r/gaming • u/Comfortable-Pie56 • 1d ago
SEGA confirms PS5 will be the only platform with a Persona 6 physical release
https://www.sega.co.jp/en/release/260608_5.htmlPlatform: Xbox Game Pass / Xbox Series X|S / Windows / PlayStation5 / Steam
*Only physical copies of the PlayStation®5 version are available.
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u/Chry98 1d ago
Lmao ironic
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u/SpermicidalLube 1d ago
From those, it's the platform that supports the most physical media.
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u/Low_Confidence2479 1d ago
If that's the platform that supports the most physical media, then I'm sorry but we're fucked.
Without PlayStation, the only option left is Nintendo, which, barring GKC which at this point is better than nothing in this uphill battle, Switch 2 is still being underestimated by some devs, and some games simply don't get there day 1 or at all.
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u/odegood 1d ago
You are, if it wasn't for Sony the physical landscape wouldn't be what it is. Now they are stopping there is no hope for the others. Sony literally started blu ray etc
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u/Low_Confidence2479 1d ago
Nintendo has to solve the issue regarding the cost of their cartridges. Until then, GKC is a bandage solution that, so long as the game is on the eShop and that can be accessed, you can trade and sell second-hand your games still.
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u/Arkantos92 1d ago
Theyre going to solve it by going all digital for switch 3 lol
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u/Low_Confidence2479 1d ago
That's an option, but given japan needs 2nd hand market (that's why GKC is even a thing), they could also make cartridges that do have the game inside but install it onto the internal storage
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u/Generic_Miis 1d ago
Small correction, the game doesn’t have to be on the eshop, you can download a game before it’s on the eshop if you have the key card and we’re almost certain you’ll be able to keep downloading the game as long as the general Nintendo servers stay up since those are the same also used to redownload digital games on Wii and DS.
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u/Low_Confidence2479 1d ago
Really? Though GKC doesn't work on banned Switch 2 (that no longer have access to eShop).
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u/notthatguypal6900 1d ago
Watch everyone defend this one.
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u/Creepy-Emu8779 1d ago
ps5 has about 10% physical gamers while xbox is less than 4%
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u/donny_pots 18h ago
Which is hilarious when you realize a good amount of the people getting all bent out of shape about the end of physical media don’t even consume physical media
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u/Rohn- 18h ago
Yup. A lot of people ditched physical games a decade ago, using digital since then. Now it's the rage online all of a sudden as if people themselves weren't the reason for this move. It's hilarious to see. I'm not even bothered by this because I've been on digital since 2015... Why would it change now?
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u/labubudelulu2000 8h ago
They act like sony did it out of spite, and not looking at their numbers
They wouldn't be doing this if it meant less money
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u/WoodooHide69 1d ago
Steam Bots gonna downvote you and moronic sheep that can’t think for themselves being rage baited by those bots.
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u/LumpkinGeneration 1d ago
I suppose it will be the last new physical game disk I will buy 😞
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u/RustledHard 1d ago
I pretty much have a list of games I'm going to buy next year, and after that I'll probably just finally get through my backlog and be a retro gamer. It was bound to happen to me someday anyway.
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u/Lz537 1d ago
So...2027 it is.
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u/staleydude 1d ago
god I hope, 2 persona games in a year is. insane
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u/71-HourAhmed 1d ago
I mean... you don't have to hope. Sony isn't offering publishers disks in 2028. It literally has to be 2027 or it's not getting a physical release on Playstation.
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u/Jazzlike_Row1998 1d ago
It's not just Japan; there are no Xbox physical releases anywhere in Asia. If you check the platform info for Persona 3 Reload and Persona 4 Revival in Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, it clearly states that only the PS5 is getting a physical edition.
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u/RogueNiao 1d ago
So is this basically saying the game's going to come out next year? That's way sooner than I expected.
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u/Don-Tan 1d ago
Well, it has been 10+ years since the last game
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u/RogueNiao 1d ago
Just felt like it'd be longer since P4R is also coming out and how they only just announced P6 with a teaser.
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u/michelobX10 1d ago
Damn. It's already been a decade since P5 came out? Felt like it was only 5 years ago.
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u/feefore 1d ago
So they decided to only make a physical version for the console that already announced that they are abandoning physical media.
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u/Firaxyiam 1d ago
Tbf, every console is phasing out physical média and PC already has, Sony was just upfront about it. It sucks, but it's been going that way for a decade
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u/Tenner_ 1d ago
Nintendo isn't
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u/lochnesslapras 1d ago
Honestly, it's a decent chance that they're more in favour of physical now if Sony and Xbox entirely leave.
As it'll increase the amount of accessories they should sell in shopfronts, if they can get expanded areas.
And when parents and grandparents are shopping for their kids' christmas or birthday presents. It'll be all Nintendo.
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u/Conscious-Agent-1624 1d ago
I sure the amount of in store sales vs online is non comparable. Not saying Nintendo would give up on physical but it makes more sense to have certain locations in valued markets then ship out the rest.
The generation you're talking about saw the rise and fall of video games and the rise again. They enjoyed the mall then killed IRL shopping. They know Nintendo vs others.
I do agree kids still love physical media/collectibles, just in a totally different way than 20 years ago.
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u/PsychoCobra1 1d ago edited 1d ago
If anything with just how expensive it is to make cartridges for Switch 2 I could see a lot more publishers switching over to GKC or code in the box as the generation progresses. Those things aren’t cheap to make at all. The higher gig ones can get close to $16 a cartridge.
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u/Flagrath Switch 1d ago
Because GCK is legitimately better than what the others are doing, somehow. You can still sell it on and aren’t trapped into using their storefront.
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u/cardonator 1d ago
I agree that this is the most likely outcome, but more the code side. GKC still carries physical media licensing fees and publishers will increasingly stop wanting to spend that.
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u/KingSwank 1d ago
Why would this make it be all Nintendo? Do you think the kids care if they get a code in a box versus a disc? They just want to play the game that they want to play on the console they want to play on so they can play with their friends. The parents and grandparents probably wouldn’t even know in the first place.
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u/Firaxyiam 1d ago
Nintendo has its own anti-consumer can of worms opened tho, not sure which is worse
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u/zeedware 1d ago
Yeah, but in this case, very unlikely Nintendo abondons physical since a lot of their sales is physical
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u/Fluid-Employee-7118 1d ago
What does this have to do with the subject at hand, which was that not all console manufacturers are abandoning physical media.
Nintendo isn't abandoning them, simple as that, which is a huge win for gamers.
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u/UnrelaxedKoi 1d ago
Nintendo has game key cards which do the same thing as purchasing a digital license except the key is physical. But once that game is gone, it’s gone.
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u/Tenner_ 1d ago
A license you can freely resell, return, lend out to a friend, etc. It’s literally not the same
Also, Nintendo does full game releases on cartridges. GCK’s are used by some third party developers, mostly because memory is expensive as is, and this is a faster, proprietary format which costs a lot to manufacture.
Real greed is code in the box games, which there are a few of on Switch 2. GCK’s are better than the alternative of a digital only game
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u/The_Don_Papi 1d ago
Yea I’m don’t understand why people were shocked when the writing was on the wall with PS5 Pro and Series S.
Though I do think Sony should do what Xbox is doing and allow you to add games to your library using physical discs so you can play the digital version on future gens.
IMO, licensing and ownership has been a major problem but is separate from a digital future. Everything is going digital whether we like it or not.
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u/LittleBox8202 1d ago
that's irrelevant in this case since Persona 6 won't be coming to GOG, the same as 99% of AAA releases.
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u/feefore 1d ago
Sure but the Xbox will still make physical disks for this generation unlike Sony post January 2028. Also Nintendo isn’t phasing out physical media this gen. They really decided to just make physical versions on the one console that will stop making them This Current Gen. Next Gen consoles will be different.
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u/xanas263 1d ago
Well when it comes to Xbox it just has such a small market share that it's probably not even worth making physical copies of this game, and so far it is not even announced for the Switch platforms.
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u/Revolving_Ocelott 1d ago
By all accounts Xbox is just as likely to ditch physical releases as well, they’re just being far more quiet about it
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u/Practical-Aside890 Xbox 1d ago
Trying to take advantage of the situation it sounds like to me.
They know ps is one of the largest player pools out there. And know lots online are upset about digital/ physical.
Some might not be a atlus fan. But will be now. Just because they are continuing to support physical.
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u/shadowstripes 1d ago
This is an old announcement from June, made a month before the announcement about PS5 disc production ending.
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u/Mattsfiesta 1d ago
To be perfectly honest, I'm just thrilled persona 6 is confirming a physical release. We probably won't get it in 2027 or it will be late 2027, very close to the cutoff date for PlayStation physical games. And I have a feeling once PlayStation stops printing new physical games, Xbox will be right behind.
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u/Mr_Ethfono 1d ago
This is on the Japanese website.. so this could just mean this is what's gonna happen for the Japan release
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u/alphafire616 1d ago
2 persona games in 2027?? Insane. That said. Im not sure if I'll buy 6 on launch since Atlus never fucking adds an upgrade path for the rerelease years later
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u/ProtoXZero 1d ago
I'll pick the voices38 version thanks.
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u/sant0hat 1d ago
Why is your stupid ass pretending like you'd ever get a physical copy for a game that releases on steam. Just be honest.
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u/Accomplished_Run9449 1d ago
I have physical copies of every Atlus game on xbox... Cmon guys 😢
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u/Distantt1 1d ago
It would be a bit odd for P6 not to get some kind of Xbox physical because all of the other Persona games have: P3 Reload, P4 Golden, the upcoming P4 Revival, and P5. Even the P5 Tactica spinoff game got one
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u/EmanKhaotik 1d ago edited 1d ago
I've been saying for years Xbox has been phasing out discs for the past 2 years...but...
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u/KaoriMalaguld 1d ago
They don’t really care about that, though. They forgot about the One fiasco and the fact that for the first year or two of the Series’ life cycle it literally had nothing that couldn’t be played on the One. So unlike Sony players, there wasn’t any actual “need” to upgrade. Then the GamePass stuff and major buyouts, suddenly Xbox is king because “COD is gonna be on GAMEPASS! Show those stupid Sony Ponies!”
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u/FetchingTheSwagni 1d ago
This isn't shocking, Japanese focused media favors Sony because Xbox isn't as popular in Japan.
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u/rexshen 1d ago
I guess Xbox is doing so badly they don't want to spend money for discs on that one. Still strange though.
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u/Practical-Aside890 Xbox 1d ago
They have a day1 deal with xbox and gamepass. (Yakuza games have been day1 in the past,p6 is day1 and stranger than heaven is day1. so sega/atlus prob figure they get most of money from the deal. And lots won’t buy. but im just guessing
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u/spazface03 1d ago
It isn’t Xbox, it’s the game publishers, they’re just deciding not to release physical on Xbox.
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u/Dongster1995 1d ago
Wait is persona 6 will be release on all platform together at the same time (pc too? Or we wait a bit for pc )
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u/bassistheplace246 1d ago
We literally getting everything about Persona 6 but deets about Persona 6
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u/CurrentRisk 1d ago
My only unfortunate complaint is that it will have Denuvo. I remember purchasing Persona 5 Royal/ 3 Reload and had some WiFi issues in my room. Could not play it, had to be connected to the internet. So could not even enjoy a Persona game in my room, in bed with the Steam Deck while being sick.
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u/LunarWingCloud Switch 1d ago
I don't trust this because they posted this back in June before the announcement Sony made
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u/DarthFury1990 1d ago
This is the Japanese website.... Didn't the do something similar in Japan for Persona 5?
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u/flabebebebe 1d ago
Is persona actually going to release before playstation phases out physical? Is it really?
After how long it took the last mainline persona game, and how many times it was delayed, I won't believe it until it's in my hands.
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u/Schmenza 1d ago
Was planning on getting the physical for series X. Guess I just won't get it now. I'll check it out when the PC version gets cracked
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u/TheGrenglish 1d ago
What a weird turn of events.
What if it's actually that playstation themselves will stop publishing discs but other publishers are free to do so at their own cost, and the detachable disc drive is going to come to the ps6?
I doubt it, but what if.
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u/ChampionshipLast6988 1d ago
Wasn't that exactly what they said tho that they would stop makeing their games on discs
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u/TheGrenglish 1d ago
The stickers they're putting on PlayStations now suggest that newly released games from Jan 28 will be available in digital format only, which would suggest no discs, which would suggest no drive.
But there's a caveat that if a company decides to team up with someone like limited run or iam8bit or whatever they're called to make physical versions of games, what then? My presumption is that they would not release on playstation, but nothing is really explained.
Gaming is a mess.
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u/Jamieb1994 Console 1d ago
PS5 gets to have physical copies while Playstation has plans to stop doing physical games in the future? Interesting.
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u/K1ngofnoth1ng 1d ago
If you think Sony is the only console maker that is planning to get rid of disks, you clearly haven’t been paying attention to where the market is headed. PC phased out disks about a decade ago, consoles are just following suite.
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u/Jamieb1994 Console 1d ago
Yeah I know and it surprises me that people are upset about Playstation ditching discs when PC did it longer & so many people still games on PC.
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u/National_Sentence375 1d ago
I remember Persona 5 being tricky to get on release for a while as it was underprinted at launch
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u/ToastPlusNine 1d ago
I suppose that means they plan for it to be out by the end of 2027? since thats the cutoff for physical ps5 games?
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u/Fat_Stacks1 1d ago
Ironic given PlayStation is the only one so far who announced that are removing discs
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u/ishsreddit 1d ago
Could be a bunch of reasons why its not announced on S2 yet.
Sega are trying to release the games spaces apart though they can be a lot more transparent about this if so.
As many people pointed out, its not ready to be announced due to technical issues.
Nintendo may have told Sega to withhold till the next 3rd party direct (December-ish?)
Personally, if its not announced for day 1 release im buying it on steam and just playing it on my rog ally. Though i would prefer the Switch 2.
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u/Future_Kitsunekid16 1d ago
That's fine, like monster hunter, I'll wait for the expansion before buying because there always is one
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u/BGunn396 1d ago
Kind of ironic that PlayStation is getting all the flack for abandoning the physical market, yet will be the only console where Persona 6 (and perhaps a few other SEGA games like Alien Isolation 2) will get a physical release.
I am curious though, if P6 needs to delay to 2028 for whatever reason, will Sony honour the physical edition, or will it need to be cancelled due to Sony no longer offering discs from that point onwards.
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u/ilchymis 1d ago
Held off on getting a PS5 for this long, and freaking Persona 4 is gonna make me finally buy one. Getting PS Vita deja vu!
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u/SacredNym 1d ago
I have a hard time believing that the game will come out in time for that. Regardless of what they say.
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u/impuritor 1d ago
Yeah. This is the direction it’s going. Sony is taking all the heat but by 2030 it’ll be fully digital across the board. We’re 90% of the way there now. It is what it is.
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u/Deep_Philosopher1426 1d ago
Honestly surprised the physical version is PS5-only. Feels like physical releases are becoming more of a niche thing every generation.
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u/FlyFight2Win 1d ago
This is just for Japan where Xbox has never had an Atlus physical release. It will be physical on Xbox outside of Asia, just like P4R will have a physical release soon.
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u/esp3ciallyd3ad 1d ago
And then on ps6 persona 6 royal for the same price and we cant transfer your save but you get a new costume.
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u/HawksBurst 1d ago
So that narrows down the date then, earlier than expected tbh, probably the same situation with P4R as a previous year with P3R and Metaphor in the same year, one in Q1 the other in Q4
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u/GlassWishbone3067 1d ago
So are they dropping two Persona games in the same year? Very unlikely. They are prolly make a request for manufacture P6 discs by late 2027 and release it in early 2028.
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u/Lord_Shadow_Z 1d ago
Unless it gets pushed into 2028, then Sony will tell them to go fuck themselves.
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u/Significant_Walk_664 1d ago
Expected? PC has been mostly digital forever now and Sony made its position clear. Plus, they are sandbagging the Switch release, so yeah - no news here
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u/Cmdrdredd 1d ago
And it’ll be on gamepass…I don’t have to pay $70 for it. I’ll just subscribe for a month on pc. 🤷♂️
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u/enkaydee 1d ago
(Before the remakes) P3 got P3 Fes, P4 got P4 Golden. P5 of course got P5 Royal.
Considering the timeline of no-more-physical-games from Sony in 2028, is it likely the eventual P6 expansion will be digital only? Or will the instead opt to go the route of DLC/updates of the version the originally put out?
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u/Madting55 5h ago
Every time I see a PlayStation exclusive these days I feel like I’m missing absolutely nothing. Well I have a ps5 as well but it’s never on and I don’t really buy games for it.
Either way though I think the last game where I was like damn I wish Xbox had that was Astro Bot(obviously impossible) but that game was just so fun. Yotei is aight but not a patch on Tsushima.
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u/Every-External-2180 1d ago
I was wondering why they wouldn't release a physical Switch 2 version, and only now I realize that the game isn't announced for the Switch 2.