reminiscingLemon
Neo Member
Do you guys think this is why the announcement has taken a little longer this month?
Maybe Helldivers was what Sony wanted for PS+ but maybe couldnt fork out enough for the devs to agree
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Playstation Plus Thread 2: How do I hold all these games?
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Do you guys think this is why the announcement has taken a little longer this month?
Maybe Helldivers was what Sony wanted for PS+ but maybe couldnt fork out enough for the devs to agree
Hum, not everyone bought a ps4 at release date, im sure there are new subscribers to ps plus everymonth.
toythatkills
Member
When do you think the single biggest spike was, though? Especially since a ton of places were selling PS+ cards for $30 on Black Friday that year.
But the whole point is giving free games
Sony are the publisher, I doubt it is up to the devs if it goes on Plus or not.
Or White Night, perhaps? Or maybe just older games.
akachan ningen
Member
I'm glad, that game looks weak.
reminiscingLemon
Neo Member
ahh didnt know that, guess not then
Damn it, I meant Watch Dogs! :lol :lol
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Nestled_Grizzly
Member
Well I bummed now. I'd rather have Helldivers.
toythatkills
Member
Not sure it's a good choice for plus really, but it is looking very likely.
It's the kind of indie title that people will actively hate, rather than just dismissing.
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People with no taste perhaps.
I'll never get the obsession with getting Killzone or Knack as PS+ titles.
toythatkills
Member
It's not about taste, it's an incredibly cumbersome game to play and it takes hours of practice to get to a level where you can make the game consistently do what you want it to do. PS+ titles probably have ten minutes to impress people, and olliolli2 won't do it because its initial ten minutes will be hellish.
People will give up, and those people will hate it.
YianGaruga
Banned
I've pretty much given up hope for more of that. But maybe they continue with the birthday celebrations and suprise us.
UnlovedJew
Member
I'd love to see something like Sword Art or Danganronpa. Hell, I think it's about time for Persona to be free.
Randy Monk
Member
Anyone remember if Stick it to the man was a freebie for PS4-Europe?
It was, yes.
YianGaruga
Banned
Yes it was
it was
Goldenroad
Member
Have you actually played Olli Olli 2 or are you just assuming that they are just re-relasing the first game and calling it Olli Olli 2? Because if you've really got some kind of crystal ball that can tell you how good this game is or isn't and how people's reactions will be, you should probably put it to better use.
toythatkills
Member
I don't think I implied they were re-releasing olliolli at all, but it's not like olliolli2 is an FPS. I also never once mentioned how good the game is or isn't. All I commented on were the mechanics, and they are going to be largely the same, because it's a sequel to a game with very specific gameplay. If you need a crystal ball to see that, then maybe stop going outside because it's dangerous. And remember to breathe.
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Not every game needs to be easy within the first ten minutes. Not every game has to be for everyone. A game shouldn't have to make the player feel like they've mastered the mechanics within their first play session. All a given game needs to do is know its audience an appeal to that audience with a good game suited to that audience. I'm sure a lot of people gave up on Catherine within the first couple stages because they found it frustrating too. Did that make it a bad choice? No because it's a great game for the type of game it is and certainly became a sleeper hit for many. Hotline Miami is pretty frustrating at the start. Bad Plus choice? Fuck no. Not everything has to be for everyone and they shouldn't go out of their way to only put super casual games that anyone can easily play on the service. Just focus on quality and keeping the lineup varied.
Demon's Souls was also a free plus game. It's in my top 5 of all time but certainly doesn't hold your hand at the beginning.
It's a more palatable answer than "yes, we know what they are but we're not telling you yet!"
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Personally I couldn't get in to it and got annoyed by the lack of checkpoints and gave up quickly. Didn't appeal to me. But you know what? It doesn't matter. It has an audience and it was a great choice. It's clearly quality and knows its audience. There's plenty of games on he service that do cater to my tastes. I have no problem with Demon's Souls not.
toythatkills
Member
I do see your point, but olliolli (in my opinion) has more limited appeal, gameplay-wise, than any of the games you mention.
All I said is that people will actively hate it*, because olliolli is controller-throwingly frustrating when you're bad at it, and a lot of people (myself included) are very very bad at it. It's also a game that looks like it will be simple, so people will go into it expecting that. I appreciate how brilliant it is when you can play it well, but people won't give it time. They'll get to the "I FUCKING HATE THIS GAME I CAN'T PLAY" stage and give up, because that's how the human mind works when we get free stuff. We give up on it, because there's no need to stick with it to justify the money we spent on it. There's no guilt because we wasted money.
Obviously that's not true of everyone in the world, but a huge majority.
(*as opposed to just dismissing it as "more indie crap" like idiots would to most indie games. And again, I'm making no comment on the actual quality of the game as far as whether it deserves to be on PS+, I'm just saying people will actively hate it, and they will.)
Randy Monk
Member
Damn, it's not in my download list. Will wait for a sale.
I went that route; burned through 300 GB in 6 months.
firebranded
Member
Nidhogg?
Napalm_Frank
Member
Where my games at, Fred?
Or Nihilumbra.
YianGaruga
Banned
I thought the beginning of OlliOlli was very manageable and that the first ten minutes were easy enough. It's only later that the difficulty ramps up.
El_Cinefilo
Member
That's a shame, that one seemed like a lock. It's surprising considering how much publishers say first week sales matter that studios even release downloadable titles the same week as the plus update. surely it's going to hit sales if most people are getting two other games for free the same day?
There seem to be some conflicting reports.
http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Harddrive
PS3 does not seem to support 2TB drives at all!
People have been saying 1.5TB works though, but might trust the devwiki more? Up to you.
As for brand it dosent really matter. Backblaze did a report that Seagate fails more so maybe get WD, Hitachi, Toshiba instead.
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/best-hard-drive/
Do not get "green" or "red" WD drives those are for storage uses.
I use a WD 7200RPM 750GB.
A 1TB or 1.5TB would be nice as I only have 200GB left.
Example
HGST Travelstar 2.5-Inch 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 32MB
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0097LG9U8/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Toshiba 2.5-Inch 1TB 5400 RPM SATA2/SATA 3.0 GB/s 8MB
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AUH3L04/?tag=neogaf0e-20
OEM Samsung Spinpoint M9T ST1500LM006 1.5TB 5400RPM
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KY9M6FY/?tag=neogaf0e-20
There is an old GAF thread about it
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348232
Yes that's the one.
Klart
Member
This was released yesterday.
How in the world can you think they'll give it away next week?
Broken Age comes out next week?
And Nidhogg is a good candidate. We already got Sportsfriends and Towerfall.