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Thank you and a Merry Christmas to you and the whole Push Square community!

-and thank you for remembering it’s Christmas! 🎄

I did enjoy the Christmas level. But how lovely would it have been if there was a new level for this Christmas?!

Jason Schreier has a pet peeve - crunch, and he believes always covering it bestows him some kind of honour. However, if this game is at least a year and a half away, then any extra time the staff are doing is NOT crunch!

Leave aside the personal and professional criticisms, Bobby Kotick knew how to manage game production at one of the biggest game publishers in the world so it served its audience and made the games they wanted - not just one once but for a decade and a half, year after year.

The problem with the recent Call of Duty game is that it a direct sequel to Black Ops 6, the year after, which fans say has affected the anticipation, the excitement and the quality.

This is the direct result of Microsoft’s ownership and can be called ‘milking it’ or ‘milking its audience’ and is the result of Microsoft’s ownership because it didn’t allow a year off from CoD releases in 2024 or 2025 so more time could be spent on game quality.

Hopefully, Microsoft learns that it shouldn’t try and run Activision as a Microsoft studio.

January 2026?

The very specific denial sounds like another update IS cooking.

Surely the solution instead of releasing a definitive edition which original owners are left out of, is to offer an upgrade offer.

However, the REAL problem is the perception that the launch version is not the 'full version' of the game, so instead of revising the original game it's better to offer a new, follow-up adventure.

Push Square should Push CD Projekt Red to make a PS5 Pro patch.

It’s a made for mobile game so I understand why Sony didn’t want it to compete with its own Horizon multiplayer game. But a lot of the reaction to the Korean character models has been positive.

FREE with PSN!

The official Rockstar website says ‘These new console versions — created in collaboration with Double Eleven and Cast Iron Games — will also be available in the GTA+ Games Library and the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog on December 2.’

https://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/258282o585k1ka/red-dead-redemption-coming-to-netflix-ios-android-ps5-xbox-series-and

It’s going to be a branded PlayStation monitor but it won’t even be able to display PS5 games at their best because it’s not even 4K. And yes you can see the difference even on a 27” monitor. It seems a shortsighted move.

I don’t know if it was dynamic pricing or not but once I saw Forza Horizon 5 for £24.99 and I bought it immediately.
Another time I saw Gears of War for £24.99 and I didn’t get it, and the next time I saw it, it was £29.99.

“ Bethesda is working on new Fallout games.” Are these full role playing games, or more pay-to-win mobile games like Fallout Shelter?

I know it’s Halloween month but not everything needs to be a horror game.

At first I suspect Sony will probably review the reviews.

Super-odd to give away the whole game - for a limited time. I’m guessing Microsoft is seeing signs that people who have lost connection to the franchise, or no connection to it, will migrate to Battlefield.

Bullfrog would probably have succeeded better if managed by Sony rather than Phil Spencer. Now you have other studios profiting from the legacy of the Theme games his team created.

I've never heard of this before! The Skyrim comparison made me notice - has it got a first-person mode?

@kailun I do get what @Dalamar is saying, he means the third release from the studio is a remake of the first. I recently bought from PSN the second game Yooka-Laylee and The Impossible Lair, although I haven’t played much of it.

Here in 2025 I agree there's no real need for a PS6. However in 2028 I think I will feel differently.

@Darude84
I would guess that it would work similar to NMS with some kind of light speed /faster travel option!

The trailers depicted it as an open world (open planet) game but in fact it was a load to move between all the areas. The spacecraft was just an illusion, decoration. Players wanted to emulate No Man’s Sky gameplay of get in your ship and fly anywhere.

I’ve only played the start of Starfield on Xbox, but would love to play this new revised game.

The other story about the PlayStation job listing mentions ‘optimising title profitability.’ I think this could mean, making more money out of an IP by porting it to other platforms.

If Sony does start releasing single player games on other platforms I think The Last of Us might be first.

‘it just takes a little more effort and nous than saying you were born in 1900 now.’

I wasn’t the only one! 🤣

I'm not one of those people who hate Jim Ryan, but he is responsible for the half-hearted launch. PlayStation was releasing a brand new hardware product and the only thing it did to promote the launch was a blog post! There should have at least been a 30 minute State of Play going through its capabilities and highlighting games. People want to be sold to, and it would've helped create a greater launch momentum. Maybe Sony should wait until the PS7 generation to launch another.

I can’t wait! I’d happily buy the PS6 home console and PS6 Portable at launch. 😘

This Xbox Showcase revealed almost all non-indie games would also be released on PS5 with the logo viewable. A sign of the times that Xbox has really gone third party.

‘Overly instanced open world’ means too much loading between different areas?

I 100% agree. There is no need to be releasing a dead disc. It’s something I have thought about that Push Square has the influence to make Sony listen and set rules for all publishers.

I think it’s relevant to share the detail that 96% of game sales physical in the UK are on PS5.

As of Monday evening a PS5 Digital Slim on Amazon.co.uk is £344.46.

Why not make it mandatory for Xbox players? As Microsoft does with its sign on for PlayStation players.

@nessisonett What a clever observation!

Horizon Zero Dawn FPS: Aloe's Fury

This just goes to show why EXCLUSIVES matter (and yes I know it's not exclusive but in Japan it effectively is, until Switch 2). PS5 did 4x its sales of 24,650 units sales in December (source: Gematsu).

When a game is so desired people will buy a brand new console just to play it.

It's funny how the format wars go as there's a lot of formerly 'bleed green' Xbox extremists saying this is great news as it means Microsoft is getting more money!

The high preorders is a strong sign that Halo:MCC is coming this year.

I think Microsoft is testing the waters to see how high it can go with pricing for PlayStation users.

@nessisonett That video was perfect for that moment in time, capturing the sentiment of all players. It was of that era so its is wrong to say the video is out of date, especially as that solution, disc-lending, still works.

But what one can do is reflect and say there isn’t a game sharing solution for PlayStation’s digital only users.

This TV series will go down in history as having the worst miscast character.

@DiscoStuUK Yep. The last episode was so rushed it lost the emotional weight of the game’s ending. Not enough infected in every episode. I get that the game was taken to another level by the quiet moments, but quiet moments without enough action or danger diminishes them.

10 points to Gryffindor for that clever FIFU subheader.

I like that it’s the PS1 theme but in full, updated resolution.

Why couldn’t anything have been done to improve MGS1 or might that come with time?

Don't be sad about a lack of Spider-Man 2 dlc - just like Miles Morales, the Venom game will be its own standalone title.

@Jrs1 You can turn it off!

This video explains how: https://youtu.be/JiEg2uhYE1s

I liked the ethereal music for a bit after I first bought my PS5 but turned it off soon after. Recently I even turned off the menu clicks.

I hope Cyberpunk 2077 gets a PS5 Pro patch.

Let's be honest, Tom Warren should be a professional but he doesn't behave like one. He is a shill with a salaried job.

He better get used to it as in 2025 he’s going to be playing a lot more Xbox games on PlayStation!

@johncalmc Hi John. Does this begin where the original game begins or does it now include the prologue that was added for The Director's Cut?

Does the music sound clearer than in the original PC game?

FFVII Rebirth launched just 7 months after FFXVI.
There will have been an overlap of customers and buying two huge FF games and then completing them would’ve been too much for some people. The games should have been better spaced out.

@nessisonett There was no restriction or console exclusive arrangement to keep it off Xbox, however the reason it hasn’t been released there is because Black Myth is resource intensive, and Microsoft’s Series X/S parity clause meant a Series S version could not be completed in time for launch.