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The smart money is on this being excellent.

I was thinking of double dipping and buying this on Pro but the Digital Foundry coverage has persuaded me to stick with playing on Gamepass on XSX as that has the best performance on console. Performance over resolution any day of the week for me, particularly in a fast action game like this. Looking forward to getting stuck into Doom TDA next week.

Unreal engine 5 remasters being polished ready for release on all consoles for sure. Gears has now paved the way for single game releases (not collections) to maximise revenue; so a MC Collection on PS may still be some way off.

To this day, The Silent Cartographer level from the original Halo remains one of the best moments in gaming…and it won’t be long before this is on PlayStation.

I have a Pro but won’t be double dipping for this - happy to play the remastered remaster on XSX Gamepass.

Lighting/colour aside I’m genuinely struggling to see any difference/improvement.

No problem with a healthy turnover but why remove first party games? Seems daft and doesn’t happen on Gamepass except if a title is delisted (and with FH4 they even gave the game away if you’d bought extra content). That grumble aside, I’m still happy with the service for £10pm.

Great game but this sort of ‘logic’ is par for the course from Microsoft- on Series X the original install was 131.7GB but the game required 263.1GB of free space in order to install!

Odyssey then Origins for me. Valhalla still sitting in my backlog and Shadows in the wishlist…too many games, not enough time!

Good month with Hogwarts and Blue Prince, looking forward to both. Played lots of PGA Tour on Series X - a slow burner as it takes time to up your skills but it’s a decent game.

@Fiendish-Beaver - well said. I’m on exactly the same page.

@JB_Whiting - that’s one way of looking at it and I respect your opinion. However, it may not be worse and change/progress doesn’t necessarily diminish what we already have. I agree individual talent, skill and intellectual property should have proper protections- but that’s not to say that AI can’t work alongside or improve upon certain processes in the future. For example - today’s world frequently has news of gaming studios closing or struggling because of the amount of man hours needed to turn out modern games on modern systems. If AI can do some of the heavy lifting in the future then that would likely save jobs in the industry as well as creating new opportunities and innovative solutions to studio’s existing challenges. All I’m saying is that there are potential upsides to this, and the “easy” first look opinion that “this is bad” or “this is rubbish” is not necessarily the only way to look at this topic.

@JB_Whiting - but who’s to say that in the future techniques like these won’t save energy and resources? Neither of us knows what the future holds in this regard. It’s an easy (and lazy) argument to look at this in isolation and say “it’s crap” but remember back in the day it would have been easy to scoff at the idea that man might fly, or one day fly to the moon, we simply do not know where this innovation will lead and for that reason alone I think it shouldn’t be dismissed.

What an incredibly short sighted article. Who are we to know what the future holds in this regard or the rate at which this kind of technology will develop? Obviously the current output doesn’t represent what modern consoles can produce, but that’s not today’s objective.

Without a vision of the future there would be no future progress - you could laugh at Sinclair’s C5 back in the day but today’s modern electric vehicles are a million times more advanced, likewise 70’s graphics and game physics don’t hold a candle to those of the current generation - but it took us on a journey to where we are now.

@Psnfanboy79 - no idea! (I’ve only recently bought a PlayStation) - maybe it’s Uncharted 4 1/2 (anyway, it’s The Lost Legacy bit I’m referring to) 😄

PlayStation 5Pro - completed Uncharted 5 last night, not as good as 4 but it warmed up after the halfway point. Next up R&C Rift Apart, more God of War and Wipeout Omega Collection. Also need to check out RoboCop on PS Plus.

XSX - looking forward to South of Midnight next week but until then F1 2024, AoE4, and Forza Horizon 4 (just realised that’s quite a few 4s)

Have a good one everyone.

Uncharted 5 on PS5Pro. Not as good as 4 but hopefully it will pick up (I’m about a third of the way through).

Atomfall, Dishonored Death of the Outsider and the Shady Part of Me on XSX.

Really looking forward to RoboCop on PS Plus next week.

Have a great weekend all.

Still plugged in and sits proudly underneath my TV. Rarely used for gaming these days but occasionally for a bit of Pixel Junk Monsters (streaming a bit inconsistent on my PS5). Still using the PS3 for pics and music - would love some of these features and playlists brought over to PS5.

I’m happy with PS5 & Series X but new hardware is always exciting so I’m curious to see how this pans out.

Yet more of my addiction to AoE4 on Series X.

Jedi Survivor and maybe some God of War on Pro.

Have a good one all.

Looks about the right price- maybe the Deluxe option is pricey but that’s an optional extravagance that’s easy to avoid by buying the Standard version and getting the extra content on offer down the line. Interested to see what the Pro enhancements will be.

@liathach - that’s appreciated, thanks for the advice 👍

@LifeGirl - thanks. I need to be more focused and just play 1-2 games at a time.

I’m fairly new to PS Plus and have a huge backlog. It doesn’t help that I’m a slow gamer and losing what gaming reflexes I once had…

…Just wondering if there’s a fairly typical time period games tend to stay on the service?…six months, a year, longer? And do first party games (God of War, etc) tend to stay on the service longer/for good or do Sony rotate them off the service as well?Thanks.

PS5Pro - GT7, slowly starting to enjoy it after c10hrs but not as good as I was expecting. More God of War, which is weirdly much better than I was expecting 😃 & likely some Wipeout Omega Collection
Series X - itching to play Avowed on Gamepass, but for now it’s more Indy, AoE4 & Far Cry New Dawn
iPad - Kingdom Rush
PS3 - Pixeljunk Monsters Encore

@LiamCroft - do you think we’ll lose Days Gone soon? (now there’s a remaster on the way) It is still in my backlog (I completely missed the PS4/Xbox One generation so I’ve got lots of catching up to do).

When did it become the norm to treat existing customers worse than new/returning customers? Why not reward loyalty? It sucks that Sony don’t offer this to existing subscribers.

God of War and WRC Generations on PS5
Age of Empires 4 and Sniper Elite Resistance on Series X

Great news. One of the best racers out there, FH4 is better but this is a close second. Enjoy!

Already played High on Life and Payday 3 on Gamepass (both pretty underwhelming and High on Life has very annoying childish ‘humour’) but will give Pac Man World a spin, so not a total washout.

@Papa_Emeritus - I agree, it’s been the biggest surprise for me since getting a Pro in November, never thought I’d prefer a PlayStation controller but I do now.

I hope Microsoft stay in the hardware business- they’re never going to outsell PlayStation but fanboys (on both sides) need to recognise that competition & choice are always a good thing. Plus Microsoft Rewards are insane - I get GamePass Ultimate for £45 a year, which is embarrassingly good value when you consider what you get for that.

Happy with GP for all these, I’m sure they’ll all look and run great on Series X. Enjoying the Pro too though, just finished TLOU and now onto Dead Island 2.

Bring back folders and the PS3’s picture viewer and music player (with animated backdrops and playlists)

WipeOut & WipeOut 2097 remastered, + the original soundtracks please.

XBSX - Indy, Forza Motorsport and AoE4
PS5Pro - Bust-a-Move 2, Astros Playroom and WRC Generations (much better than I was expecting, really enjoying using the bumper cam view).

Have a good one & Merry Christmas

I’m generally happy with my Pro & all for choice if it gives people sensible options, but this is starting to get a bit stupid now.

We’ve gone from Performance, Fidelity (and occasionally Balanced) modes to Performance PSSR, Performance no PSSR, Fidelity PSSR, Fidelity no PSSR, Balanced PSSR and Balanced no PSSR - and that’s before you start looking at options for 120hz or VRR.

Who wants to have to watch a DF video before booting up every game? That’s where we’re headed.

PS5Pro - GT7
XBSX - Indiana Jones (superb) and AoE4

Tinykin is missing…

I’m happy with my Pro but give me detail, resolution and frame rate over ray-tracing ANY day of the week.

The Sega Saturn version of Wipeout convinced me that it was time to get a PlayStation. Spent plenty of hours with that game, Gran Turismo and fond memories of Spyro.

But my most vivid memory is the (much later) arrival of a mod-chip and standing over my precious PlayStation holding a soldering iron in total fear…Do I REALLY want to do this?…

Very happy so far. I’m coming at this from a different angle to most - I’m not upgrading as my last PlayStation was a PS3.

I sat out the PS4/Xbox One era so pretty much everything looks sublime to me on my Series X and now PS5 Pro. I’m using a Sony OLED 120hz, vrr Tv.

I began gaming all the way back to Pong and the original Atari systems - it is phenomenal how gaming has developed and what worlds and experiences these modern systems are capable of.

Roll on PS6 and the NextBox.

@Nexozi - thanks buddy. Can’t wait to get stuck in.

Looking forward to it - my first PlayStation since PS3. Lots of games to catch up on!