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Like many, I really hope this is good and lives up to the hype. I'll very much be onboard if it does. GL SEGA!

@MindfulGamer haven't really seriously considered that... I think it might start to get very complicated in practice, we don't want to have a multi-platform site but perhaps there is room for an aggregated view of all content.

@Vacuumator whoops, that's fixed — thanks!

@rjejr you do know the infinity symbol was around before Mario Kart 8, right?

It's also not about asking people to pay, it's simply giving people the option to pay if they don't want to view adverts. If you're happy viewing adverts, then it's all good!

@YeoSprings ah OK thanks, I'll pass on the feedback to Memberful though as perhaps in other browsers it should inform users to switch to another to get that feature.

@R_Ryder yes, the community rules apply to everyone.

@daveofduncan annoyingly we created our Hookshot logo about two months before Facebook revealed the Meta logo... but I can't deny they are a similar shape!

@YeoSprings interesting… this is what I see:

@Craggis19 I can see why my original comment might have been taken that way, but frankly speaking, we've already pitched the justification for not using adblocker on our sites, for many years now. We've deliberately kept our use of ads in check when compared to most other sites as evidenced by the comments on this article. That said, today's step is giving people a reasonable and fair way to view the sites without adverts, which is long overdue.

@NEStalgia @YeoSprings I get it when visiting on mobile, but it doesn't appear on the desktop version — I might speak to Memberful about that!

@NomNom yes, we’ve always had a single sign in system 😇

@NEStalgia Google Pay is supported, just saying!

Also, I take you’re point on the badges. That’s why we made it so you can disable the badge if you want the privacy.

Ultimately we’ll just have to monitor things and hope that there is no two tier comment system.

@Craggis19 @bindiana the truth is we haven't made any decisions on that at this time, but ultimately it's unfair on those (the vast majority) that do willingly view adverts or subscribe if we didn't consider those options in the future.

@Craggis19 hah, not really but I do think it's fair for us to ask readers to either view adverts or pay via subscription. Consuming the content without us getting anything in return isn't a fair trade.

@YeoSprings I understand where you are coming from regarding PayPal, however after reading this: https://memberful.com/blog/stripe-vs-paypal/ I understood why Memberful (the membership system we're using) doesn't want to support it.

@Ooccoo_Jr the subscriber option will remove all the ad scripts from running, so brings greater privacy for those concerned. Would be more than happy to add a strict privacy mode to the paid subscription to disable all (but functional) cookies.

@Stormageddon the thing is, it would be pretty easy for us to start blocking people adblocking.

Thanks for all the kind words everyone! 🥰

@riadon oops, try now

@nomither6 @riadon please check your email

I'm curious to see how this turns out, as a fan of GT7 I'll be sure to check it out.

@meteors77 thanks for making us aware. It’s not timed, but I think maybe an advert reloading is causing the select box to lose focus. It’s an ad unit that logged in users don’t see anyway, so appears to only affect guest users and android. Seems all okay on iOS. I’ll try and debug it tomorrow.

"Toyota 86 Collection" yes please.

@riceNpea @Ben7982 thanks both, I've made a note of both of these ideas in our product ideas tracker, so will refer back to them when we next do some dev on the quiz tool could be fun!

@get2sammyb @Integrity yeah we did think about recording the time per question when putting this together, might make for a fun upgrade 😇

@ShogunRok @lolwhatno that, or the 'contact' link at the bottom of every page there is a 'News Tips' option — but the email goes to the same place.

@Integrity @WizzNL retailers expecting it to be full price instead of budget is the point here, indeed. They are rarely wrong on the matter when release isn’t far away - not the same as a placeholder. If it was a budget price it’s likely Rockstar would have said it at reveal. Hopefully shouldn’t be long for a firm confirmation.

@Integrity remakes and remasters are often sold at "budget" retail prices, such as N. Sane Trilogy that retailed for $39.99. Therefore if GTA Trilogy is going to be the same RRP as a first-party, brand-new, title, it is very much newsworthy. Not clickbait.

@Octane hahaha. Touché.

@ShogunRok @Octane sorry for the delay coming back to this but it has now been fixed, so future polls won't have this problem! Thanks for the spot.

@billynotsilly yes, they are there now — but my comment was back in 2018 before this list was updated

@AllDaSportsALLOFDEM sadly I can’t change it to what I want as Sony thinks my name has profanity in it, that’s why it’s nintendolife.

@AllDaSportsALLOFDEM yeah, that story is well documented on both Nintendo Life and Push Square. It's an interesting read.

@AllDaSportsALLOFDEM why's that?

@AllDaSportsALLOFDEM certainly am.

Man, this was such an iconic intro at the time. It totally set the scene for an entire generation of games outside of Nintendo/SEGA. The remake/remaster is fantastic, kudos.

@nathanSF I've been informed by our ads partner that stockx should now be blocked across the network. Cheers!

@nathanSF I've never seen these ads before, they are likely through Google Ad Exchange which are personalised to you. I can see what you are saying though, although there are plenty of other sites selling consoles such as eBay and Facebook, I'm not sure we would block those. That being said I'm going to look into blocking StockX as it seems they are more dedicated to this kind of thing.

Resident Evil 99!

Amazing video. Cheered me right up. Looking forward to PS6 already.

@RogerRoger haha, I’ll believe when I see it. Coincidentally the NERF gun is gonna get donated to a local children’s hospice too. Figured I don’t want to profit from the bad luck. Just want the PS5.

@Tasuki yeah, they didn’t ask for the £150 back which has now been donated to charity 👍

@lacerz thanks, and yes I've sent my story to Watchdog will see what happens next.

@evan23 I take your point but where there is a will there is usually a way. The statement of “putting it right” should invoked something flexibility to satisfy their affected customers.

@Masquerade it appears that’s not possible at the moment. They didn’t make me send back the nerf gun. Haha

@SteveGos sorry to hear that man, but yeah sounds like it’s gone awol now. Welcome to the club!

@TheArt that wasn’t supposed to be negative, more that I’ve never needed to speak to a human before, which is a good thing. Shows their automated system works in most circumstances.

@Medic_Alert well the theory is I could spend £600 on a console and not be down any money. But yeah, I don’t want to encourage scalpers to be honest. So no, I’d rather give it to charity than someone else profit over the demand for consoles.

@nessisonett funnily enough, I already have two PS5 games sitting on my shelf. Thanks for rubbing it in

@Barryburton97 it may help discourage it, but yeah, there would still be victims I guess.