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What is wrong with the leaderboard on sites like ps3trophies? It shows tons of people not even on the psnprofiles leaderboard. The top guy shows 1,706, which sounds fake. Even the psnprofiles "cheaters" do not show these users.

@darkswabber If you read the article on the official website, larger DLC/expansions are not specifically mentioned, as in this PushSquare article. It all comes down to wording. In my view, their free DLC is just unfinished content that could have easily been part of the main game (time permitting and regardless of the huge amount of content already included). Expansion packs are generally higher amounts of DLC content. If they want to be clear, they should state, "small, cut content-sized DLC should be free" (and I definitely agree with them). I will definitely buy their larger expansion DLC. I know I am just splitting hairs, but it is an small, but important, distinction that can be flipped in or out of their favour.

Odd to see them say this, as they will be offering paid DLC, also.

Maybe someone could mod a better framerate.

Just put Monster Hunter 5 on there, at 1080p and 60 fps and you Japan will have good PS4 sales, too, for a while.

I have maybe 50 hours in Destiny. I put maybe 3 in the treasure cave. Currently; 10 legendary engrams from the treasure cave in 3 hours, 0 legemdaryvengrams from story/strike/crucible. Hard choice to see why this is done by many.

The $500 million included marketing. This figure was a total and all part of a supposed contract on reports that shareholders were given. It is quite possible over the 10-year contract length with Activision.

This is unfortunate in some ways. E3 sale in Canada had it $70 - 30%, giving us the game for $49. If it drops $10 in Canada, we'll have lost nearly 15% of our discount; something that makes these E3 sales so good. Either way, as long as I don't pay more, I can handle.

Vita + Indies = Incredible future for the machine... for me. There is no other portable producing a platform for indies, like this.

The announcements didn't do much for me. Most were already leaked on NeoGAF. The best game announcement: Master Chief Collection left out one of the best Halo games, Halo Reach (no MC, I know). No Gears of War sequel (GoW 2 is still one of the best 360 exclusives). Almost no indie love (hope Sony shows some hot indies).

Cannot wait for Galak-Z, The Binding of Isaac Rebirth, Minecraft, and Rogue Legacy, among others.

@jpelgrom Because Puyo Puyo Tetris is available. It is easily the best Tetris game since Tetris DS and (unless playing high level competition or with items) is fairly balanced. English translation guides are available at GaneFAQs.

Hope they fix up the framerate on the Vita. Update 1.2 and the patch to update 1.2 killed the framerate in many locations.

PS Vita? Picked up PS Vital version of The Walking Dead: Season One for $15 day 1 last year. Was waiting for a physical release for this season.

@Sanquine Yeah, it's too bad. I would have had no problem spending another $100 or $200 on a much higher-end console. There is no way this console lasts 8 years like last gen (PS3/Xbox 360) consoles as it is already equivalent to 3 year-old technology (I say 3 year-old as a guess, because my 2 year old desktop hardware far exceeds it).

Pretty sweet.

Lol, how bad are those racers near last place? Buddy falls off his bike countless times and still is able to storm past them. Hopefully on a lower difficulty, as he looks easily 25% faster than most other riders.

So, are they saying PS4 is currently overpriced compared to consoles which made no profit? Or, are they saying that some/all components are such aged technology that they are now much cheaper? Or, something else? What has made their system all-of-a-sudden profitable on a per-unit sales basis?

I would rather The Order: 1886 be delayed for 6 months so that it can be 1080p/60 fps and not buggy. Or wait, is it the other way around? Nah, this isn't Ubisoft.

Very little real gameplay. Looks mostly pre-rendered.

My most-wanted game. This is odd, as I far prefer a strategic RPG to any FPS-based game.

I have both controllers set on DIM. When playing Child of Light, one is blue and the other is red. The red controller hardly looks dim at all. Even the blue really only seems about 50% of the original setting. I was expecting a nice dim setting that would provide just enough light to see the colour, without being a flashlight. The dim setting is pretty poor at doing just that. My gaming environment is pretty dark, at night, and I have a plasma TV with a fairly reflective glass screen (it is a Panasonic ST-60, so there is a small amount of anti-reflective on it), so even dim reflects in the TV considerably.

It is a start, but Sony doesn't really know what dim means.

There's no way I'm forgetting about Minecraft for this.

Other than the graphics and weapons, I doubt there will be any positive evolution in this game.

Axiom Verge and Drifter look the best. And bring on the cross-buy, also with Spelunky!

@get2sammyb While I do not wish this game does poorly, I do wish it were 60 fps. Being very sensitive to frame rate changes and the difference between locked 30/60/120 fps, in many genres (mainly shooters, racing games, and fighters), I always hope for the best. I was just looking forward to a game that would surpass the experience of Forza 4 for me, as nothing else yet has.

@get2sammyb This will push a lot of well-informed people away from the game. The NeoGAF forums are clear evidence of this. While it looks beautiful, driving games require a smooth experience or many hardcore gamers will not want to spend 50+ hours in them.

Dealbreaker for me. 60 fps is necessary in a racing game, arcade or realistic. PG4 was 30 fps and it was quite noticeable and detracted from the experience. Forza Motorsport 4 ran at a locked 60 fps and it still is the best racing game on the market.

@Carl-G. I am not a hater, and I definitely own a PS4. As mentioned, I won't touch this game at sub 60 fps. 1080p and 60 fps for big PS4 titles is a necessary requirement for me. Otherwise, I'll plug my last gen console in and play a racing game at game at 60 fps.

The light is highly reflective on the glass of my plasma. Glad to see this feature.

He is essentially saying 720p and 1080p have no differences. On my 55" plasma, they are night and day different. If I wanted 720p, I'd just stick with my PS3/Xbox 360. Power didn't make the choice, I wanted Sony games more. However, the disadvantage the Xbox One has won't have me buying it as a tertiary console anytime soon. He is a poor analyst. If the Xbox One had far better performance than the PS4, it would have sold better. Once my friends (who own Xbox 360) heard it was the weaker console, they all decided they would get a PS4 for Destiny, instead of an Xbox One.

Just Cause 2, right now, is a well-optimized PC game, at least on my old laptop. Hopeful that Just Cause 3 follows suite for the PS4. The amount of fun to be had in the game is unrivaled. I barely touched the single player story, just bombed around enjoying all the locations and vehicles.

Infinite worlds on the PS4, which is nice. Answered from the PSN Blog.

I wouldn't quite say September is in the next few months, but at least it is a rough date. I was really hoping for an earlier release. PS4 and Vita x2.

@BornOfEvil I am actually fairly happy with the PS4 OS. I just think it odd that they "removed" features that they had already designed for the PS3. Not having 3D blu-ray capability, right now, isn't as big of a deal as I only have a couple 3D blu-rays and I still have my PS3, if needed.

Will be picking up a PS4 copy and possibly a couple PS Vita copies for my GF and I.

The PS4 OS is still missing many things, some of which that the PS3 had. UI customization (even just the colours), 3D Blu-ray capability (how is this not already implemented?), folders (the Vita has this), capability to play custom music soundtracks during games (Xbox 360 had this, not sure if the PS3 did), etc.. While I feel the OS is clean, it is a step back from the PS3 one in several areas. The hope is that they are adding things and will hopefully improve it over time. But, I still wonder what they were thinking when they decided to NOT give their hardware 3D Blu-ray capability, something I can do on the 2007 PS3 hardware that I own.

@AG_Awesome Just google some gameplay videos on YouTube. It is an action game where you explore the surface and underground of a randomly-generated world. You can build, combat, and more. Has online support. I put over 100 hours in the PC version and around 30, so far, in the PS Vita version. The game is on quite the epic scale, for an indie. Some compare it to a 2D Minecraft with much better combat.

@SimonAdebisi No PS Vita version listed, at the moment. At least according to the official site. Bruce Lee wasn't in IP Man 2, lol.

I do not know why it is called pets, if it is only dogs. I see only dogs in that image, so I only assume this. If there are cats and dogs, they should have a cat in the background, instead of a 2nd dog choking on a football.

Saying Chinese cannot afford generation 8 consoles is a poorly informed observation. I have been to China and know several Chinese and they are not considered middle or high income people in their countries. They do, however, seem to be able to afford luxuries like Apple products and other year or two year-old technology. While the majorities will not be able to afford a PS4, there, it doesn't take a majority of a 1.35 billion population to generate tons of sales. With limited ease and proper marketing, in key locations including China, the sales numbers for a console like the PS4 could potentially push Sony to unreachable total numbers, this generation. I do believe, however, the PS Vita suits the Chinese on-the-go lifestyle, more.

Just a heads-up. This game has a 38% average on Amazon.jp and is already on sale for 980 Yen from 6,279 Yen (84% off).

1080p and 60 fps and I'll consider upgrading. Otherwise, I'll stick with my PS3 copy.

@divinelite F2nd is announced for North America (and possibly Europe), so we will all be fine when that releases.

I am liking the game a lot, so far. I enjoy it more than Ouendan because it is slightly easier for me. I suck at rhythm games with a stylus. I do not, however, like it as much as Band Bros. DX. I am finding, however, there is a slight slowdown at times that causes my timing to be off. Would be better with note inputs at 60 fps, instead of what seems to be 30 fps.

Picked this up on the PS Vita. Loving it, so far. While the map isn't ideal, I came to understand it fairly quickly and use it a lot to get around. It would be nice if it was made a little more like the 3D map in the Metroid Prime series, that shows a rough shape of the area and approximate location of the doors.

While there is some minor slowdown, mainly during the spinning segment during level loading, it is minor and rarely impacts gameplay.

Regarding graphics, this game has a very clean style and none of the screenshots do the game justice. Seeing the game in full motion is quite a site, and puts a lot of more modern-styled games to shame. I put this up there near to Spelunky and Hotline Miami as one of the more original indie games available.

@thedevilsjester Yeah, I get the licensing thing. But, I was meaning it in the sense that, my physical game will still work in 100 years, as long as my system does. Another thing about digital that I don't like is the lack of being able to share the game with my gf. I play Tearaway and then give her it to play, also. Makes me cheap, I guess, but then again I buy tons of games so I don't see the issue. I will likely get PS+ if/when I buy a PS4, as it will likely be required to play online (no?). Looking forward to Destiny.

// Boring rant

Problem with PS Plus, apart from the discounts for indie games (that in no way will add up to $50 a year, for me), I already have all the games I want that they put up. That, and the horrible cost for the Vita's memory cards and my love of physical media, PS Plus is a tempting but necessary thing, for me, at best. I am one to buy the games I really want as they release or shortly after. I also want to avoid having all digital content. If you keep everything on your PC, as opposed to buying more memory cards (I already have a near filled 32 GB and an older now-empty 16 GB and I own one (non-PSN) game digital (Project Diva). PSP and PSone games are quite big and filled up my cards alone. I couldn't imagine owning 100GB+ of rentals just to have to move them around all the time. It is enough of a nuisance to switch games by PC. Also, I hate not owning things, and PS Plus is only a rental service. Technically, Steam and PSN are only license subscriptions, in the end. None of it is ideal and nothing replaces owning a case and cart.

// end Boring rant

Couldn't find a copy in-stores and was not willing to overpay Gamestop, so I ordered on from Amazon.ca, just received it last night. Looking forward to playing it.

@get2sammyb Best part of the PS4, imo. I've had the Vita since near launch and I am looking forward to my continuing tradition of being able to lay down on my bed and play a game. I have full intentions of having my WiFi router 5 feet away, if necessary.

@KAPADO An 8/10 is okay when comparing the game to all of the thousands of other yearly released games. This is a big market. For people who rely on ratings to help choose their games, why buy one with an 81% Metacritic average when you can buy 10 others with an 89-93% average. It isn't the number that is mathematically bad. It is the amount of higher rating games that makes the perception of this bad.

Also, in my experience, most games with 75% Metacritic average or lower tend to be kinda poor. A game gets an 8/10 and has a glowing review then another gets a 7/10 and has a review that talks about all of its poor points. If gaming had a higher number of ratings, like IMDb, it may be a more consistent (and likely, lower) result.

In the end of a day, 8+ seems to be what's good these days, for the most part. Anything rated 7 or lower tends to be okay or poor. Niche games (like Etrian Odyssey) can end up being 7's and work well for the specific buyer as they are rated lower for being a niche product (something less people has interest in or like). Games series like Call of Duty GTA V tend to have suspiciously-bloated scores which doesn't help either. It makes buyers skeptical.

I honestly wouldn't mind a world without numerical ratings. The problem is, there are not many reviewers with consistency and quality like PushSquare (look at a review by xxx online reviewer, read their glowing review and then their 7 score). Then read a review by the same reviewer about a almost good, but poor game also receive a 7. Then read their GTA V review that states several issues but receives a 10. Lot's of inconsistencies. The content of the review is the most important part, but people don't have the time or interest to read everything.

@get2sammyb I actually bought my PS3 in October of 2013. I have many games on it that are unplayed. I bought it, partially, to replace my decade-old blu-ray player and then ended up buying many games for it. I am not as excited about Arkham Knight after Origins. The Order looks descent. I would pick up Uncharted. Uncharted 2 has been the best PS3 game I have played, this far. Destiny looks great, and I am not even a big FPS fan. I am hoping for a PS4 bundle with a must-have game, possibly Destiny. My first Xbox 360 game (in 2008) was Halo 3, and that game looks to bring back the coop fun I remember from years ago.