Will it be a happy birthday? (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
The Wednesday letters page wants advise on important US Nintendo Switch games, as one reader recommends Indiana Jones And The Emperor’s Tomb.
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Renewed hope
I really hope that Sony put on a proper effort for the PlayStation 30th anniversary. Everyone knows they’ve been off the ball for the last two years or so and this would be a great moment to draw a line under all that and start acting like they care again. Seriously, Sony recently is like their mum told them they have to be in the games industry, but they don’t want to and everything is an absolute minimum effort because of that.
Nobody seems to have any real idea why but no one will care either, if they get their act together. Obviously, a super preview event with multiple new single-player game announcements would be the dream. But I don’t expect for a second that that will actually happen.
A new PS1 mini-console would be good too, but I think they’ve left it too late in the year for that now. I’ll settle for a plush PS1 I can use as a cushion but, to be honest, even that is probably expecting too much. Instead, I’ll just ask for one simple thing: hope. Hope that Sony will make an effort next year and this whole period in gaming can be quickly forgotten.
Grimpen
Back-up systems
I very much doubt the lawsuit against Ubisoft is going to work, for shutting down The Crew, but something really needs to be done about all these games just disappearing and becoming unplayable once the publisher has given up on them.
It’s ridiculous that it’s easier to play obscure Japanese-only NES games in the modern day than it is something that came out a couple of years ago. When a game is released it needs to have an offline mode built in, and if it’s online-only then it needs to have the ability to switch to fan servers immediately – have that built in from the start too.
Otherwise, it’s just not fair even selling the games to people. I’m sure Ubisoft has protected itself with the terms and conditions but it’s everyone, EA especially. I’m shocked that Nintendo, of all people, are the ones doing things reasonably, with the new offline-only Animal Cross mobile app. If Nintendo is beating you for pro-consumer features then you are doing very, very badly!
Focus
Evil elevation
I absolutely agree that Silent Hill 2 is a much better remake than I or anyone else expected, but for me it’s not the best. Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth are great but they’re just too bloated and I think they would’ve been better compressed into just one game, making the remake a two-parter and not a trilogy.
For me, the question is between Resident Evil 2 and 4. I love them both, but I honestly think 2 is the best one. It elevates the original …read more
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