PlayStation 5 - Now with FAQ in OP.

CastorTroy

how do they justify the massive file size? I'm not a CoD player but my understanding is the campaign's short and linear compared to loads of other games and then has multiplayer maps.
Yet then we have games with massive open worlds that are barely 50GB. Like a quick google tells me Watch Dogs legion is about 33GB.
I suppose that's more a discussion for a CoD thread.

Zero-Cool

COD devs tapping their head "players can't play any other game if ours takes up their whole drive".

Kremin

CastorTroy wrote: »

how do they justify the massive file size? I'm not a CoD player but my understanding is the campaign's short and linear compared to loads of other games and then has multiplayer maps.
Yet then we have games with massive open worlds that are barely 50GB. Like a quick google tells me Watch Dogs legion is about 33GB.
I suppose that's more a discussion for a CoD thread.

Every year when they copy paste the game they just update the previous files to say _old and rename the new ones to whatever title theyre working with... Or so I'm told

CastorTroy

In that case the FIFA games must be massive by now. Or do they remember to delete the old files?

Kremin

CastorTroy wrote: »

In that case the FIFA games must be massive by now. Or do they remember to delete the old files?

My source told me FIFA devs don't even have to copy any files, just do a quick select all > replace all FIFA X -> FIFA X+1

RonaVirus

Is it possible to trade in a PS4 for a PS5 with the current level of operation in GameStop?

CastorTroy

Kremin wrote: »

My source told me FIFA devs don't even have to copy any files, just do a quick select all > replace all FIFA X -> FIFA X+1

That's the Switch version. My understanding is for the other consoles they make the grass greener and the ball rounder

Fuzzy Logic

RonaVirus wrote: »

Is it possible to trade in a PS4 for a PS5 with the current level of operation in GameStop?

No, only CEX postal option I'd say

Wing126

CastorTroy wrote: »

how do they justify the massive file size? I'm not a CoD player but my understanding is the campaign's short and linear compared to loads of other games and then has multiplayer maps.
Yet then we have games with massive open worlds that are barely 50GB. Like a quick google tells me Watch Dogs legion is about 33GB.
I suppose that's more a discussion for a CoD thread.

They use uncompressed audio and some uncompressed textures for better loading afaik.


COD make a big deal of their audio too.

johnny_ultimate

The size of CoD games is obviously preposterous, but don’t get too worried until it happens with a game actually worth playing

Exclamation Marc

Fuzzy Logic wrote: »

No, only CEX postal option I'd say

Some of the CEX stores are still accepting sales by drop in.

padair

Does anyone know when the next tranche of informations is going to be released? It's gotten very quiet and the news front recently

Exclamation Marc

padair wrote: »

Does anyone know when the next tranche of informations is going to be released? It's gotten very quiet and the news front recently

Rumour is the 6th. With it a week away in the US, obviously next week its all out there if there's nothing on Friday.

CastorTroy

Yeah. Apparently the Series X/S reviews are due tomorrow afternoon and PS5 console and game reviews due Friday afternoon.

billybonkers

padair wrote: »

Does anyone know when the next tranche of informations is going to be released? It's gotten very quiet and the news front recently

Election is taking up all the media attention at the moment. Friday apparently there is an embargo lift.

Some leaks about for Spiderman trophies and game length. Won't say for fear of upsetting people but be aware they are about

Reading online that the PS5 doesn't support 1440p

Terribly disappointing and such a strange omission

Varik

Deleted User wrote: »

Reading online that the PS5 doesn't support 1440p

Terribly disappointing and such a strange omission

BenQ who a monitor manufacturers have said they did.

Varik

Varik wrote: »

BenQ who a monitor manufacturers have said they did.

Well BenQ are wrong

IGN Italy confirmed it

https://wccftech.com/playstation-5-no-native-1440p-support/

Kremin

So does that mean the ps5 will output 4k and downscale to 1440 or output 1080 and upscale to 1440? Regardless guess I need to bite and upgrade my monitor after all

Markitron

Kremin wrote: »

So does that mean the ps5 will output 4k and downscale to 1440 or output 1080 and upscale to 1440? Regardless guess I need to bite and upgrade my monitor after all

If you have a 1440p monitor, the PS5 will output at 1080p with supersampling from whatever res the current game is outputting. It is obviously only an issue for a small group of people but they should have fixed this since it was the same on the Pro.

Markitron

Markitron wrote: »

If you have a 1440p monitor, the PS5 will output at 1080p with supersampling from whatever res the current game is outputting. It is obviously only an issue for a small group of people but they should have fixed this since it was the same on the Pro.

Not necessarily

1440p with high refresh rates and HDR is an easier entry into the high FPS market without spending thousands on a brand new 4K HDR 120hz TV

Lots of people own PC's too and if also looking to invest in the Series X they could have a great display for all platforms.

It's lazy from Sony

Markitron

Deleted User wrote: »

Not necessarily

1440p with high refresh rates and HDR is an easier entry into the high FPS market without spending thousands on a brand new 4K HDR 120hz TV

Lots of people own PC's too and if also looking to invest in the Series X they could have a great display for all platforms.

It's lazy from Sony

The vast majority of console gamers are playing on a TV, not a monitor. Most TVs are 1080p or 4K. The number of PS5 players that this will actually affect is miniscule in the grand scheme.

Markitron

Markitron wrote: »

The vast majority of console gamers are playing on a TV, not a monitor. Most TVs are 1080p or 4K. The number of PS5 players that this will actually affect is miniscule in the grand scheme.

I'm not seeing anything that would back up such a claim.

Xbox Games Pass proves that people play across platforms.

I think you underestimate the high cost of entry here for next gen.

Kremin

Personally find it impossible to play on TVs as on PC was big into LoL & CS:GO and Apex on consoles so I was practically glued to the monitor .

Guess thisll just be what convinces me to upgrade

Kremin

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'm not seeing anything that would back up such a claim.

Xbox Games Pass proves that people play across platforms.

I think you underestimate the high cost of entry here for next gen.

Itd be cool if Sony did a hardware survey similar to steam

quokula

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I'm not seeing anything that would back up such a claim.

Xbox Games Pass proves that people play across platforms.

I think you underestimate the high cost of entry here for next gen.

There’s zero cost of entry. For the vast, vast majority of people, the PS5 will go under there existing TV. 1440p TVs don’t exist. 120fps is a gimmick that won’t have mass uptake either among consumers or game developers.

quokula

quokula wrote: »

There’s zero cost of entry. For the vast, vast majority of people, the PS5 will go under there existing TV. 1440p TVs don’t exist. 120fps is a gimmick that won’t have mass uptake either among consumers or game developers.

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It's literally built into the primary marketing

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-has-started-branding-tvs-that-support-8k-and-120fps-as-ps5-ready/

https://www.playstation.com/en-ie/ps5/

rm212

I think people are underestimating the amount of multiplayer games and F2P battle royale type games that will target 120fps as the generation goes on. Lots of multiplayer games managed to hit 60fps on the PS4 as they don't go super flashy in terms of graphics... those games will easily manage to hit 120fps on PS5. You won't be seeing single player narrative games hitting 120, but I think we'll see quite a few multiplayer games as well as indie games hit 120.

Markitron

Deleted User wrote: »

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It's literally built into the primary marketing

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-has-started-branding-tvs-that-support-8k-and-120fps-as-ps5-ready/

https://www.playstation.com/en-ie/ps5/

I see 120 fps similarly to 1080p in the 360/PS3 gen. Made out to be a big selling point but only a handful of games (mostly smaller ones) will support it early on, and few people will have the screens to take advantage of it, before becoming a little more commonplace in the back half of the generation.

rm212 wrote: »

I think people are underestimating the amount of multiplayer games and F2P battle royale type games that will target 120fps as the generation goes on. Lots of multiplayer games managed to hit 60fps on the PS4 as they don't go super flashy in terms of graphics... those games will easily manage to hit 120fps on PS5. You won't be seeing single player narrative games hitting 120, but I think we'll see quite a few multiplayer games as well as indie games hit 120.

The difference is that 60 fps was a standard feature on TVs when the PS4 came out, while 120 fps certainly is not standard right now. This will change but it will take a few years.

rm212

Markitron wrote: »

The difference is that 60 fps was a standard feature on TVs when the PS4 came out, while 120 fps certainly is not standard right now. This will change but it will take a few years.

You realise that in simple multiplayer games where there's enough power to deliver 120fps, changing the in-game framerate cap from 60 to 120 would take a developer around 2 minutes, especially considering the game is likely already on PC where that is an option. It's not like they have to do a load of work to support 120fps for the people who do have a TV capable of it.