Topic: Playstation 5 (2020)

[Broad Spectrum]

If you have a PS5 get the Matrix game. It's a proper, gorgeous technical achievement.

I've got headphones on, this is incredible

It’s unbelievable, very much looking forward to seeing what developers can do with this in the years to come.

[AndyMuller]

Fortnite is moving to the same engine as the Matrix tech demo.

[naYoRHa2b]

I thought the tech demo was okay.

We've already seen what UE5 is capable of back in 2020 when they showed off the lumen system with there dynamic global illumination and nanite.

Thought the tech demo was a bit qte heavy (David cage would of loved it!) I'd of liked more freedom during that set piece car chase.

Not going to lie though it does wet your appetite for what's to come for more open world games and in particular I'm always keen to see what Rockstar does with RAGE as I feel their open worlds are still the best simulated ones

[ToneLa]

I thought the tech demo was okay.

We've already seen what UE5 is capable of back in 2020 when they showed off the lumen system with there dynamic global illumination and nanite.

Thought the tech demo was a bit qte heavy (David cage would of loved it!) I'd of liked more freedom during that set piece car chase.

.... Did you not do the Explore City option on the main menu?

[naYoRHa2b]

.... Did you not do the Explore City option on the main menu?

Yeah I did. The scope and lighting was impressive, also the traffic system. The car chase is obviously heavily scripted, once you are given the freedom to explore the city I'd of liked more interaction with it.

[Walshy nMe®]

I've been invited to buy a PS5 with Sony tomorrow, between 10am-12pm.

Not sure if it's account specific but happy to send on the email to someone if they want it, I just can't afford one right now.

[Barneylfc∗]

I've been invited to buy a PS5 with Sony tomorrow, between 10am-12pm.

Not sure if it's account specific but happy to send on the email to someone if they want it, I just can't afford one right now.

Would've taken this had I seen it in time 

[Walshy nMe®]

No worries mate if I get another invite I'll post again

[Barneylfc∗]

No worries mate if I get another invite I'll post again

Got one on Curry's the other day. Hopefully being delivered tomorrow.

[Ed-Zeppelin]

January sale has gone live on the PS Store. Am tempted to get Deathloop and Far Cry 6, and my lad has been after the Tony Hawk remake which is in there too. Ghost of Tsushima is still pricey even when in the sale so that can wait!

The Mass Effect Legendary edition is £30 which I could go for, but that is a real time investment…

Overall there seems to be plenty of reasonable deals in it from what I can see.

[naYoRHa2b]

Think I might bag Hunt Showdown and maybe Kena as well. Some decent offers.

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

Bagged Disco Elysium for £22, cheers for the heads up!

[meady1981]

So is the usual thing that a cheaper, smaller model comes out after a few years?

[naYoRHa2b]

So is the usual thing that a cheaper, smaller model comes out after a few years?

Usually but it wasn't the case with PS4. Hardly dropped in price and same with Nintendo switch.

[ScouserAtHeart]

So is the usual thing that a cheaper, smaller model comes out after a few years?

Well we've only really had one generation that had a refresh mid-way, and both the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X were more expensive than the base models. But the base models didn't really drop too much in price either, mostly because they didn't make them in large enough numbers anymore.

[Malaysian Kopite]

Usually but it wasn't the case with PS4. Hardly dropped in price and same with Nintendo switch.

The PS4 Slim came out 3 years after release, but I can't remember if either model had a price reduction.

[meady1981]

The PS4 Slim came out 3 years after release, but I can't remember if either model had a price reduction.

Yeah I got the PS4 slim. Well my wife bought it for me, and I’m sure she said it was cheaper.
I’m a pretty slow player, I’ve still got more than enough games to go through on that so It’s interesting to find out if there’ll be a slimmer/hopefully less costly version maybe in 2023ish

[Jm55]

Yeah I got the PS4 slim. Well my wife bought it for me, and I’m sure she said it was cheaper.
I’m a pretty slow player, I’ve still got more than enough games to go through on that so It’s interesting to find out if there’ll be a slimmer/hopefully less costly version maybe in 2023ish

What I would say is that whilst you may not play too many games, it’s nice to have them installed so that you can play them and the current model of the PS5 isn’t great for that in terms of space (if runs out quickly and some games take over 1/6 of the available storage, so the idea of one being even smaller wouldn’t be great for me. Obviously you can delete and reinstall games but you’ll lose your progress. There is now the option to buy removable storage though, but then it defeats the purpose if you were looking for something cheaper.

[meady1981]

What I would say is that whilst you may not play too many games, it’s nice to have them installed so that you can play them and the current model of the PS5 isn’t great for that in terms of space (if runs out quickly and some games take over 1/6 of the available storage, so the idea of one being even smaller wouldn’t be great for me. Obviously you can delete and reinstall games but you’ll lose your progress. There is now the option to buy removable storage though, but then it defeats the purpose if you were looking for something cheaper.

Shouldn’t be much of a problem for me!
I’m pretty much a one large open game at a time person. Probably averaging one game every 6 months if that. I use my switch for quick bursts of fun and the PS4 to hunt rabbits when the kids are finally dispatched 😊

[LanceLink!!!!!]

Hotwheels Unleashed is great fun

[naYoRHa2b]

Not strictly PS5 but Playstation related..looks like Sony are ending the PS Now service and possibly rolling it into an extra tier of PS Plus, they've asked retailers to remove the PS Now sub cards from stores starting next Friday.

PS Now is okay but it makes more sense to roll it into something else and hopefully build on it from there. There's been a new BC patent revealed so hopefully it ties in with that as the current way to play old games isn't ideal.

[wige]

Not strictly PS5 but Playstation related..looks like Sony are ending the PS Now service and possibly rolling it into an extra tier of PS Plus, they've asked retailers to remove the PS Now sub cards from stores starting next Friday.

PS Now is okay but it makes more sense to roll it into something else and hopefully build on it from there. There's been a new BC patent revealed so hopefully it ties in with that as the current way to play old games isn't ideal.

This desperately needs to be revamped and become their gamepass imo.

[Ed-Zeppelin]

Sony do need to do something serious to compete with Gamepass. I’ve had PlayStations since the first one, I love PlayStations and the PS5 is no different. I cannot wait for GT7 in March.

But, I got hold of a Series X last year, my first ever Xbox, and Gamepass is unbelievable as a newcomer used to Sony’s PS Plus. I’ve stopped buying much on the PS Store as so much great stuff appears on Gamepass, the Mass Effect trilogy being a recent example.

I still love my PS5, the Xbox sits nearby like some sort of imposter given my history with them both, and I would struggle not to get the PS6 (I have too much PS history) but for a lot of people I suspect Gamepass will start to become too much of a draw.

[J-Mc-]

There’s been rumours for months that they’re rolling PS+ and PSNow into one service. There’s a project that they’re working on which everyone is guessing is this.

Also got a State of Play rumoured for February which could be an announcement, which makes sense due to the cards being removed from sale.

[dalarr]

Let’s hope that we’re not forced into a more expensive ps plus subscription then

[AndyMuller]

I nearly bought a 12 month PSNow sub off cdkeys last week aswell but think I will hold out to see what they are doing with it.

[J-Mc-]

Let’s hope that we’re not forced into a more expensive ps plus subscription then

If they roll it into one, I reckon it’ll be around the £15 a month mark.

[Jm55]

Word is that the new one will have classic Playstation games available on it and it will be a tiered subscription. There’s a lad called Mystic (well that’s his YouTube channel name) who did a video on it a month or so ago.

Seems fairly sound.

[ScottScott]

It's definitely needed for PS. Gamepass has changed the game IMO. If they implement a back compat program as well going back to PSOne, PS2 and PS3 then they'll be flying. They just need to make sure they price it right and don't think they can rest on their position and bump the price

[naYoRHa2b]

I think PS needs it from a legacy point of view but there day one firsty party stuff sells buckets, you'd be mad to put day one stuff on there when you can sell millions for 70 quid a pop. I don't think they'll go full Game pass equivalent for that reason.

[gazzalfc]

As someone who has been into retro gaming for a long time and looking to play them on modern TV's, Playstation 1,2 and even 3 games are not going to look good in a world of 4K 120Hz variable refresh rate TV's. Nostalgia is all good but Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider and Crash Bandicoot is going to look like how you all though pong looked to you back in 1990

Playstation 1 plays games at 240p resolution which is 426 x 240 (102,240 pixels) at 30 frames per second. Modern 4k is 3840x2160 (8,294,400 pixels) at 60, 90 or even 120 frames a second.

[dalarr]

Maybe I’m getting too old for this. I tried PS Now for a week and ended up playing Fallout New Vegas and nothing else. It just felt wrong not buying, downloading and owning the entire game. I got paralyzed by the sheer volume of choices. I realize that the market isn’t geared towards me and my needs anymore.

That being said, I finally got hold of a PS5 in late December. It’s a new world. Still playing my old games but everything about it is better. I like the quick and slick menus and thr fact that it doesn’t sound like a jet engine. Waiting for GoW and the new LEGO-game. For the time being I’m actually playing XCOM2 on the ps5. It seems like a waste of good hardware.

[ToneLa]

Let’s hope that we’re not forced into a more expensive ps plus subscription then

The rumour is three different tiers

https://www.pushsquare.com/features/talking-point-what-do-you-realistically-expect-from-ps5-ps4s-game-pass-inspired-ps-plus-reboot

[AndyMuller]

I don’t think Game Pass has had any major effect against the PS despite what the Xbox fanboy said further up, they are still selling double compared to any Xbox console.

[dalarr]

The rumour is three different tiers

https://www.pushsquare.com/features/talking-point-what-do-you-realistically-expect-from-ps5-ps4s-game-pass-inspired-ps-plus-reboot

That would definitely work. Thanks for the link.

[BER]

I don’t think Game Pass has had any major effect against the PS despite what the Xbox fanboy said further up, they are still selling double compared to any Xbox console.

I've never seen a fanboy get triggered as easily as you. 

[AndyMuller]

I've never seen a fanboy get triggered as easily as you. 

You got the receipts? I own both consoles ya weirdo 

You put up a good argument though  I'm yet to see any reason why PS should be in a hurry for a Game Pass equivalent when they are beating Xbox by a long way.

[ScottScott]

You got the receipts? I own both consoles ya weirdo 

You put up a good argument though  I'm yet to see any reason why PS should be in a hurry for a Game Pass equivalent when they are beating Xbox by a long way.

Value for money? I own Series X but I will get a PS5 when they become more readily available and I'd love to be able to pay monthly to get access to all of their best 1st party games to be able to play through. But that's just me. If people are happy paying £70+ every time a new game comes out then don't let me stop you

[AndyMuller]

Value for money? I own Series X but I will get a PS5 when they become more readily available and I'd love to be able to pay monthly to get access to all of their best 1st party games to be able to play through. But that's just me. If people are happy paying £70+ every time a new game comes out then don't let me stop you

They've already said new first party games wouldn't be available day one if they released the equivalent though because it is unsustainable.

Your answer doesn't even make sense anyway, I'm talking from a Playstation perspective, why would they care about "value for money" when they are only interested in making money (which they do when their first party games sell in the millions).

[J-Mc-]

I hate the gamepass argument, mainly because at the minute, it’s full of filler that no one will ever play.

Yes it’s hundreds of games, but out of those hundreds, only 4-5 are good yet are also readily available for purchase second hand, at half the cost of a GP ultimate sub.

The likes of Halo and Forza are carrying it, but they don’t hold the attention for long anymore, not for me anyway.

Played the Xbox when both came out for about a week, haven’t touched it since.

In the meantime, i’ve completed Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima and Guardians of the Galaxy on PS5.