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VG24/7: The higher price of digital games on Xbox One and PS4 laid bare

VG24/7: "A year since the new-gen consoles released and anyone in mainland Europe and the UK buying games directly from the format holders are being ripped off."

jrshankill3489d ago

This is totally correct. £60 for the digital deluxe version of WWE 2K15 in the store. Thats around $95. Rip off.

roguedragon13489d ago

I'm glad someone is finally writing about this because this is my biggest problem with gaming in 2014. I would much prefer to buy online but the prices make me angry. I mean there's some games on ps4 marketplace that have been out nearly a year, but still they are £54.99 wtf. Microsoft claim they would eventually like to go digital only,mostly down to the fact they lose so much money to trade ins. I'm all up for digital only but only when new games start at around £30 to £40.

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Days Gone Director Says Bend's Project Costs Over $250M; Says PS Co-CEO Doesn't Want 2 Zombies Games

Days Gone director claims Sony has already poured in at least a $250M in Bend's project; says Days Gone sold more than Death Stranding.

shinoff218316h ago

Well that sucks. Seems they want more online trash. I'd rather of had the sequel if it was single player

MrNinosan2h ago

What online trash games did PS Studios release last 10 years?

Notellin7m ago

The past has nothing to do with the future. This is such a terrible argument. Everyone knows about their current live service push.

-Foxtrot16h ago

It would be a shame if it was true that Hermen never gave the franchise a chance simply because he didn't like it and they already had a "Zombie" game with TLOU.

NaughtyDog are most likely moving onto a new IP next so it would have been the perfect time to do it.

ThinkThink8h ago

Here's where xbox steps in and releases state of decay 3 day and date on ps5.

Grilla1h ago

Days gone 2 was canceled before Herman was in charge. That happened like 4 years ago.

vfl5231h ago

4 years ago he was head of Playstation Studios. He would've probably had a hand in the cancelation.

Notellin5m ago

Man two seconds of research could have saved you from this comment. Amazing work Grilla you fit in with the uniformed N4G community who speaks before verifying anything that they say.

excaliburps2h ago

Yep. Kind of weird since it wasn't a sales flop, no?

I know we have to take what Ross says with a grain of salt since we're hearing just one side of the story, but even so, the game wasn't bad at all. Heck, it's my brother's favorite last-gen game from what I recall.

The amount of zombies on screen, imagine that with the PS5 and SSD? That would be insanely fun!

Grilla1h ago

Most copies were sold on sale. Not enough ppl bought it at full price. I paid 20$ for it 6 -7 months after release.

Notellin3m ago(Edited 2m ago)

Yeah we should never believe the creators side until we hear the corporate/big business side as history has shown we should always believe billion dollar corporations.

What a bootlicker statement.

P_Bomb2h ago

Well I don’t want 10 live service games, but they have no problem doing that lol. Ugh.

CrimsonWing691h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Oh great so we only get what the big wigs want… y’know, the people that really have their fingers on the pulse of what their consumers want. Faaaaantastic!

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Sand Land Review - Toriyama's Swan Song | MP1st

Sand Land Review - Akira Toriyama's two decade old manga has received new life with a recent anime adaptation and now a video game as well.

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Princess Maker 2 Regeneration Delayed on PlayStation After Sony Demands Changes

Bliss Brain has announced that Princess Maker 2 Regeneration is being censored on PlayStation owing to changes demanded by Sony.

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jambola10h ago

nah
Sony can keep their censored garbage

Snookies1210h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Complete BS. I hate their recent censorship crusade. I used to back Sony pretty heavily, but I am not cool with any censoring. Let art be the art it was intended to be. I'm an adult. I promise I can handle gore, boobs, cussing and anything else thrown my way. If Sony continues down this route, I seriously doubt I'll be purchasing their next console. Hell, it took me until just recently to buy a PS5... I bought PS1-PS4 pretty much the day they launched. I just don't like the direction Sony is going lately.

DarXyde3h ago

At the end of the day, you're speaking for yourself here. You make it sound like the policy is wrong because Snookies12 can handle boobs and gore.

In reality, I think you miss the point that the censorship is unnecessary because, well, there is such a thing as the ESRB. Sony or any company applying their own censorship policy is just redundant and adds a layer of needless oversight, regardless of whether people can "handle" the content, made much worse because it is applied asymmetrically. Ultimately, the ESRB will do its job in informing the public about content included in games generally. From there, it's up to the parents to decide whether their child can manage the content. Because really, in a society without children, I reckon ratings boards and censors would be out of jobs.

If they insist on this kind of silliness, if there is anything I've learned from Stellar Blade (and Steam games, apparently), all you have to do is:

(a) launch without any censorship and allow for an optional patch to be downloaded to censor it;

(b) Launch censored but allow for users/main console account to remove the day one patch;

or

(c) Do nothing. ESRB and caregivers can figure it out.

I'm partial to (c), but any kind of enforcement is just weak.

VersusDMC5h ago

Apparently they are removing the 2 endings where you marry your father and your caretaker. And boob slider.

Reading that and seeing that thumbnail...do platform holders have to allow anything to be in a game?

ApocalypseShadow4h ago

They shouldn't. There should have to be some limits. And Sony may not want the trouble involved even if they aren't making the game themselves. News media would have a field day with it. And you know there's going to be someone who hates PlayStation that will contact the media and tell them about a game on the system where the anime girl gets big boobs and marries their adoptive father or butler. Which we have seen that butlers are like father figures too like in Batman.

And, apparently, we have Woody Allen's on N4G who don't mind at all.

"But but but I can handle it." Sony's going too far."

Sometimes, games go too far. Have some ever thought of that?

H95h ago

Sony: Stellar Blade can have sexualized outfit it's alright, The Last of Us Part 2 can have rape that's treated as romantic
Also Sony: Wait this game is Japanese, CENSOR IT RIGHT AWAY

MrNinosan3h ago

Marrying your parents is typical Japanese or what?

ChiefofLoliPolice2h ago

Well I simply won't be buy the Playstation version then. How the hell Nintendo allows this but not Sony? I like Sony and all but I detest this censorship.