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I didn't play Lumines yet but I'm excited to grab it at some point. I'll probably play it in VR.

Great list, Stephen!

I got 12 and worked on this stuff all year, so congrats to anyone who does better than that.

Well done @Llamageddon!

@Clytorial_Impact I understand what you’re saying but it sounds like this team is probably working until midnight and beyond every day. Not every now and then.

I’m sorry you don’t like the article but I don’t think industry issues like this should be ignored.

We always try to have a balance of stuff.

@rjejr Worth it or not, some people did in fact pay $70 for Suicide Squad.

@Dorfeus Right, which is ten times the value of the annual sub, like I estimated.

And even though the January sale is ongoing right now, you probably wouldn’t be able to get everything for that price as not all the games will be on sale right now.

@trev666 It's the fairest way to do it as not every game is on sale all the time.

I don't have time to add up all the game's lowest ever prices, but even if I did that, you'd still be looking at a value of around ~$750, which is nearly 10x the subscription price.

And that assumes the games will always be on sale at their lowest ever prices, which they won't.

Put me down as another one who wishes SEGA was doing some kind of Arcade Archives series as well.

@SeaDaVie Definitely Crazy Taxi elements, but yeah it's mission based, so each playthrough is the same.

@Jey887 Oh wow! 😂

This man had an outrageous resume. RIP and thoughts with his family.

@BennyTheCat It’s a great game but it’s even more chaotic than Speedstorm.

@ShogunRok Some people just like to watch the world burn 😂😭

@pyrrhic_victory They've got quite a few out on PlayStation. At least 15-20 at a guess, maybe more.

@species Good to know.

@Oram77 Definitely @ShogunRok.

@themightyant Fixed, thanks!

And you too, have a good holiday!

DANDADAN when?

@Anke Congrats on waiting!

Actually, many of the ones I listed are new lows.

I've replaced the lead image. I assumed that was official artwork, but apparently not.

@ThomasHL I don't think so because if they're doing this smartly then any cars/tracks they add etc should be "ready" for PS6.

So if anything, a lot of this work should be prep for Gran Turismo 8 as well.

Can't wait for this!!! I'm finding fewer and fewer reasons not to buy that flight stick haha!

@freddquadros Agreed, probably takes a few hours for someone on the art/graphic design team to make these lol

@UltimateOtaku91 Yes you will

@Fluberuper She is, yes.

That Jane outfit though.

Gotham Knights worth it for that price? I could go for a bit of superhero action.

@SeanOhOgain I don’t really agree. His role as art director is basically complete now.

Of course they will need to refill the position for live service work, but I think it’s fine for him to step aside at this stage if that’s what he wants.

(I’m sure the scandal took a lot out of him to be honest.)

@sanderson72 To be fair, Japan Studio's games barely sold anything in Japan, minus a few exceptions here or there.

@LazyDaisy @tameshiyaku Will it move the needle if it plays the same games as the Switch 2 without Pokémon and Mario?

Presumably the only advantage it would have here is graphics/performance may be marginally better, but it could also cost more.

@ChromaticDracula They just have a deal for content involving the characters which will continue.

@UltimateOtaku91 Sorry, fixed! Thanks for the catch.

@SteveJaye It's a great game!

@Anke I didn't even know that game existed until today.

@nessisonett Variety says yes, the shorts will continue!

@Scouse_Pirlo @AndyKazama I actually didn't know they'd done this before as I never played Lost Judgment.

Good shout!

@Dogbreath I mean you're entitled to your opinion and that's completely fine, but you can't just disregard The Last of Us 2 because you didn't like it.

The game won hundreds of awards.

@Perturbator To be fair to Naughty Dog, they made their own decision on that. They didn't think they'd be able to keep making single player games AND support Factions.

I don't think we know enough about the situation to truly understand the options they had.

I do worry about Naughty Dog’s management. I wonder how much the departure of Evan Wells and Cristophe Balestra has hit them.

@RoomWithaMoose I thought that was funny too. Everyone voting Yotei for everything and then Sucker Punch doesn't win Studio of the Year.

@rjejr Nothing got removed, maybe it just didn't post properly.

@PuppetMaster It's a fair point. SoulCalibur 3 is excellent as well!

Man, I've ALWAYS wanted to play this. Definitely picking this up ASAP.

@Toot1st Of course it does but we got specific information about the US games industry this week, hence the article focusing on the US.

When there's more info about EU/UK/Asia whatever we'll post it if it's interesting.

@Godot25 Or staying on old consoles. There's still a huge number of people who haven't transitioned from PS4 to PS5.

It also surprises me that people ignore the number of people who perhaps used to own both a PlayStation and Xbox, but now just have a PlayStation.

That can't be an insignificant number, and will result in a "decline" if people who used to buy both now only have one.

@Max_the_German Europe had MUCH better deals for PS5 on Black Friday. The US deals were good (in the current environment) but not outstanding like the EU ones.

@Uromastryx You don't think people are buying Xmas gifts on Black Friday?

@ThomasHL It doesn't. My personal opinion on this is that, after a record breaking launch, sales may start to slow a little bit outside Japan as people frontloaded their purchases.

It's also facing the same issue as all the other consoles: it's too expensive at a time when people can't really afford to purchase it.

We'll see how December goes. Ultimately it's too early to determine if this is going to be a trend or not.

Dire stuff.

Yeah, they spend an insane amount of money on these games. This is a terrible result for them.

@LifeGirl Galileo!