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I agree. It's a crazy amount of money imho. I have always waited for consoles and games to drop in price, and it has saved me a lot of money over the years. That way, I always see a good number of reviews as well. I mean, imagine spending nearly £80 on something like...Fallout 76!

About what I guessed price wise. I reckon that I have at least a years worth of stuff I still wanna play on PS4, so will wait until just before xmas 2021 (or even 2022), and hope for a decent price drop and a nice back catalog of cheaper games.

Also, I am surprised that it's releasing that close to xmas. Will this not create shortages if they have chip supply problems? Shame it isn't late October.

@Kienda I might give it another look at some point then, although I'm gonna be a fair way behind on the expansions, lol. I have a few other games I want to get through first though. The one thing I do miss, and Bungie really nailed, is the combat mechanic; very satisfying

@Kienda Ok, thanks. I never really liked D2, although I was a long time D1 player, so I assumed (wrongly by the sound of it) that it wasn't that popular. Would be interesting to know what else they are working on though. Lotta people I know stopped playing D2 when they started resetting progress each season. I certainly wouldn't go back to it whilst that particular policy is in place; the whole point of live service games for me is permanent progress

What do Bungie do apart from Destiny? Do they have any other games (I know about Halo, but that's pretty old). They seem to be a one trick pony at the minute, and D2 isn't exactly the worlds most popular game.

There are still other issues as well; there seems to still be confusion over backward compatibility, for example. No reviewers have had sight of the console in the flesh, yet it is set to come out in November? Can't see that happening tbh. If they don't launch before xmas, that has to effect sales, surely; MS will really have the jump on them.

I never buy consoles on release; always wait for a price drop, but if I were to buy on release, I would go £400 tops. Tbh though, I think that I still have a couple of years worth of PS4 stuff to do, lol.

"Even more affordable!"? $300 is £230; so £249 = less affordable in the UK, surely.

@Kienda Yeah, it's unfortunate that consoles are not like utiliity providers, and you can't shop around for a better deal elsewhere. They know that once you buy the console, you are a captive customer. I never understood how they got away with charging extra to play online, when we already pay for that via our internet providers; I suppose because we all let them get away with it

Why is it called Blu-Ray console? Is it not 4K?

I just go on reputation. If a developer has flooded a game with gambling boxes or produced poor value content in the past, I avoid their games. Also, I don't really buy games on launch, so if something sucks, I usually know from the reviews/players comments. I have nothing against service games per se though. I still play ESO

Sounds like something I would like. Thanks for review

I see this is going cheap in the sale atm. Is it as dificult as the Dark Souls games? I don't mind DS, but they take me an age to finish them; generally due to despair, lol.

If I buy one, I will wait untill just before xmas 2021, when they usually drop the price, and there will be more and cheaper games available.

Never was a fan of Fortnite or PUBG, but this one looks like fun, and I will grab it for sure. Always wanted to be a fightin' jelly baby

@lixei32 Yeah, maybe. I hardly ever go on the store and I got a credit. I usually buy games on disc. Seems unfair though tbh, to people who buy a lot of stuff direct from PS Store

I would consider jumping ship for the free online. I always though charging for online play was a bad thing. I already pay for my wifi, for the console and the games,so...
I was already thinking about saving the cost of a PS5 by putting it toward a gaming laptor or pc, but might jump on Xbone if they drop the online charge.

shame, because it's not a difficult thing to add, for very little increase in cost. I use a Nacon controller on PS4, and it makes a huge difference for me over the basic DualShock. Just being able to map the 'run' action to a clicker rather than pushing down the stick means that it has lasted twice as long as any of my DS controllers, and still going strong. Got it in a sale for £58. Bargain!

Lol, yeah, get FC3 and you've pretty much played them. A serious bargain at £2.49 though

No way! I always get games in sales or wait until the disc versions price drops after the initial entusiasm has waned. Lol.

Seriously though, that's £55; a lot of money for many people.

This stuff is mental! I haven't played the game, and don't know exactly what they are so angry about, but frankly the police should be involved; especially for the death threats. Nasty people!

I would go for the physical edition.

I mainly play live service games, so veeeeerrrrryyyy long would be my thing. Before that it was Skyrim, The Witcher 3 etc, so I guess I just like longer games

It's quite a small list, but is ok I suppose. Does this mean that other PS4 games will work on it, but won't necessarily get an upgrade? I would play old PS3 games if the PS5 played them btw

I won't be buying PS5 on launch anyways, but I would say that buying a digital only console, unless the price difference is pretty big, would be a false economy in the long run. They over produce most games on disc, so the prices always fall pretty low sooner or later. Also, 2nd hand disc market. I would go for disc version for sure.

Have been saying the same since PS5 specs were announced: £499.

It looks ok, i guess. The first thing I see when I look at it is dust trap; should keep the fans running at full tilt Maybe it will grow on me?

Not for me sadly. Had to bail on it a fair while ago, as it had become monotonous, and new content didn't look very exciting. From what I hear, it hasn't improved a whole lot since then.

Shame they coudn't have offered some better games, especially as they know that most people are in lockdown. Going on my list of things to remember once the crisis is over; it's a long list though, lol.

I like the Peaky Blinders TV show. Not sure about this game though, lol

Yeah, a really good month for PS+ members. I will be grabbing both games for sure. Am pleased I have PS+ at the moment coz I can't be buying any games, even in the so-called sale, and I'm already bored with Sonic Forces, lol

I gotta say that these "discounts" are the same old discounts. My priority at the moment isn't to give what little I now have to Sony so discounts make little difference. Stay safe

Can't see how thay can do it for under £500 at launch tbh :/

Yet another reason not to buy a PS5 at launch for me. Will wait a while and see the lay of the land.

I reckon reveal around late March/early April. In the shops for early October, lol

I have been predicting a £500+ price for PS5 for a while. I can't see how they can cram all the features into it for a £350 level cost to consumers. It's interesting, because if you were in the market for a new PC, for example, and added £500 to what you were going to spend, you could get one that ran all the games that a PS5 would run. I'm getting on a bit now, lol, and may well end my console journey with PS4 anyway.

OK month. Bioshock is good for me. Not too fussed about the other 2 though.

I would buy a PS5 as long as it has ps4 backward compatibility (which it does, apparently), but am not bothered about PS3 and older console games really.

I never really got why players buy random loot boxes in games? Why not just charge a bit more for whatever thing it is that the player wants, instead of charging less (x however many boxes) for a 'chance' of getting it? There is no doubt that it's gambling. Not a good thing for adults let alone kids imo.

Better that developers realease games that are ready to go out of the box, than that they do a Bethesda; that would be far more disappointing.

Buy PS5 after about a year from release, that way, you're guaranteed
1. to pay less for it
2. To have a back catalogue of games
3. Many of those games will be a bit cheaper
I have plenty of PS4 back catalogue games to keep me busy in the meantime

I agree with this review
I put hundreds of hours into Skyrim, even though it was a buggy mess, and the DLC debacle was, well, a debacle, and it worked on me in exactly the way you have described. Shame that they haven't followed it up in all these years.

I liked Destiny, but surely there were already plenty of MMORPG games around before Destiny was released? Were these not 'live service games'? Destiny had it's 6 months or so in the sun, but 'Game of the Decade'?. Destiny 2 is a steaming mire of mediocrity, and a testament to lack of imagination btw

Best bet is to save your money for a PS5, surely?

I usually wait until just before the xmas following release; you can pretty much guarantee a close to £100 price drop, plus there will be a nice backlog of cheaper games by then. Bah humbug!

Yep, got the digital version from the PS Store for £12.99. It's worth £1 to not have to get up off of my lazy backside and change the disc.

Will dl and have a crack at it for sure

Not God of War then, lol

Horizon ZD Complete Edition is super cheap on there at the moment. Still haven't got around to playing it so am very tempted

@LiamCroft Thanks. Will grab that deal then, for sure