sanderson72

He's no Sackboy

Been a Lana fan, been a Bond theme fan (apart from all the Daniel Craig era which were bloody awful - the late CC the exception if not very Bond-y)
This just doesn't seem to gel - perhaps it's the lyric video that doesn't seem to track the words/verses of the song and there seem to be instances of too many words per verse? I mean, it's no GoldenEye.

Perhaps they should hand it to Within Temptation as their version of Skyfall knocked the original out of the park.

@WolfyTn @dark_knightmare2 I can't see a demo link anywhere on the PS5 Store? There's only a 'Just announced' page and the 3 dots doesn't have a demo link underneath it?
Perhaps it's not available in the UK yet?

@Scottyy Hayley Atwell sure has the voice and the poise. Also she doesn’t seem to have aged from her stints as Agent Carter.

Not sure why it takes until July to get the physical disc but I'm waiting on that.

Going to wait on it - hopefully they'll add the character creator at some point given that someone has released a PC mod that already does it!

I'm waiting for the physical edition though that's not out until July. Seems like a long wait but all the major patches will have been released by then.

PS4's Store app is still superior to anything that the confused UI of the PS5 has given us so far. Doesn't look like that's going to change anytime this side of the PS6.

The character creator was by far the greatest feature of Black Desert.
All went downhill after that as you had to try and play the game which turned out to be a total turd...

Couldn't happen to a nicer company!

5:1 for Switch 2 to PS5. That's what’s called a fail, Sony, even with a subsidised model which irks everyone else around the world with your white goods.

Can only hope that some of the PS4 era, customer friendly Sony resurfaces for the PS6 era.

Don't think it's necessarily outgrown the PS4 - it was (and probably still is) a bag of unoptimised crud. Never heard the PS4 fans make such a racket for something as unchallenging as a Gatcha game graphics/'gameplay'.

It's probably because the PS4 was struggling with even more unoptimised crud being added so time to let the PS5's extra processing power shovel it.

No - I'm not a fan.

@NoCode23 Same here - I'd love universal support for the far more reliable & ergonomic DS4 on all PS5 games but Sony know they can screw more money out of people for yet another broken Driftsense...

@Bramble Yep, £30 on PS5 on Amazon or The Game Collection for the standard edition though the date seems to indicate the 10th July? Perhaps that's the physical release date?

Sad that in this joke generation, I'm most looking forward to Mickey Mouse with machine guns...

The PS4 and PS3 UIs still blow this ever mutating farce out of the water...
In the words of Top Gear, "How hard can it be?"

"That's not ideal when Sony's console comes with about 825 GB by default"

Yes, and only ~650GB of that is usable.

Ever since the PS3 days, Uncharted as been one of the iconic franchises. Just doesn't seem like a PS generation without Nate & Sully.

@Max_the_German @Frmknst Have you tried refreshing the licences? There was an option under the Account settings of the PS4 so I assume something similar exists on the PS5?

Settings > Users and Accounts > Other > Restore Licenses.

I had a similar problem with Black Desert before I remembered it was a total pile of crap....

@ilyn I had to Google how to close down a game on a PS5.
For that reason alone, the 5's UI is a fail. Why not keep the pop up menu when holding the PS button so you can a) close a game b) switch off the console c) turn off a controller, etc?

Just give us folders, ffs!
Every time they just bodge something else in to try and paper over the obvious omissions.

@katamariUK PS4 isn't laggy with an SSD in the internal slot (fairly sprints along) but you're absolutely right, the PS5 layouts & button presses are counter-intuitive when the PS4 had a hold down the PS button popup menu to do all the major things.

Hope whoever did the PS4 UI (or even the PS3 XMB) would do the PS6 UI and give us folders and themes from the off

@Stocksy Studio Liverpool and Evolution were closed down by myopic Sony management so the chances of rebooted franchises are pretty much done and we gamers are all the poorer for it.

So Nixxes are next to go?

@lazarus11 Yeah, I don't get as much time to game these days so I'm quite happy waiting for some games to get patched (and have a price reduction!) before I bother.
No point buying a game for it to be a broken, smouldering mess that can't even guarantee that your save data won't get corrupted.

Kind of miss the PS2 games era where you could buy a disc (in a shop!) and go home and play it...

Hope not - the PS4 as a piece of hardware, its UI, its controllers and its generation of games and the ethos surrounding it have far surpassed anything that has plopped out for the PS5.

If GTA 6 sucks on the base PS5, and Sony keep the prices sky high, it won't be long before the PS6 looms over the horizon and people will wait for the much better machine.

Yay, more AI slop!

I might buy it in a year or so when its finished.

Only option these days is to track down a 2nd hand disc, unless you already bought it off the Store way back when.

@CookeKeyes Even though it's de-listed, the patches and so on are still available so you can still play it, it's the online stuff that's long time dead.

I got a copy for about £5 and it STILL looks absolutely amazing - a real showcase of what Evolution did best, coming hot on the heels of the ever loved, never bettered Motorstorm on the PS3.
Then one of the head bean counters at the time - a Mr Ryan, if memory serves? - shut them down. Just imagine what they could've cooked up later on the PS4 or on the PS5

@CutchuSlow If I remember rightly, it was £450 for a disc version and £360 for a non-disc version.
Shortly after both got a £30 price hike for "exchange rate" reasons - unless you were in PS homeland of the USA. Never saw it go lower when the exchange rate were more favourable.
Now we're already £90 over those overpriced hikes for hardware that's struggling with some more modern releases.

Never understood the fascination with "souls-likes" since playing Demon Souls on the PS3.

Then again, I've played so many other different (and have to say better) games on different platforms over my 40 year gaming career.

Person gets PS Portal out of their carry on luggage when on a long aeroplane journey....

@MrPeanutbutterz Erm, that's because most of the games worth playing are on the PS4 anyway. There are a few exceptions to this but the PS5's library isn't exactly stellar?
I'm just saying that PS4 owners should look carefully at the PS5 before seeing whether it's worth 'upgrading'. I bought mine in a case of FOMO and still not quite sure why I bothered. At least it was cheap!

Yes, I still like my PS4 Pro which is still running fine and, bar a few frame rate upgrades, the PS5 isn't offering much more given its terrible UI and uncomfortable controllers (DS4 > DS5) Also, worth noting that some games don't play as well, ESO being a classic case where the DS5 haptics don't work but the DS4 (only on a PS4) is excellent.

Be interesting to know what he thinks of the current state of PlayStation with all the remasters, price hikes and so on...

The PS5 Buying Guide goes like this:

1) If you haven't got one, and feel like you really, REALLY need one, buy a 2nd hand mint one from various retailers (CEX, Music Magpie, etc.) and save yourself £££s (or $$$s)

2) If you've got a PS4 (Pro especially), seriously question if you need one.

The PS5 Buying Guide goes like this:

1) If you haven't got one, and feel like you really, REALLY need one, buy a 2nd hand mint one from various retailers (CEX, Music Magpie, etc.) and save yourself £££s. My disc-drive fatty cost £344 from MM and it was in mint condition. Previous owner didn't take a 1TB expansion before getting rid so extra bonus!

2) If you've got a PS4 (Pro especially), seriously question if you need one.

Makes you lament the days of Layden, House and Tretton...

@Porco You've summed up my thoughts on this generation so well! The PS4 must have sore shoulders by now trying to support this overweight, overpriced so called successor.

Never thought the PS5 deserved to overtake the PS4 sales and now, thanks to Sony's greed and arrogance, doesn't look like it's going to happen, even with a GTA boost.
Only hope that Sony right this listing ship with the PS6 by going back to the PS4 ethos.

Might flog the PS5 when the price rises have affected the used prices.

My 7200 PS4 Pro is all quiet since it had its fan replaced with a new Nidec one and the thermal paste replaced (about £50) so what would I be missing out on? PS4 still has the better controllers and UI plus I've still got a large PS4 backlog to work through.

PS5 started out at £450 for a disc edition - now £570 for the same (but cheaper to manufacture) old tech?

Don't think the PS5 will be reaching PS4 numbers anytime soon.

"delivering innovative, high-quality gaming experiences to players worldwide" - Sony have delivered **** all this gen and this sounds like there's a PS Plus price hike too?

Don't know why people are giving Sony even more money for a PS5 when you can save money by going second hand to Music Magpie, Cash Converters, CEX or various other retailers.
There are a lot of fatties (with/without disc), "slims" and Pros aplenty in the retailers near me.

So, the Network that connects PlayStations to the Interweb is being changed from "PlayStation Network" (or "PSN") to "PlayStation"?

Worst rebrand since Channel 4 changed "All4" to "Channel 4".

Interestingly, the PS4 still refers to the PlayStation Network when you test your network connection...

Physical must survive....

Totally directionless - Sony have been lost ever since the PS5 era plopped into existence.

"Dragon Age: Inquisition (PS3): 28th April (Online Services Disabled)"

Does this mean the PS4 version is still up?

@CielloArc The end of PS4? No, just some online services going (including some PS5 ones) and Genshin Impact being PS5 only. Probably had trouble getting that heap of unoptimised tosh to run on the old stager. I tried it on the PS4 Pro - no way such a graphically limited game as that should ramp the fans up so much.

@Thumper Do you happen to know if they can just replace the CMOS battery? Mine seems to be asking for date & time when it powers up but the console is still working fine.

It's the Network for your PlayStation- I mean it does exactly what it says on the tin! It has been and always will be the PSN.

Probably doing it so they can force you to subscribe to stuff that you don't want and hike the PS+ price a bit while killing the Vita and PS3 stores.
Unfortunately for Sony, the PS4 is the fly in the proverbial ointment as any change they'd need to carry across to the old stager.

PlayStation Network really does what it says on the tin! What are they going to replace it with that's supposed to be better?

@rjejr Blimey, I'm amazed that you could stand the racket from the blu-ray drive on the super slim. I had one after my PS2 compatible fatty died after 5 years of service.
I couldn't hear the dialogue on the games due to the world's cheapest, thinnest sliding cover and the near-constant and very loud "whirr-click-whirr" noise that emanated from beneath.
It irritated me so much I sold it on before searching for and finding a brand new 2503 Slim (considered to be the quietest post-launch PS3 and has all the LEDs) and my sanity was restored!

My son's been using the Slim PS3 recently to play Studio Liverpool's Formula One game - still more exciting than the current F1 I guess.

Just watching the MotorStorm Arctic Edge theme playing in the background while the update applies - still kicks the PS5's pathetic Welcome screen.

Still a brick on an aeroplane....

Bring on the PS6 handheld!

So close to Themes but still so far off.

Still no sign of Folders either, 5 years in...

@dodgykebaab Game lists aren't even in the same league as Folders! I can't even remember where to find the damn things rather than being in my face as soon as I log into the console.
Also, on the PS3, the theme got covered IF the game selected had a background image. If it didn't, you might get a short gameplay video (bit like a GIF) or the theme would just continue.

I shall go forthwith to update my PS5 to install an update for a feature I can't make use of!