@Jtheripper Hey and welcome. I joined here not long ago and can confirm it is a friendly place for healthy discussion and debate (the latest being the Sony Bad News thread).
@Jtheripper Ay welcome! I joined for the same reasons (except that more and more toxic people are coming which sucks sadge ) I also was long time lurker lol, are you me?
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Hehe , thanks all, i tried quote more than 1 post but it seems to just replace the previous quote here where i type, i dont know.
See you in the game world.
I've been a Push Square reader for nearly a year, and I have often found myself drifting towards the various Forum posts on the site, so I thought I should sign up and join the conversation (so to speak). I've been a gamer for nearly 30 years now, starting off on the Sega Master System as a 4 year old back in the early 90s.
I currently own a PS4 Pro and a PS Vita. Unfortunately, I am at a stage in my life where I have to devote my finances towards things other than gaming, so I think I'll be either missing out on the PS5 entirely or maybe purchasing one late in its life cycle (if the stock issues are sorted out by then). I still love seeing all the new generation games though.
As to something a bit more about myself, I'm currently slated to be returning to university next year as a dude in his early 30s. I also enjoy MotoGP (Brad Binder/KTM), ice hockey (Anaheim Ducks/Calgary Hitmen) and football (Newcastle United).
@N1ghtW1ng welcome buddy, good luck for returning to uni as a mature student. I graduated at 30 and think I got much more out of the experience being a bit older.
@colonelkilgore Thanks dude, I really hope I do much better this time around at university than the last time. I think you're right though, there's a good chance that I will also gain a lot more from the uni experience and also be more willing to graft and work hard.
@N1ghtW1ng We’ve got a few mature students on my course and they do tend to work harder and get less bogged down by cheap pints at the student union. Good luck and welcome!
@N1ghtW1ng It's fine. It'll be years before the PS5 gets enough big exclusives to be worth buying anyway, and you might well have the money for one by then.
@N1ghtW1ng We’ve got a few mature students on my course and they do tend to work harder and get less bogged down by cheap pints at the student union. Good luck and welcome!
@nessisonett Thanks nessisonett. I agree with you about the older students. When I was completing my first degree about a decade ago, I remember the top performing student in our class was an older guy, who had previously studied before. It seems to be a pattern, which I hope holds true for me.
@N1gthW1ng It's fine. It'll be years before the PS5 gets enough big exclusives to be worth buying anyway, and you might well have the money for one by then.
Welcome to the forums.
@Ralizah You know, looking at the current PS5 landscape, there's nothing really jumping out at me in terms of games/exclusives that I feel I need to play right now. I think I will only be swayed once Gran Turismo 7 is released, and if it's considered the best game in the series.
In terms of money, where I live, the disc-drive PS5 is £585/$795 (Sony doesn't trade directly where I live, so there's intermediaries involved). I don't think it would be wise to purchase one while I am still a student.
Every time I'm about to pull the trigger and buy a PS5, there's some calamity and I have to spend the money on something else. This time it was a £570 bill on my car! We'll keep representing the last gen together.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
Hi there! I can totally relate to your experience. It seems that every time a new Sony console launches, I find myself not being in a healthy financial position to immediately purchase one upon launch. For the PS4, I waited until September 2015 to finally upgrade from my PS3, but man it was worth the wait.
Thank you for the welcome. I've already embraced the fact that I will still be part of the PS4 nightwatch for the next 4 years or so. The irony is, if I do manage to complete my studies, I probably won't even have the free time to actually game as much as I do now (as a student) once I start working again.
It's a massive change for me, going from Law to a degree filled with mathematics and statistics. I actually had to go back to high school for about 18 months to improve on my initial mathematics grade/mark.
Which degrees did you earn and why do you doubt you'll ever use them? I know for myself, going forward, I will never even acknowledge the fact that I have 2 Law degrees, as I feel they're wasted experiences if I am honest with myself.
Sorry for the delayed response, I'm currently completing an online course, and I try my best to avoid Push Square while I work, as I get easily distracted.
Wow, massive respect for studying Politics and History. I've always assumed that those 2 topics must be quite deep and complex on a tertiary education level. I see we're in a similar position when it comes to the utility of our respective degrees regarding our future career/profession.
All the best on your quest to become a writer. May I ask, are you a fiction or non-fiction writer? Also, have you published any of your writing?
I think at this stage of my life, it's hard not to feel that what I had studied in the past was a waste. I guess it's difficult at times for me to accept that I need to go through that entire process (university) again, and this time it will be more challenging.
I think I will only realise and appreciate those transferable skills once I am back in the working world. Thank you for kind words, it's really helpful for me during this challenging portion of my life.
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