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I'm on the fence about this. I like that it's giving the writers the focus on story and main characters, doing the throw away lines of NPCs for them, but I also understand it won't stop there.

I imagine we'll shortly see writer's protests about this as AI eventually takes their jobs and money hungry corporations won't care. When that eventually happens, assuming they'd come up with a game I'm interested in, I'll still not purchase it if it was only written by AI.

Smells like remasters to me. The only reason to remove them is to force prospective buyers to purchase the newer versions at a higher cost.

ICO is a favorite of mine from the PS2 era. Sadly, Sony left it to rot on the previous ecosystem. I'd love a remake. Just updated graphics needed. Everything else can remain the same.

I trust Sony to give the finger to those of us that bought a PS5 and never used it to its full potential before replacing it.

They've provided almost no reason to justify buying another Playstation... yet.

Last of Us Part 2 Remake incoming.

Honestly, I'd rather this be a movie sequel to the great release from what... more than a decade ago now?

@veryhoudini11 Sony set it up as a PSP successor with great AAA games. That's what it was promoted as and I was on board. I preordered mine with Uncharted. Then after two years the AAA games stopped. Not even Sony continued supporting their own system leaving it to be a cell phone port machine with jrpgs. Their sales pitch setting up the PSV became a lie.

I'll stick with my Sega Game Gear for portable gaming. After the PSV ruined me on handheld gaming, if I find I have time to play, it'll be on the big screen with the sound system.

I like the used the same portion of the game as the original Gamecube demo. I worked at an EB Games at the time and played the hell out of it. The Remake demo got me more excited to replay but I'm going to hold off until a price drop; maybe Black Friday or something.

To be fair, Square has a history of unrealistic expectations. Remember when they whined about the Tomb Raider reboot from 2013 not meeting expectations? Yeah, and it's regarded by most as a great game that fostered two sequels that weren't as good.

@Uromastryx You're welcome to your opinion but I'm pretty sure they're money hungry and would have remade it if they didn't think the activists would have tried pulling a Hogwarts Legacy type boycott against it. Regardless that the actual boycott is something that happened well after the decision was made to pass on Code Veronica, the writing was on the wall as to what activists were happy to do.

Waiting for the demo. The problem I have is two fold.
1. They skipped Code Veronica and I'm betting it's because the mental disorder the main villain has doesn't mesh well in the modern political climate.

2. RE4 was ported to everything for over a decade. I had my fill of that specific RE and am still burnt out on it. Still an incredible game and I loved it on GC and PS2, but I'm not ready to commit time to it again just yet.

He's a race baiting P.O.S. so I'm disappointed in Sony for this one.

After playing the demo, I can see why. Talented artists to be sure, but the game was just... not good. Hopefully they get to keep their jobs and improve on their craft.

I'm not going to hold my breath a showcase will even happen, let alone that anything that interests me is shown. Still, I can hope that the Uncharted 5 rumors are true. Everything else I'm waiting for is years off though.

@Shepard93n7 If Sony doesn't want that expectation for SoP, maybe they should actually have a large show to display a difference. They haven't had a large showing since... when? 🤔

I expected nothing to interest me so I didn't bother watching. I checked the aftermath list of showings with zero surprise.

Sony needs to go back to a big show this year. Bringing back the likes of the Playstation Experience like they had for a couple years would be incredibly welcome as they already confirmed E3 will be a no show for them.

Expected the emphasis on PSVR 2 as it's releasing but yeah... best case scenario I can hope for here is something unannounced from the third party sector.

Social media exacerbates and even celebrates hate and anger. The more insane, the more clicks, comments and general responses people give. It's made people psychotic and has truly ruined millions of people's psychological well being.

If it were up to me, I'd destroy every social media server in the world and render any code unusable and ineffective attempting to create a new one.

Perhaps then people could regain sanity.

Appreciate the review. Sad to see motion sickness is still an issue that hasn't been addressed well enough. I may be completely sitting out this iteration of PSVR and wait for the next.

Ok. That's awesome. Great read.

I picked up Sonic Origins back in December when it was on sale. If they add Spinball (likely as they already added the soundtrack and art for it) as well as the Game Gear games (1, 2, Chaos, and Triple Trouble) I'd definitely buy the update. Heck, might even opt for the physical version if they release one.

I'm in the middle of Witcher 3 again but planning to buy the PS5 version for the family once summer starts. My eldest is the biggest HP fan in the family but we all enjoy it.

As for the controversy... I'll ask this. Who's the bigger bigots? The group of people trying to destroy women or those trying to protect women? That's all I'll say on the matter.

I'll believe a Playstation showcase (not SoP) is happening when it starts. Not even if Sony says it's doing one will I believe it.

@Dreamcaster-X Negative. Here's the difference...

Switch Lite takes away the ability to play the system as a console on the TV. In fact, it doesn't live up to the name at all removing its ability to... Switch.

PS2 on the other hand... the PS2 slim added an internal network card reducing only the size. I guess you could argue that the Slim removed the ability to use the HDD that came with FF11 but the out of the box capabilities remained identical.

@NEStalgia Maybe I'm old school? My eldest inherited my PS4 the Christmas shortly after the PS5 launch but she barely uses it. The TVs in my kid's rooms are there for watching DVDs... yes... DVDs. Not Netflix, Disney+ or any other streaming service. They aren't connected to those on purpose. And... they only get to watch TV in their rooms on weekends or during the summer. At all other times, they are expected to be out of their rooms and being part of the family... not brooding away alone in their rooms on social media... which they also aren't allowed to have.

There's massive differences between the PS2 and the Switch... primarily, Switch Lite is only a handheld while the regular Switch can be handheld or home console.

A home console... only 1 per house would be the usual.
A handheld... could have multiple. As an example, each of my kids has a 2/3DS.

I would say that consoles and handheld markets are vastly different and due to that, the two should be counted separately. If we removed just the Switch Lite numbers, how close to PS2's total sales would Switch actually be?

Don't get me wrong, I congratulate Nintendo for reversing course from the brink the Wii-U brought them too. The Switch has been very successful and it's a great system. Definitely the best Nintendo since Gamecube.

One can only hope for a new Uncharted but I won't hold my breath.

Cassie would be a great new starting point.

I'm fine with this so long as Amazon doesn't make the franchise become woke trash. I've heard a lot of complaints from Lord of the Rings fans.

@Boucho11 Valid point. I don't see why I bother with gaming communities when I find modern gaming to be trash.

Thanks for the help.

@Boucho11 So much for this being a great community.

I have zero hype anymore but when I take a step back, perhaps it's because I'm too busy creating my own story with writing a novel to have time for other's stories.

I actually have the weekend off with the kids. Thinking of hooking up some retro systems and introducing them to Megaman, Sonic Spinball and Double Dragon.

Mine came with it built in. I'm good.

Hopefully they've improved.

Ok. That's kind of cool. Big Simon Pegg fan.

I haven't had time to play the demo, but I have it downloaded. I'll give it a shot and make a determination from there.

@DanFromPS1 I'm curious why you have some chip on your shoulder about me. Care to elaborate or you're just happy being a troll?

@DanFromPS1 It took you nearly a year to the day to respond to my post and that's what you had to say?

Talk about projection. Wow.

The first was ok. I might try this one after a price drop but it won't be on my radar for a while yet.

@SerJosh97 Genre fan? No. Specific series fan... yes.

Ok. This has potential. I'm a huge Mass Effect fan so hopefully this doesn't release near ME5's release or it'll take a back seat. That said, I'll definitely keep an eye out for this one.

A deal breaker will be if it's a live service game.

@Quintumply Once Epic canceled Unreal Tournament, there was nothing redeeming about Fortnite.

Your article title should be... "How Fortnite destroyed all other Epic projects."

Mine has been horizontal since launch as that's how my entertainment center is built, but I doubt vertical PS5's will break because they're vertical.

Sony intended PS5 to be vertical as a showpiece of the living room. I think there's even an interview where someone said as much. If that's the case, they would have tested vertical functionality and build quality just as much as horizontal placement if not more.

Doesn't appear to be a discount for re-upping your basic plan in N.America. At least not yet.

I'd be interested to see what they could do with a third person co-op shooter. Their shooting mechanics are great in Destiny and their story telling has gotten much better.

We'll see what happens but I expect Destiny clones via gameplay. Setting and characters will change but it will be a Destiny clone.

45 cameras? Why is that necessary?

I expect given the tech, this car will be $80k minimum.