PS5

[BIFCAIDS]

Good luck getting those numbers next year

Might not be as hard as you think, Im going to be on bench leave from the end of Jan hahaha

 

[CrippsCorner]

Proper amateur numbers here

 

[OssPoop]

Got my hands on a PlayStation Portal the other week and had a go at work. It was a bit laggy using my phone as a hotspot but the 5g at work is s**t anyway so I connected to works WiFi and it's been fine. I've not tried any multiplayer games because people suck but I sank 3 hours into subnautica the other night without even looking up . The only minor gripe is there's no Bluetooth for my headphones but I've got a wire and it would only kill the battery faster so it's not a big issue really. I'm impressed with it so far.

 

[matttr6]

Got my hands on a PlayStation Portal the other week and had a go at work. It was a bit laggy using my phone as a hotspot but the 5g at work is s**t anyway so I connected to works WiFi and it's been fine. I've not tried any multiplayer games because people suck but I sank 3 hours into subnautica the other night without even looking up . The only minor gripe is there's no Bluetooth for my headphones but I've got a wire and it would only kill the battery faster so it's not a big issue really. I'm impressed with it so far.

I've recently picked up a portal. Wasn't sure if my home internet was good enough for it to run well so I went pre owned and picked one up for £100. Home internet is just about good enough, although I struggle to remote play due to constant connection loss. Cloud streaming is fine. I think this may be due to not having my PS5 hardwired to the router.

So I'm either going to go down the powerline adaptor route, or get a mesh set up.

I'm quite impressed with it, currently going a bit retro with Sackboy and GTA5 with a bit of Spiderman thrown in. You can get over the Bluetooth thing by buying a Bluetooth transmitter which will allow you to use wireless headphones/ earbuds. Although you will get some lag on sound- it's not bad enough to bother me, but I can see some audiophiles hating it.

 

[OssPoop]

I've recently picked up a portal. Wasn't sure if my home internet was good enough for it to run well so I went pre owned and picked one up for £100. Home internet is just about good enough, although I struggle to remote play due to constant connection loss. Cloud streaming is fine. I think this may be due to not having my PS5 hardwired to the router.

So I'm either going to go down the powerline adaptor route, or get a mesh set up.

I'm quite impressed with it, currently going a bit retro with Sackboy and GTA5 with a bit of Spiderman thrown in. You can get over the Bluetooth thing by buying a Bluetooth transmitter which will allow you to use wireless headphones/ earbuds. Although you will get some lag on sound- it's not bad enough to bother me, but I can see some audiophiles hating it.

Yeah my broadband isn't the best at home so my ps5 is hardwired. Sometimes the portal takes a few hits to connect but then it's fine. I'll probably upgrade my ps+ to do cloud streaming at some point.

 

[OssPoop]

I've just finished Uncharted. I played the first 2 years ago (ps3 was it?) but have had them on my to do list for ages. Over the last couple of weeks I've played through all 5 of them in a time of 56 hours. They really aren't that good, climb some s**t then shoot some grunts, and repeat. I'd say the last two were the best but still the same formula and omg it's so irritating that you can only jog along at a snails pace . Box ticked and onto something a lot more modern.

 

[Matt Cup]

Uncharted was visually stunning and had a great story line, but some of the controls and the driving in the last one kinda spoiled it for me.

 

[Flat Eric]

Flat_EricBCW if anyone wants to add
No idea what i will be playing online yet but in readiness for GTA etc

 

[dann2707]

Flat_EricBCW if anyone wants to add
No idea what i will be playing online yet but in readiness for GTA etc

Will add you at some point probably next year

 

[Ray Gin]

From January 2028 no new PlayStation title will be available in a physical disc.

Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles

In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.

blog.playstation.com

 

[jonno_c]

I still don't have one of these, but didn't realise they are close to £800 for a Pro!!

 

[R3k1355]

I still don't have one of these, but didn't realise they are close to £800 for a Pro!!

Thank the A.I hype and the race to build datacentres everywhere

 

[CrippsCorner]

From January 2028 no new PlayStation title will be available in a physical disc.

Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles

In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.

blog.playstation.com

Absolute shite this. I don't really care for myself, buy digital most of the time anyway... but it's much nicer to be able to buy a physical item for my kids presents, and also selling/lending etc.

 

[Ray Gin]

Yeah it doesn’t directly affect me and my PS5 is the digital version anyway, but I definitely don’t agree with the principle being made mandatory for everyone else.

If the games were cheaper to reflect this change, then that evens the playing ground out a bit. But they’re not..

Unless they plan on making them cheaper in the future that is. I was surprised at GTA 6’s price tbf!

 

[OssPoop]

This issue has now moved onto the fact that you don't actually own the digital version, just a licence to play it and that can be revoked anytime without recompense. It's a massive s**t show for Sony and allegedly players are ditching ps+ subs in protest.

 

[Aaron..]

They won't make the games cheaper.
Now you can get God of war Ragnarok for £30 on disk. It's still £60 in the PS store.
There will be no competition so they can price as they please.

 

[Geddes]

I’ve got about 5 or 6 physical games , the rest either of PS+ or digital. They say times are changing and people are getting more digital games. I don’t know the full ins and outs of this on why they went down this road. I’m not happy, I wonder if this was discussed over the internet before the deadline date. I was surprised at the price of GTA6 on PS store. But overall the PS store over charges to like Amazon. It’s not right if that’s the case you don’t actually own the digital copy. New laws should be in place that if digital games is the new norm different places will be cheaper than they are now and to be able to loan out or to sell. I did a quick look on PS store Ghost of Yetei is £10 dearer than on Amazon for example.

 

[Ray Gin]

On the licensing part, full removal from your account is going to be very unlikely imo, although technically still possible. Big games now are all money making machines and micro transactions are clearly a model that they want to push forward. They’re not gonna want to be losing that revenue stream.

If a game gets ‘delisted’ for whatever reason and you have it installed in your library, you can still re download the game. It just won’t be on the store for future purchases. I think this is the key part imo.

If the account is banned or inactive (3+ years) then everything goes forever. Or if the producer pulls the rights for whatever reason, then it’s gone gone. I really can’t see that happening with 99% of games, certainly none from a big franchise anyway. Seems to be more a concern for other types of media/material like films etc.