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I was so looking forward to the end of this whole conversation. Now we may have another year plus of this.
Some experts already predicting the appeal will be successful, as the CMA have been 'irrational'
I just want off this merry go round and I am so bored of it all. Can't believe we have many more months of this

@Korgon I'm not sure Jim really dragged anything out, MS said originally on day 1 it would close by the summer 2023. They knew it was always going to be a slow process, you dont buy something thr size of ABK and not face scrutiny. All Jim really did was make PlayStation look stupid and all the terrible PR the last year. He should have signed months ago, if it is appproved

Wo long is a brilliant game, best game release so far this year

I never understood why everyone called Bungie live service masters. They are masters of First Person Shooters, there is no doubt, along with ID. But they are truly awful at live service and even sunset content after you have purchased it. Even the pvp in Destiny is rubbish. They are more a study case of what NOT to do in a live service game. They are really bad at it. I hope the next game is not live service and they stick to what they are good at

@UltimateOtaku91 your a little further than me, but its been fun so far, I enjoyed the big fights at the start. I really enjoyed 2018, and this feels just as good, if not better. Happy gaming buddy and hope you enjoy the rest of it!

@UltimateOtaku91 mate we started Ragnarok at the same time! I have enjoyed the start, I got about 2Hours in earlier, and hope to play some more when the kids are in bed. How are you finding it so far? I'm on the second hardest difficulty, no mercy I think it's called

I will be starting Ragnarok in the next few minutes. Happy gaming everyone!

I'm really excited to see what's next for PlayStation, just please don't be all GaaS and VR!

Looking forward to this when I finally finish Ragnarok. Shame about the story, I discussed with a couple of people on this site yesterday about how I didn't really get on with FWs story, and to hear they have doubled down on the nonsensical sci-fi is not the direction I had hoped they would go in. I'm sure I will still enjoy the gameplay and visuals, as I did the base game.

Can't wait for this game. I still play Jet Set Radio occasionally via bc on xbox, and wish they would get Future playable on newer consoles, I hope for it every e3. One of my favourite games from Dreamcast, which was one of my favourite consoles of all time. So many great games

Subscription and game sales down must be a sign of the harsh economic times. Hopefully things look brighter for everyone soon

@Amnesiac Glad you liked it, for me personally it went to far into nonsensical sci-fi, and it just kind of lost me if that makes sence. Zero Dawn had a much more interesting story, and I hope they look to that for inspiration regarding the next one. But I still enjoyed the game as a whole, enough to get the platinum in Forbidden West, just like i did for Zero Dawn. I am more of a gameplay before story person anyway. Once I finish Raganarok il be sure to check out Burning Shores and see if the story appeals to me more. Hope you enjoy the DLC aswell

Great numbers, congratulations! Its crazy how there was almost no PS5s available this time last year. Good to see stock is finally sorted

@middyone I cant be wrong, its my opinion. I still liked the game and got the platinum, like I already said. It is entirely possible to enjoy a game and still dislike certain aspects or elements, and hope they are better for the next game. You obviously didn't read enough reviews, heres a snippet from Eurogamer, the very first review i checked:

"A lot of what hasn't improved - or has, in places, become markedly worse - is connected to the story. Aloy travels west because she's trying to find a working copy of the sentient computer that's been running earth. Let's just sit with this sentence for a moment. Enjoying Horizon always meant accepting the inherent video game-y ridiculousness of its premise, but given how much work Guerrilla put into Horizon's world-building, I felt there was almost something akin to a balance there. It was fun to discover where things came from along with your protagonist, and the answers she found were silly but just believable enough.

But that thrill of discovery is now mostly gone, and what we're left with is the story of a world that's dying because someone didn't debug it regularly. Much of Forbidden West's narrative issues are frustratingly embargoed, but know that at times it will go fully off the rails into wild, nonsensical sci-fi. Its ending is tedious and anticlimactic. Before you get there, you'll encounter some oddly pro-military cringe, oodles of "don't ask" logical leaps, and antagonists almost entirely devoid of personality and, strangely, screen time. In other words, Forbidden West successfully manages to undermine most of what was interesting and fun about Zero Dawn's story, because the deeper you look into things, the more you get confronted with pseudo, sci-fi fantasy stuff that even in a video game is difficult to take seriously - and oh, does it want to be taken seriously."

@middyone I liked Zero Dawns story, Forbiden Wests story was really bad. I have seen quite a few mention it, im sure it was even mentioned in some reviews

Think this may well be my next PS purchase, after I start and finish god of war ragnarok. I enjoyed Forbidden West, my only real complaints were the human v human combat, the climbing, and the truly terrible story, but I enjoyed it enough to get the platinum and look forward to the dlc

@Wheatly It has been a mess on PS5 as well since launch. Here is DF summary of the PS5 version:

"In summary, there's much to commend Ghostwire: Tokyo - but I do feel more work needs to be done. Controller response needs to be looked at, while the game's 30fps cap implementation really should be fixed: as we understand it, this problem was solved in UE4 years ago, so why it presents as it does in Ghostwire: Tokyo is a bit of a mystery. The 60Hz performance mode isn't very stable and seems to be waiting for VRR to happen when perhaps a dynamic resolution scaling system should be introduced (or ranges adjusted if it is in there already). The game isn't quite what I was expecting but it's clearly a quality release - it just needs a little more technical polish to allow the gameplay to shine."

Its a shame none of the issues were sorted for both the PS5 and Series consoles. They probably moved onto the next game and a small team ported it to xbox would be my guess. But that is not really an excuse in my opinion and I would have hoped it ran as well as HiFi Rush

It never ran well on ps5, and that was the lead platform, so it's not really that suprising that the xbox port doesn't work great either. What's wierder is HiFi rush runs flawlessly, a game by the same studio. I think Ghostwire has far to many modes/options and it's just an impossible task to QA

I purchased God of War last week, so I helped it climb the charts. Still have not started it yet, as I want to finish Wo Long first, love that game. I also noticed a few places like Amazon had GT7 on sale for £35 last week, so I am sure that helped it

Best of luck for the future! Dreams was not my type of game, but i respected it a great deal. From his tweets, it sounds like he is joining Rare, But unconfirmed at the minute.

I am torn. I like some of what I see, I am a big Devil May Cry fan, but this is really not Final Fantasy, at all. It doesn't even look like an rpg tbh. I just hope the combat is as deep as Devil May Cry and not a cut back basic version, or what's the point.

The other suprising thing was how "forspoken" the environments look, doesn't scream next gen.

Still cant decide if it's going to be amazing or dissapointing. We will find out soon enough

@Titntin thanks for the heads up, appreciate it

@Titntin Is Riders Republic good then? I missed it because I'm not a big ubi fan, but its cheap on Amazon and I usually like snowboarding games. Shaun white on 360, 1080 on n64, cool boarders on PlayStation, ssx tricky on gamecube, all good games

@ChrisDeku the article doesn't even mention the fact that the game was available on ps4 and not xbox one. It's total console war nonsence, nothing more, and it's great to see so many calling it out

Gives me hope that the new PS handheld will support cloud gaming, aswell as remote play, which is what I wanted. Obviously we still have to wait for official confirmation

Why not celebrate a games success instead of fanboy baiting headlines like this? Not really a good look tbh.

65% is about expected, there is more ps4 and 5s around, did anyone really expect anything else? We usually see higher numbers before digital is included, so it's no suprise and confirms the numbers are closer when they are included

Well done Capcom, I look forward to playing it when I have some time.

I'm planning on picking up Ragnarok when I have finished Wo Long, so I will be adding to its total very soon. And the wife is getting Hogwarts as her next game on ps5

@4kgk2 the UK is not really PlayStation territory. Its the closest market in the world

"The UK games industry is the most competitive console market in the world. Over the last 10 years, Xbox, PS and Nintendo have all led the market at one point.

Last year, Xbox Series, PS5 and Switch all had over 30% market share each (GfK data)

In terms of PS4 vs Xbox One, 57% of sales were for PS4 and 43% for Xbox One. On PS5 vs Xbox Series it's pretty much the same (56% vs 44%). It's close"

Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/Chris_Dring/status/1636394786235064321

Congratulations to PlayStation, some impressive numbers indeed

Nobody should be surprised at PlayStations lack of class and etiquette after the way they have behaved in the whole ms/abk deal. Has nobody been reading their submissions to the eu/cma aswell? This is hardly news anymore, its expected. It's pretty embarassing but not a surprise at all. But it doesn't really mean a great deal either, their PR has been in the bin for well over a year now

If it includes cloud gaming aswell as remote play, supports geforce now/xcloud and is a reasonable price I will be there day 1. Genuinely interested. Have been thinking of getting a Gcloud for a little while as my wife and kids all game, and time on the OLED can occasionally be difficult

If it supports all/most cloud gaming like geforce now/xcloud and remote play with ps5, I would be interested, unless it is outrageously priced of course

@GADG3Tx87 welcome to the North East buddy. I was born and raised in Whitley Bay, my daughter was born here aswell. Hope you are enjoying life in South Shields, its a bit cheaper than London! Jim is a big Newcastle United fan aswell, as I am. Haweh the Lads!

Sony was a much better and more respected company before Jim Ryan got his hands on it. And I say that as fellow Geordie. He is the only thing damaging PlayStation at this point, everyone is laughing at PlayStation yet again, week after week. What a truly terrible response, they hit the bottom of the barrel and alot of people are loosing respect for them now

The battery life on a mobile device with haptics etc could be problematic, as the dual sence battery life is terrible already. And I hate the triggers, so they really are not needed or wanted on this device personally

I have more interested in a "g cloud ps5 edition" than a ps5 Pro, that's for sure

What a waste of time, releasing an upgrade to a console that has barely been used yet, apart from crossgen games. Just no.

Could actually be quite interested as someone with a wife and kids who all game. But if it's streaming only, it would have to be around £100 and support geforce now and gamepass etc

Love the rumble, absolutely hate the triggers of the dualsence. They just get in the way

Ninja Gaiden Master collection and Wo Long have been awesome on gamepass, so would be great to be on plus aswell at some point in the future

The show better blow my socks off at least twice. I hope its not just chock full of live service rubbish, after 2 years of almost nothing

My son has been ill this week and has an operation on Tuesday, so I have had no game time at all. But if I get some time I will be jumping on Wo Long

Whoever didn't see this happening, even before launch, must of had their eyes and ears closed. It was about as obvious as it gets. They won't release it on PC, as they are loosing money on the HMD and make it up with software sales. Making it work on PC means they wouldn't make that money back, so it won't happen

This is the only "PS only" game I'm hyped for this year, so I really hope it is good! Fingers crossed

Game coming to pc, only possible on ps5...

It was obvious from the day they announced it and was all but confirmed when they couldn't even shift all the preorders. The market just isn't big enough

@GigaGaia that's not how M&A works at all

Surely Sony will sign now that the EU and CMA are no longer concerned with them

@Widey85 I would expect Sony to get back around the table and make a deal with MS now that the EU and CMA have dropped the console SLC.

Stupid things being said by everyone it seems. What is Kotaku talking about.

"Sony doesn’t even have a 98% share of the God of War market, a series they own, since Steam is getting 30% of every sale on PC."

This makes absolutely zero sence to me. One is about market share and the other is about profit/equity split. Two totally different things. Do they even realise the stupid definition of the market was manufactured by the FTC