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@Karamu76 just because you have no personal interest in the games only makes it a shit month for you. Having said that, you must realise the scale of what is being given away in the FF VII remake. Suggesting that handing out what is a relatively new AAA game is difficult to see as shit on anyone's scale. |
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@reticentrobot Sony owns a number of rights to Spider Man I various medium, which is why Venom exists in a sort of weird MCU adjacent reality in the films. Not quite the same situation here. |
| Psychonauts 2 coming to PS5 as well? I assumed it was Xbox exclusive after they bought Double Fine? |
| Voted for an awful lot of remasters and remakes this year... |
| Difficult to read too much into this due to lockdown and people understandably not wanting to go out though. I'd put money on this being back to physical being the bigger seller next year. |
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@plastikman1 I didnt say anyone was in trouble though, did I. Both companies are making billions from us year on year, and neither are giving up on that revenue - I just think that Microsoft are probably viewing publishing and distribution as the real money maker here. If they can make a smooth move into selling Gamepass subs and not having to subsidise hardware sales, why wouldn't they? There have already been moves to exactly that model, and I see this as the next step. |
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If MS can work out a deal with Sony, I can see them wanting to get out of the whole console race. Why develop costly and risky hardware when you have a solid distribution platform that works best with platform agnosticism in gamepass? If this goes well I can see MS quietly exiting the console race rather than causing some massive exclusivity fight with Sony. |
| It's far less intense with God mode turned on! |
| Just me, but that Tim Burton-esque animation looks more interesting than half the other games shown by anyone so far! |
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There was an early part in Psychonauts where you're asked if you're ready to proceed. I was in stitches when if you selected "no" you'd get a slap across the face, and a "how about now?". Always enjoy it when games play with the jaded gamer part of my brain - as soon as you're asked "are you ready" it's a point of no return! I must go back and see what I've missed! |
| Little things like the transparency on that cloak make me happy. |
| Frosties the game! |
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No mention of SSX!? For shame! Honestly one of the biggest surprises to me in the leap from PS1 to PS2 was the board trails in SSX, and the way it told you whether your line was good with the varying depth in the trails. Brilliant game! |
| I think it speaks volumes that a load of this article reads like an end of year financial statement. Really shows who EA are trying to win over here. |
| @Sheikah Completely agree. It's not dishonest per-se, but feels a little out comparing physical sales with digital everything. I'd be interested in seeing a like for like physical vs digital sales, but it's never going to happen. |
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@imagonnawin I got the impression that F2P was not included for some reason, but that may be me misreading things. That means this number would exclude Fortnite in theory. Ed: ignore that. To quote the article That digital revenue figure, which includes microtransactions, DLC, subscription services, pay-to-play as well as individual game sales |
| @Sheikah Nope, specifically says in the article that the values stated include microtransactions and digital expansions, which I suspect skews things. |
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@Slartibartfast-33 The only reason that mobile companies can act the way they do is because people are in contracts. Only the really hardcore buy PAYG handsets with every hardware refresh - it's primarily the constant contract renewal cycle that is keeping mobile handset makers alive. The only way a console would be able to match the mobile model is for gaming to become a subscription service - something that arguably they have started with PSPlus and XBL, but I can't see that being pushed much further without alienating swathes of their audience. |
| So is this going to impact devs "fixing" games with day 1 patches? If I buy a game but have no 'net connection then it remains broken for me, so I may be entitled to a refund (although they do cover themselves with the "offer a fix" clause) - does it mean that we may start seeing less of the multi-gig patches released before the game even gets released? |
| The only burning question that I have after all this is "does Notch have enough money to fund a Psychonauts sequel now?" |
| @The-Jack-Burton Works perfectly well once you have hacked the 2 random spaces out of the middle of it! |
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Hopefully if this fails, then Sony pick up Insomniac and run them as a first party studio. Sony seem to be far more willing to let their studios create something a little more "out there" in terms of design, which fits nicely with the Insomniac of old. I'm just hoping this because I really don't want to see them go under! |
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@stryker1121 They should care about us. We are the ones that made the original Dead Space a viable prospect to turn into a franchise in the first place. I have seen alot of this over the last couple of weeks, the statement that we don't have power. You have to remember that Call of Duty is popular because "we" made it popular. I buy a game on the back of good reviews, and good press but my friends who aren't as into these things as I am go on what my recommendations are. We as the enthusiast audience have far more clout than we seem to give ourselves credit for! |
| He's been spraypainted orange! |
| That system suspend is a nice feature. |
| Making sure we're well aware that "This is realtime dammit!" |
| Ellie!!!! Wooo! |
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To be honest, I just want variety in the games that I'm able to buy. I absolutely do not want every single game to be the same first/third person military shooter with crap tacked on multiplayer that no-one will play after the first month anyway. I want horror. And comedy, and adventure, and as many other interesting ways of playing that developers can think up for us! |
Kingdom Hearts - HD 1.5 ReMIXHang on, what? Is this actually referring to a Kingdom Hearts HD re-release? Why have I not heard of this before!? |
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A big part of achievements for developers seem to be to gauge what parts of games are popular, and to give an easy metric as to how many people got x% through their game. They'll end up using the stats from this to try to justify adding multiplayer into the game (or won't announce the number of people that get these achievements to cover up the fact that no-one played it). |
| I've got many happy memories playing Atic Atac on my uncles ZX81 before getting one of my own. Was definitely the start of my gaming addiction. |
| Still sticking tension killing co-op in a horror game Capcom? Poor show. I'll hold off for reviews, but don't hold out much hope for this being any good now. |
| Not sure why people think OpCapita are going to lose money on this deal. Bear in mind that GAME made 1.6 billion in revenue last financial year. Now their costs have been slashed by the administrators, once everything is back on an even keel it should be a nicely profitable business again. |
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@jefranklin18 The original OpCapita bid came in before Game appointed the administrators, and RBS apparently blocked it. That's where the hatred for RBS is coming from. If OpCapita had been successful before administration, then they would have been obliged to take over all the debt and manage it properly. Now RBS have allowed the company to default on much of its debt, get out of rent leases, etc. Admittedly, we have no details of the previous OpCapita deal (it could well have been a packet of Wotsits and half a Curly Wurly), but it doesn't seem right that RBS could block a deal which would have meant everyone being paid, and instead allow the administrators to come in, and just pick up the parts of the business that they want with no debt obligations. |
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@Murton I think you're half right about the store proximity, but bear in mind that when the stores were owned by different companies, they had different deals and different prices on much of the stock. Competition meant it was worthwhile people going into both stores. Once everything was owned by Game group, there was no incentive to go to the different stores. If I walked into Game, there was no reason to go in GameStation 30 seconds walk away as all the stock, pricing and offers were exactly the same - thereby doubling the rent expense, and giving absolutely no benefit to the group. |
| I don't know how many households are not using their consoles online, but I can't see Sony putting an "always on" lock on games. See the backlash that Ubisoft saw when they tried it with one game? |
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@Whatascoop Shhhhh! Don't give them ideas! Ed: Damn you Whizzo :) |
| Some of the recent DLC pricing is absolutely mental. Surely no-one pays these extortionate prices? |
| @abigsmurf I think he means the GameCare stuff that Game have been pressing with every console sold for the last couple of years. I'm not sure who would pick this up, but I don't think the manufacturers are going to care. |
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@albo I was in exactly the same boat as you, but didn't want to take the risk, so I spent my £150 worth of game points over the weekend. If the company goes into administration, the first thing that will go will be the "free money" that the game points are worth - there is no way your points will be worth anything at the end of all this. |
| I think the texture work on this looks good, the problem is the grain filter will probably not do the HD justice. |
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@StolenGlory With your code, and Quidco, that brings it down to around £60. Not brilliant, but enough to make me cave - that steel box is just too pretty... |
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@matts1900 The Japanese copy is just a download code for the PS1 version as well, so no HD remake, and no trophies for the first game in the series. |
| I shouldn't be, I already own MGS1 and 4 separately, but I'm really tempted by this... |
| I can't hear about Animal Crossing any more without thinking of Gremmi and his axe. That was harsh but brilliant. |
| Those Squenix price reductions have been a long time coming. I doubt many would have bought Gex at its old price point... |
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@jonfon The first Silent Hill was released, but was swiftly pulled from the store due to some licensing problem that Konami had with some of the music that it used. I don't think they are even looking at re-licensing it so the game can be released at this stage. |
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Hang on, do we have to pay for our MK game to be compatible with Kenshi!? Paying for the fighter is fine, but paying to see the fighter in online fights is out of order... Edit: Cheers X201, and EG for correcting the article. |
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Of all the Resi games currently in development, after this preview, this is the only one I'm interested in at all. /crosses fingers - pleasebegood pleasebegood pleasebegood! |
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