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eliter1 said:
Finally manged to get a PS5 (free disc version upgrade from Walmart!) and was thinking of getting Miles Morales. I never played the DLC for Spider-Man even though I loved the game and it's my only platinum trophy. Is it worth it to spend the extra $20 for the Ultimate Edition just to play the DLC for Spider-Man?
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i would buy the ultimate as that's the only way to get the remastered spider-man. at one point the ultimate edition was pretty cheap on facebook marketplace due to all the bundles. not sure what they're at now though

 
KrayzieKMF said:
i would buy the ultimate as that's the only way to get the remastered spider-man. at one point the ultimate edition was pretty cheap on facebook marketplace due to all the bundles. not sure what they're at now though
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You can get Spider-Man Remastered through PSN with the base Miles Morales as well.
 
bigbadboaz said:
I didn't feel like anyone cared about Oddworld when it was current.
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I don't understand the cult following, I've never seen it. I realize the idea is it's not as many fans, but the series seems like a critical darling that's classy ick jokes.

After waiting for Soul Calibur season pass 2 to go on sale (and apparently missing it a few weeks ago?) I realized I can buy just the characters at $3 each and not have to pay for the cosmetic bits.
 
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bigbadboaz said:
I didn't feel like anyone cared about Oddworld when it was current.
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Isn't it weird how people can just have different tastes? Some people spend $150 on the collector's edition of a game, some spend $150 on an action figure or baseball tickets, and some spend $150 for 15 separate nights with your mother.

Abe's Oddysee and Munch's Oddysee were great platform-puzzlers, imo. Haven't played any of them since 2003, so I don't know what the re-releases and sequels are like.

 
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I loved the PS1 games for Abe a lot. I haven't played any since, but it's more just I don't know not carrying as much for 3D platformers likely. Different strokes and all. Collector's Editions are generally never worth it IMHO though I own a few, but that's just my opinion.

 
AoA said:
Best Buy has a $150 version of a game that we got for free. Do people love Oddworld this much to spend that money?

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/oddworld-soulstorm-collectors-edition-playstation-5/6460377.p?skuId=6460377
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I've always felt like the series is just moderately fun game that the guy that created it REALLY wanted people to be far more into his ideas and lore than they actually are. The person that makes something doesn't get to declare their creation a "cult favorite", the "cult" gets to do that.

As I recall from the PS1 days he had this extensive plan for a ton of chapters and insisted back in the day that hardware didn't exist yet for his later chapters to even be created. It was a lot of bluster for a decent looking side scroller with some ok, but nothing special AI.

 
AoA said:
Best Buy has a $150 version of a game that we got for free. Do people love Oddworld this much to spend that money?

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/oddworld-soulstorm-collectors-edition-playstation-5/6460377.p?skuId=6460377
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bigbadboaz said:
I didn't feel like anyone cared about Oddworld when it was current.
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Sielanas said:
I don't understand the cult following, I've never seen it. I realize the idea is it's not as many fans, but the series seems like a critical darling that's classy ick jokes.

After waiting for Soul Calibur season pass 2 to go on sale (and apparently missing it a few weeks ago?) I realized I can buy just the characters at $3 each and not have to pay for the cosmetic bits.
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I've always felt like the series is just moderately fun game that the guy that created it REALLY wanted people to be far more into his ideas and lore than they actually are. The person that makes something doesn't get to declare their creation a "cult favorite", the "cult" gets to do that.

As I recall from the PS1 days he had this extensive plan for a ton of chapters and insisted back in the day that hardware didn't exist yet for his later chapters to even be created. It was a lot of bluster for a decent looking side scroller with some ok, but nothing special AI.
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I posted yesterday about enjoying the game, but one of you whiny little assclowns reported my post and the mods deleted it. I did a search regarding your statement that Lorne Lanning himself purported it to be a cult classic before anyone else did. No results, so that sounds like bullshit to me. There were a number of other people calling it a cult classic, which obviously means they're the "cult" you're talking about.

The games were pretty good for their time. Munch's Oddysee on Xbox was great and scored 10's from quite a number of reviewers back in the day. Not every game is made for everyone. I don't like Catherine, yet a whole bunch of weebs bought the version that had the body pillow, and you ingrates still probably fap to her cover art. You consoletards also spent tons of money preordering Cyberpunk 2077, then cried about how broken it was enough for stores to issue mass refunds.

You just don't get to question other people's legitimate purchases. Someone reading your posts may love the game and have already bought it. Go ahead and report this post too, children.

 
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They make some good games. I love Outland. It's a little weird that the game they made before Returnal was Nex Machina, a super-niche shmup that must have cratered their finances.
 
Bluepoint acquisition all but confirmed as well. Probably wanted to space out the announcements but they grabbed the wrong image file.

https://twitter.com/nibellion/status/1409822833631502338?s=21
 
Plague Tale is definitely still happening, though they may do this "one platform only" shit.
awp said:
Like the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, the PS+ version of Greedfall won’t get the PS5 upgrade for free tomorrow (but the Xbox GamePass version will).

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/06/ps_plus_version_of_greedfall_wont_upgrade_to_ps5_version_for_free
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I kind of understand FF7 because Squeenix would definitely overvalue a game like that but they wouldn't even pay to get the upgrade for a jankfest like Greedfall? So cheap.

Re: Housemarque. Sony bought them because the studio was sinking after Returnal and I'm sure they got a sweetheart deal on it. Happy they're not dead.
As for Bluepoint, more in line with the Insomniac acquisition, done as insurance to lock up a developer they relied on before any competitors contracted/bought them. Disappointed by this as it means that they'll never do a great non-Sony IP remaster again.
 
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BobbyTastic said:
Re: Housemarque. Sony bought them because the studio was sinking after Returnal and I'm sure they got a sweetheart deal on it. Happy they're not dead.
As for Bluepoint, more in line with the Insomniac acquisition, done as insurance to lock up a developer they relied on before any competitors contracted/bought them. Disappointed by this as it means that they'll never do a great non-Sony IP remaster again.
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If anyone is gonna get Konami to budge on Metal Gear or Silent Hill it’s gonna be Sony. Bluepoint doing either of those is a jackpot scenario.
 
So, I finally scored a PS5 and am now looking to offload my PS4 pro. I recently upgraded the hdd to a 1 TB ssd and repasted and changed out the thermal pads. What do y'all think would be a reasonable price to sell it at? 3-350? Should I ask for more?

I've looked at FB marketplace and OfferUp and there are price points all over the place. Thanks for any insights.
 
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awp said:
Like the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, the PS+ version of Greedfall won’t get the PS5 upgrade for free tomorrow (but the Xbox GamePass version will).

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/06/ps_plus_version_of_greedfall_wont_upgrade_to_ps5_version_for_free
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They probably don't want to give people free ownership of the PS5 version, which Game Pass doesn't have to worry about since you don't own the games.

BobbyTastic said:
Re: Housemarque. Sony bought them because the studio was sinking after Returnal and I'm sure they got a sweetheart deal on it. Happy they're not dead.
As for Bluepoint, more in line with the Insomniac acquisition, done as insurance to lock up a developer they relied on before any competitors contracted/bought them. Disappointed by this as it means that they'll never do a great non-Sony IP remaster again.
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Returnal did very well for Housemarque, so they're obviously happy with bringing the team in house to continue their work. It's their previous work like Matterfall, Nex Machina, and the canceled Stormdivers that led to them being in a precarious state.

 
FriskyTanuki said:
They probably don't want to give people free ownership of the PS5 version, which Game Pass doesn't have to worry about since you don't own the games.
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Technically you don’t own PS+ games either. If you stop subscribing, your game is gone. You are playing for the game via a sub.

And any Games With Gold get them. But guess that’s the dev’s decision.
 
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awp said:
Technically you don’t own PS+ games either. If you stop subscribing, your game is gone. You are playing for the game via a sub.

And any Games With Gold get them. But guess that’s the dev’s decision.
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Technically nothing, you don’t own PS+ games. The only difference between Game Pass and PS+ games is that Game Pass cycles games out occasionally, they’re both rental service subscriptions.

And you still can’t even buy a digital copy of a PS+ game—it actively attempts to prevent you from gaining any kind of ownership.
 
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FriskyTanuki said:
Returnal did very well for Housemarque, so they're obviously happy with bringing the team in house to continue their work. It's their previous work like Matterfall, Nex Machina, and the canceled Stormdivers that led to them being in a precarious state.
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I agree that their other projects did not help but do you have a source that Returnal actually did well? I'm sure it sold better than their previous projects but it also cost far more.
Either way, we agree that they were not in good shape financially. The recent Axios interview was clearly trying to get a buyer interested and even somewhat threw Sony under the bus in regards to the $70 tag (and also made no mention of sales which is why I am skeptical it sold well).
 
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You don't "own" PS+ games but given the requirements for usage you have a greater level of access to them than you would through PS Now/Game Pass. PS Now/Game Pass also have more money to spend on game additions due to the difference in access affecting valuation and the fact that PS+ is seen as "expected revenue" due to it being required for MP. With FF7, I got that Square would probably ask for too much for the next-gen upgrade given how much of a money sink the game has been, but Greedfall is just an AA title that didn't exactly set the world on fire.
 
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In reality you don't own disc games either.  More-so now because everything has a day one patch etc.  Buy a broken game that needs a patch, and the disc is basically pointless.

Also, 90% sure MGS Remake is already in development at Blue Box.  Between the Easter Egg Metal Gear Rex voice snippet in Demon's Souls and those leaked tweets from a few months back, everything points to it.

 
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BobbyTastic said:
I agree that their other projects did not help but do you have a source that Returnal actually did well? I'm sure it sold better than their previous projects but it also cost far more.
Either way, we agree that they were not in good shape financially. The recent Axios interview was clearly trying to get a buyer interested and even somewhat threw Sony under the bus in regards to the $70 tag (and also made no mention of sales which is why I am skeptical it sold well).
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It's an exclusive on a system you can't buy. It's probably not a hit unless it has a huge attach rate.

 
BobbyTastic said:
Plague Tale is definitely still happening, though they may do this "one platform only" shit.
I kind of understand FF7 because Squeenix would definitely overvalue a game like that but they wouldn't even pay to get the upgrade for a jankfest like Greedfall? So cheap.

Re: Housemarque. Sony bought them because the studio was sinking after Returnal and I'm sure they got a sweetheart deal on it. Happy they're not dead.
As for Bluepoint, more in line with the Insomniac acquisition, done as insurance to lock up a developer they relied on before any competitors contracted/bought them. Disappointed by this as it means that they'll never do a great non-Sony IP remaster again.
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On Housemarque, they were in the process of being acquired by Sony way before Returnal was even finished in 2020. I am not sure where you are getting your information but Returnal was revealed to be a commercial success.
 
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Tyrok said:
It's an exclusive on a system you can't buy. It's probably not a hit unless it has a huge attach rate.
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Exactly. I'm not saying it probably underperformed because it was a bad game or anything. Just a pricy game exclusive to a system that is having major shortages, and is arguably a little niche too.
blueweltall said:
On Housemarque, they were in the process of being acquired by Sony way before Returnal was even finished in 2020. I am not sure where you are getting your information but Returnal was revealed to be a commercial success.
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https://www.axios.com/playstation-5-returnal-housemarque-f46d98fc-4fc8-40e3-8cdb-fd3ed4e050b4.html
Puff piece on the studio in a mainstream outlet which barely discusses the substance of the game. Very obviously meant to drum up interest in the studio as having massive potential (to be purchased) rather than to drum up interest in the game.
 
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blueweltall said:
On Housemarque, they were in the process of being acquired by Sony way before Returnal was even finished in 2020. I am not sure where you are getting your information but Returnal was revealed to be a commercial success.
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https://www.axios.com/playstation-5-returnal-housemarque-f46d98fc-4fc8-40e3-8cdb-fd3ed4e050b4.html
Puff piece on the studio in a mainstream outlet which barely discusses the substance of the game. Very obviously meant to drum up interest in the studio as having massive porential (to be purchased) rather than to drum up interest in the game.
 
awp said:
Technically you don’t own PS+ games either. If you stop subscribing, your game is gone. You are playing for the game via a sub.

And any Games With Gold get them. But guess that’s the dev’s decision.
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No, if they let the PS+ version of Greedfall be upgraded to the PS5 version, there'd be no PS+ requirement anymore. It'd be yours to keep for no overall cost. It's been the cool part of the Cross Buy system.

 
FriskyTanuki said:
No, if they let the PS+ version of Greedfall be upgraded to the PS5 version, there'd be no PS+ requirement anymore. It'd be yours to keep for no overall cost. It's been the cool part of the Cross Buy system.
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They can very easily work around that by delisting the PS4 version and only making the crossgen version available (which would then receive the Plus discount). Worms Rumble worked this way.
 
BobbyTastic said:
They can very easily work around that by delisting the PS4 version and only making the crossgen version available (which would then receive the Plus discount). Worms Rumble worked this way.
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That would just be putting the PS5 version on PS+, which is not an upgrade. That's what has been happening for PS5 PS+ so far. Dead by Daylight still got an upgrade for PS+ people, though they have DLC to sell and you need PS+ anyway.

BobbyTastic said:
I agree that their other projects did not help but do you have a source that Returnal actually did well? I'm sure it sold better than their previous projects but it also cost far more.
Either way, we agree that they were not in good shape financially. The recent Axios interview was clearly trying to get a buyer interested and even somewhat threw Sony under the bus in regards to the $70 tag (and also made no mention of sales which is why I am skeptical it sold well).
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Strong debut on the NPDs with it even moving up a spot in what's technically its second month:

https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/14/may-2021-npd-improving-weather-and-pandemic-conditions-cannot-slow-u-s-game-sales/

Strong debut in the UK:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-02-new-pok-mon-snap-launch-is-four-times-bigger-than-original-uk-boxed-charts

Strong debut on PSN:

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/05/10/playstation-store-april-2021-top-downloads/

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/06/08/playstation-store-may-2021s-top-downloads/

As I said, it has done very well for Housemarque, whose games wouldn't chart on the PSN lists outside of a Resogun being on PS+ for the PS4 launch. It's doing well for a big budget, expensive roguelite and even then, it's probably not as expensive of a project as the other big releases of the spring.

 
FriskyTanuki said:
That would just be putting the PS5 version on PS+, which is not an upgrade. That's what has been happening for PS5 PS+ so far. Dead by Daylight still got an upgrade for PS+ people, though they have DLC to sell and you need PS+ anyway.
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I was under the impression that titles marked as PS4/PS5 in the store granted licenses to both systems. That's been my experience, anyway.
Re: Returnal. Appreciate the links, I am surprised numbers were not touted by the studio or Sony. I wonder if they felt that the numbers being low in comparison to Sony's heaviest hitters meant they were better off not bragging about them, even if the cost to make it was also noticeably lower.
 
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That would just be putting the PS5 version on PS+, which is not an upgrade. That's what has been happening for PS5 PS+ so far. Dead by Daylight still got an upgrade for PS+ people, though they have DLC to sell and you need PS+ anyway.

Strong debut on the NPDs with it even moving up a spot in what's technically its second month:

https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/14/may-2021-npd-improving-weather-and-pandemic-conditions-cannot-slow-u-s-game-sales/

Strong debut in the UK:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-02-new-pok-mon-snap-launch-is-four-times-bigger-than-original-uk-boxed-charts

Strong debut on PSN:

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/05/10/playstation-store-april-2021-top-downloads/
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/06/08/playstation-store-may-2021s-top-downloads/

As I said, it has done very well for Housemarque, whose games wouldn't chart on the PSN lists outside of a Resogun being on PS+ for the PS4 launch. It's doing well for a big budget, expensive roguelite and even then, it's probably not as expensive of a project as the other big releases of the spring.
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Good stuff. I wish more people would actually take 5 mins to research before they post. "Housemarque sinking after they released Returnal" With nothing to back that up... yeesh.
 
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whodoneit said:
Good stuff. I wish more people would actually take 5 mins to research before they post. "Housemarque sinking after they released Returnal" With nothing to back that up... yeesh.
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We both agreed that the buyout was because the studio was having financial issues. Not crazy to think their big budget exclusive foray had something to do with it.
 
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BobbyTastic said:
We both agreed that the buyout was because the studio was having financial issues. Not crazy to think their big budget exclusive foray had something to do with it.
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5 mins of research would have saved you from that assumption. A quick google search of "Returnal sales" brings up all of the links frisky posted. That's all I'm saying.
 
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darthbster31 said:
So, I finally scored a PS5 and am now looking to offload my PS4 pro. I recently upgraded the hdd to a 1 TB ssd and repasted and changed out the thermal pads. What do y'all think would be a reasonable price to sell it at? 3-350? Should I ask for more?
I've looked at FB marketplace and OfferUp and there are price points all over the place. Thanks for any insights.
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Might be worth looking at eBay as well, and then filtering your search for sold/completed listings (sorted by most recent) for non-improved PS4 Pros. From there, hopefully you can get a better idea of what the typical price range is going for the standard model (many look at eBay as most representative of the gray market), and can then price up as you see fit.

Good luck!
 
PS+ games for July:
•A Plague Tale: Innocence (PS5)
•Call of Duty Black Ops 4 (PS4)
•WWE 2K Battlegrounds (PS4)

In case Frisky's post doesn't load for you.
 
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CrepeNuts said:
It looks like Sony’s infrastructure and policy’s are just as much of a nightmare for smaller devs as it is for customers:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2021/06/30/dev-details-sonys-frustrating-rules-for-discounts-and-promotion-on-playstation/
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Fascinating read. Respect the guy for going public about it, hopefully he doesn't get sued into oblivion.
I'm surprised that Platform Y is easier to get discounts on though, as I've found Platform X tends to have more robust sales with deeper discounts (though the sales do seem to recycle the same titles).
 
CrepeNuts said:
Knowing what we could have had with PT and also knowing the next Silent Hill is by the studio that did Blair Witch, my expectations are in the basement.
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Yeah for sure, never played Blair Witch so can't speak to it. Hopefully Blue Point is working on a silent hill remake so we can at least enjoy that
 
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