The Wednesday letters page discusses the decline in sales of Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7, as one reader finds an archive of playable Codemasters games.

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Making a statement
Now that we know there are going to be pretty generous price cuts on the PlayStation 5 for Black Friday I have to ask the difficult question of is it worth getting? I don’t mean is it worth the money, so much as does the console have enough games that it’s worth getting now and not just skipping ahead to the PlayStation 6.

I’m still using a PlayStation 4 and while it’s obvious I’m starting to miss out on games now I do have a Switch 2 as well and I’m thinking that I can probably coast to the next generation with that and be perfectly happy, and not so much out of pocket.

I haven’t seen a single prediction for the PlayStation 6 launch that’s any later than 2028, with most seeming to agree it’s 2027 – which means a reveal next year or very early 2027. Personally, I feel that I can wait that long and it’ll be fine.

I know I’m fooling myself, but I also like to think I’m sending a message by not getting the PlayStation 5. That I’m letting Sony know I don’t like their current direction and am waiting for them to change their approach. I know they’re not listening, but I feel I have to do my part anyway.
Dondanan

Long way down
It’s going to be hilarious when after all these reports of faling sales and lower player numbers it turns out Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 is still the best-selling game of the year. Well, not funny, more like sad and inevitable.

I do feel Call Of Duty is on the way out though. To beat it you needed to do it with another military game, because something sci-fi is never going to scratch the same itch. But now we’ve got Battlefield 6 and you see the second it gets a bit of popularity behind it, it takes it away from Call Of Duty.

Funny that it was kind of the last roll of the dice for Battlefield (no pun intended) but they hit the mark and now all of a sudden Call Of Duty is looking scared. And that’s not even getting into what Microsoft must be thinking right now, after paying all that money for basically one franchise.

The only thing they can hold onto is that it will be a very long for Call Of Duty before it’s anywhere close to not being worth doing anymore.
Gordo

Call of Codemasters
Well, I’m not surprised about your review for the Call Of Duty: Black Ops 7 campaign. They have always been the highlight for many of the Call Of Duty games but now they have got worse in recent years, if they could even be bothered to have one.

I knew it was going to be getting worse when hacking a computer and I, as well as GC, said it was a pipe game. Further into it there was a part to dodge traffic, and I thought, ‘Why am I playing first person shooter Frogger?’

However, better news, you can now play over 170 classic Codemasters games online, including my favourites Fruit Machine Simulator 2 and Rock Star Ate My Hamster.

Keep up the good work.
Cassius2k

GC: Thank you, especially for that Codemasters link. It says it’s unofficial but created under licence from EA, which seems like an oxymoron?

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Expensive favour
I can’t imagine GTA 6 working on the Switch 2, but I can see Rockstar trying to throw Nintendo a bone. The problem is that it’s now too expensive to make an exclusive like Chinatown Wars or the older Game Boy games. Back then, they could be knocked out cheaply and if they caught on or not, it didn’t really matter.

That kind of thing is impossible nowadays, so while Rockstar probably would quite like to make an exclusive for Switch 2 it’s kind of an all or nothing approach nowadays and I think we’re just going to get nothing.

The only thing I can see working is maybe creating something using the GTA 5 engine and map, maybe go back to the single-player DLC that never happened and finish that off. But even that is still too expensive and time-consuming.

Perhaps they could remaster Red Dead Revolver though, or GTA 4, and make that a Switch 2 exclusive for a while. That seems to me the only real chance of something happening.
Joz

Metroid returns
I see a rare amiibo is in stock at the Nintendo Store UK website. It is the Metroid amiibo, which hasn’t been in stock for a very long time, as I have been checking for it for a long time (years!) to add to my collection, which I have just done. Obviously, it has been restocked for the upcoming Metroid Prime 4.
Andrew J.
PS: The PlayStation Documentary Blu-ray, which I mentioned a few weeks ago, has been fully funded, so will get made now. They interview the maker of Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus on the Blu-ray.

Collector’s editions
I was browsing eBay for PlayStation 2 games and I decided to look up a few games that I knew would be expensive. Copies of Rule Of Rose are going for about £150 to above £300, depending on condition. Haunting Ground starts at about £130. Is it just rarity that drives these prices? I guess as the years go by more discs get lost or degrade and the prices go up. I wonder if a digital reissue/remaster might make these old physical copies cheaper?

If someone is willing to spend enough money, from what I can see they can get their hands on just about anything. I’ve seen boxed, factory sealed consoles for sale that were made decades ago.

It does seem a shame that some people buy games and consoles purely to keep them untouched, un-played and in their original wrapping. I guess for collectors the knowledge that they own a game that not a lot of other people have is the whole allure of their hobby.
Michael Veal (@msv858)

GC: Those games were cult releases even at the time, so it’s not just because they’re rare. Although if they became available digitally that would almost certainly affect their price.

Second album
I agree that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is almost certainly going to sweep the boards at The Game Awards but what I’m much more interested in, is to hear what the developer is going to do next. Which I’m hoping there’s a chance they will reveal at the awards.

I’m curious because while the game is a critical darling it’s only sold 5 million. Don’t get me wrong, that’s amazing for a game like that, but it’s not the big leagues and I’m curious to see if they’re happy with that or whether they’re going to try and go big budget.

They’ve been talking a lot with Square Enix, so could they make some kind of deal there to broaden their horizons? I don’t know if that’s the best move for them, but I want to see what happens anyway.
Wotan

Nintendo exceptionalism
In that article you published about the Ubisoft report, it mentioned the traditional, ‘‘full game’ model, of selling a single £50 to £60 game to a consumer as a one-time purchase, continues to become less ubiquitous, with multi-game subscription services, long running games as a service titles, free-to-play games, and cloud streaming offerings all providing new and attractive ways for consumers to access gaming content.’

Well, how does this explain Nintendo and their single-player games, such as Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, Zeda: Tears Of The Kingdom, and the incoming Metroid Prime 4?

As your other article mentioned, I very much prefer offline/single-player games which I can enjoy at my own pace.
LeeDappa
Currently playing: Haven and Funko Fusion, both on Switch

Inbox also-rans
GC, do you think we might see a reveal for the third and final Final Fantasy 7 remake game revealed at The Game Awards next month? I’ve love the last two and I’m really keen to see how they’ll tie it all up.
Bogan

GC: Square Enix tends to prefer its own reveal events, but it’s not impossible.

Just beaten Ghost Of Yōtei and overall I enjoyed it but was not blown away… except when it came to the graphics and sound. Presentation was a solid 10/10 but gameplay? Probably just 6/10.
Kraken

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