TheMightyImp2

Forspoken has been £10 or £12 brand new physical disc in many shops recently.
Some of these sale prices really aren't that good at all.

Quite a short sighted view really.
They will always lose money on hardware.
The PS5 has had 4 revisions that we know of already, and the development of the VR2 would have been very expensive. Seems sony have given up on that faster than the vita.
They will make their money back with the games and the subscriptions..
The thing about this sector is that any money taken, even at small margins, is money not earned by the competition.
Keep on plugging away and slowly kill off your rivals.

The new handheld being a success will be less important than Sony taking some sales away from the competition, whatever that console will be at the time.

I didn't think they could keep the lights on, let alone run a billion PS5's..

@FuzzieGinge88 the number of times in the last few weeks I've seen people asking how they upgrade well before the release date.. it was bound to happen, lol

Nope.. I have all the originals on discs.
Once I saw digital foundry's review of the game being better only for the VRR, I have decided to not play the exact same game again with actually worse pop up in places..

@Veritas7Ax
Thomas was alone was free way back when.. I really cannot remember how long ago. It's actually a good game that develops the further you play it.

It does make a 1977 Atari VCS's graphics look good in comparison though.

*will lose.. sounds better than loses (in the future)

So, something you haven't read... And the main part of the 'story' is to explain what anthology means.

Not the greatest read.

Anyone read theses articles and wonder why they bother? I know it's for clicks, and comments like this, to get advertising.. but does anyone really want this anymore?

@species
I've just watched the tronicsfix videos again and the cosmic red and black controllers are identical to the white ones, but the starlight blue, galactic purple and nova pink controllers have all new boards and slightly altered sticks

The video to watch is called 'sony did something right?! New PS5 controller teardown & comparison'

@species
That does seem unfortunate.

To be fair, I have 5 white ones, that I no longer use since I got the first blue and red ones, I also use a black one, a purple one, and a Spider-Man controller.
I've never used my camo one, I have another red and blue one.

Maybe the colour ones are more robust, but I doubt it, as tronicsfix disassembled them at launch and they (red and blue) were identical inside.

I'm pretty sure the Spider-Man controller has a different board, as it has different connections to the rumble motors..

Maybe white ones die faster? But to be clear, the only reason I don't use my white ones anymore is because I bought (or had bought for me) coloured controllers.

@Sil_Am
Agreed. I have 12 controllers (7 in my family, 2 PS5's)
None of them have ever got stick drift, despite the youngest players being 7 at the time, and they are twins, so if anyone is gonna give the sticks a workout it's competitive 7 year olds!
Never had drift on Any of my DS4's either.

Must be a dirty hand thing.. I guess either people press down on the sticks while using them, or allow bits of food to get in the base of the sticks.

The only issue I've ever had with Dualsense is a broken R2 spring, and that controller was replaced under warranty due to 'maneater' being an R2 destroying free game on PSN back in the day!

I have an embarrassing amount of controllers. I have 5 out of box at any one time, 4 permanently on charge on two official charge docks in a line, cable under the other one, nice and neat.. and one by my gaming seat.
In an average day of gaming with a bit of streaming from YouTube, netflix etc, I'll swap pads to the chargers twice a day.

So four hours is probably about right.

If they have extended battery life.of the new controller, it's probably due to more efficient motors in the rumble and haptics, and also maybe the battery is now a couple of batteries instead of the one big slab.

It really wasn't in PlayStation's interest to have long lasting controllers in the beginning, because they sold more controllers and charging docks due to poor battery performance. We die hard early adopters put up with it, because it's new.. but now that everyone and his cat can get hold of a PS5, they are having to get a little bit more efficient as the general population just won't put up with that battery life.

@Bez87
You are probably joking, but just incase you aren't, limited run games bring digital release games and release a physical copy, of few units, like 5,000 or whatever.
They are pretty expensive, usually you buy it well in advance like a Kickstarter, and you get it long after you forgot you ordered it.
I have a few of them, including the first ever ps5 limited run release. And a few PS4 ones

People saying you rent rather than buy.
I under the licenses situation. But there is a solution. Sony either refunds all money paid by purchasers, or they negotiate a deal that allows the sales to be final,. similar to 'the pinball arcade' losing the Bally licenses for future sale, but previous purchasers are still allowed access.

Sony paying a ton for stuff that was bought ages ago won't make Sony money. It will cost a lot. But it will restore a little confidence in Sony for existing customers.

And many movies have rent or buy. If we allow this to happen, all bought items become rental, and that's not a good situation

He is right, I'm afraid..
Ragnarok is a great game.
The Valhalla thing.. not so much.
But he is soft as Mr whippy right now..
It's all flowers and feelings..

There was a few minutes when I thought epic had done a good thing, and added content to keep their game relevant with new modes.
But my kids have told me that you need a separate pass for the guitar hero type bit.. otherwise you don't get as many level up items. So it's all to sell additional battle pass type real money transactions. Boo!

It's not a system though is it. It's an accessory

@silverspeed
Yup, easy to get in the UK.
Smyth's, Argos, game, you name it, they have it, and they've been available for a very long time.
My Smyth's have the special Spiderman 2 bundle, they had the horizon bundle for ages, and they got all the slit sided consoles in on day one and have them available off the shelf.

What a useful article. There I was, standing in line at the hairdresser's, all excited to buy a console I got on release day years ago, and this article saved me the embarrassment of informing me that they are available from every retailer you'd expect them to be.

This isn't an article, it's just a list. ..still, it worked 300+ of us commented

@Enigk I thought the same. But it's to stop pay to win advantages for players.. if a skin gave you perks, it would be even harder to refuse to buy them for kids because they'd need them to be competitive

Firstly.. wow, that's pretty.good value getting free skins from a company that drags money out of parents for a free game as effectively as they do. So that's good, I guess.

Secondly, I'm ancient, and i'll be playing Fortnite with my kids when the Lego survival bit Launches, and I'll be checking out the rocket league part too.

Thirdly, this is something like the most popular game of all time, or top three or something. It's certainly a game, and it's kept my kids playing since October 2020 when I bought all 5 of them all Fortnite special edition Nintendo switches on release day.. saved me a fortune on playstation games. They hardly play anything else!

Saved me a ton

Having recently bought 2k drive physical PS4 for £15, I thought I'd got a bargain!
I was surprised to find I couldn't update to ps5 at all, so to get it free now will be great.
Powerwash is something I wouldn't have got, but will enjoy once I get it, and I know nothing about sable.
Overall, I'm very happy with this selection.

I have loads of seasons of SpongeBob on the PS3 that my kids used to watch.. but they weren't from discovery, so it's all good.
In an ideal world, sony would refund all the purchases, as they have made interest etc off the purchases that were probably from ages ago, and it's just a good practice thing to look after your customers.

This will likely become the next ultra collectable peripheral. Like a 500 million PS4 controller, or the 500 million headphones.
This is crazy expensive, and that in itself makes it less likely to be bought in huge numbers.. this scarcity will drive the price up for collectors..
I have way too many controllers.. but I'd love this one of they want to send me a review sample to keep!

Better than life was the game in red dwarf.. such a good vr experience that users would forget to eat, and just die.

PS5 can only get stronger, especially as the player base grows.. especially if the new so called slim can sell at the black friday prices we've just witnessed.

For £200, you have a pick of a pretty huge crop.
I think it's poor that you need these if you bought a portal, as they seem to be the only compatible earbuds.
Thankfully, I haven't bought either, so it doesn't affect me at all

@Ravix a good idea.oa either to put games in folders of when they joined the line up, or even into folders labelled when they are leaving the service.

That way, if you aren't that I to some of these games and your go to game is getting a bit boring, you can scan your folders for stuff leaving soon and maybe give them a try before they go

Wow, I'm gonna get so much money back, I spend loads in the store, lol!
Digital games are way too expensive in the store. Disc is always cheaper if you shop around, and this is the point.. you can't shop around in the digital store. You can wait for sales.. you can search for games under £5 etc.. but the lack of competition has lead to really expensive games, and then loads of absolute trash free on mobile but pay on PlayStation games.
The series of jump games, jumping games, and flappy bird type games are the scourge of the playstation store. I'm sure these are there to make average prices look better.

I heard it was peach beach splash, where everyone uses guns including Harley Quinn, who is more famous for melee weapons..

Has it changed for the better?

Another farming simulator?
When did we get the last one?
I think I played for about 30 minutes and even though I knew I'd be able to hire workers to do it all for me, I still stopped playing.
Yawn fest..

@Darude84 you should give miles a chance. It's laughably short. Shouldn't take long at all. I banged out the PS4 version, then the ps5 free upgrade so fast so long ago, I just had to check that it really was a PS4 game as well.

Nah, I like my HDR too much.
Projectors just can't project deep blacks, for obvious reasons.

Yeah.. but that psn subscription price hike is the real news..

Sweet. Now I can play gitarooman with a good controller, and I won't have to buy PS1 or PS2 controllers ever again!!

It's so awesome that people who don't need it (yet) will buy it and at least have it as.a conversation piece or display item.
I just hope they make enough so the truly disabled can still get one.

This has been obvious for many many months. The game section got smaller and smaller with less linear shelf space devoted to all game systems, switch, Xbox and playstation.
Asda are the same. Like Tesco, they hardly stock CDs, DVDs or video games.

It's a shame, as these superstores played their part in closing down the smaller video game shops like game exchange, and even places like Game, who now seem to have retreated from their own high street stores into sports direct stores.
As soon as the competition is gone, they then stop selling the games too!
Tesco did some mad deals like ps5 sackboy disc version for £2 recently. It was clear they were just clearing out all their existing stock

Anyone else noticed that both the Horizon lead character and the final fantasy lead character do this really annoying breathy voice style.
Both games are great, but that breathy voice style is distracting..

That looks about as good an idea as the Tony hawk's skateboard controller.

Good luck to them if they can get a few people to buy one. Fomo and all that...

@naruball I got final fantasy 7 remake a full week before it came out through shopto.
So early I actually couldn't stream it or even take screen shots, the ps5 prevented me from doing so!

As for having to be in, shopto put games through my letterbox

@KundaliniRising333

If you've seen the end credits of the people who were involved, it's truly jaw dropping. I fast forwarded it either stick and it still took forever!!

Digital sales are hidden so the opposition doesn't know how popular something is.

Interesting fact, Atari used to Do a similar thing with their arcade cabinets, not using sequential numbers so the competition couldn't buy an asteroids cabinet or whatever and know how many had been sold up til that point..

Only the tax man knows how many they sold digitally!

@NeutronBomb true about the fetch quests. They really are filler. But let's face it, it would be a short game without them!

I gave it a 7 on this poll, I'm level 42 having done all side quests and hunts every time before going on to the next part of the story and it's red icon, so I believe I've seen all there is to see up to the point I'm at..

Some of the fetch quests are so uninvolved it's distracting. One had me walk out of a bar and talk to a guy immediately outside.

The lack of a complex system like materia, pairing those with other materia to enhance the weapons or armour, and the lack of any need to scan an enemy or steal from them to get rare items is a big loss in my opinion.

However, it's great that you'll never need a guide to follow in case you miss one time items and events, and also some battles in final fantasy had me looking up a specific build or strategy like casting spells on my mirrored characters to do more damage. It's good that you don't feel the need to copy someone else because you got stuck at a point.

I feel it's a must play for people who love final fantasy and are aware of how different it is from other, more complicated games in the series. But that doesn't make it an immediate 10 for me yet.

Maybe a full replay will happen after I bear the story and it will be full of really hard optional battles and I'll change my mind..

You miss everything you don't do...

Ok, got it, thanks..

I think the point of the article should be, can you replay areas to get any side quests that were there, as suggested in the early part of the game?

If you leave it all to the end, are they all there waiting, or is it just the last ones of that area..

Doesn't bother me, as I do them all as I go, and do hunts as soon as they appear on the moogle board... Learnt my lesson on FF fomo from "hold all weapons and accessories in the game" trophy many years ago. Sold a ring (probably frost) that I couldn't upgrade to get the trophy, and there was no way to get that ring again..

Wow, had a comment removed as I thought 2 of the options were irrelevant...
But one guy can post 13 comments about essentially his financial situation.
Odd.

@KidRyan it's a fun game, especially once you learn the unblockable combo and the heavy stun move. Makes doing the finishers really enjoyable

@Fighting_Game_Loser
I put money on there being a day one patch that needs the internet!
But I guess if you aren't online it will never know!