PlayStation 5 - Now with FAQ in OP.

SMC92Ian wrote: »

Disagree, the X has no games that you can't get on the PS5 worth having imo. Spider-Man is the decider for me.

I do love the Gears of War series, and it's the only franchise/series I'd love to have on PS. I'd also be excited to see what some of the studios MS have bought might come out with in the coming years as I think there is potential there for them to start coming out with some great exclusives that would push me to buy a Series X/S.

But yeah as it stands, there's just not enough there. The value of Gamepass is great, but when offset against the price of console/peripherals on top of that too, there's not enough in Gamepass that would make me want to switch or buy it as a second console at this stage. Not when I haven't even tapped into PS Now which, while not as good, still has a fairly decent library of games.

GhostyMcGhost wrote: »

You know you can turn that off....

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/2102

Ah, brilliant. Thanks for that.

Markitron wrote: »

I am fairly certain you can turn that off

Amazing, did not know this!

Has anyone heard anything further from Smyth's?

I have a pre order email from them Thu, 17 Sep, 00:02

Pre-order date: 17/09/2020
Estimated availability date: 19 November 2020

But nothing else so far.

Everyone else in the same boat?

billybonkers wrote: »

Has anyone heard anything further from Smyth's?

I have a pre order email from them Thu, 17 Sep, 00:02

Pre-order date: 17/09/2020
Estimated availability date: 19 November 2020

But nothing else so far.

Everyone else in the same boat?

I got an email this morning. I'm down for click and collect, they just said they will be open for c&c, and if you can't go you can nominate someone to collect it for you provided they have valid ID and proof of your pre order. No mention of swapping to home delivery

recyclops wrote: »

its the beauty of choice imo the xbox ( talking about platform not consoles as people get finnicky about it) has a wealth of originals that I myself loved.

I will get my ps5 and play the sony originals and enjoy them but the majority of my gaming will be on the xbox as between the 2 originals Sony pump out a year I will get most of my value out of gamepass.

which goes back to the original statement that if your neutral and not connected to either device the Series X is better for all round general gaming.

If you haven't played either before, then the PS+ collection has far more extremely high quality games in it than Gamepass, with stuff like Uncharted, The Last of Us, God of War and Persona 5, all of which are a cut above any game on Gamepass. If you're already in the Playstation ecosystem you'll likely have already played them though so the value is much more limited there.

Gamepass goes for quantity over quality with a fairly large selection of games, and I had fun with it for the first month or two, but Forza is really the only AAA thing in there that could live alongside some of the above games. There are a bunch of good indie games and things like the older Yakuza games, which are brilliant, but you can pick them up for less than a tenner in PSN sales anyway and keep them permanently without having to pay fifteen quid a month for continued access. Having had Gamepass for a few months now, I feel like I've exhausted everything I'm actually interested in and not many new games are getting added each week. I'm increasingly thinking that I'd rather spend 10-20 euros per game (which you can comfortably do when you stick to sales) and choose games I actually want, than be tied to a subscription and pay the same amount per month for access to a larger list of mostly mediocre titles or games in genres I have no interest in. This is Microsoft's calculation of course, that people end up giving them more money by being tied to a subscription, than only buying games they actually want.

We'll see if they add anything new with the new console launch, the Bethesda games hold no interest for me, again it's all stuff that I've long since finished anything I cared about, and can be picked up for pennies these days in sales anyway if you really want to trudge through post apocalyptic Boston again and it isn't already in your library.

Whenever Flight Simulator comes to console and the next Forza games come out will probably be the next time there's a really compelling reason for Gamepass for me. I'll probably continue with the subscription out of the hassle of stopping and restarting, so I can occasionally play interesting indie stuff that comes to it like Spiritfarer, but just buying those kind of games outright probably wouldn't work out very different in terms of cost.

billybonkers wrote: »

Has anyone heard anything further from Smyth's?

I have a pre order email from them Thu, 17 Sep, 00:02

Pre-order date: 17/09/2020
Estimated availability date: 19 November 2020

But nothing else so far.

Everyone else in the same boat?

I got a text from them yesterday, I pre ordered in store, basically just said collect it on the day of release, payment by card only, photo ID and pre order receipt required, can nominate someone if you wish and they will hold it until Wednesday 2nd December.

recyclops wrote: »

its the beauty of choice imo the xbox ( talking about platform not consoles as people get finnicky about it) has a wealth of originals that I myself loved.

I will get my ps5 and play the sony originals and enjoy them but the majority of my gaming will be on the xbox as between the 2 originals Sony pump out a year I will get most of my value out of gamepass.

which goes back to the original statement that if your neutral and not connected to either device the Series X is better for all round general gaming.

Again though that's the thing, it comes down to personal choice rather than one definitively being better. You get more value out of Gamepass than I would because the xbox has a wealth of originals you loved. I had a 360 for years but I don't think there are any games on it I played that I'd definitely play again (even as mentioned the older Gears of War games which I loved, but I don't think I'd go back and play again, only 4 & 5 which I haven't played). Most other things on Gamepass I've either played or wouldn't have much interest in playing now, even from the Xbox One era which I missed.

Although Gamepass is incredible value, it's still dependent on whether or not you actually want to play those games.

The fact is, even when trying to be neutral, everyone has their own different wants and see value in different areas. For me, I put more weight into the new exclusive games from Playstation than the vast catalogue of older games on Gamepass, or even the free new games, because all else is fairly equal between them in terms of multiplatform games, performance etc. Until such time as Microsoft has better new exclusives, Playstation holds more value to me.

Wuff Wuff wrote: »

Theve sent an email out about it, was posted in this thread

Mine is for home delivery

billybonkers wrote: »

Mine is for home delivery

Mine is home delivery as well, I haven't heard anything since the email confirming my pre-order. I'm not really expecting anything else unless my payment fails or something but I've topped up my Revolut that I used to pre-order so not expecting anything until payment is taken.

The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »

Backwards compatibility is great but there's been a fair few times where great memories of games have been shattered by going back to play them and you struggle with crappy camera angles and shoddy movement controls.

This is exactly why I got that Mario collection and only played Galaxy, I had very good memories of M64 and Sunshine and I didn't want to taint them with Nintendo's lazy barebone ports.

Currently playing Shenmue for the first time, and it’s awful. The controls are terrible, the voice acting laughable, the QTEs unresponsive and the vast majority of the game is wandering around to kill time. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

But, had I played it in 1999, I would have been blown away. Going into shops and buying things! Waiting for a bus that has different timetables! Day night cycles! Going into an arcade and being able to play the games! So many good ideas that have been improved upon since then.

It has been interesting to play, but I don’t think I’ll have the patience to finish it.

I'm part of the rare crew that doesn't care about BC. I mean, right now it's fantastic that the PS5 has BC cause i'll probably be playing Cyberpunk on PS5. But otherwise, I very very rarely replay a game.

lfcsean101 wrote: »

What age do you s think its ok for a kid to get a console like a PS5 OR X BOX just out of curiosity

probably more down to what games they play if they have one,

we had consoles when we were 8/9 (sega master system, snes etc)