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strange. maybe it is time to drop the msrp price a bit in order to boost sales then? the hardware is at the stage of profitability now so why continue overcharging people in year four, knowing well that sales will soon decline? the point is to keep sales steady and grow the userbase in order to sell more software and generate more revenue. it isn't rocket science. it appears sony wants to have it all at once. yea, sony is so lost right now. the sheer lack of notable current gen games is also hurting hardware sales no doubt. when this console cycle ends and the dust settles, i don't expect many people will place the ps5 in their top 5 consoles of all time list. it might not even make many top 10 lists the rate it is going.

@wildcat_kickz thanks for clarifying. i jumped the gun in assuming the government or various lobby groups pressured sony to enact the ban (it wouldn't surprise me if that is the case behind the scenes if this remains in effect but that is just speculation on my part). if it was in fact sony's call alone, that is even more surprising since that would be a very strong PR move to seperate itself from team ninja's director at all costs... yet, is unfair to the gaming community in korea and weird in a sense considering the game will still release elsewhere.

@truerbluer 100% agreed. nice summary. this console generation has been quite underwhelming due to a lack of current gen content designed to take full advantage of the hardware. a similar trend also applies to most 3rd party releases so it is a problem across the board. i still don't own a ps5 for the reasons you outlined above.

i highly doubt she will be nude. she wears skin tight outfits, some of which match her skin tone, so she only appears to be nude but isn't. this is no different than major Kusanagi's outfit in the original ghost in the shell film. korea is overreacting here. odd that the government would have no qualms hurting the success and sales of its own gaming industry.

@Marquez i hear you. that said, there are many far right neo-nazi groups in modern day germany who are non apologetic of their country's history and in fact hold onto the same ideals from wwii. that is very concerning, but it would be unfair to judge an entire group of people by the distubing actions of a small minority. it is odd that someone's opinion about a historical figure (which were taken out of context and thus controversial for some people) is enough to warrant a game to be banned. similarly, it is odd to ban russian music in the united states due to western nations not being on friendly terms with russia currently. censoring culture and history is a slippery slope. ultimatetly, the gaming community in korea is mature enough to make up their own mind about the game. whether they choose to boycott it or play it should be their choice alone. it's not for the government to decide unless people are in favour of censorship and dictatorships which they are not, at least in south korea that is.

@ChrisDeku i hear you. this is a sensitive subject and the director should have been careful with his choice of words. but are people offended by what the director said or is it the content in the game that is the problem? both? there didn't seem to be a problem with the game's content prior, so it sounds like the director's comments is what has warranted the ban which is an emotional and irrational response if i have ever seen one. ultimatetly, the gaming community in korea is mature enough to make up their own mind about the game. they should have the choice to boycott it or play it but the choice should be theirs alone. it's not for the government to decide unless people are in favour of censorship and dictatorships which they are not, at least in south korea that is.

@ChrisDeku i don't disgree with anything you said. yet, by that logic, the world would still be resentful towards germany and all germans, even though the demographic of today had nothing to do with the atrocities of wwii. the world moved on and germany as a nation was forgiven. it is counterproductive to hold grudges for generations since we live in an entirely different world now. something has to give. this applies to conflicts all around the world and not just korean-japanese relations.

@Tecinthebrain unfortunately, an imported copy likely won't be localized in korean... unless there is an asian release that includes korean language options, i'm not sure.

history, both good and bad, should not and cannot be erased from memory. those who want to boycott the game in korea should have the right to do so. those who want to experience and play the game in korea should also have the right to do so. but this form of censorship and outright banning of the game is baseless and does nothing to improve korean-japanese relations.

i mean... it's about time sony did a permanent MSRP drop anyways. this sale price should be the norm 4 years into the console generation.

the damage control on here is hilarious

i suppose all 70 critics on metacritic were paid off as well and cannot be trusted? it is sitting at a 60 average. let that sink in. maybe it is YOU that is the problem?

yup, games are just too expensive. these trends are likely to hit most publishers. the better strategy is to release fewer, but better quality games. people will only select a handful each year so it really needs to be quality over quantity. i expect metaphor to do well for sega this year if it appeals to the persona crowd.

looks like an improvement, no doubt. but it is a shame and missed opportunity in not having the option to load your save file from remake. it is immersion breaking to be forced to level up your characters from lvl 1 again. not to mention grinding the same materia again... did s-e put any thought into this?

why not start the characters off at lvl 50 for rebirth (with all of their battle abilities and limit breaks from remake) and scale the enemies from there? why not allow players to import their materia from remake? offer the option for players to purchase level 3 materia from shops (at a high cost for balance) if they don't have a save file. who wants to grind all over again from scratch? i mean, as it stands, rebirth will feel like a completely different game, rather than part 2 and continuation of the story.

i'll never understand why people are either too scared or so hellbent with their moral values to pirate content. sure, support the industries you love whenever you can, but there is nothing wrong with pirating retro games and anime that has already made a healthy financial return back when it was released! archive your own collections and stop giving your hard earned money to greeedy corporations who clearly do not care about you, the end user! sorry, but when it comes to preservation, the reality is that you need to take matters into your own hands...

it's a game from hell. he is just trying to recoup the 10 years of development costs that were squandered on that garbage. nobody cares, it will bomb.

one game that is often overlooked and stuck on the OG xbox is panzer dragoon orta. i would like to see a remaster. other than that, future doom and wolfenstein games, indiana jones, hellblade 2 and forza series is pretty much all that matters to me at the moment.

oof, this game is even worse than people expected. currently it is sitting at a 59 on metacritic. it is time to stop coverage altogether and move on. rocksteady will not survive this disaster.

@Gamer83 i enjoy games from the ps2/ps3 era as well, including those from suda51 etc. i can tolerate jenk so long as there is an expectation there and the price is right. i am just having a hard time understanding what stellar blade actually is and if it will live up to the hype surrounding it. the developer is unproven and we have yet to see a proper gameplay trailer so i have my doubts.

@Deityjester yea, no doubt it is sony's marketing bucks that is elevating it to this status. otherwise, it would have launched quietly which is probably more fitting when you consider the developer involved. usually it requires a strong and proven track record for anticipation to grow to these levels. people are too easily swayed by a stylish trailer these days. probably best to be reserved to avoid diappointment.

to be honest, i wouldn't be surprised if this game turns out to be another wanted: dead sort of game. i.e. a game that is trapped inside design philosphy of the ps2/ps3 era but given a modern presentation:
https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps5/wanted-dead

that said, it does look a lot more polished than wanted: dead so i do think stellar blade shows a lot more promise. f i had to make a guess, i can see stellar blade reaching as high as a 7/10 average from review outlets but should be interesting to see how this one turns out. sometimes its nice not knowing exactly what you are getting in an era where we are bombarded with franchises and sequels.

i think people have overhyped this game simply based on it's "cool" factor and the design of the lead character alone. the developer is unproven so people should be reserved and far more skpetical than they are until the reviews come in. i'd be surprised if it can hold a candle to bayonetta in the gameplay department. i'd also be surprised if the playtime exceeds more than 10 hours. in other words, it is likely a budget game disguised as a AAA game and doesn't warrant the full asking price. this game has style over substance written all over it. hope it turns out well but it is hard to be confident when we haven't even seen a proper gameplay trailer.

breath of fire and dino crisis by a landslide.

yup, still waiting for smt v ps4 port. there is no way that will remain a switch exclusive for much longer.

read between the lines. that just means there won't be a physical complete edition. that isn't to say atlus won't milk this release with a ton of cosmetics and (potentially) dlc via digital distribution. you could argue that is even worse as they are likely going to slow down on their physical releases in the coming years like most publishers.

let the lunacy continue i suppose. we will be in year 8 of the ps5, still awaiting a new idea from naughty dog. at this point, they may not even be targeting the ps5 with their next big project and might as well look ahead to the ps6. mismanaged doesnt even begin to describe the studio these days.

all but confirms the gamespass experiment is a failure just as expected. xbox as a whole is a failure and looking quite desperate at the moment. you don't give your direct competitor your console exclusives unless you have no choice. just move on already and get out of the hardware business for christ sakes. don't give a s**t about starfield, but i'll take indiana jones. thanks, phil!

@DETfaninATL yes, but that was because sony required native software to be designed specifically for the vita and it interfered with resources going towards console software. the beauty of a new handheld in 2024 is that it would be powerful enough that existing ps4 games would presumably run on it natively out of the box in the same way steam deck runs pc games. ps5 games may need some minor updates but could be scaled down to function — again, in the same way pc games run on steam deck. the situation you described with the vita wouldn't occur with all of the advantages we now have on the tech side.

@EVIL-C sony has a different divison for r&d. development on a new handheld will not interfere with software development on the ps5 in any way. we likely won't see this new handheld for a good 3-4 years anyways.

@lindos the psp go did in fact have a dock. it was before hdmi was a thing, but it could connect to a CRT via component. psp go with the dock was the switch before the switch existed. many people are not aware of this and give nintendo all the credit

been calling for EXACTLY this for the past few years. this is great news. it would also mean that our current ps4 digital library will be compatible out of the box. sony will need to figure out a validation process for our physical ps4 collection as well.

if sony waits it out a couple more years and launches the handheld with the ps6, i have no doubt it will be powerful enough to run most ps5 games with performance and visual downgrades so long as it supports an ssd out of the box. sony would be foolish not to follow suit with what valve has already achieved with the steamdeck. it is a new era of portable hardware and i see no reason not to take a stab at it since it is not disruptive to their console software titles in the way other portable handhelds were in the past in requiring two seperate software libraries. this is why the switch flourished the way it did.

also, i can already visualize the day where buyer's remorese hits an all time high and thousands of portals are chucked into a ditch

ooof. i think that means they completed the textures this time around. hopefully the story doesn't completely go off the rails.

@LazyLombax you are correct!

@KingPev it is sitting at a 62 on metacritic. in what world is it a good game worthy of our time? the entire point of reviews is to persuade or dissuade consumers from making a purchase. i absolutely do not need to play the game to have an opinion on it or know that it is something to be avoided. yet there are people on here trying to go against the grain and act like this is some sort of misunderstood game or hidden gem or something haha. why would i support a product that is distilled with everything that is bad about the gaming industry? have fun playing it. i'll have fun playing something else

if anything, emulate it. not worthy of anyone's money or time if i am being honest. even in its day, it stood out as being an unpolished mess.

nope. it is a 5 at best. currently it is sitting at a low 60 on metacritic, making this review an outlier. i have seen enough of it in action to know that it is misguided trash that nobody asked for. i think the question that should be on everybody's mind now is: what is to be the fate of rocksteady?

also, there is a bigger issue at play here. for those who want to stand up for the survival and integrity of the gaming industry at large, you really should vote with your wallet on this one and not be swayed by cheap marketing tactics.

i hope it gets a physical release on ps4/ps5.

everthing silient hill related just keeps getting worse. even the silent hill 2 footage looked rough and uninspired to put it politely. of course, konami still doesn't have a release YEAR for the game... really? all the silent hill hype wasn't warranted and it looks as though these projects will have the opposite effect of a revival — they will kill the IP permanently.

@MrMagic if a product is selling out due to limited supply, then that observation doesn't hold any weight. clearly sony is not producing a high number of units. that could be attributed to component shortages or they are still in the dark as to what the expected demand is and they are manufacturing a conservative number of them. the media coverage of the portal went silent mere weeks after its release. very few people are talking about it even on enthusiast sites such as this one. just imagine what the perception is in the mainstream market? i wouldn't be surpised if 90% of the playstation audience isn't even aware of its existence.

@MrMagic sony usually likes to brag about its sales numbers but has been hush on this one. you can call it a peripheral if you wish, but it is hardware in my eyes. heck, sony even announced sales numbers of the psvr2 despite the abysmal outlook of the vr marketplace as a whole.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/05/psvr2-sales-at-600000-six-weeks-after-launch-sony-confirms

we are now 2.5 months removed from the portal launch and sony remains tight lipped. i find that telling. i am open to being wrong on this one, but i have very low sales expectations for the life of this device and i am sticking to that prediction.

@danzoEX not exactly. it sold out its initial shipment. so what? how do you attribute that to exceeding expectations? nobody other than sony knows the total units sold. sony usually likes to brag about its sales numbers but has been hush on this one (probably for good reason).

my guess is the game isn't ready for release yet so they sabotaged it in order to get it in a better place for launch day. not that there is much they can do about this disaster anyways...

the game looks outdated by about 7 years as it is. the lack of 60fps for such a dated game is quite baffling. must be an engine limitation.

it won't take 20 years if the fate of s-e is riding on it. milking ff7 has saved the company on many occassions. they will save the ff6 remake for a rainy day. it will not take 20 years. people should look up "hyperbole" in the dictionary

both products are abysmal failures (psvr2 is more of a consquence of the market at large). comparing one to the other and trying to determine how successful they are isn't the right way of going about it. if sony remains silent on portal sales after a year on the market, we will know our answer.

@DennisReynolds doubt ff7 rebirth will be anything close to 100 hours unless we are talking about a padded out completionist run. average playtime has been confirmed to be in the 50 hour range like the previous game.

good game but a port is completely unnecessary and a waste of resources. add a ps5 patch for the ps4 version and people will be happy. just another example of banking on old games due to the unsustainability of game development in 2024. remasters hold value for games pre-ps4 era and nothing else really. they need to buck this trend.

this is probably a good place to stop playing the yakuza series i suppose. not sure i have it in me to play what is essentially the same game 6 more times anyways gives a little breathing room with the old backlog as well.

of course. wait for the golden/royal/definitive edition in 12 months time. won't be surprised if there are half a dozen spinoff games in the pipeline for p3 as well

now, here is the good news. based on the fan survey that apparently made this game a reality, persona 3 was tied with persona 2 for the remake treatment (based on votes). this means that persona 2 remake is a very real possibility in the future which is great news since it is most in need and deserving of one.

i think this explains why the character art is a bit more generic than usual and missing the vanillaware spice.

good. now they can poach roacksteady developers before the ship sinks.

remember how cdpr was praised to the heavens after the witcher 3 released? not just for the accomplishment of witcher 3 itself, but for their stance against drm, providing free updates and putting the gamer first. they were the industry darling for a good while there, up until cyberpunk released that is... well, all that good faith is now gone and a new challenger has taken its place. larian studios is the new cdpr prior to cyberpunk. they are in the exact same position and have the gaming industry and community at large in their pocket. hopefully they have learned from history and will not repeat the same mistakes as cdpr.