PlayStation 5 - Now with FAQ in OP.

Liamo_mu · 19-10-2020 11:10PM

bennyl10 wrote: »

Government have confirmed you’re allowed travel outside the 5k for purposes of retail

Not that I don't believe you but where did you see this?

Exclamation Marc · 19-10-2020 11:55PM

Wing126 wrote: »

They may be more strict this time around with the fines being brought in...

They can't and won't be.

We picked up our shopping 13km away during the first lockdown as it was the better stocked Tesco than the one near us. Never a complaint from the Gardai.

Further, many people have specific chemists they use.

jj880 · 20-10-2020 12:38AM

Penalties for non-essential travel comin in by the sound of this:

https://www.thejournal.ie/new-covid-19-restrictions-in-ireland-5237758-Oct2020/

>>People can travel within 5km of their home for exercise
>>There will be a penalty for movement outside 5km, with exemptions to this for essential work and purposes
>>The Taoiseach said tonight that legislation giving effect to such penalties would come before cabinet tomorrow.

billybonkers · 20-10-2020 07:22AM

New digital foundry episode on thermals and acoustics of the XSX. I know they are MS bias a bit but it looks like it's pretty quiet and I think the design is great.

https://youtu.be/aQ22I9WGIvw

TitianGerm · 20-10-2020 07:28AM

billybonkers wrote: »

New digital foundry episode on thermals and acoustics of the XSX. I know they are MS bias a bit but it looks like it's pretty quiet and I think the design is great.

https://youtu.be/aQ22I9WGIvw

How do you reckon DF are Microsoft biased? I've never heard that leveled at them and have always found them fair in thier assessment of consoles, PC tech, games etc.

Markitron · 20-10-2020 08:21AM

TitianGerm wrote: »

How do you reckon DF are Microsoft biased? I've never heard that leveled at them and have always found them fair in thier assessment of consoles, PC tech, games etc.

Yea they have always been pretty even handed, they are excited by the tech not any console war nonsense.

billybonkers · 20-10-2020 08:44AM

TitianGerm wrote: »

How do you reckon DF are Microsoft biased? I've never heard that leveled at them and have always found them fair in thier assessment of consoles, PC tech, games etc.

I could be wrong and apologies if so. I think they have cosied up to MS a bit since they go to reveal to One X specs. Maybe its my own bias at the fact they have had so much access to MS recently and Sony have not given them any hardware to test yet

Paul MCM · 20-10-2020 08:52AM

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

They can't and won't be.

We picked up our shopping 13km away during the first lockdown as it was the better stocked Tesco than the one near us. Never a complaint from the Gardai.

Further, many people have specific chemists they use.

Agree with this. People have specific shops they use and not necessarily the ones beside them.

TitianGerm · 20-10-2020 08:53AM

billybonkers wrote: »

I could be wrong and apologies if so. I think they have cosied up to MS a bit since they go to reveal to One X specs. Maybe its my own bias at the fact they have had so much access to MS recently and Sony have not given them any hardware to test yet

I think you are wrong in this one.

They had the same access to the last gen consoles as far as I'm aware. The difference this time seems to be that Sony haven't given units to the normal tech guys anywhere and are holding information back. Digital Foundry even mentioned they were due to go to Sony and be shown the PS5 but Covid shut that down.

Digital Foundry have been more than complementary of nearly all Sony stuff last gen (I didn't watch them during the 360/PS3 days so can't comment on then).

recyclops · 20-10-2020 09:11AM

billybonkers wrote: »

I could be wrong and apologies if so. I think they have cosied up to MS a bit since they go to reveal to One X specs. Maybe its my own bias at the fact they have had so much access to MS recently and Sony have not given them any hardware to test yet

Yeah i think its more MS are happy/ confident with the machine they built and are letting them into the wild to get as much exposure from people who know the ins and outs.

Where as sony want a controlled environment with "influencers" who im fairly sure would get behind anything

Markitron · 20-10-2020 09:18AM

billybonkers wrote: »

I could be wrong and apologies if so. I think they have cosied up to MS a bit since they go to reveal to One X specs. Maybe its my own bias at the fact they have had so much access to MS recently and Sony have not given them any hardware to test yet

Microsoft have been very liberal with access to the hardware from an early stage, Sony have been the exact opposite. It is just two different approaches, DF are just pouring over whatever they have been allowed to.

jonerkinsella · 20-10-2020 09:35AM

Markitron wrote: »

Yea they have always been pretty even handed, they are excited by the tech not any console war nonsense.

I remember Richard Leadbetter done a video on the potential cost of the upcoming consoles a few months ago. I can't remember the exact one. It was a hypothetical opinion piece of his. He was talking through his ass.
The video was shot after he had been wined and dined courtesy of to XSX reveal. He posited his opinion that because the XSX was a more traditional concept (SSD) the costs were likely to be in the $5-600 range, but because Sony went with a custom SSD solution, it should be expected to cost in the region of $6-700 range.
It was pure fantasy speculation that he had no right to speculate on. It was scare mongering. I lost a lot of respect for him in particular after that video. A lot of consumers seem to trust them, I don't. I just treat most of their stuff as opinion pieces.

WhenPigsCry · 20-10-2020 09:46AM

jonerkinsella wrote: »

I remember Richard Leadbetter done a video on the potential cost of the upcoming consoles a few months ago. I can't remember the exact one. It was a hypothetical opinion piece of his. He was talking through his ass.
The video was shot after he had been wined and dined courtesy of to XSX reveal. He posited his opinion that because the XSX was a more traditional concept (SSD) the costs were likely to be in the $5-600 range, but because Sony went with a custom SSD solution, it should be expected to cost in the region of $6-700 range.
It was pure fantasy speculation that he had no right to speculate on. It was scare mongering. I lost a lot of respect for him in particular after that video. A lot of consumers seem to trust them, I don't. I just treat most of their stuff as opinion pieces.

An off-the-shelf part is going to cost less than a bespoke one, and it's a fair guess that the additional cost will factor into the retail price. We'll never know if the PS5 would have launched at the same or more or less than the XSX if Sony hadn't already known the price of Microsoft's console first.

Mitch Connor · 20-10-2020 09:50AM

jonerkinsella wrote: »

I remember Richard Leadbetter done a video on the potential cost of the upcoming consoles a few months ago. I can't remember the exact one. It was a hypothetical opinion piece of his. He was talking through his ass.
The video was shot after he had been wined and dined courtesy of to XSX reveal. He posited his opinion that because the XSX was a more traditional concept (SSD) the costs were likely to be in the $5-600 range, but because Sony went with a custom SSD solution, it should be expected to cost in the region of $6-700 range.
It was pure fantasy speculation that he had no right to speculate on. It was scare mongering. I lost a lot of respect for him in particular after that video. A lot of consumers seem to trust them, I don't. I just treat most of their stuff as opinion pieces.

What on earth are you talking about?
Why are they not allowed to speculate? Plenty of people, everywhere, speculated on cost of the consoles. Just have a look on here. In fact, at any point in the last year did you post a speculative price for any of the console variants?

What it sounds like is that you are, yourself, biased and don't like hearing things that don't conform to your view of the world. as evidenced as simply as the way you have worded this post - wined and dined indeed.

Turns out the guy was wrong, but of course he is allowed to use his knowledge of the sector to speculate on things.

Mitch Connor · 20-10-2020 09:56AM

jonerkinsella wrote: »

I said last week in this thread that the consoles will be €400 and €500. I also said that there would be a lot of potential price leaks coming out in the next few weeks. This is starting to transpire for the PS and XbX/S.

With the rumors of a huge event by MS in July with a potential price announcement, I am now thinking that the consoles are actually gonna be cheaper. I think Sony want MS to go with the €500 on the XbX and they will drop to €450 for the F and €350 for the D.
Remember the article on Bloomberg reporting the manufacturing cost of $450 per unit. Sony are in the ballpark with that. I think MS have spent quite a lot more on speccing out the XbX with the more raw power components.

Sony are storming way ahead of MS in the interest from consumers for the next gen. Viewer indicators of PS vs XB on Youtube are a clear indicator of this. Sony are jebating MS. Lets see who commits first. I think it will be MS as they are under pressure to make this a success. Sony can afford to wait in the tall grass.

How dare you speculate on the price of a console? You have no right to be saying things like that.

The Raging Bile Duct · 20-10-2020 09:57AM

He speculated on the cost when no one knew what the cost of the consoles was going to be. He was wrong. Life went on. I don't know what the problem is.

Markitron · 20-10-2020 09:59AM

The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »

He speculated on the cost when no one knew what the cost of the consoles was going to be. He was wrong. Life went on. I don't know what the problem is.

You have clearly been wined and dined by Microsoft, you shameless shill

xtal191 · 20-10-2020 10:08AM

jonerkinsella wrote: »

I remember Richard Leadbetter done a video on the potential cost of the upcoming consoles a few months ago. I can't remember the exact one. It was a hypothetical opinion piece of his. He was talking through his ass.
The video was shot after he had been wined and dined courtesy of to XSX reveal. He posited his opinion that because the XSX was a more traditional concept (SSD) the costs were likely to be in the $5-600 range, but because Sony went with a custom SSD solution, it should be expected to cost in the region of $6-700 range.
It was pure fantasy speculation that he had no right to speculate on. It was scare mongering. I lost a lot of respect for him in particular after that video. A lot of consumers seem to trust them, I don't. I just treat most of their stuff as opinion pieces.

Wouldn't be surprised if the PS5 was originally planed to be in the region of $6-700, its something we'll probably never know

FedoraTheAura · 20-10-2020 10:21AM

xtal191 wrote: »

Wouldn't be surprised if the PS5 was originally planed to be in the region of $6-700, its something we'll probably never know

I remember a lot of articles coming out after XBS prices were announced that Sony were reducing their prices as they were originally ‘considerably’ higher.

And it’s not like Sony never released a console for $600 before...

Markitron · 20-10-2020 10:27AM

I don't think they were ever gonna go higher than 500

ERG89 · 20-10-2020 10:29AM

xtal191 wrote: »

Wouldn't be surprised if the PS5 was originally planed to be in the region of $6-700, its something we'll probably never know

Honestly had they released it for €600 I still think the PS5 would have still been hard to get on release, in 2020 people ain't afraid about spending money to stave off boredom.

Markitron · 20-10-2020 10:31AM

ERG89 wrote: »

Honestly had they released it for €600 I still think the PS5 would have still been hard to get on release, in 2020 people ain't afraid about spending money to stave off boredom.

It probably would have sold out day one alright, but I reckon it would be widely available within a month or two.

corcaigh07 · 20-10-2020 10:33AM

Liamo_mu wrote: »

Not that I don't believe you but where did you see this?

It's not on gov.ie, I don't see how someone can collect a PS5 as an essential service.

Edit: I see it here: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/60ecc-essential-retail-outlets-for-level-4/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/essentialretail/

markcahill1985 · 20-10-2020 10:43AM

Think we're good. Sorry I don't know how to imbed tweets but they tweeted 30 mins ago on the AskSmythsToys account that they plan on staying open for click and collect orders.

Grumpypants · 20-10-2020 10:47AM

corcaigh07 wrote: »

It's not on gov.ie, I don't see how someone can collect a PS5 as an essential service.

Edit: I see it here: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/60ecc-essential-retail-outlets-for-level-4/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/essentialretail/

The government aren't daft enough to put Santy in lockdown.

The Raging Bile Duct · 20-10-2020 11:00AM

Grumpypants wrote: »

The government aren't daft enough to put Santy in lockdown.

They are putting the measures in place now so that they can open up the shops for the whole of December. There's talk of fines being brought in as well so I don't think you can scoot out to get your PS5 and use 'won't someone think of the childers' as an excuse.

spideyman92 · 20-10-2020 11:40AM

Smyths gets to stay open as a click & collect business it seems but with the domestic travel restrictions it seems to only benefit anyone that has a Smyths inside their 5km from what I gather? If so I'm screwed

Wuff Wuff · 20-10-2020 11:43AM

spideyman92 wrote: »

Smyths gets to stay open as a click & collect business it seems but with the domestic travel restrictions it seems to only benefit anyone that has a Smyths inside their 5km from what I gather? If so I'm screwed

less than 1km to my local one

if anyone wants to mind thiers for safe keeping let me know :pac:

Farrelk · 20-10-2020 11:46AM

You're allowed travel further than 5km for care of animals. The dog will be 'going to the vets' on launch day so

Berty · 20-10-2020 11:54AM

Farrelk wrote: »

You're allowed travel further than 5km for care of animals. The dog will be 'going to the vets' on launch day so

I have this black and white cat who likes to wander through my property so any advice on how to catch the cat on launch day so he can travel with me. Need to ensure the cat looks poorly as well in order to argue he needs a Vet. Advice needed on this.

PlayStation 5 - Now with FAQ in OP.

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