Sony Expects More PS5 Owners to Wishlist Games When They're Announced

Been wanting this feature for years and I'm certain it will be widely used

Sorry, I only wishlist games that I actually would consider playing

@Netret0120 It's been available on PS5 for a long time now.

I only ever wishlist games I’m interested in playing lol

I'm using this specifically for games I wanna get eventually but maybe not at full price - I get notifications when they go on sale

I wishlist stuff and wait for a sale price I am happy to pay if it doesn't appear on PS Plus Extra first.

Uh no Shu I'm not wishlisting games that aren't even out when you have a pathetic 100 limit on your wishlist. I already have to use a doc to keep track of the amount of games I'm waiting on a sale on. Increase the limit ffs. Steam doesn't have a 100 limit so why do you?

Hmmm, anytime a game is announced from these live streams I can't add them to wishlist from uk, they are simply not available to do that, no fault on my own, like a dragon ishin was the only game I could follow, like a dragon other games are not available to western releases or anything else, like pac-man world remake which took me ages to be able to add, this will never change, empty promises like always 🙄🙄

I don’t wishlist games unless they are digital only, old, and/or hard to find physically. Why am I going to pay 7 times as much for a digital copy when I can just “rent” a physical copy for so much less money?

I have no problem spending, but I’m not a mug.

@AdamNovice
You can? I just tried putting The Kaito Files in my wishlist but there was no heart symbol. Can you let me know how?

I have never bought DLC but, as it’s this series, I will when it drops to a reasonable price.

Can only wishlist so many games unfortunately.

If they keep notifying me of the same crappy discount I’ll delist them

I really, really hate PS5-era Sony.

@PSfan4Life22 My same feeling. I suggest you create an account on https://www.backloggd.com/ in here you can create lists of coming soon games you want and much more stuff obviously

"A big new feature on the PS5 allows you to wishlist games"

lmao

@PSfan4Life22 Yeah I noticed that, on Xbox I believe the limit is 200.

ooo i only use this in the hope theres a sale worth using.

pointless to wishlist what i know im buying.

@AdamNovice
Oh well, I’ll just keep an eye on it every now and then. Thanks.

@Constable_What Whoever runs the store should really be fired. How do you not have easy sections to click on to find what you want? There should be a demo, add-on section etc. Instead there is none of that. The only time I can find new add-ons is when the Add-on prompt pops up randomly on the must see bar.

I don't wishlist games on the PS store, I wishlist them on psdeals.net, or rather add them to my watchlist

@PSfan4Life22 https://psprices.com/ is your new best friend

I've got about 150 games in my Steam wishlist. Not that I'm likely to ever play them all, but its nice to be notified if they're ever on a deep sale.

Sony should add the possibility to gift games to friends as well. Nothing like forcing your friends to co-op with you!

A feature I'd like to see in online stores like eshop and PSN is the option to permanently hide titles I'm not interested in.

Can't browse the store... too many jumping crap turbo games in the way.

Crazy how people treat this like it's new.

There was a wishlist in the old PS Store before the PS5 came out - primarily accessible through the web version of the store.

It is nice that it's better integrated to the console now, but really...so what? Unless I can save money by wishlisting a game before it's released, I'm not sure I care much.

I still think the old PS3 store search was among the best features that's never been fully duplicated. You'd start picking letters in your search, and the list of matching items changed in real time as you picked letters. It seemed so much faster than anything since.

also i should ask, how is people using a feature thats available 'news?'

what next? people are using the psstore?

I've started to wishlist games that are already available such as some jrpgs I haven't got yet, then once one of them is in a sale I get notified on my playstation 5 and my phone letting me know that game is on sale.

@AdamNovice @thefourfoldroot1 You cant wishlist the Kaito files unfortunately, but you can wishlist the Lost Judgment season pass, which includes the dlc and some other gumph. I've wishlisted that on the assumption that when they discount the season pass, they will also reduce the individual dlc packs separately 👍

I'd be willing to wager most of us wish list things not in anticipation of paying their ridiculous release window prices; it is in fact a to get notifications of when the s*** actually goes on sale to it point where it's actually reasonable.

That's essentially how I've used the wishless system for its entirety

I'm a big fan of wishlists, so it's nice to see Sony make it a higher priority.

@thefourfoldroot1 Some of us find physical copies annoying at this point.

Glad they finally added this. Now, can we get the ability to gift games to other PSN users?

The trick is...to announce the games.

@Ralizah We've been able to Wishlist games on Switch for years now right? I have 5 or 6 games on my PS5 wishlist, I didn't even know this was new or a big deal, assumed it had always been there.🤷

Yep. And on 3DS. Probably on Wii U. I don't know if you could from PS4, since the PSN portal on that was hideous and I never used it, but the Playstation webstore had a useful wishlist function (they initially removed it when they redesigned the website a year or two ago, but then added it back to the new website layout after a while). Steam has one too, of course.

It seems like a pretty basic thing to have.

Nintendo even alerts you with emails when wishlisted games go on sale.

I've been using this feature for a while now. I quite like it because it allows me to easily keep track of the games I will more than likely purchase and what updates come out for them before release. However, apart from that, it's a pointless feature without a gifting feature. Why wishlist something if no one else can see it or buy it for me as a gift or a present?

Sony is encouraging people to use the wishlist because it allows them to gauge interest in the games announced for the console. Statistics and economics.

@doctommaso @thefourfoldroot1 I have a small fortune in physical games right now, last time I added everything up it came out to be pretty close to a million. If I could find a buyer, just going by resell prices listed on the web. And I really wish I would've kept boxes for a lot of things that are older. But I will never sell lol, my kids or grandkids will probably throw it all away when I pass, then some picker will come by and cash out and they will feel stupid calling it all old junk.

Useful for reminding you of releases coming up. but I hate buying digital, unless its only available that way. But Sony is way too expensive for digital games. 70 bucks plus tax for something you don't ever really own, or 70 or less for a disc that you own as long as you take care of that can be played or game copied if needed and worth a ton later if its something a collector or fan wants.

@Paultall
I didn’t have that much, but got about £350 for my collection from just ps1 days onwards. If I would have kept boxes and I hadn’t spent all that time splitting game purchases with my two brothers it would have been more, but my biggest mistake was not selling or trading in when they were newer, as very few went up in value. Lesson learned, I finish and trade In immediately now. And as I’m so far behind on purchases I pay £10 instead of £60-70 for games now.

Awesome!!!
Just need some decent games to put on a wishlist