Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

@Th3solution I never turned on the new feature as I don't see the point in having haptic feedback while using the UI, but to each their own of course. I have the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers on (I believe "medium") for games though. I love the haptic feedback, but there have been several games I've turned the triggers off for. A neat feature for some games, but I think the triggers can make certain games more difficult to play than they need to be with them on. Using Control as an example, I shouldn't have to struggle to press down the trigger in the middle of an extremely hectic battle with several enemies coming from all around.

I veered off a bit, but anyways, I doubt I'll ever try the new feature. The DualSense's battery life is already short enough.

@KilloWertz I suspect a lot of people will choose not to use the haptics for navigating the UI. And I might turn it off after the novelty wears off.
I do seem to recall that the Switch has haptics when clicking around the UI. Maybe I’m imagining that since my use of the Switch is very limited.

@Th3solution It's fine that they added it, but if I ever used it, it would be just to try it once and then turn it back off. Nothing wrong with using it though. It's just something I don't need.

Yes, the Switch has rumble when using the UI at times, like when you use the controller to turn on the system. I haven't used mine in a long time, and honestly would have probably sold it by now if Amazon bought them or it wasn't out of my way to go to Gamestop, but I do remember rumble at certain times.

I have discovered that muting the beep is a blessing and a curse. A blessing because, well, there's no beep. A curse because every time I turn on the PS5 via the controller (which is 99% of the time), I do a double take to see if the console actually turned on. I guess that's why the light is there.

@KAIRU I chose to go ahead and leave the beep but turned it down to the lowest volume. I think it’s a nice compromise, because like you say, it’s good to have confirmation that your machine is booting, but then it also doesn’t alert the whole neighborhood.

Can't say the beep from the console has ever bothered me, and did wonder what all fuss and nonsense was about when it was first announced. 🤷‍♂️

I think its great to have customisable options to suit a wider variety of peoples preferences. Personally I don't really want Haptic feedback in menus, but maybe another finds it incredibly useful for whatever reason. I don't like Adaptive Triggers in general either as I don't want to be fighting the tension over hours of gaming which I find gets tiring and/or distracting and absolutely hate Gyro so I appreciate the 'options' to turn these off. Even the option to turn down the intensity of the Haptic Feedback gives users the option to tailor it to their own preference.

I don't mind the beep, but I also like the option to turn it off or reduce its volume. I much prefer having 'options', even if I myself will opt to turn features off as my 'preference', I appreciate the fact that people are different and being able to tweak things to suit their needs, situation, preference etc is more important than the features themselves in my mind.

@JohnnyShoulder Same here, and I can't understand why people would say it's so loud it alerts the whole neighborhood. Sorry to use you as the example, @Th3solution.

It's fine that they give the option for people. That's a lot better than when they forced the activity cards onto everybody, taking away the game art as the background for games on the Home screen, and not giving people the option to change back. Unless I have gotten lucky, it seems to finally be reverted back in one of the last updates as Horizon Forbidden West no longer has stupid screenshots that were clearly made for the smaller cards and not as a background.

@KilloWertz

@KilloWertz 😂 Well, I live in a quiet neighborhood.

@JohnnyShoulder

With another big disc PS5 discount starting today, it seems to be a monthly thing now:

• July 31st - August 10th (£399)
• August 25th - September 7th (£399)
• September 25th - October 12th (£429 and comes with free EA Sports FC 24)

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Official - Ryan retires in March and Hiroki Totoki will take his place (temporarily): https://sonyinteractive.com/en/jim-ryan-president-and-ceo-ann...

@colonelkilgore will be happy, as will quite a few PS fans I would imagine.
I vote for Shuhei to take over.

@CaptD yeah I’d be happy with Shuhei for sure… or anyone that would be gamer-centric. Jim’s obviously been effective as far as the balance sheets go but there’s no denying that PlayStation (as a brand at least) has seemed a little sterile these past few years.

@colonelkilgore Definitely, some terrible price gouging at the expense of the brands reputation. You have N Dog floundering, scrapping years of work (apparently) all because of another studio saying "yeah it doesn't gouge enough". Seriously though I thought Druckmann only listened to himself.
Plus the Last of Us 1 cash grab (imo) and even if you ignore that aspect, the fact that it is £50 on steam (where Valhe take a massive cut) and £70 on PSN should tell you all you need to know.
I can see Herman going next, or certainly being put in a different role. All this GaaS stuff will be a big failure, I reckon Fairgame$ will never see the light of day.

All my opinion and I could be wrong but when you have to say to yourself "thank God for Insomniac" then you know not all is as it should be.

@CaptD yeah I highly doubt PlayStation will manage to find a ‘Fortnite’ during this GaaS push… and after a few years will hopefully return their focus to single-player blockbuster fare.

I do think the timing of Ryan’s retirement is a little odd. The overreactive fanbase (me included) tend to read too much into these things, but this seems a pivotal time for PlayStation with a pending ABK acquisition he’s been fighting, a new direction for the company with GaaS, and a series of unpopular decisions (PS+ price increase, underwhelming Showcase, closing down first party studios, etc, etc). So the skeptic in me wonders if he’s stepping down due to internal pressure from the Sony board or something.

On the other hand, PlayStation has never felt stronger. PS5 are selling at breakneck speeds, profitability sounds like it’s very high, and the competition is showing signs of desperation whilst trying to keep up. Perhaps now is as good a time as any to ride off into the sunset.

I suspect it’s a combination of both — I think everyone wants to retire or leave on their own terms. No one wants to be fired or asked to resign. If he leaves now before the ABK merger and the deluge of failing live service games occur, then he’ll be going out on top. He’s surely reading the tea leaves and knows that if he waits a year or two, it’s a crapshoot as to what the state of the brand will be.

Which, to be clear, I think the PlayStation brand will be fine in a year or two. Are most of the live service games going to fail? Yes, probably. Is Xbox going to gobble up a large chunk of market share when Acti-Bliz joins the party? Yes, almost certainly. But I think PlayStation will still thrive. I don’t agree with a lot of Ryan’s decisions, but I think he still leaves the company with a bright enough future that he can be happy with it.

Also, he’s not unilaterally making all this company’s strategic decisions. There’s a team involved, so we might not notice much change.

@Th3solution Those are my exact thoughts, leave at the peak before the deluge of inevitable failures occur.

I had to laugh last night as I watching the PSVR without Parole podcast and one of the hosts said "how old is Jim, perhaps it is time to retire anyway" and one of the mods commented "he is 76".
I'm sitting here thinking I'm sure he is mid 50s or something, he certainly doesn't look 70 odd, anyway the hosts ran with it for quite a long time before various comments about him being 56 popped up.