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Control was one of the unexpected highlights of the PS4 era (played superbly on the Pro) and I'm excited to see what they have in mind for the sequel.

@Scottyy I think anyone who's been around in the Playstation ecosystem for a while misses the 'old Sony'.
Post-Layden, PlayStation seems to have become a terrible corporate wall of suits with all the 'fun' of the earlier generations surgically removed.
It'll be interesting to see if this shift to a "community-based engagement business” will have any positive effects. I, sadly, suspect not.

I bought my first Playstation because of the games on that platform. Same applied to the PS2, 3 & 4.
PS5 was the first bought on the 'fear of missing out' principle and to be honest, I could've not bothered as this gen has been so disappointing.

Don't think there are any? The base game contains all the main quests and areas plus 1 or two of what were expansions including Morrowind , I believe.
Honestly, if you get into it, the base game will keep you playing for months.

@rjejr I suspect that the PS4 has probably cleared 120 million now but only Sony will know the total number or units manufactured (which is why some Nintendo Switch owners seem angry about the PS2 'moving goalposts' by clearing 160m according to ex-Jimbo).

During the early years of the PS5, didn't Sony order another 1 million PS4s to top up their console sales due to the PS5s being so restricted due to the supply of components post-Covid?

@11001100110zero I take it that it isn't good news that Sega have confirmed support (where the game allows) for the older consoles (Switch, PS4) for the next couple of years then?
Personally, I much preferred the PS4 era compared to the PS5 which only seems popular because it's standing on the PS4's shoulders and a game being on the PS4 as well doesn't mean it can't look good and be fun.

Interesting that the PS5 is going to have to sell half as many AGAIN in order to get near the actual sales for the PS4.
And in that time-frame, the PS6 will loom ever-closer over the horizon.

"Just 17% of the market went to physical copies, which is an increase from last year."

Interesting....

@Danbottomburp You can often pick up the base game for cheap on the Store, or about a fiver on disc, and then all you need is your PS+ connection - no other fees unless you want to buy some expansion zones.

LBP 1 & 2 (even the PS and Vita releases) were and still are classics - apart from the fact that Fony shut down the servers which was part of the fun.
The real kicker was that they shut down the final server (PS4 LBP3) shortly AFTER MM had uploaded all their textures, objects, game elements onto the server so creative types could create AND SHARE their own levels.

Hope David Smith, Mark Healey, Kareem Ettouney, and Alex Evans all find each other out there in the Imagisphere and come up with something imaginative to put some fun back into the PS5's library.

Performed absolutely fine on my PS4 Pro when I tried it but god, did the fans kick up to hurricane force levels!
All the hallmarks of badly optimised code as the game ran without issues and, lets face it, the graphics and gameplay were hardly pushing the CPU/GPU...

If it can run on the Switch, it can run (probably better) on the PS4 - this is a commercial decision.

@Jrs1 @nessisonett Whatever is left of Codemasters in these EA days, they could do worse than remaster F1 Race Stars with the new drivers and liveries.
It'd be a potential money grab too (appealing to the EA types) as they could release new tracks as and when and old drivers (Schumacher, Hill, Mansell, etc.) I seem to remember buying the all the extra tracks for the PS3 years ago?

A few more gigabytes saved...

Played this A LOT on the fatty PS3. Performance was janky at best but it was compelling with a massive map to explore. I think I might have finished it in light mode?

As @kevinm360 says, the Blind Guardian quest was funny and the in-game concert was fabulous!

It's odd how the first one never arrived on the PS or Xbox and Sacred 3 was an absolute turd.

I wonder if it'll contain the Ice & Blood expansion (that only got released on the PC)?

@Orpheus79V Thanks for that. I'll probably catch this when the next series of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds makes an appearance.

Peacock? What's that in British English (the proper one)?

Are we talking Netflix, Prime, Disney or Paramount or is it entire sub all to itself?

Coming on Switch too and that's where I might very well get it!

If it wasn't for the fact that I already bought Dragon Age and Diablo 4, it'd be OK.

As things stand, I won't be renewing my sub early next year and the only reason I subbed this time was because I had a few PS5 saves that I wanted to back up and Fony are too tight to allow the backup to USB like Sony did with the PS4 saves because it was a nice thing to do. That Sony is dead and the money grabbing Fony corporation are in charge now.

PS6 will have to bring something mind blowing as otherwise I'll be investing in a gaming PC next time.

Another terrible month - another souls-a-like (yawn) and 2 titles that aren't worth the electricity to download.

I was really looking forward to this. Maybe it'll be fixed for the physical release in October?

Ah well, might as well boot up the faithful PS3 in the meantime...

How are you supposed to grow food in a camper van? Mould? Moss? Fungi?

Wait a few months and then buy it on a shiny silver platter for £20 less - job done.

Steam numbers are a bit like Netlix viewing figures but only taking the US into account.
We've lost a few good series because the Americans "didn't get it" and we could be having the same issue if games are judged purely on PC players

Xbox's total lack of clear direction and the ever-tumbling number of XSX and XSS boxes sold means that more companies are going to prioritise PS5 and Switch 2 above the Xbox versions.

Anyway with "create bespoke character builds that fit your playstyle" then I'm mostly likely in.

Yay, now we just need everyone to go out and buy an 8K TV which has no broadcast-able service support....

Not sure if I've still got First Samurai on floppy disc for the loft-residing Amiga A1200?

Admission price is probably worth it for those 2 games alone!

@Robocod The Evercade console seems to be getting some more Amiga releases since they finished their emulator. Unfortunately we're not going to get the Amiga version of Sensible Soccer and have to put up with the inferior (but still fun) Megadrive version.

@Andy22385 And for £15 less than the store price.....
https://www.thegamecollection.net/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-remastered-deluxe-edition-ps5-38690?sqr=oblivion

Only film I'm vaguely interested for this year is the reboot of Red Sonja!

Isn't New World supposed to have a demo available? Or is one of those stupid ones that's tied behind Premium?

PS3 is probably still the best console to watch or listen to stuff on - the CD, DVD and Blu-ray compatibility is second to none - although the lack of Disney+ is an obvious omission (or happy omission dependent on your take on the Evil Mouse Corporation’s latest output) these days. Netflix, Prime and YouTube are still there

To be honest, I stream via our Freesat box or via the LG TV's own streamers.

Has a Fenyx vibe to it?

Sony translation: "Security loophole closed". Probably introduced in the last firmware patch.

Been waiting for a physical release, although I was mostly waiting for performance improvements.

£15 less than the digital version - bit of a no-brainer for those of us with a disc drive.

Might have sold a few more copies if it had a physical option.

@SMJ @nomither6 Yes, you can back up PS4 game saves onto a USB stick or whatever on the PS4. I have a mini USB stick in one of the Pro's front ports for that very reason.

But here's the real kicker; you can back up your PS4 game saves onto a USB stick on the PS5 but the option simply isn't there for the PS5 game saves.
Surely a free 10GB wouldn't kill Sony would it? Unfortunately, with $ony these days, it's all about the $$$$s

@get2sammyb I think we're looking at PS6 for enough grunt to emulate the wacky Cell - though some of the PC emulators are getting close but with much more horsepower and we'd need a UNIX port.

@tofuman86 Did the original PS4 have rear USBs? The Pro definitely has one rear USB as that's where my extended storage hard drive is plugged in but I don't remember the original having any?

The PS3 is still the only PS console to play CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray and yes, that was the console that got stripped of the good stuff the most. From my original fatty 60GB to the Slim I have now did seem like a bit of a downgrade. Still, could be worse, I could have kept the Super Slim (shudders!)

Seem to remember having loads of fun with VRally on the PS1 (and Rally Championship on the PS2) in couch co-op mode. Any news on this offering split screen?

Well, I shall be booting up my old Pro tonight and installing the latest update. Hope it doesn't affect the stability though!

"The PS4 was jailbroken quite some time ago" - but it still took a lot longer time to break it than it did for the PS5 though...

ShopTo offers better PS Store Credit amounts than the ones listed above.

My PS4 can't even see Diablo 4 - I can only see King Of Fighters. Took some effort to download it onto the PS5 so maybe I need to repeat those steps for the PS4 (to be lazy as I already had it installed from the disc)

Bet if Sony allowed PS5 saves to be backed up onto USB, like you can for PS4 saves on the PS4 & PS5, those numbers would drop.

Had PS+ for many, many years now (started in the PS3 days) but the service seems to have got worse and the prices keep going up.

Sony, bring back those LBP, ModNation and Everybody's Golf servers, dammit.

Diablo 4 was (is) very good - creepy and action filled. The main campaign is very good, the expansion was a bit disappointing. Hoping for good things whenever the next chapter emerges.

@Vivisapprentice Ha, ha! Must be a PS6 release? Or does that make the PS4 (still) current gen? I'm confused...

PS5 Pro is always going to be held back by the base PS5 - same as was the case with the PS4 & Pro.

I think a 2027 release for the 6 would be most likely as that keeps it in the usual PS upgrade window and the PS5 will continue getting releases for another few years after that. That said, at the current rate, the PS4 will still be getting new versions of FIFA, Fortnite, etc.

Apart from a sheer horsepower update,. I really am struggling to see what the new one is going to offer? I mean 8K TVs are hardly a standard these days (or ever likely to be one given the lack of 8K media) so what's going to be the point of upgrading, especially if Sony's release schedule doesn't improve?

Same bull as the £30 price hike that hit everywhere apart from their home country of the US of A not long after the PS5 was out and available for non-scalpers. Still not seen that come off despite the exchange rates levelling out.

Why are we still waiting for a port of Sensi on the PS platform? I know there's Sociable Soccer from Jon Hare but just a straight port of SWOS would be the best footie game on PS.

Give us the Amiga versions, Team 17! On the subject of those, I wonder how Andy Davidson's Director's Cut + edition is coming along?

I just wish with these ones that they'd add customisable controls. The defaults are just at total odds with Worms2: Armageddon on the PS3.

Don't want anything else apart from money off PS+ subs.

Good job I've still got a fully working PS3. Shame all the online stuff has died.

The label 'AI' gets slapped on everything these days (including washing machines - I mean, wtf?)
What is actually happening is a program is running well established mathematical procedures that have been hanging around for decade or two so it's not AI at all.