PlayStation will refund digital copies of Shift Up's latest action adventure game, Stellar Blade, over the claim of false advertisement.
Another week, another Famitsu chart, as Stellar Blade manages to keep the top spot for a second week, crossing over 80,000 units sold.
Stellar Blade for PlayStation 5 was the highest selling title last week, moving an additional 13,033 retail copies. It was followed by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Switch, which moved an additional 9,652 units.
I love how Ring Fit Adventure pops it's head back in the top 10 telling us that people ate too much during golden week!
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
Switch OLED Model – 35,575 (7,231,271)
PlayStation 5 – 18,166 (4,827,074)
Switch Lite – 7,604 (5,841,449)
Switch – 3,885 (19,790,275)
Xbox Series X – 3,466 (274,587)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,352 (770,755)
Xbox Series S – 982 (311,834)
PlayStation 4 – 80 (7,925,861)
Edge Magazine's latest issue is out now and they have shared reviews on some of the recent games including Stellar Blade.
Anyone else playing Stellar Blade and made it to the Great Desert?
I felt the story barely had us do anything here but there are a lot of side quests taking us back and the framerate is kind of all over the place. Curious if anyone else is noticing the same?
It's the only blemish so far in what's surprisingly become my current GOTY.
Stellar Blade a 6? That score is blasphemy. Score should be a 9, no lower than an 8. It's GOTY.
WOW. speechless
Good. Now these guys and gals can buy the physical version like they should have done to begin with and not download the patch.... Or not.
Either way it's a win-win because these players get their refund and Sony remembers this in the future so it won't happen again even though the game is uncensored without the patch.
Bring on Stellar Blade 2!
This is insane people. The explanation that it was the unfinished model of that costume and they updated to correct that is plausible and that it makes no sense to censor this outfit and not all the more revealing ones. The patches were even issued before the game launched.
Honestly, you have to be some kind of loon to be that bothered, especially when there are far more revealing costumes in the game anyway, I guess folk just love a conspiracy theory these days.
To extremists on both end of this decade, buy the game and play it, it's a fucking rad action game!
Can't say fairer than returning the money to those who are upset.
If punters do get refunds though I hope they continue to support Shift Up and buy it physical and unpatched and show their annoyance at Sony in other ways. I have bought mine with PSN credit and have a digital PS5 so won't be refunding as I want Shift Up to get my money still.
Although I'd rather the console makers left the devs well alone on decisions like this that's not realistic and they will have the final say. The downside of third party exclusivity and consolidation I guess. To few companies having the final word in what's released.
The changes are minor though and there's still so much T'n'A in the game I'd still say the game is a victory for those who support EVE's image over those that feel it's unrealistic, sexist or an embarrassment to gaming.
If the patched version had gone out for review and nobody was none the wiser about the changes then the game would still be praised by the pro EVE camp for it's depiction of a sexy and beautiful women. So I would say buying the patched version is still a victory on that front of the argument.