• @[email protected]
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    Do you smell the sweet scent of money made by amassing more data from you and selling it.

    Hmmmmmmmmmm hmm!

  • @[email protected]
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    Just pirate anything Sony puts out. This shit makes it clear that it’s not worth giving them a single dollar. And if we’re being really honest, all their games are super generic and very mid, you can just ignore them as a developer completely and you won’t miss out on anything.

  • @[email protected]
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    Fucking called it LOL

    I knew this was the whole point of the “remaster”.

    The original is still available on GoG.

    I also REALLY hate how confusing the Steam store is. If you look up the original game, it does not say its delisted, it just has the Remastered bundle inside the listing, which is a completely different product.

      • @[email protected]M
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        If Sony pulls it, they pull it. GOG wouldn’t have any options, it’s not theirs to sell, they are just a storefront.

  • Lad
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    Lol remastering a 2017 game, mega cash grab.

  • @[email protected]
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    Along with everything else, I find it so annoying that these games that totally didn’t need a remaster get one, and so many great older games just begging for a remaster that woud rake in cash dont get one.

    • @Paddzr
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      Because those need work. These are easy to slightly polish up and push as new game.

      Ps5 has literally only one new exclusive after all these years?

      • @OrgunDonor
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        It has more than one… But it is incredibly lacking still.

        But it got Astrobot, Destruction All-stars are both new IPs. There is also Spider-Man 2 and Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart for first party. And you can throw in Stella Blade and FF7 Rebirth for now as well.

        I believe everything else is remakes or not exclusive to the PS5.

        Edit - ohhh scratch Ratchet and Clank off as well, that’s on PC. I thought it was the PS4 one that came to PC, but it is Rift Apart.

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          Spiderman was ps4 too no?

          • @OrgunDonor
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            Wikipedia is only listing PS5. Spiderman and Miles Morales were PS4, but Spiderman 2 is only on the PS5

    • ThrowawayOnLemmy
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      It’s because those remakes take time to do a proper remake. I get the feeling Sony needed something fast for this one and Guerilla was able to turn it around without much effort on their part, at least compared to making a new game or remaking something older.

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      They did it so they can sell more data from requiring a PSN account, also just more money from people buying it, I guess.

  • Hal-5700X
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    The Sony shit show continues.

    Also if you bought the OG. You still can download and play it.

    • babybus
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      It’s funny that I could buy and play the original game, but not this remaster or the sequel. That’s because Sony doesn’t acknowledge that my country exists.

  • @TallonMetroid
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    Good thing I have the GOG offline installer already downloaded.

      • @ocassionallyaduck
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        But it is, as a bundle.

        They’re having one HZD listing, for both copies If you buy it in 6 months you can still play the original release with no PSN and no remake changes, they just package the remake with it now on the store.

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      If you already bought you can still download it can’t you? I have a bunch of other delisted games that still work fine

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        I bloody hope so, I added it to the list of games I’ve purchased on steam but never played last week

        • @[email protected]
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          Well, I can play the delisted original aoe2 and that’s been delisted for a long time, so I’m sure you’ll be fine.

    • MentalEdge
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      And you can actually still buy it there. Though for the now increased price.

    • @[email protected]
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      I have it too, and I was patiently waiting for Forbidden West to show up on GOG too, guess it’s not gonna happen now, yo ho ho?

  • @ichbinjasokreativ
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    Wait. Does this mean that HZD will disappear fm my steam library?

    • @SuperIce
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      No, it just means people can’t buy it anymore

    • @[email protected]
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      Delisting has never meant it is removed from your library for a paid game, in my memory. Just means you can’t buy it anymore

      • @[email protected]
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        There have been a few instances where licensed content has been retroactively removed from libraries, though. Steam doesn’t let you download older versions of a game unless the devs explicitly allow it.

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      I hope they just mean for sale…

  • @ocassionallyaduck
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    This is not true in the literal sense.

    You cannot redeem HZD keys, and buy it as part of a bundle with both versions. They stopped selling it standalone.

    So you can get the upgrade for $10 if you already have it, or wait for a sale on the bundle.

    But in either case you can still play the original release without the PSN requirement even if bought after the remaster release.

  • @absquatulate
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    This original was already a privacy nightmare, even on GOG, which is why I was hesitant to buy it. Looks like I’m definitely pirating it now if I wanna play it. But hey, at least now we know why sony insisted on “remastering” it.