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The whole idea just makes me really sad. I appreciate everyone knows that I love physical game purchases, so I am trying to see this from an objective view - but I appreciate there may always be some unconscious bias.
 
For me, it drives so many poor behaviours and attitudes in the world. They want quick to market, so that means we will get less polished games, more likely towards a PC styled games. The love for PC games just isn't there for me, can't remember when I saw a proper AAA title come out on PC, whilst hundreds of thousands of Indie games are littered on the storefront. Ironically, indie games are usually self contained games that don't need online support, which then could be physical lol.
 
Its the whole experience for me. A console has been a driving force for years as its a 'physical' thing a parent can buy a kid for Christmas. You never see a PC done like that. What went with that is opening games, surprises on what is with them. If you look at the games that have been well received over recent years, so many are physical playable games, but also because they have some incredible physical packages you can buy. The Witcher 3 which is still up there on the best of all time games, was such good value for money. People got maps, details, etc, inside the physical game.
 
We've just hit what I think is about 2-5 years near the end of the Digital, minimalistic era. AI will accelerate but games will go digital for a while, but it will all come full circle and we will be back to delivering items that people want to physically own in their hands and their houses.
 
I saw a joke somewhere that this is the perfect time for Xbox to announce they are going back to Physical games. It would be the Powerplays of all powerplays. Our social voices creates movements very quickly these days, so we'll see if it changes anything in the coming weeks/months.

Controversial opinion.  I don’t care. Physical version of AAA games have been gone for years.  The disc you get may as well be a drinks coaster.  It’s nothing more than a token to say “download the game”. Nothing runs from disc, and the version you play is a patched version that doesn’t mirror the disc data.  
 
the payoff for Sony is you can’t sell digital.  If you want to play the game, you must buy a copy.

moving physical units costs money, so it’s no surprise in this climate they are shying away from it.

the move towards games as a service will probably move towards the subscription model, even owning digital versions will become less common.
 
 It’s following tv/dvd habits.
 
 The real question is, do we need a PlayStation 6?  For the first time, graphics aren’t holding us back.  we should  prioritise gameplay.  You can even buy brand new mega drive games.  

Finally!
 

I'll definitely be getting this. The Witcher 3 is excellent and the Blood & Wine DLC was great fun.

Blood and Wine was one of the best DLC's I've ever played. I will definitely be getting this.

Honestly I don't think I have played the dlc's properly despite owning the game of the year version. I have reinstalled it though so maybe once my current games are completed with I will move back onto it. I always fancied getting the platinum trophy and don't think I was far away from memory.

Out next year. If it's anything like the last two expansions then we are in for a real treat. Bit late in the day but should be a fantastic conclusion before The Witcher 4 is out. 

Just saw that it's £790 for a PS5 Pro from Argos. Absolutely disgusting really. I could probably sell my old PS5 standard for more than I paid for it back in 2021. This is also the end of the generation and the prices are still going up. Doesn't make sense. These machines shouldn't cost more than £350 for what's under the hood and how powerful they are. 

Should keep people occupied until Black Ops 8 eh
 

There is going to be a large bundle sale here soon if anyone wants to jump in one last time but missed some of the seasons.

Disappointing but hardly surprising and I'm actually shocked it didn't end sooner. Not sure why Sony were beating a dead horse for so long and I actually fear for the entire Destiny future with so much damage done to the brand in recent years. 
 
The first and biggest mistake Bungie made was going independent. They were cocky little shitbags and got way too big for their boots leading up to, and after their departure from Activision. They wanted to go alone but they could not handle the tremendous operating costs required to sustain the live service and future content, not to mention the wage bill. 3 years they lasted before they went back to square one with Sony who completely overpaid for their acquisition. Sony then let them get on with it which was a huge mistake because they got way too comfortable unlike the pressure they were under at Activision to deliver worthwhile content and on time. Sony were ultimately losing about £50m a month even when new content dropped. 
 
This was supposed to be a 10 year project with a projected 3 games but it was almost dead in the water after half that. They should've moved to Destiny 3 development before the pandemic rather than string Destiny 2 out and I think Activision would've funded it had Bungie not been so arrogant and deluded of their previous success which was somewhat fortunate despite making two really polished and accessible titles. Marathon is pretty much dead in the water a couple of months after release and I don't know what's going to happen to the staff that are left. This is another almighty calamity from Sony that will be a costly as many of their other blunders in recent times. They just love burning 9-figures on very preventable things. 
 
I really enjoyed returning to Destiny 2 last year when I picked up a lot of legacy content for about £8. I managed to get an extra 50 hours out of it in that time which was one hell of a return especially as the content would've cost close to £100 new. I tried the new Edge of Fate expansion which was so bad, I quit the game for good and the next one wasn't much better from what I heard. Many of the key staff have long gone and the mismanagement, budgeting and general negative cloud has culminated into a disappointing conclusion. Cannot believe how badly this entire brand has been fumbled over the years but it all started with Bungie being delusional and taking everything for granted. Activision may be scumbags but when you are getting hundreds of millions thrown at you and living in comfort in what is an industry in turmoil, you shouldn't upset the applecart. 

Out next year. If it's anything like the last two expansions then we are in for a real treat. Bit late in the day but should be a fantastic conclusion before The Witcher 4 is out. 

Seems decent enough, like a cross between Hitman and Uncharted. I wouldn't pay 60/70 quid for it, it's less than 20 hours long, but in a sale in a year or two I might be tempted.
 
 

Out next year. If it's anything like the last two expansions then we are in for a real treat. Bit late in the day but should be a fantastic conclusion before The Witcher 4 is out. 

Disappointing but hardly surprising and I'm actually shocked it didn't end sooner. Not sure why Sony were beating a dead horse for so long and I actually fear for the entire Destiny future with so much damage done to the brand in recent years. 
 
The first and biggest mistake Bungie made was going independent. They were cocky little shitbags and got way too big for their boots leading up to, and after their departure from Activision. They wanted to go alone but they could not handle the tremendous operating costs required to sustain the live service and future content, not to mention the wage bill. 3 years they lasted before they went back to square one with Sony who completely overpaid for their acquisition. Sony then let them get on with it which was a huge mistake because they got way too comfortable unlike the pressure they were under at Activision to deliver worthwhile content and on time. Sony were ultimately losing about £50m a month even when new content dropped. 
 
This was supposed to be a 10 year project with a projected 3 games but it was almost dead in the water after half that. They should've moved to Destiny 3 development before the pandemic rather than string Destiny 2 out and I think Activision would've funded it had Bungie not been so arrogant and deluded of their previous success which was somewhat fortunate despite making two really polished and accessible titles. Marathon is pretty much dead in the water a couple of months after release and I don't know what's going to happen to the staff that are left. This is another almighty calamity from Sony that will be a costly as many of their other blunders in recent times. They just love burning 9-figures on very preventable things. 
 
I really enjoyed returning to Destiny 2 last year when I picked up a lot of legacy content for about £8. I managed to get an extra 50 hours out of it in that time which was one hell of a return especially as the content would've cost close to £100 new. I tried the new Edge of Fate expansion which was so bad, I quit the game for good and the next one wasn't much better from what I heard. Many of the key staff have long gone and the mismanagement, budgeting and general negative cloud has culminated into a disappointing conclusion. Cannot believe how badly this entire brand has been fumbled over the years but it all started with Bungie being delusional and taking everything for granted. Activision may be scumbags but when you are getting hundreds of millions thrown at you and living in comfort in what is an industry in turmoil, you shouldn't upset the applecart. 

The FOMO was annoying and the sunsetting with promises to never bring the weapons back....only to bring them back and we all lost our god rolls. I do miss the gameplay every once in a while, it was great.

https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/d2_may_21_2026
 
I know I haven't played it in a long time and I miss the raids etc we did together as FG but it seems too many people left for them to keep working on it

I was shocked at the speed of it, even considering the $750 Million dollar loss that Sony took in Q2 and Q3.
 
That being said, the game has been dead for a long time. The higher ups just couldn't help themselves and kept humping that corpse into dust

Smart move from Microsoft to fool consumers once more. Even though the pass is $7 cheaper now, it's still $7 more expensive than it was several months prior. Removing Call of Duty will see them getting paid massively at retail once again, so any freeloaders who choose not to renew the pass even at the cheaper rate, Microsoft will still rake the money in from unit sales of the game which will comfortably exceed any lost revenue at the original pass increase rate. 
 
Arguably $23 a month without a flagship title like Call of Duty is an outrageous rip-off in itself. The only consolation is that the games on the pass, particularly the indie games may actually get to make a better share of income without COD absorbing it all. Some indie titles were probably lucky to walk away with 30 cents an install on products that would cost £20 at retail. 

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Final Fantasy 9

Yet even more of Expedition 33

Even more of Expedition 33

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This game is pure art