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Gaming PlayStation 5
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People acting as if Sony are gonna start charging £300 a game.I do get that but I also know that for the whole ps4 lifecycle I haven't done that. I've happily paid extra for the convenience factor and waited for sales to get other games on the cheap. Surely that's not going to change next-gen? Unless I suddenly start selling games again I don't see how I make my money back again. I only really have Red dead and the witcher physical compies with playing on next gen.
Digital edition gives them bigger share ( as retailer share is not there) and you are more likely to buy PS+. They aren't going to increase the price of the games.
Plus Demon Souls video is down. Not sure why
Plus Demon Souls video is down. Not sure why
I don't do well with decisions
Exactly. They been in control of PSN for years.
Also they do have competition and it’s called Xbox live. If Sony start charging £300 a game or whatever then go to Xbox live. The games will be priced to what every major publisher is going to price them. COD going £10 more as that is the biggest game will mean every franchise is going to copy.
Also the disc copy of COD is £65. Cheaper on digital.
Okay thanks for the replies I think I've talked myself into digital.
I’ve always been a physical media guy but in the past year or so I’ve got more and more digital stuff in the sales, even preferring it if the price is the same as a physical copy.
Problem is, every time I get a new game, it’s a good £10 - £15 extra for the digital version. Recently I’ve got Ghost of Tshuima, Doom Eternal, FF7, Resi 3...just last week I got Tony Haw’s for £33 but it was £40 digital. Got Mario All-Stars coming this week for £42 but again, the digital is £50 apparently. Simply but, in the long run having a disc drive will save you a lot of money, which makes my decision.
They won’t put prices up (other than the standard next gen increase for PS5 games). You’ll still have your monthly sales and your free games each month. Digital is a perfectly fine way to go, though I’m similar to you in that I prefer buying digital games now but there’s just something about having the disc drive.
I wonder if GameStop has a deal with PS4 trade-ins towards a preorder like they are with the Series X. That’d be my main reason to jump in early.
The next COD game, cold war is currently £59.99 digtial on Xbox (probably same for PS). I can get the same game for £42-44 from sites like simply games. Now imgine this for every single AAA game. You get sales when Sony say you do. No competition, you're trapped on PSN.
Just go with the digital version. You get plenty of games on sale on PSN all the time. Unless I’m dying to play the game I always pick games up for like 25 quid or 2 for 30 or whatever. So I wouldn’t worry about pricing or anything. Unless you need to have everything day one.I don't do well with decisions
Yeh that's completely fair enough and while you are right I still seem happy enough to pay full price of the select few games at full price and wait for sales on others which suits the digital market well.
No, but you'll pay whatever they charge you. You'll have no choice. There is no middle man, no competition. All digital is terrible, especially here in the UK with the big price difference.
Yeh I think you're right. It's only really a select few games I get at release these days.
Game preorders are now live...
Why is everyone going on about digital going up? Disc is going up too.
You reckon you'll stick to the physical then?
Another thing about digital is when you're finsihed with a game and have no interest in playing it again you're stuck with it. No resale. Nothing. Can't even gift it to someone.
Well I don’t buy all triple a games on release. I’ve already a back log from PS4 that I’m planning to complete on PS5, which I’ll probably be still completing on PS6 so I don’t have that problem to be honest. I’m sure lots of others don’t either. I wait until games are on sale unless they’re absolutely massive. Ie last of us, gta etc.
Suppose it had to happen eventually but that is starting to sound expensive for a game.
heh.. I still remember the days of Nintendo 64 games costing between $60-$80
I remember the days of Neo Gel games costing £100-200.
On release you will find retailers selling it for less than RRP because they are trying to get a slice of the market.
But the disc will be able to be found cheaper than the RRP. The digital won't. This is at launch for both. That's the differnce. Digital has no competition .
The game website has crashed. Shocking
Yeah but that console was for rich people. Nintendo 64 was a mainstream console
There was a thread on ResetEra saying that it or the stream (not sure which) had a bit that said it would be coming to PC day one and out on other consoles later which isn't likely to happen as it is Sony's IP, so they probably took the video down to fix that bit.
Not paying money to Mike Ashley so feck Game.
Because over time retail copies massively go down in price as retailers have loads of excess stock they need to shift. Not to mention buying second hand copies. The Playstation store is a minefield when it comes to prices. Want to buy AC Origins, a 3 year old game at this point, well with a digital only console you'll have to pay Sony's price of £49.99 when you can buy a boxed copy on Amazon for £16. Sony don't even let you buy games on other digital storefronts such as CD Keys. You either pay Sony's price or you don't play.
Anyone know if game sharing will be a thing between 2 PSN accounts on different consoles on PS5?
AC origins goes on sale every other month.
Ordered mine from GAME. Used guest checkout. They want payment now.
Exactly. If you look through the store frequently there are plenty of games to be found. I’ve like 20 games that I’ve barely played. I’ve bought them all because the price was extremely attractive at the time.
This is what I'm trying to warn people about. Don't sleep walk into all digital!
Anyway, I'll shut up about this now.
Love how digital was great a week ago when the Series S was announced but now it’s a no go
That doesn't change my point? What if a game doesn't go on sale? Sony literally have a monopoly on digital sales so they have no competition to keep prices competitive.
I have no morals. I said I would prefer to avoid game, but I just bought one from them. I wanted to be able to go to bed knowing that I have a console secured and that I don't need to join the mad rush in the morning.
Don't like game much, but they were going to sell out with or without me.
Don't like game much, but they were going to sell out with or without me.
The Store has some great bargains. Yeah games go back upto full price after but literally there’s a ton of stuff on sale at any one time.