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anonymous-user

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54 months

Thursday 5th November 2020
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Slow said:
Email from Amazon today saying my order of Valhalla is ready for release day delivery. Were getting close!
No emails yet but did order Valhalla today

Trying to not get too excited, failing hehe

Slow

6,973 posts

137 months

Thursday 5th November 2020
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anonymous said:
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8am pickup from Tesco. Followed by a 10am-5:30pm powercut scheduled by SSE!


Mafffew

2,149 posts

111 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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Narcisus said:
Jedi Fallen Order on Gamepass November 10th smile
I had been dithering on getting Fallen Order, glad I did now!

KingNothing

3,168 posts

153 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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Paid for mine in Game on Monday for pickup on release day. Got a much better PC now, so don't really actually need it it as the PC will play games better, but I like being able to game on the living room TV sometimes.

Lucas Ayde

3,556 posts

168 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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Just saw that the Series S only runs the One S versions of older titles whereas the Series X runs the One X version - so a lot of stuff stuck on 900p on the Series S even though it should have the grunt to do full 1080/60. Glad I cancelled my preorder now, the Series X is the one to have even if you only have a 1080p TV.

But ..... now seeing reports that the PS5 back compat and enhancement of older PS4 titles is pretty much on par with Xbox Series X and its enhancement/compatibility with Xbox One stuff .... so might actually go for PS5 instead and get the benefit of better performance on my big existing library of PS4 stuff.

https://youtu.be/bKQ6NeTjccA

No rush, I'm happy to wait well into 2021 and maybe see if Sony will bring out a PS5 revision that doesn't look like a huge eye of Sauron.


Edited by Lucas Ayde on Friday 6th November 17:20

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

198 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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I’ve just had an email from game (as I’d registered my interest) that they will have more stock - but limited and online only for release day which will be delivered by 18/12/20.

So there you go.

MrChips

3,264 posts

210 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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Hmmm.. Had Dirt5 on preorder from Amazon. Due for delivery today, showing as expected today right up until this morning i get a note saying it'll be January!

Not holding out much hope for next week if that's how they deal with pre-orders! frown

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

198 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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MrChips said:
Hmmm.. Had Dirt5 on preorder from Amazon. Due for delivery today, showing as expected today right up until this morning i get a note saying it'll be January!

Not holding out much hope for next week if that's how they deal with pre-orders! frown
Have you got the all access pass? That should give you so much to get your teeth into.

Narcisus

8,070 posts

280 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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MrChips said:
Hmmm.. Had Dirt5 on preorder from Amazon. Due for delivery today, showing as expected today right up until this morning i get a note saying it'll be January!

Not holding out much hope for next week if that's how they deal with pre-orders! frown
Exactly what happened to me with my One X preorder ....

Jim on the hill

5,072 posts

190 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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Lucas Ayde said:
Just saw that the Series S only runs the One S versions of older titles whereas the Series X runs the One X version - so a lot of stuff stuck on 900p on the Series S even though it should have the grunt to do full 1080/60. Glad I cancelled my preorder now, the Series X is the one to have even if you only have a 1080p TV.

But ..... now seeing reports that the PS5 back compat and enhancement of older PS4 titles is pretty much on par with Xbox Series X and its enhancement/compatibility with Xbox One stuff .... so might actually go for PS5 instead and get the benefit of better performance on my big existing library of PS4 stuff.

No rush, I'm happy to wait well into 2021 and maybe see if Sony will bring out a PS5 revision that doesn't look like a huge eye of Sauron.
I can't help but worry that Sony is just playing catch up, first it was that you would have to pay for upgrades and now it's free and all of a sudden the library is growing. I never trust that kind of behaviour.

Stuff like this worries me, all seems like an afterthought

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/11/star_wars_...

Edited by Jim on the hill on Friday 6th November 18:45


Edited by Jim on the hill on Friday 6th November 19:00

Slow

6,973 posts

137 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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"When we've dabbled with backwards compatibility, I can say it is one of those features that is much requested, but not actually used much. That, and I was at a Gran Turismo event recently where they had PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 games, and the PS1 and the PS2 games, they looked ancient, like why would anybody play this?"
- Jim Ryan, Sony’s head of global sales and marketing back in 2017.

Xbox has had it since 2015 now so not like he was speaking before microsoft had released it.

Playstation is 100% trying to play catchup, they have some major issues in making older gen stuff work on the new gen, something to do with the games and architecture of the consoles. Basically they are trying to make all ps4 titles work, where as xbox has games from all generations working on it so you cant really say they are close to being on par in the backwards compatability department.


Stolen from wiki but seems accurate list as it names every game.

There are 577 games that have been made backward compatible out of 2084 that have been released for Xbox 360.
There are currently 42 on this list out of 1001 released for the Xbox.

Thats over 600 games from previous generations plus every game from the xbox one generation. The series x is also using AI learning to add HDR into older games along with the standard 4k/improved fps/quick resume.

Slow

6,973 posts

137 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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Here is some info for anyone looking to get a order in still.


Wills2

22,760 posts

175 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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Slow said:
Here is some info for anyone looking to get a order in still.

ASDA as well on George.com, they have a very limited number that will be available next day delivery






Edited by Wills2 on Friday 6th November 21:28

Paddymcc

931 posts

191 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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Are there going to be many games initially that will actually run at full 4k and 120hz?

Or will it be a case of developers getting the hang of things for a year or two and releasing them

trying to decide to get a new gaming monitor with 4k / 144hz

Ikemi

8,441 posts

205 months

Friday 6th November 2020
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Paddymcc said:
Are there going to be many games initially that will actually run at full 4k and 120hz?

Or will it be a case of developers getting the hang of things for a year or two and releasing them

trying to decide to get a new gaming monitor with 4k / 144hz
It's a mixture of 4K, 120Hz and ray-tracing on current/new games. The link below has a list of games and their associated abilities:

https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-series-x-games...

I'm sure with time we will see more 4K/120Hz games.

Also, no ray-tracing on Valhalla?! frown

Chris Type R

8,023 posts

249 months

Saturday 7th November 2020
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Email from Microsoft today to say my Series X has shipped (ETA 10 Nov).

reggie82

1,370 posts

178 months

Saturday 7th November 2020
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I have series x with gamepass subscription being delivered on Tuesday. Are there any absolute must have launch title games not on gamepass? Or will there be plenty on gamepass to not worry about buying anything else?

anonymous-user

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54 months

Saturday 7th November 2020
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reggie82 said:
I have series x with gamepass subscription being delivered on Tuesday. Are there any absolute must have launch title games not on gamepass? Or will there be plenty on gamepass to not worry about buying anything else?
Depends on what you have played recently I guess, I've currently got Forza Horizon 4 and Batman that I'm playing on GP

Gears 5 will be downloaded on new console when it comes and I've ordered AC Valhalla

reggie82

1,370 posts

178 months

Saturday 7th November 2020
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anonymous said:
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Haven’t played anything recently, well out of the gaming loop!

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

54 months

Saturday 7th November 2020
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reggie82 said:
Haven’t played anything recently, well out of the gaming loop!
Oh you'll be fine with GamePass for now then, will be lots on there for you to have a look at