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Would be a good time to drop the base game onto PS Plus?

@Reeneman - thanks 👍

@MrRhysReviews - I noticed this always pops up when I play EA WRC (on 5Pro). I never screen record or capture and also have both turned off - but the notification still pops up.

In unrelated update news - GT7 update is also now available (15GB) EDIT - can be downloaded but not installable until 4.12.25 @8:00

Excellent. I was miffed at there being no upgrade for those of us with a physical copy, but this’ll do nicely. Thank you.

I’d advise caution to PS5 owners thinking of buying - not because of the price, but because I’d be waiting for reports on whether or not it works.

I enjoyed MS Flight Sim 2020 (and then Anniversary edition) on Series X but this 2024 version had a terrible launch and many (myself included) simply couldn’t get it to work - even after several updates.

The 2020 version installs to the console but this 2024 edition relies heavily on streaming - so if your broadband speed isn’t up to it then it simply will be unplayable.

Just finished Until Dawn on PS5Pro - glad to say it got better towards the end and decent graphics & sound throughout. A nice recent addition to PS Plus Extra.

Wandered into town while my car was being fixed on Thursday and picked up CoD MW (2019) for £3 at CEX. I know a lot of people love to hate CoD, but I’m really enjoying the campaign so far (playing on Series X).

Have a good one all, happy gaming.

@themightyant - Gears remaster was £40 so expect that as a minimum. I’d guess they’ll go in at £50-£60 for this (as it’s their most treasured IP).

But unless they iron out the framerate drops and hitches I’ll stick to the £7.49 MCC on XSX thanks but if they do a good job then Halo 1,2,3, Reach and Infinite are all worthy games for the same treatment.

PS5Pro - yet more Cyberpunk 2077 & Ghost of Tsushima (100+ hours combined so far and loving every minute of both). Also playing one chapter of Until Dawn each evening - what a complete yawn fest so far…I’ll carry on in the hope it improves but more in hope than expectation. Anyway, glad it’s a PS plus title and not a purchase.

XSX - yesterday’s announcement made me fire up Halo MCC and play through the Silent Cartographer level and also replayed a few levels of Halo Infinite -this morning - looks, sounds and plays great, especially in 120hz mode. Halo 1,2,3, Reach & Infinite all great games and definitely ripe for Unreal 5 upgrade/ports to PS5. Not bothered so much for 4&5 and ODST.

Happy gaming all, have a good one 👍

@TheKurgan - especially so when it’s raining cats and dogs.

It would be more useful if it said average price over the last 30 days. Some games seem to be on sale more often than their not!

Played the demo but couldn’t get excited, and also intermittent frame rate drops on PS5Pro which is annoying.

@wildcat_kickz - I took a quick look at the patched game earlier. I’m sure DF will do a proper analysis but from what I could see in 30m of gameplay with PSSR on you get a lot more aliasing issues - you can really see these in the early cut scenes and the fact that you can pause the cut scenes, turn off PSSR and then see the difference (ie a big reduction in the aliasing issues) shows that it’s not a great implementation. It’s not all bad by any means - PSSR seems to be giving a slightly sharper image imo, and the patch notes say it gives more detail to areas such as hair, so it depends on which issues bother you as to whether you keep PSSR on or turn it off (exactly like the options in AWII). There’s also improved reflections on Pro (but sadly no RT in performance mode).

I’m usually happy with PSSR/Pro upgrades but I’m not seeing a huge bump with this patch….but to be fair the game already ran at a smooth 60fps and looked pretty decent on base PS5/XSX.

I’ll believe it when I see it. In other news about something that’s an actual thing, there’s an update for Control released earlier today…..including a Pro upgrade.

Ghost of Tsushima - first playthrough - loving it!

Completed Cocoon on Gamepass but it’s a great little game that I’ll revisit on PlayStation. Been hovering over AW2 for ages, so that’s a bonus.

I tried MSFS2024 a couple of times on my XSX but it wouldn’t run well for me - gave up and uninstalled. Microsoft Flight Simulator (its predecessor) is a much more stable game - massive installation, but it runs well and is a stunning looking game on Series X, so should port well to PS5/Pro.

@Rich33 - (30 seconds research on Amazon from me!) - the difference between a 500GB and 1TB nvme SSD is £22. So it’s safe to assume the difference between 825GB and 1TB would therefore be less. Sony (bulk buying) would reduce unit cost further.

Doesn’t affect me as I already have all the storage I need, but it just seems like a penny-pinching exercise at best.

What a perplexing decision. How much can this actually save Sony? All it can save is the difference between an 825GB SSD and a 1TB one - how much is that?….$10-15 maybe per unit…and likely substantially less seeing as Sony buy huge numbers of such components. Then there’s the added cost of redesigning and reprinting the literature, boxes, etc for these consoles.

Surely it would be far easier just to raise the price by a (very) small amount per PS5.

@Gremio108 - lol, I’m the other one and quite liked a bit of farming on me ipad back in the day so maybe this is a better month than I thought 😂

@Dan12836666 - not as good as Series X. It is the PS4 version, so no 120fps and longer load times, lower visual fidelity (no HDR for example) and no VRR support either. Still a good game though, just a bit odd they didn’t make a native PS5 version.

I’m really enjoying my PS5Pro and Series X but I’m also a sucker for new tech - I can’t wait to see what next-gen looks like.

@Gremio108 - good news….issue now resolved. I had an email from PlayStation Support this morning and they have removed the conflicting licence that was attaching to the game. I now have the option to purchase. The bad news is that it’s no longer on sale, but I’ve added it to my Wishlist and will buy the next time it is back on sale.

I got nowhere with the online chat ‘bots’ - if anyone else finds themselves with a similar issue I suggest you give Sony U.K. a ring on the number in my above post.

@Gremio108 - thanks mate and sorry to hear you’ve also got problems. I managed to track down a telephone number for Sony PlayStation in the U.K.- 020 3538 2665. They have looked at the issue and have promised to get back to me with a solution (I now also have a case number, so hopefully it’ll be easier to go back to them on this if needed). It does seem ridiculous - I can’t be the only person who wants to buy this title and now can’t (because it was previously on PS Plus). In the meantime I’m downloading the XSX version on Gamepass, but would ideally prefer to pay and play for the PS5Pro version as I’ve started a game there and it looks superb on that system.

@Michael2008ish - I’ll do that. Thanks 👍

@Michael2008ish - thanks Michael. Yes, that option works for some titles (I recently bought God of War 2018 that way, despite it being on PS Plus)….but sadly there’s no suitable option for Jedi Survivor. It insists I ‘own’ the Standard or Deluxe versions and there’s no option to buy them. The only purchase option I can get to is for the “cross-gen bundle edition”….but that’s for Jedi Fallen order AND Jedi Survivor (I don’t need/want Fallen Order as well). Also, that version is currently £79.99; so obviously it doesn’t make sense to buy it when Jedi Survivor is often priced @ £13.99.

@Stino69 - thanks for your suggestion but unfortunately I have PS5Pro (without a DVD drive). I do have the option to play on XSX but that means starting over and I’d also like to play on the best console version (PS5pro).

@DonkeyFantasy - thank you. I've tried both (App & website) but still no joy. Good call on emailing EA. I've even had two online 'chats' with PS Agents to ask them to remove the PS+ licence from my a/c but they have been unable to action. Seems ridiculous and this issue must affect thousands, not just me.

Sword of the Sea & Spidey for me.

Slightly off-topic but not completely!...(help please if you can):

Star Wars Jedi Survivor left the service today. I like the game but haven't completed it. I'd like to buy the game but the system insists I already own it (which I do not). Tried deleting and purchase but that doesn't work. Contacted PlayStation support who suggest I must let my subscription lapse in order to be able to buy the game. Slight problem....I'm subscribed until November 2026!!

Is there another way?

....help please!

I’d love to buy SW Jedi Survivor but apparently I’m not allowed to whilst it’s still on PS+ 🤷‍♂️

Decent month - looking forward to Spider-Man, Sword of the Sea and will give MK1 a go. Unicorn Overlord not for me but obviously a good game for those that like that genre.

This is an absolute s h1 t show….

Before the update I had CoD HQ installed (XSX) with BO6 and MWII campaigns installed - total 165GB + 25GB reserved space (190GB);

Now to have the same content installed I need 136.8GB on the COD app for BO6 + 25GB reserved, PLUS another 110.2GB just for MWII campaign (and no doubt it will want to reserve another 25GB the minute I’ve downloaded the game and load my save).

So prior to the update the same installed content was 190GB, now it is a minimum of 272GB and likely more when MWII reserves space once it is fired up.

You literally couldn’t make this s##t up!

Cyberpunk 2077 on Pro - third time I’ve started this game and I’m now loving it. More AstroBot & Horizon ZD remastered too. On Series X - Call of Duty MWII, AoE4 & aiming to try out Wheel World too. Have a good weekend folks.

I guess they looked at the actual data from games like MLB The Show, Death Stranding and Helldivers 2 pre orders and found that Xbox owners do occasionally buy the odd game or two (despite what the forums say!)…..enough to make it worth their while porting games over anyways. And Switch is too big of a market to simply ignore.

More games everywhere is good news - I’ve never understood the juvenile fascination of being in love with a particular plastic box.

I’m from the PS1 generation (and before) but really can’t see the attraction of a Grey-Station. The cost of that slim digital PS5 is eyewatering….£469.99 vs £339.99 (current offer price on the Sony website now).

888 points forever in limbo-land

@Quintumply - lol Stephen - “88 Games You Should Buy”

…If only money grew on trees…

AstroBot and Horizon ZD Remastered on PS5, AoE4 and Forza Motorsport on Series X. Have a great weekend everyone.

I’m still confused when the PS Store refuses to take my money….insisting that I’ve already ‘purchased’ a game that I’ve simply downloaded on PS Plus (but want to buy and keep). Very odd!

Didn’t a Government Select Committee just shed doubt on the future of LISA’s?

@Quintumply - just a minor thing Stephen (and more widely Push Square for similar articles) - can you please change the headline from “You Should Buy” to “You Should Consider Buying”….sadly not many of us have bottomless resources. Thank you.

Pretty limp compared to Gamepass but I’ve still found PSPlus Premium worth it as a good way to play/sample a large number of titles from the back catalogue. I also like the way you can also keep the games added to Essential without wondering if they will disappear at short notice. I’ve recently extended my sub for an extra 12m.

PS5Pro is my first PlayStation for c10 years so £10pm to access the Premium library is a no brainer for me - don’t get me wrong it is rubbish compared to Gamepass Ultimate, but still worth it to me as someone who’s ‘new’ to the PlayStation ecosystem. After a year or two I might reconsider, but for now it is a brilliant way to play some gems from the back catalogue and access others that otherwise I might be tempted to waste a fortune on.

Another £10 I’ve flushed down the toilet.

I reluctantly paid £50 for AstroBot (worth it) but I rarely pay more than £20 for a game nowadays - certainly not paying £70 as my backlog is pretty ridiculous. I’ll play this Day 1 on Gamepass, which has cost me precisely nothing so far this year (Reward Points).

Glad to hear it is fixed but tbh I couldn’t detect it, not even once - and that’s despite being a framerate snob! PS5Pro & Sony A80J OLED.

Finally got around to buying Astro Bot - what a gem of a game. On Series X - Age of Empires 4 and some more Call Of Duty MW2.
Have a good one everyone.

@RiverGenie - thanks mate, look forward to giving it a try.

@Shigurui - thanks. I read the other 3 are coming next Tuesday but that Destiny Final Shape was coming yesterday (28th May). Maybe it has been delayed.

Slightly off topic and I’m sure it’s me just being dim, but - Destiny 2 The Final Shape…I thought that should be now available free to PS Plus subscribers…..it still shows as £41.99 in the store…?

Hoping for some decent software discounts on AstroBot, TLOU P2, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered and a few others.