PlayStation 5 Thread

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Oakey

27,566 posts

216 months

Monday 16th August 2021
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Having got my hands on one... I absolutely can't stomach the price of the games. Seriously, £60-£70? Um, yeah, no thanks.


Jasandjules

69,889 posts

229 months

Monday 16th August 2021
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Oakey said:
Having got my hands on one... I absolutely can't stomach the price of the games. Seriously, £60-£70? Um, yeah, no thanks.
£100 for some of the "Gold" or "Ultimate" versions...

Oakey

27,566 posts

216 months

Monday 16th August 2021
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Yeah, it's absolutely scandalous. I think I saw a version of the new Battlefield for £120?

sam.rog

752 posts

78 months

Monday 16th August 2021
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Jasandjules said:
Oakey said:
Having got my hands on one... I absolutely can't stomach the price of the games. Seriously, £60-£70? Um, yeah, no thanks.
£100 for some of the "Gold" or "Ultimate" versions...
Which is why getting the disk version is important. Digital download is locked to PS store and the rip off prices.

conkerman

3,301 posts

135 months

Tuesday 17th August 2021
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I bought Yakuza - Like a Dragon for about 23 quid on disc. I'm a massive Yakuza fan, but I'm not sure about this one though.

Star Wars the fallen order was about £20. I have it on PC though/ I'll be interested to see if there is another Wipeout game though.

Jasandjules

69,889 posts

229 months

Tuesday 17th August 2021
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sam.rog said:
Jasandjules said:
Oakey said:
Having got my hands on one... I absolutely can't stomach the price of the games. Seriously, £60-£70? Um, yeah, no thanks.
£100 for some of the "Gold" or "Ultimate" versions...
Which is why getting the disk version is important. Digital download is locked to PS store and the rip off prices.
Yes I have the disc version of the PS5. But also these days I find it far easier to just use the Store to have the games, that way they are all recorded and I can just download/delete as required. I've ordered Far Cry on disc but Battlefield 2042 from the store.....

Oakey

27,566 posts

216 months

Tuesday 17th August 2021
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Which is fine until Sony, Nintendo or MS stcan your account for some unspecified reason and you lose your digital library.

insert coin

1,965 posts

43 months

Tuesday 17th August 2021
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Oakey said:
Which is fine until Sony, Nintendo or MS stcan your account for some unspecified reason and you lose your digital library.
This ^

Ask me how I know rolleyes

Jinx

11,391 posts

260 months

Wednesday 18th August 2021
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insert coin said:
Oakey said:
Which is fine until Sony, Nintendo or MS stcan your account for some unspecified reason and you lose your digital library.
This ^

Ask me how I know rolleyes
EA did this to me over some dodgy activity on a game I did not own or has ever been in my account - took months to sort out and I never got an apology just my account re-activated. Still annoyed with them.

Flying machine

1,132 posts

176 months

Wednesday 18th August 2021
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If you install and play a PS4 game (e.g. Witcher 3 or Fallout 4) from a disc on a PS5 is there any obvious and worthwhile difference? I sort of want a PS5, but probably because its new tech and relatively unobtainable, rather than having a decent selection of new games that I actually want to play!

Jinx

11,391 posts

260 months

Wednesday 18th August 2021
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Flying machine said:
If you install and play a PS4 game (e.g. Witcher 3 or Fallout 4) from a disc on a PS5 is there any obvious and worthwhile difference? I sort of want a PS5, but probably because its new tech and relatively unobtainable, rather than having a decent selection of new games that I actually want to play!
Faster load times and it is a lot quieter than my PS4 Pro.

Jasandjules

69,889 posts

229 months

Wednesday 18th August 2021
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Flying machine said:
If you install and play a PS4 game (e.g. Witcher 3 or Fallout 4) from a disc on a PS5 is there any obvious and worthwhile difference? I sort of want a PS5, but probably because its new tech and relatively unobtainable, rather than having a decent selection of new games that I actually want to play!
Yes the load scenes in Fallout are about 6-8 seconds instead of 20-30... I also haven't noticed it lag etc I am not sure if the graphics are slightly better or if it is because I have a QLED TV now...

Flying machine

1,132 posts

176 months

Thursday 19th August 2021
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Thanks guys! I installed a 1tb SSD last year into my aging PS4 and that has pepped it up a bit re loading times. Sounds like I should feel too left out not having a PS5 just yet then...

That said, I would like to play cyberpunk if it is finally been released in a working format, and I've heard it's a no-no on a PS4

Carl_Manchester

12,196 posts

262 months

Saturday 21st August 2021
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PC World are getting drops in store that are not advertised online if anyone is local to one.

jmflare

413 posts

141 months

Sunday 22nd August 2021
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Oakey said:
Having got my hands on one... I absolutely can't stomach the price of the games. Seriously, £60-£70? Um, yeah, no thanks.
To be fair even at £60, most games are good value with regards to the time you get out of them. Especially multiplayer games like cod/battlefield etc.

GnuBee

1,272 posts

215 months

Monday 23rd August 2021
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jmflare said:
To be fair even at £60, most games are good value with regards to the time you get out of them. Especially multiplayer games like cod/battlefield etc.
videogamedunkey puts some perspective on pricing -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvPkAYT6B1Q

I get the issue with pricing for games that you don't "engage" with OR where you boarded the hype train, preordered and it turned out to be doo doo OR where you burn through the MSQ and ignore side content.

I looked at the last few games I played; Horizon Zero Dawn, 2 playthroughs + 100 hours in total, Ghost Of Tsushima just shy of 100hours, Immortals Fenyx Rising just over 100 hours, The Division 2, over 100 hours, God of War 40 hours currently.

That's huge value, even at full price way below £1 an hour. Combine that with the production values of something like Ghost or God etc and that 60 starts to look like good value.



Stiggolas

324 posts

147 months

Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Just a quickie, Very had stock of PS5s today. I managed to bag one, as of about 5 mins ago, they still had digital versions.

SmoothCriminal

5,058 posts

199 months

Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Stiggolas said:
Just a quickie, Very had stock of PS5s today. I managed to bag one, as of about 5 mins ago, they still had digital versions.
Quite funny how long they last when the company is strict with their one per account and the scalpers can't bulk buy.

TREMAiNE

3,918 posts

149 months

Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Managed to get an order in at Very for both a PS5 and an Xbox Series X today.

Not quite sure why I was so desperate to get them, as neither have any games that interest me at all.

The fan on my PS4 was so noisy, at least now I can play my old games in peace.

eltawater

3,114 posts

179 months

Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Prices are tumbling across Facebook marketplace at long last. I've seen £420 and £450 locally now for the disc edition as people have realised that supplies are easing.