Sony PoorStation 5

[ElNono]

So if you don't give a shit about Star Wars it would still be highly worth playing?

I'm no SW fan, and it was a fucking blast... it just was a long time ago, and the game gfx and combat, etc hasn't aged well.

Like Xevious said, it was peak Bioware, but they had to do 3D graphics on this one. It was up there with System Shock 2, which IIRC, was from the same era.

[Reck]

Sony went ahead and made a mess of the PS5 UI. The Trophies specifically. They shrunked the shit out of it and made it extremely basic.

[ElNono]

Playing Deathloop. Surprisingly enjoyable so far.

[Reck]

Sony went ahead and made a mess of the PS5 UI. The Trophies specifically. They shrunked the shit out of it and made it extremely basic.

But it looks like you can now track every trophies from PS4 on up. Except hidden ones.

5 at a time.

[baseline bum]

Playing Deathloop. Surprisingly enjoyable so far.

Must have had a hell of a marketing budget to get a 10/10 from IGN

[ElNono]

Must have had a hell of a marketing budget to get a 10/10 from IGN

There's no way it's a 10/10... 7/10 is probably more like it.

[baseline bum]

There's no way it's a 10/10... 7/10 is probably more like it.

Yeah looks kind of fun, but giving out so many 10/10 reviews is nuts. I'd only have two games from last gen as 10/10: Bloodborne and NieR Automata. And only one in the gen before last: namely, Skyrim.

[ElNono]

Yeah looks kind of fun, but giving out so many 10/10 reviews is nuts. I'd only have two games from last gen as 10/10: Bloodborne and NieR Automata. And only one in the gen before last: namely, Skyrim.

It's like nowhere near GOAT of War or NieR... It's more like Dishonored...

[baseline bum]

LOL WTF, today I get an email from Sony congratulating me on my new PS5. For one I bought the thing in February and for two, congratulations for fucking buying something? That's retarded.

[hater]

Knights of the Old Republic?

Yeah thats a badass old game. Still remember many parts of it and played it lime 20 years ago?

Great atmosph3re and great puzzles. They have droid and alien languages. Fucking good times

[baseline bum]

Fucking Best Buy making you pay $200 to join some garbage club to be able to buy a PS5. Cut out the scalpers by becoming the scalpers.

https://i.ibb.co/xM73WqW/lolps5.png

https://i.ibb.co/3W4qrdK/lolps5-2.png

[spurraider21]

:lmao anyone buying this before black friday 2023

[baseline bum]

:lmao anyone buying this before black friday 2023

Still worth it to play games at 60 fps, and has made me ditch PC gaming completely other than running emulators. Didn't want to play Ghost of Tsushima on my Slim since I heard the framerate was often below 30 on it.

[baseline bum]

State of Play coming next Wednesday

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/10/22/state-of-play-returns-next-wednesday/

Updates on upcoming third-party games for PS4 and PS5 are in store next Wednesday, October 27 starting at 2:00pm PT.


Sid Shuman
Senior Director, SIE Content Communications

Hello again! Just a quick note to tell you that State of Play returns next Wednesday, October 27 at 2:00pm PT / 10:00pm BST. As usual, you can watch our broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube. Hooray!

This time out, we’ll be focusing on announcements and updates for upcoming third-party releases headed to PS5 and PS4.

The show is looking to be ~20 minutes or so, and will share new looks at previously announced games, plus a few reveals from our partners around the world.

See you Wednesday!

[Reck]

State of Play coming next Wednesday

https://blog.playstation.com/2021/10/22/state-of-play-returns-next-wednesday/

Updates on upcoming third-party games for PS4 and PS5 are in store next Wednesday, October 27 starting at 2:00pm PT.


Sid Shuman
Senior Director, SIE Content Communications

Hello again! Just a quick note to tell you that State of Play returns next Wednesday, October 27 at 2:00pm PT / 10:00pm BST. As usual, you can watch our broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube. Hooray!

This time out, we’ll be focusing on announcements and updates for upcoming third-party releases headed to PS5 and PS4.

The show is looking to be ~20 minutes or so, and will share new looks at previously announced games, plus a few reveals from our partners around the world.

See you Wednesday!

So anything good?

[baseline bum]

So anything good?

Shit I forgot about it :lol

[Reck]

Shit I forgot about it :lol

It popped up in my youtube video reccomend but I dont feel like watching almost 40 minutes of it. I need someone to parse the good and shitty info. :lol

[baseline bum]

It popped up in my youtube video reccomend but I dont feel like watching almost 40 minutes of it. I need someone to parse the good and shitty info. :lol

Apparently there is none according to r/PS5. A bunch of indie crap. The two highest rated comments on the youtube stream are

1. When you get called to a meeting that could have been an email:

2. This entire showcase could’ve been a few tweets.

Apparently some Bugsnax DLC was the highlight of this :lmao

[ElNono]

it was crap, tbh... they need to stop making these... if you don't have at least one high profile title to show, don't bother...

[baseline bum]

it was crap, tbh... they need to stop making these... if you don't have at least one high profile title to show, don't bother...

https://www.youtube.com/c/SpawnWave/community

https://i.ibb.co/jDNw1hZ/lolshittypsdirect.png

[baseline bum]

Wow that's weird, I got an email from Playstation nudging me to sell Gamestop my PS4 so I could get Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, a second DualSense, etc. I hope they don't send that email to people who haven't gotten a PS5 yet. :lol

[baseline bum]

Holy shit

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Get in here ElNono :lol

[ElNono]

Holy shit

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Get in here ElNono :lol

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[ElNono]

That's the claim anyways, and those guys are good. But I can produce the same screen from my devkit and testkit :lol

[Reck]

Holy shit

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Get in here ElNono (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054) :lol

Security engineer for a google? :lol this guy

[baseline bum]

Security engineer for a google? :lol this guy

This guy is responsible for all the recent Vita and PS4 hacks. By recent I mean within the last two years or so.

[Reck]

Didn’t it take forever to jailbreak the PS4 and now you have people claiming the PS5 got done in less than a year? Sus, imo

[ElNono]

It's probably legit, but releasing it, when people know who is he is a terrible move. :lol

[baseline bum]

It's probably legit, but releasing it, when people know who is he is a terrible move. :lol

Last few times he was able to exploit the PS4 he reported it to Sony, collected the $10,000 bounty from them, and then made the exploit public six months later per the terms of Sony's bounty program, but never shared any actual code. The last one he publicly released took like two months for someone to implement into a kernel exploit if I remember right. Though he said 7.55 was the last exploit he'd publicly release because he got pissed at all the pirates who nagged him to release code after making that exploit public. And I don't think he worked at Google at the time he released that exploit either.

[baseline bum]

Last actual code I remember TheFlow releasing was the Vita firmware downgrader that was the final piece of the puzzle to ensuring any Vita can be softmodded with a coldboot. Until then if you were on 3.66 or higher you'd have to use the hencore exploit to get CFW, but you'd have to run the hack on every boot. After TheFlow's downgrader came out you could go from an hencore exploited system to 3.60 firmware and from there install Enso to have a coldboot, while still being able to play higher firmware games thanks to reF00D.

[Reck]

I already played and beat more games on the PS5 than I ever did on the PS4. :lol

I’ve started a new baglog by mass purchasing games I won’t play for years.

[spurraider21]

Holy shit

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Get in here ElNono (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=8054) :lol
what exactly are we looking at here. i'm a caveman

[baseline bum]

what exactly are we looking at here. i'm a caveman

The guy responsible for every PS4 and Vita hack for the last couple of years getting access to debug tools like a devkit or testing kit. Means he is probably able to dump games from Blu-ray and run them, able to use burned blurays, etc. I imagine he'll probably report the exploit to Sony and claim a $10,000 or maybe even $100,000 bounty, and it's possible he might make the exploit public in six months or more if so. He might just tell pirates to go fuck their mothers some more though too, as he was kind of pissed about them nonstop demanding code from him on social media after he made the 7.55 exploit for PS4 public. Honestly, I wouldn't touch CFW with a ten foot pole on a current gen Playstation since you'd be waiting maybe a year to play the newest releases if you're staying on old firmware waiting for a hack to come out. CFW really only makes sense at the end of the gen IMO.

[ElNono]

The guy responsible for every PS4 and Vita hack for the last couple of years getting access to debug tools like a devkit or testing kit. Means he is probably able to dump games from Blu-ray and run them, able to use burned blurays, etc. I imagine he'll probably report the exploit to Sony and claim a $10,000 or maybe even $100,000 bounty, and it's possible he might make the exploit public in six months or more if so. He might just tell pirates to go fuck their mothers some more though too, as he was kind of pissed about them nonstop demanding code from him on social media after he made the 7.55 exploit for PS4 public. Honestly, I wouldn't touch CFW with a ten foot pole on a current gen Playstation since you'd be waiting maybe a year to play the newest releases if you're staying on old firmware waiting for a hack to come out. CFW really only makes sense at the end of the gen IMO.

Here's the thing with devkit/testkits, they don't have the retail keys. That's why you can't exfiltrate retail keys from them if a bad actor gets ahold of a dev/test kit.

While it looks cool to see that menu on an alleged retail unit, it's basically a gimmick.

[Reck]

The guy responsible for every PS4 and Vita hack for the last couple of years getting access to debug tools like a devkit or testing kit. Means he is probably able to dump games from Blu-ray and run them, able to use burned blurays, etc. I imagine he'll probably report the exploit to Sony and claim a $10,000 or maybe even $100,000 bounty, and it's possible he might make the exploit public in six months or more if so. He might just tell pirates to go fuck their mothers some more though too, as he was kind of pissed about them nonstop demanding code from him on social media after he made the 7.55 exploit for PS4 public. Honestly, I wouldn't touch CFW with a ten foot pole on a current gen Playstation since you'd be waiting maybe a year to play the newest releases if you're staying on old firmware waiting for a hack to come out. CFW really only makes sense at the end of the gen IMO.

Why would Sony pay a bounty and let him release it later anyway?

[baseline bum]

Why would Sony pay a bounty and let him release it later anyway?

Because it gives Sony six months to get a firmware update out to patch the security hole. It ensures the exploit is patched before release so people aren't using the exploit to cheat on online games for example. And most people will be on higher firmware by the time the exploit releases so Sony won't lose a ton of game sales. There aren't many people who will stay on low firmware to wait for the next hack, especially when each hack might take a year or so to come out. Plus the hackers want credit in the scene for the exploits they find.

[baseline bum]

what exactly are we looking at here. i'm a caveman



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz3PKWMPOUY

[baseline bum]

ElNono man, if an exploit is released to allow people to install Linux on PS5, how strong of an ETH miner do you think PS5 would be? Because the gpu is quite a bit more powerful than the RX 5700 XT isn't it? And RX 5700 XT is a very heavily used mining gpu. I really hope no exploits are released for a long time, I don't want faggot miners on PS5 turning the console market into the shitshow the PC gpu market is.

[ElNono]

ElNono man, if an exploit is released to allow people to install Linux on PS5, how strong of an ETH miner do you think PS5 would be? Because the gpu is quite a bit more powerful than the RX 5700 XT isn't it? And RX 5700 XT is a very heavily used mining gpu. I really hope no exploits are released for a long time, I don't want faggot miners on PS5 turning the console market into the shitshow the PC gpu market is.

Technically it would be pretty good, especially because of unified memory, but 3080/3090 are better GPUs on raw power alone.

[baseline bum]

Technically it would be pretty good, especially because of unified memory, but 3080/3090 are better GPUs on raw power alone.

Thought so. I really hope no exploits are released for this system next year. Fucking miner parasites would kill the gaming industry if they start snatching up all the PS5. At least the scalped systems still make their ways into gamers' hands.

[baseline bum]

Looks like PlayStation's Black Friday Sale is coming Friday, November 19th

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[Reck]

1 year old system and has like 3 games out. :lol

BTW, I share a birthday with PS5. :tu

[baseline bum]

1 year old system and has like 3 games out. :lol

BTW, I share a birthday with PS5. :tu

Way better first year than PS4. PS4 didn't get good until 2017.

[Reck]

Way better first year than PS4. PS4 didn't get good until 2017.

Way better system overall. I've had a better experience with the PS5 in 5 months than I ever did with the PS4 in it's entire cycle. It just feels fucking great with everything working fast and smooth. The Dual Sense is a masterpiece.

[baseline bum]

Way better system overall. I've had a better experience with the PS5 in 5 months than I ever did with the PS4 in it's entire cycle. It just feels fucking great with everything working fast and smooth. The Dual Sense is a masterpiece.

Playing at 60 fps is such an upgrade. The load times are nice too but finally having a console with hardware that can output at PoorC framerates feels like the best of both worlds. PlayStation exclusives and PoorC framerates really make this an awesome system.

[baseline bum]

Though TBD if PS5 can ever have as legendary a year as 2017 was for PS4.

[baseline bum]

2017's lineup of PS4 console exclusives was just ridiculous between NieR Automata, Persona 5, Horizon Zero Dawn, Yakuza 0, and Nioh. Heard great things about Gravity Rush 2 from that year too, though that one is still in my backlog. As is Uncharted Lost Legacy (picked it up for $2 from Walmart a couple weeks ago).

[baseline bum]

Well now we know why Sony was suing everyone making new covers for PS5. Because they have their own coming out in January and February. And fucking $55.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51742865997_431c55fe85_k.jpg

And the new color DualSense controllers are $75. Probably just inflation doing that shit.

[DMC]

I gave away one PS5 and sold the other. I don't even use my PS4, can't imagine using the PS5 with the limited offering it has and the fact I have a 3080 sitting right next to me.

[koriwhat]

I gave away one PS5 and sold the other. I don't even use my PS4, can't imagine using the PS5 with the limited offering it has and the fact I have a 3080 sitting right next to me.

I'd rather have a badass computer too than a console especially these days.

[baseline bum]

Reck man, looks like you can upgrade the PS Plus version of FFVIIR to the PS5 version now.

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[baseline bum]

I gave away one PS5 and sold the other. I don't even use my PS4, can't imagine using the PS5 with the limited offering it has and the fact I have a 3080 sitting right next to me.

Don't you mostly play shooters though? If I was mostly into fps I wouldn't want much to do with console either, mouse and keyboard is far superior for those.

[Reck]

Reck (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412) man, looks like you can upgrade the PS Plus version of FFVIIR to the PS5 version now.

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No, I never got the opportunity to download this because I had my stuff expired. I dont know why I even reupped because I haven't looked at their free offerings since.

EDIT: ROFL I just checked the price on the base game and they have it for the full 60 like it hasn't been out for like 2 years already. :lmao

[DMC]

Don't you mostly play shooters though? If I was mostly into fps I wouldn't want much to do with console either, mouse and keyboard is far superior for those.

Yes but there are some cool games on PS that you can download pretty cheap. I liked snowboarding and x games bikes and such, as well as Motor Storm. I wanted only 1 for my grandson but I put out too many feelers and ended up with 2 :lol

[baseline bum]

New PSN sale kind of meh. Might get Control Ultimate Edition for $12 just to be able to play a raytraced version of the game, though gotta drop to 30 fps if you do. Tony Hawk 1 & 2 PS5 for $25 is alright too I guess, at least matches the lowest physical price I have seen.

[baseline bum]

Reck man, did you ever get Persona 5 Strikers? I know you were talking about it before. Supposedly it's going to be one of the January PS Plus games.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJZrBN9fVh4

[Reck]

New PSN sale kind of meh. Might get Control Ultimate Edition for $12 just to be able to play a raytraced version of the game, though gotta drop to 30 fps if you do. Tony Hawk 1 & 2 PS5 for $25 is alright too I guess, at least matches the lowest physical price I have seen.

BUT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BUYING GTA 5 AND ONLINE AGAIN?

PlayStation keeps sending me emails about GTA 5 as if I’m going to buy that shit. Last 3 emails have been about GTA. Guess they are coming short of meeting their predicted robbery with the shitty GTA trilogy.

[Reck]

Reck (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412) man, did you ever get Persona 5 Strikers? I know you were talking about it before. Supposedly it's going to be one of the January PS Plus games.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJZrBN9fVh4

Yeah I did buy it. I have to stop buying games on impulse and wait for sales like you. Lol

Despite the new game mechanics I have to say I don’t think I’m a fan. I played it and stopped. Probably will have to start a new game save at this point.

I’m about 30 hours into Valhalla so when I’m done playing and platting that game I’m just going to cool it with gaming for a few months. Next game I should buy is Horizon.

[baseline bum]

Yeah I did buy it. I have to stop buying games on impulse and wait for sales like you. Lol

Despite the new game mechanics I have to say I don’t think I’m a fan. I played it and stopped. Probably will have to start a new game save at this point.

I’m about 30 hours into Valhalla so when I’m done playing and platting that game I’m just going to cool it with gaming for a few months. Next game I should buy is Horizon.

I don't know how you plat games, especially AC games where its get a billion collectibles. I wanted to plat Yakuza 5 but there is so much in it. So I just settled for doing all the side missions and finishing the story, which still took me more than 200 hours. Not sure if I want to jump into Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart or Shin Megami Tensei V next. Probably Ratchet & Clank since that'll be a way shorter game and maybe it would be a bad idea to play two marathons back to back.

[Xevious]

I don't know how you plat games, especially AC games where its get a billion collectibles. I wanted to plat Yakuza 5 but there is so much in it. So I just settled for doing all the side missions and finishing the story, which still took me more than 200 hours. Not sure if I want to jump into Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart or Shin Megami Tensei V next. Probably Ratchet & Clank since that'll be a way shorter game and maybe it would be a bad idea to play two marathons back to back.
Ghost of Tsushima is probably the easiest plat because collectables, multiplayer, and difficulty settings are not required. It's all just gameplay stuff that you can easily get on a single playthrough.

Even games I've played through a bazillion times, like TLoU, I won't plat. I've even got all the collectibles, optional conversations, grounded, and grounded new game +. But there are a shit ton of multiplayer trophies that I'll never get.

[Reck]

Ghost of Tsushima is probably the easiest plat because collectables, multiplayer, and difficulty settings are not required. It's all just gameplay stuff that you can easily get on a single playthrough.

Even games I've played through a bazillion times, like TLoU, I won't plat. I've even got all the collectibles, optional conversations, grounded, and grounded new game +. But there are a shit ton of multiplayer trophies that I'll never get.

Ghost of Tsushima does require 100% on collectibles like nornal Shrines, Inari Shrines Hot Springs, Haikus and a good bit of the artifacts and records but you're right, not all of them. i think you only need like 20 artifacts and such.

What makes Ghost an excellent completionist game is that most of them are on your way or tied to the story and are fun to do.

[ElNono]

I still only ever plat one game, GOAT of War… possibly because I didn’t want that game to end… haven’t seen Ragnarok yet, but hope it delivers, tbh

[Reck]

I still only ever plat one game, GOAT of War… possibly because I didn’t want that game to end… haven’t seen Ragnarok yet, but hope it delivers, tbh

Summer 2022?

[baseline bum]

Summer 2022?

Still not buying the hype on this being a 2022 game. Feels like wishcasting whenever I see the gaming media say that.

[ElNono]

Summer 2022?

You know I can’t say a word.

[spurraider21]

ive officially started hunting for a poorstation 5

[baseline bum]

ive officially started hunting for a poorstation 5

Gamestop has had bundles a lot lately. You'll probably have to buy an extra controller, pay for a $50 Gamestop giftcard, and buy whatever two games they bundle full price (last bundle I saw was Ghost of Tsushima and Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart). They actually had them in stores in Thursday but looks like you would have had to drive to Harrisburg or Richmond to have gotten one of those.

If Walmart ever does another Walmart+ drop that would be an easy way to get a console by itself at MSRP just for the cost of one month of Walmart+ ($13).

Unfortunately the tricks Kony and I used to get our PS5 from Walmart.com don't work anymore.

Might as well try signing up for PS Direct too.

[spurraider21]

:lol not going to buy a bundle

just gonna follow some of the restock twitter accounts. Wait for Amazon or target drop.

[baseline bum]

:lol not going to buy a bundle

just gonna follow some of the restock twitter accounts. Wait for Amazon or target drop.

Amazon is supposed to be super hard for non scalpers without bots to buy from. Walmart and Best Buy are probably your best bets for getting the system by itself.

[baseline bum]

:lol not going to buy a bundle

just gonna follow some of the restock twitter accounts. Wait for Amazon or target drop.

One other thing I have to 100% recommend: whatever site you want to try to buy from, make sure you have all your credit card and shipping info already saved with the site. You will absolutely not have time to enter any of that shit in at the point of sale for any console by itself for MSRP. Only time I have seen them stay long enough to do that would be either Gamestop bundles or Walmart+ sales.

[Reck]

Didn't Kony bought his on StockX? they have plenty on there........as long as you're willing to pay over market value.

[baseline bum]

Didn't Kony bought his on StockX? they have plenty on there........as long as you're willing to pay over market value.

Nah he got his shit at Walmart like I did back when Walmart.com was easy to game.

[Reck]

Bundles are really the way to go for this. You almost dont have to try.

I got mine through Gamestop on first try. Only the games I got were shit.

But Gamestop packages a lot of COD games with the PS5 so since spurraider likes them it could be a deal.

[baseline bum]

Bundles are really the way to go for this. You almost dont have to try.

I got mine through Gamestop on first try. Only the games I got were shit.

But Gamestop packages a lot of COD games with the PS5 so since spurraider likes them it could be a deal.

Unfortunately sometimes they pack NBA 2k22 in too though :lol

[spurraider21]

bundles are hardly different than scalpers imo

either way you're paying more for what you actually want

unless you manage to sell the extra game/controller/whatever for near full price, but thats its own hassle

[ElNono]

bundles are hardly different than scalpers imo

either way you're paying more for what you actually want

unless you manage to sell the extra game/controller/whatever for near full price, but thats its own hassle

You need to become Sony's legal counsel for the East Coast, tbh... you get a free PS5 (though you can't gift it or sell it, tbh).

[baseline bum]

bundles are hardly different than scalpers imo

either way you're paying more for what you actually want

unless you manage to sell the extra game/controller/whatever for near full price, but thats its own hassle

Having a warranty, a $50 giftcard, a DualSense, and a couple of games seems a lot better to me than getting none of that shit and paying the same price from a scalper. Even if you just trade in the games and/or extra controller right back to Gamestop if you don't want to deal with the hassle of selling them.

[baseline bum]

State of Play on Wednesday at 4PM CST for Gran Turismo 7

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/01/31/359997/

https://blog.playstation.com/tachyon/2050/01/2fa0c4ea73de105ed0ca38d75ec80db1b1226186.jpg

Your in-depth look at the modes and features of GT7 kicks off February 2 at 2pm Pacific.

Brett Elston
Manager, Content Communications, SIE

The first 2022 State of Play arrives later this week, and we’re all revved up for just over 30 minutes of new PS5 footage and gameplay details for Gran Turismo 7. Watch live February 2nd on Twitch or YouTube starting 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern / 11:00pm CET.

See you Wednesday!

[baseline bum]

Wasn't even thinking of Gran Turismo 7 until seeing the shot taken at Glacier Point in Yosemite (shown at the 6:33 mark of the video below). If you can drive Tioga Pass Road and the 395 I'd probably buy this, maybe even Day 1.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvEQ_esYL40

[ElNono]

I'm not into racing sims, but I've played some of that for the last couple years, and the looks are flat out amazing, tbh

[140]

Wasn't even thinking of Gran Turismo 7 until seeing the shot taken at Glacier Point in Yosemite (shown at the 6:33 mark of the video below). If you can drive Tioga Pass Road and the 395 I'd probably buy this, maybe even Day 1.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvEQ_esYL40

Nah those are just what they call "scapes". its basically a photo mode tbh

anyways im excited for this, its about fucking time we get some substantial info on this game

[Reck]

State of Play on Wednesday at 4PM CST for Gran Turismo 7

https://blog.playstation.com/2022/01/31/359997/

https://blog.playstation.com/tachyon/2050/01/2fa0c4ea73de105ed0ca38d75ec80db1b1226186.jpg

Your in-depth look at the modes and features of GT7 kicks off February 2 at 2pm Pacific.

Brett Elston
Manager, Content Communications, SIE

The first 2022 State of Play arrives later this week, and we’re all revved up for just over 30 minutes of new PS5 footage and gameplay details for Gran Turismo 7. Watch live February 2nd on Twitch or YouTube starting 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern / 11:00pm CET.

See you Wednesday!

About to start.

[spurraider21]

a whole event for one car racing game? lol

[Reck]

The music in this game is really top notch.

[baseline bum]

a whole event for one car racing game? lol

LOL there is another one today at 4:00PM CST for Ghostwire Tokyo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbGE-Uvce8Y

[140]

GT7 looking good, that weather system seems amazing tbh. Was hoping for more info on the multiplayer front but not this time, im sure we will get it soon though

[spurraider21]

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[baseline bum]

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PS5 hunt not going well I see

[spurraider21]

PS5 hunt not going well I see
been about 2 weeks and not a single restock other than 1 gamestop bundle :lol

[Reck]

been about 2 weeks and not a single restock other than 1 gamestop bundle :lol

Told you gamestop is the most consistent with those. Just buy a bundle then resell the games.

I would've sold the ones that came with but for the fact no one wants to buy Marvels Avengers. :lol

[spurraider21]

fuck gamestop, thats why

unfortunately the demand is so high that everybody is going to sell out anyway, but i'm going to avoid giving them my business as much as i can. if they just sold it standalone id consider going to them, but im not going to buy a bundle off them

id rather wait an extra few weeks than do that. im not in a particular rush, ive just been playing Warzone anyway

[baseline bum]

fuck gamestop, thats why

unfortunately the demand is so high that everybody is going to sell out anyway, but i'm going to avoid giving them my business as much as i can. if they just sold it standalone id consider going to them, but im not going to buy a bundle off them

id rather wait an extra few weeks than do that. im not in a particular rush, ive just been playing Warzone anyway

I think you're underestimating the demand for these and how little supply there is. They were doing great at least matching the supply of the PS4 at similar points for a while, but they're having a lot of trouble producing these now. And I only got one without buying a bundle because I read about a hack to virtually ensure I could get one in my cart with a 100% rate of success at Walmart, though still had to rush through checkout. (the hack doesn't work now)

I get not buying a bundle for shit you don't want but it could be a lot more than weeks to get one. Amazon is next to impossible to get one from without a bot I have read, I struck out over and over again with Best Buy and now sometimes they're hiding their drops behind a $200 membership program. Walmart is really tough to get now too unless they do Walmart+ drops again. If they do one of those I highly highly recommend buying a month of Walmart+ because it made my brother's Series X buying experience completely trivial other than showing up at the right time.

[ElNono]

ive officially started hunting for a poorstation 5

If you can wait until the summer or slightly afterwards, things should look brighter in this dept...

[spurraider21]

If you can wait until the summer or slightly afterwards, things should look brighter in this dept...
might not have a choice tbh :lol

its just very difficult to play warzone with a max of 30 FPS

[baseline bum]

If you can wait until the summer or slightly afterwards, things should look brighter in this dept...

What makes you say so? And do you expect Series X to be reasonably easy to get then too?

[ElNono]

What makes you say so? And do you expect Series X to be reasonably easy to get then too?

I don't know anything about the Series X, tbh

[spurraider21]

just got my invite thru PS Direct to potentially buy one tomorrow at 2pm EST.

the email explicitly says not to try logging in early, or on multiple devices or risk getting locked out... though i've seen people online saying otherwise

[Reck]

just got my invite thru PS Direct to potentially buy one tomorrow at 2pm EST.

the email explicitly says not to try logging in early, or on multiple devices or risk getting locked out... though i've seen people online saying otherwise

Did they change how they used to do it? You can’t access the main site while the virtual online queue is active. The way it was before you were greeted by a countdown screen then you are assigned a place and then picked at random. It’s worst than a lotto imo.

[spurraider21]

Did they change how they used to do it? You can’t access the main site while the virtual online queue is active. The way it was before you were greeted by a countdown screen then you are assigned a place and then picked at random. It’s worst than a lotto imo.
not sure. this is what i got

https://i.gyazo.com/aefbc966d0f118eaeb7ac541ce23d13c.png

https://i.gyazo.com/d1e830586402c5054e9f3d4f48cc4331.png

[spurraider21]

the way that last warning makes it sound, i shouldnt even be clicking on that link until 2pm EST tomorrow, though some people online said they did so 30 minute or so before the starting time

the warning says you could be locked out... but perhaps its a BS threat?

[ElNono]

the way that last warning makes it sound, i shouldnt even be clicking on that link until 2pm EST tomorrow, though some people online said they did so 30 minute or so before the starting time

the warning says you could be locked out... but perhaps its a BS threat?

Don't look at me, I don't know shit about that store

[baseline bum]

the way that last warning makes it sound, i shouldnt even be clicking on that link until 2pm EST tomorrow, though some people online said they did so 30 minute or so before the starting time

the warning says you could be locked out... but perhaps its a BS threat?

Just don't buy the digital, that $100 you save up front will be lost many times over paying PSN prices instead of physical game prices.

[spurraider21]

Just don't buy the digital, that $100 you save up front will be lost many times over paying PSN prices instead of physical game prices.
wasnt planning on it. plus i still have PS4 discs that i'd like to play without having to swap consoles

[spurraider21]

im in the queue. estimated wait time started at "more than an hour" but within 1-2 minutes shrunk to 15 minutes

[spurraider21]

order placed successfully for disk version :tu

[Reck]

order placed successfully for disk version :tu

Congrats. Just in time for Horizon.

Remember to buy the PS4 version for cheaper as it comes with a free PS5 upgrade.

[spurraider21]

Congrats. Just in time for Horizon.

Remember to buy the PS4 version for cheaper as it comes with a free PS5 upgrade.
im not buying games anytime soon. but yeah i'll try to pull that PS4 upgrade trick as often as i can when time comes to buy the games. or does that offer expire at some point

im already kinda mad that im buying this at launch price, first time ive done so :lol. no way im going to be dropping 60+ per game when i still have a nice backlog. only games id buy for launch price right now would be God of War or GTA 6

or if they remastered Portal/Infamous series'

[baseline bum]

im not buying games anytime soon. but yeah i'll try to pull that PS4 upgrade trick as often as i can when time comes to buy the games. or does that offer expire at some point

im already kinda mad that im buying this at launch price, first time ive done so :lol. no way im going to be dropping 60+ per game when i still have a nice backlog. only games id buy for launch price right now would be God of War or GTA 6

or if they remastered Portal/Infamous series'

The best candidates for goig cheap on PS4 with free PS5 upgrade are Final Fantasy VII Remake, Spiderman Miles Morales, and The Last of Us Part 2. Ghost of Tsushima has a free PS5 upgrade too, but that game has really maintained its price. You can find the GoT Directors Cut PS5 for $40 though and it's highly worth it at that price, as it's extremely impressive at 1800p60 on PS5. Don't feel bad about buying the console full price, as it was going to be really hard for Sony to put out a system much cheaper than $500 even before inflation blew up. Cheap versions of PS3 and PS4 only came because cost per transistor went way down when going to smaller transistor sizes those gens, while Microsoft seems to be forecasting cost per transistor to kind of flatline this gen. If that ends up happening your later gen consoles might have bigger SSD and be smaller while consuming less power, but you wouldn't get a price break. One of the big reasons I bought early this gen.

[spurraider21]

The best candidates for goig cheap on PS4 with free PS5 upgrade are Final Fantasy VII Remake, Spiderman Miles Morales, and The Last of Us Part 2. Ghost of Tsushima has a free PS5 upgrade too, but that game has really maintained its price. You can find the GoT Directors Cut PS5 for $40 though and it's highly worth it at that price, as it's extremely impressive at 1800p60 on PS5. Don't feel bad about buying the console full price, as it was going to be really hard for Sony to put out a system much cheaper than $500 even before inflation blew up. Cheap versions of PS3 and PS4 only came because cost per transistor went way down when going to smaller transistor sizes those gens, while Microsoft seems to be forecasting cost per transistor to kind of flatline this gen. If that ends up happening your later gen consoles might have bigger SSD and be smaller while consuming less power, but you wouldn't get a price break. One of the big reasons I bought early this gen.
:tu

might look to dump my used PS4, since every game i have is PS5 compatible

[baseline bum]

:tu

might look to dump my used PS4, since every game i have is PS5 compatible

Really should once you get that PS5 in hand, as PS4 is never going to go anywhere but down in price. Have you connected online with it lately? If you have stayed on 9.0 or lower it'll really have some nice resale value since it'll be hackable.

[spurraider21]

Really should once you get that PS5 in hand, as PS4 is never going to go anywhere but down in price. Have you connected online with it lately? If you have stayed on 9.0 or lower it'll really have some nice resale value since it'll be hackable.
yeah ive been playing Warzone :lol... big part of what motivated me to upgrade now

i'll try to sell the console + 2 controllers on marketplace. worst case i can just sell it off the gamestop but for lower price

[baseline bum]

yeah ive been playing Warzone :lol... big part of what motivated me to upgrade now

Shit if you got PS Plus you have already have a bunch of free games waiting for you, as they put a sort of best of PS4 collection for any PS Plus subscriber with a PS5. Off the top of my head the free games list includes God of War, TLOU Part 1, Until Dawn, Days Gone, Persona 5, inFAMOUS Second Son, and there are a few others.

[baseline bum]

yeah ive been playing Warzone :lol... big part of what motivated me to upgrade now

i'll try to sell the console + 2 controllers on marketplace. worst case i can just sell it off the gamestop but for lower price

Here is the full PS Plus Collection you get free with PS Plus on a PS5:

Batman: Arkham Knight
Battlefield 1
Bloodborne
Call of Duty Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Days Gone
Detroit: Become Human
Fallout 4
Final Fantasy XV
God of War
inFAMOUS: Second Son
The Last Guardian
The Last of Us Remastered
Monster Hunter: World
Mortal Kombat X
Persona 5
Ratchet & Clank
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Until Dawn

[spurraider21]

i do not have PS Plus (warzone is free even to play online)... but from that list ive basically either played those or already own the ones that i would want to play. other than maybe something like monster hunter... but i dont see myself playing that anytime soon either.

[baseline bum]

yeah ive been playing Warzone :lol... big part of what motivated me to upgrade now

i'll try to sell the console + 2 controllers on marketplace. worst case i can just sell it off the gamestop but for lower price

If you do end up going the Gamestop route I highly recommend signing up for their pro membership first. Costs $15 for a year but is the difference between $180 and $198 trade credit or $144 vs $158.40 cash for a 1TB Slim right now while also giving you a $10 Gamestop coupon a couple of days later. You also get a monthly $5 coupon which I use every month to get a $10 PSN card for $5, but Gamestop is trying to get rid of that shit for obvious reasons and it's not guaranteed to work next month. They really want you to apply that $5 to buying a game in store every month and not a giftcard that they obviously lose money on each time lol. Such a stupid company to ever allow you to apply those coupons to gift cards in the first place.

[Reck]

BB loves his GameStop. :lol

[spurraider21]

GameStop is dogshit and ripped people off for years on game returns before people figured out how to sell on Amazon. Fuck em

[baseline bum]

BB loves his GameStop. :lol

Shit they paid for my copies of Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, Kena, Uncharted PS5, and Deathloop. I'm really going to miss them when they go under because you can exploit the fuck out of their promotions sometimes.

[baseline bum]

GameStop is dogshit and ripped people off for years on game returns before people figured out how to sell on Amazon. Fuck em

They're very stupid on their promotions sometimes and you can really get over on them, eg buying 360 games for $1 apiece from the pawn shop and then trading them in for $7 to $10 each towards a preorder when they do promotions like $5 extra per game towards a pre-order, shit like that. Or buying games from Walmart/BestBuy/Target for $20, taking them out of the plastic, and then trading them in as used for $60 to $70 trade credit because of multipliers they'll offer in some promotions when you trade them a bunch of games. They really don't think their promotions through a lot of the time and can be easily exploited. Gamestop can be a real gold mine if you're a cheap ass gamer.

[lefty]

SW Old Republic Legacy of the Sith anyone?

[spurraider21]

4 days after placing my order the only update ive gotten thru the tracker is "label created" :lol

[baseline bum]

4 days after placing my order the only update ive gotten thru the tracker is "label created" :lol

I didn't even get that for 3 weeks when I ordered my PS5 from Walmart :lol

[spurraider21]

I didn't even get that for 3 weeks when I ordered my PS5 from Walmart :lol
Walmart was selling shit before they even received inventory lol

[baseline bum]

Walmart was selling shit before they even received inventory lol

Yeah my shit was definitely on a boat from China when I placed the order. :lol

[spurraider21]

Yeah my shit was definitely on a boat from China when I placed the order. :lol
I know they’ve had issues with having to cancel orders too.

[baseline bum]

I know they’ve had issues with having to cancel orders too.

I read Walmart was giving people with cancelled orders one time use codes to preorder their next drop at least.

[spurraider21]

it arrived today. neither UPS nor Sony updated the shipping tracker

but after all the talk, the HDMI cable it came with isn't long enough to reach my TV in my setup anyway :lol

[baseline bum]

it arrived today. neither UPS nor Sony updated the shipping tracker

but after all the talk, the HDMI cable it came with isn't long enough to reach my TV in my setup anyway :lol

Get a 48Gbps cable then, that way when you upgrade to a 4k120 or 8k60 TV you'll have the right cable. Monoprice and Amazon Basics are good enough, don't have to overspend on a cable.

[baseline bum]

it arrived today. neither UPS nor Sony updated the shipping tracker

but after all the talk, the HDMI cable it came with isn't long enough to reach my TV in my setup anyway :lol

Also, does the PS5 work properly with the cable you have installed already? Maybe they did put an 18Gbps cable with your PS4 Slim which would be enough for 4k60. Your TV should tell you if you're running 4k60 mode with the system when you have it turned on. Though if they gave you the same 10.2 GHz HDMI cable that came with the OG PS4 it'll probably run 4k30 if you try to use that cable.

[spurraider21]

Get a 48Gbps cable then, that way when you upgrade to a 4k120 or 8k60 TV you'll have the right cable. Monoprice and Amazon Basics are good enough, don't have to overspend on a cable.
yeah ive learned just to buy cables off amazon. never worth going into a store like best buy for shit like that. they have smaller selection and price gouge

[spurraider21]

Also, does the PS5 work properly with the cable you have installed already? Maybe they did put an 18Gbps cable with your PS4 Slim which would be enough for 4k60. Your TV should tell you if you're running 4k60 mode with the system when you have it turned on. Though if they gave you the same 10.2 GHz HDMI cable that came with the OG PS4 it'll probably run 4k30 if you try to use that cable.
dont know about "properly"

i have it plugged in now and just doing a data transfer from my PS4. i mean, the screen shows up fine and whatnot, but i havent exactly had an opportunity to test things out in-game yet. im sure it will work just fine when playing a cross-gen game like warzone. but when time comes to play real games... i'll need a better cable most likely, even on a TV that doesnt have HDMI 2.1

[baseline bum]

dont know about "properly"

i have it plugged in now and just doing a data transfer from my PS4. i mean, the screen shows up fine and whatnot, but i havent exactly had an opportunity to test things out in-game yet. im sure it will work just fine when playing a cross-gen game like warzone. but when time comes to play real games... i'll need a better cable most likely, even on a TV that doesnt have HDMI 2.1

Does your TV show it being 4k60? Does it tell you? My TV and my monitor will both flash the resolution and framerate on the screen when I change inputs so that might be a way to check.

[baseline bum]

Also HDMI 2.0 is enough for 4k60 and HDR with an 18Gbps cable or better. I'm running my PS5 at 4k60 on my monitor whose HDMI inputs are only HDMI 2.0. You only need HDMI 2.1 for 4k120 / 8k60 and for VRR, though the HDMI 2.1 standard is so fucked up now that VRR is no longer a necessary feature in HMDI 2.1.

[spurraider21]

Does your TV show it being 4k60? Does it tell you? My TV and my monitor will both flash the resolution and framerate on the screen when I change inputs so that might be a way to check.
dno tbh

[baseline bum]

dno tbh

On your PS5 go to Settings -> Screen and Video -> Video Output -> Video Output Information and it'll tell you what signal it's outputting. I don't think it would output 4k60 if you have a lesser cable, it would probably handshake with the TV to output 4k30 or 1080p60 instead, not sure which. Might have to set the PS5 to use 4k initially too.

[spurraider21]

On your PS5 go to Settings -> Screen and Video -> Video Output -> Video Output Information and it'll tell you what signal it's outputting. I don't think it would output 4k60 if you have a lesser cable, it would probably handshake with the TV to output 4k30 or 1080p60 instead, not sure which. Might have to set the PS5 to use 4k initially too.
data transfer taking its sweet time. will look into it later. im already pretty sure i need to upgrade the cable regardless

[baseline bum]

data transfer taking its sweet time. will look into it later. im already pretty sure i need to upgrade the cable regardless

If you're getting 4k60 you don't need to until you upgrade to a 4k120 or 8k60 TV, and those are only HDMI 2.1 since HDMI 2.0 can't handle that. I think with HDMI it's kind of an all or nothing thing. If you're getting 4k60 in the menus you'll get it in games too. If you're not getting 4k60 in games you're not getting it in the menu either.

Also, don't sleep on the Astro's Playroom game that comes pre-installed, it's a really cool game about the history of Playstation.

[spurraider21]

If you're getting 4k60 you don't need to until you upgrade to a 4k120 or 8k60 TV, and those are only HDMI 2.1 since HDMI 2.0 can't handle that. I think with HDMI it's kind of an all or nothing thing. If you're getting 4k60 in the menus you'll get it in games too. If you're not getting 4k60 in games you're not getting it in the menu either.

Also, don't sleep on the Astro's Playroom game that comes pre-installed, it's a really cool game about the history of Playstation.
yeah i'll have to see if im getting 4k60. like you said, the wire that came with the PS4 (not pro) might not have the bandwidth to support even that

[baseline bum]

Funny going back and reading this thread and seeing all of us who said we wouldn't be early adopters all having a PS5 now. LOL I was thrilled at the thought of a 9.2 TFLOPS gpu in a $500 system and it ended up being a 10.3 TFLOPS gpu in a $500 system instead.

[spurraider21]

Funny going back and reading this thread and seeing all of us who said we wouldn't be early adopters all having a PS5 now. LOL I was thrilled at the thought of a 9.2 TFLOPS gpu in a $500 system and it ended up being a 10.3 TFLOPS gpu in a $500 system instead.
:lol tbh... if i didnt get sucked into Warzone i wouldnt have had any incentive to upgrade. could have just kept playing out my PS4 backlog just fine. but after playing just 1 session, the difference in performance was night and day, even though Warzone is a PS4 title and not really ps5 optimized. even the sound quality was drastically better using the same headset i already had

i still dont think ill be buying any PS5 games anytime soon, with the exception of God of War whenever that comes out.

[spurraider21]

i didnt even realize that my ps4 couldnt pick up the 5 ghz wifi i have, so it had about 1/3 the DL speed that my PS5 now enjoys. something that didnt matter at all until i started playing online MP

[baseline bum]

:lol tbh... if i didnt get sucked into Warzone i wouldnt have had any incentive to upgrade. could have just kept playing out my PS4 backlog just fine. but after playing just 1 session, the difference in performance was night and day, even though Warzone is a PS4 title and not really ps5 optimized. even the sound quality was drastically better using the same headset i already had

i still dont think ill be buying any PS5 games anytime soon, with the exception of God of War whenever that comes out.

Get Ghost of Tsushima, that shit's worth the $40 the Director's Cut goes on sale for a lot and really feels next gen on PS5. Can understand not wanting to pay $60 or $70 though. Only reason I'm buying these $60 games this month is because I basically got Gamestop to pay for them exploiting a trade in promotion in addition to the Walmart next door having all these PS4 and PS5 games on $2 clearance at the time. :lol

[spurraider21]

Get Ghost of Tsushima, that shit's worth the $40 the Director's Cut goes on sale for a lot and really feels next gen on PS5. Can understand not wanting to pay $60 or $70 though. Only reason I'm buying these $60 games this month is because I basically got Gamestop to pay for them exploiting a trade in promotion in addition to the Walmart next door having all these PS4 and PS5 games on $2 clearance at the time. :lol
on top of the fact that ive exclusively been playing warzone for a few months now, i still have a backlog that will take me more than a year to clean out. no rush to buy games that will inevitably get cheaper. off the top of my head, still have Dark Souls 2 and 3, Days Gone, Nioh, Cyberpunk, Skyrim, Hollow Knight, Yakuza Kiwami, Fallout 4. and those are the longer titles, not including Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Bioshock 2/3, Hellblade.

probably have some other ones that im forgetting. still havent played TLOU2... something i'd certainly do before ghost of tsushima anyway

[baseline bum]

on top of the fact that ive exclusively been playing warzone for a few months now, i still have a backlog that will take me more than a year to clean out. no rush to buy games that will inevitably get cheaper. off the top of my head, still have Dark Souls 2 and 3, Days Gone, Nioh, Cyberpunk, Skyrim, Hollow Knight, Yakuza Kiwami, Fallout 4. and those are the longer titles, not including Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Bioshock 2/3, Hellblade.

probably have some other ones that im forgetting. still havent played TLOU2... something i'd certainly do before ghost of tsushima anyway

LOL you say that like you're ever going to complete that backlog. TLOU2 goes on sale a lot for $20 so I'd definitely pick that up and move it to the front.

[spurraider21]

LOL you say that like you're ever going to complete that backlog. TLOU2 goes on sale a lot for $20 so I'd definitely pick that up and move it to the front.
thats my point. serves no purpose to buy more games anytime soon

[baseline bum]

thats my point. serves no purpose to buy more games anytime soon

Meh I wouldn't let backlogged games like Fallout 4, Bioshock 2, SOTR, Nioh, or Days Gone stop me from playing some of the high end games released the last three years. And Skyrim was unreal when I played it a decade ago but I fear it might not hold up nearly as well in 2022.

[Joseph Kony]

LoU2 is still better than any game I've played since it came out or, before that, since Witcher 3

[baseline bum]

LoU2 is still better than any game I've played since it came out or, before that, since Witcher 3

You only say that shit because you got to see some titties from Abby and Yennefer tbh

[baseline bum]

State of Play tomorrow at 4PM CST, supposed to be focuses on 3rd party Japanese developers. No clue what the hell it could be. Would be nice if there was a Shin Megami Tensei V announcement though, would love to play that at a decent framerate instead of on Switch.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/03/state-of-play-confirmed-showcasing-third-party-ps5-ps4-games

[baseline bum]

I bet it'll largely be about Granblue Fantasy Relink (been waiting for this forever) and Street Fighter 6 (meh).

[baseline bum]

So there is a Hogwarts Legacy State of Play tomorrow at 4PM CST. Game looks interesting graphically but don't know what else to expect out of it.

[Reck]

The PS5 UI got a nicely done overhaul. A lot cleaner now.

[baseline bum]

Big rumor about a PSVR 2 showcase in the next few weeks. Wish they'd hurry up and show this as I want to get a VR headset. If it wasn't for the Quest 2 forcing a Facebook account prob would have bought one already.

[Leetonidas]

Big rumor about a PSVR 2 showcase in the next few weeks. Wish they'd hurry up and show this as I want to get a VR headset. If it wasn't for the Quest 2 forcing a Facebook account prob would have bought one already.

You can't make a fake account or not use your own personal info? If not that really sucks

[vy65]

Big rumor about a PSVR 2 showcase in the next few weeks. Wish they'd hurry up and show this as I want to get a VR headset. If it wasn't for the Quest 2 forcing a Facebook account prob would have bought one already.

Eh. I went through a big VR phase, and got both the PSVR and an Occulus 2. Graphically, we're just not there. You'll be immediately impressed, but the novelty wears off quick. There aren't games that really make it worth it -- outside of maybe Squadrons, but the graphical drop off from console to headset is too great. I know there are rumors about PSVR2 having 4k/OLED screens, but I dunno. It just doesn't seem worth it to me - and I wish it was.

[baseline bum]

Eh. I went through a big VR phase, and got both the PSVR and an Occulus 2. Graphically, we're just not there. You'll be immediately impressed, but the novelty wears off quick. There aren't games that really make it worth it -- outside of maybe Squadrons, but the graphical drop off from console to headset is too great. I know there are rumors about PSVR2 having 4k/OLED screens, but I dunno. It just doesn't seem worth it to me - and I wish it was.

You even got sick of the porn?

[baseline bum]

You can't make a fake account or not use your own personal info? If not that really sucks

In their ToS Facebook can make you submit photo ID if they think your account is using a fake name. And in setup you have to use the Facebook app from a phone or tablet with geolocation services turned on. The whole point of the Quest is so they can mine data from you to sell.

[Reck]

You even got sick of the porn?

You could have just said that from the start. Lmao

I can’t think of any other use for these. The games for this aren’t even full flesh games. They’re more like demos.

Gotta give it to them though, I thought this fad would die out pretty quickly but it has managed to scrape by all these years.

[baseline bum]

You could have just said that from the start. Lmao

I can’t think of any other use for these. The games for this aren’t even full flesh games. They’re more like demos.

Gotta give it to them though, I thought this fad would die out pretty quickly but it has managed to scrape by all these years.

RE4 looks pretty cool in VR, but Quest 2 only. As does RE7, but PSVR only. Have heard the Ace Combat 7 VR is pretty awesome too. Then the Star Wars Squadrons is also supposed to be great. Though the killer game for VR is supposed to be Half Life Alyx. I'll be so pissed if I wait for PSVR 2 only to have that not get a port.

[Xevious]

I have a Quest 2, which is mostly for my kids to play around with, and I have to echo what everyone else is saying. It's still pretty gimmicky at this point. I don't think I've played it a single time without sweating my ass off (because of the mask) and getting dizzy within the first ten minutes or so. But then aren't many games worth playing longer than that anyway.

[baseline bum]

I have a Quest 2, which is mostly for my kids to play around with, and I have to echo what everyone else is saying. It's still pretty gimmicky at this point. I don't think I've played it a single time without sweating my ass off (because of the mask) and getting dizzy within the first ten minutes or so. But then aren't many games worth playing longer than that anyway.

Shit, didn't even think of that in humid ass Texas.

[vy65]

You even got sick of the porn?

How dare you …

[DMC]

Eh. I went through a big VR phase, and got both the PSVR and an Occulus 2. Graphically, we're just not there. You'll be immediately impressed, but the novelty wears off quick. There aren't games that really make it worth it -- outside of maybe Squadrons, but the graphical drop off from console to headset is too great. I know there are rumors about PSVR2 having 4k/OLED screens, but I dunno. It just doesn't seem worth it to me - and I wish it was.

I have the Occulus as well, too cumbersome and grainy. Yeah the initial VR experience is cool.

I want to create a clear mask and call it super high res VR, it's like you're actually walking around in your own home.

[RandomGuy]

So there is a Hogwarts Legacy State of Play tomorrow at 4PM CST. Game looks interesting graphically but don't know what else to expect out of it.

Not sure how much you are following the UKR-RUS war, but I have been reading some interesting things about native RUS computer chip capacity.

Russia does not make computer chips more sophisticated than what went into a Playstation 2, and even then in very small amounts. No one will sell them anything, and even if they did, the largest shipping companies in the world have stopped servicing their ports.

Think about the implications of that. A modern economy trying to run on a tiny amount of 20 year old chips.

No new cell-phones.
No new missile guidance systems.
No new fire control radars.
No replacement boards for cell phone towers.
No replacement boards for air traffic control computers.
etc... etc... etc...

Mind boggling.

[baseline bum]

So Playstation 5 VRR is a turd, as expected. Only HDMI 2.1 support, no FreeSync, and the vrr support only goes down to 48Hz if the game isn't explicitly coded to support low framerate compensation. What a shitshow, FreeSync on PC and XBox support vrr down to 40Hz.

[ElNono]

So Playstation 5 VRR is a turd, as expected. Only HDMI 2.1 support, no FreeSync, and the vrr support only goes down to 48Hz if the game isn't explicitly coded to support low framerate compensation. What a shitshow, FreeSync on PC and XBox support vrr down to 40Hz.

48hz is the limit even if the game supports VRR natively, and that's a limit on the HDMI spec. Dunno why they don't take the plunge on FreeSync, tbh...

[baseline bum]

48hz is the limit even if the game supports VRR natively, and that's a limit on the HDMI spec. Dunno why they don't take the plunge on FreeSync, tbh...

Because Sony wants to sell you TVs, not have you play on monitors?

[ElNono]

Because Sony wants to sell you TVs, not have you play on monitors?

Wouldn't doubt it, though I did read that panels that do true 120Hz do have a low frequency limit that's around that area (40hz-48hz), and it's up to the TV processors to upscale the frequency on inputs with lower rates.

[baseline bum]

Wouldn't doubt it, though I did read that panels that do true 120Hz do have a low frequency limit that's around that area (40hz-48hz), and it's up to the TV processors to upscale the frequency on inputs with lower rates.

FreeSync doesn't require a minimum 40Hz range though, there are plenty of FreeSync panels with a 48Hz minimum. I think GSync's standard range is usually 30Hz to 144Hz though. But another reason I say Sony just wants to sell TVs instead of support people on monitors is their refusal to support 1440p output.

[resistanze]

Is it time for me to get on the train tbh? I skipped PS4 and I didn't want to grovel for a PS5 random re-stock.

[baseline bum]

Is it time for me to get on the train tbh? I skipped PS4 and I didn't want to grovel for a PS5 random re-stock.

PS5 is still a bitch to get for MSRP. Really nice hardware though, it's like a Ryzen 7 3700X and an RX 6600XT together with a fast as hell 800GB PCIE-4.0 SSD and a first rate controller for $500. Ugly as fuck though. :lol

[Reck]

PS5 is still a bitch to get for MSRP. Really nice hardware though, it's like a Ryzen 7 3700X and an RX 6600XT together with a fast as hell 800GB PCIE-4.0 SSD and a first rate controller for $500. Ugly as fuck though. :lol

You can now at least register through the PS App to get one. I think that’s how spurraider21 got his. Through an email but I thinks it’s the same system they got going on.

[resistanze]

PS5 is still a bitch to get for MSRP. Really nice hardware though, it's like a Ryzen 7 3700X and an RX 6600XT together with a fast as hell 800GB PCIE-4.0 SSD and a first rate controller for $500. Ugly as fuck though. :lol

Looks like the Old Lady was about to snag one of them Costco bundles off a workplace classifieds :wow

https://thumbor.offerup.com/Dy-19sqGLtUEHHid3uXmIeHtXeo=/540x940/cd39/cd399df671f94238bbc7e22174d744a3.jpg

[Reck]

Looks like the Old Lady was about to snag one of them Costco bundles off a workplace classifieds :wow

https://thumbor.offerup.com/Dy-19sqGLtUEHHid3uXmIeHtXeo=/540x940/cd39/cd399df671f94238bbc7e22174d744a3.jpg

That is one sweet deal.

Make sure to wait and not spend the gift cards until the new service launches in June that's supposed to have a library of well over 400 playstation games.

[baseline bum]

That is one sweet deal.

Make sure to wait and not spend the gift cards until the new service launches in June that's supposed to have a library of well over 400 playstation games.

I think those are PSN cards strictly for buying games, not cards that can be applied to PS Plus.

[Reck]

I think those are PSN cards strictly for buying games, not cards that can be applied to PS Plus.

You can add it to the in store wallet…I think?

[baseline bum]

You can add it to the in store wallet…I think?

I couldn't do it when I looked to see if I could add PS Plus with a bunch of PSN credit I had a few months ago.

[resistanze]

PS5 in hand. Part of me wants to flip this shit for $1100 since I haven't gamednsince PS3 tbh. Then I realize I'm not a poor peasant.

Any game recs? I've owned every Gran Turismo so I have to get it most likely ( not sure I want to pay full price). Any top rated games that are already discounted?

[spurraider21]

PS5 in hand. Part of me wants to flip this shit for $1100 since I haven't gamednsince PS3 tbh. Then I realize I'm not a poor peasant.

Any game recs? I've owned every Gran Turismo so I have to get it most likely ( not sure I want to pay full price). Any top rated games that are already discounted?
have you not played any ps4 games? a ton of those were outstanding and hold up well and are dirt cheap. a lot of them also perform even better on the ps5

[baseline bum]

PS5 in hand. Part of me wants to flip this shit for $1100 since I haven't gamednsince PS3 tbh. Then I realize I'm not a poor peasant.

Any game recs? I've owned every Gran Turismo so I have to get it most likely ( not sure I want to pay full price). Any top rated games that are already discounted?

You're way too late to flip for $1100. That was like Christmas 2020 pricing. Judging by today's Sold Listings, you're talking $700 to $750 for a disc version console brand new on ebay these days.

If you haven't played Elden Ring that's a must play. Best game I have played in years. Though I'd either buy digitally or get the PS4 game so you can play the PS4 version of the game through backwards compatibility, which gets you 60 fps on PS5. The PS5 native game drops into the 40s and 50s a lot in performance mode.

The Spiderman games are pretty killer in the 1080p60 mode with raytraced reflections. Note you can't get the PS4 version of Spiderman and get that PS5 upgrade. You can only get the PS5 version of Spiderman by either buying Miles Morales Ultimate Edition, in which case it's a free download, or any other version of Miles Morales, which will let you buy Spiderman Remastered digitally for $20. Also if you have a 120Hz TV that can do HDMI-2.1 VRR the games have a 4k40 mode with raytracing that is supposed to be incredible.

Probably the game I'd recommend most is Ghost of Tsushima. If you play stealth it's like an old school AC game. But if you play samurai style instead of ninja style the sword combat is pretty awesome. Great exploration in the game too. Pretty rock solid 1800p60 in the entire game.

Of course God of War is another must play. Shit runs 4k60 on PS5 if I remember right.

Lots of other incredible stuff. Might look at the Demon's Souls remake too. Still have it in my backlog but it's pretty amazing graphically and I loved the combat in the original Demon's Souls on PS3 and it's supposed to be pretty faithful to the original there. ElNono can vouch for that one.

[Joseph Kony]

Last of Us 2 is the best game on Playstation imho. Pretty sure it's got a PS5 enhanced version

[baseline bum]

Last of Us 2 is the best game on Playstation imho. Pretty sure it's got a PS5 enhanced version

Great game if you're not an incel tard offended by strong women, and yeah it did get a 60 fps upgrade for PS5. PS4 version of the first TLOU would be a must play before it too obviously.

[baseline bum]

Any game recs? I've owned every Gran Turismo so I have to get it most likely ( not sure I want to pay full price). Any top rated games that are already discounted?

Also there will be a Days of Play sale starting Wednesday, so you'll probably see some price breaks on games like Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, Ghost of Tsushima, Returnal, Demon's Souls Remake, Miles Morales, Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us Part 2, God of War, Nioh Collection, Devil May Cry 5 PS5, etc. Probably too soon to see official discounts on recently released games like Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Forbidden West, or Elden Ring in this sale. Also Gran Turismo 7 is always online.

[baseline bum]

Also I'd recommend Persona 5 Royal if you like turn based RPG at all. Amazing music and art style and A-Tier turn based combat (gotta go to Shin Megami Tensei games for S-Tier turn based combat though). Don't buy base Persona 5 since Royal has a lot of big enhancements that make the game a lot better and base Persona 5 can't be upgraded to Persona 5 Royal.

The whole Yakuza series is great too and they go on sale all the time. Best to play them in order, eg

Yakuza 0
Yakuza Kiwami
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Yakuza 3-6

Yakuza 0 goes on sale for $5 all the time on PSN. They're beat 'em ups with funny side missions and interesting characters. Haven't played Yakuza Like a Dragon yet but it comes after Yakuza 6.

[baseline bum]

And Dying Light 2 is disappointing as fuck, nowhere near as good as Dying Light 1. And the main quest is buggy as fucking hell on PS5. Like shouldn't have been released in this state level of bugginess.

[resistanze]

have you not played any ps4 games? a ton of those were outstanding and hold up well and are dirt cheap. a lot of them also perform even better on the ps5
Literally skipped the entire PS4 generation. Sold my PS3 in like 2016. Gonna have to be selective on what I'm catching up with.


You're way too late to flip for $1100. That was like Christmas 2020 pricing. Judging by today's Sold Listings, you're talking $700 to $750 for a disc version console brand new on ebay these days.

If you haven't played Elden Ring that's a must play. Best game I have played in years. Though I'd either buy digitally or get the PS4 game so you can play the PS4 version of the game through backwards compatibility, which gets you 60 fps on PS5. The PS5 native game drops into the 40s and 50s a lot in performance mode.

The Spiderman games are pretty killer in the 1080p60 mode with raytraced reflections. Note you can't get the PS4 version of Spiderman and get that PS5 upgrade. You can only get the PS5 version of Spiderman by either buying Miles Morales Ultimate Edition, in which case it's a free download, or any other version of Miles Morales, which will let you buy Spiderman Remastered digitally for $20. Also if you have a 120Hz TV that can do HDMI-2.1 VRR the games have a 4k40 mode with raytracing that is supposed to be incredible.

Probably the game I'd recommend most is Ghost of Tsushima. If you play stealth it's like an old school AC game. But if you play samurai style instead of ninja style the sword combat is pretty awesome. Great exploration in the game too. Pretty rock solid 1800p60 in the entire game.

Of course God of War is another must play. Shit runs 4k60 on PS5 if I remember right.

Lots of other incredible stuff. Might look at the Demon's Souls remake too. Still have it in my backlog but it's pretty amazing graphically and I loved the combat in the original Demon's Souls on PS3 and it's supposed to be pretty faithful to the original there. ElNono can vouch for that one.
I'd only sell the PS5 if something were to take this entire fkin bundle, which seems to be fetching at least $1000. But Im not poor and the PS5 is already set up. Got a 120hz 4K Hisense TV ready to go. Spider-man, GoW, GT7, Demon Souls, TLOU2, already an overload, fack.


And Dying Light 2 is disappointing as fuck, nowhere near as good as Dying Light 1. And the main quest is buggy as fucking hell on PS5. Like shouldn't have been released in this state level of bugginess.

Fack - I loved DL1. Ah well. I'm still copping that R&C at one point.

[resistanze]

Also there will be a Days of Play sale starting Wednesday, so you'll probably see some price breaks on games like Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, Ghost of Tsushima, Returnal, Demon's Souls Remake, Miles Morales, Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us Part 2, God of War, Nioh Collection, Devil May Cry 5 PS5, etc. Probably too soon to see official discounts on recently released games like Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Forbidden West, or Elden Ring in this sale. Also Gran Turismo 7 is always online.

Always online? Oh boy - they may have lost me tbh

[resistanze]

Also - are buying used games a thing still? I have Disc edition.

[spurraider21]

Literally skipped the entire PS4 generation. Sold my PS3 in like 2016. Gonna have to be selective on what I'm catching up with.


I'd only sell the PS5 if something were to take this entire fkin bundle, which seems to be fetching at least $1000. But Im not poor and the PS5 is already set up. Got a 120hz 4K Hisense TV ready to go. Spider-man, GoW, GT7, Demon Souls, TLOU2, already an overload, fack.



Fack - I loved DL1. Ah well. I'm still copping that R&C at one point.
spider-man (the one that came out a few years ago, i havent played the miles morales one) and god of war are absolute slam dunks and are going to be dirt cheap.

i havent played TLOU2 yet but by all accounts its outstanding. im pretty sure you could get GoW and Spider-Man for less than 15-20 apiece. they're also not super long games that will feel like a slog even if you are something of a completionist. demon souls will probably require you sink a good amount of hours into it. same with bloodborne (another ps4 masterpiece that you can get dirt cheap).

obviously there are outstanding games that will usually require you to sink 30+ hours into them to get through... but if you want sub 20 hour games that are of outstanding quality, my list would be Spider-Man, God of War, TLOU2* (havent played it myself yet), Ratchet and Clank, Uncharted 4, Resident Evil 2

if you want longer games that are going to cause quite a backlog, you can basically grab the FromSoft catalogue (bloodborne, demon souls, sekiro, dark souls 3, etc)... and a bunch of others like Red Dead 2, Nier Automata, could be quite a long list. by then you're buying games you're not going to get to for at least a year... so id stick to the first list

[baseline bum]

I'd only sell the PS5 if something were to take this entire fkin bundle, which seems to be fetching at least $1000. But Im not poor and the PS5 is already set up. Got a 120hz 4K Hisense TV ready to go. Spider-man, GoW, GT7, Demon Souls, TLOU2, already an overload, fack.


You have to check if it supports HDMI 2.1 VRR. HDMI 2.1 is a clusterfuck that was originally going to require VRR support but has since then dropped it from its specifications. If you don't have VRR I'd probably avoid the 120Hz modes in games because a lot of them will have noticeable frame drops. Of course if you have VRR on the TV that's a different story.

Also, Ghost of Tsushima is IMO the best looking game on PS5 and is an awesome open world. Combat's not as good as God of War but still very solid. I imagine it'll be on sale starting Wednesday.



Fack - I loved DL1. Ah well. I'm still copping that R&C at one point.

Me too, DL1 was a 9.5/10 game for me. DL2 is like a 5/10 on PS5. The open world parkour is pretty fun for a while but gets repetitive. The combat is nowhere near as fun since you can't start chopping off heads and limbs with swords and axes until leveling up to pretty late in the game unlike the first where you could do those violent kills 3-4 hours into the game. The main quest is so bugged, like 1/3 of the main quest missions I'd get some bug blocking progression and have to back out and reload to advance.

R&C Rift Apart is a cool game but I didn't think it lived up to the hype. Not the must buy I was expecting from the previews. I'd still give it an 8/10 though, and I think it has a 4k40 mode.



Also - are buying used games a thing still? I have Disc edition.


No restrictions on used games other than if it comes with a DLC code or something obviously you won't be able to use that if the original owner redeemed. Gamefly is likely to be your best bet for cheap used games in good quality.

[baseline bum]

i havent played TLOU2 yet but by all accounts its outstanding. im pretty sure you could get GoW and Spider-Man for less than 15-20 apiece.

resistanze definitely won't want the Spiderman PS4 version since there is no way to upgrade it to the PS5 version. And there is no way to buy Spiderman Remastered by itself. You have to buy either Miles Morales Ultimate for PS5, which includes Spiderman Remastered, or any other version of Miles Morales and then buy a digital copy of Spiderman Remastered for $20 that can only be ordered from your game library if you already have a copy of Miles Morales in it. Miles Morales has a free upgrade to the PS5 version if you buy the PS4 version though I think. Also God of War will probably be $10 for the Days of Play Sale starting Wednesday. I actually liked TLOU2 better than the original, as unpopular an opinion as that is.

[baseline bum]

Also a lot of people seem to consider Horizon Forbidden West the best looking game on PS5. Personally the 60 fps performance mode looks hideous on my 4k monitor, lots of shimmering on nearby foliage and lot of terrible aliasing on distant objects, can look almost PS3 level at times. And while it's a well known bug, mostly noticed by OLED screen users (though I use an IPS panel monitor and see it), it doesn't seem to be universal and most people think it looks great on their 4k panels.

I highly recommend Horizon Zero Dawn. Plays kind of like a third person Far Cry but with much more interesting combat, world, and story. That's another one you'll probably find for $10 starting Wednesday, since that's its typical sale price these days (MSRP is $20). Also has a free PS5 upgrade running 60 fps.

[spurraider21]

Horizon zero dawn is outstanding tbh. PS4 literary was quite amazing. But that’s not going to be a quick 15-20 hour game

[Reck]

I’ll go with A Plague’s Tale: Innocence since it hasn’t been mentioned.

It’s a beautiful game cinematically, gameplay and the narrative is top notch. Sony had this for free not too long ago along with a free PS5 upgrade. That’s how I got it.

[ElNono]

Ratchet is pretty dope if you like platformers/action shooters, tbh... The Astro Bot game that comes free with the console is also pretty nice...

[baseline bum]

Ratchet is pretty dope if you like platformers/action shooters, tbh... The Astro Bot game that comes free with the console is also pretty nice...

Yeah Astro Bot is a really nice pack-in. Also bend over I'll give you a pack-in.

[baseline bum]

resistanze man, have a half decent gaming PC these days? Or still rocking the i5-4690k + GTX 970 combo everyone bought in 2014/15? Because if you have a gpu say GTX 1070 / 1660 Super level or better I'd definitely play RDR2 on PC since the PS4 version is stuck at 30 fps even on PS5. Took some careful settings tweaking but I could play 1080p60 and have it look amazing on my Xeon E3-1231v3 (basically an i7-4770 but marketed as a server processor) and GTX 1660 Super. Think the game would wreck a GTX 970 though. If you missed RDR2 it's another must play from last gen.

[ElNono]

Been playing Star Wars: The Fallen Order again, there's a new, free PS5 upgrade for it.

[ElNono]

if it goes back to the ps2 i just might


No comment. I like spurraider though, I think he deserves his wish...


https://media.giphy.com/media/FZuRP6WaW5qg/giphy.gif


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkd7Xz15bao

[baseline bum]

Been playing Star Wars: The Fallen Order again, there's a new, free PS5 upgrade for it.

Sounds like a sequel is being announced next month for it too. LOL one of my favorite Girlfriend Reviews:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN6ygnYvnPg

[baseline bum]

WTF? 50 Hz PAL versions of PS1 games being put on this PS Plus crap just like we saw in the PoorStation Classic? What a joke.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/some-classic-playstation-games-on-ps-plus-appear-to-be-50hz-even-in-non-pal-regions/

[ElNono]

WTF? 50 Hz PAL versions of PS1 games being put on this PS Plus crap just like we saw in the PoorStation Classic? What a joke.

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/some-classic-playstation-games-on-ps-plus-appear-to-be-50hz-even-in-non-pal-regions/

Not for long...

[baseline bum]

Not for long...

Hope so. That's ridiculous to release PAL games in Japan where they used 60 Hz TVs.

[resistanze]

resistanze man, have a half decent gaming PC these days? Or still rocking the i5-4690k + GTX 970 combo everyone bought in 2014/15? Because if you have a gpu say GTX 1070 / 1660 Super level or better I'd definitely play RDR2 on PC since the PS4 version is stuck at 30 fps even on PS5. Took some careful settings tweaking but I could play 1080p60 and have it look amazing on my Xeon E3-1231v3 (basically an i7-4770 but marketed as a server processor) and GTX 1660 Super. Think the game would wreck a GTX 970 though. If you missed RDR2 it's another must play from last gen.

Rocking the same sheet I built in 2015 when I moved to the US :lol didn't game much over that past few years and didn't see a point with the price of GPUs. I'll have to settle for RDR2 on console cuz I ain't forking put money for this PC till it croaks. Even then it's getting the integrated treatment.

[baseline bum]

Rocking the same sheet I built in 2015 when I moved to the US :lol didn't game much over that past few years and didn't see a point with the price of GPUs. I'll have to settle for RDR2 on console cuz I ain't forking put money for this PC till it croaks. Even then it's getting the integrated treatment.

Damn my 970 was still awesome when it died on me in 2019. Crushed the hell out of the Resident Evil 2 remake, last game my 970 ever ran, though it'll play better on PS5 now that it has a 60 fps patch. Also highly recommend that game and it's not too long. PSN has the deluxe edition of it on sale for $20 until June 2nd.

[resistanze]

Damn my 970 was still awesome when it died on me in 2019. Crushed the hell out of the Resident Evil 2 remake, last game my 970 ever ran, though it'll play better on PS5 now that it has a 60 fps patch. Also highly recommend that game and it's not too long. PSN has the deluxe edition of it on sale for $20 until June 2nd.

Oh RE2 was one of the few games (along with ME trilogy) I played on my 970 recently, fkin awesome. Legendary card tbh

[baseline bum]

Oh RE2 was one of the few games (along with ME trilogy) I played on my 970 recently, fkin awesome. Legendary card tbh

Yeah my 1660 Super already feels way older at two years than my 970 did at five.

[ElNono]

Yeah my 1660 Super already feels way older at two years than my 970 did at five.

I'm running a Radeon RX 6900XT these days. Pretty decent card.

[baseline bum]

I'm running a Radeon RX 6900XT these days. Pretty decent card.

Too rich for my blood. Hard to even stomach the thought of PC when you need a $160 board these days to not throttle an i5. Can't believe I'd be paying same for board and cpu to upgrade to an i5-12400F. On my last build in 2014 I didn't think it made any sense to spend more than 1/3 of the cpu cost on a board. Seems like Intel boards got stupidly expensive after they added PCIE-4.0 while AMD board just got moderately expensive from Zen 3 on.

[resistanze]

Where the f--k is this sale? I wanna use my $100 at the PS store

[resistanze]

About time. Got Uncharted and RDR2 off the PS store, and TLOU and GoW from amazon.

[baseline bum]

About time. Got Uncharted and RDR2 off the PS store, and TLOU and GoW from amazon.

Which Uncharted? If you bought the vanilla Uncharted 4 you only get the 1440p30 PS4 original. You have to get the PS5 version with 4 and Lost Legacy together if you want the 4k30, 1440p60, and 1080p120 modes. You can refund a game on PSN if you haven't started downloading it yet.

[resistanze]

Which Uncharted? If you bought the vanilla Uncharted 4 you only get the 1440p30 PS4 original. You have to get the PS5 version with 4 and Lost Legacy together if you want the 4k30, 1440p60, and 1080p120 modes. You can refund a game on PSN if you haven't started downloading it yet.
Yeah the crap was confusing AF but I ended up just getting the $10 upgrade for PS5 after getting the lost legacy bundle for ps4

[Reck]

Also there will be a Days of Play sale starting Wednesday, so you'll probably see some price breaks on games like Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, Ghost of Tsushima, Returnal, Demon's Souls Remake, Miles Morales, Final Fantasy VII Remake, The Last of Us Part 2, God of War, Nioh Collection, Devil May Cry 5 PS5, etc. Probably too soon to see official discounts on recently released games like Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Forbidden West, or Elden Ring in this sale. Also Gran Turismo 7 is always online.

Who told you this? No such thing.

That I can see.

[resistanze]

Who told you this? No such thing.

That I can see.
Last of us 2 digital deluxe is 24.99 (but already bought 19.99 version from Amazon). R&C is on sale (still $40).

[baseline bum]

Yeah the crap was confusing AF but I ended up just getting the $10 upgrade for PS5 after getting the lost legacy bundle for ps4

Spiderman and Control are the two one other ones to watch out for. There is no way to upgrade those two PS4 games to the PS5 games.

[resistanze]

Spiderman and Control are the two one other ones to watch out for. There is no way to upgrade those two PS4 games to the PS5 games.

Got it. Didn't see a sale for Spiderman yet so I'll wait it out, I have a good queue now.

What you think of Deathloop?

[resistanze]

Had to get R&C....2160p HDR10 120Hz VRR...https://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/banderas.png

It's funny how behind I feel after skipping a generation. I turn on the PS5...and my TV switches to correct input and links to ARC soundbar. My remote for my TV also controls PS5. I'm a fkin caveman tbh

[baseline bum]

Got it. Didn't see a sale for Spiderman yet so I'll wait it out, I have a good queue now.

What you think of Deathloop?

Have it but it's in my backlog right now from when I went nuts buying shit during the Black Friday sales.

[baseline bum]

Who told you this? No such thing.

That I can see.

Days of Play sale just started a few hours ago. Though with a disappointing selection vs in the past.

[Reck]

Days of Play sale just started a few hours ago. Though with a disappointing selection vs in the past.

Yeah now I see it. Weird how late in the day it triggered.

[Reck]

Days of Play sale just started a few hours ago. Though with a disappointing selection vs in the past.

LMAO

Just took a look and the games are still expensive as shit. Most are only 10 dollars off. Super old games like Red Dead 2 being 25 dollars at this point. :lol

[baseline bum]

LMAO

Just took a look and the games are still expensive as shit. Most are only 10 dollars off. Super old games like Red Dead 2 being 25 dollars at this point. :lol

Used to be able to depend on the July Summer Sale being awesome, but I remember it being kind of a let down last year too.

[baseline bum]

Where the f--k is this sale? I wanna use my $100 at the PS store

Hey man if you still have $5 PSN credit left I highly highly recommend Yakuza 0. It's the prequel to a series that has been big in Japan since the PS2 days but never had much success in the west until Yakuza 0 got western localization in 2017 and opened up the floodgates of western fans to this series. It plays like a modern day beat em up; I kind of liken it to how a game like Streets of Rage would be made these days with open worlds, sidequests, and detailed storylines. It's the first chapter in one of the most interesting stories in gaming with some of the best written characters in the medium but a lot of crazy and funny sidequests and minigames for when you don't want to take things so seriously. Also has three arcade games from the 80s built in, namely Out Run, Fantasy Zone, and Space Harrier, which can be played by interacting with one of the respective machines whenever you go to one of the Sega arcades present in every city in the game. The sidequests are funny as hell too. For instance, one involves a 9 year-old kid who sees a vending machine with magazines the kid thinks are really important because they're shrink wrapped and he wants one but his mom won't buy it and the machine is in the back of an alley so he's scared to go buy it alone. So you promise to help him before realizing they're porno mags but because you already gave the kid your word now you have to sneak over to the machine and get him his magazine without any of the judgemental 40 year old Japanese women hanging out in front of the store by the alley catching you with porn.

If you end up liking this game there are 6 more in the series and they regularly go for $5 to $8 in sales. Note the next game in the series in Yakuza Kiwami, then Yakuza Kiwami 2, then Yakuza 3-6. Yakuza Like a Dragon is a turn based RPG with a whole new main character that takes place after Yakuza 6. Also Yakuza 0-6 stories build directly one after the other. And Kiwami just means extreme, as in the Kiwami games being extreme remakes of the PS2 originals Yakuza and Yakuza 2. Anyways, incredible series in gaming and Sega sells them dirt cheap. Plus Yakuza 0 is IMO the second best game in the mainline Kiryu series (with Yakuza 5 my favorite).

[resistanze]

Hey man if you still have $5 PSN credit left I highly highly recommend Yakuza 0. It's the prequel to a series that has been big in Japan since the PS2 days but never had much success in the west until Yakuza 0 got western localization in 2017 and opened up the floodgates of western fans to this series. It plays like a modern day beat em up; I kind of liken it to how a game like Streets of Rage would be made these days with open worlds, sidequests, and detailed storylines. It's the first chapter in one of the most interesting stories in gaming with some of the best written characters in the medium but a lot of crazy and funny sidequests and minigames for when you don't want to take things so seriously. Also has three arcade games from the 80s built in, namely Out Run, Fantasy Zone, and Space Harrier, which can be played by interacting with one of the respective machines whenever you go to one of the Sega arcades present in every city in the game. The sidequests are funny as hell too. For instance, one involves a 9 year-old kid who sees a vending machine with magazines the kid thinks are really important because they're shrink wrapped and he wants one but his mom won't buy it and the machine is in the back of an alley so he's scared to go buy it alone. So you promise to help him before realizing they're porno mags but because you already gave the kid your word now you have to sneak over to the machine and get him his magazine without any of the judgemental 40 year old Japanese women hanging out in front of the store by the alley catching you with porn.

If you end up liking this game there are 6 more in the series and they regularly go for $5 to $8 in sales. Note the next game in the series in Yakuza Kiwami, then Yakuza Kiwami 2, then Yakuza 3-6. Yakuza Like a Dragon is a turn based RPG with a whole new main character that takes place after Yakuza 6. Also Yakuza 0-6 stories build directly one after the other. And Kiwami just means extreme, as in the Kiwami games being extreme remakes of the PS2 originals Yakuza and Yakuza 2. Anyways, incredible series in gaming and Sega sells them dirt cheap. Plus Yakuza 0 is IMO the second best game in the mainline Kiryu series (with Yakuza 5 my favorite).

Hmm thanks I heard a lot about the game but never tried it. Probably going to be in a long queue though, especially how I'm like ADD nowadays about games

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Hmm thanks I heard a lot about the game but never tried it. Probably going to be in a long queue though, especially how I'm like ADD nowadays about games

Yeah I have a monster backlog too, but I'd highly recommend giving Yakuza 0 a try sometime anyways. Yakuza is one of the few (kind-of) open world series where the side stuff is actually interesting and not just collecting crap like Ubisoft games. If you ever played the Shenmue games, I have always heard this series is the spiritual successor to it. Anyways, I think Jim Sterling probably does a better job selling Yakuza 0 than I do lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsEDhuDssZw

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Get in here spurraider21

Seems like Ragnarok has been rated in Korea

https://www.grac.or.kr/Statistics/Popup/Pop_ReasonInfo.aspx?78912de4cb1438e320f450f370e902 b2a6c813a6a053e8e5ec12581d53453bb0

Also we have...

https://www.gamesradar.com/god-of-war-ragnarok-merch-appears-to-be-arriving-this-summer/
God of War Ragnarok merch appears to be arriving this summer
By Ali Jones published 1 day ago

Could this be more evidence of a release date?

God of War Ragnarok merchandise appears to be arriving this summer, further hinting at a release date locked in for 2022.

As noted by various Twitter users over the past day (via resetera(opens in new tab)), retailers have begun listing merchandise for the new game. In the UK, Geeky Zone lists apparel and plushes with an estimated release date of September 30. Elsewhere, retailer Entertainment Earth is offering a similar selection that is claims is "coming in June 2022."

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All of the items listed come from Jinx, a US merch store with official ties to PlayStation, which has previously provided items for a number of Sony titles, including the Horizon series and the 2018's God of War.

The appearance of the merchandise came around the same time that a rating for God of War Ragnarok appeared on the Korean rating board. While there's been no news from Sony yet, that's two clues in quick succession which seem to hint that we'll be getting a release date announcement relatively soon. A not-insignificant period of radio silence on that front over the past few months lead some to believe that God of War Ragnarok might have been delayed out of 2022, but there's now renewed hope in a late summer/early fall launch. If that's the case, an official announcement seems increasingly likely, particularly with the E3 2022 conference season on the horizon.

The likelihood of some kind of showcase also rose with the appearance of a project that appears to be Returnal on PC storefront Steam. Codenamed Oregon, that listing references Housemarque's roguelite multiple times, but once again there's been no official confirmation from Sony, meaning a show could take place soon.

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Doubt we'll see much Ragnarok in the State of Play next week, probably just a short trailer. They'll surely do a Playstation Showcase for Ragnarok later on.

[Reck]

I can see a March 2023 release for it.

According to the rumors it’s 70 percent finished and that was almost a year ago.

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I can see a March 2023 release for it.

According to the rumors it’s 70 percent finished and that was almost a year ago.

If it's getting rated in Korea already sounds like it actually will be a fall 2022 release.

[Reck]

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Reminder this is going down today.

6PM Eastern (for me)

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Reminder this is going down today.

6PM Eastern (for me)

Sounds like it's going to be mostly PSVR2. I'm guessing Ragnarok will be mostly held back for a PS Showcase closer to launch.

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How many times is RE4 going to get remade? :lol

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Oh shit, RE4 and RE8 in VR. And RE4 with modern graphics, not the Occulus Quest VR version of RE4 with early 2000's graphics

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No Man's Sky VR WGAF

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Won't touch Horizon VR until the fuckers fix the broken performance mode in Horizon Forbidden West

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Spiderman on PoorC August 12th. Get in here DJR210. Game is fucking ridiculous at 60 fps with RT reflections.

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Stray looks pretty good. Meh on Callisto.

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Eternights looks interesting if I don't have to play with those English voices

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Do people still give a shit about Street Fighter?

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FFXVI still a year away. No real surprises today other than them not saying shit about PSVR 2. Well, still looks like nothing much to buy on PS5 this year other than Ragnarok and maybe Stray.

[Reck]

What a weird direction Street Fighter 6 is taking.

Looking forward to RE4. I haven’t played that game since it’s original release for the GameCube.

[chunticakes]

What a weird direction Street Fighter 6 is taking.

Looking forward to RE4. I haven’t played that game since it’s original release for the GameCube.

Hopefully they don't botch it like the RE3 remake.

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Wow just downloaded and installed the new patch for Horizon Forbidden West, and the performance mode looks awesome now. Got rid of the ugly foreground shimmering that made the grass look like it was lighting up when I moved and fixed the really nasty aliasing distant background objects had in previous versions. Performance mode finally looks awesome on my 4k panel.

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Hopefully they don't botch it like the RE3 remake.

RE3 remake sucked? From the trailers it looked so much like the RE2 remake that was brilliant.

[chunticakes]

RE3 remake sucked? From the trailers it looked so much like the RE2 remake that was brilliant.

Yeah man the remakes of RE2 and RE3 are day and night. RE3 felt rushed. It was super short, like they literally took out a lot of the original content. I was super disappointed. The RE2 remake on the other hand was amazing.

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Yeah man the remakes of RE2 and RE3 are day and night. RE3 felt rushed. It was super short, like they literally took out a lot of the original content. I was super disappointed. The RE2 remake on the other hand was amazing.

Crap. Now I don't feel so bad about burying it in the backlog.

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Crap. Now I don't feel so bad about burying it in the backlog.

Yeah you shouldn't :lol

I think I beat it in two days and I'm far from a pro

[ElNono]

Hope so. That's ridiculous to release PAL games in Japan where they used 60 Hz TVs.

Japan released yesterday(? I think), all games there are 60hz NTSC. The first release region was Asia.