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Re: Astro Bot's PS5 File Size Is About Six Times Bigger Than Astro's Playroom

sanderson72

@__jamiie I've just got a 1TB external drive plugged in which has PS4 games on.

What I can't fathom is the amount of space that the PS5 uses for 'Other' (for 'system data so games can run correctly', etc. apparently) which is currently chewing up 23.03GB but apparently this can change depending on what the console is doing? I'm assuming that this is Windows-esque swap space (for Unix, obviously)?

Re: Rumour: Sony's Still Working on PS3 Emulation for PS5

sanderson72

@nomither6 @astro911 Eventually got my white DriftSense (love it!) back from Sony repairs a week or so ago. Barely used in a year and when we tried using both controllers, that one just pulled to the left constantly!

Posted it with about 3 days of warranty remaining and Sony's repair tracker is just as broken as the controller innards!
First it said 'hand it in at the post office' status, then updated to say 'on its way to us' status, then reverted back to 'hand it in at the post office' and no sign of where it was. Eventually, I got an email saying it was on it's way back on the same day it a full replacement was returned!
Must be a lot of busted DS5s for them to fix...

Re: Rumour: Sony's Still Working on PS3 Emulation for PS5

sanderson72

@Anti-Matter You're right on the game prices. My lad wanted to continue his F1 games collection on the PS3 and he picked up F1 2010 for £1 from our local CEX!
I do wonder if it might be because the games aren't useable on the PS4 & PS5 but they are very cheap these days?
Hope my Slim keeps going for many more years (and the 3 official DS3s) as there's so much good stuff trapped on there, and being the 2500 series, it's very quiet and so is the disc drive.

@trev666 That's true as none of the Motorstorm games were released digitally.

Not tried it recently but I think the bizarre thing is, if you have Driveclub on disc, you could download patches and extra DLC content (if you had already purchased it) even though it's been de-listed!

Re: Rumour: Sony's Still Working on PS3 Emulation for PS5

sanderson72

Still got a 2503 Slim PS3 after the fatty popped its clogs. Still playing Worms 2: Armageddon and Motorstorm: Pacific Rift on the old, old stager.

To me, emulation would be nice (if the PS5 can hack it?) but we need some of those PS3 IPs being brought up to date:

1, Motorstorm (unlikely due to Evolution being no more - thanks Sony)
2. ModNation Racers (unlikely due to United Front being no more though San Diego, who helped with the original & Road Trip, could step in) and of course
3. LBP 1 & 2 (MM still exist but the servers for all LBP versions don't exist any more - just after MM uploaded all their textures and objects - again, thanks Sony)

Re: UK Video Game Retailer GAME Will Reportedly Stop Stocking Video Games

sanderson72

I remember buying Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance on release day from Game - I then had to go back and buy a PS2 Memory Card as I didn't have enough storage space on my other two!

Bought my PS3 fatty (R.I.P.) from Game too just after Sony announced that they were finishing off the 60Gb units and only making the 40Gb ones. Stock had completely sold out within a week! That said, PS4 original from Argos, PS4 Pro from Shop To & PS5 from Currys.

Game's used selection was dwindling anyway and CEX is just so much better.

Re: 14 More PS Plus Extra, Premium Titles Available to Download Now

sanderson72

@kailun Unfortunately the PS5 doesn't have enough grunt to natively emulate the PS3's Cell so unless the PS6 gets a serious power jump, you'd be better off finding a decent condition used PS3 and a load of (cheap in CEX, these days) discs!
Some Vita games could come across though some will be stuck due to the rear touchpad not being supported.

Re: Ex-PS5 Exec Shawn Layden Isn't Holding Back His Feelings on Xbox

sanderson72

@SLRC98 Yes, miss Shawn and his gaming jumpers.

That said, he, Andrew House or Jack Tretton would've been a much better CEO than Jim 'Accountant' Ryan.
At least Shawn used to speak to gamers. He obviously saw what was (or more accurately wasn't) coming with the PS5 so maybe we'll see him again in a couple of years?

Re: Even as a LEGO Game, Horizon Adventures' PS5 Visuals Are Off the Charts

sanderson72

@DennisReynolds To be honest, I don't think it would be a high cost (probably just put the same source code through the compiler with the PS4 options set) This is Sony marketing not believing in generations...

Given the target audience, cutting out the PS4 does seem somewhat silly because it wouldn't have problem running it if the inferior Switch hardware can.

Re: Reaction: PS5 Livestreams Are No Longer Speaking to the Fans Who Built the Brand

sanderson72

@CaptD You'd be better off getting down to your local CEX and pick up a PS3 Slim with a 2 year warranty on it and pick up a handful of cheap game discs while you're there.
PS3 emulation isn't going to arrive anytime soon due to the innovative Cell & its SPUs vs ancient push/pop x86 architectures.
Look at the PC specs required to really get any kind of grunt into RPCS3 and we're looking at PS6 at the earliest.

Re: Feast Your Eyes on Liam Hemsworth as Geralt in The Witcher Season Four

sanderson72

The 'plot' of season 3 was a nonsensical mess so unless they've hired someone talented to continue the story then it's on a hiding to nothing. To be fair, Liam doesn't look too bad in this one scene but we'll need to see if he brings the presence (and the voice) to Geralt like Henry did.
I'm much more likely to tune in to Henry's Warhammer 40K series on Prime.