worse pirating mechanics despite being 2 generations later. Its dead on arrival and will be forgotten about by summer.

@Bez87

All companies are in the business of making profits. If a company can get away with selling it digital only to cut costs, they will.

The backlash from releasing games digital only was severe enough a few years ago that no company would dare do it or risk backlash from the fanbase.

Now they realise people will buy it regardless because they have no choice and they still make their profit. So why ever bother with a physical release that takes away from that?

We don't know how much profit / if any yet has been made on the game, but it being their best selling Remedy game thus far leads me to believe they are happy with its performance.

@DarkTron

You unintentionally helped my point.

If I'm a gaming publisher that is going to release a sequel to a beloved franchise (Elden Ring, FF7 Rebirth, GTA6) I have no incentive to release a disc version as I know the fans will buy it digitally regardless.

Before they may have been the hesistancy to do so because sales would have suffered, but if I can still make the money, not bother with discs and shipping costs, more publishers will go this route.

Hence the writing is on the wall.

The all digital future is coming whether we like it or not ladies and gentlemen.

This article just provides further evidence. Will continue buying physical for as long as possible but the writing is on the wall.

Halo and Gears of War on Playstation

I'd buy them.

$10 Upgrade like TLOU hopefully.

Loved the original so would not mind replaying it.

Like A dragon infinite wealth
Persona 3 reload
Tekken 8
FF7 Rebirth

Spend your money elsewhere. This game will be on PS Plus swiftly.

The fact they didn't allow reviews until the last minute says it all.

@LiamCroft

How close are you to the platinum? Took me roughly 70 hours with Like A Dragon and I hope to do the same with this game.

Vote with your wallet. Don't buy the deluxe edition

It will be a PS Plus Extra game within a year.

Previews were damning and you know its bad when even mainstream outlets say so.

Thoroughly deserved.

Predicting 30 mill by end of 2024

@Thrillho

The Cabaret minigame was so addictive in Yakuza 0 and Kiwami 2 that i ignored the main story for several hours on end lol

Day 1 Purchase.

Platinumed Yakuza 7 in December and had such a great time. Love these games and although I never buy day 1, i know this will have over 100 hours of gametime.

Besides the game information being leaked, peoples personal information is now being bought and sold.

I wouldn't feel safe if I was an insomniac employee

Japanese Kiryu >>>>>>>English Kiryu

Makes it even more bizarre that it wasn't even nominated at the Game Awards.

Brilliant game and thoroughly deserved success.

Waste of resources.

Should have put factions 2.0 in Part 2 and call it a day.

Factions is still fun to this day

Gollum

Game Of The Year

@Veritas7Ax

This is why you should only buy a game if you plan on playing it immediately

This is why we should not be happy Xbox is struggling with sales.

Sony knows they have such a massive lead that they can increase price and offer less because they know you are not going anywhere.

Is this issue fixed yet? Don't want to login if i will be permanently banned

Definitely surpassing 100 Million Views within 24 Hours

I reckon this will make over $2 Billion in revenue on Day 1

Horrible for me but im sure there are several kids out there happy with this.

I have beaten roughly 15 games on PS Plus this year and at £64.99, hard to argue against that value.

Not every month will be for you

RGG knows to keep their maps dense instead of big for the sake of it so if they can find a healthy balance, Im all in

Platinumed Gaiden and looking forward to Infinite Wealth.

This is how it starts. In 2006, Oblivion releases the first DLC. It was considered odd. Its now almost shocking to not have a game with DLC.

This is the direction gaming is going sadly.

No brainer for anyone in the USA.