@get2sammyb But then you can usually get the physical copy even cheaper than the £40. In my experience, when Fifa drops to £40 on the PS Store, it's available for about £25 physically elsewhere. It seems to me that it's only when we get crazy deals on older or less popular games, such as we're seeing now with the double discounts, where digital sales become worthwhile. Like I said, I have loads of digital games, but they were almost all purchased in sales 12-months or even years after they came out.
@get2sammyb So you'll pay £59.99 for Fifa 18 on the PS Store over £45 for the physical? I've bought loads of games digitally and I'm happy to do so, but I would never pay that price difference just for convenience.
So many fantastic exclusives, it's a great time to own a PS4. I do agree with many about the tone of Days Gone being a bit too close to The Last of Us, though, but from what we've seen, both games will be very good, so I'm fine with more.
Great review, @get2sammyb. I personally hate racing online; I was a bit dismayed beforehand, but I gave it a go anyway for the love of GT, and I'm even more disappointed now that I've played it than I thought I'd be. I think the feel of the cars are excellent, and the way they look is sublime, but racing against other people with this ridiculously harsh sportsmanship thing is awful.
On one of the daily events, which is a really fast circular course where you simply race around in circles for 15 laps, I was doing really well, up to third place from a starting position of seventh. My SR went up loads during the first 7 laps and I never hit anyone or blocked anyone off, even though everyone was colliding around me. Then, on the 8th lap or so, someone comes up behind me, takes me on the inside, and purposefully rams into the side of me sending me spinning. I got a severe sportsmanship downgrade for that, even though I never blocked this person off or anything, and they purposefully rammed into me. Because I went spinning out, I inadvertently blocked everyone behind me, and I got disconnected for being so unsportsmanlike.
@get2sammyb Looking forward to your review of GT Sport, Sammy. I personally think it's a huge letdown and I'll be putting it on eBay shortly. Online racing really isn't for me.
@Flurpsel Most Bethesda games seem to be reduced in price really quickly after launch. Even Fallout 4 was down to half price in the UK within a month of release.
The reason I don't have a PSVR headset yet is because of the HDR passthrough issue; I've wanted to get it for a while, but it's been holding me back. This update would be enough to convince me to pick one up, though.
I completely agree with what you've said here, @ShogunRok. It's one of the reasons I've sworn myself off long, open world games for a while. I'm actually kind of sick of them. I want shorter, more focused experiences now.
@kustomflex Sega also own Atlus, so Persona 5 and the recently announced dancing spin-off games will be released by Sega, too. On the PC side of things, they have the Total War series and Football Manager, as well, off the top of my head. They do seem pretty invested in Yakuza, though.
It's for this reason that, when upgrading my TV a few months ago, I splashed out on a really good speaker system, too. The sound is just as important as the graphics, in my opinion. Great post, @get2sammyb.
@get2sammyb The length of the game should terrify you, Sammy. It consumed three months of my life, and it felt like it would never end. I loved it, but it was too long.
Much deserved. Persona 5 is my favourite game on PS4 so far, just as Persona 3 was my favourite on PS2. Shame the director has moved on to other things. It will be interesting to see where Persona goes from here.
@ApostateMage Yeah, I really enjoyed Syndicate too. I think a lot of people just had burnout with the franchise when it came out - especially after the buggy AC: Unity. I also really liked Jacob and Evie.
@Rudy_Manchego Yeah, that makes sense. If they missed a game at launch and then fancied playing it later on, there's a good chance they would buy a used physical copy of the game in which the publishers gets nothing. Whereas digitally it allows them to put up a special price, prompt people to remember certain games they missed, and the publisher still gets the money.
@get2sammyb Yeah, it's true. If the prices were the same I'd happily buy digitally. Yakuza 0 was proof of this because it launched at £45 on the PS store, and was roughly the same on Amazon. When games are £50-55 each, though, it's just asking too much.
Do you think they'll ever bring prices down, or do you think that prices will just stay stupidly high on the UK store and we'll eventually succumb to paying those prices?
@kincl4 Ordered mine too. Looking forward to reading this. I can always use some nostalgia from my childhood. Plus, I really miss good gaming magazines.
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Re: Guide: Uncharted Games Ranked from Best to Worst
I think my personal list would look like this:
1. Uncharted 4
2. Uncharted 2
3. Uncharted 3
4. Uncharted 1
5. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
6. Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Re: Assassin's Creed 'Officially Back' as Origins Doubles Syndicate's Sales
Great news. Although, I also thought Syndicate was excellent, so what do I know? 😅
Re: Digital Game Sales are Now a Huge Factor in the UK, and Charts Really Need to Track Them
@get2sammyb But then you can usually get the physical copy even cheaper than the £40. In my experience, when Fifa drops to £40 on the PS Store, it's available for about £25 physically elsewhere. It seems to me that it's only when we get crazy deals on older or less popular games, such as we're seeing now with the double discounts, where digital sales become worthwhile. Like I said, I have loads of digital games, but they were almost all purchased in sales 12-months or even years after they came out.
Re: Digital Game Sales are Now a Huge Factor in the UK, and Charts Really Need to Track Them
@get2sammyb So you'll pay £59.99 for Fifa 18 on the PS Store over £45 for the physical? I've bought loads of games digitally and I'm happy to do so, but I would never pay that price difference just for convenience.
Re: Reaction: Sony's Fast and Fiery Paris Games Week Presser Beats Lukewarm E3 Show
So many fantastic exclusives, it's a great time to own a PS4. I do agree with many about the tone of Days Gone being a bit too close to The Last of Us, though, but from what we've seen, both games will be very good, so I'm fine with more.
Re: Review: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (PS4)
@Quintumply Same here. Picked up the first one for £3.99 on the PS Store. Crazy price!
Re: Shadow of War's Season Pass Detailed, Gets Two Story Expansions in 2018
Microtransactions AND a season pass? Hmm...
Re: Review: Gran Turismo Sport (PS4)
Great review, @get2sammyb. I personally hate racing online; I was a bit dismayed beforehand, but I gave it a go anyway for the love of GT, and I'm even more disappointed now that I've played it than I thought I'd be. I think the feel of the cars are excellent, and the way they look is sublime, but racing against other people with this ridiculously harsh sportsmanship thing is awful.
On one of the daily events, which is a really fast circular course where you simply race around in circles for 15 laps, I was doing really well, up to third place from a starting position of seventh. My SR went up loads during the first 7 laps and I never hit anyone or blocked anyone off, even though everyone was colliding around me. Then, on the 8th lap or so, someone comes up behind me, takes me on the inside, and purposefully rams into the side of me sending me spinning. I got a severe sportsmanship downgrade for that, even though I never blocked this person off or anything, and they purposefully rammed into me. Because I went spinning out, I inadvertently blocked everyone behind me, and I got disconnected for being so unsportsmanlike.
And that was the last time I put it on.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 191
@get2sammyb Looking forward to your review of GT Sport, Sammy. I personally think it's a huge letdown and I'll be putting it on eBay shortly. Online racing really isn't for me.
Re: Star Ocean: The Last Hope Lands on PS4 Next Month as a Full HD Remaster
Won't say no to more Star Ocean.
Re: Feature: DriveClub Is An Alternative to Gran Turismo Sport Worth Considering
@get2sammyb Same here, I still hop on from time to time. It's a really decent racing game and it's amazing how different it is now compared to launch.
Re: Guide: October 2017 PS4 Game Release Dates
@Flurpsel Most Bethesda games seem to be reduced in price really quickly after launch. Even Fallout 4 was down to half price in the UK within a month of release.
Re: Review: FIFA 18 (PS4)
The HDR support has done wonders for the game's presentation. The lighting is a huge upgrade on last year's Fifa if you have a TV that supports it.
Re: Revised PlayStation VR Model Adds HDR Passthrough
The reason I don't have a PSVR headset yet is because of the HDR passthrough issue; I've wanted to get it for a while, but it's been holding me back. This update would be enough to convince me to pick one up, though.
Re: Review: Final Fantasy IX (PS4)
Easily one of my favourite games of all time. Can’t wait to play it again when I get a chance.
Re: Soapbox: Open World OCD - How Too Much Content Can Ruin a Game
I completely agree with what you've said here, @ShogunRok. It's one of the reasons I've sworn myself off long, open world games for a while. I'm actually kind of sick of them. I want shorter, more focused experiences now.
Re: Sony's Announced Some Killer New PS4 Controller Colours
I really don't understand the appeal of these crystal controllers. They look hideous to me. I do like the midnight blue controller, though.
Re: Yakuza Online Kickstarts Post-Kazuma Kiryu Storyline
@kustomflex Sega also own Atlus, so Persona 5 and the recently announced dancing spin-off games will be released by Sega, too. On the PC side of things, they have the Total War series and Football Manager, as well, off the top of my head. They do seem pretty invested in Yakuza, though.
Re: Gamescom 2017: Build Your Own Dinosaur Park in Jurassic World Evolution on PS4
This is pretty cool. I loved Operation Genesis back in the day.
Re: Life Is Strange: Before The Storm's Platinum Trophy Requires the Deluxe Edition
Wow, talk about a dodgy practice. I really hope this is just a mistake.
Re: Soapbox: Why Is Sound So Underappreciated in Games?
It's for this reason that, when upgrading my TV a few months ago, I splashed out on a really good speaker system, too. The sound is just as important as the graphics, in my opinion. Great post, @get2sammyb.
Re: Daughter's Life Is Strange Soundtrack Seems to Be on Point
Love this news. I'm a big Daughter fan and a big Life is Strange fan. It's a match made in heaven.
Re: Two Brand New Persona Dancing Games Announced for PS4, Vita
@get2sammyb Haha, sorry, just being honest. Took me 137 hours.
Re: Two Brand New Persona Dancing Games Announced for PS4, Vita
@get2sammyb The length of the game should terrify you, Sammy. It consumed three months of my life, and it felt like it would never end. I loved it, but it was too long.
Re: PR Company Confirms Dragon Quest XI Is Heading West on PS4
Yay!
Re: E3 2017: Sony's Commitment to Budget Releases Continues
@leucocyte Yup. EA's always had the highest prices for standard editions in the UK at £54.99. Now it's even higher.
Re: E3 2017: Where the Hell Is Media Molecule's Dreams?
@get2sammyb oh wow, that's really cool. It's not a good sign that we didn't see it at E3, though. Development is really dragging on.
Re: E3 2017: Where the Hell Is Media Molecule's Dreams?
@B-I-G-DEVIL is that confirmed?
Re: E3 2017: Where the Hell Is Media Molecule's Dreams?
Imagine this game in VR! It would be really special. One can only dream. (see what I did there?)
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 171
@Rob_230 Congratulations
Re: Feature: PlayStation's Iconic E3 Press Conference Moments
@ShogunRok Haha, I remember that so clearly. It's still so embarassing to watch.
Great video, by the way, @get2sammyb
Re: Final Fantasy XII Looks Amazing for a Remastered PS2 Game on PS4
@BAMozzy Yeah, they are remaking VII. XII: The Zodiac Age is a remaster, though. But it looks amazing.
Re: April 2017 NPD: Persona 5 Proves JRPGs Still Have Pulling Power
Much deserved. Persona 5 is my favourite game on PS4 so far, just as Persona 3 was my favourite on PS2. Shame the director has moved on to other things. It will be interesting to see where Persona goes from here.
Re: Star Ocean: Till the End of Time Launches Next Week on PS4 in the West
£18?!
Even as a huge fan of this title, that's just asking too much!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 167
@ApostateMage Yeah, I really enjoyed Syndicate too. I think a lot of people just had burnout with the franchise when it came out - especially after the buggy AC: Unity. I also really liked Jacob and Evie.
Re: Video: How Does Resident Evil: Code Veronica X Look on PS4?
@Flaming_Kaiser Yeah, for sure. I think it would have to be a remaster anyway because they were on PSOne.
Re: EA Expects Digital to Account for Almost Half of Game Sales Soon
@Rudy_Manchego Yeah, that makes sense. If they missed a game at launch and then fancied playing it later on, there's a good chance they would buy a used physical copy of the game in which the publishers gets nothing. Whereas digitally it allows them to put up a special price, prompt people to remember certain games they missed, and the publisher still gets the money.
Re: EA Expects Digital to Account for Almost Half of Game Sales Soon
@get2sammyb Yeah, it's true. If the prices were the same I'd happily buy digitally. Yakuza 0 was proof of this because it launched at £45 on the PS store, and was roughly the same on Amazon. When games are £50-55 each, though, it's just asking too much.
Do you think they'll ever bring prices down, or do you think that prices will just stay stupidly high on the UK store and we'll eventually succumb to paying those prices?
Re: May Sale Plunges PS4 Prices on EU PlayStation Store
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided at £11.99 again. It's crazy. We all know that Bethesda games have been dropping prices quickly, but what about Square Enix?
Re: EA Expects Digital to Account for Almost Half of Game Sales Soon
@get2sammyb Haven't games always been $60 on the US store, though? I don't think they came down when sales picked up.
Re: Video: How Does Resident Evil: Code Veronica X Look on PS4?
Y'know, I really want Dino Crisis to come back. Hearing those classic Capcom menu sounds in the video just brings it home even more.
Re: Square Enix's Top Brass Becomes Bad Guy in NieR Automata DLC
@Expa0 Don't worry, I was just kidding
Re: Square Enix's Top Brass Becomes Bad Guy in NieR Automata DLC
@Expa0 That new 2B outfit piqued your interest, has it?
Re: Feature: 41 PS2 Classics That Must Come to PS4
So many awesome games. I personally prefer Persona 3 to Persona 4, though, so if I had to pick one it would be P3. Why not both?
Re: Gran Turismo Sport PS4 Beta Codes Start Doing the Rounds in Europe
Nothing for me, unfortunately.
Re: Feature: HyperPlay RPG Issue 3 Is a PlayStation Special Fanzine Bursting with Nostalgia
@kincl4 Ordered mine too. Looking forward to reading this. I can always use some nostalgia from my childhood. Plus, I really miss good gaming magazines.
Re: Hands On: The Occupation Offers an Intriguing Political Playground
I like the sound of this one @Quintumply
Re: WipEout Omega Collection's Steelbook Pays Homage to PSone
That's a really nice design. I've always loved the design ethos of the Wipeout games.
Re: Review: Persona 5 (PS4)
@ShogunRok Wow. Can't wait to play it
Re: Review: Persona 5 (PS4)
@ShogunRok Better than Persona 4 in every way? Stop it, I can't play it yet! I don't think I can survive this.