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@The_Wailing_Doom What talent? Talent for burning millions of dollars by pandering to a tiny minority? Business 101 is to appeal to the great majority of your potential market not the tiniest minority.

@Rjak Don’t think Sony would cough up any money for this for PS Plus. I don’t think Concord will come to PS Plus either. I think it will just be a tax write off.

@Shepherd_Tallon Me as well. Much rather do another run through Days Gone that HZD. A little rough around the edges but a great game.

@Marquez This company has burnt $50-100 million dollars of investor money to produce a complete flop. What person in their right mind would double down and throw another $50 million at this company. The company is out of touch with what gamers want and made a game that pushed the DEI agenda. The company will be closed down or a new management team will replace the key positions at best. I would have no faith in this company learning from this disaster.

@FinneasGH Well the characters in Xdefiant are at least not cringey as a whole. Some of the characters are realistic military or Police special operations skins. Apart from Naymar, all other Concord characters are unappealing.

Sure it will come to PS Plus very soon. It is its only hope.

@Carck Amen to that. The characters are weird and unappealing.

I give a free bit of advice for XBOX. If you release a stable of great games consistently, you don’t need a big marketing budget as the games will sell through word of mouth, popularity and players streaming it. No amount of marketing is going to sell a crap game in huge numbers. Pandering to a vocal minority doesn’t sell games when you alienate the majority of the gaming community either.

@WhiteRabbit SBI have been knocking it out of the park with their collaboration. Look at Forspoken, SS: KTJL, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU and l’m sure Flintlock: Siege of Dawn will be just a big a hit as Forspoken or Suicide Squad. Not sure why they were so worried about SBI detected curator list as their fans can peruse it for more of the games they were involved with……Or maybe they realise that their involvement is the kiss of death to games?

@Balie3000 Do you work for Ubisoft or something?
Avatar was pretty meh and l haven’t bothered with Mirage. AC games are pretty repetitive and grindy.

It sounds like MS is laying the groundwork to retire the XBOX name and console in the next couple of years.

@Cikajovazmaj Well People expect MS to keep its word as it has consistently stated that its games come to GP day 1. If they don’t then their GP model will crumble. Not that MS have any credibility in my view anyway.

Problem with these organizations is that expand in the good times with non-core staff. These organizations need to rebuild from the bottom and essential workers for the game production. The writers, artists and programmers should be quarantined from cuts. The same thing happened in the tech industry with layoffs of non-essential staff.

Having served 6.5 years in Australian Army and now a hardcore gamer, the British Army or any Army is looking in the wrong place for recruits. Playing shooters is far more fun than being an actual soldier. It might be ok for Navy and Air Force but Army should be looking at hikers, hunters and outdoors types.

Bethesda could have more than doubled sales if it released on PS5 also but they are just an arm of Xbox now. All their games will be exclusive from now on.

I believed all the hype and bad press about Cold war when it released but after getting it on special, thought the campaign was great. The character modeled on Robert Redford waa great. MP felt like a best of Black ops 1 & 2.

@Jasonlaw91 Game is 4 years old. Get a grip whining about spoilers now. Screenshot is from one of his memories before the zombie apocalypse.

@Fishmasterflex96 Bungie was bought for $3.9 Billion. Bethesda was bought for $9.7 Billion. You can’t even put Bungie on the same level as Bethesda let alone Activision which is costing nearly 20x more.

@Fenbops Timed exclusivity wasn’t a problem when XBOX had it on the 360 generation but it is now Sony has the upper hand. Sony has the biggest gaming platform at the moment with PS4/PS5 generations. All the digital storefronts basically take a slice for games to be on their stores, Steam, Nintendo and XBOX are no different. Only Epic takes a smaller cut.

Premium release will actually have the game on the disc rather than just the launcher.

I wasn’t interested al all but then l caught The Last of US teaser and l’m pretty keen for that show.

If COD does go exclusive from 2024 then EA & Respawn can be smart and release Titanfall 3 or a new FPS ip.

I found it superior to similar open world games like Far Cry, it was an enjoyable game but some reviews seemed to mark it down were pushing an agenda. Specifically complaining about the protagonist being a white male seemed to show a bias against it, specifically Gamestop and IGN.

Demon Souls was enough for me to get a PS5. Can’t wait for Elden Ring now.

@AFCC
You obviously don’t have a PS5 if you think that there is no reason to upgrade from a PS4. It is lightning quick to get into games, games look and run amazing and you don’t have a jet engine in the background like my ps4 pro used to sound like.

@Deanster101 You obviously don’t have one if you think that’s the case.
Demon Souls
Spiderman Miles Morales
All my PS4 games run better and quicker also.

That pure bladestone drop was ridiculous. I tried grinding for it for days before getting someone to gift it to me. But then on my last playthrough with a new character, it dropped the first time l killed one of the black skeletons. 🤷‍♂️

I love horror games but sometimes l feel so tense and stressed playing them l can only do it in short bursts. Outlast, RE7 and Alien isolation are all outstanding horror games.

I thought Mafia 3 was great. The story and cut scenes were great, the soundtrack suited the setting so much l would sit in the car listening to the song to finish before getting out. The faster baby DLC also added a compelling side story.

Thoroughly enjoyed the game and got the plat. I’m planning to play it again on one of the harder difficulties, despite normal being a good challenge at times. The hordes always ratcheted up the tension when dealing with the large ones.

@Ashkorsair Hats off to you for platinuming those games. I gave up trying to platinum them after the Karaoke mini game. That’s a pain in the butt.

I’d just wish they would release it on ps4 as well so l don’t have to wait another year🤷‍♂️

I think if it wasn’t Demon Souls remaster or remake then they would have said so, otherwise it could blow up in their face teasing the PS nation.

Game should wipe all your progress in the campaign if you keep shooting the baby

@carlos82
Except Destiny 1 wasn’t free to play. I would not be happy if l paid for all the expansions separately.

@AFCC Its an option in the main menu from what l recall

Wish they would just announce the title they are working on or if it’s not Demon Souls then just say it’s not that.

I enjoyed the Surge when l played it. Maybe a little lacking in boss fights (only 5) and some of the areas can be confusing but well worth playing. 1st DLC is good as well. 2 nd DLC l bounced off due to the difficulty spike but l’ll get back to it and “git gud”.

Killzone: Shadowfall. I really liked the MP but no one plays it anymore. It’s a good tactic to regenerate MP populations IMO.
Or The Division.

NFS Rivals is the last racing game l enjoyed, but l like the cops n robbers aspect rather than pure racing like Cars 2. I still give NFS Hot pursuit a whirl on ps3 trying to get those gold medals

I can’t wait to see in D3 a variant of the Taken, hive or fallen etc destroy the farm and all your gear. Making you start from scratch again!

Fornite will be ok as its free and more cartoony. PUBG will be DOA on PS4 unless its free and H1Z1 will sink when blackout comes out.

Dead by Daylight. Got it on ps+ and wasn’t expecting much but its funny and strangely compelling. Maybe there is something wrong with me🤣

I have only put 4 or so hours into it but l,m enjoying it so far. It’s an interesting world and story so far. Main characters are likeable and different. Definitely get the Bioshock vibe from it but l must say they priced it too expensive. I got it on PSN as it doesn’t release on disc in Australia until the 17 th.

What! I can’t believe Sony aren’t just catering to the vocal minority or keyboard warriors up in arms about the latest internet outrage.

Guess they had to get rid of anything good in D2. Cayde-6 was always a highlight. Wait until the farm gets blown up in D3 and all your progress gets wiped again.

I guess its a good alternate for PUBG on the ps4, especially if Fortnite doesn’t appeal

September expansion: The Taken Queen.
🤣

Having played Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls, I was a bit indifferent to Detroit but the demo has sparked my interest. If the game can continue on the quality of the demo then l’m sold

Going off PSN trophies, approx 25-30% finish the campaign in COD. Not an insignificant minority that should be ignored. Guess the big thing is they can’t monetise the campaign as much as MP. Wonder if they push monetisation too hard and end up being like BF2.