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@Almost_Ghostly I did try that but it doesn't do anything for me

@Czar_Khastik I know it's safe for my kids because there are zero adults there

Cheaper, comes with a stand and has a bigger cooling system/quieter fan. My PS5 slim sounds like a jet engine with the tiny NMB fan since day 1.

Sony likes to give the UK things last despite being the one of the highest profit countries for SIE.

Waiting for the new games.

There hasn't been a lack of articles about the game on this site.. with complaints of too many trailers.. the marketing can't be that bad.

If the game or company fail the only ones that suffer are the lower paid devs who lose there jobs globally into the thousands.

As one of the few impartial people on this site, it's good that MS are taking feedback to at least try and address their issues. Healthy competition into next gen is what will keep prices down, and prevent Sony from going all out digital like it wanted to with the PS5 (They thought the Series S was the main console until about a year before hence the CPU overclocking, sharp GPU uplift and the disc drive slapped on the side in addition to the digital version).

Sony should seek feedback with it's live service offerings to avoid something of Concords scale again.

I can't believe I rushed to get a standard PS5 pro when they are still in stock to pre order nearly a week later. How many units did they allocate to the UK? it must either be an awful lot or selling poorly.

@LifeGirl The standard lower paid devs are the ones who will suffer for this, not the millionaire shareholders. Nothing to celebrate about a company struggling or doing badly.

I just want to know when Sony plan on refunding pre orders.. no news yet.

I find that I can switch seamlessly between PS and Xbox controllers as they game and button layouts are identical so once you play one of each it gets hard wired to your brain. It's the Nintendo press A rather than X/A that messes me up haha.

Any ETA on the pre order refund? I haven't received mine yet.

@Illyrian The only thing we ever truly own is our bones and even that's up for debate.

FYI UK PS5 Pro standard back in stock (at time of this post) - probably got approved from a larger allocation as the UK is a big market for PS.

@Zemo55 It's sold out in the UK now.

Managed to get the PS5 Pro standard about 10 mins ago and just waiting for my confirmation email. The Standard PS5 Pro is selling a little slower than I expected although I can't imagine there will be much stock left beyond this afternoon. The best part is they don't take payment until they ship, so almost anyone can pre order and just save up.

Just managed to grab a PS5 Pro, waiting for the confirmation email now.

Edit: Got the confirmation email at around 3pm.

@RagnarLothbrok One of those will get delayed out of Feb, I think KKD2 if MS doesn't delay Avowed.

Since AC Shadows is moving to Feb, does that mean a delay for KKD2 or Avowed, I can see at least one of these being delayed into March or April as Feb is getting very crowded and as much as people are hating on AC Shadows/Ubisoft online it will sell a lot more now with that steam day 1 and impact sales of others maybe except MH Wilds.

Either:

A: Laying low to avoid bad press in the 6 weeks leading up

B: A delay into Spring 2025 (Ubi aren't afraid to delay games a number of months when required/Due to new PS5 Pro updates). It would be very last minute to delay the game with a mere matter of weeks to go though.

Looking forward to this game.

They need to take it down a few levels.

Was okay, nothing mind blowing. Helped me to realise I won't be needing a PS5 pro until GTA 6. Ghost of Yotei looks okay but need to see more of it.

Played a few hours but got distracted by other releases. It's a beautiful game but didn't completely click with me in the 4 hours I played to date.

It's in my backlog now alongside 13 sentinels and I hope to play both in the near future.

Persona 6, nothing else will do.

@Yousef- @dskatter They just publish the game, all of the external dev teams are still in place.

If Sony wants to play stupid games, they will surely get stupid prizes.

Going to try and get the dualsense, although I am not hopeful I will get one against the scalpers bots. I need a new controller anyways and if not I shall just grab a standard black one.

Kind of tempted to buy this haha

Hopefully we will get some new 1st party IP in the near future for SIE. Jim Ryan's strategy of sequels and remasters might take a while to undo though.

I enjoyed Survivor significantly more than fallen order. So many quality of life improvements that really made the game more enjoyable.

While the minor additional or removal of something will not affect me, the principal that someone believes someone else should not see something that was originally there (Because it makes them uncomfortable/perception it might make other uncomfortable) sets a dangerous wider term precedent for more significant things to be censored in the future (In and out of gaming).

My question to the publisher is why try to profit off an IP you are no longer comfortable on the contents within? Just make a new game and set your own path.

No suprise at all that it was taken down given the content that was leaked.

Error in the article - The precinct hasn't released on PS5 yet.

Edit - thanks for updating

Do you need to watch the Anime to understand or play this game. It looks visually cool but I have not idea what kind of game this is.

I just finished the game after 70 hours and I have thoughts.

The pros are:

The raytracing and graphical fidelity is great

the pawn system is unique.

The world feels reasonably dynamic with emergent gameplay

Some interesting characters and historical themes

If you did buy any dlc it can be re-used in a new game save

The downsides:

FPS can be poor in high npc dense areas

Pawns are often repetitive, especially if you choose to pad the game exploration out.

The story missions are pretty short and the story is pretty basic - you need to grind to get to a comfortable level (40+)

The game feels padded out - in some ways it very much is a jogging simulator and collection which some with love and some will hate

There is an ending that locks you out of NG+ until you meet all the requirements. You can also be locked out of certain missions at certain parts of the main story. This is never made clear in the game.

It's very much a "I need to check this guide online because I don't know what to do/what this means" kind of game even for those who are competent. Having one save file means checking information is vital not to miss a significant amount. This is very much a symptom of most modern gamers used to more linear AAA experiences.

Some quests can be bugged and require workarounds.

Overall 8.5/10 for me.

One day even Larian Studios will have layoffs and will be quite then.

I just care about consistent frame pacing.

The internet taking umbridge with legal behaviour? Surely that cannot be.

A novel concept, but devs should focus on good quality games with some uniqueness and people will want to buy them! Gamepass has too much indie fluff and Phil finally figured out Xbox is wasting money. Playstations stricter selection of indie games like Stray, Stfu and Sea of Stars Stars is bearing fruit.

@PegasusActual93 it's pretty normal practice for ratings to come through 6+ months prior to launch. The release date and marketing cycle has not even started yet so I'd expect updates in may or June for a late 2024 launch.

@JalapenoSpiceLife Yeah its your choice to opt out, but having the option there for those who might want it is a good thing for sure.

Hopefully it is something with new IP, and something single player.

If one pillar of a bridge collapses eventually the rest of the bridge will collapse. PC and cloud gaming are safely on the shore. The home consoles are on the bridge.

I think it will only be in late 2024 - late 2025 when games like Star Wars Outlaws and GT6 come out that we will really see the PS5 pushed to it max by 2 developers with large budgets and the best in class talent at game engine optimisation.

If this saves people having to go to YouTube, it could be a big help. I have used YouTube recently for DD2 and Prince of Persia the Lost crown puzzle based missions.

I brought both digitally and I am sure a lot of others did too. I can also imagine the sales for DD2 on PC were much higher than console. The concurrent players peaked on steam for DD2 at around 225,000 if that is any indication.

@CutchuSlow I just wanted to ensure you had the correct information regardless of my own personal feelings of mtx.

Weirdly I think the current motion blur implementation has helped me notice the variable FPS less. I'm glad they are addressing some of the main issues such as being able to toggle graphics options and a 30fps lock.

I'm 20 hours in and loving the game.