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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Final Fantasy 15 is... Confusing. Combat feels clumsy even after 8 hours in, story feels classicly Final Fantasy, as in, I'm not sure what's actually going on. Via PS4 physical on PS5, let's see if I can finish it

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Finished in about 7 hours, played amazing on Steam Deck. How can one game ooze so much creativity. Man, it really worms into your brain. Must play game, great work

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

About 4 hours into NORCO, what a work of art. The writing, world building, and art ... Looking forward to letting the story continue to unfold. I have a lot of questions...

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ok, considering a revisit of d4 as a "completion" this year. Season 15, warlock, did the campaigns got about halfway through seasonal journey. Very addicting gameplay loop , the environments are amazing. Played a bit of paladin as well. All via steam deck , about 50 hours 🫣

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

804 "total mounts" (until they give a new achievement) #warcraft

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Muted quandrant. The 4 screenshot better represents gameS to me

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i feel like the generic name (and in a sense, setting) didn't help the marketing. really impressive game

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Oh shit, chapter 11 got some hands. Finished in 25 hours. Actually really good game, fun world great bosses, did a technique build. Might do some achievement hunting ... Is the dlc any good?

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Knocked out Moonlighter in about 17 hours. Great art, a little repetitive, felt like a less interesting save the diver (I know it's earlier), but overall a fun roguelite game

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Game looks WAY better in quality over performance on PS5. In a souls like game I don't seem to mind the 30ish fps as much. Game is solid, quite fun. I hear there is a difficulty curve coming later I'm a bit scared of

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Next up, Lies of P! It's for sure a soulslike; lots of unique charm so far

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Finished in about 14 hours. Fuck this is heavy. I feel like I got a decent ending, spending my prison time and letting Daniel have a normal'ish life in the US. He got to hang out with Chris and his friends and that's what he wanted 😭

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Working through Life is Strange 2 (plus the awesome adventures of Captain Spirit). Shits heavy, but incredibly written characters. About 4 hours in, and I think I'm making too many rules for Daniel

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Starting my first Switch 2 game, Starfox. Definitely nostalgic. Did the Alt run first on normal through Venom 2. Actually kinda tough dog fight. Will continue to grind some medals!

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I've been successfully rage-baited 👍

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I was going to say, grouping WoW and Sims is wild to me lol

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This makes game curation / reviews from reputable folks even more critical;

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Finished Ghost of Yotei in about 40 hours, did a good amount of side stuff. Honestly on par with the first game, felt a lot like Tsushima+ mode. More and better of the same?

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

That customer experience seems SO important today. to stand out in a competitive industry (mobile, PC, handhelds, Xbox, Nintendo etc). Why not lean into what makes your brand unique? Give the customer a premium experience? Make physical that premium experience

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Yeah what's the plan here? It feels oddly challenging to see the direction from Sony here. Sony is not operating in a vacuum, they have stiff competition on multiple fronts. I can't really see where they are going, what's their identity

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I hope you're right, but my hypothesis doesn't match

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Sony will lose some customers dropping physical, no doubt. It's clear Sony is fine with it

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

To be clear I'm a physical game collector, and super disappointed about Sony's directions. But Fifa fans are probably some of their favorite, low dev costs to basically sell the same game every year. Lots of dlc purchases lol.

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Read again, my hypothesis is that Sony needs/wants Profit%, not revenue

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It's clear Sony is completely OK losing some customers, aka revenue. To improve profits % overall. They are eyeing those Steam profits and super jelly

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Sound design alone in that game is enough to hook me in. What a neat experience

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

About 15 hours into Ghost of Yotei; no shortage of beautiful views. At first it felt almost too similar to Tsushima, but the game is just crazy fun. Time just disappears, even though it feels a lot like he original I'm not sure that's a bad thing. Via ps5 physical

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

No bad products, only bad pricing? Why wouldn't Sony lean into the passionate fans and give them a premium, higher priced experience to make up for the reduced margin of physical vs digital? Like, why just bail on it? still seems so puzzling to me

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I believe they still plan to have retail boxes, but with digital codes. I hate it, but they may still keep some real estate at best buy / target etc.

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I mean, sometimes the disc is "done" as in complete, not that doesitplay is necessarily doing preservation; Agree that ultra long term preservation of game code requires a digital only backup; But I think we have a few decades, ps1s are still kicking after 30 years; all of this work helps

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Taking choice away from your customers isnt a path to growth. Sony seems completely ok with shrinking revenue, but growing margin. It's a bummer, if you take too much of your product / experience away you're left with very little product left. In this case, the ps6 turns into a PC Skin

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Same, Jesse was so cool and Dylan so uncool in my mind. Really putting a damper on my excitement

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Finished the Magnificent Trufflepigs Via Steak deck, in about 2 hours. A tad underwhelming in both gameplay and story, but a cute idea. Coming from someone who loved firewatch, what remains of Edith Finch, and gone home too. But overall cute cozy walking sim

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Starting Ghost of Yotei, pretty solid so far. First couple hours hooked me pretty well. Looking forward to cleaning off the map, and getting back into the groove of combat

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Looking forward to playing it again sometime and branching out the choices

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Finished The Pale Beyond via Steam Deck in about 8 hours. What a fun story, not sure what this gameplay style is called but I love it and the resource management and story driven nature. Great cozy game, and really impactful crew mates

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I think these are more of a side grade to buds2, they are basically original buds1 with some slightly updated internals. Buds3 / 4 will be a much bigger update, the stems are much more comfortable in my ears

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Without physical, With PC working hard on the "couch experience" via SteamOS and the new Windows Xbox mode, PlayStation seems like a hard sell. I'm guessing they are going to double down on exclusives, but there are so many good games who cares

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Guess Mouse PI for hire is now on my short list to purchase

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Finished after 15.5 hours. What a TENSE game. Survival horror is right. Played via PS5 on performance mode. Still a little confused on the story but I think I got the gist

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Finished all 3 games in the legendary edition in about 63 hours. Fem shep renegade was really fun, The illusive man's comment at the end regarding the reapers "why kill when you can control" rings so true in 2026

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Even ignoring the evidence ... How can anyone be happy with removing choice? It's such a strange discourse

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Roughly 66% of PS5 titles don't require a download, thise are complete on disc. Per researchers at doesitplay.org. it's nuanced but, that number goes up if you're willing to deal with a few bugs. The rest require cloud downloads

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Yes, Your Disc -> internal drive instead of Sony Cloud -> internal drive See the distinction?

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I mean Sony is worth $120B, But hey I loaned my buddy a copy of expedition 33 to try for a few weeks. So just fuck us right.

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Was kind of hoping someone could buy the Sony equipment, and make money publishing physical games a la limited run. Then I realized Sony owns the blu ray rights, and probably has legal authority to actively destroy all the equipment

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Yes and no, some games are complete on disc, or at least very playable. @doesitplay.org does the research

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buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I appreciate this optimistic view that human society will outlast the life of all PS5 consoles, but ... We've got at least 40 years for PS5 in the wild probably much much longer.

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