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@stvevan A guess is that the new Final Fantasy games and lots of popular games like Trails will be on PS5. This is one of the main reasons I got my PS5 too.

To be honest I don't really care how we learn of games, as far as we have new cool games though.

The poll doesn't have the option "I don't care anymore". Seriously, after what nonsense stuff Sony has done and all the articles we have read it all feels like a waste of time and I am so bored of this stuff that steals time from reviews and game announcements. To be honest I would much prefer if the sites stopped covering it.

Now, to be fair I am not a fan of games from this company so I may be in the minority. Weren't we supposed to boycott Activision anyway due to some scandal? Also, how can the EU or the UK stop a USA company from buying a USA company?

@BaldBelper78 I was talking about myself and for some of my friends...

To be fair I know a lot of people, me included, that simply do not care for Nintendo IP's or do not care anymore. I mean I still play my game boy but the only recent Nintendo games I have are Link's Awakening remake and Pokemon Shield... And since all jrpg end up in Steam or PS4 anyway makes the Switch a bit redundant.

Wow an Apple perk on a Microsoft service. I guess stranger things have happened...

@Dr_Luigi To be fair I don't Valve will ever allow official Game Pass app or any other Store app in the Steam Deck. The community could create something though. Apparently there is a gog and epic store unofficial app but I have no games to test it.

In any case, generally I really love my Steam Deck. It can play a huge proportion of the Steam catalogue and it is an emulation powerhouse.

What I would love is a way to play Game Pass games in my Steam Deck. Microsoft has the how to in their site but Cloud is not available in my country, even I technically pay for it with Game Pass Ultimate.

Just finished the Rose dlc. Without spoiling anything I really recommend it!

@PhileasFragg In all seriousness nobody that has sideloaded apps in the Xbox one or Series consoles has ever been banned. Since there is no way to pirate in Xbox Microsoft simply doesn't care. In all fairness what they wanted to do with me worked. I have bought tons or retro games from their store, I am an active Game Pass and 365 subscriber, they don't care if I play some roms, especially for games that they do not sell.

I would joke that Microsoft does what Sony don't but the rhyme does not work!

@Kaloudz To be honest I don't know if there are some terms you violate by installing emulators. I am sure not banned though.

@Kaloudz They is port of flycast.

You do not need developer mode to run the emulators if you know where to look. You can install them in retail mode as an app from the windows store.

I personally have not tried PS2 but I have tried all Sega consoles, PS1 and PSP and all worked great.

I recently beat SH2 and 3 via BC in Series S. The games still hold extremely well.

Really looking forward to this game.

I always complete shut down my consoles. I hate that this option is hidden in the settings somewhere and there is no why to set this as default.

I don't really care about this sort of "console war" due to the call of duty stuff and it will not going to happen but it would be sort of fun to see the aftermath if MS lowered the prices of its series consoles just to troll Sony.

In a more serious tone due to what he says it seems that they won't raise the prices of games or of game pass also.

@Banjo- I have a Wii U although I only have Virtual Console games and some occasional Wii U digital game. The Wii U is great for playing Wii games on an HD TV. So, it turns out i have played Project Zero 2 and in fact already beaten it! I have a lot of very old saves and I have forgotten everything from the game. I may play the games in order.

@Banjo- So I checked and I actually have the PAL Wii version of PZ2!! I may start from it or sell it, lol it seems to go for ~100 euros.

More seriously if the games are not that long I may emulate the PS2 version but since the ports sold well, we may see them too. So, I may emulate the first or play the second in my Wii or get the digital version of the fifth.

I always thought Silent Hill 2 as a perfect example of survival horror with the multiple difficulties, the atmosphere, the multiple endings. I don't understand why this formula was dropped. I recently palyed the game via BC in Series S and it holds up.

@Banjo- @jrt87 @EvilSilentFrame Thanks for the input! I will check the Fatal Frame series. I guess the best starting point is the newest game that is available in modern platforms?

Outlast was the game I had in mind. You have at the start a camera instead of a gun and you can only hide and waiiiit hidden... The two recent Resident Evil games are what I would call modern survival horror

Is this series any good? Blind stuff with a camera seems kind of ... boring? Not as boring as some other modern survival games were you can only hide and wait for the enemy while holding a controller staring at the screen...

I look forward to Scion and Signalis.

Sonic the Hedgehog on Game Gear

Why my laptop or Series S or PS4 had to be in idle or stand by? I always completely switch them off completely when I do not use them! I switch them on I want to download a game or play something. It annoys me that the complete shutdown is hidden in the Series S options somewhere.

To be honest I enjoy games from Humble Games a lot. A Short Hike is a personal favourite of mine and Signalis is in my wishlist. Very cool that Humble Games is supporting Game Pass.

Outrun is not in the poll!

@Kaloudz I beat recently both Silent Hill 2 and 3 in my Series S with no serious issues. Yet again I am not the best at spotting those, it has been many years since the launch and I did not remember the games that well.

@UltimateOtaku91 To be honest I am not familiar with 2K or its games, but it is more serious to have a console maker raising the prices. It makes the possibility of other publishes following very high. Also, they did not have an upgrade plan or a Smart Delivery alternative and what they did seems like an afterthought. Also, even though I loved the game, I was disappointed with the 90 euro Horizon FW limited digital edition. YOU CANNOT TRANSFER THE DIGITAL SOUNDTRACK IN A USB!!!! You can only listen to it in the PS4 console!!!!!!

What I would like to say though is that in that in the eurozone many games of the previous generation launched in the 70 euro mark: Fifa, Street Fighter 5, Zelda Breath of the Wild (both Wii U and Switch), Final Fantasy 15. Some others though launhed at 60 euros with both PS4 and PS5 versions like Resident Evil Vilage. 80 euros sound way too much for a new game though and even indie prices have increased in some cases. Currently, I do not think I will buy anything else except Final Fantasy at launch. In fact the only games I got at launch this year are Horizon FW, Atelier Sophie 2 and Sonic Origins.

@Martsmall Don't you need VPN though?

Can anyone from Europe buy the game? I only see the DLC as available...

And I think it was a good idea that I held back on the Switch version. Hopefully the game will not have performance issues in PS4 or Xbox One...

@Blessed_Koz I have thought about it but having to pay for the vpn kind of defeats the purpose. I am not sure you can trust free vpn services.

For 4,74 € I totally recommend Daytona USA, one of my favorite racers!

As usual rewards are not available in my region. Same with Cloud Game Pass even though I technically pay for it.

Wow I missed the news that Edge of Eternity is a Game Pass launch title. Will definitely try it.

I really enjoyed Firewatch back in the day. I highly recommend it if you like story driven games. I may replay it again.

Not available in my region, as usual.

I love Bloodstained. I was an original backer and I have beat the game in PS4 (with all trophies obviously), in Series S (with all achievements) and in Switch (if you have not played it yet stay away from this version).

To be honest the first Xbox i have ever played or owned is the Series S! Since then, I have played some games through the BC.

Yet I cannot buy this game. It shows a price but nothing works.
I also wanted Silent Hill Downpour but there is no button to buy the game...

@ralphdibny Dev mode does not let you play xbox games. You have to reboot between modes constantly.

By the way there was also a way to do this in retail mode but I am not sure if it still works. Note that if you are a university student in participating universities you can use your academic email to have dev mode for free. It does not seem that possible that MS will start bans for this. I know people that did this in the OG VCR X1.

PS Now is not available in European countries even though PlayStation is very popular.

It is not available in my region for some reason.

I snagged some classics but Final Fight: Double Impact is not available in my region for some bizarre reason.

The SEGA backlog of games available via BC was a surprise and one of my favourite aspects of my new Series S. Crazy Taxi, Daytona, Sonic, Virtua Fighter and many more are there. No Afterburner or Outrun though due to licensing issues.

Xbox Series S was my first Xbox. In fact I have never ever played an Xbox before. I got the S due to it being relative cheap, due to Game Pass and because some of my favourite SEGA games are available via BC. I ended up loving it. I love the ultra fast SSD.

@NEStalgia Yes, I usually want to shut the console off completely if I know that I won't use it for a couple of days.

I don't have this issue however I find it strange that, if I want to shutdown the system completely, I have to go in the settings.

Those days I play Sega BC games on Series S and I also got a Dreamcast. I am a Sega fan but I have forgotten how fun some of their "forgotten" games are. I really wish they would re-release arcade ports, master system ports, saturn ports etc.

Despite the criticism I love FFXV. If they put a next gen patch I will play it again.

Persona 4 Arena is BC but not its sequel? Bizarre...