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After Mortal Kombat having irrelevant characters other games are following. Still, if I casually came around those news I would be sure that it was an April Fools joke that leaked... But it seems to be legit.

@themightyant I rarely play more than two games but this weekend I decided to revisit the fonal boss on all Final Fantasy games using my old saves. I tried Final Fantasy 1, it had an update, I moved to play 2 another update, in the end all had updates except 10 and 12, even the 7 Remake / Rebirth. I ended up playing nothing... If updates worked as they should I would have been ready to go regardless of what I wanted to play. And not updating the games is bad from the preservation point of view. I sometimes take my consoles in work trips and play offline

@Zeke68 Yeah, but the limit is not clearly stated anywhere. It sure is a bizarre way to punish loyal customers that buy and play a lot of games. I did something better than deleting the saves: I cancelled PS plus and backed up the saves in two different USB sticks and two different consoles. I cannot do this in PS5 but the only games I have are the FF16 and 7 Rebirth and I can live without having those back ups. I also backed up the saves of PS3 and Vita with similar methods.

@Zeke68 Yeah, it only updates the games in the home screen. Save upload doesn't work either. It always says I am out of space in the cloud, although that is not the case. I have automatic updates enabled. Apparently there is a hidden limit in the actual number of PS4 savefiles you can upload!!!!!

@themightyant I get that, even though it is very bad for game presentation and AI and cloud backups of not useful data consume much more enery of a few MB of download. It is frustrating to always have to manually update all the Final Fantasy games. In Xbox you can check for all updates with the press of a button, you don't have to check one by one. In Steam it slowly updates all games in the background automatically.

@sanderson72 PS4 doesn't update anything for me for some reason. Still, it is true that PS4 updates the games faster.

OK this is getting beyond ridiculous with updates that add nothing. I was in my hometown for a couple of days and whatever I tried to play had some sort of update. The console had an update, all Final Fantasy games had updates, Resident Evil 4 had update, the whole console had updates. After all those years STILL PS5 DOES NOT UPDATE GAMES AUTOMATICALLY for some reason. And to check every update by hand is a pain with the clunky OS. The same happened when I opened the PS4. It also updates nothing automatically.

Can they even block yhem though? It would be like blocking a game in Steam Deck. Even they blocked them it would be trivial to unblock them if the console runs Windows. But why would they block them? Almost all Sony games are Steam Deck verified which means that they sell their games in owners of the Deck. I have certainly bought a lot of them during discounts. I imagine something similar will happen with Xbox

Believe or not I am a huge fan of the Atelier series since I casually bought Atelier Rorona, the original version, for cheap from a local store. Since then I have bought all the games, some of them multiple times, I have beaten all of them and I have the platinum trophy in most of them. Since I started moving to Steam I have already preordered Yumia and hopefully the game will run dine in my Sream Deck

Oh man, I really look forward to the revivals of the old IPs. I already preordered shinobi! I would love if they also reintroduced their classic games that they delisted while remembering that arcade, master system and dreamcast also exist. Even though what I would reallllly like is the return of Outrun and Skies of Arcadia.

I love my Steam Deck. I have preordered the cheapest version when preorders opened and since then I have upgraded the ssd and also bought the Dock. Steam Deck and the Vita are the only consoles I have ever preordered. Since I got one it made all other consoles I have a bit irrelevant. For example in PS5 I got only the Final Fantasy games.

@1UP-HUSKY Unfortunately, this in not true where I live, if we talk about recently released AAA games. Most places offer free shipping only in the 100€ range or not at all. It is true that you can find smaller or older games cheaper though.

@Foxhound I don't know what happens in Netherlands but in my region, for newly released games, if you add shipping costs to physical games the pricing is almost evenly matched. So, for Silent Hill 2 both digital and physical versions cost about 80€ so I simply bought the steam version for about 50€ from green man gaming or cd keys, I don't remember exactly.

It may just be me but, even though I played the Trails games since the first one in PSP, it seems that the excellent world building has not been realised to its fool potential with repeated storylines, trying to redeem previous villains and a main (?) plot that seems to go nowhere. In any case I am still a fan and I will try the new game but, to be fair, I am more interested in the next game.

I am surprised that Code Veronica is so highly regarded. I somehow managed to softlock me out of continuing the game the first time I played it. In any case in today's culture a remake of Code Veronica or RE5 is highly unlikely expect if the script is changed.

Man, I would love if they dropped exclusivity for Professor Layton. I really don't want to play it in the underpowered Switch, that I don't even remember where I stored it.

I think the PC port situation somewhat devalues the PS5. If you exclude retro re releases the only game I bought on PS5 last year was Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. I chose to play Silent Hill 2 in Steam at a better price than what Sony asked for. Same for the Remake of Horizon and for Spider-Man 2. If I wasn't a huge Final Fantasy fan I would have waited for the PC port of Rebirth. By the way you now can earn trophies in Sony PC games.

I guess it is only a matter of time before someone changes the models of Peter and MJ to the PS4 ones. The new are so comic inaccurate it hearts.

There and back again to how things should have been. The issue was the games were not available worldwide. There is no coincidence that they reversed this before the release of Spider Man 2. They know this game will be popular worldwide.

I played the early access version. The game is cool. But it clearly an early access game. The controls and the steam deck integration are not 100% implemented.

A fantastic reveal. We had no specs, no games, no price, no release date. Seems that they planned to do the reveal later when all of the above were finalized and the leakers forced their hand.

I personally have no interest in the Switch 2. It will probably be an overpriced and underpowered piece of uncomfortable to use hardware, like the Switch and the 3DS. Also, even though I love the Game Boy / DS line I mostly played 3rd party games (that are now a thing of the past) and I have no personal connection with any Nintendo franchise.

I am mostly curious on the Steam Deck performance. They say that they try to make the game "Verified".
Still, I am looking forward to once again torture myself by being Zantetsuken-ed to oblivion in Chadley trials.

I personally enjoyed the game. I liked the campus setting. It is true that the game had some technical issues.

Since I got my Steam Deck I slowly transition there. In fact the only PS4/5 games I got after I bought the Steam Deck are Final Fantasy 16, Rebirth and PSone Classics like Dino Crisis and Ridge Racer. Some other recent games like Silent Hill 2 and Tekken 8 I played them in the Deck much cheaper than the 80 euros Sony asks for them. In fact if I was not a Final Fantasy fan I may have not even bought the PS5 yet since PS4 + Steam Deck is enough. In the last two years I played Resident Evil 4, Horizon Forbidden West and GOW Ragnarök in my launch PS4 without issues.

As for PS6 it depends on its price (hopefully it won't cost 700 euros, although it may be expensive) and the games. Since Final Fantasy and Japanese games in general seem to have Steam versions I think it may even be irrelevant for me. That said, some Steam ports are not great, the Ryza games had issues in some graphic cards.

I would love the option to remove all those stuff and have a simple and clear UI like the PS4 or the Switch. The PS5 system software is way bloated for my taste.

@Dragoon1994 They are exactly the same size and in most cases you still have to download patches thus making modern physical games pointless

I am going to say an unpopular opinion. Nintendo games are irrelevant to me and I have no interest in a new Nintendo platform regardless of how powerful it is. Since third party exclusive games are a thing of the past I think my PS4/5 and Steam Deck cover me 100%. It is true that I love the Game Boy and DS family of systems but I mostly played third party exclusives, especially Japanese games. Those games simply don't exist on Switch so I have not much interest in it.

What??? I bought the game last week and I am playing it those days!

Oh, great... Maybe I can ask Steam for refund...

I am a huge Vita fan. That said, even though I have the game, I have not played it that much. The setting was very cool though.

To be fair since I got the Steam Deck I am slowly moving there. And even if the new handheld plays PS5 or PS4 games natively they would be the digital versions and if the device doesn't sell well Sony will probably abandon it. And if it is abandoned developers may not optimise the games for it or the fans will claim that a handheld will hold the games back like what they say for the Series S console.

And I thought the about 20TB I have is too much...

I personally love my Steam Deck. That said PSP and Vita are some of my favourite hardware devices of all time. With the Steam Deck I like the versatility. I can play in the Deck or in a PC and the saves are automatically uploaded. In Sony's case the portable will be more expensive from the 399€ I paid for it and you still have to pay PS plus for the cross save. It clearly depends if you have an extensive library.

A new portable device may not go well with enthusiasts. They will claim the same stuff they say for Series S that the new games will be scaled down etc.

Perfect news, I look forward to the update and the Steam version. VF5 is one of the few games I miss since I started the slow transition from the PS4 to the PC.

I have the Platinum, and it was torture from Chadley to the Tifa minigame...

The Callisto Protocol might be the most broken game you can play from the disk without updating. I have the PS4 disk and the game, after the end of chapter one, plays literally like a slow motion replay from a football game. I was not a big fan of the battle system but I enjoyed the story up to the ending that was hilariously bad.

By the way it seems that the game is free to add in your library for Steam at the time of writing.

I will get the game if it runs adequately in the Steam Deck, I skipped the PS5 version. 80€ were too much, the PC version will be cheaper.

Lol I don't know neither Suda51 or Wario64.

I am a huge Power Rangers fan having watched all seasons multiple times. That said the game is more expensive than I thought. Still, there is the preorder discount, so I may get it

@DennisReynolds Yeah, I know I am in the minority as much as Final Fantasy is concerned but for jrpgs in general PC seems to be a much better choice nowadays.

@DennisReynolds It really depends in what games you play. I mostly enjoy games from Japan so I needed a PS5 because I love Final Fantasy but in the end of the day PS5 has no exclusives except Final Fantasy Rebirth (and this not for much more probably) and the only reason I got one was to play the Final Fantasy games day one. If I was not a fan I may have not got the PS5 yet. I was perfectly happy to play Resident Evil Village, the remake of 4, Ragnarok and Forbidden West in my launch PS4 and now I play Silent Hill 2 in my PC.

@Loamy It runs adequately for a 400 euro device. The frame rate tanks in some boss battles and in some close quarters battles but when you are out in the city the immersion is not lost. If you are familiar with the game now I play the next to last boss and in the third phase the frame rate is not good but I don't mind it that much. Sound always works great.

As for settings apparently with the new patch they have introduced Steam Deck settings but I have fullscreen, resolution same as the Deck's screen and the others at low.

On the other hand, me, personally, I got Silent Hill 2 on Steam and I am currently playing in my Deck. The last two games I got on PS5 are Final Fantasy 16 and 7 Rebirth (and the physical version of Pixel Remaster).

@PuppetMaster It is doesn't work the same way, Steam vs PSN. If I use VPN I to change the region say from UK to France. You still manually have to change in Steam settings UK to France. It doesn't care if you use VPN. Also, to change France to UK there is a cool time period for a couple of weeks. In addition to that if want to buy games from the France store and I only have a UK credit card I can't, I need a French one or a way to buy France Steam prepaid cards. And still if you have a lot of games you wouldn't risk having the account suspended.

@PuppetMaster This is against the Steam terms and if you get caught you will have your account terminated. Imagine one being in the EU and change the region to Argentina to buy games very cheap. Moreover, you need a debit or credit card from the same country as your region to buy games on Steam.

There are ways around all those but it is simply too much.

@PuppetMaster This is a real problem. If there is no PSN in the country you live Steam does not have the game available for purchase.

@TrickyDicky99 No, I don't think this works. You cannot even buy the game in the countries without PSN, Steam does not offer the game for purchase. Maybe you could fool Steam somehow to think you are in UK for example. This violates the terms and conditions of both Steam and PSN.

@TrickyDicky99 I get that but you cannot even buy the game in countries where PSN is not available. They are not the most major regions but still... Locking people out of a Spiderman game is not great

Finally, I hope modders patch in the game characters that actually look like the comic book counterparts. PS5 has zero exlusives now.

In a serious note I haven't played the game yet, I may get the PC version if it plays adequate on the Steam Deck. Why do they force the PSN account is beyond me. It is not that they offer PSN trophies or cross save.

Thanks this is one of the best articles I have read here.

That said this may be a semi unpopular opinion but I feel sort of tired with the Trails series. It seems that the central story is going nowhere with the villains (?) only doing some sort of experiments. Also, a specific city is occupied by bizarre forces each year and most villains have been redeemed in recycling storylines.

They matched the price with the Steam version.

Oh my, finally a title that leverages the full potential of my €500 PS5. Clearly, those titles cannot run at the PS4. Also, where is the overpriced LRG version? Now, there is no way I am buying the upcoming Capcom Fighting Collection, it is on PS4 only and graphics suck.

More seriously, they should release a PS4 version. Regardless, since you can probably guess from my username, I am a huge Castlevania fan and I have physical copies of the original DS versions that I really like and revisit occasionally. I highly recommend the collection, runs also great in the Steam Deck.

Now, excluding the 3D games, the only high profile 2D games that are not available on modern platforms are HoD and Rebirth. Still, I understand why SotN and RoB are PS4 exclusives, they use the Sony developed PSP emulator but it is strange that they are not on Steam or Switch one way or another.