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19-10-2021 11:32PM

Oct 19, 2021

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118043773#Comment_118043773
Quick run though my friends list there, many are on Back 4 Blood and likely playing it on gamepass, most of the rest are on free to plays like Apex etc. or gamepass stuff like Sea of Thieves, Hades.
Last full priced game I bought was Nier Replicant before that ....... AC: Valhalla I think purely because I wanted something new to play on my Series X when I got it.
I don't even buy stuff on sale really to add to the back catalogue the way I used to, game pass gives me enough to be getting on with and probably a lot of games I'd never have bothered with. Feel like I'm robbing Microsoft blind !!!!!
I do love an epic slice of AAA pie but it's been a while since I've been excited enough by a game to want to pay 80 euro for it day one and potentially 40 more on DLC. I'm not one for Fifa or Call of Duty but friends who have played them religiously in the past have little interest in recent years.

Yeah similar to me. Even younger relatives and the like mostly play free stuff.

Mal-Adjusted · 19-10-2021 11:51PM

I kind of get the feeling that AAA games are in danger of pricing themselves out of the market. especially when there's so many free* games and gamepass available.

*yeah, yeah...technically free but you know yourself.

Markitron · 21-10-2021 11:56AM

[Deleted User]

Oct 19, 2021

Bit of an odd-sounding question but does anyone know what game sales are like at the moment?
Outside of the big sports franchises, Nintendo and the odd PS exclusive are many games selling many units? Seems in my circle hardly anyone ever buys a game let alone at full price following release. Add in the Free to Play stuff and I don't know many who ever buys a game anymore.

The big games still sell really well, and anything smaller than that can find it's own market on the various storefronts available. The industry won't be going free to play any time soon.

EoinMcLovin · 21-10-2021 01:31PM

https://twitter.com/RidersRepublic/status/1451080829204041729?t=b64EreaSahCzSwpYle5DhQ&s=19

You can play 4 hours of the game for free this week

DeSelby83 · 21-10-2021 02:21PM

EoinMcLovin

Oct 21, 2021

https://twitter.com/RidersRepublic/status/1451080829204041729?t=b64EreaSahCzSwpYle5DhQ&s=19
You can play 4 hours of the game for free this week

It's also on stadia if you wanna try it without downloading it.

wotzgoingon · 21-10-2021 02:42PM

Currently playing Mass Effect 3 and brings back the memories of the first and second, they sure do not hold your hand regarding locating mission objectives. Currently trying to do side missions on the Citidel and I covered every inch of the area and cannot find the objectives. Normal games bring you right to where you need to go. Not this one, it's kind of annoying.

Exclamation Marc · 21-10-2021 02:58PM

Uncharted Movie Trailer is here. It looks like a lot of fun with a few scene for scene remakes from the games.

Penn · 21-10-2021 03:24PM

Still think it's miscast (even though I like Tom Holland) and certainly won't be rushing to the cinema to see it (regardless of covid), but might still be a bit of fun.

johnny_ultimate · 21-10-2021 03:24PM

I think a film adaptation is of Uncharted is fundamentally flawed, since a lot of the series success is down to how it channels and takes advantage of the particular eccentricities of AAA video games. Put that in a film context and a lot of it immediately seems either hyper-generic (not that the game was shy about its influences) or absurd (the plane sequence is perfectly fine in a game, but a CG mess on film).

But really can't get over Wahlberg and Hollands' casting as Sully and Drake. Both woefully misjudged for their respective roles. I don't think casting on physical similarity alone is the way forward either, but they both just seem so very wrong for the parts, even with the 'younger Drake' spin.

The Raging Bile Duct · 21-10-2021 03:26PM

Penn

Oct 21, 2021

Still think it's miscast (even though I like Tom Holland) and certainly won't be rushing to the cinema to see it (regardless of covid), but might still be a bit of fun.

Totally agree. Tom Holland is a great actor but he just looks totally wrong for the part. And fecking Mark Wahlberg as Sully to boot...

pixelburp · 21-10-2021 04:08PM

The Raging Bile Duct

Oct 21, 2021

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118053691#Comment_118053691
Totally agree. Tom Holland is a great actor but he just looks totally wrong for the part. And fecking Mark Wahlberg as Sully to boot...

Worth reminding that the production has gone on for so long, Wahlberg went from its initial star to the surrogate father figure.

Mr Crispy · 21-10-2021 05:54PM

It's always a mistake getting hyped about a debut game from a small, unknown team based on just one trailer. But if ever there was a project I'd like to see deliver on its promises, it's Instinction from New Zealand's Hashbane games. It will supposedly be a single player game (although there was talk of co-op at one point) combining combat, puzzles, exploration, and dinosaurs. Beautifully rendered and lit dinosaurs.

wotzgoingon · 21-10-2021 06:24PM

That does look good.

SuperBowserWorld · 21-10-2021 06:56PM

Does Sony allow anybody watch this movie or just playstation owners ?

Penn · 21-10-2021 07:47PM

SuperBowserWorld

Oct 21, 2021

Does Sony allow anybody watch this movie or just playstation owners ?

It's a cinema release. I don't think you have to show your dualshock controller on the way in 😁

SuperBowserWorld · 21-10-2021 07:51PM

Penn

Oct 21, 2021

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118054562#Comment_118054562
It's a cinema release. I don't think you have to show your dualshock controller on the way in 😁

This is Sony remember. They took Spiderman and now Tom Holland.

They can keep Tom Holland.

😝

EoinMcLovin · 21-10-2021 08:14PM

https://twitter.com/AmongUsGame/status/1451217481599647749?t=9AMCJVsolgAN8htictNtgg&s=19

I think this is a year too late also surprised Sony didn't try and get this for psplus like how it's coming to gamepass

Zero-Cool · 21-10-2021 08:21PM

I saw somewhere that it's 30 something quid? Absolutely **** that when i can play it cross play with everyone from my phone. Also haven't played this in months, like you said, bit late. Will be a ghost town on PlayStation if it's not added to ps plus.

johnny_ultimate · 21-10-2021 08:26PM

Zero-Cool

Oct 21, 2021

I saw somewhere that it's 30 something quid? Absolutely **** that when i can play it cross play with everyone from my phone. Also haven't played this in months, like you said, bit late. Will be a ghost town on PlayStation if it's not added to ps plus.

The link above says it’ll be $5, similar to what it is on PC, Switch etc

SuperBowserWorld · 21-10-2021 08:27PM

Anybody notice that if you navigate up to the parent channel, Gaming General, then this channel is not listed. At least on my phone.

EoinMcLovin · 21-10-2021 08:31PM

SuperBowserWorld

Oct 21, 2021

Anybody notice that if you navigate up to the parent channel, Gaming General, then this channel is not listed. At least on my phone.

Yeah it's a known bug

Zero-Cool · 21-10-2021 08:32PM

johnny_ultimate

Oct 21, 2021

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118054918#Comment_118054918
The link above says it’ll be $5, similar to what it is on PC, Switch etc

Ah cool, was looking at the physical release price.

Zero-Cool · 21-10-2021 08:33PM

EoinMcLovin

Oct 21, 2021

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118054954#Comment_118054954
Yeah it's a known bug

Like the search. If i want to find a specific thread, i have to Google "boards.ie *thread name*".

SuperBowserWorld · 21-10-2021 08:40PM

Zero-Cool

Oct 21, 2021

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118054977#Comment_118054977
Like the search. If i want to find a specific thread, i have to Google "boards.ie *thread name*".

I'm just going to My Comments list to find my channels.

dreamers75 · 21-10-2021 09:22PM

Well forza is up for preload on PC gamepass 103gb for windows

wotzgoingon · 21-10-2021 09:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118055195#Comment_118055195

They are releasing these quicker than I am playing them. I'm still on Forza Horizon 3.

johnny_ultimate · 21-10-2021 09:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118055229#Comment_118055229

I really like the Forza Horizon games, but they are releasing the same basic game with a pretty new map every few years 😅

Lucky for them, the maps are fairly damn pretty.

SuperBowserWorld · 22-10-2021 10:51AM

It's like iPhone. New version, same stuff, but prettier.

It's on GamePass so I'm not going to miss the opportunity to drop out of an airplane in a supercar and race around a volcano in 4K.

SuperBowserWorld · 22-10-2021 07:07PM

Another one for GamePass, 60 FPS 4k

https://www.purexbox.com/news/2021/10/woah-gta-san-andreas-the-definitive-edition-is-coming-to-game-pass

Zero-Cool · 24-10-2021 08:47AM

Anyone use One4All cards with Gamestop.ie before? Used last night for psn credit, exact amount on the card and they cancelled it this morning with a refund in process.

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