PS4 Megathread 3.0

It's funny but I can't get into walking simulators at all. I've started quite a few of them and they all failed to hold my interest. The one exception is Until Dawn, which for some reason I loved.

Zero-Cool

Jerichoholic wrote: »

I agree with you, but King Oddball was better than a lot of the indie ****e. At least it wasn't another ****ing walking simulator or a "retro" style hipster party.

Ah ha, you see, if I had my way, there would be a walking simulator with ps plus every month

EoinHef wrote: »

You say this but there selling tons and tons of consoles,if it was that bad would they have sold so many?

The competition for sony have fallen off so badly and they only have to be better than the competition.

PS4 sales don't covert to PSN Plus memberships in any meaningful way.

Playstation's PSN+ sales are very weak for a console that has sold over 80 million units. I'd argue that the primary reason to purchase is to play exclusive games that do not require a PSN+ subscription.

EoinHef wrote: »

Of course we all know why your saying it but at least you could come up with something that makes sense

#Weak

Because its what everyone knows. It's common knowledge that the PSN is a sub standard online service. With the amount of money coming in they should invest in upgrading their service.

It's the equivalent of me saying Xbox has the most incredible exclusives.

PSN's "Tesco" network infrastructure is trash. It needs massive investment. I can see the mounting frustrations month on month. PSN membership sales have declined in the last few months according to Sony.

EoinHef wrote: »

Id agree,was just pointing out that the network cant really be a train wreck givin that it works most of the time.

If it was that bad nobody would buy the console. Not saying it shouldnt improve or its perfect but most of the time it works.

Yeah it does what it's supposed to do most of the time and I have no major problem with it. When it is down people go insane (myself included sometimes). Think it's great value considering I used to spend a fortune on tv packages that I rarely used.

kunst nugget

Tbf, if it was anyone but Failsafe pointing out the problems with the network, which it does have - none of them are immune, I'd give them more credence.

Revoker88

gimli2112 wrote: »

I've only owned Sony consoles since PS1 but I'm never happy when either one of them get into a too dominant position, it's not good for us as consumers.

Id agree,was just pointing out that the network cant really be a train wreck givin that it works most of the time.

If it was that bad nobody would buy the console. Not saying it shouldnt improve or its perfect but most of the time it works.

ERG89

FAILSAFE 00 wrote:

It's amazing that PSN is such a train wreck when the PS4 is selling so well year on year.

What?

I'm not glued to it but it has only been down once for me this year & the sales are always great

Jerichoholic

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I think I've just had a bad year so far between games I already owned, indie shyte (king oddball, I'm looking at you) and games I just don't have interest in but I know you can't make everyone happy. Mad hearing those numbers though.

I agree with you, but King Oddball was better than a lot of the indie ****e. At least it wasn't another ****ing walking simulator or a "retro" style hipster party.

I've only owned Sony consoles since PS1 but I'm never happy when either one of them get into a too dominant position, it's not good for us as consumers.

Revoker88

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

It's amazing that PSN is such a train wreck when the PS4 is selling so well year on year.

Playstation need to make a hugely significant investment in their online infrastructure to keep up with online gaming.

You say this but there selling tons and tons of consoles,if it was that bad would they have sold so many?

The competition for sony have fallen off so badly and they only have to be better than the competition.

Of course we all know why your saying it but at least you could come up with something that makes sense.

#Weak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBDdBskb7x8

Penn wrote: »

https://www.destructoid.com/the-ps4-has-finally-overtaken-the-ps3-in-sony-s-latest-financial-report-515027.phtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Incredible sales figures for PS4.

It's amazing that PSN is such a train wreck when the PS4 is selling so well year on year.

Playstation need to make a hugely significant investment in their online infrastructure to keep up with online gaming.

Varik

Cienciano wrote: »

Apparently the PS4 has outsold the Xbox one 2 to 1.

EA released numbers for the sum of both console about the time Sony release their numbers for the same time period.

it was about 1 to 2.3

Penn

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I think I've just had a bad year so far between games I already owned, indie shyte (king oddball, I'm looking at you) and games I just don't have interest in but I know you can't make everyone happy. Mad hearing those numbers though.

Yeah I think the games have actually gotten better this last year, but in many cases I've already played or own them.

Penn

gimli2112 wrote: »

I really tried to get into this but it just felt so dull. I only survived the first chapter before I realised I'd have more fun doing stuff in real life like painting my house.

The game has its moments where it's really good, but f*ck me some parts of the game are a real struggle, and they just have you perform actions during the game for no reason other than just so you have to actually do something, like (and I'm aware I use this example every time I talk about this game but it was so infuriatingly egregious that it still annoys me to this day) tying the 60-something year old Police Chief's tie for him because somehow he got to that age and position without ever having to tie his own goddamn tie.

https://www.destructoid.com/the-ps4-has-finally-overtaken-the-ps3-in-sony-s-latest-financial-report-515027.phtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

kunst nugget wrote: »

Just Cause 3, Infamous Second Son, Child of Light, MGS V, Darksiders 2, Amnesia Collection, Deus Ex, Rime, Trackmania Turbo, Bloodborne, Mad Max, Rayman Legends, XCom2, Trials Fusion, BLOPS III, Rachet and Clank... They're all in the last year. Wouldn't have thought that was a bad collection of games. They only major downside for me was the months with Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls recently. They're pure scutter.

I really tried to get into this but it just felt so dull. I only survived the first chapter before I realised I'd have more fun doing stuff in real life like painting my house.

Zero-Cool

kunst nugget wrote: »

Just Cause 3, Infamous Second Son, Child of Light, MGS V, Darksiders 2, Amnesia Collection, Deus Ex, Rime, Trackmania Turbo, Bloodborne, Mad Max, Rayman Legends, XCom2, Trials Fusion, BLOPS III, Rachet and Clank... They're all in the last year. Wouldn't have thought that was a bad collection of games. They only major downside for me was the months with Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls recently. They're pure scutter.

I think I've just had a bad year so far between games I already owned, indie shyte (king oddball, I'm looking at you) and games I just don't have interest in but I know you can't make everyone happy. Mad hearing those numbers though.

Cienciano

Penn wrote: »

https://www.destructoid.com/the-ps4-has-finally-overtaken-the-ps3-in-sony-s-latest-financial-report-515027.phtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Incredible sales figures for PS4.

Apparently the PS4 has outsold the Xbox one 2 to 1.

kunst nugget

Zero-Cool wrote: »

34 million ps plus subscribers, Sony getting about 150 million quid a month from us, surely it doesn't cost that much to buy an oldish game from a Dev to put on ps plus that's isn't complete shyte once in a while.

Just Cause 3, Infamous Second Son, Child of Light, MGS V, Darksiders 2, Amnesia Collection, Deus Ex, Rime, Trackmania Turbo, Bloodborne, Mad Max, Rayman Legends, XCom2, Trials Fusion, BLOPS III, Rachet and Clank... They're all in the last year. Wouldn't have thought that was a bad collection of games. They only major downside for me was the months with Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls recently. They're pure scutter.

Zero-Cool

34 million ps plus subscribers, Sony getting about 150 million quid a month from us, surely it doesn't cost that much to buy an oldish game from a Dev to put on ps plus that's isn't complete shyte once in a while.

Penn

This morning, Sony announced its first quarterly financial results, revealing that their current high-end console, PlayStation 4 has shipped 82.2 million units since launch, putting it ahead of its predecessor, PlayStation 3.

While the most recent sales period saw a decline in console sales on last year, the black box still managed to shift 3.2 million units to retailers, overtaking the PS3, of which numbered records stopped, around the 80 million mark, in 2013. The PS3 launched in 2006, so the PS4's figures have surpassed the predecessor in a shorter timeframe, a couple of years in fact.

In other news, Sony announced that although their paid subscription service, PlayStation Plus, has taken a slight dip in recent months, the company still hosts an amazing 33.9 million subscribers. Sony expect to shift a further 17 million PS4 consoles by April of 2019.

Incredible sales figures for PS4.

chopperbyrne

The standard game can be patched to have the same features as Arcade Edition, gameplay modes, and balance changes.

However, it does not include the Season 1 and 2 DLC characters. 12 in total.

Standalone Arcade Edition has those characters.

Neither edition has the Season 3 characters. Four released so far, with two more to come. Think the Season 3 Character Pass might be on sale too.

They can be unlocked using in game Fight Money, but it takes a lot of grinding.

I personally (as a competitive fighting game player) think it's a poor Street Fighter game, but for casual play, it's fine.

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Street fighter V is on sale for a tenner. Got to be worth a punt at that right? Not a huge fighting game player but should be good for a 2 player when friends are over right?

Actually just looked into this further, I think if you buy the PlayStation hits edition you will get the standard arcade patch also...

Not 100% but maybe someone here can confirm

*Edit* see here

https://www.reddit.com/r/StreetFighter/comments/80zp4s/is_street_fighter_5_and_street_fighter_5_arcade/

johnnysmack

Fred The Red wrote: »

A quick post on Nioh too

What a game! Can't believe I missed it last year. It's a steal at 14.99

I second that, brilliant game!

A quick post on Nioh too

What a game! Can't believe I missed it last year. It's a steal at 14.99

FAILSAFE 00 wrote: »

Playstation need to launch some sort of initiative to work on PSN. Get on stage and talk a bit about how they are investing in their network infrastructure.

The outages seem to be becoming more frequent has the playerbase grows.

It's actually working fine for me this morning and last night but the reports are not that suprising all the same

Classic PSN

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Street fighter V is on sale for a tenner. Got to be worth a punt at that right? Not a huge fighting game player but should be good for a 2 player when friends are over right?

Think the arcade option is the one to go for tho.
It costs a little more but is the more complete package

Working fine for me all morning since 9am...

Street fighter V is on sale for a tenner. Got to be worth a punt at that right? Not a huge fighting game player but should be good for a 2 player when friends are over right?