Intr1n5ic

@NEStalgia That sounds amazing. What headset are you using?

@NEStalgia

It'd run well on a potato. But not on the consoles.

It ran like crap on tons of different configurations up until a patch a few weeks ago, and even that hasn't fully resolved it. You just have to Google DD2 pc performance and see the complaints for yourself. It's a horribly optimised game, and not just on console.

For anyone who skipped this like myself, the base game is currently on sale for £29.99 on the UK store until November 1st.

I'll probably start my first playthrough after finishing Dragon Age.

@HonestHick

Just the 10% overclock which won’t move the needle for those CPU bound games.

It might, we'll have to wait and see. On paper it sounds insignificant, but as shown with Dragons dogma 2, a comparative scenario running through the city had the pro averaging 20fps more than the base and was much closer to it's 60fps target. Still not perfect in a poorly optimised game, but it was running a lot better on the "same cpu". This would also fall in to the PlayStation's vrr window which those of us with compatible displays will benefit from.

@NEStalgia

Yeah but I'd be kinder to it if it offered appropriate upgrades for the coin.

It does, but we've already been over this. Double the drive space, a much improved gpu, faster memory, an overclocked cpu, and a proprietary ai upscaler. What you think that's worth is subjective, but as previously discussed, you're not building it for $699.

I'm not sure what your almost £500 cpu has to do with a cpu bound games comparative performance though.

@Yousef Ahh, I thought it was probably a typo but guessed AC and was worried you had somehow missed the news of its delay.

Sounds great. I never played this first time around so looking forward to it.

@Yousef What's Shafow?

I like that chroma pearl controller, looks clean.

@Thorn84 That's strange, I don't understand why your situation would be different to mine or many others. There must be something else at play but I've no idea what.

@carlos82 I've never experienced this myself, but that sucks for anyone who unfortunately has.

@carlos82 You can still play digital games if psn is down, you just can't use online services. It's no different for disc.

Returnal please

@Titntin Yeah, makes sense. I know you weren't referencing me but to be clear, I'm a million miles away from the evil bandwagon 😄

Do you have any interest in playing through this again? I realised when mentioning how old it was that it's been that long since my only playthrough. I might give a go on the pro if I can find the time.

@Titntin You're probably right, I'm just trying to see it from both sides. It doesn't sit right with me for that platform.

@Titntin @PsBoxSwitchOwner I get where you're both coming from, but if you're still on the PS4 and by some miracle you have never claimed or played this, then a 7 year old game with no improvements on that platform has just more than doubled in price.

You stay classy, Sonyiego.

@Pranwell Same to you, mate. Not gonna lie, that anniversary bundle for £959 would have been sweet, but never mind, looking forward to playing Dragon Age on the pro when it arrives.

@CrashBandicoat Not that much to be honest. If you have the original launch it can go for quite a bit more than revisions because of its modding capabilities, but I've never been interested in selling personally.

The real money is in rare boxed games for these systems. I've got some neo geo stuff that's easily worth hundreds.

Anniversary portal still available as well.

@Orange_Juice A collector with a lot of disposable income will unfortunately pay those kind of prices.

I've been collecting boxed systems since the Commodore 64 but I'd never pay anywhere near that.

@Loamy Congrats mate, get some rest 😄

@CrashBandicoat Roughly 10 minutes.

@Titntin Cheers.

I just got an email from Sony confirming so I guess Paypal won't acknowledge until dispatch.

@Titntin For whatever reason that site has never saved my delivery address, I have to manually add it every time.

I grabbed a pro using paypal as well and haven't received any confirmation either so I think we're all in the same boat.

Edit - Never mind, just got a confirmation email from Sony.

@Titntin Congrats mate 👍

Mine is 42 minutes. Oh well, roll on the 10th 😄

Why am I sweating 😂

@BloodyBlact Congrats 👍

@ZeD Germany was €1099, so it should be £999.99 for us.

@Pranwell @JustX I just saw on reddit that it's listing price was €1100 in Germany, so likely £1000 for us. I guess we'll see what happens at 10.

Best of luck to everyone trying 🤞

@Titntin Okay, I see that as well. I have a feeling I was too late.

@JustX Yeah same. I'm trying to find out if there's a difference to what people are seeing. Mine says - You have been temporarily placed in a waiting room.

@Titntin Are you in a queue or a waiting room, does your screen have a timer or does it say the queue is paused?

@KundaliniRising333 Give it a rest, ffs.

I've got an early start tomorrow so I can't stay up for this, but I plan on kicking off my Wednesday morning reading the tears of miserable c***s.

I really enjoyed my playthrough of this, I thought it was excellent. I'll grab this when it drops.

@NEStalgia

Sea of Thieves is a shared world online server. Like FFXIV, and other MMOs. You have to have an account on the server to log in to be in the game.

I understand, but you can disable crossplay in SoT and only play with people from the PlayStation network, so why is a MS account required. I don't actually mind this though, I was simply replying to someone who said imagine if Microsoft did this to one of their ported games and how PS fans would react. Well, they did, and there was absolutely no reaction.

I'm against what's happening here because I think you're a clown if you buy a game that specifically outlines its requirements beforehand, for the sole purpose of leaving a negative review and then refunding. These same people who care about data privacy probably rush to Twitter straight after to tell everyone what they did.

@jrt87 What about those who don't want to crossplay, they still had to create an account. Point is, I don't remember any tantrums from "affronted PlayStation fanboys".

@jrt87 Like Sea Of Thieves?

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare I don't disagree, but none of that means these figures aren't important.

@Medic_alert Seeing five 9's would be a nice surprise but I don't expect to even get one to be honest, the site will be a nightmare and there will probably be one or two thousand max available for the UK market.

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare As I mentioned in a previous post, internal documents were leaked outlining their projections to grow gamepass up until 2030, and console was their main contributor and focus in that strategy. They are millions behind where they wanted to be at this point.

You might not think these numbers are that important, but when they are directly affecting their biggest projected market for growth, I guarantee you they don't share the same opinion.

@Medic_alert I think the total of its parts is £1023.96, this is going off the store right now, not including a plastic drive cover as it can't be purchased separately.

£1400+ would be a £350 mark up for being limited. I can't see it being that high personally but I wouldn't put it past them.

@Sakai There's definitely an element of bait to it, which is unfortunately prevalent in so much journalism these days, particularly gaming.

@Sakai @Oz_Who_Dat_Dare @Godot25 I believe the 3:1 is a reflection of sales in the last 14 months and obviously not from the total figures you are seeing above. Bear in mind those sales numbers are estimates from a market analyst firm and a reporter from Tweaktown, so I would take the precise accuracy of what's being estimated with a pinch of salt.

@BrettAwesome 30 years ago cartridge was standard, unless you're talking about the Amiga CD32, which flopped. I still have one sitting in the attic.

There will be people who say these numbers do not matter, that Microsoft don't care about hardware anymore, they're more focused on access anywhere, ect. The truth is, their own internal projections from leaked documents highlighted console as the main focus and driver of gamepass subscriptions and growth for the next 6 years, and they're currently way behind those figures. They absolutely care about hardware and results like this.

@RoomWithaMoose The majority of that scrutiny came from concerns regarding monopolising the cloud gaming space, as this is an area they have a significant market share in, not so much what their plans were for hardware.

Are you frustrated by the number of PS5 remasters getting announced?

Nope. If it's a title that interests me, I'm invested. If it doesn't, it's forgotten about shortly after it's announcement.

I guess £700 just became a minimum of a grand next week 😄

@caiol92 I guess when the displays a lot of us play on started to improve and highlight the stark contrast. I had no issue playing 30fps up until a few years ago, but since switching to a large LG oled, that framerate honestly looks and performs horribly in games for me.

Are these the differences I was told I wouldn't be able to see?