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Re: PS5 Pro Users Starting to Feel a Little Shortchanged After Poor or Absent Support

TheFakulty

Had mine since day 1 again. But being honest, I haven't played many games that would take full advantage of it. I am currently playing dead island 2 on it and it looks sublime but then I haven't tried said game on my standard ps5 so I cant compare. I have actually been using the older ps5 more as it's linked to my portal and I have been playing older ps4 games like gr wildlands, ac odyssey, destiny 2, bloodbourne mgs1 as well as playing sonic transformed on ps3. I think as soon as they said it would be improved in 2026 then I just backed off on the better games until then

Re: Rumour: PS6 Will Have a Detachable Disc Drive, Much Simpler Design

TheFakulty

I bought disc drive ps5 day one and then I bought the detachable disc drive for pro day 1.
I dont bother putting the disc games in as I have become lazy, which means back log pecking order is now digital first. I have 33 physical games, however, 75% of these have been available digitally through ps plus (up to premium) where i played them instead. I have a much larger ps4 library but there's not a lot that a ps6 will do to improve them that i would invest day one in a detachable disc drive again

Re: Push Square Reader Survey 2025

TheFakulty

@antdickens yes I had same but now fixed and submitted.
My answers about buying games really hit home on how little I buy games now. This not because I dont like any of the games, i always love reading up on new releases and putting them on my wishlist. However, 1 and haf year's ago I made the decision not to buy any more games, because of my humongous back catalogue of purchased and ps plus games across 3 generations. I was finding I was buying games but not getting round to playing them until they end up being on ps plus or being a few years old and then ridiculously low sale prices. It was just wasting money. The only purchases I have made in recent years was Astrobot for my daughter and helldivers 2 (for hype and didn't like it) and the rest have been ps3 games, and then only dlc, a couple of vr games and then ps5 £10 upgrades.

Re: PS5's High Price Becoming a Serious Headache for Publishers

TheFakulty

@zebric21 actually odyssey took me 200+ hrs including all dlc. I am on the from software run at moment, having done demon souls remake, dark souls remastered, ds2 and now on bloodborne (I held out for a patch that never came). I am currently doing the following games and all are relatively medium to big games:
Bloodborne
Ghost Recon Wildlands
Death Stranding Directors Cut
AC Valhalla
Dead Island 2

However I also have dlc for other games i completed during the year plus racing games that I jump into.

Re: PS5's High Price Becoming a Serious Headache for Publishers

TheFakulty

@zebric21 actually thinking about it, this the same for me. I have a spreadsheet of all games from ps3 through to ps5 and vita. And in the 3 years of ps3 [I bought Xmas 2009] and the release of ps4 day 1 in Nov 2013, I completed far more ps3 games and have much less backlog. I think this is due that the ps3 games took a lot less time to complete, weren't as multi player focused and I was childless. However, the ps4 games I have in backlog not including ps plus is around 200. I think this is due to how cheap deals became a thing that I bought more games. I also have loads of triple aaa games in plus for ps4 to as backlog. I think the issue that arose, was the rise of live service games which I am not into but was addicted to destiny and division, and the size of the single player games all becoming a standard 30hrs plus, with a high percentage sitting at 80hrs or more. I dont like starting games and not completing them as I invest into the stories. Then back compatibility with ps5 has not helped, as I just end up getting more ps4 games where normally I would have stopped or massively reduced spend on last gen. I then have the guilt of having bought games and potentially just dropping them to concentrate on ps5 games. Therefore in the last year and half, I have stopped buying games altogether and just focus on backlog or ps plus extra / premium (where games i would have bought have dropped onto and therefore the race to complete before they are removed)

Re: Rumour: PS6 Handheld Device Can Be Docked Like Nintendo Switch 2

TheFakulty

I thought it was supposed to run ps4 and ps5 games in low power mode, so I would be less interested to play weaker versions of both games on what is essentially a ps5 series s.
If they can nail the cross save to instantly update the saves to main console that would be better for pick up and play. Unless the docking station boosts to a standard ps5 or ps5 pro but then it would be ridiculous money

Re: Ghost of Yotei PS5 a Similar Length to Ghost of Tsushima, Same Scope

TheFakulty

My problem with open world games, is that sometimes there is too much to do in the game. And now that I never buy games when they come out (I have a 200 game backlog including ps3, ps4 and ps5 especially thanks to 15 years of plus), by the time I do get them, they have expansions or free content updates making them even bigger and more overwhelming.

Re: New First-Person Ghost Recon Game Is Real, Ubisoft Confirms

TheFakulty

@AverageGamer I wasn't aware about d3 and the mobile game. No interested in latter but definitely would like a new division. Just not sure where they could take it, where it could be iconic like new York or Washington. Unless they take it out of America but would prefer not to be a safe option like London (they didn't do too week with a London watch dogs setting). France would probably work well

Re: These 13 PS5, PS4 Games Leave PS Plus Extra in August

TheFakulty

Had got Wild Hearts downloaded but never got round to playing it. Not overly fussed though as it's always mega cheap if I wanna pick it up and still gpt two monster hunter games to do (rise and world) in back catalogue which i guess are far superior. It's too long to jump in now, as going holiday in a few weeks.
Everyone should play jedi if they haven't already. Very good game let alone very good star wars game.

Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for June 2025?

TheFakulty

I will add people need to be open to trying games on the service. I would never have bought Atlas Fallen, but I have just done 26 hours on it and really enjoyed it for what it is dont know any other industry where I would get 26 hours of entertainment for £13.49 let alone that being for a month with other stuff to still play. Depending on whether they are leaving or not I will likely play dead island 2, dying light 2, remnant 2, sonic frontiers, or returnal next. If not I have plenty of side missions to clean up in like a dragon gaiden, not mention all the arcade games in it to play. I think when you look at it as a whole, and not just what's being added in a month, it's great value.

Re: Poll: Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for June 2025?

TheFakulty

Personally nothing that interests me, although I might give deus ex a go (still have not done the ps3 and ps4 games yet so makes sense to do in order).
I got such a backlog of games, so I am more interested in what is leaving ps plus next to see if I need to jump on those games or whether I can tackle some of the purchased games I have wanted to play. Only game i started (other than racing games) that i have yet to complete is ghost recon wildlands. Was holding for a 60fps patch but I think I will just jump on that now.

Re: New Street Fighter Movie Targeting Jason Momoa, Roman Reigns

TheFakulty

Now they got the technology, I would love for them to be able to up res and then implement the live characters from t he old street fighter movie game onto the animations from a normal street fighter 2 or 3 or alpha games, so that it is completely realistic looking.
It was the poor quality and capture that made it unplayable back then but they could get it to work now

Re: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Bombed So Hard, Warner Bros' Games Revenue Still Hasn't Recovered

TheFakulty

I actually bought it on sale late last year and only played it recently and actually thought the game was really good, both gameplay and story. If you didn't associate online live sevice (which tou dont have to use) or that its a rock steady game then it would be appreciated much more. If they are moaning about lack of sales then giving it away as part of jan ps plus was never gonna help.

Re: Rumour: New PS5 Pro Update Could Give Frame Rates and Resolutions a Massive Boost

TheFakulty

@DennisReynolds that's exactly what he said in the reveal. That ps5 users no longer have to choose between fidelity mode and performance mode as ps5 pro would deliver fidelity mode at 60fps.
I have had both systems since day one. I am happy with the system but look at df on nearly every game using pssr, every single game is performance mode enhanced. It may have more than standard performance mode but it is nowhere near the features of quality mode. Hence why we still get ps5 pro quality and performance mode options.

Re: Rumour: New PlayStation Portable Capable of Playing PS5 Games at Lower Resolutions

TheFakulty

@naruball the issue is that it would need to compromise to run the games and I don't want a series s situation where they starting building to lowest common denominator. If they are going to build a new one then I would say ps4 pro level but then you wouldn't get the latest games unless it streamed. But look at how quickly they would then deactivate the Portal as a device, because they can't have competition within. There is no reason a ps vita or pstv couldn't stream ps5 games but hey they cut that off.