So something similar to what I was asking for in the PS Plus thread then. Great stuff.
It's about time they did something like this, to be honest.
It's about time they did something like this, to be honest.
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With how successful GP has been, it was always going to be a matter of time before Sony released their own version to rival it.
Interesting to see when more details are rolled out about it but a much needed good move nevertheless.
Was obvious long before Gamepass that it'd happen at some point. Content has been moving to subscriptions for a decade.
If Sony don't make any weird decisions and market it properly then it'll be massive quite quickly. They have the Disney+ advantage of having huge quality back catalogue, and a huge base of people who could access immediately. Even though they don't plan to put big exclusives on it day 1, they will hopefully provide a decent discount to those who are a subscribers to help justify the cost. Knowing Sony it'll probably put their 1st party games back to £60.
Interested to see if they put it on mobiles, PC, smart TVs straight away.
If Sony don't make any weird decisions and market it properly then it'll be massive quite quickly. They have the Disney+ advantage of having huge quality back catalogue, and a huge base of people who could access immediately. Even though they don't plan to put big exclusives on it day 1, they will hopefully provide a decent discount to those who are a subscribers to help justify the cost. Knowing Sony it'll probably put their 1st party games back to £60.
Interested to see if they put it on mobiles, PC, smart TVs straight away.
Correct if I'm wrong but isn't it the case Microsoft are miles ahead with streaming/cloud gaming because of existing infrastructure? I'm not sure Sony will be able to quickly get to the point where they can put this on mobiles and smart TVs.
I do wonder how this rumoured tiered approach will impact those with existing PS Plus subscriptions. Especially after a lot of people will have topped up in the recent sale. If they have to pay more for access to the games I don’t see how it will be any different to paying extra for PS Now.
Ridiculous that you still can't pick up a console.
PS Now already streams to PlayStation consoles and perhaps PCs already (I think so?)? I don't think the quality would be as good as xcloud but they could definitely do it if they wanted.
Instead of (for example) holding the 2 separately for £15 per month it'll be £10 per month with a renewed focus and investment on the games that come to the service vs what's currently available on PS Now.
Those who only pay for ps+ now can continue but the free games will be of lesser quality. This happened to the xbox gold free games too, as the focus was to put more popular / better reviewed games on the higher tier.
Don’t Sony use Microsoft for their cloud anyway?
They do but there is more than just picking a cloud provider and pressing go to be fair.
Remember Microsoft has a ton of stripped Xbox Series X that run the games and stream out.
Does PS Now stream any ps5 games or all ps4?
PS2/3/4.
Sorry, yeah that's what I meant.
That's probably something they will need to address at some point. And they either have to make the decision to port or to leverage chips that they could instead be using for ps5 consoles, so I think it'll be a while before they push that.
Streaming ps4 and back compat I would expect them to continue whatever ps now is doing and expand devices in a year or probably 2.
I still can’t get over how fast this console is. Going from the main hub into continuing my game of death stranding in about 15 seconds? It’s almost jarring. 
Got a PS5 in that exclusive access event thing. I’m so gassed because I’m usually so unlucky with raffles, exclusive drops and the like
Oh dear oh dear
Been playing with the Steelseries 7p headset for the last week or so, I think it’s a good headset and really comfy on but my only gripes with it are you have to have the mic very close to your mouth to pick up when you’re talking and not sure if it always does, also the background noise like explosions and such can sometimes drown out what people are saying. Sometimes the other mic’s are Crystal clear sometimes they are very low.
Good headset though when everything is going well and looks bang on with the PlayStation 5.
Good headset though when everything is going well and looks bang on with the PlayStation 5.
What’s this unreal engine 5 Matrix tech demo all about? Downloaded it last night out of curiosity and am now looking at a countdown timer! I love me a good countdown timer! Anyone else on it?
https://news.sky.com/story/ps5-and-...-consoles-off-shelves-this-christmas-12488453
Absolutely boils my piss.
Claims he has a moral compass then covers his face for the photo and claims making people pay extra for an item because it's a luxury is justified.
I have zero respect for scalpers or people buying from them as they're enabling them.
Absolutely boils my piss.
Claims he has a moral compass then covers his face for the photo and claims making people pay extra for an item because it's a luxury is justified.
I have zero respect for scalpers or people buying from them as they're enabling them.
Wankers the lot of them.
Utter cnut that boy.
Valve probably had the best way of dealing with scalpers by limiting the amount of preorders for an account and limiting even further for newly created accounts.
The real test on how successful that tactic has been will only be seen when it eventually releases.
The real test on how successful that tactic has been will only be seen when it eventually releases.
Last week, Mr Chapman wrote to Nadine Dorries, the digital secretary, asking the government to reconsider prohibiting the use of automated bots to bulk buy goods for resale.
Anybody have an idea how feasible this is?
Anybody have an idea how feasible this is?
Trying to play FIFA, servers down.
Trying to play NBA2K, problems regarding some online features. Fantastic! Only have a few hours a week to play so it's just great that these devs can't get their games to work.
Considering all the micro transactions in both games it's unreal that there are still problems like this. Pathetic.
Trying to play NBA2K, problems regarding some online features. Fantastic! Only have a few hours a week to play so it's just great that these devs can't get their games to work.
Considering all the micro transactions in both games it's unreal that there are still problems like this. Pathetic.
Nadine Dorries is fecking clueless anyway. You'd have more luck getting blood out of a stone.
How have we brought that twat Dorris into the PS5 thread.
The retailer could make it more difficult, more complicated. But can't really stop it completely. Every step would make it more difficult for genuine customers too though, which doesn't really mix well with the retailers interests.
The government cant effect it really. They could force retailers to adopt some policies for uk customers or punish people after the fact but they have no meaningful control over internet retail
You can make it difficult or near on impossible but it depends on the retailer and it's not going to be feasible for many to go to those lengths. Most rely on captcha or standardised javascripts for queues and you can easily get around both.
They can obviously legislate but it'll still depend on retailers then reporting suspect cases. I'm not even sure they'd have enough information to pass on that would be worthwhile.
It's not difficult to queue jump with PS5 and i suspect most missing out are doing so because they lack that knowledge rather than bots.
The onus falls on the retailer. But most online shop fronts don't have the means or care enough to implement anything to stop it.
The only way to stop it is for people to stop buying from them but they're preying on people's FOMO.
Jesus, I wish I'd not read that. Just capitalism. Showing initiative. Good months salary in a couple of days. W*nker.
They could at least make it illegal for shops to sell above RRP. The fact that you have a high street store like CEX encouraging this shit and selling way above RRP is a joke.
That's a good point too. I go to CEX fairly regularly to trade in games and they always seem to have 1 or 2 PS5s/Series X in stock starting at about 750. That should be illegal 100%, but I'm sure they'd argue that they sell used "collectors items" for high amounts and these currently occupy this space.
Eventually the consoles will become more widely available and the scalpers will have to sell their remaining stock at cost or at a loss, but with the fluctaution of COVID on the industry I fear that's still a couple of years away.
Seems like they're doing a "The Game Awards" sale on PSN now, they do a sale for everything these days. The end of year period is pretty much one long sale. Anyway, Kena is just €27.99, I'm definitely grabbing that. For anyone interested in Deathloop, 50% off seems like a great deal.
Heard good things about Deathloop, so 50% looks like an absolute steal.
Since it's the The Game Awards tonight, that could mean new game announcements. Hopefully major ones as well.
the fact Deathloop has been down by 50% in last few sales doesnt point to very promising sales
You can get a year of PS Plus on the PlayStation store for £24.99 currently. Best deal it's been for some time I think. For new subscribers or users without an active subscription.
May pick this up as mine has lapsed
May pick this up as mine has lapsed
Apparently, it didn't sell that well, no.
Although that was a month or two ago I read that, so maybe it's picked up a bit now. I know the physical sales weren't great. The lowest physical sales for an Arkane game so far I think it was.
Yeah, Arkane games never sell that well, and it was released at a slightly odd time with all the big hitters following shortly.
But then, there hasn't been many big hitters this year. Playstation marketed it hard, and people were desperate for next gen content. Thought it'd sell better than the likes of Prey for sure, even if that wasn't a new IP.
Not sure if physical sales mean all that much anymore, especially since the pandemic started, but I wouldn't be surprised if Deathloop did poorly. Despite it's critical success, it still looks incredibly bland to me from everything I've seen. I can't put my finger on why, but it just doesn't appeal to me even a little bit, to the extent that I'm completely baffled by and even a little suspicious of the great reviews. Might be unfair, but there it is.
Yeah, I'm the same. I haven't played it, but have no intention of playing it, either. I watched a lot of videos on it and it doesn't do anything for me. I can't believe some of the perfect scores it got. Again, haven't played it, so perhaps I shouldn't judge it too harshly, but it didn't look like anything special from the numerous videos I saw.
Although I'm not a fan of Arkane, either. I don't like how their games play. Something very "loose" about them.