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On the topic at hand, this was expected. I'm kinda hoping for some patches on a few games, or an upgrade path but even then I'm mostly just excited for new things.

@BritneyfR_ee recently moved a ps5 into my kids' room where their ps4 had been. Never had any trouble with the ps4 WiFi at that location but the ps5 in the exact same spot acts like I'm a block away from my router. The connection is abysmal. I can hardly connect just to get a game to start downloading, much less play anything that requires a connection.

Really seems like it's an issue with the ps5.

@theheadofabroom yeah even the floating hands do some funny things sometimes, which is admittedly distracting, so I could see how this could be amplified with poorly tracked/rendered arms but idk, I think when most people imagine the VR of our future, it's a world where we have arms.

It's not a deal breaker mind you. Just a quibble. And an understandable omission given where we're at now.

@BeerIsAwesome yeah true. Especially in China who Hollywood pretty heavily caters to, for better or worse, so it makes sense in that regard. Guess I'm just wondering if it's a movie for gearheads or eSports fandom or a weird combination of both. And does that work?

Hey I thought Uncharted would be an absolute bomb but I was wrong there so what do I know. I'm not in the 18-30 demo anymore so it's entirely possible I'm completely out of touch.

@BeerIsAwesome I love a good car-themed movie as much as the next guy but this sounds to be more like The Wizard but with GT instead of Mario. Guess I'm just not sure how many car guys want to watch an eSports movie. "Man did you see the way he drove that virtual car? Sick!"

Mostly I'm just confused what it's about lol.

@PegasusActual93 I'm saying I hear you but as someone you also loves VR I can't wait for the day I can see my arms. I mean, at least down to the elbow.

@PegasusActual93 @PegasusActual93 when you explain it like that I can see how some movements might end up looking awkward but I'd argue floating hands look pretty awkward too. It's one of my biggest gripes in VR. I imagine we'll get there but for the moment, severed hands really aren't very immersive imo.

Who is this movie for?

@frankmcma thanks to you and the reviewer both. Pretty much answered all my questions between the two of you.

That's cool but their commitment to more dlc in the future pretty much dashes any hopes of getting a new installment. Which is a bummer.

If Michelle or Julia Chang are on the base roster then I'll likely get it but if they do me like they did 7 it's a pass. Maybe wait for the ultimate edition years down the road.

@get2sammyb tbf, with no mention of it in the article, I was beginning to question if i'd read into the previous article incorrectly, as it was awhile back and I've slept since then, because yeah I just saw these digital collectibles and thought wait, that's all they're doing with this?

Not sure there are any training manuals in Left Behind, or if there are, they aren't required for the trophy.

@Amusei it's cool, I get it. it does feel a little after-school special-ish in tone, even if not overly message driven, so I guess I can see going to "woke" as a description. But yeah, looks to have the potential to be corny. We'll see though.

@Amusei I have the same query? Not even out to argue either but, idk, maybe I haven't seen enough of this game because nothing really screams woke to me. Though I guess, like everyone else, it's getting harder and harder to identify what that word even means from one person to the next.

This one's just too hard to pin down for me. It's rare that I'm this undecided on a game's appeal but that's where I'm at. Most likely gonna wait for a sale on this one. But I hope it does well if it turns out to be a great title.

@Beerheadgamer82 just think when someone is happy to see some game "destroying" other games (whatever that means really), which is one of the first comments you're greeted with, it's hard not to be like, huh?

But fair point that overall the comments seem generally tame, even amusing. Guess I just assumed things went south from the jump, as they often do. I admit to not reading every comment. Though in my defense likening the rhetoric to a political discussion was meant to be hyperbolic.

And if you feel I've gone too off topic, or if anyone does, my apologies.

I always wonder who the people are that read something as benign as a weekly sales chart and think, alright cool now lemme pick a fight.

Is it just boredom? Like my almost universal response to these is an ambivalent "okay" and then I head to the comments where you'd think we were discussing some deeply controversial political matter.

Just curious but is artefact actually spelled with an E in the game over there? And before anyone points it out, I know it is correctly spelled that way in British English but I'm asking specifically if it's that way in the game.

@RedRiot193 You're telling others how to consume their media. You're even getting salty over it. I can't think of anything more nonsensical.

Every story starts in media res so yeah, it really will be okay even if you play Tlou p2 first.

@RedRiot193 I think you're taking this way too serious. They're video games. Everything's gonna be okay if you don't play the first 3. Uncharted 4 plays fine on its own. As does Lost Legacy.

@SinfulDestroyer yes this specific collection of game + dlc that already existed for years became available in January, so it could be ported to PC. But in no way is this a new release.

Why does it need to include multiplayer when you can already play the multiplayer? I still don't get this criticism.

@thefourfoldroot1 was just gonna point to their 14 percent dip.

Also some of the profit gains were related to currency fluctuations apparently. So there's that as well.

@sanderson72 one can surely make an educated guess without official numbers and we do know from the investor report that the price was below manufacturing costs. No concrete reason to believe the recent price hike charged that.

And yeah there's selling at a loss and recouping on software sales but there's still only so much loss they can tolerate I'm sure. It can't just be any amount of loss.

@WadeIsInsane @BoldAndBrash I still don't get it. Is the name of the studio Amy Henning?

Honestly the rollout hasn't been strange, it's just been... Sony.

What about the French VAs? Or is it the same actors? Kinda assumed it wasn't but I only ever played it in French so not sure and there's no mention of it in the article.

Not a camo guy at all but doesn't look that bad to me. I could see the appeal if I were into that, or, basically if I played CoD.

I'm just hoping/waiting for game-themed covers. That's the only thing that doesn't look tacky on a console imo.

I'm enjoying it. The improvements they've made really do breath new life into the game. I mean pretty much every area is the same and yet somehow new and different. Some more than others. Like you're just there like, was this always a post office because I don't remember this being a post office. Things like that. Like really fantastic work. Lighting is just loads better as well.

The facial animations too just really add a whole other layer of emotion to the cutscenes. Like the prologue, the Capitol building, etc... the scenes just hit different. It's like Part 2 but it's the original. More is conveyed now. It's that simple.

The AI seems a little smarter but playing on hard I still find it's still fairly easy to lure them around like idiots. Not to say I'm not ever caught up with and killed but I'm not seeing a huge difficulty spike or anything. I have tried to dodge numerous times though because it just frankly looks so much like 2 and plays so much smoother so that's been actually kinda frustrating lol.

It's just such a vast improvement I can't imagine ever going back to Remastered now. Well I actually did start it up for comparisons sake and oh my, does it look terrible now. Even before the remake came out I argued it looked dated but with the PS5 game now in existence it's really no longer a debate.

All that said I still think it was crazy I had to pay $70 for this game. Just wish it wasn't one I loved so much so I could have put it off for a sale.

@Futureshark yeah I think it's more so to show Sony support how it's supposed to arrive, since apparently they don't know.

@Futureshark funny you post that tweet because the person is actually providing a picture of how it should have arrived in order to help those whose products were poorly packaged, instead of trying to be obstinate for basically no reason.

@huyi a car can literally be a collectors item. https://jalopnik.com/dodge-reveals-first-of-seven-limited-edition-last-call-1849452854

https://www.gtplanet.net/gt7-limited-toyota-yaris-20220217/

@huyi they are getting refunds and keeping the busted product. that's, that's not sucker cash grab territory really. that's called losing money.

How much it cost does not matter. Every dealership in the country is over charging way above MSRP for cars but this doesn't mean on delivery they can wreck it on the way to your house and say it's okay because you're a sucker for over-paying.

I don't understand why some of you are like this. Yes, the game is over priced. Can we like, move on from that now that it's out?

@riceNpea I'm reminded of that joke where a British person and American are in an elevator arguing over the correct word for it. American says elevator because they invented it (I don't even know if this is true but it's a joke so I go with it) and the Brit says no it's a lift because they invented the language.

@riceNpea @Smiffy01 oh yeah like I absolutely get it meant drunk first, I just don't get why. As you'd think it might be somewhat related to the word piss. Just think it's funny is all, the use of pissed in both contexts is just odd.

"Pissed probably sound more effective as a conveyance of annoyance because it's primarily thought of as a swear word"

Yeah it's pretty much exactly this. Swear words are also fascinating to me. Like the idea of a taboo word.... man we're a strange lot. Makes sense when it's a pejorative of course but just an offensive word for no reason? Bizarre.

But yeah, pissed off works here too. It just usually gets shortened.

@riceNpea Miffed is a funny one because I remember watching a TV edited movie some time ago and they used this in place of some other word that might scar children or whatever. Joked about that for a while. It's just not really a word that anyone uses with any level of seriousness.

Irked and peeved also don't quite reflect an adequate level of anger either. They're more annoyed.

Don't know what it is but pissed really just perfectly captures the near apoplectic rage one was feeling when they recount an anger-inducing experience. It makes absolutely no sense mind you but how it came to mean sloshed is also a mystery to me.

@OthmaneAD yeah that has nothing to do with shipping. however over priced you think something is, you still have a right to receive it in like new condition, as it's y'know new.

@riceNpea lol. took me a minute to understand what you're saying. I forget y'all mean drunk.

These bubble mailer envelopes are a scourge. Not good for documents but not good enough protection for anything else. But when you're a cash-strapped reseller I get it. Still wish everyone would stop using them but I get it.

But this? Just absolutely no excuse for Sony to be pulling off this amateur crap.

They sent these out in envelopes? That's a secondhand eBay/Mercari move right there.

So much salt over a video game release. I wish my concerns were so few that I could get bothered over this but man, it really does not make the list. Even if this sets some precedent where all subsequent video game releases are just over-priced remakes I still can't say it really sours the quality of my life. Idk, maybe it's an age thing?

@Northern_munkey do you have friends to play it with or are you comfortable jumping in to play with whoever?

If yes to either then maybe, if it's cheap enough. Game is okay. It's like one of those arcade games where you walk through and you shoot at swarms of things that pop out, but with friends/other people.

And if the answer is no to both then definitely don't buy it. Taking this game on single player couldn't be more boring.

@pyrrhic_victory yeah the option would be nice I suppose. not sure where it'd fit in the narrative though. Even knowing I'm about to marathon Part I, II, and Left Behind over the weekend I'm not sure where to put Left Behind.

@pyrrhic_victory I'd kinda prefer it separate.

@Octane that's because in situations like this your memory can't be trusted. It's the same way when I go back and try to watch a DVD thinking "well, used to watch these all the time, how bad could it look?"

@Shadcai this has Left Behind included, yes.

@jamescrowx You say that but, imagining back 9 years ago, man does it look like a completely different world.

Sure feels like a long time ago to me anyway.

@JaapV Nothing about the story will have changed. Even if there are some minor changes, I don't think they'd change what you're talking about anyway because it's integral to the story going forward. Also don't think the game's selling point was ever "agency" fwiw.

@NEStalgia I'm not particularly fond of the Switch either to be perfectly honest, not unless it's docked and I'm using whatever they call that black controller. And even then I'm not going to play anything but Mario on it.

Otherwise y'all can keep your $1000 phones (I have a Maestro Max that I think was $70), your Kishis and Backbones, and anything else handheld/mobile related. I'm good with my giant TV, conventional console and comfy couch. But if I do get the rare urge to play Farmville Country Escape I'll use a PC from the same sofa.

Edit: that's not to knock the preferences of others. I've got no problem with the existence of a mobile gaming market but yes, it could definitely be less scummy.

I just for the life of me don't understand the appeal of playing games on mobile. The platform is just so limiting. That said, I get it's popular and generates loads of revenue so I can't blame Sony. And I'm optimistic they can handle more than one thing personally but we'll see.

Doesn't really mean much for me if the console itself is still as gargantuan - I mean if any console were ever in need of a slim amirite - but if this means increased availability going forward that's good.