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@DaniPooo

Hi friend hope you are doing well.

if you can live without pure gold and diamond and that's totally fine for a lot of people.

I can definitely live without, its ugly metals/gemstones most of the time if I'm honest, it does not appeal to me personally, but I can see the appeal with its investment relating to the monetary value. To me the PS5/Pro is not the same.

but for those that are looking specifically for gold and diamond it's actually a great deal even though it might take them quite a while to save up money for it.

Not going to change my viewpoint nor opinion but for anyone else just enjoy.

@DonJorginho the PS6 will be for the masses so will be priced accordingly.

If the PS6 is slower than the PS5 Pro who will buy one? There is no way Sony will make the PS6 faster than the PS5 Pro and charge less money for the console.

I enjoyed playing this on base ps5 and performance was great for first person perspective and the heavy weapons had some excellent weight effect and the parkour when you get it just right and in the flow is just superb, but that Quality — Upscaled 4K at 30FPS with ray tracing is ok if you can cope with such a low frame rate, that's kind of like the opposite of what I thought Mark Cerny was implying or maybe I just misunderstood what he was actually saying?

PS5 Pro Digital for £689 at Argos, saving a tenner lol

I remember buying a second hand PS4 Pro with 14 games for £250 off my mate, I'm not sure that deal will happen again, lol. I put a ssd in it and repasted cpu/heatsink with artic mx6 and gelid solution thermal pads for the memory chips and to be honest I think only the ssd had some slight improvements like maybe less texture pop in? and there was thermal paste push-out effect (thermal cycling) but it did dry out quite rapid on my machine. PS5 teardown looks rough for factory thermal paste but I suppose taking into consideration the factory at full load on production line runs the robots are not as careful or precise as the human touch lol.

@DaniPooo it's an objective observation.

Well, the fact is I think it's too expensive for what it is, and depending on the game they are still capping some at 30 fps, that's just so funny to me and all because they want the ray tracing tech that lowers the performance, wait what? meh but whatever I suppose, I would rather spend more money and go PC for better performance with regards to frame rates, refresh rates, free multiplayer and in some cases cheaper games. I have seen some PS5 games nearly £70 on their digital store front that I think is a rip-off, that's my objective reply with a large portion of my personal opinion/s.

@DaniPooo It's an expensive machine that is worth the money.
the pricing makes sense.

It looks like many are ok paying that price, but I'm not and never ever will be. Don't take me too seriously I always call expensive items a rip-off. Last November I purchased a PS5 (CFI-1216A) in a sale for £380 and I would rather have paid £300 because that's what I think it's worth but that's me, £380 is a rip-off lol.

Enjoy your day

First world problems.

@DaniPooo rip-off does not mean expensive.
That is not the actual meaning of the word.

Dictionary = "To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price"

That's exactly what I think, hence rip-off for what it is, meh.

You want to buy one? go ahead I'm not stopping anyone lol, I'll wait as long as I really want to and maybe, maybe I'll get one in a sale in the future sometime? also, for me personally there are no interesting games to play, most are crap that I wouldn't pay a tenner for, again, I'll wait for a sale. £700 lol, what a rip-off.

@IamJT price dictated by inflation

Profitstation.

@Nexozi So then ur not using it just to play the campaign.

What? £14.99 is far cheaper than £50+ for the sp campaign. Did you mean something else?

@DaniPooo can't be considered proper arguments.

Not here to argue all day over some bits of plastic/metals/silicon, lol £700, get lost chump.

@DaniPooo They are just baseless statements without factual weight.

I'm on low income of course most tech items like this are expensive, they are a rip-off to me, I don't care what you think, who are you?

@Meowmixes98 I totally bought it. I'm poor.

That's not the definition of poor, lol.

Maybe get one a few years down the line in a sale and maybe more new games? looking forward to that.

@evan23 On PC, it is something you need to deal with every time you launch the game.

You have to sign into PSN every time? have I got that right?

@Nexozi Why would people only use GPU to play just the campaign? Strange take.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate – Ultimate 1 Month £14.99, that's not bad for campaign some multiplayer and zombies, that's something I would do, quick blast for the month job done.

@AfroMario I'm going to buy two PlayStation 5 pros so I can fly into space

Save some money & buy the Xbox Series S and you will have a whole starfield to yourself, lol.

@sonicmeerkat What marketing? I seriously remember nothing aside from the announcement trailer.

I think it was about the same as Quantum Break which was an Xbox one exclusive, I think it sold well not sure though? I played pc version it was ok, I think it was about £35?.

@species People hate Epic store

Haters gonna hate I don't know what else to say other than I had no problems with the Epic launcher nor the digital store although to be fair I purchased a RTX 2080Ti Founders Edition back in the day and got three free games included, Metro Exodus which was an Epic exclusive, Battlefield 5 and EA's Anthem, all those games at retail would of cost me £150+, Metro Exodus was awesome and one of the first with ray tracing I think?

Make The Divison 3 as good as if not better than 2 Mr Gerighty.

@Starkei Max Payne remakes will give them a nice cash injection.

Didn't Remedy Entertainment sell the Max Payne IP to Rockstar Games/Take-Two Interactive? I know Rockstar Games developed Max Payne 3 for PS3 Xbox 360 and PC (I played the PC version).

@nessisonett Elon Musk made his money from his father

Aka bank of dad lol

@nessisonett

Yikes dude me not know about Musk history but appreciate the input.

@nessisonett Yasuke is the most historically accurate protagonist the series has ever had.

Well there we are. Until the colour of a man's skin / Is of no more significance / than the colour of his eyes / - Me say war. Haile Selassie quote popularised in a song by Bob Marley & the Wailers

@LowDefAl ‘sake people go and educate yourselves.

Apparentley X boss Elon Musk quoted something about "dei kills art" if it's true history about Samurai Yasuke then Musk is looking like a right old plonker lol.

@StonyKL at £70 a pop

There have been 2 sales on ps store for the base game at £39.99. Base game on ps store now is £49.99 and as far as I know it's always been that price, dlc or addons at £15. Epic Games store is £39.99 for base game and £15 for addons/dlc. Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition disc version inc night springs and lake house and some cosmetic items and Alan Wake remastered for £59.99. Alan Wake 2 Deluxe Edition on ps store now is £64.99.

@DaniPooo Now stop talking about opinions, this is not about opinions...

In your own opinion, lol we can do this all day but let sleeping dogs lie cos it can get a bit woof.

Enjoy your day and I look forward to your review and any pics or videos if you buy one that is.

Take care

@DaniPooo You cannot call it a rip off just because it's over your budget.

Yeah I can and yeah it is. I wouldn't stop anyone buying one and I'm looking forward to the teardowns and general reviews but it's still expensive and I live in rip-off Britain.

have a nice day and if you buy one enjoy.

@species on Epic store.

Maybe in the future Remedy Entertainment will have to have multiple shareholders to pay for the development? where do you get the funds to pay for game development? At the end of the day Epic Games paid for this game so they have the right to decide the contract, also, Epic is mainly PC with their own Launcher and PC digital store.

@Lavishturtle Release it on Steam like it should have been and make money.

I read that Epic payed for the development of Alan Wake 2. I'm getting older and I can remember ATI (original GPU manufacturer) gave $6million towards the development cost of Half Life 2, and the game came bundled with some ATI graphics cards like the Radeon 9700 Pro, lol. Expensive business for sure, I personally don't like exclusive deals I much prefer multi-platform but getting the funds and forking out the dosh can be risky business. Some called this game Alan Woke 2 because of the Saga Anderson white lady turning into a black lady, I watched AW2 worth-a-buy video for the lols.

@1UP-HUSKY we won't own the games we buy anymore.

What are the bond lyrics? .."Got a Licence to thrill", ha

No seriously though one can only own the physical disc and any printed documents or cover fronts and even then you don't really own the printed material or other paraphernalia to make copies and sell on. The game code itself is protected by copyright and laws and can not be owned by the gamer, just a legal licence to pay and play.

@AshleighKinsella I enjoy my physical games

I presume it's for building a collection and display? I have a family member who displays his film/movie collection, have to say it looks good it's like a collection of books on shelves, a personal library.

because i mainly play offline about 90% without a internet connection

My digital only games so far are Resident Evil 4 remake, Dead Space remake, The last of Us Part 2 remastered and Assassins Creed Valhalla. I can play all these games offline. But the point is even if I purchased the Physical Disc version I still need internet connection for updates, patches and obviously the actual downloads. Some games don't fit on Disc anymore because of the size but I did buy the PS5 physical disc version of the Callisto protocol second hand for about £8, the whole game is on the disc because I tested install without internet enabled (I only use wifi) but I still enabled network on later because there was an update. I mainly only purchase second hand physical disc versions now but I presume the way things are going eventually there will be no second hand games anymore if there are no more trade-in, probably some years out for now but time creeps up on us. No problem with digital only but that price bracket, yikes man. there is always the sales I suppose, I got AC Valhalla for £15 in the digital store sale. Here in the UK we have CeX second hand shops that sell physical game discs but some games are still high priced, I saw Star Wars Outlaws second hand for £52, what a joke no way I'm paying that lol

PS6 Pro when? looking forward to the PS6 Pro Enhanced games #ifi'mhonestaboudit

Reads the same on the PS5 Digital Edition slim. I like the modular by design if I'm honest but the price is too high for me personally, I don't have a problem with digital only games because I have about four I think? I'm glad for second hand games for now. Just picked up The Division 2 for £3.

@CielloArc something the public already sees as a turd

Could be a minority? could be just Ubisoft haters? Did you ask every gamer out there? is it the general consensus among millions of gamers? does any company actually track this sort of data and publish it as accurate data?

Hope that screenshot is not from in-game? makes me laugh at how blind the guards are, unless the brightness has been turned way up? lol

@LavenderShroud I believe it will do rather well or rather poorly

If you had to guess, which option would you choose?

@Kidfunkadelic83 Cyberpunk. That launched in one of the worst states ever

Cyberpunk 2077 all patched up is still overrated and Keanu Reeves monotone dialogue is so dull and the NPC are dumb as rocks but to be fair most games A.I. NPC are, definitely artificial and most certainly not intelligent, hence dumb as rocks quote, lol. My opinion of course, ha.

@chucksneed I'll put some of my $2,750,000,000 annual revenue towards that.

Wow, you could buy into the definitive platform (PC) where multiplayer cost zero.

Listen Locate the truth lies, ha says what now?

@Digit2021 their marketing states PS5 Pro is the way to play AW2

That's just marketing tactics, it you're fussy about reflections refractions and shadows then I guess you got to wait it out but in my honest opinion ray tracing is ok but too demanding for the consoles and I don't think any gamer is missing out. I had a high-end pc 4+ years ago and ray tracing was ok but nothing groundbreaking. Even older games have decent graphics without ray tracing.

@Mostik all included in the physical edition released yesterday

Yeah, I spotted it in a local GAME retail outlet, right next to it on the shelf was Silent Hill 2 remake, can be all mine for £120 lol, maybe next time? me so want sigh ha

@KilloWertz I think it's safely a 7/10

Yeah, it's just a numbers game in the grand scheme of things, I rate most games 6/10, which is ok in my honest opinion.

I'm sure I read somewhere there will be a physical disc version including the 2 DLC? might wait for that or wait it out for the full digital package on Sony's store front? I'm keen to give this game a playthrough at some point when I can afford it, sigh?

@Grumblevolcano a playable demo/beta?

I would like a demo to play featuring those Doshaguma? some epic battles there with those beasts.

@UltimateOtaku91 who wants to buy Ubisoft games at full price when they have huge discounts a month or two after release.

I'm sure Star Wars Outlaws released August 30, 2024? it's still £55+ at retail outlets here in the UK and the digital store fronts are close to £70 for the standard edition. So, definitely no huge discounts yet. Be interesting to see what happens at the end of this month.

@EfYI a lumber some character for a game that requires feline agility and finesse.

There are two protagonists to play as, thankfully from my own perspective and taste with Assassins Creed games I can go loud and break some skulls, and the other is more of a silent approach, works both ways for me.

@Oz_Who_Dat_Dare I agree... the list (for me) looks very mid

Gamers have different tastes, for example the only 2 games that have my interest in that list is Assassins Creed Shadows & possibly Borderlands 4, so actually one definite one maybe.

@lindos I thought it was exclusive to PC/PS5 anyway

It is for 1 year which basically means no Xbox X/S version until then. I can't stand exclusives; Sony & Microsoft should always be multi-platform, it's just a form of arrogance and self-centred greed, hubris.