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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game can still be claimed as part of the March PS Essential free games.

@Northern_munkey the campaign was quite short but there's a lot of gameplay to get out of the Operations. I highly recommend them if you've not yet given them a go.

@ChrisDeku the point you seem to be missing is that we had a whole generation where physical copies were sold alongside digital ones, and the digital store prices were often 10-20% higher, even though there's fewer overheads compared to physical distribution.

If it wasn't retailer competition making the physical games cost less, then what was it?

I use rest mode to charge controllers after a session.

I think I'd like to have the option of "charge for 3 hours then switch off"

He's not wrong to be fair. Putting AAA titles on subscription day one simply isn't economically sustainable.

Subscriptions work best giving people a library of older games to try.

@Amnesiac the animations don't keep in time to the beat. I find myself treating it more like putting in a code to the beat, and then watching the resulting attack animations play out.

@RBRTMNZ I found myself terrible at first and it turned out my sound bar had a slight delay, throwing me off.

Once I turned off the sound bar and used the TV speakers, I found it much easier to hit the beat.

That's a great idea for new PS5 owners - gives them access to a huge back catalogue.

I would have loved something like this when I first got my PS4!

I'm surprised that we're not seeing this from more competion authorities.

It's an anti-competitive practice that has pushed games retailers out of digital market and led to digital games costing more than physical games, despite the reduced overheads.

New game prices in the UK are especially ridiculous. I barely buy new games anymore - I generally just wait for them to appear on PS Plus now.

@Darude84 the latter is for upgrading the remaining months on your current subscription.

@FatalBubbles the sale hasn't started yet. Later this week!

@Snake_V5 I think you buy a year at the reduced price and it will add 12 months to your current subscription

I'm having a great time with Extra, with most of the AAA titles from the first two years on there, as well as some pretty cool indies like Stray and Humanity.

Premium doesn't offer anything that I'm looking for. I get the feeling Sony only intended it for the enthusiasts who care enough about retro games, so they at least have an option.

@Nightcrawler71 Beyond Light is the expansion from two years ago. The base game is free to play.

It's good fun - give it a go

@koffing @koffing Yeah. The latest version of Unreal Engine (5.1) allows for that. A major step forward.

I think it's a good balance.
Just 5 years ago, the norm was to have an upfront price for a game like this, but multiplayer games have to go FTP nowadays in order to maximise playerbase.

This allows those interested in the game to get all the basics for a reasonable price, while also allowing those only slightly interested to try it out free of charge.

Importantly, they're keeping upgrades/perks/abilities separate from monetisation, which prevents it being pay to win.

Given developers need to make money somehow, this is seems to be the least toxic way to do it. Can someone suggest a better way?

I'll be getting a VR headset this year. A few months ago I played on my brother's Quest 2 headset and it blew me away. The hand controls in particular were very impressive and changed the way I thought about VR gaming.

I think this generation will pull more people into VR than before.

The only question for me now is whether to get Quest 2 or PSVR2. Decisions!!

@Shepherd_Tallon I agree that for Activision and Bethesda, the buyout was almost like a rescue. We're now more optimistic about future titles of the IPs from those studios.

For that reason, I'd kind of like to see Sony take Konami. It has a fair number of classic IPs that could use rescuing.

Sony generally prefers to buy talent rather than IPs, so probably won't happen. Nice thought though.

The good news is that Sony have time to work out a response. This deal has been announced, but has to go through all sorts legal hurdles before its finalised and MS takes control, and even once that happens they'll honour existing deals.

Sony will still get the 2022 CoD and can possibly secure the 2023 one too, which will give them up to 2024 to develop a competitor.

Ghost of Tsushima managed to be a better Assassin's Creed game than Assassins Creed. I expect Sony have the talent to create a superior CoD.

@GoodGame it's more fun with friends.

I managed to enjoy my PS4 playthrough despite the poor performance, bugs and crashes. Despite the many flaws, it had a great story with great characters.

Am looking forward to playing the PS5 version when it's released.

@NateGoesLive it's a good price, although I'd recommend waiting until the next gen version arrives before playing it.

Atlus titles have become popular enough in the West that this makes sense.

@The_New_Butler if you have a PS5, it might be waiting just another 6 months for the official PS5 version.

That's when I'm going to have my second play-through.

@Arugula there's an expansion slot. Once it's enabled it will be really easy to install extra SSD space. Just waiting for Sony to unlock it and advise which SSDs are compatible.

@Olmaz the gameplay is decent but isn't what has drawn people in. As others have said, the main draw is the story.

I really enjoyed story and the way the story was told. Definitely worth a try!

@K-Wud it's their way of reserving stock for dedicated customers.

The ones eligible for it get a £2,000 discount applied at checkout, so in the end they pay the normal price.

Uneligible customers who try to buy it for the £2500 price have their order cancelled and refunded.