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Played it a bit as it came on PS Plus. It was terrible and I can see why some long-term players do not like.

For Career Mode - Football Manager is much better.

Interested in Tunic.

I play Football Manager on console so I am interested to see how EA Sports spectator mode compares. Not enough to pay money to find out but will look at it as part of my PS Plus.

So 2 games for me this month.

I have never understood the desire to have first-party exclusives. There are more than enough games to play on the system to make it worthwhile to have. I do not care whether a game is exclusive or who makes it as long as there are enough good games to play.

The exclusives are the problem in the industry. It is the reason you have to pay for three, and maybe more, different systems to play the games you want you to play.

I only buy one system and if the game is not it then I do not play it. Simple as that. Whilst I am interested in other games I do not care enough about them enough to buy another system.

Death to exclusives and first-party titles. Give the players the chance to play what they want on what system they want.

As someone who has played FM23 console (150 hours) and FM24 console (5 hours) I have to say this review is not helpful and I disagree with a lot of it.
For a start you can click L3 and use the controller as a mouse. So you do not have to use the left stick, d-pad combination. The second thing is that the console game is the new version of Touch which purposely uses stripped down features - namely for us PC veterans who have tired of the many useless features of the full fat versions.
A lot of the in match things in the PC version are not very worthwhile either - winning is more about formations and tactics than talking to individual players which I have never used in all the years I have played it on PC before moving to console. When you get used to using the UI it is a better version of the game than the PC version unless you like doing pointless busy work.
I understand the subjectivity but I would rate this as a 8.5. Not perfect but better than the review score. Maybe it is because I know my way around the game. The new features have enhanced the game.

Got a PS5 with a disk but maybe for the PS6 the option of a detachable one is a good one.

BTW I must getting old but what in God's name is Hookshot in the login screen? Never heard of it.

Does anyone know when we can actually buy the games - they are still down as announced on the PS Store?

I do want to play this game but will not play a game with an on-going monthly subscription.

Give me an opportunity to pay a one-off one and I will look at it.

@eltomo If we can get SMT 4 &5 in return I am fine with that.

I may be showing my age - but like Roy Keane - I think the need for good customer relations is a load of nonsense - just play the bleeping game and stop all this needing handholding nonsense.

When I was a lad you got zero customer relations - bought games at a market stall based on the reviews in a magazine.

Enough of this endless waffle.

Persona 6 trailer incoming at next Sony State of Play and yes Persona 5 Royal coming to the second tier of the new service

I'll pass on Hood - have zero interest on multiplayer rubbish.

Spongebob - looks okay and fun - will add it but not sure if I'll get around to playing it.

Slay The Spire - this is the most anticipated for me. Will definitely give this a go.

@ChadR I do not think it is a political decision but a money one.

If they can keep the current audience but add the extra they get from a female lead and promoting it then they are quids in.

It is the same with the Hollywood studios. They only care about money not politics. They see diversity making them more money than the old model.

Cynical from them but sadly true.

Do not care.

There is enough on Playstation to sate me this generation. I hate FPS games so will not miss COD.

Will never buy Game Pass and will give up on new games if that is the option.

I finally got hold of a PS5, from the latest Very stock drop - it was an anxious wait on Wednesday as the delivery passed the window given to me by Royal Mail. It finally arrived Wednesday afternoon.

So this Christmas it is Ratchet and Clank and FF7 Intergrade.

I have gone the other way. I get most of my games through PS Plus. There are very few games I am prepared to pay money for.

You see Greedfall and Shadow Of The Tomb Raider are decent enough games but I was never going to buy it full price and they are not even good enough for the sales. The only game I am looking to buy this year will be the FF7 Intergrade when I finally get a PS5. The only other new games will be from what we get from PS Plus - I haven't bought much this year either.

Knack 2 would be good as Knack was fun on PS Plus.

Looks like it will be a traditional JRPG. If the gameplay is sound then it will be fun.
Not too bothered about the graphics as they seem good enough for me.
Nocturne is a class above the so-called prettier games released so far this year - IMO - and gameplay is more important than graphics.

The problem with the real time combat in the other Yakuza games was it was so simplistic that even a duffer like me could master it with increasing ease.

Mash square for the goons and block, dodge, square and weapon for the bosses. There was very little variety for the combat and you didn't need the skill moves to win the fights.

Now with Nocturne you have to get your tactics right or you would lose the turn based battles.

Real time combat offers less challenge in my experience.

Ironically the golf game is the only one I am interested in. It is the perfect PS Plus - something you will never buy but sometimes feel the need to play.

Have to say would rather have Castlemania than either of the other two

When you get past the frightful over-reaction on t'Internet if it is anything like PES 2021 when it is fully patched in November it will be a good game.

PES 2021 is a good game and I can keep on playing it. Downloading the game and the extras on PS Plus will cost me nothing. It is a strange thing to release this version but the last two years have told me not to over-react to things.

The Master Laegue DLC is the thing I am waiting for. It is cost me nothing so I won't get too mad.

I really enjoyed the demo for this game and will be buying it. It really is a turn-based RPG rather than a card game.

I think it would be closer to the Witcher Thronebreaker game - the cards are for combat only.

This is where E-Football (PES) may come strong. As with all there are certain modes In these games I have no interest in playing.

If the E-Football match engine is sound and I can add on the Master League for a reasonable price I may go that way. I do not want to pay full price when I only want to play career mode.

I wonder if EA would consider splitting its game into component parts. It may if Konami do well.

A question about the Sim Match mode which was to try and be a Football Manager type thing in the career mode. Is it any better? There seemed to be very little correlation between the tactics you set or things you changed to what actually happened on the pitch. Is it any better and is it still only a 2D match engine?

We already know that there will be a Persona related announcement this month as Atlus have already confirmed it. The smart money is on a Persona 4 Golden PS4/5 port

Well I'll take Hitman 2 so it is worth the £3 for this month.

Nothing to moan about unless you moan for the sake of moaning

Trev 666 - honestly? The PS Plus ones - I have zero interest in any of the Xbox games on there.

Like others on here I do not understand why some people bitch and moan about PS Plus but the truth is some people live to bitch and moan about everything.

For me I have had 6 games I will play from PS Plus already and I will add Hitman 2 to the list.

For someone like me without much spare money about paying £35 for 7 games is good value.

I think Shawn Leydon is one of the old breed of people in the industry who actually liked video games - including the guy who giddily announced the FF7 remake.

The industry is now more filled than ever with businessmen who see it as product no different to a lump of cheese. And that is a shame for gaming.

Apparently the Akamai Edge DNS server is down which has affected 30,000 websites. Must be some server.

A bit late to the parade on the new FIFA, which was covered yesterday I think, but do you know if the Career Mode Sim Match mode is going to get improved over last year? It was a good idea but could do with improvements to match Pes and Football Manager.

There is still no news about FM coming to PS5 I take it.

And I may be able to buy a PS5 before November - I am hoping

For me buying the base and the Master League as a bolt on would be a better way to do this. I have no interest in a lot of modes such as online play and such. If they charged me £20 for squad updates and access to either career mode/master league I would be more interested than paying £70 for a game with lots of modes I will not play

Was interested in Lost Judgement from the showcase.

For the record I have zero interest in Game Pass (or PS NOW) and will never get either service. I have enough of a backlog with my paid and PS Plus games.

Still wondering when Sony will let me buy a PS5

@ShogunRok: the better part of the article and most interesting angle is whether the units are going to scalpers. There is another interesting article to be had on the way that the physical market is diminishing.

The first week sales of the 2016 game (from this site) was listed as being 27,534 for a system with a higher install base (not sure if that is just physical or both) so 14,663 is not that bad in comparison when you add the lower install base as context. If the game was a cross-gen title would it have matched the previous game?

The article is written to infer game sales are bad but the above paragraph surely shows that this may not be as bad as the inference.

@AgentGuapo No you can't. The split between physical and digital is growing year by year in favour of digital.

The latest split in the UK is 85% in favour. You cannot judge a game's success based on physical data alone as the split for any particular game could be 99/1 or 80/20 or 75/25 or 50/50.

It is not difficult to wait for all the data is available to make an informed comment rather than speculation. Speculation is bad journalism.

Seeing as a quick Google search shows that 80% of game sales are digital these charts are about as useful as a chocolate fireguard.

Is there a chart which also includes digital sales? As I think some of this top ten would not be in there.

Don't forget that Microsoft want Gamepass on Playstation and Nintendo. They asked Sony once before and Sony turned them down. This will be a play to get Gamepass on Playstation as much as anything else.

Jim Sterling made the best point when he pointed out that Microsoft will do what is best for Microsoft. They could mean keep it exclusive to PC/Xbox/Gamepass but also milking the former until they double-dip and sell it on to other consoles if they feel it will make them money.

Mircosoft are not as fuelled by the dogma of exclusives as everyone on here and will do what works for them best

I think someone needs to go back to English comprehension classes. You cannot define something that has sold out all its units as being a dire launch.

This is sensationalist, click-bait journalism at its worst and the author should be ashamed.

@RedShirtRod Which is why I think MS will happily sell GP subs on PS5. I also think they will not make another console if they can get away from it.

The future is owning rights not console exclusives - especially when consoles are loss making.

Interesting thing though just two days ago Phil Spencer said he wants to brings Gamepass to both Sony and Nintendo. It could be that you could get all MS games on Sony if Sony agrees.

Bethesda may the bargaining chip

Zenimax's annual revenue in 2018 was $106.15 million which would take 70 years to hit the 7.5 billion that Microsoft paid for it.

@TheFrenchiestFry I am sorry I do not agree with you on this one. Time will tell of course but there is no way I can see it happening.

As I have said Microsoft may consider taking a hit on this deal in order to make Gamepass successful but they will lose money on this deal. They do have the money to lose though.

Supermarkets call this loss leaders

@Medic_Alert Keep on pretending to yourself they can make the $9 billion they have to make from this deal.

It took Disney over six years to make back their money but I am sure that Microsoft will make back twice that amount in a year or two won't they?

Microsoft massively overpaid for Bethesda (remember Lucasfilm with the Star Wars franchise only cost $4billion), they will not make the money back from keeping it exclusive. They either write off a lot of money from this or sell it where they can like Skyrim.

History dictates they will whore ES6 out to all comers like Skyrim.

Hello - not exactly the place to put this but anyone got a text from Sony about 2 step verification being active and asking you click a link to set up a password? I have got one and other people on Twitter have got one to the surprise of Sony. Link is probably a bogus one

Western RPGS are bloated pieces of trash. I have never finished an Elder Scrolls game because I become bored halfway through. Assassin's Creed is just the same game every year with the same collectables.

The JRPGS, even the longer ones, are better paced and the levels are tighter. Give me Persona or Yakuza over them anyday.

The Witcher was the best of them because they didn't have the endless busy-work to bloat the game out.

Just like every other generation there will be a few games that I'll happily pay full price for. As someone who doesn't play online I can wait for the other games to drop down to a price I am willing to pay for it.

BTW if you are paying £70 for a game that gives you hours of enjoyment and also has replay value you have not been ripped off.

Whinge, whinge, whinge. Moan, Moan, Moan, Whinge, Whinge, Whinge, Moan, Moan, Moan. That's modern gamers in a nutsell.

So I get to play the PS4 game I own on my PS5 for free but if I want to upgrade the graphics I have to pay - seems fair to me. It will have cost the games company money to develop the upgrade.

It is a bit like ordering a steak which comes with fries and peas. You then order the side dishes and expect them for free as you have already paid for the steak dish.

It is not only games companies that are getting greedy.

The other interesting thing was there were heavy rumours on social media that Sony was going to make a couple of big game announcements in the August State of Play. These may have been held back to counter any Microsoft price announcement. I think this month will see the release date, the price and these big game announcements in a September state of play to get the limelight back.

Nothing Microsoft can do will make me buy their console. They have no games I cannot play anywhere else or that I am that bothered about playing period.

After the DRM fiasco of the Xbox One they have now made an error of making system sellers like Halo still be available on Xbox One. What is the point in upgrading?

Their Gamepass is another stab at trying to kill the second hand games market.

There is absolutely no reason to buy an Xbox Series X/S apart from prettier graphics as the base game will be held to the limitations of the Xbox One. Unless there are Xbox Series only games I haven't heard of?