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...I'm not watching any of these. I just want the game, please ...and I hope and pray it will be a great experience and not another Gotham Knights mess from WB.

That's sad ...Raising Kratos is not only an undeniable masterpiece but also refreshingly transparent by industry standards. I rewatched it recently and was blown away and hooked all the way through yet again.

How many of those are just remakes and remasters I wonder?

Well, that's just adorable. Still have my Vita, played Disgaea and Ys to death on the thing, but I wouldn't choose to film anything with its terrible camera except for the meme potential like this. Someone should try the same with a DSi or 3DS ...Those cameras are even worse.

I'll just play Tools on my good old PS3, thanks.

Well, that's what I've been saying for years now ...Actual physical video games are slowly becoming a thing of the past at this point (except maybe on Switch).

Buying a disc is essentially a glorified license key you have to insert every time you want to play, even if the entire game may be on there. And I'm all for physical media, always have been (though they could use some more environmentally friendly packaging).

It's very sad, but almost every single game needs an avalanche of updates and patches before they're even finished now anyway, so what can you do?

This, though, is on a whole other level and a complete waste of resources. Just make it a paper disc with a download code at that point, or better yet, a simple voucher. Unbelievable.

That is just wonderful. What a legend. Wish everything could be preserved like this ...I try my best with my own collection, though.

@Vacuumator I suppose that's true. It depends. I think most people at least need internet or a mobile phone plan. Either way, there are still too many subscriptions for everything nowadays. lol

Right, get your wallets out ...As if you're not getting robbed enough lately from ...everything, be it rising rent or interest, food, fuel, electricity, increased subscription costs and all the rest, why not waste a few hundred more on an overpriced video game controller as well. Hooray!

That's because they're not exclusive games anymore. Just ...games. Thanks, Sony.

40 FPS mode, nice! It was fantastic in Ratchet and Clank and felt great to play, and is probably the best compromise if you want the best of both worlds (like me). Could barely tell a difference from 60 in a living room setting, so I loved it. If you have access to a HDMI 2.1 port, I highly recommend it.

Now this looked dumb as hell, and I loved it.

Great news! Loved the first movie personally, very atmospheric and very nice direction throughout with no obvious reliance on cheap jumpscares anywhere, unlike most mainstream modern horror trash. I have high hopes. At least it can't possibly get worse than the second movie.

Also, (insert Sean Bean reference here).

Higurashi is excellent, so whatever it is, I'm sure the story will be the best part of it.

Bloober Team leading development

This. This right here is why I still have doubts. Well, that and ...Konami.

I'll just start calling all these things the Sony tax from now on, definitely. Absolutely outrageous.

I only use my streaming services (and YouTube) through my Apple TV 4K. That was the only reason I got it, besides AirPlay with my MacBook, which is absolutely rad.

I'd say as long as you're not using an RTX 3090 or 4090 for video streaming, it's not a huge dealbreaker, though. I've heard some horror stories about those.

Edit: I just looked up the power consumption for my good old Wii U I've been using over the weekend, and it's amazing how efficient it is for such old PowerPC- based hardware. Makes me feel much better about diving into more Pikmin goodness this coming week.

Pikmin 3. Finally. And absolutely loving it.

They should ditch it and stick with Extra as the highest tier IMO, or just mash them together to simplify their confusing mess. Retro games should have been a separate cheap subscription with some actual effort put behind it, but that will probably never happen as long as Jim Ryan calls the shots.

That looks amazing! Haven't seen this much style in 'realistic' AAA games since the early 2000's ...Hoping it becomes a trend! Not everything has to strive for hyper realism, especially when things that are heavily stylised age so much better. Just look at Wind Waker for instance ...Very divisive at first but aged like fine wine compared to any realistic graphics from that era.

As long as not all of them are remakes, there is plenty to be excited about with this I suppose.

As a wise man once said ...

"It's not about the length, it's how you use it."

YES! FINALLY we get (system performance) and (various bug fixes)! I've waited so LONG for this!

Don't worry ...When Valve announces Half-Life 3 in 90 years, then surely they'll beat the record.

At this point, I'll probably just get a PC for the next generation ...The PS5 ain't worth it for just Ratchet & Clank and Demon's Souls, both of which will probably also show up on PC eventually. What's left after that? The SSD, sure ...and the convenience ...but you still have to pay to play online ...and you're locked into the ecosystem ...The bad is just starting to outweigh the good now ...At least with Nintendo, you can't play any of their games officially anywhere else.

I don't want to discuss this ...I've at least learned that much at this point when it comes to modern PlayStation. I like Nintendo, so I know just how bad it could get, be it overly zealous fans or tone deaf, creatively bankrupt corporate greed ...so I choose to avoid any further hot takes for my own mental health. All I want to say about it is ...I hate it. Cut it out, please.

I also hate blasting others ...I want to discuss the actual joy of playing games, which is probably why I'm increasingly gravitating towards purely retro stuff, as all these modern controversies are really starting to wear me out.

That is all. Thank you.

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

I tried to play through it, but it just got way too rough for my taste. I just wasn't prepared for its shocking difficulty! Expected more Pikmin than Dark Souls going in ...

It's pretty, though. Very pretty.

Reasons to own a PS5 continuing to wither away ...

So happy to see the game fail. It was truly pathetic. Hope they've learnt something from this and put some actual quality effort into making something that isn't decades behind and that people actually want to play next time.

Also, I can't even remember the last time I've seen a video game with such god awful writing. As a writer myself, it really, really fires me up, and is probably one of the biggest reasons I am celebrating this game's failure. I absolutely hate it.

Free? If anything, they should give us money for even witnessing such an utter disgrace to humanity. Even then, I would only touch it with a pole the same length as all the remaining development time needed to turn it into an actual game put together.

...Or, you could, well ...you know ...

Wow, how generous ...

This whole franchise should've gone free to play a decade ago.

PS4 is the new PS2. It's fine, though ...In this economy and with the massive price increases everywhere and on everything (especially on the PS5 itself even), I've slightly changed my opinion on this. While the PS5 does really need those big technology showcases to justify it, I do get that for millions upon millions who want to play these latest games but can't, won't or don't have any means to upgrade (which I totally get), these ports are necessary at the moment. The world is going through hell right now, so anything to make more people's lives just the slightest bit brighter with some fun new games coming to their platform, I'm all for.

@IonMagi No, the GameCube is just too powerful. The poor PS4 just can't handle a port. Just look at Nintendo, they've never been able to bring GameCube games to their services, and why do you think that is?

I'm joking obviously ...

...or am I?

Hilarious that my good old GameCube can run a game better than the almighty PS4. Even more of a reason to love that little cube of timeless gaming goodness.

Oh god, that thumbnail made me think EA was buying Koei Tecmo ...You almost gave me a heart attack, Sammy. 🤣

I still remember Nintendo's Wii U- themed direct in January 2013, just two months after release, and how shockingly transparent it was. You could instantly tell that they didn't sell as many consoles as they expected, and so they made an entire presentation just for upcoming releases, some that would't even see the light of day until half a decade later. Don't forget, it was that very presentation where Breath of the Wild was first announced.

Almost all they had were basic Power Point slides, text and a few very early beta images of a remake of Wind Waker and a Yoshi game that didn't even have a name. It may not have been reassuring back then, especially for me with a brand new console and no new games for months. Despite this, however, I will never forget that Direct in particular, just because of how shockingly transparent and down to Earth it felt for such a massive company. They had almost nothing, but wanted so desperately to show that the Wii U would get games ...eventually.

I hope you're doing well, Iwata- san ...wherever you are.

Oh, yeah, definitely. Though, I'd argue, while the average Nintendo Direct has way better pacing and gets to the point in a much more 'direct' way (pun intended), they are just rapid fire commercials at the end of the day with the same overly cheerful voiceover every single time. During the Iwata days, they actually felt very real and personal. Kind of reflects the whole company nowadays though, to be fair ...but sure, they are still doing it much better than everyone else.

I think it's mostly because everyone else tries to make E3 showcases spread out across the entire year. Nobody wants that. E3 was only bearable because everyone was doing it at the same time over the course of a single week, so you could treat it as a yearly tradition, laughing at the massive corporations embarrassing themselves while also getting all the good stuff you want. When it's spread out like this, people just won't care as much anymore, and thus, the corporation behind it that obviously doesn't care about anything except your money is all that remains for most, pretty much.

E3 was so fun and exciting every year because it was so concentrated, and the live shows weren't pre- recorded fluff pieces, but live shows with a stage where things could go wrong, which gave it a certain "so bad it's good"- esque charm. Now, all that remains is the advertisement.

@playstation1995 Yup. That's pretty much what I do for most of these kinds of heavily microtransaction- infected releases, anyway ...

Charging a $70 (or an outrageous €80) premium for a single game should come with a guarantee that it will have zero microtransactions and be a full, complete, uncompromising experience from beginning to end (something that most people today sadly don't even remember was in fact the universal norm just a decade or two ago). Anything less than that, you're just jumping on it for the increased profits. It's so very sad and nasty, but this was inevitably going to happen. Almost all AAA games today are really just glorified casinos anyway, so this is really just a price increase for the entry ticket.

Thanks again, Sony. You may make a lot of games that are worth that premium, but most others sure are not, nor will they ever. Most should at best be free to play with how outrageously greedy and absolutely shameless this industry has become.

Should've had another Wii port for the memes ...Maybe one for the Atari 5200 too. I heard that's a big, untapped market.

The PS4 and 'Bone had a good run, but they are long overdue for a hall of fame retirement.

Good. Thank god. Move on from that rusty old fossil architecture already and finally push current generation technology forward ...Anything to make the (very, very, very) expensive upgrade worth it.

They can charge less when it's packed with delicious microtransactions that'll make up the difference. I sure won't be touching it ...I try to avoid all these games to not support the practice.

Sorry, just me. I just can't get excited for any game with Ubisoft's logo on it, even if it's going back to basics this time.

It's Call of Duty and the bickering of two giant, soulless corporations ...Those are probably two of the absolute least interesting things in the world for me personally. I wouldn't even care if the fate of the entire universe was at stake.