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As much as Sony has annoyed me recently, I think we all have countless great memories because of Playstation.

Common sense has prevailed.

8/10 Happy with that. Fluke, best I've done on one of these. beats last weeks 3/10

They're really twisting my arm into buying this.

Rightfully deserved criticism. It's GAME of the year, not whatever of the year. Plus Elden Ring has already the spotlight.

There's definitely a place for AA games, but sometimes they need to contain their scope. I've enjoyed Slitterhead from what I've played of it, but it is very rough presentation wise.

@AndyKazama Agreed. I'd vote for Astro Bot over it as Goty, but Stellar Blade is still great. It's wrong that DLC is there instead of it.

No interest in the game, but that's a great trailer.

It's good that it is selling and will likely make a profit, just a bit underwhelming considering how good the game actually is. As long as we get more 3D platformers I'm happy.

@N8tiveT3ch God, a man can fantasise.

@DonJorginho I'm aware of the trends. That's largely happening because people are far less likely to buy a disc for F2P/live service/indie games. Plus the trend is not purely consumer driven, it's largely corporate driven due to how much they benefit from digital storefronts. If publishers put the same amount of effort into physical games as they did in the past (manuals, collectibles, entire game playing playable off the disc etc), the decline wouldn't be as fast. Furthermore, total game sales don't represent the number of gamers who have zero interest in physical. Like you I also buy physical games, but I also buy digital games which screws the figures a bit.

Regardless, if I was to "upgrade" it's likely I would lose the ability to play my best games. I'm not the only one in this boat, and on a console that's supposed to objectively better, that's really not good.

@DonJorginho If scalpers are able to to do what they're doing, that means that there is demand for the disc drive. That means we're not in a "digital age" where no one wants physical media, because there is still an audience for physical games. It's hardly a Pro console when my PS5 slim can do more than it. Hell even my PS3 is more useful than it.

Wouldn't be an issue, if the premium console came with Disc Drive as part of it. This is an embarrassment.

Only game I've played on this is Astro Bot. Not too surprised Crow Country and Still Wakes The Deep aren't here, but no Stellar Blade?

Jank gameplay but interesting ideas sounds typical of Toyama. I'm convinced.

"Disc free", as if the option to be able to use physical media was really stressing people out.

While I generally hate it when studios shut down and believe in second chances, I don't think too many people will be shocked or distraught about this.

@PuppetMaster They had stuff after the main show granted, but the people who get to play the games at E3, are a tiny percentage of the market compared to people who are likely to watch the shows. And yeah to Sony's credit it was shown as other shows, but none of them are as big as E3. Delaying the release isn't a sign of marketing. While it wasn't a bad decision, it's a sign that they knew how underlooked it was.

That's the thing, there's no clear reason why Gravity Rush 2 sold so badly. It couldn't have been the games quality, because it reviewed well. It couldn't have been the fact that it wouldn't catch some attention, because gravity shifting is a fairly unique idea. It can't be the fact no one likes cell shaded graphics, because there are plenty of popular games with a similar art style. Pretty much the only option left, is the fact that it wasn't well marketed. Maybe January isn't a good time to release game because it's straight after christmas, but that doesn't seem to be a problem with other games.

@PuppetMaster They did cool stuff for the marketing of Gravity Rush 2, they were just awful at actually showing it. Barely anyone had heard of the game, which is bad for a 1st party PS game. It's not like there is no interest in anime style games either.

Best example of how poorly Gravity Rush 2 was marketed, was the fact it wasn't even shown during Sony's 2016 E3 conference. Instead they had a 10 minute gameplay demo for COD.

@kevinm360 While Gen Design was eventually the main developer behind The Last Guardian, Japan Studio had a pretty big hand in it. But I'm hoping the staff at GenDesign are doing ok. It has been a very long time since they've made a game.

They released The Last Guardian in 2016, and Gravity Rush 2 in 2017. Considering how long games take to make, that's not that long, before they were shut down. Sony should have been a lot more patient before pretty much gutting it's oldest studio, and only studio in Japan that isn't committed to Gran Turismo.

The game looks cool, but that price difference between Britain and America is criminal.

Do these stats account for the fact that a number of games like indies and live service, only release digitally?

Fine with that, 30 hours is a good length for an RPG.

Ive wanted to play this game for a while, so the original announcement was exciting. This is disappointing. I can see them reversing it when they realise it's dumb

Great game, very much recommend it if you like horror or puzzles.

@PuppetMaster Yep, I really liked the remake of Medievil 1, I would happily buy a remake of the sequel.

Games that are actually new?

@TrickyDicky99 Makes me glad I got a PS5, and makes me keen to get a PS5 Pro.

@itsfoz By the looks of things, it seems like their Studios are barely working on anything at this rate.

That's good to hear. It's kind of sad being so invested in sales, but unfortunately the future of 3D platformers is dependent on all of these games selling well. That being said, it's looking promising.

Unfortunately I won't be able to play this at launch, but nevertheless I am still so glad that I pre-ordered this and the controller. I am genuinely so hyped to be able to play this, I can't even remember the last game I was so excited for. I think Astro Bot could honestly be a 10/10 game.

@Maubari I brought Tearaway Unfolded and Gravity Rush 2 at launch :'(

@IOI I never usually pre-order, but I'm also never as confident a game will be great as I am with Astro Bot. Plus I really want it to do well, and show there is a demand for platformers.

I'd sort of understand if he said there's no space because of Resident Evil, but believe it or not people like different types of game. Even with Resident Evil, people can enjoy more than one horror franchise.

@Toot1st Oh it looked extremely similar, I would have easily believed it was another Little Nightmares game. Even still, it looks good, and I think it is distinctive due to a more realistic style and more animals.

Reanimal looks phenomenal.

Did we really need hindsight, when it was pretty heavily anticipated that Concord would do poorly?

Once this fails and Astro Bot sells well, hopefully Sony will actually start pushing for more platformers.

Not sure if this is a good game, unnecessary padding has the potential to be detrimental. If it's quality new content then it's good, but adding length for the sake of length isn't a good thing.

Still have yet to play the first game, but to hear the sequel is a roguelite is disappointing.

@breakneck I get it. I had the same reaction when someone broke the bad news to me.

@breakneck I think they meant the offline is with AI. Or they are wrong, because every other source seems to indicate that co-op is online only. https://www.techradar.com/news/little-nightmares-3-release-date-gameplay-trailers

It looks good, but the fact there's no option for couch co-op is extremely disappointing.

Could have easily been fooled it was another Little Nightmares game, but it looks amazing regardless. Those games are gold, so I'm very hyped for this.

Think it was pretty obvious to those that remembered, but still sad nonetheless.

Put it on my wishlist. Journey (and Flower/Flow), Abzu and the Pathless are all amazing games, I'm sure this one will be no different.

I am very glad about this. It's one thing keeping Halo exclusive to Xbox, it would be another to gatekeep Doom.

Hands down highlight of the show, didn't thing medieval weapons would work so well for Doom.

@LordServbot I was gonna say, it reminds me of Legend of Dragoon's addition system. It looks fun.