Consoles are on the way out. Not just exclusives.

I wonder if we are moving to MS being a software company rather than a hardware one. They did that successfully in the OS market, will it spread to the gaming side. They won't pull out of gaming - they make too much money but how much is the Xbox console worth to them?

For the first time since the PS2 days I am considering not buying a PS when the next generation comes out.

The Steam Deck or their competitors are giving me what I want - a machine where I can play games without the hassle of worrying about the right processor, GPU etc and for a reasonable price. Not everybody wants to build a PC

For PS6 I would be expecting a price around £750 so I will be interested to see where they are in 2026 with the handheld market.

@Archangel3371: You do list a valid reason on this.

Not having the money to pay a day one price is fair but it still does not change the idea that you would want to. I would still want FF7 Rebirth on day one and would have been prepared to pay £70 even if I did not have the money at the time but nothing would make me pay any money for Forspoken and I am ambivalent at best for FF16 and Forbidden West.

Sure you have the day one feeling for a game on GP on day one but looking at the price on their site for day one games is £155/year. That means I can buy two games I like on day one for that cost and it means I do not have to feel I have to play the dross and filler or games I am not bothered about to make my subscription seem worthwhile.

So it is now a game I am not bothered about playing (and buying) on both PC and PS5.

I am sur it is a good game and people will like it but another game that has just passed me by me and it failed the day one test for me.

The people who like subscription services like GP and PS+ are the people who do not like paying for their games and are, ironically, also are some of the people who do hand-wringing when studios close.

If you are not prepared to pay $70, or the first day price, for a game then you do not really want it. I am only buying 5 games this year and I am quite happy to pay full whack for them - to support the developers rather than either Sony or MS as much as I can. And the ones I am not going buy at full price I do not really want. Playing them because they are on a subscription service is not a reason to play them.

And I do not have a lot of money or time to splash around but would rather just spend it on the games I really want to play. Hence not buying FF16, Spiderman 2 or the second Horizon game. Not that bothered about playing any of those.

I have now completed the main story but I still love this game enough to finish all the other stuff.

Nomora is clearly a David Lynch fan and I question whether you should really have to watch YouTube videos to understand the ending. But it was still fun. Albeit the final boss had that OPed move that would reduce you to 1. Is it really skill to know you cannot block an enemies move and there is an easy way to deal with it. Bosses are meant to be a test of skill rather than workarounds and what is effectively one-shot kills.

Still will be my game of the game unless something amazing turns up

No because I am a grown up

Alongside the PS5 launch date announcement ;-)

@saint-george: I have never cared about exclusives. Playstation has always had enough games to keep me happy and I was never going to buy another system just to play the odd game.

I would have bought FF7 Remake regardless of whether it was exclusive or not and my interest in games like Kena is pretty much zero.

It was just chance that the PS2 was a new console when I was getting into gaming. Nothing to do with Sony or loving the company - just that I have enjoyed my time with it and see no reason to change.