Topic: PlayStation 5 --OT--

@JohnnyShoulder Same here, although I'm even less of a fan as I've only seen bits and pieces of a couple of the movies since they were always on TV for a long time and you couldn't really avoid them going through the stations.

While a lot of people have been really looking forward to the game, I've had little interest in it from the start. I did watch one of their early deep dives into the game as I was curious, but that still didn't really do anything for me. It would have to be Game of the Year material for me to consider jumping into it with so many other games to choose from. I'm trying to tighten things up a bit this year, as I even returned my pre-order for one of my most anticipated games since it ended up being disappointing (Forspoken).

@nessisonett That's an issue almost all AAA games have. I agree though, you wouldn't think it's hard to imagine a different kind of upgrade path for a game set in the HP universe.

@KilloWertz I forgot to follow up with you on it, but I see you sent back Forspoken. Probably for the best, although I’m pretty sure that I’ll eventually get it when the price plummets. There’s still enough positivity from people who played it to make it worth a consideration in my mind. I’ll just have to find the time if/when I see it sub $30.

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Regarding Hogwarts, I think the biggest dissonance with the IP is going to be if there’s a heavy amount of combat. Hogwarts students as a whole weren’t running around slaughtering monsters and evil wizards by the hundreds. So I’ll be interested to see how they keep to the script, so to speak. I’m hoping for more puzzles, using magic spells to solve problems, school competitions (Triwizard tournament, maybe?), exploration, social features, and a compelling story, rather than it being Call of Duty with magic wands.

But regarding the UI and such, the screenshot looks leagues better than the Marvel’s Avengers game. The loot grind for that was absolutely insane and the UI / menu was a migraine headache to look at. So I do hope Hogwarts (and games in general for that matter) takes a simpler route. As a rule I think UI’s and menus have become too unnecessarily complex.

Despite the negative comments it’s actually refreshing to hear Hogwarts being talked about for its gaming elements. I can see why there is the need to try and spin the negativity from certain people as if you can put people off due to the JKR connections then you go for another angle.

Either way there’s not long to wait to find out what’s good or bad about the game. I too am intrigued to see how the combat really works and whether that will be as good as the gameplay videos make out. It will be great if it’s varied enough, that over the course of the game you are facing off again different enemies and using different methods but only time will tell.

@Th3solution I may get it again someday down the road as well when it plummets in price. I just figured it made more sense to wait until down the road when I still have other games that are better games, like the PS5 version of Ys VIII that I just started today after finishing up the Left Behind DLC from The Last of Us Part 1.

After seeing Sony having resolved a lot of the supply problem for ps5, i just checked online and in stores availability near me and nothing.

Im looking at the base digital ps5 with no bundle at the real retail price, no boosted prices or added bundle.
I called a store and they have no idea when they will have more.
Im in canada,,montreal.
Anyone have info on this?

@Jtheripper If you are trying to escape the God of war bundle, I am afraid you are beyond help boy.

To friends in Greece the "simple" PS5 model without those stupid bundles has appeared in some of the major retailers in the retail price of 549 euros. I see lots of my friends finally upgrading.

Anyone else try that Isshin demo? I'm one of those weirdos who never really cared about this franchise until it become a turn based JRPG. I've tried to go back and play some of the other games and just really had to accept I don't like the brawling combat (although the context sensitive finishers are really cool). I dunno why I thought I would feel any different here and so I shouldn't be surprised I found it really clunky and kinda overwhelming. I guess the point where you have four styles and 16 finishers like in the demo comes after a ramp up tutorial period so will maybe feel better when you get to experience it properly, but as a demo to sell me on the combat, this really failed for me.

@Th3solution Just to continue this conversation in a more suitable topic, and to try and help you get to the bottom of your PSN profile's change of statistical priority, here's a screenshot of how my profile's Games tab presents its information. As you said, it's sorted by 'Last Played' but for me, it always has been, and the hours haven't moved from beneath the trophy percentage on the right.

Perhaps your profile was just temporarily glitched? Because you should still see the hours regardless.

@neonpizza Yeah, I’ve heard a lot of people say the HDMI link doesn’t work properly for them. I honestly just shut it off in the options and prefer to have control over turning the TV and the PS5 on and off independently. I’ll just consign myself to having to push two buttons instead of one when I start my gaming.
Since disabling the HDMI link I’ve not ever had any of the poltergeist events of the system randomly turning on by itself.

As for the DualSense, there’s the option to dim the lights on it in the settings, so hopefully you’ve done that. But yeah, it would be better if you could fully turn them off. Nevertheless, I have mine on the minimum dimness and I don’t really ever notice the lights as a distraction. In fact, sometimes I’ve played a game for several hours before I even notice in some games that the light changes color depending on what’s going on in the game. It happened today while playing Hogwarts. I happened to look down and the light was like bluish purple I think, and I was surprised because I didn’t even know it was different from the usual orange

It's been over 10 minutes since they announced a SoP and still nothing on PushSquare smh

Here is hoping for Street Fighter 6 news

@neonpizza Let's face it, the PS5 needs themes. I boot up my SSD PS4 Pro and am greeted by the whooshing sounds of the PS2 startup theme while my son has the 25 anniversary theme installed which starts with the iconic PS1 startup music.
The HDMI link weirdness freaked me out when the damn tower of lard turned itself on without any provocation. PS3 and PS4 HDMI channel switch control works fine so yet again Sony seem to have broken something fairly straightforward.

The PS5 just feels so dull and dreary - and don't even get me started on the bizarre controls (e.g. to quit a game, exit to dashboard, press Options and then close game?) and the lack of proper folders.

I sent my PS5 back to Sony after a fortnight as it wasn't a quantum leap over the SSD Pro. I'll get one when some decent PS5 only games finally appear and I'll see what the redesigned one looks like. Hopefully, it'll be less hideous to look at.

Hello [email protected] I'm Jameel Perkins asking is possible to see PS PLUS to come to PSVR1 PSVR2 to have all the classic Like street fighter mortal Kombat Tekken 2 1 3 4 5 6 8 ?

So I'm finally considering buying a PS5 as early as next week. I've come to the realisation that I'm mostly playing games on my PS4 than Series X and seeing as how I have a vast backlog of PS4 games, I'd like to experience them in the best possible way on better hardware (since I have a base PS4). It's actually the same reason why I bought a Series X, because I want to stop looking up if a game runs well on my older systems or not.

Now I know that it's rumoured that Sony is preparing to announce a new model soon with a supposed detachable disc drive but all the same, people have told me that games won't look/perform that much better on a PS5 Pro compared to the jump from PS4 to PS4 Pro. So I don't know if I absolutely should wait for a new model or just buy the current one now but at the very least I'd be getting a console that has much better hardware than the base PS4.

Before then, I'd like your thoughts on the matter. Is it a good time to buy a PS5 now (especially when considering that they're actually in stock now)? Is there something I should think about before buying one? I've already uploaded all my save files on PS4 to the cloud and since I still have two weeks of PS+ left, I definitely have time to download them all to my PS5 next week.

@LtSarge The PS5 offers a better looking faster, loading and smooth experience than any PS4.

Since you’ve already upgraded your Xbox, you should know exactly what to expect. It’s the same generational leap. If that’s appealing upgrade your PlayStation as well.

As for the PS5 pro. It may release at the end of 2024 if it does, it will probably cost around €700 and improve the resolution of ray tracing. I wouldn’t wait for something that may not happen.

@Ryall Yeah, the main appeal of PS5 for me is not only to be able to play all my current PS4 games better but also to have access to games only available on PS5 such as Final Fantasy XVI and Spider-Man 2. That's the reason why I didn't buy a PS4 Pro before because I essentially already have the system. But with PS5, it'll be like I'd be getting a PS4 Pro and a new system altogether. Or at least I hope it's the case. I'm guessing PS5 works like Series X in terms of making last-gen games look/perform better on the new hardware. Series X offers Xbox One X enhancements, so I'm guessing PS5 offers PS4 Pro enhancements and also has the same features like boost mode and super-sampling.

@LtSarge Yep. The PS5 will play the PS4 Pro version of PS4 games. If the are frame rate drops on PS4 pro the PS5 will also clean those up.

@Ryall Fantastic, that's what I wanted to hear. Thanks for the help! Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on one tomorrow.