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@Shepherd_Tallon Thanks, that worked for me too.

And in case anyone was wondering, even those without PS Plus can redeem these avatars.

Doesn't work for me either. Maybe it's a US specific thing? If I try redeeming it on my PS4, it gives the error: "This voucher code can't be redeemed in your region. Check the details of your voucher. (WS-45480-1)"

Looks promising, though I'm not sold on it just yet. It sounds as if dating has a much higher focus than I was expecting, which could possibly get awkward.

Cool trailer. I always love weird, surreal stuff like that. It'll be interesting to see what kind of game they release first.

That's an issue for me. I went with the male protagonist route for P3P, so I really wanted to do the female protag route next time around. It'll certainly make me more hesitant on whether or not to get this remake.

It was a strong showcase for Xbox. There was quite a lot I was interested in. Hopefully Sony has a bunch of things in the works behind the scenes, as their recent PS showcase didn't inspire much confidence from me.

The Xbox showcase can be great for third party announcements, so I'm very much looking forward to today's show. Plus I skipped the leaked trailers, so I'm eager to see the Persona 3 remake in action, assuming it's part of this show.

The music choice was atrocious, and I dislike the Fortnitey art style for the characters, but the actual gameplay looked fun. That trailer is worthy of a dislike from me, but that doesn't mean I'll dislike the final game.

If it's digital only, then I'll be waiting for a hefty sale.

It looks rather interesting so far, though it's one of those games that I'll probably wait and see what the reviews say.

I'll hold off on watching until the official reveal, but I'm certainly eagerly excited to see Persona 3 Remake. Tactical games aren't normally my thing, but it wouldn't be impossible for a Persona 5 themed tactical game to win me over.

I thought it was fairly decent overall. Nice variety of different games.

So excited to see Volvy returning. He's such an influential mascot, and a beloved part of my childhood.

I'm still somewhat interested, but I'll definitely bear the criticisms in mind.

I'd imagine the the update will be a tricky Elder Dragon from the past games, and a couple of alternate forms for monsters. Though, it would be great if they throw a curveball and add something truly surprising.

Other than a few minor niggles, I had an absolute blast with Rise. I'm excited to see what the future holds for the series.

2 hours, that'll be a lot of filler. There should at least be some exciting announcements in it hopefully.

That's a big surprise. Ratchet & Clank has always been exclusive to Playstation consoles, plus Rift Apart was the poster child for PS5's special SSD. I'd love to see the system requirements for it, though it's unlikely to run on my ageing PC without some upgrades.

There may well be another one, but I'm not going to put any stock into those rumours until we get more concrete info. Besides, there's no guarantee that the next one will be any better.

I'm getting towards the end of Pikmin 2, and still continuing with Hogwarts Legacy and Nier Replicant.

I voted for okay. There wasn't much that interested me, though I couldn't work out whether that's because the show was bad or whether it's just down to my tastes.

Starting off with the cringy "eat the rich" message was not a good sign. This game was a weird choice for the Showcase opener.

Nothing really caught my interested today unfortunately. I'd probably enjoy Metal Gear Solid Delta and Spider-Man 2, but the problem for me is that I haven't played Spider-Man 1 or any Metal Gear games before. Getting into those series is high up my gaming wishlist, but until then I'm not going to be eager to play the newest games.

Aside for that, there was lots of liveservice and multiplayer shooters, which usually aren't that appealing to me. Perhaps I missed a gem or two in amongst all the CGI trailers, but that showcase was certainly disappointing for me.

Lots of live service games, and lots of shooters. It certainly didn't feel very varied.

Wow. The trailers hadn't filled me with much hope, but I wasn't expecting it to be this bad.

I thought it was alright, but not a lot of it appealed to me particularly.

It sure is a weird metric. And as it's coming from SIE instead of an independent third party, I don't have a lot of faith in this graph.

Nintendo seems lower than I would have expected, and I would have expected them to get some peaks appearing for their largest releases.

Could be an excellent game as usual for Rockstar, but my biggest concern is how they'll handle the writing, especially the political satire. The political landscape has changed a lot since GTA V's release, with major events such as President Trump and Brexit for instance. It all feels more extreme and polarized these days. Whether Rockstar can work their magic and make the satire fun, I'm not sure.

Only a medium amount of hype from me, as I could see this showcase going either way. It could be excellent if they've got plenty of surprises lined up. Alternatively it could be underwhelming, or lean too heavily into live service games for my liking. Either way, we'll see on Wednesday.

That's a wild spin-off idea. It's hard for me to imagine Dead By Daylight as anything other than an asymmetric multiplayer game, but Supermassive's style of single player narrative games could work well with this franchise.

It feels too soon after the remaster, but I'd sure be down for a full remake if it's true.

It's finally happening. It feels as if they were overdue one of these, so I hope they can deliver.

Quite a mixture of stuff, I'm jumping around between Hogwarts Legacy, Pikmin 2, Nier Replicant, and Persona 4 Dancing.

It's certainly a curious partnership. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.

Yuck. Adverts are annoying even at the best of times. I certainly wouldn't want to see it in a game that I'd paid for.

Glad they got it running to an adequate quality on last gen consoles. I'm excited to play this later.

Lol. Guess it saves them from having to write a summary if the subtitle is the summary.

Of course increasing prices will reduce sales numbers, that's just economics. The important question to Sony is how it affects profits.

Hogwarts Legacy is the major one for me, that is assuming they can get it running to an adequate degree on PS4. With a week to release and without any last-gen footage shown off yet, I'm somewhat concerned about it.

That was very surprising. Just as things were looking like it would be fully approved.

The lukewarm reception isn't surprising. The game doesn't appeal to me at all. Hopefully this won't be the end of Crash if this game flops, as I'd sure like more platformers.

With how much game prices have risen once DLC and microtransactions are taken into account, I'm not feeling sympathetic towards the game creators. Plus, buggy releases are an ever common theme these days. There's definitely an argument to be made for quality over quantity though.

Glad this has done well, as I was getting fed up of all the backlash from the vocal minority. If they manage to release it on last gen systems without any major issues, then I'll be excited to play this next month.

It's certainly a great idea for a video game, I'm interested.

I'm not going to get excited over rumours, but I'd certainly love for this to be true. Persona 3 has a great story and characters, but the game could benefit from an update.

I'm not convinced, my money is on it being a fan made video. A remake doesn't make a lot of sense right now due to the recent port of Persona 3 Portable. Though, I'd sure love a remake that combines the additions from both P3P and P3 FES.

Finishing off the classic Hitman game Hitman Contracts, and this also seems like a good weekend to give Nier Replicant a try. Automata is one of my all time favourite games, so I'm curious to see how Replicant compares to it.

Though I dislike huge acquisitions such as this, I'm also not convinced that the deal should be blocked. It's up to the regulators to decide, and the concessions that Microsoft has offered seem reasonable enough.

PlayStation's been in a dominant position up until now, and Xbox isn't suddenly going to get a monopoly if this deal goes through, so I don't see this as substantially harming competition. At this point, Jim Ryan just seems to be doing bad faith arguments to hold this deal up as much as possible.

Thanks. I absolutely loved the original Persona 5 and had planned to play Royal eventually, so I'll be nabbing this.

It's certainly on the boundaries of retro. I'd say it is retro, but im not going to argue if people think otherwise.

E3 was excellent at its peak. And I personally prefer the huge bombardment of gaming news over a few days instead of it being more spread out. It's a shame it's gone, though not surprising.