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"Can't be Returnarsed" killed me 😂

Gran Turismo need to do a 'GT Festivale' series to compete with Horizon. They'd also get more than two games out a decade 😛 Maybe Sony could put it to some of those support studios they've recently acquired, since the dev for Forza Motorsport doesn't make the Horizon series themselves.

Still got my launch-day PS3 and I'm a very proficient nerd, so this should be good!

Bonkers that this wasn't a thing already - I assumed that they already had a UK online store, like Xbox and Nintendo have.

I've got now and Game Pass, so just need Vice City to come to Nintendo Online and I'm sorted.

Three fully remastered classics for £54.99 is perfectly reasonable - if the soundtracks are intact.

As I have PS Now and Game Pass Ultimate, I'll only need to hope that Vice City comes out for Switch Online!

Doesn't it tend to go for 25% off for Black Friday as well? It's a bit of a sting that this a 'new customer only' offer; what about those who are on the fence about renewing? This would have tipped them over into doing so in all probability, whereas if they're left paying full price then they may not see the value and leave. Money left on the table.

@AFCC It'd take time and resources away from the sequel that is now inevitably under development.

@kyleforrester87 I personally cannot wait for his horror debut with 'Hills of Silence'.

@Robocod Will be purely down to whether or not they can acquire licensing again. It takes two to tango with rights licences, sadly.

If you've not played this, please do. It's great, especially if you like Stephen King's stories, Norse metal bands and mythology.

I'm all-digital on my games these days on all systems, so I'll take the cheaper price 😊

I'm increasingly concerned at the anti-Sony bias this website shows in articles, and particularly from Sam. It's always justified with 'keeping Sony in check', which is great, but many on your Facebook comments and article comments can see the scales are tipping the other way - heavily. I've even seen several users comment that a sister site of yours is Microsoft-funded, which arguably shows a reason for the almost constant put-downs.

This site is great for news, but I'm slowly becoming disillusioned with it.

Game Pass is a loss-leader and likely unsustainable at its current pricing. They're trying to get people onboard, then up the price (same as Netflix, Spotify et al.). Microsoft is very much a services company now, with GaaS simply augmenting their current SaaS and IaaS offerings.

Remember that not too long ago, Satya Nadella nearly closed the Xbox division as it was losing money hand over fist. Microsoft have the resources to sustain something like Game Pass to get members signed-up, but it's not sustainable forever. Plus, the non-Microsoft Studios games aren't on forever. GTA V was barely up for a couple of months.

I hasten to add that I was a primarily Xbox gamer last-gen and get Game Pass Ultimate for free with work, so I'm not bitter, just wanting the argument to be on a level playing field.

Hitman 2 and Overcooked are good. It's a varied selection, so everyone should find at least one game to enjoy (except for those who have already bought them all, but it goes that way sometimes if you're an avid gamer who has to get everything early).

@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L Thanks 😊 just casual, then I’d probably replay it at a harder difficulty.

@1_W1NG3D_4NG3L Thanks to you and the other two who replied 😊 Is ammo fairly scarce as well?

Tempted with RE2 but I get properly anxious if I can't save easily, which has always put me off. I know you can sleep the console but you can never be 100% that it will come back to where you were, even though 9 times out of 10 it does.

@CynicalGamer We know what we want, and it's thicc Harley!

@BRT15 LOL the generation that's existed for 10 months 😂

Is he a 'disgruntled' former employee? Quite possible that the SSD would be required given that performance doesn't stutter and the quality of the assets not dipping.

@feral1975 Just grab a month of Game Pass Ultimate and try Xbox Game Cloud (formerly xCloud). You can even use a DualSense controller, worth a go.

@kingbreww Literally the same hardware, save for the screw and being 300g lighter. Possibly a revised PSU and some other materials being subbed for lighter alternatives.

@Gaia093 It has had one since day-one...

@Milktastrophe No, because you can use a USB stick to transfer the save. As stated in the article...

I hope to see a YouTube rage video in his lovely dulcet tones if:

1. It doesn't fit
2. It thermal throttles
3. He breaks the PS5 doing it

@Mergatro1d Keeps the SSD's temperature cool, which means it won't have to slow down to achieve the same result. Enables the SSD to run at full-speed for a much longer time, basically, and at all times in a well-cooled system (which the PS5 certainly seems to be).

You can get generic heatsinks but the benefit of a factory-fitted one is that it's custom-made for that SSD and will therefore deliver the best result.

@CielloArc WD are generally very good (they did have a bit of an issue with mechanical HDDs using inferior parts and hiding it, though), although I'd say they're second to Samsung as the latter makes their own SSD firmware controllers too which makes a big difference.

Sabrent are another good brand that review favourably and especially for the cost, although they may be loss-leading to build a name for themselves.

@GamingFan4Lyf In-YOUR-endo

@GamingFan4Lyf You don't have that job at Sony and not have multiple PS5s 😛

@__jamiie It's the latest-gen SSD technology in a console - most of us would have scarcely believed we'd be getting SATA SSDs this generation right from the start, let alone PCIe ones of the same calibre that top PCs and Macs use.

You'd be mental going for the non-heatsink version, total false economy.

Do they integrate with the SSD controller hardware like the integrated SSD does?

I found the original to be a typical overrated open-world affair so I'm not heartbroken about the delay for this personally, but I'm sorry for those who are looking forward to it of course. 2022 is going to be a big year for PlayStation, that's for sure.

@The_New_Butler "MS have the ability to price these things at whatever level they like. Break even, take a loss whatever they want."

Could but won't.

"They can also license the tech to third parties at any time."

Wrong, I'm afraid. They said it was an exclusive partnership. Hence why the price will never be at break-even or certainly at a loss.

"To be clear as well it is only the form factor that is proprietary. All the tech inside is standard stuff, they have just built the card to be the size of a PS1 memory card and for the heat sink to be built in."

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. Proprietary = proprietary. I refer you back to my previous points.

I own a Series X too and was largely an Xbox-only gamer last-gen, but as others have said you're seriously over-exaggerating how 'difficult' this would be to anyone with a brain cell and coming across as a bit of a fanboy with it.

@Quintumply Thank you for changing it!

It's a weird one, though, as it does revert to the 's' spelling in every other sense of the word other than when referring to the noun.

I actually prefer the spelling with the 'S' as it's more consistent... but it's sadly not right 😔

@Dezzy70 The alternative is an expensive proprietary storage solution, which worked oh so well for the PSP and Vita... and probably won't go well for the Series X/S in comparison to using SSDs that benefit from marketplace competition.

*licence. We is English.

It's great; I bought it last night as a fan of the series and love it so far. Very familiar, yet different too.

I even had the Trilogy on Xbox. Apparently, fewer than 4,999 other people can say the same!

Just finished this this weekend on Game Pass - it's a cracker! Very limited player choices, but still a fantastic story and it captures England/London in a way that I've never seen equalled in a game before. It's like a very UK Life Is Strange, with an illusion of freedom as the narrative is so linear.

If there's a sequel, they need to focus more on player choices and differing outcomes.

@sanderson72 An SSD makes negligible difference on the Pro... weird flex.

@LiamOliver Definitely, the physical PS5 really needs to be horizontal to look good and the inverse is true for the digital model.

I bet that Kojima is working on the PES franchise now, under the guise of Blue Box Games. Hasan will be an unlockable referee and Lisa will be in goal, with Norman Reedus ostensibly being the main striker but it'll actually be revealed to be Raiden all along.

@Dr-M They've removed all fans and the heatsink 😛

I'm an idiot at physical stuff, yet I found the stand a doddle to attach and screw on... did anyone seriously struggle? Then again, I always read the manual.

Siren Head is especially interesting, as didn't the OG Silent Hill team go on to make the Siren series??

@Jacko11 It was a time-limited thing, you've not been able to for years now. I think it's partly why they're spinning GTA Online into its own thing, so it's not bound by a console-specific GTA save file.

@The_New_Butler Agreed, but the OP made it sound like Sony created it. They didn’t.

Massive kudos for using it, though, as with the PCIE 4.0 SSD the load times are incredible already.

@thefourfoldroot Microsoft didn’t use it for Xbox, I think they have their own proprietary method. Besides, Series X games have to be compatible with Xbox One for now and the One lacks any hardware for Kraken decompression. The PS5 has a dedicated custom controller for this, I believe.

@GamingFan4Lyf You can't run them from that, though, so if you have a few titles on the go (copying is a PITA) then the space will vanish. I do run all my PS4 library from a 1TB external, though.

Excited for the SSD upgrades to come, I'll be there day-one for an additional 2TB.

@The_New_Butler Nothing to really do with Sony, Kraken compression is a general thing.

http://www.radgametools.com/oodlekraken.htm