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Best part of this list is seeing that Ben is getting in on One Piece! Hell yeah Ben, let’s set sail for the grand line!

@sethmode: I don’t disagree, but would just like to point out that the CCP likes to play that card as well. You think a US policy created by Biden or Trump really makes its way to the average Chinese citizen in its original form?

And yet the CCP will conveniently mention how this is an affront to China and its people and they will blah blah blah, when in fact it’s mostly the CCP that is upset about it, and will twist the information to suit its own purposes and rile up the nationalists.

Is there a point to my post? I dunno, it’s 1am and I’m not exactly operating at peak mental capacity…

Just to add to what frytup said, Danny also did mention he’d kind of jump on QL duty while Jeff is away, so that on top of the other things will cause Borne to Run to be put on a bit of a hiatus.

It seems like Guilt Treasures will continue though, as Jan seems to be next on the docket.

Have had mine since late June and haven’t really had much in terms of technical difficulties. I think the console once mysteriously shut down by itself while in standby mode so it had to do a little checksee or whatever when I started it up, and that’s been about the extent of it.

To be fair I usually turn the console off when I’m done playing with it instead of putting it in standby mode like I did with my PS4 Pro all the time to hopefully avoid many of the reported issues I’ve seen mentioned, but I have left it in standby here and there when downloading things overnight and it’s been all fine and dandy.

Have not plugged in any external drives or anything like that either, and I set up the console as new instead of transferring data over from my Pro.

@bigsocrates: haha, be careful what you wish for? It kind of crossed my mind that if there is a sale and there was a way to gift the game, I might’ve done the same thing your friend did.

Now I am eagerly anticipating a follow-up blog about your experiences playing through Balan! :3

Picked up a PS5 at the end of June so that’s basically all I’ve been playing recently.

- Platinumed Astro’s Playroom. Was a ton of fun but I didn’t really get those nostalgic “feelgoods” that many people talked about. Even with that caveat, still thoroughly enjoyed it.

- Platinumed FF7R InterMission. Loved the Remake and quite enjoyed this DLC, despite the short length. Can’t wait for Remake part 2, and will likely do another playthrough of FF7R later this year.

- Currently playing through Miles Morales. I’ve just crossed the point of no return so I should finish it tonight, and will likely go back for the Platinum. Story is good and combat feels better than OG Spidey as the venom powers seem to give you more options against some of the more annoying enemies.

After that I’ll probably dive into Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, with Demon’s Souls and Bugsnax waiting in the wings.

This.

Otherwise, I don't know. R&C is out already and there's not much else I'm really into between now and Elden Ring. There might be some surprise announcements, but I strongly doubt anything big will come out by year's end.

I'd be satisfied simply by a performance patch for Bloodborne, but I don't think we're ever gonna get that... (prove me wrong, Sony! Make me eat my words, please!)

That’s a fair point, which is why I added the part about Square working with Sony. If anything I probably should have said Square choosing to get paid by Sony, so no arguments from me there.

Also, I didn’t say any of these companies are nice, as they’re only “nice” insofar as you’re a source of money to them and may keep up the appearance of being your “friend” or “doing what’s right by the fans”, but even then some companies don’t even try and keep up that appearance.

That being said, I personally still don’t think they’re dicks for not providing a free upgrade for folks that got FF7R via PS+. Would it have been a great move for consumers? Undoubtedly yes. Does it make financial sense at the time or even now? Probably not, and would likely go against any fiduciary duties they have to shareholders. You could make the argument “fuck shareholders” and I’m almost certainly right there with ya, but that might be outside the scope of the current discussion.

Overall though, I think we seem to mostly be on the same page on this?

That's always the price of being an early adopter. $10 can be a lot for some folks, but I also think it's fairly reasonable for having earlier access to the content. I paid my $80 CAD at launch to play it and have no regrets because I was able to experience the content without worrying about any spoilers, and got to participate in the zeitgeist of all the fan speculation, spoiler videos talking about the ending, and all that other stuff. For me personally, that is well worth the extra $10, but again I do understand everyone's financial situation is different.

If anything, the thing I'm a little more miffed about is the new Yuffie content being exclusive to PS5, especially with that console still being exceptionally hard to find for many people. I mean I get it, you spent a lot of time and resources to spiffy up the game for PS5 and you want to push people towards the "definitive" version, but if anything that's more of a slight towards loyal FF fans than the $10 imo.

Finally, no, they aren't dicks. They gave away a GREAT game for "free" to PS+ subscribers less than a year after the game was released, how often do you see that? Having already done that, they don't owe people anything else on top of that. Had Square chosen not to work with Sony to give away FF7R for free on PS+, would you still be calling them dicks? I would assume not. But instead they did something kind of cool for folks, and get called dicks for that? That's some extreme entitlement when they could've just as easily given you (not you specifically OP, you in the general sense) nothing.

If you paid for it, get the better version on us. If you got it for free, enjoy it, and if you want the better version you can pay for it to support the developers, or wait a while for a sale and pick it up on the cheap. Seems perfectly fair to me. /shrug

@facelessvixen: first company I thought of when I saw the thread title.