• @Pacattack57
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    32 hours ago

    Microsoft should find a way to capitalize on this. Sony is really fumbling here.

  • @[email protected]
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    83 hours ago

    Kinda wanted to pick the game up at some point. Weird, I seem to have suddenly lost all interest. Huh.

    • @[email protected]
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      116 minutes ago

      If you can get the original it’s a great game IMO, obviously not worth the Sony account though

    • @CatZoomies
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      72 hours ago

      Get the original on GOG without DRM or forced PSN.

  • @7112
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    Edit: Looks like the game is still on GOG without PSN requirment.

  • @2pt_perversion
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    114 hours ago

    Cool. I force a no-psn-requirement for games that I buy.

  • ekZepp
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    Ok. I’ll still play the game with no PSN. They’ll just not get any money x it. 🤷‍♀️

  • Ech
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    508 hours ago

    They’re really digging in on this shit, huh? Here’s hoping enough people pass on their games because of it that Sony regrets the decision.

  • ThrowawayOnLemmy
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    388 hours ago

    I knew Sony would double down on this shit. They always make these stupid business decisions.

  • @slaacaa
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    This happens when there is a lack of competition. If MS didn’t shit the bed with xbox in this generation, Sony would be trying harder

    • @ampersandrew
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      158 hours ago

      They’re competing with PC now and simultaneously trying to turn this into a vector to convert people to PS5. It won’t work, but the fact that there are PC versions at all show how they can’t just do what they want with impunity.

    • @[email protected]
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      08 hours ago

      I’m curious: How do you think someone “shit the bed” with xbox, when Gamepass is incredibly popular and successful?

      • @slaacaa
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        Sony has sold double the consoles this generation (60 vs 30 million I think). And the Series S is very unpopular with devs, increasing the complexity of developing games for Xbox to get just half the PS market.

        Game Pass is popular, but it’s just one stream of revenue, and a lot people are only using it on PC. Sony is selling consoles, 70 EUR games, and in addition their own subscriptions.

        I understand MS’s strategy, and maybe this was the best they could have done for this gen, but Sony and Nintendo is dominating console gaming, with MS lagging far behind.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 hour ago

          Nintendo just doing what they’ve always done is ironically what gamers have been calling for all this time. Just make fun games with no silly BS.

          Say what you will about Nintendo’s litigation strategy (its to protect the value of their IP in their mind), but they’re kind of crushing it even compared to Sony.

        • @nman90
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          87 hours ago

          Don’t forget how much money MS is spending on these game company acquisitions just to close other studios they already have that released great games instead of funding them to make even more great games. I feel as though game pass really relies on getting more customers to sign up for its success and eventually there will not be enough to sustain itself and that is why we are already seeing price increases and changing of the tiers

        • @[email protected]
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          Sony has sold double the consoles this generation (60 vs 30 million I think).

          Sold consoles isn’t that great of a cathegory to judge the two, since both lose money on every sold unit.

          And the Series S is very unpopular with devs, increasing the complexity of developing games for Xbox to get just half the PS market.

          Get ready for the same thing to happen on the vanilla PS5. Devs will target the PS5 pro for trailer footage and the games will run like shit on the old PS5.

          Game Pass is popular, but it’s just one stream of revenue, and a lot people are only using it on PC

          It’s very cheap to offer and if they don’t need to sell xboxes to have a wider customer base, that’s a bonus - not a drawback.

          but Sony and Nintendo is dominating console gaming, with MS lagging far behind

          We’ll see how far they’ll be lagging behind once they leverage their Call of duty monopoly.

          • @slaacaa
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            1. Even if they sell at a loss, the number of consoles mean the potential number of buyers for games. More consoles sold means they can sell more games and other profit generating products/services.
            2. Sony is barely selling any PS5 Pros as there is a low interest at this high price, which is unlikely to change in the future. The current console is not even fully utilized, lot of recent games are still PS4 cross-gen. 0 chance of the base PS5 being left behind
            3. MS will not make COD an exclusive, as they will not give up on the chance to sell a 70 USD/EUR game to 60 million PS5 users, which is double the size of their own market
            • @[email protected]
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              03 hours ago
              1. You said yourself that a lot of gamepass subscriptions were on PC. You know how many people own PCs?
              2. That’s what happened with the Xbox one X and the PS4 pro. Game devs want to make their games look best for trailers, so the graphics will be focused on instead of optimizing for the lower tiered consoles. It’l be like “if you want stable 60fps, you’ll need the PS5 pro”.
              3. Starfield already didn’t come to the PS5. There even was a version for the PS5 in development.
              • osaerisxero
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                Starfield already didn’t come to the PS5. There even was a version for the PS5 in development.

                Point to Sony then

  • @[email protected]
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    47 hours ago

    Tons of non-Sony games to play on PC. If I never play a new Sony game ever again it truly won’t be a loss.

    • FiveMacs
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      24 hours ago

      Sony, Microsoft, Ubisoft, ea, Activision/Blizzard, rockstar, Nintendo and Square Enix will never see a dime from me until they change face.

      I will never pay for anything they produce. it’s all trash.

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    Now I don’t feel so bad about buying it a few weeks ago and barely playing.