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@RiverGenie Crazy how you was able to find something easily online despite The Gamer supposedly digging deep on info haha.

Looking to finish the first one before 2 comes out, I got a decent amount of time but the game is a time sink and I have a lot of other games on the go at the moment! I am kind of grateful that November and December are a bit lighter on the AAA launches this year.

Metaphor: ReFantazio the clear winner here, lots of other great games but Atlus is the R* of JRPGs

@Otaku1 They aren't suing based on the character designs, just the game design mechanics that they paid to patent.

Is the issue the PS5 base console or the developers not optimising the games correctly the having to rely on this PSSR?

If Nintendo have new hardware that can run the games as a reasonable resolution and fps, get FF7 Remakes and FF16 on there immediately. Gamepass money will also help build out long term profits post launch.

Got it for free via Gamepass perks so didn't have to pay for it. I will check this out after I have gotten around to completing P3R.

Let's out go outside and touch some PS5 pro 8k grass.

I'll try the game out on Ubi + Via Xbox then buy a PlayStation copy after a month if it like it.

I'd like to see a new Sony 1st party game running on the system. I think that would sell a lot of people on what this thing can really do.

@themightyant pre US tax the UK equivalent cost is around $915. Let's say we knock off an additional $55 on tax there is still an $100 gap on that $760 cost you quoted. They only keep prices competitive in the US because it's the only region where Xbox competes with Sony.

@GreatAuk I'm fully aware of VAT. There is still a big difference in cost once both sets of tax are calculated.

People saying they will get the pro day one forgetting that scalpers exist and Sony's minimal supply at launch will be outweighed by demand. The console will sell out be because they are not allocating many per country at all (especially outside the US).

Looks interesting. Curious to see how many weeks it will be before it comes to the UK. Looks like they planned to have this fully rolled out in time for the PS5 pro.

I'd rather play GTA 6 at 30fps with the deeply complex CPU systems that they imbed in such as npcs having schedules or remembering your actions than shallow npcs at 60fps. RDR2 is innovate in it's npc design and pure attention to detail.

It's great that Sony are using their market dominance over Microsoft in the UK to punish consumers on price.

The big 3:

1. Costs more than the average monthly salary in 75% of European countries

2. Priced at £699 in the UK which is about 25% more expensive (after US tax) than than the US
version at $699

3. It's for the p(l)ayers and has 3 stripes on each side

Takes a lot to make me consider getting a digital series X but having to pay the equivalent of £930 in American dollars will do it. Even with US tax at the highest rate included it's a 25% additional uplift on cost which is unacceptable. I'll just keep my base digital PS5.

The public response seems unreasonable and attention seeking regardless of how good or bad the monetary value of the offer is.

Acting as if he created Red Dead 2 or something. Good call by Sony to get this person out of Bend.

I have enjoyed what I have played so far

There is a difference between lots of IP and profitable IP. Sony is no stranger to rinsing IP that is profitable (Uncharted, TLOU, GOW, Horizon, Spiderman, Gran Turismo)

The boys play Souls-likes, The men play Astro Bot.

I will do anything for (Trophies), But I won't do that (Concord).

It's fully out of stock in the UK now.

I brought the game and only played a bit before dropping it for other releases. I started up again recently from the start and it seems to have improved drastically. I'll hold off a bit longer to get the very best version of the game - effectively the finished product.

The only sensible decision WB has made is to immediately move those staff over to the hugely successful Hogwarts Legacy to make a directors cut/sequel support. That game saved WB and allowed WB executives to get away with a $200 million write off as the HP universe stuff has made and will continue to make Billions. Quidditch Champions will be another hit for them. It's a shame they don't respect the DC universe in the same way. A single player Batman game would have made a fortune. How about Batman Legacy? Maybe I should be the executive there haha.

QA are likely to be the first ones to go as they are primarily needed pre launch and work on a temporary contract basis (looking at you Naughty Dog). In a ideal world they wouldn't make such a risky live service can and just cash out

Still another 5/6 weeks away but I'm looking forward to it. Shame about the lack of romance but should be another enjoyable Atlus game.

Sitting on the fence with this one. I don't usually buy platformers but this does look pretty fun. I never managed to finish the Astro Bot tech demo as I had a few other games to play at the PS5 launch.

I have learned that time, not money is the most expensive commodity. I don't mind paying a bit more for the choice to play something early (like GTA 6/Persona 6). I can get more money but I'll never get back the lost time waiting for a game I want to go on sale. Nobody is promised the future so I just take life day by day.

Also nobody who wants GTA 6 is waiting for a sale and it that game is $80/£80 the customer will gladly pay up in the tens on millions. Many people have passed (including people I know) waiting for that game.

What I do take an issue with is Sony charging US customers $70 and then forgetting conversion rates exist and charging UK customers £70 when it should be closer to £60.

When Kill the Justice league was given a higher score, I realised I can't take the reviews seriously. This is a 7-8 like most other publications have given. I don't even like star wars that much and what I'm playing through is a 7.5 right now. It's nothing innovative but it's still space related fun that lasts a while.

@BloodyBlact We have Smyths here too but I think the UK market doesn't seem to get enough supply to meet the demand at launch. I'm not sure if they do EIRE stock alongside the UK of if they do it separate now as an EU thing but maybe I need to take a visit to Ireland. My Maternal grandfather is from Dublin but I have never been myself.

@OthmaneAD Unverified that it is digital only, not that the console itself isn't real. Most people know the PS5 pro is a real thing.

Plus the general populace doesn't know this person and it would be naïve to presume that they do even if they are the worlds most trusted video game leaker.

Some weird takes on people who buy things early access and don't wait. Also the logic of waiting is based on the presumption you are owed time you might never get. That is why if I want something I don't wait for it. I can replace lost money but I cannot replace lost time.

Despite almost everyone online saying they won't buy this without a disc drive, it will still sell out within minutes and will be months before supply meets demand (Even at $700). Scalpers will be selling this for $1000 easy as Christmas approaches.

I don't really care about what it looks like or the fact it probably will be the size of the og PS5, I will still try and get one day 1 (will probably struggle though).

If Sony are smart they will use the same disc drive plugin so that you can take a disc drive on the slim and use it on the digital version.

Also at this point the assumption that there is only a digital version is pure speculation based on one unverified (on the full info) source. Who needs logic though that's no fun.

Glad the game is on PS plus, I definitely want to check it out.

v1.000.002 has been available since the 25th Aug (2 Days prior to launch) so this should only affect a very small amount of players who for some reason are not connected to the internet for a disc based update or have updates turned off.

Got to say this is one of those increasing number of fluff articles I have noticed post pandemic.

The main reason I own an Xbox Series S is for gamepass games I wouldn't otherwise pay for. This game, Forza and MS Flight Sim fit exactly into that category. I get cheap 3 month keys saving around £40 a year on average and probably save £200-£300 on the games. I get my 3P and Sony exclusives on PS5 as the 3P performance is usually better and the Sony single player games are usually higher quality (MS Flight Sim and Forza 5 being the main exceptions)

As someone who enjoys both systems it's a good thing that more people get to play the game. I think I kind of realised exclusive games are pointless now. Playstation has such a strong R&D team that the products are just best in class for the console space. Even if Playstation had zero exclusives it has inheritley better hardware which is innovative. This is why I'd always buy a playstation if I could only buy 1 console.

I wouldn't be surprised if Sony hold off on the Pro launch until 2025 like Nintendo did to let the Japanese economy sort itself out a bit.

Like a number of others on here I'm looking forward to play and I think I'll enjoy this based on my previous experiences with ubisoft and star wars games. I'm always up for celebrating single player releases in the age of live service.

Looks like it's going to average out a between a 7 or 8 out of 10 based on the reviews so far and I am happy with that.

One of my 10/10 Ubisoft games I have spent hundreds of hours on is Watch Dogs Legion which got a 76 so I feel like my own personal score may be higher.

I do love a bit of Ubisoft open world action once or twice a year as a mixer for stuff like Persona 5, BG3 and Like a Dragon.

Honestly the lack of romance is slightly disappointing given the setting and the wide vary of social links they are still using. This is basically persona 5 with a different skin and they took the romance out as to try and make this different but what it's going to be is a not as good version of persona 5.

Hopefully they add in more VA too as I noticed quite a bit is missing.

I will still enjoy the game as Atlus make quality games but it's dropped down my priority list.

I don't think this will review anywhere near as strongly as the persona of SMT games either.

@Fiendish-Beaver MS have already confirmed they are making another generation of consoles as you mentioned, plus a potential handheld to sit alongside it. The next gen could launch as early as fall 2025 through to fall 2027 but I think they might go early for the next gen. I can tell Sony want this gen to run until 27/28 because they are still selling tons on PS4 versions of games on top of the PS5 stuff. The PS player base is bigger than ever.

Looking forward to playing tomorrow, i typically enjoy Unisoft games and I enjoy star wars games too. I doubt this will be anyone's GOTY but I think I'll have fun with it until other titles roll around in September/onwards.

I don't know why this is news tbh. Pretty much all of Segas games have Xbox exclusive marketing now. The game still sells well on PS but it has also positivity impacted sales for the Xbox versions.

It's not about getting PS or Nintendo centric gamers to buy the Xbox version, it's about getting the 50 million Plus Xbox player base to buy the Xbox version. Based on UK data I have via work for SEGA games on Xbox the numbers of physical sales on Xbox are up quite a bit.

So yes it's worth the money.

The player counts really says more about the game than anything else can.

Not ideal but not the end of the world. As long as I get points for my digital game purchases I'm good. I typically get around £25 out of it plus a number of games that benefit from the PS plus discount and a ton of decent games I don't own to play so I'm good.

It's easy to moan about what they are removing, but this is effectively free credit they are giving out, so naturally they are going to try and balance how you earn points. Id rather have this that earn nothing for my purchases like the other 20+ years I had a playstation. (No previous rewards program in the UK to my knowledge).

It's not a souls like, but the souls like difficulty certainly seems to be there. That will put a lot of casual gamers off. I'll go with Star Wars Outlaws instead as I can customise the difficulty options on that to make the best out of my time which I balance on various things.

I think if it ever did get some difficulty customisation options like Stellar Blade I'd definitely pick it up.

If I had more free time I could nail down the mechanics like I did with various other more difficult games but alas work pays for the things I want.

The launch numbers on steam are brutal.

Pretty sure case by case basis is exactly what MS are doing.

MS know how to find money. If it doesn't come to them (Xbox) they will go to it (other platforms).

A software company selling software to leverage profit from other companies should come as no suprise to nobody. They are just doing it first.

Sony will follow suit the second their current business strategy is no longer profitable.