I started playing Diablo 1 on day one still never got into the micro transactions. In Diablo 4 I paid the seasons pass $6.00 but refused the new expansion price. Each season gave you rewards and mounts.
Without the dualsense controller effects the game will not be the same. Only port to PC if you can get it all to work as intended. Without the haptic feedback dualsense you would be porting only half of the game maybe even less.
I have a 8TB external HDD for PS4 games and added 2 TB internal Samsung M.2 to my PS5. I can push PS5 games over to the HDD if I am not playing them. It's faster to just transfer them back over to the PS5 than downloading again if i want to play them again.
9:00 PM in the US and they are still on sale. I was frantically trying to get one before they sold out. The order sight was crashing because of the volume of people trying to purchase. Lets hope they make plenty for everyone that wants one.
I will not pay to borrow a game that is digital. I have hundreds of digital games from PS Plus member ship. That is only because of the low yearly price. I will leave PlayStation for Nintendo if they do digital only. At any point I could just relay on my 1,000's of game I still own dating back to MS DOS days to current times. Who remembers the original ZORK games.
I would not leave console for PC. For me Physical games is a MUST. I love the history tracking of trophies on console. I love playing games in 4K on a big screen TV. I love PS Plus essential. I love to keep more of my money in my pocket not in someone else's pocket. If every game was on every platform I would still be on PlayStation. Sony knows electronics.
There games Microsoft now own I would like to continue to play. Hellblade 2, Wolfenstein, Diablo. I know I would never pay $180 a year for game pass! I buy my must have games day one but others I wait for a sale price. So If Microsoft decides to sell any good single player game there is a good chance I will purchase some of them.
I was a hard core PC gamer, I quit PC because it went all Digital. I will not buy a all digital console or new digital games. I will not quit gaming I will just stick with the 100's of games I already own on Disc.
All Activision had to do is laugh it off and do a much better job next time! They just had to poke a stick at it and turn it all super negative. I thought it was funny that is all. It never made me think ill of Activision or the Devs. But the push back did.
I have all 100 tables on Pinball FX 3. Zen Pinball gave you your past purchased tables Free. I committed to buying every table because of their good will. With the pricing on Pinball FX launched I just said No Thanks!
I moved from high end PC because of all digital. I will move from PlayStation if or when it goes all digital. I will not get mad I will just fix the problem. There are so many other things one could spend their time on.
No Physical Disc you can not buy a copy!! Unless they release one I will not purchase a digital only version. I played the original Baldur's Gate PC version flloppy Disc at launch. That was a great game I loved playing.
I dropped to PS Plus only or Essential as they call it now. After the first year I dropped the 2 upper tiers. No one likes a higher price, but i will keep my PS Plus Essential. I started my library of "Essential" games on PS3. I will be hoping for sale prices to continue on Black Friday.
Most Physical games can be played without a internet connection ever. Black Friday I pick up almost every game thats on sale I don't already own thats $9.99 to $19.99. Average is about 8 each year. Really it not about what is the best way to buy your games! It's more about being able to buy YOUR choice.
He can be a accessory to the crime but not the person who was the perpetrator of the crime. Like if you just drive the get-a-way car when robbing a bank you still get charged with robbing a bank. Maybe the other person just used his computer knowing it would lead police to him. Thinking that way he could get away with the crime.
What will be the new price point of game pass with Act/Blizz games added in?? If I ever feel I have to, I will buy a Xbox as a second console! The next problem will Microsoft cut budgets to the games from Act/Blizz to make them fit into there game pass model.
I can not remember all my PS4 and PS5 games with the Disc versions in a bookshelf I can look over to see them all. I love the art on the cases even more so the many steel books cases i have. I left PC gaming because of it all digital change. I will leave PlayStation the day it changes to ALL digital.
Digital Only is like you never made the game to me, you have nothing to sell me! Until you can figure out a way to let me burn one copy to a disc forget about it.
I had Extra and Premium for a year and now have dropped them both. I will just stick with PS-Plus only. I did pre-order Diablo IV and I am happy playing it over anything in the 2 higher tiers.
Just play the game and enjoy it! I don't care or want to finish the game the faster. I don't get mad about Mtx because I refuse to buy them. I am sure blizzard did not intend for people to bypass a large amount of dungeons for just a few higher EXP dungeons. If players did not exploit this nothing would have changed.
Physical Disc I love to see my games in Blu Ray book case. I never buy any Digital games unless they are under $20 and not on physical media. I do have 100's of PS Plus games digital. I joined PS Plus on PS3 and added every game to my library.
E3 thrived as a trade show and died as a consumer games fest. I am glad Keighley saved the summer game show and the game awards at the end of the year. Without it we would only have PlayStation directs. With third parties Dev's going to PlayStation and Microsoft it could end Keighley's shows.
Plain old original PS plus has always been the best service from the very start. But only when you purchase it by the year. I have went back to just PS Plus alone after one year of all 3 tiers of service.
Xbox game pass has lost its tricks and discounts making it very expensive.
The only reason Microsoft could do the subscription service is they had very few big titles to offer each Year. I got to a point that I was waiting to see the price Microsoft would charge once the deal with Actavision/Blizzard closed. Could they pump 5+ AAA games a year and charge way under the current cost of $69.99 for each game? Or will we end up with $300.+ subscription services?
I dropped down from the full PS Premium back to just PS Plus. Mostly because I could not find the time to play the extra games. Being able to keep Plus games in my library allows me to play them any time i wish.
I was excited about PSVR2 and was looking forward to buying day one. The lack of game titles made me take a giant step backwards. I needed to see a very strong line up of games for the price of PSVR2. We buy the hardware for access to software! How many good to great games should we expect for $550.00 price of hardware? So far its just not worth it.
I have always installed PS+ games that I had on disc and never had to insert the Disc again. I had always saw that as a plus for getting games I already owned on disc. I do not buy digital games except for small indies that are not on disc.
My family and I all gathers around to watch the show every week. We have all loved every show and the time spent together watching it. I am the only one to play the game. While my wife sat behind me on her computer playing Farmville and other Facebook games. She did turn around to watch me play many scenes. The game gave me a real fear of the infected that was much more of a threat to me. While the Infected side was almost completely left out of the show, showing the Human side of the game was still a great story in itself. Maybe season 3 will show the infected side. That's a nice wish but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Microsoft was hoping more PlayStation owners would jump ship and join Xbox, LOL. Then they allowed the price to be circumvented with the one dollar upgrade. Buying the games you really want over getting trash you would never play is the best choice.
What saves something like PS-Plus is its low cost. I expect many people buy Game Pass for $15 just on the months a big new game releases. Making for a even bigger loss for Microsoft.
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Re: Blizzard Reportedly Made $150 Million in Diablo 4 Microtransactions
I started playing Diablo 1 on day one still never got into the micro transactions. In Diablo 4 I paid the seasons pass $6.00 but refused the new expansion price. Each season gave you rewards and mounts.
Re: PS5 Pro Showcase Set for Tomorrow, Hosted by Mark Cerny
Long as I can pick one up for under $400 after trade in at Game Stop I am good to go!
Re: PS4 Players Won't Have to Wait Long for Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP
No physical means its vaporware, I can't force myself to buy digital. Maybe when it $10.
Re: Do You Want Astro Bot on PC? Creative Director Wants to Know
Without the dualsense controller effects the game will not be the same. Only port to PC if you can get it all to work as intended. Without the haptic feedback dualsense you would be porting only half of the game maybe even less.
Re: PS5 Gets a Staggering, Officially Licensed 8TB SSD
I have a 8TB external HDD for PS4 games and added 2 TB internal Samsung M.2 to my PS5. I can push PS5 games over to the HDD if I am not playing them. It's faster to just transfer them back over to the PS5 than downloading again if i want to play them again.
Re: Poll: Have You Pre-Ordered an Astro Bot PS5 DualSense Controller?
9:00 PM in the US and they are still on sale. I was frantically trying to get one before they sold out. The order sight was crashing because of the volume of people trying to purchase. Lets hope they make plenty for everyone that wants one.
Re: PlayStation Likely to Go All-Digital By PS7, Analyst Predicts
I will not pay to borrow a game that is digital. I have hundreds of digital games from PS Plus member ship. That is only because of the low yearly price. I will leave PlayStation for Nintendo if they do digital only. At any point I could just relay on my 1,000's of game I still own dating back to MS DOS days to current times. Who remembers the original ZORK games.
Re: Sony Is Allegedly Pulling PSVR2 Funding, Report Claims
Soon as a saw it had no backward compatibility I said NO to PSVR2. I was looking forward to a day one purchase of PSVR2 until I learned this.
Re: Random: What Happens to Your Digital PSN Library When You Die?
I still have old PC floppy disc dos games I can play. I only buy $5-$10 indie games digital, anything else is physical only.
Re: Poll: Years Later, How Do You Feel About PlayStation's PC Strategy?
I would not leave console for PC. For me Physical games is a MUST. I love the history tracking of trophies on console. I love playing games in 4K on a big screen TV. I love PS Plus essential. I love to keep more of my money in my pocket not in someone else's pocket. If every game was on every platform I would still be on PlayStation. Sony knows electronics.
Re: Diablo 4 Season 4 Could Boast the Game's Biggest Improvements So Far
I have play every season still working on lvl 100 for the 3rd season.
Re: Xbox May Need to Familiarise Itself with PS5, PS4's Platinum Trophies
The first XBox platinum would be a fun name.
Re: Poll: Which Xbox Franchises Would You Buy on PS5?
@UltimateOtaku91 Thanks for the reply, that helps a little. But I been around Microsoft from the 286 PC days and will never fully trust them.
Re: Poll: Which Xbox Franchises Would You Buy on PS5?
What about Diablo its not on the list. We got Diablo 4 but what about a Diablo 5 in the future.
Re: Poll: How Do You Feel About All of the Xbox Multiplatform Rumours?
There games Microsoft now own I would like to continue to play. Hellblade 2, Wolfenstein, Diablo. I know I would never pay $180 a year for game pass! I buy my must have games day one but others I wait for a sale price. So If Microsoft decides to sell any good single player game there is a good chance I will purchase some of them.
Re: Soapbox: This Is Why Physical Games Are Still Important to Me
I was a hard core PC gamer, I quit PC because it went all Digital. I will not buy a all digital console or new digital games. I will not quit gaming I will just stick with the 100's of games I already own on Disc.
Re: Hackers Breach Insomniac Games, Marvel's Wolverine Details and Employee Data Up for Ransom
Do a Elon Musk on the hackers.Tell them if you have the info release it, As far as the ransom money "Go F yourself"
Re: Kratos Voice Actor Underfire for Roasting New Call of Duty Campaign
All Activision had to do is laugh it off and do a much better job next time! They just had to poke a stick at it and turn it all super negative. I thought it was funny that is all. It never made me think ill of Activision or the Devs. But the push back did.
Re: Pinball M (PS5) - A Devilishly Cohesive Horror Pinball Platform
I have all 100 tables on Pinball FX 3. Zen Pinball gave you your past purchased tables Free. I committed to buying every table because of their good will. With the pricing on Pinball FX launched I just said No Thanks!
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for December 2023?
Lego games are relaxing fun games. I am happy with just Lego 2K.
Re: US Retail Giant Best Buy Will Bin Physical Media, But Not Video Games
I moved from high end PC because of all digital. I will move from PlayStation if or when it goes all digital. I will not get mad I will just fix the problem. There are so many other things one could spend their time on.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Baldur's Gate 3?
No Physical Disc you can not buy a copy!! Unless they release one I will not purchase a digital only version. I played the original Baldur's Gate PC version flloppy Disc at launch. That was a great game I loved playing.
Re: Video: We've Been Playing PS5 Games On a 200" 4K Projector Screen, and It's Insane
48" 4K TV on a desk 3' away from my face with nice high back office chair works about the same.
Re: Reaction: Has Sony Put Together the Worst PS Plus Month Ever?
I dropped to PS Plus only or Essential as they call it now. After the first year I dropped the 2 upper tiers. No one likes a higher price, but i will keep my PS Plus Essential. I started my library of "Essential" games on PS3. I will be hoping for sale prices to continue on Black Friday.
Re: PS Store Reloads with Almost 2,000 PS5, PS4 Deals
Most Physical games can be played without a internet connection ever. Black Friday I pick up almost every game thats on sale I don't already own thats $9.99 to $19.99. Average is about 8 each year. Really it not about what is the best way to buy your games! It's more about being able to buy YOUR choice.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 489
Diablo 4 Season 1 still enjoying the game!
Re: Accused GTA 6 Leaker Deemed Unfit to Stand Trial by Psychiatrists
He can be a accessory to the crime but not the person who was the perpetrator of the crime. Like if you just drive the get-a-way car when robbing a bank you still get charged with robbing a bank. Maybe the other person just used his computer knowing it would lead police to him. Thinking that way he could get away with the crime.
Re: Reaction: What Happens to PlayStation if Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard?
What will be the new price point of game pass with Act/Blizz games added in?? If I ever feel I have to, I will buy a Xbox as a second console! The next problem will Microsoft cut budgets to the games from Act/Blizz to make them fit into there game pass model.
Re: PS5 Is €100 Off in Some European Countries, Suggesting Hardware Revision Is Coming
I have almost all of my PS4 games on a 8Tb external HDD. That includes all the patches installed to the games. I have to use my disc to play them.
Re: PS5 Is €100 Off in Some European Countries, Suggesting Hardware Revision Is Coming
I can not remember all my PS4 and PS5 games with the Disc versions in a bookshelf I can look over to see them all. I love the art on the cases even more so the many steel books cases i have.
I left PC gaming because of it all digital change. I will leave PlayStation the day it changes to ALL digital.
Re: Alan Wake 2's Digital-Only Release Allows for a More Polished Game, Says Remedy
Digital Only is like you never made the game to me, you have nothing to sell me! Until you can figure out a way to let me burn one copy to a disc forget about it.
Re: Park Beyond (PS5) - Shallow Park Builder Besieged by Technical Issues
What a shame I really liked Theme Park way back when. But I will keep my eye on this title for fixes.
Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for June 2023?
I had Extra and Premium for a year and now have dropped them both. I will just stick with PS-Plus only. I did pre-order Diablo IV and I am happy playing it over anything in the 2 higher tiers.
Re: Blizzard Nerfs Dungeons to Stop Rampant Diablo 4 XP Farming
Just play the game and enjoy it! I don't care or want to finish the game the faster. I don't get mad about Mtx because I refuse to buy them. I am sure blizzard did not intend for people to bypass a large amount of dungeons for just a few higher EXP dungeons. If players did not exploit this nothing would have changed.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty Priced at £25 / $30 on PS5
Going to add this to my must have list. I have bought very few DLC packages, but I am good with $29.99 for this one.
Re: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Will Ship on Two PS5 Discs, Square Enix Proudly Points Out
Physical Disc I love to see my games in Blu Ray book case. I never buy any Digital games unless they are under $20 and not on physical media. I do have 100's of PS Plus games digital. I joined PS Plus on PS3 and added every game to my library.
Re: E3 Killed Itself, Says Summer Game Fest's Geoff Keighley
E3 thrived as a trade show and died as a consumer games fest. I am glad Keighley saved the summer game show and the game awards at the end of the year. Without it we would only have PlayStation directs. With third parties Dev's going to PlayStation and Microsoft it could end Keighley's shows.
Re: Poll: Which PS5 Blockbuster Will You Be Playing in June?
Diablo 4 and Spiderman 2 are my must have PlayStation games for 2023. They are worth a pre-order for me.
Re: Poll: How Hyped Are You for the PlayStation Showcase?
I am hyped about Diablo IV coming in 15 days! But I will have to see something on the Sony Show to get hyped about it.
Re: Soapbox: PS Plus Might Be Gaming's Best Subscription Service Now
Plain old original PS plus has always been the best service from the very start. But only when you purchase it by the year. I have went back to just PS Plus alone after one year of all 3 tiers of service.
Xbox game pass has lost its tricks and discounts making it very expensive.
Re: Soapbox: I No Longer Think Subscriptions Like PS Plus, Xbox Game Pass Are the Future of Gaming
The only reason Microsoft could do the subscription service is they had very few big titles to offer each Year. I got to a point that I was waiting to see the price Microsoft would charge once the deal with Actavision/Blizzard closed. Could they pump 5+ AAA games a year and charge way under the current cost of $69.99 for each game? Or will we end up with $300.+ subscription services?
Re: Sony's PS Plus Subscriber Count Is on the Rise Once Again
I dropped the add on tiers after the first Year and just kept PS Plus.Just could not find the time to play the limited time games.
Re: Consumer Spending Growth on Subscriptions Like PS Plus Is Slowing
I dropped down from the full PS Premium back to just PS Plus.
Mostly because I could not find the time to play the extra games. Being able to keep Plus games in my library allows me to play them any time i wish.
Re: Soapbox: PSVR2 Already Feels Like It's on Course for Failure
I was excited about PSVR2 and was looking forward to buying day one. The lack of game titles made me take a giant step backwards. I needed to see a very strong line up of games for the price of PSVR2. We buy the hardware for access to software! How many good to great games should we expect for $550.00 price of hardware? So far its just not worth it.
Re: Final Fantasy 16 Fans Divided as Squeeze Gap Discourse Begins Anew
Once your on the other side does it really matter?
Re: PS5 Firmware Update Finally Changes How Game Discs Work
I have always installed PS+ games that I had on disc and never had to insert the Disc again. I had always saw that as a plus for getting games I already owned on disc. I do not buy digital games except for small indies that are not on disc.
Re: TV Show Review: The Last of Us (HBO) Episode 8 - Streamlining Hollows Out Iconic Moments
My family and I all gathers around to watch the show every week. We have all loved every show and the time spent together watching it. I am the only one to play the game. While my wife sat behind me on her computer playing Farmville and other Facebook games. She did turn around to watch me play many scenes.
The game gave me a real fear of the infected that was much more of a threat to me. While the Infected side was almost completely left out of the show, showing the Human side of the game was still a great story in itself. Maybe season 3 will show the infected side. That's a nice wish but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Re: Pinball FX (PS5) - Messy Monetisation Overshadows Enormous Pinball Package
I purchased every table in Pinball FX3 I will be sticking to that game. No way I will pay $100 for a 1 year access.
Re: Diablo 4 Open Beta Dated for March on PS5, PS4, Pre-Orders Get Early Access
I have played Diablo 1, 2 and 3 all on launch day! Diablo 4 will be no different. Blizzard games have always been great in my eyes.
Re: Microsoft Admits Xbox Game Pass Is Harming Software Sales After All
Microsoft was hoping more PlayStation owners would jump ship and join Xbox, LOL. Then they allowed the price to be circumvented with the one dollar upgrade. Buying the games you really want over getting trash you would never play is the best choice.
What saves something like PS-Plus is its low cost. I expect many people buy Game Pass for $15 just on the months a big new game releases. Making for a even bigger loss for Microsoft.