PS5 thread 2.0

Soooo..

Started game sharing with the brother, looking forward to getting stuck into Assassin's Creed later on, another actual PS5 game.

Also really looking forward to Hitman on the 20th of this month.

Wing126 wrote: »

Anybody know where I can pick up the Arctis 7P?

I think they are only available direct from steelseries at the minute.

Aye, I believe I asked yourself @sticker about them before. Took too long to pull the trigger!

Thanks lads, I'll keep an eye out on steel series website.
I was hoping somewhere in the country would have them, that being said the black one on the site looks pretty sweet, so I think I'll go with that. Hopefully not too long before it's back in stock!

As an aside, I've been absolutely bet into No Man's Sky. I bought it after Cyberpunk crashed on me like 5 times in a day and haven't gone back to Cyberpunk since. It has completely sucked me in and I highly recommend it if it's on sale and you need a game that you can just play to chill out with

I should make a caveat that the latest updates for NMS has brought in some crashes here and there too, although they're very infrequent for me, certainty less than Cyberpunk (Although I haven't played it in a month so that might be better by now). I've put 45 odd hours in since I got it and I can count the crashes on one hand.

jj880 wrote: »

Not sure about this. Handing out a piece of paper to encourage people to go direct to Sony might sound bad but in reality has anyone on here tried to return a PS5 to Smyths? Then you will find out the real story with them.

Lad on here had one of his dualsense triggers stop working - walked into Harvey Norman and they replaced his console and controller on the spot no problem. Why would Harvey Norman do that if they could just tell you to hit the road and contact Sony?

Possible you are referring to me in regards to returning a controller to Smyths, I had an issue with Trigger, walked into customer service, quick inspection and they handed me a new in box controller with receipt.

I agree piece of paper sounds like bull, could you imagine if your fridge stopped working and Harvey Norman told you to contact the Manufacturer. Retailers act as agents between OEM and Customer and with that comes responsibility to provide redress in the case of faulty goods.

AdamD wrote: »

Couple of controller questions:

On fifa for example, when I score a goal and the haptics come into effect, there's a weird rumbling noise from the controller that doesn't sound particularly healthy - anyone else getting that?

I'm also getting aim drift on the analogs, which whilst not a big deal is a bit ridiculous considering how new the controller is. Anyone else getting that too or have I got a bit of a dud controller?

I find that with FIFA as well.
I gave Astro a spin last night to see of there was any issue, but the controller was fine for that game.
I would say it is a FIFA issue.

robfowler78 wrote: »

I got mine in Smyths no piece of paper but I did hear one sales assistant telling a guy it had to be brought back to Sony after 30 days but this wasn’t said to me. My nephew got a switch same store and was told 30 day store return but after that had to go to Nintendo. I think they just change their arm if it was pushed they would have to take the return.

Exactly. There's no point going into Smyths to demand a guarantee that in the event something goes wrong with your console they will replace it. A giant waste of time for everyone involved. Even if they tell you they would it's meaningless. The only way you are going to find this out is if you try to get them to replace your faulty console.

Good to hear someone went to Smyths with a faulty ps5 controller and got it replaced no questions asked.

Parsnips wrote: »

Maneater free for PS5 this month.
Nice one.

Never heard of it. Any good ?

AdamD wrote: »

I'm also getting aim drift on the analogs, which whilst not a big deal is a bit ridiculous considering how new the controller is. Anyone else getting that too or have I got a bit of a dud controller?

I noticed this too.

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Its a great game, give it some time and upgrade the shark to the different modes and its brilliant fun.

Quite a challenge later in the game, I platinum'd it and would love a DLC.

PS5 update available also.

Am I doing something wrong or is it mostly about mashing the right trigger as fast as you can while trying to avoid accidentally breaching and losing sight of the alligator that's doing the same thing?

The concept seems ok, but it feels very very grindy.

It's a great concept but it is so repetitive. A good example of creativity without execution. Since it's free it's worth a blast but as above don't expect to get more than an hour out of it.

Cant find a Pulse headset for love nor money. Are there any off brand options that would give the same quality and i can get from a B&M shop?

fixXxer wrote: »

Cant find a Pulse headset for love nor money. Are there any off brand options that would give the same quality and i can get from a B&M shop?

I'd reiterate what TitianGerm noted, the Pulse headset is fine without being spectacular but it gets a lot of attention and kudos as its "the" Sony PS5 headset and the only wireless one. There's also a misnomer that its the only headset that can receive or deploy 3D Audio through Tempest.

My wired headset (Beyerdynamic T51i ) from four years ago is doing a fantastic job and really utilizes the 3D Audio well. So to answer your question, there are a lot of headsets that will give similar audio quality.

fixXxer wrote: »

Appreciate the input lads. With three kids I cant really justify €200 on a headset

Would ye have recommendations around a similarish price point?

I'm a firm believer of buy well once rather than buying cheaper and needing to replace.

If it was me I'd use earbuds that come with a phone for the time being and stick €10 a week to your €100 and you won't be long getting a better headset that will last.