RIPPA Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 It seems that the things of note for January are Dragon Quest 8 (for the 3DS) Gravity Rush 2 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard I guess the first "big" release of the year is For Honor in Feb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Didn't realize DQVIII was so close. I really should go back to focusing on VII, but I'm back on the addiction that is Skyrim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew POE! Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 1 hour ago, RIPPA said: It seems that the things of note for January are Dragon Quest 8 (for the 3DS) Gravity Rush 2 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard I guess the first "big" release of the year is For Honor in Feb There's also a little known indie gem called Horizon: Zero Dawn in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 That's weird - when I was looking at the Feb releases, that wasn't there Of course I fully accept I'm an idiot too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Battletech Beta coming out next month (hopefully) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew POE! Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 January has Hatsune Miku Future Tone getting a US release, but only about two or three people including me care about that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I looked at pre-ordering Resi 7 off PS Store over Christmas. It was £70 for a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. How can you justify that price when there's no physical media involved?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 That's still low. I've seen $99.99 USD digital deluxes in the PS4 store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Doesn't "digital download gouging" basically sum up the video game industry at this point? The minute consoles went internet connected and started being really mediocre PC's any semblance of reason was going to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Especially lately, I've wound up with wayyyyyyyyyyyyy more physical copies than I thought I would this generation because of good sales at brick and mortar stores and Amazon Prime's preorder discounts. It's like hey, you guys know it's costing you more to physically manufacture this shit, right? Cut us a break. Plus, I don't like having to get up and change discs all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I think the issue boils down to (think of this more as a logic series than a bullet list, but I don't know how to make that): A) digital downloads are still a minority of PS4 game purchases B) however, that minority is big enough to scare physical retailers C) therefore, big game publishers can't afford to alienate stores by providing a discount to eliminate the middle man and buy the download. D) publishers have determined that $60 is the price point most likely to result in a profit on a AAA game when sold in retail stores E) therefore, a game that costs $60 at Wal-Mart must cost $60 to download. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Same issues with publishing, esp comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Yup. There was a period when $3.50 Image books were MORE expensive digitally because the Image/Diamond contract said they couldn't charge less than cover for digital, the Image/Comixology contract said they had to offer everything on CMX and the Apple policies were that all items cost $x.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I don't think I've ever purchased a digital game for consoles unless it was really marked down, but I also like to sell my games after I beat them to get most of the value back which I can't do for digital. I do like the inconvenience of digital games, but not the price point. And things like 'digital art books' and 'digital comics' mean nothing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSC Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Buying digital games seems pointless to me when, even with pretty fast internet, it's going to take way longer for the full game to download than it would for me to just drive down to Gamestop and buy the thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I only download digital games when they're either (1) an old favourite I'll replay (2) they're on sale and I've heard a lot of buzz So far I've purchased zero physical copies of PS4 games (and I was always a stickler for having a physical copy of something) as the vast majority of games I want to play are indie titles these days Talking of old favourites, has there ever been an update on the Resi 2 Remake Capcom announced in 2015? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glfpunk Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Digital is the only way I purchase games. I have zero physical copies. But a friend and I do the share thing on PSN and alternate games so every game is basically half price. As far as the download speed thing- basically every game now is available for pre download before release. So if I preorder a game, it will download it ahead of time before the game releases and be available for me to play midnight on release day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 15 hours ago, CreativeControl said: I only download digital games when they're either (1) an old favourite I'll replay (2) they're on sale and I've heard a lot of buzz So far I've purchased zero physical copies of PS4 games (and I was always a stickler for having a physical copy of something) as the vast majority of games I want to play are indie titles these days Talking of old favourites, has there ever been an update on the Resi 2 Remake Capcom announced in 2015? Last word was Q1 2017, which is any day now. There was talk of dropping it with RE7, but that was the last anyone heard if it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 4 hours ago, glfpunk said: Digital is the only way I purchase games. I have zero physical copies. But a friend and I do the share thing on PSN and alternate games so every game is basically half price. As far as the download speed thing- basically every game now is available for pre download before release. So if I preorder a game, it will download it ahead of time before the game releases and be available for me to play midnight on release day. I feel like the PS sharing game feature is totally slept on. And I'm always waiting for Sony to put an end to it, but it's been around since the PS3 days so it's unlikely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew POE! Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 The problem with digital games is in some cases unless you've already purchased it, it's impossible to obtain once delisted. This week Activision pulled without warning Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2 and TMNT Mutants in Manhattan from purchase on PSN & Steam. The thing I worry about is eventually the digital storefront won't even have the content available for download (see Konami and P.T.) so it's a race against time at that point to go ahead and download it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 Injustice 2 will be out on May 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I'd hoped the March rumors might be true, but this'll work. Enough time to wring all the single-player joy out of it before MVCI hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 So now I am trying to decide if I buy this and a PS4 on Feb 28 will I be able to beat the game before Mass Effect Andromeda three weeks later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I'm not buying or playing anything that takes more that 40 game hours to beat before Andromeda comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 6 minutes ago, J.T. said: I'm not buying or playing anything that takes more that 40 game hours to beat before Andromeda comes out. That's the whole thing - I would totally be betting blind on the length of the game But I also don't know if I can wait like 10 months to play it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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