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This is insane. Should this even be allowed by law? They're building a monopoly with two of the biggest companies in gaming... What's next? Square Enix? Ubisoft? EA Sports? Seriously, Microsoft, work on your own talents and stop keeping people from playing third-party games.

Btw, as far as Crash, Spyro and Tony Hawk goes, I fully expect the employees to pull a Rare move and leave the company to create their own in a few years.

Oh no. Oh no. Oh no no no no.

10-20 or less, depending on the game. Anything more than that and there's a big chance that I won't finish it.

There are exceptions, of course, but in general that's how I feel nowadays. Can't put too many hours into gaming anymore (and long games become boring eventually).

Also, I agree with @Uncharted2007 - Assassin's Creed doesn't need hundreds of hours of side content and traversing the map, keep it focused Ubisoft!

I suggest backlog month is added as an option to these polls. 😁

Not sure about this, apart from making a good-looking game look better, what can they do to improve it? The game is already brilliant, I wouldn't change anything.

Kinda feels like a waste of resources, really. But who knows? Maybe some trailers can change my mind.

2022 has major releases from multiple publishers coming up, it'll be a busy year. Hopefully Hogwarts Legacy makes it!

Despite all the chaos, I'm looking forward to this game. They should rename it, though, it'll be quite embarassing to answer "What game are you playing?" questions out loud as it is.

They should pretend it's a brand new release once they fix this, and sell it for $ 59.99 on PS5/Xbox from day 1. Assuming they can ever really fix it; they blowed the time to market already.

It would take a lot of work and money to fix these remasters. Not sure if they're willing to put the effort here, since they certainly knew about its state prior to release.

@auditor01 Maybe not a big deal for those who are paid in dollars. Worldwide it's a huge increase - in Brazil it went from R$ 249.99 (already expensive) to R$ 349.99.

Personally, I no longer buy any PlayStation Studios' games at launch anymore, as much as I want to play them. The price is too high for entertainment.

I'll definitely buy once the price is right. The original games are brilliant, but these inconsistent remasters are not worth full price.

Not to mention they're strong candidates for PS Plus in a couple years.

Not sure how I feel about it. PC games are often cheaper than console ones, at least in Brazil; Sony didn't even cut the price on this one. Happy for those who'll play it though, great game to play with kids!

I didn't finish it, felt too slow to me, specially the transitions between levels, but I did enjoy what I played.

@tehKAMI Perfect summary. Close to zero expectations and I still left disappointed.

If nothing else, I expected to be entertained watching 20mins of games. Waste of time, though.

@Reeneman Agreed. Nothing against Bugsnax, but this is sad. Awful show overall.

Good for PC gamers, not sure for PlayStation. This feels a little like Nintendo releasing Mario Odyssey on PC, God of War is tied to PlayStation since ever. I hope it doesn't impact the brand.

Happy for those who will play it for the first time though!

Not sure the game is for me, but I loved the animation in the trailer!

The fact that Konami kept these series on hold for all this time has to be one of the most stupid business decisions ever. I hope these rumors are true!

As long as Microsoft don't buy Crystal Dynamics, I'm ok with that. They're too good to become exclusive for one platform (see the Tomb Raider sequel fiasco).

This is my next game after I finish Neo: TWEWY. Looks excellent! It reminds me of playing Harry Potter action adventure games back on PlayStation 1/2.

The real question is what to do with the story after all the Greek and Norse gods are gone. They could ressurrect the Greek gods, I suppose. Have Atreus as the main character, maybe?

Well, to be honest they could really be tests. I work as a developer and we have test users that are basically Marvel characters. Pretty sure Tony Stark and Peter Parker are not our clients.

I have a feeling that Naughty Dog will release only a single game for PS5. Until they find a way to do another leap in ultra-realistic graphics, they won't release anything.

Hopefully it won't be just Last of Us multiplayer.

I completely agree with you, Sammy. As I said in the Round-up article:

Great showcase. Not enough to justify staying silent for pretty much an entire year, but still not bad at all. What I'd like to know now is what is going to be released in the upcoming months until 2021 ends, kinda hoped we would get a surprise announcement given Sony's silence.

Great showcase. Not enough to justify staying silent for pretty much an entire year, but still not bad at all. What I'd like to know now is what is going to be released in the upcoming months until 2021 ends, kinda hoped we would get a surprise announcement given Sony's silence.

FFXVI and Hogwarts Legacy, please.

Looks awesome. Hope it comes to either PlayStation or Nintendo Switch.

Sony could include Crunchyroll with PS+ subscription.

@get2sammyb Pretty much the entire top 10 is already taken by Kingdom Hearts. And I'm a fan of the series. 😄

I hope this is not true, they're both great studios. Also, take your hands off the new Hogwarts game please business people from WB!

Nice! This game has been in my backlog for years, might be the right time to play it.

Hollow Knight changed my perception of indie games. I won't watch the livestream given how poor these State of Play have been whenever they shared info on multiple games, but hopefully some great indie games will be displayed.

They should get some inspiration on how Nintendo is showcasing indies. It's not just about finding games, but putting them side by side with AAAs.

Personally, when I browse Nintendo eShop, I don't feel like there is a difference in quality between an indie or AAA from major publisher, they're mixed up. On PS Store, however, AAAs and games from major publishers often come first, which gives me a feeling that they are "better" than less wanted titles at the bottom of the list.

PlayStation really needs to improve. I mean, Silkroad - the sequel to Shovel Knight - will not release on PS4/PS5 at launch, for example, which says a lot about the poor management of indies on PS.

Well, I didn't buy the excellent Demon's Souls yet due to its price, Ghost won't be different, I'll wait a few years. It's way too high for entertainment products.

I preordered Neo: TWEWY today after trying the demo last night. Seems to be a unique kind of game, love the art designs.

Btw, it would be nice if Push Square could post links to the games in PS Store (and even better if you folks could get a portion of the sale similar to how Amazon works).

Honestly, I have zero expectations. If the rest of the industry is anything to go by, Sony has absolutely nothing new to share.

If anything, this whole story is pure quality entertainment. Looking forward to the release of this game just to read the news.

@AFCC I guess it's not that they can't make it, but how much it costs to do. They probably decide to invest money on new PS5 games targetting 4k60fps than upgrading older titles. Rockstar is the exception, of course, they gave up on new games it seems, haha.

I miss E3 to be honest. When publishers started this whole Nintendo Direct approach, it was nice since they shared more info along the year. Now however, it seems that they share way less info than they ever did at E3.

Also the format was fun! High expectations, reserving some time to watch the conferences, the excitement for news. My friends and I talked about E3 a full week after it, at least. Well, times have changed I suppose, but publishers need to do better, Sony included.

So are they even doing anything with this remaster beyond bundling 6 classic games? As far as I know, these games are already available on mobile...

Square Enix should hire someone to come up with good names for their games. Seriously.

Good for our current Covid-19 reality. Looking forward to Guardians of the Galaxy.

I wanted something about FFXVI and the future of Kingdom Hearts, but well, I didn't really expect these to show up.

Since I still need to play Origins and Odyssey, I didn't buy Valhalla yet. But kudos to Ubisoft for supporting their games longer than a single year!

@ShogunRok If you're upgrading for free from PS4 to PS5 version, is the DLC worth it? Comparing to FFXV DLCs, would you say it's better, about the same or worse?

@adrianthealchemist Maybe. Even so, I'd rather have it as 20% of battery left and a notification suggesting me to recharge to optimize battery health than a fake "battery is too low" notification.

That makes a lot of sense. I noticed a few weeks ago that my controllers were consuming battery too fast, but as it turns out it's only the notification that is broken.

Sure, they patched a 15 years old system to improve "stability"...

Unpopular opinion based on this comment section, but I'm glad they'll try something different. DQ art style, world and story elements always attracted me, but turn-based feels tedious to me nowadays. I used to enjoy it as a kid, but now... Even Pokémon lost a lot of its charm to me.

Should they consider Switch as a competitor, though? I have it as a second console, so do a few of my friends. And since they're releasing games on PC, I guess that's another platform they don't take as a competitor. That leaves them vs Xbox, not hard to reach that 50%+ now.

@ShogunRok Agreed. This could be extended to the series as a whole. Watch Dogs has always been a great idea since the first teasers, but it never quite realized its ambitions, trying too hard to fit GTA within Ubisoft-open-world formula.