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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.

I am a huge fan of the Power Rangers. I have watched all episodes of all seasons and all movies multiple times. So, I cannot wait for this game.

@GamingFan4Lyf Check allkeyshop.com but be very careful where you buy the steam codes from.

On topic it doesn't seem that Final Fantasy 16 will be Steam Deck verified but still... PS5 is left only with 7 Rebirth as an actual exclusive. I guess we will see it in Steam in early 2025.

I do not follow the community closely, but I am sure most don't care about those features and want themes, proper folders and USB back up of PS5 only saves.

At least now I can check for updates for games not in the home screen, although they still don't update automatically.

As for me I only want save backup via USB. The did it on PS3 and PS4 but not on PS5...

If Microsoft needs new Game Pass subs they should make the service available in Steam like EA does.

As for Sony I only sub occasionally to use cloud saves. If it wasn't for this I would never subscribe.

Very cool game, I have beaten it multiple times.

I got the game for about 20€ while fanc was getting rid of the stock of GBA games.

I know that this does not add to the discussion, but I let the sub lapse. I may subscribe again when I need the cloud saves in a couple of months, unless they patch a way to back up PS5 saves via USB which they probably won't.

I am a huge Final Fantasy fan. That said FF16 is a great action game but has issues a FF game. There is non real strategy, you mash buttons, there are no elemental weaknesses or an easy way to cure yourself. The Final Fantasy mode was a letdown.

But the worst thing is the story. There is huge and excellent backstory and lore. But the whole events from the game as non sensical even if you apply video game logic. The team basically helped in the destruction of the world and all major cities have been destroyed.

They gave up in the ending. They didn't know what ending to do and we had this surreal thing where either if the 3 characters that were there may or may not be dead.

Rebirth is a much better game than 16.

@Matroska I am not the only one that thought the same, lol I thought it was from Crystal Chronicles of My Life as a King.

Am I the only one that thinks that current technology can replicate the actual battles and set pieces from Tolkien like the 5 Armies or Helm's Deep, stuff the fans are actually interested in? Instead we get a Harvest Moon game and whatever Gollum or the Dwarf roguelike game was...

@themightyant @get2sammyb This is not maybe the ideal place for this discussion, but I agree that the PS5 generation has been good. The hardware is good and there are some cool games. Now that said the criticism that this generation feels a bit underwhelming or that the PS5 feels like a PS4 Pro 2 with a M2 SSD is valid sometimes.

Releasing major games in PS4 and PC did not help the perception. I know there are others but when from the top of my head the only PS5 exclusives I can think of are Final Fantasy games and Spiderman 2 and we know that they are coming to PC and even a budget gaming laptop or a steam deck may play them adequately so why bother to get a PS5?

Even though I got a PS5 for Final Fantasy 16 I travelled a lot for work the last couple of years and I opted to carry a PS4 and a Steam Deck and I didn't feel that I missed anything. I played GOW Ragnarok, Horizon, Resident Evil 4, Village, the Pixel Remaster of FF, the Ryza trilogy and much more with hardware I already had.

You obviously need the immense power of PS5 to run Dragon Quest 3 HD. There is no way this game can run in the PS4.

Seriously though I am glad that the Ace Attorney series will be finally complete, even though the Edgeworth games are not IMHO as interesting as the main series games.

All stuff from Square was cool and the Marvel VS Capcom collection is a good addition, I always enjoyed their retro collections.

@themightyant It really depends on the games you play. If I wasn't a huge Final Fantasy fan I wouldn't have got the PS5, in fact I bought one when it was clear that FF16 would not have a PS4 version or a PC version near launch. More games will come within the next years obviously but if it wasn't for FF, I wouldn't be in a rush to get the PS5.

@UltimateOtaku91 Yeah, Daybreak was released as a 100% PS4 exclusive back in 2021! In fact I have already played it but I would recommend it only if you are a trails fan. And I haven't looked but due to company policy I am sure that the new YS could be in PS4

@Enuo Yeah, you are right. I have already edited my original post. To be honest it was easy to forget that the meaning of "exclusive game" is not the same as it was easy n previous generations

@UltimateOtaku91 Don't those games have PC or PS4 versions though? I was mainly talking of something like Rebirth or Stellar blade...

No exclusive games though, except maybe Adtro Bot? Unless I am mistaken...

In any case I will check Silent Hill 2 and the new Life is Strange game closer to their releases, I am a fan of both series.

Edit: I was obviously talking of true exclusives, even timed like Rebirth, Spidey 2 or Stellar Blade.

Wow this is a waste of resources!

In a more serious comment, I never thought that Horizon would work as a Lego game since you know, mankind destroyed and all. I still think that the end of HFW and the DLC were massive letdowns as far as the story is concerned...

Edit: Now that I think about it how can Sony release something in Switch and not in PS4? I guess it could sell well.

I hope this doesn't mean that FF9 will launch as an Epic exclusive, I want it in my Steam Deck...

@rusty82 The Morphing Grid exits in past, present and future!

Power Rangers game = goat. I am huge fan and its been a while since the previous game.

New Power Rangers game = GOAT Show.

Seriously though it was kind of meh?

If Sony would indeed do something like this people would be saying things like PS4 is underpowered, Sony is stretching/splitting resources, where are the PS5 games. I cannot even imagine the backlash if somehow some PS5 games, like, say FF7 Rebirth, are patched to work in PS4 hardware.

If you are interested just get the cheapest Steam Deck.

@Odium Yes it is in later chapters. Basically, it is a harder version of the Tifa gum mini game from the first game.

@Odium No, neither does it change the requirements. I still have nightmares form the Tifa abs minigame.

There were certainly bugs that crushed the game in Graphics mode if the situation became chaotic in the Brutal Challenges. Hopefully, it has been fixed.

Sony won't make any more PSVR2 games so they released this adapter to let us play Steam games.

I always try to support emulation and game preservation. That said some high profile PS2 games have already been re-released. Tomb Raider Legend is cool but in sales you can get it in Steam for 5 € or something. Seems that Sony is genuinely interested or more interested than last time when they released some games in PS2.

Seems that few third parties are supporting the PS classics though, Namco being one of the few examples. Even Sony releases its own games slowly but some were not even that popular back in the day.

I suggest getting a Steam Deck or something similar and rip your own disks, better for preservation and availability.

For some reason the Deluxe edition has only PS5 and not PS4 version?

As for LRG I don't get why the create "scarcity" themselves on their products. Due to "fomo" I got the Castlevania Requem and the first collection but missed the advance and now I can't buy it, not that I need it since I have digital versions and the old cartridges of all the games from back in the day.

Also, their shipping to EU is expensive. A 30 dollar game does not include VAT so all 30 dollar games end costing about 60 euros.

@UltimateOtaku91 I really don't want Square Enix to downscale their vision on Final Fantasy just to have it run in Nintendo's underpowered hardware. I get why it could make sense from a business perspective though.

Cool, now I can finally sell my PS5 since the only games I have are Final Fantasy 16 and 7 Rebirth!!

On a more serious note, I also have some other games but I got them in PS4 and upgraded them like Resident Evil 4 and Horizon Forbidden West but PS5 is a Final Fantasy machine, but I could live without it if I wasn't a HUGE FF fan.

By the way 7 Remake Integrade is on Steam and runs perfectly on my Steam Deck. Still I am sure that Son has already bought the exclusivity of Remake Part 3 to be released on PS6.

By the way FF has an audience in PC, 16 and Rebirth will sell well on Steam if the ports are good.

I think all those bugs are due to how the PlayStation store works. Some other common bugs are the digital preorder and the actual game after release having different licenses (!) and the PS Plus versions having different licenses from the usual versions.

I am not a fan of the bloated UI but I still cannot get why we can't back up the saves via USB.

@3Above I personally hate mini games period. They were the worst aspects of FF7 Remake and they are the worst part of Rebirth. Some are so bad I wonder if they beta tested it at all. I would love if they patched an accessibility option that lets you skip them while giving the rewards (that are not useful, with minimal exceptions), like other games do.

@AJ1 I don't want to spoil anything, but the stupid ones are tied to side missions and not the main story.

I am not an analyst but Final Fantasy 7 is one of the most popular games ever made so the sales seem low? I wonder how better it would sell of it had PC or Xbox or PS4 port.

Still I highly recommend the game. The only fact I hate is the mini games.

@dskatter When you buy a game, regardless of distribution, you don't buy the software but a license to run the software. This was always the case. The disk simply saves you some download time.

It is true that even if they revoke the licenses, for whatever reason, you could still play the game offline. However, I can list you a lot of PS4 games that are unplayable offline. The most horrific example is the Callisto Protocol. The game runs in slow motion if you don't update it! I have three different retail versions of FF15 and not a single one has the whole game included in the disk!

@chibuki I have forgotten about this. I have no interest in Nintendo and do not watch their digital events yet they announced the release date in a random Nintendo direct without informing the backers.

For some reason I was not hit with this bug. I have to beat the final two chapters on hard, beat some MINI GAMES IN HARD (I HATE THEM ALL especially the pull ups and the battle arena) and I have some of the Brutal and Legendary challenges. I don't think I can platinum the game. I have the platinum in the first game but I after this they patched some new extra bosses in vr that crush me and I have never beat them.

So far I had only one MAJOR issue. A Brutal VR quest always crashes in me if I used Aeroga and I am in the Graphics mode.

Another minor bug is that in the final boss of chapter 12 Cloud had zero hp and I could still play until I was hit again.

@dskatter I have games that are literally unplayable or missing content if you play them offline from the disk.

Thanks for bringing attention to this, it is a huge issue for the majority of backers. I was a digital version backer of this game, fortunately. Note that extra stuff will be sent as a second package with the same problems.

@Andy22385 The ones that are pain are the 3D brawler and the push ups thing.

They should also give you the option to lower the difficulty in all mini games.

I finished this quest in the latest patch without any issues...

I was hoping they would add an option to make some mini games easier. Some are impossible and some cool items are locked behind them.

I get that maybe development on PS5 Pro started before it seemed that cross gen would not stop and it seems to be a good piece of hardware but the issues are the games. PS5 has three exclusives, Spidey 2, FF16 and FF7 Rebirth and all are coming to PC, the FF games relatively rather sooner than later. Horizon Forbidden West, God of War Ragnarok and the Resident Evils games played adequate on my launch PS4 model and I really enjoed them there. I know that I am in the minority that plays mostly games from japan but if PS5 didn't have FF it would loose major selling points for me.

More on topic I was skeptical on the PS4 Pro, it seemed useless to me. But when I finally got one and swapped the drive with a "good" SSD I really enjoyed it. PS5 Pro sounds a cool piece of hardware but the cpu may bottleneck it. AI upscale is a good idea but it may lead to more unoptimised games.

It seems to have been discounted to €480 or €475 for the majority of eurozone countries (France, Spain, Belgium, Greece, Germany). They did something similar last month and some months before to "remove" the stock of the OG model.

In any case €475 is a "good" price for what you get.

@nomither6 OK, I am semi trolling/joking but you missed

• Ability to back up game saves in USB

@sanderson72 You are right, I totally forgot this. I also have a PS4 with an internal SSD and it downloads up to three stuff simultaneously, if I recall correct. However, as you stated the "copy" can be extremely slow in any PlayStation console depending on set up. It surely is very slow in some cases.

@kirkn The PS5 is an impressive piece of hardware and I am very happy with it, even though the only real exclusives are Final Fantasy games which was the selling point for me either way.

That said the OS is bad with frustrating menus, lots of useless options. Some processes like copying games are very slow, the media support is subpar, no actual folder support. And the most bizarre of all games not in the home screen do not update automatically and there is no way to back up PS5 saves.

@E5115271 You can only back up PS4 saves on USB, not PS5 ones. And their paid PS Plus cloud saves doesn't even work well. It has some bizarre sort of limit on how many save files you have. When I was a subscriber, it always told me that I am out of space even though I was not even close to the actual GB limit.