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@NEStalgia
Lawsuit stubbornness? That’s a strange interpretation. It was a cost analysis to not raise the price of the console even more (something you already thought was too high).

@Kidfunkadelic83
I did too, but couldn’t resist at £3.19 for the complete version, and so glad I got it. It’s now one of my favourite games ever (surpassed elder scrolls, if Sony are looking to replace that they should buy them).
Definitely made me want the sequel.

@NEStalgia
I’m not sure what your argument is. You say it was an excellent console and a good price for what you got. If you’re just saying it was more expensive than consoles generally were (or you thought they should be) 🤷‍♂️ so what. The tech was there.

Not sure what you refer to about the controllers. My launch ones were fine. PS4 controllers on the other hand, crumbling analogue sticks on both and had to get them replaced.

@Oppyz666
PS3 launch was perfect for me. We got the most feature rich system of the time, with full hardware back compat and a ridiculous number of features…sure it was more expensive than we were used to, but it was worth it. Loved my fat PS3. A lot more than the later iterations.

4/10. Probably my worse score ever. But I’d barely played any of the games and didn’t get any lucky guesses!

@Elock
Yes, there are quite a few. Worth it for a month to see what you like at least. Walking dead s&S is worth it alone. I envy you playing RE4 in VR for the first time.

Kingdom come deliverance x ok monkeys edition. What a game. Best £3.19 I’ve ever spent

I’d definitely wear a male version of those clothes (well, not the hat, at least not in public lol). Designs are awesome

@Yousef-
Indeed.
Shame to see how far they’ve fallen down the online MTX ridden S hole.

Great game. Fun platinum trophy challenge too. I really don’t mind a game like this not having rewind. That’s often just a crutch anyway. And the save functionality is fine.

I don’t understand acquisitions like this. It’s not like Bungie had a lot of IP Sony could make use of. Mainly just another online shooter that was falling in popularity. Of course they got the expertise involved in making an online shooter like this, but could they not have just opened an office down the road and started hiring at twice the salary Bungie were paying? Would have been a hell of a lot cheaper and easy to poach the staff given what we are hearing now.

Looks and sounds awful.

@NEStalgia
lol, no, I think it’s clear to everyone Sony never expected or intended this iteration of VR to take off. But it’s good they are developing their internal capabilities for when the tech is commercially viable. In the meantime we enthusiasts can enjoy the fruits of that labour. Even if it is only a spattering of AAA quality games and the rest Quest ports.

Oh, and in case people didn’t read my initial comment, those weren’t my words! He’s taking creative liberties for humorous effect lol.

@naruball
Indeed, although the writing was on the wall if you ask Destiny Fans.

Could have just waited for Bungie to collapse and then offered all these people jobs anyway. Doesn’t seem to have been the best business decision to buy out Bungie.

@Beerheadgamer82
Unfortunately, no.

@__jamiie
🤷‍♂️ surely we all know it won’t be mainstream until people can look cool doing it? It’s no longer a time such as when I started playing in the 80s and just accepted videogames made me uncool but didn’t care. Look at all the vain, idiotic reasons people criticise this revolutionary tech and it’s evident we are a couple of generations away from people being onboard. Thankfully companies are continuing to push. Some, like Meta, eating the costs, and some like Sony still being a bit more prudent, but all pushing forward in their respective markets.

In the meantime, I got my value back from the resi games alone. Since then it’s all been an awful lot of gravy.

Should Sony have done more? Maybe. But they are having trouble getting PS5 games released without 6-7 years between a devs output, so I understand the prioritisation.

@__jamiie
As far as I’m concerned it’s just an ongoing R&D project they decided to recoup costs on by releasing (and I’m very glad they did as it’s phenomenal for all its faults). Within a couple of console generations VR will be widespread and Sony should be at the console forefront by then.

Sony are not winding down the VR initiative. They are still giving it the same degree of priority they did at the start. Which is a very low priority admittedly, but proportionate to sales. They have a couple of games still in production, but it is clear they released it expecting ports of quest games to make the money for them, as has proven the case.

As for this game. I see very little groundbreaking about pancake games these days, but happy to be surprised.

It’s been the right time to buy it since release. If you mean “is it now easier for people to afford it?”, then, obviously.

Extra challenges from the devs are always appreciated. Now, please, Ridge Racer Type 4!

Will definitely get this when it’s less than £8. Not the type of game I’d pay too much for, but looks good.

@RBMango
You’d rather put £350 towards very slightly better resolution and performance, than get an entirely new platform with new games that is phenomenally immersive?

I can understand all the people saying it to expensive for them, but for those with the money I simply do not understand the stance that it’s better to have a slight res bump than actually open the ability to inhabit game worlds..

This is the first controller I’ve ever wanted for purely cosmetic reasons.

Completely engrossed in Kingdom Come deliverance. It’s now one of my favourite games ever. Like a real world Elder Scrolls but without the crap level scaling and with an actual engrossing story. The sequel has just jumped to the top of my most anticipated list. Main thing that needs to be fixed is the clunky combat (not being able to lock on to whom you choose or manoeuvre strategically mainly) and I’d like them to do away with timed mission. Other than that though very happy with more of the same.

Well worth it for the resi games, Moss games, Red Matter games, and walking dead games alone, let alone GT7, NMS, Hubris and a load of others. A good dozen absolutely unmissable games of a generation. And all cheap once you make the hardware layout. Everyone owes it to themselves to get one even if they think no other games are going to be released (which is absolutely not the case unless you have a weird first party fetish).

@NEStalgia
I can’t really tell the difference between 30 and 60 no. Apart from the motion blur when turning the camera at 30 in many games, which I hate. I can absolutely tell the reprojection. To the point that ghosting in games like Kayak make it annoying for me to play when others like yourself don’t really see it.

Have you used the Portal? Because I would agree with you if you were talking about the phone app. On my IPhone it’s awful. For some reason Portal is miraculously so much better. I presumed it’s because there is no background stuff going on like on a phone.

Can’t comment on “the kids”, I try to avoid them all, but it was only 8 years ago the first AirPods released. Before that there were millions of them using iPhone wired earphones. Surely it’s not unheard of now?

@NEStalgia
But the app works really well for me?! And also it allows you to plug in any headphones you like. Which I usually do, even though I have the elite headset, just because it’s more convenient when lying in bed. Plus that “not exactly dualsense layout and features” is kind of a massive deal for many.

@NEStalgia
I don’t think it’s that strange. It’s a device with perfect dualsense form factor, a great screen (I was concerned it was LCD, but the colours pop and blurring none existent), just connects easily and effectively, and is so much more comfortable than trying to use a seperate controller and screen, or even laptop…these people who see some kind of stutter or something, well, I believe them, they are clearly very sensitive to such things, but neither I nor anybody I know has noticed anything.
Are their more feature rich devices? maybe even better remote play apps? Quite possibly yes, especially if you want to play games natively, but if you just want to stream in bed, or on the couch while the wife is watching something, it just works. And works very well with all dualsense rumble, adaptive triggers etc. that you can’t get elsewhere.

This thing is advertised nowhere. It is selling through pure word of mouth, which should tell you something.

@rjejr
Yes, as I said, it’s bad it’s only connectable to one account at a time and Sony clearly did this deliberately to prevent easy sharing of games with multiple people. Not saying it’s a good thing, just that I understood that before buying it and it’s fine in my situation. If I had to split the purchase cost with someone else, or justify it by saying multiple people could use it, then that would be different. That just wasn’t the case for me.

Really been getting into my roguelite deck builders recently, and this has been one recommended to me. Another perfect Portal game for me.

Well yes, but without the eye tracking tech online for PC it really is a disappointment for those who own it already and takes away a lot of the advantage it has over other PC compatible headsets for those who don’t.

@Yusuo
Yes, it’s a one per person thing, it would be a great thing for you, or for him, but not both.

@Czar_Khastik
I would imagine it might be the same thing, just because it is also something that I, and the vast majority of people, can’t discern. Seems logical to me it would be the same cause. At least it’s just a software thing that could be updated I guess.

@Yusuo
Yes, as a streaming device it is very strange it restricts the swap profile thing on the PS5. Strange and very stingy, but as I’m the only one in my household who would use it it isn’t an issue for me. If you bought it it would definitely be a “you present”.

@Dragoon1994
I wouldn’t recommend it for train journeys. Yes, you could hot spot it to your phone, but it would rely on a constantly good phone connection, which in my experience is impossible on the move. Even on trains that have their own wifi connection I wouldn’t really trust it would be good enough.

@Kienda
That’s strange, but sorry to hear some people are susceptible to that. I don’t really understand as I have a VRR capable TV but haven’t seen any difference, and I also presume most people don’t have VRR TV’s yet but I don’t hear anything about the same issue there. Do you also have issues on the PS5 if it’s connected to a non-VRR TV?

Edit: I played astros playroom on it too, just to check the rumble of the portal is the same , and didn’t see any screen tearing. I guess it is an individual person thing. I still find it strange that people find VRR so necassary though, as far as I’m aware it wasn’t even a thing prior to this generation of consoles.

@Shepherd_Tallon
Yes, I definitely wouldn’t have played as much football manager, bolatro, Monster Sanctuary, or even Jeanne d’Arc if it wasn’t for the Portal.

@Artois2
I don’t think any console allows for two independent games to be played at once and output to separate screens. And if one did it would obviously massively limit the quality of those games. I think what you are looking for is another dedicated console, just in portable form. There’s a Switch for that.

@Kienda
Weird. I’ve never experienced any screen tearing that’s exclusive to the portal. Did this occur in all games for you, or just games that have screen tearing on a larger screen where it is harder to see because the screen isn’t right in your face?
I did hear tell about something exclusive to the portal but only on certain games, but I’ve never experienced it. If it is limited could you tell me what specific games it happens on, it could actually stop me purchasing those games given how much utility the Portal has for me. It’s already got to the point where not being able to play it on my own portable screen would almost be a red line.

Yes, I’m still using it pretty much every day. It’s no exaggeration to say my gaming time has tripled since I got it.

Makes no difference to me. I’m an indoors person. An adult. Plus I live in the U.K

Not sure why that last one is restricted to the slim console, sounds like it should be a software thing, but I guess there must be a hardware requirement and my launch console doesn’t have it. Oh well, mine are constantly on the dock anyway.

Loving this game. One of my best non-VR games of the year. You get used to the controls in 2 minutes (maybe it would be harder for people who didn’t grow up pre analogue sticks I guess) and who cares about the low res UI? This is a 9/10 for me no question.

@BeerIsAwesome
So is shooting people…just not in videogames. It was more avoiding bad PR during a crazy time, hopefully sanity prevails at some point and fictional acts are treated as such.

@ATaco
Let’s hope so.

@RR529
Yes, Sony already said they nixed upskirt shots during the whole #metoo thing. In fact this entire catastrophe came from a policy change at that time.

@UltimateOtaku91
Completely stopped some games being ported, dictated the removal of entire game modes / minigames, changed underwear to weird black “shadows”, removed certain camera angles, refused to tell devs what’s allowed so they have to play it very very safe and, worst of all, impacted games even on other platforms because devs don’t want to make multiple copies of the same game.

Man I hate Sony. If it wasn’t for VR, my digital catalogue and my trophy metagame I would just switched to PC were at least moders can fix some of the more egregious gaming assaults. In fact, with PSVR2 becoming somewhat compatible with PC and digital games so cheap over there I may just make the jump anyway.

Then again, perhaps things will change now someone new is in charge. We can hope.

Anyway, I’ll stop the conversation before it goes completely off topic and all my comments get deleted lol.

Absolutely bloody perfect! Will Sony let the game look like this now after censoring the likes of Dead of Alive previously?

If only it wasn’t connected to free to play multiplayer rubbish I would pick it up for the ballsy aesthetic alone and to show Sony there is still support on their platform for this content despite their having done their best to destroy it since 2018.

Nothing for me, but I guess it might be helpful for those playing online.