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@Serpenterror I don't know, I bought Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden recently from them, as well as Castlevania Advance.

@Burning_Spear I think you're replying to the wrong person? I've been advocating for them 😊 although I have said that I only buy standard editions, whereas most seem to be having issues with the other ones. Mine only take a few months to arrive, 5 at the very most. My Persona 3 Portable has just been shipped and I ordered that in October.

@ChromaticDracula that is such a shame! I completely agree, just saying it seems to be an issue with the non-standard ones. The weirdest thing now though is I just got an email saying they shipped my Persona 3 Portable order from October. Being in the UK too, the last order they shipped only took a few weeks from the dispatch email. So whenever anyone orders from them, I always advise to go for the standard editions.

@fox_mattcloud oh I am completely on your side! Not sure if you meant to reply to the other person? As I was telling them that I believe the standard editions come out much faster, everything I have ordered this year (admittedly all standard) has only taken a few months.

@EVIL-C can I just ask something? Which versions did you buy? I have bought a few different games recently and, unless they have vastly improved in the last year, they have only taken 5 months max. All standard editions (I have heard collectors editions take a lot longer, that's why I'm asking).

Lets look at it from a different perspective - a classic game is ported to two of the three consoles. That port has half the content cut out, looks not far off the same as the original, but costs twice as much. The remaining of the three consoles is still selling it at the original price with all the content but have also given it an upgrade and it looks better. Would you be happy with that?

Now that is an extreme example, but it is taking what Rockstar is doing even further. Games should not be missing content and charging more for that, especially if nothing else has been done to it and it is still for sale elsewhere. From a business perspective, that is turning customers away.

@GrailUK it is the laziness and greed of Rockstar, they should treat the franchise better.

@GrailUK I’m not saying buy everything, it is value that is the issue. It is hard to stomach a port that looks only slightly better than when it first released and is missing features costing more than it did originally. That’s the issue. I’m not saying buy it on Xbox, but when there is a better version out there with all content and it is cheaper, then that is an issue.

@sanderev you’re missing the point, it is about value. This costs the same on PS4 and Switch, it has no real upgrades and is missing things. I have rarely heard of a port removing features and if it does it usually makes up for it with it looking significantly better than it used to. It should not also cost more either.

@sanderev but it is more than the price on Xbox, which is better quality and has more in it…

@DarrenWarrenV good to know, thanks! See that makes the price a little better, as the digital is always the same as physical. Now what bugs me most is how so many games release digital first nowadays, I’m still waiting for the physical Pikmin 1 and 2! Now that I wouldn’t be surprised if they split, as you can buy those separately, but hopefully not.

@DarrenWarrenV I was worried they would go 8gb and put the DLC as a download or something

@antisumo true but that doesn’t help the perceived value of this, when it is cheaper and a higher quality elsewhere, as well as having all the content

@antisumo I think they are taking more for it because you can buy a better version for cheaper elsewhere and with all the content, plus they removed things. I don’t think the GTA Trilogy really comes into it.

@GrailUK I don’t know, I have never played it before and am tempted but charging more for an old game with less in it and doing next to no work on it seems ridiculous. It is comparing it to other ports now, which at least had some work done and didn't have things removed.

I’m not happy on the pricing but may redeem itself if they put the whole game on the physical cartridge. If not, then they really are being cheapskates.

@Stamina_Wheel I’ve seen many complain about Nintendo doing the same too. But I think the real issue here is that they have done almost nothing to it apart from cut something out, yet charged more for it. How is a port costing more but with less features than the original? Yes, it has the DLC, but that was £10. Also, it is available in a better state for cheaper and with multiplayer on Xbox, really driving home how bad a deal this is.

@EaglyPurahfan ah that makes more sense! I will say one thing though, I did come across one cave I have had to hold off on/leave early (the others I completed first time, but only so far as I haven’t finished yet). It required like 100 Pikmin to take a treasure back. I knew that mean 10 purple ones but just did not have enough at that time. But I see what you mean! I like 4 but can see why different play styles mean people may prefer the others.

@EaglyPurahfan I’m confused why you say no backtracking in Pikmin 4? I’ve had to do loads, mainly with new types of Pikmin so I can get all the castaways to complete that mission, let alone the treasures and everything else. Keep going back to the same areas.

@Not_Soos remind me how that’s Atari’s fault again? The scam works by people getting the game, taking the cartridge and wrapping it back up again before sending it back for a refund. So nothing to do with Atari.