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Deleted member 56752

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account
Banned
May 15, 2019
8,699
Absolutely saved the game. What a terrible choice all around for that game to be a launch title at that price at that time slot around cyberpunk
 

Heazy

IT Tech
Verified
Oct 28, 2017
3,659
London, UK
Seems like a wise choice, and more polish is good to me.
However, will this have legs or simply just drop off after that 2 months of PS+, we'll see.

Also, will Sony lean more into these short leases on titles for PS+ moving forward?
 

Joffy

Member
Oct 30, 2017
1,153
Went from not playing to playing so good move I guess. The price irked me based on what we knew, and it was sure to drown in that launch line-up. Evidently the pre-order interest must've spoken volumes.
 

Lord Fanny

Banned
Apr 25, 2020
25,953
Smart move. I thought it was kind of weird that they wanted to have this at launch, tbh. I guess they were looking at a 'something for everyone' strategy, but a brand new IP launching alongside three other established first party IPs as well as the glut of cross-gen third party titles just didn't make any sense to me. It probably shows how little faith they had in the selling ability that they are making it part of Plus, though, but hopefully this will help it find an audience.
 

ghostcrew

The Shrouded Ghost
Administrator
Oct 27, 2017
30,353
Boooo to delay, yay to PlayStation Plus!

And I only say boo because I was excited to try it out. This is surely a positive move for the game. Looking forward to seeing more!
 

bsigg

Member
Oct 25, 2017
22,556
Only 2 months is kinda weird/odd. Is it available in PS+ for 2 months for claiming it or is it only available to play in PS+ for 2 months?
 

Servbot24

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
43,107
Good. $60 seemed very steep for a game that they weren't even willing to display in any detail.

edit: Oh $70. LOL
 

Euler007

Member
Jan 10, 2018
5,042
Sucks losing a launch title but you could tell it was having a hard time getting mind share. If february was a slow month on the schedule it makes sense to slot it there, might get more traction if the game's fun and gets good early feedback.
 

wars

Member
Apr 26, 2020
1,208
Lisbon,Portugal
Right choice , this game was going to have weak sales at 70$, being free in PS Plus might turn it to one of those games that become hits.
 

mtel

Member
Oct 29, 2017
347
Wow would have never expected Sony to do this especially after they featured in the UI reveal but as others are saying it is the best for the long run.

I guess they took a look at preorder statistics and decided to focus on the other launch titles.
 

I KILL PXLS

Member
Oct 25, 2017
11,536
I'm cool with this. Still really want to see some gameplay like a full match. I thought it was nuts we were so close to launch and hadn't seen anything solid yet.
 

aisback

Member
Oct 27, 2017
8,740
This is probably for best. The bump in the player count due to this should be great.

I'm actually more excited about this now
 

Theecliff

Member
Oct 28, 2017
3,002
probably for the best. it looked fun but there was no way in hell i was paying £70 for an online game that had very little buzz surrounding it.
 

Bennibop

Member
Oct 30, 2017
1,646
Great move, I mean look at the success of rocket league and fall guys. PS Plus was always the better route for this game.
 

Ewaan

Member
May 29, 2020
3,576
Motherwell, Scotland
This is a great decision. I had little to no interest in this game and would not have tried it should I have had to pay for it. I'll definitely give it a go when it comes on PS Plus. This allows for the hard work of the devs to be recognised fully, also.
 

Sidewinder

Member
Oct 25, 2017
7,186
Good, I hope it does well, I kinda like what I saw of it, but definitely wouldn't pay 70€ for it.
 

JEH

Prophet of Truth
Member
Oct 25, 2017
10,216
pre order numbers must have been bad understandably
 

Renteka-Bond

Chicken Chaser
Member
Dec 28, 2017
4,267
Clearwater, Florida
Smart. The fact that it was launching at $70 was a shame because I love the look of the cast but the game itself garnered 0 interest( especially since we haven't seen gameplay). Since it comes with + now, I'll actually look at it.
 

CloseTalker

Member
Oct 25, 2017
30,603
A week and a half from launch. I would kill to see those pre-order numbers.

Good decision I guess, even if it comes as a result of many terrible, terrible decisions around this game's release.
 

Guru_Godzilla

Member
Jul 10, 2018
487
Good choice. I have light interest in it but wouldn't have bought it. It being part of PS+ means I'll check it out.
 

Kida

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,899
Good decision as it gives the game a chance to find an audience in what will probably be a pretty quiet spring.
 

Arex

Member
Oct 27, 2017
12,501
Indonesia
Good decision really, now rather than bombing, it might even become an unexpected hit, like Rocket League.
 

Deleted member 12555

User requested account closure
Banned
Oct 27, 2017
2,113
Hope the devs don't feel like this devalues their work or anything of the sort, but yeah for this kind of game, this seems like a sound decision. Wish it lots of success, and I may just end up getting Plus again to try this out.
 

samred

Amico fun conversationalist
Member
Nov 4, 2017
2,585
Seattle, WA
no they really should have launched it alongside the PS5 as a $70 game with MTX

...no, I'm kidding, this is going to be a 40-page thread of "good call" over and over and over because it is.
 

ArmGunar

PlayStatistician
Member
Oct 30, 2017
6,527
This is a great news !

The game was going to flop hard, now it's part of PS+ and it has a chance to build an userbase
 

Rodelero

Member
Oct 27, 2017
11,531
Great decision, shame it's no longer there at launch obviously, but I would never have risked money on this and I'm genuinely excited to play it.
 

PWRade

Member
Oct 25, 2017
85
Good decision. It would've been overlooked by the amount of games coming the first few weeks of the PS5 launch, especially at full price.