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Let me get this right... Essential is the same + service that costs £50 a year but its going to now cost £84 a year?

@Pleasance that blows. I’ve owned at least 12 controllers across my 3 machines but none of them have drifted. My biggest problem has been d-pad ceasing to work or L3 failing

@Cheems do Xbox players suffer similarly from the inability to construct functioning sentences, or is that just a PS thing?

@get2sammyb me too. I occasionally check out their Discord but this was new news

I love my internal Plex setup. Still not got round to paying for the lifetime version yet though

@SZRT_CIC_Ice Apologies, only just saw this now! Has anything changed spec wise since April? And do you think developers will take advantage of the speed differences in cross-platform title development?

@starbuck2212 I was half tempted to buy a new SSD for my PSPro but I gave up and bought a gaming laptop with NVME instead. Destiny being free there and Xbox Game Pass coming was just too tempting... until I get a PS5 I suppose

Double the douchebaggery - yeas!

The free upgrade to Destiny 2 has me sold tbh

Forgive me if I'm mistaken here, but doesnt the Xbox Series X also plan to launch with a fast SSD too?

No mention of Destiny 2 despite straddling two different periods of support? Pre and post September content saw a dramatic shift in terms of how the paid content was supported but all the free seasonal events were fun (Revelry, Dawning, Halloween, etc)

As someone who has ploughed around 5000 hours into Destiny (1 and 2) I can honestly say that this game changed my relationship to gaming more generally. I became less interested in other titles if they failed to have the recurring loop mechanic that this game has. The community, the team building, the challenges, the loot grind, everything ... I love it so much. I think I may have a Destiny problem

Daym. I actually preordered one of these because I am a sucker for new machines. My track record is awful (Ouya? Anyone) so its the kiss of death.

I may cancel the order... I already have Destiny 2

EDIT: I've just cancelled. No way I'm paying £120 for this turkey

I'm happy to pay for the occasional weapon skin that doesn't impact upon gameplay, especially when this funds fun little side missions. I've dumped 2500 hours in D2 so stuff like this is fine by me

Looking forward to mouse and keyboard players absolutely punking me on my controller...

I bought a pair from Very in June for £ 35.99 thinking they would be new with micro-USB ports but, no, they were mini-USB. My old PS3 ones were the same. Thankfully they were only cheap. Stuck them on ebay for £80 last night and sold them within 10 mins.

10!? I must have about 20 physical and 324 digital games (115 of which are PS+ titles)

I thought this game already had cross ply from the beginning?

@get2sammyb Does the synth wave one work on different accounts? I've had the US Destiny exclusive theme that refused to work on my UK account hence I held back on buying the synth one

F to the scalpers. Oh well, life goes on

Afraid not. Sad times

@LaNooch1978 yeah, I'm pretty gutted at the minute. There's always tomorrow at Amazon I guess. Not going to hold my breath though

... and there goes my Curry's order. Both Amazon and Currys cancelled. Gutted

@GloryBoyTom Yup, me too
Hoping Curry's honour it

Amazon released them early and picked one up there but I'm fearful they won't honour it. Also have one at Currys if I can believe their email

Awesome - I'd forgotten I was getting this

I own both the Hori pads and don’t rate them at all. The Onyx sticks have way to much travel before you get your responses, so just feel inaccurate as hell. The little one is so light and cheap it’s only really good for the kids, but that’s okay. I guess

Mine arrived a few days ago. Currently filed under 'junk'. Cheap, but not very responsive. Those trigger buttons are woeful

Nearly 2500 hours spent here. Loved it. Loved. It.

Will I be returning? Just bought the D2 PS4 Pro to make sure of it

Pre-ordered the moment it went live on the store. The first game was the best pound/hour I've ever spent so even if I do half of the 2300 hours of the first game it was a bargain at £90

Had some problems trying to play Destiny after the patch but I wasn't sure if that was a Bungie issue or not.

Think I backed this about the same time as Yookalaylee

Life is Strange is decent. An easy platinum if that floats your boat. Already bought it but no matter

@get2sammyb Ha! Well, it is at the end of it's shelf life with D2 around the corner

Destiny

@TIEMs I agree with some of this but the following:

5: auto-grouping for raids would be awful. You even been in a strike with bozos who go awol when you need support? This is why raids need commitment. Even when you have people who are invested in the raid they can still vary in skill. Auto-grouping would lead to casualisation and greater frustration. You don't need to spend hours watching videos: most encounters take about 5-7 minutes (multiplied by 3 or 5 depending on raid) - its not a massive one-off commitment, especially when many of us tried them blind on release! With 5.5: you can spectate on a raid: there's live broadcasting and Twitch. Not quite what you mean but theres people out there that have already made all the content you would want.

7: Golden Gun is awesome in PvP! Nothing better than chaining exploding bullets around a heavy weapon crate (other than maybe blade dancing through the crowd, ha). Also, it has its uses on Solar burn strikes.

8: you mean bounties or quests? You can abandon the latter and go back to them via the kiosk. There's way more bounty slots now than ever before.

13: This already exists (void armour: Increased armour when using a Void-based sub-class). And the increased throwing distance on grenades is also a very useful perk (thinking of the shorter range Warlock Scatter grenade here). Being able to throw that far is a real perk

No need to grind now. Since Iron Banner launched on Tuesday its been dropping crazy loot to the point I've already broken through the soft level cap - 386 all round. I think Bungie have set this up as the help needed to get up to level for the hard raid

I'm not sure about the need for this. I'm kinda interested in the PSVR unit but it looks hella bulky. I'm also interested in the 4K model. What I'd really like is to see the 4K model have the same physical footprint as the original PS4 but not need the bulky VR box...

@RPE83 I've pumped 1600+ hours into Destiny. I've bought it twice for two different PS4s (wish I'd bought it digitally in the first instance). Have to say I love the game and, yes, it had its teething problems but it's a great shooter mechanically and they've defiantly improved the loot mechanics. Looking forwards to the update and hoping for a 60fps experience in the next product launch

@Mega-Gazz the LFG sites work perfectly well. I end up raiding with randoms 3 times every week and have had very few issues.

@TomKongPhooey With respect, I believe this is disingenuous comparison. Apples and oranges. Backers of this project will be helping to fund a talented set of documentarists who blend archive footage with original material to offer a novel take on common knowledge. Take a look at their doc on the Amiga for a unique account of the rise of hat machine (much of which info was in the public domain already).

I'm happy to be a backer of this project. Backed the last 2 by these film makers too. They are very good at what they do and they get some excellent interviews

@BAMozzy Yeah, I see your point. I guess I should have made it clearer that I was speaking about the Weekly Strike specifically. Quite often playing a normal strike you end up doing what you have to do (as in solo) anyway. I never bear a grudge against the others that tag along though

About time. I mean how different is auto matchmaking to going on the Bungie app and adding random people from a forum for one game?

@charlesnarles Not sure this counts as punishing the day1 purchasers (myself included). I feel like I've had a pretty decent year+ of fun since launch that latecomers have missed out upon. Plus, I've had a decent stack of games across 3 platforms for my PSN subscription.