All I remember from playing BL3 was having a raging headache after each session. I put this down to the excessive use of particle effects and a constant stream of awful white noise of gunfire, music, enemies screaming and the npcs screaming over the radio all at the same time.
Everybody listing the Ubisoft cock ups have seemingly already forgot Skull and Bones. I’d be surprised if the Singapore Government paid for entirety of the alleged $650-$850 million it cost to make.
The statistics state that subscription growth has stalled so something has gone drastically wrong and it hasn’t panned out for them despite all mouthpieces stating everything is fine.
Capcom don’t even want to put out a physical release for it, even in Asia so I’ll pass. I’m all over that Miles Edgeworth and Marvel Vs Capcom collection though.
I'm sure Sony held Activision at gun point in order to secure this exclusivity deal? Oh wait Activision took a huge amount of money after offering it to Sony? I remember Xbox getting a month of early access to every CoD map on the 360 but Ok.
@Northern_munkey You literally cannot complete the mission with anything higher than a 1 star rating due to a bug which then impacts the progress of completing the Major Order. If your standards are that low and you’re fine with that, power to you. Hope your friends can pull the weight of every player that’s fallen off over the last month.
Played this a few times last night and it’s a mess. Having enemies spawn directly on the objective seems massively unfair. Also completing the one objective triggers the evacuation but on completion the game punishes you for not completing all the objectives??? Did they play test it before they put it out?
I was looking forward to it until they made the dumb choice of making the physical release only have Stories 1 on the disc and having 2 as a download code.
What a waste of energy. Where was this anger when microtransactions were getting added to games? Where was this pushback when faced with online-only single player games being shut down? Everybody was cool with those apparently…
I feel the damage here is probably less due to no physical, but that it released on pc exclusively on Epic’s store. Still, if Remedy would like my money, I’ll be down for a physical ps5 version. Assuming it’s all on the disc and not some Ubisoft *****.
@ChrisDeku Ok, but talking about Control specifically. The sales were 90% digital in 2020 because people were limited due to the pandemic and not being able to physically shop. In 2021 it was given away on PS+ further skewing its data in favour of digital and after that sales will slow down significantly due to everybody wanting to play it would have by that point.
In the grand scheme of things, people still buy physical media. Bands still release CDs and vinyls and studios still put out DVDs and blu rays. Having the option available leads to more sales overall.
Good for Remedy. I’m sure Capcom appreciates the extra sales they got out of me for Resident Evil 4 and Street Fighter 6 using the money I would have bought Alan Wake 2 with!
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Re: Borderlands 4 Promises Not to Be Aggressively Unfunny
All I remember from playing BL3 was having a raging headache after each session. I put this down to the excessive use of particle effects and a constant stream of awful white noise of gunfire, music, enemies screaming and the npcs screaming over the radio all at the same time.
Re: You Can Get Excited for The Game Awards, Says Reputable Journalist
Great, I’ll skim through the reveals on Friday then.
Re: Tencent Acquires Controlling Stake in Dev of PS5's Wuthering Waves
Tencent can have all the gacha garbage.
Re: More People Are Playing the Original Horizon Zero Dawn Than Its Remaster on PC
Sony are clearly feeling the effects of not bending over to the PC master whiners.
Re: Sony Knows How to Sell PS5 in China, And It's with Gacha
@get2sammyb Never heard of it. Is it any good?
Re: Concord Cost Sony Over $200 Million, And Didn't Make a Single Cent
It did make some money from all the weirdos on eBay trying to sell off sealed copies as “collector’s pieces” at higher than retail value.
Re: Ubisoft Disbands Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Team After Poor Sales, Claims Report
Back to the usual UbiSlop then.
Re: Interview: Falcom President Talks All Things Trails, Daybreak 2, and Kai in Our Biggest Interview Ever
Missed opportunity to ask about the Sky remake and if it’s coming to PlayStation…
Re: PS5 Pro Prompts Sony's Disc Drive to Rocket Up the Charts
@Foxhound I also get extra shelves for the units so they fit the profile of the cases better to get even more games in the unit.
Re: Ubisoft Comments on Buyout Reports, Says That It 'Regularly Reviews Options'
Everybody listing the Ubisoft cock ups have seemingly already forgot Skull and Bones. I’d be surprised if the Singapore Government paid for entirety of the alleged $650-$850 million it cost to make.
Re: PS5 Pro Prompts Sony's Disc Drive to Rocket Up the Charts
@Foxhound I just live in a house made of unsold Conchord game cases so it’s absolutely massive.
In all seriousness, I just use IKEA Billy bookcases.
Re: PS5 Pro Prompts Sony's Disc Drive to Rocket Up the Charts
I'm currently at 173 PS5 discs so I sure as hell got one. Got more than double that on PS4 too so it was a no brainer.
Re: Sony's Live Service Push 'No Joke', A Lot of People Working on Horizon Online
I’d rather play Horizon 3, thanks.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Sony's State of Play for September 2024?
There is literally no pleasing some of you people...
I'm genuinely beginning to think people don't actually play games and just ***** on everything they see.
Re: Talking Point: Is PS5 Pro Way Too Expensive?
I would have been all in if it was £650 with a stand and a disc drive and had money set aside for it, but the price just feels gross.
Re: Freelance Artist Attempts to Redesign PS5, PC Flop Concord's Cast
As Captain Price once said, “It’s not hard to improve on garbage”.
Re: Incredible Looking Trails in the Sky Remake Is Real, But PS5, PS4 Players Will Have to Wait
It would be a colossal ***** you to the PlayStation fans if this never makes it over. The entire series has been on PlayStation up until this point.
Re: Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Is the PS4 Compilation of Your Dreams
POWERSTONE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Re: Final Fantasy 16's PS5 Exclusivity Ends in September as PC Launch Is Locked Down
@LordVile It’s only £20 second hand on PS5 currently in CeX.
Re: Rumour: Xbox's Indiana Jones Game Coming to PS5 in First Half 2025
I heard a rumour that PS5 is getting a port of Kinect Sports! Tell everybody online, quick!
Re: Sony Subsidiary Aniplex Ignores PS5 for Fate/Stay Night Remastered
It might come out down the line, who knows.
Re: Deals: PSVR2 Price Gets a Hefty Cut at Numerous UK Retailers
Nice try, Loch Ness Monster!
I ain’t giving you tree fiddy!
Get your own god damn money!
Re: Concord's Free Open Beta Is Performing Abysmally on PC
@Atreus97 Correct, but the live service games they want to push have to not look like a steaming heap of garbage for people to be interested.
Re: Talking Point: Was Sony Right to Resist Adding PS5 Exclusives to PS Plus Day One?
The statistics state that subscription growth has stalled so something has gone drastically wrong and it hasn’t panned out for them despite all mouthpieces stating everything is fine.
RIP Tango Gameworks.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Zenless Zone Zero?
I love anime and rpgs but this gatcha crap can kiss my ass.
Re: UK Video Game Retailer GAME Will Reportedly Stop Stocking Video Games
And it’s been debunked.
Re: Round Up: We're All Sleeping on Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami, as Super Positive Previews Drop
Capcom don’t even want to put out a physical release for it, even in Asia so I’ll pass. I’m all over that Miles Edgeworth and Marvel Vs Capcom collection though.
Re: Xbox Really Wasn't Happy with PlayStation's Call of Duty Marketing Deal
I'm sure Sony held Activision at gun point in order to secure this exclusivity deal? Oh wait Activision took a huge amount of money after offering it to Sony? I remember Xbox getting a month of early access to every CoD map on the 360 but Ok.
Blame Bobby.
Re: Helldivers 2 Major Order Directs Players to Destroy Supercolony-Infested Planet of Meridia
@Northern_munkey I’m not your buddy, Guy.
Have fun with your broken mission!
Re: Helldivers 2 Major Order Directs Players to Destroy Supercolony-Infested Planet of Meridia
@Northern_munkey You literally cannot complete the mission with anything higher than a 1 star rating due to a bug which then impacts the progress of completing the Major Order. If your standards are that low and you’re fine with that, power to you. Hope your friends can pull the weight of every player that’s fallen off over the last month.
Re: Helldivers 2 Major Order Directs Players to Destroy Supercolony-Infested Planet of Meridia
@Northern_munkey I’m talking specifically about the new mission.
Re: Helldivers 2 Major Order Directs Players to Destroy Supercolony-Infested Planet of Meridia
Played this a few times last night and it’s a mess. Having enemies spawn directly on the objective seems massively unfair. Also completing the one objective triggers the evacuation but on completion the game punishes you for not completing all the objectives??? Did they play test it before they put it out?
Re: Interview: Capcom on Why Monster Hunter Stories Is Finally Coming to PS4
@TheAmbienWalrus According to the box art on various retailers here in the UK, yeah.
Re: Interview: Capcom on Why Monster Hunter Stories Is Finally Coming to PS4
I was looking forward to it until they made the dumb choice of making the physical release only have Stories 1 on the disc and having 2 as a download code.
Re: Helldivers 2 PSN Requirement Backtracked on PC After Brutal Review Bombing Campaign
What a waste of energy. Where was this anger when microtransactions were getting added to games? Where was this pushback when faced with online-only single player games being shut down? Everybody was cool with those apparently…
Re: Helldivers 2 PC Players Blindsided by Seemingly Sudden PSN Account Requirement
This seems like a nontroversy to me. Just make a burner email and move on with your day.
Re: The New Free-to-Play Skate Is Going Big on Customisation, Licensed Brands, More
Thanks, I hate it.
Re: Alan Wake 2 Yet to Recoup Dev, Marketing Expenses as Tencent Raises Stake
I feel the damage here is probably less due to no physical, but that it released on pc exclusively on Epic’s store. Still, if Remedy would like my money, I’ll be down for a physical ps5 version. Assuming it’s all on the disc and not some Ubisoft *****.
Re: Ubisoft Forward Is the Next Summer Gaming Event to Mark on Your Calendar
Hopefully we get to hear the latest on their NFTs! So hyped. Day one.
Re: UK Sales Charts: Dragon's Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin Off to a Weak Start at Retail
I think the issue is that both games look dull as hell to the casual eye.
Personally, I’m still playing through February’s games so neither of these are even being considered.
Re: Capcom Responds to Dragon's Dogma 2 Microtransaction, Performance Backlash
The defence of microtransactions in this comments sections is depressing. You can still like the game and not be pathetic at the same time.
Re: Pentiment and Hi-Fi Rush Treated to Physical PS5 Versions by Limited Run Games
@Dragoon1994 I don’t give a rats ass who they fire.
Re: Pentiment and Hi-Fi Rush Treated to Physical PS5 Versions by Limited Run Games
Definitely getting both on disc. Would be rude not too after all I moan about it!
Re: Without a Physical PS5 Release, Alan Wake 2 Is Still Remedy's Fastest Selling Game
@ChrisDeku Ok, but talking about Control specifically. The sales were 90% digital in 2020 because people were limited due to the pandemic and not being able to physically shop. In 2021 it was given away on PS+ further skewing its data in favour of digital and after that sales will slow down significantly due to everybody wanting to play it would have by that point.
In the grand scheme of things, people still buy physical media. Bands still release CDs and vinyls and studios still put out DVDs and blu rays. Having the option available leads to more sales overall.
Re: Without a Physical PS5 Release, Alan Wake 2 Is Still Remedy's Fastest Selling Game
@ChrisDeku 2020? Pandemic kind of skews that by circumstance.
Re: Without a Physical PS5 Release, Alan Wake 2 Is Still Remedy's Fastest Selling Game
Good for Remedy. I’m sure Capcom appreciates the extra sales they got out of me for Resident Evil 4 and Street Fighter 6 using the money I would have bought Alan Wake 2 with!
Re: The Last of Us 2 Remastered Europe's Best-Selling New Game of January, PS5 Sales Up
Maybe it being 30 quid cheaper helped too?
Re: Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Gets a Complete Edition with All Three DLC Expansions Included
What a helpful product!
Re: Disney Doesn't Think It Was 'Overly Exclusionary' to Cut Planned PS5 Version of Indiana Jones
Wise decision. Xbox is in the top 3 of console gaming marketplaces after all!
Re: Critical Darling Alan Wake 2's Sales Seem Soft, But There's More to the Story
I would have bought it but “lol oops all digital”. Bought Street Fighter 6 Steelbook edition and Resident Evil 4 Remake for the same money instead.