PlayStation 5 - Now with FAQ in OP.

ronano wrote: »

Gamepass is exceptional for price, quality and ease of use, playstation could learn a lot from it.

And it'll only get better once the new studios MS bought last year start churning out more exclusives.

Their first party exclusives are Playstation's biggest advantage over Xbox, while Gamepass is Xbox's biggest advantage. Xbox are moving towards offering better exclusives, Playstation needs to properly compete with Gamepass.

We haven't seen the final launch line ups of either console yet, tbh. There'll still be some covid-related delays, and some other surprises not yet announced IMO.

YouTalking2me wrote: »

People seem to have a big thing against not owning the games you play on it, but the way I look at it is, if you play even 2-3 games on it over the course of the year, then you're just getting absolutely ridiculous value from it.


Like, personally I've played

Sea of Thieves
For the King
Forza 4
PES
Outer Worlds
Dead by Daylight
My Name is Pedro
FM2020
Marvel vs Capcom infinite


for less than 20e, and I'm almost certain there's a few more bangers I'm leaving out, it is just absolutely ridiculously good value, and that's only me using it for PC games.


Edit - and one of the best things about Gamepass, it's alot easier to get your buddies to play a multiplayer game if they already have access to it and don't need to buy it.

Is gamepass 20e for the year??

I'm not convinced about putting a pre order in with GameStop tbh, my pal who works there in accounts was let go only last week and she was saying it's not looking that well for the future for them...

Can they survive on cr@ppy Funko pops between now and then?

I'm not so sure, I think this time around I will order from Smyths...

Potential-Monke wrote: »

So no new PS5 news in the last few pages. Cool.

Moore's law link I posted on last page has some very interesting stuff. He is quite reliable with his info leaks. GOW at next PS event, spec upgrades on way before launch, now that's news worthy, no ?


Story time...

I was lying in bed this morning and something started to form in my brain,

I and so it seems as many others do not particularly want a white console, but I will live with it. I have convinced myself that the outer white leaves of the PS5 is just a changeable skin. The covers will swap out with a simple screw on the bottom of the console, something like the OG PS3 setup. I reckon that the black, center of the console is the sealed part where the magic happens, so that is the sealed from interfering unwashed hands.

I want a dark oak skin to match my TV cabinet.

Now, there's something for ye all to play with

jonerkinsella wrote: »

Now, there's something for ye all to play with

I'd say you're right. The VP of UX Design Matt MacLaurin said that the "PS5 will be customisable in ways previous gens weren't", so I'd imagine that's what he was hinting at. Will be great to spend €50 on 2 black bits of plastic to make it more visually appealing! Hope the same applies to the DualSense.

RedXIV wrote: »

While I think everyone and their dog knows the gamestop model is just kicking the can down road to inevitable closure, I think they are safe enough for the next few months as an entity. But I wouldn't call smyths an infallible entity either.

I worked for Game when they closed. A few weeks before they closed there was a lot of speculation that the writing was on the wall. Memos were sent from the UK that all was fine, this was just a bad reading period. Management was brought over to the UK to a trade fair and they returned with tales of Game's bright future. Every employee would have an iPad where new releases could be showcased to customers! It was GameStop and HMV who were suffering, we were told.

Two weeks later an email arrives at the crack of dawn; we're not to open the shop. Store credit is invalid. Loyalty cards won't be honoured. Pre-ordered payments are to be forgotten about. I won't anger myself on the topic of wages.

Thankfully this was a time when customers would have only the odd €5 pre-order for a game, but there was a few customers who saved their loyalty credit for the next console (Some would have one or two hundred saved).

I wouldn't pre-order at GameStop unless you're willing to accept that you might lose your deposit. Game only closed Irish stores permanently but didn't honour refunds etc. from Ireland. Smyth's seem like the safer bet, but I'll most likely look to an online supplier.

Wing126 wrote: »

Have been hemming and hawing this ages about whether or not to get the digital edition of the console. Decided today that it just makes more economical sense to get the standard edition as I bought Ghost of Tsushima, Doom Eternal and FF7R today off Amazon for ~€110. Checked the price of them on the PS Store and it'd be ~€210. Don't think I'd like to be stuck to the prices on the PS Store with that kind of a saving available off discs.

On this do sony allow gameshare in the same model MS do ( two friends buy one game digitally and both can play whenever they want)

Rumour has it that the front plates on the PS5 are in fact swappable.

https://bbs.a9vg.com/thread-8683081-1-1.html

Chinese site leaked some images. Obviously to be taken with a grain of salt, but looks like people could get their wish!

Wing126 wrote: »

Rumour has it that the front plates on the PS5 are in fact swappable.

https://bbs.a9vg.com/thread-8683081-1-1.html

Chinese site leaked some images. Obviously to be taken with a grain of salt, but looks like people could get their wish!

I need to start doing the lotto

Ps, the next obvious addition is fully addressable RGB lighting.

H3llR4iser wrote: »

The driveless version of the console actually makes no sense - it's not smaller and it certainly doesn't save any cost for Sony when building it; What's the bulk price for a BR disc unit, something around 5 euro?

The reason they might sell the "digital only" edition at a discount is because it's a way to make that money back later - and then much more, as they tie you into buying from the online store. And you'll likely end up paying much more than what you saved on the console when you can't avail of second hand games or the occasional bargain (like the ones you found) of physical copies.

Completely incorrect, not only do you have to consider the drive, but they also have to implement the security features on the drive to prevent piracy, this alone adds quite a large cost to the device, I would imagine all the cost being around 60-70 euro because you also have to consider the cost of extra power delivery and the wires to connect the drive etc.

Parsnips wrote: »

Hopefully the panel is interchangeable. would be sweet.

But ....How would that effect sales of different PS5 versions. If I can but a panel for €20 why would I but a limited edition colour for €500.
please dont say " because its limited edition". you get my drift.

Dont think it will happen.
My guess is once the panel is fixed after manufacturing.. thats it.

I would guess that the special collector edition games will come bundled with the skins, rather than a complete console. This saves retooling and custom packaging by Sony. I think that officially licensed skins will be a good seller for Sony.
I'm sure that there will be SE PS5's, but not as numerous as the PS4.

Little Jonnie will be asking Mammy for a new skin on his console when a new Fortnite season comes out rather than a character skin... I reckon.