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@Fiendish-Beaver yeah, i'd ignore ebay or anywhere else, I believe it's an Amazon exclusive in the UK. Gamestop in the US. Europe, not sure. Amazon also don't take any money until it ships, which is the right way to do long pre-orders.

@Fiendish-Beaver it came on amazon a couple of times last week, mate. But I don't think it says sold out, just "not available" which it said when I first found it, before it was on again the next day, so you might get lucky if you check a few times

Hey, if the show does okay then at least the IP isn't totally dead, just the live service part of it. If they are smart they could turn it all around, write off the first game, and do something else entirely with the IP, even reference an alternate universe where all this happened in a game that no one played 👍

@Bramble this was my excuse 😁 it's not too gamey, just like the game isn't too gamey. A place on my drinks cabinet is reserved already.

Cough. Make a PC spec super console. Cough. Cough.

@Fiendish-Beaver imagine how much it is going to annoy the fan base if the consoles have a similar release date too. What is available today? Oh yes, an upgraded PS5 that plays all PS5 exclusives and some Xbox first party games, or the same exact Xbox console with a different paint job and a bit more memory 😬😬😬 I believe this will be the moment that they fully throw Phil under the bus and pretend everything will be okay next time

@tangyzesty @Shwing indeed, definitely necessary, and it also allows for this beautiful transition where people like me buy a pro, and we sell or give our old consoles to someone else who may have not owned a ps5 yet for various reasons. Thus growing the community and giving new life to older tech we are moving on from 😄

@Fiendish-Beaver I know, a variation of a console that barely sells anyway. It's going to be weird to see an actual upgrade going up against the same thing that has already long since peaked

(I bought the Xbox on a real down slope myself 😅 as their early showcase was quite engaging for once, but since then they have done nothing but shoot themselves in the foot over and over, and this seems like a crowing glory to that)

The fact that this is going to be going up against a new xbox that just has slightly more memory than the current one that no one is buying is going to be fun to observe 🙃 strange times in console world

@get2sammyb I think the whole microtransactions thing is a split debate also, so it is hard to use it as a point either way as it isn't relevent to the correct people.

People hate them in single player games, people who dont play live service games like this, but GaaS are fueled by them so taking them out of one isn't appeasing those who hate them.

It is also okay to hate when microtransactions prey on kids and parents who don't know any better, but also still understand that that is why those games are successful, and that if they didn't have the addictive nature, those people wouldn't be playing them anyway.

@ApostateMage me too ⚔️🔰 JCBP.

Picked up KCD from a part way through save where Henry is pretty OP. Though as i'm just returning I'm still getting my ass kicked by suspiciously well armoured bandits, and packs of Cumans, despite Henry's abilities, my own are a little rusty 😁

It was "lights out" for these pesky Cumans, though

This time I'll be tackling the DLC too, which I've never played.

59th most popular game in the PS UK Digital store right now. I did not expect it to be THAT low, and half the games above it are not even out yet

Books will be written about this whole saga

@QiaraIris who are you arguing with? 😅 literally no one in the thread said that 😁

Edit: Sorry that a lighthearted question deeply offended you enough to block me 😂😂😂😂😂

It is also second in UK PS5 digital paid right now, behind FC25 pre orders (obviously football has sold millions and millions, but to be second means it is selling a rather large bunch) it initially took a while to pop up there (BG3, Elden Ring, for example were number one or two for a while pre release/release week) but I think Word of Mouth has helped make sales on release day +1 as a lot of people were waiting to see how it was.

Very impressive after an incredibly strong start in asia.

It's like every game I've played in the last 4 years combined. It's so weird, but I'm intrigued how it turns out. It still feels like there's going to be a weird twist in the tale of this game's development or what it actually is. But it will probably be out before Pragmata, so that's a good thing 😁

I'd love it to be something that you can get really lost in, even if it is a bit janky or has weird foibles in places.

@Tatarimokke yeah, I guess so. I don't even know what the console landscape will be in Feb 2025 either, there might be a PS5 Pro disc or digital version, who knows 😅

All I know is Warhorse deserve my money 🙃

I pre ordered the digital gold edition regardless. And if I get drunk enough on savior schnapps I may pre order the collector's edition too, and then closer to the time I'll know which I will use 😅

Disney: and how many copies, on top of giving it away on game pass, do you expect to sell?

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I see...

Well, how long until you can get it running on PlayStation?

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Yes, We think that is probably for the best.

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Yes, yes. We know. Goodbye, Phil.

@ShogunRok I suppose I could always pre order the digital version to actually play and the collector's edition game can stay boxed or be sold on 🙃

I'm not really one of the collector types, but I feel like there's an empty spot on my drinks cabinet that will definitely benefit from Henry and Pebbles coming to visit 😅

@shogunrok any idea if the collectors edition is a digital code or a game disc? ⚔️🔰

Don't want to have to try and force a disc into my digital only ps5 😅

I deleted NBA2K at 150gb.to reinstall BG3. It's silly sh** like that that drives people to this 😅

A 1tb is enough to have a nice reserve of games, but still with the occasional sort out needed though. Maybe 2tb for Ps5 Pro.

So weird, I made a dark urge drow monk/druid last night to mess around with after months without playing the game. (haven't decided my build yet, but wanted to try meditation, violence and magic as a combo without having to worry about finding nice armour)

So there we have it, born out of darkness, Sin'raema. Bonus points if you translate the name to its intended meaning 🙃

@Yagami had a quick look at that menu, and no idea 😅 in one of the trailers it looked like they had just quickly nicked some ideas from TotK (and many, many other popular games) so maybe it's that.

But one positive: it has item "buy" AND "sell" prices in your inventory. Hallelujah!

All I could think during the video is: why that font?!

Definitely a game we need to make sure PushSquare get the inside scoop on at gamescom, hint hint @shogunrok et al

Bringing moustachioed justice to the Galaxy in Star Wars: Jedi Survivor

@TruestoryYep yep, I read the reviews and made a decision to buy it as I didn't think any potential frame rate stuff would bother me with VRR as the other stuff included in the review would easily make up for it. Cheers.

For this, it is a completely different situation as there is no console reviews available and thus we CANNOT MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION as to whether it is worth a punt or not. Is that not reasonable? 🫨

P.S Thanks to @ShogunRok for that DD2 review, as I had a bunch of fun with that game after making my informed decision to buy it at release 😁

Not at all shocked. I hope it puts people off, as it should do. Let someone else beta test the PS5 version before committing to months of potential frustration.

"I'll be damned...

...A Griffin"

"I've never seen this before... There's something kinda exciting about iiiiit"

I think, for me and my tastes, it is just too Americanised, wooden, and full of faux-English crap for a fantasy game. Varric is probably the worst at delivering cringe lines too from what we have seen so far.

I can't stand to listen to them in the gameplay and the trailers. And it is totally immersion breaking. But I'm glad I've kind of put my finger on why it fills me with dread every time I see dragon age news.

Plot Twist:

Indiana Jones releases on PS5 this year, while they delay it on Xbox to try and optimise it for the Series S 😛

I'd happily pay many many many many pounds for the collectors edition, especially if it has a digital element so the game can be played from my library without a disk.

Let's wildly speculate on what will be included. Sword? Cup and Dice? Dancing skeleton bard puppets? Monastic robes? An invite to the Rattay Tourney? 😱

Forza Horizon 5 seemed a bit meh. Starfield is pretty decent, however, despite it's many Bethesda quirks. I honestly think PS gamers will buy the hell out of Starfield too because Xbox taking Bethesda away stung everyone a little, and it stung Bethesda a lot

New animations? 😱😱😱😱😱

I don't even care that they are absolutely f***ing ridiculous ones. Let's go haha

Happy that all those Fortnite players can try out CDPR's version of the Geralt character that Epic created. And who knows, maybe then they will go on to read all of those books that followed that 😁

Bungie "but it's not like all of the other live service games. Bin it and SIE can focus on the ones that are exactly like every other game, that is the sure fire way to succeed" 🙄

It's more to do with it being advertised as this creepy non consensual perving activity, I think, rather than it being just because "look, b00bies"

But it is all very silly in a game filled with violence. Maybe just embarrassed that they added it in the first place. But people will still perve on those fine, fine pixels, as people are just weirdos, and that's okay as long as they are doing it in the privacy of their own home with their crispy socks on standby 😛 but the game won't advertise it as a goal, and that's okay too.

Overall, who gives a sh**, the people that will get mad by the decision will always get mad by these decisions, and the people that won't, won't 😅

Hey, it's sunny out 😁

@ShogunRok only because the equivalent generation Series X couldn't sell enough units in that time frame to even make the list 😅

Context.

@get2sammyb

All they need is the big games dropping and they will be selling gangbusters again.

PS5 pro plus a new wave of game announcements/releases is going to help consumer interest and console sales more than a small price drop

"Starting to sound like a proper dragon age game"

But not look or feel like one 💀

I missed the Cheese Wheel, but I did go to Jurassic Park on my playthrough 🦖

End of the year is stacked for third party games, and at least some of them are from established series and properties that generate sales. Then GTA next year will be a massive system seller. So there is a pretty positive outlook from a pure sales standpoint. So erm, thumbs up for whoever that affects...

But considering a large percentage of consoles end up in homes that play maybe only 3 or 4 titles/franchises per generation, it is hard to analyse how well a generation is doing with the actual gamers, without just going off sales numbers for all of the other games, which do seem to be down. And that is where it is probably falling behind. (Not sure if a slight price decrease or releasing titles such as Concord will remedy this? Hmm 🤷‍♂️)

If the PS5 ends up with similar numbers to PS4, but first party sales end up down, will it really be a success? That is where it will be judged from a user standpoint. And it will probably just mean that more of the user base is on free games and GTA, Fifa and CoD.

So long story short we need some current/pro gen first party games announced, teased, road mapped, and that will help sales with the people that actually make the difference each generation

GTA 5 😱 moderately enjoying finding my way; back in San Andreas

And probably back to Star Wars: Jedi Survivor too

@ApostateMage it's been actual summer for a few weeks, which probably doesn't help, but maybe time for hoovering out the old girl? 😅

@Fiendish-Beaver the way they are doing it seems more forced, to me. Nothing to do with anything else, It's just a vibe I'm getting, no more. I wish i'd not bothered 😂😂😂

@themightyant the dialogue had no realism, it was just random statements made one after another with no logical conversation in mind.

As always, I'm happy to be wrong, and that will be a positive for the game if I am, but everything I've seen so far is just giving me red flags about it, and their presence trying to convince people it's this special thing just seems off. It doesn't sound like devs who are proud by their game, it sounds like people trying to convince us (and maybe even themselves) that it is good. It almost seems like a desperation in that they need to trick people into buying it, rather than rely on normal marketing techniques.

Remember the dialogue from the trailer they showed us... It was like a bad action movie and with a potential to be a dumpster fire. At least wait for reviews if you have already forgotten the footage they have already shown to us, people.

and then there was this:

"this door is protected by a powerful magic"

• pokes powerful magic *
• magic disperses *

Looks infinitely better than I imagined it would.

I'm wondering how it is balanced, as if you go after the golden snitch would it just ruin the online game for everyone else trying to score some points if the game just ended on that? And in that case, is the golden snitch actually attainable early, or is it just flying around out of reach until enough time passes or the score reaches a certain level? And the person after it would then just be wasting their time 😅

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keeping my eye on Black Myth and some others too, like Gothic is supposedly this year... I think we hear something about it in August, but it doesn't feel like it is really coming out any time soon for some reason.

Wonder why Jim ran away and hid 🫠

No point making the tech if devs aren't going to utilise it, so yes they should always aim (😉) to include it.

@CielloArc but we WILL play as someone native to the region. Stop being selective with the truth. You can't just make a blanket statement that is completely incorrect and mic drop out, it's not politics 😂

"Anyways the fact remains that this is the first AC where we won't play as someone native to the region... Guess the japanese aren't worth in Ubisoft's eyes"

Also, not sure if Edward Kenway is native to the Caribbean or no? 🥲

And who knows, maybe Eivor was born in Ledecestrescire? 🥲

Well, I know what is winning the push square forum's screenshot of the year 😭😂

At this point they are going to show the whole game pre release