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@Questionable_Duck Interesting... Reading that after this, and recalling my instinct upon hearing about it's release initially, I presume PlayStation wanted to use the Lego brand to appeal to the younger audience and they had to concede to it being on Switch for that opportunity, the two separate angles reinforce that to me, at least. But then what do I know. I've still got my PS4 copy of Zero Dawn in the backlog pile, could think it's already a pretty 'kid friendly' game when I get around to it on the 32nd of Julember... 🤣🤣

It makes sense to me to push PS6 back a year or two. Two increases the odds of a hardware bump, whereas just the one will be the same thing, just made cheaper. The PS5 leap over PS4 became apparent to me this week. Not having played Spider-Man (PS4) I figured it'd be a breeze. But loading times, screen judder et al have made me grateful for the PS5. Although I've believed that gaming improvements are more about immersion than looks for some time, that experience confirmed it for me.

I really need to drop a tier on PS Plus, I barely use it these days. I have a stack of games I still haven't got around to playing (dating back years), and have stopped paying much attention to upcoming games because if I ever get around to them they'll be cheap as chips. So, at the moment, it's just like tossing coins down a well...

DoA was the first fighting game I ever played, and still the only one that sucks me in. Sony better hurry up with that bleedin' fight stick!

It can't be bad for me, NFS Unbound has been on my wishlist for a long time now, just wasn't sure about the blend of art styles, should be fun though. The Mickey game could be fun. Maybe. Not even sure what the other one is.

Oh boy... I was kinda looking forward to this. It had potential to be something at least half decent... Ah well. At least I save some pennies.... Appreciate the frank and honest review. It was almost funny in places as well!

Meh. I couldn't care less about console covers, but it is strange that PlayStation seem to be anti making money from those that do, and were happy to stand the tooling costs of a second specification.

The controllers however, now they look pretty swish, deffo getting my hands on one of them, if not all 3. (and hopefully they'll be better packed so the boxes don't get crushed, again)

@Kidfunkadelic83 Haha! Yeah, it's rare that I regret pulling my wallet out, but compared to the alternatives the Fanatec stuff is definitely overpriced.

@Northern_munkey I got the LC with the Fanatec GT DD thing, it was the most game changing thing for me. Maybe that's why I wasn't so enamoured with the wheelyness of the wheel? Don't get me wrong, it's definitely better in every way, even as standard, but it cost the better part of a grand, and value wise it wasn't worth it. Plus I started with a G27 on PS3 so became very accustomed to that layout.

@Northern_munkey I feel ya, I'm very much the same.
I got the Fanatec GT DD Pro with the uprated power adapter and brake pedal when it released. Bolted onto an (upgraded/modded) PlaySeat it's rather nifty. Although apart from the brake (load cell) and stronger force feedback I don't feel it is streets ahead, especially for the money, my old G29 wasn't that bad and if I knew then what I know now I probably would've modded the pedals and stuck with it.

This has been sitting beside my TV since launch, finally I installed it yesterday with the hope of jumping on it over the weekend. I just hope it lives up to the hype, the first game was good but massively overhyped, if you ask me.

@LifeGirl as speccy git myself most VR headsets are too un-accommodating as it is. Smaller would be a nightmare, unless you could plumb your prescription into them.

@lindos Yeah, the upper most tier. What I meant is that I'm oblivious to most of the the benefits I am entitled to, and even the basic 'rewards' are rarely a priority these days. But then I'm ambivalent towards gaming currently so shouldn't be a surprise...

To those that have been playing since day dot 2 million credits is a drop in the ocean.
Although not a fan of micros, I do kinda wish cars were available through the PS Store a'la GT5/6. Not that I bought any of them then, but I'm older now, I have less time to spend grinding out credits...

@RawnDawn I'd go with a used Thrustmaster T150 or Logitech G29, I went from a G29 to the fanatec GT DD and in all honesty the cost was not worth the gains. I kinda wish I'd just modded the pedals for the G29 as that's the only leap I found. I've heard good things of the T150, but only used one briefly. Direct Drive is good, but it's expensive so unless you're sure you'll spend the time with it,it's probably not worth the extra dough.
Although a decent wheel and seat are elevated to new levels with a VR2 headset, and they can be found cheap as chips now. Cheaper than a decent 55" TV that does all the things anyway.

This is how I ended up stuck on premium... Thought I'd give it a go for the low cost, now I either have to pay full price to downgrade or let it lapse and re-sub...

I never even knew this was a thing. Then again, I barely remember to collect the 3 PS Plus games most months... If I was paying for PS Plus monthly I'd have cancelled it long ago...

I'm happy to see this. Although my VR2 has had enough use to justify it's cost (and way more than my V2 PSVR) it does feel like Sony had given up on the product before it even hit the shelves. But then, I ignored the writing on the wall.
I guess if I myself invested in more games for it I wouldn't be part of the problem....?

@Northern_munkey Totally worth it for GT7. Provided no ill effects... Since it came out I've upgraded my TV and wheel set to all-singing/all-dancing stuff and (even at 530 quid) the VR2 headset is the best thing to enhance the experience. Ironically it was the cheapest too!
Do I wish I could've acquired it for around 200 notes? Well, obviously. Have I had more than enough use of it to justify the price? 100%. If it doesn't show up in sales soon CEX is probably the recommended retailer from me.

I heard this argument over CD's vs streaming and it didn't sway me then so sure as rain is wet won't sway me now. The thing is, if I buy a physical copy I can lend it to a friend, or even sell it when I'm done. Most likely it will always be to hand fro whenever I want to play it. I'm of an age where most of my friends have kids who want to play all the latest games, so rather than them shell out for a digital copy that gets quickly forgot they borrow mine for a few evenings to see if it's worth forking out for.
Plus I've sent precisely zero games to landfill. Even my rot riddled copy of THPS (or Tony Hawks Skateboarding as it originally was in the UK) has been repurposed. Well, framed and hung on the wall. 👍🏻

Fork in hell! I'm in the majority for once! Yotei is good tho'....
Had to fire up Tsushima first as it'd been a while, but started Yotei last weekend and well happy with it thus far.

I know he's no spring chicken, but Christopher Judge is the only person I will accept as Kratos. He's made the role his, and we know he can command screen presence.

As someone who much prefers physical media I'm fine with this idea. Provided the prices are appropriate.
But the added advantage is that in the event of hardware failure a detachable drive is much easier to replace, and probably cheaper than packing it up and sending it away for someone else to fix. Admittedly in that scenario I am the someone expected to fix it, but the more weak links are removed the better.

Definitely want one (or both) of them controllers. Even if I end up with more PS5 controllers than games!

@Jammer Not strictly true. She knows what she should do, but has been scared off of it for.... Reasons....? No, wait. Party donors. Yeah, that's likely it. F*cking spineless bunch of bankers...

Every once in a while I consider getting a fight stick, so this has piqued my interest. Although I expect this will be enthusiast priced with corners cut on components, either off the shelf cheapo's or 'manufactured to spec' bits that will likely break.
I'll wait until it's out and someone's torn it down, but if it's well made and appropriately priced I'll happily pick one up.

THPS 3&4. HMV didn't actually put the bugger in the post until yesterday so it showed up this morning. Have yo admit, I was worried about the music choices, but it mostly seems to fit. Seeing as I must've spent thousands of hours playing THPS 3 it's bringing back lots of memories of mostly good times... Although I will likely revert to my Spotify gaming list before to long, which is about 50% tracks from the proskater series.... Ironically.

Have to admit that the soundtrack lifted an already fun game up a tier for me, and the support ShiftUp have thrown behind this has garnered a lot of appreciation from me.

It's rather amusing that the one I'm most interested in is the least popular! I've come close to picking KoF15 up on numerous occasions. Now I don't have to bother!

I bought DS1 the week it came out, never even opened it before a mate bought it off of me as everything I heard after forking out for it put me off, I'll appreciate the game's been tweaked a bit since then but my interest in it is now nil, so the sequel's got 2 hopes...

I, for one, have been meaning to get back to this one but haven't been able due to life and the backlog. I will gladly replay this on PS5!

@theSpectre Maybe the folks at Xbox like getting a cheque from PlayStation? It'd make a nice change for them!

This isn't so bad at all! I've come close to picking up KoF15 more than once so am eager to jump into that one! D4 I'll maybe give a go, although never got into the series. I know naff all about Jusant, but will still add to library.

Sacrifice was a very good game, different, but still an experience, especially as I've struggled with similar issues myself. Although I'd kinda given up hope of the sequel coming to PlayStation, so I'm well up for this! I'm gonna assume no physical though, so I won't be rushing to get it.

I appreciated the jump from PSVR to PSVR2, and I can play it for long sessions with no ill effects, there have been some okay games for it, but I bought it about a month after it came out, since then it's become clear PlayStation had no intent to throw much weight behind it. Which is a shame, if you already have a PS5 it's the perfect step into VR, but even with the recent price reduction it's just not a value product compared to the alternatives. GT7 in VR is bloody hard to beat though.

@Fishmasterflex96 Sony have their own streaming service. With about 10 films. Maybe they're hoping to pad that out a bit, to encourage people to spend some money on it.
Okay, I exaggerate slightly, it has some decent films and the streaming quality is above the rest, but the library is very thin and most people don't really need better quality streaming. You also need the right hardware to even try it.

PSVR and PSVR2 are both fantastic bits of kit, I picked the original up in some sale and it's certainly showing it's age now, but the second iteration I was game on for and picked up as soon as I could. It's rare that I feel buyer's remorse but it does feel like I wasted money. Admittedly I've only ever been tempted by Beat Sabre, but as a display for GT7 it's far better than my (not cheap and fully supported) main TV. It's a shame that Sony seemed to give up on it within months of release. It feels like it was an obligatory piece of hardware they had to put out, and I don't blame dev's for not porting to it. Although I'm happy Beat Sabre will still be available. Who knows, maybe I'll take the plunger eventually?

@Dalamar raises hand I enjoyed the story, yes it's a bit thin and obvious but the gameplay was pretty good, and the work that went into the naytiba was exceptional. There are weaknesses, yet ShiftUp seem to be aware of most of them and plan to address them in the sequel.

I ponied up for the StellarBlade DLC 5 minutes after it was available, fired my console up and jumped in and then fell asleep. The thing's still on. Since then I've been distracted with Rugby finals, Canadian GP stuff and LeMan. I'm sure I'll get back to it about 23:00 Sunday?

There's a few I'm interested in. Mafia has a good chance but Ghost of Yotei is the one I'm most likely to buy at one point, THPS 3&4 I pre-ordered so long ago I forget with whom, and with which card, but was a given, for the first remake I was outside the store half an hour early to collect! Asides from that I'm happy to wait and see what's what, but I'm certainly not desperate to get my hands on anything right now.

As someone who grew up mostly on PS2, this game is one of my favourites of the 'modern' gaming era because it made me feel like I was a teenager playing something that was still relatively new and refreshing again. Yeah, it looks way better than PS2, and the story could definitely be fleshed out and tweaked a bit, but for just being fun, it's hard to beat. I know modders will do the obvious, but I'm pretty sure most of those players are just playing the game.
THPS 1&2 gave a similar feeling, so I'm hoping 3&4 will equal if not surpass StellarBlade.

It's funny that as the digital uptake becomes the norm there's this sudden requirement for games to go up in price... Of course, monopolies are generally frowned upon, if your government is any good...

I played 1 & 2 a lot and the death outta 3, then life got in the way and I never even bought 4 until a couple of years ago. Still haven't played it though... So I'll be right regardless. The demo is pretty good and they certainly picked the right backing tracks, even if the audio is a bit thin...

I am definitely watching this. My headset has primarily been used for GT7, I'm starting to feel like it was a waste of money...

First Light, Pragmata, Thief VR. I don't think it was the best thing ever, but there was more that piqued my interest than in previous ones. Although I think the Bond interest is as much to do with a bit of Lennie James than owt.

I'm still not sold on the Ghost series. The first one keeps slipping to the back of the backlog...

Sony tailoring this for American time zones means I'll miss it and watch the 10 o'clock news instead... I'll do silly hours for motorsports, but tomorrow I'll wake up and a plethora of places will have this summarised already, making it easy to skip over what I don't care for...

Being British I'd much prefer FH4 get a release... I may acquire FH5 when the money is right, but GT7 in VR is pretty hard to beat...

@dodgykebaab A month late, but made me laugh... I also am a sort of beige colour. Although 5 minutes in the sun and I go very pink, any longer and it's lobster red!

I'd be tempted by Ridge Racer if I didn't have multiple versions to play on their original devices... Ooh! Must charge the Vita up and give it a blast on that!

I'm not overly concerned about the look of these characters, but the mutations, ugliness and size of the boss naytiba made them stand out for ME, ShiftUp did an astounding job with them, in both detail of aesthetic and interaction. I was hoping for more of the same... Hopefully in SB2!