RainbowGazelle

@This_Guy 😆 That's fair then. I've been in that situation myself!

Absolutely ridiculous. No wonder people pirate media if you can just lose access even to stuff you "bought". I was worried about this happening. It's the reason I've never bought a digital TV show or film. I have bought digital games though. I'm hoping this doesn't happen to any of them.

@KonstantTrouble Does it suck though??? How unimaginably lazy do you have to be to not want to get up to change a disc/cartridge?

Put the PG Tips Monkey on one and I'll consider it.

...But it isn't a console. Can someone explain to me how this makes any sense?

Definitely grabbing Like A Dragon, and Ace Attorney on Switch.

Seeing all these picks makes me realise I've still got so much to play on this amazing console!

@naruball Fair point. Most games are certainly longer these days. But there's also a much larger market these days, with more people playing games than ever before. Profits can be much, much higher. And whilst yes, you can simply ignore extras that games try to sell you, these very often used to be fun parts of the games you were playing. Cheat codes and unlockable outfits for example, although not necessary, were fun extras in many games. Now cheat codes are sold as "time savers" or some other rubbish, and costumes or items are pre-order bonuses and DLC.

"The price increase, for example, the $70 for certain frontline products, was the first increase in many years after many generations.

It isn't really. Games have been sliced up to sell as deluxe editions, pre-order bonuses, DLC, microtransactions, etc. for years now. Most full games aren't $70 these days, they try to scam you out of $100 or more if you actually want the full experience.

If they ever release some games on it, then I might buy it. But seeing as Sony is becoming more and more anti-consumer, I probably won't.

"That Royal released on PS5 at full price, with no upgrade path for PS4 players, remains an insult to fans and the game itself."

This, plus Royal releasing on PS4 with no way to upgrade for regular players on PS4, and it still had copious amounts of DLC, despite being the second version. Atlus are just scumbags. If I see a game is made/published by them, I automatically ignore it. I don't care what it is. They treat their fans like filth.

I'm curious to know in what state the PS4 version was left. No Man's Sky had a great turnaround, fixing things on the same consoles it originally released on. Was Cyberpunk fixed on last-gen machines too, or just current gen?

This looks exactly the same as the one COD game I bought 10 years ago, only now it's buggy. Why are people still buying these if it's literally the same game, but worse?

Such a terrible shame it's 2K. It'll be stuffed with microtransaction crap.

"Sony Interactive Entertainment had a record-breaking second quarter in terms of revenue, pulling in ¥954.1 billion — up 32.38 per cent year-on-year."

Poor Sony. This explains why they had to raise prices on everything and cut loads of jobs. 😟

Oh Japan. In a country where bookshops have magazines with covers of fully bare-chested women mere feet away from the kids' section, you'd better censor the 18-rated games in case kids are looking.

Well that's pretty dumb.

From what I saw of the gameplay they showed off last year (this year?), it looked like a stripped back Assassin's Creed IV. I really can't see the point of it.

"Wahh wahhh, Mm should just make 'proper' games! Make Platformer #45,687!"
No wonder there's no creativity left in games from big companies. People don't want new ideas anymore.

But Sony are also disgusting for their insanely expensive Spider-Man 2 marketing, and making more profit from PlayStation than they ever have before, but still laying off people. Honestly, I'm glad I haven't bought a PS5. I just can't support this company anymore. They've raised every price they could, made so much profit, but still nickel and dime their customers, and treat their developers like crap.

@Boxmonkey The shareholders aren't happy with the millions upon millions that they already make. Greedy scum at the top ruining it for everyone else. As usual.

I'm not really interested in supporting Sony anymore. They've turned into such a nickel-n-diming company, and in 4 years haven't really managed to give much reason to buy a PS5. Microsoft are no better either.

Only took them 4 years.

@TommyNL @Zyzzjan Oof. That's ridiculous!

A revision that's more expensive? That's a new one, $ony.

You actually save $30 dollars on the bundle in the US. Meanwhile in the UK, you only save £10, as the separate disk drive is an absurd £99.99. The pricing between regions makes no sense.

It's nice to see I'm still not missing much on PS5 as it enters its 4th year on the market. The only game from that list that I'm interested in is also on PS4.

Wow, Jim really f***ed up. No wonder he's leaving.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the Activision acquisition, and the various leaked documents. They certainly didn't paint him in a good light.

"Problems began for PS5 players when the title's "early access" period started on the 18th. Players who'd paid extra for the privilege were told they were playing the wrong build."

Ah, the joys of mandatory online, eh? Imagine paying extra to be a beta tester.

@LifeGirl Fantastic example. Taught me never to buy a game from CD Projekt.

@theheadofabroom It's the same console. Sorry, I'm done with this conversation.

@theheadofabroom All I said originally was my PS1's controller's sticks still work. That's it. I'm not trying to argue whether it's the original controller or not. All I said was, verbatim, "My PS1 controllers still work to this day." It's not a debate. I stated a fact.

@stassinari I can't believe I'm being gaslit here. Here's the Wikipedia page for the official Sony PS1 analog controller, which came with the slim PS1s. I got a slim PS1 and 2 of these controllers as a kid.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Analog_Controller

@Resurrected-X460 @Whately86 Thanks for the answers. They certainly maje sense. I hope it's more the accuracy part, rather than the greed part...

@stassinari They did. It would be quite difficult to play Ape Escape without them, as they're required.

My PS1 controllers still work to this day. Is there any particular reason for stick drift being such a problem these days. Is it a change in materials? Are manufacturers being stingy and using poor quality parts?

I'll be grabbing Like A Dragon. With PS4 and Switch winding down, it's a great time to work on my backlog!

Hogwarts looks amazing. I'd have bought it if they'd actually put the whole game on the disc.

Did they ever fix it on PS4 and Xbox One? If not, then the developers get no praise from me for forcing you to buy another console and wait over 2 and a half years just to get what was originally promised.

The Cult of the Lamb devs are saying they'll delete the game on 1st January 2024 if these changes aren't reversed.

Something else I learned from this whole debacle is that apparently no one knows the difference between a verb and a noun.

Nice of Sony to finally complete the game. Shame it's not complete on PS4.

Never has PS Plus, never will.

Console price increase, games up to £70, a shifting focus to MTX crap, and now this. This gen really is for the payers, huh?

I've bought and (mostly) enjoyed all four previous PlayStation consoles, but Sony's greed has made them genuinely dead to me this generation. There's no chance I'm buying a PayStation 5.

I was really hoping Moss Book II would get a physical release on PS4, like Book I did.

If Astrobot gets a full sequel, that might just be the game that gets me to buy a PS5.

Wait for the inevitable complete/royal/gold/final/FU edition if you must give this terrible company money.

Which holiday? There's a lot of them.

Most of these were £3.99 on the PS3/Vita. Not sure what justifies the literal doubling of the price. Good that ones you already bought are unlocked on PS4/5 though. You'd never see Nintendo do something that generous.

"A physical edition of the game was released in Japan"

What do you mean "was", it's not out yet. Simultaneous worldwide release this time. I hoping the JP physical has English on it.

That has to be fake surely?! Especially with the phone "back", "home" and "tabs" buttons on the right of the touchscreen. I'm fairly certain it's fake, but if it's not, it's a godawful design.

I mean yeah. Most games can be downgraded to work on weaker hardware. I'm sure they could have done some kind of version for PS4 if they really wanted to. This is why I don't get people talking about cross-gen games being "held back". Almost any game could be made to run on weaker hardware in some gimped form. Just look at some of the PS4 games on Switch. It doesn't mean that the PS5 version of a cross-gen game has necessarily been held back in some way.

Poor baby Sony once again can't handle the same grown-up themes as Microsoft and Nintendo, apparently.

Genuinely sounds pretty good, but remember when people actually thought that publishers raising game prices to £70 would reduce microtransactions?