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Is a PS5 Pro really needed though? I haven't noticed any real issues with my PS5 yet, whatever I'm playing for however long the thing stays whisper quiet and only gets warm, so it's not like it's having its legs stretched. Although I'd probably pick one up if they wasn't silly money, with the gap getting ever smaller between generations I'd rather Sony be putting all their efforts into a PS6.

Hmmm... I'm maybe tempted? Although this would be a lot of fun, I have the originals so I'll wait for a physical release or until they knock 75% off in PS store.

I have a dock and 4 controllers. I may find the time to sit and play for hours on end occasionally, but there'll always be a fully charged spare to swap to if (when) needed. Although a longer battery life is always welcomed as fewer charging cycles should lead to a better battery lifespan.

@Titntin You binned it? It takes half an hour to swap the module out, all you need is a soldering iron and a couple of quid on the new part. I got 2 of mine cheap off Ebay and fixed em good as new!

SM2 is one of the only games ever that I've pre-ordered and made the effort to actually get around to playing. I thoroughly enjoyed it, even if it was a little buggy and too short. Really don't give a monkey's what awards it gets or doesn't get. It was probably MY GOTY....

@Martijn87 That sucks. Also why I have 2 PS3's... Not that I really bought much digital stuff back then (or even now). There is certainly a convenience to digital, but I'd much rather not have to worry about never actually owning something.

I saw this sorta thing coming back in 2007/8 when I got my first iPod and iTunes purchases were being pushed as hard as hell. It is an inevitability that without physical media you will lose access to what you've paid for at some point, for some reason. Eventually.

Of course there's always alternative download sources...

Meh. Still haven't got around to Pt2 on PS4 yet, haven't even removed it from the cellophane... As for Pt1 remastered? I'll probably get around to it this weekend now I've done SM2. Unless something else crops up. My understanding is it runs perfectly well on PS5 and a PS5 remake would be wasted effort. If they start Pt3 now maybe I'll be ready to play it in 5 years?

@zekepliskin You know what, I'll have to try that. My PS3 is chaos and I've so many PS Plus games on it, I really should get around to it so I can sort the wheat from the chaff, I guess at worst it'll give me something to do over Christmas! Although I still have my PS4 I haven't turned it on since I got a PS5 so won't bother with that. Although I just scanned through my library and yeah, PS5 folders would be bloody useful! 😂🤣😂

@zekepliskin Thanks for a helpful reply, I was half expecting some flack for asking.

That makes a lot of sense, especially if you have a large digital library, I guess, seeing as most of the games I play are physical, it'd never occurred to me as pinning has suited me for the handful of PS Plus games that I actually play.

Although, on reflection, it'd be handy to have somewhere to stash all those Plus Essential games I will get around to playing... One day...

@TommyNL Link leads to a 404...

I honestly don't get the fascination with folders and backgrounds. They along with twitter are irrelevant to me, I seriously don't see the point in folders, and backgrounds would be seen for a few seconds at most. I'd rather Sony focus on more useful things... Which they seem to be doing... Slowly...

PS5 had twitter integration...?

@knowles2 This is what Sony want, people will pay slightly more for the disc-less slim, then 'upgrade' with a disc drive. And for manufacturing reasons all disc drives will be the same.
TronicsFix registered one drive to both consoles and switched and swapped them about. In some cases a factory reset was required of the PS5, but ultimately the drive would work seamlessly with either device once registered.

@AndroidBango My understanding is it's to do with core BD security than Sony deciding that is the way. Theoretically games on BluRay should be exempt from these protocols, but I'd imagine that for simplicity it's easier to bundle them all under the same ruleset.

@trev666 Well, yeah. That was obvious as soon as someone mentioned 'detachable disc drive' or to anyone who had seen a teardown of the original disc and disc-less versions. It would also have been cheaper to not pair PS4 drives to the console, but they were hoping to get more money by sanctioned repairs or people replacing entire devices.
The fact that they are proven to be swappable between multiple registered devices and (allegedly) available as a standalone hardware purchase, or you being able to re-register the drive to a new 'disc-less' console if your main console goes kaput is much more reduce/reuse than we are used to in the current era of technology. Sony should try and take advantage of this angle as it's something that will resonate well with a lot of people whose finances are incredibly stretched in these times, and the greenies, whilst also being a stick in the eye to the likes of Microsoft and Apple.

I would really really like to think this intentional by Sony and they've decided this is a good move to support right to repair and console longevity, and we all know this is something M$ couldn't fathom doing with their console.

But I'll hold my applause because the cynic in me still thinks that at some point these drives will become married to a single APU and swapping will no longer be possible.
Because Sony.

@iDreamwalker But TronicsFix went more in depth in swapping drives around. In theory one drive cane serve multiple consoles if registered correctly.

I finally got around to starting this earlier in the week and am quite shocked at how buggy it appears to be. I spent an hour (maybe more) last night playing as a tiny white cube and have had many crashes/freezes all week. A number of crimes have had to be abandoned because it either wouldn't let me finish the task, or there would be one remaining enemy who wasn't on the map. Subtitles have been way out of sync, duplicated or just skipped and some of the side missions haven't enabled me to start them.
Oh, and, it's made my PS5 black screen more than once and I've lost audio coming out of menus, forcing me to restart the thing.
Gotta admit this puts me off of getting games early.

@Bartig I picked that up when I got my PS5 and did NG+ for the plat last week, as I'd simply not gotten around to it, that playthrough was a right 'mare, I was glitching into buildings, landing underground along with a few other oddities. I was surprised because my first playthrough was flawless, as was Spider-Man (PS5 version) SM2 has been buggy as hell for me too. Which has been annoying.

More likely it's to permanently pair the drive to the first console it's connected to... You know, so when the console breaks you have to buy a new drive too, which I guarantee will be like hens teeth to find after a short period of time...

I looked into this earlier (after reading this) and I might actually be tempted. Shooters really aren't my thing, but maybe this is the exception?
Although I saw some gameplay footage and the lipsync is atrocious, which will annoy me no end...

@2here2there @get2sammyb Thanks people's! Feeling like I'm over the worst (after a ruddy week now) so hope to get to some web swinging tomorrow? I tried some MM just now and ain't up to it yet. Gutted because I've been looking forward to this game since it was but a rumour...

My copy came through the door yesterday, but I've been too ill to fire it up... If I can muster the energy to drag the duvet down to the living room (be better, but maybe too optimistic, to move the PS5 to the bedroom) I'll probably still feel too rough to fire it up. DAMN YOU COVID!

@BusyOlf Lvl 50 is the only one left for me. Really haven't fancied the idea of grinding the game out for hours and hours just for that... It was fun whilst it lasted I guess....

Well... This bodes well for GT7. 2 years after GT8, (or Sport 2, whichever they decide) a game many players paid top price for, will become little more than a crap demo.

Funny, I've just had to cancel and re-preorder SM2 due to card fraud which kinda bummed me out. Seeing this has reinvigorated my excitement for the game!

Definitely something I'd consider if I had the space but I bought a 55" Sony XH9005 in readiness for a PS5 (it was half price too and, thankfully, Sony eventually updated the software for VRR etc.) which replaced a 2015 full HD 43" model. Looking at it now a 200" display would be the whole frigging wall! Plus speaker placement is my top priority and they'd certainly get in the way.

ABK don't really make games that I gravitate towards, but this is bad for the industry. The few IP's that M$ don't put out to pasture will rot as that is what they typically do.
The majority of ABK's catalogue will be but a memory in 5 years, and M$ will be sniffing around for the next behemoth to kill.

@MickOnYourFace Ditto. Even Hawk himself seemed at a loss as to why they pulled away. Although it seem to me they were trimming the fat to look more appealing to M$...

It's nice to not actually already own any of the games this month. Trek to Yomi looks like it could good, won't even claim the NBA one. Might give the JP one a go, if I ever clear the backlog... So probably never...

I got an email last week offering me to re-up essential with the same discount, although I strongly suspected this was coming I took it, it was a one time deal best I could tell. Just checked again on the app and it's back across all 3 sub's.

Meh... I appreciate certain things have limited appeal, but PlayStation have really missed an opportunity here. I just don't see the point in it. I'll stick with my Vita and PSP for portable PlayStation gaming ta...

PS1 is the first one I heard, and that first time someone had nudged the volume control of the HiFi it was rigged up to moderately high, so it was loud and powerful enough to literally made the windows rattle throughout the building! None of the others could come close to that experience... Even now every time I hear it the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end and I get goosebumps... Even had it as a message tone on my phone for a while (until I lost the file)

This stinks of "it's my ball and I'm going home" to me. M$ won't exit the UK market, the odds are much higher of me winning euro millions 3 draws straight than that happening.

I'm tired of big tech overrunning the industry and the pool of talent getting ever restricted, M$ and Sony are guilty of this...

Seeing as reward points were mentioned I'm still waiting for Argos to stock it, nectar points balance needs to be spent on something other than Lego... Although I'm still likely to be waiting a year or so for a price drop. The thing is ridiculously expensive.

Percentages and statistics are very easily used to tell almost any story the statistician would like.
Although there may be some truth in this assertion, I do not know one person who specifically purchased a PlayStation console to play cod. And most of my friends play it (I never have and never will). I do have a friend that got his PS4 to play Fifa, and upgraded to a PS5 for the loading times but most of my friends picked up a PS5 because they were already in the ecosystem. One of my friends became a PlayStation convert after borrowing my PS4 and playing Spiderman. Funnily enough I'm the only one in my friends group who bought a PS5 specifically for GT7.

GT7 looks like a next gen game, but it feels like GTS. I'd rather they put the effort into bringing more tracks/circuits back. Midfield Raceway and R246 would be a good start...

PlayStation are notoriously bad at peripheral support (think move controllers which have been all but unobtainium for at least 3 years) so this is a really bad sign. Luckily I have a PS5 disc already. One advantage of this is the eradication of failed disc drives being tied to the rest of the console though. I'd say it's a win for right to repair, but it really isn't...

@Casco Ditto. Pretty lame month really...

That's seriously crook... Personally I'm keen to give the game a go, but it's not the be-all and end-all. And I'm sure that although there will be many millions of copies sold there are many millions more that are simply not interested in the game and thus would score it lower. I hate that as a global society we're being cajoled into a cookie cutter society...
Games are like art, ya likes what ya likes and it should not matter one jot to another, Nazi Germany didn't win the war.

I was seriously excited for Plus Premium, specifically for the retro content. Upon launch it seemed pretty light and Sony weren't saying very much at all about it so I held off. Bloody glad I did, might give it a go if they add a few more, but until then I'm more likely to just purchase titles outright...

They're f*@£ing HOW MUCH! 😲 Don't get me wrong, I'm not against paying for something if I think it's worth it, but £210 for a bloody controller? They can whistle. I've got 3 standard ones as it is, pretty sure that even at £150 it'd be too much for my tastes...

I was intrigued by the dev kit when it was first shown and wouldn't have minded if the launch console was similar. It struck me as slightly 70's though, and not in a good way. Comparatively I thought the launch console was pretty tame when that was finally revealed. I was slightly taken aback by the sheer size of the thing when I unboxed it, but it's a similar footprint to my HiFi pieces and looks correct under my TV with all the rest.
@kenshin4ever I was gonna say the same! My PS5 is sat atop the TV stand flanked by a PS4 and PS3 with a PS2 and original PlayStation underneath, the PS2 is probably my favourite mostly for posterity, but the PS3 is not a lot smaller than the PS5 yet carries itself with much more discretion.

Gave the original a go when it was on PS+ and found it surprisingly fun and ending up playing it a lot, either to pass time or with friends. Hopefully HCT2 will be as much fun!

Oh yeah... I remember these... What are they actually for again...???

I don't give a flying flamingo what Mr Ryan thinks, I'll play PlayStation when I can be arsed. Didn't help that Sony twisted PD's arm to shaft the player base over GT7 and they're insistent on releasing re-hash after re-make instead of expediting something a bit newer. I've got more than enough to do with my time than sit on my arse playing PlayStation day in, day out.

This is excellent news as that kit can be prohibitively expensive to acquire! Kena, Stray and a coupla others have done well, and not just because they look good, they've brought something different to the table which can only be good for the industry. The 'big' devs are too focused on perpetuating franchises which leaves them scared to innovate. Either that or their just complacent, or a mix of both, as I strongly suspect is the case with polyphony these days.

Really...? Really!?!? I own 2 of these... And have zero interest in yakuza...

So 3 cars...? They'll be hagerty priced (you know, cos hagerty price real life limited availability cars. Everyone who owns a copy of this game technically has all the cars already) and most likely not usable in the majority of races... When are we gonna get new tracks...??? The GT series has so many excellent tracks yet all we've had to date is a different pit exit at Spa. Pretty sure this is another update that'll install but still not be played...