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I have been hit pretty hard by the graphics bugs (though thankfully only 1 crash) in FF XVI and since this is my first playthrough it was especially annoying. Happened mostly in cutscenes once you travel to a new location but sometimes in the environment and yesterday I had no graphics errors for hours but then suddenly the little preview windows in the abilities tab (where you can see what each ability looks like) was completely effed up, like static on a TV. Only those little preview windows though. Really weird.

Really hope that the new update can fix this.

If they would announce Resident Evil 9 (or the RE 0 Remake they are currently working on) that would be insane but I highly doubt it as the game has been delayed quite a bit in production (It was originally supposed to come out early 2025) and is not supposed to come out for at least a year.

@Netret0120 So ? Neither would Final Fantasy without Sakaguchi or Resident Evil without Mikami. I don't see their names in the credits for FF XVI or RE Village.

@NEStalgia

lol what ? Where did I ever criticise the article ? I just told Petto why that title card has been rightfully removed from the Remake. maybe read first next time ?

@Petto

Because Kojima didn't direct it. Makes perfect sense. With movies its the same. It only says "A Quentin Tarantino film" when he actually directed it, not if he only produced it. That title card is reserved for the Director, nobody else.

Just like the Resident Evil 4 Remake is not getting a "A Shinji Mikami game" title card or FF VII Remake is not getting a "A Yoshinori Kitase game" card (despite him producing it).

Enough with the fake Kojima hype.

Honestly this being Sony I wouldn't have been surprised if they would have released "PS5 Pro" versions of their First Party games again that need to be purchased separately lol

No offense but do we really need separate articles for every single feature of the Pro ? Its getting pretty messy and too much. We don't need 20 different articles on the Pro.

People assume that the base PS5 will also remain in production or even get a price cut. But what if the Pro will actually replace the base PS5 and be the only PS5 being produced going forward and eventually be the only PS5 available ? I can totally see Sony do that lol

"I’ve always considered gaming to be a relatively inexpensive luxury, but between this and the price of new games, I’m starting to wonder if this pastime is for people with deeper pockets than me."

THIS.

Gaming used to be an affordable hobby even for those of us who are not rolling in money and have high paying jobs. Not anymore. Been playing Playstation for 25 years and this gen is the first time where I simply cannot afford new games at launch anymore or even to just buy a new controller whenever I want.

Yes the high price DOES make sense with inflation and all the components having become so much more expensive. Inflation has hit everyone hard. Its the reason for the waves of layoffs too. Costs are in desperate need to be cut. The problem is that inflation hits US far more then them. We don't have more money and EVERYTHING costs more. Some of us are happy that they can even get by at all under the current circumstances.

And this is something Sony in their endless arrogance simply ignores. They act like everyone has as much money as they used to and like everything else is just as affordable as it used to be. Gaming was BARELY affordable to me as it was in this gen. I had to wait years to even get a PS5 and really stretch myself to buy new games for 70 or 80 EUR.

Now Gaming in the future is just a luxury for the elite that I simply can not afford anymore. never thought I would see this day coming. Its like suddenly not being able as a movie fan to watch movies anymore.

And that price increase for first party games to 90 EUR is coming too. Bet on it.

PS5 is the end of the road for me I guess. No way in hell will I be able to afford PS6 until 2040 lol

I keep seeing "This game will be available for PS5 Pro". does this mean that you can only play PS5 Pro enhanced games on the Pro ? You can't actually play regular PS5 games on Pro ?

Been a Playstation gamer for 25 years but this is getting so insane. And this happening NOW with Inflation hitting everybody and its already hard for people to get by with higher prices and less money. Like there could not be a WORSE time for Sony to do this. Gaming used to be an affordable hobby but now I can't afford most games at launch and even a goddamn controller costs a fortune.

It is true though that Sony seems to have abandoned many of their greatest franchises, which irks me quite a bit - Uncharted, Last of Us, God of War, Crash are all in Limbo right now (and where the hell is Ghost of Tsushima 2 ?). Playstation keeps reinventing itself but the problem is that it needs to do that in the first place.

Thank god I am not into that multiplayer live service ***** which has poisoned gaming in recent years. Especially Playstations legacy will always be its single player games and their forced obsession with live service is really annoying. Remember what made you the greatest gaming brand in the first place.

But yes the rising costs for single player games is also concerning. I am all for the greatest cinematic quality but the costs and in turn the prices for games is becoming pure insanity. I can't actually afford to buy games at launch anymore and this is the first time in 25 years of Playstation gaming I ever have to say that. Especially with Inflation hitting us players (meaning everything is more expensive but we do not actually have more money to balance that out) I fear that gaming becomes an elitist hobby or forces gamers to indept themselves over consoles, games and gamepads.

Here in Europe the standard price for Sonys PS5 AAA games is even 80 EUR. Its gotten completely out of hand. Paying 80 bucks for a single game. Plus consoles that now cost almost 600 EUR, PS Plus subscriptions that start at 72 EUR and 70 EUR for an official gamepad.

I have been a gamer for over 25 years since the first Playstation and this is the very first gen where I can not afford to buy a new game at launch anymore. I did it with FF VII Rebirth and it really brought me to the limit. Everything is so massively expensive now but we don't have more money and gaming has become this really expensive luxury.

These days I never really buy games at launch anymore and just wait for sales or until I can buy it used on ebay etc.

And now these devs say 80 EUR base price is STILL not enough for them ? Do they seriously want us to pay 100 f..... bucks for a single game ? Thats like TWICE the price of PS1 games back in the day.

I was so much looking forward to Until Dawn on PS5 but not for 70 EUR. Thats insane. And I have been waiting for months for Stellar Blade to have a price drop and its still at 70-80 EUR everywhere. I don't care if I have to wait YEARS to buy games now, I am not paying that kind of money for a single video game.

I am a console player only so its not that relevant to me. However the big issue for me with Stellar Blade is the price. I have been waiting for a price drop because I just can't afford to spend 80 EUR on a game right now.